The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-01 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE., A COTTON SPINNED CHARORD WIT.
BURNING DOWN HIS MILL.

Orders have been issued from the War-office to
Maj ir-General Slade, Commandant of the Colches-
ter camp, to hold in readiness the following officers
and men to join their respective regiments in India
—43 non-commissioned officers and men of the Ist
Regiment of Foot ; 28 of the 44th, under the coin-
mat id of Lieut. Acklom • 36 men of all ranks of the
3d battalion of the 60th Rifles ; and 60 non-com-
missioned officers and men of 66th, under Ensign
Westropp. In all, 167 men and two officers, making
a total ef upwards of 700 men and officers who,
from that camp, have joined their regiments on
service in India. The above troops are expected to
march to-morrow. Their destination will be
Madras, and they will be despatched by over-
land route. Quite a revival has taken place in the
number of recruits enlisted within the last fortnight
—the majority of those attested being for the Rifle
Brigade. The temporary camp at Clacton has been
broken up for the winter, and Lan guard Fort, near
Harwich, is now used as a station for the instruc-
tion of the men in musketry.
The following officers have joined their respec-
tive Indian depots at Chatham garrison ;—Col. R.
N. Phillips, commanding the 2d Battalion ; Major
H. D. Ellis, Ist Battalion •, Capt. A. Wright, to
command the depot of the 81st ; and Lieut. G. F.
Webster, 19th.
Since the reduction of the standard to 5 ft. 3 in.
for recruits for those regiments serving iu India,
and 5 ft. 4 in. for other infantry regiments, nearly
100 recruits have arrived at Chatham for the pur-
pose of joining the various Indian depots at that
garrison. The number of recruits arrived at
Chatham which had fallen off considerably during
the p=astfew weeks, is now on the increase, and it is
expected that the average number who will join at
Chatham for several weeks to come will be up wards
of 200 per week. Notwithstanding the large
draughts constantly leaving to reinforce the regi-
ments in India the garrison at Chatham is still very
strong, there being upwards of 2,000 non-commis-
sioned officers and men of regiments of the line.
The number of reinforcements now waiting at Chat-
ham for embarkation is nearly 1,000 officers and
men.
The late Brigadier-General Wilson, K.H., who
was killed at the head of the 64. h Regt. in charg-
ing the guns at Cawapore, had been nearly half a
century in active service. His first commission as
ensign bore date Oct. 31, 1809. He commanded the
64th with Havelock's movable column at the defeat
of the reb, Is at Oonao and Buseerut Gunge, and
commanded the force which attacked and routed a
party of rebels at Bithoor on the 18th Oct. last. On
Nov. 28, alter charging the guns with his regiment,
and spiking two of them, he found himself over-
whelmed by numbers, and compelled to retire to-
wards the intrenched camp. He had most gallantly
got some of the men together behind a hou,e, where
he made a stand for some time. Here he was mor-
tally wounded. Capt. Bowlby and three men of the
64th then carried him back into the intrenchnients,
distant about a mile, under a heavy fire of grape.
He was sensible, thanked Capt. Bowlby for stand-
ing by him, and requested him to write to his -wife
and say that he hat died in discharge of his duty.
He was buried in the ruins of the church at Cawu-

