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JONDON must have a Gentleman's SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM " EVAN'S " after Alfred lon's Concerts. LL 'WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This ode Irated Old IRIS II WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Agents in Bottles, 3 s. Bd . , a t th e R e t a il H ouses i n London; at e e in the principal towns m England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. “ O bserve the Red Seal, Fink Label, and Cork branded ICl nahan'a LL Whisky.' MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (IncJrporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 14 , RUSSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LE NDS HONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums of Z2O to £5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over o ne, two, or three years. The large Capital of this Associa „tort enables it to complete its transactions without delay. 'nquiry or 'office fees, and strict secrecy observe I. Bills directed at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelope. The Association also leads Money for the purchase of a !muse by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on tetras Most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. ALDERSHOTT CAMP. - DEODORISING CONTRACTS. WAR OFFICE, Pall mall, S.W., August 21, 1861. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Scaled Tenders. addressed to the Under-Secretary of State for War, and 11!arked on the outside, Tender for Deodorising, Alder- Vltt" Will be received at this Office, on or before SATUR ,.i, 2d September, 1865, for DEODORISING and Q.EANSING the LATRINE tte ,at Aldershott Camp for Deriod of Three Years from Is t' October next _P•roposals must be made upon the proper printed Forms, by n 1 I may be obtained on application at this Of fi ce, or to the arrack Master at Aldershott. 110 . 11 , 11 e Secretary of State for War reserves to himself the " t to reject any or all of the Tenders. THOMAS HOWELL, Direoto? of Contracts. SALE OF OLD STORES at Army Clothing Depot, Pimlico. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SECRETARY 1 2 4 STATE for WAR is prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS for the PUR CHASE of a quantity of OLD STORES at the Royal Army Clothing Depot, Pimlico, which may be viewed on aPnlication to the Storekeeper between the hours of Nine and Eleven a.m., and One and Four p m., on the four days previous to the 31st August, 1865. R btai _Tenders mu s t b e ma d e u p on a printed form, which may be ned from the Storekeeper at Pimlico, and are to be de livered at the War-of fi ce, Pall-mall, on the 31st August, i Bfs. addressed to the Under Secretary of State, and marked on the outside " Tender for Old Stores at Pimlico." "i_lg The ny Secret al th e t o of S nd tat ers.e for War reserves the right of reject or It. GWYg, for D.-C. War -office, Pall-mall, `2d August, 1865. CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 18th August, 1865. f.,THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS and OTHERS, COMMISSIONERS of this HOS --ITAL, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That they are ready to receive TENDERS from, and to treat with, such Persons as may be willing to Contract for Victualling the IN-PENSIONERS of the said Hospital, from the Ist Octo ber, 18115, to the 30th September following, both days inclu sive, with the following Articles of PRO VISIONS, dic., viz.:—Beef and Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Butter, Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rho, Pepper, Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Sugar, Milk, Onions or Leeks, Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory, and Pa sley, daily, at pe r head er diem for the whole rat, ccordin to the established allowsnces of the House, as ion specified in g the Form of Tender, which may be obtained at the Office of the Secretary any day bet ifeen the hours of Ten and '1 hree o'clock, which Tenders must be filled up and delivered sealed the Board-room of the said Hospital by the Party or Parties tend ring, or by an Agent appointed on his or their behalf, on TUESDAY, thesth September, atrrwelve o'clock, at which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the sam It e Into consideration': Ctis to be observed that the Contractors will be *equired o find Security to the Crown for the due performance of the roe, and tnat no Tender will be received atter the day and hour above mentioned. The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. GEORGE BUTT, Secretary and Registrar. ITOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The g reatest and most useful invention of the da& AGUA A MARE L L a. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and C 12, Three Kinp-court, Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no natter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the ',Mem, and when the hair is once restored one application month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per ttle, or in half bottles. 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re ffectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John z i ~fg hness the Princess of Wa.to linen and Co. have peen aples.pointed Perfumers to her Royal JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth !Jowder: gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the breathm decay. and imparts a pleassnt fragrance to the Lae Priv Is. 0.1.-12, Three liiiv-oourt, Lombard ltreek London. AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, WHITE it HALL the 24th day of July, 1865, by the Lords of 21. Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Present—Lord President, Sir George Grey, Bart., Mr. Milner Gibson. Whereas by an ac t passe d i n th e sess i on o f th e e l even th 71 4 twelfth years of her present Majesty's reign, intituled Au Act to prevent until the Ist day of September, 1850, 11 8 4 1 to the end of the then next session of Parliament, the treading of contagious or infectious disorders among b 4 2°P, cattle, and other animals," and which has since at t n . ,frorn time to time continued by divers subsequent it is (amongst other things) enacted that it shall be 6 wll l for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy or any two or more of them from time to time to 1 ,,,,, 5 K0 such orders and regulations as to them may seem rZ ees sarY, for the purpose of prohibiting or regulating the BnloVai a lt or from such parts or places as they may de- R w ig l iat o in such order or orders, of sheep, cattle, horses, rue, or other animals, or of meat, skins, hides, horns, e efs, or o th er part o f any an i ma l s, or o f hay, straw, fodder, ZLII* other articles likely to propagate infection ; and also for otherPuose of purifying any yard, stable, outhouse, or plac e , or any wagg,ms, carts, carriages, or other a eh ieles ; and a l so f or th e pur p ose o f directing how any 1 ; 14141 s dying in a diseased state, or any animals, parts p i P .ll 'm* or other things seized under the provisions of !let s are to be disposed of ; and also for the purpose of o — ,Pag notices to be given of the appearance of an --eer among sheep, cattle, or other animals, and to make _ al 2,3r other orders or regulations for the purpose of giving li ter, or vary an y to theprovisions of the said act, and again to revoke, Provisions any such ord e for any of the purposes aforesaid in any such r or orders contained shall have the like force and effect as if the same had been inserted in the said act ; and 'fand every offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding p, 20 , or such smaller sum as th e sa id L or d s or others of her '" - Laiesty's P r i vy C ounc i l may in any such case by such order direct. And whereas a contagious or infectious disorder. of which the nature is at present uncertain, has lately appeared, and now prevails among cattle within the metropolis and in the neighbourhood thereof, and it is expedient to take measures for preventing such disorders from spreading, Now, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Pri v y C ounc il do h ere b y, by virtue