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" • 7' office to consider the question. --,..4- r. t? , i , :i...„, - 1,, _,,..11, ,_,,. a "lam to add that pattern suits are dep - oftif,Ae,,, 1‘:;;•./4 general iarpection in the waiting rout at t gjittA,K4 l4 : l %l' 4'44 ,4 \ At and that coloured drawings may be obtai • , ,ti:'.7)---a..,._ ;,- . )4 . . ' Mr. Ackerman, of Regent street, London. ....--=-.' 7 -7' -- - - 4ilR. . ' ~..Y "I am, sir, your obedient servant, N . a S "DE GREY AND RIPON." • GRE AT WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next Half- Yearly GFNERAL /VIEETFNG of the Proprietors of this Corn- Many will be held in London, pursuant to act of Parlia ment, at the Paddington Station, on FRIDAY, the 17th day of February next, at One o'clock precisely, for the Election of Foirr Directors in the place of the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, M.P.. Frederick N. Isficklethwait, Esq., Edward Whaler Mills. Esq., and Thomas Williams, Esq., retiring by rotation ; and for other purposes of business.—The chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. S El E L BURNT:, Chairman. B ABRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the act ; and, in compliance with a bye-law, notice must be given in writing to the Secretary, on or before the 3d day of February next, of the names of any Proprietors who are to be nominated for Election as Directors at the said Half-Yearly General Meeting. The Transfer Books of all Stock and Shares will be Closed on and from the 2d day of February next, and will not be re opened until after the said Hell-Yearly General Meeting on the 17th day of February.—By , arder of the Board. CHAS. A. S AUNDERS, Secretary. Paddington Station, January 12, 1860. 4.1 . 0 • THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1860. I at nib hen by No. 21,105.1 P R ICE 4 1) . STAMPED, SP. SPECIFICATION roil PATTERNS OF RIFLE VOLUN TEER CLOTIIING.- - RECOMMENDED BY COMMITTEE. P LIBLICATIONS. R EPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTY.- Association for promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge, 10, Amplon -place, Gray's-inn-road, 11th February, 1860. RESOLVED,—That the Excise duty on paper obstructs literature and education, interferes with foreign trade, wastes capital, harasses in, ustry, and neither is nor can be col lected without violating the laws of the land. That the friends and correspondents of the association throughout the country be urged to lose no time in writing to their Members and forwarding petitions to Par lament in support of the pro- Rpsal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to rep eal the duties .M,paper and foreitcn books, to abolish the newspaper stamp, and to equalise and extend the book postage. Signed, by order of the Committee, and in their behalf, RICHARD MOORE, Chairman. C. D. COLLET, Secretary. of the complainant and cabman,but the circum stances were of a most extraordinary and mysteri ous character, and appeared to him to involve much doubt and suspicion. The complainant herself did not come into court with clean holds. A woman who stopped till 6 o'clock in the morning in an in famous den, where she picked upa drunken man, a perfect stranger, and went to rite with him in a cab, did not seem to be a respectable person even for the class to which it was admitted that she belonged. It was strange, too, that she should allow her own friend to be bundled out of the cab, which, according to her evidence, he had hired, and that she should remain, deprived of his pro tection, in the cab, at the mercy of a violent man of whom she knew nothing. After commenting to a similar effect on other circumstances, Mr. Wontner observed that the prisoner had already suffered something. He had been several days in custody, and he had lost .a valuabie ring. Under all these circumstances he hoped the magistrate weld consider a fine of 1:5 sufficient to meet the justice of the case. Mr. Jardine concurred with Mr. Wontner that there was a good deal in the ease Oat was myste rious and inexplicable It was a most extraordinary thing that such an bisault should be committed in THE ARMY. I which he hoped would set the question at res t. H e had put himself in communicat ion with Earl de Grey and Ripon, Under-Secretary for War, on the sub ject; and, in mentioning that nobleman's name he could not resist publicly bearing his tribute to the admirable manner in which he had conducted the business of his department, To him especially the duties of the War 'Department connected with the Tolunteers In d been intrusted ; he had shown in their discharge a degree of tact, sound judgment, and in telligence which did him infinite credit ; and he (Lord Rollo) was glad to hear Mr. Herbert, the Secretary for 'War, in the House of Commons the other night, bear similar testimony to the way in which the noble earl had acquitted himself. (Cheers.) Ile (Lord Etch.) wrote the following letter to Earl de Grey a few days ago:— "TUNIC. "Brown and gray mixture, single-breasted, with fly one inch and three-quarters broad on the inside; collar of the same material, one melt and three quarters high, rounded off in front ; the sleeve to haN e an Austrian knot, the braid or cord to form a pointed cuff, three inches deep, the knot nine indica' Fold three-quarters long and four inches in width, the edges trimmed with the same cord, to be of such colour as the corps may decide on 7 the Airt 10 and a-half inches deep for an ofileer or private, with a variation of half an inch longer or shorter for every inch in height; the back and skirt to bo cut who . le, and not to open; nine bronzed buttons in front and two behind. Now ready, 2 Yols., with Portraits, 215., bound, HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF HENRY IV., King of FRANCE and NAVARRE, from Numerous Original Sources. By Miss FREER, Authlr of " The Lives of Marguerite D'Angoulerne, Elizabeth de Valois, Henry III.," &c. Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The following officers have joined their respec tive corps at Chatham garrison .—Captain and Ad jutant L. Sidebottom, Ist depot Battalion; Capt. M. P. Macqueen, 91st Regiment ; Li eu t. S. T. Sargent, 43d Light Infantry; and Ensign B. J. A. Monsell, 73d Regiment. _ _ YOU 7 of ank GREAT WESTE RN RAILWAY. In pursuance of the bye-laws of this Company, Notice Is Hereby Given, That the Se oretary has duly received in writing a declaration that it 11 intenied to nominate the undermentioned Proprietors (duly qualified) as Candidates for the Direction, at the Half-yearly GENERAL MEETING of the Company, to be held at this Station, on FRIDAY, the 17th day of February instant. yis. : The Right Hon. Spencer 11. Walpole, M.P. Frederick N. MicklethwaJt, Esq. Edward Wheler Mills, Esq., and Thomas Williams, Esq. SHELBURNE, Chairman. Paddington Station, 4th February, 31360. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Map and Illustrations, 2; s , TRAVELS IN EASTERN AFRICA ; wi th the Narrative of a RESIDENCE in MOZAMBIQUE. By LYONS M`LEOD, Esq., F.R.G.S., late British Consul in Mozambique. " We look upon Mr. M`Leod's book as second only to that of Dr. Livingstone."—Messenger. Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On Tuesday last Sergt.-Major Bradish, having completed his term of service in the 36th Regi ment, and being about to enter on an engagement with the 3d Royal Surrey Militia, had the high compliment paid him of receiving from his officers, at the hands of Lieut.