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pointment of an umpire ; but the bill proposed pers awl Miners. The defence of the garrison de- a ca.kbox containing about 11/. was stolen from
(should arbitrators disagree) the appointment of volve 1 on a strong body of troops selected from the tile defendant's earehott=e, and the police were
umpires by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Engineers and the Royal Marines, who were placed caged in, but were unable to detect the thief. No
who should have absolute rower to decide the ques- under the command of Quartermaster N. Bradford, suspicion at this time appeared to be entertained
tion in the course of 28 cleys. Should he be R.E., the direction of the whole plan of operations against the plaintiff, and be continued in the de-
unsble to do se by the end of 28 days, another um- being entrusted to Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. G. fendant's service until the 22d of December, when
pire would be appointed to decide the matter, and Ross, assisted by Major F. C. Hassard, R.E., and the defendant suddenly dismissed km. He then,
so on, until an award be made. Then the provi- ' a staff of officers. A strong body of troops of the it appeared, went to London to lo k for another
sion for serving notices declared that-every notice line, selected from the 24th, 27th (Enniskillen), situation, and upon his returning to St. Alban's,
from the Post-office to any director, secretary, or t 32d, 52d (Light Infantry), 61st, 64th, 70th, 75th on the night of the 10th of December, he was
clerk, or left at any station of such company, should 78th (Highlanders), 84th, and 86th Regiments, elm taken into custody by a policeman, upon a warrant
be deemed a sufficient notice. mended by Major H. D. Ellis, Captain R. H. Price obtained by the defendant, under which he was
The CHAIRMAN stated that as the bill was to be (35th Regiment), and Captain J. J. Bourchier, charged with stealing the cash-box that had
read a second time on Monday it would be requi- 52nd Light Infantry, furnished working, covet - been lost in October. He was subsequently
site to takeimmediate steps to oppose it. ing, and skirmishing patties. A body of the Roya taken before the bench of magistrates at St.
A discussion ensued, in which the representat- Mar nes took up their position inside the works 1 Alban's, when, in adli ion to the ch urge of
tives of the great railways took part, in the course for the purpose of working the mortars and guns.. stealing the cash-box, Mr. Barford preferred
of which it was st ated that the measure was imprac- 1 The Marines were placed under the command of another against him of stealing wine. This latter
tic ible, fraught with danger to the public, and cal- l Capt. F. L. Alexander and six officers of that corps. : charge veils dismissed, butthe magistrat is committed
culated to upset existing agreements between the lOn the assembling of the troops in the parade- the plaintiff for trial upon the charge of stealing the
railway companies and the Post office, which ar- ground, they were detailed off for their respective 1 cash-box, and in due course he was tried and ac-
ottogements bad been arrived at after long and I duties by Sergeant-Major Jones, R.E , and each quitted. The defendant had, however, obtained a
patient negotiations. The Marquis of Chandos and man made acquainted with the position he was to 1 true bill against the plaintiff for stealing the wine,
Mr. Stewart represented the London and North occupy. The troops comprising the right and left • and this indictment was postponed to the ensuing
Western Railway ; Mr. Saunders, the Great Wes- attack were formed into 14 division., consisting of i session ; the plaintiff, during the interval, a period
tern : Mr. Denison, M.P., and Me. Packe, the men for tracing the first and other parallels ; ai of two months, being in custody ; but when the
Great Northern ; Mr. Leeman, the North- strong party to make the necessary excavations for session came on, no evidence was offered against
Eaet-rn • Lord 'Villiers and Mr. F. Saunders, the the trenches and batteries ; parties to occupy the ! him on the charge for stealing the wine, and he
South Wales and Vale of Neath ; Mr. Toulon, the batteries when formed together with picke s, I was discharged. In consequence of these proceed-
South-Eastern ; Mr. Scott, the London and Brigh- patrols, blue lights, and covering parties, Lieut. , lags the plaintiff had been put to 701. or 801. ex-
ton; Mr. Love and Mr. L. Simpson, the Eastern G. Philips, R.E., being appointed to superintend ' penses ; a professional gentleman at St. Albau's
Counties ; Mr. E. Watkin, M.P., the Manchester, the working parties. The whole of the men em- I named Annesley, having, it appeared, very kindly
Sheffield, and Lirecolush;re ; Mr. Wickham, M.P., ployed in the attack and defence wore furnished i taken his case in hand and made the necessary ad-
the Lancashire and Yorkshire ; Mr. H. Pease, with several rounds of blank cartridge, the attack- i vances • and the present action was brought to re-
M.P., the Stockton and Darlington ; Mr. Sfrlieg, ing parties being any) provided with pickaxes, I cover damages for the loss and inconvenience the
the Scottish Midlandandother railways ; Mr. Ham- shovels, and other engineering implements. plaintiff had sustained.
iltou, M.P., the Dublin and Drogheda ; Mr. Jail- As soon as it had become sufficiently dark to The plaintiff, who was the principal witness,
