The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-26 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1857.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday a detachment of the Royal Marine
Light Infantry, to the nitmber of 124 non-com-
missioned officers and men, under the command of
Captain T. P. Casey, with Lieut. F. Ley and Lieut.
H. C. Bowker, arrived at head-quarters, Chatham,
from the Woolwich Division. A. draught of the
Royal Marine Artillery, consisting of 20 non-com-
missioned officers and men, al o arrived at Chat-
ham from Portsmouth for embarkation.

R cruits, to the number of nearly 200 men, ar-
rived at Chatham during yesterday and the pre-
vious day for the purpose of joining the Indian de-
pots attached to the three battalions of that garri-
son. Recruiting for the several East India regi-
ments is still proceeding vigorously. The average
number of recruits arriving at Chatham for some
weeks past has been about 400 per week, and in
some weeks the number has been 700. About 100
skilled mechanics have also arrived at the head-
quarters of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Bromp-
ton Barracks, Chatham, for the purpose of joining
that corps--Lmasons, smiths, carpenters, and other
artisans being greatly required.
200 men were sent from the divisional head-quar-
ters of the Royal Marines at Gosport yesterday
morninv, under the command of Captain Grogan,
with Lieut. Nurse. This removal is consequent on
the sickness (low fever) prevailing at Forton Bar-
racks. For the last fortnight about 10 men daily
have been sent to Haslar Hospital. Major-General
Wesley, Deputy Adjutant-General of the Royal
Marine force, visited Gosport on Tuesday to in-
quire into the causes of the epidemic, and the me-
dical staff of Haslar are also investigating the mat-
ter. It is reported that the whole of the officers and
men will -have to be removed from Forton for a
time, should the sickness continue.

The court-martial on Lieut. Burnaby, of H.M.S.
Juno, re-assembled yesterday morning at 9 o'clock
on board the St. Vincent, in Portsmouth Harbour,
to deliberate upon the finding. The court remained
cleared about three hours, at the expiration of
which time it was re-opened, and the Judge-Advo-
cate recapitulated the charges :
" 1. For having, on the 27th of March, 1856, be-
haved himself with contempt towards Capt. S. C. Fre-
mantle, his commanding officer, by performing an imper-
tinent and provoking action after receiving from his
commanding officer instructions relative to certain ♦isi-
tors then on board the said ship, and by procrastinating
the departure of the said visitors, he having been previ-
ously warned and perfectly aware of his commanding
officer's anxiety to have the ship cleared of strangersand
prepared for the duties of the following morning.
"2. For having, on or about the 2d June, 1856, be-
haved himself with disrespect towards his commanding
officer by going into his cabin with a frivolous grievance,
and attempting to enter into altercation with and to cri•
ticise the conduct of his commanding officer in a manner
unbecoming a junior officer, with reference to a painted
handkerchief, and to his own duties as senior lieutenant
of the ship.
•• 3. For having, on or about the 11th January, 1857,
be; a►ed in a manner unbecoming the character of an
officer by breaking his parole.
" 4. For having, on or about the 15th January, 1857,
acted in violation of the general printed instructionsand
the custom of the service by forwarding to his command.
ing-officer a remonstrance upon unjustifiable grounds,
addressed to the Commander-in-Chief, in a covering
'eau- unnecessarily hasty and diotatorial."
The Judge-Advocate continued—" The Court hav-
ing heard the evidence in support of the charges, and
what the prisoner had to off( r in defence, is of opinion
that the first, second, and third charges have not
been proved against the said Lieut. Hugo Beaumont
Burnaby, and that the fourth charge has also not
been proved against him, as he had made two appli-
cations for leave on two successive days through the
regular channel, the senior officer doing duty on
board the Juno, previously to forwarding his letter
to the Commander-in-Chief, under a proper cover-
ing letter to his captain. The Court acquits the
prisoner, and further expresses its opinion that
the evidence before it does not show sufficient
grounds for preferring such charges against
the said lieutenant, some of which are of so serious
a nature."