-Col. Hort, commanding, an elegantly finished and valuable silver teapot, in tes timony of their appreciation of Lis long and meri torious services. The teapot has the following in scription :—" Presented to Sorgeant-Major C. Bradish, by Lieut.-Colonel Hort and the officers of the 36th Regiment, as a mark of their respect and esteem, on his discharge after a faithful service of 22 years." It is a curious coincidence that Sergt.- Major Bradish commenced his career as a soldierin 1837, in Devonport, and closed it after so long a period in the same town. ZfiCe znce rmy " TROUSERS. " Cut so as to be Eewn into a hand round the large from hip to anele and 17 inches round the bottom, trimmed with square cord down ibe Fide ' , earn, of the same colour as that u.4ed on the tunic. 1 on NEW EDITION OF MR. WHITESIDE'S WORK ON ITALY. Just published, in 1 thick vol. post Bvo, price 12s. 6d. cloth, ITALY in the NINETEENTH CENTURY. By the Right Hon. JAMES WHITES IDE, M.P., LL.D. Third Edition, abridged and revised. With a new Preface chiefly on the events which have occurred in Italy since 1848. London Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. " Feb. 7. "My Lord,—lt will be in your lordship's recollection that some time back I had the honour of an interview with your lordship relative to the proper mode of appointing offi cers to volunteer corps. By the printed rule of the London Scottish Volunteers relating to this subject, it was proposed that the commanding officer should recommend persons for commissions to the Lord-Lieutenant after consulting with 9. I in " CA P. "To be made of the same material as tunic, three and a quarter inches high in front, and four ands half inches at the hack, with band of the same material round the head, the trimming to consist of two pieces of cord, same as ou tunic, round top and bottom of band, and round edge of crown ; small rosette on left side, of the same colour as braid ; round peak, slightly droopmg. been and VOLUNTEER CORPS. COM. BIRMINGHAM RIFLE CORPS. NO MORE MEDICINE. DV BARRY'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD, the REVALENTA ARABICA.—We find it to be ad nairably adapted to restore a healthy action of the stomach, liver, and bowels, and thereby to remove dyspepsia (Indiges tion), habitual constipation. flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidit • , Ilalpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, despondency, "amps, spasms, nausea and sickness, sinking', fits, cough, asthma, bronchites, consumption, also children's codiges m- Plaints, restoring, at about a p enn y p er meal, perfe ctll °A, stroll g nerves. sound lungs , refre shin g sleep, and f unc ' .. , hal regularity, without medicine. inconvenience or expense to the most disordered or enfeebled. Dr. Andrew lire, M.D., iet.S. Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Campbell, 41 r. Wurzer. (From the Morning Post ) LIVINGSTON'S EXPLORATIONS IN THE INTERIOR OF tkPRicA. —The indefatigable researches of Dr. Livingston 'Lave suddenly made us accouainted with one of the happiest ~.l'e 'R °Ple in the world, of whose very existence little was hitherto known in civilised Europe generally.— ' e province of Angola, Dr. Livingston writes in the " Jour aid of the Royal Geographieal Society." possesses great fer tility and beauty, and its capabilities, both agriculturally aid e°lnmercially, are of a very high order ; indeed, I do not fear • tradiction In asserting ft to be the richest in Western Africa. The great scientific traveller, who spent 1$ yeare among this favoured people, has had ample opportunity of Studying their physical and moral condition, and his details are most curious, They appear indeed to enjoy an Elysian lelicity,-requiring neither physic nor the physician, for Dr. Livingston found their staff of life to be the Revalenta Ara ble,' Food, which keeps them perfectly free from disease, " eon ausaption, scrofula, cancer, ke., being scarcely heard of, and the small-p ox and measles have not been known for twenty years.' In In England also the Revalenta Arabioa has produced a wonderful improvement in the health of the people, remov ing cough, consumption, asthma, debility, indigestion (dys pepsia). constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, and restoring the faculty of digestion, and nervous and mus cular energy to the most enfeebled, as proved by testimonials from the many thousand well known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means of cure had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of recovery abandoned. We extract a few expressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured. Cure No. 71, of Dyspepsia, from the Right Honourable the Lord Stuart de Decies : "I heve derived considerable benettt from Du Barry's Revalenta Arebica Food. Stuart de Decies."—Cure No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, ti . aitilency, spasms, sickness et the stomach and vomiting, alive been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss. Norfolk."—Cure No. 52,087: Field-Marshal the Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric inflarnrna ,.."l e the stomach .--- Cure No. 51,614 Baron de Polentz , ] Prefect of Langenau, of many years' horrible sufferings of the nerves and an obstinate constipation. Cure No. '8,721 General Baron de Zuluskowsky, of many tears' fearful disorders of the digestive functions.—Cure o. ioi • Miss Elizabeth Jacobs of Nazing Vicarage, althim - C . ross, ffert4, a cure of extreme nervousness 14 dizestioo, gatherings. low s e'rita, and nervous fancies.— Cure No 48,314: Miss Elizabeth Teoman, Gateacre, near Ll l 1 : e rPool: a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of .., - "vous irritability. —Cure No. 18 , 216: Dr, Andrew Ure, of ""Ostipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 34,210: Shorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 36,1112: Cap taln of epileptic fits .— Cure 42,118 Major Edie, of e nlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength' Cure No. 3',418: Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, .1, 4 daily votnitings.—Cure No. 26,4'S : Dr. Harvey , o f diarrh ea and debility.—Cure Nc. 3 0 ,618: Dr. lyurtzer, of asumption.—Cure No, 32,880 William Hunt, Esq. Bar rister. of paralysis.—Cure No, 46,270 Mr. James Roberts, %Der merchant, of Fernley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased u agli, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. indigestionsl,Bl6:indigestion) debility. irritability and nervousness. which had F r niented her for 70 yeare,—Cure No. 46,814 : Mr. Samuel i l zton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhcea.—Cure. No. 52,612 : e Dowaoer Countess of CaMestuart, of many years' end irritability, bile and indigestion, Cure No. 54,812 : Miss e .',rginta Zeguers, cured of consumption, after her medi e-,; advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery.— it l r e No. 180 Twenty- fi ve years' nervousness. con k indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could re hete or relieve, have bean effectually cured by Du fleet -street F oo d i n a very short time. W. B. Beeves, 181, f le et-street, London." —No. 4,208 : " Eight years' dyspepsia, r hi Vonsaess, debility. with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for eg raV Remo t had consu Red the advice of many, have been eetually cured by Du Barry's noel th-restoring Food. I shall kid to answer any inquiries. iiey, John W. naval. ex dton Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836 " Three years' ,Zesstve nervousness, with pains in my neck arid left arm, gvneral debility, which rendered my life very miserable, pail been radically removed by Du Berry's health-restering c„ e4 ,,d,... Alex. Stuart, Archde a con of Ross, Skibbereen." r a y e ,,i‘ k o• 2.906 : Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene- P o tuffliY, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent 111 Canisters : 11b. 25. Q.. 21b, 45. 