The Sun. — London, England, 1861-07-30 00:00:00

14.-EA TR 1 4 , ,R Y Aj„ B. A Y ARKET. • LeiseC, J, 13. Bac.l . ,•otoric. I.a EVEN! , the performances RIADNE. commence with a new Ballet, BACCHUS AND .A Miss Fanny Wright, the Leclercqs, Mr. Webster, &e. After which, a new Comedy, entitled MY LORD AND MY LADY ; or, It 31i ht have been Worse. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Buckstone, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Hrs. Wilkins, &c. Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES, Commence at 7. DoYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Lessee and Mana,zer. Mr. A. Harris. For the Benefit of Miss M. Harris. PHIS EVENING, THE TWO POLTS. Messrs. Widdi combe, Cathcart, Miss R. Leclercq, &c. Followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Messrs. Fechter, A. Harris, Meadows, Miss Murray, Miss R. Leclerq, and Mrs. Westsn. To conclude with THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. A. Harris, and Miss Maria Harris. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. .• Reproduction of the great drama of "The Dead Heart." THIS EVENING, the great Adelphi drama. THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, Fisher, Billing ton, Ebnrne, Smith, Romer ; Miss Woolgar and Miss Kate Kelly. To conclude with (13th time) THE PRETTY HORSE BREAKER. Mr. .1. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford; Miss K. Kelly, Miss Woolgar, Mis 3 E. Thorne, Miss Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley, Doors open at hall past 6—Commence at 7. eIANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Verdi's New Opera, UN BALLO IN MASCRERA, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Mr. Levy on the cornet-a-piston. Mr. Wood and his talented little Son, the best Negro Delineators of the day. The extraordinary comic duet, " The Nerves," by Messrs. Harvey and French, the most grotesque performance in London. Mrs. Lawrence and Mr. Marshall in several New Songs written expressly for him, including the " Excursion to Brighton." Admission, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. RETURN of SAM COWELL to ENGLAND, who will shortly appear at his old quarters, after an absence of five years. RE-DECORATION of this Magnificnt HALL, executed by Mr. William Sanderson, of Lambeth, under the direction of Samuel Field, Esq., architect, is now completed. This popular Place of Amusement now surpasses its former grandeur, and, with the VINE ARTS GALLERY and SPACIOUS PROMENADE, forms the MOST ELEGANT PUBLIC BUILDING in the WORLD. Considerable im provements have been made in the VENTILATION and LIGHTING. T H E O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, it s a rchitectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and b r illi an cy of lighti n g render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Every Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Selectiorus) , ns (by a full company of principals , power ful band, and ch from "Macbeth" and "Iln Ballo in Maschera." both operas by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned LEVY —Scotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and inongstrumentc of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jlimans. al muss The Comic portion of the entertainment is supported Nerves by Mi ss Green, Messrs. Sam Collins , Harvey, and French (the ) W. IL Wieland, E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Admission,' Hall, sixpenee ; Balcony and Stalls, oneing. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan DA.T.—Morning, 7h. 4m.—Afternoon, 7h. 24m. To-motmow.-Morning, 7h. 48 m. — A f ternoon, Bh. 18m. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFin, JULY 30, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THB 70—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. 'BAROMETER-29.90. WlND—South-Westerly ; fresh, with variable weather. A lipi ,z't..-t, r " ......---,:, 4 .-,.,.. F.,;el,` ‘ t-,:t' t e. " \ ..., 1, ;::‘-; , :- NI; .‘ 11, 1 , -, ',4:'4 ' , --=,:__=- 0 P'..-"'-=,---- , , 1 ,, ~,0, tt:f ,:-;` -- \ W.---A; ..,..-->:1•7-f,,. L.^ .. 0( .. - n , THE SLTN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1881. Whatever may be the fate reserved for the Bank ruptcy Bill, the passing of the Appropriation of Seats (Sudbury and St. Albans) Bill seems at any rate to be tolerably well assured. All which is certainly a turning of the tables with a vengeance. For, but a very little while since, and the prospects of the two measures may be said to have been directly reversed. All was smooth sailing with Sir RICHARD BETHELL'S pet law reform for the revision and consolidation of the laws relating to bankruptcy and insolvency : "Hope at the prow and pleasure at the helm"— it glided on, swiftly and surely, towards that wished for haven where bills become transformed, as it were by the fiat of the SOVEREIGN, into perfected enactments. Everything on the other hand seemed to threaten the Appropriation of Seats Bill with all but inevitable destruction. The Government propositions were rejected one after another and one, at least, of the four vacant seats appeared to be thrown, so to speak, upon the floor of the house for an indecorous "scramble" between the sup porters of the Government and the Opposition. Nevertheless, in each instance the auguries, here of success, there of failure, have turned out to be almost entirely deceptive. Desolation was suddenly carried to the cherished day-dream of the late At torney-General, the now Lord Chancellor, by the audacious amendments adventured upon in a sort of secret committee by the pitiless law lords, in cluding amongst their number a formidable cluster of venerable ex-Chancellors. Amendments so radi cal and comprehensive, that the Bill sent up to the Lords, when returned in its altered state to the Commons for reconsideration, was literally hardly recognisable. She amendment among all these amendments proving in the end to be that sine qua non of the House of Commons, that shibboleth of the House of Lords, the new office of the Chief Judge of the Court of Bankruptcy ! A proposition now bandied to and fro between Lords and Common 3 like a costly little shuttlecock (valued at £5,000 per annum) between two perverse battledores. Whether this same shuttlecock clause be destined to fall to the groundor to be stuck like a crowning feather upon the ambrosial wig of my Lord Chan- I cellar WEST BURY—who shall say ? The Lords are obdurate, the Commons are imperative —their equa lised obstinacy balance the " chances"here of success or failure in a state of equilibrium, So that, in common parlance, it becomes the merest toss up who shall gain the point at issue, the advocates or the antagonists of that still purely hypothetical being, the proposed Chief Judge of the New Court of Bankruptcy. While affairs are thus ominously situated in regard. to the eventual fate of the Bankruptcy Bill —how different the position of things in regard to the Appropriation of Seats (Sudbury and St. Albans) Bill last evening passed comfortably, clause by clause, through the House of Lords in committee ! It could hardly be wondered at, how ever, that the Tory Opposition in the Lords should evidence no disposition whatever to impede the progress of a measure so pecu liarly auspicious for the interests