The Express. — London, England, 1857-09-12 00:00:00

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TO COILIESPONDENTIL liwllassals lesuoted ter . It. Itepor; Laois lambil ppm. pa be u de Oft*. st). Seemiwtreni. 111 Ty• Ms* en i be lor el publlisilm. n AAAAAA WT. fan Foos. Tlceu A ABA'? NOTIIITTO. Maws. Wowt. W .ad CAMPY% Mira. Slim 11. ANA Mt« /4.1.1..-1 . 1111 VtT/tAIIi.—ATAI VAS T. NIGH Want' AT LONDON 11IDON. Tom %jet piars. 111 1 1wers, IC Pm. lbammenr—ilirsom. s o Rm. 41smosse. MIL ha. LONDON. SATURDAY, SEPT. If. MARTELLOCII is the power of drill. It bas trans formed many a sensitive and shrinking youth into an . . isdemitablebeltlier of the lime. Mori:singolar It has made many a aroaibleman talk arta at act . . sense. The ism; system ender which the British soldier lives, moves, and has his being, seems not only to disable his judgment, but infects even civilians who are brought int pivoted with it. After all, it is not SO surprising that such men as Sir JAMES SIMPSON and Sir GEORGE BROWN should be unconaciomly guilty of inconsintencies in their evidence before the Commission, but it passes belief that so able a civilian se Lard Gary should insist upon the Purchase System as the secret of our military success. This fact, how ever, startling as it is, has its value. It seems to add weight to the evidence of those dams who con demn the system. They have been brought up ander it. They have been subjected to all those in fluences which have so completely overwhelmed the logical faculties of such men as Lord Gary, Mr. Ewcr, and Lord PAN mem Sir Cotes Cestrortt, Colonel Fluxes, the Hon. A r• tines Se exerts, Lord WEST, and Sir Dexcrix ftliorriau., would never have declared themselves so strongly against the Purchase System unless experience had convinced them that it was thoroughly bed both is theory and practice. Of count, men are disposed to support the body to which they belong. To do so is almost a point of bowler. It is only men of superior intel lect who in matters connected with their own pro fession venture to consider a question on its abstract merits, or are capable of taking •dispassionate view. Especially is this the ease with soldiers. They can not emancipate themselves from their regular routine of thought. Alas! how many of oar Indian officers have fallen victims to this defect of chamfer. They could not believe in the faithlemness of the &poi. More than half of the evidence contained in this Blue Book proves the same thing. The officer of Marines, who knows not the Purchase System, looks askance at it. At the same time, how ever, be protests against any interference with the system of strict seniority and against the principle of opening the cadetships to free anapetition. The Artillery and Engineer officers declare that if the system of purchase were intro duced, these officers who were purchased over would go away "horrified and disgusted"; whilst, at the saint time, they do nut conceal their dislike, on the one hand, to that excellent system, lately intiodused by Lord PA:rural:, of opening the commisaions in their corps to competition ; or, on the other hand, to meddling in the smallest degree with the principle of strict seniority, though some of our best officers rose to distinction by a somewhat Ingenious invasion of that very principle. The late Sir A. Dicesox, for instance, at the time of the Peninsular war, was only a captain in the Bri tish Artillery; but having the Portuguese rank of lieutemant-eolooel, and there being always a certain number of Portuguese troops employed with our owe, the Duke of Victuxorox was able to give this distinguished officer the command of the whole artillery of the combined army. Thus Sir A Thema had actually under his orders, while only • captain in the British service, an English and Portuguese farce amounting to about 8,000 men and 6,000 horses and mules, which was equal to the ordinary command of • lieutenant-general in that army. Though the officers nerved under Captain Dlcesor, his promotion was a grievous offence, and to this day most artillery eificersadliere strongly to the pure seniority system. Lct us take the evidence or Sir JAMF-4 SIMPI. 4 ON. Being an halter in the line he is, of course, a purchase man. Ile is asked whetner he does not think that ander such a system °Meets may rise to the command of a regiment who are not so well qualified as others for that high position. o which he replies "It is possible; but 1 do not know that I recollect an instance of that." Again, he is asked, "In your w experience, have you nevi r seen any evils arising from the system of purchaser to which he answer.," Nu." "Not at !" proceeds the startled examiner. No, I am not aware of it. I cannot think of anything of the sort." This is obviously the ev deuce of a men who is strongly in favour of pu-- thaw," a. SilJAMlLldtacribeshimftlf. Bat let oscura° to particulars. Ito was colonel of the 29th Regiment. The officers. he says, were "capital officers;" but they were not rich. "There were deserving men," he adds. ev and I was sorry to see them not get promotion, "bet lacy Ira not yto yet it." How strange it is that the Got of does not see the effect of his own evidence. barely, this is the precise objection whica the pu:dic have to purchase. To use the ex pression of Colonel WEstr.r, an officer of Marines, who declares that the system of purchase would never do in that corps--" it retards the promotion of '• deserving officers." Again, General Stu r , ov is asked whether in the coupe of his service he had ever met with any field officer in command of a regi ment who use very much below par in point of age, and who may have attained the rank by purchase. To which the *items replied, " I have known several officers who were unequal to the command of 0 the regiments they held. I cannot say whether " they purchased or not." Q." Generally speaking, 0 you do not find that field officers in commando( regi. meow are boys?" Ans. " No, some are 3 ming men " bat some that I have had to deal with are pretty " old and useless, but whether they purchased or " not I cannot say. I have had to report upon cases "of that kind severa l times." The gallant General then adduced two instances in which he himself had reported two officers as unfit. Hut it seems that so little attention was paid to his remonstrances that the one died in the service, and the other is serving now. It does net, indeed, appear whether these officers, THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, S FPTENIBER 12, 1857. who were so incompetent