and in exercise of the powers given by the said recited act, and by the several acts continuing t he same aforesaid, order as follows :- 1. If at the date of the publication of this order in bull ',`London Gazette," there shall be any cow, heifer, , 121111(4c, or ox labouring under any contagious or infectious disorder in the possession or custody of any cowkeeper, „,! i riman, or dairywoman, or of any milkman or milk t"' ° man, or vendor or purveyor of milk, or of any dealer in limits whatsoever within the City of London or within the traits of the metropolitan police district, or if at any time 44_ereafter, while this present order shall continue in force ia l mrevoked, any cow, heifer, b u ll, b u ll oc k, or ox , b e i ng sa iPe Possession or custody of any such person as afore ,Within the said City of London or within the metro- A tau police district shall be seized or attacked with, or Or labouring or suffering under, any such contagious osThlafectious disorder, notice of the existence of such dis c as aforesaid' ~,,„I \ie r, or of the fira apearance of such disorder in or - - "°ag the cattle belongmg to or in custody of any such shall immediately thereupon be given a h 3r ; th e person in whose possession or custody such diseased linals or animal shall be, to the clerk of her Majesty's Middlesex ; "%lionoumble Privy Council in waiting at the office of of r -.. -- . *sty's Privy Council at Whitehall, in the county and it shall be lawful for the said clerk of ei a l r Majesty's Privy Council, and for all such persons as they all 1, writing under his hand authorise in that behalf ap e uPon, and at all reasonable times thereafter, to ct or examine all or any such diseased animals or am -644 aud to report to the Lords of her Majesty's Privy ou tlet " ti ll , all such information and particulars as to the fla t, or character of such he disord ablin er . as may seem to hp' ex nt for e purpose of en g properregulations to ti lu ade for preventing or checking the f ur th er propaga - T,l and increase of such disorder. tir• Every person offending against this order, and omit - ej to give such notice or to permit such inspectin and fetattaination as aforesaid, shall for every such offence for tiee a 4 37 sum not exceeding twenty pounds, which the jus eft: before whom he or she shall be convicted of such lie 'e may think it to impose (Signed) EDMUND HARRISON noyAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, " ay T n n the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail inneritins, Ring's-cross. atron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. ee-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G Pr gid P l , e His —His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCK. K.G. 1 , - his ti,:l oB Pital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab toe d e l Princip'e of free admission to the sick poor, without Pen d e 'aY and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de t ent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. odctitrords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in eoti r al to this, the average number of attendance of t e 8 ,000 sick has for a con iderable period averaged between 1: 11 -.,t 4,000 weekly. btn,ee9°olmittee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the coot ai Tut, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of th e rellog several hundred more beds, had the Committee conlluisite funds to maintain them. %,,,rroa,ributions are received by the Treasurer. Edward Ras "NI: 4 Z' Egg., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; f , -440 0d and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom Iloret0.; P rescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; 1.1,e Y, a 'j ci t'lld Co. ; W Mains, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gar .o„ u O .; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; Darned and b 'rpool & and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. , -TANFORD SMITH. Secretary. 8 4114° RS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 110.11 E, Hampstead. Offices, 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. C an the Inr TRUSTEES. It a. - --on. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon Charapneys I Thomas Baring, Esq, M.P. TREASURERS. Til C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Banbury, Esq. want nstitution is designed to supply a great national th e V n v iz;, an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors tu It " Ya l NavY and Merchants service and of Marines. linev:vnlttaietetelactit,les, maintains, and educates them o r domestic and Provides a home free of expense for former Lel,— e 8 Wh ite Out of situations, thus shielding them from the Y might otherwise be exposed to. Bir TlovoCorntnittee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRI - rneev:itietso meet the increasing applications through the even , na s ii ora and loss : , f life at sea, and t o enable them ~ platain premises more commensurate_ with it,....a110rs an n tylis great maritime country, which loses 2,000 'yr m ay per by casualties alone, without including those ~u oseri ➢ war. !larch,. ptions thankfully recetv by the bankers, Messrs Lary, ar'tll,evan' ~.. and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Score e ' juic ° , No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEEPING, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH, Sea. ~'~._ No. 22,837. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN ARNOLD." Now ready at all the Libraries in 3 vols., A NDREW RAMSAY OF ERROL. By the Author of "John Arnold," "Matthew Paxton," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOVEL BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS. Frontispiece and Vignette Titlepqge, price 6t., HAND AND GLOVE. By the Author of " Barbara's History," /cc. , London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Sold by Simpkin, Mar,hall, and Co., price 7d., in cloth 13d., a New Work on the Teeth, entitled PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES FOR US. By A. ESKELL. Grosvenor-street, W. From the great success of the previous work on Dental Surgery by the samp author we anticipate the above will be read wish avidity by all classes who are interested in discri minating between pure and meretricious dentistry." John C. Clements, Little Pulteney-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, In 3 vols., L IFE : Its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena. By LEO 11. GRINDON. The Publisher begs to announce the issue of the Third Edition of the above popular work in sixpenny monthly parts. Parts I. to IX. now ready. The work can be had complete, in cloth, price 6s. 6d. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and beautifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we may rest assured, of many fruitful meditations and plea sant memories." —Sun. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Cloth, price 2s. 6d., AHANDBOOK for the MAN of BUSINESS, applicable to all Departments of Commercial Engage ments._ _ . _ London : F. Pitman. 20, Paternoster-row, B.C. Extra cloth, price 55., SCEPTICISM AND SPIRITUALISM. The experiences of a Sceptic. By the Authoress of " AURELIA." London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. SELF-INSTRUCTION IN SPELLING. THE ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING is admirably adapted to aid adults whose early education has been neglected, in mastering the difficulties of English Orthography, without a teacher. Sent post free for 12 stamps. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Now ready, boards, price ls. 6d., HITS; a Collection of the Best Tales contri buted to "Temple Bar," "Once a Week," "Cham bers's Journal," &e. By LEWIS HOUGH, M.A. With Two Illustrations by W. Schwench Gilbert. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Demy 4to , cloth, price 7s. 6d., THE PSYCHON OMY of the HAND ; or, the Hand an Index of Mental Development. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. G LASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, and CHANDELIER SHOW ROOMS. Notice of Removal in consequence of the late Fire. JDEFRIES and SONS' Temporary SHOW • ROOMS. 