The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-03 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following General Order has been issued :
" Horse Guards, June 29.

" Her Majesty the Queen having been pleased to
command that officers serving on the staff as tem-
porary major-generals shall take and rank with I
each other according to the dates of their commis-
sions as colonels, and as junior to all permanent
major-generals, but as senior to brigadiers, the
General Commanding-in-Chief desires that her Ma-
jesty's pleasure to the above effect may be made
known in the General Orders of the Army.
" By command of his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in-Chief.
" JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General."
It is understood that the non-commissioned offi-
cers and privates of the Ist and 2d Battalions of
the Grenadier Guards will have their entertainment
to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the for-
mation of that Royal and gallant regiment, at the
Crystal Palace.
Yesterday morning the battalion of Royal Marine
Light Infantry at Chatham was drawn up on the
parade•ground in the barrack-square, under the
command of Colonel Moore, for the purpose
of witnessing the carrying into effect the
sentence of a General Court Martial, which as-
sembled a few days previously, under the presi-
dency of Col. G. E. Hunt, for the trial of private
George Coleman, 9th company, on the follow-
ing charges :-1. For having, on the 11th of
June, at the Royal Marine-barracks, Chatham,
wilfully broken his rifle, and thrown the butt-end
through the window of the barrack-room. 2. For
having, when in confinement in the guard-room on
the first charge, thrown the mess canteens at Ser-
geant Burton, and broken a water-can. 3. For
having, on the 12th June, struck Sergeant Burton,
his superior officer, on the back with his boot. 4.
For having, at Melville Hospital, refused to undress
for medical inspection when twice ordered to do so.
5. For having, at the Commandant's office, Chatham,
made use of disrespectful and disgusting language
to Colonel Rea, such conduct being outrageous and
insubordinate, and to the prejudice of good order
and discipline. The Court found the prisoner guilty
621 all the charges, and, in consideration of his
former bad character, and that he had been twice
before tried by Court-martial, sentenced him to be
kept inp i
after the servitude for 10 years. Immediately
handed oversent to "
tce had been read, the prisoner was
he charge of a strong escort and
conveyed to Millbank
convict prison.
The ceremony of deco
rating three non-commis-
sioned officers and
Engineers with good.cia% Privates of the Royal
'nu et medals, which, with
money gratuities, had been
awardedc them by his
Cambridge Royal Highness the Duke of
ridge for long
service and meritorious conduct,
took place at
Brampton Barracks, Chatham, on
Saturda
presence of the whole of the officers andY'men the
in
the Royal Engineers now at head-
"'tilers The
companies having been formed into a square, the
non-commissioned officers and men selected for the
decoration were called to the centre by Colonel H.
San d ha m, when each was presented with the
Colour-Sergeant Clark was awarded a medal and
£l5 gratuity; Sergeants Dean and Watson, a
medal and £lO each ; and sappers Avery, Mick's-.
wright, and Chesham, a medal and £5 each., Col.
Sandham then addressed the Royal Engineers,
gad voluted out to them the rewards and advantages

The grand rifle match of this association com-
menced yesterday on the ground on Wimbledon-
common under the highest auspices and the most
favourable circumstances. The Volunteer move-
ment has gained another step onward in its history,
and that step is a giant's stride ; it was in every
way an appropriate sequence to the splendid review
of the preceding week ; and, even as a spectacle, the
display at Wimbledon was a worthy pendant pic-
ture to that in Hyde Park, which will long live in
popular memory. First, and above all, the beauty
of the day was a subject on which the congratula-
tion was general. The second of July may really
be marked as the first genuine day of summer we
have had ; and that it should have favoured the first
national fete of the kind was universally felt as a
good omen—a circumstance of bright promise. The
day of the review was good by comparison with
weeks of leaden-coloured skies, and the most persis-
tent rain, which prohibited or spoilt everything the
elements could affect. The review was held in
weather that seemed to be hesitating between shower
and sunshine. Yesterday all was brilliant ; not
even a threatening cloud gathered over the multi-

tude, and the gayest dresses and the smartest equi-
pages
,thronged the ground. Life and colour met
the eye in every direction. It is an absolute plea-
sure to be able to record the fact, a sunbeam has
been such a rarity throughout this spring and sum-
mer of all but despair. It may be noted that as the
Volunteer movement has extended and deepened,
and become a confirmed success, it has become more
and more favoured by external circumstances.
Something of this is one of the most agreeable con-
sequences of increasing prosperity. It is strongly
magnetic, and draws much to its side ; but a few of
the circumstances that seem to have taken an aus-
picious turn for the Volunteers are accidental and
beyond mundane influences. Summer skies are
among the favours that success cannot command ;
that they smile on the Volunteers at last is a
happy coincidence.

