The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-26 00:00:00

THE RINGMER, MURDER.

LEWES, MONDAY.—The apprehension of Briggs
and Pockney, on Saturday night, caused some excite-
ment here, as they were both witnesses against General
Washer, who was committed for trial last week.
Steadman, who was apprehended at Watford, made a
further confession yesterday afternoon. He has been
in a very melancholy state since. It is said that Pock-
ney also made a statement from which it appears that
Washer had the least to (1.0 with the transaction. It has
been a matter of surprise that the local constables should
have &lowed the affair to pass over at the time when there
were so many suspicious circumstances attached to the
death of the woman. The deceased was well known at
Ringrner, Lewes, and the neighbourhood, she bad been
a very fine woman, and was remarkably cleanly in ber
person. At the last examination of General Washer,
Briggs (the prisoner), his father and mother were ex-
amined, when they appeared to have agreed to know
nothing, as to almost every question they swore that
they could not recollect. The examination of the three
prisoners is appointed to take place at the Town Hall
at nine o'clock to-morrow morning.

THE ARMY ON FRANCE.—The Moniteur
publishes an account of the administration of military
justice in France during the year 1838. The army then
Of these 3,168 consisted of 314,919 and the prosecutions did not
of
Paris and Avignon,
to death, 3to transportation,,l69 were sentenced—viz. 69
exceed 4,638.
972 to hard labour, 109 to
labour and imprisonment, 2,007 to imprisonment, 7 to
dismissal from the service, 2 to fine.thine 6F9racanpciet,afllnyr
convicted, only ten were executed—one
murder, and the nine others
4,638 individual; brought to trial, '2l-e4n6ch altnnnoyw.ing how
latter. were Arabs, serving in the I' Africa.
Three of the
to read and write, signed theirTihneterr'ogBalories, andO2f,lth7o
s of the staff and
tde.not producecori a single offender.
on,amountirig
tal.ieerneiiicitnomjlientteelnydainlleiteeradi
men) had
Among the invalids
to about 7,000, there was only one ; the
the Municipal Guard, and firemen Gendarmerie,
13, of which 6 were condemned ; the - r
in.antry' con-
sisting of 88 regiments and 210,961 men, had 0'464
accused, of whom 1,840 were found guilty ; the cavalry-,
compoLed of 53 regiments, with an effective force of
37,769 men, had 392 accused, of whom 263 were con-
demned ; the artillery, pioneers, the companies of mili-
tare labourers, and the artillery waggon train (23,915
men), had 263 accused and 187 condemned ; the engin-
eer) (5,W in number) had 40 accused and 26 condemned ;
the cVan,"oll train, &c. (4,190 men), had 39 accused and
22 condemned ; the companies of superannuated sol-
diers, or veterans (51,442 men) had 50 accused and 38
condemned ; the medical staff (1,397 men) had 4 ac-
cused and 3 condemned ; the military schools, 2 accused,
who were acquitted ; the officers of the military admi-
nistration, 695 in number, had not a single accused ; the
recruiting depots had 1,107 and 579 condemned ; and
the companies of discipline, 1,600 strong, 103 accused
and 72 condemned. Of the 17,165 officers of the army,.
19 only were •
tried and 7 condemned ; of the sub-offi-
cers, (20,312 in number) 73 were accused and 36 con-
m , th
dened • 1 e corporals or brigadiers. (25,13.0 men) had
, ,I 10.)8- aw dns
1-e, , e and' -73- condemned ; -and' tiro soldiers
2,312) had I 4,387 accused and 3,042 condemned.