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NEWSPAPER i' : '''Y'4' ;,. 4..,.,),:'..i. ) commissioned officers be regulated on the prine a e4tPl: -.‘ a ciency, rather than of seniority, and that co. ximan 0 . i-?, ,- ,t, Z. of regiments have the same power to pros tote non-oonne u i_ 444 ) 1:::"; sioned officers as is vested in officers coin= tiding xlr g k a t ik _ --. of the line. ',....- ..H . , a Sr V 7. That, whereas the pay and allowances of officers w i men are now issued under various heads, the attention 1 her Majesty's Government be drawn to the expediency o f simplifying the pay codes, and of adopting, if practicable, fixed scales of allowances for the troops in garrison or can tonments, and in the field. 8. That the Commander-in-Chief in Bengal be styled the Commander-in-Chief in India, and that the general officers commanding the armies of the minor presidencies be Commander of the Forces, with the power and advan tages which they have hitherto enjoyed. 9. The Commissioners observe that the efficiency of the Indian army has hitherto been injuriously affected by the small number of officers usually doing duty with the regi ments to which they belong. This evil has arisen from the number withdrawn for staff and other duties, and civil employment. All the evidence before the Commissioners points out the necessity of improving the position of officers serving re-. gimentally. For the attainment of this object, and for thfo • remedy of the evil complained of, various schemes have been suggested, viz. :- Ist. The formation of a staff cos. Illy. The system of "seconding officers who are on 'de tached employ, which exists to a certain extent in the 'tine army. on g acing the Eu romo ean rop officers of ea c h p res id ency 3Meny. Placing lists for ption. 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New addition, their Royal the Soldisees the PRINCE of WALES and Prince ALFRED, lf,todo of ,r_!nd_the Sailor, in their uniforms ; also, a Portrait Brlc:ht, Esq., 11I.P. for Birmingham. Admit g till Ten a x t t n ra ig n ht o . om, 6d. Open from Eleven in the morn- The Commissioners, not being prepared to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion on this point without further reference to India, recommend that the sub. ject be submitted without delay for the report of the Governors and Commanders in-Chief of th e several presidencies, with a view to the framing of regulations which will insure the greater efficiency of regiments. 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A. and Co. will be happy to see any of the Trade at Broken-wharf, and to submit them samples of the various qualities. Agent—JAMES STODART. CONTRACT FOR COPPER. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 9th May, 1859. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUES DAY, the 17th instant, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyard at Chatham with COPPER, in ingots about 1 cwt. each 6O tons Do. do. about 1 cwt. each Do. (Tough Cake) The conditions of the contract, and a form of the tender may be seen at the said Office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be no ticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words" Ten der for Copper," and must be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible per sons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of X 5,000 for the due performance of the Contract. SIR JAMES GRAHAM. Sir James Graham -hasbeen for upwards of 40 years engaged in public affairs. Before he had acquired any reputation as a clever administrator, he was distinguished in the House of Commoni as a detector of abuses. He tracked corruption in its most secret windings, and gained celebrity by drag ging it to light. At a time when Toryism was all powerful and Reform only mentioned to be sneered at, he was a fellow-labourer with Mr. Hume, and helped most materially to bring about the improved opinion prior to 1830 from which flowed the Reform Act and all subsequent legislative improvements. As First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary . of l State for the Home Department he has adminis tered the system he before held up to obloquy. He knows it thoroughly, therefore, both from watching its course and working its springs. For all its movements he is an unimpeachable authority, and his accusations are those both of a detective and an accomplice. What he said at Carlisle on Monday is on this account of great public importance, and though it might have passed as mere electioneering squibs had it fallen from other men, coming from him it is most instructive. For a party purpose it is of no value, for it affects all parties alike. Sir James bore testimony against himself and his friends as well as against his opponents, and made the public so much the better acquainted with the system he has administered and now condemns. Other elections, when Sir James and his friends have been in office, have been influenced by the same means as the present elections. Knowing this, he could divine and state that at Berwick-on-Tweed the election had been decided in favour of two Govern ment candidates by a promise given by the Govern , ment just before the election that the old castle should be repaired and a new barrack established there. So the expectation of the advantages to be derived by the town from an expenditure of the pub lic money, only to be obtained by returning two Conservatives, secured their triumph. The packet service, Sir James reminded the public, costs nearly a million a year ; and how the expenditure of this sum may be used to influence elections, and pro bably has been