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

HEALTH OF THE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. The following letter, addressed to Lord Shaftes bnry, has been published : _ _ • "Balaklava. July 19. " I have just reeeived your letter of the 6th hat. re . 'meeting the state of our noble army, a subject that ab sorbs all 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 115 degs. to 120 dogs. 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 iitence of malarious diseases, chiefly intermittent, and occasionally cholera, as we have had it at various periods. Balaklava, where I am located, is the very worst point of the whole occupation, and he local peculiarities and b• ad sanitary state have caused great ,morality among the troops on fatigue duty. " It was the knowledge of this peculiarity that led us to concentrate our eff ats on Balaklava, hectatee4t oth s ho ve N o thin g 20,000 men went in and out of it every day. could be worse than its condition. It is a sm i a h li por t, g land-locked, lying among lofty hills, crowded w i t h t an s h ips, mas the margins of the harbour formed with marsh, dead animal s has t and filth of all kinds; the upper end a t been used as a graveyard, where some hwasands of car cases of men and animals had beenburied, mostly in water, and hardly covered with earth ; carcases floating in the harbour, and also the refuse and blood of cattl e slaughtered on board ship ; no latrines but the hill sid es , and back yards of houses covered with filth in cense "e. " 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, bat not all that is desirable. " All our efforts have been unavailing to save the place from - cholera, but the medical o ffi cers w h o i nspect ee V .the ships in the harbour say that we have saved a great ~many lives. • 4 , Next as to the camp. One part of the camp is „ s i tua t e d in the plain, or rather v a ll ey of Balaklava, an is: 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 t ; very good state. It is clean and well attended to ; but f .here again there are malarial spots to which the troops ce are tied by the exigencies of the service ; affected regi , mente 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 coru enparatively 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 snore 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 foal encampment of the other armies, which have suffered far more from disease than our men have. 0 , "The winter mortality was a far different thing from the summer mortality. Hardly any. of the causes— namely, bad 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 ecor butie, and hence the awful mortality in the hospitals at Scutari e it was exactly like the Irish famine fe, er ; now _. we have malarial diseases—fever and cholera— the inten .. sity of which in our camp has been, no doubt, most ma teriaily lessened by the great care bestowed on the into. I have myself gone among them and asked abeut their provision aid clothing, &c. I have never been able to elicit a single conapleiat, except one—namely, that they were not in Sebastopol • they have always told me they had nothing in the world else to complain of. "Considering the local circumstancee, 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 bad a right to expect. Mai . rhcea has been prevelent, hut there is a system of in spection in use for its discovery and treatment which apneas to work as well as 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 convalescente, 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 London to compare to them in their sanitary relations. It is a perfect treat to walk through them. The air ie as pure inside as out. Our sanitary work comes out well there. Some points still require improvement, and the work is going on. The change in three months is incre dible. The water question may be summed up as follows : With proper care there 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, 'a our camp it appears to be properly done, judging at least 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 the 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 ter. 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 ex imple. "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 springs. "The following facts will show you the health of the troops at the present time : " Week ending July 7.—Strength 41;593, total deaths 150, deaths from cholera 71, deaths front feter 17, deaths from diarrhoea 19, deaths from dysentery 2. "Week ending July 14.—Strength 42,513, total deaths 123, deaths from cholera 55, deaths ti • o fever 18, deaths from diarrhcee 10, deaths frcm dysentery 5. " The deaths front wounds for these two weeks were 44 and 30. " Thin shows a large balance against disease : but still, considering all things, my wonde r is that the mor telity from epidemics now prevalent among us is so small. It will assist-you further to estimate our sanitary ciindi tion if I compare it witn things at home familiar to you. Ilalaklava harbour is much sweeter than the Dames, 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 Balaklava harbour did at the worst. When the town itself was held up to the reprobation ef the civilised word from its anburied carcases and filth, it was not worse than entire villages I could name in our own country, and it was about on a par with the district where knackers' yards, private slaughter-houses, and unwholeecane 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 -aid about the sanitary condition of the camp; putting out of sight the local malaria, the camp is in a very notch better state than the towns and villages at home out of which the men have come. " It Is ttleo very satisfactory to state that almost every practicable improvement we have advised for the cetrip we have found already in operation in some part of it. We have only wished the worst practices to be avoided, and the best 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 tutu; plain facts . Appear to . me to point out clearly than military hygiene should be - a portion, and a compulsory portion, of the education and examination for -service of every officer, whether medical or riot, entering the service. If it were inculcated as a duty - thatabe main end of official routine is not only diecip,- . line, fighting, and treating disease , but also preserving the troops in a state of efficiency, I believe that a vast 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 89 men last winter, while regiments close to them were almost swept away, " I believe there is no point eintiiin the instructions of the Sanitary Commission that' has'not been attended to in the terms of those instruction. We have ma 'e every needful and recommended the adoption of all ' nece ssary measures ; • We fis:ve had the most needful of e these nneantinen 'carried out- under, our inspectors, and o.fthoo in the camp are being carried nut by the military. heittfboritiess charged with their usual execution. You are aware, however, that in all sanitary matters iin.re • enutti og care. is required to Meese osmtinual success, and at that illy relaxation may do mischief. The (nee-ores' themselves, moreover, are.af such a nature that only those - daily administering theas Cua fully n u „, what i s d„km*,..and what is undone and he nce the necessity for n''' l7 . ll 