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITEC RAPEL, Five Minutes' walk from their Late Establishment, 147, HOUNDSDITCII. CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs, for the Dining and Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle. JDEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, • COMMERCIAL-STREET. PETROLEUM LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS, MIRRORS (for India). JDEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, • COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. DEFRIES and SONS, J • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, XI 188. 6d. DEFRIES and SONS, cf• 16 and 17. COMMEItCIAL-6TREET. TABLE GLASS. CHINA. and EARTHENWARE, CLUB; MESS, and FURNISHING ORDERS for the above GOODS promptly executed. J DEFIIIES and SONS supply Designs and • • Pattern Books Free. Works —LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. SWEET OPOPONA X, PIESSE and LUBIN'S new Perfume.—OPOPO AX is a native flower of Mexico or rare fragrance. This scent, and a thousand others for choice, 2s. 6d. and ss. each. Soli by all fashionable chemists and perfumers.— Laburatory of Flowers, 2, New Bond-street, London. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, leet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip tion of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro a the originals by the closest observer; they will never chang - e colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require tne extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastication. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ldies' or Gentleen's hair immediately is appied. Sold at a 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Itoss's it Toilet l Magazine, Is. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, on.— ALEX. ROSS'S oharaes for Dyeing the handerma nently—Ladies' Hair from 'ls. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at 3s. od or sent free for 51 stamps. It 1 s most easy of use. HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High H olborn, London.—ALEX."ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 51 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free for 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248 ,High Holborn, London. Essay on Hair, td. DIMPLE REMOVER. All diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &a 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 sumps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, is. ; sent for 14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. ed., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or su stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3g. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. BOSS, 248, High Holborn, London. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. (RNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, sad Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, oeautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, AlabaEtar, Parian, Marble , Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNA.NT, Mine• ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C.. London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. INERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2, 5. 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE- R &LOGY is given by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S., at 149. Strand. GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of MAGIC, Second Sight, and " Begone, Dull Care," every evening at 8. A Day Performance. Saturday, at 3. " The most varied entertainment in the metropolis."—Vide the Press. Admission, Is. PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON. — Farewell season. —World of Magic. Second Sight, and the original Jndian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre deric (the great) Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic, and character actor. VREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic, (to., in his original entertainment, "Begone, Dull Care," "Miss Mary May," " Early in the Morning." Balcony, 2s. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; stalls, ss. ; at Mr. Austin's office, St. James's hall, 23, Piccadilly. A. NIMMO, Acting Manager. WESTBOURNE HALL, Westbourne-grove, Bayswater, W. THE GREATEST WONDER OF THE DAY. MORNING PERFORMANCE (by Special Request) on SATURDAY, the. 26th, and WEDNESDAY, the 30th of August, and SATURDAY, the 2d of September. The BABY ACTRESS, age, Two Yeais and Ten Days, will Recite and Act a whole scene from Shakapere's Play of KING JOHN. give some amusing COMIC SKETCHES, and in the course of the evening a SEA SONG and DANCE (in character). This Little. Wonder is as pretty as talented, and excels by far any juvenile prodigy that has yet appeared in public. From the Era, July 22, 1865.—" A genuine and remarkable novelty is now belag exhibited. She is literally a baby, not having reached the age of two years ; and is gifted with in telligence and powers of memory to a marvellous extent. She recites whole scenes from ' King John,' A Midsummer Night's Dream,' Zee., with appropriate action and astonishing earnestness. A more wonderful instance of precocious in telligence cannot well be imagined. She may be truly classed among the wonders of the present day." Likenesses. Is. each. Programmes and words of the per formance may be had in the hall during the entertainment._ In addition to the above performances, Mr. ALFRED 'TOWARD'S DRAMATIC RECITALS and COMIC SKETCHES, interspersed with Music. Doors open at 2.30. Commence at 3. Admission, ls.; first seats, 28.; reserved seats, 3s. Tickets may be had from Mr. Whirley, Westbourne Hall, or of any book or music seller. T HE 0 X F ORD. 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by Misses Russell, Barrie, Waimealey, Tyrell ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Rusk, and Green, with full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Ballet, Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated D'Au bans. Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY and SARA GUNNISS. NOTICE.—The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated, Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. • ---- The Classical Ballet, entitled THE BRIDAL of BEAUTY, in which Miss TESSY GUNNISS will make her re appear ance THIS EVENING. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, la. ; private boxes. 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. KO KO RI KO. This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad dition to the Operatic Selections, supported by the whole talent of the establehment. Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall, Messrs. Durtah and Davies, the D'Aubans, and Arthur Lloyd. Director, Mr. F. Jongmans. All visitors to London at this season should pay a visit to the above establishment. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added._ Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. Naval and Military Intelligence. Yesterday morning at 8 o'clock the Ist Battalion Coldstream Guards, commanded by Lieut.