used to this end by every successive Administration since the first subsidy was granted to the Cunard line, Sir James explained by the examples of Dover and Galway. The public has been amply informed of the refusal by Captain Carnegie to contest Dover when requested by the First Lord of the Admiralty, but probably only a ci-devant First Lord could explain the dishonour able means by which he was expected to succeed. The controct for tne employment of packets at Dover had been modified or eked out in some way just before such terms. according to Sir James, as turned the election in favour of Ad miral Leeke, the new Lord of the Admiralty, and his colleague, Mr. Nicholl. When Sir James ascribes the success of the Conservatives to Admiralty patronage, it is impossible for the public to forget that between Dover and Mr. Bernal Osborne there were no peculiar sympathies, and impossible for it to avoid suspecting that he owed his former success, when Secretary of the Admiralty, to like arts exerted in his favour. Sir James informs us then, very clearly, that the election at Dover was carried by the public money having been employed, though in a way to escape legal punishment, to bribe the electors. Of Galway Sir James could speak more positively, but not for the public more conclusively. Already, he said, a communication by packets is established between America and Liverpool, at an expense of £240,000 a-year. And the American Government, following our example, had also, at a considerable expense, established a line of packets, so that the communication between the two coun tries is carried on with the regularity and certainty of the old mail coaches. But Government, at the instance of a valuable body of members in the west of Ireland, thought it would be advisable to add to this communication by establishing a Galway line at £70,000 a-year. It would have been chea p er, said Sir James, had the Gove rnment em p lo y ed £lOO,OOO of the public money in buying the votes and debauching the voters of Galway, than thus to apply £70,000 per annum under a contract for seven years. The consequence of the contract, however, was to return Mr. Le v er , a supporter o f L or d Derby, at the head of the gentleman who is reported, indeed, to have offered his t enable hi m b y a subsidy to buy the electors of Galway. such vote any Ministry which would These are only specimens of the corruption which we must believe, many years past, Public writrs connected of Sir James, has probably elections, and on the respe fi c u ta e b n l e e e a d u t t h h e or la it t y e has in many places in and hopin g o q n u n a e l t l e y te d. with influenced th thael Government,elections when the issue has been doubtful. a share in the Administration may may gloze over these occurrence to be joked abousteean:u some time or other to have accusations, or treat the laughedmatter as as an ordinary in l a i ry re can only regard it as a very rous matter, affecting the character of representative_.b government and retarding the progress of l iberty throughout the world. is keeping out of f ue l an war, aad not impeding the growth of prosperty at home, the government of the United States has been eminently successful, its people have been more prosperous, and no Government has managed its foreign rela tions more aculely. Nevertheless, no Government is more despised in Europe than the Republican Government of the United States, because it rolls on the wheels of sordid corruption. And what is the chief objection made by the most enlightened portion of the people of Europe, who still groan under despotism and yet fear to shake it off, to our Government? Why, that everything, including honour, and virtue, and:power, is b oug ht and sold, and has a money price. They are very much in error, but their belief is partly justified by the continual repetition of such accusations as those made at Carlisle, and the continual recurrence of corrupt praetices not confined to any one party. The i Tory First Lord of the Admiralty m y use a pa c k e t contract to serve Tory purposes. B t the vast sum expended in this service mentione by Sir James Graham is the work of the opponent of the Tories. At the Tynemouth election, very trecently, Mr. Lindsay asserted that he had visite4 Dover as one of the commissioners for inquiring into harbours of refuge, and had satisfied himself that a large portion of the annual expense now incurred for the port there might be spared. From his statement, and what Sir James Graham tells us, we cannot avoid suspecting that successive Administrations have bribed the electors of Dover, as Lord Derby is said to have bribed the electors of Galway, by directing a fertilising stream of the public revenue into their laps. On this occasion we cannot avoid recollecting that the. Government expenditure under the head of Miscellaneous has gone on increasing year by year, and much of it, now amounting- to £7,000,000 a year, we may now suspect is applied for purposes no more honourable nor useful than to seduce elec tors. Though our neighbours are grossly in error, they find in such facts sufficient reasons for not hastily discarding their own systems of Government, and for distrusting some of our commendations. Thus the system of corruption which is lightly treated helps to keep alive despotism'hbroad, while it debases our own people. The first fatal step in most men towards crime is the severance of honest resolutions from the acts which are their natural and appropriate consequences ; and , the kind of bribery described by Sir J. Graham saps morality at its foundation, by seducing men to act contrary to their political convictions. When we find that this is done by the public money, we must heartily condemn a system which wrings taxation from the people to continue a degradation that helps to destroy the influence of Representative Government in Europe.