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:»:a,. . THE ticETN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING JULY, 28, 1866- . - sion , ra, varied in some, material particulars from the eyi- all the timber and planks necessary; from Sinop° .and Con- deuce as giveeby some of the offi cers in the Crimea (pp. stautinople'. 259-267, Questions' 1,244 to 1,257; p. 2 S O, Q uestions 1,27.. , But it doea not appear that any timber or planks were to 1,278 ; p. 300). And in closing his address he said, "I ' distributed in the Crimea before theans middle o p f November or had intended to impugn the Re p ort, by showing that the end of December, or that any meansort a conclusions therein contained would have been prevented able for that purpose, by that very testimony which, though not printed with the So far as the report of the commissioners may be apposed rest of the evidence, was, in truth, actua'dy given before the to animadvert upon the Quartermaster-General'sDepartment, Commissioners ; and I had intended, I confess, to invite the in regard to the want of " promptitude or ingenu yin devis attention of the board to the circumstance; under which the big ' temporary shelter' for the horses," and the employment displacement of the evidence lead occurred. From this of canvas for that purpose, we are of opinion at the evi second portion of ray can lam debarred by the absence of'dente of Admiral Sir B. Lyons, MN., Major Keane, R. , Sir J. M'Neill and Colonel Tidloch" (p. 337.) Admiral Sir J. Dundas, R.N., Colonel Chapman, R.E , He called the attention of the board to the precise limits Major Hackett, Deputy-Assistant Quart te termaster-G statements eneral, of the Quartermaster - General's Department , and the nature Captain Dell7llllll, R.N., completely refuhe of its duties (pp. 235-6-7-9 ; 253-4-5 ; 335-6 ; 341), and pro- of the comm issioners. ceeded to give an explanation on those matters which , falling Before we close our observations o n the case of Sir Richard within the range of the Quartermaster-General's Department, Airey, we think it important to refer to the subject of the had been made the subjeet of observation by the COIDMIS- road from Bala.kla.va, a matter which so pre-eminently falls *Milers (p. 235), and contended that there was no ground within the range of the Quartermaster-General's duties, and whatever for the animadeershms upon his department which about whiCh so much has been - said. are contained in the Report (p. 337). Sir Richard Aircy has considetaid it sufficient for his vindi- With a view to a clear stetement of the result of our i ca tion to quote tie words of the commissioners in their own quiry into the correctne s s of those anise alvereions, we now Report, as satisfactorily explaining, so far at least as his own proceed to report on each of the matters commented on by department was concerned, the causes el the defects, and the difficulty which existed in remedying them : theicommissioners, in ,the order iu which :they have taken " The want of a road from Balaklava to the front, passab le them. for Commissariat carts, greatly increased the difficulty of sup plying the army after the middle of November ; but the offi cers commanding divisions who were examined upon the sub ject are unanimous iu their opinion that it would have been impossible to employ a sufficient number of mon to make the road and at the same time to carry on the military operations in which the army was engaged." To this passage may be added the admission of the com missioners that hired labour could not be obtained, and the demand for the services of the troops in the trenches and for other military duties was such that they could not be spared for other purposes. (CorainiSsioners' Report, p. 33.) On a careful review of the imputations, whether express or implied, against the Quartermaster-General's Department in the Crimea of which Sir R. Airey cOMplained, We are of opinion that, in the Perfaimance of their seve ral duties, neither that officer tier any of those who served under him are justly chargeable with mismanagement or ne glect; but that, on the contrary, they used their best exer tions to premOte, as far as depended upon them, the welfare of the army: That their endeavours often failed in" their object cannot fairly be matter of charge against a department which, al though ostensibly responsible for the performance of duties of the ten , first importance to an army in the field, is yet loft unprovided with any means at its disposal of carrying out its own arrangements, and thus become entirely dependent on the precarious aid of other departments, which, on this particular service, were over-taxed far beyond their strength and resources. Formerly the Quartermaster -General's Department was on a very different footilig in this respect ; the greater part of a staff-corps of infantry - , composed entirely of artificers, and commanded by officers specially trained, or selected with a view to staff employment, was attached to the Quartermas ter-General's Department, and its services were at all times available for the performance of duties which could not other wise be provided for. It is in evidence that, in the Crimea, the Quartermaster- General endeavoured to obtain the assistance of the Royal Engineers for erecting huts for the cavalry, but that none could be spared, as the operations of the siege occupied the entire strength of that corps. It is also stated in evidence that in the Crimea the French army had a " Corps d'Arts et de Metiers" disposable for the construction of field ovens, &c., at a period of great suffer ing, when not a man of the British army, could be obtained for a like purpose. THE HON. COL. 'GORDON'S CASE. Col. Gordon called the attention of the board, in the first instance, to the following statements, which had been made by Col. Tulloch during the course of the proceedings before the board ; and which statements he considered to be incor rect as regarded himself, and prejudicial to him if left nn • challenged : . I: A statement to the effect that all the originals of the evidence given by the officers in the Crimeawere sent to them for:orrection. . . Col. Gordon said that this was not doneineertain instances with his evidence ; 'and that the evidence that was submitted to him, and which purported to be an original, was materi ally different from the actual original (pp. 343-4). A statement with regard to Col. Wetherall's evidence, SEPARATION FROM KNAPSACKS. As regards the separation of the men from their knap sacks Oil lending in the Crimea, it appears to the board that this was a matter entirely within the depirtmeut of the ad jutant-General, who, under the orders of the General Com manding, could alone see the measure carried into execution ; but Sir It. Airey, having stated his readiness to give any in formation in his power, has said that whoa the force recovered its communication with the sea, active measures were taken for restoring them ; and it is in evidence (Questions 1,214- 1,218) that, in consequence of the physical weakness of thee men who embarked at Varna, a discret . onary power s landing with or without knapsacks was given to officers com manding regiments, and that most, of them availed themselves of that power to lighten the men's burdens. It also appears that no blame is attributable to the Qaar termaster-Geueral's Department, although much delay was occasioned in recovering knapsacks from the transports, in consequence of various obstacles over which that department had no control. It may, however, be observed that the packs contained very little that could have added to the, com fort of the men, a proportion of th e men's necessaries having been left in the squad-bags :it Scutari. • ' tesces OF WARM CLOTHING FROM ENGLAND. Sir Richard Airey has stated that the Quartermaster. General's Department had no stores, no storehouses, no store. keepers, no issuers, nor means of lauding transport—none, in fact, of the machinery necessary for receiving stores, or for keeping them, or for transporting or delivering them to the. men, and that, the only duty of the depaitment in relation to the issue of s ores was that of determining- the proportions in which they should be shared by the tvaopse It appears to us material to observe that, although the term " Quartermaster-Geuera,l's stores". seems to have been applied by the commissioners to 'all Stores fer which the Quartermaster -General made requisition, the respousibility of that officer must be understood to be limited to the duty of making requisitions for certain stores, and not to their safe custody, stowage, or oven issae.--(Sce Colonel Wetherelt's evidence, p. 269.) We now proceed to give our opinion 'as to tho manner in which the Quartermaster-General performed the duties of his department. DIMIBUTION Or WARM. CLOTHING. Sir Richard Airoy complained of the following statement : •i The arrangements relating to the issue of the supplies from the Quarterseaster-General's stores appear to have. been of questionable expediency." Sir Richard Airey thinks it is made tci appear,inferentially, that this supposed want of care in the working of the Depart ment may have been the occasion, not of mere inconvenience and trouble, but. of some of those dreadful privations to which the soldier was subjected in the winter of 1854 and 1855, and, that although there always was a supply of warm clothing in the harbour of Balaklava, official formality or mismanagement stood up as a barrier between the soldieo and his supplies. Warm clothing being an extra issue, very unusual in the service, the principle adopted by the Quartermaster-Ge neral as to the apportionment of it, appears to have been a very judicious one—viz., that of sending orders that the regiments shOnld apply for it according to their strength, for which purpose Sir Richard Airey placed an officer (Lieut.