The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-22 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1858.

EAST INDIA-HOUSE, 21sT AvaiL, 1858.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That
Scrip Certificates will be ready for delivery at the Treasury at this
house, in exchange for receipts of the Bank of England, on account
of the India Debenture Loan (Act 21 Victoria, cap. 3), on or after
Friday, the 23d instant. V
The Certificates will he delivered to the Allottees only, or to their
order in writing, endorsed upon theJ Bank receipts.
J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

ALDERSHOT CAMP. REVIEW of the
TROOPS by the QUEEN, on FRIDAY, 23d APRIL.—
Trains will leave Waterloo-bridge Station for Farnborough on
Friday at 8, 10.15, and 11 a.m. Omnibuses and Flys from Farn-
borough Station to the Camp.
Trains leave Farnborough for London at 4.40, 6.30, anel 8,49 p.m.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
CHANNEL ISLANDS.—Tickets to Jersey and Guernsey,
via Weymouth, are now issued at the Paddington Station, enabling
passengers to break the journey at Chippenham, Dorchester, or
Weymouth.

Fares, Rail and Boat : —3ls. and 21s.
Further particulars can be obtained on application at the Com-
pany's Offices.

OVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday a detachment of the Royal Horse Ar-
tillery, consisting of 216 men, 174 horses, six guns,
and 18 carriages, embarked at Liverpool, for Dub-
lin, in the steamers Trafalgar and Princess.
Notices have been posted in the underwriters'
rooms at Liverpool for tenders for carrying between
Liverpool and the Irish ports an exchange of militia
regiments—the English militia regiments now sta-
tioned. in Ireland being about to return to England,
and the Irish regiments to Ireland.

