The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-08 00:00:00

MOTS AT ALDERSHOT.

ALDERSHOT, July s.—Several slight disturbances took
place yesterday betwe, n eight and nine o'clock, p.m., in
some of the public-houses situated in or near the camp.
It appears that some of the troops that recently re-,
turned from the Crimea, by the way of celebrating their
return to " merry old England," indulged rather freely.
Numbers of soldiers were seen in a state of great ieso-
lotiety, the natural consequence of which was a regular
",et to." In two of those dens the Guards were fight-
ing with the Ist Royals ; in another place a disturbance
took place between the Guards and the Germans. Order
wa4, however, speedily restorcd. The officer in com-
mand of the G,rtnan Legion, having been informed of
the row, ordered the alarm to be sounded for his corps ;
and I ant informed by good authority that at roll call
i.o man belonging to the German Legion can mirsing
or drunk.

THE LATE COLLISION IN THE MERSEY.

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LIVERPOOL, Monday.—hull details of the awful col-
lh,ion off the Reck Lighthowe, between the Dublin
steamer Mail and the Belfast screw steamer Excelsior,
hare been published to-day, fr.im which the followit g
particulars have been obtained :
The passengers consisted principally of labourers, who
were coming over to the harvesting in this coun'ry, and
nearly the whole of these poor men were lying slumber-
ing on the main deck, under the spar deck. Many of
the poor creatures, from the violence of the concussion
and the confusion and scrambling that ensued, fell into
the water and were drowned. Six were killed on the
spot, and the brains of some of them were scattered over
the windlass and the damaged gearing of the fore part of
the vessel. Their sufferings were short, but must, have
been fearfully intense ; they were jammed to pieces by
the bow of the Excelsior as they lay quietly in their
places. It was an awful, indescribable spectacle. The
dead and the wounded were in a heap together ; men
who, a few minutes previously, were stout and pOwerful,
were now lying still in death—mutilated and frightful
corpses. It was thought at first that the Mail would
sink in a few minutes after the accident occurred, but
foitunately she made no water, and upon the Excelsior
getting clear of the disabled vessel, which occupied a con-
siderable time, the Mail was able to proceed towards
Liverpool. The Excelsior, which we believe escaped
with trifling damage, left 15 fathoms of her chain and
her anchor in the bow of the Mail before the vessels
were disentangled. Captain Bailie, without loss of
time, made for the Clarence pier-head, where he landed,
those of his passengers who had sustained no injury.
The captain of the Excelsior did not stop, but proceeded
to sea. An inquiry into the cause of the collision will
take place on Wednesday, before the coroner for Liver-
pool.

THE MURDER BY A SPANIARD.—It will be recollected
that, at the last session of the Central Criminal
Court, a Spanish seaman, named Bernardo Henriquez I
was convicted of the murder of one of hie country•
men by. stabbing him with a dagger, and be was seri•
tenced to death. It seemed that there had been some
scuffle at an earlier period of the day in which the
transaction took place between the prisoner and
another seaman, during which he received some injury,
and it appeared by the evidence that the prisoner
stabbed the deceased man without having received any
provocation. The jury, under these circumstances,
were compelled to find the prisoner guilty of murder ; •
but the whole of the facts having been laid before the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, he consi-
dered himself justified in recommending the prisoner to '
the clemency of the Crown, and an order was on Satur-
day received at Newgate, commuting the capital sentence
to one of transportation for 20 years.
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