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Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation —the Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment , an d Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALt. The modern treatment o f Syphilis, Stricture, Blennerrhael!- Gonorrhoea) Spermatorrhcea, Impateney, and all Disease o 01 ;he Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions; d: FEMALE. The Physiology and. Anatomy of Women— Functional Ir rezulatities in Health ant Sickness—Choice in Marriage — Their "Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gestn tion—The of the Spectatun, and the securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, _ HEALTH, NATTINESS, and LONGEVITY;' . O Deoility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, • No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE . : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments; Lois and oth.r Matches. Sterility Removed, and; Hoaltlly. Off spring secured;. • No. 3. TUB, CASE BOOK:, 100 . 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Hospital Medical Soolety.M.D. 4 the University of Erlangen, &c., be CONSULTED en all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and nu the Secret jn tirmitles of Yodth and Maturity, front Eleven till Two, and trem Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD -81 :4 1 14- 11 g. :LONDON • Dr. Lellert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu dnerous' Engraving's and Cases, a New Edition of his Work, SELF-PRESERVATION, which will be, sent free, in . a sealed envelope. by Mann, 89 Cernhill, London, or by the Author , for Eight stamps. , CONTENTS. • SECTION I.—The Physiology of the Generative SECTION ll.—Puber ty- -Manhood -The Morale of Genera lye Physiology—True and False Morality. SECTION lll.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physioal Relations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments— Advan tages of Physical Contrasts in securing Ilealthy Ofthoring. SECTION IV.—Spermatorrlicen , and Impotence—The caus e s 1 Sterility iu both Sexes—Self-intlicted Miseries. • ==- SEcTiov V. -The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per nicious habits on the mental snit general faculties. SECTION VI.-- , -Treatment of Nervous and Generative De bility—lmpotefice and iSterility--Dangerous Results .of various ffazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Treatment ; Medical, Dietetics, and General, derived heal Twenty Tears' 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 er morality. 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I which he hoped would set the question at rest, He had put himself in communication with Earl de Grey and 'Ripon, Under-Secretary for War, on the sub , ect ; and, in mentioning that nobleman's name he could not resist publicly bearing his tribute to the admirable manner in which he had conducted the business of his department, To him especially the duties of the 'War Department connected with the volunteers hr d been intrusted ; he had shown in their discharge a degree of tact, sound judgment, and in telligence which did him infinite credit; and he (Lord EVIO) was glad to hear Mr. Herbert, the Secretary for War, in the House of Commons the other night, bear similar testimony to the way in which the noble earl had acquitted himself. (Cheers.) He (Lord Elche) wrote the following letter to Earl de Grey a few days ago : Feb. 7. "My Lord,—lt will be in our lordship's recollecti o n that some time back I had the y honour of an interview with your lordship relative to the proper mode of appointing offi cers to volunteer corps. By the printed rule of the London Scottish Volunteers relating to this subject, it was proposed that the commanding officer should recommend persons for commissions to the Lord-Lieutenant after consulting with the Council, and after havinc , submitted the names to a general meeting of the corps, who should be entitled to ex ercise a veto on each name so submitted. This latter part _ • of the rule, which gave a veto to the members of the corps, was objected to by the Lord-Lieutenant, and your lordship, on my bringing it under your notice, said that you could not sanction the principle of popular election, which it to a great degree recognised. Acting upon this, I, after having ascertained the views of the Council, recommended certain gentlemen to the Lord-Lieutenant for commissions. This course, however, on my part, and the alteration of the rule, have given disssatisfaction to some members of the corps, who say that other volunteer corps have been allowed to elect their officers, and a resolution was passed to conv e ne a special meeting of corps to consider the subject. I should therefore be glad if your lordship would kindly inform me whether any other corps have had any rule sanctioned by the War-office which gives them in any way the power or privilege of electing their officers, and whether, while refus ing youy sanction to the principle of popular election, your lordship 'would approve of commanding officers, before making recommendations for which they would be respon sible, taking what steps may appear to them to be most expedient, with a view to finding out who are the persons who would as officers be most acceptable to their corps.—l remain your obedient servant, " ELcuo." To that letter Earl de Grey replied as follows : "Feb. 9. "My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge there esipt of your lordship's letter of the 7th inst., on tie subject of the mode of appointing officers in volunteer corps, and having special reference to the case of the London Scottish Rifts Volunteers under your command. "Your Lordship is aware that the appointment of officers in the volunteer force is vested by Act of Parliament in the Lord-Lieuteunnt, subject to her Majesty's approval. "With this provision of the law the Secretary of State has, of course, no power to interfere, even if he desired to do so; but Mr. Herbert, feeling that it is desirable that officers should be appointed to volunteer corps who are acceptable to those whom they are to command, has mentioned, whenever any corps has wished it, tho adoption of the system laid down in the model rule No. 5, whick is to the following effect : " The officer in commani will propose gentlemen to the Lord- Lieutenant forcommissious as officers. but the appoint ment of all officers is vested by Act of