The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-06 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

As some inaccurate statements have gained circulation
on the subject of the probable movements of the regi-
ments intended for the Cape, we are requested to state
that the precise arrangement is as follows :—The 2d
battalion of the Rifle Brigade will move from the Island
of Corfu to Gibraltar, there to await the arrival of the
Gth Foot from Cork. Both regiments will proceed
together from the Rock to the Cape, and will be con-
veyed, as stated some time since, by steamers.
The 2d (the Queen's Bays) and the 13th (Prince
Albert's Light Infantry) are mentioned as likely to have
new colours presented to them very shortly.
We have reason to believe that in both cases the cere-
mony will be performed by Lady Pakenham, although it
is reported that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will
officiate in the latter.

The army in Ireland for the present month consists of
the 2d Dragoon Guards, Dublin ; Ist Dragoons, I3alin-
colig 2d Dragoons, Dublin ; 6th Light Dragoons, Long-
ford ; Bth Hussars, Caher ; 10th Light Dragoons,
Dublin ; 17th Lancers, Dundalk ; depot of Ist
battalion Ist Foot, Dublin ; ditto 15th Foot, at Water-
ford ; ditto 16th Foot, at Athlone ; ditto 19th Foot,
at Bo) le ; 26th Foot, Enniskillen ; 30th Foot,
Dublin ; depot of 33d Foot, at Birr in the King's
County ; ditto of 34th Foot, at Clonmel ; ditto of 38th
Foot, at Londonderry ; 41st Foot, Mullingar ; 44th,
Nenagh ; 47th, Dublin ; depot of 48th, at Newbridge ;
49th, Castlebar; depot of 54th, at Fermoy; 59th, Dub-
lin ; 64th, Dublin; depot of 66th, Templemore; 67th,
Cork; 70th, Dublin; ditto of 72d, Nenagh; 75th, Ath-
lone; depot of 77th, Fermoy; ditto of 79th, Belturhet;
ditto of 82d, Spike Island; 83d, Limerick; depot of 88th,
Ballinasloe; 92d Highlanders, Belfast; depot of 93d,
Carlow; ditto of 95th, Tralee. The average force in
Ireland throughout the year is about 22,000 men, whose
expenditure is always very considerable.

MURDEROUS ATTACK BY A
RAILWAY POLICE- SERG EANT.
ETON, WEDNESDAY.—Yesterday evening a man named
Anthony Thomas Ryines, about forty years of age, the
police-sergeant at the Maidenhead station, in the employ of
the Great Western Railway Company, was brought before
the Rev. Thomas Carter, the sitting magistrate, in custody
of Daniel Sexton, the Maidenhead constable, charged with
having inflicted a serious, and, it is feared, mortal wound,
upon the body of Mr. Henry Plumb, an articled clerk to Mr.
William Ward, solicitor, or Maidenhead, between nine and
ten o'clock on Monday night.
Mr. J. J. Williams, barrister-at-law, and Mr. Ward, soli-
citor, attended on behalf of Mr. Plumb, who was in too weak
and dangerous a state to be present.
The following certificate from Mr. Bellis, surgeon, was
handed to the magistrate:—
" I hereby certify that Mr. Henry Plumb is not able to
attend the magistrates, in consequence of having a punctured
wound in the back."
The prisoner, upon being placed at the bar, appeared per-
fectly cool and unembarrassed.
Mr. John Mahon Williams (a son of Mr. Williams, the
barrister), who was on a visit at Mr. Ward's, at the time of
the unfortunate occurrence, deposed as follows :—I was
taking a walk with Mr. Plumb on Monday evening, at about
half-past nine o'clock, and as we were passing the Dumb
Bell public-house, which is opposite to the Maidenhead sta-
tion, we heard some music, which induced us to stop outside
to hear it. A boy ( who it has since been ascertained was
the son of the prisoner, and who is a page in the service of
a family in the neighbourhood), who was standing near us,
looked up in Mr. Plumb's face and laughed. Plumb then
remarked, "That's the famous Buttons." I said, "Oh, is it ?"
and walked towards him. The boy then ran away up the road
towards Maidenhead, calling out, "Father, they have been
licking me." We ran a little way after the boy. and then
stopped. The boy turned round, when he got near the
prisoner's house, and said, "You come here, and we will give
it you." The boy then went in, and we walked on towards
Maidenhead. Just as we got opposite the prisoner's house,
the boy hallooed out two or three times, " It's young Ward,"
evidently mistaking us for Mr. Ward's son. He was in the
garden with his mother. I then saw the prisoner run into the
house, and taking something from oil' the place on which a
candle was standing, immediately run out again and
jump over the gate into the road. The prisoner's wife called
after him," Make haste, give it them well." Plumb ran away as
soon as the prisoner came out of the house. I stayed until
he jumped over the gate; but when I saw he was coming
after us, I ran away as fast as I could. Prisoner followed,
and when, I found he was close upon me I ran across the road
and jumped over the fence into the ground next to the rail-
way. Prisoner followed Plumb, calling out to some men in
the road, " Stop the young blackguard." I heard one of
these men say, " I shall not stop him; what has he done ?"
Almost immediately afterwards I heard the cries of Plumb.
I heard him distinctly say, " Have mercy on me, and don't
hit me with that." then ran across to the railway on to
Mr. Ward's house for assistance, and returned with Mr.
Ward's man-servant. On our return we found Mr. Plumb
at the King's Arms Inn, Maidenhead-bridge, attended by
Mr. Bellis, the surgeon. As soon as I saw Plumb, and the
dreadful state be was in, I fainted away.
The shirt, waistcoat, trousers, and coat, worn by Mr.
Plumb at the time he was attacked by the prisoner, were
produced by Sexton the constable. The lower part of the
waistcoat and shirt, and the trousers, from the waist to below
the knees, were saturated with blood, as well as the skirts of
his coat.
In consequence of the dangerous condition of the unfortu-
nate young gentleman, it was not deemed necessary to enter
into further evidence at present, and the prisoner was re-
manded until Monday.
The weapon with which the wound was inflicted was
It
large table knife, with a sharp point, like a pig-knife.
would appear, from an examination of the clothes worn -
by
more
than Plumb, that the prisoner must have struck at him
than once, without the knife penetrating the flesh. There
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are three cuts in the shirt, corresponding in size with the
width of the knife, and two in the waistcoat. The knife pene-
trated the back, just below the ribs, between two and three
nches.