The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-23 00:00:00

ITEALTEI OF THE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. ..The folloving letter, addressed to Lord Shaftes bury, has been published : "Balaklava. July 19. . " I have just received your letter'of the 6th inst. re specting the state of our noble army, a subject that ab -•-..sorlis.alf my thoughts. They are encamped, as you are aware, in .a new uncultivated country, subject to a high temperature during summer (85 degs. in the shade, and 116 dogs. to 120 degs. in the sun), and a good deal of the land occupied by the whole allied army is marshy and malarious. "These topographical peculiarities determine the ex istence of malarions diseases, chiefly intermittent, and occiesionally cholera, as we have bad it at various periods. , Balaklava, where I am located, is the very worst point of the whole occupation, and its local peculiarities and bad sanitary state have caused great mortality among the troops on fatigue duty. r. It was the knowledge of this peculiarity that led us to. concentrate our efforts on Balaklava, because above 20,000 men went in and out of it every daya. small Nothing could be worse than it s co ndition. land-locked, lying among lofty hills, crowded is w dead animalsdedwith ships, the margins of the harbour formed n and filth of all kinds; the upper end been need as a graveyard, where somee buried, mostly in witha mars h, thon se d whichs of has car cases of men and animals had ben water, and hardly covered in the harbour, and also with earth ; carcases floating the refuse and blood of cattl e slaughtered on board ship ; no latrines but the hill sides, and back yards of houses covered with filth in conse quence. „ such was the condition of this place when we came here. We have had great difficulties to contend with in obtaining labour and materials, but we have at last suc ceeded in doing about all that is possible, but not all that is desirable. " All our efforts have been unavailing to save the place from cholera, but the medical officers who inspect the ships in the harbour say that we have saved a great many lives. Next as to the camp. One part of the camp is situated in the plain, or rather valley of Balaklava, an unhealthy, malarious district, without any very appa rent local cause of disease, except that it is marshy. There has been a good deal of cholera there, which has been stopped at once by changing the camps to higher ground. In such a locality change of site is the only remedy, and it is carried out wherever practicable ; speaking generally, the camp before Sebastopol is in a very good state. It is clean and well attended to ; but here again there are malarial spots to which the troops are tied by the exigencies of the service; affected regi ments have been removed from time to time to new ground, often with beneficial effect ; but I need hardly 'point out that so vast- a force, confined on a com paratively narrow surface, without any drainage, and with all the filth buried in the soil if it cannot be burnt, exposed always to a burning sun by day, and to trench work by day and night, must suffer more or less. It speaks volumes for the care and attention of the authorities that the loss from disease has been so little during the summer, because, do what they can, our troops are exposed to the exhalations from the foul encampment of the other armies, which have suffered far more from disease than our men have. "The winter mortality was a far different thing from the summer mortality. Hardly any of the causes— ' namely, had food, want of rest, over-work, want of cloth ing and shelter, and exposure to the elements, which caused scorbutis over the whole army—exist now. Ido not think it can be fairly said that any of these causes exist now to any extent ; all-the then cases were scor butic, and hence the awful mortality in the hospitals at Scutari ; it was exactly like the Irish famine fa% er ; now we have malarial diseases—fever and cholera— tbe intrn sity of which in our camp has been, no doubt, most ma terially lessened by the great care bestowed on the men. I have myself gone among them and asked about their provision and clothing, &c. I have never been able to elicit a single complaint, except one—namely, that they were not in Sebastopol ; they have always told me th e y bad nothing in the w o r ld else to complain of. " Considering the local circumstances, I am of opinion that the epidemics I have named have been mild in cha racter, and that we have certainly not suffered more than, in such a climate, we had a right to expect. Mar i rhcca has been prevalent, but there s a system of in spection in use for its discovery and treattneut which appears to work as well AR could be expected. " Lord Raglan suffered with many others, but, I fear, neglected the diarrhoea. General Estcourt persisted in going to duty while suffering from diarrhoea, and he, too, died. " I don't know a single person who has not had it. " Our hospitals are the one point lam proud of. We have first-rate men, and everything clean and beauti fully ordered. I only wish we had a permanent staff of orderlies thoroughly trained and kept at their work, in stead of the useless vagabonds who are too often sent to attend the sick, because they are fit for nothing else. The present arrangement for the Sick and wounded are to treat the latter entirely here, at least until they are convalescent, and then to send only convalescents, or the sick who had arrived at the best possible point, to Scutari. From the latter place I have just returned. The hospitals are really beautiful. We have nothing in Loudon to compare to them in their sanitary relations. It is a perfect treat to walk through them. The air is as pure inside as out. Our sanitary work comes out well there. Some points still require improvement, and the work is going on. The chan ge i n th ree months is incre dible. The water question may be summed up as follows : With proper care ,here is enough ; without proper care it will require much labour to obtain a proper supply ; after the dry weather is over there will be water enough for any purpose. "In regard to the burial of the dead; 'n our camp it appears to be properly done, judging at leest from any instances I have seen of interments. The proper authori ties say it is always done in conformity with the regula tions; the duty is defectively done in the trenches, from the dangers and exigencies of the trench service. There are complaints on this head, as also of t'et effluvia from excrementitious matter there. I have sent to General Simpson a plan of dealing with the evil. The burial of animals is, or rather has hitherto been, well attended t s I have not seen an unburied carcase in our camp for months before a day or two ago. I saw two at that time, and instantly reported them to head -quarters. There are, however, plenty of unburied carcases about ; they are not ours, but belong to the other armies. The ne cessity of common co-operation to sanitary matters was represented by us some time ago. I may give another exereple. "The Turks always make latrines near water if they can, and I have had to watch all sources supplying our camp, for I have found them digging close to the very heads of spriegs. "The following facts will show you the health of the troops at the present time :--- " Week ending July 7.—Strength 4L593, total deaths 150, deaths from cholt es 71, deaths from feier 17, &sells from diarrhasa 19, deaths from dysentery 2. " Week ending July 14 .—Streneth 42,51 e, set a e deaths 123, deaths from cholera 55, deaths is o e fever 18, deaths from diarrbees. 10, deaths from dysentery 5. "The deaths from wounds for these two weeks were 44 and 30. "This shows a large balance against disease; but still, considering all things, my wonder is that the trier tality from epidemics now prevalent among us is so small. It will assist you further to estimate our sanitary condi tion if I compere it with things at hem,- familiar o eeu. _Bslaklava harbour is much sweeter than the Tearnec, and the town is cleaner than nine-tenths of the lower districts of London, Manchester, or Liverpool. Liver pool dock-basins smell worse every day than Balak!ava, harbour did at the worst. When the town itself was held up to the reprobation of the civilised world from its imbnried carcases and filth, it was not worse than entire villages I could name iu our own country, and it was about on a par with the district where knackers' yards, private slaughter-houses, and unwholesome trade exist in the Borough, and where cholera was so fatal last year. " I think it right to mention this comparispe, in order that the truth should be known. The same may be said about the sanitary condition of the camp ; putting out of sight the local malaria, the camp is in every much better state than the towns and villages at home out of which the men have come. " It Is also very satisfactory to state that almost every practicable improvement we have advised for the cseip we have found already in operation in some part of We have only wished the worst practices to be avoided-, and the hest