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London, England, 1860-06-02 00:00:00

day night proved conclusively his boundless confi-
dence in their sympathy with corruption. It is
unfortunate Vat Mr. Bright, who denounces with
so much vehemence in the provinces the extra-
vagance. of Government, should systematically
absent himself when the votes for the Army
and Navy are being taken ; but perhaps, like
many others, he looks at the audience and despairs
of producing any effect. It would be disingenuous
to suppose that Mr. Sidney Herbert really be-
lieved in the defence he set up for General Grey.
That that gentleman is now, and has been for
years, an officer in her Majesty's service requires
no demonstration. But the sinecure appointment
of a colonelcy has hitherto been considered, in
theory at least, alspecial reward—a special distinc-
tion for military service. The fact is so staled under
Mr. Sidney Herbert's own hand and seal. And
unless every officer in the army is to be rewarded
General Grey's appointment must be considered,
as Sir J. Trelawny phrased it, " an iniquitous job."
True enough, there is nothing very novel in the
theory. Worse things have been done many a
time. Look at the Army Estimates last year, and
you may soe amongst the list of what the Horse
Guards call non-effective or distinguished services a
good service pension attached to the name of the
Hon. T. Ashburnham, who never distinguished
himself except by returning home in disobedience
of orders and in getting a regiment for his spirit.
True enough, Sir Richard Airey and his subordi-
nate, the Hon. Arthur Gordon, were installed in
the very best appointments at the Horse Guards in
defiance of public opinion and in spite of proved.
incompetency ; and Sir Richard, to his other emo-
luments, has an extra £lOO as a reward for dis-
tinguished, or rather, non effective services. Nor
have the people yet forgot how a most" clubbable"
gentleman was transferred, after some thirty
years' inaction, from the whist table to a great com-
mand, which has taxed the energies of such men as
Sir Charles Napier and Lord Clyde. It is most
true that the Grey job is by no means the worst job
ever perpetrated by the Horse Guards. As there
is a maximum and minimum of nudity, according
to Lord Palmerston, so, according to Mr. Sidney
Herbert, there is a maximum and a minimum of
corruption. " You call thisappointment of General
Grey a job," exclaims the War Minister, " I will
show you fifty mere scandalous." "Surely,"
retorts Sir John Trelawny, " you ought to appoint
the most distinguished officers; you have the
power of selection; that power ought to be exer-
cised justly." " I have exercised it justly," says
Mr. Sidney Herbert, " because many worse men
than General Grey have been appointed to command
regiments." Ask Mr. Disraeli and he will tell you
how well General Grey does his duties about Court.
Besides, the man has noble sentiments and a high
character; even Royal minds have been elevated
and refined by holding communion with so high-
souled a personage. Hundreds of officers in the
army are unfit to be private secretaries, even to
Princes of the Blood. Before now Princes of the
Blood, themselves unfit to be private secretaries,
have commanded armies and led them to disaster.
But this gallant gentleman, so Mr. Disraeli
says, " Has performed his duties at Court in a
manner which entitles him to the confidence of
the public." What then ? Why of course it is
most unjust to object to a job which might easily
have been exceeded in shamelessness. If all
appointments in the Army are beyond criticism to
which the annals of the Horse Guards can furnish
no more scandalous parallel, it must be candidly
admitted that neither the War Minister nor the
Commander-in• Chief has yet laid himself open to
censure. At the same time it is well that this
startling theory has been avowed in the House of
Commons. On Thursday night the War Minister
declared that his views with respect to purchase
had undergone no change, and that he was at pre-
sent maturing his plans for selecting the lieut.-
colonels from the majors. There is undoubtedly
considerable difficulty in this scheme, for unless the
War Minister and the Commander-in-Chief are
willing not only to profess some rational creed with
respect to military merit, but to bind themselves
by some definite rules which shall prevent any gross
abuse of patronage, it will need more eloquence and
courage than even Mr. Sidney Herbert possesses to
persuade Parliament to confer either upon himself
or the Duke of Cambridge any larger powers. It
is hard enough for gallant old men who have bl2d
and fought for their country before either I\fr. Sid-
ney Herbert or the Hon. C. Grey, or even H.R.H.
the Duke of Cambridge, tortured their first fly,
should be postponed to a courtier at St. James's. It
will never do to increase their power when they,
openly profess themselves emancipated from com-
mon sense.