fers, the Great Southern and Western and other commence the operations the defending party proved a great many of the above facts, and he de-
Iri.h railways ; -Mr. I. •K. Atthur, the London- marched off for the purpose of manning the Spur nied most positively that there was any founda-
derry and Enniskillen and Coleraine Railways. Battery, King's Bastion, and the other points in- tion foreither of theehsieges that were made against
There were also gentlemen present representing tended to be attacked. The attacking force, led by him, orthatthere was any feundationfor thesuppoeii
other railway companies in the United Kingdom. Col. Ross, shortly afterwards marched out of the tion entertained by the defendant that anything ien-
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Lettets were read from the London and South- garrison over the drawbridges, taking the road to proper had taken place between him and his mis-
Wes,ern, the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, the Great L•nes. As the night was very dark, and. tress. He was subjected to a most searching cross-
the South Devon, the Monmouthshire, North Bri- the whole body of troops marched in strict silence, examination by Mr. Pollock ; and iu the course of
tish, and other companies concurring in the object their movements were not observed by the besiege'. it, it appeared that his wages usually were only Bs.
of the meeting. „party within the garrison. On reaching the lines a week, and that at the time he was dismissed he
Mr. Hamilton sketched out the first resolution the attacking party received orders to scale the was receiving only 125., and that a sum of 7/. 14e.
—other gewlemen proposed otheis ; but eventually fences, which having been done, they immediately was found in his box at the time he was appre-
the following resolution, proposed by Mr. Swift commenced operations against the fortress by trac- headed, a good many of the coins being of a similar
and seconded by Mr. Leeman, was unanimously ing a first parallel to the brow of the bill on the left, denomination to those that were in the stolen cash
adopted, viz.:— the distance being 600 yards ; a second parallel, in box. Ho said that he had saved this money by
" That the 81l i 4 so fraught with danger and incon- continuation, on theright, was alga traced, the paral- threepence and sixpence at a time, and that occa-
venience to the public, and is so unjust and unreason- leis thus formed b ing 1,100 yards in length. In this sionally he received extra money when he was sent
able towards the railway companies, that it is the duty occupation the troops were engaged nearly an hour, to London with parcels, and that this was al o laid
of those interested in that property to offer the most un- after which a line was formed extending nearly a by in order that he might he enabled to go to Ire-
compromising opposition to it, and that the Government mile, the working parties commencing operations for land to visit his father. He admitted, however,
be respectfully urged to withdraw the Bill." excavating a trench six feet wide and three in depth. that a very short time before December he had asked
It was unanimously resolved,— While so occupied the parties at work were defended Mrs. Barford to lend him some of his wages in ad-
" That a deputation be appointed to wait upon Lord by a covering party of troops of the line ; advanced vance, and that he had told two or three persons at
Palmerston and the Chaecellor of the Exche luer, to pickets were also sent nut. After some time the St. Alban'safter his dismissal that he had no money,
convey to them the foregoing resolution, and to urge parties within the garrison observed the movements and that they had given him small semi to help him
that the Bill be withdrawn." of the enemy, and preparations were immediately to get to London to look for another situation. The
The names of gentlemen to form the deputationdriving C
made for them oln their works.A sortie plaintiff stated in the course ofhis examination that
having been given to Mr. Coates, the meeting eepa- was first made from the garrison, led on by Lieut. he had been on intimate terms with a girl named
rated. R. G. Thorold, RE., and on issuing from the for- Anne Stone, and that he had given her money and
tifications those engaged fell in with the advanced had also taken her a bottle of wine, which he said
picket". A skirmish ensued which lasted some he had purchased at the George Inn. It appeared
time, until the party froM the Spur Battery felt it this girl was examined as a witness against him,
nec' wary to retreat. On retiring they burnt fire and he would not deny that when he saw her at
balls to indicate to those within the works their the magistrate's office he said to his attorney,
position, and when at a distance of about 200 yards "That --- will do for me." The plaintiff likewise
ft om the garrison a number of blue lights were ex- stated that the defendant was not only jealous of
ploded, to enable those inside to direct their fire. him but of every man will() came to the warehouse,
As soon as the patty making the sortie had reached and and if any commercial travellers came while
the garrison the whole line of defence was instan- he was away and saw his wife upon business he
tanoeusly illuminated from one extreme to the used to-suspect directly that there was something
other with large blue lights. The effect was bril- wrong going on, and he (plaintiff) screened his wife

