The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-19 00:00:00

ALDERSBOT CAMP.

The Queen and Prince Albert were at Aldershot Yes"
terday, and though, contrary to general expectation,
there was no review—that event being reserved for this
morning—the scene was brilliant and animated, and the
camp wore that gay and festive aspect which a Royal
visit never fails to impart. The weather, cloudy e 0",
unpromising at first, improved by bright degrees, untu
at last, as it in effulgent disclaimer of what Shakski
has so unfeelingly said about the "uncertain glories "°f
the month of April, the sun shone forth with a pO9/,_el
and constancy that put his enemies, the clouds, to flign"
and made the day his own.
The Royal party left Buckingham Palace at 3 o'clock,
reached Farnborough about half-past 4 o'clock, and were
received at the railway station by General Knollys, In°
staff, and a guard of honour. The Queen, who wore
golden sash over her left shoulder, and on her riding
hat a plume of miiitary feathers, entered the carriage
that was in waiting for her, and drove off amid the 1041
acclamations of a numerous assemblage.
Arrived at the confines of the north camp, she alighted
and mounted a fine chesnut charger, the Prince Consort
riding on one side of her and L'ird Alfred Paget on the
other. General Knollys, with a brilliant staff, precede.]
the Royal personages, and a glittering group of eques;
trians, conspicuous among whom was the Countess 0'
Desart, brought up the rear. On reaching the Club.
house the cavalcade diverged into the plains that lie t 9
the right of the common, and are encircled by a ring
of heather-clad hills, once the home of timid bares
and gentle plover, but now the haunt of riflemen, wil°
resort thither for target practice and wake the echoes
with their sharp ringing Minids. Here the troops were
drawn up in double columns, offering a front of a mil!
and a half. The scene was beyond description brilliant
and picturesque as the Royal visitors moved at a slot
',ace from regiment to regiment, the band of each
saluting them with the National Anthem, while the men
presented arms and the colours were drooped. The,
Queen appeared to enter thoroughly into the spirit of
the occasion, and acklewledged the salutations of lief
soldiers with a cordiality and condescension which
were generally remarked. Hera was no hurried ur
superficial glance. She passed closely along the line°
and examined with manifest interest the appearance.
and discipline of the men. Nor could the scrutini
have failed to afford her satisfaction ; for the men, spruce
and gallant in their new uniforms as English soldiers
should ever be, went through their work admirably, and
the steadiness and precision of their movements evoked
the applause of all spectators.
The inspection of the troops being completed, the
Queen repaired with her illustrious retinue to the
highest of the hills in the vicinity, and, dismonst•
jue, took up her position whore a flag-staff bad been,
planted to mark the " saluting point." The regiments
then brought their "right shoulders forward," and the
whole force defiled past her Majesty in quick time
and in open columns of companies, their bands
playing national airs as they marched round
the base of the hill. The order in which they
advanced was as follows :—The 80th Regiment
of the Line led the way, next came the 91st, and then,
in succession, as here enumerated, the militia regiments
of Sussex, Glocestershire, Leicestershire, Worcestershire,
Herefordshire, the city of Dublin, the sth Elthorne•
Hertfordshire, 2d Surrey (with their venerable white
goat), Ist Somersetshire, Cavan, City of London, and'
Carahridgeshire, which last regiment arrived from El
only yesterday. Finally, the Antrim Rifles and third
battalion of the Rifle Brigade passed at a swinging tro„
to the glorious old melody of " Sir Roger de Coverley.
It was altogether a brilliant and inspiriting spectacle,
and the Queen and her subjects appeared to enjoy it with
equal zest.

At 6 o'clock the Royal party retired to the Pavilion,
where they took up their allude for the night.

RECAFTURE OF THE BERKSHIRE JAC.

211EPPARD.

