The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-13 00:00:00

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FUT AND d„ fan i n to Ve" g banke":'. goes for-04 Murd ° fable Strand. 4 1 —.963 A. la ... 1 0 0 It's 1 1° 6 lge 1 0 rk- 3 1 5 I I ••• 0 3 " 0 • 01 3 g ▪0 2 " phi 0 ••• 0 S ° ••• S 3 g ... 5 0 2 9 0 •" 2 2 0 •••. 2 2 0 •• .. 2 2 2 2 OO ... 2 9 0 *** 2 0 2 „ ::: 2 9 ' 2 2 2 0 10 0 ▪ o lo ... 0 5 • 5 0 10 0 ~. 0 5 ° • 5 0 • 0 5 5 0 5 h 0 „. ,0 5 n " •• 0 5 rd ~ 25 1 1° 16 8 0 10 0 r. • 1 6 6 • Xl5 Elf 0 • 1 0 3 a .0 5 'a 0 2 - L- 7 0 • 5 2 4 0 1, 047 10 -- Aosistoat ant rt idiepositivla e l f to Pr o . oti nest sefol ho resume '• Attacks. WEST DISTRICTS. B enEington St. Gc.orge, Hanover-F(l'mo ... Westminster ... St. Martin in-the-Fields St. James, Westminster ... - NORTH DISTRICTS. • • • .....' • • • ''''' ••• .....' • • • ..'. Itarylebone Hampstead St. Pancras Llington Hackney • • • .''''' ... --. ••• ••• ••• - CENTRAL DISTRICTS. St. Giles Strand • Holt) In Union Clerkenw•ell St. Luke . Ea s t London West London City of London • • • '''''' ... - . . . .--* • • • '...."' ..• ."" ••• ''''' ••• -.-" ••• EAST DISTRICTS. Shoreditch •• • Y• • • Bethnal. green • Whitechapel • • • St. George-in- the. East Stepney • Popl *** • • ••• """' • • • ''''''' ••• ''''' ••• '''''' SOUTH DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark • St. Olave ... Bermondsey • ... St. George, Southwark Newington, Surrey ... Lambeth Wandsworth Camberwell Roth erh the Greenwich ' Lewisham • • • *".". ••• .'" •••" • • • ...... ••• ' "" • • • "''' • •• ."" ••• • •• ''. ••• "'''' • • • Total ... ••• ''' THE COUNTRY. Attacks. Liverpool ••• "• ••• Merthyr Tydvil ••• Clifton ••• • • Cardiff ••• Carmarthen. ••• , Portsea "41 Salisbury ..• ••• Warrington ... Newcastle-ander-Lyne Tynetnouth ••• Lancaster ••• ••• Brighton ••• ••• Neath ••• West Ham ••• ••• Bradford and North Bierley Sculcoates ••• ••• Bristol ••• *** Gravesend and Milton Maidstone ••• St. Germans ••• ••• Itochford ••• Boston... ••• •** Prescot Derby ••• —• Leeds ••• tunslet •• flutings • WolverhamptL • and Siesdon Bridgwater ••• ''• • Barnstaple ••• "' East Stonehouse ••• tbilifax •••• ••• South Shields ••• 'lull ••• ... Desi aQ3 Salford... ••• Penkridge. • -••• ••• Bolto n .„„ ••• Burnley' ••• ••• Pontypool ••• Worcester ••• ••• , Bury „.. ••• ••• Preston •• • ••• Madeley • ••• Wolstanton , ••• Manchester ••• Gainaborough ..• ••• Ashton-under•Lyne. Allicgdori Alierstoke ••• Atherstone • ••• "' *** Great B roug h ton (Ch es t e r) ... Birmingham •••• ••• Bedminster ••• ••• Billeriray • ••• Bedale • • Basford •• ••• Barnard Castle ••• I3attle ••• ••• Berwick upon-Tweed... Barnet ••• ••• Bosmere and Claydon Beith •..: Coventry ••• "• Charlton Crickhowyll ••• Cheltenham ••• Clitheroc ••• —• Croydon and Mitcham Chippenham ••• ••• Colchester •• • •• • Cockermouth ••• Dudley ". Daangton ••• ••• Dork i n .• •• Dorchester and . Cerne Drnitwich ••• —• DritEeld Eccleshall ••• ' Epping •• Edmo nton ••• Falmouth ••• • Pareham ••• 1 Goole Gateshead ••• Glanford Brigg Gloucester ••• tleadington Rudderafield ••• ••• • 'Unshorn ••• Haslingden ••• irlexhim ••• Ipswich. —• Ramsgate ••• Margate —• Xeynsham ••• Liskeard ••• Llandillo Fawr Lampeter ••• Llanelly ••• Malting (Kent) Melton ••• ...... ••• .... ••• ... ••• "'" • • • ..-'. • • • '''" ••• ''''" • • • MM.. .• • -' • • • ''''' ••• '''. • • • ''''' ••• ". • • • "." • • .-". ••• ''''' •• • ...... • • • '''''' ... -''' .•• --" ••• ""'" • •• ••• ....'' • • • "" ••• '''''' • • • ""'" ••• ...... ••• "" ••• ..... ••• ..... ••• ..... ••• • i• ••• ... ••• ".'" • • • ...... ••• ...'• • • • ." ... "" • • • --'• ••• • ''' .• • .--. ••• ••• -- • • • ...... ••• .''.. ••• ""' ••• '-'" • • • ''' ••• ....." • • • "... ••• '''' ••• ..'• ••• .... ... -. ••• ''''' ••• """ ••• '''''' ••• ....." • • • '''''' ••• '''' ••• .".. • • • ....." ••• "" ••• .".'" ••• ''... ••• ''''" • • • ..."'• • • • .....• • • • '''''' • • ''' ••• ..... ••• .... • • "'''' •• • ....... ••• '-"" ••• ..... ••• '''''' ••• ...'" •• • ''."." .. • .-". ••• '''. • • • ''' • • • '''''' ••• "" ••• '''' ••• ''''' ••• ''''' ••• .....'. •• • ''''... Total ... ••• ''''' THE CHOLERA. RETURN OF CASES, SEPT. 12. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Doaths. Ckolera. Diarrh. Deatha. Cholera. Minh . 17 2 5 1 7 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 27 1 3 0 2 0 15 1 1 1 24 3 25 2 6 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 O 2 61 5 17 2 4 1 97 8 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 59 9 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 0 O 2 2 0 , O 1 34 15 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 O 1 2 2 1 5 13 0 1 0 1 0 O 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 O 1 1 0 14 2 11 4 1 0 O 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 O 1 1 4 2 O 1 O 1 1 0 O 1 O 1 1 0 3 0 7. 1 O 1 •• • 1 1 SCOTLAND. Dundee Perth ... liavriek lierrietnuir -- Arbroath ••• Auctunithe (Arbroath) keno ) , Aberdeen ... *** Dunfermline ••• ••• Edinburgh (April 1 to Aug. 1) (Aug. 1 to Sept. 1) (Sept. Ito Sept. 8) ••• ''''. ••• ''''' ••• •'" ••• "'"' • • • ..... ••• ''''. ••• • ••• ....... Total ... General total:—. Metropolis - • Country Scotland • • • '''" • • • "'" •Il• ....... •• • ''''''' 12 12 62 40 - , 159 316 582 159 General total ... 1,057. 127 Note.—The number of attacks reported by , the union officers are—for the metropolis 422, and , for the country 729; but their returns do not, in general, comprehend,the cases that are tre a ted by me dical men • in private practice. •• • • Tisrx 47JITOR OF THE SUN. Sut,,You, with other; journaliits, are alive to the !hOelting state -of the Thames through ",flaibing ;" bt Petit still continued, and not hin g said of filling up cO s stioels; which'should be done .wherever possible, itiout first fbiihing thetii' out, by pumping, &c. itne,lOost,rubbish is very absorbent, and I have in -- "tu-orthree instances induced_ persons to fill up their Cspool of privies, and running the soil off into the sewer Vy ;means of a water-closet on the -sent where . !topfl privies, by _which means a solid mass is formed, instead of the c.ld contagions. stuff being pumped up 'b Id; driven into the river, spreading . contagion in its Course._ Filling up ought to be- practised more with c'esilkiors end less- flushing than it is. I am, Sir, &c., A CONSTANT READER. I,TRAIOII,DINAIRTSTORT.—A month ago a, bull two Years old; the property of a farmer named Barker, at Yarling, near Thetford, which had been apparently un veol ft'r - some time,. became so ill that the • veterinary itiigecin , wate`sent for. He administered a strong purge-. live medicine, not long after which the bull was relieved , of five snakes, two of which are each about 6 feet 3 " chee Tong, and the other three are about 3 feet long each. The medicine bad killed them before they came Oui,toribspoadent did not hear of this strange . ; :occurrence until a few days since, but adds, "To-day I 1 -Le'".!led l brt the veterinary surgeon and saw the five snakes lit bottles. I could not see their heads, which seemed to ;have been destroyed; but I should say they were un doubtedly snakes. They are now shrivelled and unnatural- Auoking c but they are as thick as one's finger; and I have no doubt the length is as the surgeon stated. He tays that he never met with anything like them in his prac . - " ti ae, nor heard of such a thing. His conjecture is, that • they were swallowed by the bull in the egg. They are In the possession of Mr. Rush, veterinary surgeon, .•The Courrier de Lyon states that the vintage this will be muoh below that of last year. The crop of tapes is afiundant, blitttref *air bratnal I. Thevintage ali fee4ed to issin is tie course of last week. • , 5 r• ,• ••• -15 552 THE COURT-MARTIAL on COMMANDER PITM A N. TUESDAY—ELEVENTII DAY. PLYMOUTIT, SEPT. 11.—The Court assembled this morning at nine o'clock, on beard her Majesty's ship Impregnable, 104, in Hamoaee, for the purpose of gearing the prisoner go into his defence. The court was more crowded to-day than on any former occa sion, most of the naval men residing in the port and its neighbourhood, and many military officers being also present. The marines and sailors also showed an unusual interest in the trial. On the application of the prisoner the Court con sented to his defence being read by his professional friend ; and Mr. J. E. Elworthy accordingly read it. It was a very elaborate and carefully drawn up document, which occupied the learned gentleman upwards of an hour in reading. After referring to the length of time over which the investigation had extended, and to the anxiety with which he now proceeded to ad dress the Court in his defence, the prisoner remarked that he had maintained in her Majesty's service, for a period of 23 years, a character which he had hoped had placed him above the reach of calumny. It had been left to t wo individual,con victed of heinous offences to mark that character. He could not express the mingled feelings of surprise, and, if he might be allowed to say so, of indifference, with which he had first heard of these charges against him ; of surprise, because he had never before heard such gross conduct imputed to him ; of indifference—nay, if he might be permitted to say it, of contempt—not only for the source from which the charges emanated, but also for the charges themselves, feeling assured that they could not be proved. He was not singular in this feeling of. sur prise. Those who had best known him had been imbued with a similar impression, when they had heard of the aspersions so profusely, recklessly, and falsely cast upon hini.