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‘0 It UR Y-T, ANE THEATRE ROYAL. Lers•_2, Mr. E. T. SMITH. cmusTmAs HOLIDAYS. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PAN TOMIME every WEDNESDAY, at Two o'Clock. THIS EVENING, LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Messrs. Charles Kean, J. F. Cathcart, Everett, 11. Mars ton, Atkins, Misses Chapman and Mrs. Charles:Kean. After which will be produced, with that attention to com pleteness in every department by which the Christmas Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother Hubbard and het Wonderful Dog. "If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein there shall be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall be ireely held by the builder, anything herein to the con trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Ohl Forest Charter. The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by WILLIAM BEVERLEY, Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &c. Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and Designs for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transfor mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H. Adams, H. Langham, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments by Mr. B inckley. The Choregraphic Arrangements by Mr. Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. L. BLANCHARD. And the whole arranged and produced wider the imme diate superintendence of Mr, ROBERT ROXBY. Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE, With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the ___. Distance (Daylight). "Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get tier poor Dog a bone; when she got there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur sery Legend. Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins ; Her Dog, Signor Lorenzo ; Jack (the " Man all tattered and torn"), Miss P. Hunt ; the Squire, Mr, Tom Matthews ; Dame Wiggins of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won derful Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master S ageaningung • Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab; Parish Beadle, Mr. iumble ; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin, Whackstraw, Chawbacon, &c., &c.; Rosetta (the' Maiden all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a certain " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable Pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat, and the Hose—The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative— Arrival of the Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning— Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick. - - THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL, in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight. Will-o'-the-Wisp jgnes Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, iwermore ; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Stap la, Harris Candy, Copeland Archer, Hawkins, D H elaney, " i lson, Williams, Robinson, , Wood, Watson, and Hamel on, Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN „ NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Invocation I The Incantation I I and the Evapora- ' tion !1 I 711 E VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE- HOUSE, Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon ; Old Scratche Scrape lerk), Mr. Tanner ; Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe, Shuffle Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway ; 1:[!tlor, Mr. Stiipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tight& ; Mum- Ip!es, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides, 1) 1 MPhun, &c. ; St. George, Mr. E. Roe ; the o ra nn, Mr. Scalyfellow ; Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry ; v,r 801 2, Mr. Wildman; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs; Bear- Farden, Mr. Smuggins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins; Land jaMr. T re bl ex • M orr i s -D ancers , M essrs . T r ip, T a p, .1 3 , Flap, & c ., ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman. lioNv the '-,• Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village .„..„evel that follows—Coming of Age in the Olden Time r 'low the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is ‘ eate d in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub - 1 .. ard's reason. THE "CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset). Grand Scena Comi ue and Pas de Broomstick, by Moth er Hubbard. q The Dreamer and the Worker—The Vision of Pleasure and the Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the Vancy•store of Dykwynkyn) Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes, Carpenter, Rodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia ture Masons, B a b y B r i c kl ayers, Sh ort Sawyers, Dwarf Drain Makers, and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile Auxiliaries. THE HOUSE THAT JACK. BUILT. The Rat, Master Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser ; Th e Deg, By Himself; The Cow, Madame Brindle; The Priest (" All shaven and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman; The Cock (" That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle doo. Realisation of the famous Picture in the National Gal lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from a rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London. FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight). Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq. How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious Instance of Canine' sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop, Skip, Jump, Creak, &c. SQUASH-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF BULRUSHES. How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent ance, and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The reward and harmonious moyements of the Fairies on a Grand Chromatic Scale towards WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE WATERFALL. The Transformation. Harlequin Columbinesu . The Misses GUNNISS. Pantaloons Clo wns Messrs. FORREST and HULINE. Gr o t eue • Signor LORENZO. 1861-1m862 SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY. 1.--EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR- DOWN" STREET. Messrs. iluline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunniss. Christmas Presents—every Man (and Boy) to his Post, even the Post -Man—Clown rides the high horse, which Droves his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Country, tid Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor ee dleworna) a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re duced circums — tance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing gc b e io in tPDles i n an elephantine way—a Band of Brot h ers — t h e Great u and Small Force—Clown gets into a row l a4Bl - le— ws a policeman—the end of this scene is all ...N B. Not Crinoline 2 .