The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-10 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

MORE DESERTIONS. -A. court-martial (Major J.
Clark Kennedy, 18th Royal Irish Regiment, president)
assembled on Monday at Chatham barracks for the trial
of the following prisoners :—Richard James Brown, of
the East India Company's Service, was tried for deser-
tion and making away with his regimental necessaries.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he was sorry for what
he had done, it was the effect of drink. Serjeant Major
Robert Sullivan said the prisoner had been in the ser-
vice 19,7 days, and his character had been good. The
next prisoner was John William Norman, 38th Regi•
'Dent, who deserted at Winchester on the 14th of Sep-
tember, 1851, and made away with regimental neces-
saries. The prisoner surrendered himself to the corps
on the 31st of Octobwr last at Brompton barrack,.
Lieut. and Adjutant Beswick stated that the prisoner
had only been in the regiment six months, during that
time his general character had been good. Private
William Snell, 93rd company of the Royal Marines,
was next arraigned for having deserted from the Chat-
ham division on the 3rd of December, 1852. The pri-
soner was apprehended at Deptford, working as a
labourer. The adjutant of the Marines said the general
character of the prisoner was bad. The prisoner had
been eight years and 26 days in the service. The issue
of these trials will not be known until the proceedings
have been confirmed at the Horse Guards.

Captain Dishrowe's company of the 62d Regiment
marched from Kilkenny on Saturday to Carlow, to re-
place Captain Rynd's company of the same regiment,
which proceeded on Monday to Duncannon Fort for
Minie rifle target practice. Captain Hopkinson's (the
light) company, having completed its Minie rifle prac-
tice, will return to Kilkenny on Thursday, on being re-
lieved by Captain Rynd's company at Duncannon Fort.
On Friday a private soldier of the 62nd, in the con-
valescent ward of the garrison hospital at Kilkenny, cut
his throat, being still labouring under the effects of low
fever ; he did not, however, succeed in his intention of
putting a period to his existence, the wound not proving
dangerous.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN MANCHESTER.—A. robbery
was committed on Saturday avbtseyttrbheyfeeeetrs:ii.lk-mill in Albert-
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the week, and 9 a.m. yesterday morning; but it is sup-
posed it was committed after midnight. It appears that
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which rests against the yard
wall, by which an entrance was effected into the outer
yard of the mill. A portion of the window frame
of the dye-house adjoining was then destroyed, from
which the thieves got through a door into the inner
yard. A portion of the store-room was then de-
stroyed, after which the robbers obtained access to the
interior of the mill. The property they succeeded in
taking away was--from 501 b. to 601 b. weight of dull flock
warp silk, about 301 b. of bright flock warp silk, 141 b. of
dark blue warp silk, of two shades, and 41b. of a light
shade of warp silk. The above property was taken
from the silk-mill, and from the dye-house adjoining
there was removed 101 b. of China boiled-off silk, in• a
wet state. The value of the property stolen from the
mill is estimated at NO/ , and that from the dye-house
tat 137. It is supposed the robbers, who must have been
two or three in number, returned the same way by
which they entered. As yet there is no clue to their
discovery.
EXTRAORDINARY DECISIONS.—Two cases were de-
cided by Mr. Sheriff Bell in the Small Debt Court, on
Thursday, giving auctioneers an extraordinary immunity
from the provisions of the law. Mr. Balfour, furniture-
dealer, Maxwell-street, summoned Mr. John Morrison,
auctioneer, for recovery of one penny, which the defen-
der had insisted on the pursuer paying for a stamp receipt
in settling an account for goods purchased at a public
sale, latter erre
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declared cases
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receipt. In answer, Mr. Morrison
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tion. His lordship gave judgment for the defender.
The second case was an action raised at the instance of au
auctioneer against a gentleman in town for payment of an
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account for a valuation he had made of the defenders
property-. It appeared that the gentlemen had de-
murred to the fee as too high ; and he
objected that the
valuation had been made by. the • auctioneer' s clerk,
who was unlicensed ; and
that the valuation was
on unstamped paper. In support of these pleas,
be produced a letter from the Solicitor of Stamps
stating that on both these points the auctioneer had
acted illegally, and was
liable to the statutory penalties.
The Sheriff decided in favour of the
pursuer, remit-
ting the account to a member of the trade to be taxed.—
Glasgow Constitutional.
BLANKET HIINTING.—I started off one day by myself,
after a large herd of buffalo, about three miles westward
of the fort, adopting the novel expedient of carrying
with me a white blanket in order to stalk them. I took
such a course as not to give the herd my wind, and,
with the cover afforded by the timber on the point, sic=
seeded in getting within a couple of hundred yards of
them. T crept forward on my hands and knees, covered
by the blanket, which prevented them from distinguishing
me amidst the surrounding snow, and enabled me to
approach until I came within shot. I continued creep-
ing about and around them, singling out the best and
fattest of the cows, for upwards of an hour, and . it was
not until I had laid five of their number low, that they
smelt a rat, and bolted• off unanimously, tossing their
shaggy heads and ploughing up the snow. —Palliser's
Solitary Rambles of a Hunter.
SHERIDAN KNOWLES.—The friends of the Irish Mis-
sion will be glad to learn that Mr. Sheridan Knowles
has handed over to G. C. Bruce, Esq., treasurer, the
whole proceeds of his late lectures on Popery, and of
his sermon in the Tabernacle, Edinburgh, which amount
to a considerable sum. This act of generosity is
greatly enhanced by the fact that Mr. Knowles did not
only offer his services without any application to that
effect, but rendered them without even charging
travelling expenses upon the mission.