—(ln corroboration of this statement, extracts were read from several letters recently addressed to Commander Pitman, by officers of high rank and standing in the service, who one and all expressed astonishment at the position in j hich he was placed, as they had never heard the slightest complaint, during the time he had served with them or under them, for severe or unofficerlike conduct, and had never seen anything themselves to lead them to suppose that he could be guilty of such conduct. The letters also bore strong and favourable testimony to the prisoner's general character.). This then was the impression which bad been made on those whose opinions were most valuable and valued. With this cha acter he appeared before that Honourable Court, and the charges on which he had been arrainged, alleged conduct of the deepest moral turpitude—cruelty in j the exercise of a duty w here cruelty was expressly forbidden—falsehood in the record of facts where he had no earthly interest but to be true and correct — and, if this were not enough—as if one single act, if it I could be proved, would not justify all the trouble that had been taken, and its result amply satisfy the revengeful feelings which had dictated this prosecu tion, it was further alleged that it was through his unskilfulness, as a seaman—through his inability to navigate the ship—that she had struck upon the Prates shoal. The defence then referred to the charges, which the prisoner observed had been framed 't with forensic strategy ;" and with a view, as he believed, to enable one of the prosecutors to be present while the other was being examined, so as to avoid, if possible, the inconvenience of contradictions and cross-swearing. He was confirmed in this belief by the, fact.that (in consequence, as he consi• dered of the prosecutors not having been both present at the same time), Mr. Graham had not been called at all. When he commissioned the Childers, in February, 1846, it unfortunately happened that the detachmentof Marines of the Portsmouth Division was on duty in Ireland ; and .the detachment which was sent on board contained in consequence many men of bad character. Thus at the beginning he was deprived of the support of this most valuable arm of the ser vice ; for many of these men were amongst the worst in the ship; and they who should have been examples of goad became promoters of evil. Had it been otherwise, ,his ship would have been nearly without punishment—at all events, without severe punish ment. Nothing but the recklessness of the prose cutors could have induced them to refer to the officers who bad left the ship: it would be for the Court to say, whether even one officer had left her in.conse quence of a misunderstanding with himself, And who were they by whom these charges were made T He approached this part of the case with anxiety, because the parties of whom be must speak were at present under sentence for their offences; he would most willingly have avoided referring to those events, and to that conduct which had proved so fatal to their own prospects, so highly prejudicial to the comfort and discipline of the ship, and out of which had originated all the present proceedings. He was compelled to lay before the Court the character of the prosecutors ; it was essential to his defence; and first he would inquire in what position Mr. Elliott came before the Court, at the opening of the present case ? He was then under sentence of a court- martial, and if this were not enough, it had been shown, proved on oath before this Honourable Court, that he had seriously and frequently committed himself by drunkenness. If he had not behaved to this man in a manner more considerate and forbearing than he deserved, he would not, he could not, have remained in the ship. He must refer to one scene, as indicative of the feeling which actuated his conduct towards him. j The Court would recollect that it was in evidence that Mr. Elliott was drunk when on the Prates shoals; in consequence of the seriousness of the offence, which was only a repetition of that which had oq curred before, he determined to represent. his condu4t to the Commander•in-Chief. On that day he came on deck in a state of intoxication, and was fohnd drunk by the boatswain, Mr. Hely ; he was taken below, and the same day prisoner saw him sitting aft with a hatchet in his hand, chopping the quarter gallery. The hatchet was taken from him by Mr. Storey, the carpenter, and he (the commander) asked Dr. Rogers and dr. Brake to endeavour to get him below, which they did. Subsequently Mr. Elliott expressed his regret, and promised that there should be no recurrence of the scene ;- and, in con sideration of this and of his family, he consented to look it over. This was his conduct to the prose cutor, Mr. Elliott, on an occasion when, perhaps, he should have better performed his duty had he been less " inconsistent" and more " severe." Mr. Elliott was totally unknown to him before he joined the Childers, so was Mr. Graham ; but he must state what had come to his knowledge of him since. If he had known it earlier he should certainly have prevented him from joining the ship at all, and thereby pre served Mr. Elliott from the contaminating influence of his - character, and have saved both him •and hid self much anxiety. He had much to inform the Cou'rt of with respect to Mr. Graham's character, but before he did so he would respectfully submit that, in order to ascertain whether or not his charaCter had been cruel, they must first inquire who were the persons over whom he had the control, because that which would be cruelty on the part of an officer placed in command of a crew of good characters, would be very tar from cruel if the character of the crew were bad. Mr. Graham had entered the service about fifteen years ago, and, when serving in the Belvidere, Capt. the Honourable George Grey, he had been com pelled to apply for his discharge to the shore, for having, while caterer of the mess, purloined the mess money; be had no certificate given to him, and was therefore unable to produce it. In 1843, while serving in the Satellite, he was again turned out of the mess, and remained out for I some months, taking his meals during that time in the carpenter's cabin. At Monte Video he was tried by court-martial and reprimanded ; and he worked his way home from Rio to England as a foremast man in a merchant vessel. In 1846 he was appointed to the President, but his character having preceded him, the midshipmen of that ship represented to the Commanderin-Chief that they would not receive him into the ship, and he then obtained an acting orderas lieutenant of the Childers. After he had .been on board for some time, and when he was directed to join the President, he expressed a desire to continue in the Childers; and as his conduct up to that time had 'been good, and as Lieutenant Carter was desirous of joining his patron, Admiral Dacres, at the Cape, he applied to the Commander-in-Chief, at Mr. Graham's own reqnest, to sanction an exchange, which was acceded to. He could not help remarking that this request was made after the alleged acts of cruelty to wards White, Haigh, and Sanger, which were now., sought to be brought forward to substantiate the charge against himself. After Mr. Graham had been thus permitted to remain, he was in the habit of associating with the Ship's company, giving them spirits and drinking with them. It was stated, on oath, before this Honourable Court; that on one occasion the officer of the watch, Mr. Berkeley, found him drinking in the forecastle, and ordered him out. It had already been proved that a man named . .. Reed, a marine, had been found drunk in Mr. Graham's cabin, and that after he (Corn. Pitman) had expressed, by order, that Reed should no longer act as . Mr. Graham's servant, or go into the gun room. Reed was confined for 14 days in the naval prison at Shanghai, and during that time Mr. Graham sent a letter to him (the commander), in which he acknow ledged that it was his fault that Reed had been sent to prison.