Parliament in tho Lord-Lieutenant, subject to the Queen's approval.' "It is not in Mr. Herbert'r power, consistently with the requirements of the law, to lay down any further rule. " When, therefore, the regulations proposed fur the Scot tish Rifle Volunteers came before him, he could only con-• firm the objection taken by the Lord-Lieutenant when he, forwarded those rules to those provisions which tended to recognise officially a right of veto, if not of election, in the members of the corps in respect to the persons whose names should bo submitted by your Lordship as officers command ing to the Lord-Lieutenant for appointment as officers. " Under these circumstances, I have to inform your Lord ship, in reply to the questions which you have put to me, that no rule has been sanctioned by her Majesty which recog nises a right in the members to elect their officers, but that Mr. Herbert can havenoobjection to commandingoffieers, be fore making recommendations for 'which tkey would be re sponaible,Jaking what steps may appear to them most ex pedient with a view to finding out who would, as officers, be most acceptable to their corps.—l have the honour to be, my lord, your. faithful servant, " DB GRET AND li.IP011." (Cheers.) There, then, was the law distinctly laid down by responsible Ministers of the Crown—Mr. Herbert and Earl de Grey ; and he could only say that he was delighted to find them disposed to re cpgnise the exercise of a discretion on his part, as the commanding officer of the corps ; and, in every future election, as vacancies might arise, he should endeavour to ascertain the feelings of the members at large before making the nomination. (Cheers.) The question rested now between the corps and the War Department, but, subject to the condition stated in the letter of Earl de Grey, it also rested between the corps and him (Lord Elcho). • (Hear.) His object in holding that correspondence was, that the corps should have officers over them whom they thought wo'ild give satisfaction, and in whom they coule, place confidence—(hear)—and they might rest assured that he would endeaVour in every ease to meet their views, and to make the most judicious appointment whenever a vacancy arose. (Hear, hear.) Before resuming his seat he might say the meeting was aware that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to announce her intention of holding a special levee for the reception of the officers of volunteer corps throughout the kingdom. He had received a letter from an officer of the corps under his command' wishing to know whether he would be permitted to attend the levee in his uni form. To that inquiry the only answer he (Lord Elcho) could give was that he himself meant to attend in his volunteer uniform, and he did not apprehend that he should be refused admission. Mr. WILSON, a member of the corps, said, while he should not be disposed to question the grounds , on which the Lord Lieutenant might recommend persons to her Majesty for commissions, he, for him self, could not recognise the fairness of any choice of officers which did not to some extent proceed on the principle of popular election. (Hoar.) At the same time he was not prepared to say that popular election, without any control on the part of the 'commanding officer, would be a proper thing. (Hear, hear.) He believed it would have been more desirable if the election had rested with the members of the corps and the veto with the mm manding officer. He could not doubt that the ener getic way in which Lord Elcho had acted in this matter would give a fresh start to the London Scottish Volunteer Corps. (Hear, hear.) Professor MASSON (who is a working member of the corps) thought his lordship had taken the proper and necessary step to bring this matter to an , issue, and had elicited a statement from the War' Department which, though exactly corresponding with the knowledge which the corps had before hand of what was permissible, indicated that the authorities there would not interfere with the dis cretion of the commanding officer in taking what steps he chose in the future election of officers to ascertain which of the members of the corps would he likely to give most satisfaction in that capacity. When other corps appeared to be doing all they , wished in the election of officers under the existing law, members of this corps had asked why they could not do the same. Lord Elcho had .taken the necessary step to satisfy his own mind whether the course adopted in the other corps Might obtain in this. _ Ho (Professor Masson) was of opinion that all that was purely civil and administrative in the management of the corps should spring out of the corps itself, and all that was military should emanate from the commanding officer. 1 , (Cheers.) It was of the very essence of this volun teer movement that that should be so ; and, unless that principle were recognised, the movement would not be what it ought to be. Ho trusted that Lord Elcho would carry on the movement still further and further, intimately identified and connected as his lordship had been with it from the very first, and setting an example as he had done in attaining by laborious practice among 'the rapk and file the honourable position of a really effective working volunteer rifleman. (Cheers.) Now that this question of disputed jurisdiction had been settled, the corps would cheerfully obey his Lordship as their military head ; but, he repeated, the civil administration of the corps should spring from itself, because in that, among other respects, lay the difference between a paid soldier and a volunteer. (Cheers.) Mr. ROBERTSON moved a resolation to the effect that the meeting, having heard read the letters of Lord Elcho and Earl de Grey and Ripon on the election of officers, desired to express its thanks to Lord Elehe for the promptitude and spirit it , w which he had acted in the matter, and its complete satisfaction with the reply of the Government. Professor MASSON said he would willingly second the motion, provided the expression that the meet ing was "satisfied with the reply o f the Govern ment" did not commit him to the supposition th at . the Government might not have however further fl matter. (A laugh.) He was, b sa ie with the prlictical upshot of tho matter. The resolution, after Dr. CORMACK and ano ther member of the corps had spoken to it in approval, was put and carried with acclamation. The corps then by a spontaneous motion gave three lusty cheers for the Queen ; another ro un d followed for Lady Elcho, and with that eballition of enthusiasm the proceedings terminated. THE VOLUNTEER UNIFORM. The following circular has been issued : " War-office, 1860. Sir,—l am directed by Mr. Secretary Herbert to forward to yon the enclosed specification of the uniform recommendra fear artillery and rifle volun- POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 11. MANSION-HOUSE.