-Col. Feilding, paraded at the Infantry Barracks, Sheet street, Windsor, and marched with drums and fifes to the Eton side of the river, where some 200 of the men were engaged in a succession of aquatic sports and exercises, such as swimming, diving, and other feats. The battalion afterwards returned through the town, the troops singing on their way back to the barracks a variety of popular songs. The bat talion will leave Windsor on Friday for New Chel sea Barracks. The detachments from the 4th King's Own Regi ment, 15th, 20th, and 35th Regiments, selected to augment the service companies of the Royal Cana dian Rifles Regiment, the particulars of which were given in 2he Sun of yesterday, left Chatham gar rison at an early hour yesterday morning for Ports mouth, where they embark on board her Majesty's iron screw steam transport Himalaya, 700-horse power, with the other troops proceeding to Canada. The departure of the reinforcements of cavalry and infantry for Kurrachee, which was to have taken place yesterday morning, has been again de layed, a telegram having been received at Chatham garrison notifying that the chartered transport Beaumaris Castle, in which the troops are to em bark, will not be ready to receive the draughts on board until Thursday next, when the detachments will embark from Custom-house quay, Gravesend, prior to which the Beaumaris Castle will be in spected by Major-Gen. Sir R. Walpole, K.C.B. Gen. Sir. J. Pennefather's period of command of the Aldershot Division having expired, the inhabi tants of Aldershot have determined to present him with a testimonial ; 100 guineas have been sub scribed, which have been expended in the purchase of a silver Cellini cup from the establishment of Messrs. Garrard and Co., goldsmiths and jewellers to the Crown, Haymarket. The cup bears the fol lowing inscription :—" Testimonial to Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather, K.C.8., from the inhabitants of Aldershot and neighbourhood, on his retirement from the command of the Aldershot Division, Sept., 1865." The testimonial will probably be presented in the course of a few days, and the General will leave the camp about the middle of the ensuing month, when the command of the Aldershot Divi sion will devolve upon Gen. the Hon. Sir James Y. Scarlett, K.C.B. Yesterday morning a district court martial, of which Major W. H. Kerr was the president, assem bled, by order of Major-General Sir R. Walpole, K.C.8., in the general court martial room at Chatham garrison, for the trial of Alex. M'Cluskey, a private, attached to the 65th company of the division of Royal Marines Light Infantry, on a charge of striking Assistant Surgeon William Con nolly, M.D., while in the discharge of professional duties. The accused had been previously sen tenced by court-martial to a term of imprisonment for a military offence of which he had been c•n victed, and it was while he was at Melville Hospi tal, undergoing the customary medical inspection prior to his removal to the military prison at Fort Clarence, Rochester, that he broke away from the escort, and rushing at the medical officer assaulted him in a very severe manner. Evidence was ad duced to show that daring the time the prisoner has been in the corps of Royal Marines, a period of five years, his character and conduct have both been very bad. A short time back the prisoner stabbed a man during a quarrel in a public-house, for which he was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour in Maidstone Gaol, and on another occasion he wounded a comrade on board ship by stabbing him in the forehead. He has also been several times convicted and punished by divisional and other courts-martial. The finding and sentence of the Court for the present offence will not be promul gated to the troops until the proceedings of the Court have been submitted for approval to Major- General Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., commanding the district. Her Majesty's screw troop ship Himalaya, Capt. T. B. Lethbridge, sails this morning from Spithead for Halifax and Quebec with the following troops on board :—Royal Artillery—Major Simpson, Mrs. Simpson, three children, and servant; Major, Field ; Capts. Chalmers and Heberden ; Lieuts. Pretyman, Shuttleworth, Pipon, Rawes, Allen, Kenneway. Ist Battalion 25th—Capt. Hope and wife, and Lieut. Dobson. 30th Regiment—Capt. Glascott and Ensigns Goodwyn and Kemble. 4th Battalion 60th Regiment—Capt Phillips, Mrs. Phillips, and servant, and Ensign Cunningham. Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade—Capt. Hyshe and Ensign Walpole. The 4th Battalion of Rifle Brigade—Capt. Norris and Mrs. Norris, child, and servant, and Ensigns Hon. N. Littleton and Viscount Cole. 2d Battalion, 7th Regiment—Lieuts. THE SUN, LONDON, TUE§DAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1865. Nowell, Rochfort, and Winter, and Ensigns B. Stuart and St. George. Canadian Rifles—Ensign Selby. Ist Battalion, 16th Regiment—Assist.-Surg. Kerr. 47th Regiment-Capt. Thompson, Mrs. Thompson, and child. 6th Regiment—Capt. Grant; Staff-Surg. Nangle, Mrs. Nangle, and two children. Assist. -Surg. Taylor, Assist.-Conn.-Gen. Mills, Mrs. Mills, and child. 763 men, 26 women, and 51 chil dren: The operation of fixing the 8-inch and 6-inch armour-plates which will protect the reconnoitring tower constructed on the upper deck of the ironclad frigate Bellerophon, 16, 1.000 horse-power, was com menced at Chatham dockyard yesterday, and dur ing the day two of the large fore and aft plates were safely fitted to the tower in the positions they will occupy, the work of planing and boring the plates having previously been effected in the factory de partment of the dockyard. The port and starboard portion of the tower--which, it may here be re marked, is of elliptical form, with the shorter dia meter fore and aft—will be protected by armour plates 8 inches in thickness, but as this portion of the tower will be of conical form, the chances of any hostile shot effecting any injury to it, although ob viously more exposed than the other portions of the tower, are reduced to a minimum. All the 8-inch plates have stood the betiding, slotting, and planing processes to which they have been subjected without exhibiting any flaw ; indeed, the iron from which they have been worked aipears to be of the toughest and best description. 'the 8-inch plates are the largest yet operated upon at Chatham dockyard, but arrangements are now ~sing completed for bending and working armour-plates (.f 9 inches in thickness, or double those of the thickness of the Warrior, with which the sides of the iron frigate Hercules, to be built at Chatham, are to beencased. Even this, thick ness of plating has been exceeded at the works of Messrs. John Brown and Co., Sheffield, where seve ral thousandtonsof armour-plates of no less than 13i inches in thickness have lately been manufactured for the Russian Government, for encasing the sea face for the ports at Cronstadt. The iron-cased screw steamship Lord Clyde, 24, built at Pembroke, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Sunday morning, accompanied by the paddlewheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. Elphinstone D'O. D'A. Aplin. Yesterday morning the Lord Clyde was towed into Hamoaze, where she will be fitted for the first division of the steam reserve. She mea sures 4,067 tons, and has engines of 1,000-horse power. The screw steam frigate Constance, 31, Capt. Edward K. Barnard, which arrived last week in Plymouth Sound from the eastward, is appointed to go into Hamoaze, where she will be fitted for duty on a foreign station, probably the West Indies. Visit of the French Fleet to Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 28. The preparations for the reception of the French Fleets are to-day being pushed on with increased vigour. The naval authorities are, of course, as busily engaged as they can be ; the military authorities are doing everything to render their part in the pro ceedings of the week effective; while the civic autho rities are vieing with both, and not without the hope of coming very creditably out of the contest. They must, however, have been somewhat dispirited when they rose this morning and found that the weather had completely broken the bright promise of yesterday. To the success of the civic portion of the entertainment here, which will partake very much of the nature of a fete champetre, warmth and sunshine are all but absolutely essential, and the morning - held out but little prospect of either. Rain set in at a very early hour, and continued to fall until near noon with a quiet steadiness which looked as if the weather was determined not to ex haust itself by any violent effort. The glass fell, and with it fell the hopes which were yesterday so sanguine. The afternoon, however, remained dry throughout, and, although the sky is somewhat over clouded, the prospects of fine weather to-morrow are not so gloomy as they at one time of the day appeared. Notwithstanding the wetness of the morning, Portsmouth wore early a lively, bustling aspect. Troops marched through the town from different directions, bound for Southsea-common, where, un der the command of Sir G. Buller, K.C.8., they went through a se r i es of