The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-06 00:00:00

THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
the camp on Wednesday last, accompanied by Lord Sea-
ton, for the purpose of inspecting the progress of the
works. While his Royal Highness was on the ground,
a tent was pitched by the Scotch Fusilier Guards after
a suggestion from Colonel Berkeley, of that corps, upon
a principle entirely new in European campaigning. The
object is to increase the room inside the tent without
any enlargement of the canvas, and the mode in which
it is proposed to be effected is as follows :—The central
pole is raised 18 inches by placing a few sods of turf upon
the ground, with a square piece of wood for the pole to
rest upon. A narrow wall of turf sods is then built of
the same height (18 inches), and the inner pickets are
driven into this wall. The space for the men is thus
considerably enlarged, and their comfort proportionately
increased. A very cordial approval of the plan was
expressed by the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Seaton, and
other distinguished officers present, among whom we
remarked Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Rokeby, Assistant-
Quartermaster-General Colonel Torrens, Colonel Ben-
tinck, &c. It was, moreover, suggested that the extra
labour of buirEng-the turrwall round the tent would be
spared if the Board of Ordnance would increase the
" wall plate," or lower portion of the canvas, from 1 foot
to 18 inches.

A detachment of the 38th Regiment, from Ports-
mouth, consisting of 60 rank and file, under the com-
mand of Captain Sinclair, arrived on the field on.;Tues-
day, and pitched their tents on the left of the 95th
Regiment.

On Tuesday next detachments from every regiment
forming the camp are to arrive. These detachments are
to consist of a subaltern, a quartermaster, two non-com-
missioned officers, and three rank and file, and each will
occupy the spots marked out for their respective
brigades.
The parochial authorities of Chobham have decided on
letting their common ground at charges varying from 10s.
to 3/. per foot frontage, according to the advantage of
the situation. The committee for effecting this arrange-
ment have determined to withhold their decision upon
any applications until after Tuesday next, and they add,
that although they have endeavoured to make arrange-
ments with the lord of the manor and the persons entitld
to common rights, they do not hold themselves respon-
sible for any proceeding that may be taken by either.
Captain Lefroy's company, 4th battalion of the Royal
Artillery, at present in the field-batteries at Woolwich,
has been placed under orders of readiness to proceed to
Chobham, so as to arrive there cm the 14th inst. Capt.
Campbell's company, Ist battalion, also under orders
to proceed to Chobham, has arrived at the garrison at
Woolwich, Capt. Shakespear's company, 3d battalion,
having been sent to Chatham to relieve them and take
over the 9-pounder guns stationed there ; and Capt.
Campbell's company will take a 9-pounder field-battery
with them to Chobham from Woolwich. Capt. Black-
wood Price's company, Ist battalion, at Shorncliff, is to
be relieved in a similar manner by a company from
Woolwich, and will take a battery to Chobham from
Woolwich.

The following has been promulgated in general
orders :

"GENERAL ORDER.
" Horse Guards, June 1.
" 1. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the
under-mentioned officers being placed on the staff of Great
Britain for the time being, for the purpose of being em-
ployed in the camp about to be formed in the neighbour-
hood of Chobham

"To command the Division, Lieutenant-General Lord
Seaton, G.C.8., with two aides-de-camp.
"To command the Cavalry, Major-General his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, 8.G., with one aide-de-
camp.
"To command the brigade of Guards, Colonel Henry
Bentinck, as colonel on the staff, with one aide-de-camp.
To command First Brigade of Infantry, Major-General
Sir De Lacy Evans, K.C.8., with one aide-de-camp.
"To command Second Brigade of Infantry, Major-
General Mildmay Fane, with one aide-de-camp.
" Assistant .&ajutant-General, Lieutenant-Colonel B
Wood.

" Assistant-Quartermaster-General, Colonel Torrens.
"2. The corps to be encamped at Chobham will be bri-
gaded as follows :
" Royal Artillery.-1 troop Royal Horse Artillery, 3
batteries Horse Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel Bloomfield.
" Royal Sappers and Miners.-1 company, Lieutenant-
Colonel Vicars, attached to camp.
"Pontoon Train.—Colonel H. D. Jones, for occasional
operations.

Ist Life Guards,
6th Dragoon Guards, Major-Gon. his Royal
Cavalry. 13th Light Dragoons, Highness the Duke
17th Lancers, of Cambridge, K.G.

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Grenadier Guards, Ist battalion, Colonel
Coldstream Guards, Ist battalion, Henry
Scots Fusilier Guards, Ist battalion, Bentinck.