pore.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's Royal mail packet Pere is ordered to
embark on the 3d inst., at Southampton, the fol-
lowing detachments for Alexandria, on their way
to Madras overland :—From Colchester-43 met'
of the Ist battalion of Ist Foot ' • Lieut. G. E. Ack-
loin and 28 men of the 44th ; 36 men of the 3d bat-
talion of 60th Rifles ; Ensign R. G. Westropp and
6u men of the 66th. From Aberdeen—Lieut. H.
Jameson and 9 men of the 74th. From Fermoy-
-17 men of the 68th ' • and 34 of the 69th. From
Chatham—Lieut. S. T. Sargent of the 43d. The
whole under the command of a field officer.
The same company's mail ship Ripon is ordered
to embark on the 10th inst. ale following officers
and men for the same route and destination : —Lieut.-
Col. K. D. M‘Keuzie, °apts. E. C. B. Elphinstone,
and W. E. Newall, Lieut. R. B. WE wen, Ensigns
A. Eddington and D. B. H. Johnstone, and 240
men of the 92d Foot.
Testerday morning the wives and children of the
soldiers of the 92d Regiment, who arrived at Ports-
mouth A few days ago from Gibraltar, embarked in
the Irish steam packet for Dublin,
The Fairy yacht, Master Commander David N.
Welch, arrived at Sheerness, on Saturday from
the Thames, having a north-sea pilot on board and
despatches for the Curacoa, Capt. T. H. Mason ;
the latter proceeded from the Fairy to the Port
Admiral's office, and there received orders to pro-
ceed to Antwerp immediately to act as directed by
Admiralty orders. The Curacoa got up steam yes-
terday, and left Sheerness at 11.15 a.m. The
Fairy returned to the river Thames on Saturday.
The screw steam-gun vessel Alacrity, Commander
Armine Vrodehou' le arrived at Sheerness late on
Friday evening last from Devonport, coaled from
the coal depot, and lett c n the following day for
Gravesend.
The Osborne paddle-wheel steam-yacht, Master
Commander G. H. K. Bower, completed her coal-
ing at Sheerness on Saturday, and proceeded for
the river Thames.
The Valorous steam-frigate, Capt. W. C. Ald-
ham, completed her coaling at Sheerness, and has
left for the river Thames.
The Majestic, 80 guns, screw steam-ship is
ordered to be taken into the fitting basin at Sheer-
ness for immediate service.
The Royal George, 102, is completely rigged in
No. 3 dry dock at Sheerness, and is to. be put out
of dry dock this day.
Rear-Admiral Sir S. Lushington, K. C. 8., who
it.w ill be recollected commanded the naval brigade
in the Crimea until he obtained flag rank, was on.
Saturday appointed to the command of the Bra-
zilian station in the place of Vice-Admiral Wallis.
Mr. A. W. L. Browne has been appointed mate
of the Racoon.

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL
COMPANY'S S6RVItE.

In consequence of the death of Capt. Soy, Capt.
Hicks, the late chief officer of the Pera, has been
appointed to command that steamer on her next
voyage to Alexandria. She leaves with the Calcutta
and China mail on Thursday next” It is expected
that she will take out between 2)0 and 300 troops,
who will proceed overland to Indi I. Capt. So)
commanded the Oriental in 1840, when site con-
veyed the first overland Indian mail from South-
ampton to Alexandria soon after the practicability
of the Red Sea route was demonstrated by Lieut.
Waghorn. Capt. Soy was buried on Saturday in
Southampton Cemetery, and followed to the grave
by the officers, engineers, and crew of the Pera.
He was a most careful and successful commander.
His anxiety-for the safety of his ship while at sea
was unceasing, and passengers who voyaged with
him had the most unbounded confidence in his skill
and watchfulness. Although Capt. Soy came home
on his last trip in almost a dying -state, nothing
could prevent him interfering so as to ensure the
safe navigation of the Pera and the comfort of the
passengers. Had he stuck to his old and compara-
tively small ship Indus, he would probably have
lived a few years longer. The Pera is larger by
nearly 1,000 tons than the Indus, and it is past
question that these monster steamers increase the
wear and tear of both the mind and body of a corn.
wander. Capt. Soy was 55 years old when he died.
The Ripon, Capt. Powell, wilt leave Southampton
for Alexandria on the 11th, and will thus be the
pioneer ship of a weekly steam communication be-
tween Southampton and India. Eighteen years ago
a steam-packet communication was first established
between England and Inda via Egypt. It was then
a monthly communication, and was fortnightly a
few years ago. The Ripon, it is expected, wilt take
out upwards of 200 troops to proceed overland to
India. The Malabar, a new steamer, is expected
shortly at Southampton to be placed on the Penin-
sular line. She will be commanded by Capt. Brad-
shaw. Very soon, the Peninsular and Oriental
Company will have 32 steamers in the India and
China seas.

