The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-19 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

; 1 Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. F. Love, K.C. 8., K. H., ln-
spector-General of Infantry, went down to Wool
wich yesterday mornict
for Woolwich
common
aorder g
et on carryumbe outnumber
of
troops ordered to assemble on Thursday, the 21st
arrangementsg r ouud oof
foand inspected the review
inst., in the presence (it is believed) of her Majesty
the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort,
and various members of the Court, who will be ac- 1
conipanied by the King of the Belgians and the 1
Royal and distinguished personages invited to be
present at the nuptials of the Princess Royal. The
line of troops will be formed on Woolwich-common i
on the morning of the 21st inst. as follows :—On
the right, three troops of Royal Horse Artillery ; .a
cavalry brigade, cAisisting of two regiments of
household troops and the 11th Hussars ;. a brigade
of guards, comprised of three battalions of Foot
Guards ; a brigade of infantry, formed of one bat-
talion of Royal Marines, the East Kent Regiment
of Militia, and 96th Regiment of Foot ; two bat-
talions of the Royal Artillery. A guard of honour
will be furnished by the Royal Artillery and the
Oxford Militia. The'ground will be kept by detach-
ments and the recruits of the different corps irig.r-
ris•in. Lieut.-Gen. F. Love will command the
L.ne ; Major-Gen. Lawrenson, 17th Dragoons, will
command the Cavalry Brigade ; Major-Gen. Lord
RAeby, K.0.1i., the Brigade of Guards ; and
Majw-.Gea. Sir W. BiiiWilliAteaof Karp, R.C.8.,
the Infantry Brigade. Five companies of the R
division of police and a force of the mounted corps
will assist the military in keeping the ground,-nu-
der the command of Mr. Mallalieu. .
A e, meetino. of the Chatham Garriwn Compassion- 1
_

ate Fund, under the presidency of Major-4eneral
W. H. Eden, commandant of the gariison, took
place yesterday for the purpose of making the ne-
cessary arrangements for distributing the funds
of the society to the large number of sol-
diers' wives who have been left behind on the
embarkation of their husbands for India. The
society has been instrumental in relieving a vast
amount of distress, but its energies are much
cramped through the want of sufficient funds to
alleviate the numerous cases of distress which are
C mstantly occurring in a large garrison l!ke
Chatham. The distribution of the society's funds
devolves chiefly on the Rev. C. Green, the garrison
chaplain.
Orders have been received at Devonport to put in
commission the screw steam-ship Exmouth, 90, as
a guard-chin, in place of the screw steam-ship
Ajax, GO, Capt. R. S. Robinson, which to be
fitted for a Co tst-guard training-ship, of Qu,en• -
town, in lieu of the Conway, 14, Capt. John M.
N. Boyd.
The crew cif the steam-despatch boats Lapwing,
4, Commander M. F. O'Reilly, and the Alacrity,
4, Commander Woodhouse, were mustered and in-
pected last week at Plymouth by Captain A.
Jernungliant, preporatory to their departure on
foreign service.

TtTe Lynx, 4, Lieutenant-Commander Berkeley,
was put out of dock on Wednesday.
The screw steam-sloop Alert, COMMA!) der Pears",
lef liamoaze on Wednesday, and proceeded out-
side Piymourh Breakwater, and tested her machi-
nery at the measured mile, which gave an average of
e,ght knots an hour. On S iturday she returned to
Hain°3ze to atop a leak. The Alert is ordered to
Portsmouth to join the Royal warrage squadron.
The Gov,rumtnt sailing transport York, Capt.
Redpath, which left Gravesend on the 9th, with
de:achments of various regiments, entered Ply-
mouti, Sound on Saturday. She will embark titre
one serge:mt and 11 men belonging to the 60th
Regiment, in charge of the b.tgLa4c remaining at
the depa, tura of the steam-strip Australian, which
sailed on Christmas-day. The York was under

orders to leave Plymouth yesterday at noon
Madras,

Captain Milner, one of the Lords of the Admi-
ralty, yesterday inspected the screw steam-vessel
Buffalo, Mast,q. Commander Saunders, in Wool-
wich baqin. The Buffalo is to be laden with Dock-

yard stores for the island of Ascension, where she
is ordered t) be employed in th 3 convz:yance of

,r,visiolis, water, and other necessaries for the use

of the steun quad( on on the Coast of Africa
engaged in :he suppression of the Alive trade.
Mr. Jenkin JorieQ, late Quartermaster in the
corps of lt'iyal Engiut ere at Woolwieb, has been
per witted to retire after a service of 49 years, with
the honorary title of Captain and the usual remu-
neration of Ws. per day.
Ttie following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Midahipmen—L. H.. P. Stracbly to the Victory ;
A. M. Byam, E. G. Maddock, and J. H. Carr, to the
Renown. .