—James Ingram, porter, was brought up for further examination on a charge of forging and uttering a check for £l2O, with in tent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. It had been previously deposed that he presented the check at the Bank, and was stopped on suspi cion of forgery. He accounted for his possession of the check by saying it had been given to him to get cashed by a gentleman whom he mot in the street, but, this not being believed, he was taken into custody, when some other checks were found upon hlin, as well as notes of request for the deli very of check-books at two banks. Mr. Freshfield now appeared for the prosecution, and called"additional evidence. Mr. Collinson, soap manufacturer, said—l .bank at the Bank of England, and produce my check-book, which I sent to Blr. Birkett's, of Nortonfolgate, to be bound, at the latter end of last year ; the checks are numbered D. V., 93,601 to 93,800. Uppn.,exa. mining it I found. a sheet of five checks missing, numbered 93,671 to 93,615. The two checks now prodnced, and filled up for .Xl2O respectively are two of the. infsiiing Checks.. Mr. Frsshfield—One of these checks was stopped at the Bank when presented, and the other he tore up it the station, and threW the pieces :on the ground. Prisoner—l don't know anything about the checks, my lord. Sir H. Muggeridge—Tho check-book was sent to Mr. Birkett to be bound, and you were in Mr. Birkett's employment. Mr. B. Birkett, stationer, Norton folgate—l know the priioner at the bar, who has gone by the name of James Carpenter during the time he has been in my employment, from the middle of November to the time of his apprehenSion. I received some waste paper froin H.. Bateman, but I cannot say whether the prisoner had access to it. I do not remember binding the Check-book for Mr. Collinson, nor am I aware that there were any waste checks among the waste paper. By the Prisoner—l do not know ,that you ever had anything: to do with that checkbook. The prisoner, upon being asked what he had to say in reply to the charge, replied,—l have nothing to say, except that I know nothing about the checks more Than having them in my possession. • . lie Was then committed for trial. BOW-STREET.--A tall well-dressed man, with a large beard and moustache, who gave the name of John Green and stated that he was a linen draper, was placed at the bar for final examination on a charge of assaulting Emily Vivian, a well looking and smartly-attired young woman, who de scribed herself as a dressmaker, but who was ad , milted by her attorney (Mr. Lewis, jun., of the firm of Lewis and Lewis) to be "under the protection of a gentleman." He had been originally brought before the court on Tuesday last, and remanded in custody, having failed to provide the-required bail, to the amount of £5O. The case rested chiefly on the evidence of*, pro secutrix, who stated that on Monday she WWI at the theatre, and after the performance was over she went alone to a supper-room in .the neighbourhood of the Haymarket, where she remained till 6 o'clock. She was leaving in company with a: friend whom she had. met there, when the prisoner entered into conversation with them. Her friend was calling cab . to take them to Pimlico, and the prisoner asked permission to ride with them. Her friend, who was under the impression that she was acquainted with the prisoner, . readily consented, and they all. got into the cab together. As they were passing through the Birdcage•walk the prisoner suddenly - turned upon . her friend, and ordered him out of the cab, observing that if he did not get out he (the pri soner) would kick him out. Her friend yielded, but not until the prisoner had struck him on the face, and she had entreated him to " Get out and keep quiet." The cab then went on, and presently the prisoner, without `the 'lightest provocation, began toy beat her. She tried to scream, but he held his heeds over her mouth, to prevent her. He struck her several times In the face, and blackened her left eye. (Her face was much disfigured from bruises about 4he left eye.) When they got to. Eccleston bridge the cabman pulled up and called a constable, who took the prisoner into custody up )n this charge. Before the constable came up the prisoner offered. her £5O not to charge him, a proposal which he re peated after the constable came up. He was per fectly sober. The onstable, however, denied that any offer of compromise was made in his hearing,.and asserted that both complainant and defendant were drunk. The inspector confirmed him on the latter point, but, observed that the prisoner was not very drunk. He was not.so far gone as to he unconscious of what he was doing and saying, or, of what was going on around him. The cabman deposed that he was hired—by the prisoner, as he understood—at the house in the Haymarket. At the Birdcage-Walk the other complainant se gen tleman got out. A r f e e a w ming, minutes and af o t n er l w oo a k r ig d n shintheheard the the cab ho saw the prisoner striking her in the face , He Eccleston-bridge, whe re drove on till he came to hesawa . policeman. lie stopped Sh e whenha n d e . been sa t s h cr e eamingall the Trayconstable, and complainant gave the prisoner in charge. He Wontner, who ap peared cross-examination by Mr. p co ht n i s il id ipi er t ed pa t i l d ia h t i t s h pr. fa e re.isoner was sober. The cons. p h e n a d re to d ld fo t r he th i e ns was not true. d p e e cto r fence, sl t e he was complainant a s r a , said h s i o h h e n ot attempt Cross-examination Mr . continued—Did T in he m re y i o s p n e o ni d n i g s r ise about what she is. I stated it object to remain in the cab w ith a person to get out of the cab when her friend left. w l h ) o id h n l o d t behaved so violently as the prisoner had done. Did not care about that ;.only wanted to get home. lied seen her friend since. Asked' him to attend here and give evidence. He said he could not as he was going out of town.: Mr. Lewis asked the magistrate to send this case before a jury. _After an offer of £5O had been made to hush the matter up, it would be a 'farce to impose a fine of £5.. The assault was of a most aggravated nature, and. the prosecutrix was prepared to press the cha_rge at the sessions. Mr. Weather said the justice of the case would be fully met by a fine. It was absurd to talk about an offer of £5O, for the defendant, when taken into custody, had only 50s. about him. On account of the drunken state he was in at the time, the defen dant was not in a position to deny the statements THE STN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1860. REPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTY.- Association for promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge, 10, Ampton-place, Gray's-inn-road, 11th February, 1800. RESOLVED,—That the Excise duty on paper obstructs literature and education, interferes with foreign trade, wastes capital, harasses in iustry, and neither is nor can be col lected without violating the laws of the land. That the friends and correspondents of the association throughout the country be urged to lose no time in writing to their Members and forwarding petitions to Par lament in support of the pro posal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to repeal the duties of paper and foreign bOoks, to abolish the newspaper stamp, and: to equalise and extend the book postage. Signed, by order of the Committee, and in their behalf, RICHARD MOORE, Chairman. C. D. COLLET, Secretary. • CARTER, Mayor.—ln a MEETING or ASSEMBLY of the MAYOR, Aldermen, and Livery men of the several Companies of the City of London, in Com mon Hall assembled at the Guildhall of the said City, on SATURDAY, the 11th day of February, 1860, Resolved unanimously,—That the bill introduced into the House of Commons intituled "A. Bill for the better Regula tion of the Corporati , n of the City ot London," establishes a principle of confiscation; and is opposed to the true spirit of reform, as it disfranchises ten thousand of the most influen tial citizens of London, ignores livery companies, and deprives them of the right of meeting in their own Guildhall; and this Common Hall pledges itself to give a determined opposition to the passing of the said bill. Resolved,—That the attempt to wrest front the Livery of London their rights and interests, granted by royal charter, and confirmed by acts of parliament, and this not on the ground of misconduct, but simply under the pretext of expe diency (as recited in the preamble of the bill), is opposed to the spirit of the law of the land, and should be resisted by all who are opposed to the introduction of a principle ot legisla tion whin is utterly subversive of the rights of property. Resolved naanimously,—That the Petition now read be adopted, signed by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, four Aldermen, and twenty Liverymen on the behalf of this Common Hall, and presented to the House of Commons ; and that a similar Petition be presented to the House of Lords, to be signed by the Livery as numerously as time will permit, and that the members for the City, together with the Right Hlnourable the Lord Mayer, William Cubitt, Esq., Alder man, Edward' Ball, Esq., and other members of the House of Commons connected with. this City, be requested to sup port the Prayer of the Petition to the House of Commons. Resolved unanimously,—That the Masters and Wardens of the several Livery Companies be respectfully requested to facilitate the.siguing of the Petition to the House of Lords ; and that they also be requested to present the Petitions to both . Ilcollßtf4 of Parliament,* defence of the rigida and pri. vileges of their respective Liveries. Resolved unanimously, --That this Common Hall approves of the proceedings of the Committee of Liverymen appointed the 28th day of October, 1856, to watch the progress of any Bill which might be brought into Parliament affecting the Corporation ; and that such Committee is hereby requested to continue their exertions en behalf of this COMMOR Hall, in taking all such steps as they may deem advisable to uphold the rights and privileges of the Livery of Loudon. Resolved unanimously,—That this Common Hall desires to express its thanks to the Right Honourable John Carter, F.A.S. and F.R.A.S., Lord Mayor, for the promptitude with which he complied with the requisition for calling this meet ing, as well as that of the Masters and Wardens of the several Livery Companies of this city, at the Kinston House on the 10th inst., and for the courtesy with which he has presided on the present masion. WOoranourE. of the complainalit and cabman, but the circum stances were of a most extraordinary and mysteri ous character, and appeared to him to involve much doubt and suspicion. The complainant herself did not come into court with clean hands. A woman who stopped till 6 o'clock in the morning in an in famous den, where she picked up a drunken man, a perfect stranger, and went to ride with him in a cab, did not seem to be a respectable person OM] for the class to which it was admitted that she belonged. It was strange, too, that she should allow her own friend to be bundled out of the cab, which, according to her evidence, he had hired, and that she should remain s deprived of his pro tection, in the cab, at the mercy of a violent man of whom she knew nothing: After commenting to a similar effect on othte circumstances, Mr. Woutner observed that the prisoner had already suffered something. He had been several days in custody, and he-had lost a valaable ring. Under all these circumstances he hoped the magistrate word consider a fine of £oAufEcient to meet the justice of the case. Mr. Jardine concurred with Mr. Wontner that there was a good deal in the ease that was myste rious and inexplicable. It was a most extraordinary thing that such an assault should be committed in the open day in so public a place as the Birdcage walk, and that the cabman _should drive on while the woman was screaming and the man beating her, and that he (the *simian) should not think it worth while to interfere, or to stop his cab till he got to Eceleston-bridge. He (Mr. Jardine) had very little doubt that complainant and defendant 'were both drunk. Still there could be very little doubt that she had been assaulted, and had suffered consider. able injury. If her evidence was true