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The camp at Aldershott now contains 5000 troops, consisting of a weak brigade of Guards, and the rest Militia regiments. On Tuesday,, the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the King of the Belgians,, the Count of Flanders, and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the camp. The troops, under the command of General Knollys, were drawn up in line, on the crest of the hill on the right of the South camp, overlooking the Basingstoke Canal. Passing slowly along the line the Ruyal party halted, and the whole of the troops defiled past here Majesty in open columns of companies. They next formed in close-column round the Royal Pavilion, and saw the Queen present Crimean medals to Sergeant Turnoliffe, of the Fifty-fifth, Sergealt John Cunningham, of the Furty-seventh, and Ser- geant Alexander M'Dougal, of the Fifty-seventh Regiment, three wounded non-commissioned officers who have been appointed barrackmasters at the camp. The Royal party, after taking luncheon, inspected- the quarters of the West Kent Militia, under the command of Lord Torrington, and.drove thence to Farnborough station, on their way to Osborne. The camp at Aldershott now contains 5000 troops, consisting of a weak brigade of Guards, and the rest Militia regiments. On Tuesday,, the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the King of the Belgians,, the Count of Flanders, and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the camp. The troops, under the command of General Knollys, were drawn up in line, on the crest of the hill on the right of the South camp, overlooking the Basingstoke Canal. Passing slowly along the line the Ruyal party halted, and the whole of the troops defiled past here Majesty in open columns of companies. They next formed in close-column round the Royal Pavilion, and saw the Queen present Crimean medals to Sergeant Turnoliffe, of the Fifty-fifth, Sergealt John Cunningham, of the Furty-seventh, and Ser- geant Alexander M'Dougal, of the Fifty-seventh Regiment, three wounded non-commissioned officers who have been appointed barrackmasters at the camp. The Royal party, after taking luncheon, inspected- the quarters of the West Kent Militia, under the command of Lord Torrington, and.drove thence to Farnborough station, on their way to Osborne. Much praise is bestowed on the steady bearing of the troops, who, in a short time, have made great progress towards. efficiency.. The Evesham election took place very quietly, on Wednesday. There was no opposition although the Tories blustered a good deal. Mr. Hol- land, of Dumbleton, a Liberal, who was defeated at the last election for East Gloucestershire, is the new Member.
The good people of Sussex are intent upon establishing a reformatory school in the county. The great obstacle is the want of a proper site, or rather of buildings, such as a farm and a few cottages with land attached, suitable for this purpose.
Some time since the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, refused a church-rate ; now the parish of St. Peter has followed its example. The Reverend G. A. Burnaby, Vicar, would not accept less than a fburpenny rate : the parishioners offered to consent to one at twopence-halfpenny. A poll was taken on Tuesday, when the rate was rejected by a majority of 40.
East Grinsted, an ancient town in Sussex, formerly of some note in the county, has been brought into connexion with the railway 'system of the country by a branch line joining the Brighton Railway at Three Bridges station. This is expected to prove an important event for the decayed borough, whose "thirty-five burgage-holdera" formerly sent two Mem- bers to Parliament.
James Abrahams, a Polish Jew, is in custody at Dover on a charge of attempting to induce the men of the Foreign Legion at Shorueliffe to desert. Major TilhaM heard that he was tampering with the men, and authorized some of them to accept his invitations. He offered' 41. a man and employ- ment in France.
Mallender, a farm-labourer of Chesterfield, has been killed by Policeman Howie. Mallender had carried off his niece, a little girl, who had been an inmate of a workhouse; Howie tried to arrest him for " stealing" the child ; hfallender resisted; the constable freely used his staff, and inflicted such heavy blows on the labourer's head that he died some days after. A Coro- ner's Jury have returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Howie.
There has been a gallant combat with burglars at Cobridge, in the Potter- ies. John Mellor, a youth of eighteen, was roused at night by the entry of a burglar into his bedroom ; he seized a bowie-knife; the robber fired a pistol, but the ball missed Mellor ; the young man then plunged his knife into. the burglar's side. A second thief then appeared, knocked down young Mellor,. and managed to escape with his wounded comrade, It is expected that the wounded robber—who must have suffered greatly—will be traced.
It may be remembered that an attempt was made near Tunbridge, some weeks ago, to upset the train conveying Prince Albert and the Duke of Cam- bridge from Dover to London. It now appears that the obstruction placed on the rail would not have upset the train ; and Groyne, the offender, was on Monday.deharged by the Maidstone bench of Magistrates, sitting at Quarter-Sessions.
An appeal by the Reverend Richard-Singleton, the Catholic priest on whom Miss Jones affiliated her child, has been rejected- by the Durham Justices sitting in Quarter-Sessions.
4. very sad accident has oegarred on the Great Northern Railway, between Darlington and Durham. The driver of a fast passenger-train became un- well, and went to the back part of the engine; soon after, the stoker was horrifieclat Seeing his companion fall from the locomotive on to the line— the train went over him, tearing away his head from the body.
Two young ladies—Miss Rees and Miss Ann Rees—have been drowned while bathing near Carmarthen. Their governess also perished in a'generoue atteinpt to save them.
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