TRIAL OF THE MILITIA RIOTERS AT
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.

At the Salford Sessions, at the New Bailey, on
Saturday, 10 men, belonging to the Queen's Own
Royal City of Dublin Militia, and two belonging to
the 32d R-giment, were charged with rioting at
Ashton-under•Lyne ou the Ist inst. The names of
tae prisoners were Patrick Welsh, James M‘Der-
mott, Michael Riley, Patrick Kelly, Patrick Ger-
re -ty, Patrick Coyne, John Skelly, James Murtha,
Patrick Smith, and John Cuff, of the Militia ; and
Joseph Mallabond. (lance corporal) and John Fitz-
gerald, of the 32d Regiment.
Mr. Ovens and Mr. Fernley appeared for the
I prosecution ; and Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Wiggin
defended the militiamen, the men of the 32d Regi
ment being undefended. The whole of the evidence
at the time of the committal of the prisoners by
' the magistrates having been so recently published
it is only necessary to give an outline of the facts :
—On the lst of January a portion of the City of
Dublin Reeiment of Militia was quartered in the
barracks at Ashton, and on that day they received
some bounty money. The disturbance o ,mmenced
in the evening, at the Shepherds' Home public-
house, 011-street. A civilian, named Murphy,
quarrelled with some of the company assembled in
that house, bec Aliso they refused to treat him with
beer. He was ordered to leave, and on going out he
threatened to bring a number of persons who
would pull down the house. Shortly afterwards he
returned, accompanied by 20 or 30 militiamen,
most of whom entered the house in a riotous and
disorderly manner. They were begged by the
landlord to leave, but they refused, and struck
several of the civilians with their belts. A struggle
ensued, and the militiamen were forced out of the
house. They then commenced an attack upon the
house, bre tking the windows. Subsequently they
dispeised, and proceeded into different parts of the
town. One body went into the Market Avenue,
and another into Stamford street. They there broke
the windows of various shops, causing alarm
throughout the town. Shops were closed, the fire-
bell rung, and a number of special constables were
cal!ed out. By these prompt measures the riot was
subdued and the prisoners captured ; not, however,
before some of them had been much beaten by
civilians, which rendered it necessary fur the police
to afford the soldiers their protection. The dis-
turbance lasted altogether about half-an-hour. One
or two civilians were injured ; among them Dr.
Lees (who was attacked whilst walking along the
street, and his hat knocked off) and a young man
named Kinder. Inspector Chadwick was knocked
down and struck several times. All the prisoners
were identified as having taken part in the riot ;
the prisoner Fitzgerald having been spok7 to,
Mr
hoteever, by one witness only.
Wheeler The case a
ifdo therol athat,
apertoisnegc
on tnh e havingadv
advice
of
closed,
others,
he should not attempt to resist a verdict against
his clients, the militiamen, upon the count charging
them with riot.
Mallabond and Fitzgerald, in their defence,
pointed to their good-conduct stripes as a proof of
their good character ; and Colonel D.
o had
Touche, of the City of Dublin Mailitia, theysaid thatLa
hwhilstaye
d theyve
rltya had
well,
and he
received
v
regiment
excellent
cha-
ractersbe with them from the colonel of their own re-
giment. Lieutenant and Adjutant Richard Har-
hour, of the 32d Regt., also gave the prisoners front
that
juryregimentfognonodd
all characters.t
Te
prisoners guilty except
i
Fitzgerald, whom they acquitted.
112 r. addressed Wheeler then
the Court on behalf
of the militiamen, • in extenuation of their offence.
Having adverted to the good discipline of the regi-
ment, which had been acknowledged at Aldershot,
he urged that the disturbance commenced inamert
puhlic-house brawl, which was in some measure
excusable considering that on that day they had
received a portion of their bounty money. The
prisoners had been the victims of severe treatment
by the civilians ; and if they had sinned, it Was clear
also that they had been sinned against. Having
alluded to the extraordinary fact, as he thought it
to be, that no civilian had been apprehended, he
hoped the Court, in passing sentence, would con-
sider that the prisoners had suffered imprisonment
since the committal of the offence. _

Col. La Touche and Capt. Smith, of the same re-
giment, having given the militiamen good ohaiso.