The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-23 00:00:00

DOUBLE JIIU.RDER AT WAL WORTH.

At Lambeth Police-court, on Saturday, Mr. Inspector
Young applied to the sitting magistrate, the Hon. G. C.
Norton, for summonses for the attendance of the 'wit-
nesses at the final examination of Bacon and his wife on
the charge orwilful murder.
Mr. Younge said the whole of the witnesses in the
case number no less than 29.
Since the examination of the prisoners and the finding
of a coroner's jury in Rutland of a verdict of wilful mur-
der against Thomas Fuller Bacon, for the poisoning of
his mother, Mr. Mitchel, the chief constable for that
county, called at Lambeth Police-court with a warrant,
signed by Mr. Hough, the coroner, for the removal of
Bacon to the county gaol at Oakbam4 Bacon being,
however, in the custody of the governor of Horsemonger •
lane gaol, under re-cxaminatiou on the charge of having
killed his two children, all that Mr. Mitchell could do
sal to leave the warrant with Mr. Keene as a de-
tainer. For this parnose he proceeded to the prison, ac-
companied by Mr. Younn and when taken into the gaol
yard where Bann was confined, he at once recognise I
him. The prisoner seemed somewhat alarmed at the
presence of Mr. Mitchell, whom he at once recognised,
and when told the purport of his visit, he replied, " I am
innocent of the charge, and the truth will come out some
day." It is understood that Mr. Elliott will on the next
examination commit the prisoners for trial at the Central
Criminal Court during the session commencing the 2d of
March. The interval will probably be found insuffi-
cient to get up the prosecution, and an application will
be made for the postponemeot of the trial to the next
session, in April. In the meantime the Court of Queen's
Bench will be applied to for the removal of the coroner's
inquisition from the county of Rutland, under whit 'is
known as " Palmer's Act," so that Bacon may take his
trial at the Central Criminal Court on both charges.
The same step will be taken respecting any indictment
that it may be found expedient to prefer before the grand
jury at the next Lincolnshire assizes respecting the death
of Mrs. Bacon.

gives the following account.o
TAN latissLos IN Cm:3/%3ra.;
for the purpose of opening
slang in the Great
throughTchetchn
—The3x;ei tai ounectlfe of
fe
Tiflisns
the forest of Maiour-
with the ,hatchet a passage
toupe,
territory of the Tchetohenes :
to the conquest of the tenr
andwlii.lh is considered one of the greatest obstacles
vdivnijesenaskndii,
pre-
cipices, which separate
b
the wooded mountains of Katch-
" This forest, bordered
on the opposite side . on
fornoemsiFdeortbvVroaz
positiongreat
by its topographical advantages
presentedkalyk, which divide it from the table land of Eonmyk,
for an obstinate defence. One part of the troops des-
tined to operate in the Great Tchetchnia assembled near
Fort Groznol, the other, under the command of General
Baron de Nicolai, took up a position near Konmyk,
and a small detaciment established itself as an advanced
guard ou the right bank of the .Argonne, opposite Fort
Berdikel. The command in chief of the expedition was
given to General Eddekimof. On the 17th Dec. the
three corps, acting in concert, established themselves on
the two banks of the Mitch*, near the old fort of Gour-
dali. On the following day they made at reconnaissance
is the forest of Maiourtoupe, and the. day after com-
menced the work of cutting down t.1..e trees. The
mountaineers were deceived as to the object of the
movement of the Russian troops, and it was not un-
til the middle of December that Schamy.l was able to
collect a considerable force, which he place d undeer._s_
command of his sons, charging them to dri ye :the i:aaus_
slang out of the forest • but the latter were are,lit' ishes
ten of the ground, and onlysomeinsignifica7et_s74, the
took place. On the 31st Dec. the passag';;7roll pi re-
forest was opn, and the following
turned to their winteron quarters. ofThplodeasyto2 menkilled
thenne shins
k
during the whole operation was confined
and 25 wounded." .

Naval and military lute
The experiments on board the 4en
(in command of Captain Smethet ;t:r411.,
testing the efficiency and advan
,t11:-..L's.,
patent smoke-consuming apparatuiiit-ectorton..,
having been ordered to be attende y 11719,P*ttlir
officer of steam ;machinery attachedlo D eel*.
yard, he proceeded to Dover on board Vie Vivid, tithe
with the appaiatua The operation during the passage
from Woolwich to Dover was attended with .satisfactory
results. On the vessel's' arrival at' Myer the command
was handed over to Captain Hammond, whence' the
Vivid was despatched the same evening with the night
mails to Ostend. To obtain a further roAfirtnation of
his eslituate the inspector of machinery accompanied the
Vivid to ()lend and back to Dover, the double voyage
occupying eight hours and three qriart rs only. The
advantages obtained by. the use or toe r pparatus
the economy of fuel curtinued to he fully apparent,
saving from SO to 25 per ce: t , :nd its c.insumption
of smoke evidently successful, the dens) black cloud
usually observed issuieg from the chimney having been
entirely absorbed and burnt up. Mitre appeared at no
time more than a pale, thin evaporation a* the top of the
chimney, and that only at intervals. This is the first
experiment which has been attempted on board any of
her Majesty's steamers.
y‘evtoaonikw steam-vesseliehto r:t
return
rhnas storesbeen admitted
prepareih to the
basin The 1V
ye
being paid of-.
—The steam troop-ship Dee, Master Commanderon Pullen
from Portsmouth, arrived at Wool 7iichSaturday