- . Colonel Mackenzie) at Balaklava, who appears to have per formed his duties most efficiently ; but the cause of those sup plies not reaching the men for a considerable time after the orders were given was owing to the deficiency of transport, a fact fully admitted by the commissioners. viz. : -- " Those notes were never introduced into the body of the evidence, because the marked difference between what was received in the one case andacknowledged in the othershowtxl that the inquiry would lead to no beneficial result, and I therefore struck out the whole of the latter part of the memo randum, and in that state it was subsequently sent to Col. Gordon for Col. Wetherall, along with his evidence, to save the RUGS AND BLANEIET4. Sir Richard Airey, complained (p. 259) of the passages in the Commissioners' Report referred tie in the margin ; lie said— " It is there made to appear that the blankets fell short, and that the men were kept without warm clothing, because it occurred td no one to give the 8,000 rugs which were lying in store." With regard to rugs the commissioners state :--- " These rugs were nearly as well calculated as blankets to keep out the cold, aad were, perhaps, better suited to resist wet, yet when the supply of blankets fell short it does not appear to have occurred to any ono that the rugs were available as a substitute." - trouble of re-copying it." Colonel Gordon said that the memorandum there men tioned never was sent to him, and that he never saw it till he saw it printed in this country (p. 344-5). 111. Colonel Gordon also complained of query 7, p. 20 0 , of the Commissioners' Report (evidence), as attributing to him a statement which he had never made, and containing assertions which• were entirely incorrect (p. 340. "7. Yon state (page 169 of 7. Thisquestien assumes as your evidence) as a reason for a fact that which I have not not making these issues,, that stated, and contains asser you thought when the men tions which I believe tobe en had two blankets, a sheep- tirely incorrect. ; I must, skin coat, a fur cap, a pair of therefore, decline entering leggings, a waterproof hood, on a question founded in one-third of a buffalo robe, error." , two guernsey frocks, two pairs of drawers, two pairs of socks, a pair of winter boots, a comforter, and two pairs of gloves, as well as au extra suit of uniform, that they were not so badly off. Were you 'aware, when you made this statement, that the returns received from the Quartermaster -General's De. partment show that the articles, of which the non-issue is complained of, arrived at Balaklava between the 21st and 28th of November. while- those to which Yen refer (with the excepti.4 of the blankets) were not received till near • the middle of January ? How, then, could the issue of the latter have operated as a reason for the non •issue of the former, when they were not available for at *ast six weeks after the 28th of November, during which period the sufferings of the men from want of sufficient clothing .were at their, greatest height I" IV. Also of the following paragraph, p. 26 of the Report, the accuracy of which he unequivocally denied (p. 318.9) : " It will be observed, that Colonel Gordon in his evidence assigns as a reason for the non-issue of many of these sup plies, that he conceived the men had enough, and he enu merates a long list of articles supplied to them ; but he overlooks the fact, that the greater number of these were not issued till about the end of February, whereas the period during which the men principally suffered was in the months of December and January, when it appears that there were supplies enough in hand to.have averted much This statement is - distinct/1y contradicted by Col. Wetherell, in the following words : • " It was a yellow, half-cotton, half-worsted rug, and, though the commissioners state that thry. were nearly as well calculated to resist wet as blankets, no one else in the Crimea thought so, and that was the very reason why they were I never used because they did not resist Wet." ' • - Cot. Wetherell further stated that— . • . - .. . " The rugs were always placed uncle the same category as blankets, and requisitions were frequently altered to blankets or rugs, and that if a regiment asked for blankets, And they. were not available, and rugs were, they regiment had perinis sion to take rugs." This statement. appears to be - completely borne out by the evitieuee of Mr. 116 yd, the storekeeper, and, the returns of 1 Emus. •• • With regard to " blankets," they were one of the articles which were issued on requisitions made in the usual form, and approved by the Quartermaster-General, and it appears that these requisitions were approved of greatly in advance of the power of regiments receiving the same to draw the blankets, owing to the want of means of transport. Colonel Cobbe (p. 279, Commissioners' Report) says, that Ow requi sitions of warm clothing or blankets were always in advance of the means of transport at his disposil. Col. Wetherell, in his evidence given to the commissioners in the Crimea, informed them that— , " In the month of December alone , no less than 22,740 blankets were issued by the department, though only 17, 323 were carried away." This portion of Col. Wetherell's evidence was omitted by the commissioners in their report, but was laid before us by Sir R. A.frey (p. 259.) of that sufferisii." V. Also of the following paragraph (p. 27 of the Report which be considered to be wholly unsupported by the evi dente (p. 349-50) : " One of the reasons assigned for not issuing the regi mental greatcoats was, that the regulations of the service as established by the Qaeen's warrant, did not authorise such issue more frequently than once in three years. The proportion of corps in the Crimea entitled to them in terms of that warrant was very limited, and it does not appear that any instructions dispensing with its restrictions were received there, or that any intimation was given of the intention with which they were sent out. Had an application been made, however, it is not probable that the General commanding would have refused to authorise, on his own responsibility, the distribution of articles of cloth ing which wore likely to contribute to the health and effi ciency of the troops ; and if the Quartermaster-General doubted his own powers in this matter, it appears to us that ho ought to have applied for that antholity." VI. Col. Gordon also complained of the following para graph in page 24 of the Report, as implying that he had not sufficient grounds for the statements which he had made to the commissioners as a witness (p. 347-8) : " It will be seen from the evidence of Col. Gordon, then Assistaut-Quartermaster-General, that he attributes the non recovery of the knapsacks at an early period to the general officers of divisions, with the exception of the Duke of Cam bridge, preferring not to receive them. On referring, how ever, to two of the officers who commanded divisions on that occasion, one of them states positively that no such offer was Made to him ; another, that he has no recollection of it, thoneh it may have been so ; the third being absent, we have had no opportunity of communicating with him on the sub jest." VII. Colonel Gordon also said— ".A point upon which I think I have some reason to com plain is, the fact that, after having obtained from Major Wetherall and myself, and from numerous other officers,, the materials from which these portions of their report to which I have been adverting were drawn up, the commissioners should not have put to Sir R. Airey, the Quartermaster -Ge neral, in justice to himself as well as to his subordinate offi cers, a single question upon the subject, either of the knap sacks, or the issue of clothing. which had unquestionably formed in their minds, from an early period, so important a feature of the inquiry. I was shown by Sir It. Airey the questions (63 in number) which were sent to him, as contain ing the points upon which the commissioners required infor mation ; and finding that there was not ono relative to the issue, or non-issue, of clothing, or to the knapsacks, I had every right to conclude that the evidence of Major Wetherell and myself had on the subjects been deemed satisfactory." (P. 351.) Complaints respect to the subjects referred to in Complaints I. endg., after giving duo consideration to the reasons set forth by, Cel. Tulloch in his paper marked 13, in explanation thereof, we entirely aeanit the'commissioners of being actuated by any improper motives in adopting the course complained of by Colonel Gordon; inasmuch as, with respect to the evidence given to the commissioners by Colonel Gordon, we think that the commissioners were under the im eression that that officer had sufficient opportunity of cor recting it. Bet as that impression does not seem to have been correct, we are of opinion that Colonel Gordon's complaint, in this respect, is not without foundation. With respect to. Colonel Wetherall's evidence— The commissioners refer to the fact of Colonel Wetherall's absence from the Crimea in explanation of the circumstance of his evidence net.having been signed by that officer. They orwarded it to Colonel Gordon on the 4th of June, 1855, ap parently with the intention of procuring its signature and re visal by Colonel Wetherell, overlooking, however, the circum stance of Colonel. Wetherall being at that time at Constanti nople ; for it appearkthat after Colonel Wetherall's examina tion was finished—viz., on the 28th of May, he applied to the zonamiesioners to know whether he might leave the Crimea, old the commissioners, having consulted together, stated that they had nothing further to as k f rom hi m , that: they had ascertained all, they wished as to the clothing, and he was perfectly at liberty to go to Constantinople. He accordingly left Balaklava, either on the 31st of May or the Ist of June (page 281, question 1,288). • His evidence was returned to the commissioners by Colonel Gordon without alteration. c c o o n Tb s : Lie g e i l a yN e a‘l n ,uc c et e l, , , ehr a t o h wi s r t esv i b t ei s rg c ,n dn wa eont s cae a p d pg m eivn it ed te ned d b:y even though The commissioners state that they were l e d t o b e li eve , i n o o a n f t I..i e t r h e e t e n w e e e ss .. v e the officer who was charged with the apportionment of the articles in store, and the importance of that portion of Colonel Wethe rail's evidence which was omitted 'when the other portion was forwarded to Colonel Gordon for correction, both (=ring upon the delays and omissions supposed to have Reamed in supplying the troops with comforts that were available, induce us to express our regret that Col. Wetherall's attention had not been particularly called by the COMMIS. sinners to these points, and to the absence of his own sigma- lure; especially as, with reference to the non-isane of various articles of clothing, the commissioners appear to have formed Jonclusious which subsequent explanations and a comparison of raturns do not warrant. Complaint lII.