—Daily News. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. WEST RIDING.-THE DECLARATION. The declaration took place from the hustings at Wakefield yesterday morning, in the presence of from 15,000 to 20,000 people. The High Sheriff (Sir J. M. Pilkington) appeared in front of the hustings a few minutes before one, ~ accompanied by the under sheriff (W. Gray, E sq .) and the deputy sheriff (B. Dixon, Esq.) , and imme diately proceeded to declare the poll. He said— Gentlemen, I find that the result of the poll is as follows : Mr. Sirj F ohn rank W C ili ro ia s ni sley ltanisde .. ll 15,401 •• 15,978 Hon. J. S. Wortley .. .. 13,636 (Cheers.) I therefore declare Sir John William Ramsden, Bart., and Frank Crossley, Esq., to be duly elected as knights of the shire,to serve in Par liament for the West Riding of the county of York. The hon. members then put on their cocked hats, and girded themselves with their swords; after which The UNDER-SHERIFF read the writ, declaring their return. Sir J. W. RAMSDEN then proceeded to address the assembly, and was received with an enthusiastic burst of applause. He said..-Mr. High Sheriff, electors, rand non-electors of the West Riding, I return you my -warmest thanks. I offer you my sin cerest congratulations. (Cheers, aid a voice— " What for bribery and intimidation.") The battle has been yours, and bravely you have fought it. (Cheers.) The victory is your own, and nobly have you won it.. (Cheers.) The struggle has been severe. (No, no, from the Conservatives.) It has been severe, f or our opponents are strong, and well have they maintained the fight. (Cheers from the Con servatives.) The prize was worthy of the contest, and it is yours. (Loud cheers.) Befoie the battle; I said I would not boast ; and now that the victory is won I will not exult. I rejoice that our oppo nents are so strong as they are, for it is their strength in which consists our victory. (Cheers.) It is their prowess which doubles the splendour of our success. I told you before that this was no personal contest. (Hear, hear.) It is not whether my hon. colleague and myself, or the right hon. gentleman who opposed us, should have this seat in the House of Commons ; it is not that. We are in ourselves nothing; we are but the humble instruments of your power, the indicators of your will. (Cheers.) We are the straws thrown up to show the direction of the wind. (Hear, hear.) It was afar more im portant question. Great principles were at stake— a great and illustrious reputation was in jeopardy —the West Riding was such trial, and we were called to do battle in defence of those principles for which our fathers had fought in days of yore. Bravely have you fought that battle—(" Barnsley to wit") — you have shown that you are not degenerate ; Jou have proved that you are - worthy of your great traditions—(cheers)--that you are true to the prin ciples for which your illustrious champions have done battle in days of old. (Cheers.) You have shown that you still value religious liberty— (cheers)—that peace is still precious in your eyes; that you are still attached to commercial freedom —(cheers)—that reform is still the watchword of your party—(loud cheers)—and that political pro gress is the beacon of your course. (Renewed cheers.) Well have you fought and nobly have you won. You have won a victory not here alone, but in the eyes of England, which were concen trated upon your fight. (Cheers.) I told you on Saturday that it was for us to redress the balance —(A voice—We have)—that the cause of Liberal principles was committed to your hands ; that with you it rested whether those principles should be borne up victorious or cast down in defeat. (Cheers.) Your answer cannot be misunderstood. (Loud cheers.) And I rejoice to think that though we have had a fierce contest—though we have won a decisive victory—we have done so in perfect good humour. (Cries of " Barnsley," and interruptions from the Conservatives.) I say here to our oppon ents, I don't accuse them of acting an unworthy part in this contest--("You can't)--and I trust that they will be able to bear the same testimony to us. (" No. no." from the Conservatives, and counter cheers.) Yorkshiremen are always fond of fair play, and never enjoy it so much as when they fight with each other—(a laugh)--but though two parties can fight, and gallantly so too, only one can win, and therefore it is that I trust those who are defeated to-day will feel no bitterness—(cries of " Hear, hear," from Mr. Wortley)—and that we who have the triumph will give way to no ungene rous exultation. (Cheers.) This is indeed a great day for the West Riding. We have shown that we are worthy of our great position. (Cheers.) Long may we continue in the same course— (cheers)—long may the West Riding continue firm to the principles it has ever upheld—(Cheers)— long may it continue undivided and unimpaired, to stand the first and foremost amongst the constituencies of England. (Loud cheers.) And as its size is the greatest—as its importance is the most overwhelming—long may it continue to be the staunchest champion of the great principles of peace, of progress, and of reform. (Loud cheers.) Mr. CROSSLEY next presented himself, and was received with enthusiastic cheers, which were again repeated. He said—Gentlemen, from the bottom of my heart I thank you for the noble vic tory you have won this day. Defeat