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RAREY in LONDON ONE WEEK MORE._ Mr. Rarey's Practical Exposition of his System of Morse Taming at the AL lIAMBRA. PALACE, Leicester *square. Morning Demonstrations on Tuesday. Thursday, and Sa turday, June 19, 21, and 23, at Two o'clock. Evening Demonstrations on Monday, Wednesday, Thurs day, and Friday, June 18, 20, 21, and 22, at Half-past Eight. Several well-known and dangerously-vicious subjects have been secured. Reserved Sears (numbered and secured), 105. ; Second Seats, ss. ; Third Seats. 2s. 6d. Tickets and places may be taken at the Box-office of the Palace ; Mitchell's Library, Bond street; and Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s, Cheapside. A i RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill -st ree t, Picea = dilly.—Open every Ev en i ng , w ith the celebrated Band ?on ducted . by %lons. Lamotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em perm Napoleon). A ma:4lllBcent SMOKING SALOON added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad mission. ls. Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament. 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Sold by most druggists, in boxes, Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square , rreett package, with " William L am b er t , 20 , Jermyn-street, ' en graved on the Government stamp. MEDICAL ADVICE. n R. LA'MERT, Regi s t ere d L . S . A., Honorary 2 --" Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. 31 the University of Erlangen, &0., may be CONSULTED on all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and on the Secret In tirmities of Youth and Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residence, -37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'Mert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu merous Engravings and Cases, a N'ew Edition of his Work, S EL F- PRES se E RVAT lON, which will be sent f ree, in a aled envelope. by Mann, 3'.), Cornhill, London, or by the Author, for Eight stamps. CONTENTS. SECTION I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. SECTION IL—Puberty- Manhood -The Morale of Genera t ve Physiology —True and False Morality. SECTION lll.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical ttelations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—Advan ,ages of Physical Contrasts in securing healthy Offspring. SECTION IV. — Spermatorrhma and Impotence—The causes 4 Sterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. SECTION V. -The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per nicious habits on the mental and general faculties. SECTION Vl. — Treatment of Nervous and Generative De bility—lmpotence and Sterility—D angerous R esu lt s of various Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Treatment ; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practice 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 paramount 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, whose tamperings with the constitution aro f r equently followed by serious consequences. CURTIS ON MANHOOD NEW EDITION : A MEDICAL ESSAY ON NE ISEASESRVOUS AND GENERA TIVE D. Just Published, the 125th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope , p rice Is., 'old by all Booksellers, or sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, M ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: _ INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on he Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. C HAPTE R ll.—Causes of Supermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. G o v oT C e n r i l lioearArpe: T r 1: c :t o V f 25 . —The plan of Treatment, Medical and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending CHAPTERS and s V i p i d s VI. on the modern Treatment of Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting cases, otici lo which is added the Author's receipt of a preventiYe REVIEWS OF TIIE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in th e h ands of young and old. " — " Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. At home for consultation, daily, from 10 till 3 and 6 to 8. BundaYs,lo to 1, • 11111111111 11‘ etri7 7 l :4: , 7 \ ia. ' • legi I 1 ‘ • 4? - Alk i tillibt t 90 • " 1 11 I II for the cons' ion'Cr • . ; -1 ` ) ` " SiO '- & 8 DiE • - co 10 11 ; 4 15' 2 •0 , 0 • held yesterday at t 100 Station—Capt. Mang PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD. The mean daily temperature was below the average throughout the week; and on Wednesday and Thurs day the amount of this depression was more than 7 deg. The thermometer in the shade fell to its lowest point, 43 . 5 deg., on Wednesday; and it rose to its highest, 64.3 deg., on Friday. The range of temperature for the.week was therefore 20 8 deg. The mean daily range was 14.7 deg. The thermo meter in the sun attained its highest point, 112 deg., on Friday. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 57.0 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 5 . 2 deg., showing great dryness of the air. The mean degree of humidity was 78, complete saturation being represented by 100, which point was nearly approached on Saturday, when the humidity was 97. The wind was in the south-west. Rain fell on every day ; hail on Mon day and Wednesday. The amount of rain in the week was 1.59 in. On the first nine days of the month rain has fallen to the amount of 22 in. The average - fall for the whole of May is rather less than 2 in. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1860. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, 811.XD, HURST. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief yesterday honoured the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, with a visit, the object of which was to be present at the declaration of the result of the late competitive examination for army commis sions. His Roy al Highness, who was accom panied by Sir R. Ai re y, Q uar t ermas t er -G en eral ; Sir J. Scarlett, Adjutant-General ; General Romley, Vice-President of the Council of Military Educa tion; Colonel Elwin and Colonel Addison, members of the Council, and Colonel Thyrritt, Aide-de- Camp, arrived upon the ground at a quarter past 10 o'clock, and was received ;by Major-General Sir H. Jones, Governor of the College, Colonel Scott, Lieut.