. Wimbledon-common was selected by the Associ-
ation as the field of the first trial of skill in what
promises to be the weapon of the future. It is one
of the many tracts in the metropolitan counties
that have escaped the legal embrace of an enclosure
Act. As London stretches its lines of streets to-
wards them they are becoming blessings ; perhaps
they will be parks in time to come, if insidious
clauses can be kept out of private bills. The ex-
istence of so many acres of land, as wild as in the
days of the Heptarehy, so near this monster city,
has perplexed many observers. The acreage does
not square in the fitness of things with the millions
of -,:tpulation so near them. But the belief begins
to dawn on us that these blanks in the agriculture
of the metropolitan counties were reserved for rifle
grounds. Such, at all events, they are likely to
become; and these barren heaths may thus contri-
bute as much to the national power as an equal
area of oak forest. Space is required for a good
rifle g round ; and in the neighbourhood of London
the commons and heaths afford ample room and
verge enough for hundreds of them. The long
range of 1,000 yards is much longer to the eye than
any impression the mere figures convey. On the
Wimbledon ground, at the extreme distance, the
butts themselves, though they are 50 feet long and
12 high, appear difficult to hit ; and the target in
front of them is barely visible to the unassisted
sight. Yet to strike the smaller object is precisely
the degree of skill our riflemen have to acquire.
May they cultivate sedulously the opportunities
the wastes of the Home Circuit present !
The town—we are afraid to call it a village—of
Wimbledon is a sort of" aside" place, a little eddy
of life, away from the main traffic of river and
railroad, the bulk of which glides past it to Rich-
mond ; and the line that does pass it is too dis-
tant to disturb its quietude. No new and shabby
brick streets, proclaiming their railroad origin,
connect it with the station, but solid villas with
carriage drives and trim gardens, watered
probably by some Pactolus, whose fountain head is
in the dingy city. Past these the pedestrian ascends
into the town, gratefal for legible direction posts,
and, turning to the left, is soon on the common, of
which the part abutting on the road to Putney has
undergone a transformation, for under the orders of
the council of the association there has arisen on it
almost another town of canvass. Wimbledon did
its best to support the council and do honour to the
occasion. It raised an arch of welcome of the
" forest green," hung out banners and flags in the
street, shut up its shops, and betook itself to the ad-
joining common, or to th 3 upper windows, and made
it a holiday. An outline of the preparations on the
ground was given on Saturday. The plan was
closely adhered to ; but the difference between the
sketch and the finished picture was very great.
Naked poles had in the interval become spacious
tents, and muddy pathways well-gravelled roads ;
while in lines between the tents and above them,
waved the flags of all nations. The Queen's entrance
was near the town, and led by a broad drive to a
double Pavilion, one compartment circular; the
second oblong ; in front of the last was an open
dais or platform, carpeted with crimson cloth ; on
each side of the dais was a rich parterre of flowers,
combining the most brilliant colours ; the effect
from the front of the Pavilion was exceedingly
good. A narrow platform, about eighty yards
long, also covered with crimson, led from the dais
to a small tent, circular and quite open at the
sides ; under this tent, fixed to a frame, was a
Whitworth rifle, the shot from which, fired by her
Majesty, was to open the competition. During the
greater part of the afternoon Mr. Whitworth and his
assistants were engaged in fixing the rifle to bear cor-
rectly on the target, which was the first on the left
of the lino, the outside target of the first pair of
butts. Many trial shots were fired to test the aim ;
and the angles required frequent and very nice
adjustment. The process kept the spectators
on the alert for more than two hours. The point
at which the weapon was fixed was exactly 400
yards from the target, 100 yards more than the
subsequent firing of the day. After every test
shot, at a very perceptible interval of time, the
sound of the ball striking against the target
came
back on the crowd like an echo; anti considerable
was the surprise expressed that the ball should take
so much time in reaching its destination. This
simple wonder, so expressed, is an indication that
the fairer portion of the assembly were much more
familiar with the older English practice of archery
than with the vile guns that owe their existence to
the discovery of Bartholomew Schwartz. Much
signaling with flags passed between the tent and
markers at the target ; then more manipulation ;
then another shot, till a short time only before her
Majesty's arrival a satisfactory adjustment was ar-
rived at.