'n'ethecation anti examination hi hygiene I have referred 3 •"''''D- 1 0Yethout that no mere Jeaternal pressure, such as • 0-Irs lukvatzerciqed, oat be of lasting benefit, bee:tun-I the isCrparties who have to carry them out have no knowleJee *hew' theie nece-sity or impoiaance: and henc e bane hearil el 'the -meet ti ef ' 11 . *ingestions cnroin. fro m military. medic a l c.Jnofficere called `Doctors' crotchete,' and thrown aeide. le -"At pr esent I believe little. if Anything, more cae h e • done here in th e way of initi a tion of camp sanitary urea, es :nun ; the only difficulty is in ineuring t e e continued s application of those . measure, and thin the militery au letethoritien alone can do. It might be well to vest the ' i4ecisfons of msdioal boards with something au - p: like , • ority. p!au 1 ha-re mentioned vronii he the bast ono :ffliezzg tla aziletiag iiithery eptca moat sEi.iut i • -44 3 - #3.1/ no e . J:• -- ra THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23 1855 but, if it could not he adopted, then an independent de partment, with autboriiy in all r»atteze affer ting the conflicting i p 3e h x y t si b ca es i t c . oL l th ,i, ti o o u n ld of pr t e l f r :r t t r , h ) e op fi s would perhaps rot,toavoidco he nfl jurisdictions. "Another element of evil should not he overlooked : our great mortality from epidemics arises among the young unacclitnatised troops. The men have to change rapidly their country, climate, habits, and food, as well as their occupations, and a large per tentage must in. evitably perish. "War at best is, in one word, 'misery.' We cannot gild it ; it is an abrogation of civilisation for 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 cons( nt, to study and prepare for it, or to be ready for it. Had we recozeised this necessity more we should not have had to pour out so many unavailing reereti and urije-t recriminations. "Thank you, very much, for your inquiries, snout my. self. Commissioners are peculiarly unfortunate ; of the two seat by France, one is a prisoner and the other is dead of cholera. The Tinter hospital commissioner is dead of dysentery. The Commissariat Commissioner, Sir John M c Neil and Colonel Tahoe'', were both ill be fore they loft. Of our cornmiesion, poor Gavin, as you are aware, was shut accidentally by 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 ha., 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 bad 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 beat for certain pu►poses, as, for in stance, for deodorising is 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 best when wet. " Saud 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 carriage. "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 t►ie harbour, close to the wharf, and not far from 'arse accumulitions 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 form a lofty wall, on the quay. The surface of the quay was covered with charcoal dust, the same dust pervaded the slip and covered the men ; so perfect was the deodorising effect, that there was no smell either i❑ the ship er near it, although usually the air ws.s very foul there. In ttvo days six cases of cholera appeared on board, of which 5 died. We sent the ship outside at once. There were 5 subsequent cases of diarrhoea, but all recovered ; a ship lying next to the Chester hail no disease, " The fact is certain and curious, and is confirmed, though not in so striking a manner by all our experience hers. It would, I think, be safe to disuse the word dis infectant,' hi cause it leads to undue expectations, and might lead to neglect of other measures. " Aid now in regerd to your questio❑ as to what you can do in the way of assisting are, " If you can 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 times the work without it. Personal help would be row-t useful if we could under take the work of the military authorities, in which case a waft ef camp inspectors would be very desirable, but to do this the military system would have to be changed. A military, not a civil, ca-np 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 ct nfidence. " I believe the course taken by the War•office to hay? 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 shOtild 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. .1 can comp 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 CIRCUIT.—CBOYDON, August 22. Mr. Jubtice WigLitman bas disposed of the following special jury cases : MANN Y. 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 was allPged to be unnecessary delay on the part of the defendants 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 defendantm. The qtp , stion involved in this cause was that which has been often before the subject of litigation, namely, the liability of companies to carry what are termed " packed parcels" to their deQtination. It was alleged by the plaintiff that since the recent deci sions in the courts of law compelling companies to carry a large parcel containing several smaller ones at the same rate as single parcels, the com panies had intentionally delayed the delivery of such parcels to the consignees for the purpose of suppressing th e practice. The defendants had paid 101. into Court, allering that, tt is account would euver all the lo,s that had been sustained. Various points of law were raised, and eventually a veidiot was entered for the plaintiff for 151. beyond the , rim paid it to C art, some points of law being re-erved f r further consideration, and the defendants having lib .rty to move the Court upon them. MANN Y. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. E. James, Q C., and Mr. Hawkins were for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Bramwell, Q C., and Mr, .B viii, Q.O , for the defendants. This was an action by the same plaintiff,. aganst the railway company, and the circumstances were pretty much of the same nature, as in the last case, with the exception that it appeared, since the decisions above re ferred to, the company charged 50 per cent. upon all packed parcels, and required a de=claration to be signed by the sender, describing the contents of e , ch 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 special 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 hard 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. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-- LIVERPOOL, AUG. 21. Ppsaln,tiff:and Mr. CIVIL COURT. (Before Mr. J ust i ce Crowder.) Mr. Brett appea v r l ed Y for y. T ititioe y,roig Ser geant Wilkins for the defend ant. The learned counsel, in opening the plai n tiff s case, said the plaintiff was a car proprieto r and driver, and the defendant was a contractor for th e E ast Lancashire Railway Company. and was recently engaged in build ing a railway bridge across Great Howard -street, Liver pool. On the 12th of January last, about 6 o'clock in the morning, the plaintiff was engaged in driving a per son from one part of the town to another. Whoa he came to the new bridge in Great Howard-street his car struck against a log of wood, and the effect was that the vehicle was overturned, and the plaintiff was thrown out upon the ground. He was much injured by the fall and was incapacitated for work for nhiut five weeks in consequence. The damage done to the cir amuunted to between 4/ and Si. About 30 yards from the place where the arkident occurred there wag a small fire, but there was no light at the place where the timber wivt lying. Upon eron-examination by Mr. Sergeant 'Wilkins, the plaintiff Raid ho did not see any hull's eye lamps un.'er the bridge ; but ha would not swear there were none. He went on the wrong Hide of the roa 1. because his right aide 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 20 , h he took a letter to the def,!.ndant He a•iked 11. 