Major John Frend, of the 55th Regiment, at pre-
sent forming part of the garrison of Dublin, died
there, after a short illness, and in the prime of life,
on Monday last. The gallant officer had been many
years in the regiment, having served in it with dis-
tinction in India and China. He was one of the
most popular of field officers, and his sudden death
—the result of a severe sold caught in the discharge
of his regimental duties—has cast a deep gloom
over all ranks in the 55th.
Considerable attention is devoted at Chatham
garrison to the instruction of the troops belonging
to the depots of the East India Company in the use
of the Enfield rifle previously to their departure
for India, and about 300 men aro daily undergoing
instruction in the use of that weapon. The officers
attached to the various depots are also instructed
in the use of the Enfield rifle, and the Captains
Instructors of Musketry deliver a lecture once in
each week to the officers of each battalion in order
to make them thoroughly efficient in the theory
and practice of that weapon.
Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the whole
of the troops belonging to the several depots com-
prising the Ist battalion were drawn up inside the
Spur battery, Chatham, for the purpose of witness-
ing the infliction-of corporal punishment on a pri-
vate of the 32d Regiment named John J ones, who
was recently tried by district court-martial, and
found guilty of having rubbed a recruit, one of his
comrades, of a half sovereign. For this crime he
was adjudged, in the first instance, to receive 50
lashes, and afterwards to be imprisoned in Fort
Clarence. After the punishment had been inflicted
the prisoner was removed to the hospital, on leav-
ing whicli he will underg his term of imprison-
ment in the military prison at Rochester.
Admiralty orders having been received at Chat-
ham dockyard for the Midge and Tiny screw gun-
boats to be forwarded immediately to Portsmouth,
the Adder steamvessel, Mr. Minchin, acting second
master, left filet port yesterday morning for Ports-
mouth with those gunboats in tow. The Growler
screw gunboat is to be sent to Devonport to be
placed in reserve at that port.
The Glocester, 50, attached to the ordinary at
Chatham, has been brought into harbour for the
purpose of being fitted as a receiving ship for the
crews of the vessels of war fitting for sea.
The Rhadamanthus, 4, paddlewheel steamer,
Master Commander F. It. Sturdee, hauled up to
Chatham dockyard yesterday morning for the pur-
pose of unshipping war stores brought from Ports-
month.
The American ship Adirandack, Taylor master,
arrived at Chatham on Tuesday evening, from
Moulmein, with a cargo of teak timber for the
dockyard.
The battalions of light infantry composing the
Royal Marines and East Kent and Oxford Militia
Regiments assembled on Woolwich common yester-
day morning and performed a series of brigade
movements, under the direction of Col. T. Brown,
commanding the Woolwich division of Royal Ma-
rines. The manoauvres consisted of the mimic attack
and defence, somewhat similar to that of last Wed-
nesday detailed: in The Sun, of a position occupied
by a heavily armed field-battery company of the
Royal Artillery, who were posted on the ridge of a
hill at the furthest point of the review ground. In
the absence of General Williams, Col. Bloomfield,
aide-de-camp to the Queen, and second command-
ant, was on the ground, attended by Col. Crofton,
commanding the 6th battalion Royal Artillery ;
Col. Maude, C. 8., extra aide-de-camp to the Com-
mander-in-Chief, and commanding the Royal
Horse Artillery ; Lieut.-Col. Cocks, commanding
the 4th battalion Royal Artillery ; Col. Aylmer,
commanding the Ist battalion of Royal Artillery ;
Brigade-Major Shaw, Capt. Freeth, Deputy-Assis-
tant-Quartermaster-General ; and the whole of the
disposable field officers and adjutants in the gar-
rison. The battalions having been formed into
line, and flanked by a mounted field battery, in
command of Capt. Talbot, advanced in order of
battle, halted, and advanced in divisions under
cover of the battery guns, and a skirmishing party,
scattered over the ground, fired a volley and re-
treated. Toe supposed enemy, who were provided
with a full battery of 9-pounder guns, kept up a
determined resistance, but at length, obliged to
yield to a superior force, they were overpowered
and lost their guns.
The B battery of Royal Artillery, commanded
by Maier Franklin, C. 8., arrived at head-quarters,
Woolwich, on Tuesday, from Leeds, an d took up
barrack accommodation in the East square, vacated
by the Royal Horse Artillery.
assTemhebloeffideiennwroofoltwhiechs-emleacrtsh:ommittee yesterday
and
a lengthened course of experimentsfowretnhte tthrrioaulgohf
iron facings for garrison batteries. A huge block
of wrought iron, ab ,ut 6 feet by 5, and
weighing
about 7 tons, was placed against a small battery
erected for the occasion, and withstood the fire of
a oouple of 68-pounders, fired from a distance of
600 and 400 yards fur upwards of four hours, ex-
hibiting a few slight indentations only. One of
the shots, however, fired at the commencement of
the proceedings happening to strike the target near
the uppermost angle, carried away a portion of the
iron. Some alarm was created during the experi-
ments by the wad of one of the charges igniting
the long tufts of dried grass with which the greater
portion of the marsh is covered. The ammunition
waggon was ordered to be removed for greater
safety, and an order was despatched on horseback
for a supply of fire-buckets. In the meantime,
however, all hands were employed in using every
exertion to extinguish the flames, which burnt with
great rapidity. Water was baled on by means of
the empty powder-pouches, and planks of wood
were drawn through the fire, by which means it
was successfully got under before the return of the
mounted messenger.
Rear-Admiral Chads had not sailed from Spit-
head with his squadron at sunset last night. The
Renown and Diadem were put through a course of
shot practice yesterday similar to the Curacoa and
Racoon on the previous day.
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Denman is, however, absent in command of the
Osborne, in attendance on the Prince of Wales.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt. Eyres, C. 8.,
had her steam up yesterday, in the steam basin at
Portsmouth, for trial.
The Victory, 103, Capt. G. H. Seymour, C.B,

will be ready-to leave the fitting-basin for the har-
bour in a few days.
The Arrogant, 43, Capt. Heath, 0.13., is taking
in her guns, stores, and provisions, preparatory to
taking her station in the Coastguard service be-
tween Folkestone and Southampton.
Letters from St. Vincent report the arrival there
of the European and American Company's screw
steamer Indiana, Captain Lambert, with troops for
India, on the 18th March—crew and troops all
well. She encountered heavy weather and head
winds for the first four days of the voyage out, and I
subsequently had fair winds. The Portuguese
General and Staff dined on board the Indiana on
the 19th, and inspected the ship. One of the sol-
diers died on the morning of the 20th from a sun
stroke ; the heat at St. Vincent's was very ;oppres-
sive. The Indiana left on the 20th to resume her
voyage. From the Cape of Good Hope we have
intelligence of the departure from Table Bay, on
the 3d March, of the Hydaspes, Capt. Bown, with
more than 200 horses for India ; and. of the Cal-
cutta, Captain Blackmore, on the 6th, with pas-en-