The public or grand entrance led at once into the
centre of the group of official tents, appropriated to
the council, the secretary and clerk, and the actual
business of the meeting; there were two armouries,
two ammunition tents, and a laboratory. The
cluster of offices terminated on the left with an im-
mense marquee devoted to refreshments, the whole
of the arrangements connected with the commissa-
riat being undertaken by Mr. Strange, of the Cry-
stal Palace. The prices were fired, and payment
for every item was taken only in tickets previously
purchased. From this marquee to the enclosure to
the right of the Royal pavilion stretched a line of
flags. " The ground open to the public from the
fence skirting the Putney-road, to the line of 400
yards from
the targets, was, so spacious that it was
impossible it could be crowded. The bulk of the
spectators gathered as close to the Royal side of the

inclosure as possible. They formed in lines, closing
it in, not in columns or massed, as a crowd usually
is. Behind them were the carriages, and their num-
ber was immense. Every villa within a circuit of 20
miles must have contributed its char:ot ; and the
West-end was represented by a numerous deputa-
tion. On the side of the enclosure next the Royal
tent they stood five and six deep, mostly occupied
by ladies. The whole scene was more like the Hill
at Epsom on the Derby-day than what is usually
witnessed on any other public occasion.
About half-past two o'clock a body of Volunteers,
most of them intending competitors, marched into
the inclosure and formed a line on each side of the
narrow platform along which her Majesty was to
advance to the Rifle Tent. Soon afterwards ap-
peared a line of men—remarkable as not being in
uniform—preceded by the flag of the Swiss Con-
federation; there were about 150 of them; they
were the Swiss, the formidable competitors for the
prize " open to all nations." They are picked men,'
tie best shots of their respective societies, or rcrein,
of which they wore the riband and badge. They
appeared to be of the urban rather than the rural
population ; and looked very like the class of men
of whom our city volunteer companies are composed.
They carried no weapons, and might easily have
been mistaken for a detachment of the Orpheonists
detained in London by curiosity to see the Tir Na-
tional. That this Swiss representative corps are not
exclusively or even principally mountaineers of the
Tyrol is an advantage. They will show us that quick-
ness of eye and steadiness of hand are not possessed
by the peasant only: If the boutique and the bureau
can in Switzerland send forth the " deadly marks-
men," we need not doubt that they can do the same
in England. To aid in developing that power by
practice is the object of the National Association.
The Swiss detachment took up a station behind
the line of Volunteers, to the left of the Queen's
narrow " war path." Her Majesty, who had left
Buckingham Palace at a quarter to three, arrived
at Wimbledon shortly before four o'clock. The
cheers of the spectators outside of the enclosure
announced the approach of the Royal party. At
four o'clock the carriages came on the ground,
and her Majesty alighted at the back of the pavi-
lion, over which the Royal standard was at the
same moment hoisted. The council of the associa-
tion, and its President, Mr. Sidney Herbert, re-
ceived her Majesty at the entrance. She was ac-
companied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, and the young
princes. After the Queen and Prince Albert had
taken their places on the dais, the President, on
behalf of the Association, presented addresses from
that body. The ceremony occupied but a short

time, and immediately it terminated her Majesty,
accompanied by Prince Albert, advanced along the
narrow walk, above described, to the Rifle Tent.
One light touch on the string, attached to the
trigger, and the' first shot" was fired that an-
nounced the opening of the competition which will
not close till Saturday next. The red and white
flag held before the target apprised those of the
spectators who knew its meaning that the bullet
fired by the Royal hand had hit the bull's eye ; her
Majesty, therefore, scored three points, according
to the rules of the Association. The report of the
rifle was followed by a hearty cheer from all parts
of the ground.

As her Majesty and suite returned to the pavilion
a Royal salute was fired ; she remained for some
time afterwards on the dais, overlooking the whole
scene, and the general arrangements and plan of the
ground were explained to her Majesty by Lord
Elcho. During this interval the business of the
meeting had commenced in earnest ; the sharp crack
of rifles firing at the targets on the right of the line
being constantly audible. About five o'clock the
Royal party re-entered their carriages, drove across
the ground just in the rear of the 300 yards' dis-
tance points, from which the firing grew more rapid,
and quitted the enclosure on the opposite side of
the common near the windmill.

