The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-10 00:00:00

Lynn to Hunstan ton is deserving the cordial subpart of the
inhabitants of Lynn and the neighbourhood." (Applause.)
Mr. MOYSE said—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen,—l assure
you I should not have risen to address this meeting had I
not been requested to do so by some gentlemen connected
with this railway plan. I dare say many of my friem's
around me will be rather surprised to see me occupying the
position which I de tceday as the promoter of a railway
scheme, knowing how strongly I have felt against the sys-
tem in a general way. My objection to it has been that
it would be detrimental to the interests of the borough in
taking away from the shipping interests and giving to the
railway that which legitimately belongs to our port. The
present plan, however, has not the objection which the
East Anglian Railway had when I objected to it. (Hear,
hear.) Everything in this instance must be brought to
Lynn, and increase your trade; whereas I then thought
that everything would be brought by railway to Lynn and
do away with your shipping. I might be wrong in my
objection to it, but I confess in this instance that—although
when it was originally mentioned to me that the plan was
on foot, I said : " Are all the people mad ? How on earth
are they going to Hunstanton ? Are they going across the
flats ? And what are they going to carry ? Sand ?" and I
really fancied on the first blush that it was one of the most
mad schemes possible—l found on reflection that it was not
so mad as Ihad expected ; and I believe, on more nature
reflection, it is one which may be carried out sucecesfully.
(Hear, hear.) I know the district into which it is going is
one of the best barley-growing districts in England. I
know that the London brewers will have that barley; and
I know that Wells will get that carriage away from Lynn,
and the profits arising from the purchase from the mer-
chants of Lynn, provided we do not take some steps to
bring it here. Such being the case, I am very glad to have
an opportunity of seconding Mr. Armes's proposition. I
am not about to tire you with long statistics or figures, but
allow me to say to tke promoters of this scheme that I
think they have acted wisely in the way they have set
about it—in not having been so rapid in their marches as
they were upon the East Anglian question. They appear
to have grown a little wiser ; and I do trust that the ex-
perience they got from the working of that line will be a
sufficient warning to them to make this an admirable line,
and a paying line to those who may be concerned in it. I
find in conversation with a great many gentlemen of the
district that the great cost of bringing thir corn into this
town will lead to the nece wary consequence of their going
to the nearest railway. Now it so happens that merchants
from a district can easily .get to the market in whigh the
corn is produced, but it is rather a costly matter to get the
corn to that market unlcess you have a railway; it entails
the cost of keeping up a very large number of horses
which the farmer does not want, as steam engines are
doing away with the requirement of them for many pur-
poses ; and the farmer consequently says : " I will not go
16 miles for a railway if I can get to one at eight." The
whole district of Burnham and along that coast will
become the focus for this excellent barley if this scheme is
not carried into effect. I have great pleasure in seconding
Mr. Armes's proposition. (Loud applause.)
The TOWN CLERK having again read the resolution, it
was put to the meeting and carried unanimously.
Mr. SIMPSON said he thought the assent they had had
given fairly implied thret what he had endeavoured to put
before them was reasonable. He might say, before pro-
posing the resolution which he rose to do, that tho attention
of himself and colleagues was now especially directed to
obtain that fair average of charges for the port of Lynn
which had had their unceasing attention for the last four
years. So far as Lowestoft was concerned, it had been
modified, perhaps, to as great an extent as they could
expect ; but they had now prepared in the most careful
manner a protest which it was intended by theirchairman
and himself to hand to the Eastern Counties Board at their
next meeting, and to say by their excellent chairman,
" These are the different points between us—let this un-
seemly strife end ; but we are not disposed to submit to
one iota less than we claim, for we claim nothing but what
is right. After some further remarks, he said he had now
a pleasing duty to perform. When he joined the. East Ang-
lian Board, they found. themselves in a state of hostility.
He would not revive those unpleasant reminiscences, but
he must say he never met with a man who exhibited so
much liberality and such conciliatory manners as did the
excellent gentleman who now occupied the chair in bring-
ing about the present union of working. He had great
satisfaction in proposing the best thanks of this meeting to
the Mayor for his courtsy in presiding at this meeting.
The Mayor. having briefly returned thanks, the meeting
separated.
The prospectus had been published, and the list of the
provisional committee contains the names of the several
personsthrough whose property the proposed line is to pass,
as well as a fair number of the gentlemen, merchants, and
traders of this town. When the provisional committee
have received the requests for the allotment of shares,some
idea will be formed as to the interest taken in the matter
by the inhabitants. The line is to be made for the amount
stated, and. as in the 80,0001. a margin is left for expenses,
should the traffic reach the estimate to which Mr. Simpson
referred, there can be but little doubt that it will pay a
dividend. Under any circumstances, it cannot be a disad-
vantage to Lynn. The plan also embraces the buildings
for the accommodation of visitors, and arrangements aro
in progress for securing the adjacent land on equitable
building leases, which step, we are informed, will bo ef-
fected without delay.

THE MILITARY "PRACTICAL JOKING" AT
BRIGHTON.-AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS.