Naval and 'Military Intelligence.

•
Thera are now 13 ships already taken up to em-
bark troops from Portsmouth for India (luting the
present month.
The Sir George Seymour arrived at Spittle Id.
yesterday. She will embark a portion of the 7th
Foot for

The Norman Morrison freightship, Capt. Orchard,
arrived at Sp i t head on Saturday, from Jamaica, with
the follOivrng officers and troops-of the 36th Foot --
Captain Lloyd, Captain and Mrs. Shaw, Ensign
O'Connell, Ass's ant-Surgeon Tobin, and 214 rank
and file, also Lieu'. and Mts. O'Flanagan and one
private of the 3d West India Regiment. She dis-
embarks them this morning.
On Saturday a medical board, presided over by
Dr. J. R Taylor, C. 8., was held at Fort Pitt,
Chatham, for the purpose of making a medical in-
spection of 120 non-commissioned officers and men
of the 3d (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, 15th
Hussars, sth Fusiliers,` 9ili Foot, 17th, 20th, 32d,-
89th, and the Royal Canadian Rifles, the whole
of whom were forwarded to Chatham garrison,
owing to their unfitness for further service.
A detachment of the Bth (the King's) Regi-
ment, consisting of 30 non-commisioned officers
and privates, left the Provisional Battalion at
Chatham on Saturday,. and embarked at Graves-
end, on board the Cressy, for Calcutta. The fol-
'Sowing officers of the Bth Foot proceed to India
to join head-quarters, viz. :—Lieut. A. E. Cor-
field, Ensign A. Moynihan, and. Ensign W. E.
Whelan. The 3d battalion of the Rifle Briga.le
embark in the Cressy for conveyance to India.
Admiral of the White Sir R. H. Bromley died
at Stoke Rail, on the Bth inst., in M 3 79th year,
as noticed in our obituary of Saturday. By the
death of Admiral Bromley the following promo-
tions take place on, the flag list
Admiral of the Blue John Sykes, to be Admiral
of the White.

Vice-Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. George
Ea-I of Cadogan, C. 8., to be Admiral of the
Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Charles Napier,
K.C. B. to he Vies-Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir George Rose
Sartorius, to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral 'of the Red Arthur Fanehawe,
C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.

Rear-Admiral of the White Sir G. R. Lambert,
K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue C. R. Driukwater
Bethune, C. 8., to be Rear Admiral of the White.
Captains William Hargood and Sir Thomas
Raikes Tripe Thomson, to be Rear-Admirals on
the Resolved List.