The assembly began to disperse as soon as the
Royal escort disappeared ; an apparently intermin-
able line of carriages divided on the Wandsworth-
road, and made it almost impassable in two direc-
tions—citywards and to Wimblparm_ A_ gain the
resemblance to the Derby-day was evident—in dust,
puzzled driving, and confusion, it was complete.
The excitement in Wimbledon when the detach-
ment of Guards with their splendid band, gorgeous
in new uniforms, marched through on their way
back to the station almost reached the point of
wildness. The place will not recover its self-pos-
session for many days. We gave a list of the prizes
on Saturday, but some have since been added; we
therefore subjoin the list as it now stands :
" Her Majesty the Queen's prize, £250 ; his Royal
Highness the Prince Consort's prize, £lOO ; his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge's prize,
£5O.

" Given by the Association—The gold medal, the
silver medal ; 20 Whitworth rifles (value each 25
guineas), £5OO ; 20 prizes, of the value of £750 ;
Volunteer Ball prizes, given by Mr. Gye, of the
Royal Italian Opera-Ist, £l.OO ; ditto, 2d, £25 ;
ditto, 3d, £25 ; ditto, 4th, £25 ; ditto, sth, £25 ;
Duke of Wellington's prize, £5O ; Ladies of North-
amptonshire, £35 ; London Rifle Brigade cup,
value £5O; Army and Nary Gazette prize, £2O;
one rifle, presented by Lord Vernon ; three rifles,
presented by Messrs. Westley Richards, of Bir-
mingham ; three rifles, presented by Messrs. Lan-
caster, of Bond-street, London; one rifle, presented
by Messrs. Smith, of Davies-street, London ; one
rifle, presented by Messrs. Egan, of Hustler-gate,
Bradford ; one rifle, presented by Messrs Turner, of
Birmingham; and one rifle, presented by the rifle-
men of Switzerland."

Some explanation of the rules to be observed
and the signals to be watched during the competi-
tion of the next week may also be useful. The line
of butts runs from south to north ; there are 20 of
them, in pairs, a target before each butt. The tar-
gets can be altered in size, according to the distance
of the firing points. At 200 and 300 yards the tar-
gets are 6 feet high by 2 feet in breadth, presenting
the average of the superficial inches of a human
figure. The surface is white, only the " bull's-eye"
itself is black ; it is eightinches in diameter. It is
enclosed in a ring, two feet in diameter ; this is the
" centre ;" all beyond this circle is the " outer."
The terms must be borne in mind, as the gradations
regulate the distribution of honours. A shot planted
within the diameter of the bull's eye brings out a
white and red flag from the mantelet, or screen for
the marker, and denotes that three points are
scored. A shot within two feet of the centre scores
two points, and is announced by showing a dark
blue flag. Hitting the margin round the centre or
" outer" only makes one point ; it is signalled by a
white flag. At the shortest distance, 300 yards, at
which alone the firing was made yesterday, the
competitors are allowed five rounds each ; it is
possible, therefore, to make 15 points, but this will
be rare and exceptional ; if the target is hit, but
unluckily, and in the outer only, five is the lowest
scoring. The average number of winners' points
will probably be, as by yesterday's experience, a
mean from six to eight. When an "outer" is hit
another series of numbered flags announces on what
part of it the ball has told, batthe signals could not
be made intelligible without a diagram. At all the
distances above 300 yards the target is increased in
size to a square of 6 feet, with a centre of 3 feet in
diameter and no bull's-eye. The hoisting a red
flag denotes " danger ;" when waved to and fro
near the ground, it indicates that the ball has
struck the ground before hitting the target ; these
ricochet shots score nothing. Volunteers must only
fire from the regulation position ; "all comers"
may fire in what position they please, but they must
not use an artificial rest. As the police may not
be in such force on the outskirts of the common as
they were yesterday, public
vthe will do well for the
next five days to be cautious of their whereabouts
on the "open."