But perhaps the worst feature of Thursday's de-
bate was the seeming determination of the War
Minister to do nothing—to make no improvement.
He could see nothing in the army that needed re-
form, or that could be reformed. Officer after officer
pointed out that since the Crimean war a nobleman

had been appointed to inspect the Guards although
the same duty had been performed for 40 years
without any such extra expense. Still Mr. Sidney
Herbert can do nothing. Again and again it has
been pointed out that the Army Estimates are a
mass of confusion—a curious labyrinth in which no
man can find his way. It is utterly impossible for
a plain reader to ascertain how much any single
thing connected with the army costs. The Com-
mander-in-Chief seems to have only £3,300 a-year,
whereas in point of fact he gets about double that
sum. Officers on the Staff seem to get a miserably
small pittance, but really draw many hundreds a
year from the public treasury. General officers in
India who get their £3,000 or £4,000 a-year seem,
on the face of the public documents, to get nothing
at all; and military governors are in the same po-
sition. For years the authorities at the Treasury
have remonstrated against this elaborately con
fused system. It was a theory of the Duke of
Wellington that in case of a popular commotion
the soldiers should never be visible. It is the

opinion of the Horse Guards that the money spent
upon the army should be kept out of sight. No-
body ought to be allowed to know how much
money the army really costs the country. If Mr.
Sidney Herbert were sternly bent upon intro-
ducing economy into our army affairs he would have
no difficulty in reducing this chaos to order.
The danger is that if the public really understood
the enormous sums which are spent upon the
Army, and especially upon the Staff, they would
insist upon a reduction. Of what use are these 150
folio pages of the Army Estimates ? They are
more fitted to darken than to illuminate the in-
quirer. But what is to be done? The House of
Commons is above caring for these things. And
Mr. Sidney Herbert is inclined to take advantage
of the fatal apathy. He can save himself trouble,
and please the higher powers.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 1.

LAMBETH. SHAMEFUL CASE. -- ilarriet
Robins, a genteel-looking young woman, 18 years
of age, was charged with stealing a watch and
chain, the property of John Butler, a married man,
who is in the employment of his father, an iron
bedstead maker, in Broad-street, Lambeth.
The prosecutor said that on Wednesday last he
met the prisoner at Wandsworth fair, and after
spending some time with her there, had passed the
night with her at the London Coffee-house, in thee
London-road. On Thursday morning she left him
in bed, and soon after she was gone he missed his
watch and chain, and they were the same as now
produced by the pawnbroker.
In reply to the question of the magistrate, the
witness admitted he was a married man and had
known the prisoner and her parents for some years,
and believed them to be decent, hardworking
people, but understood that the prisoner had car-
ried on an improper intercourse with a young fel-
low who had kept her company.
The prisoner, who wept bitterly, denied the
truth of this assertion, and declared she was virtu-
ous up to the time she met the complainant.
Sergeant Budd said he took the prisoner into
custody, and believed her statement, that she had
taken the property, from the prosecutor's conduct
towards her. Her statement to him was that she
had pledged it for a pound, tore up the duplicate,
and dropped the sovereign into the watercloset.
The mother of the prisoner, who appeared in the
deepest affliction, here appealed to the magistrate
as to what she should do to the complainant for his
gross perfidy towards her daughter.
En reply to a further question from the magis-

trate, - -
The prosecutor admitted he had not made a
present of any sort to the unfortunate girl, and
now said Ire had no wish to press the charge pro-
vided he got his property back.
Mr. Norton left him to his own remedy, animad-
verted in severe but just terms on his conduct, and
discharged the prisoner, to the great satisfaction of
a crowded court.

SOUTIIWARK.—GROSS CHARGE Op VIOLAT-
ING A YOUNG,IVOINIAN.—Owen Dale, a powerful,
ruffianly-looking young fellow, de*cribed as a brick-
layer's labourer, was brought:before Mr. Burcharn,
charged with violating the person of Julia Sullivan,