Captain Robert Smart, Aide-de Camp to the
Queen and Superintendent of Pembroke dockyard,
t.) be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.

The Vulcan, 6, iron s' aim troop frigate, Com-
mander Furneaux, wa3 paid off at Portsmouth on
Saturday. -

The flastings, 6), Captain Mends, C.B.left Spit-
heAd at 3 p.m. yesterday, supposed for Liverpo-1.
The pwidle.wheel steamves,,el Pluto, 4, Lieq-
tenant-C )rnmand.sr W. Swinburne, which grounded
near Sierra Leon,' having had defects made good at
Devonport, will Leon,',
sail from Plyrcouth to re-
sume her station on the coast.

The screw steam sloop Nile, 91, was place] in
the dock at Keyham on Friday, to make good
defe.:ts.

'the Boscawen, 72, Captain R. A. Powell, C. 8.,
having been completely fitted at Devonport, was
towed into Plymouth Sound on Tnesd ty, and in-
spected by Port-Admiral Reynolds on Friday.
Her crew were paid wages the next day, and shi
was appoilited tootil yesterday for the West Coast
of Air‘ca and the Cape of Goop Hopd, bearing the
flag of Roar-Admiralßoar-AdmiralGrey, commander-in-chief on
that station.

liant in the ex-reme, the whole extent of the line,
and, indeed, the country for miles round, being
plainly visil.le, and enabling those within the works
to obtain a correct view of the immense body of
troops forming the attacking party. The night
being very dark, the illumination of the garrison
was visible at a great distance, and presented the
appearance of a large town being on fire. The in-
stant the signal was given the whole force of the
. .
garrison opened a tremendous fire on their assai!-
ants with the mortars, guns, and muskets. On the
alarm being sonnded along the ranks of the attack-
ing party each man stood to his arms, and imme-
diately the whole line poured in a heavy fire, the ap-
pearance of a line of troops nearly a mile in length
firing volley after volley having a grand effect.
After the firing bad continued on both sides for
some time that from within the garrison lessened
until it altogether ceased, and the attacking party,
having repulsed the sorties,. and silenced the guns
from the fort, were permitted to continue the siege
operations without further molestation.
The whole of the operations were not concludel
until nearly midnight, when the entire body of
troops returned to their quarters. Oct the follow-
ing morning an inspection of the tracings and pa
ratlels was made when they wt-re fount to have
been correctly performed. An immense number of
persons assembled to witness the rare and interest-
ing spectacle of siege operations carried on at night,
but not the least accident occurred. .

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT. •-.IIBETFORD, JULY 11.

Her Mojesty's steamer Monkey; tender to the
flagship.Fisgard, at Woolwich, Master-Commander
Syndercombe, has been thoroughly repaired.
Tile six-gun paddlewheel steam stoop Argus,
Commodore Cha'les Eden, Controller of the Coas:-
guard and Royal Naval Coast Volunteers was taken
.into dock Oa Saturday at Woolwich for repairs.
The military store steam transport Balaklava, iu
proceeding devin th 3 liver on her voyage from
Woolwich to Portsmouth, laden with guns, eat-
riages, powder, and general ordnance stores, was
on Thursday last seriously damaged by coming
in collision with a brig" named the 'Joseph and
Mary under full sail. Th 3 Balaklava's bulwarks
were ripped out, her main-mast, boas-, and davits
carried away, and her ru Ider disabled, in conse-
qu,nce of whichshe ran foul of a brigantineechooner
named La Liberale, which vessel was dodged, and
damaged to an extent compelling the necessity of
her being towed into dock. The Balaklava, how
ever, is repo' ted to the department to have arrived
safely at Poittmoutb.