flatters no man, and I would not light up a straw to make that defeat worse to bear by my right hon. opponent than the fact makes it. (Hear.) For seven years I have had the honour of a seat in Parliament, along with that right hon. gentleman, and during the whole of that time I have received nothing at his hands but courtesy and respect. (Hear.) Gentle men, there is something about his manly bearing, there is something in his unadorned but natural oratory, that I for one shall be sorry to be deprived of. (Hear.) I think the right hon. gentleman has not been well used on this occasion. (Laughter, cheers, and an exclamation, " By hi s own friends.") His friends, who induced him t o g i ve up a high and honourable position, told him that they could return him for the West Riding at the bead of the poll. (" They never could.") They deceived him when they told him so — (hear)—.and if they did not know they were doing so they oug h t to h ave done. (Hear.) I remember some time ago that the right hon. gentleman told me in the lobby of the huvoinut ibhmn House of Commons that he found it very hard work of ufaz fl ht the . b g a e ttle ono g v irtz l tu c orooregh Yesterday an exceedingly interesting and in structive lecture on the French war in Italy in 1796, was delivered in the lecture-hall of the United Service Institution, by Lieutenant-Colonel Mac dougall, commandant Royal Staff College, Sand hurst. The hall was crowded by a very select attendance of ladies and gentlemen, and amongst the latter we noticed hi s R o y a l Highness the Count de Paris, Major-General the Hon. Sir Ed ward Cust, K.C.H., who presided; Sir C. Pasley, Sir D. Macdougall, General Drummond, General Cameron, General Lawrence, General Low, Colonel Hamilton, Colonel Lambert, Captain Atkinson, Captain Macguire, General Alexander, Colonel Lloyd, Dr. Lloyd, &c. Lieutenant-Colonel MACDOUGALL, after a few introductory observations from the Chairman, pro ceeded with what was really a very able and com prehensive outline of the great French-Italian campaigns of 1796, and the clear manner in which the colonel laid the most important events before his auditory elicited frequent warm manifestations of applause. He said that at the request cf the council of the institution he had determined upon making the subject matter of his present discourse the campaign of Napoleon I. in Italy, in 1796, as being particularly interesting at the present moment, when the same scenes were being again so conspicuously brought before the public. It was remarkable to observe that, after the lapse of so many years, the same military evolutions were being pursued —or rather were reproduced—and hostile armies were placed in the position of former times, while it was peculiar to observe that the same contending parties were about to moisten with their blood the soil which previously received the blood of ,their forefathers. A short consideration, however, of the particular positions of hostile armies in the campaign of 1796 and the present day would easily convince them that this arose from the nature of the country, which, in certain parts, by moun tainous and barren regions or fertility determined the line of military operations. Thus in many cases the precise spots could be pointed out wh ere decisive battles would be fought, and in con sequence of this all eyes were now turned to the battlefield of Marengo as being the probable scene of another great battle, the position of the Austrians at the present time being such as was taken up by the first Napoleon in 1796. . _ Well, to proceed with his remarks upon that cam paign. The first coalition against France, it would be remembered, was in 1792, and he would refer his auditory to the moving events that took place between that year and 1796 to history, and not having sufficient time to enter into details, he would confine his remarks to the principal and important operations in the latter year. Ile proposed, how ever, to describe more particularly the opening movements of the campaign, which resulted in the battle of Martanello and the combinations of Napoleon which preceded the passage of the Po at Piacenza, as being of interest at the present mo ment. In the year 1796 Sardinia was allied with Austria and England against France; the line of demarcation between the French on the one side, and the combined Austrians and Sardinians on the other, being diTided into two parts. The section was formed by th i n mountains from the - Little St. Bernard in the. Col di Argentera, the southern part ' of the line of demarcation being formed by the crest of the maritime or southern Alps, which extended from the Col di Argentera to the Col di Cadibona above Savona. The French army, styled the Army of the Alps, under Kellerman, guarded the western Section , while the Army of Italy under Napoleon occu pied the southern line (the lecturer by means of maps pointed out most minutely as he went on every parti cular position alluded to, which greatly added to the interest of his address, as the audience becoming also spectators could closely watch the strategical and extraordinary foresight of Napoleon and the con summation of his remarkably well laid plans). The disadvantage of occupying such positions for any length of time against an enemy in Piedmont was at once apparent, for the different French corps posted on the summits of the mountain passes along this extensive line were unable to communicate with each other but by a long, painful march, and it took 20 days to go from one extremity of the line to the other. The Sardinians, on the other hand, posted within the concavity of this vast