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EXAMPLES. k % P I ?reit, 2, .., , Ulll. fp' Bonus Bonus in B( g Assured N added. I Cash. Eg• g may I 5=,. , 6. Borrow. A'. tA .. t. .. ~.... :177. --- I ' 1-- _ _ _ . g• d • 1837 ; a 18381 4 i 1839 11840, ..£217 15 1 .£lOO 0 11%£16 0 , 4£445 0 0 192 3 0 87 1 4' 13 10 2 395 11 1 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 346 2 3 116 7 6 54 010 i 718 10. 296 13 4 11l 6 8. 49 10 0, 710 247 4 5 tu; kr of n t ,,°f Pronts annual, and the neat will be made in the p r e , ent year. P. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. -r4ATHER.—TRAVELLING.—SEA ti- „ Atli (), itEGISTERD PA LETOT in London, only at ~,,k"reh,„„"Pusite the Royal Exchange ; and the chief Llama ty of n 're, 114, ftegent-street. Do not be deceived by a IleZlelllt!et.,hpelicaetdeiiiiti:el;eElsa•ir h do rZ o to r t a is fe s w ta p m e stamped shops j i I . l a t n h e 1 11 d UN IVER SAL GAS BU RNER Tilt I ?M t hte 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved ! 1111 4 es ,to call public attention to the following facts, indep, res ulting from the invention are various and D en .2 l dently of a sav i ng of 30 to 50 per cent„ the corn -I,lesatT,':,,tliko,,, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light solV,or A n .„`Led• It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns a - ' 44 tv e to` tis ue ka t , - r a L l ud ; and such is its purity, that It neither affects .142 1 111, itltre,d'ucate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have . action of gas in dwelling-houses, to the expense of dsmoral ~ o e:L est ruction of furniture deries, gold moulding, , „ Pale - Obviated by the - ENT UNIVERsIL GAS ' 41 4.1, 4, 4,, t he cost of laying on gas Is muck lower than is coin jr."llZ4es,,,,, h S L, I t is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for -- " t atZ naanufactories, and public buildings. One oft e A m or , y i n u, Ply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum e se r,Zokiner than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of a„ r r tl;: ts o ti, -eon s k a „,!" Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing n. Xtra ct th e light, aro shown by the annexa . l authe tic Tu e „, iron, „ I,, altties of the UNIVERSAL . GAS 11 . FLNER. 2r re Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, e -ga s b"h May, 1846, Sir Jour; Rraimx,President, in the Chair. t, Orlier of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. /Otte nevelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the „, the flame by a hollow button i n th e m i ddle of the burner. atatZr passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was yd h l ' Sod passed out by two series of fire-holes around the pe r iph ery, k qiih e 4 lnging with force on the flame of the gas curved it outwards of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with 'Oen Q uretted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, as Acme Was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady, ,7 4 h ers - th 4PIY demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, th ,i kte ,..e burners have been used. In comparing the consumption Dowaaurners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying Zer l a of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a - %--IsL ll , With a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. Co ~,ECRWIC CHEMICAL SCHOOL.—" In testing Clark, lie Niell, I,7lsr;: Lt niversal Gas Burlier with one of the best shawdowless 26 per ca re a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROBT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, In a 5„,., CERTIFICATE. laii h ea t liiii - y es „_,,exPeriments made upon Clark, Mc Niell, and Co.'s at ta r In e ',`_!ai Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta kiv, a b urn , v uonlY and the quality of the light. Tested against 4„. 1 g of , n, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a ''• 4 at least tier to 0 p er n _ per cent., and against three fish-tall burners, ot"ut• The colour and brilliancy of the fl me is supe h 25 er burner." The T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, tilitvE,„ J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. ohm Akt e e te sti 'SAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly !, to ht, 4, jU and may be had and seen from 11 till 4, at the s ti t on, A. M artin's -lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters - "It th e s„, LADIES TRAVELLING. ° WI4AN ' a Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will find 814 Pre -L , D'S KALYDOR a most refreshing or anti Dar, tio mob. rt1 e ,,.. 11 for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud . of lan ," ii.ordhci",`loll, allayino• all heat and irritability. and itriniedi- Dznru, I P; The'"e Pleasing ' sensation attending restored clasticitr of the Ka' ~l a rnerous varh•ties of Cutaneous Eruptions,. Sun- V i nfr e Ydo 'an, and Discolourations, are pleasingly eradicated e r - ti b i land ri f . a nd the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its C r u e r -r . "lli ng properties have obtained its . exclusive selec oke and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those - " t ' l e % artel n •• - i ° f Europ together with the " elite" of the Aris a„-41 Vole e e ' "from the sultry climes of India, and the -'4l salonsthen'- alcutta ' and Madras, to the frozen realms of th i e I!4•Perbottle.tent . 411 t titt Qrlo aPnrions "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin ito,..etion" rninone to the complexion, and which, by their repel atia wLAZ endanger healti The wrapper,ui has the words pt c ,,- , Ate q , - 20 DOR" on the and A. R9IVLAND "gttl e , oke4 n atton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the 4 141 b krn ers) on the Government Stamp of on each metthe 411 , P roprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per otherXalydors" are fraudulent counterfeits. 4 Pilise e 4 , SS ' S NEW SAUCE, for general pur • tu t ,. p tt rti n n, -ng gained such great approbation, and the demand nor t h flat to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most illt e leirin le `" offer this, their best aknowledgments to the Public tk et itn „„ral Patronage of the same; its utility and great conveni iiikgli ceo.-iniates have recommended I - , to the most distinguished k • It 4ectiOns who have all spoken highly in its recommends lklat • ' Le ifPrepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint tu,l)elein'tilles, all possible care has n been resorted to by each tgettze 4 bel 2ealed on the cork with the and address ' , as well having their signature, without which it cannot be "tl~o~e, the i L•lkt -o rtGEss and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed NCHOVIES continues ' to be prepared by tkem after )141 . * - .lnner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many - chquse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. Irk; )4 4 ' Il i N e CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. b4ll2lhal, t housands of individuals who for Upwards of twenty NA 4 "ed this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only )4 1 3 : 11, 1 "; 411 t which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red . or tlb,nut tiro vvhiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, 417% b3 , simply combing it through the hair), and pro . - tht one aPplleation a pleasing and permanent change and it Ali by proved, that while many dyes tend to o destroy th: 4 l,),Y their pernicious properties and dangerous process Aet too t , o hat thi s article promotes the growth of hair, fishingnou T o botu s : 111 the latest period of life. Price 3s. Gd., Gs., and les. Itr s „, be 6,, of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Field,gate ttr43llU4",llapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn %tr,tt, kr, theapside ; Front, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford tils.;llo,24Y, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond - N r% Oi. stre o v , , r, 43, Ri ng William-stree t, L on don bridge ; . °L, ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birminghammost 1 , 6 4, 1 of Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to oh34\l'it. the kingdom by receiving .. a , rem , ittance, post-paid. th e „' for " Spencer and Co. s Chinese Liquid liair Dye." roPrietor's address is oil the wrapper. Ai4 rgc,Siin."'PT,ON'S PILL 01? HE AL TH. 0 , -- a4 1 101 , 1 advanta'ves to the heads of families from the "tA: ' a Atedleine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to , sl l, ; ( kur i n ee, and used wih success n cases o temporary ious sick gsle,, e tst ' ng i n families m t i ore or less every day, f are so obv to tZtestion can be raised of its importance to every hou n se. -1 4 rp . k ibgdom. From among numerous testmoniat s,e i o -1) ,. 4 ... tfu11y submitted • THOMAS TROUT, 29, STRAND, LONDON. 