gers and cargo for England, bath vessels belonging
to the above-named company's fleet.
The following appointments ,were made yester-
day at the Admiralty • •
Chas. Johnstone and J. W. Brakenbury, naval
cadets, to_the Marlborough ; A. E. Hutchinson and
A. D. Dou.:las, naval cadets, to the Diadem ; A.
H. Du B'ulay, J. Hext, and. F. S.- Dodsworth,
naval cadets, to the Renown ; S. Libby, second
master, to the Royal William ; Dr. D. J. Duigan,
surgeon, to the Vulture ; C. A. Duckett' assistant-
surgeon, to the Agamemnon ; W. S. Roche, assist-
ant-surgeon (additional), to the Victory ; and Thos.
M'Galuw, assistant-surgeon, to the Conqueror.

having been put back for inquiries to be made as to
whether the duplicates were genuine or not, it was
ascertained that the goods were pawned, but it
was stated that they were pawned up to their full
value.

Mr. Corrie said because there were considerable
doubts and difficulties in the case he should dis-
charge the prisoner. He would give no opinion
at all about the case.

Mr. Wakeling said ulterior— proceedings would
most decidedly be taken against the prosecutor.
The prisoner then left tho court.

MARLBOROUGH-STRE U.—John Crawley
was charged with picking the pocket of Mrs. Eniina
Larking, of Gough-street.
Mrs. Larking said she was in Regent-stret that
day, when the prisoner came up and asked the way
to the British Museum. She took some pains to
point out the proper road, and the prisoner kept
walking by her side, expressing his obligations for
the information he was receiving. Feeling some-
thing like a jerk other dress, she put her hand down,
and caught the prisoner's hand in her pocket. She
grasped the prisoner'shand, and notwithstanding his
struggle to get away, held him until a police-con-
stable came up and took charge of him.
Walsh, the gaoler, proved that the prisoner was
an old thief, and had been twice convicted at this
court for picking pockets.
Mr. Beadon seat the prisoner to hard labour for
three months:
ItObert Howe,- cab driver, was charged with
damaging the Earl of -Ellesmere's carriage by neg-
ligent driving, while in a state of intoxication.
Nicholas Ryan, tailor, said about-9 o'clock that
morning he saw the defendant on the box of a cab
coming along at a furious pace. A carriage was
going down Bond-street steadily, and the coach-
man seeing the defendant about to cress the street
at a reckless pace called out to him and attempted
to pull up, but before he could do this the defend-
ant ran the cab into the carriage, destroyine, one
of the carriage lamps, and breaking one of the shafts
of the cab.
The defendant asked if the bit was in his horse's
mouth at the time.

Witness replied that it was.
George Eldon, valet to Lord Ellesmere, was on
the box with the coachman at the time of the colli-
sion. The damage was occasioned entirely by the
reckless driving of the cabman, and the state in
which he was at the time.

Defendant—lt warn't my fault at all. There
was only an old womanon the c0a,•311 box ; if there
had been a regular coachman it would not have
happened.
Wi(ness—The coachman had nearly pulled up
his horses.

Def4ndant—l wish I'd the bit of wood that ere
coachman was cut out of, I'd precious soon shove
it on the fire, just what it was good for.
Mr. Beadon ordered the defendant to pay
65., the damage, and fined him 403. f.,r negligent
driving.