-Governor, Colonel W. Napier, Superinten dent of Studies, and Colonel P. Macdougall, Com mandant of the Staff College. The gentlemen cadets connected with Sandhurst and the officers belonging to the Staff College were, in the first instance, reviewed upon parade, and subsequently put through a variety of manoeuvres. These were executed with singular ease, expertness, and pre cision, and elicited from the Commander-in-Chief expressions of marked approval. One of the argu ments most used in favour of the Volunteer move ment is, that the superior intelligence of the en rolled members enabled them to learn their drill with comparative ease, and to become rapidly effi cient. It is easy, therefore, to conjecture with what quickness, and it might almost be added, gracefulness, the movements were performed, when then corps under arms consisted of the elite of English military youth.—the officers elect of the British army. The training which this excellent materiel had received was more especially evi denced in the bayonet exercise, in which nearly as great an advance has been made of late years as in that of the rifle. In the French army mere parti cularly fencing with the bayonet has become all but a:scieuce, and a complete revolution has been ef fected since the time when the rule was to rush for ward at the charge. It is now asserted that a man who knows how to handle this weapon is more than a match for a cavalry soldier, and drill ser geants are particular in warning recruits " not to thrust their points too far in," so that they may be ready to .meet a fresh assailant. Having gone through the bayonet exercise, the corps was formed into a hollow square, and General R om l ey rea d th e report of the Council of Military Ed uca ti on, ex pressing the gratification of the Commissioners at the result of th e recent exam i nat i on, which they regarded as " very satisfactory ;" 57 candidates had presented themselves for examina tion, of whom 20 o bt a i ne d more than 4,100 marks, while 20 others had exceeded the number of 3,000, fixed as th e minim= for obtaining commissions without purchase. Out of the entire number, 11 had failed to pass the prescribed examination. The Council, while recording with pleasure their opinion of the general answering, felt gratification in add ing that some of the examiners had noticed a marked' improvement in special subjects. They also felt it right to mention in an especial manner the name of Mr. George F. Chambers, the 13th in order of merit among the most successful candidates, who had only been for two terms in the College, and had yet succeeded equally with those who had gone through the entire course. His Royal Highness the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF then addressed the gentlemen cadets, and expressed his regret that, owing to the requirements of the service, he was unable to allot more than 20 com missions among the successful competitors. These would, of course, be distributed in the order of merit, and the recipients would be gazetted with the least possible delay. Referring to the report of the Council on Military Education, his Royal Highness stated his entire concurrence in the senti ments of the Commissioners, and added that what he had that day seen afforded the strongest evidence of the earnest and persevering spirit in which the gentlemen he was addressing had applied them selves to their various duties. The Commander-in- Chief alluded to a fact which he heard with regret, that the report for the last half-year did not speak as highly of " conduct" at Sandhurst College as in the previous term, and emphatically pointed out the necessity for amendment in this particular. Accompanied by his suite, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge then entered the College and inspected the military drawings and landscapes of the cadets, as well as those of the students of the Staff College. Some of the pupils underwent an examination on the plan of attack according to Vauban ; the riding-school was then visited, and the style of equitation again afforded scope for favourable remark. Returning to the exterior of the building, the gentlemen cadets and officers next engaged in engineering operations, and in an incredibly short space of time the long bolster-shaped pontoons were floated into posi tion, and made the points d'appui for a substantial causeway, which, in the shape of a floating led to an island in the centre of the sheet of water which stretches away for some distance in front of the college. The bright colours both of the uniforms and pontoons, seen in full motion at the edge of the lake, and rendered more conspicuous by the rich background of trees. from above which in the remote distance peered down the Bagshet monument, im parted to the proceedings at this stage a highly picturesque appearance. Unfortunately the rain, which now interferes as of prescriptive right, .• -- - marred to some extent the final operations, and by the time that the corps had engaged in tracing out field works, all those whom etiquette forbade from seeking shelter received a thorough wetting. His Royal Highness left shortly before 3 o'clock, and, as on his arrival, a salute was fired by the Sappers attached to the establishment. The students then returned to the hall of the college, where a select and fashionable company, for the most part consisting of their friends and relatives, had likewise assembled. Major-General Sir H. Jones said he had nothing to add to the address which had already been made to them by the Commander-in-Chief, but he had the pleasing duty of presenting to those gentlemen who had been fortunate enough to obtain commissions with out purchase the certificates of their having suc cessfully passed the competitive examination. The following are the names of the successful cadets, with their respective marks, in the order of merit, as determined by the examiners : No. of Marks. 1. William S Cooke 2. John A. Grattan 3. Francis E. Lloyd 4. Philip Walker 5. Hendley P. Kirkwood 5,447 6. Russell Skinner.. 