The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-05 00:00:00

TEE ARMY.

A review of the troops stationed in and mund
Portsmouth, with whom were brigaded the local
Volunteer Artillery and Rifles and a troop of the
Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry, took place at Ports-
mouth yesterday, and concluded with a series of
manoeuvres, in which the whole force were engaged
in opposing the landing of a supposed enemy, and,
failing in this, retiring ai :thin the town, covered by
the guns of the fortress and its outworks. The
weather was most favourable for the display, and a
large number of people was present to witness the
proceedings, some having come for the purpose from
a considerable distance. The rather confined piece
of ground upon which the review took place was
swampy in parts, but not in so bad a state as might
have been expected from the great quantity of ra;n
which has lately fallen. The troops formed in line
of contiguous columns of battalions on Southsea-
eommon at 2.30 p.m., with the mounted batteries on
the light and the Royal Marine Light Infantry on
the left. At 3 p.m. Major-Gen. Lord Par'et, C. 8.,
commanding the garrison and the south-west dis •
trict, arrived on the ground, accompanied by a bril-
liant mounted staff, and passed along the line of
troops. Marching past in quick and slow time fol-
lowed. The bands of the various corps were amal-
gamated into one, and as each regiment passed by
the march peculiar to each was played. First in
order of march came the mounted batteries of Ar-
tillery, consisting of six officers, 104 non-commis-
sioned officers and men, 87 horses, 0 guns, and am-
munition waggons, with their attendant hospital
waggons, &c., looking, as the field batteries always
do, solid and servicelike. Next followed the F troop
of the Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry, under the
command of Captain Beach, M.P. for North Hants,
a remarkably well-mounted body of men. These
were succeeded by the 2d Hants Artillery Volun-
teers, under the command of Major S. Hall, and
remarkably well they looked as they marched
steadily past—albeit they are not "show soldiers,",
merely meant for State occasions like the present.
The 2d Hants were succeeded by the sth and 6th
Hants Rifle Volunteers, ender the respective com-
mands of Major Vallancey and Capt. Purvis. The
grays and greens of the Volunteer Rifles formed a
pleasing contrast to the uniform of the corps which
had preceded them. The men marched in capital
time, and the manner in which they afterwards
performed the various movements which fell within
their sphere of duty in the after part of the day's
proceedings reflected credit alike on officers and
men. The 10th Brigade of Royal Artillery, with
their more gorgeous uniforms, followed the Rifle
Volunteers, the whole of the Artillery on the ground
being under the command of Col. H. Dunlop. Next
to the 10th Brigade came the Ist Battalion of the
11th Foot, under Col. Moore, who marched past
like a wall. The 2d Battalion of the same regi-
ment followed, under Col. Jenner, who marched
also exceedingly well. The Bedfordshire Light
Infantry, under Col. Gilpin, followed next. Next
came the 2d Battalion of the 19th Regiment, under
Col. 'Warden, and the Royal Marine Light Infantry,
under Col. Mitchell, who made an equally good
appearance with their predecessors. In fact, as was
remarked on the ground by competent judges, it
was very possibly owing to the fact of the regular
troops and the Volunteers being brigaded together
that the whole body made such an appearance, each
apparently endeayouring to emulate the other. At
the conclusion of the marching past the 10th Bri-
gade of Royal Artillery and the 2d Hants Artillery
Volunteer Corps marched off the ground and
manned the guns mounted on the works of the town.
The field operations then commenced, the Rifle
Volunteers and the cavalry being thrown forward
to the south-east of Southsea Castle, the cavalry
afterwardsretiring and the Rifles lining the seaboach
and opening asmart fire upon the supposed advancing
cnerey,encleavouring to force a landing from his ship-
ping. Southsea Castle, which was manned by the
Durham Militia Artillery, opened fire with shot
and shell at the same time from its six and eight-
inch guns. The Royal Marine Light Infantry sent
up strong detachments as skirmishers to support
the Rifles, and eventually relieve them, while the
mounted batteries moved up, and also opened fire
on the advancing foe. The firing was very heavy
here, and prolonged for some time, and the mimic
scene had an appearance of reality lent to it by the
rushing sound of the solid shot through the air
seawards and the bursting of the 8-inch shells fired
from the batteries of Southsea Castle. The landing
of the enemy, however, appeared to have been sue-
eessfully effected, as the whole force retreated, or
rather retired in echelon battalions, towards the
fortress, forming squares to resist cavalry, &e. To
the westward of the castle line was reformed facing
the sea, and a Strong fire again opened, assisted by
*e guns from the main lines of Portsmouth ; and
so fiercely was this kept up that the whole of the
ground, with the troops and spectators, was com-
pletely enveloped in the "
vilianous vapour" ' of the
azoke from the guns. The forte then fell back by

