The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-13 00:00:00

and M'Alister a month a-piece at the treadmill, what-
ever may happen. If Would be proper, in the first place,
we should conceive, to constitute them prisoners, and con-
sider Masters Jones and An dre ws as prouecutors. 'The good
of the street ,service at 'Windsor requires the substitue
tion. When this has been effected, Master Jones may
be allowed to prove his case by the evidence of Master
Andrews, and vice versd. The questions should be few
and simple. Master Andrews might be asked—" DO
you upon any occasion remember that Master Jonei
put to you, in the High-street of Windsor, the following
question, "Do you remember ?' " Master Andrews
might then reply—"l have not the slightest recollection
whatever." It would be then proper to invoke the testi.
mony of a few by-standers—the peculiar intimates and
associates of the two friends, who would of course, like
them, "have no recollection whatever." Let the next
question to these witnesses -be as to character :—"Frotn,
your knowledge of Master Jones, should you say that
he was a young person in the habit of poking fun at the
p •
asse-s-by in the public streets ?" The stereotyped re-
ply for each and all of the witnesses might run some-
thing as follows :—" From my knowledge of Master
Jones, I am able state with great confidence to this
honourable Court that he never thought of such a thing.
If he has a defect, it is that of over-seriousness and too
anxious attendance at the Sunday school. When some
bad boys endeavoured to teach him the words of the
popular air known as Pop goes the Weasel,' it is a fact
that Master Jones couldn't be brought to do it to any
other tune than that of the Evening Hymn," when
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'young gentlemen of Windsor appear to have taken a
Master prejudice against the two prisoners?" Answer from
Andrews,—" On account of their forward and
presuming behaviour." In dealing with the evidence
for the defence, it will only be necessary for the magis-
trates to remember that their great care must be to pre-
vent the prisoners from calling any witness who could
be of the slightest use to them ; or, if such an one
should by inadvertence be introduced, the nuisance
must be forthwith abated, by informing him that
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conclusion :—" Major Maxwell and Adjutant M'Alister
are found guilty of offence charged—namely, of having
been jocularly addressed, but not otherwise, and are
sentenced accordingly to a month a-piece at the tread-
mill, with recommendation to mercy on account of their
size." This finding must then be sent up to Lord Har-
dinge, and will be soon returned with the note of that
military Minos :—" Approved, but Major Maxwell
allowed the use of slippers and flannel waistcoats while
on the wheel, in consideration of his age and rheuma-
tism." Such would be a specimen of pure Horse Guards'
justice.
But we cannot with a good heart indulge in mere
joking over the honour and character of the British
officer. Lord Hardinge has chosen his path ; let him
see where it will end. He may be acquainted with the
temper of the British soldier, but he knows little indeed
of the temper of the British people if he presumes that
he has heard the:last of the scandalous business of Mee,
Perry. Can he or anybody be surprised that the officers
of the 46th have become the objects of the gibes and
jeers of the passers-by ? Certainly we do not commend
those who violate or provoke to a violation of the public
peace. Could we suppose that any words of ours would
be effective to that end, we would entreat the young
women and little boys at Windsor to desist, and leave
the officers of the 46th to the enjoyment of their own
success and the position they have made for themselves.
But we know well, in a case of this kind, that remon-
strance is utterly unavailing, even when the parties are
in the right ; what must it be when they are so pal-
pably in the wrong ? Lord Hardinge cannot direct
Colonel Garrett to turn the bayonets of her SMajesiy's
46th regiment of infantry against the muffin boys and
orange girls of Windsor. We presume that to crown
the whole proceeding with a street massacre would be a
measure somewhat too strong even for the authorities at
the Horse Guards. 'Well, then, what is to be done
Supposing, as in the case of the two officers who seized
the little boys the other day, they persist in the plan of
handing offenders over to the civil authorities? A seemly
Spectacle it will be that the Queen's officers should at
any hour of the day be seen chasing the little varlets
about the streets of Windsor amid shouts of "Do von
remember ?" " I have no recollection whatever." Be-
sides, every trial will be duly reported, and each case
will serve as a fresh stimulus to public indignation. If
the officers of the 46th have recourse to open violence,
one blow will bring on another ; there will be a general
row—murder most probably, and Calcraft at the end of
the whole transaction. Lord Hardinge must remember
that every civil magistrate, every police-officer, and
every man, woman, and child in the Queen's dominions,
with the exception of a few attached to the ruling mili-
tary clique, look upon the conduct of the officers—not
of the men, who, we believe, have behaved in an exem-
plary manner—of this regiment with just indignation ;
so they have but little assistance or sympathy to expect,
save what must be given them by the strictness of the
law. The opinion, if not the hand, of every Englishman
is against them. The only course really to be adopted
with this notorious regiment—we are speaking only of
the officers—is to keep them closely in barracks until
they can be smuggled off to the East. From the intel-
ligence we publish this day we foresee the probable occur-
rence of events which all men would be anxious to avoid.
We call Lord Hardinge's attention to the matter while
it is yet time, and before the blood of any of the Queen's
subjects has been shed. In the present frame of the
public mind at Windsor a collision between the soldiers
and the people is far indeed from being an improbable
event, and the consequences of such collisions in the pro-
vinces we have had to record even within the last few
days.—Times.