81 '4 " 5 , Cooper-street, Manchester , Marc h 12, 1242. bF thy e x - pe 'llnuch satisfaction in communica tin g to y ou the re 'knee, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL tesoj Ycars, , and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of Rota at once Lrial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found sain there]s° salutary and efficient in . the . relief of _ eace . )_t am °al ; _ 4 re, A t bile, with so httle inconveni ma a I sap, e w nelifrtranted in declaring that they supply to ' means to °f being able to recommend to families, schooad,ls and - -le ree reantil e men whether at the desk or on the rod, a most ht""Ygelf i f 7tee In an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit " A l lN , l , l4T O ' N; g ,s ivib g this testimony, I am the means of t malting Th: 11 , Si r ~."ILLS more generally kno , ‘ , 7 v Er L d u ar m rec s il l t i ed r i n.e , • , t o_ol itre ' e re a r t e iom ' es neetfully yours, entd sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re '4 ill * u s lis of the many thousands who have derived benefit to, 11i4eu14 f or ,,,s , tendr an lengthened comment necessary they are core or all diseases to which mankind is; liable, but 41e, Shie d Complaints, with their many well-known at "arti.t". Lt anil Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals, Inss, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, To►o or three of APPetite, Wind, Spasms, &c liak b s• T he doses will], convince the afflicted of their salutary 4, 1 r th stotnach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy str gate ' e Liver 6.- kt '4 of Ustßowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place ; th e eit s ness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, se eo fl resul Y, d renewed health, extending to good . old age, 11oTri4b)lo., oft aking this medicine, according to the directions by gach b o , _ out, 229 Strand, tedn 4, 0 by th • and, London. Price ls. I%cl. and 25. 9d. 4 4 Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the k for pa , Oh 0, ...3IPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the "°r - Tholes Prout 229 strand, London," on the _ _ - - -- - . -- _ _ _ __ • ...--,14.,•••• ----- • - -----. . . . .-..-........--,, . ~ ....• - Ai-ce_ . -..., , .----- ,•• _ - • / . ..... /..y.f:. 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'll.. .. : '' ' ` e l ' ) ' r `l, 71. 42:1, 2_,...... . 1 „ ...-, , ~,,,, a! ~,,, iL,'.l. .., 0 ,3,4__, _ • • ,A, <410: 1:, ~ ,,, • *4 :„.., -',,,,,, 4 - ......-..3• I t: - .., + ' ' `. ' . `-, ''"N- ''' "'N s '--' '',' ' „..,.,t,.44V . r--2.: , 1,1. , - ss's v 'W . ft, ,, , , k , -....,.-2, HOP INTELLIGENCE. (Frc,m the Maidstone Journal of yesterday.) MAIDSTONE, AUG. 24.—Our hops are ripening fast and will be ready for picking a few days earlier than we expected. The earlier sorts, such as Jones's, will be begun on Thursday, but the Colegates are only just turning from burr to hop, and will not be touched for two or three weeks. Tho Goldings aro splendid. The flea is doing a great deal of mischief in some districts, and there is some mould, but the duty is rising, Our Rochester collection is likely to exceed 8 cwt. per acre. LENtrAm.—The hops in this district have come on, during the last ten days, in a most surprising manner. There are still some grounds which will come off very short, but in the remainder the crop will be most abun dant. Four or five planters have commenced picking, but it will not generally take place for another week. WILMINGTON.—The hop gardens in this parish be longing to G. Russell. Esq., are now looking really beautiful. It is estimated we shall average 30 cwt. per acre. Mr. Russell intends to commence picking on Saturday next. From Boxley, Aylesford, Wrotham, Yalding, Otham, Linton, Staplehurst, Cranbrook, Goudburst, we have no aleration from previous reports, except that in some places the flea is making great havoc, and mould has appeared. _ _ PRICE SD. 13RENCHLEn—The blighted grounds have wonderfully improved within the last three weeks ; and many plan tations which at that time were not expected to grow 1 cwt. per acre, will now grow from 8 cwt. to 10 cwt. per acre. Those pieces which were not so much blighted are very good. CANTERBURY.—The hops continue to go on well. We have seldom seen a larger flower or a more luxuriant show than is to be witnessed this year. The mould is insidiously making ravages in a few grounds ; but as picking will commence so early it is to be hoped that many hops will be brought down before this attack be comes serious. In less than a fortnight picking will be general. In this favourable state of things the duty is still rising—it is now laid at 170,0001. General accounts are alike promising, and state that, in addition to the hops growing out much faster and larger than usual, fresh burr is appearing, and where, but a short time since, one pocket an acre was all that could be reckoned on, from six to eight cwt. will be the produce. FARNHAM.—The hop plantations appear progressing towards maturity most luxuriantly. The bines, which were so complained of about six weeks ago, and were then covered with vermin, are now entirely free from those destructive insects, the plants having overcome the injury; eighteeno u and nownc inches the s in b l e u n r g r t on h ; e in s i b z r e a , c h h e a e u s is t3 . from swe e t t e e lv ss e , and colour, never exceeded, and almost breaking down the poles erected for their support. The yield is ex pected to be far greater than last year, and several weeks earlier for picking, should the weather prove favourable. ALTON.—The gardens look well, the bines strong and full of burr, ripening fast, and even earlier, should the weather continue warm. MARKING HOP-POCKETS AND BAGS. We have been favoured with the following correspon dence on this subject, from which it appears that, thanks to the interference of Messrs. Oliver, of this town, the hop planters will be relieved from a very troublesome regulation : (Copy.) " To the Honourable the Commissioners of Excise. " Gentlemen,—During the last hop season we were visited by two surveying generals, who desired the officer to mark on every bag and pocket of hops the date of the month on which they were weighed, in addition to the progressive number, weight, and date of the year. We cannot find in the Act of Parliament any authority for the introduction of the date of the month, and shall, therefore, feel obliged if your honourable board will in form us if it is required by law, and is to be carried into effect this season. " We are, Gentlemen, your obedient servants, " EDWARD and JAMES OLIVER, " Maidstone, August 12, 18 , 16." (opy.) " Gentlemen,—l am directed to acquaint you, in an swer to your letter of the 12th instant, that it is not necessary to mark your bags and pockets of hops with the date of the month on which they are weighed. The only date required is that of the year. " I am, gentlemen, your humble servant, " WILLIAM TRENT. " Excise-office, London, August 17, 1846." " TO THE EDITOR OF THE MAIDSTONE JOURNAL. " Sir,—lf you report a great improvement in the bops generally, will you also request the planters to look closely and see how many mouldy pieces they have, and how many flea eaten? If they pick these early to save them, as they deem it, they will add to the quantity without adding to their pockets, the price even of good hops being much affected by the duty. If they leave these bad pieces till last they will then see if they be worth picking, and not early throw on the market bad hops to reduce the price. "Your most obedient servant, "August 22, 1846." " A PLANTER. (From the Sussex Advertiser.) BECKLEY, AUG. 23.—The hops continue to improve, and they are unusually large ; hops have been gathered in this parish from 44 2 - to 5i inches long. BEXHILL, AUG. 22.—The hops in this and adjoining parishes keep improving, and should the fine weather continue, we may grow three-fourths as many as last year. Picking will commence the first week in September. BREDE, AUGUST 22.—Our hops in most gardens look beautiful, and are remarkably large; in some we antici pate upwards of a ton per acre, and shall begin picking in a few days. R A Fir 110ATnior . , A LTG UST 22.—Our hops in . in.cat flout on the same pole may be seen the fruit in three dif ferent stages, the burr, the hop without condition , and the hop in its maturity, ready for the fingers of the picker, which rather puzzles some of our hop-growers as to commencing picking, but no doubt it will be general in about ten days, here and there one has already com menced operations. FARNHAM, AUGUST 22.—The hops in this parish were never so large as at present, and being entirely free from disease, are now as handsome as they can possibly be. We shall have an unusual crop in this parish, exceeding even that of 1826 ; though the neighbouring parishes will not realise so large a crop. Picking has commenced in one or two plantations, and will be general in a week. HURST GREEN, AUGUST 23.—The hops in this neigh bourhood are still improving, and the extraordinary length of some of them, which measure four and a half inches, surprises everybody. The duty estimated at 170,000 L • IDEN, AUGUST 23.