7. William B. Burton 8. Henry W. Ashford 9. Thomas C. Lambert 4,925 10. Charles De J. Gnome 11. George U. Prior 12. William Wilmer 13. George F. Chambers 14. Philip P. D. Clarke 4,354 15. Ou en Phibbs 16. Sylvanus R. B. Partridge 17. John C. Robinson 4,238 18. John A. Dawson 19. Edward W. Sawyer 20. John De R. Dick Prizes were then presented by the Governor to gentlemen cadets who had distinguished themselves during the lest half-year in the various branches of study as follows : Nathematics.—First prize, Skinner ; second, Walker ; third, Tylden. Fortification.—First prize, De Wend; second, Howes. Military Surveying.—First prize, Cooke; second, Military Drawing.—Bleazby. Landscape Drawing.—Nangle. French.—First prize, Cooke ; second, Fitz Her bert. German. —First prize, Cooke; second, Fitz Her bert. Military History.—First Trize, Kirkwood; se cond, Creek. • Geology.—Lambert. Exemplary Conduct. --First prize, Gibbons; se cond, Cargill; third, Ashford; fourth, Walker. The successful students, to whom with their prizes a few words of counsel and encouragement were addressed by Sir H. Jones, were loudly cheered by their companions ; and, though it was necessarily matter of regret that more commissions were not at the disposal of the Commander-in -Chief, an excel lent feeling pervaded the entire school. On quit ting the Hall the Governor received a no less hearty round of cheering than any by which it had been preceded. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills—Delicate Health. In the debility, languor, and nervousness, generated by excesses of any kind, whether mental or physical, the effect of these Pills is in the highest degree bracing, renovating, and restorative. 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The Hornet, 17, screw, has been undocked from No. 1 dock at Portsmouth on the completion of her repairs. _ - His Brizilian - Majesty's sailing corvette, Don. Isabel, 18, Captain Carvalho, arrived in Ply mouth Sound yesterday, and saluted the Bri-, tish flag and the flag - of Port Admiral Arthur Fanshawe, - which was acknowledged by the citadel and the Impregnable, 104, in Ilamoazo. Shortly after arrival she was visited by the Brazilian Vice-Consul, Mr. T. W.' Fox, 1“1.,_ who was honoured by a - salute on departure. The corvette is.from Rio Janeiro,l3ec.- 31 .• New York, April 20; and Fayal, Terceira, and St. Michael's, June 2. During the l as t wee k she has experienced very strong winds, and has most of that time been under close-reefed topsails. The Don Isabel's guns are 32-pounders; she has a complement of 220 men, and 'will retrain Plymouth 10 days, and then proceed to Portsmouth, Antwerp, Cherbourg, Lis bon, &c.` The screw despatch gun-vessel Torch; 4, at Cha tham, is ordered to be fitted for service at sea, and to have a complement of 60 men. 'Capt - the Hon. Francis Egerton hoisted his pennant on. Wednesday, 011 board the screw steam ship St. George, 91, at Plymouth. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Geyser, 6, at Ply mouth, is ordered to be commissioned and to have a complement of 170 men---- The paddlewheel steam-vessel Advice, M. C.Ray mond, second master, commanding (tender to the Amphion at Queenstown), arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday with supernumeraries. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Cotamander G. M. Jack son' to the Geyser, commissioned ; C omman d er F. H. Smith, to the Torch, commissioned; William Lockhart, assist.-surg., confirmed in the Imaum ; Alexander Minnoch, assist.-surg., confirmed in the Exmouth; Frederick Gransmore, paymaster to the Blenheim; John Hay, assistant paymaster addi tional to the Victory. The 2d battalion of the 11th Foot, consisting of about 30 officers and 1,000 men, will leave Alder shott camp this morning, and proceed by special train from Farnborough to Portsmouth for duty in that garrison. an embarrassment. To acknowledge her as an in dependent State would lead to endless European complications. An island in the Mediterranean half the size of Ireland as an independent State is an absurdity in terms. Of course it would be seized upon by some great Power at the first outbreak of a war, and it requires no prophet to tell us what great Power it would be which would seize upon it. To unite it to Sardinia while Sardinia is what she now is would be no less dangerous. Sardinia could not rule it and could not protect it. Any great Power which held Sicily would dominate Italy, and any small Power which held Sicily as a distant append age would hold it loosely as the locu , a tenens of some great Power. No, Sicily and Naples must go to gether. They have been united in bondage, and in liberty they should not be separate. The true diplo macy of this crisis is not to diplomatise. There is a knot which none but Garibaldi can untie, and it is better to leave him alone to untie it. Interference could at this moment have no other effect than to bind the victorious Sicilians, and to hand them back to their tyrant. This would be not only diabolically wicked, but it would be profoundly unwise. It would tend to convince oppressed populations that Liberty, when she fights her best and wins with drawn sword in open day, has no chance of being allowed to enjoy her victories; and it would tend to drive back the discontented world again to the sullen, guilty counsels, that are primpted by despair. 71IE INSURRECTION IN SICILY. (From the Tin2es.) The 'Washington of Italy is consolidating his conquest. He is showing a promptitude in organi zation equal to that which marked his military achievements. He descended among a people whose spirit was broken by long oppression, and whose trust was worn by frequent treacheries. Tyranny too horrible for human endurance had forced into action the animal instinct of resistance, but the Sicilians were resisting as wild beasts might resist. They were desperate, but without purpose; they were fierce, but they were timorous ; they were unanimous, but they were not co-operative; they could shout. end shoot, and harass, but they had no idea of expelling an intrenched enemy or conquer ing their country. The presence of one man has changed the whole scene. That powerful and well provided army has been broken in the field, driven from the capital, forced to capitulate, and is leaving the shores of Sicily defeated and disgraced. The capital is placed in a state of defence, the island has been