in General 81111•50,111 opinion, purchased or not; though we suspect there is not much doubt of it. If they did, et awn the evils of purchase become manifest in the most offensive manner. But even if they did not parehaor, it is clear that this system does not achieve the purpose for which it is designed. It does not " induce old " men to leave," nor " does the regiment go on well . _ _ " with it." In short, it is clear that utak; a irystem of parches° " officers may rise to the command of a " regiment who are not in any way qualifies:l"—a con clusion, we fear, from which General SIMPSON would fain oar. We have selected the evidence of General Styr we became it is the evidence of an eminent soldier and a trustworthy man. But it is obviously thoroughly professionaL He will not allow himself to 'tepee. hair's breadth oat of the ordinary routine. Bat prejudice is not peculiar to him. The Cenunimioners have recommended that the Brute- nissit.coloneley of a regiment should no longer be perchased, bat should be tilled up by selection on the responsibility of the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF' : If aay chine is alisolately imperative, clearly this is one. According to the evidence of every single witness examined, the command of a regiment is of the most vital importance. The whole internal economy of a battalions, the whole morale and habits of both °Seem and men, depend upon the colonel in time of peace. The issue of a battle—nay, of a campaign— may depend upon the same ofilecr in time of war. Now, at resent any major who eau deposit the re quired sang of money may become lieutenant-colonel There ia, indeed, a power of veto in the Comm gamma m-Ctuer ; but this power, according to the Doke of CAMBRIDGE, is seldom or never exercised. More over, lieutenanteolonehp known to be unfit are still in command. Impelled by irresistible arguments, the Commiadoners ham recommended the very moderate reform that henceforth lieutenant-coloncis shall be appointed by selection and not by purchase. Neverthekss, moderate as the change is--vital as it is to the safety of the empire and the honour of the British Army—Sir JAMES 51311'8024, Sir OZORGII BROWN, and the COMMA:WEIL-IN-CHIEF vehemently oppose it. They consider such &change impracticable, unjust to the individual officers, and therefore not fit to be adopted. Surely those mili tary witnesses who cannot sufficiently emancipate themselves from their professional notions to recog- Idin the necessity of securing a competent com mander of a regiment can scarcely be looked upon se very safe guides in ascertaining or in remedy ing the defects in our Military System. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. MOM ova owl! colassroxvir.) PARIS, ?BOLT ZvIVIIWO. The oseend grand manceuvres took place on Wed nesday. The enemy was supposed to be adeancing to attack the camp from the village of La Cheppe, by the old Roman road. In order to prevent the intentions of the enemy, the infantry were formed in line by battalioos, and advanced to the road, to wards which the enemy were supposed to be coming on; other battalions formed in column supporting them. A brigade of heavy cavalry then advanced through the metre, supported by two batteries of hone artillery, when at some little distance in ad vance they made a charge on the approach ing body of the enemy, the artillery at the same time pouring in a tremendous tire. This charge of the cavalry having somewhat checked the advance of the roomy, the signal was given for the advance of the infantry, who drove buck the enemy at the point of the bayonet. All these =serener's were executed in the most admirable order, and with a precision which appeared highly satisfactory to the Emperor. Scarcely had the mane arms terminated than a complete deluge of rain came down, as if to put the victorious army to the rout. On tho previous day tho rain fell for some time in torrents, and tho whole camp was transformed into a lake. Several of the huts were blown down by the wind. In consequence of the inclemency of the weather, the theatre of the Prince Imperial, at which some amusing pieces were to be performed, must remain closed. Yes terday being the anniversary of the taking of the Malakoff, the different officers' messes drank toasts to the memory of their old comrades who fell in that affair and in other actions in the Crimea. It would appear from the following paragraph iu the Pays that the Emperor of Russia may come to Paris after the inteniow at !hangar& : TM purreyoes of fit, fur tbs city of l'aris hems been re quested to be precervd, to ease august personages should cement, after the lob:mew at 9tuttgerdt, to visit the capital. News has been received from the Persian Gulf to the effect that Emiro-Mirru, who has been appointed Governor of Baskire, took possession of that place on the 2ud of July, after the departure of the English troops. Telegraphic despatches have been received from Constantinople, rid Marseilles. They state that some changes have been made among the ' governors of the provinces, and that diplo matic relations have been resumed by the ex change of visits. Tho escutcheons of the Russian and French embassies have been restored to their places without the usual salutes of artillery. Prince Vogorides has proposed to adjourn the Moldavian elections for a month. The commissioners of the Porte, England, and Austria, have complained in a note to the Kaimacan Ghika of his having joined in the manifestation in favour of the union, which took place on the occasion of Napoleon's festival, by lending his band of music for the occasion. The Prime d'Orinet notices these protests, which, how ever, did not prevent the town of Ploiechte from receiving M. de Talleyrand on the 18th ult. with a grand ovation. The Porte has granted to an English company a railway line from SUM= to the old copper mines of Tokat. At the lbiurse the quotations of almost all secu rities have been about the same as yesterday, with no business doing. Threes have been done from 66fr. 90e. to 66fr. Dsc. ; Mobilier, h6sfr. to 867 fr. 50c. ; Austrian, 816 fr. 23c. to OCifr. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,330 fr. to 1,373 fr. ; Lyons, 86Mr. to 862 fr. 50e.; ditto New, 8521 r. 50c. to 830 fr. ; Northern, NT. 50e. to 866 fr. The market continued in the same state to the close, when the following wero the last quotations:-Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 90fr. DOe.; Three per Cents., 66fr. 80c.; ditto, end of month, 66fr. 95e. ; Bank shares, 2,730 fr.; Ceddit Mobilier, 860 fr. ; ditto, account, 838 ft. 73e.; Belgian Four-and-a-Ralf per Cents., Wife.; Piedmontese Fire per Cents., 90fr. ; Roman, 87fr. ; Austrian, 89i ; Rome Debt, 371 ; Orleans Railway, 1,3821 fr. for cash, 1,373 ft. for account; Northern, 8371 fr. for cash, 8621 fr. for account; Lyons and Mediterranean, 863 fr. for cash, 8931 fr. for account; New ditto, 860 fr. for cash, 832 W. . for account; Geneva, 6621 fr. for cash, 661, 1 ,fr. for I account ; Midi, 610 fr. for cash, 6361 fr. for account ; Western, 703 fr. for cash, 703 fr. for account ; Stens- burg, 6821 fr. for each, 6771 fr. for account; Ntw ditto, 680 fr. for cub, 680 fr. for account; Grand Central, 010(r. for cub, 010 fr. for account ; Aus trian, 641ifr. for cub. Gf 7ifr. for account. SWEDEN. (no)[ ova oast coaarenownzay.) BTOCKIIOLM, Beer. 5. It is now no longer a secret that the health of the King is unfortunately so bad that some public mea sures must be immediately taken to transfer in a legal manner the prerogatives and duties of the crown to another head. The subject is now pub licly discussed in the Swedish journals. Yesterday's AfTunbluilet contained an article insisting on the necessity of appointing a permanent regency and making the Crown Prince Regent. Strensbt to-day reproduces the article and confirms it. There appears, however, to be some formal difficulty in the way; for though the King's medical men have given a certificate that he is unable to devote himself to public business till the lapse of more than a year, yet the 92nd paragraph of the constitu tion says expressly that the King must have la. Loured under mental or physical infirmity for more than twelve months before a regency can be appointed, so that according to the letter nothing can be done till next year. As it is, however, absolutely necessary for carry ing on the buainess of the State that a responsible successor should be appointed without any delay, the Grand Council of State has been convened to take the matter into deliberation. If they should unanimously agree to the propooed ti t a n of virtually shelving King Oscar to make room for the Crown Prince, an extraordinary diet of the general assembly of the four estates will be convened, probably in the course of the month of October, and called upon to ratify the decision of the Council of State. A meeting of the Pnvy Council was held yester day at the Palace of Tullgarn, at which the King himself presided. On the certificate of the three royal physicians being read, to the effect that the Ring was incapacitated from attending to public bibi- Dv./ for at least a year to come, his :Majesty voluntarily signified his assent to any measure that might be thought advisable for transferring the reins of government to his successor ; whilst Bishop Amveratadt openly proposed a permanent regency, which was approved by all the members present ex eept Count Lagerbjelke, who seemed to object to it as unconstitutional. Under all cir cumstances, it will be necessary to convene the Estates-General of both kingdoms, when a joint commission will be formed to appoint legally a Regency. There can be no reason to doubt that as soon as the technical and formal difficulties are overcome, the Crown Prince will become the legal, as he is at present de facto the acting Re gent, whilst many people arc of opinion that the King will abdicate the throne altogether, and retire to end his days in peace and quietness in Italy, or the south of f'rance, larre the mildness of the cli mate would be uwre congenial to the health of the Sovereign. DENIIA Itl:, COPENHAGEN, Barr. 6. The Committee of the Holstein Estates has drawn up its report on the draft of a new constitution for the Duchies submitted to it by the government. The report proposes that the Estates shall declare "their insbility to take into consideration the pro ject relative to the introduction of a new and un proved constitution for the Duchy of Holstein spe cially, as entertained by his Majesty, until the posi tion to be occupied by the duchy in the monarchy shall be definitively settled in accordance with the just claims of the duchy to self-dependence and parity of right." The report has been signed by . all the mem bers of the committee, and as the opinions of the letter strictly represent those of the assembly, it re quires no extraordinary prophetic powers to be able to foretel that the reconitneod.itions of the cotn mitten will be agreed to and carried out. We have thus prevented to us the remarkable phenomenon of a representative assembly rejecting a liberal con stitution proposed by the government without point ing to any alterations which they would desire to introduce ; for the projected constitution is a great improvement on the existing one. The principal reforms which the government offers to Holstein are the right of aemetation and of petition, ministerial responsibility, guarantees for the inviolability of the judges, and increased authority in financial matters. All these advantag es, which the Holsteiners have hitherto been depr ived of, are now proffered them, and they refuse to accept them, saying—" Thneo Datums et dome ferentis." _ _ _ The debates on the report e.ommenced last Satur- 1 ' day, the molations of thecomniittee being opposed by one member only, Mr. Bargain, who represents the Holstein democracy. This gentleman expressed his regret that the committee should have refused to 4 entertain the project of the government, which in many respects was so great au advance upon the existing state of things, and announced his intention to move a aeries of amendments. There can be no doubt, huwever, that these amendments will be re jected, and that Mr. Bargam's liberal views will not find a single supporter; let Mn. Dar gam does not belong to the banish party, and he is as warm a defender of the rights and privileges of his native province as any of the ether deputies ; but he is of opinion, as he openly declared in the As•soubly, that it can only lie detrimental to the Duchy to drive matters to ex tremities and to render a rupture between Denmark and Germany inevitable. The last mail from Sweden brought the melan choly intelligence that the health of King Oscar continues to decline. The physicians have declared that his Majesty must entirely abstain from all go vernment cares for a whole year, and the Crown Prince will therefore tempomnly assume the govern ment of the country. l'he cholera is appearing on various points of this country. In Gleickstadt and Itzehoe (in Holstein) it counts already numerous