The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-24 00:00:00

THE CAMP AT ALDERSHOT.

The military inquiry into the causes which led to the
da..gerous quarrel between the 2d German Japers
the men of the 41st and 93.1 Regiments terminated on
Tuesday at Aldershot. Tae decision at which the tour,
arrived is, therefore, still unknown. We are glad, ho
ever, to hear that the German officers, taking into
consideration that such another outbreak could nol
occur again, and that it was the wish to conciliat,
the English troops as much as possible, refraine,
from bringing any charges against the regiments
from which the men of their own corps bad sue
tamed such serious ii,juries. The good sense and good
feeiiun of thi- course must be obvious to our readers, aria
we are informed by many En4lish officers who witnessed
the affray that, had the Germans pressed the charges,
the military board must have severely censured the con-
duct of several of the English corps concerned -in it.
This conciliatwry plan has also produced a very good
effect in camp, and without at all acknowledging on
whose side lay the fault of beinnitig the disturbance,
the English are quite willing to admit their regret that
when it bad begun they pushed their victory over the
Gee mans t,o far and committed many actsof unjustifiabl,
violence and even cruelty. When one side thus forgave
an injury and the other regretted it, the best thing that
can be done is to let the whole matter rest as it is, ann
the witnesses before the military board appeared quite of
this opinion. The wounded Germans " declined" t•
recognise any of the English soldiers under arrest for
assaulting them, while the English, on the other
hand, "could not say" who was in the wrong, or
at most that both parties were equally so. The
inquiry therefore soon ended, but as we have said its de-
cision will not be made known till early next week. It
its tenour should be pacificatory and likely to soothe
down whatever little ill feeling may still exist betweer
the German and English troops, we shall lay it before
our readers.

The investigation of the board of inquiry elicited
beyond all doubt that the affray was begun between s
German and a n an of the 93=i, set together by the ears
by one of the abandoned women who now i=nfest tb
country rourd Aldershot. There was nothing to surprise
in the affray having ~.ue.:ll an origin ; on the contrary, it
was just what might have been expected from a crowd of
drunken so'diers, English and German, mixed up with.
many of the lowest and most d,giaded of prostitutes.
We merely mention the circumstances in order that our
readers may know the kind of discipline which is tole.
rated among the troops at Aldershot. All round ti=
camp the worst and vilest of a bad class of wome.
abound. Everywhere are they to be met eithe'
" squatting" like gipsies in the fir woods round abou:
Aldershot, staggering drunk along the roads with tbf
soldiers, or, worse than all, crowding the regimental
canteens.

The Rifles occupy the tents under which the Ist Jagers
lived until sent to Colchester. We confess to !min'
among the number of those who look to the conoitn n
of a r -girnental camp as affording an infallible index t
the discipline of the regiment. Judging by this standard,
we have little hesitation in saying that the let Jagers
must have been a most orderly and well-conductee
corps. The condition in which they have left then
tamp is quite an example to the other troops. Thong',
hey had not been under canvas more than three weeks,
each tent was surrounded with a little garden, in which
transplanted woodbine, foxglove, purple and yellow
heath, flowered atsandantly. The •paths between the
tents were named Cambridge-street, Princess Royal•
street, Prince of Wales street, and so on through th,
Royal family, while all the paths were bordered with a
kind of Mosaic work of flints set in the gravel in innu-
merable designs. The English Rifles have always, botf:
at Chobham and in the East, enjoyed a high reputa-
tion for the cleanliness and good order of their canton-
ments. It will require all their neatness to improv,
upon the deigns which the Jagers, during their shc,e
tenure of the camp, carried into effect.
The 931 Highlanders left camp yesterday, en route
to Shorneliffe. The 4th Regiment, if all the accounts
which reach us are true, seem to want the care of a
smart disciplinarian.
The camp ab muds with rumours as to the intention
of the Queen to inspect the newlysarrived Crimea
troops th►s week. As yet there is no foundation for the
rumour, and we believe that at the earliest her Majesty
will not visit the camp before next Tuesday.
The two German battalions of light infantry, which
yesterday arrived from Scutari, will not move to Alder-
shot. At present they will encamp on Browndown.
near Portsmouth, and from thence we' believe proceed
to Colchester.—Morning paper.

The Tartare, steam advice boat, arrived at Cagliari cn
the 19th from Algiers, being placed at the orders
of the English engineers who are to lay down the subma
rine telegraph between Sardinia and the coast of Africa.
THE COLLISION IN THE MERSEY BETWEEN THE MAIL
AND EXCELSIOR. —LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The in-
ve.tigatton into the causes of the unfortunate collision in
the river between the screw steam-ships Mail and Excel-
sior was resumed this morning, in the Nisi Prius Court,
St. George's Hall. before H. Stratham, Esq., deputy
coroner, Mr. P. F. Curry, the coroner, being still t"
ill to conduct it. The witnesses examined were the
look-out man, the lamplighter, and the engineer of th,
Mail. The evidence threw very little additional light i
upon the cause of the collision, and was of little corn
parative importance. The look-outman stated that he
reported the Excelsior coming down the Merey half at,
hour before the collision, and added that she never alp
geared to change her course during that period. The
lamplighter of the Mail, in answer to some questions re-
garding the position of the lamps of the Mail and of th,
stanchion, stated, as his opinion, that the former could
not be obscnred by the latter; that the light could be
• seen, he believed, a mile off, notwithstanding that the
: stanchions were immediately before them ; but weal
not say 'hey could be plainly discerned half-a-mile off
The inquest was adjourned at 3.30 p.m. until to-morrow
morning, at ten o'clock, when the evidence on behalf of
i the Excelsior will be gone into.