The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-24 00:00:00

VIE LATE 81R H. W. BARNARD.

Lient.-General Sir 11. Win. Barnard, K.C.8.,
whose death by dysentery before the walls of Delhi
is reported by the telegraphic despatch from the
East which appeared in our columns on Saturday,
was a son of the late Rev. W. Barnard, LL.B., of
Water Stratford, Bucks, by the daughter of the
late Mr. M. Disney, of Churchtown, county of
Waterford. He was born at Wedbnry, Oxfordshire,
in 1799, and received his early education at West-
minster School and at the Royal Military College of
Sandhurst. He entered the army in 1814 as ensign,
and served for manyyear El in the Grenadier Guards.
In 1815 ho became attached to the staff of bis uncle
the late Sir A. Barnard while beheld the command
of the British forces in Paris ; and in 1819-20 we
find him acting as aideezte-camp to Sir John (after- ,
wards Lord) Keane, during his command iu the
West ludies. From 1847 to 1852 he was employed.
as Assistant-Adjutant-General in the northern dis-
trict,
and commanded the South Wales district
from 1852 to 1854. - In the latter year he wa.ss?nt
out to the Crimea as Major-General commanding
ono of the Brigades. He subsequently became
Chief of the Staff in the Crimea under General •
Simpson, and held that post up to the date of the
He also coin-
appointment of Geueral Windham.
of the late war. In 1856 he was made. aKnight
the Bath, and was appointed to the
manses a brigade for a short wipe before the close
Commander of
of the troops at Corfu and of
placed in Maier-geir ralonZe staffl of the Bengal
caodivisainodn B:ST7:nye:dile and Doverfinally
army
India.
last, n he proceeded to
Se succeeded to the command of the troops
before Delhi in June last
General iinNsoonve,Enwbhomhe baosnftohlleowsueddateon
after an interval of scarcely
General Barnard married in 1828 tdheea
gravet death e f
four weeks' duration.
a daughter of the
late Brigadier J. C. Craufurd.

THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN THE QUEEN'S
will be seen, by reference to our report of
the trials that have taken place at the Central Criminal
Court, during the past week, that De Salvi, the man
who made the murderous attack upon Mr. Robertson,
in the Queen's Prison, some tune since, has been con-
victed of the offence, and sentenced to fifteen year's
penal servibude, with an intimation from the Judge, that
should his victim die, in consequence of the attack, he
will still be liable to an indictment for wilful murder.
Our readers will, of course, remember, that Mr. Gower,
of Barbican, was originally included in the grave charge,
and that he was, from tine to time, held to bail by the
magistra e. Under the peculiar circumstances of the
case, this was, perhaps, inevitable, although there was
nothing to implicate that gentleman, beyond an unsup-
ported statement, that he said something to De Salvi,,
which was construed into an encouragement to him to
perpetrate the outrages on Robertson. No one who
knew him, could, for a moment, believe him to have
been guilty of so dastardly and ferocious an act, and the
grand jury, by ignoring the bill laid before them, after
hearing all that could bo said in support of it, mo t
conclusively showed that there was not even the
semblance of evidence against Mr. Gower, whose friends
were eager to congratulate on this anticipated
result —Since the above was written, we understand
that Robertson died last evening (Saturday), at aye
naii.u:es past seven o'cleek.--Sunday Times.