systematically adopted. But in doing : this all depends on the commanding officers of the regiments, and hence different regiments show different degrees of improvement. We have also found the medical officers thoroughly alive to the nature of the changes required ; representing them to the authorities, but without power to carry them out. "These two plain facts appear to me to point out clearly that militarillygietie - sbimld be - a portion, and a compulsory portion, of the education and examination for service of every officer, whether medical or not, entering the service. If it were inculcated as a duty that the main end of official routine is tot only discip line, fighting, and treating disease, but also preservin g the troops in a s t a t e o f efficiency, I believe that a vase deal of the loss of life in armies would be avoided. This, in fact, is proved by the experience of the navy. The naval brigade in their camp before Sebastopol (1,400 strong) lost 39 men last winter, while regiments close to them were almost swept away. ' "I believe there is no point within the instructions of the Sanitary Commission that has net been attended to in the tering of those instructions. We have ma 'e every needful inquiry, and recotnmended the adoption of all necessary measures. We have had the most needful of these measures carried out under our inspectors, and those in the camp are being carried out by the nil a.ry • authorities charged with their usual execution. Von are aware, however, that in all sanitary matters unre mitting care is required to insure continual success, and that any relaxation may do mischief. The meaeures themeelves, moreover, are of such a nature that only: ean fully know what ie those daily administering them done, and what is undone ; and hence the necessity for the education and examination in byeien e I have referred to. Without that no mere external pressure, such as Ise have exercised, can be of lasting benefit, because the parties who have to carry them out have no knowledve eeanfdrohme iltahrayym%hdeiacradi of thei r nece-city or imports, the most useful suggestions coming officers called ' Doctors' erntebet;,' and thrown aside, if sit present I believe little. if anything, more can he done here in the way of initiation stf camp sanitary niee,. sores ; the only difficulty is in insuring the continued application of those measures, and this the military au thorities alone can do. It might be well to vest the decisions of medical boards with something like ibOrity. "The plan . have m en ti oned would. be the host cne for rendemg the ezistizg ailitazy sysua ;;;;;;. est;,i;;,t, 'Loi4DON,___THURSDAY EVANING, AUGUST 28 1855 but, if it could not, be adopted, then an independent de partment, - with autboriLy in all mai-texts affecting the Physical condition of the troops would perhaps he the next best. I would prefer the first, to avoid confl.cting jurisdictions. " Another element of evil should not he overlooked : our great mortality from epidemics' arises among the young unacclimatised troops. The men have to change rapidly their country, climate, habits, and food, as well ' as their occupations, and a large per centage must in evitably perish. "War at best is, in one word,'misery.' We cannot gild it ; it is an abrogation of civilisation fos,a time, and those engaged in it have to return to primitive habits, and to unlearn the lesson of ages—l mean physically. hence to have an army furnishing the smallest per cent age of deaths, we must begin military training early. If England will go to war, she must c , inst-nt to study and prepare for it, or to be ready for it. Had we recognised this necessity more we should not have had to pour out so many unavailing regrets and unjust recriminations. "Thank you, very much, for your inquiries about my self. Commissioners are peculiarly unfortunate ;of the two sent by France, one is a prisoner and the other is dead of cholera. The Times hospital commissioner is dead of dysentery. The Commissariat Commissioner, Sir John M'Neil and Colonel Tulloeb, were both ill be fore they left. Of our commission, poor Gavin, as you are aware, was s h u t acc id enta ll y b y his own brother, who is since dead of cholera. Mr. Rawlinson has re turned home disabled by a slight wound inflicted by a 40 lb. cannon shot. lam the only commissioner, I be lieve, in the Crimea. I have had fever, diarrhoea, and threatenings of dysentery ; but still Providence has pro tected me, and I manage to get on very well. I may, however, be obliged to return at any time. I find the active horse exercise I undergo very good for me, and I have no doubt it saves me from illness. " I had almost forgotten about the peat charcoal you refer to. "We use three deodorising substances—charcoal, lime, and sand or gravel ; we have tried them all. Peat charcoal acts extremely well, and in small quantity. It is, therefore, the best for certain purposes, as, for in stance, for deodorising in the trenches and in the camp, where carriage is an object. Damp or wet immediately destroys its qualities. Lime acts very well, and I think bast when wet. " Sand or gravel, for certain purposes, is as good as either. Dr. Paris first suggested it to me. A large quantity is required, and therefore its use is limited by carri'ge. " We used it alone for the worst nuisances—namely, the horrible marsh at the head of the harbour. Six inches of sand spread over it entirely deodorised the soil. "Any of these substances would, I believe, act as dis infectants, if a proper quantity were used, or, at least, I presume so, but I suspect that bulk has more to do with disinfection than chemical composition. Peat charcoal in any ordinary quantity is certainly not a disinfectant. It stops smells, and that is all. "I may give you the following conclusive experi ment :—The steam-ship Chester arrived here several weeks ago laden with charcoal, she lay some weeks in the harbour, close to the wharf, and not far from:arse accumulations of foul matter, which had beencovered up. She began to discharge her cargo in sacks which were piled up close to her stern, so as to firm a lofty wail, on the quay. The surface of the quay was covered with charcoal dust, the same dust pervaded the ship and covered the men ; so perfect was the deodorising effect, that there was no smell either in the ship or near it, although usually the air was very foul there. In two days six cases of cholera appeared o❑ board, of which 5 died. We sent the ship outside at once. There were 5 subsequent eases of diarilscea, hut, all recovered ; a ship lying next to the Chester had no disease. "The fact is certain and curious, and is confirmed, though not in so striking a manner by all our experknce here. It would, I think, be safe to disusethe word dis iikfectant,' hr cause it leads to undue expectations, ;Led might lead to neglect of other measures. "And now inrt.gsrd to your question as to what you can do in the way of assisting me. " If you ran devise any means for insuring that our recommendations will always be attended to as they are now, I should be tolerably satisfied. " I do not require personal help, for I have always found that I can do several Crites the work without it. Personal help would be most useful if we could under , take the work of the military authorities, in which case a staff of camp inspectors would be very desirable, hut to do this the military system would have to be changed. A military, not a civil, camp inspection, independent of the adjutants and quartermasters, and communicating with the Commander-in-Chief, might do good, but 'even in this case, such an appointment would infer want of c( nfidence. " I believe the course taken by the War-office to have been the best practicable, namely, to send out persons conversant with the subject, to examine independently, to report and urge the adoption of measures, and to see that they are carried out. Past that you cannot go with civilians, and I have a very strong opinion that, having done this, we should retire and leave the army to manage its own affairs. The great good we may effect is future. We have all learned much, perhaps more than we have advised. I feel that a meeting with the authorities in London about the winter is urgent, and that is one reason why I desire to return. I can come out again if necessary. They would be glad to see me here if I came back, and the very leaving of them formally would infer confidence in their executing the required measures. " I have sent you a long, rambling letter, just as it has occurred to me. My mind is full of the subject, and I may as well stop now as write twice as much. So, with every good wish, I am, &c., "J'. SUTHERLAND. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.. HOME CIRCIIIT.—CROYDON, August 22. Mr. Justice Wightman has disposed of the following special jury cases :-- MANN V. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The plaintiff in this action is a carrier in Newgate street, and the action was brought to recover damages for what waa allpged to he unnecessary delay on the part of the del-ndants in forwarding a parcel consigned to them by the plaintiff to its destination. Mr. E. James, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins were for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Lush for the defendants. The qm-stion involved in this ;;apse was that which has been often befure the subject of litigation, namely, the liability of companies to carry what are termed packed parcels" to their de4ination. It was alleged by the plaintiff that since the recent deci Rion , : in the courts of law compelling companies to carry a large parcel containinv several smaller ones at the game rate as single parcel., the com panies had intFntionally delayed the delivery of such parcels to the c ‘riignees for the purp.ise,of suppres-ing tl e practice. The cletendants had paid 10/. into Court, alleging that, tt is account would cover all the loss that bad been susta;ned. Variou points of law were raised, and eventually a vei diet was er tered for the plaintff f..r 151 beyond the -um paid into C tirt, some points of law being re-erved f r further con-ideration, and the defendants having liberty to move the Court upon them. • MANN V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. E. James, Q C., and Mr. Hawkins were f.r the plaintiff ; and Mr. Bramwell, Q C., and Mr. Bovill, Q.O , for the defendants. This was an action by the same 'plaintiff, against the railway company, and the circumstances were pretty much of tb same nature, as in the last case, , vith the 'mention that it aimeari4l, since the decisions above re• ferretl to, the company charged 50 per cent. upon all packed parcels, and required a declaration to be signed by the sender, describing the contents of e-sch parcel. On the part of the plaintiff it was contended that this exaction was illegal ; and, after a good deal of evidence and discussion, it was arranged that a spacial case should be stated for the opinion of the superior court. Mr. Bramwell has to-day lent his valuable assistance in disposing of the cause list by trying some common jury causes in the lower court. The business during the last two or three days has been carried on in a state of almost indescribable confusion. Notice is given that only special jury cases will be taken on a particular day, and when the panel of special jurymen are in attendance, it is found that common jury cases are to be tried, and the special jurors are detained the whole day fruitlessly. The common' jurors are then again kept in attendance while special jury causes are disposed of, and the parties and witnesses are in utter ignorance of the time when their causes are really to come on. Mr. Justice Wight man labours bard to get through the list of causes, but it is the general opinion that such a list ought not to have been left to the exertions of a single judge. NORTHE iRN CI RCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, Aua. 21, CIVIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crowder.) FAY V. T HOMPSON. Mr. Brett appeared . fOr the'plamtiff , and Mr. Ser geant Wilkins for the defendant. The learned counsel, in opening the plaintiff's case, raid the plaintiff was a car proprietor and driver, and the defendant was a contractor for the East Lancashire R a ilway Company. and was recently engaged in build ing a rail , Yay bridge across Great Howard -street Liv, pool. On the 12th of January last, about 6 o'clock in the morning, the plaintiff was engaged in drivie e a net. son from one part of the town to anothfr. 'M ae' h e came to the new bridge in Great Howard-str.-et hi s car struck against a log of wood, and the effect was that the vehicle was overturned, and the plaintiff was throw n oat noon the g ro und. He was much injure .1 by th e t a ll and Was incapacitated for work for about five Yk eeks in consequence. The damage done to the ci.r amounted to between 4/ and 51. About 30 yards from the place where the accident occurred there was a small fire, hut there was no light at the place where the timber was lying, Upon cross-ezarnination by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, the plaintiff said h e did not see any bull's-eye lamps un 'er the bridge ; but he would not, swear there were none. went on the wrong side of the real, because his right side was blocked up. He was "knocked up" after the accident ; and he didn't recollect a ha'p'orth of what took place. On the 2013 he took a letter to the defer dart. He asked 1/. 16s. 6d, for the repairs of the shaft , . The car was not of Irish oak —(langhter)-;--but it was as good at the time of the accident as when he bought it. He could sometimes read, but not always, A letter, purporting to be from the plaintiff to the def.ndant, was here handed to hint. Witoess (looking intently at the letter for shout five minutes)—Faith, and I can't read it now. (Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Wilkins—Oh. this is not o ne o f your rt:tiinct days. Don't puzzle yours e lf an y f urt h er. Iv Grace, a police-constable , p roved that he saw two lialks of timber lyi ng i n the Channel under the b r id ge . A'vace of about 14 feet was left for traffic under the bridge. Ciosta4444 b Mr. 2 ergatiat lll-7134 laW the place ou the night previous to the accident, and he gave directions how the lights should he plac , d, and thfy were placed acc,rdtog to his directions. All the works there bad been done under the direction of the pollee. There was sufficient room under the bridge fur two carts to pass at the same time. . _ Thomas Skuce, an officer on duty in Great Howard street, said, at a quarter before seven, nearly an hour after the accident, the fires under the bridge were nearly out. At six o'clock he saw a lamp, a good blaz ing fire, and a watchman at the place where the acci dent took place. Join Cahill, a watchman in the employ of the defend ant, said be had to watch near the place where the bridge was building. He was at the place shortly after the ac cident took place, and he lifted up the plaintiff from the ground in a state of insensibility. A witn-ss was called, who gated that the repairs to the car amounted to 4/. 18q. 6d.; and the medical officer said the plaintiff bad no fractured limbs, and his bill would amount to about 12s. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins characterised this action as a desperate and disgraceful attempt to' get money from his client. He would prove that every night two watch• men were kept constantly at toe place There were two fires burning at each end of the bridge all night, and two red bull's-eye lamps. At the time the accident occurred he would show the jury that the fires were burning bril liantly, and nothing but the most reckless carelessness on the part of the driver could have led to such an oc currence. He had lately heard Baron Parke say that things were now getting to that lenzth that by-and by, if a man should run his head against a wall, be would be bringing an action against the builder for compensa tion. (Laughter.) He trusted the jury would assist in putting a stop to such trumpery and disgraceful actions, and teach men that, if they were recklessly careless them selves, they must not expect compensation if their rash ness led them into scrapes. Some witnesses were then called on behalf of the defen dant, who proved that watchmen bad been employed, and that every precaution was taken to prevent accident. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins then called upon the jury to re turn a verdict for his client, It would be extremely dangerous to encourage such actions. What man would venture upon building a house, or raising any other edi fice, if claims of this ridiculous sort were to be granted ? It would be very hard if a man were to come and claim compensation because he should happen to fall over the scraper of your door, or if a man were to come on a similar errand because he had driven his horse's head against your gate. He then proceeded to detail at length the facts he had endeavoured to prove. Mr. Brett addres-ed the jury for the plaintiff, and His Lordship having summed up the evidence, The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. SURREY SESSIONS.