The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Orders have been received at the East India Hotse
directing the requisite amount of tonnage to be
taken up for the conveyance of reinforcements, to
the number of 440 men of all ranks, selected from
the 2d (the Queen's) Dragoon Guards, 6th Cara-
bineers, 7th Hussars, 9th Lancers, 2d batt. of Rifle
Brigade, 3d Buffs, sth Fusiliers, 6th, Bth, 24th,
29th, 31st, 35th (Royal Sussex), 37th, 42d
(Royal Highlanders), 48th, 73d, 75th, 79th (High-
landers), 88th (Connaught Rangers), and 99th
Regiments, from Gravesend to Calcutta, to embark
on the 11th of December. At the same time orders
were also given for tonnage to be taken up for the
conveyance of draughts, to the number of 300 non-
commissioned officers and men of the 7th (Princess
Royal's) Dragoon Guards, Bth Hussars, 14th Light
Dragoons, 17th Lancers, 27th (Enniskillens), 56th
57th, 70th, 71st (Highlanders), 81st, 87th (Royal.
Irish Fusiliers), 88th, 94th, 95th, and 98th Regi-
ments, from Gravesend to Bombay and Kurrachee,
to embark on the 9th Dec. It is also intended to
take up a vessel for the conveyance of 83 men of the
Ist (the King's) Dragoon Guards, 12th (Prince of
^ Wales') Royal Lancers, 69th Regiment, and 74th
Highlanders to Madras, to embark at Gravesend on
the 7th Dec. The tonnage fob the conveyance of
the above reinforcements to India will be taken up
by the Hon. Council of India on Friday next.
A party of Royal Engineers, consisting of Lieu-
tenant W. Bailey, Sergeant S. Latham, one corpo-
ral, and six sappers of the corps, have been ordered
to the Cape of Good Hope, for the purpose of sur-
veying the eastern portion of that colony, including
the coast.

The examination by the Council of Military Edu-
cation (composed of Major-General Cameron, vice-
president, Major-General Portlock, and Lieutenant-
Colonel Addison) of candidates for direct commis-
sions, will commence on the 3d Dec., and be con-
tinued the four following days, at Burlington-
house, Piccadilly.
The examination of candidates for the Royal
Military College by the Council of Military Edu-
cation is appointed for Monday, the 13th December,
and five following days. The examination is to
take place at Burlington-house, Piccadilly.
The auxiliary battery at Fort Monckton, on the
Gosport shore, is being extended to mount five
more guns, making a total of 42—variously 68, 56,
32, 24, 18, and 12-pounders and 8-inch. Fort
Gomer, a few miles below, will be mounted shortly
with an armament of the most modern battery guns,
30 in number, variously 10-inch, 8-inch, 68 and 32-
pounders, and 13-inch mortars. This new fort has
barrack accommodation for 400 or more troops.
The Gosport lines have at present in position 68
guns ; others of heavier metal will be in due course
mounted. The Portsmouth lines are mounted by
upwards of 130 guns of the heaviest calibre, also
mortars for 13-inch shell ; Portsea lines are
mounted by about 40 guns.

FATAL .00CIDENT AT A LIVERPOOL

BREWERY.

On Sunday morning an accident of a melan-
choly character, which resulted in the death of
two men, occurred at the brewery of Mr. Thomas
Howard, Cheapside, in that town. On Saturday
evening two men, named Thomas Blundell and
Henry Kelly, went to work as usual with several
others at the brewery. Blundell and Kelly had
been many years in the employ, and the former
was practically acquainted with the various
brandies of the business. During the process of
fermentation the liquor is 'placed in a " working
round" or large tub, preparatory to its being trans-
ferred to the barrels. A quantity of carbonic acid
gas usually generates in the round consequent on
the fermentation, which gas remains for some time
after the liquor has been removed. The usual
course is to subdue the gas before any one enters
the round, but in the present instance, unfortunate-
ly, this precaution does not appear to have been
adopted. About three o'clock on Sunday morning,
the two men entered the round for the purpose of
cleaning it out preparatory to another brewing.
Both commenced sweeping with brooms used for
the purpose, when in a few minutes Kelly became
overpowered with the gas, and fell down. Blun-
dell endeavoured to lift him up, but while doing so
he was also affected, and fell prostrate with his com-
panion at the bottom of the round. The cries of the
unfortunate men were heard by another operative
brewer, who was engaged in a distant part of the
premises. He went immediately to render assist-
ance, and seized holdof Blundell, but was unable to
extricate either him or Kelly from their perilous
position. Stoneleigh had, in fact, become partially
unconscious from the effects of the gas in his en-
deavour to rescue his companions, and had he per-
severed he must have shared a similar fate. The
assistance of several police officers was then ob-
tained, and measures having been adopted to dissi-.
pate the gas, Blundell and Kelly were taken from
the round quite dead. Both men were well aware
of the danger of entering the round without taking
the necessary precautions to ascertain the state of
the air, and they were cautioned very shortly
before the melancholy occurrence took place. The
bodies of :the sufferers were conveyed to their
respective places of residence. Both have left,
wives and families.

COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE AT CHURCH.—At the
conclusion of the police cases at Boston on the 12th inst.,
Mr. Hubbert, who was one of the magistrates on the bench,
asked Mr. Waghorn, the superintendent of police whether
it was true that the force had been ordered by the watch
committee to attend church every Sunday? The superin-
tendent replied that it was. Mr. Hubbert—Then 1 must
say I think such an arbitrary proceeding is a disgrace tot
borough, and calculated to bring on us the contempt of
the country, if we as magistrates do not protest against it.
It is an infringement on the liberty of the subject. gr•
Smyth—lt will be remembered, I dare say, that I brought
this subject before the bench several months since, at which
time I understood the men were compelled to attend the
church, and it was then resolved by the bench that the
men should be at liberty to attend what place of worship
they. might choose. I had no idea that the order wouldr
be
rescinded. The Superintendent—When I read the orde
to the men I told them that if any of them had been
brought up Dissenters, and they informed me to that effect,
I would lay the same before the watch committee. gr•
Noble—Why inquire at all as to what they have been
brought up to ? Men's opinions sometimes differ very
widely from what they were brought up to. Mr. Couplain
—Even soldiers, if Roman Catholics, are allowedte attend
their own place of worship. Mr. Noble--Yes, the Duke
of Cambridge has very recently expressed himself in styng.
terms on this very subject. The Mayor—lf any arn.l
tion is made on the subject it must be made to tho w tv.:
committee, here the pubjeetidropped.—§taniford.grforY