victims; and it has also shown itself in Zealand, more than twenty eases hlving occurred in the little town of Korsoer on the Great Belt, in a population of 2,200 souls. Although, as far es I am aware, no decided cases have as yet appeared in Copenhagen, the sanitary state of this city is nevertheless very bad, and the number of deaths, which is generally eighty per week, has in the last week risen to 100, a result, no doubt, of the great heat which has prevailed here since the month of May, and which still prevails. In consequence of this high state of temperature, the government has determined th it the assembly of troops which usually takes place in the month of Ikeember, shall lie dispensed with this year, and the greater number of the troops in garrison have already been dispersed on leave of absence. NAVAL AND MILITARY. (rain( LAST MOST'S oiszt rig.) WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. H. Byrd Artillery—Lieutenent-General George Cobbe to be colonel-commandant, vice Lieutentnt-General Thomas Hutcherson, &geared. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Seer. 11. 3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Henry Mapleton Mackin, gent., tobe cornet, without purchase, %ice Park, promoted. 2nd Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Gonne to be licutenutit, by puriltme, vice Mills, who retiree; Charles Hill, gent., to be cornet by purchate rice Gonne; Nicholas Hills, gent., to be riding- waster. . _ . Military Trsin—Capt.sin William Alfred Swift, from half pay unattached, to be captain, rice floury Alexander, ap pointed to the bit Dragoon Guards. Royal Artillery—Brevet Colonel John St. George, C. 8., to be optimal, vice Dell. promotol; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Miller Adye, C B. to be lieutenant-colonel, vice St. neg; Second Captain George Hatton Colimb to be i e i, rice Adye; Lieutenant John Donald George If ig gon to be second captain, *kw Colomb; Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Thomas Park to be surgeon; Awistant- Surgeon Joseph Read, frotn the Staff, to awiatant-eurgeon, nice Bowen, resigned; Amistant-Surgeou ltobrrt Lewer, front the Staff, to be assistant-surgeon, vice Daniell, re signed. The undermentioned Probationary Veterinary Surgeons to be Veterinary Sutgrum—George Lmguum, Charles Steel, John Tatam, and John BalMok. Int or firemdier &violent of Foot Guards—L,utenatit and Cardin lion. A. F. Egerton to be captain and lieutenant colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Hervey Hop wood, who noires; Boehm and Lieutenant I'. K. Mo ray to be lieutenant and captain, by purchase, vice Hon. A. b. Egerton ; Hugh Leary Cholni-ley, gent., to be enaign and lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray. '2nd Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant George Money Briglii, from the 14th Foot, to be lieutenant, vice Ewens, appointed to the 60th Foot. . . . . 3rd Foot—Lieutenant William James Newton to be captain, by purchase, cite Floyd, who retires; Ensign Alfred George lluysbe to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice New ton; Fella Thomas Jones, gent., to be ensign. by purchase, vim Iluyabe. nth Foot —James Vaughan Comb, gent, to be ensign, with out purebase, vice Fitz Roy, promott d. 14th boot—Lieutenant Charles Coetin to be adjutant, vice Alisonder Gordon, who rodeo the adjutant, only. 16th Foot — Lieutenant Ficelenck Edward Leclito be captain, by pureb.i.r. cue Wohnsley, who roirca •' Resign Hairy Jardine Iltillowea to bn lieutenont, by purc hoce, eke Lock. 2.lnd Font—Francis Edward Illyooke, gent., to be ensign, by Purchase, vice Cobhotn, who retires. 31st Foot—Francis William Henry fovea Butler, gent., to Le ensign, witLont purchase, site l'hillipson, oppetntod to - - - .m 7th Light Dn.gos. _ _ 44th Foot—Lieut.-mint Arthur William Stavely to lie cap tain, by parehrose, vice Mieklethwait, who retires • }:wigs Henry Num= Saha to be lieutenant, by purcllso, vice Starchy. 57th Foot—Lieutenant William A. James Shortt to be in atructor of tumketry. 60th Foot—Major Robert B. Bewley, fora Depot Battalion, to be major, without purchase ; Etweiga Charles henry Coo. from the 67th F.mt, to be ensign, without purelooio. Gsth Foot—Arthur William Crozier, gent., to ho ensign, without pureloasi, vice Bates, pr. 111 l oted. 71st Fout—Cosign Edwin Sergeant Sw.iinson to be lieutenant, by purchase, vivo Alir,house who tires ; Itichanl Kane, gem, to la. ensi..,-n, by purch re purchase. vice Swaineon. 75:11 Font—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Chant. Herbert to be lieutenant-eolanel, without purchase, vice Brovet-Colonel deeasused ; Brevet-411cm Edward Knollys to be major, without purchase, vice Herbert ; Lieutenant George William Muriel to be captain, without purchme, sive Knotty.; Lieutenant Browning Drew to be captain, with out purchase. vice E. W. J. Knox, killed in action ; Ito sign It Crosier to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice Muriel; Ensign Owlets Melville Pytu to bo lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Drew. 77tb Foot—The undermentioned officers have been super tailed, having best absent without leave Ensign Richard Butler Clarke Ensign James Peacock. 94th Foot—Assistant-Sorg on Eilinued McGrath, from the Staff, to ho saiiietant-snrgeon, vice Martin, promoted on the Staff. 97th Fuot—Captain Roger Swim, from half-pay l7th Foot, to be captain, vie litevetillajor Chariot Henry Lumley, whew: brevet rank has been converted tutu substantive rank, under the Royal wet net of Oh October, ; John ltudge, gent., to be enek,m, by putrhate, in succession to Lieutenant Aldereon, who retires. Ride Brigade—Brevet-Colonel Henry Pentane, from Ulf pay unattached, to be lieutenant-colonel ; Brevet-Lieutc mot-Colonel Frederick Itohert }Arington to be lieutenant colonel, by purchase, vice P. nleme, who retires. The sur name of the captain motored to full-pay on the let instant la " Norris," and not " Morris," as stated in the Gazette of the 4tk Inst. 3rd West India Ilegiment—Ensign Charles O'Loughlin L Prendergast to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice De Ito vignen, reminded in the Oel.l Coast Artillery Corps; Bo han John Stewart, gent., to he cosign, without purchase, vice l'nedergaet. Gold Coma Artillery Corps—Lieutenant Charles Henry Theodore Brum de Ruvignee, from the 3rd West India Regiment, to be captain, without purchase. DEPOT BATTALION. For Maj .r D. 0. A. Durroeb, trot, lull-pay - unattached, vice Brevet !.lent.