The firing, which commenced late in the afternoon
Of yesterday, was kept up for some time after her
Majesty left. Of the whole number of competitors,
firing five rounds each at 300 yards distance, the
following were the -victors :-
4th Northampton—Sergeant Tomalin 8 points.
9th Middlesex—Lieutenant Dear.... 8 ~
sth Kent—Mr. Edward Pant... 8 y,

The Swiss champions will useour regulation rifle,
a much lighter weapon than their own. The Swiss
rifle weighs nearly. 251 b. , It is a condition of tlip
contest that no rifle exceeding 101 b. weight shall be
used. Whether the lightness of the weapon will

" May it please your Majesty,—We, the President
and Council of the National Rifle Association, hum-
bly approach your Majesty with sentiments of
devoted attachment to your throne and person.
"We tender to your Majesty our grateful
acknowledgments for the patronage and encour-
agement so graciously extended by your Majesty
and your illustrious and Royal Consort to our
association, which has been formed to give perma-
nence to the Volunteer force. The force, of which
a small portion had recently the honour of being
reviewed by your Majesty, has sprung from the in-
tuitive loyalty and patriotism of your Majesty's
people.
6' We hope that, wide as is the present develop-
ment of the Volunteer force, it may yet attain to
much larger proportions. To aid in this develop-
ment, and to give permanence to this force by fos-
tering and diffusing a taste for rifle-shooting, are
the objects of the National Rifle Association. These,
we think, can best be effected by establishing a
great annual meeting for competition in rifle shoot-
ing similar to the Tir Federal of Switzerland, where
every two years prizes to the value of £lO,OOO are
competed for, and where riflemen from the different
cantons meet together in friendly rivalry.
" The use of the longbow and the cloth-yard
shaft was once the pastime of the English people,
and at the same time the terror of England's foes.
The spirit which animated our fathers still lives in
their descendants, and the National Rifle Associa-
tion hope, by establishing rifle shooting as a na-
tional pastime, to make the rifle what the bow was
in the days of the Plantagenets—the familiar wea-
pon of those who stand forth in the defence of their
country.

" Su-ch being the objects of our Association, it
has been honoured in a special degree with your
Majesty's favour and countenance ; for not only has
your Majesty been graciously pleased to express
your approval of our undertaking, and munifi-
cently founded a prize which will be the highest
honour that can be gained by the competitors, but
your Majesty has even condescended to inaugurate
in person this the first prize meeting of the associa-
tion. We most cordially and respectfully thank
your Majesty for this special mark of your favour
and we fervently pray that health and happiness
may long attend your Majesty, your Royal Con-
sort, and every member of your illustrious family."
Her Majesty rose from her chair, and in a very
clear and distinct manner made the following re-
ply

"I. receive with sincere satisfaction the senti-
ments of attachment to my throne, person, and
family which have been expressed by the President
and Council of your association ; and I assure you
that I, together with my Royal Consort, have
gladly given encouragement to a body whose ob-
ject it is to render permanent an armed force,
limited exclusively to defensive purposes, and
founded upon voluntary exertions.
"I have witnessed with pleasure the manner in
which the ancient fondness of the English people
for manly and sylvan sports has been converted by
your association to more important ends, and has
been made an auxiliary instrument for maintaining
inviolable the safety of our common country."
The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert then read the
following address to his Royal Highness, the
Prince Consort :

"May it please your Royal Highness,—We, the
President and Council of the National Rifle Asso-
ciation, humbly approach your Royal Highness,
and eagerly embrace this opportunity of expressing
to your Royal Highness our grateful acknowledg-
ment for the patronage and support which you
have been graciously pleased to extend to our
association.

" Your Royal Highness is ever found either
originating or giving your enlightened and dis-
criminating support to such schemes as have for
their object the advancement of the public good and
the prosperity of the United Kingdom. To this
association your Royal Highness has, however,
shown a special mark of favour by deigning to be-
come its patron, and no further proof is wanted of
the value and importance of the objects we havo in
view.