The "last escape" of this convict from Portsmouth
has already been reported. It appears that there hi
slipped his cable on Tuesday week, in broad daylight
Having learnt the business of a tailor, be made hinver
a suit of clothes out of his rough sheets, and, having
sect eted them under his prison dress, took a favourable
opportunity, while working in the dockyard, to retire
into a corner, where he doffed his convict outer garment 4
and dressed himself in the work of his own hands. Behr;
thus equipped, and looking rather seedy, he boldlf
marched, as well as a pair of pretended knock-knees
would allow him, towards the main entrance of tel
dockyard, meeting in his way several officers. When
arrived at the gate, he was challenged by the sentinel os
duty as to what business he had there ; to which hi
made a ready answer, and then "cadged" of the sea,
tinel, who then told him to clear off. This unnecessar,
piece of advice he did not wait to be repeated, but hied
off into a wood in the neighbourhood. Here he wag
followed in less than half-an-hour by a party from the
dockyard, who by that time had missed him. They did
not find him, however, and when the curtain of night
had fallen he left his lair in the wood and committed
a burgnry in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth, carry'
big off a quantity of eatables and 61. He seems sub-
sequently to have taken the rail to Oxfordshire ; and
the next thing we hear of him is that on the night of
Saturday or morning of Sunday last he was at Great
Barford. There he rummaged over the workshops of
Mr. Lovell and another carpenter, where he lighted
fires of shavings, and carried away a saw from the
former. His next exploit was at the house of Mr.
Woolgrove, grocer, where he cat out with a saw the
whole frame of a window secured with iron bars, and
carried off a full suit of clothes, a hat, 21b. of tobacco,
and about les. in copper, the inmates of the house re'
maining sound asleep all the time. He next visited
his old friend's stable—Mr. John Timms, Little Bar"
ford—but there he did nut find what he was in search
of, and accordingly went over to Mr. Austin's, where
he rode away with a fine white horse, a halter, and
sack, through Hornton, into Batley parish, where, it
being now daylight of Sunday morning, he dismounted
and turned the horse up a lane near Lord
hers's mansion. By this time Superintendents
Dixon and Burton, of Deddington and Banbury►
were on the track, and they traced him to Welles-
b ,erne. During the day the valuable services of Mr.
Hickling, superintendent of the Warwick police, and of
Sergeant Bumford, of the same corps, were enlisted in
the search of the fugitive ; but nothing further wag
heard of him until Monday night about about nine
o'clock. At that time a number of people were keeping
Saint Monday at the New Inn, Hatton, when they were
astonished on hearing three or four panes of glass smashed
in the window of the room in which some of them were
assembled. They of course ran to the outside to see the
depredator, and in the dim moonlight saw Hirons run'
ping At full speed toward the canal. They could not
capture him—he was too swift for them. On inspection
they found that he had gained admittance to a bedroom
by forcing the window, and after ransacking every corner
he had taken away a silver watch and silk handkerchiefs.
hut could find no money. His heel had accidentally
slipped as he was escaping from the window, and thus 130
hod unwillingly sounded an alarm. About a quarter of °
mile from the New Inn he immediately went and corn'
mitted another burglary at the house of Mr. William
Smith, farmer. Thence he stole a shoulder of mutton
and other viands, a pair of watertights ; and he also
seems to have enjoyed himself in eating the best that
the house afforded, and in drinking several cups of ale.
Alter such a good night's work it was reasonable to
suppose that he would require some rest, and therefore it
was inferred that during the next day be could not be
far distant from the scene of his toils. Under this in"
pression a numerous party of impromptu detectives was
got together, and began a vigorous and diligent search
for the not unworthy representative of the numerous
body of "cracksmen." About two o'clock the same dal
(Tuesday) he was surprised in a barn in the Old Park,
Warwick ; but even here his good fortune did not quite
leave him, for he got out and outran all his pursuers.
until a horse was obtained, and then after a hot chase of
three miles he was run down and secured, and conveyed
to Warwick lock-up. There it was found that he was
dressed in the clothing stolen from Mr. Woolgrove, of
Great Barford ; and that be had in his possession nearly
all the property he had lately stolen. The halter which
he had stolen alor, with the horse was found under a
stone in the parish of Ratley, near to where the horse
was found. The prisoner was brought before the ma'
gistrate at Warwick yesterday charged with the burg'
blies committed at Ilatton. The prisoner attempted to
break out of Warwick Gaol a few years ago by means
of the main sewer ; but from some cause he was foiled.
He now boasts that no gaol in England will hold him ;
but that we are very sceptical about.—Banbury Guar'
dian of yesterday.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, APRIL 18.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

There will be an election of four taberlars at this col-
lege on Thursday, the 29th of May. The value of the
taberdarships is 651. per annum at the least. They will
be open to all, with a preference for natives of Cumber-
land and Westmoreland.

At—the same time there 'will be an election of two
Bridgman exhibitioners. The exhibitions are of the
value of 451. per annum. Candidates must be natives of
Lancashire, Cheshire, and Wiltshire.
Candidates for taberdarships and exhibitions must
call on the Provost on Saturday, the 24th of May, with
certificates of birth and testimonials of conduct.

ALLEGED FRAUDS ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-
WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—LIVERPOOL, April 1L
—At the police-court to-day, before Mr. Mansfield, the
,stipendiary magistrate, William Parsonage, who acted
as auctioneer in sales for unclaimed goods for the Lon,
don and North-Western Railway Company, was brough'
up for the fourth time on remand, charged with frau(
and conspiracy. The evidence went to show that th
amounts received for goods sold on some of these ucce
sions were not correctly entered in the company's book(
the difference in the amounts being to the prejudice et
the company. Mr. Brotherton, who appeared for th(
prisoner, addressed the court at very great length, con.
tending that there were no evidence against his client,
the amour-its which were entered in a book kept solely
by the prisoner, being correct, the inaccuracies occurrirg
in a book kept by the cashier, Mr. Salter, who had ab-
,eonded, and was still at large. Mr. Mansfield said the
case was certainly very complicated, but he then.tht
there was sufficient prima facie evidence to send the
t.r;soner for trial.
An iron mortar-boat was launched on ThursaiYFfloroan:
the building-yard of Mr. John Laird, at Biicenhead.
There are now three mortar-boats in the Geat
Birkenhead, ready for removal. Severalgun•boats at
h e same yard are nearly ready for launcbdg•