The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

THE SUNt lONDOSTs THURSDAY EVENING,, AUGUST 25, 1859.

POA a

TLAND.

Two poaching cases, at the instance of the Duke
of Richmond, have just been tried at Keith, which
occupied the Court from 11 in the forenoon till 11
at night, there being no fewer than 10 witnesses
examined, five of them being gamekeepers. Wm.
Laing, Esq , Keith, and John Grant, Esq., factor
for Drummuir, presided. One of the cases was for
trespassing on the Duke's grounds iu the parish of
Enzie. This was rather an exciting affair, border-
ing on the romantic. There were three parties in
the field, but only one identified and proceeded
against. To the other two we may apply the
couplet— _ _

" There was racing and chasing on Cannobie lea,
But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see."

The witnesses in the case ware four keepers and
three crofters in Oldmore. At an early hour on
Saturday, the 13th, two of the keepers were out, and
heard firing and saw the smoke from a couple of guns
on the Duke's grounds about the Braes of Enzie.
They soon discovered three sportsmen in the dis-
tance, with two guns, the third carrying something
like a bag in his hand. They gave chase through
bush and brake, moor and moss, o'er brook and burn,
nothing impeding progress. The pursuit and search
lasted from 4 in the morning till the afternoon, the
route traversed being from the Braes of Enzie to
the Burn of Oldmore, on the Earl of Fife's grounds.
The three fugitives, who were accompanied by a
brown setter dog, were lost sight of about the
burn, only one of them, the panel, again turning up.
The Duke's keepers, early on the field, had given up
the chase for the time, and were succeeded by two of
Mr. Tayler of Rothiemay's keepers and fresh relays
of the Oldmore crofters. During the chase, one er
the fugitives was seen to stoop occasionally, as if
unloosing his shoe ties, and at one time to drop
something. At an after hour of the day, a pair of
hunting boots were found at the spot. Panel was
seen by the crofters running along barefooted, and
also recrossing a moss he had formerly traversed, as
if in search of something, and again coursing along
towards the burn with a carpet bag in his hand,
was seen pulling heather in a brae by the burnside,
and soon after the carpet bag was got there, in
which were found three grouse, a snaring net, and
a pair of stockings. Ultimately Mr. Tayler's
keepers came upon panel by the burnside, with the
brown dog seen in the morning, in his company.
The case does not appear very clear, as panel was
not certainly identified as one of the three pursued
in the morning, nor were th° boots or carpet bag
proven to be his, but the evidence was such as the
Bench considered sufficient to convict him. He was
found guilty, and fined one pound, with ten pounds
five shillings of expenses, The other case was
against a shepherd in Glenlivat, who was charged
with killing grouse, accompanied by two collet'
dogs in the glen or moors of Chyma, about the
head or source of the Livet Water, and where the
shepherd pastured his sheep. The evidence of
Shaw, the keeper, who had been watching accused,
went to prove that the dogs hunted for the game,
acting as trained setters, waiting and looking
round for the keeper's approach. In one instance
the dogs were seen to raise a covey, and panel to
strike them down with a stick, and place the birds
in an inside coat pocket. In another case the dogs
killed the birds, when one of them was picked up
by accused, but which, on the keeper's approach,
was thrown away. Shaw, the keeper, saw at least
the head of one chucky hanging out of the coat
pocket, and at once charged the shepherd with the
crime, and intimated that he would report the case.
The accused pleaded for a compromise, saying " Bet-
ter would it have been for him to have been sleep-
ing all day, though the flock had gone down the
Black Water." The case was clear, and the offence
restricted to one bird. Fine—Xs, and the same
sum for expenses.—Banffshire Journal.

S7iENGTII OF THE EUROPEAN
ARMY IN INDIA.

Now, it must be remembered that after so ter-
rible a struggle as that of the last two years in
India, the minds of those who have been engaged
In the contest, however sound their understandings,
will naturally be induced to exaggerate to some
extent the means required to subdue a similar
revolt ; otherwise we could hardly believe that men
like Sir J. Lawrence and Sir H. Frere would re-
commend a European army to be kept up
of three times the strength it was during
a straggle which can never again be
exactly paralleled. If subsequent to the outbreak
there were in the Punjaub but 5,620 Europeans, to
watch a force of 32,240 native soldiers, of whom
18,920 were enemies on the look out for an oppor-
tunity to attack us, how can it be necessary to keep
up for all future occasions a European army four
times as numerous ? Turning now to the Bombay
Presidency, we find that the ordinary establish-
ment of European soldiers has been seven re-
giments of infantry, one of cavalry, and 1,603
artillerymen. Why then, we ask, in the face of
the financial difficulties under which the Indian
Government is now labouring, should it be pro-
posed to raise that force of less than 8,000 men (for
the regiments had never 800 present for duty) to
12,500 ? On the most general view of the subject,
we must conclude that the European force proposed
to be retained in India is unnecessarily large, and,
with reference to our means of supporting it, altoge-
ther impossible. To take a more sober view of
matters, we may say that the number of Euro-
pean soldiers which our revenues would really
allow us to support is about 45,000, of whom
25,000 Mould be infantry, 15,000 artillery, and
5,000 cavalry. The expense of this army would be
aboutL4,ooo,ooo. To this it would be necessary to add
90,000 native regular troops, all infantry. The ex-
pense of these would be about £1,800,000. In ad-
dition, 30,000 irregular horse would be required, at
an expense of about £900,000. The total expense,
then, of our Indian army would be £6,700,000,
which, it is evident, our revenue, now amounting
to £33,806,294, would fairly enable us to support.
Now compare this outlay with the estimate of our
military expenses in India for the year 1858-59.
This amounts to £19,561,970 ! a sum which the
keenest advocate for the retention of our empire
purely by the sword, must admit to be far beyond
the means of Government to maintain.—Home-
ward Mail.