" We thank your Royal Highness for the active
interest you have shown in our undertaking, and
for the valuable counsel and assistance which we
have frequently received at your hands, as well as
for the rr;ne y our Royal 1-ugliness offered fur
competition by all nations.
" We trust that the National Rifle Association,
honoured as it is by the favour of her Majesty, and
patronised by your Royal Highness, will meet
throughout these realms with that countenance and
support Which its national and patriotic character
may be found to justify."
To which his Royal Highness replied as follows :
" Gentlemen,—l thank you sincerely for your
kind address, and beg you to be assured that I am
very sensible of the flattering manner in which you
speak of any support which it may have been in my
power to afford to objects of national interest.
" Fully appreciating the value and importance
of the National Rifle Association as a means of en-
couraging the Volunteers in their endeavour to ac-
quire that skill in the use of their weapon on which
their whole efficiency depends, it is with peculiar
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of all nations, my object was to give our British
marksmen an opportunity of comparing their own
arms and their own skill with those of other coun-
tri2s ; and I am convinced the result will be to show
that, as the British manufacturer is already second
to none in the fabrication of the arm itself, so the
people of this country are not to be surpassed by any
in the knowledge how to use it."

(From the Court Circular.)
Her M ijesty the Queen went yesterday afternoon
to the first prize meeting of the National Rifle Asso-
ciation on Wimbledon-common.

The Royal procession quitted Buckingham Palace
five minutes before 3 o'clock, in seven carriages and
four, attended by outriders in scarlet liveries, and
escorted by a detachment of Light Dragoons.
his Royal Highness the Prince Consort,
The first carriage and four contained her Majesty
'Highness the Princess Alice, and his
}total Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg.
thhteoeryßQalouHyeeail Queen,
The second carriage conveyed their Royal High-
nesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Helena,
the Mistress of the Robes, and the Master of the
Horse.

The third carriage conveyed their Royal High-
nesses Prince Arthur, and the Princess Louise, the
Countess of Gainsborough, Lady in Waiting, and
the Lord Steward.

The fourth carriage conveyed his Royal Highness
Prince Leopold, the Lady Superintendent, and the
Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Horatia
Stopford, Maids of Honour in Waiting.
The fifth carriage conveyed the Right Hon. Sir
G. C. Lewis, Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment ; the Lord Chamberlain, Lord de Tabley,
Lord in Waiting ; and Lord Waterpark, Lord in
Waiting to the Prince Consort.

The sixth carriage conveyed Major-General the
Hon. It. Bruce, Governor to the Prince of Wales;
Major• General the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in
Waiting; Col. the lion. A. Hardinge, Equerry in
Waiting to the Prince Consort, and Baron Hoch-
waechter, in Waiting on the Duke of Saxe Coburg.
The seventh carriage and four conveyed Lieute-
nant-Col. Kingscote, Groom in Waiting; Colonel
Francis Seymour, C. 8., Groom in Waiting to the
Prince Consort ; Captain Grey, Equerry in Waiting
to the Prince of Wales, and Major Elphinstone, in
Waiting on Prince Arthur.

The Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the
Duke of Saxe Coburg wore the riband and badge of
the Order of the Garter, and the Earl of St. Ger-
mans (Lord Steward) the Riband and Badge of the
Order of the Bath.

The Queen and Prince Consort received addresses
from the Council of the Association. Afterwards
her Majesty inaugurated the meeting by firing the
first shot, and returned to Buckingham Palace soon
after 7 o'clock.

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citizens by surprise that the Prince de Joinville is in
Quebec ; but such is the case. He has taken up his quar-
ters, temporarily, webelieve, at the Clarendon. His visit is
of a private nature, but the registration of his name at the
Clarendon has naturally excited a good deal of interest, and
many of our fellow-citizens will be desirous, if possible, to
pay their homage to the distinguished:visitor. We can' t'saw
how long the Prince will prolong his visit at the Clarendon.
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Five sittings having been occupied in delibera-
tions upon the summary, at the next sitting, on
June 25, a draft report, proposed by Mr. Walpole,
the chairman, and another proposed by Mr. Bright,
were brought up and read. A division then took
place on the question whether the chairman's re-
port or Mr. Bright's should be read a second time,
and carried paragraph by paragraph. For the chair-
man's report there appeared 14 votes, viz., Lord
Palmerston, Col. Patten, Sir W. Heathcote, Mr.
Bouverie, Sir H. Cairns, Mr. Bentiack, Mr. S. Est-
court, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Massey, Sir G. Grey, Sir
J. Pakington, Mr. Henley, Lord Hotham, and Mr.
Disraeli. For Mr. Bright's report there voted, be-
sides Mr. Bright himself, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer and Lord J. Russell. Mr. More O'Ferrall
was absent.