16s. 6d. for the 'repairs if the shaft:. ,l I The car was not of oak --(laughter)--b u t it Wa . as good at the tale of the aecieietit as Wben he bought it. He could a mietitnes read, hut not always, A letter,, purporting to ho from the plaintiff to the def•rdant, was here'handed t.) Witness (looking intently at the letter for about five la irmtes)-- , -Faith, and I can't read it now. (Laughter.) Mr Sergeant Wilkins—Oh, this is not one of your rine days Don't puzzle yourself any further. Grate, a police• cons t a hl,, proved th a t h e saw t wo balks of titeher lying in the channel under the bridge. A space of about 14 feet was left for traffic under the bridge. C:0111•87A1MAIS4 ti gs o ugaut Trai ng .a s siw I I O 4 •'.r the place 011 the night previous to the accident, and he gave directions how the lights should he placed,and they were placed according to his directi.ms. All the works there had been dune under the direction of the police. There was sufficient room under the bridge for 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 au hour after the accident, the fires under the bridge were nearly out. At six o'clock he saw a lamp, a good bias ing fire, and a watchman at the place where the acci dent took place. John Cahill, a watchman in the employ of the defend ant, said he had to watch near the place where the bridge way 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 way called. who stated that the repairs to the car amounted tie 4/. 18-i. 6,1. ; and the medical officer --aid the plaintiff had no fractured limbs, and his bill would amount to a , iout 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 the place Tiiere were two fires burning at each end of the bridge all night, and two red bull's-e3e 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 beard Baron Parke say that things were now getting to that length that by-and by, if a man should run his head aglinst a wall, he would be bringing an action against the builder for compensa tion. (Laughter.) He trusted the jury would assist iu 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 had 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 Mould 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 some length the facts he had endeavoured to prove. Mr. Brett addreased the jury for the plaintiff, and His Lordship having summed up the evidence, The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. SURREY sEssroxs. - 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, and a pair of silk stockings, from the dwel ling-house of William Chapman Neale. Mr. Thomson 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 her husband would pay for it. Sonic time afterwards the prisoner and a man 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 to pur chase three of them for ss. After that witness unloceed the parlour door, and invitad the prisoner to look at some new furniture, &c., and at the same time she put Tier hand upon a box standing on a table, telling her ‘• that it-contained all she was worth in the world, a , d enough to maintain her as long as she lived." Shortly afterwards they left the parlour, when the prisoner said in a hurried manner that she would run borne for tno money for the fowl , . She accordingly left, and in afe v minutes witness's husband came home, when thy both went into the parlour, and to her dismay she found the box was gone. That box contained 4/. in crown nieces, 801118 f reign and old coins, a crotchet, cap, and a pair of silk stockings which sine wore the d;iy she was married. WitnieSs and her husband 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 sa id, 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 female did. Mr. Charnock—What did you wet it with Witness—Oh, a little gin, that is all. Mr. Charnock—How much gin ? Witness—About a quartern. Mr. Charnock—Did you not have more than a guar. tern 7 Witness—Yes ; I believe two quarterns, perhaps three. I paid for some of it. Mr. Charnock—Did you not give some gin to the cat ? 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 saw her leave the house ; and if she had your box you mug have seen it, Witness—l gave her a lump of stone and glass picked from the fire in Holland-street, and I th-ught she carriel that away with her, but she had my box at the same time. Mr. Charnock—Dtd you not give her the cap and stockings as w e ll a s the studs ? You know you were good natured after drinking the gin. Witness I gave her nothing except the studs. The cap and stockings were in the box, and my husband had the key. Warwick Vaughan, 255 M, said he was called by last witness to take the prisoner into custody, when a c.i.f.) was called f r, and on their way to the station•bouse she handed him a cap, pair of stockings, and some shirt studs, saying that Mr.. Neale had given them to her. Sarah' Ann Fewsome, the wife of one of the warrant officers attached to the S)uthwark Police-court, said she searched the prisoner and found two foreign coins upon her. These coins were identified by the prosecutor aid his wife. Mr. Charnock then addressed the jury at some length on behalf of the prisoner, cm.tending that the pr,secu trix was a gin drinker,. and while in a state of inehriation she was so charitable as to give away the cap and ,•tock inL4s with the studs ; but as fur the coins, he shoe d be able to prove that they had been in the possession of hi.. client f.r some time. He called several witnes,es, who gave a very , ingular acc( unt of the coins and he whole transaction ; but the jury, much to the astoni-hment (.4 ,very one in court, returned a verdict of acquittal, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. "BOW STREET.—Tug CASE OF STTIA.IIANT, Parr,, AND CO.—The prisoners in this case were formally re manded for another week, without being placed at the bar. Mr. Strahan and Hr. Ba'.es attended with Omit-ImA and the sureties were renewed. Sir John Paul, being still without bail, was conducted back again to this House of Detention. Martha Henniker was p'aced at the bar hi-fore Mr. Heorv, charged with stealing a silk velvet mantle, the property of Mi. , s Elizabeth A. Chibhett. 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. S'onie time back the prisoner was requested to place the mantle in a drawer in Mi-s Chibb,tt'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, aid nothing was heard of it until yesterday, when police. constable Jones, 151 L, happened to meet the pri• cower in Lambeth-walk, with the velvet mantle upon her hack. He accused her of getting it dishonestly, but ells 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• I perty to her. Tile prisoner, finding that Miss Chibbett would not forego the prosecution on these terms, at once adopted a different line of p o l icy an d stoutly affirmed, before the magistrate, that the mantle was her own property. Mr. Henry thought the prisioner's audacity in claim ing the mantle after confessing her guilt, would be hardly likely to serve her. She must be committed for trial. A well-dressed man, Lamed George Purser, aged 35, was charged with having in his possession two of the gold watches recently stolen from Mr. 