manoeuvres, preparatory to the grander display which is to take place on Fri day. The troops were organised in three brigades, the first consisting of the 6th and 12th Brigades of Royal Artillery, the 3d company of Royal Engi gineers, and the 75th Regiment, being under the immediate orders of Col. Poynter, C. 8., and Brevet Major Colclough ; the second brigade, which was composed of the Ist battalion of the 14th Regiment, the 81st Regiment, the 87th Fusiliers, and the 52d Light Infantry, were commanded by Col. Penny and Capt. Butler ; while the third, which was made up of the Ist and 2d battalions of Royal Marine Light Infantry and the Ist and 2d battalions of Royal Marine Artillery, were under the command of Col. Tate, Brevet-Major Cooke acting as Major of Brigade. The entire number of troops which will muster on Southsea-common on Friday will, it is expected, not be more than between 3,000 and 4,000 men, and as the cavalry will not be repre sented at the review, it can scarcely be made a very imposing military display. While the two services and the civic authorities are making their prepara tions on a great scale, the people of Portsmouth are far from being content with the part of mere specta tors. The inhabitants of more than one street and district have clubbed together and subscribed small sums to defray the expenses of erecting triumphal arches. Two very handsome structures of the kind with transparencies attached to them are now fast approaching completion near the railway station on the Landport-road. It may be that not. one of the French officers or seamen, in honour of whose visit those arches have been constructed, will catch a glimpse of them, for they stand rather upon the outskirts of the town ; but then their erection serves as one among many instances to show that the reception which awaits, the fleet of our allies is not merely official, but national in its its spirit. The transparencies generally are more remarkable for the fidelity with which the designs embody the sen timent of the occasion than for any artistic merit in the execution. One in particular, displayed outside a house on the road leading to Southsea, attracts notice by its size and t h e brightness of its colouring, It represents an English sailor with the union-jack flying froin a p o le which he h o ld s i n h i s left han d , withwhile the other hand he warmly clasps the hand of a French sailor bearing the tricolor, who May tkey b e un i te d f or ever !" There has just landed from the fierce-looking sea behind m T Bothmotto ar as fine, brave-looking fellows, very happy to ma ke one another's acquaint ance, and prepared to fraternize to an unlimited h extent. The guests invited to the banquet on board the caricature tar. is h e no is, e depicted of either th e F renc h or Eng lish Duke of Wellington to-morrow evening will not number more than between 60 or 70. They will dine on the middle deck, which the commander of the vesse:—Captain SeCCOMbe---is now doing his utmost to transform into a gorgeous saloon. The guests will consist almost exclusively of French and English officers, and C aptain Seccombe will by a curious inversion of the laws of hospitality be in vited to dine on board his own ship. The Duke of Wellington will be illuminated at the conclusion of the banquet. The committee who are engaged in the organiza tion of the dinner, concert, and ball, which make up the somewhat formidable programme of the en tertainment to be given by the Mayor and Corpo ration of Portsmouth on Thursday at Governor's green have already received for the purpose up wards of £2,000 ; nor have they the slightest doubt that the much larger sum which will be necessary to expend in order to make - the municipal fetes worthy of the national character for hospitality will be speedily raised. Portsmouth now contains nearly as many visitors as it can conveniently accommodate, and the same may be said of Southsea sand Gosport, and all the towns in its immediate vicinity. How the thou sands who are yet to come are to be provided for it is impossible to say, unless they proceed somewhat upon the principle of the two Irish students, who, wishing to live cheaply and to divide their expenses, entered into an agreement that the one should board and the other simply lodge, an arrangement by no means in favour of the latter. The following is a list of the French officers who will accompany the fleet which is to-morrow to lie beside our own at Spithead :—The Commander-in- Chief of the squadron, Vice-Admiral Count Bouet Willaumez, whose flag will be hoisted on board the Solferino ; Rear-Admiral Baron de la Ronciere, who will be on board the Magenta; Rear-Admiral Fabre de la Maurelle, on board the Normandie ; Rear-Admiral Saisset, on board the Couronne ; Rear-Admirals Pothuan and Meguet. The captains are Captain Chevalier, commanding the Invincible ; Captain Robinet de Plas, Solferino, Captain Bourgois, chief of the staff of Count Bouet Wil laumez ; Captain Miguel de Riu, commanding La Gloire ; Captain de Surville, Provence ; Captain Sagat Duvauroux, Heroine ; Captain de Rosen coate, Couronne ; Captain Le Bris, Magenta ; Cap tain Bachme, Flandre ; and Captain Pierre, chief of the staff of Baron de la Ronciere. Those are the nine French vessels of the larger class, which, as we stated yesterday, will visit our shores. There are besides four frigates—the Caton, Captain Grivel ; the Reine Hortense, Captain Charlemagne ; the Ariel, Captain Perier d'Hauterive ; and the Faon, commanded by Lieutenant Guys. The Staff of the Minister of Marine will consist of Captain Charle magne, and Lieutenant de Warn. Monseigneur Coquereau will:accompany the fleet as chaplain in charge. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. anticipate and to deal with the common obstacles to be ex pected in a battle-field, war is a rough disturber ; and, un less the industry of the barrack-yard is supported by other and better resources, it is liable to be turned to nothingness by even a gentle contact with reality." . . If that description were quite correct it would be a censure on those who selected Sir George Brown for a most important post. They must have known he would become Lord Raglan's right-hand man and adviser. But, in fact, Mr. Kinglake is rather severe in his desire to be impartial, because Sir George Brown, in the special instance of the Alma, was left very much, if not altogether, to his own discretion, and directed a furious attack on the principal par, of the Russian line, which "drew their teeth" for subsequent operations,and he was for a much longer time than his eulogist assigns free from the trammels of the Horse Guards. Sir George was one of the useful family of un enobled Browns, which in all degrees and parts of the world have, according to Mr. Hughes, done so much for the honour and glory of their country. The family of Browns, of which he is a direct mem ber, haslong been settled in Linkwood, Elgin, where he was born in 1790, and where he died on Sunday, the 27th of August. He was intended for the ser vice, and was educated at the Royal Military Col lege at Great Marlow and at High Wycombe, whence he was launched on his career at 18 years of age, into the very midst of the war fever, which, hot or cold, had been on Europe since 1793. The young Scotchman [says the writer in the Times, evi dently himself an Irishman !], who never lost the twang which distinguishes the speech of Englishmen born north of the Tweed, was eager in his vocation, and loved fighting with a keenness not to be damped by blood or blunted by wounds, and in those days of fighting he soon came to the front. A reference to " Hart" will not give much infor mation concerning his career. in " War Services of General Officers " his name does not occur. In the services of officers. of the Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade, of which he was appointed Colonel in-Chief the 18th of March, 1863, there is no men tion of him, but the following foot-note appears to his name. as Colonel of her Majesty's 32d in that high authority : " Sir George Brown served at the siege and capture of Copenhagen in 1807, in the Peninsula from August, 1808, to July, 1811; and again from