circum• ference, and able to march between any two points by the shortest line possible, could throw themselves in force on any point they might desire to attack or defend on a far shorter notice than the French would require to concentrate their forces there. The French likewise found great difficulty in sup plying their troops, owing to the badness of the roads ; while on the rich plains of Italy their enemies were abundantly fed, and, to add to their strategical advantages, the French had to contend with the climate, so that they lost in fact as many men in three months from these causes as would have sufficed for a general action. To penetrate into Piedmont through the western barrier an army would have to operate by one of of the five passes of Argentera, La Croix, Mont Geneive, Mont Cenis, or the Little St. Bernard. First, from the Col di Argentera three valleys lead into Piedmont, viz., those of Stura, the Maria, and the Vraita, which were guarded respectively by the forts of Deminte, Genla, and Castel Delfin. Second, from the Col de la Croix two valleys lead into Piedmont, viz., that of St. Martin and Pragelato, guarded by Dignerolo and Fenestrelles—an army proceeding from Mont Dauphin would operate by this pass. Thirdly, an army operating from Briancon over Mont Geneive might descend by the valley of Pragelato or by that of Dora Riparia, guarded by Exilles and Susa. Fourthly, an army coming from St. Jeanne Marienne would march over Mont Cenis, and descend into Piedmont by the valley of Susa. The lecturer then pointed' out the other approaches into Piedmont from the Alpine districts, and continued : At the commencement of the campaign Napoleon's only line of communication with France lay through Nice and his immediate base of operations might be considered to have been the strip of country between Nice and Savona, between the mounains and the sea, the English having the command of the sea, so that the French were thus debarred from using it as a means of transport. The force at Napoleon's disposal consisted of above 40,000 men, in four divisions of infantry, under Generals Massena, Augereau, Serrurier, and Laharpe ; and two divi sions of cavalry. When Napoleon joined the army he found it in a state of great destitution as re garded food, clothing, transport, and supplies of every kind. The men were starving, they were much in arrears, and there was no money to pay them with. Napoleon's first care was to provide for im mediate wants, to restore order, and to inspire his troops with an ardent desire to engage the enemy by appealing to the national love of glory, and by convincing them that the only hope of an improve ment in their condition lay in a victorious advance. On the very day Napoleon arrived at the s s i u e r ed s, head quarters at Nice, on the 2 7th of March, he the following proclamation to the troops, ~ sod you are naked, and the Government is much in your debt, but has nothing to Five you. The patience and courage you have displayed in this desert of rocks are admirable. But these qualities are unable to procure you any glory so long as you remain here. I am about to lead you into the most fertile plains of the world. Rich provinces, great cities will be your prize. You will find ix that rich country glory, honour, and wealth. Soldiers of Italy, you will not be wan ting in courage or constancy." The lecturer next depicted the harass and fatigue that had to be endured by Napoleon before he could get his army into anything like a state of organisation and efficiency, but this he did between the 27th of March and the 9th of April, when he made his first decisive movement ; and the lecturer, after graphically describing Napoleon's strategical movements, which ended in the start lin? defeat of the Austrians at Montenotte—the disjointed light of the Austrian centre, Pursued by Laharpe—the consequent disrupture of the com bined forces of the allies, through the mass of the French army taking up a position between the Austrians and the Sardinians—and the subsequent humiliation of the Sardinians—brought the first part of the campaign t o an en d, w ith th e armistice of Chevarco, concluded between the French and Sardinians, upon special conditions highly impor tant to the French in following up the campaign against the Austrians. In the second part of the campaign it w as N a p o l eon ' s p l an to d r i ve t h e Austrians out of Lombardy and across the Adige, and to take up a defensive position on that river, which would afford him a base for further operations against them, at the same time that it covered his conquests in the rear and his line of communication with France. It was true that the Adige was a long way from his base, and it was more than probable that if the French should meet with reverses, the treaty of Chevarco would be treated by the Court of Turin as so much waste paper, and that the retreat of the French would be anything but secure. The answer to this, however, was that, however hostile in feel ing, Piedmont retained very little power of serious annoyance. Her three great fortresses were in the hands of the French, the others were dismantled, and her levies disbanded. Her discontent need, under such circumstances, cause no more apprehension to Napoleon than the rattle of a snake that has lost its sting. Piedmont was under the heel of the con queror. Napoleon again by his deep strategy hood winked the Austrians by a rapid surprise in the passage of the Po at Piacenza. Then followed in rapid succession the defeat of the Austrians at Fom bio, in which town they, had strongly fortified themselves against the advance of the French--the surprise