—The hops continue to improve very fast, and are now larger than they have been for many years. We shall, if " all's well," get a good crop. MAYFIELD, AUG. 23.—The hops continue in the same flourishing state, and the plantations present a most grati fying appearance. The hops are larger than can be ever recollected before, and should the weather prove favour able the planters will present the finest samples, in consequence of the admirable colour and perfect condi tion of the loop. They expect to realise a good price through the season. NoRTHIAM, AUGUST 23. —The improvement in the hops far exceeds the calculations of a few weeks back and the burr, which then appeared on the same branche s with large hops, has now come into equally large hops. Some of the growers will commence picking on Tues day next. and it will be general by that day week. RYE, AUG. 24.—The hops generally in this neigh bourhood are making very favourable progress towards maturity, and it is expected picking will commence in some plantations the latter end of next week. SEDLESCOMBE, AUG. 22.—We are pleased to say that our hopes are splendid ; we have hops three and even four inches in length, and at places it is thought a ton and upwards per acre will be grown. We begin next week. UCKFIELD, AUG. 24.—Hops continue to improve very much in this parish ; the late rains and now warm weather tend very much to increase the crop. Even 175,000/. —The -hops in this parish have certainly IJDzmons, AUG. 22 . numerous many of branches,th the coming blighted grounds r. are The th d r u o ty wi is ng cal 7 e u d t H la o st p. re pic po k r in t, g and farmers rs now anticipate there will be a favourable crop. WADIIURST,taiy i m pr oved since u u here on Friday, the 21 st insta n t , but it will not be gene ral till about the 26 th ; an d unless the weather should nl AUGUST be fine and warm, many will defer their picking till the 31st. We cannot report much progress since t h e last Arr 2 0 3.— r with the exception that the hops are looking exceedingly well and bright, and mostly unusually large. The wind of Tuesday last bruited them in the high grounds rather considerably. WESTFIELD.—Our hops are now, what two months since the most sanguine of our g rowers did not expect, they are exceedingly large; we look for quite an average crop. STATE OF TRADE. MANCUESTER, TUESDAY, AUG. 25.—There was a slight improvement to-day in the demand for one or two descriptions of cloth, and an increased inquiry for, though, perhaps, not much actual business in, some of those counts of yarn which have been lately much neglected, and are consequently the most depressed in price. On the whole, the market, though still in a very unsatisfactory state, might be considered a little better than for two or three weeks past. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, AUG. 24.—The wakes having taken place last week, we have had few pieces offered for sale, hut the demand has been rather better, at former prices. The wool market remains steady, and prices firm. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, AUG. 25.—We have had another very dull market. Scarcely anything has been doing, except in the best sorts of fan c y woollens; for low goods there is no demand. In wool there has been scarcely a transaction during the week. LEEDS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25.—The state of our market continues satisfactory, az far as general employ ment goes ; but our business at the Cloth Hall to-day was necessarily confined, owing to the few goods, adapted for actual demand, which are to be had.—Man chester Guardian TIIE CARDINAL SPIDER. --A large breed of spiders abound in the palace of Hampton Court. They are called there " cardinals,' in honour, 1 suppose., of Cardinal Wolsey. They are full an inch in length, and many of them of the thickness of a finger. Their legs are about two inches long. and their bodies covered with a thick hair. They feed chiefly on moths, as appears from the wings of that insect being found in great abundance under and amongst their web*. In running across the carpet in an evening, when the light of a lamp or candle has cast a shade from their large bodies, they have been mistaken for mice, and have mese! sioned no little alarm to some of the more nervous inhabit ants of the palace. A doubt bas even been raised whether the name of cardinal has not been given to this croatr: from an ancient belief that the ghost of NVolsey hq_uetavenhts. place of his former glory under this shape. At tishethsepidoenrlyis pcolancseid7nredwhasi:h clurbioasvitey,inaolidwl4.ltah Gleanings in Natural ilistol. ail rn „Coaseurt.* - - ; AUG UST 27, 1846. „ y , 2, ; S 11 1 NY No. 16,829. LON DON, TH URSDAY INVENTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK ING MODELS and of other Specimens of the Useful Arts (as well as the Visitors Wile ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION) are respectfully informed that the Directors have given their anxious consideration to the new appointment of DEMONSTRATOR in MECHANICS, whose duty will be to explain to the Visitors the Principles and lists of the above Specimens with clearness and simplicity. The Lectures now comprise the ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH, as well as other objects of present interest. The beautiful Optical Instruments, &c. &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. 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John Gordon, being then in the actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet, and Captain and Commanding Officer of her Majesty's ship America, did, on the 26th day of April, 1846, sail with her Majesty's said ship America, from Valparaiso in Chili, for England, in disobedience of the orders of Rear• Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, then his superior officer, and Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels em ployed and to be employed in the Pacific, and in breach of the 22d Article of War." • The Court was composed of the following- members:— Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Admiral of the Blue, and Ce in mander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Spithead and in Portsmouth harbour, president; Rear- Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8.; Captain John Pasco, of the Victory; Captain Henry Ducie Char's, C. 8., of the Excellent; Captain Sir James Everard Home Bart., of the North Star; Captain John Rohb, of th e Gladiator. Mr. Greetham, the Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet, attended the Court. Owing to the circumstances of the case, and the high rank of the prisoner, who is brother of the Earl of Aber • deen, very great interest was excited, and the cabin was crowded to excess. By the courtesy, we believe, of the president, a table and chairs apart from the crowd were allowed for the press, that officer rightly ju3ging that the Court was substantially made public, not by admit ting the party at the door, but by giving reasonable ac commodation to those who lay before the entire people what passes in a quiet court. The doors were opened at a quarter before ten o'clock, and on entering we found the Court constituted. Cap tain Gordon stood within the barrier, at the foot of the table at which the Court sat. His brother, the - Hon.:W.: Gordon. M.l'., late a Lord of the Admiralty, entered with the crowd, and was near the accused during the day. The members of the Court being sworn, The Deputy JUDGE-ADVOCATE proceeded to state the circumstances, and began by reading a letter from Captain Gordon to the Secretary of the Admiralty, dated from the America, Valparaiso, April 22, 1846, inclosing a copy of a letter written that day to the Commander-in Chief, and of a requisition signed by the merchants who had embarked specie on board the America ; the letter added, " I only regret, for the protection of British interests, I have been compelled to act as I have done without being able first to obtain the sanction of the Commanner- in-Chief, as it would re quire several months before I could hear from him. I also enclose a copy of his last orders to me here." The following were the three enclosures : "Her Majesty's ship America, Valparaiso, April 22, 1846. " Sir,—l bad the honour to forward to you on the 18th of March, by her Majesty's ketch Spy, all my correspondence and documents relative to the service I have been detached upon these last twelve months, and many documents respect ing the Oregon treaty; also a very strong requisition from the merchants at Mazatlan, and others who have embarked treasure on board this ship for conveyance to Valparaiso and England to the amount of very near 2,000.000 dollars, re questing that from the insurances having been effected in this ship, their property should not be transhipped into any vessel of inferior force pending the present unsettled state of the differences with the United States of America. A copy of this document was sent me, together with a letter under a flying seal, directed to you from her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Tepic, strongly recommending the adoption of