—TITE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. Messrs. Forrest, Cormack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss. „,Rarlequi n see k s Protection, although a Free-trader — T he Cook' s Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head 1511 c Cl o f the table—H ar l equ i n goes th roug h a Deal, and ;own becomes a B oar d- er —Sil ence th ose d rea df u l Bells— c4.,_"3lrn and P an t a l oon ma k e an ap- P ea l to t h e A u di en ce on ''' lo Mer r y Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather hard pressed— arival of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his wußtrap, and kill s a Bl ue -b ott l e, w hi c h p roves a bad uzz-ness for him—a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a well known character —Clown meets with a few Friends (not Quakers)—this Scene ends at the finish of it. 8.--THE INTERIOR OF A RAILWAY STATION. ,Eight hours at the Sea-side for 2s 6d—Duty off Paper— 'l he Times" reduced and the Times on the rise—n book that takes leafe of Clown—Harlequin gets his horse from a Stall and sets up a trap. No Smoking a•Loud, only on t he Quiet—Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree— late arrivals—Messrs. Neverintinre, Toolate, Dearme, and Blessme—Clown burns his fingers (not the only person that has done so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale 0 goods. 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands! The Sands I I The Sands!! I Come unto these yellow sands. A Sailor telling a Yarn and a boat Lying too—the Pier Master's ap - Pierance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn sandy and proves himself in the wrong box—by a slight Miss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon gets some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto nishes the Natives—Sailors that use their Cut-Lasses but don't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a National Hornpipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader—The Great Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's Concert—fine ears for Music—they fish in troubled waters --a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) .--The latest Novelty in Parrchutes. Scene—A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm appears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS TIMONE OF SPLENDOUR. Doors open at half-past Six, to commence at Seven clock. Tickets for Boxes, Pit, and Galleries, may be bad at the Box Office before the opening. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. P — PP S COCO A. (Commonly called Epps's Homceopathic Cocoa). T he delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. ilb., and lib packets, at is. ed, per lb.,by Grocers. Vt. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, (OURSELVES. Price ls., by post Is. td.; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. r.." 11 Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, llmmorrhoids, ars ecured age : Impediments removed , and Healthy Offspring - the Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand; and from 1 till 0 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street, %V. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2 s. till 5, and is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The ITse and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very eful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the V‘ePrietor of the Turkish Baths in the nei g hbourhood of the office, which presents to the uninitiate d a mass of inte -I.,int- ere stinginformation, while those who have already encouraged b: new system will derive additional advantage if they endeavours some of the p-actical regulations which. the writer -,eavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, Nov. 12,1861. The Post-office Turkish Batho9, St. Martin's. -le-Grand. a ,n.Culverwell has already established the reutati worthy ph i a , we physician ; he has now proved himself to be a of 4 , r anthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart p el ne City, an institution that more nearly than any disco of 3' of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice Plgsi c than any proposition or invention yet established , . 1 ;7 urkish Bath. . . Our object beinn - merely to direct c.e attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess ,„" k e, e of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, h the country can produce; perfect in all Its appliances, i,`" ,l most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up 1_4.12.ths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur . 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This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Pr. Rilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-odice order payable to Front and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price is. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. May be had of Mann and Co., 30, Cornhill, London, or direct from the Author. ELF-PRESERVATION.—A popular Essay on Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by prematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil ment of engagements which constitpte the most cherished objects of existence. By Dr. LAWERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of' Physicians of Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &c. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during the periods of youth, puberty, and manhood ; and on the due attainment of that d?2ree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity d2pend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they ara lest, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gross exaggerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous remedies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac tisiaz with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. The Author is the only legally qualified practitioner whose name stands In the Medical Register (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series of years in the treatment of the variou + functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the great discoveries of modern science, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. _ At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2. and from :6 till 8, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: & MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERIVIATORRFICE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, Szo. ust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, forl 2 stamps, _ _ Y' ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L, CURTIS, 15, A'..bermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER li.