July, 1813, to May, 1814, including the battle of Vimiera, passage of the Douro and capture of Oporto, with the previous and subsequent ac tions; battle of Talavera (severely wounded through both thighs), action of the Light Division at the bridge of Al meida, battle of Busaco, the different actions during the retreat of the French army from Portugal, action at Sabu gal, battle of Fuentes d'Onor, siege of San Sebastian, battles of the Nivelle and Nive, and the investment of Bayonne. Served afterwards in the American war, and was present at the battle of Bladensburg and capture of Washington. Slightly wounded in the head and very severely in the groin at Bladensburg. He has received the War Medal with seven claps. Commanded the Light Division throughout the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, in cluding the battles of the Alma (horse shot under him), Balaclava, and Inkerman (severely wounded—shot through the arm), and siege of Sebastopol (medal and four clasps, G.C.8., Grand Cross of the Logion of Honour, Ist Class of the Medjidie, Sardinian and Turkish medals)." This brief record might be amplified by those who knew how active and how brave he was in the earlier part of his career, and how soon he attracted the notice of his seniors, and, above all, of the Duke himself, at an epoch when daring actions and per sonal qualifications could receive no preliminary flourish from a high certificate or from figures of merit in a competitive examination. Indeed, though he had no reason to be dissatisfied, his reward might make some grumblers now-a-days ashamed of themselves. He was gazetted to an ensigncy the 23d of January, 1806, and became lieutenant in September of the same year, while serving in the expedition to Sicily, from which he proceeded to the hotbed of war in the Peninsula, then under the Duke's own gardening, after a run to the North with the corps which reduced Copenhagen. But fruitful in blows, and well-developed actions, and plenty of glory plants, the Peninsula was not a ,particularly favoured forcing-house for promotion, and so it was that five years elapsed before he ob tained his company. In that time he had fought at Vimicra, Almeida, Busaco, and in the last action was engaged, it is said, in a personal combat with an officer of the staff of Marshal Massena, whom he worsted. Then he rushed into the breach at Bada joz, was shot through the legs at Talavera, and managed nevertheless to see the backs of the French as they retreated from Spain, after a desperate and protracted resistance, in which Fuentes d'Onor, Salamanca, Nive, Nivelle, and Orthes had place and mark. It was his ill or his good fortune to be sent on the American expedition, and to accompany Sir Hugh loss's force up the Chesapeake. He was present at the " Races of Bladensburg," and, no doubt, saw the burning of the national buildings and stores at Washington without any very lively demonstration of satisfaction, for he never approved severity ; but, as he was severely wounded in the encounter with the Americans, who so feebly de fended their capital, he could have taken no active 'part in a measure which has provoked so much cri ticism. With Bladensburg his career in the field terminated till he was called to command his divi sion in 1854, but he long remained a regimental officer, as it was not till 1842 he became Deputy- Adjutant-General. He had by this time become a Major-General under the Prince of Wales's Brevet of Nov. 23, 1841, and his previous commissions were—Major, May 26, 1814 ; Lieutenant-Colonel , Sept. 29, 1814 ; Colonel, May 6, 1831. When Sir John Macdonald died in 1850, the Duke of Wel lington appointed General Brown Adjutant-General of the Forces, and on Nov. 11, 1851, he was made Lieutenant-General. He resigned his office not long after Lord Hardinge became General Commanding in-Chief, and his resignation was commented on at the time in Parliament. During his tenure of office at the Horse Guards he was a faithful and laborious public servant, and at least on one occasion offered resistance to measures which he thought contrary to the interests of the service, and did not hesitate t o tender his resignation rather than consent to them. A harsh, rude manner was assumed by him in his dealing with officers to cover real kindness, and men who received favours from him were often less grateful than those who were charmed by Lord Raglan's gracious mode of refusal. It may be doubted if Sir George Brown was a military re former—if, for example, he did not think Brown Bess better than the rifle ; but what was once ordered was at once accepted by him. Although some very old soldiers were passed over because they were too old, Sir George Brown was called on to command the Light Division in 1854, perhaps in memory of his ancient services in the famous old Light Division of 1812. He formed the Rifle Brigade, 7th Fusileers, 19th, 23d Welsh Fusileers, 33d, 77th, and 88th into a corps to emulate the fame of their predecessors. He led the advance of the British army from Malta to Gallipoli, from Gal lipoli to Varna, and from Varna to the Crimea. On the very day of landing at Old Fort he was in some danger of capture from a patrol of Cossacks. The manner in which he led his men at the Alma has been well described in Mr. Kinglake's most vivid manner. His grey charger was conspicuous in the nick of fighting men, and when his white plume disappeared from the summit of the ridge, where his figure could be seen above the line of bayonets and through the smoke of the battle, t hose of the Light Division who were nigh forgot all but the impetuous valour of the fiery old leader, and were delighted to see him at their head once more when he had got away from his dying horse. In the despatch of the battle he was thus spoken of by Lord Raglan ; "The mode in which Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown conduoted his division, under the most trying cir cumstances, demands my warmest approbation. The fire to which his division was subjected, and the difficulties he kad to contend against, afford no small proof that his best energies were applied to the successful discharge of his duties." During the winter he suffered a little from illness, butiwas ever vigilant and energetic, and it was his RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFF.4TED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT FXIIIBITIONB OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of HERN I A. 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E. aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. M. A. "W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for hajnenbteteinbulteidnnasstwrairt rtue. young girls, almost children from the age ofd to 15, who the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queea•street Ch id • eaps e, or by Moore Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. // f:: , z St, ' , V , ""lier-••: • , • " .. 4, e 43 : QM I • ••,#' ‘)••• t•••• • . 1 • •-•": ••:" t• • 1 ...C . ' I, . • 11. • \\ l' 4 DROIT. 