—Col. Gordon's complaint of query 7, p. 200 of the commissioners' report, as founded upon incorrect assumptions of what he had said, appears to be borne out by a reference to p. 169 of the commissioners' evidence, where Col. Gordon gives, as a reason for not issuing a rug, a third •blenket and second greatcoat to the men, that there was not a sufficient quantity - in store previous to the arrival of other 6 warm clothing, " andnot to his considering they were not so Mareb, was nearly 101 b. por man per month, exclusive of badly off." that furnished for the trobps on board hospital ships iu bar- The supplies of the articles enumerated in the following hour , -the aggregateforce being 158,617 men, and the quantity list are shown to have been authorised as soon as possible of fresh meat issued by the commissariat 1,525,9191 b." after they were landed and received into store:- Sheepskin The issues in December fell greatly below the average, that coat, first arrivals . Dec. 28 ; fur cap, Jan. 20; pair of leggings, is, to 6 3 1 b. per man, in consequence of the cattle-vessels, Feb, 9 ; waterproof hood, Feb. 9 ; buffalo robe, Dec. 25 ; which had been damages( in the hurricane, being still under Guernsey frock, drawers, and socks, Nov. 21; winter boots, repair during that month. Jan. 30 ; comforter, Dec. 24 ; gloves, Jan. 6 ; coatee and That the healthy did not receive the ration while these troasees, Nov. 28. figures would indicate was unfortunately owing to the large The first of Chee r supplies, consisting of the articles most numbers of sick, who, is some divisions, received full rations I wanted, viz., Guensey frocks, drawers, and socks, oar- of fresh meat daily, in others fi ve days a week, this curtail before the end of Nov., they having arrived on the ing the rations of the rest of the troops. 21st of that month; and the assertion that the greater num- lIMEJUICE (p. 9). ber of them were not issued till about the end of Jan. or be- The commissioners in their Report state-- ginning of Fob., appears to be disproved by the returns "That from the 10th of December the limejuice brought above referred to. • by the Esk was lying in the commissariat stores at Balaklava, Complaint IV., V.-In our observations on complaint and none of it was issued till the first week in February, an No. 111., we have commented ley anticipation on com- interval during which the sufferings of the army from scurvy plaints Nos. IV. and V., and we may here add, that so were probably at their height. far from the Quartermaster-General having doubted his own it appears, by the evidence before us, that there is some authority, or delayed making an application to the Corn- contradiction as to the date of the arrival of the Esk. minder-In-Chief, as supposed by the commissioners (Report, The Commissary-General stated that that vessel did not p. 27), it appears that Lord Raglan at once dispensed with arrive until the 19th of December, in which he is ,confirmed the firms that interfered with the issue of greatcoats,and by Mr. Archer. However this may be, it appears clear that with any other articles that were require d for the use f the the casks of limejuice in the Esk were landed and delivered troops. into the commissariat stores on the 20th of December; that Complaint VI.-With regard to Complaint No. VI., Col, information of this arrival was given to the Purveyor of Hos- Gordon called our attention to the evidence which he had pitals, who appears to have actually removed some of it away given to the commissioner, and intimated that it contained a from the beach while it was being taken out of the vessel. correct statement of the matter. He then said- The Medical Department was therefore duly apprised of "As the commissioners have not thought it necessary to this supply, and Lord Raglan also appears to have been duly state the names of the two generals to whom they applied, or informed that there was limejuice in store, but the issue of to insert the correspondence which passed on the occasion, SO it as a regular ration to the troops generally was not autho neither do I wish to introduce into this explanation any mat- rised until the General Order of the 31st of January, 1855. ter of a mere personal nature between the generals of division Steps were promptly taken to procure supplies from Malta and myself ; I will, therefore, merely repeat the steps taken and Sicily, and as soon as they were procured the issues were by the Quarterm ister-General to enable them to obtain the regularly maintained ; therefore, in respect to this matter, no knapsacks of their men." blame seems to attach to the Commissary-General. With respect to the recovery of the knapsacks, we have MESH BREAD (p. 11). given our opinion thereon in our report on Sir R. Airey's case. Mr. Filder complains that the commissioners have charged Complaint VII.- With regard to Complaint No. VII. we him with an indisposition to make the attempt of baking think that Col. Gordon might reasonably infer, from the cir- fresh bread. cumstances therein detailed, that the evidence of himself and Be replies to this, and in our opinion satisfactorily, by Col. Wetherell had been deemed satisfactory by the commis- bringing forward his purchase of three months supply of sion ere. flour for the purpose of baking bread, but contends that, as COMMISSARY-GENERAL FILDER'S CASE. bread requires 50 per cent. more of transport for its convey- Mr. Filder referred to his letter addressed to Mr. Peel atice than biscuit, "it would have been impossible, in the (which was laid before both Houses of Parliament), as con- then state of the roads, and the transport, to have found the taining the particular passages of the Report of which he m eans of carrying it up to the camp." chiefly complained (p.:156). A floating mill and bakery which he had applied for did not He objected to the tone and spirit of the whole Report, arrive from England till the 12th of May. as well as to the more precise charges contained in it, and In proportion as the state of the sea.transport improved bread contended that it was not justified by the actual facts (p. 357). was brought from Constantinople, sufficient for an issue twice He also complained that no inquiries were made of himself a-week, • I either of the two examinations which he attended ; or of When, on the arrival of the floating bakery, its capabilities his officers when examined, which could' have shown them were found insufficient and the construction of ovens was where the commissioners thought there had been neglect or commenced, the means existed of baking so as to allow of an omission, or could have given them an opportunity of clear- issue to the troops on three days in the week. ing up any misapprehension which might exist in the minds The different organisation of the French array is sufficient of the commissioners (p. 357-352). • to explain the circumstance of their being more regularly sup- Further, that the commissioners had not taken into the 'olsfealwaithrehth2el,EnlgBlsissh,.to account the particular difficulties of his p osition ; and that plied w The g i with fresh b Quartermaster -General's rt er in as r t e e a h r d G t en a e n r a w l their Report, even as 'a statement of facts, was a misrePresen - the commissioners p oints out the difficulties which at present Whet) in many parts, and exaggeration in - others (p. 357)• exist in the British service with regard to employing soldie rs In support of these positions Mr. Filde r set forth the na- as bakers. ' as s letter Lure of the dutici of tho Commissariat Department while in his charge, and the means which he had of performing them (p. 357-8). In illustration of the difficulties of his position he referred to the insufficient establishment both of officers and em ployes (p. :358-377) ; the uncertainty of the position of the army during the winter (p.:358 -373) ; the consequences of the storm of the 14th of November, 1854 ; the effects of the wants of a road (p. 359) ; and of the want of sea transport (p. 360), He e)ntenbd that the real question to be considered, with reference to his conduct as Commissary-General, was this " Whether he could, from the middle of November, 1854, to the end of February 1855, have increased the number of transport animals in the Crimea, and whether, when he had got them there, lee could have obtained from any quarter sufficient forage to supply them with food." (P. 363-383.) He said that on this question of transport depended the consideration of various other matters of very great import ance, which had been made the subject of charges against him (p. 360); ho instanced the supply of fresh meat (p. 360 -2), and of fuel (p. 363). He showed in detail what had taken place with reference to the supply of forage from England (p. 364-9, 370-1 • 381-2 ; 388 ; questions 1,981,1,996, 390 -8 ; 2,016 19, 35, 41 ; p. 406), and contended that the authorities there had omitted to comply with his repeated requisitions, and that' by no exertions of his own, or of the Commissariat officers acting under his directions, could the deficiency have been remedied from local resources'(p. 372.3). He referred to some other charges relating rather to the Peoulier quality or nature of the supplies given out than to any deficiency, and as to which he said that . " The commissioners seemed to have been more misin formed, and more ready to arrive at conclusions, than as to any other matters on which they had grounded their charges against him (p. 373): -le Vegetable food (p. 373.4). 