The Express. — London, England, 1848-08-19 00:00:00

------- sud gallant member who proposed it was in error when he said the universities of Oxford and Cambridge conferred no advantage upon the poorer classes of this country. The aristocracy, it was true, were educated at those universities, hit how many persons were there of humble origin who ob. tined degrees there, and afterwards became distinguished at the bar aml other pursuits. Mr. also complained of the exclusion of the poor lad different classes of religionists front the bench!. which the universith e conferred. Mr. B. DRUMMOND thought all sects ought to partici pate in the adviustagt s conformd by the establishment of the professorships. It was said that they represented in that house the aristocracy of mind, but they should also remember they represented the democracy of poverty. Mr. OLAUS PONE entirely sympathised in the observa tion made by the bon. member for Moatrose. But he must distinctly say that the ”cor w,rs not excluded front the uni verities, although be 'deeply regretted that their reception at diem was not so general as ho fervently hoped ;it would mon be. Col. THOMPSON ilia not see why dissenters should sub mit to t h e humiliation of keeping their Units in one uni versity and taking their degree* in au ,•her . Mr. C. ANSTEY reminded the house that at the Uni versity of London, ft•nnan catholics and other dissenters could keep their terms and take their degrees. Ala a few observations from Mr. ESVAKT, Nr. B. OSBORNE rephed and the committee divided. For the vote Against 2O-76 The chairman thou reported progress, and the house re- rained. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion the g put that the bill be read a third time, Col. SIBTHOR!' expressed himself in terms of great in dignation at the bill brine brought forward let that late hour in the evening, and declared the conduct of the noble lord (J. Rena) with regard to the bill, to be unworthy of a man, a chriatian. and a minister. (Laughter.) Mr. HOBILOUSE mule eca,ral objections to the bill, and moved that it be read a third time that day six mouths. Mr. HENLEY t,id it was unfair to discuss the bill at that Its hour, hut it would be still more unfair to discus it on the morrow. lie complained of the indecent haste with which the bill had been forced upon the house; and urged some objection to several of its prod-- noes, among which he censidered the compulsory prxlue lion by a peefessieual man of his haelter's hook to be a pecu liar grievance. He certainly would support the amendment. Mr. ANSTEY said he had a. censined that a rumour which he bad heard and repeated reporting the Dublin election was utterly f..lse ; and therefore he wished to retract what he had stated on that authority. (Hear.) He opposed the third rraling . of this bill on account of the objectionable provisions of the indemnity clause. The effect of this would be, as regarded Horsham, for inet.:rce, to preven• the wit nesses who might be examined betere the commissioners from giving evideoce is any dole's that might be tried at the ensuing Lewes assizes —if such action were not com promised. For his own part, he was ready to produce an account of the expenses of hie election, to prove that, se far from brir.g guilty of tribal', he had net even ex. reised cent mon charity to the starving inhabitants of the borough. He bad been charged by the hon. member for Lancashire (Mr. Brown) with dutril.utirg to the voters, after the election, " a fat goose." (Great I leghter.) This he indignantly de nied ; but, if the hon. eentl.anan would move for a corn saiuee ot inquiry hits the Youehal election, he (Mr. Atutey) would tern :u the motion. ( Leughter.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL raid he had hitherto abstained from n dieing the person - el attacks of the hon. gen tleman, which b A commenced front the time that he felt it his they to oppose the lion. member, Ito:erin Caanolio Bill. The hon. gentleman heti mounted that he (the Attorney. General) was ginity of certain practiees because an action had been brought against him. That action had net been compromised ; and he was me,t anxious that the fullest in• quiry should take place. (Cheers.) Ile had learnt that, though the action had been brought, not a single person named in the deelaratt.it as having re ceived Inibes had beau ex.:rained at 01l are. the other aide. The day before the trial should have cocoa on his atrmey leeched notice of couotermand from the pl cintiffe attorney, who was the same p rice that had acmd as Mr. Fitzsprald's attorney at the election; but he (the Attorney- General) had indignantly returned the notice, and endea voured to drive them on to trial. (Cheers.) So for, there fore, from the hon. and learned gentleman's attack giving him the least aenoyance, he felt obli;ed to him for it, and would have thought it inrl^cent to notice it, nor would he have done so now but that he was driven to it. (Heir.) So far trom seeking any indemnity, he hid teething to do with the bill. (Hear.) Mr. ANSTET.—You voted for it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I voted for it Why if I did not vote for it it would have been said I was afraid of inquiry—(cheers)—and if I do vote for it, it is said that I want indemnity. (Loud cheery.) And though it suited the hon. and learned member to found his stuck, not on reasons 17.:COnpers70; motives, he yet turned round in the same speech upon the hon. member behind him for saying some. thing against the honour of the hon. and learned member. (Loud cheers.) Mr. BANKES regretted that the name of Mr. Fitrgerald had been mentioned bs thu hen. and learned gentleman (the Attorney-General). tre',Nei..., who brought the action might be Mr. Fitzgera"d's solicitor, and yet that hon. mem ber might know noting of the action against the hon. and learned gentleman. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he had merely mentioned the fact. Mr. W. BROWN said be had e ot the Last objection to restate what i.e had said on a former lice 'Won. (Laughter.) He said that it was rumoured the ccnAitueney which the hon. and learned gent Leman represented al says looked out for fat peace, and that when they got one they plucked him very well. (Laughter.) Lard J. RUSSELL did not think there was any ground of complaint in consequence of the manner in which he pressed the bill. On the contrary, he thought that it had received a great deal of nnnecea sty opposition. (Ilea) The house than divided—For the third reading 80 Animist it On the motion that the bill, do pass, Mr. ANSTEY suggested a course by which the hon. and learned gentleman (the Attorney-General) could drive the plaintiff to prosecute his action. The ATTORNEY OENERAL said he had taken the very course suggested by the hon. and learned member. (Loud cheers.) The bill then pawed. The house adjourned at a quarter put two o'clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES—YESTERDAY. Dval.m.—Tiio case of the petitioners against Mr. Reyno!ds' qualification was closed, after which the corn. taints adjourned to this day. CHELTEMlA3l.—Petitioners case closed. Counsel roamed up. Committee adj , nrned to this day. 110119114 M.—Evidence in support of petitioners' clue further beard. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1848. ghe Oppreoo. )&AILS. The maßs for British North America, end the 12n1tol States Mil be made up this evening of the 11th Aug. The overland mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian blonds, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, Hong-Kong, and Utica, via Suuthmap. ten, will be made up on the eveninq of the 10th August. The overland cloned mats rio Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, (long-Kong, Sc., will be made up on the evening of the 24th Aug. The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar Will be made upon the lhong of the II th Aug. The mails for New South Wale 3, V.in Dieman's Land, and New Zealand will be mode op on the evening of the 31st August. The mails for the West Gaut of Africa and Madeira will be made upon the evening of the Met Augwa• The West India Made, Including Bermuda, Nemo, Havana, Honduras, New °ileums, Vera Crux, Tampico, and Porto Rico, and excluding there for Madeira, Jaemel, Curthagen I, Santa Martha, Chumer, Panama, Wert Cant et South America, and St. Juanale- Wituragh,, will be made up on the morning of the Mad Sept. The mails for the Bruno, the River Plate, Monte Video, Pernam buco, Bahia, Madeira, and Buenos Ayres, will be made up on the evening of the 4th September. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. The number of STAMPS issued by the authorities of the Statugoffice, during 1847, to the DAILY NEWS wae 3.447,009 This, we believe, is within eight per cent. of the murber Word to the Morning Hera 'd, Mortu t i lf v.C/troniele, and Mrning Pat, ALL PDT TOGETHER. In sidition to the above , issued to t e DAILY NEWS, Morning Paper, they: were issued for the Evening Edition, TEE EXPRESS 778 714 Which was more, we believe, than were issued either to the Gtotto or Standard, Evening Papers. HUM RATER Los: , lri Ramo& Tang DAm--Atortftut,SJ Ma. ,PSt 4 Afternoon. II mbs. past S. I.IIOIISIoSr—NO.IIIX, st mlo. lust S; Worms.. SS u.5.P.4% LONDON, SATURDAY, AUG. 19, - - WE have beard of Englishmen in Ireland becoming more Ilish than the ir.digouous inhabitants of that country; which is natural enough, for these English men, having become Irish by birth and property, espoused the interacts of Ireland with an English man's firmness and pertinadty. But how shall we account for politicians in this country being more Austrian than the Austrians—being more ultra-mo narchic in thtir views of Austrian affairs than the Court and Emperor of Austria themselves ? Such, however, is, or was some time back, the Times. That .journal on Thursday informed us that : The sooner the forces under Radetzki can be with drawn from Italy, the sooner will a regular government, pported by a competent military authority, be re esta blished in Vienna; and by facilitating the conclusion of the Italian war, Lord Palmerston and General Cavaignac are enabling Radetzki to undertake the restoration of that order by military means which the chief of the French govern ment has already happily acomplished in Parts. The English organ of METTERNICH spoke here, we have no doubt, in the full spirit of its in structions. But its publishing such views must have brought town upon itself an instant repri mand. For we find the Tines, of Friday, containing every long article, written evidently and solely for the purpose of unsaying_ its formidable announcement of the previous day. Even the METTERNICH faction found the Times much too naive and too frank in thus openly and audaciously marking out the intended course of reaction, and begging for Italian peace, in order that RAI/UM% bayonets might be turned against the Austrian parliament. On the following morning, accordingly, we find the Thnes recanting its dangerous altraisms. The citizens of Vienna are represented as full of respect for their sovereign, and ashamed of the popular intoxica tion of the first moment of freedom. The Diet is depicted as a body, prepared to lend its aid to the sovereign against tumult. And, in short, the capital of Austria, represented in the Times of Thurs day as a democratic pandemonium, which RADETSKI e-uld alone reduce to order, and to enable him to do which, France and England were begged to conclude peace with him and Italy—this same city is daguerreotyped in the Times of Friday under altogether different colours. It is amiable, orderly, loyal, and requires not bombardment and martial law, but congratulation and festivities. In short the philippic is turned into an idyll—the fierce strain of the denouncing sorceress becomes the ode of a hurt poet. And the winter of the journal's discon tent becomes all of a sudden " glorious summer" at the suggestion of the wily MFATERN.CH. We hail this as a good sign, and congratulate our selves, not upon our contemporary's sudden return to moderation, probably short-lived, but upon the forced moderation of the German ultra-royalists here, who evidently do not think it yet safe to uttack with RA DA.TZKI'S conquering soldiers the liberals of Austria, Bohemia, and Ilurgary. They form a force not to be despised. And if the gallant citizens of Bologna were able to repel the burglarious attack of Weldon, the citizens oftne great I German towns might not prove less formidable or less brave in a good and a national cause. Much that has taken place at Berlin and at Vienna is indeed strongly to be condemned. But the assemblies and the burgher guard stem fuliy competent to pre serve peace. Nor is there any symptom, in the conduct of the people of Vienna especially in the least resembling the conduct or the principles of the red republicanism of I'aris, and at all requiring the same dreadful repression. Let the monarch of Germany satisfy the moderate wishes of the middle classes ; let the courts and ministers keep in harmony with them, and tolerant of constitutional liberty, and they will require no cannouadiug or mar. tial law to restore order and loyal feeling in the midst of freedom. The German assemblies, chosen by universal suff• age, may not, in acquirements and t xperience, meet all the necessities of a civilised empire. But these con stituent bodies arc not opposed to all aristocratic and monarchic institutions ; the system of government they seem inclined to e-tablish will evidently contain as strong a conservative guarantees as can be required. The Prussian c anmission has even proposed double election as n eme for the uPra-democracy of un limited suffrage. To the present assemblies, therefore, others may be (-specie(' to succeed of a character at which even Mr. Disirti.u, from his height of intellect, nerd not sneer. _ The thoughts of too many, however, in an I out of Germany. are bent on military reaction. The senti ments which impired the Thursday's article of the Times am trite:Wined by an influential clans; whilst the moderate hopes, that dictated the second, struggle not always with sauces. It is, however, a good sign that the Emperor of AUSTRIA has returned to his capital, and thus withdrawn him.elf from the exclu sive dictation of such persons as M. DE BOMISELLES. His Majesty is now within hearing of his constitu tional advistrs. The hope is that he will listen to them, and not to the mere canr.iers who place all their hopes in RADETSEI. As the attention of the public had already been called to the strike of engineers on the London and North Western Railway, it is not surprising that the accident whichdelayedthe morning mails on Thursday last should have attracted especial notice; and the mere fact otitis having taken place soon after the de parture of several of the old hands, seems by many to be viewed as connecting it with that undesirable occurrence. It may, therefore, be proper to offer what it is in our power to contribute towards a right understanding of these distinct matters, as a certain degree of anxiety may prevail on the whole subject, which a clear view of both, we apprehend, will greatly tend to allay. In order to do this, it is important first to determine the essential facts of each case; it will then bo more easy to ascertain what are the Lela tier) bearings of both on each other, and on the im portant question of public safety. Wo shall first consider the accounts of the late un toward collision at Ashton-bank. The facts here, as far as we have ascertained them, do not give the accident a graver character than belongs to the nature of such casualties generally, which casualties, unfor