of Conser vatism. As originally proposed to the House of Commons by her MAJESTY'S Government, the Appropriation Bill—supposing for an instant that it could ever have worked its way unaltered from the Lower to the Upper House of Parliament— would, in that event, most certainly have encoun tered in the Lords a reception altogether different. For, recollect but for one moment, what was the Ministeri a l scheme, as originally submitted to the Consideration of the popular representatives. S p eak ing for himself and his colleagues, the noble earl the Lord President of the Council frankly confessed th at " their first proposition was that two seats should be given to counties and two to boroughs, the boroughs selected being Birkenhead alni Chelsea and Kensington. Tbat scheme," said L ord ItAN VILLE, " was ono triecepted by the House of the West Rid ) : Fill now stood ::f n- y s' or a k n s d hir a e s was the o be divided into two divisions, each of which was to lave two members, Birkenhead w as t o have one - member, and a m ember was to be a d ded to the two ilow possessed by South Lancashire: , In other Words, 4he appropriation of the four seats left' `~~ vacant by the disfranchisement of Sudbury and of St. Albans is now proposed to be distributed ac cording to the wishes of the Conservative Opposi tion, and not according to the wishes of the Liberal Government ! Substitute the sub-division of York shire (in the manner proposed) for the creation of a sort of Siamese borough of Chelsea and Kensington, retaining at the same time the suggestion of a new member for Birkenhead, and a new member, a kind of unicorn member for South Lancashire, and —no wonder the Tories evidence a willingness to look upon the Ministerial scheme, when thus modi fied with a certain degree of complacency ! What says Lord DERBY upon the subject ? Why, the noble earl speaks as plainly as words could possibly put it. He says, in a strain of quiet irony, quite amusing in its way, "I suppose I may assume that it is not the intention of her Majesty's Government to accede to the suggestion of the noble baron (Lord STRATHEDEN to wit, as will be seen presently) of referring this bill to a select committee, which cannot possibly sit before the month of August. And for my own part I never recollect a bill for which there appeared less reason to `.refer it to the consideration of a select committee. The facts are plain and not disputed. There are no very complicated details of arrangement, which can be more conveniently settled in a select committee. It is a bill of a very plain and straightforward character, which can be perfectly well discussed in your lordships' house. For my own part I have no fault to find with it. I think it has been greatly improved by the mani pulation which it has undergone in its progress through the House of Commons, and which I give the Government credit for having sanctioned with the most exemplary resignation." All this being said recollect ! as a mere matter of course by the noble earl, the head of her MAJESTY'S Opposition ! Lord DERBY sees quite clearly before him the fair pros pect presented to his - party by this measure for furthering the interests of Conservatism. And, therefore—reasonably enough on his part—he de precates very earnestly the notion of referring the bill in this new form to a select committee as proposed last evening—we cannot but think most wisely proposed—by Lord STRATHEDEN. It should be remembered especially that in offering this suggestion Lord STRATHEDEN did so as a zealous Reformer, as a supporter of the Liberal Government. And that Lord DERBY rejected the proposition on the contrary as a Tory Statesman as the Leader of the Conservative Opposition. Lord STRATHEDEN said truly last evening, towards the close of his argumentative speech, explanatory of his reasons for proposing the reference to the Bill to a Select Committee, that the only consolation to be offered to baulked constituencies like those of Chel sea and Kensington is literally (as ho proposes) to keep the vacancies suspended. And haste in this matteris surely in no way to be regarded as impera tively requisite. The Government of the Empire can very well be carried on without at once comple ting that mysterious total 658, set down, for some occult reason yet to be explained, as the all-essential aggregate of the House of Commons. Precluded, though Lord STRATHEDEN was by circumstances from carrying his amendment, constrained though he was to withdraw it towards the close of yester day's discussion, we cannot at any rate regret for one instant that the proposition was submitted to the House of Lords : rejoiced as we are that it afforded one at least of our patrician reformers the opportunity of raising his voice, earnestly though vainly, against the precipitate carrying through Parliament of a so-called Liberal Bill for the appro priation of four seats—three out of the four of which will, in all human probability, run a very imminent risk of being appropriated by the Con servatives ! General CIALDINI and Baron ..... 14 icAsoLi do not mean to trifle with their work. The Baron, with good reason, pointed all Europe to the .-f.:20,000,000 unanimously voted by the Chambers to the capital account of Italian liberty and unity. Money is the test in this mercenary world of ours. When the League had fairly started their £lOO,OOO subscrip tion, Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought it time to haul down their colours. The £100,000,000 voted by the North in America will probably do more than even the vote of men to dishearten the straitened Southerns ; and Austria, haughty as she is just now towards Hungary, may ask herself whether she could get a loan of twenty millions unanimously voted by deputies from every part of her dominions, and taken up with confidence. The loan is unmistakeable evidence that all Italy is hearty in standing by the Union, and that she gives her confidence to the Sovereign she has chosen, and to the servant he has chosen as the representa tive of a bold policy. Tne interpretation of the lora is the speech of RICASOLI; it proclaims that Italy means to have Rome for its capital, and will find a way to Venice. But, in his department, General CIALDINI is emulating the boldness of the Baron. He has pledged himself to the suppression of the brigands, and ho goes the right way to work with the evil. The fables of his cruelties have soon come to an end. He deals summarily only with those who I carry the verdict of guilty on their persons. No one will deny that when bands of armed men are patrolling a country, and killing and plundering everywhere, the obvious duty of a Government is to shoot every armed man who has not the KING'S commission. This is the head and front of his offending; and, were we peaceful residents in the district, we may be sure we should be the first to applaud his order. But he has now shown that he has as much moral as military courage. The Cardinal Archbishop of Naples has been allowed to remain tion be tr ue , h h on his go o d b e h av i our ; b u t, if th e accusa e with w asabused the forbearance of the King to becom e others a member of a great Bourbon conspiracy, evidence of his guilt, bOutr course we must await the at least a prima facie case, a n d This is the right and manly