divided into 24 districts, each having its governor and its communes, and their municipal bodies ; the established taxes are gathered into the Treasury of the new Government, and the public lands are appropriated to the maintenance and re ward of the soldiers who shall aid in achieving the independence of the island. Already everything has assumed the aspect of regular war. Garibaldi, the Filibuster, Garibaldi whose head was promised to the King of Naples, has now, even in the mouths of Royal Generals, beccme " his Excellency General Garibaldi," and royal ambassadors sue to him for leave to quit the spot where they have done all the iniquity and butchery they could, and had nothing left to expect but a bloody retaliation. How grand has been the contrast, during this short conflict, between the conduct of the soldier of liberty and the behaviour of the tyrant against whom he uprose ! Garibaldi has made war like a Christian gentleman. He has spoken and he has fought in the old spirit of chivalry ; and, although the mate rial odds were so vastly against him, he seems to have thought that his good cause enabled him to give his enemy any advantage he might ask. Did the King's mercenaries, when hard pressed, wish for time to remove their wounded, Garibaldi granted the truce as soon as it was asked, and would not even see that they were themselves breaking it. When his men were fired upon he returned not a shot, and only in the Fast extremity did he interfere to prevent the success of too dangerous a perfidy. Such was the conduct of the man whom the King of Naples did treat, and still would willingly treat, as an outlaw and a robber. Let us view it in contrast with that of the Kin g, who was pouring shot and shell from all his ships and all his forts upon a densely-peopled city, not with any hope of conquest, but in the mere wanton love of havoc ; satisfied to slaughter crowds of men, women, and children if he might chance in th e me l ee to kill one armed insur gent. This scandalous carnage is for the moment ended, but let us not fail to take advantage of the pause to mark the fact that in this desperate con flict it is the insurgent people who have shown themselves, under the conduct of their illustrious leader, moderate and merciful as well as brave ; and that it is the crowned tyrant who has been sangui nary, relentless, and treacherous. If Garibaldi lives we may feel secure that, so far as Naples is concerned, the emancipation of Sicily is achieved. But now that all this has been done, and has been so nobly done —what next ? Of course, this King of torture chambers and prisons is as mean under chastisement as he was insolent when his victims lay helpless before him. Of course, he is now a beggar to every European Court for the loan of a little armed force. He would like a few French Zouayes, some Tyrolese riflemen, perhaps some English marines, to go and destroy for him that insolent Sicilian army, and to set up again for him that pleasant chamber of horrors where human bodies, in writhing attitudes, hung crucified upon the walls, and where rusty spikes and rotting rags showed the spots from which others had dropped —an undesired manifestation of the paternal sys tem which this King, degenerate even as a Bour bon, has so faithfully followed. M. de Martino is going from Court to Court to petition for this little favour; and while he is doing his office men's minds are troubled lest diplomacy should undo all that courage has done. Of course, there is now no economy of soft phrases and vehement protesta tions. The son will in this moment , of prostra tion swear as glibly as the father swore twelve years ago. Give him once more the power of the sword, the power of the police, his chains, his nails, and his walls , and he will promise Plato's Republic or More's Utopia. Relics shall attest the solemnity of his obligations, the blood of St. Januarius shall flow to ratify the compact, and yet there is no one man in all Europe who could have a moment's doubt as to what would be the result. If any Sovereign or statesman should listen to this King's promises and should aid him, it would be universally recognised that th e i ntent i on of that Sovereign or statesman could only be to deliver over the Sicilians to pillage and a wide proscrip tion, and that he was an accomplice, and not a dupe. Austria, wo are told, has peremptorily and posi tively refused to interfere. It is wise. She has enough at home to answer for, although, happily for humanity, nothing quite of this character. Lord Palmerston states his belief that the determination of France is similar to that of Austria. Let us hope that this may be so. -Whatever may be the object of the French Emperor in allowing this ground to be cleared, it must be a gain to humanity that it be cleared. The declaration, however, which strikes most in harmony with the feelings of every human-minded man throughout the world is that made by Lord Palmerston last Tuesday night, that the first most effectual and only necessary step to remove the authors and instigators of revolution is to remove the Sovereigns of such Governments as those of Rome and Naples, who are themselves the original authors and instigators of all revolutionary movements. This is the only solution of the difficulty. Garibaldi has not yet done all his work. There is nothing yet ripe for diplomacy. While an unteachable and unforgetting Bourbon is on the throne of Naples there is nothing with which diplomacy can deal. Let him alone and he will complete his work. "Expeditions to the Abruzzi and Calabria are," says our correspondent, " every where being planned." If we should stay Gari baldi's hand at this stage, we should render useless all he has already done. Sicily by herself is only A YETERAN- OF TILE 61?E',4 2 1 W.:' R. Admiral Edward Hawker, who died on the Bth inst., was born on the 7th of November, 1782, and on the 28th of May, 1786, was entered by his Royal Highness Prince William Henry on board his ship the Pegasus, 28. Mr. Hawker's name was subse quently upon the books of the Powerful, 74, com manded by his cousin, Captain O'Brien, and of the Impregnable, 98, Captain Sir T. Byard, and in 1793, at the early age of ten years, he was a mid shipman aboard the Pegasus, 28, and then of the