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early . Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. 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Alle n , 20 , Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann, 119, uo u ro 91 Consultation -14 3 and 0 to N Sundays, 10 till 2. de bility an 7 1111 I\l E 'SYS PAPER' ' 4 •..tg IT) • 644 i te - /,4 0 I tt. ANT • .11. 4111 ,4 1 ?) )- 4 0,0 f,k‘ ort • N A _ • •cv, , • ,-- ; A rib ~ZI MOTT. Cf s : ‘ 2 e , 9 2,,, ". . 4 ' I • 4 , 4, fo C -b 8 V" "/" t V jao 11 th ) P l S 'L . '' • .2"' ;"3 - ... , PRICE..... _...4d. STAMPED ....sd. Artillery in the northern district, vice Marriott, who will join the 9th brigade at Shorneliffe ;. Capt. R. 0. Farmer to be inspector of warlike stores, and firemaster at Malta; Lieut. L. If. H. Parsons to be gunnery instructor to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Tupper, promoted, and he will remain in Ireland." The whole of the men required to augment the 2d and 17th companies of Royal Engineers, which have been selected to be employed at the Great In ternational Exhibition, were chosen from the coin panics at headquarters, Chatham, on Saturday. In making the augmentation of the two compani es care was taken to select the men who have been the longest time in the service, and who bear the best characters for steadiness and attention to duty. The men selected to join the 17th company will leave headquarters for Aldershot Camp, where the com pany is quartered, some time during the present week. Orders were yesterday issued at Woolwich directing a detachment of 138 non-commissioned officers and men of the sth Royal Irish Lancers, together with 13 women and 14 children, to pro ceed this morning from that garrison to Hounslow. The detachment will be under the command of Capt. E. Boyd and one subaltern, and in medical charge of Staff Assist.-Surgeon W. C. Boyd. A de tachment numbering 117 non-commissioned officers and gunners, together with five officers, of the 15th brigade, sth battery Royal Artillery, has also been detailed to proceed from Woolwich to Shoebury ness, where it will relieve a detachment of four officers and 115 men of all ranks of No. 4 battery, 15th brigade, ordered to rejoin headquarters on the completion of their course of instruction in the Arm strong ordnance at the School of Gunnery. The undermentioned officers and draughts of troops will embark at Southampton on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Delta on Wednesday :—For Malta—Assist.-Surg. Graves, R.A., Ensign Barnes, 2d battalion, 22d Foot, and one schoolmistress, R.A. For Gibral. tar—Lieutenant Durnford, R.E.; Lieutenant But ler ; Paymaster Falls, wife and child, and 30 men, 2d battalion, Bth Foot; Lieut. Nicholls, wife and servant, and 50 men, 100th Royal Canadian Regiment, and the wife, child and female servant of Deputy-Purveyor Hammond, recently gene on ser vice to Canada. THE DESPATCH OF TROOPS AND SIORES TO CANADA. voyors, 400 oases of medical e clothing, 25 pairs of Jitters, 150 pa, hospital waggons, a large number of Armstrongti, with carriages and platforms Jpi, and stores of shell ; engineers' tools, an electric telegraph, with wires, batteries, and instruments; 1,000 solid shot for the North American Equadion, 5,000 32-pounder naval shells, 5,000 10-inch naval shells, more than 1,000 tons of gunpowder, and 15,000 suits of warm clothing for the troops re• cently sent. This warm clothing, indeed, is in truth very warm clothing, inasmuch, as it consists, in addition to the soldier's ordinary dress, of one pair of knee boots, one fur cap, one pair of fur mitts, two flannel jerseys, two pair of flannel drawers, one chamois - jacket, two pair of flannel stockings, and one sheepskin coat. All these, how ever, with the exception of the warm clothing, may be considered as reserve stores, inasmuch as every regiment and battalion took with them, one marquee, two hospital tents, 130 circular tents, 1,800 blankets, 900 canteens, 180 camp ket tles, two medicine chests, 900 surgical bandages, 900 cholera belts, 70 hatchets, two pack saddles, 10 spades, 10 shovels, 16 pick-axes, 20 felling axes, six saws, six files, 12 whetstones, 10 hammers, and 20 wedges. All these troops and stores were collected and shipped for Canada in little more than 30 days, and too much praise cannot be given to the energy and forethought of Lord de Grey, on whom fell the great brunt of all this business of preparation and despatch. But, as we have said, if there was trouble on this side of the water, the difficulties of forward ing the men and stores over th e snow from Halifax to Canada seemed at first almost i nsurmountable, and Quartermaster-General Doyle had t o meet them all. The news that the troops and s t ores were the fi rs t comi ng ship on l c y reacheanddat Colonel that time Moyle olfive days before his st a ff con sisted of an assistant-quartermaster-general, a bri gade and town majors, all with a peace establish ment of clerks. The two barracks in Halifax wer e quite full,but accommodation had to be found some how. Every one, of course, had to work day and night in fitting up the temporary huts, and Lord Mulgrave and the civil authorities gave every assist ance. But still there were the greatest difficulties, for the merchants, though willing enaugh to lend their stores as stores, could not, of course, convert them into barracks. Still, in five days all was ready at Halifax, But thos e no t acquainted with the rigours of a Canadian wi n t er , an d the mass of details necessary to be attended t o w h en the first troops Commissariat,c am e, withßa Barrack, e e i k r Engineer, Purveyors' Depart ments all claiming, all requiring, and all receiving attention at the same time, can have no idea of the mass of duties which were suddenly thrown on Colonel Doyle to discharge. He had to pro• vide accommodation for the men almost as fast as each regiment came in, to manage the dis embarkation of stores when ropes were frozen and snow storms incessant, to chalk out the line of march along the frontier by the Madawaska road at a time when war was imminent, and it was necessary to make a route that would give protection to the left flank against the " scouters" and Fili busters that would certainly have been on the watch. At New Bruns wick the personal exertions of over to forward t the to the Governor, Mr. Gordon, and of General Rumley, provided accommodation for the troops ; but f rom : e., by t s o n ow Ri. this point Colonel Doyle had to make all hi s ar t s mßr l a e ein d vng g i eie e nt s me abednnaudtt batches h p Lf eo a osr r u t otp l hfy. I the winter was march decided from 200 to 150, partlh e snow by marching, fro m St. John's to Woodstock, and so on, by Tobique, Grand Falls, Little Fall, Florenceville, F or t I nga ll , viere du Loup. In the first place, measures were taken to insure telegraphic communication at all points of arrival and departure in case of such un foreseen accidents as snowdrifts blocking the roads, while at the midday halting places Indian runners were kept to forewarn the night stations in advance. Hospital accommodation was erected at all the halts with purveyors' and medical stores, while the Com missariat Department provided each detachment witil means to clear the roads, and a contract was made with the lumberers in the woods to keep the route as clear as they possibly could. Billeting wax avoided in nearly all cases by the erection of log huts. Before starting, each man received an extra ration of hot coffee, and all the men took cooked provisions with them for use at the midday halting place, where an allowance of rum was served out. A hot meal was ordered to be ready on the arrival at the night station, and at these points the Com missariat had extra comforts for all men fatigued or suffering much from cold. Three officers and one or more medical officers went with each detachment, and extra medical officers were stationed at all the halting places. The promptitude and success with which a com plete corps d'armee of 12,000 men was equipped and sent out to Canada, on the first danger of hostilities occurring, was so creditable to our military admi nistration as to deserve publicity. Canada during the winter is, in point of time, almost as inacces sible for reinforcements as New Zealand or Aus tralia. The public only heard that so many regi ments and so many batteries had been embarked and landed. They knew nothing of the enormous quan tities of military, hospital, commissariat, and gar rison stores required for each battalion, the quota of different reservestores necessary for every branch of the service, and, above all, of the extra stores and preparations necessary to provide for the comfort and health of men passing at once from a tempe rate to an almost Arctic winter. Perhaps our readers will be better able to understand these things when they see in the estimates what the outrage of Com mander Wilkes has cost us. It will unquestionably be a very respectable item even in an English budget of expenditure. When the news of the Trent affair reached Eng land, Canada, though it had been reinforced by two regiments of infantry last summer, hal only a gar rison throughout the entire colony of less than 5000 men of all arms and ranks. While the Prince of Wales was there there were only 3000. In simple truth, the garrison before Christmas only amounted to one field battery, two batteries of garrison artil lery, six officers of engineers, four regiments of in fantry, an army hospital corps of 12 men, a commis sariat staff of one rank and file (!), and the Royal Canadian Rifles, 1,050 strong. In Nova Scotia the force was equally low, for, though divided between Halifax and New Brunswick, the total strength was only 2,000 men—a garrison of, in all, only 7,000 troops to defend the exposed frontier of a country as large as Europe. With the first news of the Trent outrage every effort was made by the War Department to strengthen the colony with men and munitions of war; but the attempt had to be made at the worst possible time of the year, and, though the Government took up at once and in rapid succession the finest and best found steamers in our merchant navy, only one—the Persia —succeeded in getting up the St. Lawrence as far as Bic, and her able commander could only manage to land the troops, and was obliged, after losing his boats among the ice and leaving part of his crew on shore, to return with the military stores to Halifax. In all 18 powerful steamers were despatched—the Mel bourne, Australasian, Persia, Niagara, Adriatic, Parana, Delta, Magdalena, Asia, Canada, Calcutta, Cleopatra, Mauritius, Hibernia, Arabia, Adelaide, Victoria, and St. Andrew. The united freights of these vessels enabled the War-office to send away a perfect corps d'armee of 12,000 men, complete in all save cavalry, even to the most minute working details of commissariat, staff corps, military train, army hospital corps, military store department, and engineers, with garrison and field artillery. By these reinforcements the garrisons of Canada has been raised from 5,000 to 13,000 men ; that of Hali fax to 3,000, New Brunswick to 2,500, and New foundland has 200 additional artillerymen to man the guns in the batteries at the mouth of the har bour of St. John. In all therefore there is now a total force in Canada and the provinces of 18,000, exclusive of the militia and volunteers. But to march down regiments to certain ports and embark them on board steamers is a comparatively easy business. It is the enormous quantities of stores that accompany each department that have given all the trouble, and what is only trouble here be comes a formidable difficulty in Canada and Nova Scotia, where everything has to be forwarded in sledges over the snow to Riviere du Loup. It will give our readers a good idea of the cost and trouble of campaigning if we detail the prin cipal impedimenta which this little army required to fit it for the field. As we have said, we do not estimate the cost, but if we recapitulate some of the items a shrewd guess may be made at the amount the British public will have to pay be cause Commander Wilkes could not understand Vattel. Thus, before the Trent mischief there were in the military stores in Canada 15,000 rifles, 10,000 smooth bore muskets, 20,000 sets of infantry accoutrements, 4,000,000 rounds of small-arm am munition, 18,000 thick greatcoats, and blankets. In Halifax there were 2,000 rifles, 5,500 3,000 blankets. muskets, 6,000 sets of accoutrements, 3 1 / 10 0 5 : 0 : 0 rounds of ammunition, 4,000 greatcoats, and 4,000 considered as mere peace blankets. In New Brunswick there were 1,000 and. 12,000 rifles, *OOO muskets, 7,000 sets of accoutrements, These,lso,ooo or u rounds ours so werwere ammunition, con s id in case of the necessity for stores, and therefore, war arising, they had to be largely increased; so f l6OO accoutrements, gre at c oa t s with the troops for Canada were sent out 31,000 rifles,rounds o un d s 0 3 f 1 , a o n o lm o blankets. To Halifax has been sent 15,000 rifles, 10,000 muskets, 20,000 sets of accoutrements, 7,000,000 rounds of