• At' Woosung he came on board so drunk that he (COno. Pitiian) was ibout to report himto the Commander in. chief, when he produced a letter, which he said announced to him the death of his father, occasioned by the death of his sister, 'who had fallen from a horse and been killed; he added that his father's house had , been burnt down, and that his remaining sisters were entirely dependent upon him for support. This letter, coupled with deep mourn ing, in which he appeared at the time, left uo doubt upon his (Commander Pitman's) mind that his state ment was true, and he accordingly did not report him, but he subsequently met Commodore Ilutnridv, who told him that the whole story was' a fabriCtition. SUN LOl4 DON, TIIURSDAY After that, Mr. Graham so frequently committed himself, that he was obliged at last to make a formal report te the commander-in chief, in which he charged him with several distinct breaches of the articles of war. The defence then went on to comment on the testimony adduced in support of the prosecution, and alleged that that evidence showed, upon the face of it, glaring inconsistencies, contradictions, and false statements. It complained that a good deal of irre levant matter had been introduced, and reminded the Court that its attention must be confined strictly to the specific charges which were before it. While saying this, he did not shrink from the minutest in vestigation of every part of his conduct, and it was in his power to give a full and satisfactory refutation to the calumny that he was addicted to intemperance, and to show that it was equally groundless with the other charges. He reminded the Court also, that " opinions" were nut evidence, and that it was not to be expected that witnesses who had been punished by a competent tribunal, as most of these witnesses had been, would come forward to support that punishment or to vindicate the decision of those who had been their judges. The witness Bailey was an important exception to this observation ; for he, though he had been disrated, acquitted him of the charge of cruelty. His words were, " I should say strict, but I cannot say there was any act of cruelty." The prisoner's defence then went on to deal with the wit nesses in detail. It alleged there was ne prod that the letter mentioned by Lieut. Carter in his evidence had its ori b in in a general mutinous spirit on the part of the crew, and it adduced in support of that allega tion the, fact, that when an inquiry had been, instituted at Chatham, by direction of the Adiniralty„after the ship's return to England, the men had unanimously declared to .Captain • Peter Richards and Captain Elliott, who conducted the inquiry, that they bad,no cause of complaint. It cited at length the report which these two officers had made to the Admiralty on the conduct of Lieutenant Graham and Mr. Elliott, and it remarked that although Lieutenant Carter had stated generally that the commander's conduct had been inconsistent and severe, it alleged no specific instances, and the book which was upon the table would show the Court that Lieut. Carter himself was frequently the complaining officer, and awarded the punishment. The case of Haigh was dealt with in the defence at considerable length the commander denied that he was either severely or unnecessarily punished, or that the commanding officer could be held responsible for the consequences of a punish ment properly awarded, and inflicted in the presence of the medical officers of the ship, even though it resulted in death. He did not wish to avoid responsi bility, but the particular responsibility of deciding whether the offender was able to bear the punish ment was committed to the medical officers of the ship. The man was not punished for one offence but for an accumulation of offences; and he bad been detected in stealing many articles belonging to his messmates. He respectfully submitted what trans pired afterwards was a part of the punishment awarded by him. That had reference to offences committed subsequently to the flogging. It was necessary to keep a man who was a notorious thief, and who was becoming mutinous, as this man was, apart from the rest of the crew in order that he might not contaminate, the rest. It was true he was kept night and day on deck; but he slept under the forecastle, a place frequently appropriated to the. sick, and which the best men in the ship considered it a privilege to occupy. If he suffered from the wind or the rain, a word to the surgeon, or to him (the commander), would have ensured .a remedy, though he frequently sent the watch there when no other part of the ship afforded shelter. Soon as ever he learned that the man had had an accident which was believed to have affected his head, he di rectly ordered him to be released from all further punishment and duty. While in confinement he showed a sullen and obstinate silence. He was left on shore at Hobart Town, and he understood that he was now serving afloat, and that he boasted of having cheated the medical officers of the Childers, With respect to White, the commander denied that he had said he would give him " four dozen" after he was " scrubbed." If he had intended to flog him, he should, in compliance with the rules of the service, have proeeded in ,A different manner.. He denied also that he had ever heard that White had, threatened to jump overboard, or that in point of fact there was any evidence he bad jumped overboard at all. The man was seen to struggle and to swim,, and when an inquiry was held, immediately after the occurrence, nobody on board could tell whether he came into the water accidentally or by design. With respect to the "scrubbing" of the boys, it was proved that it was not different from the practice of the service, and as to the statement that Sanger had become insensible under the operation, and had been laid before the galley fire by Mr. Brake, to restore ani mation, the whole of it was a positive fabrication. Mr. Brake had positively contradicted it, and the only boy who had ever become inanimate, and had been laid before the galley fire by that gentleman to re store him, was a boy named Blake, who had fallen overboard, and narrowly escaped drowning. The commander denied having called Lieutenant Graham a liar, though he admitted having stated to him he had told many untruths, a statement which was cer tified by the evidence of Mr. Chevalier himself. He had done all in his power to promote the comfort and happiness of his crew ; of those who left England with him, 52 had returned-16 invalided, 13 had died, 14 deserted, and 11 had been appointed to other ships; of the 52 who had returned 13 were petty officers. Why had not the boy Cleverdon been pro duced ? Because the prosecutors knew he would not have supported their case. The boy was his servant. He had taken him from school, but he was negligent, idle, andgiven to falsehood. On one occasion he directed him, to clean a new pair of shoes; he roasted them so, that the first of them burst when he attempted to put it on. In the heat of the moment he ad mitted that he threw the shoe, and grazed his head ; he was extremely sorry for it afterwards. He frequently corrected the boy, who would make a great noise without sufficient cause ; but when he left him it was with feelings of the deepest gratitude. When the ship was paid off he had called to take his leave of himself and Mrs. Pitman. The man to whose care he had then committed him, would be here, and when the Court had heard his statement it would judge whether the allegations which had been made with respect to his treatment of that boy were true or false. The defence went on to submit that two or , three isolated instances, if the Court should hold them to be proved, would not support a charge of ge neral cruelty, and that the mode in which Mr. Elliott had given his evidence plainly showed the feelings by which he was actuated. In commenting upon the, testimony of the other wit nesses the commander said he did not know until the ship was paid off that words " with disgrace" were inserted in the log-book in reference to Mr. Smith's discharge, that he was in point of fact dis charged for misconduct, but after his discharge, and particularly after the prosecutors left the ship, his conduct was all that could be wished; and it would have given him great pleasure to have been instru mental in restoring him to the service. Having adverted shortly to the other charges of false entry and of false expenditure, and made some further strong remarks upon the nature of the prosecution and the character of the prose cutors, the defence concluded with a statement of Cominander Pitman's services, and with a' mass of testimonials commendatory of those services, and of his general character as an officer and a gentleman. After the examination of several witnesses for the defence, the court was ordered to be closed, When the prisoner said he would decline calling any more witnesses, and would leave it to the Court to call whom they thought proper. The Court then adjourned ,until to-morrow. WEDNESDAY—TWELFTH DAY. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Court again assembled this morning at nine o'clock, and after being formally opened, was cleared by order of Sir John Louis, Batt, for deliberation. It remained closed till 25 minutes to three, .r.M., when it was re-opened, and all the witnesses were called in ,after which the public were admitted. The Judge-Advocate then read the decision of the Court. Having stated the constitution of the court, it set forth the charges, which were as follows : " General cruelty, from or about the 4th Septem ber, 1846, until the 20th of May,-1849; and for false statements in the log of her Majesty's ship Childers on or about the 9th day of October, 1848. " General cruelty and oppression during the period commencing on or about the 4th of September, 1646, and ending on the 20th of May, 1849. " False expenditure of stores, viz., a hammock cloth represented to have been 'washed away on or about the 14th of October, 1846 ; and a maintop sail to have been lost on or 'about the 9th of October, 1848. " False statements in the log-book of her Majesty's ship Childers, from September, 1846, to the 20th of May, 1849." The Learned Gentleman proceeded to state— " The Court having heard the evidence in support of the charges, as well as what the prisoner has offered in his behalf, and very maturely and deliberately weighed and considered the same, is of opinion that the charge of general cruelty and oppression has been in part proved against the prisoner, Commander J. C. Pitman ; and the Court is - further of opinion that the, charge of false expenditure of stores, and the charge of false statements in the log-book o f Ma jesty's ship Childers, have been proved against the prisoner, Commander J. C. Pitman; and the Court doth in consequence adjudge the said Commander J. C. Pitman to be dismissed from her Majesty's service." • . • . The Court then broke up. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES. DONCASTER, TUESDAY NIGHT.—The following were the general prices at the close of the room: — ST. LEGER. sto 2 or. Flying Dutchman 20 to 1 agat Nunnykirk 10 to 1 agst . Old Dan Tucker 30 to 1 agst Vatican (t) 18 to 1 apt Thringarth 30 to 1-agst Herbert (t) Large sums were laid between the favourites and the field, and several hundreds on Thringarth, at 16, 18, 20, and 25 to 1. Lord Eglinton after observing that ho bad not a bet on the race, offered to take 1,300 to 100 that his horses were first and second. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Thringarth I7to 1 agst Mrs. Taft 6 to 1 agst Fsalmsinger 7 to 1 agst Fernhill CESAREWITCH. • • 12 to 1 agst Essedarius 33 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 17 to 1 agst Glenalvon 40 to 1 agst Rathmines 20 to 1 egst St. Rosalia 40 to 1 eget Black Eagle 33 to 1 agst Puffy I 40 to 1 agst OldDanTucker 33 to 1 agat Raby c I 41 to 1 agst Tophana 33 to 1 agst Fire-eater I CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 1 25 to 1 agst Woolwich 14 to 1 agst Rienzi 20 to 1 agst Ribaldry DEBIT. 5 to I agst Italian I 40 to 1 agst Windhound 7 to 1 agst Bro to Epirote I 40 to 1 agst Clincher 40 to 1 agst Sit eotheart (t) No others mentioned. WEDNESDAY'S RACES. • Those who remembered • Doncaster in its palmy days must have been -struck will the contrast between the excitement which then prevailed on the St. Leger day— almwt from daybreak, and the quietude of the town this morning. Until between 9 and 10 o'clock, the sound of wheels was scarcely heard, and, as the day advanced, the arrivals per coach were so few that one would almost have imagined that it was one of the "off" days of the meeting, instead of the "grand" day. The falling off, however, in this respect is easily accounted for. Don caster now has railway communication with all the ma nufacturing districts, from which theinass of the visitors : come, and the Companies having afforded every possible facility in the shape of special trains from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Wakefield, Btc., the number present did not exhibit so great a deficiency as might have been expected from the moderate character of the racing. The special train from London held out an op portunity, for the first time, of seeing the St. Leger run for, and returning the same night, and as the directors, with more 'consideration for the public than for the shareholders, were content to take - one fare for the double journey, a considerable number—less, however, than had been anticipated—availed themselves of it.. It reached Doncaster nearly an hour after time, owing to a detention of half an hour at Retford, the engine and tender having got off the line, in consequence of the man at the point having turned it the wrong way; ,no mis chief was done, and the passengers arrived at their di.- tination in ample time for the races. Irrespective of this, the only drawback was the early hour at which it was necessary to start, an objection which will be obvi ated next year, by the completion of the Great Northern main line from London to Peterborough. By one o'clock all the " special" visitors were safely delivered, and the crowd in the streets reminded us, faintly, how ever, of better times; the falling off, nevertheless, was palpable, and it was still more conspicuous on the course. The Grand Stand, although crowded to the roof, con tained few of the titled and fashionable personages, whose patronage for so long a period made Doncaster the most popular racing town in the kingdom. Time, however, will not permit us to dwell on these matters; suffice it, that there was a great numerical attendance, and that the racing, with , the St. Leger as its feature, went off with tolerable spirit; the weather, unfortunately, was unfavourable. The Doncaster Plate of 100 Soya., added to a handicap of 15 SOTS. each, 10 ft. Redhouse in. (8 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Farthingale, 8 yrs, Bst... (Flatman) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Penthesilea, 3 yrs, 7st (G. Oates) 2 Lord Glasgow's in, out of Miss Whip, 5 yrs, 7st 7 1 b 3 Mr. Nolan's Blucher, 4 yrs, Bst 71b.. . (Butler) 4 Mr. Bank's Surfe, 3 yrs , 6st 81b (W. Sharp) 5 Mr. Lawson's Keleshea, 5 y rs, Bst Mb (Noble) 6 Betting-2 to 1 agst Penthesilea-3 to 1 agst Far thingale-4 to 1 agst Keleshea—and 6to I agst Miss Whip. Penthesilea made the running until within 300 yards of home, when she was passed by a d Whipby Farthingale, third.ingal e, who won cleverly by a length; Miss Run in 1 min. 14 sec. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Cup course. Captain Harcoart's Ellerdale, 5 yrs. (Marston) 1 Mr. B. Green's Swiss Boy, 4 yrs (Wintringham) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Ellerdale, who waited to the dis tance and won in canter by half a length. Run in b min. 1 sec. • St. Leger Stakes of 50 Boys. each, h ft; colts, Bat 71b; fillies, Bst. 21b. The second to receive 300 saes. out of the stakes, and the third 100 soya. The winner to pay 100 sovs. towards the expenses. (140 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman ... (Marlow) 1 Mr. Nichol's Nunnykirk (A. Day) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Vatican ............. (Marlon) 3 Lord Clifden's Honeycomb (Robinson) 4 Mr. Bowes's Thringarth (Butler) 0 Lord Eglinton's Eltbiron (Cartwright) 0 Mr. Green's Westow (Wintringham) 0 Mr. Payne's Saucy Dick (Flatman) 0 Mr. R. H. Nevill's Herbert . (Rogers) 0 Mr. Medley's Old Dan Tucker (Templeman) 0 Volcano was Ecraiched at half-past ten this morning. Betting at starting-9 to 4on the Flying Dutchman —l6 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker-1G to 1 agat Vatican —lB. to 1 agst Nunnykirk-20 to 1 agst Thringarth —4O to 1 eget Honeycomb—and 50 to 1 agst Saucy Diek. Won by two lengths, the same between second and third; Honeycomb a bad fourth, and Elthiroa fifth. Run in 3 min. 20 secs. The Municipal Stakes of 200 EON'S. each, h ft; the second to save his stake; for tv, o yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. Red House in. (6 Subs.) Lord Egliuton's Knight of Avenel... (Marlow) 1 Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton, out of Canada 2 Colonel Anson's Sister to Sweetmeat (F. Butler) 3 Mr. B. Green's Gleam (Wintringbatn) 4 6 to 4 apt Knight of Avenal, 5 to 2 agst Gleam, and sto 1 sgst Canada colt. Won easy by a length; the same between second and third. Run in 1 min. 16 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, the second to save his stake, with 50 sous. added, for two yrs old, 7st, and three yrs, 9st; fillies and geldings allowed 31bs. Red House in. (9 Subs.) Mr. G. Hobson's Rbedycina, 2 yrs (Rodney) 1 Mr. 11. Jones's Steppingstone, 2 yrs ..........