2. Lime juice (p. 374-5). 3. Fresh bread (p. 375-6). 4, Tea (p. 381-2). 5. Green coffee (p. 381-2, 3166-7). 6. Rice (p. 382)." We have thought it right, .in the first instance, to give this cutting of Mr. Filder's address to the board, in order that the statement of his complaint might appear in the form in which he submitted it to us. But we have found it convenient in our report to observe the arrangement which he has adopted in his letter to Mr. Peel. • We now, therefore, proceed to give our opinions in that order on the several matters on which he has there adverted. QUANTITIES IN STORE (p. 6). Under this head the commissioners observe, with regard to biscuit, that " The ration of biscuit haying, oh the 15th of Oct., 1854, been increased by general order to in consideration of the severe labour to which the troops were subjected, it was reduced on the 7th of Nov. to 11b., on the express ground of the supply of biscuit being insufficient to furnish the in creased ration lately authorised.' " On this Mr. Filder remarks :- " The est:031141(0 rotiou for all troops in the field was not reduced, but the eVt.lll. $4310V.41100 ai.c..uti.ued. It was a matter or notoriety that line. of biscuit was more than the Men could eat, and that they sold or gave away a part of what they received to the French troops who frequented our lines ; this was before the storm or any deficiencies had oc curred. My motive for recommending the discontinuance, under such circumstances, of the extra allowance was, that its issue impeded the progress of the depot which I Was then. forming in the front. " Had the extra quantity of biscuit issued to the troops in camp been allowed to accumulate in depot there, the ani mats which, during the winter, were occupied in transient ing that article might have been employed in carry'sig up other supplies, which were then so much needed ; flare extra quantity issued very greatly exceeded all the deficiee eies of biscuit which occurred throughout the winter." Iu this view of the case we consider that Mr. Filder was justified in recommending the discontinuance of the extra allowance. . The commissioners further observe, with regard to-- SALT ANAT. " From the returns handed to us by the Conamissary-Geee ral, and from his statements, it appears that, although to commissariat had at that time in store sufficient for several days' consumption, there was still (in consequence of 80110 mistake, it is stated, on the part of the commissariat officea at Constantinople) cause for considerable anxiety lest the whole army should be left without salt meat, at a time when no other articles of food were available, except biscuit, run, and the ordinary groceries. The arrival of a vessel with s supply of salt meat, before that which had been obtainet from the navy was issued, relieved the Commissary-General from the anxiety which he had previously felt on the subject.' On this Mr. Filder remarks - " That, although some apprehension on the subject of t short supply existed in his mind, no positive deficiency ever occurred in the commissariat stores; that the lowest number of days for which he had supplies of salt meat on hand was eight or nine ; and that the circumstance of his having hat oven so short a supply as that arose partly from the loan ha had male of alit article to the navy, partly from the deten tion of the vessels by contrary winds." He further remarked that - " The commissioners have omitted to state what is shown by the evidence annexed to their report (p. 153), that the salt meat received from the navy only replaced the quantity which had been supplied from the commissariat stores for seamen and marines serving on shore. This supply from the n ivy was not, therefore, a loan, but a restitution of a loan." . STIORT RATIONS (p. 7). Under this head the commissioners state that " Iu the Crimea, during the greater part of November and December. and also in a great measure during January and a part of February, the soldier was confined exclusively to biscuit in addition to his salt meat." The returns quoted in margin show that there were issued to the troops in the month of- November 340.818 lb. of vegetables. December 22,797 ditto. January 77,250 ditto. February Also in the months of •-• November 79,059 lb. of rice. December, 63,014 ditto. January 153,241 ditto. February It appears therefore that the statements of the commission ers are by no means borne out. We may here add, with respect.to the remarks of the com missioners on the subject of vegetable food (p. 8), that we en tirely concur in the view of the Commissary-General, that his, department is not responsible for the particular articles of diet which constitute the rations of the men ; his duty is only to furnish it according to the order of the General Commanding. BEAT (p 8).-.-ABTYNDANCE OF CATTLE (p. 16).--earnerasce • • •• or l'ffSsii MEAT (p. 17). It appears to the board that the insufficient supply of fresh meat arose from various causes, but primarily from the want of sea transport, which want Commissary-General Filder ap pears to have used every exertion to remedy. The number of transports at the disposal of the commissa riat was diminished during the month of December by the circumstance of two of the most efficient cattle vessels being then under repair, and useless. The supply of fresh meat during the same month was ren dered less than it otherwise would have been, owing to the commissariat officer at Eupatoria having seht back empty two transports despatched to that place for a supply of cattle, he having given over the cattle he had in charge there to the French and Turks, who had arrived -without any supplies of fresh meat, or the means of providing any. Mr, Filder says on this subject :- " I was at all times fully alive to the importance of pro viding fresh meat for the use of the troops, and employed to the utmost a 1 the suitable vessels I could obtain (see paper annexed, marked D), but I consider sailing vessels to be unsuitable for the service in winter, particularly in the Black Sea. Of all the cattle which were forwarded in sailing transports from Varna at the end of October and beginning of November, more than one-third were lost. Even on board steamers, which were not fitted up as es stile vessels, the casu alties were verygreat. To have emigre led the use, therefore, of sailing vessels, would have been to c lestroy the supplies of the army, and must have led to a defici.envy ; for in winter it would have been impracticable to oh Lain large supplies of cattle from the interior of Turkey to re place such losses " With reference to the observation of the commissioners that - " Slaughtered meat might at that season of the year have been carried without much loss," and their opinion that " fresh meat in much larger quanti tics might have been, and ought to have been, supplied to the army"- Mr. Filder says-- " Slaughtered meat was sent by the cattle vessels dining the winter, in addition to the cargoes sr f live cattle, notwith standing that the plan, in a climate win :re the variations of 'temperature are so extregle, was attends d with much loss. It was possible for the commissioners to hr %vo inquired into the trimmer in which this important service t had been conducted by the commissariat, and they would. have discovered that their suggestion had been anticipated byeour practice." "The commissioners cannot, it is pr esumed, mean that slaughtered meat should have been forware 'Jed is sailing trans ports, as vessels of that class were often in winter nearly a month in performing the voyage from the re tabaland." Mr. Fader also says - " The average quantity of fresh memt supp lied by the com missariat during the five - winter months, from November t• (MEM COFFER (p. 12). Mr. Filder was in no degree responsible for the coffee Lot being roasted ; it was sent out in a green state by the Trea sury, sod it was no part of Mr. Fildor's duty, nor was he ordered, to cause it to be roasted previously to its being de- livered to the troops. No complaint was made on the subject till the mouth o' November. Filder stated that a military board decided on issuing coffee as a ration to the troops, and that the board knew that it was sold to the men in a green state. He added— " Subseqwently a small quantity of roasted coffee was sent out from England as an experiment, upon which I was de sired to report ; but although ordered in July, it did not reach the army till towards the end of September, when we were on the march from Kalamita Bay to Sebastopol ; and as soon as I learnt that it was approved of, I recommended that coffee shou'd be sent out roasted, but none arrived till about the 24th of January, from which date green coffee ceased to be issued to the troops." With respect to the suggestion of the commissioners that tea should have been issuer to the troops instead of coffee, ou account of the difficulties attending the roasting of