the left, forming two lines, covered by skirmishers,
and succeeded in gaining the shelter of the works
of the town in tolerable order, the guns on the lines
meanwhile keeping up a furious cannonade. This
concluded the day's proceedcng,s—a day on which
the regular troops displayed their trained skill
and the Volunteer forces proved themselves to be
not unworthy to stand alongside th -'r more expe-
rienced brethren.

Yesterday detachments of troops belonging to the
Ist battalion, 19th Regiment, 75th, 81st, 91st, and
94th Regiments, arrived at Chatham garrison from
Eastbourne, where they have been stationed for
some time, in order to go through a course of long-
range rifle-firing previously to embarking for India.
Detachments of non-commissioned officers and men
belonging to the several East India depots at Chat-
ham were yesterday selected to proceed to Eastbourne
to relieve those troops who have completed their
course of rifle instruction at that station.

The new steel gun (rifled), invented by Mr.
Lynet Thomas, recently forwarded to Woolwich
Arsenal, from the Mersey Steelworks, for experi-
ments at Shoeburyness, has been fred in the long
range, the result of which is as follows :—The gun,
charged with 281 b. of powder and a shot weighing
1601b5., obtained a flight of 10,000 yards, or 51
miles. Arrangements ere being made to carry out
a course of trials and experiments with the gun
which are ordered to take place shortly, in the pre-
sence of the Select Committee of Woolwich Arsenal.

A couple of skeleton 68-pounder guns, cast at
the contract works of Lowmoor, and received at
Woolwich Arsenal, were yesterday completed, with
a view of testing the efficacy of strengthening cast
iron guns, according to Sir W. Armstrong's experi-
mental principle, suggested as a means of convert-
ing the old guns into rifled ordnance. The breech
of the gun is thoroughly enveloped in a coating of
brass three inches thick, applied to the gun heated
to an equal temperature, so as to insure the per-
manent adhesion of the two metals as one insepar-
able substance. The guns are smooth-bored, and
will undergo a severe preliminary test preparatory
to an extension of the system, if found successful.

THE ROAD CHILD MURDER.

TROWBRID GE, OCT. 4.