First {3Bth Regiment of Foot, }Major-General Sir
Infantry 93d Highlanders, De Lacy Evans,
Brigade. Rifle Brigade, 2d battalion, K.C.B.
42d Highlanders,
50th Regiment, Major-General Mildmay Fane.
95th Regiment,
" By command of the Right Hon. General Viscount
Hardinge, Commander-in-Chief.
"G. BROWN, Adjutant-General."

PIRACY ON THE COAST OF MOROCCO AGAIN.

The English vessel Oscar arrived at Gibraltar on the
16th ult., and reported that on the 12th, at ten a.m., six
miles south of Ceuta, the master and two men went on
shore in the boat for water, and that eight armed
Moors having come down from the mountains they
took one of the men prisoner, and carried him away to
the interior.

A second case, which is more properly a case of
piracy, is given as follows in the Correa de Andalucia
(Malaga paper), of the 22d ult. The scene of this oc-
currence is Alhucemas, on the Riff coast :
" The laud ' Santo Cristo had sailed from that set-
tlement in the forenoon, but continued in sight the rest
of the day, and was completely becalmed in the evening.
At about half-past ten two vessels were seen to ap-
proach her, one •f which hoisted a lantern, which led
the Spanish crew and passengers to infer that assistance
was sent them from Alhucemas. They were, however,
soon undeceived by the language of their supposed
friends, and had scarcely time to get into the boat of
the 'laud,' making up their mind to abandon her in
the hope of at least saving their lives. In this • they
succeeded, and reached the settlement. On their arrival
they found that a musket, which had been fired by
the pirates, had alarmed the garrison, and that three
boats, with a sufficient number of troops in them, were
already on the point of starting when the fugitives
landed. By the information communicated by them
they were enabled to proceed, accompanied by the boat
of the laud,' in the proper direction, and would no
doubt have recovered her, had not the Moors, who had
taken possession of her, run her ashore. Thither it
would have been useless to follow her. Upwards of 500
Riffians were on the beach, and the whole coast. was
lighted ; which proved, that the piratical attempt had
been planned by the Cazique of the neighbouring camp,
with whom negotiations had been carried on but a short
time before, and to whose deceitful promises a degree of
credit seems to have been given. And that this was
really the case is proved by his having next presumed to
send five Moors and a Jew to confer with the officer
commanding the settlement, and to impose humiliating
conditions for the restitution of the laud.' His envoys
were arrested ; and he was told that, if he did not re-
store her in four hours' time, his house would be bom-
barded and the district laid waste ; and, as he paid no
attention to this intimation, the batteries of the place
threw so many hollow projectiles into his camp that he
gave up the vessel, but none of the effects which the
pirates had plundered."

MORE. GRAVEYARD CLOSING.—The Rev. Dr.
Worthington, the incumbent of Holy Trinity district of
St. Andrew's Holborn, has received notice, by direction of
Lord Palmerston, that interments in the burial-ground
which adjoins the church, in Gray's Inn-road, are to be
discontinued at the end of twelve months. This ground
has been used for the interment of the inhabitants of that
part of the parish of St. Andrew's Holborn, out of the
city, since the year 1754, and at that period was situate in
the open fields.
EXPENSES OF A SUIT IN CHANCERY.—On Saturday I
the case relating to the will of Mr. Day, the blacking
manufacturer, came on in the Court of the Lord Justices,
upon a question of payment of costs. It appeared that
under Mr. Days's will there were twenty-three persons
who were entitled to small annuities, and many others
entitled to share in the residuary estate, and nearly all
these claimants upon the property had, throughout the
suit (which was instituted to administer the will), ap-
peared by different counsel and different solicitors. An
objection was raised to the payment of separate costs,
when it appeared that the expenses of the suit, be-
fore it even came on for hearing, amounted to 70,0001.
The Court left it to the different parties to consider
when they could all agree amongst themselves to be re-
presented by one solicitor. In case no such arrange-
ment could be come to, the question would be disposed
of on Friday next.—Observer.
THE REPEALED DUTIES.—In consequence of direc-
tions from the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury, the Commissioners of Customs have caused to
be furnished to their principal officers in London, and
at the several ports throughout the kingdom, the resolu-
tion o
f touse Commons for for discontinuing the
Uponber of cles of
foreign
ofhe H
C merchandise,usto s u
with
Cit h directons number of articles of
foreign merchandise, with directions to themarti to admit
the articles therein named free of duty from the Ist of
the present month inclusive, under the usual (nominal)
condition of the parties abiding the ulterior decision of
Parliament.