tunately, will at times be apt to take place on all lines, when sadden failures of machinery happen at an unlucky moment and place, during unfavourable circumstances of weather, A coincidence of all these seems to have caused the accident on Thursday morn ing. The connecting rod of the engine breaks, and thereby- stops the Peterborough train, during a thick fog ; the firemen appears to have keen properly- sent back at once with signals to stop the York train, which was coming up. These were applied and heard; and the driver is said to have at once tried to atop his engine, which, however, the slippery state of the rails pre vented from being effectually done before it reached the Peterborou;,ll train; and the consequence was this deplorable accident. Deplorable it is, as are all such collisions ; but the question which under existing circumstances it is important to decide is, whether it implies any visible default in the enginemen of the two t.ains ? As far as the facts are known, we can not see anything in the accident that distinguishes it from other unfortunate cases which we know have hap pened at times with the most careful and experienced drivers. The giving way of the connecting rod of the Peterborough engine was a mischance that no driver could have either foreseen or prevented ; it is one of those casualties to which machinery is liable. The train being thus stopped in the fog, he ent;ine man appears to have dune his duty in immediately sending back the fireman, with signals to stop the York mail train. Tho obscurity caused by the fog, which we know was very thick in London also on Thursday morning, would render it impossible to s.c tho train lights at a sufficient distance; and before the driver had time to carry out the fog signal far enough the train came up. If, as it is stated by the superinten dent, the driver of the mail train instantly attended to that signal, and did what he could to stop, on hear ing it explode, there would seem to have been nothing omitted that experience could suggest in such an un toward combination of circumstances; and the acci dent cannot fairly be regarded as consequett in any way on the employment of new hands. It is a most distressing occurrence; and especially so, as having happened at a time when anxiety Lad been previously excited by the strike of the old hands, and by their attempts to alarm the pub lic on the score of safety. But as far as the facts are known to us it appears to have been one of those accidents which might have happened under the same unlucky coincidence of the genr breaking at a particular spot and hour of night during a thick fog, had the best engineers ia the kingdom been driving the two trains that came into collision. The case of the enginemen—which we shall, there , fore, consider apart from this casualty, and on its I general bearings,—has been pretty fully brought before the public. We have read the reports of their grievances wo have heard Mr. GLYN'S counter statements in parliament, and at the late general meeting of the company ; and we have taken some pains ourselves to ascertain the facts of the dispute. In the first place, it is on the whole abundantly clear that this is a question, not of economy, but of disci pline. The men themselves do not urge that they nave insufficient wages, or that they are paid less than here tofore. That their pay has been excellent is not denied, the lowest class having at least 385., the highest at least 485., per week. Nor is there any proof whatever that the old men who are placed on the upper work have been threatened with reduc tions ; on the contrary, we learn that it has ' been distinctly communicated to them by the dirce , tors that no such intention exists.. The grievance complained of lies in a presumed future effect of cer tain regulations, as to the manner of classing and pre , motion, and to the mode of imposing penalties for neglect or misconduct, lately introduced by the super intendent ; which the men choose to consider as a scheme to diminish their wages 1e and upon this, combine to force the directors—either to remove the superintendent, or to degrade him by reversing his deliberate orders —by a threat, which they have since carried into effect, of retiring in body. In order to make this u inconvenient as possible, they choose for their time the busiest travelling season, with the palpable object of leaving the board no alter native but that of compliance ; and the character of this step, at such a time, mist be viewed in connexion with the fact, that the men themselves do net pre tend that they are suffering from any present grie trance, but merely combine to resist one which, they say, may hereafter be imposed upon them. Now, in order to judge of the practical tendency of this business, it will be sufficient to observe two things, on neither of which can a moment's doubt exist in the minds of those who will take the trouble of considering the question. The first is : that the prime and absolute condition of all safety in working railways, is the complete discipline of the enginemen, end their strict obedience to the orders which they can only receive from the superinten dent of the locomotive department. This is a condition impor.ant to public safety, above all others whatever. A new engineman may be trained in a few months so as to equal the oldest in all that be longs to the driving of a locomotive, and, if attentive and obedient, will then be a safer driver than the oldest hand who thinks himself licensed to disregard his chief in any respect. Such being the first condi tion of this part of the business, let us next see what must have been the effect of granting the enginemen, in the case before us, the demand they enforced in a menacing way. Simply this—that had the directors submitted to it, the whole authority of the locomotive superintendent must thereby and from that time forth have been reduced to nothing; the men would have become the real masters of the line; and, instead of continuing to obey the oi dere of the manager placed over them, would have learned to resist his au thority by similar combinations, whenever they might choose to disapprove of uny of his rules,or to fancy that he premeditated anything likely to prejudice them hereafter. In such a state of things, we would next ob serve, no discipline could exist; and without the moat exact discipline of all the working har.de there is not l a moment's safety fur the public on a railway. The directors, therefore, we say, as responsible for the public safety, were absolutely bound to resist this attempt at dictation, the success of which in any case must have been fatal to the orderly working of the railway for ever after. Even bad they seen reason to disapprove of their superintendent's orders, it would not have teen justifiable to let them be overthrown by means that wenld subvert all discipline from thenceforwa-d. But in the case before us, they were also persuaded—as they de clare—that the orders were not unjust or opprcsaive. They informed the men that the opposition was founded on apprehensions that had no real existence. There were double reasons, therefore, for refusing to give way on this occasion. They might well deter mine not to sacrilice an (Aver whose fidelity and skill they rely upon for the sale and efficient working of the line, and whose proceeding in this articular case they approve of, at the instance of a combination which, if successful, must place the line in future at the mercy of its insubordinate servants. Valuable, therefor:, as these servants, while obedient, undoubtedly were, the preservation of that due subordination on which all railway safety de pends is infinitely more so; and there can be no doubt that, as gum diens of the safety of their passengers, the directors ought on no account to have so acted as to overthrow