The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-27 00:00:00

WOOLWICH, MARCH 26.

Upwards of 30 recruits have joined from Ireland during the
present week. Recruiting in England and Ssotland is at a
stand-still, only one recruit having arrived from Aberdeesa.
Something ought to be done soon to remedy this evil, which is
almost, if not entirely, attributed to the pension warrant re-
ducing the reward for 21 years' active service to 6d a day.
The Pique, 36 guns, Captain E. Boxer, was towed from
Sheerness to Chatham, by the Salamander steam-frigate, to
be paid off.
The Asia, 84 guns, Captain W. Fisher, recently returned
from the Mediterranean, was towed into Sheerness, on Wed-
nesday, by the Salamander steam-frigate, for the purpose of
being paid off, inspected, and recommissioned. 'I he Asia is a
splendid ship, built of African teak, and was the tlag-ship of
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington at the battle of Navarino.
The timber of this is so hard that cannon-balls make very little
impression upon it.
The Firebrand, steam-vessel, Master S. B. Cook, left Wool-
wich, ou Wednesday, with Sir Charles Adam, Mr. M. O'Fer-
rall, and Mr. Charles Wood, and several other gentlemen on
board, for Sheerness, for the purpose of inspecting the Asia,
and they returned in the Firebrand this morning. Their
Lordships immediately afterwards returned to town.
The Drake sailed for Chatham on Thursday morning.

DESPERATE OUTRAGE.—A few days ago two,
waiters, one an Englishman and the other a Frenchman,
in the employ of Messrs. Denier, Vantini, and Co., the
proprietors of the Royal Victoria Hosel, at the termi-
nus of the Birmingham Railway, bad a serious quarrel,
and the latter took advantage of the former, and nearly
killed him. It appears that the English waiter, Jo-
seph Gardener, and the French waiter, who went by
the name of " Francois," had been for some time upon
ill terms, in consequence of a disagreement upon the
late question at issue between England and Franco
upon Eastern affairs. About eight o'clock on Saturday
evening last they met together on one of the stair-
cases of the hotel, at which time Francois had in his
hand a large can, containing several quarts of boiling
water. A dispute arose, which ended in the Frenchman
pouring the whole contents of the can over the bannisters
upon the head of his adversary, who was upon the landing
below him, and then throwing the can itself at him. The
screams of the unfortunate man called to his assistance
several of the other domestics. He was conveyed into
his bedroom, and a surgeon inatastly sent for, when it was
discovered that he was so frightfully scalded that his akin
was completely peeled off his head, neck, and face. In-
formation of the occurrence was conveyed to the Albany-
street Police-station, and an officer was sent to take
paesing
Franceis into custoJy ; but, whilst seqrehing the hotel, pie
latter effected his escape by means of a
ston Hotel
tunnel
under ground, and communicatirg with thedE
on tke opposite side of the terminus. Gar anuer is still it:
a very deplorable state.
PERSON.—One of
OFFENCES AGAINST THS
the Bills introduced by Lord John Rut .
es sr eml 1
nf
yoo
.rt . al
mm el n dta
hi naegn,
p tal punishment for
the criminal law, commutes
01.111: under ten ears of g
violence towards women, or
to transportation for life, or ferY_ _
ounces, to transporta.
fifteen years; and for two other
On the motion of Mr. Patti.
lion for life.
had before the House of Commons a
SILVER COIN.---
gaernoiusutthoef
a
aggregate amount of silver coined at the
a1te8.d4..0, wseit;hgnthorea
sos t
ant
etmli eernet hoafdt
the
been
Mint from 1816 W
seignorage, , •
between tue price at which the bullion is
.
and how appropriated. opori i
diffaren" Mintprice, 56d. pur-
chased and the
• below the latter the difference •
former is is carried to the
nt of profit.above as in 1819,
account If
old coin, the difference is carried to the loss, which, in the
general account,
is deducted from the profit, and the re-
7nainder is paid into the Exchequer. The
total amount of
silver coined since 1816 is 11,108,2651.•
; the sergno r?.gte
616,74 a, of ellich Ici' ,
o,OFAI his been paid into the Mint.
The greatest amount . euri.ed to any one year was in 1817,
viz. , 2,436,297/.

MILITARY
CRICKET GROUND AT WlND-
son.—ln cot sequence of the general order just issued by
the Master-General of the Board of Ordnance, by com-
mand of Lord Hill, the General Commanding in Chief,
fur the formation of cricket grouuds fa- the use of the
troops at the several barrack stations throughout the king-
dom, a field, comprising upwards of three acres, most con-
veniently situated close to the cavalry barracks, formerly
used as an exercising ground for the horses, has heea or-
dered, by the Colonel of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards.
to be exclusively appropriated to that purpose ; and by the
time the season approaches for the game to be played, it
sill have been brought into 'excellent order. The ground
will be under the immediate charge of the Hon. Captain
Liddell, the barrack-master for that district. It it under-
stood that the bats, balls, and wieltels.will, in the first in.
stance, be purchased by the officers, and presented to the
men in their respective troops.
We understand the marriage of Viscount Jocelyn
and Lady Fanny Cowper will lie solemnised at the close
I of the ensuing month.