the latter, owing to the scarcity of fuel, it is obvioas that fuel would have been equally required for making the tea ; and as much tea appears to have been issued during the months of January and February as was consistent with maintain ing a supply necessary for the use of the sick. FUEL (p. 14). It appears that, on the Ist of August, the Comraissary- General brought this subject to the notice of Lord Raglan, and a depot of fuel—viz., wood and charcoal, was formed at Scutari. Early in November 800,00 rations of charcoal, or dered by Lord Raglan, arrived at Balaklava, and the issue to the troops commenced on the Bth of December. lii the purse of that month a large additional quantity arrived. Mr. Filder states there never was at any time after the beginning of November a want of fuel at Balaklava; the only difficulty was to find the means of conveying it to the front. Mr. Filder having thus actually formed a depot of fuel at Scutari, under the impression that the army might winter there in barracks, having also sought instructions relative to the formation of a similar depot at Varna, supposing the army might winter in the Principalities, and having, more over, taken prompt measures to supply the troops in the Crimea, when the local resources wore on the paint of ex haustion, cannot, is our opinion, be justly charged with any want of foresight or exertion in this respect. LAND-TRANSPORT AND RAY (p. 23-26). The insufficiency of laud transport appears to have been the principal cause of most of the sufferings experienced by the army, and this insufficiency appears to have been occasioned by the want of means of supporting more animals. As relates to Mr. Filder, therefore, in his position of Com missary-General, the question is, in our opinion, correctly stated by him to be— " Whether ho is to blame for the deficiency of forage, to which, step by step, all other deficiencies were mainly attri butable, as limiting the number of transport animals that could be maintained in the Crimea, and whether he availed himself of all the sea transport which he could obtain for the conveyance of forage and live cattle." Mr. Filder stated, at the .outset of his case, and we thins correctly, that— "lf was expected that he should provide trauma for the conveyance of indefinite quantities of huts,, timber, buf falo robes, warm clothing, cm, it must be obvious that it would have been wholly impracticable, even had there been no difficulty with respect to forage. The additional transport power could only have been procured by long previous pre paration, the time for which was never allowed him." He showed that even for the most ordinary commissariat purposes no more sea transport was available than that which he actually used. And he, in our opinion, satisfactorily ac counted for the circumstance adverted to by the commis sioners, that the land transport was for a few days reduced to an effective number of 333 packhorses and mules, and 12 camels. With regard to forage Mr. Filder stated that— " As the deficiency of fodder for the animals of the army in the Crimea during the winter of October, 1854-5, had been made the chief ground of accusation against him in respect of his management of the supplies, it became necessary for his vindication, more especially since the appearance of Sir C. Trevelyan's statement, to enter into a fuller explanation with regard to this head than he thought necessary with the other charges." Ho also stated that— " So early as the time at which an expectation was enter tained that the army would advance to the Danube, I made a contract for about 3,500 tons of hay to be delivered loose at different places in the neighbourhood of Constantinople, and I also desired the commissariat officer there to form a depot of chopped straw, in case the army should return and occupy cantonments in Turkey during the winter. I took these stops as a precaution, notwithstanding that supplies of chopped straw, the usual forage of the country, can be ob tained to almost any amount along the shores of the Bos phorus and the Sea of Marmora, and these arrangements would have been adequate to the object in view had the army been cantoned in these districts." It appears that, on the 13th of September, when the fleet was crossing the Black Sea to the Crimea, Mr. Filder wrote to the Treasury, requesting that 2,000 tons of hay might 'be sent from England ; and he stated that— " By every subsequent mail, or nearly so, from the time of our arrival before Sebastopol, througho.ut the months of Octo ber, November, and December, and up to the 22d of January, I represented, in either official or private letters, addressed to Sir Charles Treveljan, that it would be impossible to convey by sea sufficient quantities of unpressed hay and straw to meet the consumption of the army, or, if it were possible, that we could not laud or ;slue sufficient quantities of forage in that shapo, and that we should, consequently, be depen dent upon supplies of pressed hay from England; the quantity of that article which could be procured from Constantinople being quite inadequate to our wants. One or other, and sometimes all of these topics were mentioned by almost every Qu the 13th of November I transmitted an estimate of sup plies required to bo forwarded from England for the service of the army in the East during a peniod of three mouths, in which the supply of hay is stated ati 5,820,3141 b., or 2,600 tons, or 866 tons per month. On the reciept by me, after I had transmitted the evi dence above mentioned, 3f an intimation from the Treasury by, letter, dated the 9th of November, that shipments pf hay would only be made at the rate of 357 tons per month, I immediately informed Sir C. Trevelyan by letter, dated the 27th of November, that this quantity would not suffice, and that I should require 580 tons per month for the artil lery, cavalry i and-commissariat trangpoit animals alone ; and b}► the next mail—that is, on the Bth of December—l wrote to say that, in consequence of Lord Raglan having ordered full,rations of forage to be issued for all the baggage animals of the army, I should want the whole of the hay estimated for, or 866 tons per month. So little attention did this meet with that, in fact, even the 357 tons per month were not sent, the total quantity shipped and forwarded during the two months of October and November not having exceeded 273 tons—that is to s.ty, by the Belgravia, 402,7751 b.; by the Esk, 108,1001 b ; and by the Helen, 88,4251 b. ; total 599,3251 b. The following passage in the Treasury statement is confir matory of the latter portion of this statement by Mr. Filder: "The shipments of hay actually made from England up to the end of January were as follows :-1854. In June and July, 1,203,8001b.=5 3 7 tons in 5 vessels ; in August and September, 1,023,3001b.= 4 57 tons in 6 vessels.; in Novem ber, 599,3001b.=267 tons in three vessels; in December, 1,417,6001b.=633 tons iu 9 vessels. 1855.—1 n January, 800,11101b=357 tons in 7 vessels." With regard to the 537 tens shipped in June and July Mr. Filder said— " That quantity was originally sent out, partly by the Ad miralty to complete the horse transports, and partly, on my requisition, to replace the quantity I had expected to receive from the horse transports, but which I never got. I got but very little from the horse transports." He added, " Supposing all that had been sent out from England from the commencement,—that is, from June—or 944 tons, had been available, it would have left me deficient 1,006 tons of my requisition of the 13th of September, and I only got, or there was shipped on account of that 1,006 tons, according to Sir C. Trevelyan's own statement, up to the Ist or tho sth of December, 268 tons." With regard to the 633 tons shipped in December, Mr. Filcher stated that he did not get them till February. He said— " I never received, up to the end of January, more than 510,0001 b ,or 228 tons. To have done it properly, the ship ments ought to have been consecutive and immediate; and allowance should have been made for thc,time occupied in the voyage." It therefore appears to us that Mr. Filder used all the means in his power to communicate to the Treasury the ab solute necessity of sending supplies of forage to the army from England ; and that ho made known the wants of the army in that particular by a constant seriesof letters, in which the requirments of the commissariat wore clearly set. forth in pressing and urgent language. And we are disposed to concur with Mr. Filder in thinking that " if the authorities in England are to judge of the expe diency of complying with the requisitions of a Commissary- GREATCOATS. The commissioners' remarks of which Sir R. Alrey com plained, on the subject of greatcoats, commence at p. 27, Commissioners' Report. It appears that Lord Raglan, in the due exercise of his dis pensing, power, substituted for the complicated War-office form of requisition for greatcoatstho following form : " Requited for the Regiment "Quartermaster-General's-office " And a tabular statement laid before the Board, and hereto an nexed, shows that orders had been issned, up to Jan. 20, for 6,577 greatcoats, of which only 3,049 had been drawn ; and it is stated by Col. Wetherall, in his evidence, that every man had at that time been supplied with a sheepskin coat. The only reference made by colonels of regiments, in their re plies to the commissioners (respecting greateoats) was that made by Col. Douglas, 79th Itogt., who states that on making a requisition for 300 coats it was promptly complied with. WATCIICOATS, COATEES, TROUSERS, SHOES. In regard to the apportionment of these articles it appears to us, from the evidence of Col. Wetherell, the officer who superintended their apportionment, that every means were taken to issue to the troops such of them as were actually