the whole discipline of the establish ment. They have parted reluctantly enough, we are well assured, with old servants, of a class which all railway managers will make nearly every sacrifice to keep ; but they would have been gravely in the wrong to have kept them at a sacrifice of the one peinciple en which dep'nds the who'e reaurity of tie business they have to conduct. They have informed the public that in the place of the men who have discharged themselves, others, of good cha racter and sufficient skill, have been appointed ; and to this satisfactory assurance they have pledged their characters. We are glad that it is so. But we may add that, had the choice, unfortunately, lain between appointing really inferior new man, and keeping the eld ones, at the price of destroying all future command over them—which must have been the certain result of yielding to an attack on the superintendent under the fear of a strike—there could not have hi:en a moment's hesitation as to what would be the best course for the safety of the public, even in an extreme case like this. It is perfectly clear that no temporary danger that can arise from the mistakes of the rawest men would be by many degrees so, fatal ne the permanent subversion of authority by allow ing the old men in this menacing way to dictate their own terms to the officers placed over them. We must, therefore, while regretting sincerely the dispute which has taken place, affirm that the directors appear to us to have followed the course most conducive to the security of the public; and it may be hoped that nothing wiil be done to concede one inch of the im portant ground they have taken. This maintained, the men, will soon be glad to return to their employ ment—which we cannot see they had any strong reason for leaving--on such terms as may be fair to them, and suitable to the discipline without which the longest-trained engine-men would be the most perilou of all servanui. A Nonce of a ease tried at the late Galway assizes, copied in our impression of Wednesday from an Irish paper, if it may be relied upon, is calculated to leave a curious impression of Irish law and Irish law courts —an impression not altogether favourable either to the one or the other. A person of the name of CoNNELLY was placed at the bar, having been presen' ed as a vagrant by the grand jury. The prisoner, when called on for his defence, addressed the court in Irish, and Mr. WALK Ert Boum; E undertook to translate hi, harangue as " both ingenious and poetic." It would have been more aptly described as a clever piece of low buffoon ery. Four gentlemen (two of them magistrates) had been examined to prove that the prisoner was a public nuisance. They stated that " He had no settled place of residence ; was constantly brought before the magistrates at petty ses sions on charges of sheep-stealing and killing sluzap ; has publicly sold in markets legs of mutton at 6d. each ; and was committed for trial both at quarter sessions and assizes, but so ingeniously did he con trive to commit those offeuces, that evidence could not be adduced legally to commit [qy., convict ?) him." The prisoner submitted that his having been so often tried and never convicted clearly showed he was an honest man ; for the same reason that gold, the more frequently it is molten in the furnace, the purer it becomes. He added that the fact of his going about the country selling legs of mutton proved that he was a man of industrious habits, following the trade of a butcher. And he further submitted that his case very much resembled that of JONAH, inasmuch as his escape from the clutches of a very corpulent magistrate, who was one of the chief witnesses against him, was exactly parallel to that of the prophet who a escaped from the belly of the whale with an untainted character." The judge and jury, it is stated, laughed long, loud, and heartily, at this tirade ; and then, resuming their official decorum, the latter wound up the lurce by finding the prisoner guilty, the former by sentencing him " to the ward penalty in such cases, namely, to find security within three mantles for his future Rood behaviour, or iu default thereof to be transported for seven years." It is not our intention to comment upon the part here said to have been played by judge andjury f.ser the abandon with which they gave themselves up to the enjoyment of a knave's buf foonery-, as his pet companions might have done in a public-house, and then, recol lecting their dignity, passed a severe sentence on their jocular friend. We wen) going to have called the scene truly Irish, but the recollection of a parallel case (of rather old date it is true), in the grave and punctilious kingdom of Scotland, checked the expression. A learned and ingenious judge of the latter country, in the course of the present century, was passionately fond of chess. A butcher at Pertly was celebrated for his proficiency in that game, and whenever tho judge in question presided at the anises there, the butcher was sure to be summoned to a friendly trial of skill. It so chanced that the butcher came at last to be tried on a capital charge before his friendly antagonist. Relying upon old friendship, the culprit made his appearance in court, radiant with smiles, which were reflected back from the bench, tempered with the stateliness natural to that elevated position. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, and the judge, with a winning smile, addressed to his old playmate, in an undertone, the words—" check mate," and forthwith proceeded to pronounce the last sentence of the law. We will allow the judicial levity of Scotland to pair off with the judicial levity of Ireland; but the extraordinary e law of the latter country cannot thus be passed over. Unless the Irish reporter has strangely blundered, a man may by the law of Ireland be transported on a simple charge of vagrancy—of being " a rogue and vagabind." No specific crime is alleged to have been charged againsteoNeeeev ; the evidence appears simply to h ave ereablished that he had been frequently suspected but never convicted. By the Vagrant Act of England rogues and vagabonds are defined to be " suspected persons," "reputed thieves," persons "frequenting a street for an unlawful purpose;" and so forth. These descriptions appear from his own admissions to have been perfectly applicable to Mr. CONNELLY. The English act empowers a single magistrate to commit such persons to prison for a month, with hard labour, ' or to the house of correction till next sessens, daring which interval they are to be kept at hard labour. At sessions they may be sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for a year, and whipping may be ordered in addition, if deemet expedient. The lati tude and vagueness of the English statute have often been complained of, as well as the large judicial power entrusted to a single magistrate. But from the report upon which we are commenting the English act looks like the perfection of penal legislation compared with the corresponding law in Ireland, under which it would appear that a man may be sentenced to transportation on the testimony of a brace of magistrates that they have re peatedly tried but never been able to convict him. And, to add absurdity to injustice, we are told that the " usual penalty" for the offence of being repeat edly tried without couvictiou is, "to find security within three months for future good behaviour," or, if the culprit fail in that, " to be transported for seven veers." The idea of quivalent punishments involved in this sentence is ineffable. On this aide of the water a man is sentenced to a fine of 51., or, failing payment, to a limited imprisonment; in Ire land he is sentenced to find security for good beha viour, or seven years transportation. is as if a Middlesex magistrate should