Swiftsure, 74, each commanded by his brother-in law, Captain (afterwards Admiral) Boyles. In May, 1794, the Svviftsure chased two French fri gates, who separated, when she closed with them, but after thirty-six hours' chase and a running fight, she captured the largest of them, the At lante, 38, commanded by M, (afterwards Admiral) Linois. The Atlante had ten men killed and ab3ut thirty wounded; the Swiftsure had one man killed, and two or three wounded. In July, 1796, Mr. Hawker was made Lieutenant when only thirteen years old, and, with Captain BoyleF exchanged into the Rai sonable, 64, and wa s employed on the Jamaica sta tion for a year and a half, and then at the Cape of Good Hope for two years and a half, cruising and. making some captures off the Isle of France. In 1799 Mr. Hawker was appointed Lieutenant of the Spitfire, 18 guns, commanded by his brother-in-law, Captain Michael Seymour (afterwards Rear-Admi ral Sir M, Seymour, Bart., K.C.8.), and cruising off the coast of France, captured two large French privateers. In 1800 he was First-Lieutenant of the Garland, Captain Honyman, M.P., cruising off the coast of France, and in Julie, 1801, he be came First Lieutenant of the Thames, 32, cruising off Cadiz; and on the 21st of September commanded her boats at the very spirited capture of a Spanish privateer, carrying two four-pounders, two brass swivels, and 31 men. Then cruised in the Medi- terranean, and took the news of the peace to Alex andria, and was paid off with the Thames. At the renewal of the war in 1803, Mr. Hawker was ap pointed to the command of the Swift cutter, of 79 tons, 8 four-pounders, and 21 men, and was sent out with despatches to Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, off Martinique, and was afterwards sent to keep a look out off the Diamond Rock. Observing two schooners in a narrow harbour to the eastward, he attempted, with the help of a small English priva teer, to cut them out, having observed that a fort at the entrance of the harbour was not manned. Mr. Hawker succeeded in carrying off one schooner, but the other was aground, and while endeavouring to get her afloat the French came down in force, and Mr. Hawker was compelled to retreat through a very heavy fire, which, disabling one boat, three men of the Swift, end four belonging to the priva teer were taken prisoners, Sir Samuel Hood in a private letter, spoke with high approbation of this dashing affair, of which Mr. Hawker had made no official report. On reaching Jamaica with his prize Mr. Hawker was appointed First Lieutenant of the Bellerophon, 74, Captain Loring, and on the 29th of August, 1803, he was promoted to the com mand first of the Port Mahon brig, and then of the Mignonne, of 18 guns on the Jamaica station. While under his command the Mignonne had one of her topmasts shivered and three men killed by lightning. In June, 1804, Captain Hawker was made Post Captain into the Theseus, 74, bearing the flag of Admiral Dacres, and in company with the Hercule, 74, ex perienced a terrific hurricane, which lasted for three days, and in which the Theseus was totally ' dismasted, and kept afloat only by the most ex traordinary exertions of officers and crew, and by throwing many of her guns overboard. From the Theseus Captain Hawker was given the command of the Tartar, 32, and cruised for two years off the West Indies and the coast of America, captur ing l'Observateur, of 18 guns and 104 men, and many neutrals carrying enemy's property. In 1806, the Tarter being ordered home in consequence of damage sustained in a hurricane, Captain Haw ker exchanged into the Melampus, 36 ; in her he convoyed a fleet of transports from Halifax to Bar badoes, captured Le Colibri, of 16 guns, and 92 men, Le Bearnais, of 16 guns, and 109 men, and also cut out a felucca from Aguadilla. He then assisted at the reduction of Guadaloupe, and, after capturing La Fantome letter of mark, of 20 guns, he returned to the Halifax station till 1812, when, the Melampus being paid off, Captain Hawker was appointed in March, 1813, to the command of the Bellerophon, 74, and in 1815, to the Salisbury, flag ships of Vice-Admiral Sir Richard G. Keats, on the Newfoundland station, and in the former captured Le Genie, of 16 guns. In 1827 Captain Hawker was appointed flag-captain to Admiral the Earl of Northesk, Commander-in-Chief at Ply mouth, first in the Britannia, 120, and then in the St. Vincent, 120. In 1830 he went on half-pay, and attained the flag rank in 1837. In 1858 Ad miral Hawker accepted the " Good Service Pen sion" vacant by the death of Admiral Lord Aylmer. BEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-[general's Report.) The returns of London for the week that ended last Saturday show a total number of 999 deaths, and a decrease on that of the previous week, which was 1,004. In the ten years, 1850-59, the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week will be found, after correction for increase of population, to be 1,079. The present state of the public health appears to be comparatively good; for the deaths were less by 110 than they would have been if the average rate of mortality for the first week of June had prevailed. The births in last week were at the rate of 242 a-day ; the deaths at the rate of 138, Therefore the former exceeded the latter by 104 daily. The mortality from smallpox continues to show a tendency to decrease; 15 deaths from this disease were returned last week, being rather less than the weekly average of May, and decidedly less than that of the earlier months of the year. It was fatal last week in three cases in the St. Paul sub-district of St. George-in-the-East. Scarlatina alsd declines ; it was fatal in 22 cases, and diphtheria in 9. At the present time measles is considerably more fatal than any other zymotic disease, 51 children having died from it. Of these cases 3 occurred in Chelsea South sub-district, 3in Mile-end Old-town West, 3 in the London-road sub-district, and 6in Kenning ton, second part. A labourer, aged 30 years, died from his clothes taking fire in the workhouse at Bermondsey. A boy, aged four years, was fatally scalded by upset ting a saucepan ; and a girl, aged one year, died from burns received in a manner not described. An infant was suffocated in bed; another, aged five months, was suffocated by the string of her hat getting into her mouth and throat; and an old Chel sea pensioner was choked by food. An infant was murdered, and an adult died by manslaughter. A man died at the age of 97 years. A young woman sank under exhaustion of the nervous system, pro duced by a too frequent indulgence in the use of tobacco, which she had both smoked and chewed. And a woman died from traumatic tetanus, which was the consequence of wounds inflicted on her head by the spurs of a gamecock. Last week the births of 842 boys and 849 girls, in a 111,691 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-59 the average number was 1,560. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-618 in. The barometrical readings fell to 29 04 in. on Sun day, and rose to 29.74 in. on Tuesday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 51.9 deg., which is 5.3 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). THE NATIONAL DEFENCES. A Report on the Defences could scarcely con tain anything else than projects and estimates for the improvement of the existing defences, such as they are, wherever they are, and whatever their purpose, But it so happens that our existing de fences are peculiar in all these respects. This ap pears in a remark of the Commissioners, that the Castle and Citadel of Dover are the 'only instances of a regular fortified position in these isles. The truth is that all our defences are just sue]) as would be chosen by a naval Power that had not till lately anticip:.ted invasion, that knew nothing of the march of armies over its own soil, that had its mind full of attacks by sea, and only imagined a landing for the purpose of taking a maritime for tress in the rear. We have none of those chains of fortresses which mark, for example, the whole frontier of France from the German Ocean to the Mediterranean. With th e except i on o f Weedon, a thing of the other day, we have no arsenal except near dockyards. A battle on English soil is as obsolete an idea as a tournament ; and there never has been such an event as the siege of an English fortress constructed on modern principles, though those principles have been the same for near two centuries. We cannot. imagine England being conquered or overran ; and, though invasion panics, we are told, are periodical, and there have been several in this century, yet they. have entirely failed to make us realise the idea of an inland campaign, or the capture of our metropolis. Thus far the facts of the case have amply justified our security. Ten millions spent on the fortifications of London sixty years ago would have been that much money thrown away, and it would have represented that much labour in earth works and constructions which it would long ago have been necessary to fill up or raze to the ground. A century ago we should certainly have had tetes de pont at the Surrey ends of the bridges, arrange ments for submerging the Borough and Lambeth, detached fortresses at Lewisham and Camberwell grove, and a dozen other places. These would long ago have been surrounded by property too valuable to be left to a foe, or to be levelled for the play of our guns. So far it is fortunate we have kept to our insular notions, and have not blindly imitated con tinental fortifications. But, of course, it must always be a question how long we may continue to rely on the salt ditch that surrounds us. May we trust a constant tradition that has hitherto proved right P Or is it possible that a time may arrive when the very character of the island shall be changed, when, in truth, it will cease to be an island to all practical purposes, and when we shall have to consult our safety and independence by the same means as are found , necessary in continental States ? These are questions that must be answered be fore we make up our minds either to fortify the metropolis or to leave it open as now. The Royal Commission, faithful to their instructions, do not make the metropolis prominent in their Report. Their instructions only allude to the me tropolis, and their Report does little more. But it is worth while to consider what the Commis sioners take for granted, or suppose, in their report. They suppose an invasion in considerable force; they suppose the possibility of a landing on any part of 300 miles out of 750, between the Humber and the Land's-end ; they suppose this near enough to threaten Portsmouth or Dover from the land side. They take for granted that if a sufficient force were landed in Sussex or in Kent, it would push on, not toward fortresses bristling with guns, and containing nothing but men and ships and munitions of war, but for the metropolis, and that it would advance thither with all possible speed. They take for granted that the enemy would take possession of it, if possible, and hold it as a hostage for the acquirement of any terms they might find it con venient to advance ; and that we should have no choice but to accede to their terms, however costly. Justifying themselves on certain alleged outrages of our own armies and fleets against foreign capitals lnd ports, and against the public buildings, the monuments, and national property, the enemy might either do fearful damage or extort an im mense ransom, or demand the destruction of our navy and arsenals, in the very terms, perhaps, of the Treaty of Paris, when Russia was the criminal. The possession of London, without a siege, will produce the same disasters as the siege and capture of Portsmouth or Plymouth. We are only taking the supposition of the Com missioners. They reason as most people would do on their premises. They show a decided leaninr , to the fortification of the metropolis, though not qualified by their instructions to re commend more than the defence of Woolwich. But even this appears to have been abandoned by Go vernment. The defence of the metropolis is too vast an affair for consideration just now, and, as the whole is too much to be handled at once, even Woolwich is to be abandoned. This omission of London from the works to be recommended to Parliament is not only a disappoint ment, if we may use so strong a word, to the public ; it is not only a mutilation of the report ; it is in the very face of the suppositions