and said that he was as thick in the mud as they
were in the mire.
Some other evidence having been given,
Mr. Pollock submitted that the plaintiff had
failed to make out his case, and that the defendant
upon the facts before the court, had reasonable and
probable cause for giving the plaintiff into custody.
The Lord Chief Baron said that with regard to the
cash box and the money be tb ought there was evidence
for the jury that the defendant had reasonable
grounds for suspecting the plaintiff ; but with re-
spect to the charge of ate ding the wine, he could
see no evidence whatever to support it.
Mr. Pollock said the defendant was prepared
with evidence upon this point.
The Lord Chief Baron said it appeared to him to
be a case in which some arrangement might be come
to between the parties.
Sergeant Shee said the plaintiff had no other ob-
ject than to vindicate his character, as it would be
impossible for him to obtain employment while
these charges were hanging over him.
A consultation then took place between the par-
ties, and it was arranged that a verdict should be
returned for the plaintiff for 150/.-50Z. as damages,
and the remainder to recover costs.
The Lord Chief Baron at the close of the busine,s
addressed the special jurors, and said he was sorry
they kali been put to the inconvenience of attend-
ing two days without having any business
brought before them, in consequence of his not
being able to come to Hertford ; but the fact was
that his absence was quite unavoidable. He said that
the business in the Court of Exchequer was ex-
pected to have been brought to a conclusion by
• Wednesday or Thursday evening at the litest, but
one cas 3 lasted two days, and as all the otherjudges
had cone upon their respective circuits he was com-
pelled to remain to finish the business. The last
I cause did not terminate until four o'clock on Fri-
day afternoon, and he immoliately proceeded to
the train and came down to Hertford to assist in
disposing of the business of the circuit.
The special jurors thanked his lordship for the
explanation he had given; and they were then dis-
missed from further attendance, the business of
the ,e- assizes having been brought to a termination.

The Lord Chief Baron arrived at Hertford by the
5 o'clock train ou Friday, but it was of course too
late for his court to be opened; but this morning
both leArned judges were engaged in disposing of
the remaining causes.
(B:fore the Lord Chief Baron and Common Jury.)

G.RANDWIGHT ATTACK AND SHOE O'ERA
TI NS BY THE TROOPS AT CHATHAM.

On Friday nigh-Cast the whole of the troops be-
longing to the Royal Engineers, and the Ear., India
Company' Sippers and Miners at present at head-
quarters at Chatham, tegeLer with the troups from
the provisional battalions and thole of the Royal
:Marine Light llefantry,- were eng tged mit. I nearly.
midnight in some siege operatioes of a very inte-
resting description., together with a night atta.:k
on a s•rengly fortified poqtion defended by a large
force from the garrison. The plan of theoperatoes
etrried out cot:l44'6i of an attack on those portien3
of the line of fortifications which sur,ound Ch
ham garrison, known as the Spur B Wory, the
King's Bastion, the Prince of Wales's Bastion, aed
Prince EdwArd.'s Bastin), the spot sleeted by the
attaching party ai the b .se of their operations I,e;r r
the extreme end of the slin where the pre-
pusttal..i
.trations were made for tracing the parallels, col-
Art-toting batteries, consi ng of sunken, hilf sun-
ken, and elevated 'unaotogethertaken
with the other siege
their atta k on a strongly
operations usually
fortifiedenby a large force in
e
entire works of the attalk anddcit.c
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roen a
dTohr
Etatk,geinnebeyrs,tlttieleßtoryoaoloanodf
tEhntio
~llca- load eti:erni.ll)ll37ta'3l
Tenaneeetroalr
sot; ptial'a-
Marines, the whole being under the
intendence of Colonel H. Sandha-n,
RoyalEegineers established at Chath'ar
The officerB and troops select ei t).tike part in
tha proceeiiugs to he undertaken assembled ou the
general parade ground at Bromp•on Barrack,
s!lortiy before dusk, where they were formed into
two division=, consisting of the right attack, under
the command of Captain W. H. Nettle and t.
officers of, the Royal Eugineers and the let
iitider the command of Captain G. R '-
and the officers of the East India

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liempriero
(jampany's Sap-
,

SUN, LONFON, MONDAY EVEN I NCa JULY l3. IY-57.:

Mr. Poland was for the prosecution, Mr. Itibon
fc,r the prisoner.
The prosecutor stated that be was a commercial
reveller, zesiding at 31. Stockwell-plrk road, and

en the 19th of May lie was accoFt;il at Charing-
cross by the prisoner, who a,k,d. Lim the way t)
the Horse Guards. He dire,:ted him, and stepped
on, but the prisoner forced a conversation upon him,
and ultimately, upon an invitation to take some re-
freihment, he accompanied him to a public-house.
They went into the parlour, and in a minute or sl
the prisoner went out and was away some time, but
witness waited for him as he had left his stick, and

on his return they had a bottle of lemonade and a
glass of ale. They then went to the Horse Guards,
and on seeing the clocx the prisoner said he was too
late for his business that day, and they might as
well, therefore, go and have some more refreshment.
Accordingly they went into another public-house,
and the prisoner went out as before, and when ho
came back he said there was a bet-er house further
on. They then went to a house at Milthank, where,
on going into the parlour, they found a gentleman,
and in a short time a person dressed as a farmer
joined them. They talked about testing the quality
of a glass of ale by sugar, and the farmer said if ale
was not good sugar would '• resolve" in it. The
prisoner said-he had used a wrong word, it should
be " dissolve." The farmer said he was sure he was
right, for he ha i heard the parson's clerk of his pa-
rish say so—using a broad country dialect. Witness
suggested that " Johnson's Dictionary" should be
lappealed to to decide the question, and the "gen-
tleman" who was in the room when they first went
in said he would go and get one, and left. The farmer
I then showed something which he said were bank-
notes, and said he would b. t 1.0 guineas that " re-
solve" was the right word to use. The prisoner said
he had only 11., and asked witness to lend him his
watch and chain to stake against the 10 guineas,
but he refused, saying that the watch had belonged
to his father, who was dead. The gentleman came
back with a book, which he said was a dictionary,
and they all then agreed to bet. Witness staked.
his watch and chain against the farmer's 10 gui-
neas, and the prisoner made a bet that it was " dis-
solve." The book was handel to the farmer, who
looked into it and said that the definition given of
"resolve" was "to melt—to analyse," and there-
upon he claimed forfeit of the watch and chain.
Witness wanted to see the book, to look for the
word " disiolve," but they refused to let him,
saying the bet was decided, and the prisoner took
the watch and handed it, with the chain, to the
farmer. The prisoner said he would give a bill to
the farmer for the amount, so as to get the watch
and chain back, and he asked witness to go with
him to get a bill stamp. They went out together,
and prisoner sent him into a shop for a stamp,
saying he would wait for him at the corner of
the street. While he was in the shop the pri-
soner gave him " the slip," and when he
went back to the publichouse the " farmer"
and the "gentleman" were not to be found. On
the 18th of June he saw the prisoner in Westmin-
ster-road, and gave him in charge. The prisoner
whispered to him that he had pledged the watch
and chain, and would give him back the property
if he would not lock him up ; but witness, who
seemed to have profited by his experience, per-
sisted in charging him, and he was taken to the
station-horse.
The counsel for the prosecution opened the case
as one of conspiracy on the part of the prisoner and
his friends, the supposed ." farmer" and " gentle-
man," to rob the prosecutor.
The policeman who took the prisoner into cus-
tody said he heard him offer to restore the watch
and chain if the prosecutor would withdraw the
charge. He told him. he could not allow it to be
settled in that way, and took him to the station.
Mr. Ribton addressed the jury, contending that
"the farmer" was a cunning rogue who had
swindled all the others.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Creasy sentenced him to six months' hard
labour.
James Cutting, a middle-aged man, was indicted
for having exposed his person in the Regent's Park.
He surrendered.
Mr. Poland was for the prosecution, which was
instituted by the Board of Works • Mr. Ribton
was for the prisoner, instructed by Mr. Herring.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty on the first
count, and
Mr. Creasy sentenced him to one year's hard
labour.