6d., 121 b. 225., 211 b. 465. PPerreflaed quality22s., 101 b. 335. 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The great advantage derived from this inven tion is, that vision beeoming, impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to em ploy their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a much less mag,nify;ng power, and they do ,not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out. door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each nntaining 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly persons to know them at two-and-a-half and three miles, and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. 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CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements el both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences, Had Just published, price Is. ; by post, 13 stamps; 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Alas, an Exposition ot, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrbagla (Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhoea, Imp itency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &o. FEMALE. 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LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. the University of Erianzen, Arc., may be CONSULTED on all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and ou th e S ecret I n firmities of Youth and Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'nert has just published, prioe Sixpence, with nu merous Engravings and Cases. a New Edition of his Work, SELF-PRESERVATION, which will be sent free, in a sealed envelope, by *tann, 89 Cornhill, London, or by the y T Auth, for I Cight stamps, COEN or TS. SECTION T.—The Physiology of the Generative Or g ans. SECTION IT.—Puberty- -Manhood -The Morale of Gm:wa ive Physiology—True and False Morality. SECTION lll.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical rtelations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—Advan tages of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring. SECTION IV.—Spermatorrhcea and Impotence—The causes ,1 Sterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. SECTION V. -The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per aicions habits on the mental and , reneral faculties. SECTION Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De bility—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of various Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Treatment ; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practixii The above work is intended for the perusal of those who have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules of morality, In its pages facts of par mount utility are brought, together, wholly divested of tne delusions and incon sistencies so largely introduced into certain quasi medical publications given to the world gratis, under the guise of philanthropy, or as "acts of gratitude" by pretended clergy men and others, w ho se t am p e ri ngs with the constitution are ire 11 WIT IQg2lved by serious couseluenceo, A RTER, Mayor.—ln a MEETING or \-) ASSEMBLY of the MAYOR, Aldermen, and Livery men of the several Companies ot the City of London, in Com mon Hall assembled at the Guildhall of the said City, on SATURDAY, the 11th day of February, 1860, Resolved unanimously,—That the bill introduced into the House of Commons intituled "A Bill for the better Regula tion of the Corporatists of the City ot London," establishes a principle of confiscation, and is opposed to the true spirit of reform, as it disfranchises ten thousand of the most influen tial citizens of London, ignores livery companies, and deprives them of the right of meeting in their own Guildhall ; and this Common Hall pledges itself to give a determined opposition to the passing of the said bill. Reeotved,—That the attempt to wrest from the Livery of London their rights and interests, granted by royal charter, and confirmed by acts of parliament, and this not on the ground of misconduct, but simply under the pretext of expe diency (as recited in the preamble of the bill), is opposed to the spirit of the law of the land, and should be resisted by all who are opposed to the introduction of a principle ot legisla tion which is utterly subversive of the rights of property. Resolved unanimously—That the Petition now read be adopted, signed by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, four Aldermen, and twenty Liverymen on the behalf of this Common Hall, and presented to the House of Commons ; and that a similar Petition be presented to the House of Lords, to be signed by the Livery as numerously as time will permit, pad that the members for the City, together with the Right Hsnourable the Lord Mayer, William Cubitt, Esq., Alder man, Edward' Ball, Esq., and other members of the House of COMMIOnft connected with this City, be requested to sup port the Prayer of the Petition to the House of I ;ommons. Resolved unanimously,—That the Masters and Wardens of the several Livery Companies be respectfully requested to facilitate the signing of the Petition to the House of Lords ; and that they also be requested to present the Petitions to both Houses of Parliament in defence of the rights and pri vileges of their respective Liveries. Resolved unanimously, —That this Common Hall approves Hall, of the ,nroceedins of the Committee of Liverymen appointed the 28th day of' October, 1855. to watch the progress of any Bill which might be brought into Parliament affecting the Corporation i 414 that such Committee is hereby requested ttaokcontinue such their t e p a p e s r iso they a C y n inai behalf dee o m f thaw advisable t n o the rights and privileges ole Livery of London. Resolved unanimously, — 'l' et this Common Hall desires to express its thanks to the night Honourable John Carter, P.A.S, end F,R.A.S., Lord Mayor, for the promptitude with which he complied with the requisition for calling this meet ing, as well as that of the Masters and Wardens of the several Livery Companies of this city, at the Mansion house on the 10th inst., and for the courtesy with which he has presided on the present occasion. I.IrOODTHORPE. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Ib. 11. MANSION•HOUSE.