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We regret to announce the de;
• sess, of Field-Marshal the
ford, Co on e 2d or Coldstream Regiment
of Foot. Guards. The erAle and gallant
nobleumn expired at his residence in Lower
Grosvenor-street last evening at a quarter past
eight. o'clock. Iu stating above that his lordship's
illness was short, it need only be said that up to a
late hoar on Saturday there was no indication of
illness. The deceased Field-Marshal, who was the
third sen of Mr. George Byng, of Wrothampatk,
Middle ex, and grandson of the Hon. Robt. Eyeg,
third son of the first Viscount 'Torrington, had
reached the advanced ate of t',B years, and, With the
exception of Lord Sinclair, was the oldest member
of the House of Peers. The gallant earl had
achieved an honourable reputation in the a 'my.
He entered the 33d Regiment in 1793, and strved
in that regiment in Flanders and in Holland in
1794 and 1795, and was wounded at Geldermalseu,
and subsequently in Ireland. In the expedition to
Hanover in 1805 he served in the 3d Guards ; he
took part in the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807,
and was also in the Walcheren expedition in 1809,
when he was with the reserve under General Sir J.
Hope, and commanded his advance, composed of the
Grenadier battalion of the Guards and a detachment
of the 95th Rifles. In that command he charged a
detachment of the Dutch troops, taking some offi-
cers and upwards of 100 men prisoners. In 1811
he proceeded to the Peninsula to join the
brigade of Guards in Portugal, and in September.of
that year he was appointed to the command of a
brigade in the second division of the army under
Lord Hill. He was present with it in all the move-
ments and affairs with the enemy in the south of
Spain, and during the period of the siege of Ciudad
Rodrigo was detached in command to Idanha Nova
with his own brigade and some cavalry to observe
the movements of a corps of the enemy commanded
by General Foy at Coria. Upon his gallant chief,
Lord Hill, joining the main body of the army at
the commencement of the campaign of 1813 he was
engaged in the several actions of Vittoria, of the
Pyrenees, of Pampeluna (in which action he was
wounded), in the crossing of the Nivelle, and the
attack of the fortified camp, when he was wounded
and had two horses shot under him ; at Cambe, in
driving the enemy's outposts and reconnoitring the
tete-de
_pont ; in the passage of the Nive and the
affair before Bayonne on Dec. 13, 1813, when the
2d Division was attacked by six divisions of the
French army, commanded by Marshal Soult.
In that action a horse was shot under him. On
the 14th of February, at the commencement of the
campaign of 1814, he was engaged with the rear-
guard of the enemy at Espellette, and on the suc-
ceeding day was employed in the attack of the
heights above Garris. He was in the subsequent
actions of Orthes and Aire, and he repulsed the
enemy at Garlin, and was also engaged with his
brigade at the battle of Toulouse. In the campaign
of 1815 he eminently distinguished himself, more
particularly at Waterloo, having the command of
the 2d brigade of the Ist division. He was after
that victory appointed to the command of the first
corps of the British army which marched from Wa-
terloo to Paris, and on the march took the fortified
city of Peronne,:and subsequently took posses-
sion of Paris by occupying the heights of
Belle Ville and Montmartre. In 1812 he was
appointed Governor of Londonderry and Culmore,
and was made a Privy Councillor in 1827. In
1831 he was nominated a Grand Cross of the
Order of the Bath, having in 1828 been made a
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian
Order of Knighthood. From 1831 up to 1835
he represented the borough of Poole in the House
of Commons. In 1837 he was elevated to the
House of Lords by the creation of Baron Strafford,
and was ultimately created an earl in 1847. The
gallant deceased was appointed Colonel of the' 2d
West India Regiment in July, 1822 ; in January,
1828, he was removed to the 29th Regiment, and
in August, 1850, he was made Colonel of the Cold-
stream Guards, in the room of his late Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge. His lordship,
who had frequently received the thanks of Parlia-
ment for his military services, had received the
Gold Cross and one clasp for Vittoria, Pyrenees,
Nivelle, Nive, and Orthes; and the silver war
medal, with one clasp, for Toulouse; he was also
Knight of the Order of Maria Theresa of Austria
and of St. George of Russia. In addition to other
staff appointments, he had commanded the forces
in Ireland. The commissions of the venerable de-
ceased bore date as follows :—Ensign, Septem-
ber 30, 1793 ; Lieutenant, December 1, 1793 ;
Captain, May 24, 1794 ; Lieutenant-Colonel
March 14, 1800 ; Colonel, July 25, 1810; Major-
General, June 4, 1813; Lieutenant-General, May 27,
1825.; General, November 23, 1841 ; and Field-
Marshal, October 2, 1855. His Lordship is suc-
ceeded in the earldom by his eldest son, George
Stevens, Viscount Enfield, born June 8, 1806, who,
after sitting in the House of Commons successively
from 1831 for Milbourne Port, Poole, and Chatham,
to 1852, was in 1853 summoned to the House of
Lords by the title of Baron Strafford of Harmonds-
worth. He married first, in 1829, Lady Agnes
Paget, fifth daughter of the late Field-Marshal the
Marquis of Anglesey, who: died in 1845 ; and,
secondly, in March, 1848, Harriet Elizabeth, second
daughter of Lord Chesham. The present peer has
held several appointments during the Whig Ad-
ministrations, having been a Lord of the Treasury
in 1834, Controller of the Queen's Household, and
afterwards Treasurer of her Majesty's Household ;
and in July, 1846, Secretary to the Board of Control.