It is impossible to describe the satisfaction the
result created in and out of court. These trials,
two of which have come to nothing, and the first
only to a reprimand, on officers who have long been
imprisoned in their cabins, as it were, and sus-
pended from all duty and nearly from intercourse
with their Inessmates, are a scandal to the navy ;
but it is questionable whether the captain, who is
so powerfully connected, will receive any censure
from the Admiralty, notwithstanding the opinion
of his conduct expressed at the end of the finding.
The screw steam transport Leopold, for Kurra-
chee, with Capt. Bayly's and Major Grant's com-
panies of Royal Artillery, having also embarked a
detachment of the 94th Regiment of theline, sailed
yesterday morning from Woolwich pier, and will
call at Portsmouth to receive Major Singleton's V
field battery No. 1 of the 6th Battalion Royal Ar-
tillery. Lieut.-Colonel Montressor also embarked
from Woolwich in command of the entire body, and
was accompanied by Captain and Adjutant Higgin
and Lieut. Newbolt, as staff officers. By general
order from the Horse Guards, received yesterday
at Woolwich, all officers of the garrison are invited
to attend tho funeral of the Rev. Sandford Connor
late assistant military chaplain to the Royal Artil-
lery, whose sudden death occurred on Sunday last.
The funeral is directed to take place at 2 o'clock on
Friday next. The funeral party ordered to attend
will b© composed of 1 captain, 1 subaltern, and 100
rank and file from each corps in garrison—viz., the
Rf4yal Artillery, Marines, Oxford and East Kent
Militia, Military Train, drc.—total, 600 men.
Capt. Gwyn, Lieut. Seymour, 3 sergeants, 3 cor-
porals, and 124 rank an dfile belonging to the Ports-
mouth Division of Royal Marine Light Infantry,
arrived yesterday morning at Woolwich, their re-
moval having been ordered on medical report, as to
the unhealthy state of the barracks at Portsmouth.
3 officers, 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, 2 drummers, and.
118 rank and file of the Royal Marines, left Wool-
wich yesterday morning for Chatham, to join her
Majesty's screw steamship Renown, 91, about t,s
o
form one of the Channel squadron. Capt. Greens
4th company 2d battalion Royal Artillery arrived
at Woolwich yesterday morning from Devonport.
The company has been reduced to less than half its
allotted number, and arrived at head-quarters i
about
50 strong. Major Strange's field battery marched
into garrison yesterday from Aldershott, and Major
Newton's company, Ist battalion, also arrived on
Tuesday from Dover. Capt. Vi-oolsey's company
moved yesterday from Tilbury Fort to Sheerness,
Captain Pigou's field battery from Woolwich to
Christchurch, and Captain Vesey's company
Northficet to Aldershot.
Staff-Sergeant J. Grills, Royal Artillery, Wool-
wich, has been announced in general orders as
om
having been appointed Quartermaster in the Forfar
and Kincardine Militia ' • and Field Adjutant and
Capt. Boultbee, Royal Artillery, as having resigned
his commission and retired from her Majesty's ser-
vice.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Lieutenants—J. S. Graham to the Renown; Fitz-
roy (additional) to the Vesuvius; A. J. Day and Thos.
Barnardiston to the Caracoa.

Mates—Stanhope G. Price to the Excellent ; John L.
Hope (confirmed) to the Trident.
Paymaster—John G. Whiffen to the Curacoa.
Clerk—William A. Martin to the Curacoa.
Assistant-Clerk—John F. Rule to the St. Vinoent.

MILITIA.
On Tuesday morning 35 officers and 502 men of
the Shropshire Regiment of Militia arrived at the
North Wall, Dublin, in the steam vessels Prince
and Trafalgar. The debarkation was effected with
the greatest order, and the men at once proceeded
to quarters at Richmond barracks.
At half-past two o'clock p.m. on Tuesday 24
officers and 705 men of the Royal Antrim Rifles
proceeded from the Royal Barracks, Dublin, where
they had arrived a few hours previously from the
Curragh Camp, to the North Wall, and embarked
en board the Prince and Trafalgar, which had been
chartered to convey them to Dover Castle. The
Antrim Militia arrived at Liverpool yesterday, and
the North Glocestershire Militia sailed from Liver-
pool for Dublin in the evening.