DREADFUL MURDER OF AN ENGLISH
LADY AND GENTLEMAN IN GREECE.

ATHENS, Sept. I.—Great sensation has been caused
here on receipt of intelligence from Negropont, that
Mr. Henry Leeves and his wife have both been mur-
dered in their house in the village of Castaniotiza, of
which village and a considerable extent of land he was
the proprietor. All that is known here at present is,
that the crime was perpetrated on Sunday, the 28th
ult.; that a forcible entry of the house was effected; that
Mr. Leeves attempted resistance, and wounded one of
the assassins, but was overpowered, and that after the
double murder a quantity of silver plate was carried off.
Mr. Leeves was about 30 years of age, son of a former
chaplain to the British mission at Athens, and married
about 18 months since a young lady whose family reside at
Manchester, who a few months since gave birth to a child,
respecting the fate of which nothing is stated. It
appears that Mr. Leeves held the appointment of British
consular agent, or vice-consul, at Negropont:
Mr. Wyse, British Minister at Athens, on receiving
official intelligence of this chocking affair, instantly
took steps towards instituting the most searching in-
quiry,
with the view, if possible.. of discovering the
murderers and bringing them to justice. Immediate
orders were sent to the Piraeus, to the commander of her
Majesty's war-steamer Medina, to get up her steam and
proceed to Negropont ; and Mr. Merlin, British vice-
consul at Athens, and Mr. Locock, attaché to the British
mission, were directed to proceed in the Medina with
the Greek authorities, to make the most rigid investi-
gations on the spot. They left the Piraeus yesterday.
The Rev. Dr. Hill, chaplain to the British mission,
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might be of use in protecting the infant, should it have
escaped the fate of its parents.

On account of the indisposition of Mr. Charles Kean,
the re-opening of the Princess's Theatre is postponed
until the 25th of the month, when a new drama is to be
presented, with Mr. Ryder in the principal character.
After superintending its production, Mr. Kean will ab-
stain from his artistic duties for a month. A meeting
of the Adelphi company is appointed for Monday next,
and the season will commence on that day week. At
Sadler's Wells, Shakspere's play of Pericles is in rehear-
sal, having, we suppose, undergone various alterations
from the original text.—Musical Transcript.

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FATAL ACCIDENT AT MARGATE.—An inquest was held
oundualiyambeHfoadoryeMo,r. J. G.
Thompson, thpason a
ckporter. It appeared that the deceased was occasionally
Town-hall
o nthebodoyn o f Monday
employed as a night constable, and was on duty on
Friday night week on the Fort. At about two
o'clock in the morning of Saturday a communication was
received at the station-house, in consequence of which
one of the men was immediately despatched to the spot
indicated under tbe cliff, whenhefaund the deceased quite
deal. No proof could be produced of the cause of the
accident, but the supposition was that deceased, who was
a particularly shrewd man, having bad his attention
drawn to the spot near the camera obscura by some
noise, and thinking that some one was on the move, ap-
proached too near the edge of the cliff and fell over. One
of the coastguardmen had a narrow escape, as he had but
just passed the spot, and he has since been very ill from
the fright he received. The jury returned a verdict
" That the deceased died from a fall from the cliff."
He was a young man of sober and industrious habits,
and leaves a widow and four young children. A sub-
scription has been set on foot to relieve their wants.—
South. Eastern Gazette.
ACTIVITY IN THRDOCKYARD.—In spite of the advanced
prise of timber, the hands of the shipbuilders offtkis port
have been exceedingly full. Many vessels ba*e been
built and repaired this season. There have been no less
of smack, taken on the stocks for the purpose
ae,belonging to
lengthen-
ing, by Messrs. Valiance ;
than three launches this week. These were—the Lady,
a new smack,
beautifully-built
Mr. Way, of Portland •
'andwas launched on Satur-
schooner, called the Myrtle, which
li— weymouth Paper.
day morning from Besant'sofs p.
the United All England
CRICKET.—The matchf
Scotland was commenced at
Eleven v. Twenty-two 0
At the end of the first day's
Edinburgh on Mendayu.s
:...._ Turk,
ownS.cotland, first innings, 132;
lONS —ln the report of the Com-
missioners RESTOBAT .
CATHEDRA
and collegiate churches, it is
on the cathedral
missioners
t rbury the north-west, or Lanfranc's
stated that at Can e .
at a cost of 25 000/
FElnayglathoed,scso,
has been rebuilt, . , ~ and a
Tower,
restoration of the whole fabric, exterior and in-
terior,gradual .
roenset°woideltEeht d
iole amount expended in 30 years is stated at nearly
has been in progress from 1823 to the present time.
Tlohoewoool., the whole arising from capitular funds.
A VETERAN HARVESTER.—Martha Harrison, who is
91 years of age, is now harvesting for Mr. John Scales,
of Grange, near Barnsley, as gatherer. The wonderful
old woman is in the field by 7 o'clock in the morning,
as sprightly as a lark, and braves the toil and heat of the
day as stoutly as the best of her younger fellow-workers.
Martha has now boon huroiting for 10 dayx:-.-lach
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