A MAGNIFICENT BEQUEST.—After the funeral o
Lord Henry Seymour, which took place early in the morn-
ing of last Saturday, at Pare la Chaise, in his mother's
vault, only attended by Lord Hertford, Vicomte Daru, and
five members of the Jockey Club, his will was opened, and
the hospitals of Paris were found to have inherited a rent-
roll equal to £36,000 sterling per annum. As all this pro-
perty came through his mother, the late Marchioness,
England had no claim on it ; indeed, the testator, born in
Paris, never set foot on British soil in his life. Four
favourite horses enjoy an annuit and exemption from
saddle-work. Other annuities arey named unnecessary to
notice.
A WOMAN SEIZED WITH CRAMP WHILE BATHING.
—OnTuesday morning about 20 minutes to seven, a woman,
while bathing from one of Wisden's m tchines, was seized
with the cramp and fell. Some men who were bathing near
observed her fall, and ran to her assistance. When she was
got into the machine Mr. Blaker, surgeon, was sent for. On
his arrival he ordered some brandy, and under this treat-
ment the woman soon recovered. She was taken home in a
cab in the care of a police constable. The extraordinary
part of the case is that the woman was drunk when she
entered the machine. It seems to us that there must have
been some strange neglect on the part of the attendants, or
she never would have been allowed to bathe in such a con-
dition.—Brighton Guardian.
VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY CORPS.—The Mayor of
Gravesend has received the following letter from the Lord
Lieutenant of Kent :—" As her Majesty's Government are
desirous of the formation of volunteer artillery corps on the
coast of Kent, the lord-lieutenant would be glad to learn if
there is any probability of the offer of service of such a
corps at Gravesend." A reply has been forwarded to the
effect that such a corps is in course of formation.
FIRE AT CLERKENWELL.—Yesterday morning,
between the hours of one and two o'clock, a fire, attended
with serious loss of property, occurred on the premises of
Mr. W. Brown, Carpenters' Arms Tavern, Berry- street,
Clerkenwell. The fire was not subdued until the premises
wereburned down, and the adjoining houses much damaged
by fire and water. The cause is unknown.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE BITER LEA.—Yester-
day afternoon an inquest was taken by the coroner at the
Horse and Woolpack, Old Ford-road, Bow, as to the death
of John Dudley, aged 18 years, an assistant to a druggist,
who died from drowning. The deceased went to bathe in
the River Lea on Sunday morning last, and while in the
water he got out of his depth. An alarm was raised, but
when the body was recovered life was extinct. Verdict—
" Accidental death."
FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE FROM JEALOUSY.—On
Tuesday afternoon a painful excitement prevailed in the
neighbourhood of Charlton-street, Somers-town, St. Pan-
cras, in consequence of a married woman, named Susan
Beggs, living at No. 70, in that street, having committed
self-destruction by leaping from the attic window of the
house in which she resided. It appeared that the husband of
the female had gone to the Crystal Palace to witness
the Foresters' fete, and that she had reason to suspect he
was there in company with another female. She was ob-
served subsequent to his departure to be in a desponding
state. About one o'clock she went up to an upper room,
from the window of which she precipitated herself. An
alarm was at once raised, when several persons ran to her
assistance in the back garden, where she was lying in a
state of insensibility, there being a quantity of blood upon
the ground. A medical gentleman was sent for, who
promptly attended. He recommended her immediate re-
moval to the University College Hospital, where she was at
once conveyed in a cab. Her case, however, was pro-
nounced a hopeless one by the medical officials, and she
died in about an hour after her admission. She was in the
27th year of her age.
THE GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCH OF 1,000
MILES IN 1,000 SUCCESSIVE HOURS FOR £2OO.—Spencer,
who has undertaken this great task, commenced his labours
at Cremorne at a quarter before six o'clock on Troun uesday.
Two miles have been measured for him, one d the
Balloon-lawn, and the other round the Ashburnham
Pavilion, so ;hat his efforts can be continued over either
ground as the assemblage of company may necessitate.
Great confidence appears to be placed in his ability to com-
plete the task, from the length of trate inihabngits he ha
His s under
pace
-
and.frorn his quiet and tempera.
is very fast at times, the fourth mile being completed in 7
minutes and 45 seconds.