evening.
The following changes are ordered to take place in the
command of the Royal 'Artillery forces in Woolwich gar.
rison :—Col. Hardinge, K. Fl. of the Military Reposi.
tory, and Second Commandant, is to retire, and to be
succeeded by Col. Jobs Bloomfield, Aide-de-Camp to
the Queen ; and Col. Wrr. C. Anderson is to i-siga the
command of the batteries to Col. 11. G. Teesdale. .
Quartermaster J. Nicoll, R. Eager, A. &ewe, James
White, and C. Dunbar, Royal Artillery, tst Woolwich,
are to retire with the honorary titles of captains, on 10s.
per day.
Notice of dismissal was on Saturday given to a large
number of labourers in the departments of Woolwich
Arsenal, who are to leave at the expiration of 14 days.
This regulation is to be continued every Saturday, so as
to complete the dismissal of the prescribed number
(2,000) intended to be discharged at the end of the finan-
cial year.

Ttie frcightship Norafleet has shipped nearly the whole
of her heavy cargo of war stores at Woolwich for China.
The military baggage, bedding, Jr.c.,,belonging to Lieut.
Anderson and the detachment under his command, who
ae well as himself have volunteered • (pith. service, were
shipped on Saturday from Woolwich pier.
The Hawke, 60, Capt. Wilcox, C. 8., left Spithead on
Saturday for Queenstown and the mouth of the Shan-
non, where she is to be stationed for Coastguard service.
She would call at Plymouth.
The name of the Resolute iron screw troopship has
been changed to Adventure.

AU the pensioners and labourers employed in the rig.
ging-house in Portsmouth. Dockyard were discharged on
Saturday.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Provo Wm. Parry Wallis,
whose appointment to the command-in-chief of the South-
East Coast of America station we mentioned a day or
two ago, will hoistlhis flag in the America, EO, at Devon-
port, as soon as she is ready, and proceed to the relief of
Rear-Admiral Johnstone, in the Indefatigable, at Rio.
A court-martial assembled on Saturday on board the
flagship Impregnable, 104, in Hamoaze, to try Lieut.
Ross, of the steam sloop Conflict, on charges preferred
by Commander Cochran for negl&et of duty and for ab-
senting himself without leave. The first charge was
partly, and the second fully proved • and the Court ad-
judged Lieutenant Ross to be severely reprimanded, and
to be placed at the bottom of the list of lieutenants for
two years; _

The steam troopship Meg:era, Commander Purvis,
left Plymouth Sound on Friday with troops for the Cape
of Good Hope and Mauritius.
The Indus, 78, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir• Houston Stewart, K.C.8.,
sailed from Plymouth Sound for the West Indies on
Saturday.
The steam-sloop Vixen, 6, Commander Mecham, ar-
rived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday from Woolwich.
The screw steam-ihip Sanspareil, 71, Captain A. C.
Key, C. 8., steamed into Hamoaze, from Plymouth
Sound on Saturday.

The screw steam-frigate Shannon, 51, Captain William
Peel, C. 8., steamea from liamoaze iuto Plymouth
Sound on Friday.

The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty ,
H. Leody and C. G. Harvey, midshipmen, to the Mo-
narch ; C. F. W. Johnson, midshipman, to the Shan-
non ; R. D. Campbell, naval cadet, to the Indus ; J.
Chapman, G. A. W. Birch, A. B. Thomas, It. J. F.
Edgcumbe, and W. E. Miller, naval cadets, to the
Monarch.

LOUIS BLANC ON THE FRENCH
ELECTIONS.