adjudge a culprit to pay a moderate fine, or in default of payment to be hanged. We have sometimes thought our brethren of the Irish press addicted to furbish up great grievances out, of tritlzs ; but in the present instance that pro cedure has been reversed. The enforcement of a law which enables country magistrates, by merely appre hending and examinieg a man repeatedly, and then having him presented as a vagrant at as ices, to get him transported for seven years, is treated as a capital joke. FRANCE. PAWS FILIDAT 11 A.Y. The 'speech of Lord I'almcretOn, delivered on Wednesday evening, was received here last night, and already occupies a large share of public atten tion. It has elicited a general expression of the most lively and unmingled satisfaction, and will undoubt edly produce a very favourable fleet on public opinion here, so far as relates to the international relations. From what has transpired of the evidence taken by the insurrection committee, among the parole evidence by far the most remarkable deposition is said to be that of M. Arago, member of the original Provisional Government. It is marked by complete frankness and the absence of all reserve. M. Arago is determined that the truth, and the whole truth, shall be known of the history of the revolution since the 24th February. I shall probably be able to send you this complete in my next despatches. From forty to tifiy representatives of the absolute democratic club party met yesterday, in the sixth bureaux of the assembly. Their object was to con sider the proper means to adopt to calm public I apprehension agitated during the last two days by vague and secret rumours. The members of this club intended to issue an address to the people of Paria. They only renounced this on the assurance by a member of tho government that there was no ground for their apprehensions. It was said yesterday evening that some of the ultra members of the assembly had signed a proposal tendi ig to lead to an amnesty of the insurgents of June, and of the attempt of loth May. It was said it would be presented to the assembly to-day. We have received the journals and correspondence of Madrid of the 13th. M. Mon is finally :installed in the ministry of finance. The accouchement of the Du^luen of Mootpensier is expected to take Outs abDut the end of the present month. The Queen and King Consort are tobe sponsors. ITALY. We have advices from Turin to the 13th, but they have brought ne new fact of importance. The .lournal tics Debate of to-day gives the following ex position of the events which more immediately led to the present catastrophe in Northern Italy : The reason why Chalks Albert, against every principle of good generalship, persisted in keeping a line so extended and vulnerable as that frcm Goita to Rivohi, and put in movement the principle body of his army towards Mantua, leaving only 15,000 on the line of the Adige, is now ex plained. An Austrian major of the garrison of Mantua, who left that place with dispatches for Radetsky, allowed himself purposely to be taken and conducted to the head quarters of the king, whom ho told that he would, for a million of francs, deliver up that place, provided the king on his part consented to present himself under the walla with an Miming force. An agreement was made with the major, who had liberty to return to Mantua, at the same time that Charles Albert advanced to surround the town. Radetsky, instructed of this stratagem, immediately made a sortie from Verona, and, smirching on Soutma•Cam• pagna, he succeeded in carrying some of his troops to the Mincio, and thus cutting in two the Piedmontese army. Arrived on the °Rho, the Piedmontese army renounced its defence on the assurances of the English minister, M. Aber crombie, that Austria would at the least surrender the free poteession of Lombardy to the Mincio, but the overtures of a suspension of hostilities m-de to Marshal Radeteky having shown the contrary, the Piedmontese army tell from con fidence into the most profound despair. It would appear also that it was by the advice of M. Abercrombie that the king decided to cover Milan, instead of marching on Pi sc rn zi, and defending the line of the Po with the 60,000 menthol he still had disposable. As to the provisional government of Milan, it is now evident to everybody that its conduct has been most deplorable. Conceited and incapable, they allowed themselves to be led by Maezini, who, behind the curtain, was the real chief. lie (wedded to the idea that the only safety of Italy was to be found in the union of the Mt. S under a republican government) consecrated all the efforts of his talent and influence to excite the antipathies of the Milanese against the Lomb irds, and to oppose themselves to the real union of the two countries. Unhappily, the Genoese party, from whence sprung the fatal idea of the Cnnstituarite only seconding too well the Utopian ideas of M,azini, exer cised such a preponderance in the latter ministry, that it is now said that IC Pareto, the minister of foreign affairs, would not allow the king to be informed, till too late, of the despatches of Austria assenting to the line of the Adige. 'lns truth is, that M. Pareto answered the pacific overtures of Austria by stating that they would not treat with her until her troops had evacuated not only Venice, but the Tyrol and Trieste. It is to b regretted that Charles Albert al lowed himself to be so long deceived, and that he persisted in surrounding himself on the field of battle with generals notoriously incapable. The ministry, Cased Pereto, at last resigned, but u yet we do not hear that the king has ap• plied to any of the men who are equal to the critical circum stances of the moment. The military aristocracy, who, in the poison of the generals who have conducted the war, have shown themselves so little worthy cf the confidence given them by the king, openly now show a disposition to intrigue to bring back the country to the old faults and follies of absolutism; but they are deceived, for the last proclamation of tho king will prove that he is determined to continue in the path of constitu tional liberty. The king quitted Vigevano on the morning of the 12th, and took up his Made:yule:en! at Alexandria, In order to continue the war if an honourable peace be not accorded. With this view the Piedmontese troops are sta tioned along the Ticino, while imposing foroes are directed to Battignana, to defend the Po. Although some predic tions of Gioberto as to the holy war were received with hisses at Medan, and the deputies Brofferio, Dahnazzo, and Besti were prevented at Vigevano by the officers of the ermy from approaching the king, when the question is the de fence of the Piedmontese sod, the people will find again their ancicat energy, and exhibit taeir habitual valour. The population and the army ere in general animated with great devotion for the king and the statute, sad all their utcligna• lion is now directed against the old members of the chamber, who have by their senseless opposition compromised all. The correspondence of Turin of the 14th announces that the Committee of Public Safety has been dis solved, and that the ministry, before its resignation, protested against the armistice. There is no other news of importance. GERMANY. So far our correspondent. The Wiener Zeining of 13th August gives in detail the loyal speeches addressed to the Emperor, the decorations on the roads and streets along which he passed, and the names of the gallant cores of national guards assem bled to receive him. 