in store or available for use. Bat all the coatees wore found to be too small for the men by reason of the groat qu tntity of under-clothing worn by them. The shoes were also much too small for all purposes of service in the field. This statement with respect to boots and shoes is borne out by the proceedings of a " Board of Survey on the mfitness of ammunition bouts issued to the men," hell in the 19th Re giment on the Bth of January, 1855. , TENTS. INWith reference to tents, it appears that Sir R. Airey, on the 28th of November 1851, sent home a large requiOtiou in consequence of the destruction of tents and hospital marquees in the storm of the 14th of November ; but that requisition, addressed to the 'Board of Ordnanc . a, although sent direct to England under 'most pressing circumstances, was not com plied with until May, 1?55. Therefore the Quartermaster-General's Department is com- pletely exonerated froui all blame .on this head. PAILLASSES. . . "The vessels before referred to, which arrived aliont the middle and end of November, had also brought 21,450 pail. lasses to protect the soldier from the moistness of the ground, of which, however, 10,000 were lost in the Prince. It was inteudsd that they should be stuffed with hay or straw, but at that time these were deficient in the camp, and no effort seems to have been made to provide a substitute, though wool froze the opposite coast might probably have been pro cured it proper measures had been taken for that purpose. Had even the paillasse sack, together with one of the rugs in store, been issued, it would have afforded the soldier some protection from the moist .re of the ground till a better bed Could be procured for him. None of the paillasses, however, were issued to the troops, and of a subsequent supply of 6,000 only about one-half were used for the hospitals; the whole of the rest remained iu store. " It was not necessary that there should be a paillasse for each man, and, indeed, a tout could not have contained that ...a1)... I ozne to every t•vo men would balk; neon sumcient, fur nearly one-half were on duty at night, and even in the end of November the number in store ',voila have afforded hat proportion." lu answer to the observations of the commis sinners, im puting blame to the Quartermaster-General's Department for the non-!s3ue of paillasses, and which might have been used by the men as a protection from the moisture of the ground, Sir Richard .a Trey contended that a coarse linen pail lasse cover to lay down upon the wet ground would have been of no use whatever, andthat no man would have taken the trouble to walk down to Balaklava to have obtained any ziumber of, them. Moreover, there were the same difficulties in moving the paillasses to the front as in the ease of the blankets and other clothing. It is also in evidence that there was no hay or straw to stuff them with, and no wool, or the means of rendering it available, if procured as a substitute, as suggested by the commissioners. Sir Richard Airey's statement on this head is corroborated by the evidence of Colonel Wetherall (p. 283) and of Mr. Wat son (p. 334), and confirms us in the opinion that the pail lasses could not have been made servicer.ble in, the mode re commended by the commissioners. Hun. With regard to the subject of hutting, it Quartermaster-G e neral's Department com p from Constanti e a t p o p iy e f a a rs ifin th ec a i t th t e h ir e duty, by or d er i ng h u t s a t a n early period nople viz., the Bth of November, 85 , 1 I)ut the conveyance fonnednc of the material to the front for hutting the men part of the Quartermaster-General's duty, as at that period that duty re s t e d w i th the Commissariat D epar t m ent. It appears that, the first supply of 'planks and scan t l in g , _ , which arrived f rom Constantinople on November 25, 1 5 54 to the sec on d supply, which arrived on January 21, 1.55, the Land Transport was insufficient to carry up to the front even the subsistence for the men 'much less was it possible for them to transpo r t a heavy weight of planks and 87,antling. It appears, therefore, that the Quartermaster-General's Department is relieved from all responsibility on this head. The responsibility of the Q u artermaster-General's Depart ment was confined to snaking a requisition for such materials as could be made available for the purpose, and as early as October (before it was known whether the army was going to winter) a communication was made to the principal agent for t rans p o rts, Captain Christie) to obtain all the sparo sails, spars, and tarpaulins. On its being decided that the army was to winter in the Crimea, the Quartermaster-General states, in answer to the commitaloners, that be procured WO Turks as !abourei.s, and . . General in charge of the supply of an army' in the - field, founded on his personal knowledge, derived on the spot, of his wants and resources, it seems clear that the responsibility of that officer must be at an end." In coneliuling our observations on the case of Commissary- General Vilder, wo think it desirable to advert to certain pas sages of the commissioners first Report, in which it is stated thut they do not mean to infer, from their notice of arrange ments which appeared to them to be defective, that that offi cer, or the officers of his department, failed to make any ex ertion of which they were capable to provide for the exigen cies of the public service, and that it is hut just to direct at tention to the unusual nature of the duties required of them, under the following adverse circumstances :- 1. The army occupied, as it were, a barren island. 2. The department was without a sufficient number of hands. 3. A great disaster was occasioned by tempest. 4. There were constant difficulties in landing the vast sup plies required for a large army, owing to the peculiarities of Bala.klava harbour; and, 5. They advert to the breaking up of the road to the front, and the impossibility of sparing from their military duties a sufficient number of men to make it practicable to commis sariat carts. On this trying state of things the commissioners remark, with direct allusion to Mr. Filder's management, that " a man of comprehensive views might, probably, have risen superior to these disadvantages, and created an organisation suited to the circumstances." It is difficult, however, to believe that any man of even the highest inventive resources and administrative capacity could have effectually provided for daily and ever-increasing demands, many of which, extending as they did infinitely be yond the limits of all previous commissariat administration, were not, and from their very nature, could not be foreseen. It was a great aggravation of these evils that the question of where the army was to winter could not be decided and made known to Mr Fildertill only a very few days before the weather broke, and his difficulties had commenced. It is in evidence that ho used every means to obtain the earliest information on this point, with the express view of making timely arrangements. On the whole, therefore, we aro of opinion that Commissary- General Filder's conduct in the management of his depart ment was not, and is not, justly liable to the unfavourable animadversion, either express or implied, which is conveyed in the report of the commissioners t and we humbly submit to your Majesty that he does not appear to us to be justly responsible, as regards the supplies, for the unsatisfactory state of your Majesty's army in the Crimea during the winter of 1854-5. The terms of your Majesty's warrant did not appear to us to call for an expression of eur opinion on any cas.s except those of the five officers whose complaints we have already considered. But, in conformity with the directions conveyed to us in a letter addressed by your Majesty's Secretary of State for War to the Judge-Advocate-ceneral, we received certain ex planatory statements from Captain Leopold George Heath, C. 8., R.N., which will be Polled In pp. 401 to 415 of the proceedings and in the appendix. Having been honoured with your Majesty's commands, not only to report an opinion upon the matters referred to us as set forth in your Royal warrant, but, also to submit to your Majesty what, in our judgment, may best be done thereon — We have, in obedience to your Majesty's commands, stated, in this our Report, our unanimous opinion on the cases of the-under-mentioned officers : Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. the Earl of Lucan, K.C.B. Major-General the Right Hon. the Earl of Cardigan, K.C.B. Major-General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.B. Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, C B. Commissary-General William Filder, C.B. And, in conclusion, we beg leave further humbly to sub mit to your Majesty that there does not appear to us to be any ground for further proceedings thereon. All which is most dutifully submitted. ALEXANDER WOODFORD, General, President. BEAUCHAMP, General. G. H. F. BERKELEY, General. JOHN BELL, Lieutenant-General. WILLIAM ROWAN, Lieutenant-General. W. KNOLLYS, Lieutenant-General. J. PEEL, Major-General. Chelsea, July 4. FEARFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Saturday morning a fear ful accident occurred at the Church Fenton station, on the Leeds and York division of the North-Eastern Rail way, by which two persons were killed, one so injured that be is not expected to recover, and six others sus tained injuries of a more or less serious character. The Church Fenton station is a junction for York and Harrowgate, and it appears, from the inquiries made, that between 12 and 1 o'clock on Saturday morning a heavy cheap train, which had been to the Market Weighton cattle show, arrived at the station, and was being shunted on to a siding in order to go forward on the Harrowgate line, the train being thrown right across the up-line. In addition to this unfortunate cir cumstance the signalman, instead of turning on a danger signal, while the train was across the line, allowed a white semaphore to remain. At this time a goods train came up from York, and, seeing the signal " All right" exhibited, the engine•driver and guard anticipated no danger, and they ran into the centre of the passenger train. The goods train paned literally through the passenger train, smashing three or four carriages to atoms, and throwing the engine on its broadside. The scene was one of fearful confusion—the groans of the dying and wounded mingled with the screams of the Affrighted passengers, awl the crash of the falling and i broken carriages for a moment paralysed every one, and excited fears of an accident still more terrific than it ulti mately proved to be. Immediately after the collision as sistance was rendered to the passengers whose carriages had been crushed, and in a short tims two dead bodies were discovered, one of them that of a wheelwright from Tadeaster, and the other of an innkeeper from the same ❑eighbourhood, Shortly afterwards another man was found with his thigh broken, and so injured teat he is ost sap.sted to recover ; and is the course of a short time six others were found seriously injured. The injured were removed to the neighbouring houses and medical assistance was rendered as early as possible. The nature of the accident was telegraphed to York and in the course of an hour or two a largo body of :nen and officials arrived from York; and by -8 o'clock the hno was again in working order. The permanent .:ay was but little injured. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. An accident of a very fearful character, and attended with loss of life, occurred at the Church Fenton station, on the North-Eastern Railway, at about a quarter past L 2 o'clock en Saturday morning. The occasion of the c‘tastrophe was a goods train from York running into a heavy passenger train from Market Weighton. A. special train left Market Weighton about 10,0 clock for Wetberby, conveying passengers who had been at tending the agricuaural show held at Market Weighton. The train, which was a very long one, consisting of about 20 carriages, arrived at Church Fenton station about a quarter-past 12 o'clock, and it was necessary for the train to be shunted in order to get on to the Church Fenton and Harrowgate branch. The engine pushed tue train hack for this purpose, and the end of the train went along some portion of the up line from York to Leeds. Just at this moment a goods-traiti from York dashed into it, shivering one second and three third class carriages into fragments, killing two of the passengers and injuring about 14 others, some of them very seriously. Mr. Copeland, of Clifford-cum-Bostom, a farm hind, a man apparently about 50 years of age, was killed on the scot, and his body, when found, presented a dreadfully mangled and mutilated appearance. Mr. Godfrey Bra ham, landlord of the Railway Hotel, Tadcaster, had his skull fractured, and received other injut les, which caused his death in about an hour afterwards. Mrs. Brahatn, his wile, also received a severe cut on the head, but her injuries, it is hoped, will not prove fatal, Mr. Water house, jun., of Tadcaster, received some internal and 0 , her injuries of a serious character, and but slight hopes *are entertained of his recovery. The other personi who received serious hurts are Mr. Heptonstall, of Clifford ; Mr. Jackson, of Tadcaster, leg broken ; and Mr. T. Robins ..n, of Stutton. The names of the other sufferers we were unable to learn. In addition to the two unfortunate men who were killed, about 14 persons were more or less injured, but the remainder of the passengers, who numbered in all between 40 and 50, escaped without sustaining anything beyond a were shock. The engine of the goods-train was completely over turned and crushed, but the driver of the engine and the fireman miraculously escaped, almost without injury, the fireman being merely scalded at the back of the neck. The guard of the goods-train was thrown upon his face, which was cut, and the driver of the passenger train also received some injuries. With as little delay as possible medical assistance was obtained. Mr. Scott, of Sherhurn, was sent for,and arrived in a short time, and Dr. Williams came from York in a special train. These gentlemen, assisted by Mr, Lewis, of Sherburu, and other medical gentlemen, did evetr thing they could for the unfortunate sufferers, all of whom, with the exception of Mr. Waterhouse, were re moved to tneir respective homes about 3 o'clock by spe cial train. Mr. Waterhouse was taken to the Railway Commer cial Hotel, where he at present lies, and, as alrea•ly stated, without much chance of hia recovery. The re mains of the p , rs..ris who were killed were placed in i two of the rooms at the station to await a coroner's n- qu?st. L► addition to the four carriages shattered to pieces, two cattle trucks, forming a portion of the goods train, were also broken up, and the different pieces of the carriages were scattered about the line in every direc tion. The rails were torn up fur a considerable dis- tan , .e. With regard to the cause cf the accident it appears that the goods train was expected about the time it ar rived, and either the person whose duty it was to signal to the driver that the line was clear or otherwise must have neglected to do so, or the ()river must have disre garded the signal or not observed it. The following, offlo;al account is from the secretary TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. "North-Eastern Railway.—Secretary's - office , York, July 26. "Sir,--It is with much regret that I have to inform you of a serious accident which occurred on this rail way about half : past 12 o'clock this morning. While a passenger train was sopping at the Church Fenton eta tion a merchandise train came up from York, and ran into it, causing the following casualties : " John Copeland, farm servant, Cliff )rd, near Thorp arch killed ; Mr. Braharn, innkeeper, Tadeastor— ; Mrs. Braham, wife of the above —had cat and concussion of the brain ; Mr. Jackson, tallow chandler, Tadc.aster—leg broken ; sir. Hepton,tall, farmer, Thorp-arch—arm broken ; Mr. Waterhome, jun., tim ber merchant, Tadcaster —internal injury ; Mr. Nichol son, the constr.hle of Tadoaster, Mr. Richardson, of Brarnham, and three or four persons had also been hurt, but co:, sevelely. " Mr. Waterhouse remains at the Church Fenton Hotel; the other paqFenc.Ters, aftr receiving 1110ical at tendance, were conveyed to tint Ir homes. " The mignal by vhicb the train ought to have been profe.,ted appears either not t , have been ns,d or to have been disregarded, the state:int:tit , of the respective parties on this point being conflicting.—l remain, Sr, your obedient servant, " W. 013,11 EN, S'ecre:ary." LAW INTEUIGENCE. COURT OF APPEAL. IN BANKRUPTOY--Pi PARTE WRYGHTE IN RE MARK BOYD This matter came before the Court on a petition pre sented by Mr. Wryghte, the official manager, under the Winding-up Act, of the Royal Bank of Australia, :wainst a decisiai pronounced by Mr. F. on tine Mit of Jure last. whereby he allowed the oanUrupt an insem , l;ate certificate of the fiat class. The petition prayed the re versal of that judgment ; and further, that the bankrupt might be refused any certificate whatever. The principal objections which were nilde by the petitioner to the allowance of any certificate at all were that, as he con tended, the bankrupt had, in two instances or more, been guilty of fraudulent preference ; and also, as a member of the board of directors of the Royal Bank of Australia, had sanctioned the payment of dividends oat of capital when he knew that its affairs were in a state of hopeless insolvency. In supp. rt of the charge of fraudulent preference, it as stated that the bankrupt in one case received 1,000/. from Mr. Hudson, out of which he paid to Messrs. Black and Co., on the day of his bankruptcy, 6001., as creditors of the firm of B and M. Boyd, stockbrokers, although the Messrs. Black had not issued any process against him, or were not very pressing in their demands. Another charge of fraudulent preference was with regard to a sum received in respect of the purchase-money of a debenture of the bank. The debenture was sold three days before the bankruptcy, and the bankrupt stated that his reason for telling it was because, seeing the hostile attitude Mr. Wryghte hail taken against him, he was making arrange. ments "to wind up and transfer a business that had existed for 20 years in the City of London into other hands." With respect to theoharge of the bankrupt, as a director of the company, being a party to a declaration of dividend out of capital and not out of profits at a time when he knew the concern was involved—the proof of that consisted in the fact that two days after the annual meeting, on the 30th of June, 1846, when an increase o one per cent in the company's dividend was made, Mr Wray, the manager, who wrote to Mr. Robinson, in Austrians, that the bank was in a serious dilemma, with respect to certain bills to heavy amounts coming due, and for which they depended up in receiving ample funds from him (Mr. Robinson), and that if remittances were not on the way to meet them, the result would be "not only the immediate winding up of the establishment and the sacrifice of our present advantages in the colony, but we shall, also be open to the severe attacks of those who will naturally accuse us of having misled them." Another objection to the certificate was with reference to the re presentations made in 1849 by the bankrupt to Mr. Borth wick, an accountant sent up from Edinburgh to investi , gate the affairs of the bankrupt, to the effect that his brother owed him 26,777/, on balance of consikn ment, when in truth, as it was alleged, it even tually turned out he was indebted to his brother 70,0001. on that account. It was also alleged that the Commissioner bad prevented the bankrupt an swering many of the questions which had been put to him by Mr. Roxburgh on behalf of Mr. Wryghte, when he (the bankrupt) was under examination, and . that the Commissioner bad stated no reason for prevent ing such questions being answered by the bankrupt. In the course of the arguments on the appeal, a letter was read, written by Mr. Benjamin Boyd (when on board ship bound for Australia) addressed to Mr. Sutherland, a director. From that letter the following are extracts :—" Plymouth, 9th November, 1841.