The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-23 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, April 17.—Her Majesty's screw iron
clad frigate Caledonia, 35 (bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral H. R. Yelverton, (C. 8.), Capt. the Hon.
F. A. Foley, left Malta harbour early on Sunday
morning, the Bth inst., for Devonport. She took
45 military invalids, nine time-expired men, eight
women, and 20 children, in charge of Lieutenant
Montagu, of the 84th Regiment, 15 naval invalids.
Mr. T. Hull, master R.N., surveying service,
Mr. F. J. Gray, ditto, Mr. Hawksley, assistant
engineer, invalided from the Hydra, the Hon. Mrs.
Foley, and Mrs. De Robeck. Orders were received
by telegraph on the morning of the 13th inst. for
her Majesty's screw gunvessel Star, 6, Commander
W. G. Gordon, to be despatched immediately to
Bermuda, and she left the same evening for that
place. She had only very lately arrived in the
Mediterranean from England. Mrs. Gordon pro-
ceeded in her as passenger as far as Gibraltar. The
Psyche, 2, paddlewheel despatch vessel, LieuL-Com-
mander A. R. Blane, left on the same day for Messina,
Naples, and Marseilles. The Bishop of Gibraltar
and family and the Ven. Archdeacon Cleugh took
passage in her for Messina and Naples. At Marseilles
she will await the arrival of Lord Clarence Paget, and
convey his Lordship to Malta. The Enterprise, 4,
iron screw corvette, Commander C. J. Rowley, went
round from Sliema Creek on the 13th inst. into the
Great harbour to effect some slight repairs, pre-
paratory to leaving for Corfu to relieve the Cossack,
20, screw corvette, Capt. R. D. White, ordered to
Malta. The Racer, 11, screw corvette, Comman-
der L. Brine, went round from the Great Harbour
on the 10th inst., and resumed her moorings in
Sliema Creek. The Egyptian screw frigate Mohamed
Aly, Capt. Cassim Bey, which has been undergoing
some repairs in her Majesty's dockyard at this
island, left on the 14th inst., on return to England,.
The Rev. R. B. Howe, chaplain of her Maje
Dstye s
dockyard at Malta, having been appointed to -.
vonport dockyard, vvill,leave shortly for, Englanthe
d.
His departure will be much regretted. Capt.

On Saturday afternoon Major-Gen. Sir R. Wal-
pole, K.C.8., commanding the troops in the Chat-
ham district, held a field day of a portion of the
forces forming the garrison of Chatham. The troops
reviewed included three battalions of infantry, in
which were 20 of tht India and British depots quar-
tered at Chatham, together with two battalions of
Royal Marine Light Infantry, the Royal Artillery
and Royal Engineers not taking part in the manoeu-
vres, the latter corps being engaged in their field
work operations.
A party of convalescent troops belonging to the
2d battalion of the 12th Regiment have arrived at
Chatham from Netley, and joined the depot of their
corps for disposal.
Col. J. R. Anderson, C. 8., commanding the 4th
Brigade Field Artillery, is under orders to leave
Woolwich to-morrow for Leith Fort, to assume the
command of the Royal Artillery in North Britain,
in succession to Col. C. Dickson (9th Brigade), V. C.,
C. 8., aide-de-camp to the Queen, who resigns. The
headquarters staff of the brigade is appointed to
take its departure from Woolwich early in May, pro-
bably by the first mail packet of that month from
Liverpool, for Canada. The staff consists of Capt.
and Adjt. R. Standham, Capt. T. C. Higginson,
Paymaster, Quartermaster J. Williams, Surgeon T.
-Nasli, 11 staff sergeants and sergeants, and 17 rank
and file, 12 women, and 26 children.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at tire Admiralty :—Capt. D. M'L. Mackenzie
to the Formidable, as flag captain to Vice-Admiral
Sir 13. W. Walker; Commander 11. W. Comber' to
the President; Commander R. Carter, to the St.
Vincent; Lieut. S. G. Price, to the Formidable, ad-
ditional, for the Lizard; E. R. F. Kitson, midship-
man, to the Achilles; T. T. Hodgson, midshipman,
to the Liverpool; W. U. Diggle, midshipman, to the
Gladiator; A. C. B. Bromley, midshipman, to the
Hector.; G. M. Blyth, paymaster, to the Amazon ;
Wm. H. F. Kay, clerk, to the Amazon ; George
Spain, assist.-clerk, to the Canopus, and Richard
P. Hawkshaw, assist.-clerk, additional, to the For-
midable, for Admiral's office.

Murder near Stafford.