TEE PROCTORIAL DISTURBANCES AT CAMBRIDGE
The Hon. William Osborne, son of Lord Godolphin,
was yesterday brought before the mayor and borough
magistrates at Cambridge on a charge of assaulting
Robert Boning, a " bulldog," or proctor's man, during
the late disturbances in the town. A great number
both of townspeople and members of the University
were present. The charge was that when Boning had,
by the proctor's orders, taken into custody a girl of
light character, Mr. Osborne collared him, and, being
assisted by the mob, rescued the girl and went off with
her on his arm. In defence, it was urged that the girl
was living under Mr. Osborne's protection ; that the
latter stepped into a shop to snake a purchase, and, on
coming out found the. girl in custody, whereupon he
reroon3trated with the proctor, and, as his remon-
strance was not attended to, was provoked to the
assault complained of. The bench sentenced Mr.
Osborne to
pay a fine of 205., or be imprisoned for
seven days.

LIFE-BOAT SERVICES.

ALDBOROUGH, SUFFOLK, NOV. 23.—A. vessel was
sighted last week, about 7 o'clock in the morning,
at some distance from the shore, by the coxswain
of the life-boat of the Royal National Life-boat
Institution, stationed at Aldborough, on the Suf-
folk coast, running under two topsails and a fore-
sail, with the Union flag downwards in her rigging,
and made fast. Upon this the second coxswain was
summoned and a mortar fired, as a signal of a ship
in distress, to muster the rest of the life boat's
crew. This having
been accomplished the life-boat
was soon afloat. The wind was blowing at the time
from the E. by S. and the sea was very heavy, and
had the warp for hau'ing the life-boat off not been
out, it would have been impossible for the boat to
have been launched ; but, as the coxswain and
crew expressed it, the warp did them good service,
as the shoals were breaking heavily. They the
sailed, and rowed a distance of 12 miles, when the
life-boat approached the yes -el in distress, which
proved to be the Eliza, of South Shields. The life-
Lost' s crew fcund that she had been previously
boarded by five men belonging to a fishing boat of
Aldborough. On going alongside the life-beat's
crew were dismissed by the master of the vessel,
although it was evident that the brig was in a dan-
gerous state, having a considerable quantity of
water in her hold, and only one pump to make use
of. The coxswain and crew deserve much credit
for launching their life-boat under the circum-
stances, for no other class of boat could have dared
to leave the shore, and although their services were
despised, their object was the same—the saving of
the crew of the vessel, by bringing them to shore
if necessary, or of assisting to bring them and their
vessel into.port by working the pumps. Thus it
not unfrequently happens that, after a life-boat and
her gallant crew have made every effort to reach the
disabled sh,p, the boat's services are insolently de-
clined. The crew, however, are always sure to
receive their well-earned gratuity for their laudable
exertions from the Royal National Life boat Insti-
tution.

DURHAM UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

At a Convocation holden on Tuesday, Nov. 24,
the following Degrees were conferred
M.A.

Rev. Wm. Skene, 8.A., University College.
Rev. A. F. A. Woodford, 8.A., University Col.
Honorary M.A.