—James Ingram, porter, was brought up fur further examination on a charge of forging and uttering a check for £l2O, with in tent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. It had been previously deposed that he presented the check at the Bank, and was stopped on suspi cion of forgery. He accounted for his possession of the check by saying it had been given to him to get cashed by a gentleman whom he met in the street, but, this not being believed, he was taken into custody, when some other checks were found upon him, as well as notes of request for the deli very of check-books at two banks. Mr. Freshfield now appeared for the prosecution, and called additional evidence. Mr. Collinson, soap manufacturer, said—l bank at the Bank of England, and produce my check-book, which I sent to .vlr. Birkett's, of Nortonfolgate, to be bound, at the latter end of last year ; the checks are numbered D. V., 93,601 to 93,800. Upon exa mining it I found a sheet of five checks missing, numbered 93,671 to 93,675. The two checks now produced and filled up for £l2O respectively are two of the missing checks. Mr. Freshfield—One of these checks was stopped at the Bank when presented, and the other he tore up at the station, and threw the pieces on the ground. Prisoner—l don't know anything about the checks, my lord. Sir H. Muggeridge—Tie check-book was sent to Mr. Birkett to be bound, and you were in Mr. Birkett's employment. Mr. B. Birkett, stationer, Norton folgate—l know the prisoner at the bar, who has gone by the name of James Carpenter during the time he has been in my employment, from the middle of November to the time of his apprehension. I received some waste paper from Mr. H. Bateman, but I cannot say whether the prisoner had access to it. I do not remember binding the check-book for Mr. Collinson, nor am I aware that there were any waste checks among the waste paper. By the Prisoner—l do not know that you ever had anything to do with that checkbook. The prisoner, upon being asked what he had to say in reply to the charge, replied,—l have nothing to say, except that I know nothing about the checks more than having them in my possession. He was then committed for trial. BOW-STREET.—A tall well-dressed man, with a large beard and moustache, who gave the name of John Green and stated that he was a linen draper, was placed at the bar for final examination on a charge of assaulting Emily Vivian, a well looking and smartly-attired young woman, who de scribed herself as a dressmaker, but who was ad mitted by her attorney (Mr. Lewis, jun., of the firm of Lewis and Lewis) to be " under the protection of a gentleman." He had been originally brought before the court on Tuesday last, and remanded in custody, having failed to provide the required bail, to the amount of £5O. The case rested chiefly on the evidence of the pro secutrix, who stated that on Monday she was at the theatre, and after the performance was over she went alone to a supper-room in the neighbourhood of the Haymarket, where she remained till 6 o'clock. She was leaving in company with a friend whom she had met there, when the prisoner entered into conversation with them. Her friend was calling a cab to take them to Pimlico, and the prisoner asked permission to ride with them. Her friend, who was under the impression that she was acquainted with the prisoner, readily consented, and they all got into the cab together. As they were passing through the Birdcage-walk the prisoner suddenly turned upon her friend, and ordered him out of the cab, observing that if he did not get out he (the pri soner) would kick him out. Her friend yielded, but not until the prisoner had struck him on the face, and she had entreated him to " Get out and keep quiet." The cab then went on, and presently the prisoner, without :the slightest provocation, began to beat her. She tried to scream, but he held his hands over her mouth, to prevent her. He struck her several times in the face, and blackened her left eye. (Her face was much disfigured from bruises about the left eye.) When they got to Eccleston bridge the cabman pulled up and called a constable, who took the prisoner into custody up JU this charge. Before the constable came up the prisoner offered her £5O not to charge him, a proposal which he re peated after the constable came up. He was per fectly sober. The constable, however, denied that any offer of compromise was made in his hearing, and asserted that both complainant and defendant were drunk. The inspector confirmed him on the latter point, but observed that the prisoner was not very drunk. He was not so far gone as to be unconscious of what he was doing and saying, or of what was going on around him. cabman edeposedunderstood—at that e was the hired—by house in thethe looking_ ibnrtidh gef into where the minutes afterwards he he ard g Haymarket. At the Birdcage-walk the other gen tleman he saw the prisoner strik ing e ace. He prisoner,t le T m got h a e n ea bam o s out. A few drove on till he came to , the ca complainant screaming , the way. He stopped when h e prisoner in charge. He and complainant gave the e .a e n l e d s h t oe o nr n he saw a policeman. She ha d been screaming t se h r e ea co m n i s n t g ah a l l e l , ntner, who ap peared for the defence, the complainant In cross-examination by Mr. Wo p eo la n i s n id a e n r t sd that paidh the is prisoner was sober. The com fare. bad told the inspector she was a was not true. dressmaker, h s i c h h e Mr. Lewis—There is no disguise about what she is. I stated it in my opening. Cross-examination continued—Did not attempt to get out of the cab when her friend left. Did not object to r e m a i n i n th e ca b w ith a p erso n who had behavedso violently as the prisoner had done. Did not care about that ; only wanted to get home. Had seen her friend since. Asked him to attend here and give evidence. He said he could not as he was going out of town. Mr. Lewis asked the magistrate to send this case before a jury. After an offer of L5O had been made to hush the matter up, it would be a farce to impose a fine of £5. The assault was of a most aggravated nature, and tho prosecutrix was prepared to press the charge at the sessions. Mr. Wontner said the justice of the case would be fully met by a fine. It was absurd to talk about an offer of £5O, for the defendant, when taken into custody, had only 504. about him. On account of the drunken state lie was in at the time, the defen -1 dart Ras not In a position to deny the statements the open day in so public a place as the Birdcage walk, and that the cabman should drive nn while the woman was screaming and the man beating her, and that he (the cabman) should not think it worth while to interfere, or to Plop his cab till he got to Eccleston-bridge. He (Mr. Jardine; had very little doubt that complainant and defendant were both drunk. Still there could be very little doubt that she had been assaulted, and had suffered consider. able injury. If her evidence was true the case was one in which a £5 fine could be a wholly imadequate punishment. Indeed, the case seemed rather to come under the provisions of the act applying to aggravated assaults on women, which gave him power to inflict a penalty of six months' imprison ment, without giving the optibn of aline. But he must say that he should hesitate to take that course in a case where the evidence was of so singular a character. Then, it must be observed that he was not asked by the complainant to take either of these courses, but to send the prisoner before a jury, which he must say was the most proper tribunal to dispose of such a case. He should adopt that course, but would admit the prisoner to bail in two sureties of £lO each, and his own recognisance of £2O, Mr. Lewis hoped the magistrate would take such bail as would ensure the appearance of the prisoner at the trial. Why should the amount be reduced below what was required on the remand? Re (Mr. Lewis) was led to believe that the prisoner had given a false name and address, and that, though he said he was a linendraper, he really hold a much higher position. Mr. Wontner said there were no grounds' for any such statement. Mr. Jardine certainly saw no reason to suppose that the defendant was anything different from what he represented himself to be, nor did he think it necessary to exact a higher bail than usual. The defendant was then removed, but in the course of the afternoon Mr. Wontner and Mr. Lewis returned to the court, and said that they had agreed to a compromise, and would therefore ask his wor ship to discharge the prisoner. Mr. Jardine said that under these circumstances he had no course but to comply. The prisoner was then discharged. It was understood that the complainant had been induced to withdraw the charge on receiving a com pensation of £4O. 2112 NAVY. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir H. Reppel, was on Saturday appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope station, in the room of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., whose period of command has expired. Rear-Admiral Sir Alexknder Milne, K.C.8., re turned to Devonport on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning hoisted his flag on board the ■crew steam-frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A. Cum ming, which has received her powder. During the day Admiral Milne mustered and inspected the crew of the screw steamship Nile, 90. The Bulwark, 91, one of the new class of 91-gun line-of-battle screw steamers now in progress at Chatham Dockyard is to be built of the following dimensions :—Length between perpendiculars, 25% feet ; length of keel for tonnage, 213 feet 9 : 1-, inches ; extreme breadth, 58 feet ; breadth for tonnage, 57 feet 2 inches ; breadth moulded, 56 feet 4 inches; depth in hold, 25 feet 6 inches ; burthen, 3,715 62.94 tons ; the engines are to be of 800-horse power. The screw frigate Galatea, of 800-horse power, in the first dock at Chatham, is still in the hands of the engineers, but she is expected to be completed early in the ensuing month. Th• Mars, 80, screw steamer, Capt. J. N. Strange, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from Portland. Her crew will be paid wages, and granted leave ashore. The screw steam ship The Royal William, 90, was placed in Keyham-basin, Plymouth, on Friday, to receive her machinery' : The screw steam-ship Majestic, 80, Capt. Mends, C. 8., went from Plymouth Sound on Friday into Hamoaze to be docked and to have her bottom cleaned and Kingston valves repaired. She was taken out of dock on Saturday, and will probably gl into the Sound to-day (Monday). The screw steam vessel Alacrity, 4, Commander Baird, at I)evonport, was taken out of dock on Fri day. She will probably leave Plymouth Sound to day (Monday) for the Mediterranean. The Dasher, 3, paddle, Commander E. G. Hore, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from the Chan nel Islands. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam sloop Alecto, 6, commissioned by Commander Rabv, on his re moval from the Weser (unsuccessfully * fitted out and despatched for the River Plate) sailed from Wool wich on Saturday for service, it is stated, on the west coast of Africa. .The wh o l e o f t h e ava il a bl e officers and crew belonging to the Weser were trans ferred to the Alecto, the complement having been made up to 100 of all ranks, and altheu b li the trans fer commenced as recently as the 27th ult., the ship was in complete readiness for sea on Thursday last. After swinging at Greenhithe for the adjustment of compasses, &c., she will s a il t o-marrow f or h er destination, calling at Portsmouth and Plymouth, at which latter place she will receive her final orders. The paddle-wheel steam storeship Rhadaman thus, Master Commander Sturdee, left the steam basin, Woolwich, on Saturday, for Portsmouth and Plymouth, having numerous cases of steam gear fer the Duncan, Rinaldo, Sutlej, and Prince of Wales, at Portsmouth, and 40 supernumerary lads and seamen for Plymouth, together with machinery for the Jason, Narcissus, and Howe. The gunboat Louisa, Lieut.-Commander Thomas W. Oliver (tender to her Majesty's screw steam guardship of Coastguard, Edinburgh), sailed from Woolwich on Saturday, after repairs, to resume her station at Leith. The paddle-wheel steam tender Sprightly, G. Allen master, from Portsmouth, with 50 supernu meraries, men and boys, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. The lighter Siubad, W. Moore master, having discharged mouldings, was put out of dock in Key ham on Friday. Th's lighter Tortoise, 11. 1-Risking's master, left Plymouth on Saturday for Pembroke. The utmost activity prevails in Chatham Dock yard among the contractors and others employed on the several works in progress for enlarging and improving that establishment, in order that the whole may be completed within the time required by the Admiralty. In addition to the works com pleted and those in progress, the Lords of the Ad miralty have decided on an extension and improve ment of the dockyard by means of convict labour, the convicts from the establishment at St. Mary's being employed for that purpose. The improve ments contemplated will involve an outlay of £160,000, a portion of which has been already expended, leaving the sum of £127,000 as still required to complete the works. The repair and improvement of No 1 dock, together with tne river wall at the entrance, is to be effected at an outlay of £4,000, in addition to which the mud which has accumulated in the harbour at the entrance to the docks is to be removed, at an esti mated cost of £2,000. There are also to be several minor alterations undertaken, including foundations for the new machinery to be erected, the sum re quired for that purpose being £2,000, exclusive of £1,500, for the erection of new machinery. The total estimated amount required for the works to be performed at Chatham Dockyard for the ensuing year is nearly £30,000, which sum has been inserted in the estimates and laid before Parliament. The following appointments were made on Sa turday, at the Admiralty :—Lieut. G. Stratton, to the Eagle ; T. It. T. Quin, second master to the Forte; and C. E. P. Hall, paymaater to the London. On Friday night the volunteers, comprising the company raised by Mr. Charles Ratcliff, brother of Sir John Ratcliff, late Mayor, met that gentlernau at the Town Hall. Captain J. Oliver Mason introduced Mr. Charles Ratcliff, and congratulated the volunteers on their good fortune in having such a gentleman to act with them, and to be their future captain, and con cluded by giving them some excellent good advice as to their future conduct and conformity 'to the discipline which would henceforth be required of them. Mr. Charles Ratcliff, on rising►, was very warmly received. He expressed the high gratification it gave him to meet the volunteers now present, and placed iu plain practical language before them the fact that they should well consider the importance and responsibility of the step they were about to take ; to listen attentively to the rules for the ob servance of the corps ; and if any one present felt doubtful of his capacity to obey them, that he should at once retire, and not commit himself by the oath of allegiance, or join the movement for pastime or display, instead of legitimate purpose, namely, self imposed duty. After expressing his hope that his company would never disgrace the uniform they were about to wear, or be wanting in duty, Mr. C. Ratcliff then read the rules, as approved by the Secretary of War, and stated that either Major Sanders or Captain Mason would give any explana tions of them that any one present might require, but every one present appeared perfectly sati►fied, and not a single inquiry was made. Ninety-six volunteers were then sworn in by Major Sandars and Captain Mason. This is the first example in England of a gentle man raising a company and clothing them at his own expense. THE WAR DEPARTMENT AND THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS. On Saturday evening a special general meeting of the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers was held at the Scottish Corporation-hall, Crane-court, Fleet