that measure. It is a very important document, and has caused me great anxiety of mind to decide how to act. But after taking the opinions of the senior lieutenant, and another officer of the civil branch, I determined to avoid all risk, and proceed at once to England with the treasure under my charge; for I could not feel justified, under such circum stances, in transferring so large an amount of specie into a vessel carrying but 18 guns; and, although I cannot think war with America will be declared for some time yet, recol lecting the circumstance of the Guerriere and Little Belt, before any declaration of the late war with the United States, and as the insurance has been effected in this ship, should anything happen, the conse quence would be ruinous to the merchants and owners of the treasure entrusted to me, and I am not quite certain if I should not myself be responsible, having been ordered to act for the protection of their interests. When I arrived at San Blas from the Sandwich Islands, in December, after re ceiving the necessary information from her Majesty ?Minister in Mexico, that pacific relations were likely to continue be tween the United States and Mexico, and from the opinion expressed by her Majesty's Consul at Tepic, and others, that an amicable settlement was likely to be made on the Oregon boundary question, I therefore proceeded to obey your orders of October 10, 1845, and sent an extract from them to her Majesty's Consul, informing him of my arrival for the pro. tection of British interests, and that I was to embark any treasure the merchants were desirous of sending toValparaiso or England, and proceeded to Mazatlan, acting under his directions. 'The end of February I left Mazatlan, having embarked a very large amount of specie, and I very much regret not having met you here to take your directions how to proceebpdee,floblereedinltgoswaajeclletld, under. laware was inclined of the great responsibility I am B in y e ale e t d te t r o r t e h c i e n iv k e t d ha fr t o , li i : nle o s u s nowt e day before came yourself, you would send the Fisgard, and that it depended on what orders came by the December mail, whether you would think it necessary to collect a force to the northward. The Fisgard arrived after I left Mazatlan, and I communicated with her at San Blas, where I had to wait twenty-four hours to get the De cember mail from England, by which no mention was made in your dispatches of the Oregon or California ;- and I am led to believe, respecting the latter place, our Go vernment have at present no desire to interfere. Therefore, under the peculiar and difficult situation I find myself placed in, I trust the decision I have arrived at will meet with your approbation, and that my short absence will not materially interfere with your arrangements for the service of the sta tion. I have directed Captain Onslow to continue to execute the orders you have left, and, to act as if, according to those orders, he had sent the Salamander home to England, and remain here for your further instructions respecting the dis posal of her Majesty's ship under his command; and I con clude by assuring you that I have acted throughout to the best of my judgment, and have not been led by personal in terest to adopt the line of conduct I have felt it my duty to do. Indeed, had I waited a few months according to the routine of the service, it would have become my duty to take a freight home to England, which, with what I am entitled to for bringing this to Valparaiso, would be far more profit• able; and, further, I have to assure you that I have acted to the best of my judgment.-1 have the honour to be, &c., " J. GORDON. " To Rear admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, G.C.H., Commander-in-Chief." " Sir,—We, the undersigned merchants residing in Ma zatlan, having shipped a large amount of treasure on board her Majesty's ship America, are desirous of its arrival in England with as little delay as possible; and as in the pre sent unsettled state of the differences with the United States of America, we are anxious to have our property protected by a vessel of large force, we beg to request that you will be pleased to represent to Admiral Seymour, the Commander in-Chief, the importance to us that the voyage of the America should be continued to England, in order to prevent all delay at Valparaiso, but particularly to avoid having no large an amount of specie exposed to the risk of conveyance by a vessel of inferior force. It is also to be borne in mind that the insurance which is effected in England will be by the America, which might lead to doubts in settling losses if transhipped to a less powerful vessel. Under these circum stances, we hope you will use your best endeavours in our behalf, that the America may be permitted to carry our treasures to England without transhipping the same at Val paraiso. " Port of Mazatlan, Janury 13, 1846. "F.de la Forre Jecker and Co. "P. Foot. " Haas Denghausen and Co. " Francis Cook. " Uhde and Pini. " Parrott and Co. " Vega Hermanos. " J. R. Molter and Co. " Runhardt and Ewald. " Redonnet, Echeguren, " Mott, Talbot, and Co., and Co. " To Eustace Barron, Esq , Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Tepic." At the foot of the foregoing document Captain Gordon had written—" The original document, with a letter from Mr. Consul Barron strongly recommending the measure, sent to me under a flying seal, was furnished to the Commander-in-Chief at sea, by the Spy, and I neglected taking a copy of the letter signed Barron Forbes, and Co., who have embarked a great amount of specie." Sir G. F. Seymour's instructions, also inclosed, were as follows : " By Sir George Francis Seymour, C. 8., G.C.11., Rear- Admiral of the Blue, and Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels employed and to be em ployed in the Pacific. " In case of your return to this port during my absence, and the question between Great Britain and the United States remaining unsettled, and making it advisable that the squadron should assemble and receive my orders tor their further proceedings, you are, as soon as you can complete the necessary refit and supplies of her Majesty's ship under your command, to return to the northward, for the purpose of join my any r c i a a l a li tt ig l at or C: d il i l r a e o cti a o n a ( s l which I tiany leave r at either port for your guidance. In the event of the state of affairs making the return of the America to the northward clearly unnecessary, you are to remain on the coast of Chili and Peru, for the protection of British interests, until further orders. " Given on board her Majesty's ship, Collingwood, Valpa paraiso, this 13th of February, 1846. G. F. SEYMOUR, " Rear• Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. " To the Hon. John Gordon, Captain of her Majesty's ship, America." The following latter was next read by the Deputy- Judge-Advocate; it was addressed by Captain Gordon to the Seeretary of the Admiralty, and dated— " Her Majesty's ship America, Spithead, Aug. 19, 1846. " I have had the honour to receive your letter of the Bth of July, informing me that my conduct in proceeding to England, as stated in my letter to Sir G. F. Seymour of the 22.1 of April, appeared to their Lordships to be so reprehen sible that they had determined on investigating it by a court-martial. I had hoped that the reasons assigned in my letter to the Admiralty, and the explanations given therein, would have proved sufficient to justify in the sight of their Lordships the step I had taken. I need not say with what deep concern I find that this is not the case, and that my conduct on this occasion has been such as to bring me unCer the displeasure of their Lordships. Under these circum stances I feel bound to admit that 1 have judged erroneously. but I beg most respectfully to assure their Lordships that I have not been influenced by any unworthy motives. I acted on a lull consideration of what appeared to me at the time to be the best; if I have erred, it has not been from any undue regard to personal advantage, and still less with any desire to deprive a brother officer of what might justly be his due. I beg now to mention that as soon as I became in formed, on ray arrival hero, of the opinion entertained by their Lordships of this matter, I have at once, and without any hesitation, taken measures for reserving, to be transferred to the agent of Captain Onslow, of the Daphne, or any other officer who may have suffered pecuniary loss by any error in my judgment on the occasion, the whole amount of whatever may be derived from this conveyance to England. I beg to call to the attention of their Lordships that in none of the orders from Sir G. P. Seymour did I receive any instructions for the diposal of the freight on my arrival at Valparaiso further than to embark such specie as the merchants in Mexico wished to send to Mexico or to England, or in the orders left for me at Valparaiso. Deeply suffering under a sense of their Lordships' displeasure, I cannot conclude with out humbly expressing a hope that, under all the circum stances of the case, their Lordships may be disposed to take a less unfavourable view of my conduct than they announced in your letter of the 8:11 of July." 