cours e . CIALDINI believes he has has arrested him. It is notorious that the brigands have been made use of by the Papal Government to harass the King, that Roman territory, and money too, if report is to be believed, have been at their service. It has been subject of formal complaint at Turin, and practically confessed by the French General in command at Rome. W e must regard it therefore as a manly and politic course to lay hold on the grand agents iv. promoting civil disturbance, and not merely to punish the illiterate and desperate men whom they employ. The Papal Government and FRANCIS 11. have at least done Austria some service, if they have I achieved nothing for themselves. The tone of the EMPEROR towards his Hungarian Diet has been, in great part, due to the disturbances created by the disbanded soldiers in the South by their in stigation and help. Had CIALDINI been free to face old BENEDEK on the Po with the entire Italian army, although there might have been no fighting this year, FRANCIS JOSEPH, and his Ger mans, would have shown a little more caution. They must not, however, calculate on too long immu nity. ' CIALDINI does not mean the Southern troubles to be long ones ; he will mobilize the National Guard before long to the extent needed ; and, meantime, his men are acquiring a training which parade drill tan never give. After some _ months work in the South they will be fit for anything that can be required of them. The regular training and discipline they have. And the self, reliance and fertility of resource acquired by a sort of Guerilla war will give CIALDINI some regiments fit for GARIBALDI'S work of " hunting the Austrians like rabbits." It will not be all evil that will come of these trouble some brigands. It will give an opportunity to clear the country, and the men who do it will have been in a useful school. The Sultan, we are told, is setting right the finances of his empire, all at least that can be done in the way of reduction he is ruthlessly effecting, bat he meets, of course, with some obstructions, and even the French ambassador is said to back the old corrupt Vizier, and to have got him a hand some pension in lieu of a merciless examination of his accounts. In another department, how ever, the Sultan intends to reign supreme. He is the head of Islam, and he has undertaken the rectification of the dress of the Turkish ladies, and of their demeanour too. They are not to enjoy henceforth so much liberty as they have done, and they are to wear thicker veils—for it seems they have lately indulged the unladylike wish to be seen as well as to see, The latter they could do pretty well over the edge of the thickest veil, but the former is a privilege not allowed in the East to ladies, and the SULTAN is determined they shall conceal their faces as good Oriental ladies ought to do. While we read this somewhat amusing infor mation we had at the same time before us the sad story told at the inquest of Mrs. BRODHURST, and we could not help wishing the head of our Church, too, had the power, and was disposed to use it, of regulating the dimensions of female dress. The number of deaths due to the present absurd dimensions to which it has swelled is really appal ling. We used to read, too frequently, before the modern fashion set in, of children's clothing taking fire, and life being lost because a child did know what to do, and was not discovered in time; but the death of adults, from such a cause, was comparatively rare. But poor Mrs. BROD HURST is only the last of numerous cases in which hoops and crinoline have been the sole cause of the accident being fatal, and in which the sufferer has been an educated lady, aware that suffocating the fire by means of rugs, cur tains, or anything at hand, was the best way to extinguish it, and in which, too, she has been aided by intelligent domestics—in this last case by a husband also. It is frightful to think that, with a highly com bustible dress thus expanded, it seems impossible to extinguish the flame with sufficient rapidity to prevent fatal consequences. It is most probable that the death of Mrs. LONGFELLOW, wife of the poet, mentioned in the American papers, was due to this cause ; it is certain that that of Mrs. BRODHURST, like those of so many predecessors in England, was so. All was the work of moments. Her husband had 14 ascended a flight of stairs after he left her, and was called back by the cry of "fire." When he got back, he and three domestics could not extinguish it by enveloping the burning dress in the hearthrug and all the loose things in the room, aided by the intelligent co-operation of the lady, who had not lost her presence of mind, in adapting her position to the demands of the case. A verdict of " Death from injuries received by accidental burning," was recorded. We think the jury would have done wisely to have been more specific. The evidence was much more pre cise as to the cause of the death. Dr. BRODHURST stated that his wife, unfortunately, had on one of those crinolines made of steel hoops. " Every means was used to extinguish the fire about and under the hoops" with everything at hand, but to no purpose. The Doctor " knelt on and tried to compress and break them, but all with out avail ;" they had to be cut off before the fire could be extinguished." We should certainly think the verdict ought to have specified that the hoops were the most guilty cause of this lamentable loss of life. We observe that an attempt is made to throw the blame on the dress not having been made in combustible by having been soaked in sulphate of ammonia, or tungstate of soda, and dried again. The laundress ought, we are told, to be held re sponsible for doing this. We should say the mad ness and tyranny of fashion is alone responsible. Of fashion, emphatically, not of taste. We never heard the present unnatural style of female dress defended on the score of ele gance. Every statuary and painter would at once protest against draping his figures in such mon strous departures from the only test of elegance— nature. Drapery naturally flows and falls, and the sights we behold every day betray some unnatural interference with what might be a graceful self-adjustment of the material so artifi cially distended. It is really too bad that a mode of dress should be persisted in which at the best makes U 3 smile, which is inconvenient in every public place and conveyance, which is a violation of all taste in regard to the female figure, and which, to crown all, has been the cause of as many deaths in a year, probably, as all the railway accidents in the king dom. From motives of humanity, at least, it is time for the rulers of fashion to bethink themselves of a revolution. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF BUCKING- HAIL We regret to learn that the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos died last night, after a short illness. THE GOODWOOD VASE, 1861. DESIGNED AND MODELLED BY N. R. ROSKELL. The more observant visitors to the new Sculpture Room in the Academy Exhibition for the present season will probably bear in recollection an animated group in miniature, representing " Lycaon imploring Achilles to spare his life." It was num bered 1,088 in the Academy Catalogue, and was there accompanied by these two dimly-echoed lines from the " Illiad :" " Thy well-known captive, great Achilles see ; Once more Lycaon trembles at thy knee." The same young artist who there pourtrayed with such evidence of his anatomical knowledge and of his app rec i at i on o f th e b eau tif u l, the p r o s t r ation of Lycaon at the feet of Achilles, has but just now taken Goodwood p V te designing f another advance step in his profession y h n o in r 1861gandmf o o r d m e modelling g moulding of the , the ornam entat i on of this* The Vase—which, by the way, is entirely in silver—are o xydizea .t in the purest style rei of Greek art : the t wo being T illustrative of ,6 The Self Sacrifice of Curtius." s „ taken from the sixth chapter of the seeventthhemße isk of Livy ; and the manner in which the artist's hand has realised the description of the historian cannot be better indicated than through the little descriptive epitome given upon the card of invitation issued by the Messrs. Hunt and noskell (late Storr and Mor timer) the firm by whom this beautiful work of art has been manuLelured The first medallion depicts the vast gulf in the Forum, which the Augurs had declared would remain unclosed until the most precious things in Roma were thrown into it. Marcus Curtius, a noble youth, is seen leaping into the chasm, and thus solving the problem by sacrificing youth, valour, and patriotism. The second medallion shows a Roman Augur at an altar, praying to the appeesed deities, in the Forum. A Roman eagle crowns the summit of the cup ; the handles are formed of figures of military virtue and fame, and on the base are seen the twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, guarded by the wolf. THE SIIN„ :LONDON,' TITES DAY gvgIitNG„JULY - 30, 1861. L - PARIS, JULY 30. The Moniteur of to-day announces that the Em peror has sent General Decaen to Santander to compliment the Queen of Spain. TURIN, JULY 30. The Chevalier Nigra left yesterday evening for Paris. LISBON, JULY 29. The disturbanccs in the Algares continue. The corvette Estephania sailed this evening for Tavira with troops. It is said that Viana is also disturbed. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. Count Fleury has arrived at Vichy from Turin. The Emperor will return to Fontainebleau on Wednesday next, and will go to the camp at Chalons about the 19th August. It appears certain that the King of Prussia has accepted the invita tion of the Emperor to visit the camp at Chalons. The latest news from the Herzegovina is not favourable to the Turks. The Minister of War has addressed to all the military authorities instructions," which, by order of the Emperor, are to receive immediate execution. They are to the following effect : " In order to prepare for the incorporation of the first portion of the contingent of the class of 1860, and at the same time to keep the effective of the army within the narrowest limits possible, the Em peror has decided that the soldiers of the Line, whose period of service expires in 1861, whether in France, Algeria, or Italy, shall be immediately discharged, and struck off the muster-rolls of their corps, to be inscribed on those of the reserve. The men excepted from this measure are :-1. The soldiers proposed for retiring pensions; 2. Those who may declare their intention to re-enlist ; 3. The volunteers enlisted, and those who having re-enlisted bound to the service in virtue of the law of the 21st March, 1832, who may desire not to leave the corps till the expiration of their time of service ; 4. Those re-enlisted, and volunteers enlisted after liberation, who may fall under the conditions of the law of 26th April, 1855 ; 5. The soldiers who have been condemned to serve in companies of discipline. The non-commissioned officers, corporals, or brigadiers, and soldats d'elite to be discharged in 1861, will be, at the moment of their departure, replaced in their respective corps." The execution of this measure, by discharging immediately the men whose time does not expire till the Ist January next, will have the two-fold advantage of restoring a great number of hands to agricultural occupation, and also of realising a con siderable economy. BOURSE, July 29.—The market has been ra ther more buoyant, and prices are a shade higher than the closing rates of Saturday. Threes, for the Account, are row at 67f 90c. Railway Shares rather in demand ; but without any material change in quotations. The following are the last quotations:— ft per per Cents ... 97 80 Credit Fonder 100 50 Do, end month.... 97 90 ; Belgian 4* 70 -- 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 90 Roman Bank Shares ?.900 -- Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 673 7 5 Spanish Threes — Do. Account 675 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans ......... 1386 25 .. 1387 60 Northern ......... 965 .. 962 50 New, ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 990 .. 990 Geneva . — .. Southern Western ...., Eastern Sardinian 358 75 .. 360 Austrian .... 486 25 .. 487 50 Lombard .... 5OB 75 .. 510 ITALY. A correspondent of the Italie of Turin writes from Rome tha7 there appears to be some symptoms of at least a partial evacuation of Rome by the French troops, the 59th regiment having left for Civita Vecchia with all its baggage. This is pro bably nothing more than the usual periodical de parture of part of the troops, when their time of foreign service was concluded. A letter from Naples of the 22d says : "To every man his deserts. Let us begin with Chiavone. The band of this leader came down lately from the mountains and threw them selves on San Giovanni. There they burnt the house of the syndic and of his brother, and attacked the surrounding country on different points. After having finished with San Giovanni, they went to SanVicenzo,where the Corsetti family were the first to fall into their hands. Their fate is not yet known. You will perceive from this that General Cialdini has as yet done but little. A letter from Rome mentions that the price paid by France to the ex-King of Naples for the Far nese Gardens is 90,000 crowns, about 500,000 f. They are situated on the Palatine Mount, where the Palace of the CEssars formerly stood. The French Govern mmt is about, as mentioned, to make further excavations on the spot. The Poles of Posen are now wearing mourning rings of silver, enamelled with black, and bearing in white letters on a black ground the date of Feb, 27, 1861, also numerous crosses of the Latin form. lIE2 111A.TESTI'S SHIP 111EG4 -RA. A writer in a contemporary says :—After the numerous delays mentioned in my former letter, and breaking 'down once at sea, the Megeera has managed to reach the Mediterranean, and is now actually on her way home, in a condition which I venture briefly to bring to your notice—crowded beyond all precedent in every part with officers, officers' wives and families, invalids, discharged soldiers, troops (one-third of wnom had to be left behind), horses, a donkey (but he was the com manding officer's donkey, and therefore to be re• spectfully spoken of), baggage, and, lastly, women and children, who, poor things, had gradually been reduced in accommodation until, at the time of the ;hip's leaving Malta, they were so huddled together thai the hope of ever finding a child once gone astray would be to the