P.c:icE 4D. 8 TAMPEIi

asked if he would have any objection to separate
the society and non-society men.
In answer to Mr. Lewis, witness said he con-
6th-red Munday was hasty and intemperate in his
exprelsion to the other men, and understood that
when charged he admitted it. -Witness told him
that it would he diFcrect of him to work comfort-
ably with the unionists. Monday refused to go to
otle‘r work where he would be the only plasterer
employed. Sonic of the non-unionists thought
Munday in the wrong.
Mr. Paynter wished to know whether there was
anything offensive in a man saying he would not
belong to a society of operatives ?
Mr. iNlyers replied that it might be used offen-
sively, and explained that it was accompanied on
this occasion by a prefix of a sanguinary character.
Mr. Paynter inquired whether the men had re-
turned to their employment, and how things were
going on at present at the hotel ?
M-. Myers said he believed that all the men who
struck were at work again, and there were about
equal numbers of society and non-society men.
Mr. Paynter thought that after what he had
heard there was an end to the case, for although
there might be in the strict letter of the law a con-
spiracy to procure the discharge of Munday, the
other men had reasonable ground of objection
against him, and were sojustified in the opinion of
Mr. TNi_vers himself that he had discharged him, as
lie would have done any other man who miscon-
ducted himself. In the case of requesting the dis-
charge of twenty other men, the matter was
different. That was clearly a conspiracy ; but that
was not the complaint before him. The men, it
seemed, had returned to their work ; they had re-
pented of their conduct; had seen, perhaps, that
it was open to censure, and, such being the case, it
was as well that the matter rested where it did, and
that the men peacefully and honestly followed their
daily calling. It appeared to have been considered
by something that transpired in the previous hear-
ing of the case, that one class of men were right in
requesting that the other should be removed to
work at another part of the building ; but he must
assure the working men, unionists or non-unionists,
that they were in error in tharrespect, for a mas-
ter had a right to employ his men where or in what
part he pleased, and any interference with that
right might put the master to serious inconvenience;
and he hoped that workmen would not go away
from that court with a notion that they had a right
to impose any such conditions upon their employers.
He was quite sure that if they were properly ad-
vised, they would not continue dissensions which
not only must affect their masters but seriously
affect themselves ; but if men were insulted in their
employment, their feelings ought to be duly con-
sidered, and care should be taken by the removal of
the offending party that nothing should impede the
progress of peace, comfort, and order. He must
repeat that he was glad to hear -the matter spoken
of in this inquiry was at an end, and he sincerely
hoped it would never be renewed; and he conjured
union and non-union men alike to abstain from any
remarks calculated to excite or inflame the other's
temper, but rather to use every means in their power
to restore that good feeling which should ever exist
amongst working men.
Mr. Myers assured the magistrate that he never
made any distinction between society and non-
society men: _ _

The solicitor for the prosecution declared that
Mun day denied having used the offensive expression
imputed. Bellamy complained that he had been
again and again brought from his work without
anything being proved against him, and the wit-
nesses for the prosecution urged that they ought to
be paid for their loss of time.

Sir. Paynter said he could not help any of them,
and defendants were then discharged.

PARDON TO EUGENIA PIUMNE.R.

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—As I and other friends of Mary Eugenia
Plummer have received many letters from strangers,
expressing sympathy with the child, and an opi-
nion that she has been unjustly convicted, and as
—notwithstanding the efforts made by articles and
advertisements in the daily press before and since
this second -verdict to bias public opinion in favour
of Mr. Hatch—the confidence of a great portion of
the public in the truthfulness of the child has not
been shaken, it will perhaps be a satisfaction to
them if you will permit me to make known through
your columns that her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to grant a pardon to the child on condition
of her being placed in the care of a lady selected
by her friends, and that she will to-day be taken
into her care. I am informed that it has been
stated in one of your contemporaries that the child
has been sent to a reformatory, but this I beg to
state is not the fact. I have a firm belief in the in-
nocence of the child, and I am one of those who
think that, however public opinion may be misled
for a time, it ultimately comes round to the side of
truth and justice, and I have no doubt that even-
tually in this case the innocence of the child will be
made appear.—l am, &c.,
WALTERS F. PRATT.

