The Sun. — 1857-08-24 (London, England)

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 Westminster 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 district, 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 coinappointment 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 convicted 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 unsupported 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.