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/ lie. Witness opened it, and seeing that the name on the dial plate had been altered, made a further inves tigation of the works, upon which he discovered the name of Mr. Millerct engraved upon the interior, and thitt the number of the watch correspond e d with one of those which had been lately &tole!) from Mr. Mil leret's rooms in Cecil-street. He se. t round to the pollee.-office and gave the prisoner into custody. Tee prisoner said he had received the watdi from a person outside, and if he had known what witness was going. to Flo, would have pointed the man out to him in tile street, but it was now too late, as the stranger was gone. Thomas Cox, assistant to Mr. Tomlinson. pawnbroker, 254, Strand, iitentified the prisoner as the man who bad pledged another of Mr. Miller-tee watches at his em ployer' shop on Thin,* last, for 31. stating tha!: it was for a party in Esnne.street. Strand. In this CA , O the I:WWI of Mr. Mdleret bad b een comp l ete l y oblite rated, and another name enzraved, but the prosecut.4 was able to identify it. A City conmtable, HillR, 831, ctated that when Es tool{ the priQooer into custody he told cAiti:esi; that the watch was given to him to pledge by a nom whom he met at Charlton's, in Holy tell—trt et, The prisoner made the following Wateinent, after the Ilßual caution had been put to him by Mr. henry . —On Thursday la.t I was the shop of Mr. Charlton, watch mater, of Holy well-street. I deal a little in wate ea myBell, arnisalled there on bu-lness. After I had bren in the shop some time a gentleman, a str,riger to tne, came in and said to Mr. Chariton, "Is that ready?" H t , did sat Mt, wlt4t o bad MO WaTirntiC4 w ' ." Mrs. Charlton, and Charlton hitnt elf went out. I re mained in the shop, and t en the , tranger mked me if wouhl hey a double case gold wa,ch. He a-ked 6/. f)r it, but I said I had not the money to buy it. lie thou asked me it I would pledge it for him, as he had a (else to attend t) at We-tminster, and wanted some money, adding that if I would do so he would give me 2Q. 6d. for my trouble. We went to the Spotted Dog, in the Strand, and he treated me to some porter, after which I went to Tomlinson's, and pledged the watch for 3/. 108. On my return we went to the Cheshire Cheese, and he got change for the half-sovereign, and paid me my ha,lfcrown, 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—whom I had seen before, and believed to be in the betting way. He was talking to Charlton, iti•d presently the man who gave me the watch to pledge came in and spoke to the tell man and to Coarlten. The e , tter said he would ,end it Clot stating what) r 'tend to the Spotted Dog, and then the man asked the to go and drink with him again. I wee t with him to the Spotted Dog, and after we had been there a short time Cearlion brought round a watch, which he gave to the gentleman, who asked me to go and pledge it for hint on the same terms as before. I then took the watch to Avant's, in Fleetelreet. I never knew the gentleman's name who gave me the watches. When i first saw him he bar: some Papers, and said be was in the same business as Mr. White— 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. Inspector 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 Bead, an aged v emu, 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 tirae 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 bad 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 her 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 finings up oo the sulject until a few days since, when ho received private information that she had redeemed a portion of his prmerty from a pawnbroker's in Old-street, where she had previously pledged it. He accordingly obtained the assistance of the police, who traced her to an obscure loitgiug 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 said the wife had been compelled to 1-ave prosecutor from his lepeated ill-usage, at time she was in a wretched state of health, and requested her (prix .ner) to take charge of the property, with the understanding that she keep it altogether, unless she atterwar is reclaimed it. Prosecutir emphatically denied having in any way ill treated his wife, and the magi-traeurdtred the accused to be remanded fur depositions. WESTMINSTER.—Sarah, Taylor, alias Hicks, a girl 18 years of age, was charged with tile following heartless and cruel robbery, the details of which excited general commiseration. About a timrith ago, Anne Paul, the widow of a soldier who lost his life in the Crimea, saw the prisoner in a deplorable condition Opposite her abode in Little Chapel-street, We. , tininster, and having learned frna her that she was friendless, and bad 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 accord• inely kindly taken in and provided IT, 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 4/. Information was given to the police, and the prisoner was apprehended on Tuesday night at the door of St. Martin's workhouse, where ehe was applying for relief. She was found wearing some of the things, and bad di , posed of the others. Mr. Arnold asked the prosecutrix bow she broke her leg ? The poor woman replied, that after the death of her husband she was permitted to sell ginger beer to the sol diers at Welli,lgton Barracks, and in taking some there she slipped down. Mr. Arnold gave the poor women (who is still on crutches) 10.. from the poor-box, and ratnauded the pri soner till Friday. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.— Francis .111‘Clavan, Jane .11Varan, (his wife), ai,d John 1V 'Govan (their son), aged 14, were charged before Mr. Bingham, by Hors f jun., an officer of the Mendicity Society, with being found begging. The officer :owed that on Tuesday afternoon he wa , 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 prisoners he observed that the prisoner John lifted up the pockets of five or six gentlemen with one hand, and put his other band in their pockets. He obtained the assi-tance of two police constables, when the three prisoners were taken into etrm.dv. The cripple got away. Horsford further added that the son of the prisoners Francis and Jane bad beet' allowed a holiday for a week by the governor of Heald 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 Correction. In answfr to the magistrate, Horsford stated that he believed the boys at Redhill school bad a week's holiday allowed them occasionally. The elder male prisoner made a long statement, in the cour.e of which he sail he met his chiliiree, who ''ad a black dog in a leading stria , g, and he compelled them to let the. dog go. Mr. 13;ngliam observed that l.e must discharge the female, as in law she was suppo ed to be acting under the oriers of her hußband_ The ether pri-oners were •ent to the H use of Correc- tion each for 14 days. LAMBETH. —Thomas Harris, a very stout seafaring looking nian,, was placed .before Mr. Elliott, on the charge of being drunk, assaulting a female, and wilfully break!ng four squares of Wass a , 4, St. Ainlrew's-terrace, ',lmbed), on