-Colonel Pretyman, apponted to lithh Foot, which appeared in the Carnte of the 4th inst., read. Heim 1). G. A. Darroch, from half-pay unattached, to be major, he. CD' Court. BALMORAL, Ilerc. 10. The dons drove oat yesterday al teruocro, atteuded by Lady Churchill. The Prince Consort ..at on to the bill dcer-stalkin. The Primers Royal rod* la the amnia& attended by Ludy Churchill, to t►e &Ile of the Garr Volt. The dimmer party ia the easing lactated (b. Dacha's of Brat, Lard sad Lady Jamie llansy, sad Count Larratio. Niemen sad Viscountess Palmerston arrived In town yesterday tress Bracket hall. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonisl-otboe tram the Governors of the Colonies on the West Comet of Africa: Despatches were meat to the Goventors of the North Ame rican Provinces and theGor et bond the AutrahanColanise. CIIAMOtNIX.—IIia 10701 Highness the Prince of Wales, occempanied by Prime Leiniegen, Sir William Codrington, C..lonel Ponsemby, Mr. Gaeta, and Dr. Arm strong, arrived at Chamonix oa Saturday evening last boat Mat Soy by the T. Noire. It in the prince's Miceli= to pass a few day* la the valley, which is crowded with visitors. Oa Monday the msl party, accompanied by Mr. Albert Smith, who is now at Chamonix, and had the homer al actin as guide on the *maim, visited the Cascade do Dard sad mammas traversed the Glacier do Boseons, re bore* by the other aide. WHITEHALL, BErr. 10.— The Queen has been pleased to direct lettm patent to be parsed under the Great Seel, pantie( the dignity of a Baron of the United King dom of Great thitaie and Ireland onto the Right Um. Lord Robert Grommet, sad to the bein male of his body lawfully begotten, by the aame, Wyk, sad title at llama Ebury t of Ebary Maser, in the comity of Middlesex. WitirtuALE, SErr. 10.— The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be pared nadir the Grist Seal, gmatiag the dignity of a Bares of the United King dom of Great &PM sad Inked into the Right Iles. Thome Babingtos Maceelay, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, Wyk, and titled Baron Macaulay, of Rothley, la the comfy of Leicester. His }loyal Highness the Prince Consort has Meuse a donor to the Building Pond of the Birmingham and liktlend footnote of 1007. The New Prussian Gazette of Berlin says that the household, of Prises Frederick William and the Princess Royal of Eagtead me already beteg formed. Major de nein boa het■ appointed librehal of the Court to the Peace, end Coast de Perpouther Eledlnital, at precut miribiter at I Etnedea, Chamberlain to the Princess. The post of grand sabers= of the court la to be Alla by the Countess de Pem poacher &digital, an Comte.' do Maltzam The mother of this bay was an Englishwoman, sad sister of the wife of Viwienat Melbourne. The North Wales Chronicle states that amongst the dliethsgoished visitors to the city ct Bangor, fn the last ark, was the Right Iles. Lord Eversky, lists the Speaker at the Howe at COWBOY. It is with unfeigned pleasure we (.lferthyr Guar dian) inform*. fallow-tuatneusen that tho nOl,lO and inte resting arias of the house of Bute, the young tnetquie, esters Lis ekreuth year en Saturday, having been Iron ua the 12th of September, 1847. The Wre.rhana Telegraph says a tumour ie la circulation that there will won be a vacancy in the represen tation of the county of Denbigh, by the elevation of Colonel Biddulplt to the peer ere. The Bejaia! .31<rcriry reports that FArl Fits hardisr still live in the too prowrote rendition. If his symptoate have undergone any change at ell, it is for the better, ea for the last three or four d.,te he has had e little appetite; be Is, however, exceedingly utak end emaciated. A local paper states that the name of Mr. John Frost. the chartist, and ex-Mayor of liewpore, swears en the Town•hall door, ea claiming to be restored to the bet of freemen for the borough. The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of Engload have dreitlei that their inaviing fur lis&O shall be held (suljart to the usual mailitiour) eo et to mimeo Kent aad Surrey. Mr. M'Carthy, a member of the Geographical Society of Paris, has just stated m a j..urney to 13mbuctuo. lla speaks Arab sad Val ;OW VI ;Call dL4eets %. , ti beat .rep. Ha travels .loss. We (Monehester Geordie') ore glad to learn that the cultivation of cotton en the wawa coast of Africa, whisk has liven commenced under the auspices of Mr Thomas Clem of Manchester, continues to lion:lab ; and Mr. Clegg received yesterday a bill of lathe; of SI barn shipped trout Lags, in the Sr. Now. he Liverpool. Ws (Ulacrwais) feel much regret in announcing the death of Mr. P. D. noisy, which took plAce at Gleaann on Thursday. Mr. Fishy was. for upward* of a quarter of • canton, propkter Mille leading liberal loweal of Lieu?, the NortAens Whir. Pt au ma TIIR REIJEr or ma SUITEREILD IN INDlA.—Yestentay the Lord Mayor received from Earl Milbank, •cheque for MM. toward. the fund for the relief of the indkorn by the 'adios rebellion. But. • THAIIPTON,—The Mayor of this town boa ap pointed Wednesday next for a paAio• towing, to adopt too.• auras for aidingd the work of suctouristg toe tartars by dr Indian mutiny. • The bronze medals for presentation to the per foi.sers .t the toweriesnoestireBratistil to honour r Maude!, Riven at the etyma] Pekoe, ar, now (wra the Athenerrm), in roar.- of distribution. The modal 1. rathrr ti napery,— the prott.e of Hondel la bold, but the inset lion of the name limner! in the side spw.2 spoils what,rrr beauty the front foie of the no lal would cabs wise pp.'s.. The obverse— • classical harp—ia balms in idea end weak in execution. STAFF. Brevet-Colonel the Hon: N. L. Pekenharn, C.B , liru tenant-colonel balf-pay unattached, to be deputy adjutant general to the firma nerving in she Ernst Indies. Brevet-Colontl Bleerd Itellett Wetherell, C.D., major belt pay unatteehed, to be deputy quartemiaster-getteral to the forces serving in the Boat Indira. Itt)SPHAL STAFF. - . Assistant-Surgeon Henry Clinton Merlin, from the 94th Fuot, to be sisal...mg.,. of the Second Clue, vice Park, appointed to the Royal Anillery. The commission of APPistant-Surgeon William Leslie, N D., to beer dote 7th May, lA - pi, instead of Ist Henry'August, 187, as Mated in the Gou ifs of ass 2bth DItF VET. . Major-General Alevrindcr Ctivßlia Mercer, Royal Artillery, to he lieutenant-general, vier llutcheason, dcreaaed ; Cul. Williwa !fell, Royal Artillery, to Le major gem:rely vice Merevr._ The undermentioned officers to have the local rank of lieurennat-graeeral in the East Indies : Major-General klarcue 13ere,ford ; Major-General the Hon. Tb as Ashhurnhani, CB. In conselnenee of the promo , ion of Colonel William Bell to he major-plum!, the following ofllceni on the retired full pay list of the Royal Artillery, who stood shove him on the . Ifoctive lint, to Lave the honorary rank of main,- genets], Brevet-Colonel William Dunn, Brevet- Colonel James Gray, Brevet-Colonel James Fogo, Brevet- Colon, I Ilonoursblo Wiltism Arbuilin.,t, Brevet• Colonel Henry Blaehley, Brevet-Colonel George John Belson, Brevet-Colonel Itnbort Franck Rower, ➢rcret•Culonel Richard C. lifolesivorth. _ . . „. ..... Mentorendum—The rlirirtian unmet of Major lb* Moaner • able Cliffad, o half-v uuattochtal, are "Fleury Hugh.” ADMIRALTY.