of the latter at Codagno, and death of Laharpe, the French general—the flight of the Aus trians, under Beaulieu, towards Lodi—and the me morable battle of Lodi, terminating the second part of the campaign. After this, between the 10th and the 22d of May was employed by Napoleon in or- ; ganising Lombardy in the French interest, or, as he facetiously termed it, liberating the enslaved sub jects of Austria. The manner in which (continued the lecturer) the French of 1796 treated those whose saviours they professed to be appears in rather startling contrast with their professions, and suggests rather an uncomfortable feeling on behalf of those same enslaved subjects of Austria in 1859. The third part of the campaign consisted in the French advance to the Adige, and the retreat of the Austrians into the Tyrol. The lecturer further gave a rapid sketch of the subse quent movements of the belligerent forces down to the surrender of Mantua in the early part of 1797, which terminated the campaign of 1796. The lecturer was loudly applauded at the close of his interesting narrative, and the proceedings ter minated with a vote of thanks to him for the pains he had taken in delineating many difficult and intricate military tactics and evolutions, which would be the means of giving a clear insight into various movements at present being made by the belligerent forces on the Continent. Indeed, on the whole, the lecture was exceedingly interesting, lucid, and instructive. THE ORGANISATION OP THE INDIAN ARMY. On the 15th day of July, 1858, her Majesty was pleased to nominate a commission to inquire into organisation of the Indian army, and the report of the Commission, dated the 7th of March, yesterday appeared in the formidable shape of a large blue book, of some 260 pages of print, large and small. The report itself, however, occupies but 15 pages, and the following is its substance regards the first point of the inquiry—" the terms on which the army of the East India Company is to be transferred to the Crown"—it is stated that no change can be made which would in any way disturb the system of promotion by seniority as affecting officers now in the service, but that the Act 21 and 22 Viet., c. 106, gives the Queen full pow er to frame new regu lations for future officers. The second question—the permanent force necessary to be maintained in India after the restoration of tranquillity—hardly appears to admit a definite reply in a numerical form. The Commissioners think that the amount of the Euro pean force ought to be about 80,000, of which 50,000 men would be required for Bengal, 15,000 for Madras, and 15,000 for Bombay. As regards the ratio of the European to the native force, they believe that the latter should not, at present, bear a greater proportion to the European, in cavalry and infantry, than two to one for Bengal, and three to one for the other two presidencies. The evidence before the:Commissioners is unanimous to the effect that the artillery should be mainly an European force, and they themselves concur in this opinion. In the military police corps formed, or in course of formation, throughout India the Commissioners see " the elements of future danger," and they recom mend that no stricter military training be given to them than may be absolutely necessary. How far the European portion of the army should be composed of troops of the line, taking India as part of the tour of service, and how far of troops raised for service in India exclusively, is a question about which authorities differ ; the opinion both of the Commissioners and the wit nesses being equally divided. The opinions of the majority and minority of the Commission on the subject are given at length. Should it be ulti mately decided, " contrary to the strong and sincere conviction of the majority of the Commis sioners, that, with a view of leavin ,, undisturbed present vested interests, a local European force is to be maintained for service in India," it is recommended that the amount of such force should be limited to that now authorised by Parliament to be raised and maintained out of the revenue of India. It is considered most necessary, in fine, to retain a proportion of line regiments in India, exempli gratia. To diminish the relative ratio of line to local corps would, it is opined by the majority, be a fatal error. These views of the majority have the support of Lord Elphinstone, Sir G. Clerk, Sir C. Trevelyan, Sir A. Wilson, , Sir E. Lugard, Major-General Pratt, Sir W. and Sir S. Cotton, Sir A. Tulloch, and others. The minority takes a very different view of the army,question, E European n i f a a n v d o unr native, v a e a w s e r e f s u s l e local otial Indian theh e British rule in India. They regard the anomaly of a dual army under one Sovereign as necessarily incidental to the very anomalous connexion of England with her Indian empire, and they con- , Bider that recent events have proved the benefit of having distinct armies for the three presidencies. The views of the minority have the support of Viscount Canning, the Earl of Ellenborough, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Madras, Sir J. Lawrence, and the Punjaub Commissioners, and other eminent and able men. Supposing the European force in India to be partly of the line and partly local, it is suggested that the tour of service in India (f or th line) should not exceed 12 years. The establishment of a convalescent station at the Cape of Good R deemed worthy of considerati on . The Comopmeisis sioners think that an amalgamation of th e l oca l forces with the lino regim en t s , al though difficult, might be an