last degree remote. The accommodation for the officers' families was proportionately limited ; in one small cabin, the only ventilation of which was to be obtained through a tiny scuttle, were packed a lady, her nurse, and seven children. The state of the decks occupied by the troops, invalids, and women, simply beggars description ; it waa far worse than anything I saw in the tram:ports during the Crimean war, and with its fetid and stifling odours, the., groans of the sick, the curses of the sound, and the howls of the child dren, reminded one vividly of the description of slave vessels when captured with a full cargo on board. I do not know, Sir, or care to know, on whose shoulders the blame of this disgraceful herding of British soldiers and their families should rest, but I think the country should insist on its not being repeated. Surely it would be possible to find out the exact number of persons for whom transport to England is required, and then to provide the ne cessary amount of transport. But this, I suppose, is too direct and obvious a way foe "them" to go to work in. "They" prefer, as in the present case, to decide that a certain ship shall " perform this ser vice," without caring whether that ship be avail able, whether she be in a proper condition or even whether she be large enough to do all that is re quired. The consequences are three months' de lay, the death of many poor fellows while waiting, and having to leave behind half the invalids and a third of the troops after all. SUPPLEMENTARY MAILS FOR INDIA AND Aus- TRALTA..—The contract packet Mooltan, which sailed from Southampton on the 20th inst. with mails for India, Aus tralia, and Mauritius, having broken down, the mails will be transhipped at Gibraltar to the Delta, which left South ampton on the 27th inst., and orders have been sent by telegraph t o S uez to deta i n t h e outwar d - b oun d pac k e t s until those mails arrive. In the expectation that such orders will b e received in time to stop the sailing of the packets, suppl ementary mails for Point de Galle, Calcutta, Madras, Mauriti us, and the Australian colonies w i l l b e made up on the evening of the 3d proximo, and forwarded via Marseilles, with the Bombay mails. By command of the Postmaster- General Poet-office, July 29, Gene ral/ ROWLAND HILL, secretary. BOTAL PLILITA.BY AC. DIAIY, WOOL- W ICS. Th.? following is a list of snecessful candidates for admission : Order of Index Marks. Merit. No. Gained. 1 64. Corbett, F. V., Cheltenham College 6,028 2 154. Stone, J. G., Royal Naval School, New_• cross, Clapham Grammar School, and abroad 3 204. Law, W., Eton and Rev. E. A. Claydon's, Lee 4 161. James C , Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridge 5,041 5 126. Rawes, W. IV., Harrow, and Mr. Taylor's, Woolwich 6 87. Savage, J. W., Dr. Bridgman's, Woolwich 4,960 7 101. Spence, J. K., Cheltenham College S 7. 011ivant, E. A., Rugby, King's College, London, and Mr. Pritchett's, Old Charl ton 4,922 9 128. Bucknill, J. T., Mr. Hopkirk's, Eltham, and Mr. De Burgh's, Dublin 10 239. Elsdale, H., Grammar School, Moulton, Spalding, and Mr. Wilson's, Old Charlton 4,787 11 240. Poole, W. S., Rev. C. Hughes, St. John's wood, and Mr. Keizer's, Blackheath 4,670 12 149. North, W., Marlborough College 13 209. Mascall, F., King's College, London 14 125. Biscoe, J. S., St. Peter's College, Radley, and the Priory, Croydon 15 62. Dillon, H. P. C., abroad, and Mr. Scale's, Twickenham 16 164. Denny, F. M'G., Portara Royal School, Enniskillen 17 76. Ottley, J. W., privately 18 100. Gower, G. H., Royal Academy, Gosport 4,332 19 1. Siddons, H. G. F., Mr. Fleming's, Ton bridge 20 214. M'Arthur, A. D., Mr, Brackenbury's, Wimbledon 21 60. Westaway, N., Victoria College, Jersey 22 217. Moubray, P. H., Adelaide School, Jersey 4,206 23 98. Denison, W. E., Rev. E. A. Claydon's, Lee 4,162 24 211. Murray, J. G , Kingstown School, near Dublin 25 41. Clayton, A. G., St. Andrew's College, ilradfield, Reading 4,147 26 117. Fitz Gerald, R. G., Mr. Sherratt's, Batter- sea 27 227. Gerard, M. G., abroad, Stoneyhurst Col lege, and Mr. Taylor's, Woolwich 4,106 28 71. Curtain, J. A., The College, Southampton 4,102 29 221. Simpson, J., Mr. Rennett's, Aberdeen 4,071 30 230. Kirkwood, IL P., Mr. Taylor's, Woolwich 4,057 31 231. Penny, T. C., Harrow, King's College, London, and Mr. Smalley's, Old Chariton 4,01:4 32 44. Lambert, S. J., Kingstown School, and Mr De Burgh's, Düblin 33 167. Jones, W. P., Mr. Brackenbury's, Wim bledon 34 194. Taylor, F. H., Mr. Hopkirk's, Eltham 35 229. Wynne, G. C., Mr. Taylor's, Woolwich 3,928 36 200. Wood, E., King's College, London 37 203. Adams, W. 8., privately, and Mr. Hop kirk's and Mr. Wilson's, Eltham 38 155. Harrison, C. T., Clapham Grammar School 3,881 39 58. `mace, R., King's College, London, and privately 40 179. Salmond, J. M., Glasgow University and privately 41 178. Murray, S., Mr. Brackenbury's,Wimbledon 3,833 42 17. Dorward, J. F., High School, Edinburgh, Cheltenham College, the Priory, Croydon 3,826 43 237. Ewing, J. 8., privately, and Mr. Wilson's, Old Charlton 44 136. Baddeley, P. F. M., Mr. Fleming's, Ton bridge 44 159. Ommanney, M. F., Cheltenham College '3,766 46 111. Davies, J. A. S. M., Repton School, Bur ton-on-Trent, and privately 3,760 47 85. Kelsall, T. A., Collegiate Institution,Lower Leeson-street and Trinity College, Dublin 3,742 48 97. Fox, W. R., Queen's College, Stockbridge 3,729 49 84. Wallace, R. 11., Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridge 3,727 50 129. Carlow, R., Chelttnham College 51 9. Richardson, T. A., Dr. Burke's. and Mr De Burgh's, Düblin 52 113. Russell, F. 8., Blackheath Proprietary School, and the Rev. L. Edward's, Dor ney, near Windsor 3,708 53 77. Mundy, R.E., Marlborough College, and Mr. De la Mare's, Woolwich 54 124. Cotton, W., North Cheam School, and Mr Sherrat's, Battersea 55 23. Dugdale, A G., Mr. llopkirk's, Eltham, and Mr. Pritchett's, Old Charlton 56 69. Kennedy, G. M., Cheltenham College 3,623 57 142. Bruce, E. S., Mr. De Burgh's, Dublin 3,566 58 55. Plunkett, R. H. W., Cheltenham College 5,554 59 59. Cripps, E. W., Kensington School and pri vately 60 195. Domvile, B. F., Mr. Hopkirk's, Eltham 61. 10. White, A. W., privately 62 184. Browell, E. T.,Mr. Pritchett's, Old Charlton 3,444 63 116. East, D. 8., privately; Truby-house, Wood- ford ; and Clyde •house, Tonbridge-well 2,435 '64 153. Watkin, H. S. S., privately, and Mr. Kei- zer's, Blackheath 65 86. Bally, J. F., Mr. Pritchett's, Old Charlton 3,400 DOCKYARD 2XTE? SION. The select committee on the proposed extension of Chatham Dockyard have reported to the House of Commons that there is not at present a sufficient extent of floating basins or dry docks, especially for the larger class of ships ; in 1830 the largest vessels did not exceed 245 feet in length, but they have now reached 380 feet, and the construction of a ship of 400 feet is in immediate contemplation ; the draught of water has extended to 27 feet, caus ing a complete change in the whole system for which our dockyards were originally constructed. Hence even now, in time of peace, much delay, risk, expense, and inconvenience have to be incur red in fitting out i❑ the stream, a practice which is prejudicial to the service and unnecessarily ex poses the crews. In the event of a maritime