—Scar. R. Corte of Royal Klatlnea 2 l7ir4Lie;;Elnnt and Adjutant John liorndun Parry, to Le captain, tip Savage, da mmed. THE MILITIA. Commission rimed I y tbe Qncr n. Roo, Ceithticee, &Acetone!, earl Cromerty Regiment of Militie—James Evriog, gent., to be qua' termeetcr, as from 27th July, 1857. Comnsienone signed by the Lord Lieutenants of the respec tive aunties.. _ _ . Royal Merioneth Edward Morgan to bo lieutenant, lice Ellis, resigned. Royal Brockattek Rifle Regiment of Militia—hluriscoe Lloyd Frederick, gent., to be lieutenant, vice Girgane, met : lied; Loftus Neynie, gent.. to be ensign. Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—James Templer to be cornet, vice Brown, resigned. Ist Devon ltvicinicat of Militia—Rh:lard Marker Marker to be ensign. ADWIRMLTY, SEPT. 11.--APPOINTMEXTS.—Act ing Assistant-Surgeons A. J. Fitzgerald, to the Cyclops, 6 . piddk-wheel atcaro-frigate. at Portsmouth; and It. Barns, to the Inutile, 73, mewing -ship, at Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH. 13r.rr, 11. A detachment of Royalkridlcii arrived this moraing front Alderney in rho Sylph, .crew steamer. The maatioroder-in-chief, Admiral Sir George Seymour, animal in harlarur this afternoon from his official crime, in the Black liaele. in the Channel. The Victory, flAgship, in in dock undergoing repairs, at she leeks. The lat battalion of the Scote Fusilier Guards underwent en official inspection this atternmn on So+ufta•e-n , mmtm Ly the lieutenant-general, Major-General Sir .1. Y. Searlett. The evolutions through which they went attracted a large number of spirtaturs awl touch ednoration. The Cherepoake, it, screw frigate, tried the measured mile at Stokes itcy this afternos u. The Alban, steamer, arrived to-day from C the Pigmy loom the westward; and the sailid for Plymouth with machinery. The Diadem. 13. screw (rigor, Captain Moorsom, was taken out of dock yesterday into the steam basin. Captain G. A. Elliot, ut the St. Vincent, 103, obtains his Bag rank by the Lath of Admiral Ilswtsyne. CIIATIIAM, Bert. 11. eadward and The handsome donation of 1001. ha; been tor. warded to the authorities at this gerriaen from Messrs. Denim and Co., the Owen. of ,be Lightning clipper ship, to To dis tributed among the wires end families of there soldiers who recently left this garrison end embarked on board that vessel for India. The authorities make au alleviate° of 6.1. per day I. the wires and children of thine moldiest ordered to India, which sum is by no means suflitient to support them. QIJERN'S TROOPS IN !RMS.—When all the rein tat-meet' now on their way or under order* for India hare reached their destination, the told forte of Queen's troops at the &real of the Indian government will be as follows 11 regiments of cavalry, 6•5 regiments of infantry, 4 troops of horse artillery, 11 companies of foot artillery, t J field batte• ries, 4 companies of engineers, making, together with the Company** European Regiments, • total in round numbers of 87,000 Eurupsam—From the Narked Mail. THE FOREIGN LEGION. The Frankfort Journal says it is authorised to state, in reply to the numerous applications which were daily made to the English Legation in that city for service in the British forces, "that the Engli-h government has no intention of forming a foreign legion, and that foreigners ore not admitted into the ranks of the British army." THE EVANGELWAL ALLIANCE The assembly of Evangelical Christians was opened at Berlin on the 9th. The meeting took place in the gat riiwu church. Prayers invoking the Divine blessing on the laboure of the easembly, were offered up in German, French, and Engbib. The lion. mid Rev. Baptist Noel, his pre) cr, implored the protection ,of God for las tellow cuutrinien in India, and the Divine aid in the woody evingelisation of that country. AUG VS TB (X),VTE. The main facts of his history are soon told. Born, in 1797, of Catholic and rel stint parent., he wile educated at one of the Bonaparte lyceum+, where ho early distinguiehed himself by hie love of sieculistion. and his profound diswtie• fection with the existing philomphic school. and actual Meial Coll.litioll of his country. On leaving college he became ariuninted with the celebrated Saint-Simon, and being at tracted by his perronal character, and charmed by the originality of his views, he joined the band of brilliant disciples which the genius end ambition of that distinguished racial ref•stmer gathered around hint. Being the youngest amongst them he was k--icien es the Ikmjamin of the Saint-Simonion school—a neluiquet which Lis enemies maliciously mid his subsequent career fully justified, hie philosophical eystem being, according to them, a genuine lienjunin's mess. As a favourite pupil of Saint-Simon, Comte not only assisted Lim in the pre position a hie text-Woke, but undertook, in 1820, at tbo suggestion of the muter, an independent work designed is an expoeition of the micntific 'Lute of the system. This work, entitled " SystiMie do Politique Poeitive," white *proved of in the main by Saint-Simon, was de scribed by him se defective in its espoeili•m of the teligious and sentimeolsk septet of his views. On the death of its founder in 18'25, Comte deem ;e4 the Saint-Stmotion school, to found one of his own ; and during Ow next twenty yeins dovot d himeef to the elaboration of en 01:0A) system of ecientilie thought—since known on the " Positive Philoeophy." The great text-book of hie system, entitled Coors de rhiluxophie Positite, extending to six tl , ek volumes, strulually appeared at Mimesis between the pars 1830 and 1842. During this time he led • quiet, scientific life, as Professor of Mothernatice in the Ecolo Pulytechnique ; and almost immediately after the coueluirien of his great work published two popular treatises connected with the subject of his cluee-ono en Analytical Geometry, the