the case was one in which a £5 fine could be a wholly inadequate punishment. Indeed, the case seemed rather to come under the provisions of the act applying-Jo aggravated assaults An— women, which gave hi power 4 tO iiifirjrii penalty of six months' imprison ment, without giving the option of a fine. But he must say that he should hesitate to take that course in a case where the evidence was of so singular a character. Then, it must be observed that he was not asked by the complainant to take either of these courses, but to send the prisoner before a jury, which he must say was the most proper tribunal to dispose of such a case. Ho should adopt that course, but would admit the prisoner to bail in two sureties of £lO each, and his own recognisance of £2O. Mr. Lewis hoped the magistrate would take such bail as would ensire the appearance of the prisoner at the trial. Why should the amount be reduced below what was required on the remand ? He (Mr. Lewis) was led to believe that the prisoner had given a false name and address, and that, though he said he was a linondraper, he really held a- much higher position. Mr. Wontner said there were no grounds for any such statement. Mr. Jardine certainly saw no reason to suppose that the defendant was anything different from what he represented himself to be, nor did he think it necessary to exact a higher bail than usual. The defendant was then removed, but in the course of the afternoon Mr. Wontner and . Mr. Lewis returned to the court, and said that they had agreed to a compromise, and would therefore ask his wor ship to discharge the prisoner. Mr. Jardine said that under these circumstances he had no coarse but•to comply. The prisoner was then discharged. It was understood that the complainant had been induced to withdraw the charge on receiving a com pensation of £4O. TILL' ARMY. The following officers have joined their respec live corps at Chatham garrison .—Captain and Ad jutant L. Sidebottom, Ist depot Battalion ; Capt. M. P. Macqueen, 91st Regiment ; Lieut. S. T. Sargent, 43d Light Infantry ; and Ensign B. J. A. Monsell, 73d Regiment. On Tuesday last Sergt.-Major Bradish, having completed his term of service in the 36th Regi ment, and being about to enter on an engagement with the 3d Royal Surrey Militia, had the high compliment paid him of receiving from his officers, at the hands of Lieut.-Col. Hort, commanding, an elegantly finished and valuable silver teapot, in tes timony of their appreciation of his long and meri torious services. The teapot has the following in scription :—" Presented to Sargeant-Major C. Bradish, by Lieut.-Colonel Hort and the officers of the 36th Regiment, as a mark of their respect and esteem, on his discharge after a faithful service of 22 years." It is a curious coincidenCe that Sergt.- Majon Bradish commenced his career as a soldier in 1837, in Devonport, and closed it after so long a period in the same town. VOLUNTEER CORPS. BIRMINGHAM RIFLE CORPS. On Friday night the volunteers, comprising the company raised by Mr. Charles Rateliff, brother of Sir John Itatcliff, late Mayor, met that gentleman at the Town Hall. Captain J. Oliver Mason introduced Mr. Charles Itatcliff, and congratulated the volunteers on their good fortune in having such a gentleman to act with them, and to be their future captain, and con cluded by giving them some excellent good advice ai to their future conduct and conformity to the discipline which would henceforth be required of them. Mr. Charles Ratcliff, on rising, was very warmly received. He expressed the high gratification it gave him to meet the volunteers now present, and placed in plain practical language before them the fact that they should well consider the importance and responsibility of the step they were about to take ; to listen attentively to the rules for the ob servance of the corps ; and if any one present felt doubtful of his capacity to obey them, that he should at once retire, and not commit himself by the oath of allegiance, or join the movement for pastime or display, instead of legitimate purpose, namely, self imposed duty. After expressing his hope that his company would never disgrace the uniform they were about to wear, o'r - be wanting in duty, Mr. C. Ratcliff then read the rules, as approved by the Secretary of War, and stated that either Major Sanders or Captain. Mason would give any explana tions of them that any one present might require, but every one present appeared perfectly satisfied, and not a single inquiry was made. Ninety-six volunteers were then sworn in by Major Sandars and Captain Mason. This is the first example in England of a gentle man raising a company and clothing them at his own expense. THE WAR DEPARTMENT AND THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS. On:Saturday evening a special general meeting of the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers was held at the Scottish Corporation-hall, Crane-court, Fleet street, to hear the result of a recent correspondence between Lord Elcho, the officer in command of the corps, and Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Under- Secretary for War, on the question of to what, if any, extent the principle of popular election is to obtain in the appointment of officers of the corps. In one of the rules which the corps had unanimously adopted for its internal government, that prin ciple was distinctly recognised, but when the regulations came to be submitted to the Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord Lieutenant of the county of Middlesex, his lordship struck his pen through the recognition of the popular element, and Earl de Grey and, Ripon, on an appeal being made to him in his official capacity, supported the course taken by the Lord-Lieutenant. The executive com mittee of the London Scottish Volunteers, of which Lord Eleho, as the commanding officer, is chairman, then proceeded to elect the officers of the corps, and the names of the members so chosen have since been submitted to the Lord-Lieutenant for approval. Some dissatisfaction, in the meantime, has been felt by the rank and file of the corps—one of the largest in the metropolis—at being deprived of all share in the election of their officers, and the subject has more than once been warmly discussed among them, Saturday evening being the most recent oc casion. Previous to the meeting the corps had been drilled for some time in the snow in Old Palace yard. Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Elcho, who wore the uniform of a private of the corps, addressed the meeting. He said, at their last meeting he read a memorial signed by 43 members of the corps, ex pressing a wish that a general meeting should be convened to consider the mode of appointing officers of the corps. He stated at that meeting that if those gentlemen, - or any other members of the corps, would draw up a memorial on the sub ject, respectfully worded, he would pre.,.ent it to the 'War-office. It would be in the recollection of the meeting that the committee of the corps, of which he was chairman, drew up rules for its regu lation, one of which—the 11th—was to the effect that the commanding officer should appoint persons for commissions to the Lord Lieutenant after con sulting with the council, and after having submitted the names to a general meeting of the corps, who should be entitled to exercise a veto on each name so submitted. That resolution was drawn up by the eommittee from a desire that in appointing officers they should have some means of ascertain ing what gentlemen would be most agreeable to the corps ; at any rate, that they should not appoint any who might be disagreeable to the members at large. It was adopted unanimously, at a general meeting held at the United Service Institution, and he stated at that time that it would be but waste paper until it received the sanction of the authori ties. When the rules were submitted to the Lord Lieutenant for his approval, he deliberately drew his pen through that part of them which gave to the corps a veto on the appointment of officers. He (Lord Elcho) did all in his power to induce the Lord Lieutenant to retract his decision, but in vain ; the answer being that it contained a recog nition of the principle of popular election, which was not sanctioned by the Crown, and therefore it could not be allowed to stand. He then went to the War Department and saw Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Under-Secretary, on the subject, but with no better result. At a meeting of the corps on the previous Saturday evening, a member got up and told him (Lord Elcho) substantially that lie was not worth kis salt, because he had not succeeded in overcoming the objections of the Lord Lieutenant and the authorities at the War Department. (A laugh.) To that taunt ho replied that he was sorry he had taken nothing toy his motion in that respect, but that he was bound, as - a good subject, to obey the powers that be. The member in question said the corps was being ground down by tyranny— (" No, no")—and that he (Lord Elcho), living in the reign ef Queen Victoria, was endeavouring to command the corps on principles which obtained in the time of the Stuarts. (A laugh.) In one sense ho believed that was so, remembering that in those days the punishment ef the pillory was in use, and seeing that at the meeting in question he had been pelted for three hours —morally he meant—(a laugh)— with eloquent denunciations for not having suc ceeded in doing what he had been most anxious to do. It was said that other corps had exercised a voice in the election of their officers, and why not this ? He was asked to cancel the appointment of the officers, but he said he could not do that even if he were disposed, which he was not, for the names had been sent in to the lord lieutenant. " Oh," said a member of the corps, " you can get over that, be cause the names have been returned to you in con• sequence of your having forgotten to add the Chris tian names." His answer to that was that the names had not been returned to him in consequence of any such omission, but, even if they had, he need scarcely say he should certainly have declined to take advantage of such an error. (Cheers.) The discussion ended in the adoption of a motion, at the instance of Mr. Robertson, that a general meeting should be convened for the purpose of discussing the question at issue. The subject, indeed, was one which did not affect the London Scottish Corps only. It was a question between the War Depart ment and all the volunteer corps in the kingdom. (Cheers.) In that view of the case he had thought it desirable to obtain, if possible, some authoritative decision on the matter, which might serve as a guide to all volunteer corps, present and future. He had such an authoritative decision now to communicate, 2HE NAVY. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir H. Keppel, K.C.8., was. on Saturday appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope station, in the room of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., whose period of command has expired. Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander 'Arline, K.C.8., te turned to Devonport on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning hoisted his flag on board the screw steam-frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A. Cum ming, which has received her powder. During the day Admiral Milne mustered and inspected the crew of the screw steamship Nile, 90. The Bulwark, 91, one of the new class of 91-gun line-of-battle screw steamers now in progress at Chatham Dockyard is to be built of the following dimensions :—Length between perpendiculars, 251 feet ; length of keel for tonnage, 213 feet 9! inches; extreme breadth, 58 feet ; breadth for tonnage, 57 feet 2 inches ; breadth moulded, 56 feet 4 inches; depth in hold, 25 feet 6 inches ; burthen, 3,715 62-94 tons ; the engines are to be of 800-horse power. The screw frigate Galatea, of 80 . 0 -horsepower, in the first dock at Chatham, is still in the hands' of the engineers, but she is expected to be completed early in the ensuing month. The Mars, 80, screw steamer, Capt. J. N. Strange, arrived at Spithead on Saturday, morning from Portland. Her crew will be paid wages, and granted leave ashore. The screw steam ship The Royal William, 90, was placed in Ktyham-basin, Plymouth, on Friday, to receive her machinery. The screw steam-ship Majestic, 80, Capt. Mends, C. 8., went from Plymouth Sound on Friday into Hamoaze to be docked and to have her bottom cleaned and . Kingston valves repaired. She was taken out of dock on Saturday, and will probably ge into the Sound to-day (Monday). The screw steam vessel Alacrity, 4, :Commander Baird, at Devonport, was taken out of dock on Fri day. She will probably leave Plymouth Sound to day (Monday) for the Mediterranean. The Dasher, 3, paddle, Commander E. G. Here, arrived at portsmouth on Saturday from the Chan nel Islands. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam sloop Alecto, 5, commissioned by Commander Ruby, on his re moval from the Weser (unsuccessfully fitted out and despatched for the River Plate) sailed from Wool wich on. Saturday for service, it is stated, on the west coast of Africa. The whole of the available officers and crew belonging to the Weser were trans ferred to the Alecto, the complement havinc , been made up to 100 of-all ranks, and althou s h the trans fer commenced as recently as the 27th ult., the ship was in complete readiness for sea on Thursday last. After swinging at Greenhithe for the adjustment of compasses, &c., she will sail to-marrow for hor destination, calling at Portsmouth' and Plymouth, at which latter place she will receive her final orders. The paddle-wheel steam storeship Rhadaman thus, Master Commander Sturdee, left the steam basin, Woolwick, on Saturday, for Portsmouth and Plymouth, having numerous cases of steam gear fer the Duncan, Rinaldo, Sutlej, and Prince of Wales, at Portsmouth, and 40 supernumerary lads and bearnen for Plymouth, together with machinery for the Jason, Narcissus, and How e . The gunboat Louisa, Lieut.-ComMander Thomas W. Oliver (tender to her Majesty's screw steam guardsliip of Coastguard, Edinburgh), sailed from Woolwich on Saturday, after repairs, to resume her station at Leith. The paddle-wheel steam tender Sprightly, G. Allen master, from Portsmouth, with 50 supernu meraries, men and boys; arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. The lighter Siubad, W. Moore master, havingdischarged mou ldi ngs , w as put out of d oc k in Key ham on Friday. The lighter Tortoise, 11. Hoskings master, left Plymouth on Saturday for Pembroke. The utmost activity prevails in Chatham Dock yard among the contractors and others employed on the several works in progress for enlarging and improving that establishment, in order that the whole may be completed within the time required by the Admiralty. In addition to the works com pleted and those in progress, the Lords of the Ad miralty have decided on an extension and improve ment of the dockyard by means of convict labour, the'convicts from the establishment at St. Mary's being employed for that purpose. 'rho improve- Ments contemplated will involve an, outlay of £160,000, a portion of which . has been already expended, leaving the sum of £127,000 as still required to complete the works. The repair and improvement of No 1 dock, together with tne river . wall at the entraude, is t o b e effected o at an uilay, of .£4,000, in. addition to which the mud which-has accumulated in the harbour at the entrance to the docks is to be removed, at an esti mated cost of .1:2,000.. There are also to be several minor alterations undertaken, including foundations for the new machinery to be erected, the sum re quired for that purpose being £2,000, exc l us i ve o f 11,500, for the erection of new machinery. The total estimated amount required for the works to be performed at Chatham Dockyard for the ensuing year is nearly £30,000, which sum has been inserted in the estimates and laid before Parliament. The following appointments were made on Sa turday, at the Admiralty;—Lieut. G. Stratton, to the Eagle ; 'F. lt. '2. Quin, second master to the Forte; and C. E. P. Hall, paymaster to the London. r 4 fri "!r4 -~ ~~ ~~y~ 'i 2 _/? tcers by the committee recently assembled at this office to consider the question. "I am to add that pattern suits are deposited for general inspection in the waiting-room at this office, and that coloured drawings may be obtained from Mr. Ackerman, of Regent street, London. "I am, sir, your obedient servant, "DE GREY AND RIPON." SPECIFICATION FOR PATTERNS OF RIFLE VOLIIN TEEV. CLOTIIING.-RECOMMENDED BY COMMITTEE. " TUNIC. "Brown and gray mixture, single-breasted, with fly one inch and three-quarters broad on the inside ; collar of the same material, one inch and three quarters high, rounded off in front ; the sleeve to have an Austrian knot, the braid or cord to form a pointed cuff; three inches deep, the knot nine inches and three-quarters long and four inches in width, the edges trimmed with the sani-.! cord, to be of such colour as the corps may decide on ; the skirt 10 and a-half inches deep for an officer or private, with a variation of half an inch longer or shorter for every inch in height; the back and skirt to be cut whole, and not to open ; nine bronzed buttons in front and two behind. " TROUSERS. " Cut so as to be sewn into a band round the waist, large from hip to ancle and 17 inches round the bottom, trimmed with square cord down the side seam, of the same colour as that used on the tunic. " CAP. "To ba made of the same material as tunic, three and a quarter inches high in front, and four and a half inches at the back, with band of the same material round the head, the trimming to consist of two pieces of cord, same as on tunic, round top and bottom of band, and round edge of crown ; small rosette on left side, of the same colour as braid; round peak, slightly drooping. "BELTS. " Of dark brown leather, with pouch to contain 30 rounds of ammunition, and ball bag to slide on the waist belt, to contain 10 rounds of ammunition, caps, and oil bottle, bayonet frog on lett side ; on the large pouch a shoulder belt is fixed, so as to be perfectly level on the waist, passing under the right arm and over the left shoulder, fastening on the breast with a buckle. " LEATHER GAITERS. " To be made of sheep skin, to match in colour with the pouch and belts ; black enamelled facing at bottom, cut with a point behind, to form a con tinuation of boot ; buttons of the same material. " CLOAK. " To be made from the same material as tunic), cut two inches below the knee, forming a double breasted coat, buttoning close to the neck, with stand or fall collar, having tabs buttoning over to protect the neck. " A cape, 15 inches deep, fits on the shoulder, at tached or detached at pleasure, and formed of double material ; the inward part expanding, and when reversed forming a hood, to protect the head. " ARTILLERY TUNIC. ' " Blue cloth, tweed, or serge. " Single-breasted, with fly one inch and three quarters broad on the inside, collar and cuffs of the same material, the collar one inch and three-quarters high, rounded off in front and corner