ammunition, with 8,000 greatcoats and , 8 000 blankets •while New Bruns wick has received an addition of 20,000 rifles, 20,000 accoutrements, 5,000,000 rounds of am munition, 16,000 greatcoat s, and 16,000 blan kets. These, however, though u s o e i t t s i o n o , large amounts, are only among the items of the stores that have been despatched— suc h as two complete 12-pounder batteries, one 9.p d oun er battery, 30 sledges, with harness complete ; forge and hand carts, spare tum brils and ambulance waggons, scaling-ladders, in trenching tools, tools for sappers, immense quanti ties of hospital stores and bedding for the pur- The best commentary on the difficulties of this route is to be found in the fact that the first on ward movement along it was ordered on the 7th of January, with a detachment of the 62d Regiment, and on this day a snowstorm set in, which rendered the track impassable till the 11th. On the 11th, how ever, the first division was able to more, and since then a constant succession of from 200 to 150 men has been kept up from stage to stage, and in spite of snow the passage of each has kept the route open. for those which had to follow, and by this time, no doubt, all the reinforcements of men and stores that were necessary have been safely passed into Canada. Had anything failed, of course Col. Doyle would have been held answerable, with all the Lieute nant-Governors and Gen. Rumley. As it is every thing, both on this and the other side of the Atlan tic, appears to have been admirably managed, and, as illustrating the good which our departments have reaped from the evils of the Crimean disasters, this short but most energetic and complete prepara, tion for war well deserves recording. THE HA.RTLEY COLLIERY ACCIDENT. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, SATURDAY. A very interesting meeting of delegates, repre- senting collieries in Northumberland and Durham, has been held in the Lecture -room in this town to day, to devise plans for a change from the present system of mining operations, and for the better preservation of the lives of the mining community. A discussion took place on various points, but the feeling was unanimously against the brattice shaft system being continued, the men in very forcible language pointing out the dangers inci dent to the system. The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to :—" That, in the opinion of this meeting the "resent system of working coal and ironstone mines is dangerous to the lives and injurious to the health of the mi ners, and that for the purpose of effecting a change in the system, petitions, pointing out the remedies of such nes a , d i o n p s t p e e d c . tion, teovitlhsebheoguosetsuopf Parliament ; and that for the better i t ion systemw a s o a f t once rai carrying into effect the present resolution, an ex ecutive committee and secretary be appointed." A. and the A good deal of discussion took place regarding general feeling of the meeting seemed to be, that under the present system no inspector, with the number of pits at present under his charge, could visit one-half of them, and it was • l unanimous y re-. solved—" That the present system was inadequate to its requirements, and that 10 sub-inspectors, hav ing charge of 20 collieries each, should be appointed re f s:n et t by the Government." Next Saturday another delegate meeting will be held, with a view to adopt measures to establish t f h or e m p a permanent miners' relief fund, and to make an appeal to the public of the United Kingdom to assist in establishing it. It is computed that down to this evening close upon £30,000 has been subscribed for the widows and orphans, and it is thought that before the lists are closed the fund will considerably exceed that amount. and d been e orphans h e a o n n s ., THE HARTLEY COLLIERY RELIEF F r tr ea N a D in ..-- iDnuariind gofStahteurfduanyds£l.soorOtwheerreeanrlieedcfe,olfetdshueaptwptiehdroeswl%hslaansion-hou.se the confederate war steamer ashvilte, of the sufferers by the above calamity. The total amount now received by the Lord Mayor is over £14,000. Sailors' Home last week a report was read, in which it was A t the annual meeting of the Southampton Sailors' stated that since the opening of the home on the 9th of August last, 1,043 beds had been occupied, and 940 break fasts, 913 dinners, 929 teas, sumed. The expenses of the home up to the present time Ta room,mh e ou amounted crew andte dotrfoetlhai religious losouhutispl3t Harvey 4; u Birch, o:hem, providede w n li calb was r fora ryth, burnt s. in e were l C o hann dged el b ifed at the horapi THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVE NG, FEBRUARY 10, 1862, UILDHALL, 27th January, 186 2 . — The Cora mitteee for Letting' the City Lands will MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th February next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive ntorosALS for a BUILDING LEASE, for 0 years, of a I'IECE of GROUND on the north side of Queenhithe Dock, in the City of Lon n; also to receive Proposals of Leases of a HO USE. No. 178 (late No. 91), Goswell-street ; and a HOUSE, No. 57, Banner square, Finsbury. Plans of the property may be seen, and further particulars and forms of tender obtained, upon application at the Archi tect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershott, February 8, 1862. 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The present Attorney-General, who repre sented the bench in the House of Commons on that occasion, confined himself to a statement that the bare fact of exclusion, on which Mr. Craufurd re- lied, proved nothing, the mode of action being by ballot, as at a club. The fault lay, and lies still, with the main body of these benchers, who, in their capacity of trustees for the public, persist in a mode of election which deprives their conclusions of all moral force, and even precludes inquiry, for inquiry would be an additional wrong, unless means were taken for securing an open and res ponsible decision. It is a matter of notoriety that a Queen's counsel of social and literary reputation is excluded by a single black ball, yet though the bar petitioned against and the judges formally condemned the practice of which he complained, and the press, with a rare unanimity, took up his cause, the mode of election is still by ballot ; and if only half the existing benchers were present (not a rare occur rence), a single blackball might exclude still. At the other three inns of court the election to the bench is open, and by:the majority. At either of these, therefore, exclusion from Ihe bench would have the moral force it ought to have. At the Inner Temple it ought in common justice to carry no more weight than an exclusion from Brooks's or the Travellers.' The late Sir W. Rawe was ex cluded without the pretence of a cause, and was soon afterwards appointed chief justice of Ceylon with out objeclion.