A company is said to be in course of formation,
to be called the London and Oriental Steam Company, for
a line to India via the Cape by vessels to perform the ser-
vice with regularity in 45 days. The contemplated
steamers are 6,000 tons register and 1,200 horse-power, and
among the points urged for the necessity of the route are
the increased accommodation that will be required for the
army passenger traffic under the new regulations respect-
ing the number and description of troops to be henceforth
employed in India, and the importance of having an effi-
cient alternative means of communication for mails, mer-
chandise, stores, and passengers, military or civil, in case
of any contingency that might interfere with the Egyptian
transit.
THE GALE AND THE CROPS.—The young wheat
in Norfolk have, it is feared, sustained considerable damage
in the late gale. The plants before the gale were growing
vigorously, and, being soft and brittle, they have been cut,
twisted, and torn in a manner sad to witness. The high
and exposed light lands have suffered more than lower dis-
tricts, the plant in the former neighbourhoods being thinner
and weaker. As regards the other grain crops, it may be
added that barleys in Norfolk present a variable appearance,
the heavy lands having recently suffered somewhat from a
superabundance of moisture. In the fen districts a similar
state of things exists.
THE SECRETARY AT WAR ON THE VOLUNTEER
MOVEMENT.—At the dinner of the Wilts Friendly Society
held this week at Warminster, the Secretary at War, Mr.
Sidney Herbert, in acknowledging the toast of "The Army
and Navy, and the health of the Right Hon. Sidney Her-
bert, the Minister at War," thus referred to the volunteer
rifle movement Charged -as he was with very heavy
duties, he did not know that he had any labour which had
been so much a labour of love to him as to see this enormous
and powerful armed force, that had been growing up
within the last few months. The volunteers, rifles and
artillery, numbered now about 120,000 in England. (Cheers.)
He was told at first that they were making toys of the
thing, and that they were mere holiday soldiers—that they
would strut about, and never stick to their drill and learn
their business. Now he saw the other day with his own
eyes some battalions of rifles manoeuvring in London, and
ho was told by a very distinguished and eminent officer of
the regular army that he never saw troops move about so
well ; and, speaking of the lieutenant-colonel, he never
saw an officer of the line go through the work in a better
style. (Cheers.) For his past, he sincerely hoped that
this movement would spread, and give a true martial feel-
ing to the whole of the population. He believed that the
present martial feeling had arisen from the circumstances
which required it. 'We were an industrious people, we
were a powerful people, and for our industry we required
peace ; and he believed that the very best guarantees we
could have for peace was, that we should be in such a
state of preparation that none but a desperate man would
attempt to meddle with us. (Loud applause.) He would
not say more on the subject beyond this, that he believed
the spirit which had now arisen would be a lasting one.
He believed that those who had entered into this movement
had done so from the highest motives, and that its continu-
ance would be the best guarantee for peace that we could
possibly have."
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN TIIE METROPOLIS.—A
fire happened on Saturday at Mr. J. Gower's, licensed vic-
tualler, and proprietor of the Castle Hotel, in Long-alley,
Bishopsgate. It appears that, whilst some persons were
engaged drawing off spirits, the vapour became ignited,
and the flame spread rapidly about the bar. The brigade
eventually succeeded in getting the flames extinguished,
but not until the bar, the stock of wine and spirits, the two
commercial parlours, the tap room, and four rooms on
the first floor, as well as the roof, were destroyed. The
premises of Mr. J. Johnstone, let out in tenements; those
of Mr. J. Martin, No. 43, also let out in tenements ;
and those numbered 44, let out to poor families,
were also severely damaged by fire and water. A fire
also happened on Saturday morning on the premises
belonging to Mr. Freeman, the builder and contractor,
situate at No. 75, Cowcross -street, 'West Smithfield. The
*firemen were unable to get the mastery over the flames
until ;he property of Mr. Freeman was destroyed ; and the
premises of Messrs. Daveness, provision merchants, No.
73 ; Mr. J. Watson, hair-dresser, No. l 9 ; Mr. Parsons,
slaughterman, No. 82 ; Mr. C. Gregory, blacksmith, No.
78; and three houses in Greenhill's-rents, were severely
damaged by fire and water. Out of the great number of
sufferers only Mr. Freeman was insured. The origin of
the fire is unknown. Last night, about six o'clock, the
inhabitants of Goswell-street, Clerkenwell, were greatly
alarmed in consequence of a cry of " Fire" resounding
throughout the neighbourhood. Thousands of persons im-
mediately proceeded to the spot, when it was found that
the premises of Messrs. Bailey and Holden, provision mer-
chants, bacon and ham driers, and cheese factors, were in
flames. The property in question was of vast extent, co-
vering nearly half an acre of ground, in Allen-street, a street
running into Goswell-street. A number of engines were
soon on the spot, and a good supply of water was procured,
but the brigade were unable to get the flames extinguished
until one of the drying houses filled with ham and bacon
was entirely destroyed and three others adjoining severely
damaged by fire, water, &c. Some of the surrounding
buildings were also much injured,