- Aug. 22. Inn Downes, a well-dressed, respectable-lookirg fe male, the wife of a tradesman carrying on business in the Borough, surrendered to take her trial for stealing a box containing 4/. in crown pieces, two foreign coins, a crochet cap, arid a pair of silk stockings, from the dwel ling-house of William Chapman Neale. Mr. Teornson prosecuted ; and Mr. Charnock de fended the prisoner. The wife of the prosecutor, on being sworn, said she lived at-No. 36, Bear-lane. On Wednesday, the Ist inst., she bought a bedstead of the prisoner, arid requested it to be sent home, as Ler husband would pay for it. Some time afterwards the prisoner arid a wan brought the bed stead to her house, and not having the money at the time, she asked the prisoner to wait until her husband came home. During the time they had sixpenny worth of gin to " wet the bedstead," and atter that witness showed the prisoner her fowls, when she agreed t.i pur chase three of them for 58. After that witness unioceed the parlour door, and invited the pri-over to look at some new furniture, &c., and at the same time she put t.er hand upon a box standing on a table, telling her that it contained all she was worth in the world, aed enough to maintain her as long as she lived." Shortly afterwards they left the parlour, when the prisoner beisi in a hurried mariner that she would run home for tee money for the fowl. She accordiugly left, and in a fee , minutes witness's husband came home, when they both went into the parlour, and to her dismay she found the box was gone. That box contained 4/. in crown pieces, some foreign and old coins, a crotchet cap, and a pair of silk stockings which she wore the driy she was married. Witness and her hu 'freed then went in search of the prisoner, but they could not find her. Some time after that Mrs. Downes came to the house and said, "I am come to pay you for the fowls." Witness said, " Yes, with my own money, which you have stolen with my box." The prisoner seemed much sur prised, but witness called in a police-constable, and gave her into custody. The cap, pair of stockings, and silver coin produced were her husband's property, and were in the box when the prisoner stole it. Mr. Charnock—Did not some one ask you to wet the bedstead ? (Laughter. ) Witness—Yes ; a fem Ale did. Mr. Charnock—What did yon wet it with Witness—Oh, a little gin, tbat is all. Mr. Charnock—How much gin ? Witness—About a quartern. Mr. Oharnock—Did you not have more than a guar tern ? Witness—Yes ; I believe two quarterns, perhaps three. I paid for some of it. Mr. Charnock—Did you not give some gin to the eat I Witness—l did not give any gin to the cat. The pri soner took a fancy to the cat. That is all I know. Mr. Charnock—You put the fowls on the table, and gave them gin, did you not ? . . Witness-Some gin was mixed with crumbs of bread, and I believe the chickens ate it. Mr. Charnock—Did not the prisoner pay for some of the gin ? Witness—Yes ; she did. Mr. Charnock—You ~ a vr her leave the house ; and if she had your box you must have seen it. Witness—l gave her a lump of stone and glass picked from the fire in Holland-street, and I thought she carriel that away with her, but she ha( 4 my box at the same time. Mr. Charnock—Did you not give her the cap -and stockings as well a, tho 4-ids You know you were good-natured after drinking the gin. Witness I gave ber nothing except the studs. The cap arid stcckings were in the box, and my husband ha I the key. Warwick Vaughan, 255 M, said he was called by last witness to take the prisoner into custody, when a c'ib was called f r, and on their way to the station-house she handed him a cap, pair of stockings, and seine shirt studs, saying that Mr-i. Neale had given them to her. Sarah Ann Fevvsotne ' the wife of one of the warr a nt officers attached to the Southwark Police-court, said she searc,bed the prisoner and found two foreign cons noon her. These coins were identified by the prosecutor and his wife. Mr. Charnock then addressed the jury at some length on behalf of the prisoner, contending that the prosecu tux was a gin drinker, and mobile in a state of inebriation she was s charitable as td give away tee cap and -tock in, with the studs ; but as for the coins, ho shou d be able to prove that they had been in the possession of his client f r some dine. He called several witnesses, , vllO gave a very singular acc , unt of the coins and he whole transaction ; but the jury, much to the astoni.hinent of every one in court, returned a verdict of acquittal. POLICE _INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—THE CASE or STRATI AN, PAUL, AND Co.—Tae primoneri iu this case were formally re manded for an o th e r wee k, wi th ou t being placed at the bar. Mr. Strahan and Mr. Bates attended with their bail, a,rd the sureties were renewed. Sir John Paul, being still without bail, was conducted back again to the House of Detention. Martha Henniker was placed at the bar before Mr. Henrv, charged with stealing a silk velvet mantle, the property of Mi.s Elizabeth A. Chibbett. The prosecutrix was residing with her sister, Mrs. Moss, the landlady of the Grapes public-house, in Great Earl street, and the prisoner was in the service of the latter. Some time back the prisoner was requested to place the mantle in a drawer in Mi-s Chibbett's bed. room, and a week later she was dismissed from her situation. Among other things the mantle in question was missed after the departure of the prisoner, and nothing was beard of it until yesterday, when police constable Jones, 151 L, happened to meet the pri soner in Lambeth-walk, with the velvet mantle upon her back. He accused her of getting it dishonestly, but she avowed her innocence, until confronted with the prose cutrix, when she dropped on her knees and implored forgiveness, at the same time offering to restore the pro perty to her. The prisoner, finding that Miss Chibbett would not forego the pr.secutionOn these terms, at once adopted a different line of policy and stoutly affirmed, before the magistrate, that the mantle was her own property. Mr. Henry thought - the . Olsen - Ws atidaCity in claim ing the mantle after confessing her guilt, would be hardly likely to serve her. She must be committed for trial. A welt-dressed man, earned George Purser, aged 35, was charged with having in his possession two of the gtld watches recently stolen from 11Ir. Milleret's, 1, Cecil-street, Strand. Henry Dodd, assistant to Mr. Avant, pawnbroker, of 14, Fleet-street, deposed that the prisoner on Tuesday evening offered to pledge the gold watch produced for 4/ As. Witness opened it, and seeing that the name on the dial plate had been altered, made a further inves• tigation of the works, urn which he discovered the name of Mr. Milleret engraved upon the interior, and f"uhfl that the number of the watch corresponded with one of those which had been lately stolen from Mr. Mil leret's rooms in Cecil-street. He sett round to the police-office and gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner said l ie h a d rece i ve d th e wa t c h from a p erson outsice, a n d i f h e had known what w it ne ss was goi ng t o do, would h ave but it was now too late, as the stranger was gone. Thomaspointed the man out to him in the street, Cox, assistant to Mr. Tomlinson, pawnbroker, 254, Strand, identified the prisoner as the man who had Pled4ed another of Mr. Miller:4'e watches at his ern-. ployer' ahep on Thursday last, for 31. stating that it was for a party in Essex-street, Strand. In this cage the name of Mr. Milleret had been completely oblite rated, and another name engraved, but the prosecut r was able to identify it. A City constable, Hills, 331, stated that when he took the prisoner into custo d y h e to ld w itvess that the watch was given to him to pledge by a wan whom' he met at Charlton's. in liolywell—tr.-et. The prisoner made the following s'atement, after the nsual caution had been put to him by Mr Henry •—On Thursday la 4 I was in the shop of Mr. Charlton, watch maker, of Holy wall-mtreet. I deal a little in wate is myself, and called there or, bu-inese. After I had been iu the shop some time a gentleman, a six ,nger to me, cams in and said to Mr. Charlton, "Is that reary e He did aat ;tats whet, 138 4 4 4 scale COUTilill&14011 wit 4 3!tirg. Charlton,_ancl Charlton himself wet it out. I re mained in the shop, and t• en the stranger asked me if I would buy a double ease gold watch. H, a-ked 6/. for it, but I haid I had hot the money to buy. it. He On n asked me if I would pledge it for him, as he had a case to attend to at We-tminster, and wanted .some, money, adding that if I would do so he would glue roe 2.. 6d. for my trouble. We went to the Spotted Dog, in the Strand, - aid he treated me to some porter, after which I went to Tomlinson's, and pledged the watch for 3/. 