Thomas Sopwith.
In presenting Mr. Sopwith to his degree, the
Professor of Mathematics referred to the success
with which Mr. iSopwith had applied his great prac-
tical talents to the advancement of science. He in-
stanced, in particular, the manner in which Mr.
Sopwith has illustrated geological phenomena by
the construction of 'node's, conveying at once and
perfectly to the eye that which could with difficulty,
and but partially be accomplished by means of plans
and sections. This system is not to be regarded
merely as as ingenious philosophical curiosity, for
it has been made the means of giving to the govern-
ment and to the country the most perfect geological
representation of the Forest of Dean. Mr. Sopwith
had also avitiled himself of the important position
which his abilities have secured for him to commu-
nicate to many of the intelligent working classes a
knowledge of sound principles : and exerted himself
with great energy success in prom,,ting educa-
tion among the populous mining districts which he
superintended.
The Rev. Alfred James, M.A., was nominated
by the Warden, on behalf of the Fellows, and ap-
proved by the House, to be a Member of Senate.
The fdlowing Graces were passed
" In the Election of Fellows there shall be asso-
c'ated with the Members of Senate a number of
Fellows not exceeding four, taken in order of seni-
ority from those who, being Members of Convoca-
tion, have resided is the University for not le-is
than two terms in the year immediately preceding
the Election."

In Sect. 7 of the Rsgulation4 for Medical Scholar-
ships passed Feb. 3, 1857, to substitute for,
"The Medical Scholarships shall be tenable for
three years," "The Medical Scholarships shall be
tenable for four years," in agreement with the Grace
passed June 17, 1856.
A. Grace was passed for setting the University
Seal to,a conveyance of land to the Stockton and
Darlington Railway Cuu►pany, and to au agreement
between the University and the Master and
Brethren of Greatham Hospital.

The House proceeded to the election of a Mem-
ber of Convocation to be a Member of Senate. At
the close of the poll the warden announced the
number of votes to be
For the Rev. Wm. Greenwell, M.A.
For the Rev. Jas. John Hornby, M.A.
and declared the Rev. Win. Greenwell to be
elected.

THE NEW BELGIAN MINISTRY.

Most of the journals contain remarks upon the
political programme of the new Belgian ministry.
The Constitutionnel says : .

"If we may accept as capable of realisation all the
promises contained in Rogier's ministerial circulnr,
there is reason to hope that the crisis which commenced
six months ago has entered into a pbass, of amelioration.
The document appears to have been dictated by a spirit
of great moderation, such as befits a party in the moment
of success. Doubtless, the Belgian people will feel that
this moderation should be the guide for its acts also, and
that the electoral urn of Dec. 10 stands too near the
throne to be made a rendezvous for fresh diesensioi a.
When all parties in a country are alike animated with
a desire to uphold its institutions, to maintain order,
and defend the rights of authority, we do not admit
that any party can with propriety be said to be con-
quered. It is only sects who take advantage of a crisis
to conspire on behalf of anarchy and disorder that we
would desire to describe as conquered. The men who
have just descended from power cannot then see ene-
mies in those who have succeeded them in the direction
of affairs, and although their opinions may differ they
are at least united on the common ground of respect for
the principle of authority. With regard to the foreign re-
lations of Belgium, we can have no hesitation in giving
credit to the desire expressed by M. Rogier to acquire
fresh titles to the esteem of Europe. The late ministry
always felt the necessity of keeping up relations with
France on the footing of a frank and sincere reciprocity ;
in so doing it acted in accordance with the unanimous
sentiments of the country. These sentiments have not
changed, and the new cabinet will, we hope, share them.
We shall not look back to past times, and attach to cer
tain names a significance which circumstances must have
modified ' • we desire to take men for what they are to-
day, and for what they now wish to be. A cordial un-
derstanding between France and Belgium is a moral and
political necessity."
We read in the Patric :

• • - - ---•-
" The object of the circular is to reply to the manifesto
of the Catholic party, and also to give a brief exposition
of the policy of the new cabinet. The principal Com-
plaints of the Catholic party are reviewed add refuted
with great firmness and rare moderation. As to the
programme of the new ministry, it is, while perfectly
appropriate and opportune as regards Belgium, of a
most re-assuring nature for even the most susceptible
opinions in France, it will be found very embarrassing to
those who only seek to take objections."
The Presse says :
" The circular, by its frankness and perspicuity, seems
to us calculated to attuin the double end aimed at by the
new ministry—to rally the dissident liberals, and form
one compact army to resist the common enemy ' • and to
reassure timid, unreflecting, or credulous minds which
have been made believe by the clerical party that Belgium
is in the midst of a crisis endangering her nationality
and her very political existence."