A fearful murder was committed at Coppenhal

near Stafford, on Friday afternoon. Copeuhall is a
village containing scarcely 100 houses, situated on a
slight eminence about three miles from the town
named, and to the right of the Wolverhampton-road.
At end of the village, and hardly 50 yards from the
house and farm occupied by Mr. Ward, a widow
woman named Ellen Buckley, who would have
attained her 80th year had she lived a few
months longer, has rented a small thatched cottage,
containing only two rooms, for the last 20 years.
Her husband, who was a labourer, died in October
last, and Mrs. Buckley has since been supported by
her two sons. one of whom lived with her, while
the other is employed near Liverpool. She was a
woman of exemplary character, and since the death
of her husband has been in the habit of allowing a
man named John Cooper, who worked as a labourer
for Mr. Ward, and who lived at Dunston, about a
mile and a-half away, to cat his dinner at her house.
Cooper was seen to go there a little after 1 o'clock
on Friday, and a passer-by, half an hour later, ob-
served Mrs. Buckley at her door. She was not seen
again until half past 6 in the evening, when Mr. J.
W. Moore, the proprietor of a neighbouring farm,
called at the house to request her son to remove a
ground roller that had been placed in the middle of
the road in front of the cottage. Upon entering
Mr. Moore found the woman lying on the floor, but,
thinking she was in a fit, with which she was at
times afflicted, he did not closely examine her then,
but went away to procure assistance. When he re-

turned he noticed that the woman was surrounded
with blood, and, upon touching her arm he became
aware that life was extinct. Au alarm was raised,
a messenger was despatched to the police office at
Stafford, and two officers were soon on the spot.
The deceased was lying on her face, her head
touching the fire-place, and her body in a straight
position.
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rately inflicted the wounds described. It was evi-
dent that no struggle took place, for, excepting that a
teapot had been broken and a cup knocked off the
table, nothing had been disarranged.
Suspicion pointed to the man John Cooper. Con-
trary to his usual custom, he did not return to his.
work on Friday afternoon. At a quarter to three
. o'clock he called. -at-the house of a shoemaker named
Wright, who livesnear Diiiiston. Cooper had then
a billhook in his hand, and Wright, alarmed at his

The third and last of thecourse of early spring
flower shows of this society was held on Saturday
in their grounds at Regent's-park. For the time of
the year the show, though not unusually large, was
eminently beautiful, and some of the specimens
brought together were equal to any ever exhibited
in the great displays of the full spring. They were
arranged partly in the society's grand conservatory
and in a large marquee erected near it, and the ex-
quisite taste and skill with which the various plants
and flowering shrubs were grouped and so arranged
as to set off their various colours and excellencies
cannot be overpraised. The eye was almost dazzled
by the immense variety of carefully blended tints,
and the air was heavy with the fragrance of their
bloom. The great charm of the collection was its
magnificent display of roses. Some of these, con-
sidering the earliness, and, we may add, the unusual
severity of an English spring, were really wonderful
specimens of successful floriculture. It would be
difficult even to summarise the names and merits of
the many kinds shown. Suffice it to say, therefore,
that they ranged in colour from white to pink, from
pink to scarlet, and from scarlet to almost black.
One called the Tea-scented President was a magnfr-
cent white flower, and attracted a great deal of at-
tention. There was also, as might be expected at
this time, a fine collection of stovehouse dwarf rho-
d.odendrOns,- sonirlN viiver were literally covered,
and their foliage •ylasses of bloom.- The
soft looking flowers of the pelargonium, too, were
very Tine, though altogether not equal to the magni- '
flowerliec t
excitedsplaonwtss.
aof this class which, like the azaleas,
are exhibited in their greatest perfection at the May
Ago.o,edry dealfine
of
pineappleattention, amongas v
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fruits
been brought all the way from the Azores in the
most perfect condition, and as the product of a plant
which had been grown in England and transplanted
to the Azores. Some very fine and rare exotics
were shown in the class devoted to " Miscellane-
ous," and there vas an excellent display of plants
of variegated foliage, the delicate and beautiful
colours of the leaves of which enabled them to vie
in hue even with the flowers around them. There
were also excellent collections of auriculas andcalceo-
'arias, and the size and beauty of the heartseases ex-
hibited attracted the greatest, admiration. The wea
ther was all that could be wished for for the display,
and the gardens, in the first light green of their
spring foliage, looked beautiful.
The following prizes were awarded :
Six Roses (Amateurs).-2d prize, Mr. J. James, gardener
to Mr. F. Watson, Isleworth.
Six Roses (Nurserymen).-Ist, Mr. C. Turner ; 2d,
Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, Herts.
Three now Roses-Ist, Mr. C. Turner; 2d, Messrs. Paul

and Son.
Twenty-four hoses-Ist, Messrs. Paul and Son.
Boxes of Roses.-Ist, Messrs. Paul and Son.
Six Pelargoniums (Amateurt4-Ist, Mr. J. Wiggins,
gardener to Mr. W. Beck, Worton Cottage, Isleworth.
Six Pelargoniums (Nurserymen).-Ist, Mr. D. Clark,
Hounslow.