—l am, &c., A BARRISTER OF TUE INNER TEMPLE. Temple, Feb. 8. PROGRESS OF RAILWAY COMMUNICATION IN SWITZERLAND.—In 1851 there were onlyfive leagues of rail way in Switzerland, whereas there are now, after only eight years, 250 leagues, which must have cost as many million of francs. That small country, which did not begin the construction of railways till 20 years after its neighbours, has now a greater length of such communication, in pro portion to its population, than any one of them. In fact, in 1860, Prussia had only 58 miles of railway for each 1,0(0 inhabitants, Saxony 47, and France 43, while Switzerland had 521 miles. ANOTHER SHOCKING EXPLOSION OF FIRE DAMP IN SOUTH WALES ----On Saturday morning one of these alarming accidents which have of late become too rife in the mines of South Wales—viz., explosions of fire damp, occurred at the Gwellywion Colliery, Pont-y-Pridd, Gla morganshire. It would appear that the proprietors of the Works, Messrs. Fowler Brothers, use all the precautions which skill and science have suggested for the prevention of accidents of the kind, but, unfortunately, the miners themselves, instead of seconding their efforts, display a recklessness, which, seeing how many explosions are con stantly taking place, is really surprising. One of the rules of the colliery peremptorily prohibits the use of naked candles in the workings, but on Saturday two men, named John Maybury and Howell Jenkins, went into one of the old workings, currying with them a light the flame of which was wholly unprotected. Of course, the candle had no sooner come in contact with the explosive vapour than an explosion took place. The consequence was that the men were knocked down, and burnt terribly. An alarm was given, assistance procured, and they were removed to their homes, and medical attendance at once procured for them. Only a short time before the occurrence, the fore man went through the pit, and found all the regular work ings quite safe. BENSON'S WATCHES AND CLOCKS: —" Perfection - of mechanism." — Morning Post. Gold watches, sto ICO guineas; silver watches, 2 to 50 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated Pamphlet, free for two stamps, descriptive of every construc tion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapted to their use. Watches sent free and safe by post on receipt of a remittance. —J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, 46 and 47, W.lllllll, London, E.C.—EstaWitted 1719. TILE CONVERSION OF THE FRENCH TOUR AED-A-HALF PER CENTS, The debate in the Legislative Chamber on Friday, on the conversion of the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rente, was opened by M. DAnnioN, who opposed the measure. He per fectly agreed with the Minister of Finance as to the necessity of reducing as soon as possible the amount of the deficit, and admitted that the unifica tion of the public debt was of itself very desirable ; nevertheless he could not comprehend how any one could support the measure now proposed. His rea sons for opposing it were, first, that it was immoral —(exclamations) ; next, that it reposed on factitious bases; thirdly, that it offered no serious advantage to the fundholders; and lastly, because it was disas trous to the Treasury. His reason for calling the measure immoral was that it would lead to a colos sal operation at the Bourse, the profits of which the Government proposed to share with the public. An agent de change, when desirous of inducing a client to enter on a perilous operation, would use exactly the same line of argument as that which appeared in the preamble of the Bill. The Government also held out to the fundholder a hope that the addition which ho would have to pay would be made up to him by the future advance in the New Three per Cents., and which he thought the Government could not calculate on with certainty. These were the reasons why he designated the measure immoral. A conversion, in his opinion, could not be a serious operation, except when the rise in the public funds corresponded with a reduction in the rate o' interest and of discount, and when the Government could say to the fund holder that it could borrow money at a lower rate elsewhere than from them. The quarterly payment of the interest was certainly a boon to the fund holders, but that, he thought, might have been done without having ',a conversion. The addition also was a very serious thing for the fundholders, and many of them would be compelled to sell a part of their stock to raise the money. He was a great advocate for the unification of the public debt, but he could not separate that measure from the reduc tion of it, and the present measure, in his opinion destroyed all hope of that desirable result. M. BARTIIOLONY expressed his approbation of the measure. One of the first acts of the Emperor in 1852 was the obligatory conversion of the Five per Cents, into Four-and-a-Half per Cents., and he now proposed a further reduction. As the legality of the right of reimbursement could not be doubted, the only question now to be solved was the best means to be employed for that purpose. The bill under consideration was well calculated to effect the object, as it was a compromise between the State Half per Cents. tahnedir by revenue would have small fundholders, a a n n d d F its ou c r re p d e i r to c rs e . n T ts h . e w F e o r u e r - h a n n l d d - a h . y a number of c to ha w ri h t o a m ble a e d st i a m b i l n is u h t m io e n n o t f s been a very serious affair. The bill n ow b e f ore th e House protected all those interests, dispensed with the necessity of a loan, and prepared the unification of the debt. As such it was entitled to the unani support of the Legislative Body. who had e n t ere d on hi s M • K UNIGSWAR TER was nanxiousn t e o i n r g e der f e r pr ull r h o o g m a a t i g v e e a t o n d t ht toe i‘Emperor , i financial duties at a time of great difficulty; yet not withstanding his (the speaker's) attachment to the Government, he was compelled to oppo se th e Bill. He did not consider the measure favourable to the interests of the State, particularly under the con ditions in which it was presented ; the moment did not appear to him opportune for effecting the con version, as it would place interests entitled to the highest consideration in a situation of great diffi culty ; and, lastly, he thought the realisation of the conversion highly problematical. If he were Minis ter of Finance—(laughter)—he would, like the Hon. M. Fould, have