10s. On my return we went to the Cheshire Cheese, and he got change for the half-sovereign, and pal d me my halferown, besides standing some gin. Last evening I went to Mr. Charlton's again. There was a tall man in the shop—a big man, with sandy whiskers—wlaom I had sees before, and believed to be in the bettinig way. He was talking to Charlton, a , d presently the man who gave me the watch to pledge came in and spoke tra the tall man and to Charlton. The i:..trer said he would send it (not i-tating what) remd to the Spotted Dolt, and then the man asked me to go and drink with him again. I went with him to the Spotted Dog, and after we had been there a short time Charlton brought round a watch, which he gave to the gentleman, who asked me to go and pledgo it for him on the same terms as before. I then took the watch to Avant's, in Fleet-street. I never knew the gentleman's Dame who gave me the watcbe.. When I fir,t saw him he hai some papers, and said he was in the same business as Mr. White— I meaning a solicitor, in Essex-street, whose name had been mentioned, Mr. Henry—What are you ? Prisoner—l am a waiter, at present out of employ. I was three years at the Temple Stores, and before that at the Nag's Head. Inspectnr Mackenzie said the prisoner described him- self as a dealer in watches, and several watches were found in his possession, but none other of the stolen pro perty. Prisoner stated that he bought a few watches of Mr. Charlton and of Mr. Kemp, with the money that he had saved in his situation, with the view of dealing with them. The prisoner's former mistress gave him a good cha racter. Mr. Henry remanded the prisoner, to be brought up with the other man in custody on the same charge. WORSHIP-STREET. Martha !lead, an aged Oman, described as a laundress, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with stealing a silk dress and satin mantle. and other miscellaneous property, belonging to George Walters, residing in Barbican. Prosecutor said that about two years past his wife, who at that time appeared in excellent health, absconded surreptitiously from home, taking with her, as he be lieved, the whole of her wardrobe, and various articles belonging to himself. After an anxious and persevering search for her, he at length ascertained that shortly after her departure she had been seized with a serious illness, and had been taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where she died almost immediately after her. admission. The prisoner was then lodging in his house, and having been on terms of close intimacy with his wife, he ques tioned ber with a view of ascertaining what had become of the missing property, but she denied all knowledge of it, and soon after left the premises without notice. He was unable to obtain any tieings up in the subject until a few days since, when ho received private information that she had redeemed a portion of his property from a pawnbroker's in 01d-street, where she hail previously pledged it. He accordingly obtained the assistance of the police, who traced her to an obscure lodging near the City-road, where they discovered he elk dresses, bed linen, and other articles now produced, which he at once identified. In defence Prisoner Faid the wife bad been compelled to leave prosecutor from his repeated ill-usage, at v.hich time she was in a wretched state of health, and requested her (prisoner) to take char4e of the property, with the understain:ing that she si:ould keep it altogether, unless sho ;ater war. is reclaimed it. Prosecut r emphatically denied baying in any way treated his wife, and the magigra,e oritred the accused to be reioanded for depositions. WESTMINSTER—Sarah Taylor. alias Hicks, a girl 18 years of age, was charged with tile following heartless and cruel rubbery, the details of which excited general commiseration. About a ni.oith ago, Anne Paul, the widow of a soldier ho lost his life in the Crimea, saw the prisoner in a deplorable condition opposite her abode in Little Chapel-street, Westminster, and having learned trim her that she was friendless, and had been recently dis charged from the workhouse, told her that if she would be a good girl she would clothe and feed her, and she should assist her, as she had recently broken her leg and was scarcely able to get about. Prisoner was acconl ingly kindly taken in and provided for, and remained five days, at the end of which she absconded, taking with her every article of clothing her benefactress possessed, amounting in value to 41. Information was given to the police, and the prisoner was apprehended on Tue,day night at the door of St. Martin's workhouse, where he was applying for relief. She was found wearing some of the things, and bad disposed of the others. Mr. Arnold asked the prosecutrix how she broke her leg The poor woman replied, that after the death of her husband she VIM permitted to sell ginger beer to the sol diers at Wellington Barracks, and in taking some there she slipped down. Mr. Arnold gave the poor woman (who is still on °rata...) 10.3 from the pour-boa, and recati.ndol the pri. soner till Friday. MARLBOROUGH-SIRE ET.— Francis M‘Gavan, Tune JPGavan (his wife), ai.d John M‘Gavan (their son), aged 14, were charged before Mr. Bingham, by Hors t r!, jun., an officer of the N.endicity Society, with being found begging. The officer stated that on Tuesday afternoon he was in the Green-park, when he saw the prisoner John and an other son of the elder prisoner, who is a cripple. He fol lowed them into Pall-mall, and thence into St. James's square, when the son gave his mother some money. While he was watching the pH< oners he observed that the prisoner John lifted up the pockets of five or six gentlemen with one hand, and put his other hand in their pockets. He obtained the asei , tance of two police constables, when the three prisoners were taken into ,n,t-dv. The cripple got away. Horsford further added that the con of the prisoners Francis and Jane had been alhwed a holiday for a week by the governor of Redid') Prison, whFre he has been sent for four years' reformation. The female prisoner has been twice con victed, and the cripple a short time ago had a month's imprisonment in the House of GaTection. In answer to the magistrate, Horsford stated that he believed the boys at Redhill school had a week's holiday allowed them occasionally. The elder male priioner made a long statement, in the cour.e of which be said be met his childrer, who isad a black dna. in a leading•string, and he compelled them to let the dog gn. Mr. Binullam observed that lie must dislhsrge the female, as in law she was euppo ed to be acting under the !era of her husband. The f•tlwr pri,:oners were sent to the H )use of Correc• tion each for 14 days. LAMB ETH.—Thoincts H arris, a very stout seafaring looking man, was placed before Mr. Elliott, on the charge of being drunk, as•aulting a female, and wilfully breaking four squares of Wass at 4, St. Amlrew's-terrace, Lambeth, on the previous evering. T.:e house where the , Ifence wa, committed belongs to that class of "pri vate" dwellings which "Jack" unfortunately runs head long towards whenever he leaves the salt water, and in which places he is general y "taken in and done for." It appeared from the evidence on the oresert occasion that the prisoner had not been Vag from the Crimea, where he had been serving in some capacity on board the Sydney. He came up to town from Deptford, and whilst enjoying himself in the usual riot , .us way with seamen, wound up at a little after 12 o'clock by a grand assault in force, which was speedily converted into a storm upon the windows and other articles within the above-named house. As the work of demolition was going forward an a rapid manner, a policeman was found and defendant was ultimately made prisoner and led off. He charged same of " the girls" with robbing him and stealing his watch, the broken rirg of which was produced in court, but the charge was not substan tiated. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, admitted all that had been stated against him, and urged, as an ex tenuation, that he had not been long home, and after behaving " decently" to the ladies he felt very much exasperated at losing his hard-earned mo iey ani watch, and thinking that some of the women in that house had taken it he certainly did begin to lay about him, in the hope that to prevent the sma.hing of the place it would be returned. He, however, sadly miscalculated in the matter. Mr. Elliott, after hearing a good deal on both sides of the question, ultimlitely discharged the prisoner, and re - commended him to bestow half-a-crown (his last coin) on one of the females, as some compensation for having struck her. The arrangement seemed to agree well with all parties, and it was done. This day, as on the day before, the sitting magistrate, Mr. Elliott, was engaced the whole of the morning hear ing and disposing of the charges brought from Camber well fair, of which there were not less than a dozen, some for assaults, hut the principal number for felony. This fair, which in the good old times was one of public recreati.n and amusement. has of late years become nacTely the rendezvous of all the thieves and vicious cha ratters in the metropolis and a public nuisance to the respectable inhabitants in the neivhbourheod. . TELE " YUCCA GLORIOSA."—A tine specimen of this rare and w on d er f u l p l ant m i g ht have been seen in full blossom three wee ks ago in Hyde park•square, having thrown o u t a stern some feet in height, covered with beautiful b e ll- s h a ped flowers , f a pile lemon colour. The novelty o f one of these plants blooming in a public thoroughfare attracted, 44 may be supposed, a great many visit.ir,i. The blo , soms have now died away, but the stern has not entirely decayed. [ApvilenarttittiT.]-11olloway's Pills infallible for the Cure of Indigestion and Disordered Stomachs.—Mr. C. Wa'ch, of 04 , ..tlewellan, states in a letter to Profe' , or . El° ll "A'aY that a person with whom be is acquainte d suffered from indigestion and liver complaints. Some of the most eminent medical men in the neighbourhoi,d had tried th • their skill upon him without any good effect, and for some time he wa , in the county infirmary There he was pronounced Incurable ; however, notwithstand ing all this, Holloway's Pills have been the sole means of perfectly curing him.—S4l by all Medicine Vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's E-tab- li-htnents, 244. Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, 1 New York ; by A. Stamp, Constautinopit ; A,Guidioy, Ouvria i gz4ll. 11994 lisita. - l INTELUGENOte, YORK AUGUST MEE TING -WEDNESDAY. The Dundas Stakes of 50 ,ovs, add,:d to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. One mile and a quarter. 9 subs. Mr. Knowles's The Rajah, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ... (Quinton) 1 Mr. Thompson's Orange Blossom, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Owner) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's First Fly, 2 yrs, sst (Challoner) 3 The following also ran— Hoddani, Mid Ilesborough, Little Torn, Yeutick, Puritan, and The Medal. Betting-3 to 1 agst Puritan, sto 1 each agst Rajah, Orange Blossom, and First Fly. Very little betting. Won easily by a length ; the second beating the third two lengths ; bAd fourth. Yeutick, Atilllest) ,ugh, and Pulitan. The Yorkshire Oaks of 15 soya each, 5 ft, for 3-yr-old fillies, Bst 7lb each, with 100 added. Certain penalties and allowances. Thy second to receive 50 90V4. out of the stakes, and the third to save her stake. Oue wile and a quarter. 93 subs. Mr. T. V. Turner's Capucine, Marson) 1 Mr. Rudston Read's The Mosquito, 8 t 71b (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. H. List-r's Fanny Gray The following also ran : Igo, B-asks, Treachery, Ex citement, Instructress, S ilestar, and Lady fatt,on. Betting-5 to 4on Mosquito, sto 1 agst Capucine. Won very easily by two lengths; same distance between the second and third. Instructre-s a very bad fourth. Besika, and Excitement were the next two. The Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. One mile. (5 subs.) Mr. Calder's Haxby, 4 yrs (301.), Bst 41b...(Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Knowles's C Mullikin, 3 yrs (301 ). 64 10 h (Quinton) 2 Mr. Shepherd's Actress, 3 yrs (301.), 64 ) 3 Mr. R. Walker's fby Faugh-a-Ballagh—Maude. 4 yrs (301.) Betting—Even on Haxhy, sto 2 agst Charinian. A. good race in with the first two was won by a head, a length between the second and third ; the fourth a long way behind. The Convivial Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 100 added, fir 2 yr-olds ; colts, Bst 61b; fillies, Bst 2lb ; those by stallions or out of mares which never pro duced a winner allowed 31b if claimed at the time of naming, and winners before starting to carry 21b ex tra; the second to receive 10 per cent. out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake. T.Y.C. (141 subs.) Mr. Bowes's Fly-by-Night by the Flying Dutchman, Bst slb Mr. W. H. Brook's Manganese, Bst 4th (J Osborne) 2 Mr. Harland's Mirage, 7-4 131 h (J. Marson) 3 The following also ran :—Merlin, Little Tibbv, Lea mington, Blanche, Alfred, Ada m , P ra i r i e Bi r d colt, f b y Birdcatcher. Aleppo went to the post, but did not get off Betting-7 to 4 agst Fly-hy-Night, 9to 4 agst Aleppo, 6 to 1 agst Mirage, 7 to .1 agst Merlin,l2 to 1 agst Nian ganese, 100 to 8 agst Prairie Bird colt. Won by a length ; half a length between recond and third. Merlin, at a wide interval, was fourth ; Leamington and Prairie Bird colt close together, were filth and sixth ; Little Tibby and Alfred the next two, Second Great North and South of England Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 200 added, for 3-3 r olds ; colts, Bst 7113; fillies, 84 2 , 1). Certain penalties and allowances. Two miles. (141 subs.) Mr. Osbaldeston's Rifleman, by Touchstone, 84 71b (Flatnian) 1 Admiral Flarcourt's Elerrnire, Bst 21b (Alderoft) 2 Lord Clifilen's Homily, 7st 11Ih. (Charlton) 3 The following also lan :—Noisy, His Piper, The Cropper, Paletot, The Earl, Elastic, The Rajah, Lady Ta'ton, and Ciotilde. Won easily by a length. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 4-yr-olds. Hunieuffin Vignette Vindex Solestar Orson .. Neville Little Brownie Sandboy 2 Chesterfield Handicap. IV on by two lengths. Queen's Piato. Won by four lengths. Burgundy Stakes. Acrobat walked over LATEST B E rTING. EBOR HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Thine Judith 4to 1 agst Vandal 5 to 1 agst S•tucrbos. 10 to 1 apt Escape Bolton is scr itched. RT. LEGER. 6to 4 agst Oulaton 9 to 2 asst Lord of the hies 7 to 1 agst Rifleman 10 to 1 agst Capucine The weather a-as dull and showery, the attendance oi company very good, and the sport ample and int.restn g. Immediately alter the race for the Convivial Stakes 7 in 1 wao takeu to lEOl_ about Fly-by• Night for the Derby. ABINGDON RACES—Auo. 28. Acceptances fur the Berkshire Stakes. Two miles. Age st lb Age sr, lb Speed the Plough 4 8 5 Slayboy 3 5 7 R , d3glll Jenny Wren 4 6 13 Herculea Diana 4 6 01 EGHAM RAI Acceptances fur the Surrey ; miles and Age st lb Age st lb Winkfield Ireland's Eye 5 8 1 Falbeck Mr. Sykes 5 7 11 Nell Gwynne 3 5 10 The Cropper CES—Aua. 30. and Middlesex Stakes. Two a dietauce. The highest weight accepting being 84 51b, it has been raised to 84 71b, and the rest in proportion. Acceptances for the Runnymede Stakes. One mile. Age et lb Age st 1 Lady Bird ... .... 4 8 7 Frederick New Brighton ... 5 8 5 ,Joshua B rdeaux Postulant Tobolski 5 8 21 The highest weight accepting being 7st 121 b, it has been raised to Bst 71b, and the rest in proportion. \IBM?, MEETING. 'y Sakes, One mile and a Age at lb Mr. Sykes 5 6 3 Rylstone Flatterer Sine-qua-non Jenny Mtn 4 6 0 Chicken St. Clair 4 5 13 Rattle s' 5 12 Diana . 4 5 11 Ladyburl Homily Palim-r•ton Resik a The E Moorcock Cup. Otie mile and a halt. Age ht 11, Poodle 4 10 5 Caliph 4 10 4 Garfnrth a 10 3 later Horton Vandyke Veat'ge ngton Stakea. Two mile whom pay 5 nova each.) Diana.. lanthe Garnelad. Escape . Sultan (by Cres- Age r.t 11 , - 4 5 12 - a 5 12 - 4 5 11 .3 5 10 cent) The Chicken Dame Homily Instructress The Jelly Marine (late Sailor) Shorehatn Imogene 3 5 0 _ _ _ The Earl 3 4 11 Cock of the North 3 4 11 Cosse.y Lady Rachel 3 4 9 Lily Brinklow Tae 8ut1er........ 3 4 8 ;STING—SErr. 17. Yorkshire Handicap. St. jourse. Age At lb Aid-ummer 4r. Sykes 5 6 3 Bolton Lit:le Torn 4 5 13 Veteran 6t. Clare 4 5 13 SArrel 4 5 23 Palmer ton Radcliffe Hero 5 5 7 c by Pantaloon— Ply.alls 4 5 7 Di joint 4 5 7 Sir G-0rge....., 3 5 5 the Cropper 3 5 3 i.ittle Brownie Vandal Brinklow .... . . Fanny GrPs , Cate Emma Be' nets) 3 4 10 Johnny Taft 3 4 10 Nlary Hio Piper Acceptanoo4 for the Clevet land Handicap. One mile. Aue Rt II 0 ritiner) ...... 5 9 2 King of Trump, 6 8 12 Dervi,-h Age st lb thi, , ,l ~f re Liu V Ll ley Welharn Little Turn 4 7 2 Sicily Culcavy Fanny Gray Laura Selina Mary 3 6 0 The Cropper Hospodar Ivan Calamus 4 7 10 Herald Saraband Orson 4 7 6 Rylstone 8 7 5 Naval and Milit ,3,ry Intelligence. ----ss- - The Wye &team-vessel, fitting as a condensing vessel for the supply of fre-h water to Vie ,ir uy in the C imea, to be stati.nied at Bat ,kla...a, ‘A , I3Pe pricted ng r and from the north dock to tin srevii basin yesterday, at Portsmouth, ran foul of the Caniprrdo•.n. 104, carried away her upper-works, on the starboard quart r, and her mizenniast. Silo was taken into the it-aiii basin in the afternoon to expedite her fittings. The Clyde steam transp irt went into P ►res now h harbour yesterday to to land her sick and wounded soldiers at the dockyard. The Calliope, Palmerston, an I Parainatta transports went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday to dischar L fe their returned stores and be paid off. The Marlborough, 131, new screw three-decker, was to be uudocked last night at high water at Portsmouth. The Great Britain , t am r and the Europa steamer are under orders to sail from Liverpool on the sth or 6 , 11 of September, but it is not yet known what troops they will take out. In additi n to troops and stores ttiey have been fitted to carry ammunition. The Hanwa steamer will sof from Liverpo,il with aurnunition and infantry shout the 28th inst. The Sanspareil, 70 guns, screw steamship, Captain Woodford J. Wilhatm.,, arrived at Sheerness at 7 15 a. m. yesterday for the purpose of taking board a number of ovular,' and guns of large calibre, also ammun t;on, shell, &c. She is to be despatched as soon as pos4ble to the Black Sea. The floating batteries Thunderer and Tri.sty are ordered to be placed in the steam reserve squadron at Sheerness ; each of teLeir fittings is to be complete in every rsspect to make them effic,ent for active service, when required. The Urgent, iron screw steam store-ship, Commander Phillips. is progressing rapidly with her rigging and in ternal fittings. The Siren . , 16-gun sloop, at Sheerne3s, is all ataunt ; her rigging is being ratlined down. In the list of off cers engaged in the attack on Sw , a borg, mentioned in the de-patch of Admiral Dundas, given in the papers of Tuesday, the name of Lieuten Wind .rd, of the Royal M,r ne should ha,e been Lieutenant G. H. Wilford. The riaine printed as Brownlow, of the Pembroke, should have been Bro milow. F. R. H. Yorke, naval nadet, has been appointed to the Duke of Welli n gt on for disposal. The depot of the 25th Regitnent, which has been at tached to the Provisional Battalion at Chatham garr:son for the last 15 years, will proceed this morning to M w,- chester. It