and arguments on which the report is based. It will then devolve upon those who bring the report before the notice of Par liament, and recommend the works to carry it out, to explain at the same time why the metropolis is omitted. No doubt they will have much to say. They ought indeed when every military man " pooh poohs" the idea of fortifying the metropolis, as nei ther possible nor necessary. The reason for this opinion should, at all events, be stated. Should it be convincing or overpowering; should it appear that forts and an enciente round the metropolis, of any kind, at any distance, would be a mere waste of money and an idle pomp of defiance, then arises the question, whether the immense circuit of de fences proposed for the great harbours, dockyards, and arsenals, be not also a waste of money. The argument that the defence of the metropolis is too great an affair to be taken in hand just now cuts both ways. It is great because the stake is great ; and to omit it for this reason would be much as if a man would not insure his mansion because he could not afford it, or could not sup pose so great a calamity as that he should ever be burnt cut, at the very time that he was in suring his farm-buildings, his stacks, his cattle, and his ships out at sea. The loss of the dockyards will not necessarily involve the loss of the metropolis, but the loss of the latter will involve the loss of everything else; so, at least, the Commissioners seem to take for granted, and the experience of all modern wars leads to the same conclusion. The loss of the capital disarms and paralyzes the whole empire. Why need we go further than the recent events in Sicily ? Garibaldi lands a. ha n dfu l of men in a mercantile port ; establishes himself in the in- terior ; marches upon Palermo, descends upon it by mountain roads, and, aSftiecraian few hours' fighting, is master not only u capital, but, in effect, of the whole islanfdt.he Sicilian He is able to compel the capi tulation and retirement of 20,000 Neapolitan soldiers. No one datibts that the surrender of the other ports and cities is only an affair of time. It is true that there are circumstAnces that would render the successful invasion of this isle immensely n more difficult. But we are supposing an strong enough tet'' attack Portsmouth or . C hatham from the land side, and even holding the height,.,, between London and Rochester. The works to be recommended to Parliament will embrace the latter supposition and proceed upon it. Can we, then, overlook altogether the case of the metropolis ? If we.can, let us know why. If, on the other hand, there is no substantial differerce between the case of London and Portsmouth, or Lon don and Chatham, then why spend so many millions upon workswhich will leave the chief thing undone:— Times. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The annual grand festival of. the metropolitan School Choral Society, numbering 5,000 voices, will take place on Saturday, in the great orchestra, u nder the direction of 31r. G. W. Martin, prize glee com poser. The programme will contain several part songs for three and four trebles, each part being supported by 1,000 treble voices. . ,111 T RAILWAY COZPANY. meeting of shareh o ld ers o f thi s company, for the cons' ion of bills before Parliament, was held yesterday at t ces of the company, Water loo Station—Capt. Mang the chair. The CHAIRMAN referred to d-letter which had appeared in a morning paper of the day before, de nouncing one of the schemes of extension. He said that the incorrectness of statements in that letter was doubtless unintentional; but, passing over any question of mistake, he thought it would have been very much better for the dissentients to have com municated with the board on the subject. The directors could have no personal interest in making needless lines. The SOLICITOR having read an abstract of the bills before Parliament, The CHAIRMAN proposed that the meeting ap prove the first bill under consideration, providing fer the Kingston branch across the river Thames. Mr. HERAPATII said he had heard that a very great difference had prevailed among the directors on the subject. He himself was opposed to the plan. Believing that it would .never pay its ex penses, he begged to move a negative to the chair man's motion. Captain GIFFARD, as one of those who had signed the letter alluded to by the chairman, and also as an independent shareholder, begged to second the amendment. He stigmatised the Kingston scheme as a most profligate and wicked waste of the shareholders' money. Mr. TITE said he would state, as fairly and briefly as he could, the history of the proposed line. It happened that some persons in the Great West ern Company proposed a line invading an im portant part of their territory. It was an ab solute necessity to oppose their scheme. King ston, not deriving much, if any, benefit from the existing line, manifested an intention of giving the scheme their support. But on its being pro posed, on the part of the South Western Company, to afford the accommodation of fered by the Great Western, the inhabitants of Kingston said they would transfer their influence and patronage from the second to the first. The directors of the South-Western, in fact, pledged themselves to recommend a new line to the share holders ; and he believed that the feeling in Parlia ment was that a prom:se had been given and that the honour of the company was at stake,- so that if they attempted to withdraw from this part of their act the whole legislation of their projects would be endangered. This was the feeling of Mr. Schole field, the chairman of the committee. Sergeant GAZELEE, who sat at the directors' table, rose and said he was glad that the threat held forth by Mr. Schoelfield had oeen brought before the meeting. He was proud to say that he was in a minority of one in the board of directors on this question. He was opposed to forcing a bill down the throats of the shareholders. If they were bound to follow the course indicated by Mr. Tite, it was a useless step for them to come there at all. He (Mr. Serjeant Gazelee) would not exert his in fluence, small as it might be, in the coercion of the company. The amendment being put to the meeting was lost ; and the original carried. The other bills were also approved by the meet ting, after a discussion which lasted nearly three hours. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 14. THAMES —A respectable-looking mechanic, named William Downman, aged 40, of 1, Thomas street, Devonport-street, Ratcliff, applied to the magistrate for a recommendation for a passport to France., Mr. Selfe—What is your object in goicg there ? Downman replied that he was going to Cher- bourg to seek work there as a shipwright. Mr. Selfe said he had been informed by persons of high degree, and who were entitled to credit, that no work could be obtained for English workmen in the French arsenals and dockyards, in fact that no Englishmen were permitted to work in them. Downman said he knew that several men who had gone to Cherbourg had obtained work there. Mr. Selfe—How did you learn that? Downman—l have seen 'a letter from an Eng lish shipwright I knew well in London, giving a good account of Cherbourg, and of his having ob tained employment in the doc,:yard there. Mr. Selfe—The letter may be a forgery. Downman—No, sir, I know the handwriting. The man says he has Bs. per day and the working hours are less than they were here. Mr. Selfe said he had signed other recommenda- Lions for passports for working men about to pro ceed to France, and he had asked them to write to him, and hoped they would do so, and dispel the doubts which existed. Downman, in answer to further questions, said he had been chief carpenter's mate on board the man-of-war Cossack, and had obtained no work since he was discharged from her. Mr. Selfe—Where are your papers ? Downman—Here they are, sir (producing a bundle). _ _ Mr. .Selfe, having examined the papers, said they were very satisfactory, and granted a recommenda tion for a passport in the usual form. GREENWICH.—MichaeI Quinn, a cooper, re siding at Rotherhithe, appeared to a summons, be fore Mr. Traill, charged with assaulting John Davidson, a mechanic, in the employ of Mr. Camp bell, cooper, of Queen-street, Rotherhithe. Mr. Sadgrove, who appeared for the prosecution, said that although the defendant was merely sum moned for an assault, the case was one of some public importance, arising out of a strike which had taken place among the workmen in the employ of Mr. Campbell, the defendant being one of the principals in the strike, although earning as much as from £5 to £6 per week. In consequence of the strike, Mr. Campbell had been obliged to proceed to Scotland and engage other men, since which time he had not only been subjected to great annoyance and intimi dation, but also the men who had been newly en gaged. He then called Mr. T. J. Campbell, who said he was a cooper, carrying on business in Queen-street, Rotherhithe. He had about 200 men in his employ, among whom were 120 Irishmen, the whole of whom, a short time since, struck in a body, their earnings, at that time, ranging from £2 to between £5 and £6 per week on piece -work. In consequence of this strike he proceeded to Scotland, engaged other workmen, and paid their passage to this country. Since that time there had been great excitement in the neigh bourhood, and witness had to obtain the attendance of the police outside his works to prevent violence towards himself and men. John Davidson said he was in the employ of Mr. Campbell, having come from Scotland in search of employment, hearing that others had been engaged. About 10 o'clock on Saturday night he (complainant) was in the Watermen's Arms beer-shop, Trinity street, Rotherhithe, and while conversing about Scotland the defendant's wife came in and said " Go home to Scotland, you lousy vagabonds." She then went out, and about a minute afterwards defendant came in and said something about his wife being interfered with, and instantly struck him a violent blow with his fist between the eyes. Robert Lett, landlord of the Watermen's Arms, corroborated this statement partially, saying he had no doubt the last witness was struck by de fendant, but he did not see the blow struck. William Collier, foreman in the employ of Mr. Campbell, said he was present at the time the assault was committed by defendant, who remarked, after striking the blow, Why don't you go back to Scotland, and not come here to rob honest men of their bread 9" The defendant said that he had no witnesses to call, but alleged that his wife was being abused by men in the house when he interfered. Mr. Trail expressed regret at seeing a body of _ men, among whom was the defenda nt, n , who w ere capable and had the opportun it y of earnin g such a committed high rate of wages as tha t s p oken to out on strik e. The defendant had , in a cunnin g manner, attem pted to make appear ed t t h h a a tt he it consequencemitted of his the as sault ; but for this there was, in fact , no foundation lin git abus whatever; and here he (Mr. Traill) might remark that the law concerning intimidation would app ly equally to women as to men. Until some of the workmen were sent to prison for these offences, he was afraid no great good would be effected ; and however great a right the defendant might think he had of beggaring himself and family by such conduct, he had no right whatever to seek to deter others from following their employment. In the present case he should impose a fine of 405., or one month's imprisonment for the assault committed, and in addition find bail to be of naCqaths. The 'Prisoner was then removed in custody. THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF PROSELYTISM. — The interest excited in Norfolk by the extraordinary at tempt at proselytism developed before the Norwich magis trates on Monday is very great. On the close of the investi gation on Monday, Master Vansittart was re-committed to the guardianship of the Rev. Mr. Hodgson, at Rackheath, and a warrant for the apprehension, if possible, of the " Italian priest," was placed in the hands of the superin tendent of the Norwich police. On Wednesday evennFi Master Vansittart was directed, by telegram, .to with all expedition to town, for the purpose of AIX% a person supposed to be Giugini. The y oliofi ail:bie trtehl The accordingly left Norwich by thehad not transpired result of his journey to the xnetro up to a late hour yesterday. 1 TI7