war "It would be wholly impossible for us, with the existing means, to equip rapidly and safely such a fleet as would then be required." The facilities possessed by ether Powers for fitting out ships of war are incomparably superior to ours. We have in England 40 acres of floating basin ; in France there are, or soon will be, 260. It was stated to the committee that until this moment (one being just finished at Portsmouth) we have not had a dock that would take in the Warrior ; the French have four at Cherbourg alone. Nor can any :reliance be placed in the doelcq constructed for the merchant service; with perhaps one exception, they all fall far short of the requirements in depth of water. The engines of the Royal Navy have been nearly doubled in the last seven years, and now amount to about 130,000-horse puwer ; as these come to require repair the existing basin and dock accommodation must be found wholly inadequate even in time of neace. Rear-Admiral Robinson, Controller of the Navy, observed in his evidence before this commit. tee, " After a naval engagement the country that can first repair its ships damaged in action will thereby double its force." The committee were assured that the requisite depth of water in the Medway can be secured; that the cost of forming the channel would not exceed £40,000, and the annual cost of maintaining it would not be above £l,OOO a-year, and that the channel may be formed in six years. The site proposed to be taken is far removed from danger of being shelled by hostile shits of war, and is protected by the fortifications which form part of the system of, national defence. The committee recommend, therefore, the proposed extension of Chatham dockyard as the best and most economical mode of increasing the existing accommodation for the fitting and repair of the ships of the royal navy. Captain John Vine Hall, late commander of the Great East.rn, has been appointed general manager of the Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Company in Australia and New Lealand, and proceeded to Sydney from Southampton on the 20th inst. COLLISION AND Loss OF LIFE IN TILL BRISTOL CHANNEL.—SINKING OF A SHIP AND CREW.—lntelligence has been received at Bristol of a terrible catastrophe which happened at an early hour on Sunday morning, and by which an entire ship's crew (excepting only three hands) were hurried into eternity.. The name of the sunken vessel was the Mary Ann Duffus, barque, of Newport, Capt. Geo. Groves, commander, and the cause of the terrible and fatal occurrence was a collision between her and an American vessel, the name of which is not stated in the report which has come to hand. The Mary Ann Duffus had taken in a cargo of coal for a foreign port, and would have sailed some days ago had it not been for the adverse winds which have prevailed, and by which she has been detained in the Penarth Roads. On Saturday there was a bit of a shift for the north •west, and Captain Groves thought that he would endeavour to beat down Channel, and got under sail for that purpose. All went on very well until just after mid night, when the man on the look-out called out " A sail a head." It must have been thick at the time, for before the vessel's cours3 could have been altered the two ships came into collision. The shock is described as having been a terrific one, as indeed it must have been, for the Mary Ann Duffus went down with such rapidity that the captain and crew had only just time to jump into the boat and cut it adrift before she sunk. Time was not even allowed them to push off from the doomed and sinking vessel, and shock ing to relate, the boat was drawn down in the gulph or vor tex. The first mate, a son of the captain, who was on board and one of the crew, rose again, and swimming for their lives were picked up when all but exhausted, but the mast ter, Capt. Groves, and all the others, sank to rise no more As there are possibly three survivors of the terrible tragedy, more light will probably be thrown upon its cause. The sad event has cast quits a gloom over Newport, where Capt. Groves was greatly respected. RAILWAY S AND PUBLIC C,';MPANIES. BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the office, Liverpool street, Colonel French in the chair. Mr. C. Kennedy, the secretary, having read the notice of adjournment, The CHAIRMAN expressed the great regret the directors felt at the loss of their old friend and col league, Sir J. C. Melvile, who, until a short time before his decease, had attended every Board meet ing. They had derived great advantage from his experience, advice, and valuable assistance. They had just received a copy of the report of Colonel Rivers, the Government engineer, cn the progress of their works, and it was highly satisfactory. He was glad to inform them that the terminus at Bom bay had been decided on, the plans were being pre pared, and the arrangements for goods traffic were extensive. It was also intended to form a junction between their line and that of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. The Great Bassein Viaduct had been commenced, and some piles were driven to the full depth. The Government engineer had re ported that althnugh the waterways were numerous and extensive between Ahmedabad and Bombay, they did not offer such obstructions to the construc tion of the railway as might have been expected owing to the successful mode adopted by the com pany of crossing them. He (the chairman) was bound to mention that for that cheap, substantial, and expeditious mode of constructing their viaducts and bridges they were entirely indeted to Colonel Kennedy, their consulting engineer. The last girder was placed on the Nerbudda bridge on the 27th of May, and on the 11th of June the bridge, 3,700 feet in length, was tested by three of the heaviest engines on their line passing over it to gether several times. The opening of this bridge :would reduce the working expenses and increase the traffic. It was the opinion of the Government engineer that when the line was opened to Bombay it would be a good and profitatle undertaking. The directors looked forward to the early corn• pletion of the line to Bombay. The business left undone was the re-eleetion of Mr. Hayman, a re tiring director, which he now proposed. Mr. ROOFER objected to the re-election of Mr. Hayman, on the ground that a committee of large shareholders who had been appointed to investigate certain matters of complaint had expressed an opi nion that his re-election was not desirable. Mr. HAYMAN entered into an explanation at con siderable length with a view to show that the com plaints were groundless. The Chairman, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Hartridge, and Mr. Wild, members of the Board, defended Mr. Hayman, and said they would vote for his re-elec tion. Major VEREKER, a director, thought the com mittee were right, and he would vote with them. Mr. HAYMAN proposed that the question in dis pute should be referred to Mr. R. W. Crawford, M P., or to that gentleman's nominee, in case he should decline to act. his proposition was seconded by Mr. Wild, and negatived by a large majority. On the motion for the re-election of Mr. Hayman there appeared 14 for it and 17 against it. A poll was then demanded, and a long discussion ensued as to the proper mode of taking the poll. Mr. DOLLMAN, the solicitor to the company, con tended that proxies could be received up to 48 hours of the time of taking the poll. The CHAIRMAN, acting upon this advice, refused to take the votes that day, and adjourned the meeting to Thursday, the Bth August ; the poll, in the meantime, was to be taken on Thursday next, and from the following Monday to Thurs day, the Bth August, between the hours of ten and two, after which the result of the poll would be declared. The proceedings then terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. NORTHERN OF CANADA. The traffic on this line for the week ending the 29th June amounted to £2,037, against £1,493 for the corresponding week of 1860, showing an increase of £544. The total receipts on the 94 miles amounted from the Ist January to the 29th ult. to £41,325, and for the corresponding period of 1860 to £32,730, showing an increase upon the same mileage of £8,595. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. The officials of this company state that they have had for several weeks past some uneasiness in rela tion to the traffic, the value of grain being reduced to the standard of gold. Indian corn, upon which they had particularly relied for a large traffic, was realizing very little money. The farmer got only 12 or 15 cents, per bushel, and the value of wheat at Chicago was too low to afford the expenses of transporting it from Southern Illinois, where there was an abundance. Thus the blockade at Cairo affected the railway with peculiar severity, depriv ing it of the southern market at a time when the great abundance of grain had reduced it in the northern markets to so low a price that there was no profit left to the producer. Moreover the war caused a hoarding of specie in the West, and a very great economy which affected the circulation and consequently the consumption. In the land de partment there were steady retail sales going on from day to day, chiefly in small plots of 40 acres, which they hoped would amount to over 100,000 dols. this month (July). It was out of the question to press collections while the prices of wheat and corn were so low. LONDON DISTRICT TELEGRAPH. The report of the directors states that since their last report 20 new stations have been opened, and, by a mutually beneficial arrangement with the Brighton Railway Company, they were enabled to exchange messages for the important suburbs of Balhani, Bqttersea, Crystal Palace, Norwood, &c. The income from private telegraphs was becoming an important source of revenue. Mr. E. Tyer, the company's engineer, rep , rts that 781 miles of line have been completed, including 350 miles of wire. The capital account showed that £43,231 had been expended to the 30th June, including £5,672 loss on working the telegraph. The revenue account for the past half-year showed that £2,217 had been received, and £4,395 expended, leaving a balance against the company of £2,178. 131PO.RTATIONS OF G.RAIN. The aggregate value of the grain importations in the first half of the present year may be estimated at £21,000,000 against £9,500,000 in 1860. Of this total about £14,500,000 represents wheat and flour, our importations of which in the same period of 1860 were below £3,000,000. The question next in importance is as to the sources whence these sup plies have been derived, an d th e results i n that re spect continue to present some remarkable features, which must have led to singular variations in the general course of trade. In 1859 France sent us our chief supplies, and contributed about as much as Russia, Prussia, and the United States combined, while from America the amount was merely nomi nal. In 1860 Prussia took the lead, Russia was second, and the quantity from France was insigni ficant. This year America . has distanced all other countries, and has sent us nearly as much as Prus sia, Russia, and France combined, the quantity from the latter being less even than in 1860. Annexed is a statement of the total receipts and of the exact per centage from each nation :-- IMPORTATIONS OF WHEAT,FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1861, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD OF THE TWO PRECEDING YEARS. 1859. 1860. 1861. Total importation....qrs. 2,203,736 1,394,432 3,664,529 Per tentage from— Russia Prussia l3i 311 15 Denmark Mecklenburg Manse Towns lf 4i 4f France Turkey and Principalities 11 51 5 Egypt .. 15 2t 6 United States _4 71 321 Other countries In the source of our supply of flour the changes have been no less important. The importations from France constituted 92 per cent. of the whole in 3859, while this year they have amounted only to 12 per cent., the quantities from the United States having meanwhile increased from 1 per cent, to 64 per cent. The figures are as follows : IMPORTATIONS OF FLOUR. 1859. 1860. 1861. Total importation.. .. cwt. 2,318,02 1,429,53 6 3,677,461 Per centage from— - 41 llanse Towns le i France United States 1649 1 Other countries —, 100 100 100 THE NEW HOTEL AT ASCOT. --At the meeti ng e l directors held on Wednesday , in the Strand, this company has arranged to take four a cres of ground belon ging to the Crown, at a rental of £25, on a lease of 99 years. There Coventry, j. 1 t nllsand Portsmouth, Messrs. d n j. will be stabling for 100 h orses, and bedrooms for 5 0 trainers. The building w ill incicse a space of two acres, forming a square, three sides o f which will be occ upied by the stable s . r The seven directors (three of whom are to form a quorum) arestr Strathmore; r a e r ; l sAadmßiaersalbothroe Hon. on. 1 Morrell and C. Weatherby. Mr. J. E. Clark, of New market, was chosen secretary and aro tlf tect to the coot pauy,—Vic Fiat THE EAVY‘ On Thursd-y last the Bristol, 51 guns, Fero° steam frigate, which has recently been launched and fitted at Woolwich, left that place for Sheerness. The engines of the vessel, which are built by Messrs. R. Napier and Son, of Glasgow, are of 600 nominal horse-power, the indicated horse-power being 3,000. The ship is furnished with horizontal air-puroZ engines, which are remarkable for the simplicity 01 their expansion motion. Two trials took place 012 Saturday at Maplin Sands. The first resulted A 5 follows :—Average speed, with full boiler power , 12.568 knots ; pressure of steam, 201 b. ; vacuum , 261 ; revolutions, 66. The vessel was then tried at. half boiler pressure, when the following results were obtained :—Average speed, 10'078 knots ; revolu tions, 59 (Griffiths' screw) ; pitch, 23 feet ; diameter, 18 feet ; draught of water forward, 17 feet ; aft, 20 feet 4 inches. Th e vesse l i s remar k a bl y we ll built, and very strong, scarcely any vibration occurring even when under the full force of the powerftlY machinery. These trials, which lasted seven were of a highly satisf ac t or y c h arac t er . Mr. Part` ridge attended on th e p ar t o f th e G overnmen t, S ild Mr. George Brown, f oreman t o M essrs. N ap ier and' Son, on the part of th e con t ractors. hours,rt The Wanderer, 4, screw steam-sloop, 400 horse" power, recently commissioned at Sheerness by Cool' mander Michael C. Seymour, was takEn out of the fitting basin at that port on Saturday, having NM pleted her fitments, to await sailing orders. S li° is supplied with two Armstrong guns. The