WAN DSWORTH. —A dark-complexioned young
man, who gave the name of Henry Gardiner, and
who described himself as a general dealer, was
placed in the dock before Mr. Ingham, cheq,ed
with attempting to rob the house of an old Crimean
hero, namfd John Shelford, residing at No. 1,
Surrey-terrace, Battersea-bridge-road.
It appeared the evidence that the prosecu-
tor was a supernumerary engaged in Battersea
New Perk, and ou Tuesday afternoon about four
o'clock he was sitting in the front parlour of his
house with his wife, reading the newspaper, when
their attention was drawn to a noise in front. As
they had had a number of windows broken by the
boys iu the neighbourhood, Mrs. Shelford went to
the window to see who was there. However, no
person was to be seen, and shortly afterwards the
noise was heard in the back parlour. Mrs. Shel-
ford went into the passage, when the prisoner
rurhed out of the back parlourand down the kitchen
stairs. She followed in pursuit, and the prisoner
ran front the back kitchen into the front, and then
up the area steps as fast as he was able. Sergeant
Dudley, of the V division, happened to be on the
spot, and saw the prisoner run from the steps into
the street with a large black bag rolled tightly up
in his hand. Suspecting something was wrong. he
stopped him, and immediately afterwards Mrs.
Shelfora,eaverkeipiaiknel out
that the prisoner had a amp oro house.
He was" tifen 'aua a pair of new boots, the
property of the prosecutor, were found to be mis-
sing from the back parlour. On a search. being
made, the boots were discovered in the front
kitchen, no doubt dropped by the prisoner in his
flight.
The prisoner denied being in the house. He
said he merely knocked at the kitchen door to ses
if there was anything to sell, and receiving no an-
swer, he quietly walked out again, when he was
stopped by the officer.
Mr. Ingham asked if he was known.
Sergeant Dudley said he had not had time to
inquire. Whoa he took the prisoner into custody
he refused both his name and address.
Mr. Ingham remanded him until Monday for
inquiries to be made.

HAMMERSMITH —Patrick O'Brien, an in
specter of the D division of the metropolitan po-
lice, was charged with stealing two pieces of bacon,
value 3s. 4d., from the show board of Mr. Wm.
Page, a cheesemonger, of No. 44, Westbourne•
grove, Paddington, on Monday night Mat.
The court was filled by a number of well-dressed
persons, as well as a large body of the police force.
Mr. Superintendent Hughey, of the D division,
attended to watch the case on behalf of the commis-
sioners, and Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the pri-
souer, who had been brought to the court in
the custody of Inspector Grant, of the same
division.
Charlotte Sarah Wright, the wife of Geo. Wright,
a basket and matting manufacturer, carrying on
business at No. 45, Westbourne grove, deposed
that their shop was next door to Mr. Page's. Ou
Monday night, between eight o'clock aild half-past,
she was standing at her door when she saw the pri-
soner take a piece of bacon from the outside of the
showboard of Mr. Page's shop, and put it under
the skirt of his coat iu front. He took it from the
part of the board nearer the corner of Monmouth-
road. When he put it under the skirt of his coat
he walked from the shop towards the Galway-road.
He returned in a few minutes afterwards with a
parcel nnder his arm. The parcel wascovered with
a red handkerchief. He stood for a few minutes
at the corner of the Monmouth-road, and then he
came and took another piece of bacon from the
same spot. He again walked towards the Galway-
road, and as he passed her shop he had the piece of
bacon under his handkerchief. She saw no more
of him. She waited at the door to see if he would
return. She thought at first that he had taken the
bacon for a joke. She had known the prisoner for
some time. Sho went across the road to her hus-
band, who was talking to a young man, and told
him that the inspector had taken a second piece of
bacon. She afterwards told her landlady, who in-
formed Mr. Page. She did not like to tell Mr.
Page.
In cross-examination by Mr. Lewis the witness
stated that she did not know of any petition signed
by the tradesmen of Paddington to obtain the dis-
missal of the prisoner.
By Mr. Ingham—The first piece was long, and
when wrapped in the handkerchief it looked like a
pair of boots tied up. The other was a square
pace. She should think the two pieces weighed
between 51bs. and Glbs. His face was towards her
when he took the bacon. There are gaslights out-
side, and the street is very light. She could see
the showboard, but not inside Mr. Page's shop.
Mr. Page had been out a minute or two before,
and had looked at his goods. He had not been in-
side more than two or three minutes when the pri-
soner took the first piece.
Henry Palmer, a young man living at Mr. Pan-
nell's, a cheesemonger, opposite Mr. Page's, also
deposed to having seen the prisoner take the two
pieces of bacon. What made him watch the pri-
soner was in consequence of the prisoner having
attempted a similar thing at his master's shop at the
end of last summer. He did not know the prisoner
saw witness. If he had looked he could have seen
him and Mr. Wright.
By Mr. Lewis—Witness had not seen a petition
signed by the tradesmen to obtain the dismissal of
the prisoner. He did not know whether his master
had been summoned for causing obstructions by
placing goods outside. There was some dispute
about it. The prisoner was in his inspector's uni-
form. He should think it was more convenient for
a person who stole a piece of bacon to go down the
Monmouth-road than pass by the front of the shops:
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