other on Astronomy, both of which were very successful. In 1841 ho issued an outline and de fence of hie system in a single volume, emitted Disoeure our l'Eneenible du Posit IMAMS." Seam after the publication of this work, on emotional crisis happened in Lis himory, through which he became enneciou• thus hie own system was defeetive—oe Miserly expoeition of Saint-Simonism bed been —on the religious aide. The occasion of this was au ardent but virtuoso, attachment to a lady named Clotilde, whose death, a yrur after he bed fleet met her, left him mieurahle in himself, and diesiatiatiA with Lis philosophy. Cinte's life divides itself jute three eras; in the Unit, he is a disciple expending the views of others ; in the mimed a master, a philosophic legislator, unfoldieg • sytem of his own;'-' the third en epode, proelnimftig a new religion. la the iteM period be natneslly accomplished but little, mid his efforts in the but were, as we have saki, to a great extent abortive; but in the middle era, that of his plelooopbto activity, he accomplishes! a scientific reform such as few men can ever individually achieve. Whatever may be thought of the positive philosophy either as to the perm-ties of the pert' or as to its comph•tenru as a whole—and it Is eadonbmally open to criticism in both respects—it maned be denied that to Ceintehelonge the honour of being the first who grasped the true principle for the co-ordination of the science.; that in en ego of vast speculative and scientific activity be first fuse from the empirical classification of frets to a genuine ecienco of pi inciplee. Even his enemies allow that h• pp sensed greet general force of intellect, taro epeenlative power, and that be reaches the happiest generalisation* in every branch of science he undertake. to expound.—Leader. A rornecAntEs' HALL,—Names of gentlemen who peoned their examination in the science and practice of modieire, and received oertificetee to preetire. on Thursday, September W.—Sidney Fennell, erectly, Worcestershire; Win. Edward Bide, Ledbury, Herefordshire; Edward Sheryl's, Bedford, Beds, AND °SEAT LOSS OF LIPS. DBEADFUL COLLISION TEE, CII.A.A.VEI, A telegraphic message was posted at Lloyd's yea. torday, announcing the sad lose of the Dutch screw steamer Sophie, eland horn Rotterdam, which foundered early that morning, near Dungeness, after Wig in collision with the William Hutt, a screw steamer, and, melancholy to add, we, attendee' with a &thoua lose of life. The Sophie was a first chin vessel, and belonged to some merchants at Rotterdam, It is reported that she kft that port on \Value'sloy night, and about one o'clock yesterday morning she was a few miles off Dungeness, making her way down Channel for Bristol, when she came in fearful contact with the William Hutt. She immediately began to fill, and in a comparatively brief period r!eo went down in several fathoms, carry tog with her the captain, nine of the crew, and two female passengers. The survivor. (set) of the crew wire picked up by the William Hutt, en d landed at Dover in the course of the morning. Some of the pour fellows when rescued were in a very exhausted con dition. They received every attention froth the Dutch vie,. consul of the port. Several boatmen have gone to the vicinity of the sunken wreck to pave whet property may be cant up. The morning was dark sal stormy, with rata. Whether both ships exhibited the usual lights that are re quired of steamers to prevent collision remains to he ascer tained. The Sophie was a sister ship of the Mn.x., which, singular to state, was lest let year. The Sophie had re cently been detained at Bristol for a broach of the Co•totes hews. She was seized, and her officers and crew, amounting iu all to 20, were arrested upon some charge of smuggling. Through the intervention of Mr. May, the consul in Lon don, the vessel was released and allied by • fresh crew, She resumed her station. The William hurt, which sus- Joined damage, continued her voyage. FEARFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR DUDLEY-SEVEN LIVES LOST. Another of those appalling colliery explOtrione which unfortunately are so freq.. art in the coed mince of South Surffordehire, orcurred on 'l* Lumley Dan aing last, in • tordpit, belonging to Mr William Mills, of Rowley, and sit crated at Windmill End, not far feint the mouth of the new Netherton Tunnel, and about two mill, trout Dudley. This restful caroulty boa reeultth in the deceits of FIX men end • boy, and in lupines more or lees severe to five or tc:x where, moo of whom We scan ely expected to "orvive. The I;, it atop adopted after the explosion by thorn above remind, was to theow a quantity of wider down the eli/ving shrift (the atone pit), in order to form the sulphur up the abaft of the teal-pit. Some time elapsed 1a hire thin bad the desired effect, and after some feather delay, the men who were in the " dip" succeeded in making their way to the immediate scene of the eataetrophe. as they ate uced through the works, the devastation mmmitted by the expluion wa. appa rent. The gate node, belt-holes, dome, ike., were injured to arc ry sericite. extent, and teethe dto the tome with which the explosive element hod fueled tower"s the mouth of the pit. Near the bottom of the curl-pit they found that a ;mg. quantity of the urine bed been for eel luau the tied, arid for six or some yards up the dude itself the brick-work was loin down. It wee coon itsretioicted thee several of the men who had left off work, end were about ascending, were buried betroth the e eal jost referred to, and colliers were after a lime pieced at work to tereove it. Fur ther search in the direction of the "ere," h:d to the die. comfy of the scorched remains of the doggy, Gee,r,:e French, who a short time befit had bon telling with Feincis Gtif- Orbs, as before nu claimed, and not for dean bee were also found the equally charred and M'-lece bodice of two other men, Abraham Sherwtod (or Situ-nen) and Will Son Tim wine. Amongst the Loth of cool.. dr., near the bottom of the "heft, after three or four hours hard work, was found the body of Jueeph Oriflithe, the brother of the betty, and hie war the time body taken to the surfeee. Ile was quite dead. A man named Samuel Smiler was found in dove proximity to some hot bricks and burning coole. Ile was dread fully burnt by Ouse, but wen got out alive, and though much injured to extorted to cornice. The urea continued at work to remove the coals from the men buried beneath, and cat inlet vale found the bodice of John Medely, who was not dead