Sharpshooter, 6, screw, Lieutenant-Com mander Gibbons, was officially inspected yesterdel morn:ng„at Spithead, by Captain Coote, flag- cap' tain to Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bru ce ' and afterwards steamed into Portsmouth harbour to prepare for paying off. The Bulldog, 6, paddle, Commander M'Killop) at Portsmouth, is under orders to proceed to lialifalcr taking out supernumeraries for the Mersey and other ships on the station. She is expected to ge out to Spithead on Monday next, The lighter Devon, Thomas Jennings master, left Plymouth Sound yesterday for Pembroke with jell gear for the screw steam sloop Perseus, 17, which will be taken to Devonport to be fitted for the first division of the steam reserve. The Norwegian corvette Ellida left Plymouth 0 111 Sunday for the eastward. The Donegal, 101, and the Immortalite, 61, both in Plymouth Sound, have just been ordered to pre' pare for sea. The Diadem, 32, also in the Sound , is ordered to embark stores for Halifax, and then proceed to the West Indies. The Pylades, 21, screw corvette, Captain M. do Courcy, having been dismantled, will be paid off at Chatham this day, and placed in the steam re serve, after being in commission upwards of four years, during the whole of which period she hao been employed in the Pacific. The following extract is from a letter received by our Portsmouth correspondent from her Majesty's ship Tartar, 20, screw, Captain Hayes► dated Saturday, June 18 : " We left Vancouver's on the 12th, and after 0. run of six days arrived here on our way to Callao, to relieve the Calypso, 18, Capt. F. B. Montresorr, ordered to England, calling in at Panama. W e sail again from here on the 23d. When in harbour our crew have lots of amusement provided for then 3 in the shape of cricket, football, and, on board, thea tricals. The men are actively employed in gull practice, and gunnery is the word throughout the fleet." THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was entertained at a banquet given by the officers of the Royal Engineers, at Brompton-barracks, Chatham , last night, on the occasion of the opening of the handsome suite of messrooms just completed, covers being laid for about ninety guests. General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, G.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortifi cations, presided. Among the distinguished officers present were Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. F. M. Smith, M.P. ; Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry D. Jones, K.C.B. Lieut,-Gen. J. Oldfield, K.H. ; Major-Gen. Sir R- Airey, K.C.8.; Major-Gen. H. Eyre, Major-Gen. H. Sandham, Major-Gen. R. J. Stotherd, Col. H. D. Harness, C 8., Col. C. Bingham, Deputy-Adj.-Gen., Royal Artillery ; Col. F. E. Chapman, C. 8.. De puty-Adj.-Gem, Royal Engineers ; Col. H. Jervis, Col. R. N. Phillips, Col. J. Twiss, RE., Col. Ea Frome, R.E. Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8., R•E'r Col. Rea, _Roy Marines; Col. Greathed, Col. Tul- loh, Lieut.-Col. C o lli nson , R.E., Li eut ,-C o l. Jervoier. &c. The band of the Royal Engineers Wa s sta tioned in the gallery during the banquet. Today his Royal Highness will h o ld a rev i ew o f the entire force of the garrison on Chatham Lines. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, ON General Commanding in -Chief, inspected the Ist Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards yesterday morning on Wormwood Scrubbs. The Duke of Cambridge, who was accompanied by Col. the Hon. James Macdonald, C. 8., arrived on the ground at ten o'clock, at which hour the line formed. The brigade was commanded by Col. Parker. Col. Dudley de Ros commanded the Ist Life Guards, and Col. Baillie commanded the Royal Horse Guards. At the termination of the inspection the Duke of Cambridge expressed his entire approbatiota of the efficiency and martial bearing of the troops. The Earl Beauchamp, the Earl of Cardigan, Lord Raglan, Major-Gen. Douglas, &c.,were among the spectators. The Secretary of State for War, in concurrence with his Royal Highness the Commander in-Chief , having decided on carrying out the recommendation of the National Defence Commissioners to classify the supply of ammunition furnished to fortresEee according to the defence which garrisons may pre* bably be called upon to make against attacks, it been decided, in furtherance of this scheme, that the supply of ammunition to the batteries forming the coast defences shall be according to the annexed scale per gun :—Principal battery, maximum, 500 rounds; minimum, 375 rounds; second-cle,es bat teries, 300 rounds maximum, 225 minimum; and towers, 200 maximum and 150 minimum. This great augmentation of ammunition, which will em brace every improved kind of artillery projectile, including hollow and solid shot, case, grape, com mon and diaphragm shell, will materially add to the efficiency of the cost defences in case of attack. In order, however, to give full effect to the arrange ment decided upon, it will be necessary, in almost all our important defence batteries, to materially increase the existing insufficient magaz i ne accom modation. At present the accommodation in the Chatham district, which embraces a most important portion of the defences, is totally inadequate to re nrs, flow re ceive even the minimum proportion which hasbeen ordered to be supplied to the batteries at Sheerness, Tilbury Fort, Now Tavern Fort, coathouse-point, and Shornmeade. The 33d company of is to be relie ve d b y hssageb qilar efr t o er m s at Chatham, where the officersrejoinhead the Royal Engineers, men inee will go doing duty at Aldershot camp, through a course o Corfu.t e 9t h The company, 33d e company p now afield-workits on inst ruct i on pre viously to embark ation for for eign service the course of a few months. The 9 th compa n y l e ft Corfu in the M e g ara, on th e 17 th inst. The orders for the removal of th e B t h (K i ng ' s ) Foot to Aldershott is for the present suspended. Gosport until furth er orders are issued. The regiment will remain i n th e i r present quarters at A large quantity of engineering tools have been forwarded to the Isle of Wight for the construc tion of military roads at the west end of the island in the rear of the works of defence about to be constructed there. A regiment of infantry will be placed under canvas in the island to assist in their formation, The head-quarters of the 6th Carabineers from India arrived, per South Western Railway, on . Saturday e ven i ng , a t th e E xe ter Barracks, where the depot has been lying for El MC weeks. The Exeter rifle corps, with their band, marched to the station, and gave the gallant fellows a hearty wel come. Tne Cambodia, with troops from India, was spoken off the Isle of Wight on Sunday, steering up Channel with a fair wind, bound, the captain stated, to Gravesend. The ship had been expected by the military authorities at Portsmouth to call in at Spithead to disembark her troops, as they are ordered to be stationed in that garrison. ~, large Prey in tt Prop of E Roy; cony jEsuE of th Tecei lion the 1 Bari] in tl insta Ce n t have Spar RusE mod, chief aceoi Wes land vatic Wes East In deati Loin Trur Jo main Vrov Roy; I.;it COL* Z c h Dii L'il 1 1 : qua Mesi ew Fern Dit RUSS lip in lurk Pied