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The Physiolog•y and Anatomy of Women- Functional Ir regularities in Health an i Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY ; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Oblizations, Happiness and Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility' Removed, and healthy Of sPring secured. No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRIVEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, To be had of Mann , 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. ON Till: SECltYith of Electro-Galvanism. INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND Just published, ls,, post l3 stamps, MATURITY. Appendix on the Curative Powers r s O o URSD particularly DEBILITY It v ATION •A free, Medical . Treatise ELF - PRESERVATIO N in reference to the INFlR oclfihe GNERATIVE SYSTEM; —I I WEAKNESS, NE R more l MITIES and Dland FUNCTIONAL tracing the Origin of these which vitiate the very fountaiantressin2." afflictions to causes stroy the vigour of Manhood. w aof and prematurely de on the Cure of these Diseases, and hon Practical Observations storative power of LOCAL GALVANISMhe extraordinary re- Impotence, and Sterility, in which cases in Spermatorrhcea, pain or danger, and is frequently successful without the aid BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Registered Licentiate of the London Society of Apothecaries, Doctor of Medicine of the University of Erlangen, H Member of the London Hospital Medical Soaeti.yonorary An erroneous impression exists that public 4c announcements on these disorders emanate only from unqualified Persons, prac titioners shall assume any medical title, those that are l eg ally qualified can readily be distinguished —a point of great importance in cases where secrecy, confidence, and skill are equally requisite. In the new edition of ' Self-Preservation,' facts of para mount utility are brought together —facts appealing to the prudence of all who are suffering from affections which t o the enfeeblement and ultimate loss of those powers w ithout which man forfeits the dignity of nature, and sinks to the most pitiable depths of physical and moral degradation. In cases where the vital essences have been weakened by the influences of tropical climates, by pernicious habits. indiscri minate excesses, improper diet, hardship, or by iniudicisus treatment, the means of cure adop ted by the author, in con junction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene rally been found successful, even in cases where recovery had been pronounced impossible Published by the Author, prioe ls., or free by post for thir teen stamps, and may be had of Allen, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row, London ; Westmanott, chemist, Market-street, Manchester ; J, Guest, Bull-street, Birmingham; Baraolough, Fargate, Sheffield ; Rayner, High-street,. Southampton ; W. Lovt., 1 4noch-square, Glasgow; 11. Powell, Westmorelatad street, Dublin, or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Ei g ht, at hik , residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. - -- - e--e. T'__ ` ~~- ~~ ~~ e kiiiho (lir, ~, 4l '„ '...r" . . \ ~, ..„.. 1 1- 7 • 344.. . ' 4.4414:41'' .-- 1 4 /114011:4( ,041/010 i ~. - 4e,i l t , ,-,,;' Tkp -- 4-.1- v , ...... t ~, , 1 f- ' k: -.`... ArVe 4, t , -,.. .' ' 7.,':. . ,g , 1 , 1 4, I) 't :-, ; ' .... k. : - : •''' A' '.. 4 , ,-- -- , 4,,,,, L; , w.' ' • - " , i) it otr Eh l': -- es , :.• ' • •% '--'....'• Bf , t .7-ti.Z1;4,01, 1 - - ait__.....2_,........ . I : 1 / 4 ......., . , ~ ........ Ifr ~., , i r :7 - 1,40,, : •.' '--- ii f* , V PRICE 4D • STAMPED, SD. 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 to an end, with the armistice of Chevarco, concluded between the French and Sardinians, upon s peci a l con diti o ns highly.impor tant to the French in following tip -the campaign against the Austrians. ',ln ctawsecnildpait of the ' campaign it was Napoleon' plan ; to„driie the Austrians out o f L om bardy. and .across t Adige, and t o t a k e up a defeifsiVP pbsitibhhp on that river, which would luffciPd;,-7hini 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 nee& 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 pf 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 OF 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 ith 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 :—As 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 Vict., c. 106, gives the Queen full power 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 rega r d s the ratio of 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 leaving 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, exeinpli 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 question, being in favour of a powerful local Indian army, European and native, as essential to the 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 sider 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 The n e n s f t G a b o l n i s a il u m e o n p t e o i s f deemed worthy of consideration. The Commis sioners think that an amalgamation of the local forces with the line regiments, although difficult, might be an advantageous p dro r st ej e u tar a: be effected aitangenaent, if it could mentally is considere u Any admixture t w ur it e h o n f u E t ( 5 tli a n ' il t i a existingt i v e b f o ffi e e ,r e fa rights.gc and discipline of both ; but im it e ls a th t o o ngb e t f- tiliit t le! admixture by brigade would be most advantageous. The local f orce o f E uropeans m i g ht (it is suggested) be kept up partly by volunteers from line