street, to hear the result of a recent correspondence between Lord Elcho, the officer in command of the corps, and Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Under- Secretary for War, on the question of to what, if any, extent the principle of popular election is to obtain in the appointment of officers of the corps. In one of the rules which the corps had unanimously adopted for its internal government, that prin ciple was distinctly recognised, but when the regulations came to be submitted to the Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord Lieutenant of the county of Middlesex, his lordship struck his pen through the recognition of the popular element, and Earl de Gray and Itipon, on an appeal being made to him in his official capacity, supported the course taken by the Lord-Lieutenant. The executive com mittee of the London Scottish Volunteers, of which Lord Elcho, as the commanding officer, is chairman, then proceeded to elect the officers of the corps, and the names of the members so chosen have since been submitted to the Lord-Lieutenant for approval. Some dissatisfaction, in the meantime, has been felt by the rank and file of the corps—one of the largest in the metropolis—at being deprived of all share in the election of their officers, and the subject has more than once been warmly discussed among them, Saturday evening being the most recent oc casion. Previous to the meeting the corps had been drilled for some time in the snow in Old Palace yard. Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Elcho, who wore the uniform of a private of the corps, addressed the meeting. He said, at their last meeting he read a memorial signed by 43 members of the corps, ex pressing a wish that a general meeting should be convened to consider the mode of appointing officers of the corps. He stated at that meeting that if those gentlemen, or any other members of the corps, would draw up a memorial on the sub ject, respectfully worded, he would present it to the War-office. It would be in the recollection of the meeting that. the committee of the corps, of which he was chairman, drew up rules for its regu lation, one of which—the 1 lth—was to the effect that the commanding officer should appoint persons for commissions to the Lord Lieutenant after con sulting with the council, and after having submitted the names to a general meeting of the corps, who should be entitled to exercise a veto on each name so submitted. That resolution was drawn up by the eommittee from a desire that in appointing officers they should have some means of ascertain ing what gentlemen would be most agreeable to the corps ; at any rate, that they should not appoint any who might be disagreeable to the members at large. It was adopted unanimously, at a general inciting held at the United Service Institution, and he stated at that time that it would be but waste paper until it received the sanction of the authori ties. When the rules were submitted to the Lord Lieutenant for his approval, he deliberately drew his pen through that part of them which gave to the corps a veto on the appointment of officers. He (Lord Elcho) did all in his power to induce the Lord Lieutenant to retract his decision, but in vain ; the answer being that it contained a recog nition of the principle of popular election, which was not sanctioned by the Crown, and therefore it could not be allowed to stand. He then went to the War Department and saw Earl de Grey and Itipon, the Under-Secretary, on the subject, but with no better result. At a inciting of the corps ou the previous Saturday evening, a member got up and told him (Lord Elcho) substantially that he was not worth Lis salt, because he had not succeeded in overcoming the objections of the Lord Lieutenant and the authorities at the War Department. (A laugh.) To that taunt he replied that he was sorry he had taken nothing ny his motion in that respect, but that he was bound, as a good subject, to obey the powers that be. The member in question said the corps was being ground down by tyranny—(" No, no") —and that he (Lord Elcho), living in the reign of Queen Victoria, was endeavouring to command the corps on principles which obtained in the time of the Stuarts. (A laugh.) In one sense lie believed that was so, remembering that in those days the punishment of the pillory was in use, and seeing that at the meeting in question he had been pelted for three hours—morally he meant—(a laugh)— with eloquent denunciations for not having suc ceeded in doing what he had been most anxious to do. It was said that other corps had exercised a voice in the election of their officers, and why not this ? He was asked to cancel the appointment of the officers, but lie said he could not do that even if he were disposed, which he was not, for the names had been sent in to the lord lieutenant. " Oh," said a member of the corps, " you can get over that, be cause the names have been returned to you in con sequence of your having forgotten to add the Chris tian names." His answer to that was that the names had not been returned to him in consequence of any such omission, but, even if they had, he need scarcely say he should certainly have declined to take advantage of such an error. (Cheers.) The discussion ended in the adoption of a motion, at the instance of Mr. Robertson, that a general meeting should be convened for the purpose of discussing the question at issue. The subject, indeed, was one which did not affect the London Scottish Corps only. It was a question between the War Depart ment and all the volunteer corps in the kingdom. (Cheers.) In that view of the case lie had thought it desirable to obtain, if possible, some authoritative decision on the matter, which might serve as a guide to all volunteer corps, present and future. He had such an authoritative decision now to communicate, the Council, and after havin. , submitted the names to a general meeting of the corps, who should be entitled to ex ercise a veto on each name so submitted. This latter part of the rule, which gave a veto to the members of the corps, was objected to by the Lord-Lieutenant, and your lordship, on my bringing it under your notice, said that you could not sanction th principle of popular election, which it to a great degree recognised. Acting upon this, I, after having ascertained the views of the Council, recommended certain gentlemen to the Lord-Lieutenant for commissions. This course, however, on my part, and the alteration of the•Tule, have given dissatisfaction to some members of the corps, who say that other volunteer corps have been allowed to elect their officers, and a resolution was passed to convene a special meeting of the corps to consider the subject. I should therefore be glad if your lordship would kindly inform me whether any other corps have had any rule sanctioned by the War-office which gives them in any way the power or privilege of electing their officers, and whether, while refus ing your sanction to the principle of popular election, your lordship would approve of commanding officers, before making reeonanendations for which they would be respon sible, hiking what steps may appear to there to be must expedient, with a view to finding out who are the persona who would as officers be most acceptable to their corps.