'rhe foregoing letter enclosed all Sir G. F. Seymour's orders ; the only relevant one not above given was the following : " By Sir George Francis Seymour, C. 8., G.C.11., Rear- Admiral of . the Blue, and Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels employed and to be employed in the Pacific Ocean. " You are hereby required and directed, on the arrival of the America at this anchorage, to embark the stores and pro visions intended for her, at present in the store-houses of Messrs. Rhodes and Co., of Honolulu ; and having so done, you are, as soon as your ship is ready for sea, to proceed to complete her water, either at llilo in Owyhee, or at llanalai in Atooi, as you may deem most desirable. Having com pleted your water, you are to proceed to San Blas, unless you shall have become apprised of circumstances which shall in duce you to consider that it will be for the advantage of her Majesty's service that you return should previously to the coast of Upper Californa, in which case you are to proceed there in the first instance, and to be guided by circumstances as to your stay. On the arrival of the America at San Bias, you will put yourself in immediate communication with her Majesty's Consul at Tepic, and learn from him the present political relations between Great Britain and the United States, as far as they are known, and those also between the United States and Mexico; and you will direct your sub- sequent conduct in the manner most calculated to afford pro tection and confidence to her Majesty's subjects in the latter . republic. h av6Vilid reason for belieVing that friendly relations between Great Britain and the United States are likely to be preserved, and there is no necessity for your con tinued stay on the coast of Mexico to protect the commerce of British subjects, you are, after embarking on board such specie as the merchants wish to send to Valparaiso or to England, to leave the coast of Mexico the end of January,* and to proceed to Valparaiso, where you will receive further orders. If, on the contrary, you shall have reason to believe that an accommodation cf the questions between Great Bri tain and the United States is unlikely or uncertain, you are instead of leaving the northern part of the Pacific, in the America, at the time specified, to send the Frolic or Modeste, to Valparaiso, with the freight then collected. You are also to consider those sloops under your orders until they receive other directions from me, observing that you will probably find the first upon the coast of Mexico, to which she is about to proceed, and the latter is directed to return to Woahoo when she has executed the service on which she is at present em ployed on the north-west coast. You will afford the mer chants every assistance, consistent with your instructions, in embarking treasure, either on board the America or one of the sloops under your orders, during your continuance on the coast, at the usual shipping ports. I enclose you a copy of an order I had sent forward by the Modeste to the Sandwich Islands, directing you to proceed to Monterey and San Fran cisco, had the America arrived here previous to the Coiling wood. I wish the principle of these orders still to guide your conduct, in case of your proceeding to that quarter, as far as they are consistent with what you have learned, from good authority in Mexico, to be the present policy of her Majesty's Government ; but instead of proceeding there immediately, as directed at the commencement of the said order, you are to be guided by your own discretion, founded on the informa tion you have received relative to that province, whether and when you shall proceed there. You are, as directed on a previous occasion, to open dispatches which may arrive in Mexico bearing my address ; and should any of these orders or letters be confidential, you will see the necessity of observ ing the greatest reserve on the subjects to which they relate, and to cause copies or extracts to be made thereof for my in formation, should you have an opportunity of communicating with me; but you are to leave the public letters from Eng land still in the care of her Majesty's Consul, as there will be probably duplicates thereof sent to Valparaiso by Panama, and it is desirable that if circumstances should call me to San Bias, I should find there the public communications sent to me by that route. "Given on board of her Majesty's ship Collingwood, Hono lulu, this 10th October, 1845. " G. F. SEYMOUR, " Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. "To the Hon. John Gordon, Captain of her Majesty's ship America." Another letter from Captain Gordon to the Secretary of the Admiralty was next read ; it was dated August 20, 1846, and ran thus : " With reference to my letter of yesterday's date, I omitted to forward, ;for the information of their Lordships, the en closed extract from the orders of Sir G. F. Seymour, under which Captain Onslow, of the Daphne, was acting, by which it appears that the amount of specie expected scum Mexico was inconsiderable; but having, under the alarm of hostili ties between Mexico and the LTulted States, shipped a large amount of treasure, ,with a strong requisition from the ship pers who had effected their insurances in this ship, together with the urgent request from her Majesty's Cohsul, induced me, after mature consideration, to accede to their solicita- Lions, and not to tranship it into a vessel of such an inferior force." The extract from the orders to Captain Onslow was as follows : - - " Should the amount of treasure expected from Mexico not be such as to fully juoify the employment of a ship of war for its conveyance, and the Salamander should be re turned from the. islands, You are to tranship it into her instead of conveying it in the Daphne, and you are to remain on the coast of Chili and Peru until further orders. You are to con duct the duties which may be required on this coast for the protection of British trade and the furtherance of the public service, to cause or apply for the transfer of the specie ex pected from Mexico to the ship vou command, and proceed with the same to Spithead, reporting your arrival to the Secretary to the Admiralty." With this paper the statement of the Judge-Advocate concluded, and the Court was cleared for a short time. On our re admission, this officer stated to the Court that Captain Gorden requested that "his friend" might be allowed to attend him. Leave being granted, the barrier was opened to admit Mr. Hoskins, the respectable solicitor, who is the Mayor of Portsmouth. Courts- martial scarcely recognizing a lawyer, the accused is obliged to resort to a fiction, and call his attorney " his friend." Captain Gordon was then allowed a seat, and The JUDGE-ADVOCATE called evidence in support of the charge. It consisted merely of the production of Sir G. F. Seymour's orders of February 13, 1846, and October 10, 1845, with the log-book of the America, and the letters of Captain Gordon. Mr. HossiNs then proceeded to read Captain Gor don's delence, as follows: Mr. President and Gentlemen of this Honourable Court,—lt is with feelings of painful emotion that lam called upon to defend myself before this honourable tri bunal, against the charge of disobedience to the orders of my Commander-in-Chief. My answer to that charge, however, shall consist of a plain and unvarnished state ment of facts as they occurred, comprising, as it neces sarily must, the order which I received from Rear-Ad miral Sir George Francis Sep - hour on the 10th of Octo ber, 1845 ; the course I adopted in obeying it ; the circumstances in which I was placed by carrying that order into execution ; the discretion necessary to be exercised when placed in those circumstances; and the determination at which, after mature deliberation, I arrived. And I cannot fail to hope that, after having made that statement, this Honourable Court will feel satisfied that I have not been guilty even of an error in judgment, but that I have exercised a sound discretion, and that, impelled by a sense of duty alone, I have adopted the only proper course which the position in which I was placed had left open for my adoption. On the arrival of the America at Honolulu, on the 21st of Oc tober, 1845. I received from the Commander-in-Chief the order bearing date the 10th day cf the same month, which is already before the Court. In pursuance of this order I sailed in the America from Honolulu on the 2d of November, 1845, and reached San Bias on the 10th of December following, when we' proceeded, on the 17th of December, to Mazatlan, which we reached on the 22d of that month, and continued there till the end of February, 1846. It will be seen by this order that a discretion was vested in me by the Commander-in-Chief, as to the course of my proceedings, depending on the information I should obtain as to the continuance of