Several amendments on paragraphs were nega-
tived, and others adopted, without a division.
At the sitting of the 27th the following paragraph
was proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer :
" No one of these bills, rejected or otherwise lost
in the House of Lords, appears to have had for its
object to repeal any tax constituting a large branch
of the revenue, or imposing a burden of sensible
amount. Of the acts which they repealed or altered,
some had the supply preamble, but it cannot be cer-
tainly averred that in any of these cases the repeal.
ing or amending bill reduced the charge laid upon
the nation. From the subjects and terms of the
bills, or from other sources, it is in most instances
plain that they were dealt with on legislative
grounds other than those of finance ; nor is there
any case which suggests a contrary conclusion."
Seven members of the committee voted for this
paragraph, viz., Lord Palmerston, Mr. Bright, Mr.
Bouverie, Mr. Collier, Sir G. Grey, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer' and Lord J. Russell. Nine voted
against it, viz., Sir W. Heathcote, Mr. Bentinck,
Sir J. Graham, Mr. S. Estcourt, Sir H. Cairns, Sir
J. Pakington, Mr. Henley, Lord Hotham, and Mr.
Disraeli.

The voting was the same on the following para-
graph, proposed by Lord J. Russell :—" For the
rejection by the Lords of a bill repealing a burden
of more than a million of pounds a year upon the
branch of industry, your committee can find no
precedent whatever." A paragraph was then
proposed by Mr. Bright :—" It does not appear
that the House of Lords has in any case, before
the year 1860, rejected any bill, purely one
of taxation or repeal of taxation, materially
affecting or interfering with the quantum
of ways and means provided by the House of
Commons for the service of the years." The ayes
were 5, viz., Mr. Bright, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Collier
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord J. Rus-
sell. The noes, 11 in number, included Lord Palmer-
ston, Sir J. Graham, and Sir G. Grey. The follow-
ing paragraph was then proposed by Mr. Bright :
" It may be well to state some facts in the ordinary,
practice of Parliament connected with bills impos-
ing or repealing taxes. The Crown speaks only to
the Commons at the opening and closing of each
session, or by message during the session, on the
subject of grants of money aid supply for the ser-
vice of the year. The Lords are not asked for money
and are not thanked by the Sovereign for thesums
granted ; and bills granting supplies are presented
by the Speaker of the House of Commons to the
Sovereign, and not as other bills, through the offi-
cers of the House of Lords. The Crown does not
order estimates of expenditure to be laid before the
Lords • they are furnished oily to the Commons ;
and these estimates and any other documents relat-
ing to taxation and expenditure the Commons never
send to the Lords, even though the Lords should
ask to be furnished with them, The Lords, there-
fore, have no official notice of the necessities of the
Crown ; they cannot grant money ; they are never
consulted as to the expenditure for the year, and
hence they are not responsible for providing any
portion of the supplies.' Seven members of the cora-
mittonvoted for this paragraph :—Lord ralmerston,
Mr. Bright, Mr, Bouverie, Mr. Collier, Sir G. Grey,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord J. Rus-
sell. The noes were 10, including Sir J. Graham.
This was the last division.

COMMITTAL OF A MERCHANT CAPTAIN FOR
INDECENCY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

Edwin Courtenay, describing himself as a cap-
tain in the merchant service, and residing at No. 2,
Glenmohr-terrace, Blackheath, was charged at the
Greenwich Police-court, yesterday, before Mr.
Traill, with indecently assaulting Mrs. Jane Howi-
son, a married lady, while travelling in a carriage
on the North Kent Railway.
Mr. Lewis appeared for the accused; the case ex-
citing much interest in a crowded court.
The complainant, on being sworn, said—l am the
wife of Mr. James Howison, chief officer of the
strew steamer Agenoria, trading between London
and Riga. I was a passenger by the nine o'clock
train on Saturday evening, on the North Kent
Railway from London to Rochester. I was seated
second from the door, on the left-hand side; my
husband sitting on my right and a female friend on
my left. I was sitting with my back towards the
engine, and the defendant was sitting opposite me.
It was a third class carriage, and the compartment
in which we were seated was full. As soon as I took
my seat the defendant rubbed his knees against my
dress, and I drew my feet under the carriage in
order to,give him more room. After the train started
the defendant again placed his knees against mine,
and then rubbed his feet against my legs. I got up
and said, " I will thank you not to do that, sir.'
When I made this observation he only looked at
me. This was just before entering the tunnel, near
the Lewisham station. As soon as the train entered
the tunnel the defendant bent forward, his face
being nearly level with mine, and placed his hands
under my dress. I got up on the train leaving the
tunnel (the tunnel in question is only a few yards
in length), and said, " What are you doing, sir ?"
when he folded his arms and replied, " I have been
doing nothing—l have been sitting like this. "
When the train arrived at the Lewisham station
my husband gave the defendant into custod7.
Mr. Traill—lt was not quite dark at the time the
train entered the tunnel. There was no light in the car-
riage. My husband said to defendant, "You have been
insulting my wife, and I will give you in charge." The
defendant denied having done so, and tried to hold
my husband back by taking hold of his coat. At the
station defendant said something about holding a
respectable position, and after some little time he
said it must have been a man sitting on his right
hand who had acted in the manner described, as he
had had great difficulty in keeping the man's hands
off himself. There was a man sitting en each side
of defendant, but I am positive it was neither of
them who insulted me.