consists of 1 officer, 6 sergeants, and 223 rank and file, under command of Caotait. H. T. Walker; they join the first division of the regiment which has ar rived from India. The 2d Dragoon Guards, under command of Colonel Campbell, are under orders t.i move from Burnielk to Dublin at the end of this month. Th half-troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards vartered in Kilkenny fur the p- et half-year, under tale co;o -wand of Lieut. Dettmar, marched on Monday to join the head-quarters in Dublin. They are not to he re placed in Kilkenny by any A large draught cf naval voiui teers will be forwarded from Liverpool to London this evening. In reference to the retirement of Colonel Weymss from the command of the Kilkenny Fusil.ers, as an nounced in Tice Sun of Monday, the gallant officer has aodressed a letter to a local paper, in which he states that. tieing willing and anxious to serve her Majesty, he steadily refused all applications tram Colonel Tighe to resign, "but had to give up the command, in compli ance with a letter from his Exee lency the Lord-Lieu tenant." Thomas Evsr-tt, a native of Brook srreq, South Weald, a serjeant in the 7th Fu a , ol 22 years io the service, has just r turned to his native viliage, Brent wood, with five wounds and the loss of an eye. His nr , rudest boast is that tie had the distinguished honour of -baking hand--a hearty E zlish shake, t '6—with her Mje-ty at Portsmouth, who, io presenting hun with a silk handkerchief, hernoied by herself. sail, "I am proud of you, soy brave serj -ant;" that Miss Nightingale also male num a similar present. ; that Miss Taylor honoured him by walking arm-in-arm with him aboard ship ; and that Miss Stanley sent out his pay, &c., for him to Hali fax. He received' a shot through the ear at the Alma, a bayonet wound through the arm in a sortie, a bail through the hip the same night, and had the hole of his shoe torn off by a carmen tall" as he was lifting his leg in walking. He considers that he " bagged" about MI Russians by his own hand , ! He also states that he was compelled to feign dead 16 hours as he lay nn the field of battle surrounded by Russians, in order that he might be enabled to release two cornraces who were taken into Sebastopol prisoners. He got into Sebastopol, shot the sentry who was guarding the house where they were confined, relealea them, and then brought them safely out. THE MILITIA. The Berwick, Tiarirlington, Linlithgow, and Peebles Regiment of Artillery Militia is at Stilling. and will gars liana the Castle, while the Stirlingshire Regiment is to be billeted upon the inhabitant:. Orders have been received to encamp the Inverness, Banff, &c., Highland Light Infantry Militia On the glacis at Fort George, and it is expected the encampment will be ready in a few days for the reception of the regimen'. ft is supposed that this i- only a temporary measure at this advanced season, until the Forfar Artillery are re moved, to allow the Inverness to occupy their barracks at Fort George. Tha volunteers into the Royal Artillery from the Lan cashira Militia Artillery were yesterday forwarde.l fro it Liverpool to Chatham. WIND AND If SATHER REPORT. WEDNESDAY, Au;ust 22. Stations. Course of Wind. st a.- ~, v , ..ithor . Greenwich .. W_.. Partially cloudy. Loth bury Leeds Manchester S W Showery. Carlisle Lancaster liaryport . W hitehaven N. W Fine—cloudy. Stoke-on-Trent ... S. W Cloudy. Sheffield Derby S. W Cloudy. Nottingham S.W Fine. Leamington N. N W. Fine—cloudy. Leicester ....... , F-Nyhead Dublin W Fine. Liverpool Ipswich S W Fine— , loudy. Bristol W Unsettled. Plymouth Exeter S.W Fine. Gloucester 5.W.... ..... Fine. Cardiff W. pine. Swansea S. W Fine. rinverford west ... S. W Fine. Hague Brighton N. W Fine. Southampton W Fine. Portsmouth Poole Cowes S.W. Fine. Great Grimsby Boston N. W Cloudy. Gal n ft ilorough S. W Cloudy. Cambridge S. W. ...... F ine. Yarmouth Lowestoft W Fine. V orb Hull W. Cloudy. Aberdeen S . Cloudy. Perth Dundee Edinburgh W. Rain. Glasgow S.W Rain. Ber Nick Darlington S. W Fine. Sunderlaud S. W Cloudy. Whit by Scarborough Tunbridge Dover ......... ..... W... ... Strood S. W .......... Cloudy. NOVEL EXPERIMENT IN FOREIGN MINING.—The Chancellorsville Freehold Gold Mining Company have hit upon the novel expedient of importing to this coun- try the enormous sample of one hundred tons of their ore !rim Virginia, so as to illustrate, beyond all question and by public test, the richness of their mine. Assays made by such men as Johnson and Matthey, Mitche,, Claudot &c., show that 5 oze. to the ton at least may be expected as an aggregrate result. This impor tation, in reference to which the c unpany is so very sanguine, is a bold and decisive step, with honesty on the face of it, and some curiosity is excited as to what will he the result. [Anvsartszamr.]—The salutary effect of Du Barry's deli cious Revalenta Arabica Food in removing Indigestion (Dys. pepsia), Flatulency, Constipation,lNervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility with. out Medicine, is admirably displayed by the following letters: " Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk, June 10, 1850. No. 4,208. Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. J. W. Illevsn."—" Bury, Lancashire, Aug. 17, 1851. Gentlemen,—For a considerable time I have suffered severely from a violent pain in my left side, extreme flatulency, accompanied by an intolerable sensation of heart burn and other disagreeable symptoms of dyspepsia. Various remedies, alleged infallible, were tried in vain, and for a long time I was never twenty-four hours without violent pain ; ivleed I was unfitted for the performance of my daily duties I was induced to try your food. In less than an hour I found relief, and my recovery was very rapid. The duties which previously had been au intolerable burden became a delight. ful exercise, and I have since accomplished more labour with less fatigue than I ever • xpected to he able to perform. I have never hada return of my complaint —I remain, &c., D.Tnoncts." In canisters, Ilb. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51b. lle. ; 12113. 22e. The 121 b., carriage f ree , on receipt of Post-office o rder. Barr. Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street, Loudon ; also at 182 Piccadilly; 60, Gracecaurch-street ; 3:30, and 451, Strand 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Coruhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street • 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Bake--street; 63 and 150, Oxford -street ; 89, High-street, Camleu-town ; 18. Pal mall; 7, Pall- ma ll-E as t ; 132, N ew B md.street ; 24, Mot comb-street ,• 13, King William-street, City ; 30, Conduit street; 21, Coekegur-street ; s 5, Far0 ugdom-street , 67, Bt. ryes Clicaelsrag4; 6 iihnuit4tre4t, l'ort m~i gircurt, WARWICK SEPT. Acceptances for the Couro Age $t lb Early Thrd ..... 4 8 7 Huolzerfurd Nabob Kung ofTrunips 6 7 11 Indian Warrior 6 7 2 Ditmir..) . Wild Huntsman 4 6 12 Kaffir 4 6 7 Speed the Plough (inc. Sib ex.) 5 6 6 Gamekeeper Cock Pheasant The Jealous Ore 4 6 4 Maid of Team Valley ti 6 4 Acceptances for the Welt , r Age st li• Speed the Plough (inc. slb ex.) ... 5 11 Cock Phea,ant ... 5 10 13 Minerva 5 10 11 Little Tom 5 10 11 Tom Perkins 4 10 10 The Jeal-us One 4 10 8 Acceptances for the Leamu course. (79 subs., 38 of Age st lb Ratap'an Early Bird 4 8 2 Little Harry 6 8 0 Nabob Kingof Trumps 6 7 7 Goorkah Pantomime Indian Warrior 6 6 11 Le Juif Little Davie Lerry wheut Amalgamation La Belle 5 6 5 Mishap Weatherco,k 4 6 4 New Warrior Kaffir 4 6 3 Gamekeeper Newbold St. C air 4 5 13 I Blosr•otti Surgeon-General 4 5 12 DONCASTER ME Acceptances for the Great Leger I Aue Ft Ih( Muscovite Rat.; plan Ty pea ',lt tie Harry 5 8 4 13,,iar I o Little Da►id Indian Warrior G 7 7 Ivan Calamuo 4 7 6 Grand Triqui,.itor 4 7 2 Wild nunt-tnan... 4 7 0 Maid of Team Val• ley Jack Leeming Saraband Aribbas Rylstone La Belle 5 6 5 Gamekeeper Kaffir 4 6 5 Newbold Dame Judith 3 6 ' 3 ilLaegozWion t " 4 6 3, SEA BORNE MA I LS. -tingles that the maim are sent troth -r *he nntht—and d by the rnormniz—oesP; •B'. i. I v.I. O' TRIi n 14.entra. Posr. Ottlers, London." aterica(bytirit.pact meriep by United Sts. sachet) ..........N ' verr FrMa :nerica (by U Stai r s Jacket) ..........N • istralia (via South onpton) .......... hI gat, (via Marseilles) N. la° (via o;ape of ,to.td Hope) .......... tfrica (West Coast) .. N lad of the monti & 30 of t ..M 4tl , & intli of mot 'al amas ........... M 17th of the mon, telgiwn ........ Ni 1 lailY ;razil ............ M 9th of the ratuith:. tuenoa Ayres ........ M 1/th 0, the mom,. . 'ape of Good Hope N epr of Good (lope N ape de Verde , 91r. of fly., toontr• 'eylrtn (gee In 1ey10n..............Nj 'hunnet Isles Mott ~ Wed.,StF hill. • . • ....... 17f , mons. 'into . Once a month.... lonktantinople -11,13, i 8,26, t .-•nstantinople .14,th it 20th of m0t...; ont. of Europe M N l'Twtc•-• daily .. tgypt (see India) g'ranee ........ M .k v iTw'ce daily .., uhraltai ......... M'4, 7, 17.20, 27 of t* keep° (see India) ireytown ........ M 2nd & 17th or mon. larnhurgh ....N,Tuesday & Fridny; *venue , M ,2nd of * , u- mont , tondurar ........ ..111 'l7th of the month.; ndia (viaSonthampt.)M,4th !lc 20th of mott.j ndia (Via Marseilles 9th&2sth of moo , ''; Joiar fa'ss (see 10 , 0 ; 7, (7, & 27 of mon , Ireland .••...Df & N ;Twice flatly ......I .t5h0n.............. M 7,9, 17, & 17 of ot.JJ 4adcira of the month ladeira ........... vi23d o' month .• JI Malta (see India) tfalts 11,11.1.8- &28 of mon.!Dover .4aurltius (see lkilla) fsuritlus ..........N 14th of the mouth! > 4 ' Mexico rt. •• •• •• •• •.111;2nd of the month. iSoatt • , - Naples . stblAth2sthormon.bovar,',te Vow•tranada .. N 1 'arl & 17th of mon ti; gontlio:of,-; New Zea1and.............' private skip ..jvarfoll,,r; ; Papal tttateß .• ..N jith 1 sth2; thofmon .130Ter 001 ~00 Peoinsula Peru I'M 27th of mon 'South' , p oi! Port Natal private ship...;Varie ° • I Sicily .......... N sth I sth2sthormon, .DoVer Oft ('uscany ...• ........Njsthlsth2sthofmon.lOover :ronezueta .it :7th of moni,hlFol lol ' ; I (Tan Diemen's Land (,:e !.4.attian i4 I tiouths TnPl°' jet DOV " plyrao ‘• Dover' s 'S°4'lls'" 9 °ll l l !Sourtv iii 'Dover l i; 1 1,7119 Pq rt r4oUte $ m ott , IgntltM . ref kionthl° ! J , O l lO , '30110 1 . AW .. Cr° I P t ! • )0 ' 7 e t h 0 0. I elOnt 101* • I,olldO r ' ISot.t hr 11)i.vet Plym ! t it.% .; fr !Dover !Dover.;, , h fpir, 11 scuff hPT i pro' all [AverPu' Außtralla nt , f rq n tor, I th 01:. Intk 7t 4 ( ii When any the,e dates fall og a itinday, she patched on the f o ll ow i ng d ay , with the exceptl„.'" ° 4re' 'lcuthampton), and the M a lt a , b ot h o f wh i c h precedine da it A l oer SCALES OF FISEL—Few persons, when e lf S h o /0 04 0 1 white-bait (Ainn er at Black wall, are awit re oo l l l / 00 value of the scal es o f th a t ti n y fish in t u : 0 . 10 of artificial pearl, and that ti , -t manY necklaces were more fashionable among ' ,4 " e o I 'of. quart of the scales of th e roac h or of the - 60 ° IVO five guineas, the scab s of some othe r c ert,ire of still greaser value. I n th e p re s e nt day e o ' tion of the pop u l a ti on Mona the Seh l , e ,'oo % o d o r aotie, and the Rhi ne . li ve b y ca t c hing adr - ii i t o small fish, the s ca l es o f w hi c h are ill lz re T 0 0 1 1 10 1 e, the mannfactnrers of pearl rnament o . pry'ol sand of these fish..s are required in sq`l : l :: 7 oo . iit ° 4 bd pound or the p-arl essence. M. Jaci n " cOm: P nerann who, in the'relgn of Henry I v' t OO: # l . OO idea , of maki"e pearls from the scales ' p eer: l 4 o , 4s rst strings of pearl necklaces were thee . # l3 ' o ll l °ll/ after by 'he ladies of Paris. But the be n 6 11 . . 8 0 . 0 , nale were c , ated w.th the nearl essence ii.ree7.llLoe and when exposed to the heat of the 1 "' Ic o - sljiii, di.. found to their dismay that the re";,(rb 1h ~ff and gave a brilliancy to their skin f 1 30t / ii ti moans ayreea , le The f rtile i n eenei t i , vas quick in discovering. a remed9 fo l . 'of '';6 thine... an V. ev stigves . e4 'hat the in` i i " e 11111)11 e sely, /a lune 4intild be covered w ith the pur l o otP"oll same manner as a inlrror, an d not t he se tiP e ..se go ill e cendants of Jag/ in continued the 111- pe rie`'.(l ) o o o nf.arla at Pa'ia 'own to a very rece; e i ;ctu e ,l rr Ryes' , t the finding , of fish 14• d the Il""" af gen ° ",itfilb ° .4fford .mnloyment to nearl: 100.00 0 r nolo • • d Sve.tzniland. A good w' rlcins,r) can 'w e r " o cP 8.000 of the Oa , . bee 'a. and the fres b i;oing, o r Fr Poll r'ver.-f , rnish the material fo r ishe sel s ,,' i 0 many hundred m pions of artlfinial P.'4ooo,llrier NOVEL PREVENTATIVE AGAINST 0 4 j e a o tl f it ° sequence of the very numerous o o 4 th e City, the trade are ad.‘nting trui l l e pt'",o o " u rfe Mon :—A panel is cut out in the roil - t 0 1 . 1 1. gv, - , shop, in which is inserted a niece of Al e e tif i f r ie l lid . ,„ by iron bars in-ide . In the centre ( 1 ' '„i t cle i he `run safe in a frame on rollers. , orr n ip; Is' which is placed the contents of the e . F ing racing the window, so that anybody P il o i0; 0 0 . and see wh a t i s go i ng on, and if 'elle the * window darkened, the police are. * 64 ' is wrong. ricoltromr: Printed and Published b. 141:01;:e;. ;00 gn 111''' ,„" I a No. 112, Strand , Printer, at Thi Ow* ` - ` O2 Strand, in the Precinct a the Savo; 6 La TivinUys August et 01 Country Markets. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET--AuG. 21' There were in the market to-day 10 sacks ostraeaL wrighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 46s and OA EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MANI"' AUG. 21. per k er aple of I 'll There was a less supply of straw of all descrlP the market. The prices to-day were as follow Oat straw, from 9s 6d to 12s On tron ; wheat do., 9s 6d to 12s Od ; barley do., 9s Od to w ' Hay from 14d to 15d ; new ditto, 9d to 12d Per DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—AIja. 21.0, Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. I S econd. 1 0 , imperial Barleymeal, per ditto m --- Oct''' 4 Peaseeal, per ditto • Od Flour, per ditto —s Od -- - s ~ ..4 Pot-barley, per ditto r.— AUGUST 22 ;he clone of the market. llsendi X 6 ' 's Kepler Grange ....... .ianbton ....... ........ eah m ........... • ....... Polisher ............ wil R u ssell's Hatton ........ ;t..wart's . ... . ........... • if Whitwell .............. "0 ,Caradoc ...... Cassop .................. Hello Hall ...... . ..•••' . O ... Kelloe . ............... reel .................... .. Whitworth ......... Evetiwood ..• Bi re hgroveGra i gt,t' ll 'i;; lo iprwoutWater ,0 Skiborwen ISold .......•••• COAL MARKE' hues of Coal per ton at tl 8. d. Bate's West Hartley 17 9 1 Hasti ti rt ley Jonassohu's Hartley ....18 0 North Percy Hartley ...17 9 Tanfield Moor l6 f. rantield Veer Bates Di 3 Walker Primrose --Pi 0 Grey's West Hartley lB (t West Hartley l9 0 Wylam 20 0 Wallsend, &c Heaton Northumberland lB 0 Bell l9 f. Belmont 19 Frain wellgate ...,,,,,, 20 1 , Haswell 2i 6 Ships at market... 2: SHARE M A REEffs' LIVERPOOL, AUG. 22. ke t ATA, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the ' 311 % / 11°W quiet but steady, and pri ces a shadehigher te 0 15 1 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 83$ A— L° ll lol llo 2,Ah l Western, 97i—Ditto, shares, new, ti• Co" - Dutch Rhenish, p.—Great Western °Ol, Luxembourg constit., 9 1 16 di s .—Birken e and Cheshire, 141 dis.—Ditto, C and B, 11. 5 P er --Ditto, 22/. shares, 81 die.—Great North" scrip, p. DUBLIN, AUG. 21. as, 41 0 1 STOCK EXOTIANGE.—Three per Cent. 0 7t r es . 65 Ditto for account, Sept. 14, 91A !sl—New . `„7011 1 / 10 1, 4 ; Stock, 41/ I—Royal Bank o f Ireland (I "; 4" Great Southern and Weste rn (501. paid), "" 4-- ,t, PA - I of Ireland (71. pd.), 13$ 4—Ditto, for accoull 01.3 land Great Western and RI. C a n a l (301. Ps iw ' for account, sli. ella ir • the latch.) ' lll 's , eri rru'ior' .9.- —ton' ' Live'Po o ;I.ivero°l' tt. .~ teq J --------- -.-- BIRTHS. vo aipi t OF A SOS. , o rp r foil‘ , flay On the 21st inst., at St. Mary's f ll , . ,5° the Hon Mrs. Wm. Warburton. o. Tbe' f-t°l3 tli° On the 21st inst., at the trial* the wife of the R ev . R. W. . 13 " t ''' bll i • far , . W. Cob tr eat, On the 20th inst., at 6 ' or , ot N foll'' L , " tad °. wife of Lieut.-Col. Bruce Grenadi er ,if O iii°r4 OF A nituairl'O' -rife - td , On the 21st inst., at Sydenham lie OO Jones, Esq., M.D. °l'll' Posr D On the 19th inst., at Brar 3 orougb the wife of David Buchanan', Esq. hoof kilt" 11 MA RR 1 E T ) * _OOO6 to ) 14 41. On the 21st inst., at Queen Camel. s.sorre',,,flef' I ,i`.' l ' inm( a White, Es of Tulse-hill. i • the IA" the icholls D'Anhsn : q" st danAter 0 t bor. or, Fitzhetb , rt, of 13u 7 cics % 17 ng rf e ',use, 'C'oul er l,il ll _ e A7ev i.rt' h On the 21d inst . at St w Pancras. lii"`'",.,f 137. fro .4o l ' ea l , youngest snn of Thomas White E sc ''' . Angt l6.- f Os 'sod of Hanbam Court, Gloceatershire. ° p q , s o the . Youngest daughter of William Be wick-square, fol 4 13 014 DIE P. T ots 4p A On the 20th inst.. at Bournemouth., 6 _,, ri ' D otze 3 Jiltelloi Pitt, second son of Lord and Lady itv",""oricb, coo On the 21st inst., at Thorpe-next''r the e o i for 0 11 V Wodehouse, E,q., for 34 years MP. N•wfolk. aged 71. G © , ,ta lin, , On the 21st inst ,at Vinburgh, Gor'lllo9,o, (41 laughter of Sir G Graham liontgomeri, P er o( Stanhope, ngsd Ilth months. tbe i W t ;3l)e ° On the 21st inst., at Bondleigh. Dev,"Lte lOc il "0 Stroud, M.A:, rector of the parish, an" '"" sfil , , l n p, Williton. S ,, rnerset, aged 60. V 9115 ' D° l3'l' On the 20th inst., at Woodford.greee. scate, James Norton, Esq ,of Now-street, BishoP s 1 01 4 " iodic+ Ir, age d 70 . geoll On the I th in at Beckenham recO r l' ~ for Esq., late of Hatherden House, Hants. _ r ,itb. 1 .,,,,!r: On the 7th inst., on board the s team er J O b rr,rl ' klnve. harbour, of ili , " l '°"" 3-lth Regiment. D.A.Q.G., third sot? of th e 36. ..-' Cnptain Art,hua:l,t, Ite .-- I. La and of the Ceylon Civil Service, e g ad enii ~/ ‘cr , 7, . ' viio, 10,A 1 4 , k 14116444 ••••,! .. 1 ( j1Cle 4 d °l t k N" NI irl;:'• 0,,,, ~1~6 ~V ~ ~a k4S