'they are all sufficiently dull and common-place. The day was favourable to the spectacle and the holiday makers ; and the journalist congratulates him& that "the long interrupted good-humoured rambling and gossiping of the citizens of Vienna had been witnessed once again." The " ways and means" proposed in the ministerial budget are alternative) the issue of exchequer bills, bearing interest, and declared to be a legal tender; or an issue of bank notes by the agency of the bank ; or a loan on security of which the lends of the state and the church shall' be hypothecated. PRUSSIA.—The news of the day from the Prus sian territories—the one event which eclipses all others—is the second day of the cathedral festival at Cologne. An important and able letter, relating to its proceedings, will be found in another column. We add some supplementary details from the com munication of an ordinary correspondent. COLOGNE, Ago. 15. At a very early hoer this morning the newly.ereeted portions of the cathedral were consecrated by the archbishop. Ac cording to canonical custom (in the words of the official pro gramme " Der Dad. &Mt trahrend der Cereenonten teach cotton iseher Vorschrift gachlessen")the eathedrel remained closed during the ceremony. The most reverend, right reverend, and reverend gentlemen had it all to themselves. In masonic phrase "the door was ty led." The " canonical prescriptions" of the Homan catholic church ate the same all over the world (for that clench claims unity es inn of its characteristics), and those prescripti as have been already described in the London journals on the occasion of the eon- secretion of the Niemen catholic " cathedral," query I parish church of St. George's-in-the-Fields. At an early hour the directors of the central building fend society of the cathedral assembled at the Rathhaus (a brief history of which was forwarded yesterday), and made arrangements for conducting the business of the foreign societies for the nest twelve months. At half-past seven another greed procession was formed in the Neutuarkt—the additions to yesterday's procession being the civic authori ties, the members of the chamber of commerce, of the bank committee, of the various courts of justice, cf the Jewish directory, and of the fir--brigade ef thus city. The ',reces sion passed through the principal streets to the cathedral, into which it entered by the centre nave. Here the Arch bishop of Cologne delivered an appropriate address, after which the members of the procession ranged themselves along the centre aisle (which, for the first time, was opened to the public), and on each tide cf the choir. A set. ma mass (one of Haydn's) was perfermed, and a Te Drum, in which the entire congregation joined, concluded the religious ceremonies of the day. In order not to trespass too much on you at present I shall reserve for to-morrow • description of the newly-erected portions of the banding, and of the glasswindows, given by the ex-King of Bavaria. The great atuaction of the day, in a profane point of view, was the Toyed banquet in the magnificent and tins.- honoured hall of the so-called Kaufheus Gurzenich. In that hall, which is somo 175 feet long by 70 broad, were held the great banquets and festivals of the 15th and 16th centuries, of the Emperors Frederick 111., Maximilian V., and Charles V. It wen there that the lot-named monarch, the Sunday after All Saints Day, 1.52 n, gave that exquisite princely ball (dieser. Kostlichen Fursten:anz), so celebrated contemporary chroniclers. It was there also, leaping over space in order to save time (capital pen:mastic or railway feat), that the Lower Rhenish festival was celebrated in the year 18'21, and the great carnival in 1824. There were nine long tables in the hall for the public guests, each table con taining coven for one hundred persons; at the upper end of the hell was a raised and handsomely carpeted platform, on which about a dozen tables were placed for the accommoda tion of the "high guests" (such is the German phrase) el this famous city. At that end of the hall (which was lighted up with 20 chandeliers, for, a:though the banquet took plac e at haltput 1 p.m., all the windows of the building were covered with heavy Goteein-like tapestries) one read in large charac. tees the words Ein cinices D.utsch'and (a united Germany), and discovered, about I) yards Iran the upper wall, a hand some artificial fountain, which, in imitation of the magnifi cent fountains in the Alhambra, poured forth its waters not only from above, but from numerous cavities in its sides The entire hall was decked with garlends and tanners, amidst which the ancient one of Cologne was conspicuous. In one word, the coupd'eeil was magnincent. The invited of the city, and the lees fortunate meats who had to pay for their admission (and, to give • Parisian term, " fabulous" saws were psid this morning for tickets), assem bled in the hall about one o'clock ; the latter, ignorant or oblivious of the etiquette of public &neer! (the Germans are young yet in constitutional principles and constitutional din ners), sot shout devouring the good things before them long before the royal guests made their appearance, accompanied by Prince Charles of Prussia and Prince Frederick of Dussel dorf ; the Baron Von Given, president of the Frankfurt National Assembly, the Prussian president of the council, and the minister of the interior, and • brilliant suite, entered the hall about a quieter to 2, amidst great cheering, and took their seats at the tables on the raised platform, the royal guests, the president of the Frankfort Assembly, the Archbishop of Cologne, and two or three other distinguished individuals occupying the most prominent one; During the repast several national hymns were sung or played. The first song, " com posed for the occasion," gave a cordial welcome to all guests ' from north and south, east and west (cheers) ; to "Frederick William the 4th " (great cheering); to " John of Austria " (immense cheering); and to the " true-hearted men from Frankfort "(prolonged cheers.) When the stanza wel- Gaming the Vicar of the Empire was sung, the King Prussia rose from his seat and warmly embraced Ws imperial highness amidst enthusiastic cheers. His Ma essay than propoaed the health of the Vicar of the Empire (received with e.pthusium), and the latter in return proposed the health of the King of Prussia. This toast was also well received. The Baron Von Gageni (who on rising was greeted with applause which lasted several minutes) then proposed a tout to united Germany. (Drunk with immense applause.) The King again came forward to the front of the elatfornt and observed that as a toast hail been given which had been the dream of his youth—the unity of Germany—he begged to propose the healths of those who were called upon to effect that unity, the present and absent members of the Frankfurt National Assembly. The next toast, May Cologne increase in strength like its cathedml," was briefly proposed by the Vicar of the Em pire and duly honoured. The speakers that followed were the Archbishop of Cologne and the vice-president of the Berlin constituent assembly. After the rival guests had withdrawn, the Baron Von Gagem was literally brought in triumph around the hall and greeted with immense ap- COLOGNE. Aro. IG. These two days past, the German parliament, the Lieutenant of the Empire, and the King of Prussia have been at Cologne together assembled, and form a moetinteresting, and indeed important, spectacle. The Lieutenant of the Empire and the parliament of Frankfort (or about 260 members of it) came from Biberich together in two steamers. Such a trium phal procession! The entire population mustered on both banks as the steamers passed—municipal officers, national guards, schools, corporations, and what cot. More powder could not be burned in a campaign. The King of Prussia's journey had not the same result. His friends and toes at Dusseldorf came to blows, and there was loss of life on both sides. At Cologne, however, the King has been received with enthusiasm by many and with respect by all. In all official