the previous evening. T;:e house where the offence wa- committed belorws to that &ass of "pri vate" dwellings which "Jack" unfortunately runs head long towards whenever he leaves the salt water, and iu which places he is general y "taken in and done for." It appeared - from the evidence on the oreser.t occasion that the prisoner had not been hog from the Crimea, where he had been serving in , otne capacity on board the Sydney. He came up to town torn Deptford, and whilst enjoying himself in the usual rioti.us way with seamen, wound up at a little after 12 o'clock by a grand as-ault 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 in a rapid manner, a policeman was found and defendant w.s ultimately made prisoner and led off. He charged some 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 bad 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 , ey alai watch, and thinking that some of the women in that house bad taken it be certainly did begin to lay about him, in the hope that to prevent the smashing 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, ultirriAtelj , 'dimcharged the prisoner, and re commended him to bestow hall-a-crown (his list 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 engaged the whole of the morning hear tog and disposing of the charges brought from Camber. well fair, of which there were not less than a dozen, some for assaults, but the principal number for felony. This fair, which in the good old times was one of prblic reereaii..n and amusement, has of late years become m. rely tho r en d ezvous o f a ll th e thieves and vicious °h a ratters in the metropo l is ari d a public nuisance to the respectable inhabitants in the neivhbourhool. The " YUCCA GLORIOSA."—A fine specimen of this tare andwonderful . plant might have been seen in full p of these plants blooming in a public blossom thi 4 e'lreelo ago in Hyde - park - square, having thrown Out a stern some f eet i n height, covered with beautiful bell-sha ed flowers r-f a pale lemon colour. The novelty of nne thoroughfare attracted, as may be supposed, a great many visitirs, The blossoms have now died away, but the stem hasnot entirely decaYed. [ ADV BETIBRUNTI4II , iIIoway ' s Pi l ls infa l lible for the Cure of IndigeStion and Disordered Stomachs. — Mr. C. Welch, of Cvtlewellan s tates in a letter to Professor W HO, way , th a t a person with whom he is acquainted :suffered front; indigestion and liver comp l a i nts. Sortie .cif,the most eminent medical men in the neighbourho,,d had tried their ',kill upon him without any good effect , and for s ome t i me he wan in the county i n fi rmar y. There bewas pro nounced incurable ; h owever , notwithstand ing all this,li o ll oway ' s P i ll s ' have been the sole -- means ofperfectly cur i ng him.—Soli by all Medicine Vendors thrqUghout th e world ; at P ro f essor H , dloway's E,,tab iishments , :New YQOC t by,A. Stamps, Oonotautinoplo ; A.Guidicy, , 244,. Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, '.•I 3 ,EITIDI i ltd a Utivdt, Wash ' • . • , ;poizTi.;VG INTEL' TG,TYOII. YORK AUGUST MEE TING-WEDNESDAY The Dundas Stakes of 50 .OVB, addwd to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 soya each. Ono mile acid a quarter. 9 subs. Mr. Knowles's The Rajah, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Q lint* 1 Mr. Thornpson's Orange Blossom, 4 yrs, ist 701 (Owner) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's First Fly, 2 yrs, sst (Challoner) 3 The following also ran— Hoddarn, Middlesborough, Little Tom, Yeutiok, 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 neatinz the third two lengths ; bid fourth, Yuutiek, Aiddlesbor and Put itati. The Irork,ihire Oaks of 15 ,ivs each. 5 ft, for 3-yr-old Silies, 84 7lb each, with 100 Alded. Certain penalti.4s and allowances. Tne second to receive 50 t 1 0 ,74 out of the stake,i, and the third to save her stake. One mile and a quarter. 93 subi. Mr. T. V. Turner's Capueine, 84 71b ...... (J. Marson) 1 Mr. Rudston Read's The Mosquito, 84 7lb (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. H. List-r's Fanny Gray The following. also ran : B, , sika, Treachery, Ex citement, Instructress, SAestar, and Lady *Patton. Betting-5 to 4on Mosquito, sto 1 agst Capueine. Won very easily by two leng'ths ; same distance between the second and third. Instructress a very bad fourth. Besika and Excitement were the next two. The Selling Stakes of 5 R.VB each, with 25 added ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weientl. One mile. (5 subs.) Mr. Calder's Hazby, 4 yrs (301.), Bst 41b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Knowles's Cnannian. 3 yrs (30/ ), 6-410. h (Quo.tof.) 2 Mr. Shepherd's Actress, 3 yrs (301.), 6 t ) 3 Mr. R. Walker's fby Ytugh-a-Bmiugh—Mawle. 4 yrs (301.) Betting—Even on Haxby, sto 2 agst Chann;an. 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 nova each, h ft. with 100 added, for 2 yr-olds ; colts, Bst 61b; fillies, Bst 21b ; 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 51b Mr. W. H. Brook's Manganese, Bst 4lb (J Osborne) 2 Mr. Harland's Mirav•., 7.4 13Iii (J. Marson) 3 The following also ran ;—Nlerlin, Little Tibby, Lea mington, Blanche, Alfred, Adam, Prairie Bird colt, f by Birdcatcher. Aleppo rent to the post, - hut did not get if Betting-7 to 4 agst Fiy-by-Night, 9to 4 agst Aleppo, 6 to 1 agst Mirage, 7 to 1 agst Merlin, 12 to 1 agst Man ganese, 100 to 8 agst Prairie Bird colt. Won by a length ; half a length between -econd and third. Merlin, at a wide interval, was fourth ; Leamington and Prairie Bird colt close together, were filth and sixth ; Little Tibby and Alred the next two. Second Great North and South of England Biennial StAes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 200 added, for 3-yr olds ; colt., 84 71b ; fillies, 84 2 , 1) Certain penalties and allowances, Two mileg. (141 ~ üb3.) Mr. Osbaldeston's Rifle , nan, by Touchstone, 84 71b (Flatman) 1 Admiral IFlareonrt'sE'lerrnire, Bst 2113 (Alderoft) 2 Lord Clifden's Homily, 7st 11lb. (Charlton) 3 The following also ran :—Noisy, His Piper, The Cropper, Paletot, The Earl, Elastic, The Rajah, Lady Ta..ton, and Ciotilde. Won ea.ily by a length. Sweepstakes of 100 , ovs each, Ei ft, for 4-yr-olds. Hutuv.uffin Vignette Chesterfield Handicap. Vindex Solestar Orson . liv . on by tw,, lengths. Queen's Plate. Neville . Little Brownie Sandboy Won by four lengths. Burgundy stakes. Acrobat walked over LATEST .BE EBOR HANDICAP. 3to 1 ac•t D.ttne Judith 4to 1 6gst Vandal sto 1 agst Sq,uct-box. 10 to 1 agst E, , cape Bolton is set-ached. BT. LEGER. 6to 4 agst Oubiton 9to 2 agst Lord of the Idea 7to 1 agst Rifleman 10 to 1 agst Capucine The weather eva,4 dull and showery, the attendance of company very good, and the sport ample and int. , restiig. Immediately after the race for the Convivial Stakes 7 to 1 was taken to 1501. about Fly-by• Night for the Derby. ABINGDON RACES—AUG. 28. Acceptances for the Berkshire Stakes. Two miles. Age st lb Age st lb Speed the Plough 4 8 5 Mayboy 3 5 7 R , ,bgill Jenny Wren Diana 4 6 0' EGHANI RA Acceptances for the Surrey CES—AuG, 30. and Middlesex Stakes. Two a distance. miles and Age st Ibl Age nt lb Winkfield Ireland's Eye 5 8 1 Fulheck Mr. Sykes 5 7 11 Nell Gwynn° 3 5 10 The Cropper The highest weight accepting being Bst 51b, it has been raised to Bst 71h, and the rest in proportion. Acceptances for the Runnymede Stakes. One mile. Age et lb i Age st lh Lady Bird ... Nev Brighton ... 