(Fenn) 2 Col. Anson's bf by Touchstone, 2 yrs. ..... (Charlton) 3 Mr. Verner's The Recluse, 2 yrs (W. Sharpe) 4 The following also started but were nut placed:— Mr. Pedley's Lady Bountiful, 2 yrs.... (Day) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 2 yrs (G. Oates) 0 6 to 4 agst Rhedycina, 2 to 1 agst Recluse, and 5 to 2 agst Steppingstone. Won by two lengths; the second beating the third by a neck, and the same between third and fourth. Run in 1 min. 17 sec. DONCASTER, THURSDAY MORNING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING ON THE GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Mrs. Taft. 9 to 2 Fernhill. sto 1 - Paalmsinger. sto 1 Thringarth. SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTIT RAL SOCIETY. The last flower show of this society was held yester day, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. The day, un fortunately, was but ill-adapted for a fete of the kind, for the rain which fell at intervals prevented the arrival of visitors, and but few were present at any one time. The military bands, however, were in attendance, and communicated as much cheerfulness by their instrumen tal straits as circumstances would admit of. The show in itself was a very fine one, and bad there not been the drawback alluded to, would have been well worth exa mining. The dahlias were in great profusion, and in cluded several beautiful and distinguished varieties. There was also a noble array of hollyhocks, besides some excellent and attractive specimens of fuchsias and ver benas. The fruit section consisted chiefly of grapes and pine-apples, several baskets of each being exhibited. The following were the successful competitors!-- Class I.—Private Growers.—For the beat collection.of miscellaneous plants, not exceeding 15 pots (orchideous plants excluded)—Messrs. Cole, Bruce, Hemp, and Young, For the best collection of fuchsias (8 varieties in pots)—Mr. Vickery. :For the best 24 dahlias (dis similar blooms)—Msssrs. Prockter, Howard, Hopkins, and Cook. For the best lt dahlias (dissi milar blooms) —Messrs. Robinson, R ow d en , Bla c k, Batts, and Pope. For the best 6 fancy dahlias (dissimilar blooms) —Messrs. Bowden, Pope, and Prockter. For the best 12 holly hocks (single blooms, dissimilar)—Messrs. ParsonS,;Holder, Betteridge, and J. Bennett. For the best collection of cut flowers—Messrs. N. Cole, A. Parsons, and J. Bruce. For the best 12 verbenas (distinct varieties, of 3 trusses each)—Messrs. C. Lockner and Wyness. For the best collection of ripe fruit, 6 sorts (pines and grapes excluded)—Messrs. J. Parker and P. Young. For the best basket of grapes (6 lbs.)—Messrs. Collier and Argent. Class IL—Nurserymen—For the best *collection of fuchsias (12 varieties, in pots)—Messrs. Bromley, M. Shuckford, Robinson, and Hook. For th e b es t c ollect- Lion of roses, in bunches (8 boxes)—Messrs. Paul and Son and. E. Francis. For the best 24 dahlias (dissimilar blooms)—Messrs. C. Turner, Drummond, Hunt, and Gaines. For the best 12 fancy dahlias (dissimilar blooms)—Messrs. Turner, Harrison, and Hunt. For the best 12 hollyhocks (12 to 15 inches in height)—Messrs. W. Chater and R. Birchin. For the best 24 verbenas distinct varieties, of 3 trusses each)—Messrs. P. Smith and C. A. Harrison. For the best collection of cut flowers—Messrs. E Francis and Fuwle. For the best basket of grapes—Mr. H. Chapman. Open to both classes—For the best single specimen plant (of any genus)—Messrs. Fairburn, W. Cole, and W. Cole. For the best pine-apple—Messrs. Payne and Jackson. For the best specimen of honey (in the cowb, in glaes)—Messrs. Wells and R. W. Dalton. Extra Prizes offered by Members to Private Growers. —By Mr. John Keynes, of Salisbury, for the best six blooms from the following nine dahlias, viz..—Keyne's Purple Standard, Lilac Perfection, Miss Chaplin, Sunset, Victoria Regina, Miss Blackmore, Rainbow, Miss Stevens, and Sunbeam—Messrs. Black, Hunt, Pope, Cook, and Edmonds. By John Bushell, Esq., of Slough, for the best 3 blooms of J. Bushell's Duchess (white dahlia)—Messrs. Robinson, Hunt, and Nukes. By Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, for the best six dahlias (dis similar blooms) —Messrs. Robinson and Howard. By John Edwards, Esq., for the best bloom of C. Turner's dahlia, named Mr. Seldon—Messrs. Robinson and Bur gess. By. Mr. E. Hunt, of Paddington, for the beet 3 blooms of E. Hunt's General Cavaignac (fancy dahlia) —Mr. Hatchman. By John Chapman, Esq., for the best single blooxn'of J. Buidiell's - Duchess'(white dahlia) —Mr. Nokes. By John 110 Ward, Esq., for the E ir-EN 1 N G,-- SEPTEMWEIt_ 13, 1849 best 2 blooms of J. Howard's fancy dahlia, Miss Jane-- 3. ACCIDENT ON THE MERSEY. Mr. Powell.; On Monday -the adj o u rn ed i r iqtr es t w as resume d at - Liverpool on the body o f Ed w ard Wil so n, sen., w h o, Open to both classes.—By H. ffsrms, Rig., for the best 2 blooms of any one white dahlia—Mr. Keynes. By togectier with his grandson' of the sarne name, was fel ' the he " fanc y recently drowned in the river near Woodside, by his Mr. W: Hamilton, of Cheapside, dahlia—Mr: Turner. By Mr. H. Hook, of Brixton, for fishing- b oat coming into •th• hßirkenhead the best single truss of any seedling verbena—Mr., inquiry had George Smith. By an amateur, for the best 3.seedlit g ferry steamer Fanny. Some preliminary petunias—Mr. Young. taken place on Thursday, but the principal evidence First class certificates for seedling. dahlias to Keyn es, was taken on the present occasion... crimson; Keynes, mottled rose; Veney, white-tipped Mr. Charles G. Morris said h e was on b o i t td of purple; Legg, crimson purple; Bragg, rose and w4its: the Fanny at the time. He did not see the captain (fancy); Liddiard, scarlet and white (fancy), &c. or mate on = board. When about half way between Monks Ferry and Woodside, he saw a small boat on the river, about 150 yards off. When the boat got within about 10 yards of thelteamer, he saw two par ties in it, and they shouted out, '" Ahoy, there I" A seaman saw her and shouteno the Man Brisbane at the helm to stop her. Witness seeing the mast of the small boat touch the side of the steamer, ran to the engine -room and shouted, " Stop her." The en gineer was at the other side of the engine-room, and asked, " What's the matter ?" Witness told him they were running down a small boat. He lost sight of the boat, but saw two men in the water. The steamer was stopped after the crash. William Garnett, captain of the steamer, after being cautioned, said the hands on board were six—includ ing himself, a mate, a fireman, two seamen, and an engineer. This was an efficient crew fur the steamer, which was 45-horse power, with a steeple engine, more difficult to start and. stop than the ordinary kind. The only signal the steamer had for starting was the ringing of a bell. Witness was not on board at the time, as the 'crew , had a>7ule amongst them selves that one man should be let off at eight at night, and should join the boat at eight in the morning. The man he had let off the night before 'was the Mate. He did not think three men a sufficient crew for such a boat. The engineer frequently attended 'both to the fire, and the engine. This was kgeneral rule among the boats. The mate ought to have been there that morning. . There ought to be at least four hands on board, but three might take such a boat across with safety. If the engineer were below firing he could not stop or reverse the engines. The steam-boat might go about 400 or 500 yards in two minutes in slack, tide. Mr. Topping, on the part of the corporation, stated that that body had granted to the widow of the de ceased an annuity of 12s. per week, in consideration of her bereavement. The CORONER carefully summed up, pointing out the points of law involved in the case. The jury' retired, and, after considerable delibera tion, returned a verdict of "'Manslaughter against James Carr, the man who attended to the engine, and the same against James Brisbane, the man who took charge of the vessel." The CORONER said. he ,would have been glad had another verdict been returned; as it was he was com pelled to commit both the men to Kirkdale, to await their trial at the next assizes. It was intimated, how* ever, that steps would be .taken to have them bailed out.—Liverpool Standard. Climb 92bittott DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) ... 1 ... 2 ••• 1 •• • 1 ...' walked over. MY SUSIE 'S AWN. I'm uneasy, and restless, and sleepless, an' a',. And I'm very down-hearted; while Susie's awa'; I aften start up just atween twat. an' twa, And think I hae Saiie=-but slie's far awe'• „$ But she's far awa', My Susie'e ewe', And sleep flies froth me when my Susie's awa'. From the dawn of the morn till setting of sun, My thoughts are of Susie, because we are one; But hundreds of miles, and the wide stormy main, Now divide us, and make us as if we were twain; For she's far awe', My Susie's awe'; Oh, there's nee rest for me while my Susie's awe'. Pear Friends, now I wish upon you to prevail To stud back my Susie by steam or by rail, For pestilence* spreads now with fearful alarms; Ohl send Susie speedily hame to my arms. For ae week or twa l'd carena ava, But months have pass'd over sin' she geed awe'. Now, Uncle and Aunt 13—, and all your dear gang, I am sure you lo'e Susie—ye keep her sr.e Lang; And our maiden friend, too, to detain her is fain; I entreat you to send Susie'safe hame again. Tho' lasses I've twa, My comfort is ama'; It doesna seem hanie when my Susie's awa'. C. B. ' Cholera in Dundee. ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSARY.—Yesterday morn ing a general court of governors was held at the Dispen ,ary, Aldersgate-street; Mr. Atkinson in the chair. The quarterly report, which was read by the secretary, presented some interesting features with reference to the prevailing epidemic, showing how easy it was in a large majority of cases to check the disease in its inci pient stage. The return of patients from the 1;tof April to the 30th of June showed a total of 4,496 received Of these 2,764 were relieved or cured, 1,705 were under treatment, and 27 died. During the two following inuntle of July and August there — Isere 5,157 cases re lieved. This was to ho fiecountEd for by the sudden ncrease of cholera and diarrt - ,cet, and the - fact that the governors had determined that in the event of any case whatever of disease of the bowels applying fur relief, it , nould be administered immediately at any hour of the day or night. In consequence of the publication of this determination there had been a great increase in the ❑umber of applications, of which 1,474 were entirely casual. There seemed to be a great probability that at the end of the year the number of potients, instead of being about 5,500 as usual, would be 8,000, the increased number being composed chiefly of casts of diarrhea and cholera. Almost every case of incipient cholera had been checked, and it was also very satisfactory to find that a good deal of alarm was removed from people's minds by the knOwledge that there was a place always ready for the treatment of dhease by day or night. The expenditure of this charity generally exceeded its income by about 3001., and the number of applications for assist ance was daily increasing. The expenditure for the present year would considerably exceed the income, and it was hoped that those interested in the welfare of the poor would come forward to endeavour to remedy this deficiency. This report was received and adopted, and the meeting separated after thanking the chairman. A SHIP'S MAST SHITERED Er LIGHTNING AT DEAL.—During the thunder storm, about eight o'clock on Sunday evening, the electric fluid struck the foremast of a barque in the Downs with 50 much force as to splinter its whole extent in various directions. On Mon day the temperature was oppressively sultry, and the sky threatening; nothing extraordinary, however, took place until the evening about six o'clock, when the lurid clouds which had been scattered about during the day, seemed to merge in one dense mass. The rain now began to pour down in torrents, and the storm with one brief in- Sermission continued to rage nearly four hours. Nothing could exceed the vivid intensity of the lightning, and several peals of thunder were remarkable for the appal ling sharpness with which they struck the ear. Report says that a boatman named Verrier, residing inWalmer road, was struck by the lightning, from the effects ol which he soon, however, recovered. _ ACCIDENT IN A COAL-PIT.—OH Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the police-office, before Thomas Holden, E-q., deputy-coroner, on the body of a youth named John Collier, who was killed on Saturday after noon, in consequence of the breaking of a rope, at a new pit in course of being sunk by Messrs. Blair and Burton, on Tonge Moor, near Turner-bridge. On the same day another inquest was held at the Starkie's Arms, Tonga Moor•gate, by the county coroner, on the bogy of Wm. Drennand, who met his death at the same time, and from the same cause. It appeared that about half past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Drennand and the young man went down the shaft to fire a blast. The depth is forty-four yards. llrving done what they went down for, ono of them called to the bankaman, who commenced winding them up. When they came near to ,the scaffolding upon which they should have landed, the rope by which they were ascending broke, and they were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of twenty-six yards. The man (William Drennand) was killed on :the spot, and. Collier only lived till eight o'clock the same night. It appeared that the men had every confidence in the rope, and no blame being attri buted to any one, the jury, in each case, returned a ver dict of accidental death.—Manahester Guardian. COLCHICUM A REMEDY TOR CHOLERA.—Dr. Thos Young Cotter, of South Australia, in a communication dated the 6th of February, speaks thus:—" It was not until I visited the Cholera Hospital in the west of Ire land, and had witnessed numerous cases in London, in which every variety of treatment had been tried, via., the stimulant, the mercurial, the antimonial, the saline, the actual cautery, &c., each in turn succeeding in a few cases, but'all failing in the aggregate, that I was induced to seek a more rational plan of treatment, when I was led by some analogy between the chemical character of the blood in cholera with that of some other affections, in the treatment of which colchicum had been found use ful, to adopt this drug as a remedy for that disease. I had subsequently an opportunity of administering it to upwards of 30 cases in London, of ages varying from? years to 54 years, and 20 more isolated cases in this province, including two during tho present month, and lam now hippy eiyithat the whole of the cases so treated have recovered. I have ?swill), administered half-druchm doses o f tho tincture of the seeds every 10 or 15 minutes, and have not had occasion to exhibit a larger quantity in the whole than two fluid ounces before the balance of the circulation had been fully restored, and all the urgent symptom s disappeared. I n the majority of cases less than one ounce has been found sufficient. The patients have been allowed an unlimited supply of cold water to allay their thirst, but nothing else, and till external ap plications have , betn abstained from as much as r egar d f o r the patients feelings would allow. I feel confikh nt that colchicum is an effectual—and I believe will be found to be the only certain—remedy for malignant cholera; and if administered as above, wal cure every case that has not been subjected to any other plan of treatment,. The Central Observatory for Natural Philosophy at St. Petersburgh was opened on the Ist July last. This establishment, which is placed under the direction of M. Keipfer, is intended not only to furnish a suitable place and the necessary apparatus for philosophical re searches which require instruments of great precision and long-continued labours, but also a central point for all the magnetic and meteorological observations of the (=pip. This establisnmenk it)pompletely, independent Of the Academy of Sciences. THE WOUNDED of the PUNJAUB. CHATHAM, SEPT. 11.—This afternoon the wounded soldiers from the battles of the Punjaub arrived at the Invalid Depot, Fort Pitt, and it was a mournful sight to see the number of poor fellows that are maimed of their limbs. Twenty of the men have each lost an arm, and eight men have each lost a leg, several others are severely wounded, particularly two men of the 10th Foot, Corporal Leggett and private Griffin. There were several of the military from the gar • risen present to witness the arrival of their comrades. The wounded consist of the follow ing detachments, viz. :—Sergeant M'Caskie, of the 3d Light Dragoons, who has lost his left arm, and one sergeant and two privates, both maimed, of the 14th Light Dragoons; two sergeants and 12 privates of the 24th Regiment (2d Warwickshire) ; one sergeant and 10 privates, with one woman, 10th Foot (North Lincoln) ; one corporal and four pri vates, with one woman and three children 22d Regi ment (Cheshire); eight privates and one woman, 29th (Worcestershire) ; five privates, 32d Regiment (Corn wall) ; and one corporal and six privates, with one wo man and three children, 61st (South Gloucestershire). The troops were medically inspected by the chief me dical officer, Dr. Walter Henry, and three men were im mediately sent into the hospital. The remainder were forwarded in vans to the depot, St. Mary's Barracks, to await an examination by a Chelsea Board. The troops are in charge of Captain A. J. Macpherson, of the 24th, who is wounded in his left arm. This officer entered the battle of Chillianwallah sixth lieutenant, and came out of it a captain. The regiment lost in less than one hour 519 killed and wounded, - including 23 officers. Assistant- Surgeon W. G. Trousdell, of the 29th, is in medical charge of the detachment. Both these officers are on leave of absence for two years. With the above in valids were seven lunatics and one convict of the 78th l lighlanders. The troops sailed from Bombay, by the ship Herefordshire, 1,350 tons burden, Captain Richardson, and put in at St. Helena on the 17th of July, where they remained one night and one day, and arrived off Gravesend this day after a passage of 121 days. During the ♦oyage they lost one man of the 14th Light Dragoons, Sergeant Harwood, and one man of the Company's service; also Captain Prowther and Lieutenant Delamot, both of the same service The troops belonging to the Company's service which came 1 ; y the ship were conveyed to London. The Queen s troops speak very highly of the kind treatment they received on board from the captain, and indeed from all bands. BLINDFOLD CHESS-PLAYING. MATCH BETWEEN HERB HARRWITZ ♦ND FOUR MEMBERS Or THE GLASGOW CHESS CLUB.