The Siecle approves the circular, without re-
serve :

"It is impossible to describe in a more dignified or
moderate manner the situation in which the Liberal
Ministry is placed by the retirement of the Catholic
Ministry. It is impossible to state i❑ better terms the
true question which the electors have to decide. A 1
those who would preserve those constitutive bast; of
modern societies and government `the integrity of
the rights of the State and the independence of the civil
power,' will vote for the ministerial candidates. All who
would maintain the Belgian constitution, the separation
of Church and State,' will vote for the ministerial cantli.
dates. All who desire not to see religion mixed up with
psrty contentions, but to see it re,tored to its own pa-
cific domain, in order that it may regain universal re-
spect, will also vote for the ministerial candida.es. We
feel a certain curiosity to see what our ultraniontane
and legitimist contemporaries will say to this official
document, but we are very certain that it will command
the approbation of all sensible men in Europe."

The journals alluded to by the Siecle say very
little on the subject, but that little is, as might
have been expected, widely different in tone from
that of the opinions above cited from cur other
contemporaries. The Univers says
"The manifesto tells Us very little. It would appear,
according to the Belgian Ministers, that toe integrity
of the rights of the State and the indepndence of the
civil power' are privileges of modern societies to which
ancient gaieties had no pretensions. Bet against whom
has the new Cabinet a mission to defend this integrity
and this independence `The recent discuss'ons which
have re greatly moved the country,' reply sufficiently to
this question. It is clear, of course, that the Catholics
are attempting to reduce the State to servitude, and that
but f.r the advent to power of M. Itogier and his eel-
leagues, Belgium would have fallen under the yoke of
the Jesuit,. You Rill suppose, then, that the new
Cabinet is to make war upon religion ? Oh dear no !
It is on the contrary full of lore and respect for religion.
It is the Catholics only that cause contention. Such is
the manifesto of the liberal ministry. It may be de-
soribed in two words - calumny and hypocrisy."
The Union expresses itself thus :

"This document is certainly not wanting in ability ;
but we could have desired to see greater perspicuity and
precision, and—why should we hesitate to say it ?
more frankness. M. Rogier has displayed remarkable
dexterity in the use of language. We should have been
better pleased for oar parts to see greater openness of
heart. We should find it very difficult to say i❑ what
respect the policy of the new cabinet will differ from
that of its predecessors, if it is to be, according to an
expression in the circular, a policy of conservatism and
order ; in that case we are utterly at a loss to under-
stand all that has taken place in Belgium ever since the
emeute of Brussels."

The Spectateur speaks as follows of the appoint-
ment of M. Chain-d'Est-Auge to the post of Pro-
cureur-General to the Imperial Court of Paris :

" M. Cl aix-d'Elt-Ange's nomination has been bailed
at the Palais with the greatest satisfaction. This dis-
tinguished man was called to the bar at a very early age,
and speedily acquired for himself a brilliant position ; he
was equally esteemed and beloved both by the bar anl
the bench ; it was a pleasure to the judges to try any
cause in which he was engaged. He was never ham-
pered by any party engagements, and while standing
aloof from political struggles he remained constantly
faithful to ideas of order, and know how under all cu.-
cninstances to maintain the independence necessary to
his noble profession. We cannot forget that on two or
three occasions, when the Assentlgee Nationale was pro
limited, it found in M. Chain-d'Eat•Ange a zealous and
eloquent defender, and although he did not share our
political opinions, we could always confidently entrust
our cause to him. It is not for us either to praise or
blame the acts of the Government, but we have sincere
pleasure in recording the way in which this appointment
has been received by the public.

The Gazette des Tribunata thus expresses itself
oil the subject
" We have no need to say with what satisfaction and
sympathy this nomination has been received by the
judges and the bar. But whilst applauding that nomi-
nation, the bar, we are certain, will feel profound regret
at seeing a man who for many years was one of the most
brilliant illustrations, and whose name will remain as
one of its most glorious souvenirs, leave its ranks."