Under the title of Help Thyself, and God tuia
Help Thee, an address has been issued by M.
Louis Blanc. The following are the leading pas-
sages :

, This is my first answer to all such as, from various
rqnarters, put to me the question, " What is to be done
at the forthcoming elections in France?"
The French people having been reduced by Louis
Bonaparte himself to the unhappy choice of being
trampled upon or having recourse against violence to
force, who can deny that its case is one of natural Bel-
defence I If, therefore, insurrection were at present
likely to succeed, I would not hesitate to cry out, " Up,
up, and at them I" _

However, we do not shut our eyes to the extraordinary
difficulties of the situation • we know that disarmed
Paris lies surrounded with bayonets ; that a lynx-eyed
police lurks everywhere ; that to the gagging of the
press is added the suspension' of every free intercourse ;
that the nation, buried in a suffocating atmosphere, is
scarcely permitted to breathe ; and that it is no easy
matter to attempt any general movement were twenty
persons cannot meet with impunity.
Well, this is the very reason wily any legitimate mode
of action must be resorted to, which still remains open.
The policy of abstention, advocated by some of our
friends, is a fatal one. It could but serve to dishearten
the good, to countenance the wicked, to supply the
sceptical with a mask, to betray the courageous, and to
shield the cowardly. The problem will not work itself
out. In any collection of men, as well as in any single
man, atrophy is the unavoidable consequence of want of
exercise. If nothing be done, rest assured that, before
long, the vitality of France will dwindle into torpor, and
from torpor into death. Besides, would not inertness be
mistaken for assent Or could the sympathies of con-
stitutional Europe be enlisted in favour of France, were
France herself unconcerned about her own fate ?
Next comes the question, what shall the Republican
or Liberal candidates do, it elected ? Shall they take the
oatb of allegiance to the empire ? Shall they consent to
be ranked amongst the mute servants of the Court in the
lobby termed the Legislative Chamber ? Not for a mo-
ment can such things be thought of. To vow alle-
giance to the empire in earnest would be both criminal
and suicidal. To take the oath as null and void would
be dishonest. It was by breaking his word and scan-
dalously insulting public faith that Louis Bonaparte
got the mastery. Why, the nature of the proceeding
was perfectly consonant with the nature of the aim ! It
is not for us to crawl in the dark. Justice and liberty
demand to be served in a manner worthy of them : it is
not for us to endeavour to magnify lying in triumph.
Rather submit to force in silent dignity than lower one-
self to a level with a perjurer, and for'eit the right of de.
nounciog him at the tribunal of all honest men.

Oa the other hand, to elect candidates without intend.
ing them to sit in the Chamber might appear childish,
and would be of little or no avail, unless a course be
adopted of a nature to create, not a superficial agitation,
but an emotion both deep and lasting. Well, I think
the purpose would be accomplished if some persons in a
high station mlie determined nobly to come forward on
a solemn occasion, so chosen as to attract the attention
of the world, and then to give utterance to the feelings
of indignation that fret in the hearts. For so doing no
better opportunity could be imagined than the ceremony
of taking the oath, a formality with which the Republi-
cans and Liberals should refuse to comply, after stren-
uously stating their motives, and that, with the un-
daunted resolution to insist, if interrupted, and to resist,
if threatened, till they were subdued by physical force,
at the risk of an immense scandal.
to prison,
In the case of Louis Napoleon's putting np with
tshnoeuht
an affront, the hold his Government has over so many
t srr fieeodldm tihned
tried,sr
pwouldorredriven
eeotetie ivr r irretrievably r iuo
fte
tvohafeb ltpyheeos hvelaoe be
nkuent. r
y w
committed
trial ! Nothing could be better calculated to impress
every one with the duty of the civic courage. Prance,
reduced to the last extremity, wants men whose devoted-
nessm
position,ay
andb be frtuhietifral,faomne. accountDevootefd their
tearts throb'theirgarment-
doubtedly beneath the humble arment talent,
of thee'
workman
or etahseaneto
8;1
abvnetmit e
nits
oofn et oef press i the moat
France, ost lamentable
fe of
e atu
isolated and private sacrifices, bowverh onoraurabele,taare
lost, as they remain utterly uskt own, and cannot, C"-
sequently, contribute to arouse the seise of national
honour. In the care alluded to, on the contrary, the
example set on a most conspicuous occasion by persons
standing, so to speak, on the top of the bill, could not
fail to make a deep impression, and to elevate the tone
of public life.
Another and nomportant antage of the course
I suggest would best P
diaionu his defeat in the face
at Bonaparte in the
alternative either of acknow g
wLhoouseiswißlionhaepparrtoe.
len tbegperson of their re re-
of the world, or ontlawiinegepoirs
very sovereignty of the
sentatives, those
fosses to derive veroyweer.t Wouldra: not Europe at last
he dares boast of being supported !
people by w the only true foundations of his do-
Let him lay bare
"brodugfhotr
t_ I have no doubt that Fiance will, sooner
For my Par-,f
or biter, redeem her honour. She bears within her
thatflebbethiseupuvdoeicc:iovfed
wherew:th to asfdnish mankind under various and un.
foreseen aspects. What unexampled fatigues and suffer-
Wevsetrib which
ingg and struggles has she not already gone through !
How often did she not emerge from beneath accumulated
ruins with fresh vigour and unimpaired youth ! Thank
God ! France is not like those heavy cavaliers of the
middle ages, all cast id iron, who once brought to the
ground, could no longer move. She will rise again, and.
will answer to the call of those capable of loving her
above all, if they be daring. Be 80.
LOUIS BLA.NO