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

ALDElfSilriT 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 and
unpromising at first, improved by bright degrees, until •
at last, as it in effulgent disclaimer of what Shakspere
has so unfeelingly said about the " uncertain glories " of
the month of April, the sun shone forth with a power
and constancy that put his enemies, the clouds, to flight
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, his
staff, and a guard of honour. The Queen, who wore a
golden sash over her left shoulder, and on her riding
bat a plume of miiitary feathers, entered the carriage
that was in waiting for her, and drove off amid the loyal
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 Lord Alfred Paget on the
other. General Knolls's, with a brilliant staff, preceded .
the Royal personages, and a glittering group of eques-
trians, conspicuous among whom was the Countess of•
Desart, brought up the., rear. On reaching the Club-
house the cavalcade diverged into the plains that lie to
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, who
resort thither for target practice and wake the echoes
with their sharp ringing Minitis. Here the troops were
drawn up in double columns, offering a front of a mile
and a half. The scene was beyond description brilliant
and picturesque as the Royal visitors moved at a slow
pace trout 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 acklowledged the salutations of her
soldiers with a • cordiality and conuescension which
were generally remarked. Hera was no hurried or
superficial glance. She passed closely along the lines
and examined with manifest interest the appearance
and discipline of the men. Nor could the scrutiny
have fai!ed 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, dismount-
ing, took up her position where a flag-staff had 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
paying national airs as they marched round
the base of the hill. The order in which they
advai,ced 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, toe city of Dublin, the sth Elthorne,
Herefordshire, 2d Surrey (with their venerable white
goat), Ist Somersetshire Cavan, City of London, and
Cambridgeshire, which last regiment arrived from Ely
only yesterday. Finally, the Antrim Rifles and third
battalion of the Rifle Brigade passed at a swinging trot
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 abode for the night.

RECAPTURE OF TEfE BERKSHIRE JACK
2.I3EPPARD.

The "last escape" of this convict from Portsmouth
has already been reported. It appears that there he
slipped his cable on Tuesday week, in broad daylight.
Having learnt the business of a tailor, he made himself
a suit of clothes out of his rough sheets, and, having
secreted them under his prison dress, took a favourable
opportunity, while working in the dockyard, to retire
into acorner, where he doffed his convict outer garments,
and dressed himself in the work of his own bands. Being
thus equipped, and looking rather seedy, be boldly -.-
marched, as well as a pair of pretended knock•knees
would allow him, towards the main entrance of tne
dockyard, meeting in his way several officers. When
arrived at the gate, he was challenged by the sentinel on
duty as to what business be had there ; to which he
made a ready answer, and then "cadged" of the sen-
tinel, who then told him to clear c ff. This unnecessary
piece of advice he did not wait to be repeated, but hied
off into a wood in the neighbourhood. Here he was
followed in less than half-atehour by a party from the
dockyard, who by that time had missed him. They aid
not find him, however, and when the curtain of night
had fallen he left his lair in the wood and committed
a burg'ary in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth, carry-
ing off a qu,intity of eatables and 61. Ile seems sub-
sequently to have taken the rail to Oxfordshire ; and
the next thing we hear of him is that on the night of
Bsturday or morning' of Sunday last he was at Great
Barford. Tnere he rummaged over the workshops of
Mr. Lovell and another carpenter, where he lighted
fiies of shavings, and carried away a saw from the
firmer. His next exploit was at the house of Mr.
Woolgrove, grocer, where be cut oat with a saw the
whole frame of a window secured with iron bars, and
carried off a full suit of clothes, a hat, 2ib. of tobacco,
and about les. in copper, the inmates of the house re-
niainiog sound asleep ail the time. He next visited
his cld friend's stable—Mr. John Timms, Little Bar.
ford—but there he did not 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 a
sek, through Hornton, into Ratley parish, where, it
being now deylight of Sunday morning, he dismounted
and turned the,, horse up a lane near Lord Vil-
liers'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, sup rintendent of the Warwick police, and of
Sergeant Bumf rd, of the same corps, were enlisted in
the search of the fugitive ; but nothing further was
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 threoor four panes of glass smashed
in the window of tee 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 Throne run-
ning 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 bad taken away a silver watch and silk handkerchiefs,
tort could find no money. His heel had accidentally .
slipped as he was escaping from the window, and thus he
hsd unwillingly sounded an alarm. About a quarter of a
mile from the New Inn he'immediately went and com-
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.
After 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 bey
far distant from the scene of his toils. Under this ims
pressien a numerous party of impromptu detectives was
got tegether, and began a vigorous and diligent search
for the not unworthy representative of the numerous
body of "cracksmen." About two o'clock the same day
(Tuesda3) 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 he had in his possession nearly
all the property he had lately stolen. The halter which
he had etc len along with the horse was found under a
stone in the parish of Batley, near to where the horse
was found. The prisoner was brought before the ma-
gistrate at Warwick yesterday charged with the burg-
laries committed at flattop. The prisoner attempted to
break out of Warwick Gaol sefew 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, Aram 18.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
There will bo an electi of four taberdars 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 45/. per Candidates moat 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 THR LONDON AND NORTH-
WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—LIVERPOOL, April 18'..
—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 brought
up for the fourth time on remand, charged with fraud
and conspiracy. The evidence went to show that the
amounts received for goods sold on some of these occa-
sions were not correctly entered in the company's books,
the difference in the amounts being to the prejudice of
the company. Mr. Brotherton, who appeared for the
prisoner, addressed the court at very great length, con-
tending that there were no evidence against his client,
the amounts which were entered in a book kept solely
by the prisoner, being correct, the inaccuracies occurring
a book kept by the cashier, Mr. Salter, who bad ab-
sconded, and was still at large. Mr. Mansfield said the
case was certainly very complicated, but he thought
there was sufficient prima facie evidence to send the
visoner for trial.
An iron mortar-boat was launched on Thursday from
the building-yard of Mr. John Laird, at Birkenhead.
There are now three mortar-boats in the Great Float,
Birkenhead, ready for removal. Several gun-boata at
he game yard are nearly ready far Machias. -