By Mr. Lewis—l have been living at No. 2, East-
lane, Bermondsey, for a fortnight, having previ-
ously come from Howden, Yorkshire, where I kept
a school seven years. When the defendant acted
as I have stated, -and I first complained, the train
was about half way between London and Lewisham.
I did not complain to my husband then, not wishing
to make a confusion in the carriage, and thinking
we should soon get to a station ; but I spoke to my
female friend and told her defendant was annoying
me. When I first complained my husband was
talking to a friend on his right hand, and did not
hear it. I do not recollect the train stopping at the
New-cross station. My husband heard me ask de-
fendant what he had been doing, and said to de-
fendant he had been noticing his conduct towards
me; but he did not say the whole way down. I
heard nothing said to defendant at the station that
if he offered an apology no further notice would be
taken of it, and his refusing to do so.
Ann Clegg, a young woman, residing at King-
street, Rochester, who was in company with the
complainant, confirmed her statement.
In answer to questions put by Mr. Lewis the
witness said defendant first gathered complainant's
dress between his knees, and that they were pulled
away by the complainant with force.
Mr. James Howison said--I was passenger in tho
train with my wife and the last witness. Just
previous to the train arriving at the bridges, and
before getting to the Lewisham tunnel, I observed
' defendant peering into my wife's face, in conse-
quence of which I watched him. When the train
entered the tunnel I saw the defendant stoop,
and afterwards saw him let my wife's dress fall.
I heard my wife ask him what ho was doing, and
defendant replied " nothing."
By Mr. Traill—There was not sufficient light
while in the tunnel to see defendant, but as we en-
tered the tunnel I saw him stoop. I am sure I am
not mistaken in seeing him stoop; When at the
station defendant said it must have been a person
sitting
,by his side. This was after the train had
left ; and lie then took me aside, and said the per-
son of whom he had spoken had also acted inde-
cently towards him, Defoudwat then aid he had

moved to throw something out of the window, and
then said he had not moved at all.
By Mr. Lewis—Defendant was not asked to
apologise for his conduct. I have not told any con-
stable that I observed defendant's knees between
my wife's knees all the way down.
Mr. Traill—Did you observe anything of the
kind ?
The Witness—l did not. The first I observed
was when the train reached the bridges.
Mr. Nelson, master at the Lewisham station, said
—I was called by the guard to the carriage where
the defendant was sitting. The husband of the
complainant was then on the platform, and said he
wanted to give a person into custody for assaulting
his wife. I asked defendant to get out of the car-
riage, and he said he was going to Blackheath. I
told him he had better get out and answer any com-
plaint made against him, and after some hesitation
he did so. A constable was then: sent for and de-
fendant was given into custody.
By Mr. Traill—No one asked defendant to apo-
logise in my hearing; in fact, the complainant's
husband seemed determined to press the charge.
Police-constable Tanner, 233, and Brown, 98 R,
were called ; the first of whom said that the hus-
band of the complainant remarked that he had
noticed defendant's conduct all the way down, and
the latter that he said the whole of the way down.
Mr. Traill said the case was one of great public
importance, and, after the defence set up by the
accused, he must send the case to a jury.
The depositions were then taken, and the de-
fendant was committed for trial, bail being taken for
his appearance at the sessions in two sureties of £BO
each, and himself in double that amount.