demonstrations the King was first ' • but with spontaneous enthusiasm the Archduke and the parlia ment were more cordially greeted. It was probably the King's intention to come to terms of amity with the Lieutenant of the Empire. and the parliament. If such was his aim, he completely failed in it the first day ; the second day, however, he succeeded better. The parliament had chosen a de putation of fifteen members (besides its president and secretaries) to offer their respects to the King. A number of deputies joined the deputation. The King received them the first. It was curious and interest• ing to observe the two powers thus in presence of each other. All know the King of Prussia, who does cot want talent nor courage, and who feels him self a king. But few know Von Gogern, certainly one of the most remarkable men of the age—tall of stature, powerful of voice, full of heart, rectitude, and energy. Such a man, at the head of a great popular pasty, was a power that might well counterbalance even al king. And you might see at the first glance that the King of Prussia and Von Gagern were not in love with each other. When the King approached Von Gagern, !the latter, as president of the assembly, advanced a istep and began an address, of which the concluding sentence was, "The parliament has the full confidence that your Majesty will aid it in the construction of German unity, a cork already- commenced, and which the nation will complete." The expression evidently , pained the King, who replied at first by some obliging words for the parliament, but concluded thus : "Be assured I shall never lose sight of the great task you are called to perform, as I am persuaded that you will not forget there are princes in Germany, and that I ant one of them." The Prussians cried "God save the King," but all the rest present perceived that there was at least opposition in those words, if not a kind of menace. Thus did the King miss his aim the first day of win ning the benevolence of the parliament. He managed, however, to repair his error the second day, during a breakfast given by the town of Cologne to its guests. This public breakfast was very brilliant and enthusiastic. A thousand sat down, with the parliament, the Lieutenant of the Empire, the King, his ministers, and generals. The ears of these personages were regaled with songs, which, six months ago, would have sent the p-ets who composed them into a state prison fast enough. Yet now, kings and princes, courtiers and deputies, down to the lowest present, repeated together the choruses of " German liberty and unity." All the great 'per , sonages had their healths drunk, and replied thereto. The toast of the cathedral of Cologne was, drunk, and it found a reverend repr,;en tative to return thanks. President 'Von Gagern then gave as a toast "The German People." And at this all rose and all shouted, and the en thusiasm waxed greater when the King rose, glass; in hand, and proposed the health of "Al! the members of the German Parliament, present and absent." It was well done, and was well taken. Scree critics whispered, indeed, that the King drank thelr h,.alths individually, not collectively—tte members, not the parliament; but this was I,ct listened to. Those present took the toast as a cordial adhesion on the King's part, and they thanked him for it with jay and with affection. It was in fact a pexLmatian of peace. The ate will indeed be memorable in the fasti of Germany. The King and the imperial lieutenant seemed on the beat understanding. The later wore the Prussian uniform, and it is said against the advice of his ministers. In return, nothing could be more gracious or cordial than the King's later b,.i.aviour to the members of the parliament. Let us hope that this solemn alliance and reconciliation between the old and the new powers of Germany may endure, and hear good fruit. It may be interrupted, overclouded—but for sorre time at least the good and harmonious feel ings of the festival of Cologne cannot fuit to inspire and to modify both the official and the popular lan guage of the Germane. ir be gotirt. CY , BORNE, FElDAY.—Yesterday being the birth day of the Duchess of Kent, the unreal rural late was given by the Queen to the royal servants. tenants, workmen, and labourers employed on the estate at Osborne, Weedier with their wives and families. The day was natortunately very unfasurable, the wind being high, t cater:lon:Lied by occa sional drifting showers, but they et neared to have bt•le effect u"en the enjoyment of the agile's:,lcl guests. In addi tion to the large party usually collected upon this occasion, her Majesty had emu:ended the whole of the crews of the Victor:a and Albert and of the F dry ysclits, and the men employed lapin the coast guard station to be Lvited, .and certainly the seaman did not appear to be the least happy of the guests. At three o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert appeared in front of the principal entrance at Osborne her Majesty and his royal highness were acoompeniel by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Pri.lcesacs Alice and Helena, the Dtich.ss of Kent, the Duke and Dachas of Cambridge, end the Princess Mary, the Prince and Prinms of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, and the Prince Victor, and the Prince , ses of Hohenlohe Lausrettlxpurg. The dinner was then carried in procession past the Royal family, preceded by the bands of tine Marines and 7;th Regiment, playing " The Roast Deaf of Old Ragland," to the tents prepared for the reception of the gneats, who were 'man asse:nbkel, and the Queen and Prices Albert with the Rust family having walked round the table., and grace having been said 'uy Mr. Toward, her Majesty's bailiff, the dinner oommeneed, the number of guests being about 350. Immediately alter the repast, the health of her Majesty the Queen, of Prince Albert, and of her It iyal Highness the Duchess of Kent, were proposed by Mr. Toward, and responded to by enthusiastic cheers. The royal dinner party yester2ny included the Duchess of licit, the Prince and Princess of lichen Joke. the Princes Lady Anna Maria Dav-w., the Baroneui de Siicth, Colonel and Lady Catherine Harcourt, and Si: O. Cunper. A cabinet council was held at three o'clock yester day afternoon a: the Foreimunttice. The miniatera pre rot were Lord J. Itussell, the Lord Chanctlkr, the Marquis of Lin/down', the Elrl of alinto, Pir G. Grey, Viect. Penner*, ton, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. the Raid of Auckland, Sir J. Robhouse, the Right lion. H. LlSco chere, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clanricartle, and Vint. Murpeth. The council eat ono h our and a hAf. . . . Count de Itevel, the Sardinian Min'eter, transacted business yesterria) at the For:ign-office. Mr. Magnui Ind an interview v:th Earl Guy yea terday at the Collniai,fliee. (From last night's Gazelle ) WAR OFilt - F., Asottsr lb. 6th Drags.-lieut. F. Drove, to be e :pt., by put., sloe May. wit, ret. ; Cor. A. flowl., to be licut., by pur. e si Gr.vo ; Sir E. S. Hut cbineon, bort., to he cornet, by pui vieeßo3 . 4% let or Grenniler Regiment of Fo ot Gnarls.—A. U. P. S. Wortley, Esq. (Page of Honour to the Queen), to be ass. and lieut., without purchase. oth F.—Lieut. S. Darling, from list F., to be Rout , vice Cassidy, who ezchangco. . . . F. A.J. Cowper, gent, to be ens., by pur, , vee LI)otly, who .. . _ P.—Fns. H. V. rennet ahoy., to be !hut.. ries Whlte,tde, app. to the 96th t.; A. L. Mnack, pent., :0 be ces., rice Peunefather. 27th F.--Capt. L. Williamson, to be arta;or, hy par., Hee Fawkes who rot. • Lieut. B. 1 unnard, to be rapt., by par., aloe WilliallttlOn; En,. A. dianoeflor, to be lieut., by rm., vice fatuniaL 99th F.—/Jete. It. C. D. Brum, Born the West In lie Red., to be lied , eiee Archer, app. to the 08th Foot. &Lb F.