5 8 5 'Joshua B-rdeaux Postulant Tobolski 5 8 2 The highest weight accepting being 7st 121 h, it has been raised t , , Bst 71b, and the rest in proportion. WARWICK SEPTE Acceptances for the Count, BER MEETING. ty&akes. One mile and a Age st lb Ear!) , Bird ..... 4 8 7 Hu nyerturd Nabob King ofTrunips 6 7 11 Indian Warrior 6 7 2 Domi n 0 Wind Huntsman 4 6 12 Kaffir 4 6 7 Speed the Plough (inc. s:b ex.) 5 6 6 Gamekeeper Cock Ptrea•arrt .. 5 6 5 The Jealous 0 ,, e 4 - 6 4 Maid of Team Valley a 6 4 Acceptances for the Welt-I.i Age st lb Mr. Sykes 5 6 3 Ryktone Flatterer Sine•qoa-non 4 6 2 Jenny Win Chicken St. Clair 4 5 13 Battle 5 5 12 Diana 4 5 11 Lady birl Homily Pa,lon-r•ton Re.ika The Earl 3 4 ll Moorcoek Cup. Oue mile and a half. Age Kt lb Poodle Einniguffin.. Caliph 4 10 4 1 Garforth . a 10 3 `lamer Horton Vandyke Vest!ge ngton Stakes. Two mile whom pay 5 cove each.) Age st n. Speed the Plough - (Inc. slb ex.) 5 11 0 Cock Pheasant 5 10 13 Minerva 5 10 11 Little Torn 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 Rafap 7 an Early Bird 4 8 2 Little Harry 6 8 0 Nabob Age rt lb Diana 4 5 12 Lint he thmelati. E. , cape Sultan (by Cres- KingofTrunips... 6 7 Gnorkah Pantomime Indian Warrior 6 6 11 Le Juif Little Davie Lerrywheut Amalgamation La Belle 5 6 5 Mishap Weathercock 4 6 4 New Warrior Kaffir 4 6 3 Gamekeeper Newbold St. Car 4 5 13 8105,,0m 4 5 13 Surgeon-General 4 5 12 cent) The Chicken Dame Judith... 3 5 8 Homily InstructreMs The Jolly Marine (late &dor) Shoreham itnow-ne 3 5 0 The Earl 3 4 11 Cock of the North 3 4 11 3 4 10 Lady Rachel 3 4 9 Lily Brinklow Tue Butler 3 4 8 DONCASTER MEETING—SEPT. 11. Accep , antes for the Great Yolki:hire Handicap. St. Leger Couri.e. Ake Ft ll' Mu,covite Rato.plan Tyliee Litt Harry 5 8 4 Buiar le Little David Indian Warrior 6 7 71 Ivan Calamus 4 7 6 Grand Itiqui•itir 4 7 21 Wild Hunt-mai._ 4 7 01 Maid of Team. Val. Age P t lb qid-ummer 4 6 3 qr. Sykes 5 6 3 guitim Little+ Tom 4 5 13 Veteran St Clare 4 5 13 Birrel 4 5 18 Palmer ton Radcliffe Hero 5 5 7 c by Rintaloon— Ply ails 4 5 7 Di merit 4 5 7 iir G orge ... 3 5 5 the Cropp,r Little Brownie ... 3 3 1 Vandal Brink low ...... Fanny Gr,y Cate Emma Beonett) 3 4 10 Johnny Taft Mary Hi* Piper . 3 4 10 le Jack a 6 12 Leetning ... A 6 8 Saraband Aribbas Rylstone 3 6 5 La Belie 5 6 5 Gamekeeper ..... 4 6 5 Kaffir 4 6 5 Newbo!d Dame Judith 3 6 3 Amegszatics -I a, .i - Acceptan ,, , for thoi law] TT;lrplicap. One mile. Av.e sr it Orin ,, co ...... . 5 9 2. Kin L of Trumps 6 3 12 Dervi,-11 .. 4 8 Age St, lb 44;,1..t fe.ttn V , .1- 1,-,y Artlhatu Little T..m 4 7 2 4icily Culcavy Fanny Gray Laura Selina Mary The Cropper H spodar Ivan Calamus 4 7 10 Herald Saraband Orson ... Rylstone 3 7 5 Naval and Milit. ;ary Intelligence. The Wye steam-vessel, fitting as a condelising vessel for the supply of fre-h water to toe oy 111 the C itnea, to be stationed at Bal , klas a, v.hile primed lig r. and from the north dock to the steAin ba.in pert.-rday, at Portsmouth. ran foul of the Caniperdo,n, 104, earned away her upper-works, on the starboard quarter, and her ca'zentnast. She was taken into the rt am basin in the afternoon to expedite her fittings. The Clyde stearn transrynt went into P,)rtsliouth harbour yesterday to to land her sick and wounded soldiers at the dockyard. The Calliope, Palmerston, aril Paratnatta transports went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday to discharge their retuned stores and he paid off. The Marlborough, 131, new screw three-decker, was to be undocked laet night at high water at Portsmouth. - The Great Britain ,•t , am-1. and the Europa steamer are under orders to sail from Liverpool on the sth or 6th of September, but it is not yet known what troops they will take out. In additi n to troops and stores they have been fitted to carry ammunition. The Hansa steamer will s ill from Liverpool with ammunition and infa o try about the 28th inst. The San-paled, 70 guns, screw steamship, Captain Wo , ,dforii J. Williams, s.rrived at Sheerness at 7 15 4..111. yesterday for the purpose of taking un board a number of mortars and gun• of large calibre, also ammun Von, shell, &c. She is to be dtspatched as soon as pus,ible to the Black Sea. The floating batteries Thunderer and Trt.sty are ordered to be placed in the steam reserve squalroa at Sneertiess ; each of toeir fittings is to be complete in every r , spect to make them effic , ent for active service, when required. The Urgent, iron screw steam ,•tore•ship, Comina,,der Phillips, is progressing rapidly with her rigging and in ternal fittii.gs. The Siren, 16-gun sloop, at Sheerness, is all ataunt ; her rigging is being ratlined down. - In the list of otl 4 cers engaged in the attack on Sw , a borg, mentioned in the despatch of Admind Dondas, given in the papers of Tuesday, the name of LieivenaLt Wind rd, of the Royal MAr ne Art IlJty, should ha.e been Lieutenant G. R. Wilford. The name printed as Brownlow, of the Pembroke, should have been Bro. milow. F. R. EL Yorke, naval nadet, has been appointed to the Duke of Wellington for disp , sai. The depot of the 25th Regiment, which has been at t4ched to the Provisional Battalion at ChathaFir garr:son for the last 15 years, will proceed this morning to 111,r chester. It c of 1 officer, 6 sergeants, and 223 rank and file, under command of Captain H. T. Walker ; they inn the first division of tie regiment which has ar rived front India. The 2d Dragoon Guards, under command of Cinnel Campbell, are under orders to move from Dundalk to Dublin at the end of this month. Tti - halt-troop of the 741 Dragoon Guards qoartered in Kilkenny for the p.ist half-year, under cue co u inand of Li, ut. Dettmar, marched on :Monday to join the head-quarters in Dublin. They are not to he re placed in Kilkenny by any ea airy. A large draught of naval volurteers will be forwarded fr, on 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 The Sun of Monday, the gallant officer has aodressed a b-tter to a local paper, in which he states that. being willing and anxious to serve her Majesty, he steadily refused all applications from Colonel Tighe to resign, "but had to give up the command, w compli ance with a letter from his Excelency the Lord-Lieu tenant." Thomas Ever , tt, a native of Brook street, South Weald, a serpent in the 7th Fu-ilitr-t, and 22 years in the service, has just r: turned to his native village, Brent wood, with five wounds and the loss of an eye. His proudest boast is that 'oe had the distinguished honour of hand , —a hearty E , glish shake, tun—with her M,,j, , 1,ty at Portsmouth, who, in presenting him with a silk handkerchief, hemmed by herself. said, "I am proud of you, my brave serj-ant;" that Miss Niglitingate also made him 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 through the hip the same night, and had the sole of his shoe torn off by a cannon ball as be was lifting his l eg in walking. He considers that he " bagged" about ttO Russians by his own hands ! He also states that he was compelled to feign dead 16 hours as he lay on the field of battle surrounded by Russians, in order that he might be enabled to release tw.. comrades who were taken into Sebastopol prisoners. He got into Sebastopol, shot the sentry who was guarding the house where they were confined, releases them, and then brought them safely out. THE MILITIA. The Berwick, Haddington, Linlithgow, and Peebles Regiment of Artillery Militia is at Stit ling, and will gar. iison the Castle, while the Stirlingshi►e Regiment is to be billeted upon the inhabitants. Orders have been received to encamp the Inverness, Banff, &c., Highland Light Infantry Militia on the glade at Fort George, and it is expected the encampment will be ready in a few day. for the reception of the regimen'. It ►s supposed that this 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. Thy volunteers into the Royal Artillery from the La'e• cashire Militia Artillery were ylsterday forwarded fro.a Liverpool to Chatham. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. WEDNESDAY. Aurtist 22, Stations. Course of Wind. ,4t tr, .., ,0. tiler Greenwich . W... Partially cloudy. Loth bury Leeds Manchester S V Showery. Carlisle Lancaster . . Maryport . Whitebaven N W Fine—cloudy. Stoke-on-Trent ... S. W Cloudy. Sheffield . W . , . • Cloudy. Derby S. W - ' "Cloudy. Nottingham Leamington N. N W Leieester. W.S. W Fine. Holyhead . - ..... - WS. W. Dublin W Fine. Liverpool Ipswich S W... ..... . Fine—doudy. Bristol W Unsettled. Plymouth Exeter... Gloucester S. W.... Cardiff W. Fine. Swansea S. W Fine. Haverfordwest ... S. W Fine. Hague Brighton N. W Fine. Southampton W Fine. Portsmouth Poo's Cowes S. W Fine. Great Grimsby ... S.S. W ... Fine. Boston N. W Cloudy. Gai n a borough S• W Cloudy. Cambridge S.W. ...... Fine. Yarmouth ' W Fine. Lowestoft W . V ori: • - N N.W ..... Cloudy. Flull W. . Cloudy. Aberdeen - Cloudy. Perth Dundee . Edinburgh W. _Rain. GI tsgow S.W . Rain. Berwick Darlington B. w Fine. Sunderland S. W Cloudy. Whitby Scarborough Tunbridge Dover ......... ..... W... ... Strood S. W ... Cloudy. NOVEL EXPERIMENT IN FOREIGN MINING.—Ths Chancellor.ville Freehold Gold Mining Company have hit upon the novel expedient of importing to this coon try the enormous sample of one hundred tons of their ore fr'm Virginia, so a•+ to illustrate, beyond all question and by public test, the richne's of their mine. Ashay,- made by such men as Johnson and Mattbey, Mitche, Claudt..t. &c., show that, 5 oz.. to the ton at least may be expected as an aggregrate result. This impor tation, in reference to which the c , tutpany is so very sanguine, is a bold and dec...ive step, with honesty on the face of it, and some curiosity is excited as to what will he the retriIt [ADVERTISEMENT.I—The salutary effect of Du Barry's deli cious Revalenta Arabica Food in removing Indigestion (Dys. pepsia), Flatulency, ConstipatiOuiliervous, Bilious, and Lister complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility with.. .out Medicine, is admirably displayed by the following letters: " Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk, Juno 10, 1850. No. 4,208. Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility with cramp s , 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. FrAvata."—" 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 reme di s ., alleged infallible, were tried in vain, and for a long time I was never twenty-four hours without violent pain ; in leel I was unfitted for the performance of my daily duties I was induoed to try your food. In less than an hour I found relief, and my recovery was very rapid. The duties which previously had been an 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 hav e never had a return of my com plaint —I remain, &c., D. Thomas." In canisters, llb. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 45. 6d,; 51b. Ils. ; 121 b. 22e. The 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barr. Du Rarry dr Co., 77, Regent-street, London also at 182 Piccadilly ; 60, Gracecliureh-street ; 330, and 451, Strand . 4, Cheapside ;60 and Coruhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street • 55 , Charing-cross ; 54, U pper 13akee-street; 63 and 150, Orford -street ; 89, High-street, Cam ieu.town 18, Pall. malt; 7, Pall-mall-East; 132, New Bend-street ; 24, Mot comb. street ; 13, King William-street, City ; 30, Conduit street; 21, Coekspur-street ; 45, Farringdus-street ; 67. Fit. Ottureiwi • 6 IrobractlAriet • riatuARICAVN • 3RA BO RNF LI! A ILS. that the man. are sent trorn A the , n.fht—and M by the rnormtur—oesP, 'IIk7NTRIP:', n ,lenerw Pow. Lomion., "'very' FridB ica(by nth .paet N by United Ste. ackei) merica !by U States acket) ...• •••• • • N : ,, stralia (via gouth tmpton) .....• • • • .1i titto (via Marseilles) N , itto (via rape of ..400d Elope) ..NI ttrica ( West Cout) N exandria vexandria........ M Aolgium .......... . N 3razi1............ queno3 Ayres M 'ape of Good 'lone N 'ape ot Good Rope N 'ape de Verde 91!..0f tb3 month `eyltm (see In 11a) '!ey10n...... NI hannel Isles ..N, Mon ~Wed.AFrii. .......... Qr 1711 , of Thins . Once a month.... Slon , ttantinople 44,13,4,23,4.4 s 0, ~ 7 , instintinople ' 14th it 20th of moi ont. of Europe M t NiTwice daily egypt (see India) ' , ranee ........ M t N daily . libraltat ..........M 4,7, 17. 2 1 ). 27 of I) Treece (seo India) I ;reytown .......... M 2nd & 17th ot mon, larnburgh ........ N i Tnesday & Friday , ivannah .......... M i2nd of *he monti londuras .......... 141! 17th of the month., ~idia (vfaSouthampt.)94 l 4th & 20th of ndta (via Marseilles)M 9th&2sth of montid , niar is . .es (see india)l7, 17, & 27 of mot , 1 Ireland .. & N 'Twice daily MI, 9, 17, & 27 of crl. 4adeira •......... 91;9th of the month! adeira ............ 1 .4 1 29 d ot month •• .. talta (see India) Salts ............ N l B. 18 &28 ot mon) ;..t3d of the moot'. .! 'bl,& 30 or ;4th Az 20th of me , .1 17th of the moo , 9th of the moth 9th oi the molar; . - , A auritius (see Judie) - ....- ... 1. 1 .44nrItlus ........ .N 14th of the mourn '•°". Mexico ............ M 2nd of the mont• - •. goßthalso ,c .o;e , 14plee . ... •...•• ..N n. bthisth2athorme. l l:lover ••• to * ,,' 1 ,, ,tv grenade ......M 1 ,1 48 c 17th of montl Bouthall l P New Zealand ........ rSv orivate skip • . i.Various P ° ': . . Papal states .... ..E 4 l s thl s th2 s thofmon.iDnver •• 'WI . Peninsula .... •.....M ilthi7th27thofmon.!Southiolto... , Peru ......M2,1 41' 27th ot• mon ~,,o u fha"'ro rt s- 41 i Pvt Natal ~ ...... ..Nifty private ship... Variea s . i • i" . iioilv ... ~,........,N..sthlmh2Athormon,.Dover •• •, ~ '' .- Tuscany , . ~ ........Nls t his V l2s t hntimon:!Dover *,,,:iito, P 'fenezueis ~„ ......111I2d *.l7th of month! gootho'''' Van Diemen's Lane (s e. I . • • I ...4 1- Australia) ..., • , •t. .. I _ ea! 0 " ' , *,•..T!,fic. ' , IV ' 1 !iti..., in,,,,,iSorittil.' log 0 . When any or there d a t es fall 0 , 1 a Sunday , the , 4117 WO' patched on the following day, with the - eac eptien - 0 00 lonthampton), and the Malta. both of which w lll be preceding . olo gej SCALPS OP FISH.—Few Persons, when en if tb e f ef g white-bait dinne r a t B' ac k,. a ll are aware of 01 value of the scales o f th a t ti n y fish in the I n n eft:o o l of artificial pearl, and that tint rc,ny yelr s necklaces w e re more f as hi ona bl e amo ng the '',o 4 ; quart of the scales of the roach or of the t e : o s te e ; five guin e as, th e sea l- a o f some o ther T' co ' 4 ; ll jo lanv ire ,;; still grea.er value, In th e present day 3 'inn of the population along the bleo r Pli gaone, and the Rhi ne . li ve by catching t r:1 0 0 0 1 10; enrtil fish, the PoNleci of which are in gr, r a- vsl,„ a e , O- 'he manufactu rers o f pear l rnamente. 