1 • 1 51 . •• CP DIE , ' • • •Na tiP) .71 ‘..42 ;6." r / GENERAL SIR GEORGE BROWN. Eleven years ago there was a British camp, far away on a hill-side in Bulgaria where at nights might be heard a refrain ere the days of sorrow fell upon the army— Come pipe-clay your jackets and buckle your stocks, Away with mustachios and dirt-breeding locks ; Such dombded ennovations I'll surely put down ; It's nae up wi' the shakos, cries General Brown ! But there is not a survivor of the storms of pesti lence and battle which smote that gallant Light Division who will not read with sincere regret of the death of their iron old chief. He drilled them, pipe-clayed them, shaved and stocked them within an inch of their lives. The Queen's regulations were before him, and he dared not disobey that which was written there as in the chronicles of the law. But he fed them well in camp and led them nobly in the field, and never succeeded in drilling and stocking his heart into complete rigidity and impas siveness to their wants and wishes. No one had a keener appreciation of the folly of choking men with a leather garotte machine at 80 deg. in the shade, and perhaps no one felt more keenly the pains and penalties of the early and close-shaving movement than himself. It may be doubted if Sir G. Brown quite approved the shako, but no suspicion can be thrown on his belief in pipeclay. But what could he do ? Was he, a subordinate General, to take upon himself to set aside the orders of the British army ? Would it he any justification to his official con science for disobedience to the orders to receive the praise of writers in newspapers or commendations from independent members of Parliament? There was law, practice, order, custom, for divisional drills in the field, and Sir George knew well that with some of the regiments in his division it was not supererogatory to drill them in order to get a division ready for its duties. And so he drilled them in the heat of the early Bulgarian morn ings. There was a strict regulation that every soldier should wear a stiff stock of black patent leather, with a brass buckle behind it. And so he made them wear it, and wore one himself ; not only that, but liked it. There was also a strict regula tion that every officer and man in her Maj esty's infantry should keep his face shaved, and that his whiskers should be cut in a line extending from the tip of his ear to the angle of his mouth. And so it was that if a British travelling gent or a Turkish Bashi-Bazouk happened to be passing by the camp at Devna some time after daybreak any morning of June, 1854, he would see the stiff, well-knit figure of an old man, broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, tightly strapped, dressed in a well-fitting un dress blue frock coat, with velvet collar and cuffs, regulation swordsash, belt, spurs, and horse trappings of a British general officer, well mounted and well seated on a regulation height charger, with his handsome face well set in its stock, and his chin and cheek glistening from the recent razor, careering in front of his Staff, in the midst of solid, well stocked battalions,who were un dergoing the pains and penalties attached to the honour of being the Light Division. " Let them alter the regulations if they please, and then I will follow the regulations," was his remark to all insi nuated remonstrances. It was principally the doctors who spoke, and the General had imbibed a good deal of the old Peninsular sentiment respecting medical officers, and regarded them as the most troublesome of the impedimenta of an army. At that time the new theory of camp-pitching was coming into vogue, and Sir George heard with horror the first mutter ings of the heresy that the doctors were to regulate the choice of military positions by sanitary con siderations. He disliked baggage trains, and he therefore regarded with disgust the newfangled carriages which were to serve as ambulances. He set up his back against the doctors, and if there had been any one less firm than Alexander to deal with he would probably have had all things his own way, for he had sympathetic support at head-quarters, and, indeed, ourlong delay in mov ing the wounded on board the ships after Alma was mainly due to the fact that all ambulances were left on shore at Varna. But when cholera broke out who more prompt in action, more energetic in com mand, more constant in care and attention to his men than Sir George Brown ? In one thing he was quite right—in insisting on the military cleanliness, of which to him the outer and visible sign was pipe clay. But the great fault, overborne, as it was, by many very great virtues, of Sir George Brown was that he could not understand the changes whichhad • taken place in society, in the world, and in the army recruited in these isles since he put up his sword on n lake " drew tlhBesb4ishteeriwanas just 66 quoted he was accustomed in an y di him too far in a narrow path," so tha t " he over plied t h h is e I pe en a g c t e be o u f ed lBl t s eils an , d ,, sat down at Ki the g desk, , "where years t e h l e d, i b d u ea t ifofwe di fficulty to ask s ar ci e pli to ne b . e " liev l e n [ himself how " the Duke" would have acted under similar circumstances, and so had gathered no wis ; dom from his own experience. When there was no ; answer to that question be must have been quite in ; the dark. " Sir George Brown was an officer whose career had begun, and begun with glory, in the great days under Wel lington, but while ho was still in his early manhood warshad ceased, and thenceforth for nearly 40 years he had brought his strong energies to bear upon the kind of military busi ness which used to be practised by the English in peace time. A long immersion in the Adjutant-General's de partment had led him to go even beyond other men in laying stress upon the value of discipline ; but the practice of this sort of industry-had not at all helped to school him for the command of a division in war time ; for in labouring after that mechanic perfection, which, after all, is only one of many means towards an end, the end itself had been much forgotten by those who controlled our military system, and the business of war (as, for instance, the art of carrying a brigade in line through enclosures and thick grounds) had been little or never prac tised in England.* To a military system which omits to * Sir Charles Napier, the conqueror of Scinde, used to press the importance of practising troops in this way, but without success. iz ~~~ / 3 / It V - 4,_ ~~ ~. 1 ze,e.-{47 , rinvspATar-ta A. ~..:...,, ..........m0.111•1•1 -d•-1...- "e • klz'i:lti,,, --- . , Nt 0 ;: .- 4 , - ii,;:c k, ~„•-.,... ~ 1 division which was first turned • i ' , - deadly 1-- tide that threatened to svr_ Army from the plateau of Inke `• irt, 0% ..4.- memorable sth of Novemb er , 1854 . Ea* in lhe fight he was shot severely, an d was removed ' from the field with difficulty, but the skill of his old friend Alexander set him up sufficiently for a voyage homewards to recruit his strength, and he returned with all possible speed to his command before Sebastopol. In compliance with his desire for active occupation, Lord Raglan placed the British portion of the expedition to Kertch and Yenikale under the command of Sir George Brown, who always felt keenly the imputa tions to which he was exposed in consequence of the destruction of the Museum of antiquities and the burning of buildings. The excesses which certainly disgraced the Allies on this occasion he attributed to the portion of the forces not under his orders, and he regretted subsequently that he had taken steps to prevent any publicity being given to the facts. For the patient duties of a long siege Sir George had no taste, and he had still less temper - for the endurance of a trial which is thethitterest a soldier can bear—the promotion of a junior officer to a coveted command over his head. His failing health, his wounds, his long services, were grounds sufficient for the gallant old man's retirement from the scene wherein he had added much to ancient laurels and effaced many unfavourable impressions. Like many good-hearted men, he disliked his own good-nature, and covered it in with a cloak of asperity. He would use harsh language to any one who suspected him of being benevolent. No wonder if he was the victim of his own injustice to himself, and created unfavourable impressions which a closer acquaintance would have removed. On his retire ment from the Crimea he received the First Class of the Medjidie. He was made G.C.B. in 1855, and Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. He was invested with the Order of Savoy by the King of Sardinia in the same year. The only Order to which he belonged before the Crimear War was that of Knights of Hanover, of which he was created in 1831, but he wore the Peninsular War medal with seven clasps. He was created General on the 7th of September, 1855, and was 13th on the list at the time of his death. In March, 1860, he was ap pointedande continued th in e u C ed om in m t a h n a d t o p f os t t he tin Fo t r h c e es , , i fi n v lr e e y l e a a n rs d ; rule" caused his retirement in the spring of the pre sent year. For some months he had been failing in health, and at last he passed away in his native place, leaving behind him a memory endeared by many acts of kindness, a name of unsullied honour, and a reputation of spotless integrity. He married in 1831 the daughter of Hugh Macdonell, Consul- General at Algiers, who, we believe, survives him, but there is no heir male to his honours.