friendly rela tions between Great Britain and the United States of America. My continued and anxious attention, there fore, was devoted to the procuring of such information on this subicct as I could obtain ; and with this view, pursuant to the order which has been read, I put myself in immediate communication with the British Consul at Tepie on that subject, and continued to communicate with him during the whole time of our stay at Mazatlan. I here take the liberty of putting before the Court the information which I received, both from the Commander in-Chief and from t'Ae British Consul at Tepic, on the subject which so much engaged my attention. The ori ginal letters will be handid.in to the Court, but as they contain references to other matters, I have extracted such parts as relate only to the point in question, and which are as follow: — w hi c h you saw in duplicate at Tepie, and I follow: — " FR OM TIIE COMMANDER- IN. CHIEF. " Honolulu, Oct. 10, 1845. "I have no word of Oregon, or probable war, since the while you remain in charge of the north again expected in this quarter, but I the Oregon Oregon matter will be settled." sa - stit. laemttenroetfinMpaoresisiession of the news of our Government relative to California, and I am therefore less inclined to fetter you hat he h t n o e b ore there, i s g n after, o r youany• coast;all lb. tiitact! inclined at(;)iuoitillillntibiroti)':ll:ks4F will come come up to Mexico until after I away in February." "Valparaiso, Jan. 10, 184 g. t from Payta, with the el get aori‘ng, t eTe oraway,cgValparaiso,aortcimf Cormorant rhoaul to tfi e mni d o sai r )yi c r( l ite e :r r bi. ieleg e n_ i hnt t eet l ex t dc e pe r oisens D eceaot a renyd p i sending off the Fisgard; October mail, or perhaps Captain Gordon may go on to Pa nama and bring me that of December. The expectation of her r t duanillesTsalrlainviailniClausced to come on in the Collingwood to the northward at once, I shall probably detach the Fisgard in tlra direction.' " FROM THE SAME. "None of the mails yet arrived havebrought me a word about the Oregon since the letters and orders you saw before you left the coast of Mexico last y ear : , " Valparaiso, Jan. 15, 1846. "I wrote on on the 10th, but if you remain on the coast of Mexico this will perhaps reach you earlier by the Fisgard. I have the official Admiralty letters directed here to the * If no ship should have arrived to relieve you at the end of January, you are at liberty to prolong your departure from the coast of Mexico to the eocl of February, if you shall WAIL §, early part of October ; they contain no mention of Oregon or ' any other subject of any consequence, and I have never re ceived a paper in which that country or California is men tioned since that you saw on your way to the northward. Before the Fisgari arrives it is probable that the November and December mail will reach San Blas, and may show more what is likely to be the event. I intend leaving this early next month to get the December mail at Pavta, and probably that of January, and then come on to San Blas, if the affairs which make a collection of the squadron expedient have not ended, which I think doubtful or unlikely. This is uncertain about reaching you, and I have not attempted to fetter the exercise of your discretion by any precise orders if you remain on the coast." " FROM BEE BRITANNIC DIAJESTY'S CONSUL AT TEPIC. " February 28. " I see nothing to make me believe there will be a war about Oregon ; they are debating the affair in the American Congress, and the upshot will be much bluster and nothing done; but your dispatches will enable you to know the views of England, of which I am ignorant." Being satisfied, therefore, from these communication, as well as from other sources (for I lost no opportunity of seeking information wherever it could be obtained) that there was no probability of the friendly relations be tween this country and the United States being dis turbed, and it being unnecessary for me to continue on the coast of Mexico for the protection of British in terests, I proceeded to obey that part of the Commander in-Chief's order of the 10th October, 1845, which directs me to embark on board the America such specie as the merchants might wish to send to Valparaiso or to Eng land, and then to leave the coast of Mexico in January or February, and to proceed to Valparaiso, where I should receive further orders. I accordingly commenced receiving on board specie belonging to the merchants, and whilst doing so I addressed a letter to her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Tepic, requesting his opinion as to the course I should pursue, to which I received the follow ing reply:— " Tepic, January 21,1846. " Since you ask me my opinion about your own move ments, I shall say that. I think you had better go on as you are doing, receive specie, and remain at Mazatlan as long as you prudently can—l should think till about the 20th of February. Come down to San Blas, be there about the 21st, and leave on the let of March. This would give you another month to see how affairs turn out. lam certain Paredes will be out with whatever plan he may be hatching; and who knows but something may turn up that may make the American Commodore take himself off before the time you are ready to sail? I enclose you a copy of a document signed by the merchants at Mazatlan, and now under signa ture by those of this place, and which I shall send to the admiral, in hopes it may induce him to send you home. It is really very desirable that property should be on board a stout vessel in these times, and you have now two vessels to leave. Sir Thomas Thompson can look after the Yankees, and all you could do is to look after them, for whatever may happen I presume you would not fight them without a war being declared with England." Having, therefore, received on board specie to the amount of 1,800,000 dollars to be conveyed to England, and having sailed from Mazatlan on the 27th of Februry and San Bias on the following day, I reached Valpa raiso on the 20th of April. Before leaving Mazatlan, however, the requisition (alluded to in the letter which has just been read) from the merchants who had shipped treasure on board the America, was addressed and sent to the British Consul at Tepic, requesting him to repre sent to the Commander -in-Chief the importance to their interests of having the specie conveyed to England in the America, and that it might not be transhipped into any vessel of inferior force. A copy of this docu ment was sent to me, together with a letter, under a flying seal, directed to the Commander-in-Chief, from her Majesty's Consul at Tepic, strongly recommending the adoption of that measure. This important docu ment has already been read. On my reaching Valpa raiso I was placed in circumstances of great perplexity and responsibility, since neither did the order of my Commander-in-Chief, of the 10th of October, 1845, nor that of the 13th of February, 1846, contain any directions as to the disposal of the treasure which I had on board. Entrusted, therefore, as I was with so large an amount of property belonging to British merchants for safe conveyance to England—insured as that pro perty had been (although without my previous know ledge) as specie to be conveyed to this country by the America—receiving, as I had done, a copy of so power ful an appeal from the merchants to whom this treasure belonged—left, as I was, without the possibility of com municating with my Commander-in-Chief for several months, I felt a great weight of responsibility in deter mining what course I ought to pursue. I had no fear whatever of war with America, but still under the feel ings of irritation manifested by individual officers of the United States, there was the possibility of a hostile encounter with a vessel of small force, conveying so large an amount of treasure—an event which might have proved, in all respects, most disastrous in its consequences. That the dread of such an encounter was felt by all the merchants at Mazatlan I shall be able to show by the testimony of one of those gentlemen, Mr. Kelly, who being in England, and seeing by the public prints that I was about to be tried by court-martial, kindly wrote to me from Liverpool, volunteering that evidence which he is here to-day prepared to give. From that gentleman's testimony the Court will that insurances could not be effected upon freight s e nt home to England under the war rate of 3 per cent., in stead of the usual rate of 1 per cent., and that the mer chants knowing that on a former occasion, when there was a probability of hostilities between the United States and Mexico, the Americans took pessession of California before any declaration of war, were naturally in a great state of alarm, lest the treasure .belong ing to them, if sent by a ship of inferior force, might come into collision with an Ame rican ship of larger force, and be captured. From the orders also left by the Commander-in-Chief for Captain Onslow, of the Daphne, that the treasure, which might be brought from