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Mr.
THE ELEartihoeHrertoe
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the' Martin,
writ for the election would have been sent down on
Saturday, fourteen days, the period required by law,
having elapsed since the official notification of the
vacancy
appeared in the Gazette, but it did net arrive,
and it cant.ot now be received before this (M nday)
morning. The nomination will take pined` ou Friday.
Under the arrangements we described last week as
adopted by Messrs. Wilkinson, Walters, and Doulton
for asce ta:niog the mind of the electors, and abating th,
dangerou excess of liberal candidates, a ballot bad been
taken in the following manner: three cards, on which
were written the names of the Liberal candid ,tea, were
enclosed in an envelope and addressed to every elector,
with a request that be would return tae name of die
gentleman to whom he wished to give his support. The
cards were all counted up on Thursday in the presence
of the candidates, and it was found that Mr. Doulton
had the greater number of supporters ; it was conse-
quently arranged that ho should stand as the liberal
candidate, and that the other two gentlemen should
retire. There are now three candidates in the field—
Mr. Doulton, who represents the lib,ral interest, and
Sir H. Rawlinson and Mr. Monson, who come forward
as liberal conservatives, and the contest is expected to
be a very close ens.

RETURN TO Fum TIME.—The Prat= Chronicle of
Saturday says We aro lead to iegru tha, Movers
lioxrockses, Miller, and Co., who have latel been
working four days a week, have given instructions for
the whole of their mills to commence mulling full time
next-Monday. Considering that this concern employs
will be au acceptable one
ab,)vo 3,000 hands, the change
fur all classes.'.

Early in November last the cotton-spinning mill
of Mr. G. Thwaites, at Euxton, near Chorley, was
wholly destroyed by fire. There were suspicious
circumstances attending the fire, which caused in-
quiries to be ins' Anted as to its cause, but leading
to no result at the time. The mill was insured in
the Manchester office for the sum of 2,6701. It now
appears that a person named James Holden, a car-
der, in the employ of Mr. Thwaites, has made a
statement to the effect that his master instigated
him to set fire to the mill, and that he was to
receive 1001. for the deed. On Wednesday last Mr.
Thwaites and Bolden were both apprehended and
lodged i❑ the laek-up at Chorley on the above
charge On Thursday morning they were brought
before Mr. Au,:iu,stus W.-Smethurst, and remanded
to Saturday, when they were again brought up.
Henderson, policeman, who apprehended Hol-
den, stated t hat he admitted having set the mill on
fire by Mr. Thwaites's desire.
Holden said—There was nobody in the office
when Mr. Thwaii es told me to set it on fire. He
said, " Well, Jemmy, I am losing money ; this
place is doing me no good. Could you burn it
down ? There has been many a mill burnt down be-
fore, and if you will do it, and let nobody know, I
will give you 100/." I could not help from telling,
for I had been so very uneasy, and it has put our
folk so much out of the way. I have been away
drinking. I told my father what I had done a week
or two ago. I got some oil and cotton, and wetted
the cotton with oil, and put it among the bobbins
in the card.-room, struck a match, and set fire to
it. I went into the mill through a window. Mr.
Thwaites courted one of my sisters ; he is a married
man, and his mistress was so put out of-the way
about it that my sister was turned away from the
mill. I have worked for Mr. Thwaites ever since the
• fire, at 12s. a week. Mr. Thwaites has given me about
' 6/., at 11. and 21. a time, as wages. I have been
• watching the place. I have not asked him for
100/. ; 1 have asked him for a trifle, and he has
• said that he had not got it. Ido not wish to say
any more about it. I have done it. Nobody had
ever seen or known anything until I had told of it
myself.
• Both the prisoners were committed for trial.

Country Markets.

LEICESTER-JAN. 30.

At our corn market wheat sold at a reduction of is per
qr. Barley is advance. Oats and beans firm at last day's
currencies. But few peas, and Is dearer.

GRANTHAII—JAN. 30.
Wheat in large supply, and 2s per qr. lower. Malting
barley fully as dear ; grinding le dearer. Oats scarce, at
last week's rates ; beans unchanged.