/f,ear___ej----;ryoung woman, twel
brutal and outrageous
'le complainant, a deco Ana
—gave her evidence witlftve. demea-
nour, and with some hesitation, said that she
worked for Messrs. Josephs, the extensive furriers,
in the Borough, and lodged at 11, Falcon-court,
High-street, near where the prisoner lodged. She
knew him by their living near, but they were not
intimate. On Tuesday night, after her day's labour,
she went to see some friends in Lambeth, and was
returning home, a little before twelve o'clock, when
she met the prisoner at the bottom of Falcon-court,
and he asked her how she had spent her holidays.
She said "pretty well," and was about to pass on
to her lodgings, when he asked her to go and have
a glass of ale. She consented, and they went into
a public house opposite, where they remained half-
an-hour, conversing with other young men lodging
in the same court, and then they all left for their
lodgings and separated. As soon as she got to her
door, t 17e prisoner seized hold of her shawl and pulled
tier back, and put his hands round her neck. She
tried to prevent him, but he overpowered her and
pulled her down on the pavement just out of the
court at the rear. She screamed out for help as
loud as she could, and got hold of his neckerchief,
but all to no purpose, as he was too strong for such
a weak person, and after struggling together for
nearly a quarter of an hour, her ruin was com-
pleted. (The girl cried bitterly.) A young man
named Murray then came up and lifted her from
the ground.
Mr. Burcham asked her whether no person came
near them while she was screaming and struggling
with the prisoner.
She replied that three or four women stood
there, and all she heard them say to the prisoner
was, " Get up you nasty beast." They never at-
tempted to help her or went for assistance.
In cross-examination by Mr. W. Edwin, for the
prisoner, she said she never allowed any liberties
with the prisoner, and it was by main force that he
effected his purpose, which the injuries all over
her person could show.
Mr. Burcham asked whether any of those dis-
' gusting and cowardly women were in court ?
Witness replied that they were not, but the,
young man who rescued her was.
Thomas Murray, the person related to, stepped
forward, and said he lodged in the same court.
Between twelve and one on Tuesday morning, as
he was about to go to bed he heard a female scream,
but at first he could not tell whether it was in a
house or in High-street, as such things are fre-
quent in that neighbourhood. The screaming, how-
ever, continued louder, and he immediately went
out, and hearing a female again scream " Help,
help," at the end of the court, he proceeded there,
and saw the prisoner and the complainant, who
was struggling hard, and almost exhausted, on the
ground. (Witness described their position, which
corroborated the girl's statement.) There were
three or four females standing by at the time, but
they took no notice. He pushed them on one side,
and lifted the prosecutrix up, and the prisoner
absconded. He conveyed her to her lodgings and
left her there.
Mr. Burcham observed that it was a very brutal •
outrage, and he should feel it his duty to cause a
thorough investigation to be made into all the cir-
cumstances. The officer who had charge of the
case must use every exertion to find those unfeeling
women who stood by while the outrage was being
committed, and any other evidence that could be
forthcoming.
The officer who apprehended the prisoner said he
would obey his worship's injunctions. He produced
a medical certificate from Dr. Evans, who pro-
nounced that the capital offence had been com-

mitted.
Mr. Burcham said that under all the circum-
stances he should remand the prisoner until Thurs-
day, when Dr. Evans must be present, and the
depositions of the witnesses would be taken.
Mr. Edwin asked if his worship would accept
bail for the prisoner.
Mr. Burcham—Certainly not. He must be re-
manded to gaol.

WORSHIP-STREET.—THE RECENT HORRIBLE
CHARGE AGAINST A ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL-
MASTER.—John Spencer, otherwise John Benedict
Spencer, recently a schoolmaster in Goldsmith's-
row, Hackney-road, and stated by the police to be
a Roman Catholic priest, was again brought before
Mr. D'Eyncourt by Inspector Webster, of the N
division of police, charged with the commission of
an abominable offence upon several of his pupils.
It will be recollected that at the conclusion of
the former examination, which embraced only the
evidence of one of the pupils, by name Leon
Moresco, the prisoner was, at the request of his
solicitor, admitted to bail, but the amount being
two sureties of £5OO, he was unable to furnish it,
and he was consequently conveyed to the House of

I)etention in the prison van. -
Three other charges were now proceeded with,
each of which, as in the former one, were of so gross
a character as to preclude a clear detail.
Mr. I)'Eyncourt remanded the prisoner for the
completion of the depositions in the four that had
been heard, bail being now
.of course out of the
question.
Inspector Webster said that he had ascertained
the prisoner, about twelve months since, kept a
largo school in Great Titchfield-street, under the
name of John Benedict Spencer, where similar mal-
practices were carried on, to the truth of which
three boys were ready to avouch.
The prisoner was then removed.

