The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-24 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

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LONDON, May 24.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
sloudy.
OFF QUEENSTOWN, May 22.—Arrived—Cimba, from
San Francisco, and sailed for Liverpool ; Sagitta, for Bar-
badoes ; Orso, from Liverpool for Sydney.
Orr MARGATE, May 23.—Arrived—Admiral Prena,
from Calcutta.
QUEENSTOWN, May 23.—Arrived—Lady Douglas, from
Rangoon ; Mary B. Rich, from Matanzas ; Beaver, and
Ceres, from New York. Sailed—Blaney, for Antwerp.
MUMBLES, May 23.—Arrived--Stranger, from Cal-
dera.

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DUBLIN, May 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Equateria,
from Barbadoes.
COWES, May 23.—The Harriet, smack, of and for Jer-
sey, from Hartlepool, with coals, was wrecked on the rocks
near Bembridge, in a heavy squall, on the 20th inst.; crew
and materials saved.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, May 23—Bolus, from Jamaica; Active, from
Dantsic ; Zingari, from Colombo; Gazelle, from Alexan-
dria ; Ellen, from Guernsey; Jas. Holmes, from Barbadoes ;
Angelica, from Organs ; Renown, from Jamaica ; Puree,
from Cavarna ; St. Paul, from Montevideo.
Arrived, May 24—Sylphide, from Libau ; Otto, from
Randers.
Sailed—Rhine, steamer, for Boulogne ; Neptune, for
Havre.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—Gilbert Monroe, from London, from St. Lucia;
her Majesty's gunboat Porpoise, from the westward, for the
northward ; Hambro, from London, for Cardiff.

THE TRAGEDY ON LUDGATE HILL.—Up to the
hour of going to press nothing further has transpired rela-
tive to the dreadful occurrence. 'The coroner's inquest,
which is to be held at the London Coffee-house, is at pre.
sent fixed for Monday, but even that is dependent on the
medical gentleman to whom the post mortem examination
has been confided.
THE 4TH DRAGOON GTJARDS.—We feel called
upon to notice a current rumour with respect to the late
court-martial which, if it be true—and it has obtained cre-
dence—is likely to perpetuate and increase the feelings of
indignation which the proceedings brought to light in the
Robinson case excited. It is said that the officers who
gave evidence for the prisoner upon that occasion have been
since exposed to a system of persecution as galling as he bad
to endure. We have heard statements of harsh and unwar
of
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rantable censures pronounced upon them by the friends
the prosecutor, in presence of the soldiers, for very trivial
causes, and fatigue duties put upon them almost as severe
as the celebrated back-board exercise.—The Dublin Expr
ER.
ess.
COURT MARTIAL UPON A VOLUNTEER OFFIC
—Yesterday an inquiry, conducted by order of the Earl of
was
Sefton, lord-lieutenant of the county, held at the
Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, into certain charges preferred by
Major Tinley, who commands one of the Volunteer.regi-
ments of the town, against Capt. Maxwell, an officer in his
or Tinley going out of
corps. It appeared that upon Mai
town he wrote to Captain Maxwell, requesting him to take
command in his absence, which Captain Maxwell refused
to do, as he had sent in his resignation to the colonel of the
battalion to which he belonged, and therefore considered
that until he received a reply he was honourably debarred
from acting. It was this refusal, together with non-com-
pliance with an order for attending drills, that formed the
subject of inquiry, which the lord-lieutenant deemed of
great importance to the service. Captain Maxwell, with
much vigour and eloquence, yesterday defended himself
before a court, which was composed of Lieutenant-Colonel
Gamble, Major Mellor, and Major Book (Volunteer
officers). Captain Maxwell, while vindicating his own
honour and patriotism as a Volunteer officer,. said that he
felt bound, in the peculiar position in. which he stood, not
to carry zrit the orders of Major Tinley, as when he re-
ceived those orders he was
ofawating a reply from Colonel
Gladstone, the chief officerthe
.battalion,. respecting his
(Captain Maxwell's) intended resignation. He submitted
that no military offence had been committed by him in the
present case; and he felt confident that the result of the
inquiry would not only
Thebe personally favourable to him,
but such as would promote the good of the service. The
inquiry then closed.pernean.
aidting officers will forward
their repert to the lord-lieutenant.