when token to the top, but shade:el dully afterwards ; and dime. Derby, a hex, who u quite dead. The body of John Dainty wan not item vered until ts...lve o'clock on 'I Lureday night. Ile sae alive, having been partially buried f=ir upwarda of sixteen hours. From inquirieo wed, yesterday we underebtal that it is thought likely he also will survive. One other urn, Daniel Chink, Ile known to be buried under the same cools, but op to tea o'clock yesterday morning 100 body was not extricated, the operations from some came or other haring bran 'upended after the recovery of Dainty. It was, however, then underetood that Chink must from ne cessity have expired long before that time. A scorch in the course of Thursday led to the discovery of a safety-lamp, very near to where the explosion occurred, end which is imposed to have been need by the doggy, George French. Nothing can be satiefactorily or retained as to the precise state of things immediately before the taro-rence, end we ate unable to clear up the runner rummies which are obroad re epecting it, but which which most necesenrity be without foundation. One of the rumours is that French, having gone into the forbidden place with a gaiety lamp, the ulpher end air combised caused the lamp to buret, end hence the expineion. But we can state that the lamp wes found in • complete state, and is now in t h e 1. , 41102 , 111011 of the bailiff. The general opinion is that Freteh, on going into the ex treme end of the " crop," met with a slight mioimp, which, clueing en indentation, or some Kindler accident to the lamp, led to the explosion. The following is, we believe, a cornet lief of the unfortu nate deceased, with their resident-,a and families George Fremb, ,butt thirty-live yens of age, having • wife and four. children ; at Blackheath. Joseph Griffith, aged forly...x, wife nod seven children; at West Bromwich. Abrehem Sheerwood (or Sharratt), aged about thirty-forr, wife such flee children; at Church-bridge, Oldbury. John Medely, treed shout torty, wife and threw children; Block Waggon-etteet, Old-hill. William Timmins, aged twenty six, single; of Darby James Darby, aged eleven yeue, Rowley and Daniel Chink, about thirty-two, having a wife and three children, at Church-bridge, near Oldbury. There ere six or seven men and Inc, injured, but we bus been able to learn only the names Of Samuel Siviter, erred twenty-one, single; Rowley. who is much buret about his hande, heed, end bale; mud Jelin Dainty, aged about nine teen, having wife and child at Old Hill. As we have said, the " cr o p" was clear from sulphur a short time before the e xplopitru, and w e also that though the betty prohibited the men Wen entering it, it W. on that scorning t' ea clear tea tense," end the betty himself wee M it with a bare candle. He, however, from the " nastiness" of the morning, feared it would le unietfe, as the sulphur would accumulate in two or time minute.. As may be oupposel, the pit batik wan thronged with per sons throughout the clay, by the idol:yes and friends of the men in the pit, end by the ; The birdie. of the &mud lie in three different perishes. and there will therefore le them inquiries—the coronas being W. Robinson. Bpi., fre Dudley pariah ; It. Docker Ertl., for o:deury pond. ; and G. it. Iliuchliffe. Esq., fie Rowley end West Brum. kb. The Mimes in the pit art the limo were recovered without inch injury. CENTRAL AFRICA.—An official despatch has been received at the Foreign-office from her Majesty's Coastal at Tripoli, throwing some doubt on the reported death of Dr. VogeL The courier who had been de spatched in April last for the :sootier of World, to ob tame, if prasible, same tidiage of the fate of thin scientific traveller, having returned to ilurefik, brings with him ale a letter frosts the Sheikh of Borg's. From the re port of some people comp...Mg o small airman that bed reached Braga from Warbri it appears that Itr. Vogel, after having succemeively visited several places. SR reached Andre, whence he woe summoned to Were, the capital of \Valhi, by the Solent, by whom he had been some time detodued, but was supposed to be preparing for hie deportees to Darfur. Upon the receipt of this report the Sultan of Boren, who lid eritlonely Interested ' himself in the matter, at once sent off two couriers to Wedal, both of whom had retioud wills reports voiroborating the story of the *maven ltrapectitig the death of the g Meat Maguire no doubt appear., unfortunately, to be sr rertemed ; sad the favourable report of the existence of pear Vogel is still art !litlCil a matter of unrusainty that, should no positive tidings of his fate be ureter d by the large cars ' van, which woe daily expected at Mitred's, other curial will be immediately hastened off to obtain, if mitten evidence of his fate. To the friends of Dr. V it will be a great consolation to know that Lord Clematis is than staking every effort to urartain his fete, sat should he be held is captivity, to des ;so means for bas Tr demption.— Trion. INCENDIARIB/4 IN FRANCE RT A LITTLE BOT.—. The !/roil records a curious case of ineendiariern hied as tie 7th lust. at the *Piot', of the Indricet-Loire. A boy d twelve years of age, wonted Cluiwau, in the sere ire of ose Ginitd. •fanner, at Savigny. in Tours/at, had teen for some time dissatisfied with his situation, complaining that his wages were ineuffitient. One day he told a women tiny on the farm that would sot fire to his master's hoses , 1 no notice was token of hie threat,. On the night of the 11th ult. the fanner was awakened by cries of fire, and, on PZ into the yard, saw that a bundle of straw close to • filled with bay was on fire. In a moment the fire spread le the shed, which was speedily burnt down ; au wljacriet tun was eased with difficulty. About mix hours afterwards tee fire broke out again, end emseunied this too, end ell its es tent.. The boy admitted that ho had eel fire to the stn. with some match& which he Arend on hie muter's chimney =and stated that he did so because hi* moan: bad The farmer denied that he had in any oil ill-used the boy. The jury found the prisoner guilty, sell be was sentenced to eight years' impriarannent. The accounts from the south of Russia represent the harvest round the Sea of Atoll as wonderful, end that Berdianak is likely to take away much of the trade of Odessa The wtatther (says the Aberdeen were pendent of the Edinburgh Expres.) continue* very unfavourable for lbe harvest. Not a fourth part is yet Fecund in the 'tackled, and sprouting has commenced extensively.