BAIL TP A Y INT_ELLIGENCE:

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

Miles Opened Receipts.
Railways. ~.._.....__A-___.• ~....-.........___,,,
1860. 1859. 1860. 1859.
---
.£ Z
Ballymena and Portrush 35 35 - -
Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 - -
Belfast and Ballymena 65 65 1,266 1,121
Belfast and County Down 2O 20 596 547
Birkd., Lanc., & Ches. Juno 32 32 2,852 2,584
Blyth and Tyne 2O 20 1,954 1,695
Bristol and Exeter 125 119 6,917 6,520
Caledonian
11 Ches.&olylisad(withMold) 94 - -
Cockermouth & Workington 8 8 271 230
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 316 285
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 65 65 252 237
Deeside l7 17 351 328
Dublin & Belfast J unction 63 63 1,352 1,262
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,601 1,659
Dub. & Wicklow (in. Kingst ) 105 105 2,079 2,028
Dundalk and Enniskillen , 122 122 1,624 1,416
Dundee and Arbroath ' 175 175 818 704
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. 31 31 1,165 1,082
East Anglian 675 676 948 908
14',Counties,Nrik.,&E.Union 499 489 28,658 24,763
East Kent 195 - - -
E.Lancashire(in.Blackburn) 111 105 - -
Edinburgh and Glasgow .
Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,529 3,325
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness
Glasgow & South-Western 18:34 1834 8,548 7,919
Great Northern 283 ' 283 24,557 24,217
Great North of Scotland ... 58 58 1,783 2,001
rit.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrhid ) 280 226 7,969 8,526
Great Western 466 466 39,199 31,910
Hull and Holderness - -
inverness & Aberdeen June 55 55 804 763
Irish South-Eastern 255 255 273 271
Killarney Junction - --
Lancaster and Carlisle (in
Kendal and Windermere 1005 100 - -
Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn 3954 395 37,656 32,050
Limerick and I'oynes 26? 26 134 142
Llanelly 46.• 4 537 662
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 54 54 1,703 1,506
London & South-Western
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 2235 2025 22,598 13,852
L'derry and Enniskillen - -
Loud., Tilbury, & Southend 426 45 1,189 1,132
slan.,Sheflield,& Lincolnsh 1736 1739 12,334 10,819
M aneli. S.J un.& Alt rinch aM 95 9 1,087 990
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland
Midland G t.Westn. of lend. 177 177 4,326 4,171
Monkland 52 52 - -
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,124 2,272
Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 4,190 3,464
Newport,Aberg.,& Herefor 5O 50 1,445 1,393
1 North British (in. Dalkeith)' 154 144 6,138 5,519
North Devon 35 3.5 485 49/
North-Eastern
North London
233 233 8,316 7,984
North Staffordshire
North-Western 461 464 - -
71 7640 1657416 33,0712560
N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 14 - - -
94 5,413 4,604
184 184 278 2=
30 30 2,193 2,219
PeeblesOo rd'
3,298 3,170
Wore., & Wolver
115 115 3,631 3
sSeto.llttieslhenc'senCtarnaall& Railway
Scottish North-Eastern.. • • 294
Shrewsbury & Birmingham .-Di
48 2,005 1,915
3,189 3,04 g
51 1,823 1,729
3,832 2,803
721 57
291 1,070 1,065
South Devon
Shrewsb
306 302
South-Eastern 2l 557
38
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South Wales 1714 1714 , , 19,380
7,232 6,760
2
S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 108
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3,346 2,841
119 7,635 7,492
TaffStockton
y ale andatinl Darlington a ;inn.; i 11219954
53 . 53 4,878 4,691
Ulster 52 1,803 1,506
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7:05822° 1,6525331
olliarbr.&Rail 39 255 1,703 1,730
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29 4,485 3,483
12 505 6;13
Whitehaven & Furness Jun I aa
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Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 35 651 04
7 470 431
52 861 ' 761
Austrian B2B 673 31.786 36,005
Belgian Eastern Junction 265 264 310 282
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l 161 1,114 854
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 2,528 1,947
Dutch _Rhenish lOB4 1084 3,220 2.981
Grand Trunk of Canada 970 880 11,427 8,730
Great Indian Peninsula 277 1914 3,730 3,634
Great Luxembourg l2B 122 2,795 2,219
Great Western of Canada 345 345 7,455 6,092
Lombardo-Venetian 285 285 - -
Lyons and Geneva 142 142 5,017 7,037
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 310 284 17,257 10,566
Maria Antonia 2l 21 - -
Northern of France 574 674 43,891 43,884
Norwegian Trunk 44 44 666 609
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 840 73,905 98,770
Paris and Orleans 922 922 60,601 53,535
Paris and Strasburg 1,032 1,016 - -
Royal Danish 69 69 - -
Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,274 1,279
Southern of France 777 773 20,364 20,277
West Flanders
W. and N.W. okZrance I 743 74 ' 4044" ' 35'94