—Lieu;. W. J. J. Smith, torn h.+. 28th to be lied.. vice Baker, promoted. 40th F.—Lieut. B. Morley, to be c.d., by par., rfee llalkrtt, who refs.; En , . an.l.ldj. P. B. Drew to hae tier rank of lieut.; Ens. It. Hare to to lieut., by pur., aim Morey ; l'enLviather, gent., to be ens., by par., vice Hate. ' 42111 F.—W.C. Ware, Kent, to b' en., without bur., Hee Cam. bortoot, app. to the 20th Y. ; Awilst..rarg. It. H. fig g, from the staff, to be a... Mt—sag., vice W.l/. Maeintorh, who rtoigns. 50th E—Capt. J. E. L. Hower, trout the t.ith F., to be rapt., dee Needham, who eschanger. 31st F.—Lieut. W. G. Cassidy, from the 9th F., to be Heat., vice Darling, who exchanges. 52nd F —Capt. F. Brown, from ^lth F., to be cad., Hee F. G. Bull, who exch.; bed. G. A. J. M'Clintock, to be rapt., by pur., Has Brown, who r, t.; Las. C. P. llettheole, to be IfeuL, by pur., aloe M'Cintork ; Tbellon.ll. Flower, :o be en , , by put., rico Ileathcote. 55th F.—W. Matrionnell, ernt, to bc en , „ without our., vire Wyn. yard, app. to 59th F.; F. W. A. Folsom, gent., to be ens., without per., site Walker, app. to 86th F. aith F.—To be Ena. without par.—En , . G. J. H. Wynyard, from 35th 31 th F., vies iddlCtoo, prom. fa Nth ;A. J. Ford, gent, vim B ghat:, pro.n. in %Ili F.; S. May e, gear., site Gargin, prom. in 93th F. 6lst F.—Ens. C. B. Fenerlek, to be nem., by par., elm Wall, wboeo prom., by our., ha , been mute. ; IL Iltarkenbury, gent., to be taw. without pur., Tice lenwlek., promoted. 65th F. —has. J. Walker, from the 35th F., to le toe., eke F. Le Mesurier, who resimas. 68th F.—Capt. 11. Needham, from the 53th F., to be t opt., vino Gower, wh7 exchange‘ 77th F,—Brev. Licm..Col. Sir 11. Rerly, frorn unatt., to be 83rd F.—F. !badman, gun.. to be ens. w:lhout par., moo Cochran% app. to the !f+1 , 1 . 1 1. _„. major, vino Mason, prom.; Capt. R. 0. Strains, to be major, be pa., vim Ser IL Ilayley, who retires ; lie..'. A. Aitken, to be a pt.,* Pa.. vim Strut n; Ent. G. St. L. G. Geed , o, to be !:tut., by par., vice Aitken; W. F. Toliccoach; gent., to bo ens, hy pa., vice Gorden; Ander:Sure. C. Matatnev, from the 80th F., to be asiateauri., vies Manifold, adp. to the S aft 89th F.—Acting .I odd:Sing. F. Eerie, to be ossint..surg., ace Macartney, app. to : i t n F. 94th Y.—Erse. E. D. J. MacCarthy, to be lieut., vice Werra, app. to the 96th F. ; Philip Primmee, gent, to be ens., rice MacCarthy. 96th F.—Brevet Lieut..CoL W. Huila, to be lienL.out, without Par.; Brevet-Major T. M. Wilson, to be major, ace liana • Capt. J. Clyde, from h..p. uemtt., to be apt., vne loses, yam.; Lieut. F. Pierce, to be cop'., vice Wilson. To be Lea, without pur.—Lieu'. G. Swab; fro.o 19th F., vice Clyde, prom.; Lieut. J. IL Archer. from lieh F. ; Lieut. J. S. Gosion, from 2nd Went Indio Regt ; Lieut. J. 9. Mayon, Pau St. Helena &d.: LieuL 11. T. Freres, from 91'h F.; Lica. J. Wellealele, from 22m1 F.; Ens. W. F. Rain, ; En.. F. D. Miduieton, from 18:h F.; F.n B -E. N. Barker, from 38th F.; Ens C. Guam ' from 59th F.: W. 51. Leer, vie , Poem.—To be endgri. : Es, IV. T. Led.. from 4th F., vice Itaitt ; G. B. Cumberland, rum 42nd F., s ice Jones; 0. ILCoolusne from flat F , vice Lee..—To be anat.-sag. : Seat est-Seim. 3:l_, CLfeed, M.D.; Ens. F. J. Jones. B t , Helena Beta—Flea. and Adjt. J. Maya, to have the rank of lieut. ; Ens. J. 11. Peen& rvilk, to be lieut., roe thmeren, app. to 96th F.; R. W. Thom" Gent., to be ens., vice Prendcrrille. IinsPITAL SrArr.—Amiet .Barg. M. F. lit hold, from 7: di F., to be amiatsurg. to the forces, vice like, app. to 42nD F.; .Ictiug As ist.- Surg. F. Y. Bhegog,lll.D. to be ouist...wg. to the faces, vice Clifford. app. to 96th F. I.7sslTACaln.—Lietlt. G. G. Baker, from 3.9 th F , to be apt., with. Out par. Batezr.—Capt. F. P.rown, of 52nd P., to be mayor in the army. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Auo. 10. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—To be Captains—The following Sr. coal Cuptain, : N. E. Harlem, C. Chatham, O. J. L Boebanon, W. S. Payne, W. R. Gilbert, A. F. W. Papillon, H. Aylmer, 0. C. R. Le. singe, A. G. W. [(smitten, W. Fulferd, A. Irving, St. J. T. Browne, C. Bingham, It, S. Rowan, J. N. A. Free*, F. D. Clesvelgod. To be Second Csptains—The following Fire; Lieutenants : Y. W. Houltain, vice Harrison ; T. W. Lawrence, 'ice Chatham ; F. J. Travers, vice Buchanan ; Y. C. Dixon, vice Payee ; C. F. Thorn. dike, rice Gilbert ; • 11. Rogers, six Pampillon ; J. Turner, vice Aylmer ; A. C. L Yitz.Roy, sine Leaner ; E. 11. F - isher, ewe Hamilton; R. F. Mountnin, sic* Fidfor.l; S. Cleave. land, vice Irving; A. C. 8. filinerfet, vice Browne; P. A. :Morehead, vice Bingham; S. 11. S. luglefield, vice Rowan; F. M. Boxer, vice Freve , C. S. Lonieden, rice Moreland ; W. A. Middle. Middleton, It. J. Cannon, J. It. Gibbon. J. R. Anderson, P. F. G. Scott, S. M. Calder, W. P. Pollock, 11. F. Stooge, J. 9. Willett. J. C. W. Forteecue, W. H. Cox, R. O'Connell, W. F. S. Neill, I. Clifford, It W. Brettinghem, C T. Du Plat. To be First Lieuts.—The following Fecond Lent., C. M. Govan, vie* Ilaultoin; C. If. Ingiiby„ ace Lawrence; FL I'. Gobbet!, ace Travers; H. F. Yates, vice Dixon; M. F. Ferrets, rice Thorudike; H. A. Thrupp, vice Ilogers; C. E. Ilainwarieg, rice larter, A. Gordon, eke Fitzroy ; IV. J. Williams, Tien Fish... C. P. Young, vice Mountain; R. Frtelinr, Tine Cle :leaked ; O. X Stokes vice Bonierect; J. F. Penneeden. Tina Morehead; W. J. Chimaton, vice lerleneld; W. D. Giulio, 5.... e Baer; C. E. Oldershaw, vice Longden ; N. O. h. Tamer, too' Middle ton; S. D. Wright, tee Cannon ; A. Y. Earle vise Gibbon, Dion.L. A. Addir.r..rt, vice Anderme ; A. Pamir:our, 'vice Skutt; A. 8. Orr, vice Calder ;C. R. hill, eke Pollack; P. J. Chatal', vice Strange ; E. C.. Maur, ace I% illett ; A. W. Team, vice Fa team ; R. Curtis, am Can ; A. Slecwright, vice O'Connell ; F. S. Seale, vice Neill; J. &ulna, vlee Clifford; J. D. Roundel...a vice Write:Ana; M. Aulatell, rim let lea, P. Dickson, .. - -Oux. Cake. F. Place, E. J. Bruce ' W. P. Richards, J. E. Dope, H. W. J. Dub wood, A. Brendon J. de Rosalind, 8. Carden, (L. A. Wilkineon , W. NV. A. Luinn, W. Wake?, C. E. Walcott, G. Berteluell, G. Date, E. G. Breslin, W. J. Belton, O. IL Traierne, &U. Hotehet lor 14. T. Middleton, F. Clow, J. binekle, H. L. Talbot, W. a. wil, p „.. Ns., IL R. sizedme, L. W. Fran, IL R. S.euzler., E. G. Snow. J. D. Ramsay, W. Morris, 11. Remy. ADMIRALTY, Aro. 13. Corps of Royal Mulnes.—To be Se e. Lieuts—H. J. Jail, Gast. ;T. Vat hton , Gent. ; A. T. S. Cattier, Gent. z W. Taylor, Oen; ; E. 43, Stokes, Gent; J. Li. Figou, Gene. • D. W. Cuny, Gent. ; T. Mows (eat.; W. C. Symonsia, Gast; le N. C. Blenckley, Genf- PAYMENT TO JUDGES OP COUNTY COURTi.—An order in council appears in lut night's 0080 fie, dir ming that the sixty judges of county courts in England shail each be paid 1,000/. a year for their services, instead of being ye. mourrated by fees as heretofore. This order :s to take street from the 30:h of September next. TEE SEW FOREiT TIMBER STEALER-.—The arrests and examinations continue relative to the wholesale plunder discovered to have been committed in this diet rt. At Lyndhurst, or. Wednesday, several other parties were committed for tin:, the most important of them being is large timber merchant, who is supposed to have made away with many hundred loads of forest predate even during the hat tew mouths. A quantity of timber to his yard has been impounded ; and yesterday the forest officers won employed in affixing the crown mark to several large lota lying in the forest, but claimed by the party in question as his property by purchase at the periodical sales. Ile was admitted to but, himself in 1,0001. and two others in sureties of 500/. each. The timber seized in the ditterent lards of the forest and on shipboard in [Southampton Water is said: is I