regi• ments returning to England, and by recruiting in England as for line regiments. The Commissioners object to the levy of any colonial regiments com posed of men of colour, either for temporary or permanent service. The native cavalry force should be irregular, and to each cavalry regiment would be attached one commandant, 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 s hould decidedly preponderate over the irregular. Cadets ought, it is said, to be drilled and thoroughly instructed in their military duties in Eng land 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 co urse of examina tion of evidence have come unde r their notice:— 1. That the native army shou ld be com p osed of differ ent mnaimtsi(onotsitiiyestharnodugchasetaecsh, arendg,imason. atgeneral rule, mixed pro 2. That all men of the regular native army in her M a _ jesty's Eastern posses sions should be enlisted for general service. possible be 3. That a modi fication should be made in the unifurni of nativet c h ou e ntr y ,and troops, m aki n g it more suitable t assimilating it more t o the dress of the 4. That Europe ans should, a s far as po in the scientific branches of the service, bute:tibiae tenctosyeodf pioneers be formed, for the purpose of relieving the Euro pean sappers from those duties whioh entail exposure to the c limate. 5. That the articles of w ar w hi c h ern be revised, and that the p ower of Commanding naotffiivee armyersbe increased. 6. That the promotion of native co mni , sioned :in3 not- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1859. t.I.RAND REVIEW at ALDERSHOT CAMP, kA in presence of Her Majesty, on MONDAY, 16th May. Trains will leave Waterloo-bridge Station, for Farnborough, at 8, 9•30, and 1015, a.m. Returning in the afternoon at 3, 4 , 10, and 6•30 p.m. Horses will be conveyed by the 8 and 9'30 a.m. trains. 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BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, Incorporated by Royal Charter. _ The Directors of the BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA do hereby give notice that the Yearly GENERAL MEETING of Proprietors will be held, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement on TUESDAY, the 7th June next, at the office of the Corporation, 70, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, at One o'clock precisely, when the election of Three Directors, in the room of those going out by the provisions of the Deed will take place ; also the election of a Director in the place of Sir Andrew Pellet Green, K.C.H., deceased. By order of the Court, C. M`NAB, Secretary. London, 9th May, 1859. THE LONDON.—The attention of Gentlemen is especially draWn to the advantages offered in these elegant and spacious Saloons, which fulfil all the require ments of a West-end club of the most aristocratic and exclu sive character. L'on trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les meilleurs journeaux Anglais, ma's aussi Allemand, Francais, et Beige. F. 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The Wines with corresponding economy. In. the Coffee-room, Dinners and Refreshments kla carte. Spe cial attention is invited to the numerous Private Apartments for the Patrician Dinner, at ss. The Smoking and Chess room combines comfort and elegance. The lavatories, Testi bylles, and spacious entrance, with the general unique arrange ments, ensure an acknowledgment that this noble Mansion is worthy of its title—THE PATRICIAN. Open at Five on Sundays. Wedding Breakfasts and Ball Suppers, with first class attendance. Orders, addressed to J. HOLMES and CO., The Patrician, New Coventry-street, will have the best attention. N.B.—Whitebait, in perfection, served daily. Hampers packed for the Derby. T HORLE Y's MUG. SCOTCH AND PALE ALES. - JOHN AITCHISON and Co., beg to inform the Trade that they have OPENED their NEW STORES at BROKEN WHARF, 41, UPPER THAMES-STREET, where their un rivalled Stock of Scotch and Pale Ales may be seen, tasted, and found superior to any in the market. J. 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 £5,000 for the due performance of the Contract. , 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 acutely. 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 bought 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 practices not confined to any one party. The Tory First Lord of the Admiralty may use a packet contract to serve Tory purposes. But the vast sum expended in this service mentioned by Sir James Graham is the work of the opponents of the Tories. At the Tynemouth election, very recently, Mr. Lindsay asserted that he had visited 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 th e 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 abroad, 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 e must heartily at its foundation, by seducing men to act contrary thisto t is heir do p n o e litbiycatlhepublicconvic tions. money, w When we find that 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, andaccompanied tthe deputy (W. Gray, Esq.) by and imme diately proceeded to declare the poll. He sthheeri sheriff under sheriff Esq.) said— Gentlemen, I find that the result of the poll is as follows : Sir John William Ramsden 15,978 Mr. Frank Crossley • • • . 