of skirts also. " The sleeves to have an Austrian knot, to form a cuff three inches deep at the point ; the knots to be eight inches in depth, three inches and three quarters in width, formed with black square cord and traced round with scarlet tracing braid ; the collar edged with square cord and traced inside with scarlet braid; the tunic to be edged with scarlet cloth, one-quarter of an inch in width ; nine buttons in front and two behind the skirt, without opening behind ; buttons of white metal, with raised pat tern of gun in centre. " TROUNERS. " Blue cloth, cut to fit a band round the waist, with side-pockets; large from hip to knee, small over the foot ; edged down the side seam with black square cord and scarlet tracing braid, similar to collar and sleeve of the coat. " GAITERS. " Made from black enamelled leather, 13 inches deep, fix. buttons down side, with strap and buckle on the top. " CAP. " Of blue cloth, having scarlet card round top and bottom, of oak-leaf band, and round inside of sunk crown ; knot in centre of crown ; black leather peak and chin strap. " BELT. " Plain black leather, with frog for sword ; snake-hook fastening. " GREAT COAT. " Of blue cloth, similar in pattern to Rifle Volun teers." : ST. GEORGE'S. This corps marched out on Saturday afternoon from Burlington-house, Piceadilly,with Lieutenant- Colonel C. H. Lindsay at their head, the bugle band and a master (in spite of the unpropitious weather) of about 120 men. They proceeded through the leading thoroughfares of the parish to Chelsea Hospital, where they were inspected by General Sir Ed ward Blakeney, the governor, who expressed himself highly gratified with the soldierlike ap pearance of the men under arms, as well as with the neatness of their uniform. VISIT OF COL. M'MURDO TO LIVERPOOL. An official meeting of the officers of Artillery Volunteer forces of Liverpool was held en Friday, by special summons of the Mayor, at tho Town hall. Col. Bourne, Major Walter, Captains Melly, Wrigley, Bushby, Ilornby, Turner, Robinson, Campbell, and Langton, of the 4th Division of Ar tillery ; Captains M'lver and Currie, of the Cunard Volunteer's, and Brown, Hamilton, Sharman, Clay, and Dyke, commanding other artillery forces, were present. Mr. W. Brown, late M.P. for South Lancashire, whose name has been foremost in the movement, was in attendance. Altogether there were 23 companies of artillery, numbering over 1,500 efficient men, represented. The May or stated to this body of officers that, in obedience to the request of the Secretary at War, he wouldin troduce to them Colonel M'Murdo, the officer ap pointed by her Majesty's Government to mange the details for the volunteer artillery service, whose i mm ediate object was to arrange for the unitieg the several existing companies into divisions, with a view to secure unity of action and the avoiding of unnecessary correspondence. Colonels Marriott and Fortescue, of the Royal Artillery, were also present as the officers of the district, whose duties are to inspect the forces and aid in their general efficient organisation. Colonel 'N . lSMuitpo explained to the officers pre sent the objects and purposes of the Government in refereu2e to the vol un t eer ar till ery arm o f t h e ser vice, and made it clear to the officers commending that though it wa s necessary th ey s h ou ld com bi ne in divisions of COO, yet that their so doing was not intended in any wa y t o i n t er f ere w i t h the se p ara t e independence of each distinct company or force, and that the brigading would not in the slightest de gree affect their original and separate existence as individual corps. The chief subject of discussion was the matter of small arms. Major WALTER addressed Colonel M'Murdo at some length on this question, urging upon the Government the vital necessity of all volunteer ar tillery being at once supplied with the rifled car. bine and sword 'bayonet ; that the gentlemen who had been engaged in forming these forces had entered men on the distinct understanding that they were to be armed in every way as the Royal Artillery, and that if the Government had any intention of ruling it otherwise he feared that the whole of these forces would disband. Major Walter observed that he had raised 640 men, that they had banded themselves togethe.r on a clearly expressed arrangement, whie n h was that they were to be artillerymen , a , and that an artilleryman was . armed that wi the carbine and bayonet. Now, to imagine forces collected together iu h the streets places would consent to mar • march ti d " koman sword, of a largo city with an antiquated Liverpo,o:lneand other the ue Beard" veterans more like the instruments of Drury-lane theatre in the :i r a r r i e c l a t of 1 1 3 than any weapon of modern warfare, was simply an absurdity. All the other officer s p resent full y concurred in these opinions, an d it was earnestly impre s sed up on Colonel M'Mur do th a t nothing short of a thorough rifted carbine, to be issued to tho Volunteer Artil lery, would keep the forces together, and maintain regularityand numet,'ous attendance at:the drill. BunNE and Capt. YELLY each enf orce d th e arguments advanc e d by Major - Walter. Resolutions were passed exp ress i ng the readiness of the several companies to brig a d e accor di ng to t h e expressed desire of the War-office, and enforcing the vital necessity of an immediate issue of carbines to the artillery forces. It .wins explained to Col. M'Murdo that the 4th Division of Lancashire Artil lery, being in itself a di v i s i on o f e i g h t compan i es , under Col. Bourne's command, formed a brigade of The Mayor afterwards entertained the assembled officers at a sumptuous luncheon. On the motion of Col. BounNE, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor for the earnestness and promptitude he has shown on this and every public occasion bearing on the volunteer movement in the district. As an instance of the earnestness, so far, of the Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, it wa.s named to M'Murdo that the eight companies of the 4th. division had for several months past been regularly drilling three times a-week, and flirt lout: few mesa hers. of the respective companies failed in their fre quent attendance. ato rles will üb nay 60, !ord. Pita. CO. _i , as& Utk• kock. .apt. aids.• stony )ssa t rs, to r, ia lsw t.E.. 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