San Blas should be sent to England, either by the Salamander, if a small amount, or by the Daphne, if a larger sum, it was perfectly obvious that it was the Commander-in-Chief's desire that the amount of force to be employed for 'the protection of the specie should be proportioned to the amount to be protected; whilst it was equally clear that the orders did not con template so large an amount of treasure being brought from San Blas as was shipped by the merchants for its special protection on board the America. I was still further impressed with the necessity of having this large amount of specie conveyed by a ship of superior force to the Daphne, by the fact that the Commander in-Chief had himself evinced a doubt as to the safety of sending specie to England by the Daphne, by giving directions for the insurance of his share of whatever amount might be transmitted by that vessel. After, therefore, devoting the whole energies of my mind to the consideration of the subject, and most maturely deliberating on the step which ought to be taken, and after seeking the opinion of those upon whose judgment reliance might be placed, I felt assured that it was my duty to convey to Eng land in the America the treasure which had been so en trusted to me, and I had no hesitation in believing then, as I do at the present moment, that the decision at which I arrived would be fully approved by my Com mander-in-Chief, to whom I wrote at Valparaiso the letter of the 22d April last, which has already been read. The contents of that letter will at once show that I was not acting in wilful and unjustifiable disobedience to the orders of the Commander-in- Chief, but that I was actuated only by an anxious desire, under the peculiar circumstances in which I was placed, to discharge what I fully believed to be my duty. I may appeal to the experience of this Hon. Court in proof of the fact, that in the course of our ser vice, and especially on foreign stations, an officer is sometimes placed in circumstances which must necessa rily invest him with a large amount of discretion in the discharge of his duty, even to an apparent deviation from orders received. In those circumstances I have been placed; that discretion I have exercised to the very best of my judgment; and it is satisfactory , for me to know that I have been borne out in the opinion under which I acted, by a continuance of the peaceful relations between this country and the United States; for this Hon. Court, will, I trust, readily believe me when I say that if I had for one moment believed it probable that those peaceful relations would have been disturbed, no consideration whatever should have induced me to pro ceed to England without express orders from my Com mander-in-Chief. The Daphne was left by me for the protection of British interests in Mexico, and I am not aware that either her Majesty's service or any inte rests whatever can have suffered from the step which I have felt it to be my duty to take. On my arrival in England I was surprised to find that an order for court martial had been issued to try me for disobedience of the Commander-in- Chief's order of the 13th February, and that the most calumnious and exaggerated misrepre sentations of the circumstances of this case were reported in the public newspapers. I trust that it is scarcely necessary for me, in the presence of this Hon. Court, to give a distinct and indignant denial to the imputation of my having been actuated by base and mercenary motives in bringing this freight to England. Those who know me best will at once pronounce me incapable of having so acted from any undue regard to personal ad vantage, even although its amount had been large, in stead of being, as it is, comparatively small. And, as a proof that I have not been actuated by any interested mo tive, I beg to mention that I took the earliest opportu nity on my arrival at home of adopting measures for reserving the whole amount of whatever might be derived from the conveyance of this treasure to England, in order that the same may be transferred to the agent of Cap tain Onslow, of the Daphne, or any other officer who may have suffered pecuniary loss from the step which I have taken, although no complaint or res monstrance has been made by Captain Onslow or any other officer. I may also add, as another proof of my not being influenced by sel fish or interested motives, that before we left Mexico I distributed amongst my ship's company more than 1,0001., part of moneys that were at my sole disposal, whilst the remainder was ex pended in decorations to - her Majesty's ship which I have the honour to command. The letter addressed by me from Spitbead to the Admiralty was written under poig nant feelings of regret, that I should, by a discharge of what I conceived to be my duty, have incurred the dis pleasure of their Lordships; and any expression contained in that letter, of my having acted erroneously, was in tended to convey my acquiescenc e i n an d d e f eren ce to their Lordships' judgment, and not. as admitting that I was influenced by any other than what I firmly be lieved to be a sense if duty when I l e ft V a l para i s o. It now only remains, Sir alp gentlemen, for me to thank you for the patient attantion which you have given to my expliMitiOli of the cirotaustauces under which I now 'standsatisfa satisfactory e yo t ethue. high -minded ede a d na a t e io d n di w s t i i l e l , g e l i a I t r e n d s t, beßri tish officers of which this court is composed. To such honourable keeping I may safely confide my character, dearer to me than life itself. For many years engaged in the same service as yourself, I have to the present moment borne an irreproachable name. I rely with confidence on your justice and impartiality, and, re tiring as I shall do from this court with the conscious ness of having, to the best of my judgment, discharged my duty, I trust that I shall carry with me the approval of this Honourable Court ; and that I shall be at once restored to the service of my Sovereign and my country, possessed of that jewel of inestimable value to a British officer—an unblemished reputation. Mr. Kelly, a merchant, carrying on business at Mazatlan. was then called and sworn. He stated that he had shipped nearly 25,0001 on board the America ; that the merchants at Mazatlan felt alarm, and sent the requisition to Captain Gordon, and that in fact the underwriters in England exacted treble premium for in suring against capture. The merchants felt more sure by having their specie on board so large a vessel ; though he forhimself should scarcely suppose the Americans would take specie out of an English man-of-war by force, no declaration of war being male. The witness stated that the American force in those seas consisted of two frigates, three sloops, and two store-ships. Captain ROBB—As a British merchant, do you con sider that your interests would have materially suffered if the requisition had not been attended to ? Witness— As circumstances have turned cut, I see now that they would not ; but at that time, with a large amount of property at stake, there was great anxiety in the unset tled state of affairs.l The case being then closed, the Court was cleared. In about 20 minutes the doors were opened, and the follow ing witnesses were called by the Court and examined by the DEPUTY JUDGE-ADVOCATE _ _ Lieutenant Agassiz—l am First Lieutenant of the America. Captain Gordon consulted with me in re gard to taking the treasure home to England in the America from Valparaiso. The first time I told him it was difficult to give an opinion, not knowing all the circumstances, and I must be prejudiced, as I wished to go home. Captain Gordon replied, "So do I ' • but it is against my interest, as it will be my next turn for freight ; but I think I am bound to go home by this requisition." I asked time to consider, and after wards understanding that Admiral Seymour's orders were not against it, I said I thought he would be obliged to go home ; if anything happened to the freight I thought the insurance office would come upon him. He had told me the Admiral's orders were not against his going home ; that his orders were distinct, to protect British property—British interests. I believe the Amereans had at Mazatlan, when we left, two 50-gun frigates, two 22-gun corvettes, and a schooner ; but I cannot speak to the calibre of the guns, for I never was on board. The French had a frigate at Mazatlan, and a brig and corvette at Valparaiso. There was, I believe, no English frigate in the Pacific of the size of the America when she left Valparaiso for England. No treasure was taken out of the Daphne. Mr. C. Thorndike, the master, sworn—The Americans had at Mazatlan, when we left, two frigates, two or three corvettes, and one store-ship. I was never on board them. The Commodore's ship was the Savannah ; the other frigate was the Constitution. One of the cor vettes was the Portsmouth, I remember. They called the frigates 50-guns, but I believe they mounted 54. There was, I believe, no English frigate in the Pacific, of the size of the America, when she sailed from Val paraiso for England ; the Grampus was expected daily; in fact so much so, that we thought a large vessel we saw the next day was that. I do not know what force the Americans had in the Pacific. The French frigate had left Mazatlan before we did. When we were at Valparaiso, the Commander-in-Chief was reported to be to the northward, at San Blas ; we had called there on our way, but I did not hear that he was then ex pected there. It would take three or four weeks for the America to sail from Valparaiso to San Blas. Colin Wm. Lindsay, second lieutenant of the America, was then sworn and examined by the DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE. What force had the Americans at Mazatlan when the America sailed from that place?