15,401 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, ' and 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, for our opponents are.strong,-ana=well have they maintained the fight. :(Cheers from the Con servatives.) The prize was worthy of the contest, and it is yours. (Loud cheers.) Before 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 a far 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 ; you 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 —(cb.eers)----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 --("11You 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 his own friends.") His friends, who induced him to give up a high and.honourable position, told him that they could return him for the West Riding at the head 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 ought to have done. (Hear.) I remember some time ago that the right hon. gentleman told me in the lobby of the House of Commons that he found it very hard work to fight the battle of conservatism in the borough of Halifax. He has now found that it is much more difficult to fight the battle of conservatism in the West Riding of Yorkshire—(hear)—for there he is beaten by fifties and by hundreds, but here he is beaten by thousands. (Cheers, and " No, no.") Al though the right hon. gentleman may not be able to come in for Bute, I hope he will be able to come in for some constituency that is conservative in its principles—some constituency where they have not so many penny papers flying about every day, where they only get the news after it is a week old, where they have the blue sky above them, and the greensward below them, but not the opportunity of rubbing together so often as you have in the West Riding, and of ascertaining each other's opinions. These are the places that Con servatism might seek to represent, but the time is gone by for a C onserva ti ve to b e re t urne d f or th e West Riding of Yorkshire. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") The Right Hon. J. S. WORTLEY also addressed the meeting, and, although defeated, spoke in no desponding strain, admitting that the victory had been fairly won. A vote of thanks to the High Sheriff terminated the proceedings. LIEUT.-COLONEL MACDOUGALL ON THE WAR IN ITALY IN 1796. 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, &e. 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 where decisive battles would be fought, and in con sequence of this all eyes were now turned to the battle-field 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. He 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 divided into two parts. The section was formed by the 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 map* 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 n 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 yery day Napoleon arrived at the head quarters at Nice, on the 27th of March, he issued the following proclamation to the troops, " Soldiers, you are naked, and the Government is much in your debt, but has nothing to give 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. am about to lead you into te most fertile plains of the world. Rich provinces, great cities will be your prize. You will find in that rich country glory, honour, and wealth. Soldiers of Italy, you will not be wanting 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 ling defeat of the Austrians at Montenottc—the disjointed flight of the Austrian centre, pursued by SIR JAMES GRAHAM. Sir James Graham has been 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 Commons 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 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 I should be repaired and a new barrack established there. So the expectation of the advantages to he 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 sucoessive 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 the employment of packets at Dover had been modified or eked out in some way just before the election on 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 buying the votes t in h n e ne G 3 ov . ernment than p s a a t id L7 s O ir ,oo jOaara-yes, It would have been ein che l a o p , e e r d , and debauching the voters of Galway, £lOO,OOO of the pubadlie to apply £70,000 per annum under a c ontract thus for seven years. The consequence of the contract, however, was to return Mr. Lever , a supporter of Lord ' Derby, at the head of the poll —a gentleman who is reported, indeed, to have lhsicirh offered his vote to any Ministry whic h would enable hi m b y suc h a su b s idy to buy the electors of Galway. Th ese are on l y specimens o f the corruption s w a e m m e s u , must believe,has inmany on places the influenced respectable au t t h h e o rl late of v elections, and h as equa ll y i n fl uence d a ll e lections for mapnnyhylieeairvsrpaitesrts, wenhnenneettheediswsuiethhatshbeeGennvdeornubintefuntl: and sharehopingin thperAobdambliyn Administration, o e n time ogiroorteheorvetro theseha have a accusaticns, or tr ea t th e whole matter as an ordinary occnuornrelyncreegtaordbeitjoaksea aboutvder and laughed at. We can representative ys er et s yg matter affecting the character of retarding the progres s of liberty world. In keeping out of fo throughoutovernm , eii t and reign wars, and not -e ( Z- . 2 z/ fe ,;AVSPAPER .- '• -'''''.--J- , i ; ‘N'el commissioned officers be regulat e d on , e prinefple of eism• - ---' -.: \-4, ciency, rather than of seniority, and that ..minandingoifice* ; t t. i.:3l, of regiments have the same power to p r . mote non-dflendiii..,ri';', sioned officers as is vested in officers corn is • , .',.: igginienii: 1:t.."-; of the line. . \,.. c*: . '`", -, ; 1,/" .. ,-9, 7. 1 fiat, whereas the pay It n4lal i C. %Val, c N,:m , - ;,-,lrle- ti t i v a id „,,,::, ,non are now issued under varioub beads, th e Menii , Vof her Majesty's Government be drawn ic. th c , exp ,,di c . o! WO simplifying the pay codes, and of adopting, if praetica le, fixed scales of allow an ces for the troops in garrison or can tonments, and in the field. 