used all his efforts to reduce the deficit; he would have effected a loan on favourable conditions to the amount of 300 millions, and the in terest on which he would have raised by effecting savings in the war budget. As regarded the objec tion of inopportuneness, he thought the moment to effect a conversion was when money could be readily obtained, and that certainly was not the case at the present time. Things were far different in 1852, when the metallic reserve in the Bank of France was 591 millions, and the discount at 3 per cent. The operation proposed would affect eight millards of French stock, for a result which was avowed by tha report itself to be trifling, and the success of which was doubtful. The answer made by the great majority of small fundholders would, in his opinion, be that they held their stock, and never intended to sell it, although a rise in price might take place. Should the conversion fail after the adoption of the bill in consequence of the abstention of the holders of the stock the most serious inconvenience would arise. The rejection of the Bill would not lead to any; it would merely show a simple difference of opinion between the Chamber and the Government. The change made in the nature of the stock was not in itself a matter of indifference, and in a political point of view it was desirable to have the small fundholders retain their stock, as they would then be interested in maintaining order. With regard to the Trentenary Bonds, they had been spoken of as such an admirable security, and yet they were so soon to have their deathblow given to them. Those bonds were brought forward as a resource to meet the expense of constructing new railways, for IN hick a new loan would now be come necessary. The report of M. Fould to the Emperor said not a word about those bonds, and yet they were included in the bill under discussion. He hoped that some explanations would be given on that point. The Government, doubtless, hoped that the measure would succeed. Me entertained a contrary opinion, and time alone would show which was right. M. VIIITRY, Government Commissioner, com bated the arguments of the hon. deputies who had spoken against the bill. The hon. M. Darimon had alluded to what he called the immorality of the transaction, and said that the Government wished to lead a colossal operation at the Bourse, the pro fits of which would be shared- between the State and the public, but nothing could be further from the truth. The conversion depended much less on the absolute rates of the funds than on the diffe rence which existed between the Four and a Half per Cents. and the Three per Cents. Within the fortnight which preceded the report of M. Fould that difference bad varied between 27f. and 28f. M. Kcenigswarter had spoken of a derangement which would take place in the nature of the stocks, but that was inevitable, as the same had taken place in 1852, and to a very considerable extent. With re gard to the difference in the present state of things, and that of 1852, when the former conversion was effected, he would say that the objections were unfounded. The amount of reserve in the Bank of France at the latter period was nothing more than the result of a complete stagnation in com- Tehesituation now was much better than present compromise made between StatemitnheerlcBes.il h 2. and the fundholder was just and politic. The operation of the conversion was purely op tionalfundholders, and no com pulsion was exercised towards u them. When n was effected the fund the conversiont h the part a r e t of 1852 the f fund ho ders were offered reimbursement at 100 f., or a diminution of a half per cent. in their revenue. Their silence was to be construed into acquiescence, and a clauseßut now to there tat e was ife nothing of the kind done. was introduced into the pay ment of an addition , and situa tion was not at all chan ged. All the arrangements inholderhthepreswenats offered measu to convert his stock on re if he abstained his were formed with every regard to the interests of the fundholders, and, in his opinion, conversion would be accept e d by them in that sense. The Proposed would not lead to more than a simple re d uction of their revenue of one quarter per cent., and they would have the advan- Cage of receiving their dividends quarterly instead of half -yearly. As to the Trentenary Bonds, the premature death of which the Hon. M. Kcenigswar ter so much deplored, they were merely to have a different existence given to them. The hon. deputy had complained that no mention was made of them in the report ; but to that he would reply that neither were the Four per Cents. spoken of. The bill, he must repeat, was an equitable ccmpromise between the State and the fundholder, and would lead to the unification of the public debt. That in fact was the true object of the measure, and he called on the Chamber to solve in the affirmative a ques tion which affected the political and financial inte rests of the country. (Loud marks of approbation, and cries of "Divide.") M. PICARD said that the measure now proposed was a very complicated one, and not an ordinary conversion. It was an operation in which the State told the fundholders that they should give them a part of the profit which would result from the rise in the Three per Cents., and receive in return a non-reimbursable stock. Such an operation would deprive the State of the power of ever making any further reduction in the rate of interest. If the operation were to succeed, it would put 190 mil lions into the coffers of the State, but that would be a very trifling gain in comparison with the dis advantages which would result from the measure. The unification of the debt was, in his opinion, a mere chimera. The Government, in bringing forward such a bill, departed from its cha racter of impartiality and persecuted the fund. holder. (Laughter and interruption.) The measure was a mere expedient, which, by devouring the re sources of the future, made a fresh attack on the finances of the State. Some speculators might per haps suffer from the rejection of the bill, but the country would hail it with pleasure. The discussion was then adjourned. The debate was resumed on Saturday by M. AUGUSTE CHEVALIER, who supported the bill. He said that yesterday that three members of the Chamber spoke against the bill, and but one de fended it. He observed that the objections made to the bill were that it was injurious to the State and to the fundholder—that it favoured jobbing and was immoral. He was commencing to refute these objections at the hour of post. The whole bill for the conversion of the Rentes was passed on Saturday evening in the Chamber•of Deputies by 226 against 