—Two frigates, two cor vettes, one small schooner, and a store - s hi p . Sir C. OGLE—Do you know the force of those ships? —No ; they were large frigates ; 44 or 46 guns they called them. Captain CHADS—Never mind what they called them. Sir C. OGLE—Did you go on board of them?—l went on board the Commodore's. Do you know what metal the frigates carried—what was the actual number of their guns?—l do not know. Do you know the names of the frigates?—The Savan nah and the Constitution. Was there any English frigate in the Pacific of the size of the America when she sailed for England from , ' Valparaiso?—Yes ; the Fisgard and the Talbot were ' there. . . of the Am efi ut c eu a it i ? n e — rs t ftai he r d acthifiecqoufetshteion. size of W f a t s he th A e m re eri ani , Admiral PARKER—Do you call the Fisgard the size En l gl u sh i fei -'4- ga when you sailed for England?—l don't know. What force had the Americans in the Pacific?—l am not aware. What had the French? —I am not aware. Was any treasure taken out of the Daphne?—None. any / Captain HADS—How long were you lying in com pany with the American frigates ?—I do not know the exact time; perhaps six weeks. Were you doing duty in the America at that time? — Y es. How far were the American frigates from you?— About 500 yards. Was there any rumour of a difference between Eng. land and America at that time respecting the Oregon territory?—Not officially; not to my knowledge; not that I heard of. Had you no knowledge that there was a requisition from merchants to carry the treasure to England in con sequence of some difference?—Yes; so far as that they had written a requisition for the America to go home with the money. Captain CHADS—Did you not feel it your duty as an officer to ascertain the force of ships that might have been your enemy next day—to count their parts?—Yes. State the force—The Savannah had 48 32-pounders, but I believe six of them on the main deck were of heavier calibre. The Constitution had 44 or 46 guns. Captain CHADS observed—Your evidence is not what it ought to be, sir, as an officer, and you have given it with great hesitation and prevarication, and that the Court ought to consider. PRESIDENT —Certainly it has :been with great diffi culty that we have extracted the evidence from you. Captain Pasco made an observation to the President, and the court was again cleared. After the lapse of a few minutes the doors were opened. The PRESIDENT then, addressing the last witness, said —I am extremely sorry to be authorised by the Court to express their opinion of your conduct in giving your evidence as unbecoming the character of an officer ; and that opinion of the Court will be recorded. Lieutenant Lindsay—l am very sorry the Court should view my conduct in that light. I was not aware that I should be called as a witness until twelve o'clock, or I. should have endeavoured to have collected my thoughts on the subject, and should have been able to have answered more explicitly. The master was again recalled, and was asked by the Court, how long was the run from Mazatlan to Valpa raiso; to which he replied, that the average passage was about four or five weeks. Captain Gordon remarked—You said 90 days. The PRESIDENT then inquired of Captain Gordon, if he anythingnheagdativthe Courtmore was tooff t e h r, e n an o d rd h e a r v e i d ng t oanswered clearedin thefor the last time, it being about ten minutes past one. At a quarter-past two admission was again obtained, when the following verdict was read by the Deputy Judge Advocate, after reciting the charges, the Court standing with their cocked-hats and gloves on : " Having heard the evidence produced in support of the charge, and by Captain the Hon. John Gordon in his defence, and what he has alleged in aid thereof, and having maturely and deliberately weighed and consi dered the whole, the Court is of opinion that the charge has been fully proved against Captain the Hon. John Gordon, but that in sailing from Valparaiso for England in the said ship America, with the said treasure on board her, the said Captain the Hon. J. Gordon was not actuated by his private pecuniary advantage. And the Court do adjudge the said Captain the Hon. John Gordon to be severely reprimanded, and the said Captain the Hon. John Gordon is hereby reprimanded accord ingly." The Court then rose, and left the ship. The result was received by the majority of the assembly with some thing like disappointment, and appeared very much to surprise the Gallant Captain himself. The feeling among the officers was evidently in his favour after hearing the evidence and defence. The Master at Arms having presented Captain Gordon with his sword, in company with his brother, he went ashore in his gig. Tna WEATHttl.—Titt CROPS.—Since our last we have experienced much changeable weather, having had a succession of rain, sunshine, wind, and sometimes a chill, and at other times a sultry and heated atmosphere—in two or three instances quite oppressive. But it is pleasing to know that these changes have not been productive of any material injury to the crops generally, nor was harvest labour considerahly retarded, In the vicinity of mountain dstricts there have been some floods, which have done partial injuries, but to no very great extent, while on the whole, farmers, as to the grain crops, have no reason to complain, as the harvest, in that line, has been much earlier, abundant, and propitious than in former years, for some time past. The failure of the potato crop is the great and general complaint.. Where the potato hat; failed, turnip sowing and cabbage planting should not be neglected o r delayed a moment, as they are at present the only available substitute for that esculent, so long the general food of our poor. There is one consolation, however, in mitigation of the evils likely to result from the potato blight, which is, that the present grain harvest promises to be more than an average.—Ulster Gazette. 'THE CHARITY COMMISSION.—It appears from a return yesterday made public, that the expenses which have been incurred by the Charity Commission in each year from the commencement in 1818 to the final termination in 1838, amounted to 261,8261. Is. 0 1 ,4 d. Mr. Hume wished to know the expense incurred in each year, which could not be given, as the accounts were made up to certain periods. There are 19 period§ embraced in 00 return. • EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY T44..ua Directors of this Company arc prared to RECEIVE - liS 01 LOANS, at periodsp of Three an ep d Five Years. By order of the Board, C. P. RONRY, Secretary. tlshopsvite Station, Au g . 21, 1846. nEFORD and TAVISTOCK RAILWAY ~,,,,,„,_ COMPAN Y. 'll,thsiZu'er Proportion of the Scrip of this Company having been sent ost d , Hareholders are requested to IN the remainder with , eta , , „ SEND '44l,lvh,r_" the Company's Offices, 24, Finsbury-pavement, Lon- Te a itu . , e attendance Will be given to receive, examine, and „ pay , ea>, f ro ,l ll J.Ca per Share, the balance of Deposit due thereon, es er) ex cel) ,..l Eleven to Three o'clock, darin. , thepresent week (Saturday b 4Tr a ).:reaefttoorniny-litch time attendance will be given THREE By order, A ngast . 1 % , .....____21,....1845. ....RANC 4 IS CLOWES, Secretary. SSE X and SUFF O LK RAILWAY. 46. one ortis Trust ees appointed for th e fi na l se ttlement of the outstanding ." t o 411 he E ssex and Suff o lk R a il way C om p an y hereby give no gall -w t , holders of Scrip receis in the said Company tht the hea s ll he FINALLY CLOSED the 29th of Septem , ber a next, tile last 'dearl,l .°,. 'Mist he SENT IN on or before the 19th September, ,i Payment being the 26th of that month. By order, %Il --*--...„-, 12 ROBERT MAPLETOFT, Secretary. , xi el lola.s.lane, Aug. 26, 1846. T om. ROYAL H A CARD. HIGH-STREET I°m ( nearly OTEL, -- nntea ~ , opposite the Assembly Room), CHELTENIIA . M, - allie s. 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V It(' th e -L s ueeess and increasing prosperity of the Society Bch u° n at the last annual investigation, to declare cy from 35 to 85 per cent. en the premiums paid " v 'ted on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. P at ' 1 09°— cki, , t I° °d l kindl, o 033 .- 4 4 I -35 Ife be s iss , 0 ,0 forZ A as u of ()1% o,