Cornet T. H. Ames, the gentleman who was the sub-
ject of the insulting treatment at the hands of his brother
officers, to which reference has been made in the various
paragraphs which have appeared in the papers, is not
the sou of a clergyman, as has been stated, but is the
only child of a gentleman of independent property. We
are informed that the facts which will ho attempted to
he proved before the court-martial will be substantially
as follow :

Cornet Ames dined at mess on Sunday, Sept. 21, on
which occasion he sat next to Lord Ernest Vane Tem-
pest, who, it will be remembered, rendered himself
notorious in relation to a theatrical fracas at Windsor
some time ago ; for his counection with which dis-
graceful proceedings he was "punished" by his relative,
the late Commander-in-Chief, by being promoted from
att ensigncy in an infantry regiment to a cornetcy in a
cavalry regiment—the 4th Light Dragoons—the regi-
ment which has now the honour of that discreet and
distinguished officer's services, It is asserted that shcrtly
after the dinner commenced Lord Tempest, who is c aly
himself a cornet, began to address to Cornet Ames a
variety of insulting observations in an under tone of
voice. Amongst other things it is said that be told that
young officer to "eat as much as he could for his money;"
his lordship also asked him, "whether the reason that
he did not drink champagne was that it was too dear for
him ?" also whether he " walked" up to mess at the
barracks ? [One of Cornet Ames's horses being ill, he
had walked on this occasion to mess.] His lordship
asked him whether he had " walked to save his money ?"
And further informed him that he " ought to go to
the serjeants' mess to learn manners before he came to
theirs." At length Cornet Ames very naturally re-
fused to answer any more of the insulting observations
which his lordship continued to address to him.
This, it is asserted, somewhat provoked his lordship,
and induced him to inform his brother officer
that "if he did not answer he would give him
a good licking directly he got him out of the mess-room."
At length Cornet Ames is said to have told his lord•
ship that his ob ervations r ere unbecoming an officer
and a gentleman. The wine passed round freely. The
major retired, and was followed by Cornet Ames. It is
asserted that the evidence for the prosecution will prove
that Lord Ernest Vane Tempest and another cornet,
named Birt, followed Cornet Ames out of the room.
They then took hold of his arms, and forcibly dragged
him into Lord Tempest's room, whither he was followed
by two other officers—namely, Lieutenant W. Win-
sta.4ey and Cornet D. Fyfe, Cornet Birt and Lord
Ten Vest then held him down on a sofa, while Lieutenant
from
Lord it is asserted, fetched a pair of scissors
Lord Tempest's bed-room. The evidence, we arc as-
sured, will show that his lordship took these scissors,
and with them ent off the whole of the left side of Cor-
net Ames's whiskers, close to the chin, and held them
up in his hand, exclaiming, " Here's a lot !" an exclama-
tion which was greeted with shouts of laughter from
the "officers and gentlemen" present, inasmuch as the
hirsute appendages of Cornet Ames were decidedly the
finest in the regiment. All this was done in the most
insulting and offensive manner. So far the transac-
tions occurred at the Lewes-road Bairsclis, where the
mess was held.
But Cornet Ames was on duty at the Pavilion Ber-
racks, and as soon as he could escape frem his bar-
barous persecutors, he put on his coat and returned
there. It was about ten o'clock in the evening when he
arrived there; and, writhing under the indignities to
which he had been subjected, he repaired at once to his
room. As he was opening the door he heard voices at
the bottom of the stairs, which he thought he recognised
as those of his brother officers who had just been so
cruelly ill-treating him. Not being anxious to come
into contact with them any more that evening, he de-
scended by another flight of stairs into the dome. The
" officers and gentlemen," whoever they may have been,
ascended the stairs, and forcibly entered Cornet Ames's
apartments.- 'After they had left he went there, and
found the whole of his things turned topsy-turvy. The
candlestick was thrOwn out of window, all the doors of
an elegant little wardrobe were violently wrenched off,
and his linen and saddlery were scattered about the room.
Two of his hats were smashed to pieces, a can of water
had been emptied into his bed, and his looking-glass was
smashed to atoms. Two sticks and an umbrella were
missing. The evidence, it is asserted, will conclusively
lemonstrate who the parties were who were guilty of
this disreputable transaction.

It is one of the peculiarities of "noble" officers, espe-
cially in "crack regiments," that they very frequently
annoy in this way Asir brother officers who are gentle.
men of the middle class, and who lack either the pecu-
niary resources or the disposition, or both, to participate
in their revelries. By these miserable means they en-
deavour to disgust them with the regiment, and to drive
them out of it, to make room for "gentlemen" of simi-
lar resources with themselves.
That this is totally contrary to the regulations under
which they serve will be seen from the following quota-
tions from "Instructions for Officers on joining a Regi-
ment or Depot," issued by the Horse Guards, and dated
Sept. 2, 1854, wherein it is expressly stated, "The
General Commanding-in-Chief (i, e., the late Lord liar-
dinge) has, in the course of late year, been twice under
the necessity of expressing to every regiment, at home
and abroad, his apprehensions that a few inconsiderate
officer& might bring their regiments into disrepute, un-
less in their social conduct towards eact other at the
mess table, and in their barrack rooms, their behaviour
should be regulated by a higher standard of what is duo
to the honourable position which they occupy, as holders
of commissions in her Majesty's army."
The document then sets forth the leading facts which
occurred in the 50th, 62d, and 46th Regiments, and
then proceeds :—"lf the ensign is firm, and has the
proper spirit of an officer and gentleman, he can have no
difficulty, without the loss either of honour or of temper,
in resisting those coarse practical jokes ; but if he sub-
mits to them on the plea that they are the customary
probation of an officer entering the British army, he will
justly subject himself to the charge of having tamely
submitted to insult ; and it is his duty, on every ac-
-3.)unt, and especially for the purpose of ensuring his
military efficiency, which depends upon character, that
<thuuld not surLr any liberties to be taken calculated