advantageous arrangement, if it cou ld be effected without prejudice to existing r i g ht s . Any admixture of Eu ropean and native forces regi mentally is considered utdetrimentalit is to the efficiency b and discipline of b o th ; n t t h a a g t e o t u h s e . admixture by brigade would be most The local force of European s m i g h t (i t i s suggested) b be kept u p partly voluntee rs f rom li ne regi ments returning to England, and by recruiting in England as for lineregiments. The Commissioners object t o th e l evy of men of any c ol on i a l reg i m ents com posedof colour, either for temporary or permanent service. Th e ative cavalry force should be • irregular, and to each cavalry regiment would be attached one comman d ant, one adjutant, and one European officer per squadron, with a surgeon. The regular cavalry of Bombay and Madras, for the present, to remain intact. The native infantry would be mainly regular, and the regular should decidedly preponderate over the irregular. Cadets ought, it is said, to be drilled and thoroughly instructed in their military duties in England before proceeding to India. The Commissioners, having disposed of the ques tions specially referred for their inquiry, beg to submit the following recommendations on certain important points, which in the course of examina tion of evidence have come under their notice :- 1. That the native army should be composed of different nationalities and castes, and, as a general rule, mixed pro miscuously through each regiment. 2. That all men of the regular native army in her Ma jesty's Eastern possessions should be enlisted for general service. 3. That a modification should be made in the uniform of the native troops, assimilating it more to the dress of the country, and making it more suitable to the climate. 4. That Europeans should, as fat as possible, be employed in the scientific branches of the service, but that corps o f pioneers be formed, for the purpose of relieving the Eu ro . pean sappers from those duties whieh entail exposure to the climate. 5. That the articles of war which govern the native ar m , be revised, and that ft ° the power of commanding core be increased. 6 , That the promo*, of native consinioolowid and ORDER OF THE BATH. The Queen held an investiture of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Knights Grand Cross were robed in the Promenade Gallery by Messrs. Hunter and Ede, in their mantles of crimson 'satin, wearing also the gold and enamelled collar of the order. The Knights and Officers passed into the dining-room, where the former were called over by Bath King of Arms, when the following answered :—Field- Marshal Viscount Combermere, Viscount Palmerston, Earl of Clarendon, General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., Lieut.- General Sir George Pollock, Right Hon. Sir G. H. Sey mour, General Sir A. Woodford, General Sir John Fox Bt.rnyne, Bart., General Sir H. D. Ross, and the Earl of St. Germans. The Officers of the Bath present were, the Very Rev, the Dean, Dr. Trench, Dean of Westminster • Registrar and Secretary, Albert William Wo o d s , E sq . (Lancaster Herald); Bath King of Arms, Algernon Greville, Esq. ; Gentleman Usher, the Hon. Frederick A. H. Chichester. The Queen, the Sovereign of the Order, accompanied by the Prince Consort, G rea t M as t er o f th e Bath, both wear ing the mantle and collar of the Bath, were conducted by the great Officers of State from the royal closet through the saloon into the old ball-room, where a chair of state was prepared for the Queen. The Duchess of Manchester, Mistress of the Robes, Lady Macdonald, Lady in Waiting, the great Officers, and the Gentlemen of the royal household, occupied their usual stations near her Majesty. The Knights Grand Cross and Officers of the Bath were introduced, the Knights standing on either side of the So vereign. Sir - John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bart.,. was introduced to the royal presence between the two junior Knights Grand Cross present, the Earl of St. Germans being on his right, I and General Sir Hew Ross on bis left. The King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher of the Order ' preceded Sir John to the Queen, the former bearing the in signia of the Order on a crimson velvet cushion. Sir John Lawrence knelt near her Majesty, who, having received the Sword of State from the Lord Chamberlain, was graciously pleased to confer upon him the honour of knighthood. The Queen, assisted by the Prince Consort, passed the riband of a Knight Grand Cross over the right shoulder and under the left arm of Sir John, and having invested him with the Riband and Badge, delivered to him the Star of a Knight Grand Cross (Civil Division) of the Bath. Sir John Lawrence kissed the Queen's hand, and was re-con ducted to the dining-room by the two Junior Knights Grand Cross. Sir Hew Ross and the Earl of St. Germans then rejoined the other knights. The following Knights Commanders were then severally introduced by Bath Kin°. of Arms and the Gentl eman U s h er of the Order, received the honour of knighthood (except Sir John Young, Bart., and Sir Thomas Hastings, who had already received that honour) and were invested by the Queen, assisted by his Royal Highness the Great Master of the Order, with the insignia of their respective divisions in the second class (Knights Commanders) of the Bath, viz. : Major-General Thomas Harte Franks; C o l one l J o h n J ones, 60th Rifles; Rear-Admiral Alexander Milne (civil) • the Right lion. Sir John Y oung , B ar t. ( c i v il) ; Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings (civil) ; and