—l remain your obedient servant, " FActio." To that letter Earl de Grey replied as follows: " Feb. 9, "My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the re ceipt of your lordship's letter of the 7th inst., on tke subject I of the mode of appointing officers in volunteer corps, and having special reference to the case of the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers, under your command. " Your Lordship is aware that the appointment of officers in the volunteer force is vested by Act of Parliament in the Lord-Lieutenant, subject to her Majesty's approval. "With this provision of the law the Secretary of State has, of course, no power to interfere, even if he desired to do so; but Mr. Herbert, feeling that it is desirable that officers should be appointed to volunteer corps whe are acceptable to those whom they are to command, has mentioned, whenever any corps has wished it, the adoption of the system laid down in the model rule No. 5, whick is to the following *feet " ' The officer in comman.l will propose gentlemen to the Lord-Lieutenant forcommissions as officers. but the appoint ment of all officers is vested by Act of Parliament in the Lord-Lieutenant, subject to the Queen's approval.' " It is not in Mr. Hcrbert'r power, consistently with the requirements of the law, to lay down any further rule. "When, therefore, the regulations proposed for the Scot tish Rifle Volunteers came before him, he could only con firm the objection taken by the Lord-Lieutenant when he forwarded those rules to those provisions which tended to recognise officially a right of veto, if not of election, in the members of the corps in respect to the persons whose names should be submitted by your Lordship as officers command ing to the Lord. Lieutenant for appointment as officers. "Under these circumstances, I have to inform your Lord ship, in reply to the questions which you have put to me, tha.tue rule has been sanctioned by her Majesty which rer•-g -nise.s a right in the members to elect their officers, but that Mr. Herbert can have no objection to commanding officers, be fore making recommendaticns for which they would bo re sponsible, taking what steps may appear to theta most ex pedient with a view to finding out who would, as officers ' be most acceptable to their corps.—l hav e th e h onour to be, my lord, your faithful servant, "DH GREY AND RIPON," (Cheers.) There, then, was the law distinctly laid down by responsible Ministers of the Crown—Mr. Herbert and Earl de Grey; and he could only say that he was delighted to End them disposed to re cognise the exercise of a discretion on his part, as the commanding officer of the corps; and, in every future election, as vacancies might arise, he should endeavour to ascertain the feelings of the members at large before making the nomination. (Cheers.) The question rested now between the corps and the War Department, but, subject to the condition stated in the letter of Earl de Grey, it also rested between the corps and him (Lord Elcho). (Hear.) His object in holding that correspondence was, that the corps should have officers over them whom they thought woald give satisfaction, and in whom they could piece confidence—(hear)—and they might rest assured that he would endeavour in every cue to meet their views, and to make the most judicious appointment whenever a vacancy arose, (Hear, hear.) Before resuming his seat he might say the meeting was aware that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to announce her intention of holding a special levee for the reception of the officers of volunteer corps throughout the kingdom. He had received a letter from an officer of the corps ander his command wishing to know whether he would be permitted to attend the levee in his uni form. To that inquiry the only answer he (Lord Elche) could give was that he himself meant to attend in his volunteer uniform, and he did not apprehend that he should be refused admission. Mr. WILSON, a member of the corps, said, while he should not be disposed to question the grounds on which the Lord Lieutenant might recommend persons to her Majesty for commissions, he, for him self, could not recognise the fairness of any choice of officers which did not to some extent proceed on the principle of popular election. (Hear.) At the same time he was not prepared to say that popular election, without any control on the part of the commanding officer, would be a proper thing. (Hear, hear.) He believed it would have been more desirable if the election had rested with the members of the corps and the veto with the man manding officer. He could not doubt that the ener getic way in which Lord Elcho had acted in this matter would give a fresh start to the London Scottish Volunteer Corps. (Hear, hear.) Professor MsssoN (who is a working member of the corps) thought his lordship had taken the proper and necessary step to bring this matter to an issue, and had elicited a statement from the 'Par Department which, though exactly corresponding with the knowledge which the corps had before hand of what was permissible, indicated that the authorities there would not interfere with the dis cretion of the commanding officer in taking what steps he chose in the future election of officers to ascertain which of the members of the corps would be likely to give most satisfaction in that capacity. When other corps appeared to be doing all they wished in the election of officers under the existing law, members of this corps had asked why they could not do the same. Lord. Elcho had taken the necessary step to satisfy his own mind whether the course adopted in the other corps might obtain in this. He (Professor Masson) was of opinion that all that was purely civil and administrative in the management of the corps should spring out of the corps itself, and all that was military should emanate from the commanding officer. (Cheers.) It was of the very essence of this volun teer movement that that should be so ; and, unless that principle were recognised, the movement would not be what it ought to be. He trusted that Lord Elcho would carry on the movement still further and further, intimately identified and connected as his lordship had been with it from the very first, and setting an example as he had done in attaining by laborious practice among the rank and file the honourable position of a really effective working volunteer rifleman. (Cheers.) Now that this question of disputed jurisdiction had been settled, the corps would cheerfully obey his Lordship as their military head ; but, he repeated, the civil administration of the corps should spring from itself, because in that, among other respects, lay the difference between a paid soldier and a volunteer. (Cheers.) Mr. ROBERTSON moved a resolation to the effect that the meeting, having heard read the letters of Lord Elcho and Earl de Grey and Ripon on the election of officers, desired to express its thanks to Lord Elche for the promptitude and spirit with which he had acted in the matter, and its complete satisfaction with the reply of the Government. Professor MASSON said he would willingly second the motion, provided the expression that the meet ing was " satisfied with the reply of the Govern ment" did not commit him to the supposition that the Government might not have gone further in the matter. (A laugh.) He was, however, satisfied with the practical upshot of the matter. The resolution, after Dr. CORMACK and another member of the corps had spoken to it in approval, was put and carried with acclamation. The corps then by a spontaneous motion gav e three lusty cheers for the Queen ; another round followed for Lady Elcho, and with that ebullition of enthusiasm the prockdings terminated. THE VOLUNTEER UNIFORM. The following circular has been issued : " War-office, 1860. ~ si r ,--I am directed by Mr. Secretary Herbert