—Times. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LICHFIELD RACES-MONDAY. The Champagne Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added,. for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; penalties and allowances. Straight half mile. 14 subs. Mr. Maud's Maid of Usk, Bst 71b __(Payne) 1 Lord Uxbridge's Life Guardsman, 9st 31b (in. 7113 - ex) (T. French 2 Capt. D. Lane's Ammunition, Bst 71b (J. Daley 3 Mr. T. Hilson's Edgbaston, Bst 101 b (Brittan 4 Betting-6 to 4on Life Guardsman, sto 2 agst Maid of Usk, and 6 to 1 agst Ammunition, Maid of Usk on the rails took up the running from the foot of the hill, and won. easily by a length ; the same between second and third, Edgbaston close up. The Staffordshire Stakes of 50 soya, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; 5 ft, and 2 if declared, &c. ; the second to save stake ; winners extra ; 25 subs ; 14 pay ft. About one mile and a quarter. Mr. J. Barber's Cutaway, 4 yrs, 7st 41b....(J. Grimshaw 1 Lord Uxbridge's Arkansas, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Carver 2 Capt. D. Lane's Blue Mantle, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (J. Daley 3 Mr. J. Billham's Gamecock, aged, Est 121 b (Stagg 4 Lord Bateman's Dean Swift,4 yrs, Est 81b...(Tomlinson 5 Mr. W. Saunders's Welbeck, 4 yrs, 7st (Hulme 6 Mr. J. Barber's The Cutler, 6 yrs, Est 81b (Ward 7 Betting-3 to 1 agst Arkansas, 100 to 30 each agst Cut away and*Dean Swift, 4 to 1 agst Blue Mantle, and 100 to 15 agst any other. Blue Mantle cut out the work, followed closely by Mr. Barber's pair, Dean Swift and the favourite into the dip, where Cutaway headed the lot and won in a canter by two lengths ; Blue Mantle was a bad third ; Gamecock fourth; the others tailed off a long way. The Tamworth Plate of 3 sous each, with 25 added, for all ages (Handicap) ; winners extra. The winner to be sold for .£4O, &c. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. T. Cliff's Grace 'Clitheroe, 2 yrs, Gst (J. Kenyon) 1. Mr. Wallare's Tring, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (J. Grinisha.w) 2 Mr. J. Bilham's Humphrey, 6 yrs, Bst 101b....(E. Taylor) 0 The betting opened at 6 to 4 on Tring, and closed at even on Grace Clitheroe, and 11 to 10 agst Tring. Hum phrey jumped round the instant the flag fell, and took no part in the race. The other two came on in close order to the enclosure, where Grace Clitheroe headed Tring, and won easily by two lengths. The winner was bought in for 60 guineas. The Whittington Welter Plate of 30 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for ago ; certain penalties and allow ances; gentleman riders ; professionals extra. Once round, starting from the stand. Mr. E Mr. 0 A s p t l e e r y 's ' s K O i v n e g rs T t o o n m e , , 4 5 y y r r s, s, 1 1 1 2 s s t t 5 1 1 2 b 1b ...(341( ME(rJd..7Laamarndedss: Mr. Bart er ' s B a l ornoc k , 4 yrs, 12st 111 b Mr. Alexander'sT harme'sß l3 rig r h a t c o m n, or 6 o 7 s ys,lrsl, listst9lb b r (h b) (Owner ort Mr. Mr. Plummer's The Bay Horse, 6 yrs, list 21b (h b) (Mr. DMA's) a Mr. Rickard's Carboro, 3 yrs, lOst 31b (Owner) 7 Betting-6 to 4 agst Balornock, 2to 1 (at first sto 4) agst Overstone, and sto 1 agst King Tom. The latter, with Brighton, the Bay Horse, and Overstone held the lead until entering the straight, where Balornock, Overstone, and King Tom quitted their horses, and had the finish to themselves, Balornock winning, after a good race, by two lengths ; King Tom was third, a length from the second ; the remainder finished as placed. The City Stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 25 added; two yr-olds, 7st 21b ; three, Bst 121 b ; the winner to be sold _ . for 450. Half a mile. Mr. Wallace's Shamrock, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Grimshaw) w.o. The Beaudesert Welter Cup (Handicap), value 100 sovs, by subscription of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, certain winners extra ; gentlemen riders ; jockeys 61b extra. One mile. Mr. Mason's Charming Woman, 5 yrs, lOst 111 b (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. Barber's Donne °time, 6 yrs, 9st 71b..., (Payne) 2 Mr. Wadlow's Dean Swift, 4 yrs, 9st 51b (Mr. Bevill) 3 Betting- 6 to 4on Charming Woman, 2to 1 agst Dean Swift. Won by a length and a half ; a length between the second and third. TATTERSALLS T —YEsTERDAy. ST. LEGER. 7 to 4 agst Gladiateur (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Regalia (taken and offered) 7 to 1 agst The Duke (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst Klarinska (taken) 10 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken) 50 to 1 agst Peeress (offered) TILE POSITION OF THE BANK.—Ona cursory exa mination the return of the Bank of England this week would seem to show some anomalous figures. At this date last year the rate of interest was 8 per cent., while now it is only 4 per cent. Yet at that period the reserve of notes in the till was actually greater than at this mo ment. Some persons look to the reserve as the great key to the state of the market, and these may fancy that some unsoundness of management must consequently lie under the present figures. Others, with better reason, look to the state of the bullion, and to these the fact that the total now held is £1,389,378 in excess of the amount last year, or nearly 11 per cent., will serve as a sufficient explanation of the difference between the rate of discount at the respective periods. The fact is that there are occa sionally times when the reserve is the question that requires attention, but that most frequently the true indication of the probabilities of the market is to be found in the bullion. When panic prevails from over-speculation, accompanied by a tendency to an outflow, and there is a fear that bankers and others may rush to the Bank of England to dra for all w out their balances and hoard them, so as to be prepared contingencies, the indispensable course for that blia ment is to guard against such a depletion b y p uttin g esta i h t; stock io the h charge for discount to a point by which the movement the sole moyementmay be checked. At ordinary periods, a th e a o t f the the con trary, tracdke oo f f e country with foreign nations, point for watchfulness is the con di tion oni bul lion is the infallible gu ide. Ihe com p arative lownes s of the res erve at this mom ent is from the circumstanc e th a t th e amount of currency in the hands of the public at home is unusually large. In this week's return it is a million and a, quarter in excess of the same date last year. This is not consequent upon panic or apprehension of any kind. Pro bably it is still partly the result of the recent election ex penditure. The extra amount is certain to flow back in due course, and the least increase of pressure in the discount market would most likely bring it in rapidly. Conse quently, there is no reason that the peculiarity should now form any material element in the calculationi as to the point at which the rate of discount may be securely placed. —Travers's Circular. [ADTERTISEMENT.]— Holloway's Pills.—Bilious affec tions and stomach complaints induced by atmospheric heat or too liberal diet, if not earl checked, are often attended with serious consequences. When any one finds his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizzy, while he is indisposed for all exertion, physical or mental, he may be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some cooling and purifying medicine. Let him send at once for a box of Holloway's pills, after a few doses of which his head will be clear again, his spirits be elevated, and all his energies be restored. Printed directions for the guidance of patients in the use of this admirable medicine are affixed to every box. 1 3 4 5 II 'I NEW NOVEL BY MIL lIAZLITT. This day, in 3 vols., at all Libraries, S OPIIY L A URIE. John Maxwell & Co., 122, Fleet-street. ing Dry w; ing ent ere tall ast )od 1p- Lnd ati eh• my of ur ere lest ,ar -2r 1 ne• tEf, cl 50 ~.