The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-20 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MA.Y 20, 1856,

Naval and Military Intailigence.

The Mercury and Ceres cutters arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday from' the Channel Islands to refit.
The Swedish corvette Lejer,gtjelke left Portsmoutt
yesterday morning for the Texol.
The transport Edward, No. 141, arrived at Ports-
mouth yesterday with 120 Russian guns and mortars ef
heavy calibre, chiefly trophies out of the Reclean
During a heavy gale of wind from the'south-west at
Sheerness on Sunday the Cressy, 80 guns, screw steam-
ship, Captain Richard L. Warren, fouled the new scree
steam-ship Mars, and while getting steam up in thi
height of the gale carried away her flying-jibbooro, jib
boom, and bowsprit, the last breaking at the cap. Sin
then got in collision with the Colossus, 80 guns, scree
steam ship, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, C. 8., and
afterwards steamed to an anchorage berth lower dows.
the'harbour. A number of the gun-boats also dragger
their anchors during the gale of Saturday and Sunda'
last, but no serious damage is reported. Such was the
violence of the gale that the houses near the town pies
were scarcely approachable for the heavy sea breaking
iu over the pier and esait ankment.
The iron paddle wbeelastearner Lizard, tender to the
Waterloo at Sheerness, arrived at Woolwich on Satur-
day, and landed the detachment of officers and privates
of the Royal Marines, lately serving on board her Ma-
jesty's 60 gun steam-ship Russell, Captain Francis Scott,
paid off. The detachment consisted of Captain Congden,
with two serjeants, one bugler, and 52 rank and fife.
Captain W. B T. Eider, R.M., rejoined head-quar-
ters Woolwich, yesterday, from her Majesty's screw
steam-ship Hawke, at Devonport.
The Lords of the Admiralty have instructed the Com-
mandant of the Royal Marines at Woolwich to assemble
a board of officers for the purpose of making such ar-
rangemAlts as they may see fit for placing the matins
canteens on the same footing as those of other branches
of the army—namely, to discontinue the sale of spirits
and have a fixed weekly rent, instead of the present
privilege money for every 10 men per month.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :
Captain N. Vansittart, to the Magicienne ; Com-
mander C. M. Luckraft, to the Coast Guard ; Lieut. the
lion. W. B. de Require, to the Alban ; Lieut. H. A.
Clavering, to the Caradoc ; Lieut. A. Barrow, Lieut. F.
J. D'Aguilar, and Lieut. A. H. Webb, to the Hogue,
re-commissioned ; the . Rev. J. W. Grimes, to be Chap-
lain to the Mag,icienne ; C. W. M'Conoeley, to be Mas
ter's Assistant to the Prometheus; W. F. Alexander, to
be Paymaster to the Magicienee ; C. P. Fielon, to be
Assistant-Paymaster to the Ajax ; J. W. Sischman, to
be Assistant-Paymaster in charge to the Arrow.

EXAMINATION FOR MILITARY AP-

011t1 T E.N TS.

The following " Revised Prospectus of Examinations
for Appointments for the Royal Artillery, and Admis
sions to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich," was
yesterday issued from the War Department :
An examination fur provisional commissions in !the
Royal Artillery will commence on Monday, the 30t}
June, at King's College, Strand.
About twenty appointments will be made, supposing
a sufficient number of competent persons to present
themselves. The candidates must be between the ages
of 20 and 23 years.
At the same time, provided a surficient number are
found qualified, about 30 admissions will be made to
the. Royal Military Academy, the candidates for which
must be between the ages of 17 and 20 years.
Gentlemen appointed will remain under instruction
until they are sufficiently advanced in scientific know-
lf dge to pass a satisfactory examination.
The appointments in both these classes will be detor-
, mined by the result of a competitive examination.
The subjects of examination will be as follows, viz.":—
Pure and Mixed Mathematics.
Language, Literature, Geography, and History of An.

cient
Language, Literature, Geography, and History of An-
cient Greece.
Language, Literature, Geography, and History of Ger-
many.
Lmigusge, Literature, Geography, and History of
France.
English Language, Literature, Composition, Geography,
and History.
Experimental and Natural Science.
Moral and Political Science.

Drawing.
Every candidate must be examined in Pure Mathema-
tics, but the choice of the other subjects, and the number
which may be brought up for examination is optional.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUBT.

THE RUGELEY POISONINGS.
[The following appeared in part of our impression of
yesterday.]
• Examination of Dr. Taylor continued—Antimony
to cause sickness would not be perceptible to the
taste. A large quantity taken might leave a. tick
ling or choking sensation for a time. In the analyses
we mado we found no trace of mercury.. If it
had been taken recently to the extent of two grainS,
I should have expected to bare found some trace
of it in the liver. If he bad taken any for a asplii-

litic affection, I should have expected to have found it,
and if taken within a few hours of death, I should have
expected some traces of it would have been found from
its slowly passing through the body. Three or four
grains taken then, I should have expected, would have
been traced. I recollect. finding it on the liver on one
occasion 24 hours after being taken ; half& grain had been
taken daily for four days previous to death. I have
heard the eviden'ce relative to Mrs. Smith's death ; that
of Agnes Sinnett, Mrs. Dove, and the gentleman about
whom Dr. Moore gave evidence, and I coincide with
them in opinion that the three former died from strych-
nia. Mr. Cook's symptoms were of a similar character
to those referred to. As a professor of medical science,
I know of no other disease to which Cook's death can
be attributed than that it arose from strychnia.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SheerTiailerni