Elizabeth Gough was this morning again placed
at the bar charged with the murder of Francis Sa-
ville Kent, at Road, on the 29th of June last. The
magistrates took their seats on the bench at 11
o'clock. Sir John W. Awdry, presided. The
attendance of the public was even larger than it
was on the three previous days, and a number of
ladies were also present.
Mr. Saunders conducted the prosecution ; Mr.
Ribton appeared for the prisoner ; and Mr. Edlin
watched the case for Mr. Kent and his family.
The prisoner looked anxious and careworn, but
there was no change iu her demeanour, which was
firm and composed.
Mrs. Dallimore was recalled and examined by
Mr. Saunders—On the 9th of July the prisoner was
at my house. She was sitting down by the fire,
and she said, " Mrs. Dallimore, do you know there
is a nightgown missing ?"
The Chairman wished to know in what capacity
the pr;soner wes staying at the house of the
witness.
Witness—She was at my house under my sur-
veillance. I told her I had not heard of the mis-
sing nightgown. She said it was Miss Constance's,
and she added, " Depend upon it that nightgown
will lead to the discovciy of the murder." I asked
her what she thought about Miss Constance doing
the murder, and she replied, " I can't say any-
thing about that; but I saw the nightgown put in
the basket."
Cross-examined by Mr. Ribton—l remembered
this last night, but I was not asked about it. I
mentioned it to Mr. Slack on my examination be-
fore him. I was not aware that the nightgown
was missed on the Monday after the murder; the
prisoner had come back to my house on the day
when this conversation took place, from an exami-
nation before the magistrates, at which I suppose
the missing nightgown had been mentioned. My
husband was present during the conversation, but
he was not the first who mentioned the missing night-
gown. He came in while the prisoner andl were talk-
ing about it. When he came in,hearing the nurse and
I talking about the night gown, he said, " So, nurse,
then you saw the nightgown put into the basket as
well as Cox, the housemaid ?"Ihat was the first
thing h 3 said on his coming in; The nurse said,
"No. I shall have nothing to say about that. I
have enough of my own to contend with ;" and she
went to bed. I swear that was the answer ma-de
by the nurse. My husband said before she went to
bed, " But you have just said that you saw the
nightgown put into the basket." She made no an-
swer to that; but had the candle and went to bed.
I think that was all that passed in my husband's
presence. I said yesterday, in the course of my
examination, that Fricker came into the kitchen at
Road hill House on the day of the murder and said
he had found nothing in the privy, and that the
nurse said, "You won't find anything there." I
did not see any one but Fricker.
Mr. Ribton here requested a young man in the
court to step forward, and pointing to him, he asked
the witness whether she saw that person in the
kitchen with Fricker? •
-Witness—No, I did not. I did not hear any men
in the kitchen say that they had got out all from
the privy except about 6 or 8 inches of water from
the bottom. I did not hear any one asked if they
had found anything. I did not hear any one say
that they had carefully felt with their hands over
) the bottom, and searched with cans, but had found
nothing. I did not hear the prisoner say after this,
" Then you won't find anything." I pledge myself
that the questions and answers now put to me were
not put in my hearing. I know nothing of Mr.
Kent and his family. I was never at the house till
that day. I did not see two me* in the kitchen ;
two men might have come in without my seeing
them. I did not swear positively there was only
one. I only knew it was Fricker by hearing the
nurse say, "Fricker, what have you done ?" I did
not see his face ; I only saw his head and part of
his body us he opened the door in part. I saw his
face when I turned round and looked towards the
door.
Which is true—that you saw his face or that you
did not ?—Of course I saw his face.
Then it was a positive untruth when you said you
did not see his face ?—No, it was not. He stood in
the doorway.
Re-examined—I was sitting in a position so that
I could not see the whole of the man's body. I
concluded there was only one man from only hear-
ing Fricker's name mentioned.
William Dallimore, police constable, said—On
the 9th of July the prisoner was at my house; she
was staying there for convenience. I had no orders
to keep her in custody. When I came home in the
evening, on the 9th of July, I found my wife and
the prisoner there, talking together about Miss
Constance Kent's nightdress being lost. I heard the i
nurse say that the nightgown was lost, and that
she thought it must have been lost from the wash.
My wife said, " Did you see the nightdress put into
the basket ?" and she said " Yes." I said, " Then
you saw the nightdress put in as well as Cox ?"
She said, "Oh no, I did not." I said, " But you
have just said so." She said, "Oh no, I did not."
I repeated that she had just said so, but she again
denied it. No more was said about it. I consulted
my wife about this conversation the next morning,
and I am quite certain that the nurse did say she
saw the nightgown put into the basket.
Cross-examined by Mr. Ribton—l don't recollect
any of the conversation that took place afterwards.
I and my wire and the prisoner were in the kitchen
together for half or three-quisstara of an hour after-
wards. I went out and left my wife and the prisoner
sitting in the kitchen. I was away for about 10
minutes, and when I returned they were just pre-
paring to go to bed, and they went almost immedi-
ately. I afterwards went out on duty. I was at
Roadhill-house on Saturday, the 30th of June. I
know that two men were sent there to search the
privy. I did not hear them say in the kitchen that
they had searched to the bottom with their hands
and had found nothing. I was not in the kitchen.
My wife slept with the prisoner to prevent her
leaving or escaping. I always understood that she
was at my house for safe keeping, but not to be
treated as a prisoner.
The Chairman intimated that he understood from
Mr. Ludlow that the fact was the nurse was in ac-
tual custody upon one occasion when she was at
Dallimore's house, and that upon the second occa•
sion she returned there at her own desire and
at thr. e rietiqhuteesht
soafid he her father.
was satisfied with the ex-
planation, and put no further questions to the wit-
ness.

The Chairman said that before Mr. Ribton pro-
ceeded with his address he should be glad to know
what application was made as to conarnitmext on
the port of the prosecution.

Mr. Sounder; apprehended it was for the Bench
to determine whether any case had been established,
and to say upon what charge the prisoner should
be committed.

The Chairman was quite aware that the charge
on which a prisoner was committed was in the dis-
cretion of the Court ; but, at the same time, looking
at the grave consequences of a committal to a young