8. That the Commander-in-Chief in Bengal be otyted 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 the remedy of the evil complained of, various schemed have been suggested, viz. :- Ist. The formation of a staff corps. 2dly. The system of "seconding" officers who are on de tached employ, which exists to a certain extent in the line arm 3ffly. y. Placing the European officers of each presidency on general lists for promotion. 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 f or . the r e p ort o f the Governors and Commanders.m-Chief of the several presidencies, with a view to the framing of regulations which will insure the greater efficiency of regiments. Previous to closing their report, the Commissioners respectfully beg to state that they have felt themselves precluded from entering into minute details on many subjects referred to them for inquiry from an apprehension of fettering the free action of the authorities in India on points of a purely lccal nature, which, they conceive, must ultimately be decided in that country. The report is signed by Major.-Gen. Peel, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Stanley, Major-Gen. Viscount Melville, Gen. the Marquis of Tweedale, Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. A. Wetherall, K.C.8., Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. G. W. Smith, Bart., Major-Gen. P. Montgomerie, Major- Gen. H. Hancock, Col. W. B ur lt on , an d C o l . T. Tait. 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 Brsgoyne, 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 Woods, Esq. (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, Great Master of the Batb, 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, Bait, was introduced to the royal presence between the two junior Knights Grand Cross present, the Earl of St. Germans being on his right, and General Sir Hew Ross on his 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 P r i nce C onsor t, passe d t h e 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 King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher 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 thei r res p ec ti ve di v i s i ons i n the second class (Knights Commanders) of the Bath, viz.:— Major-General Thomas Harte Franks; Colonel John Jones, 60th Rifles; Rear-Admiral Alexander Milne (civil) ; the Right Hon. Sir John Young, Bart. (civil) ; 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 Fewness Wilson, 13th Bengal Native Infantry; and Major John Dobree Woolcombe, Bombay Artillery. The Knights Commanders and the Companions were severally introduced by Bath King of Arms 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►aloe 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. 64, as well as of artillery corps and companies in marl time towns in which there may be forts and batteries, I have the honour to inform that I shall be prepared to receive through you, and con sider any proposal with that object which may emanate from the county under your charge. 66 The principal and most important provisions of the act are— " That the corps be formed under officers bearing 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-pav, and non-commissio n ed o ffi cer s and privates t o the benefit of Chelsea Hospital, and Wl4owil_of commissioned offi cers killed in service to such pensions for life as are given to the 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 four months, or a total of twenty-four days' drill and exer cise in the year, are entitled to be returned as effectives. " That members so retured are exempt from militia ballot, or from being called upon to servo in any other "That all property of the corps is legally vested in the commanding officer; and subscriptions and fines under the rules and regulations are recoverable by him before a magis trate. "The conditions on which her Majesty's Government will recommend to her Majesty the acceptance of any pre 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 mem b ers un d er t a ke to provide their own arms and equipments, and to defray all expenses att e n ding the corps, except in the event of its being assembled for actual service. " That the rules and regulations which may be thought subject nte n. t to e y n o c u e ,r aanpdpacrovcoalrdiinbugttotthhae necessary, be submitted tome, in accordance with the 66th section of the act. " The uniform and equipments of the corps may b e arms, though provided at the expense oft he members, must bs furnisheettl e d b f this in regulations o department, order to secure a perfect uniformity of gauge. ~ The establishment of officers will be fixed recorded in the books of this office ; and by me, and y e d th u e n m de e r ni th be e rs superi limy be enabled to determine the proportion, , in order that I you will lie pleased to specify the precise numberof you will recommend, and into ho w private men which propose to divide them. many companies you " I have only to add that I sh all jesty's lieutena n t, for the look to y ou , as h er Ma be appointed officers nomination of prop er p ersons t o have the honour t ' subject to the Quee n ' s a pp rova l : —I servant. 0 be, &c., & c ., y our most o b e di ent " lie " J PEEL, r Maj esty 's Lieutenant for * '. the County of 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 Watawa, 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 greater 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 workmen were away at th in)lnent, and so escaped injury. - - 4" Yd.