—The con ditions of this match were, that Mr. Harrwitz would play two games simultaneously, and without seeing either of the chess-boards, against four members of the Glasgow Chess Club—two in consultation at each chess-hoard. From the extraordinary nature of the conditions on the part of Herr Harrwitz, the match has created great interest among the chess •players of Glasgow. In accordance with the previous announcements, the match was played in the splendid club-room of the Glasgow Chess Club, Regent Hotel, Buchanan-street, on Thursday even ing. The company, amounting to about 100 gentle men, having, at seven o'clock, nearly all arrived and taken their seats, and secured for themselvess chess men and boards, a service of tea and coffee was handed round ; and while the company were thus occupied, the secretary was busily engaged in making arrangements for the accommodation of the onlookers, as well as the gentlemen to be engaged in the contest. The preliminaries being adjusted, Mr. Harrwitz was then introduced to the company, and after a short con versation with a few of the gentlemen present, whose acquaintance he made on his former visit to the club, took his seat in a corner of the room, where he sat with his back to the company, and totally excluded from the sight of the chefs-boards. Mr. Harrwitz having to lead off in both games, called out the move he in tended to be played for him on board No. 1, and immediately followed his move on board No. 2 ; the players at the first board made and communicated their move in answer, and the players at the other board did the same ; and thus the games proceeded, Mr. Harrwitz giving his two moves simultaneously, and not moving again till he had received moves in reply from both boards. The games lasted from bhcrtly after seven o'clock till half-past eleven, and the result was that Mr. Harrwitz won one game and lost the other. _ _ We can hardly attempt to convey to the minds of our readers the difficulties of such a marvellous per formance on the part of Mr: Harrwits. To play a single game well, with the board before you, is of itself a difficult task, and cannot be exaggerated. To play two games at a time over the boards must be snore than proportionately difficult; but how much greater must the difficulty be to play two games ,simultaneously, and without seeing either of the hoards—when the mechanical objects of the chessmen and chessboards are abstracted, and no longer exist save in the powers of the mind ; when the windows of the brain are closed down, and the faculties of sight hermetically sealed ; hen all that is left of chess-board and men is in their vague and timid shadow, wandering spectre like across the mental chamber; and when memory and the percep tive faculties of the brain must be taxed unaided to name the position of every piece and pawn, and square of the chequer I The most wonderful part of this extraordinary effort of the mind is, that while the blindfold player's whole thought and attention is re quired to consider the best mode of play to parry an attack of his adversaries at one board, he is of neces sity obliged to banish from his mind the position of the game on the other board, and yet to have them so placed before his mind's eye as to recall either of them ut pleasure. At the conclusion of the games, Mr. Sheriff Bell made a few remarks on the highly intellectual feat which the company had just witnessed. He said he was sure the members of the Chess Club, and the strangers present, would join with him iu expressing their sincere,: ; thanks to Mr. Ilarrwitz for the very astonishing performances which he had gone through that evening. When it was considered that the powers of memory, concentration of thought, and great intellectual ability were required for such a task, he doubted if there was another person in the world— he was sure there was not another in Great Britain—. capable of performing it. All who understood chess knew well that at every move the possible variations of play were innumerable, and that the operation of castling in particular changed the rela tive position of the pieces, and the whole aspect of the game completely. Now, in these two games which had just been played, and conducted by four of the strongest players in the west of Scotland, the opponents of Mr. Harrwitz both castled about the same time, the one on the king's side and the other on the queen's side, thereby in creasing the difficulty of the task greatly, and rendering the avoidance of error on the part of Mr. Ilarrwitz scarcely possible. It would he re marked also, that on one side of the board the players altor-ther ceased for some time ; there was a com plete cessation of hostilities for upwards of an hour; the ibattle going en in another quarter, and yet, when it afterwards reverted, as it neceesarily did, to the former point, Mr. IL had such a perfect percep tion and remembrance of the relative position of all the pieces, as to play apparently as easily as it' he had all along had the boards open before him. The whole performance he repeated, kept up as it was for more than three hours and a half, showed such a concen ration of mental power, and such intellectual re sources, as were truly wonderful. Chess players alone could properly appreciate it, and to them it was undoubtedly a mental treat of the highest order. The sheriff again expressed the thanks of the company to Mr. Harrwitz. Mr. Harrwitz, in a few words, thanked the sheriff and the company for their kindness, and the satisfac tion expressed at his performance. He said he had of late practised this mode of play—vis.,, without seeing the board, very seldom, as he found it w at tended with too much mental exertion. mean by this, however, to detract. at. allediads not mean the con merits of the gentlemen opposed to hi i m n trary, he considered the highly instructive.—North Brats 211 it. defence .h _ _ a. : both games Genius is lord t of the world. Me n l a bo ur at the foundation of society, w hile the lowly lark, unseen and hard by, in his nest on the earth, Father i ng strength little Prized' sits to bear his song up to the sun. sl ow ly rise basement and monumental aisle, column and e, dome and lofty tower; and when the cloud piercing spire is burnished with gold, and th e f a b r i c stands i perfect and wondrous, up springs the forgotten lark, with airy wheel, to the pinnacle, and standing poised and unwondering on his giddy perch, he pours out his celestial music till his bright footing trembles with harmony. And when the song is dose, and mount ing thence, he soars away to fill his exhausted hesrt at the fountains of the sun, the dwellers in the towers below look up to the gilded spire and shout—not to the burnished shaft, but to the lark— lost from it in the sky. —N. P. WILLIS.—EIiza Ccoh's Journal. WARNING TO IVll;::SCA.C:rrespondent of the 25th ult., " I will thank you to put the following lines in your paper.' Caution to hot-t(mperid wifes when your husband quarls never leave the house for fear of a padlock a young couple living in the -- Market gnarled the other day she plat her husband about leaves the House expecting her husband would seek her but instead of that he puts a padlock on the dour she ro turns next morning but what a blonk when she saw the padlock, well what was she to do but to Seek advice the attorney advises her to coax her husband to love her again 0 Graceious what a site we saw next she sitti ng on her knees crying; for him to forgive her if yo u for give me she cri es i will do anything to please you i will c l e an your shoe s and w a s h your aprons if you will only o f forgive g t Ye d e me Ysin'il shall never hav e r eason to put a p a dl oc k d i hope wifes who queries with their hus bands will always think on the PADLOClL. " —Gateshead Observer, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Handicap for three yrs old. Castanette Icon Duke Westow Rooluso Snowtorm Fernhill Fitz with= Stakes. •• • ... • •• ... ••• YORKSHIRE 'HANDICAP. The Foal Stakes. The Flying Dutchman ... FRANCE. " M. de Falloux," says the Evenenzent of yester day evening, " has had another conference with M. de Tacqueville on the Roman question. General Oudinot was present, and gave precise , details relative to his conference with the Pope, which may , serve to smooth down many difficulties." The ,regiments now forming the garrison of Paris, with the exception of the 24th of the line, have re. ceived orders to hold themselves in readiness to leave after the general inspection. They will be replaced by those now quartered on the forts and environs of Paris. This change is totally unconnected with political considerations, and has reference only to arrangements for the health of `the 'troops. Sir Moses Montefiore and Lady Montefiore, accom panied by Coldnel Gawler, have just passed through Paris on their return from a tour in the Holy Land. The Assemble. Nationale says :—" The Red party resume courage in the midst of the dissensions of the moderate party. A new journal patronised and sup plied with funds by sixty Montegnards, and which will bear the title of Miniteur de la rontagne, is announced to appear on the sth October. M. Ledru Rollin will be one of its most ardent supporters. On the other band, M. Marrast will also publish a daily journal, which will be the organ of the Cavaignac party." ITALY. The King of Naples has sent 140 decorations to the principal officers of the French army at Rome, in acknowledgment of the services rendered by the army to the cAuze asoligivu ancLorder in the Ponti fical States. COURT CIRCULAR BALMORAL, SErr. 10. Her Majesty and the Prince walked out this morn ing in the grounds of Balmoral. The Princesses and Prince Alfred, attended by Miss Hillyard, also walked out. Mr. Sheriff Allison took his departure to-day. The Marquis of Lansdowne• (Lord President of the Council) has left his seat, Bowbod Park, Wilts, for Brougham Hall, on his way to Hamilton Palace, Lanark shire, on a visit to the Duke of Hamilton. A ROYAL Birrn.—Yesterday morning (Wednes day), at four o'clock, her Imperial Highness Beatrice Arcbducheo of Austria, consort of his Highness Prince John, Infant of Spain, was safely delivered of a prince, at her residence in the Regent's park. The royal infant was baptised in the afternoon by the Rev. Hardinge Ivers, incumbent of St. Alexis, Kentish-town; and received the names of Alphonsus Charles Joseph Anthony. Both the anguat mother and infant are doing well. TUB ROYAL Exc HANG E.—The Gresham Com mittee have just caused the iron gates at the east and west entrance to the Royal Exchange to be lined with plate-glass, to protect the merchants on Change from the bleak currents of air to which they have hitherto been exposed; ornamental iron wickets - are also being con structed 13,tween the pillars of the west portico,•to pre- vent the ingress of improper persons. The cholera having broken out , in the barracks at Hyde-park, we understand the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards have marched to Canterbury, where they will be stationed until it is deemed expedient to occupy their former station. CHOLERA AT BICESTER.—We are authorised to state that 'the account published in The Sun of yeatar• day, of a death from cholera having occurred at Biceater is incorrect. The town and district is in a remarkably healthy state, so much so that ens death only, and that from the decay of nature at 76 years of age, has been registered within the last seven days in that district. ROYAL PATRIOTIC SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.-A public meeting was held recently at Ding% all, in Ross shire, for the purpose of forming an auxilliary branch of the above excellent society. James Matheson, Esq., M.P., of the Lews, the second annual President of the parent society, occupied the chair, being supported by D. Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch, the Rev. Mr. Kennedy, S. M'Kenzie, Esq., Eileanach, the lion. Secretary, Mr. Sheriff Cameron, Bailie: Rose, &c. &c. • Resolutions et pressing approbation of the objects of the parentinstitu tion, and for the formation of a Dingwall auxiliary to it, having been proposed and carried, in order to enable the committee immediately to enter upon the first in its series of measures for ameliorating the condition of the poor through their own instrumentality, the Presi dent very kindly offered, at a moderate rent, some land to be occupied by the labouring classes in Dingwall, as industrial gardens. The land in question was selected by the secretary some months previously a , being admirably adapted for the purpose, and was thankfully accepted by the committee, who are actively engaged in carrying out this useful object. Mr. Davidson, of Tuffoch, intimated to the secretary the previous November that he would be most happy, on the formation of a Dingwall branch of the Boyal Patriotic Society, to place any of his land con tiguous to the residences of the poor at the command of the society; and, from the extension of the system at Inverness, a demand for gardens may be anticipated. We understand that invitations from numerous districts in Scotland to form branches of the Patriotic Society, are pressing upon it, but that the chief anxiety of the directors is to push its industrial improvements into th• destitute Highland districts, where the prospects of the poor are more than ever alarming, even should cholera not visit them. VISIT or THE DUKE AND DUCHESS Of CAMBRIDGE AND FAMILY TO PENRHYN CASTLE.—Tuesday last their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenbarg-Strelitz ' and the Princess Mary, attended by Baron Knesebeck, honoured Colonel Douglas and Lady Louisa Pennant with their company to luncheon, upon which cccasion there were present, to meet the illustrious visitors the Lord Bishop and Miss Bethell, Lady Bulkeley and the Misses Williams, Colonel and Mrs. Cartwright, Rev. John Hanaer and Miss Hamer, Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt, Rev. Mr. Woodword, Master Pennant and Master Archibald Pennant, &c. Same afternoon the honourable host and Lady Louisa Pen nant accompanied their distinguished guests to the slate quarries, an object of attraction to all visitors. On issuing through the principal entrance gate an agreeable surprise awaited the company (which occupied three car riages and four, and two or three carriages and pair). the whole juvenile population of Llandegai schools, male and female, and which are supported wholly by the Pen mint family, having been drawn up in parallel lines by the master and mistress with their assistants. The children were in their best, each with a nosegay, and presented an uncommonly- neat appearance. At the quarry,however, a grand reception awaited them, gotup 01 short notice. The union-jack was hoisted on the top of the high pillar in the centre of the works called Talcen Maw, and another flag on the quarry's topmost height. As the carriages drove in the Pont Twr brass band, in full uniform, struck up the National Anthem, which being concluded, a royal salute of twenty-one guns was given from the rock batteries. The illustrious visitors were received by Mr. Francis, manager of the works, and by him conducted through the quarry, ex plaining as they went the different modes of chiselling and forming the slates out of the rocky stratum. They were next drawn up the incline in a small railway car riage, and made themselves acquainted with the various operations in the rock, and thence to.the most advanta geous spot for witnessing, the blasting operations. The signal was given by Mr. Francis, and in less than two minutes the stupendous chasm was in commotion, up heavieg huge masses of rock, resembling more some great convulsion of nature than the work of human art. ALARMING FlRE.—About two o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out at the farm of Granton Mains, occupied by Mr. M'Dougall. The fire was first dis covered proceeding from the barn, and no time was lo s t in raising an alarm throughout the neighbourhood. In formation having been sent to ,Edinbureh of the occur rence, two engines were speedily on the spot, as were also two engines and a party of Artillery from Leith Fort, followed by a party of 24 French Marines with a small and unique engine and apparatus of peculir con struction from the French corvette Prevoyant, at present lying off Granton. By the combined exertions of thi , extensive agency the fire was totally extinguished in the course of a few hours, beingeonfined to the barn and m ill shed, in which was a valuable thrashing-mill. The loss is estimated at between 4001. and 500/ —Edinburgh Advertiser. NORWICIL—On the news oif i the t death oan ,u e st o dh f ae y t ; he . n a o f regret Bishop of Norwich reaching this y, general feeling w as man ifestedamong gwithout habitants; and all the shops in t he city were, felt for the character and virtues of the venerated prelate, p re vious 'concert, half clos ed, in testimony of the respect whose intercouse with the citizens had always been of the most friendly nature, and whose charities were as muc h distinguished fur their l iberalit y of feeling as for their munificence.