Colonel Joshua Jebb (civil). The undermentioned Companions of the Order were seve rally introduced, and received from the Sovereign their deco rations of the military division of the third class of the Order, viz. :—Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Herbert Gall, 14th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Steele, - 83d Foot; Major James Robert Gibbon, Royal Artillery.; Colonel Thomas William Hicks, Bombay Artillery ; Lieu tenant-Colonel George Henry Robertson, 25th Regiment, Bombay Native Light Infantry; Major Thomas)'ourness Wilson, 13th Bengal Native Infantry; antl3.Major John Dobree Woolcombe, Bombay Artillery. The Knights Commanders and the COmpaniotus were severally introduced by Bath King of Arias and the Gen tleman Usher of the Order. At the conclusion of the investiture Bath King of Arms again called over the names of the Knights Grand Cross, who, with the officers, withdrew from the presence of the Sovereign. VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS. A copy of the following circular, relative to the forma tion of volunteer rifle corps was issued from the War-office yesterday to all Lord Lieutenants of Counties : " War-office, Pall- mall, May, 1859. " Her Majesty's Government having had under considera tion the propriety of permitting the formation of volunteer rifle corps, under the provisions of the act of 44th Geo. 111. cap. 54, as well as of artillery corps and companies in mari time towns in which there may be forts and batteries, I have the honour to inform _ _ may emanatefrom you, and con- Bider any proposal the county under your charge. that I shall be prewpiatrhedthatot object t v w e h ti rch ough are— " The principal and most important provisions of the act "That the corps be formed under officers b ear i ng the commission of the lieutenant of the county. "That its members must take the oath of allegiance before a deputy-lieutenant or justice of the peace, or a com missioned officer of the corps. "That it be liable to be called out in case of actual inva sion, or appearance of an enemy in force on the coast, or in case of a rebellion arising out of either of those emergencies. "That while thus under arms, its members are subject to military law, and entitled to be billeted, and to receive pay in like manner as the regular army. " That all commissioned officers disabled in actual service are entitled to half-pay, and non - commissioned officers and privates to the benefit of Chelsea Hospital, and widows of commissioned officers killed in service to such pensions for life as are given to tho widows of officers of her Majesty's regular forces. "That members cannot quit the corps when on actual service, but may do so at any other time by giving fourteen days' notice. " That members who have attended eight days in each e four months, or a total of twenty-four days' cise in the year, are entitled to be returned as effeFtiv3l3._ " That members so retured are exempt from militia ballot, drill and ex r.- f the "That all property of the corps Legallyig andfines under n the or from being called upon to servo in any 13th ves lz c ir.. commanding officer ; and subscriptions h im trate. - - - - 1 rules and regulations are recoverable b ybefore a magic. ---1 ‘ The conditions on which her Majesty's Government will recommend to her Majesty the acceptance of any pro posal are— " That the formation of the corps be recommended by the lord lieutenant of the county. "That the corps be subject to the provisions of the act already quoted. "That its members undertake to provide their own arms and equipments, and to defray all expenses attending the corps, except in the event of its bei n g a s sembled for actual s ervice. _ That the rules and regulations which may be thought necessary, be submitt e d t o me, i n accor d anc e with the 66th section of the act. " The uniform and equipments of the corps may be settled by the me m b ers su bj ec t to your approval ; but the arms, though provided at the expense of the members, must be furnished underthe superintendence, and according to the regulations of this department, in order to secure a perfect uniformity of gauge. " The establishment of officers will be fixed by me, and recorded in the books of this office; aril, pr in o pe o 7r rd ps e e r hrse t o h n a_ s t may be enabled to determine the proportion, you will l eo pleased to specify the precise number of private men Which you will recommend, and into how many companies en propose to divide them. YOnallosat obedientr " I have only to add that I shall look to you r a jesotiselrie3ultaeineasTy, for s the nomination i f n o a r t t i h on e o c f oulity of be appointed officers, subject to the Queen's approval.--I to have the honour to be, &c., & c. , servant. " J. PEEL. A sad accident occurred a few evenings ago in the little town of Schutten Hoffen, near Prague :—Several hundred persons had assembled on a bridge over the river \Vatawa, in accordance with a local custom, for some religious ceremony, when the bridge suddenly broke down. Upwards of 70 persons were precipitated into the river, the gr ea t er part of whom were droweed, the rest being seriously injured. An accident, which might have been attended with serious consequences, occurred at Pau three days ago. The owner of a house in the Place Bosquet was erecting a new chimney for a room on. the ground floor, and ha carried it up to the top of the building, when suddenly fell, crashing through the roof and floors down to the cellar, the wine in which suffered considerably from breakage. Fortunately all the workum won lova at tb ragmen; and o escaped injurr• . -