'rde:- L! sand of these fish - a are requ i re d i n Pr 'Pr SP- . FI It' lye pound o r t'e pearl essence. M. Jaw& ~I °llllo ft „eriwn who, in' the''reiin of Henry u;:1 ) , I % o ir'" idea of makirg pearls from the scales "fLorfi:olt, Fr -t strings pearl necklaces were then ei:", teP ti im" after by 'he ladies of P4riq. Bit the b e rthe d { nale were coated w th the near' essence ' and when exposed to the beat of the heir 0 4 1 '05 dies found to their dismay that the r'26` ,b 0410kfn „ff. and gave a brillian c y to th eir skin We",f th B „t/4 moans agrees; le, The ftrtile ingenniti ° ;erli l b g '-as quick discoverino. a reniedy fest 0 1 ' . thinv. ev sugi:es.ed that the in*i" e ti la lune should be covered with the !Pori ' v e rFl° 6 :4ol t same wanner as a mirror. and n ot the ° fo ttP o l i o j e ef.nda nt9 of T uagrin continued them i‘ nu joit ° pearls at Paris own to a very re centP e t r eee f irfr rrepo t th e fi n di ng o f fi s h 26. , r1 the mml o ie fford emoloyment to nesrlo 100,000 Per lin- 1 e °Pi t ' d Svrtzeiland. A good w. Amen can it' f t# 8.000 of the glass bea and the fresh-vrot,e,g ea Fr , nch f srni-h the material for l' 0 “; ( to. fo ter. many hundred m Pions of artificial nest l se.' e jle ,o eti Nover, PRILVENTATIVIC AGAINST BO WL f OP sequence of the very numerous of ' r i o t the City, the trade are adonting the f" ll "io t tr' o , o ll,, tine :—A panel is cut origin the middl e ° ,4 4 0r1e 4 1PP: d shop, in which is inserted a niece of plate i° hoP,, ph i . le by iron bars inr-ide. In the centre of t' ' 7 l( r ‘l o Ton safe in a frame on r stirroen- t he - - , e o which is placed the contents of the ore ';‘1 1 .. ; facing the window, so that anybody na di li; u t pet and see wh a t i s go i ng on , and if the that l° window darkened, th e p o li ce are awar e - is wrong. BIRTHS. di° I° r Ite Or A SON. ri, 0.- 04 On the 21st inst., at St. Mary ' sri° n Pft . ' the Hon Mrs. W m . W ar b ur t on . who rel , A " -- , IP On the 21st inst., at th e Rector,. 1 opoi the wife of the Rev, R. W. W. Cobbol'"f park On the 20th inst.. a t 6, N o rfolk- 40 _ 6 .j:cis. wife of Lieut.-C o l. B ruce) G rena dier ( 31 "" dm oill 01' • nAUGHTIOL of P*. , -gito a te, On the 21st inst., at Sydenham, t' e 1,0 0 Jone., Esq9th.. ..OW On the 1 31 in D st., at Bragborough g al ' the wife of David Buchanan, Esq. fl ood On the 21st inst. R. O n White, 'Esq ,of TOR(' M at A : t uee ß n -h" f the t o Nicholls D'Aubeny. you . nff t d - e - --aughter o ' riot. ili OK . "' I c a .E t a V el . i i St i r ri re e l y s i .:lo Fifzherb.rt, of Buckshaw Reuse . Sonl e a o ll __ A h - few oh On the 2.M inst • at St . Pancras, Lie o f 113°" Iro r youngest Ron of Thomas White ° Egg - ,ingtis tS 35. 4 ti ° an of Hanh%m Court, Glocentorsbire, f 54., C 1 the younge s t d aug ht er of William Bel t ' wick-square. On oi th o e u. 2 e nt . h inst., at A D on T rn E Are D ^:l th : 6llll3 : l o .ll.ll.4d4 : 6ll74 ' l°l4 Pitt, second son of Lord and Lad? On the 21st inst., at ThorPe-nirtisvP.i:l.D:kfloPrg....l9ll.binetell:#lolj9-Iv-‘111:, Wod B. ' sv vi ont l Oa: i lig. in n : ihi the itttn:toah erpent er,e. R.o2l 2 osgf l ~ :f :sirs aged Ts : E idie i a7rn n r 8 . of : en . q h s 3te t . e. t : rh „ Gdafaeamotrtngra Son o E ph 1 inds 3 d ti li i 4 6 n uos :I is.. ee e n i go, a r r ug : s h : gs 3; ! pan 2 r I h be I I . _ . sa . /sT.rfnlk, aged 71. iert,,,a:ss,le:3o:g.ll;s G: f Joni WW I Strand, M.A., rector of the parish, and late .4140 OnOn t t h h e e 2 1 0:: iinn:tt.,,aatti3Virmiconondbfocrmd-geen, 1114se te l , v "v : .Tames Norton, Req., of New-street, Bisherr6 Os e gg° _ 0, , tor 7, , 111 , Ea q., thhaerb7othuri.nnsft.(iiaorndibceozrd the steamer xt_ bi , Def ri , f. ISt h Regiment. D. A.Q.G. tehiarPtitasionuAorfttbhuerli6. Ile° J. Layard, of the Ceylon Civil Service, age' r no fOt r f floorrhow Printed and Published by 10111:1" 14 .0 17 L I ; of Nn. 112, Strand, Printer. at Ths SOO 00 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy in Pr " - Tivintrsh Angst Pf /8(46' ~ ` u 'f .. ~ ~ .i9\~. ./' Country Markets. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—AVG. 21. There were in the market to-day 10 ea,cks oatmeal, wti c ;hing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 46. and 006 EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW 3LAN-- Tri*' AUG. 21. There was a less supply of straw of all d ear the market. The prices to-day were as follow Oat straw, from 9s 6d to 12s Od per keraple of 16,7 - oj, tron ; wheat do., 9s 6d to 12s Od; barley do. , 980 d id:Ts, Hay from 14d to 15d ; new ditto, 9d to 12d per swil DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—AIS. 21. ThW pb Oatmeal,. per sack of 2801bs I First. i Second. 1 . i' i if. imperial Barley - meal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —5 °(1 ---S Od •••••S ii Pot-barley, per ditto COAL MARK. - AUGUST 22 ,be close of the igsrliet, Prices of Coal per ton at t' s. d. Bate's West Hartley 17 9 Hastine, Hartley Jonassohu's Hartley ....18 worth Percy Hartley _l7 9 Thuileld %loot. l6 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 16 3 Walker Primrose 0 Grey's West Hartley lB 0 West Hartley l9 0 Wylam 20 0 Wagon& 10. K ep l er Grange .......... . I .ainbtou .................... ealt ..................... Pensher ....... • ... Russell's Hatton ....... ... it,!wzirt's . ................ Wh .. . itwell ............... . Caradoc ....... $0;1 Cassop .................. Eleugi .. . ...... .... .. ! Kelloe .................. • j i i ! Tees ............. ... .. Whitworth ............. .0,; Evenwood ..• ..... .... ' 0 1 BirehgroveGra i g o4.• :; '.o Nett! , ' htiwentwater . Skib orwen Merthr "s ISold . ........ S) Wallsend, &t Heaton Northumberland lB 0 Bell l9 t: Belmont .19 f; Frain • wellffate 20 t 0 Haswell - 2 i 6 Ships at market... 2. SHARE MARKET' .4 LIVERPOOL AUG. 22. ~,, fr LIVERPOOL, ~.„,t ,„ tio: STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the mar's quiet but steady, and prices a shade higher thsni d 11_,,, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 83i 4 London 110,51 Western, 97i--Ditto, h shares, new, i d.- -31 ). d optiti., Dutch Rhenish, it, p.—Great Western oi, Dina Luxembourg constit., 9 1.16 dis.—Birkenhcom4bool,4l, and Cheshire, 141 die.—Ditto. C and B, 71 * 7 , - -Ditto, 221. shares, 8j die. —Great Norther' le ., • scrip, i p. ~..., 4 DUBLIN, AUG. 21. 0100 t STOCK EXCHANGE —Three per Cent. Ccm l°l pet t oy Ditto for account., Sept. 14, 911,- '.il—New Thr e A ti Stock, .411, I—Royal Bank of Ireland ( I ° l ' P ionlik Great Southern and Western (50/. paid). 1 11 of Er,land-p, pd.), 13 4—Ditto. for aecount corm' land Great W-stern and RI. Canal (sd. paid), for account, sli. „.0 4 t he (len et at t ;twit.) o rlt For p.-/, I AverPo°' SaUtllAni"t southstsPto"i DOVer , F-DOVer • • ' „rilSOOtha"'C't 11'Al )11 1 !s ou thsln .50 IDover i4,uthAini" f . r , vo,lth !yart.tas Pv • lgonthalrPt4 l'southaimPt •• • Sotttlvitar l9) rI ' 'Dover " er 1 , 'Dover ** • ; JP' sLoutbAn'''''.ll • .90 Lon don ! . t han29 . '' innver .SouthsroP" 6" •!Piymouth • rd , ;;Dover !DOver • • 46 sotithou , , to , 'SoustiarnP,°' .01 Liver Po ol ''.! ;Dover • ✓I I ‘l e , 410 441,1 M iktv, t0.,4 t I tt -411 tth, ttot \ Arn \ N