The Sun. — 1862-06-23 (London, England)

BRIGHTON TESTIMONIAL TO LORD RANELAGH.— A large and influential meeting was held at the Brighton Town Hall, on Thursday night, at which Mr. Alderman Burrows presided, for the purpose of taking into considers' tion and determining on the best means of applying the amount already subscribed in Brighton, and that which may be hereafter contributed, to the contemplated testimonial to Viscount Ranelagh. The chairman explained the object of the meeting, which was to pay a compliment to Lord Ranelagh for his conduct in relation to the volunteer sham fight held on Brighton Downs, in 1861 and 1862, and Mr. Stanford having put the first resolution, namely, " That in the (Onion of tho meeting it was advisable that a committee should be formed to consider the proper steps to be taken in reference to the subject under consideration." Captain Merry seconded the motion. This gentleman alluded in forcible terms to the zealous and distinguished services of his lordship in connexion with the volunteer cause, and as a native of Brighton, taking great interest in the local affairs of the town, he argubd that a testimonial worthy of the occasion should be presented to his lordship, and suggested that a sword of honour would be the proper thing to present. Captain Merry pointed out to the meeting that so long ago as 1845 Lord Ranelagh had written a pamphlet entitled " Observations on the present state of our National Defences ;" in which his lordship urged that a volunteer force should be formed. He also alluded to Lord Ranelagh'sr foresight in selecting the Brighton Downs as the scene for the the sham fights, and amidst the cheers of the meeting, pealed to the gentlemen present to do their uretmsoolustitooncawrrays out the object under consideration. ro riate speeches passed ches passed unanimously, and several other app pcarried nhhaavtirmngant7eannd mtlaileden% a mooting adjourned. BANDITS from Madrid, in the Debats, says : .--A letter A FEMALE CAPTAIN OF " A woman known as evinog adjourned. of thanks as to 20 years. Always on neighbouring provinces for the lalla number of bandits, she the She Wolf' has been the terrorst of Gallicia and the horseback, and followed by the travellers and mulet er in that part of Spain. Woe tot t t e . resistance was sure was at the head of all the robberiesani and murders committed s who crossed her path ? Any to be punished by death, whicha ewmaPsofpten accompanied by the most atrocious tortures. Josephs .erez, as the woman committed the most revolting acts of ferocity was namiecatims. Often she 17.:78 had to defend herself against oarnmheedrfvorees, and the advantage has always been on her side until now, when the Mayor of San Jacolio de Compostells, who was in searzh of a criminal, discovered the cave which served as a place of concealment to the She Wolf,' and in which she was arrested with one of her accomplices.' The meetings for the present week of scientific societies are :—Tuesday, Zoological, 9, " New Corals, and British Species of Habellum," Mr. Holdsworth. Wednesday, Society of Literature, 4i ; Society of Arts, 4 ; Annual General. Thursday, Philological, 8 ; Horticultural, 1, J Apo Si r.