19 votes, ARMY CONTRACTS, Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershott, February 8, 1862. TENDERS will be received at this Office until noon, on the 27th instant, from Parties who may be willing to enter into CONTRACT for the supply of HOUSE COALS (SVALLSEND), In such quantities as may be required, for one year, from Ist April, 186?, for the use of the Royal Military College, Sand hurst. Form of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this Office and no tender will be noticed unless made on such prescribed form, and delivered at this office by the hour appointed. ALFRED SALWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. George H. Seymour, C. 8., is under orders to proceed from Portsmouth to Gravesend, where she will embark his Majesty the King of Belgium for conveyance to Antwerp, returning thence to Eng land with the Princess Frederick William of Prussia. Her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, 21, steam cor vette, 1,705 tons, 400 horse power, has arrived at Sheerness from Chatham, where she will, as soon as weather permits, be taken to her destination at Plymouth by a party of riggers from the dockyards of Chatham and Sheerness, and A.B.'s from the steam reserve and the Formidable, flagship at Sheer ness, Vice-Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone, under the command of Lieut. E. Barkley, of her Majesty's ship Cumberland. The Rattlesnake is fully rigged, and in every respect ready for the pennant on her arrival at Plymouth. The Sidon, 22, paddle, Capt. R. Crauford, whose arrival from the Cape of Good Hope at Spithead was announced in the The Sun of Saturday, has received orders to go into Portsmouth Harbour to dismantle and pay out of commission. The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. S. Sec combe, sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday for Devonport, for the purpose of being docked, clean ing her bottom, &c. The expense incurred by this removal from Portsmouth to Plymouth for docking purposes amounts to no light sum for the consump tion of fuel alone. This expense could have been avoided easily enough by docking the Himalaya in No. 10, the dock now occupied by the Black Prince. On Saturday last a trial of the engines and ma chinery of the screw steam frigate Galatea, 26, took place outside Plymouth Sound under the superin tendence of Capt. Astley Key, and Mr. Trickett, engineer, and of Mr. Holloday, on the part of the contractors. This ship (sister to the Ariadne) of 3,227 tons, is 280 feet long, and 49 feet broad. She was built at Woolwich, and left that dockyard under steam on the 26th of December, 1855, for Sheer ness, and continued in the Medway until early in January of the present year. The Galatea is com pletely rigged, and has her guns on board ; the draught forward is 20ft. 9in., and aft 21ft. 9in. She is fitted with a pair of trunk engines of 800 horse power by Messrs. Penn and Co., and made six runs at the measured mile with an ave age of a fraction over 13 knots ; revolutions, 571 ; vacuum, 26 to 28 ; pressure of steam, 211 b. There was no appearance of heat about the bearings, and the trial was considered to be very satisfactory. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A. Cumming, from Liverpool and Milford, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday evening. An order has been received at Portsmouth from the Admiralty to reduce the number of guns and men of ships in commission. As the order is read at present, this measure will reduce a 50-gun frigate to one of 36 guns, and take from her crew 50 of her petty officers and able seamen, increasing her complement of boys. Motives of economy may have dictated this new policy, but there can be no true economy in maintaining, for this country at least, an undermanned fleet. THE ARMY. The following general regimental order, signed by Col. C. Bingham, Deputy Adjutant-General, no tifying promotions, removals, and appointments in H th o e r c se G orps ua o r f d ß s o o y n al. Saturday: — Engine ers, was issued from the " Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the following promotions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, viz. : Lieut. L. P. Walsh, to be Second Captain, vice Boyle, re moved to the supernumerary list ; Lieut. W. Rooke, to be Second Captain, vice Pasley, removed to the half-pay list; Surgeon G. Pain, from the 53d Regiment, to be Sur geon, vice Bent, promoted on the Staff; Staff Assistant- Surgeon A. I. M. Corbett, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wright, promoted on the Staff; Assist.-Surgeon J. C Johnston, from the 9th Regiment, to be Assist.-Surgeon; Staff Assist.-Surgeon J. A. Turner, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Wallis, promoted on the Staff; Capt. and Brevet- Major J. F. Pennycuick to be Lieut.-Col. in the army ; Second Capts. H. J. F. E. Hicks and H. Strover to be Majors in the army. "Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the good ser vice pension of £9l Os 5d,, rendered disposable by the death of the late Lieut. Burslem, Royal Artillery, being conferred on Major-Gen. W. B. Ingilby. "The Queen has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the following officers, viz.,— Lieut. D. D. Hay and Assist.-Surgeon G. Sharpe, Royal Artillery. Capt. R. K. Freeth has been appointed Assist. Dirrector cf Ordnance at the War-office. " The following officers are raised to increased pay : Lieut. H. Graves, 11th Brigade, vice Handcock, deceased ; Lieut. T. J. Jones, 2d brigade, vice Elton, promoted ; Lieut. R. T. Millett, 15th brigade, vibe Franklen, promoted ; Lieut- J. L. Bell, Ist brigade, vice R. B. Stoney, deceased ; Lieut. H. E. Baines, 10th brigade, vice Collingwood, pro moted; Lieut. H. T. T. Sandes, Ist brigade, vice Anley, promoted; Lieut. J. R. Yule, 11th brigade, vice Walsh, promoted; Lieut. R. T. Farquhar, 3d brigade, vice Hay, resigned; and Lieut. J. Younger, Bth brigade, vice Rooke, promoted. "The following transfers have been ordered, viz,:—Lieut. Galloway, from No. 7 battery, 10th brig[ide, to F battery, 4th brigade; Lieut. the Hon. E. J. Hewitt, from the depot to No. 7 battery, 10th brigade; Assist.•. Surgeon Manley, from the depot, to the Bth brigade; Assist.-Surgeon Adsetts, from the 2d to the 10th brigade. "His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief has been pleased to make the following appointments, viz.:—Major-Gen, Sandhanq, Royal Engineers, to be Governor of the Royal Military ,Academy, Woolwich, vice Col. 'Wilford, Royal Artillery; Major J. E. Thring to the Gentleman Cadet Company, vice Major Williams ; Col. E. W. Crofton, C. 8., to the coral:and of the Royal ?11.4 ri ?ro Jo, ?Ls IBs --s 163 a 0 f