to forward to you the enclosed specification of the uniform recommend/it fur artillery and rifle volnn- " BELTS. " Of dark brown leather, with pouch to contain 30 rounds of armurnition ^ ball bag to slide on the waist belt, to contain TO rounds I , f ammunition, caps, and oil bottle, bayonet frog on lett side ; on the large pouch a shoulder belt is fixed, so as to be perfectly level on the waist, passing under the tight arm and over the left shoulder, fastening on the breast with a buckle. " LEATHER GAITERS. " To be made of sheep skin, to match in colour with the pouch and belts; black enamelled facing at bottom, cut with a point behind, to form a con tinuation of boot ; buttons of the same thaterial. " CLOAK. " To be made from tine same material as tunic, cut two inches below the knee, forming a double breasted coat, buttoning close to the neck, with stand or fall collar, having tabs buttoning over to protect the neck. " A cape, 15 inches deep, fits on the shoulder, at tached or detached at pleasure, and formed of double material ; the inward part expanding, and when reversed forming a hood, to protect the head. " ARTILLERY TUNIC. " Blue cloth, tweed, or serge. " Single-breasted, with fly one inch and flu ee quarters broad on the inside, collar and cuffs of the same material, the collar one inch and three-quarters high, rounded off in front and corner of skirts also. " The sleeves to have an Austrian knot, to forum a cuff three inches deep at the point ; the knots to be eight itches in depth, three inches and three quarters in width, formed with black square cord and traced round with scarlet tracing braid ; the collar edged with square cord and traced inside with scarlet braid; the tunic to be edged with scarlet cloth, one-quarter of an inch in width ; nine buttons in front and two behind the skirt, without opening behind ; buttons of white metal, with raised pat tern of gun in centre. " TROUSERS. " Blue cloth, cut to fit a baud round the waist, with side-pockets; large from hip to knee, small over the foot ; edged down the side seam with black square cord and scarlet tracing braid, similar to collar and sleeve of the coat. " GAITERS. " :nude from black enamelled leather, 13 inches deep, six buttons down side, with strap and buckle on. the top. " CAP. " Of blue cloth, having scarlet card round top and bottom, of oak-leaf band, and round inside of sunk crown ; knot in centre of crown ; black leather peak and chin strap. " BELT. " Plain black leather, with frog for sword ; snake-hook fastening. " ORIZAT COAT. " Of blue cloth, similar in pattern to Itifle Volun teers." ST. GEORGE'S. This corps marched out on Saturday afternoon from Burlington-house, Piccadilly,with Lieutenant- Colonel C. H. Lindsay at their head, the bugle band and a muster (in spite of the unpropitious weather) of about 120 men. They proceeded through the leading thoroughfares of the 'parish to Chelsea Hospital, where they were inspected by General Sir Ed ward Blakeney, the governor, who expressed himself highly gratified with the soldierlike ap pearance of the men under arms, as well as with the neatness of their uniform. VISIT OF COL. APMURDO TO LIVERPOOL. An official meeting of the officers of Artillery Volunteer forces of Liverpool was held on Friday, by special summons of the Mayor, At the Town hall. Col. Bourne, Major Walter, Captains Melly, Wrigley, Bushby, llornby, Turner, Robinson, Campbell, and Langton, of the 4th Division of Ar tillery ; Captains M'lver and Currie, of the Cunard Volunteers, and Brown, Hamilton, Sharman, Clay, and Dyke, commanding other artillery forces, were . present. Mr. W. Brown, late M.P. for South Lancashire, whose name has been foremost in the movement, was in attendance. Altogether there were 23 companies of artillery, numbering over 1,500 efficient men, represented. The Mayor stated to this body of fficers that, in obedience to the request of the Secretary at War, he would in troduce to them Colonel M'Murdo, the officer ap pointed by her Majesty's Government to arrange the details for the volunteer artillery service, whose immediate object was to arrange for the uniting the several existing companies into divisions, with a view to secure unity of action and the avoiding of unnecessary correspondence. Colonels Marriott and Fortescue, of the Royal Artillery, were also present as the officers of the district, whose duties are to inspect the forces and aid in their general efficient organisation. Colonel M'MURDO explained to the officers pre sent the objects and purposes of the Government in referenle to the volunteer artillery arm of the ser vice, and made it clear to the officer's commending that, though it was necessary they should combine in divisions of 500, yet that their so doing was not intended in any way to interfere with the separate independence of each distinct company or force, and that the brigading would not in the slightest de gree effect their original and separate existence as individual corps. The chief subjuct of discussion . was the matter of small arms. Major WALTER addressed Colonel M'Murdo at sonic length on this question, urging upon the Government the vital necessity of all volunteer ar tillery being at once supplied with the rifled car bine and sword bayonet ; that the gentlemen who had beon engaged in forming these forces had entered men on the distinct understanding that they were to be armed in evviv way as the Royal Artillery, and that if the Government had any intention of ruling it otherwise he feared that the whole of these forces would disband. Major Walter observed that he bad raised 640 men, that they had banded themselves together on a clearly expressed arrangement, which was that they were to be artillerymen , and that an artilleryman was armed with a carbine and bayonet. Now, to imagine that the forces collected together in Liverpool and other places would consent to march through the stre e t s of a large city with an antiquated R oman sword , more like the instruments carried by, the veterans of Drury-lane theatre in the marcharai.er . ,of was "Bl s u i e m ß p e ly ar a d n " than any weapon of modern warfar e , absurdity. All the other officers present fully concurred in these opinions, and it was earnestly impressed upon Colonel M'Murdo that nothing short of a thorough rifled carbine, to be issued to the Volunteer Artil lery, would keep the forces together, and maintain regularity and numerous attendance at:the drill. COI. BOURNE and Capt.MELLY each enforced the arguments advanced by Major Walter. Resolutions al seve r companiesw e passedre to br i gade according to the expressing the readiness of th ex pressed desire of the War-o-,. ee, and enforcing the vital necessity of an immediate issue of carbines to the artillery forces. It was exp lained to Col. M'Murdo that the 4th Di v i s i on of Lancashire Artil lery, being in itself a division of eight companies, under Col. Bourne's command, formed a brigade of itself. The Mayor afterwards entertained the assembled officers at a sumptuous luncheon. On the motion of Col. BOURNE, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor for the earnestness and promptitude he has shown on this and every public occasion bearing on the volunteer movement in the district. As an instance of the earnestness, so far, of the Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, it was named to Col. 111‘Murdo that the eight companies of the 4th division had for several months past been regularly drilling three times a-week, and that but few mem bers of the respective companies failed in their fre quent attendance.