Six Auriculas (Amateurs) —lst, Mr. J. James, gardener;
2d, Mr. E. Paine, Kentish-town.
Six Auriculas (Nurserymen).—lst, Mr. C. Turner.
Twenty-four Pansies.-Ist, Mr. J. James, gardener ; 2d,
Mr. H. Hooper, Bath.
Six Miscellaneous Plants.-Ist, Mr. 8.-Williams, Hollo-
way; 2d, Mr. J. Wheeler, gardener to Sit Pdsmid
Bart., Regent's-park.
Miscellaneous—Silver medal to Messrs. H. Lane and
Sons for rhododendrons ; do. to Messrs. H. Lane and Sons
for roses ; and do. to Mr. C. Turner for roses.

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THE REAL BLOTfoTrlNwhielTtsahHteaEatnbei,ooßnnulLL, the Spectator
wittily declares to have been the immense demand it made
on the trustfulness of the house, which iva stnsked to make
a transfer of power without information as its extent or
the persons to whom it was to be transferred. Nothing in
thewis
wise proceeding,
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sign
a.
stationedat Hayle,
bill without knowing
N\EW LIFEBOATS.-- Lifeboat nstitu-
tion sent on Saturday last two new lifeboats to the
hirboalt is .32ft.
in was drawn.
and
rows ten oars double
in-
stitution North
banked.
of the Oxford University.
thetrmanned
ab 1
aeriverne
which is named the Isis, is The ayle lifeboat,
It is to be publicly
on th to-morrow.
It is expected the
dergraduates who 0 occasion by the eight un-
theso re
Thames. The
..._r recently distinguished themselves on
Irrol::dw
by Mr. and
dßmaunton lifeboat, which has been pre-
sentedAxminster, .11373. Jeremy, of Len. Coombe Rouse,
is also to
on Thursday next, the publicly launched at Barnstaple
readilygiven 26th inst. Free conveyance was
to the
Greatboats to their destinations by the
Western, London and South-Western, and the other
continuous lines
of railways. The National Lifeboat In-
stit • uti
on has now 167 lifeboats in connection with it. Of
these 16 are stationed on the coast of Devon and Cornwall
at the following places—viz., Applodore, Braunton, Ex-
mouth, Teignmouth, Brixham, Plymouth, Fowey, Lizard,
Porthleven, Penzance, Sennen Cove, St. Ives,ll33le,
Newquay, Padstow, and Bude Haven.
THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE CUCKOO were both
heard the other day near Faversham.
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know that a remedy does exist, and that it can be procured
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disordered actions. They never can be mis-applied, nor
can they under any circumstances cause mischief. Taken
in -appropriate doses they are a blessing to the sick when
- suffering from indigestion, gout, skin diseases, &c., and a
boon to the poor when struck down by illness. Holloway'
medicine should be in the ession of all soldiers, eve8
and emigrants, who will then.be in a position to rel
. pain and cure disease when medical advice cannot be ()b-
-; .tained.

USES.—Messrs: TOPLIS and ROBERTS
have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN
uurban, aad Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL.
particulars upon applica.tion forwarded for two stamps,
upon stating, requirementsnd and rent Al. Offices, 2.
aciconduit-
fng the
street, Regent-.treet, a South Kensington,
Museum.

SOUTH KENSO GTON, HYDE-PARK,
Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters-
ham Terraces, Queen's-gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort
gardens, E lvaston- place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and T hurloe
Sqngres. Buttons, &c. Ilftsrs TOPLI3 and ItO uEitTS have
OE,NCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding
localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and
flonth Kensington, facing the Museum.

LONDON INSTITUTION.
APRIL 23, 1866.
,‘ From the sudden pressure of urgent business," Mr.
YOLNG is prevented from Lecturing To-night, and the
Travers' Lecture will be postponed to the 28th of May and
nd
4th of June ; Mr. Allen to commence this day week
H ,an
that his Lectures will be April 30, May 7, 14, a
Secretary.
21.
WILLIAM TITS, on.

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