—As I am now starting for the colony, I wish to direct your attention to a few suggestions which I should like ad hered to as nearly as possible during my absence. . . . If any proprietors apply for a statement of ,the affairs of the bank, you must reply to them in very general terms. It is quite sufficient to tell them that the concern is going on steadily, but that the direc tors thought it prudent, in the unsettled state of affairs of Australia, to do very little until these commercial difficulties had blown over. If this is not enough to satisfy them, it will be well if their shares can be bought up, as they will prove troublesome proprietors." The general facts of the case have already appeared in the Sun. The arguments in support of the petition of ap peal were not nearly concluded when the Court rose. Mr. Daniel and Mr. Roxburgh were for the appeal. Mr. Swanston for some of the shareholders. Mr. Bacon, Mr. Selwyn, and Mr. Needham (of the common law bar) for the bankrupt. Naval and Military Intelligence. By the removal of Admiral Douglas from the active to the reserved list, thefollowing promotions take place: Rear-Admiral of the Red Robert Wauchope to be V.ce.Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral of the White the Hon. Henry John Rous to be Rear-Admiral of the Red ; Rear-Admiral of the Blue George William Con way Courtenay to be Rear-Admiral of the White ; Captains John Milligan Laws and Sir Burton Mamie mare (1833) to be Rear Admirals on the reserved list ; Capt the Right Hon. Lord G. Paulet, C. 8., to be Rear- Admiral of the Blue on the active list. By the latter promotion a naval aide-de-campship to the Queen be comes vacant, and Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham, C. 8., of her Majesty's e e hip Blenheim, becomes paid naval aide-decamp to her Majeety. Captain It. P. Stopfind, of her Majesty's ship Queen, attains the 14s. 6d. list; Captain P. G. Hymes attains to the 12s. 6d. list. The steam-transport Calcutta, Captain Blackinore, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from t!ee Crimea (July 4), and Vigo (July 23) ; she experienced strong gales up the coast of Portugal, and brings the following officers and men and horses :—Brigadier-General Warren, Captain St. John, Assistant-Surgeon. Pinkerton, and Col. Peel, of the Staff ; also Captain D. Yorke, Lieuts. Cockburn and Yeats, Cornet Wilkin, Assistant-Surgeon Miller, and Veterinary-surgeons Antony and Gloag, and Quartermaster Kontze, of the 11th (Prince Albert's) Hussars ; also Col. Price, Major Hawkins, Capt. Hey man, Capt. Wilkinson, Capt. Davis, Senior Surgeon Elliott, Assistant-Surgeon Betts, of the Royal Artillery ; Lieut. Doaglas, of the 42d Highlanders ; Lieut. Pig• gott, 44th Regiment ; Lieut. Mellish, 44th ; Lieut. Bromhead, 4th ; Lieut. Johnson, 95th ; Lieut. Boyle, 38th ; Lieut. Maskeleyne, 20th ; Major Goodlake, Cold stream Guards ; Mr. D. Vlackenle, Purveyor's Clerk ; Rev. C. Hort, Chaplain ; Mr. H. B. Middleton, Corn inisariat Clerk ; Messrs. Laming and Watson, civilians ; 237 non-commissioned officers and men, and 177 horses. The Calcutta spoke the steatn•transport Pioneer on the 25th inst., 130 miles S.W. of Ushaut, under sail, being shoit of coals. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Leopard. 18, Capt. C. 0. Hayes, arrived at Spthead on Saturday from the Crimea ; with the Espindola steamer, No. 206, in tow. The latter had on beard 572 of the let and 6th battalions of the Land Transp"rt Corps, with the following officers at tached ;---Major Shervinton, Captains Sheaffe, Norman, Kippen ' att Nichols, Thompson, and Fitzgerald ; Lieut. Kean - C o rnets Crag, G, Luard, and Borrett ; Quar tertnaster Mitchell ; Surgeons Ewen and Shipton. The Edina steam-transport, No. 199, arrived at Spit head from Malta, nn Sa.urd.sy, with 33 men, 2 women. and 1 child of :he 93d R,giovnt; 95 men of the 31st, 70 men of the Land Transport Corps, and Brevet Lieut.• Cot. cordon' 931,in military command; Lieut. Haynes and Ensign Mackenzie, 93d ; Capt. Pearson, 93 , 1; Lieu tenants Deane, Robinson, Mathews, and Jones, 31st; Lieut. Fletcher and Cornet Skeats, Land Transport Corps ; Dr. N. Ffolliet, in medical charge, and Dispenser Do woes. The Devonshire (lately appropriated for Russian pri• sneers of war) at Sheerness, was on Saturday towed from her ha.bour nviorings to the upper part of Saltpan reach, to make room in the lower division of the harbour for the vessels belonging to the first class steam reserve, under the command of Capt. Heisted. The 18th Royal Irish disembarked at Kingstown on Saturday morning, and immediately proceeded to Dub lin. The depot, 400 strong, is at present in Waterford. The following promotions and appointments were made on Saturdaylat the Admiralty : Vice-Admiral Peter J. Douglas, to the reserved half pay list, in receipt of service pension,, vice Admiral Glynn, deceased; Commander E Peirse, Commander J. M'D. Skene, and Commander S. S. L. Crofton, pro moted to the rank of captain ; Lieut. C. J. Wrey, to the Brilliant ; T. Edwards. master, to the Tortoise ; J. H. Keit., master, to the Fisgard ; the Rev. George C. Perches, chaplain, to the Edinburgh ; E. M. Johnstone, naval instructor, to the Monarch ; G. S. Boerne , naval instructor, to the Princess Royal ; James W. Lesley,' acting assistant-surgeon, to the Victory. • IADVERTISEMENT. I SMUT AND REARING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES.—Messrs. S. and ,4 010 Molls, opticians, 39, All , e• marl-street, Piccadilly. Obsepre—opposite the York Hotel. By her Majesty's Roy al Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye• piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same teieseope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary in.' from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, Ate.—'[he Royal Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invouted, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,tho size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 j miles distant ; they answer eve ry purpose on the race-course, and at the opera heuses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, tc sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the greats eat transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation- can see with these lenses of a much less ina,gnifj. ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deafness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colons as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public ) assemblies; the unpleasant sen sation of singing I " i " in the ears is entirely rem oved ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.- 3 9, Albenutee• litroet. Piccadilly, observe—opposite the York Hotel (7ovtr' 11.. t. I ;1)i Ni(l C()ILN JULY 25. ..a.iftAT. 1 HARIAT 1 OAFS. ' no , iciret Second BOB 03 , 17s 0,1 / 348 lid , 5 s 6,, Third 7ss 0:i I 438 1)(1 1 32.. Oa t 51s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 254 qrB., 254 s•li I, ft barley Of 11 qrs., 11 sold oats t• ~ t) PP 9) beans t, 2 3 7 4 6 gqrres..: 34 220 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 4/. 0 0 3-12ths I Barley, ....a. 7 0 0.12 0111 Oats.... 11. 14 11 0-l Alis 1 Beans, 21. 12 6 8-120/1 DA.LKEITEI GRAIN DIARKET-JULY 24 Qrs. Best. Current. ilit6lio , r 2,,, 04i 197 Wheat , .... , B3s OA ~,.. „ . , Os' , i.;(1 ~. -., ..= 0 - 4{ I.AG Oats 3 7, 1 ' OOs Od ......... 31 -7, 66 Barley , Ds ,- ,tl OOs Od 21 Peas & beans 52' 0;1 OOs Od ... 4Bs 0d ABEADEEN—JuLi 25. Potato oats "ls Od. to 32s Od } 4olbs per u' ,11 e 1 Common oats 3 is Od to 31s 0 , 1 Bore tie Od to 42s Od 41s Od to 42s od 1' 5311 " Barley f t Wheat, red (spring)6s3 Od to 703 nd rl2llr, ~ „ white i6sOd to 788 0,1 Oatmeal 228 611 to •3s 6 , 1 per boll. Flour ''')7s Od to 588 Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6 ,1 to 8d I Butter, p lb. oslOd to 08 11 Mutton, per lb 6d to 81 Eggs, p doz. Os 61 to Os I Lamb, do., Os 3d to O. S Hens, p pair 3a 6d to 4s 0 ,:, Veal, per lb ... 5d to Os 61 Chickens,do.3s Gd to 4t O , Pork, per 5t...5s 9d to 6s Od Duc„lks, do. 2s Od to 2f. u; Salmon, per lb Os to Os Ducklings,doOs Od to 0, 0 1 Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 5s °: ! I Tallow, p stone, 389,1 to 48 0.1 Potatoes, pr peck, 12d to 16 Rabbits, each at to Od. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 90s0d to 93 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen . .... ..6.1 to ei RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 3s Od Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 5 4 Oatineal Os Oct „ Oto 2s 4e, dust, oa toOs 1 ' Bereineal ....Os Od to 2s Od , per lb 2d to Z i t Peasemoal... Os Oct to 2 s 8d Side, tk 4-lb. 10af...8d. I 2-lb. 10af...4d. Cheese, per imperial atone, 3s. 6d. to 4s 6d. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 26, STUOS EXCHANGE.—The market is inactive, wit* much change in prices. Transactions were at the fol vf: ing rates :—Caledonian, :IN—South Eastern. 224—Gr0P Northern A Deferred, 91. 138. 9th — Eastern Count ies L l A —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97i—Blackburn, Westerns, 624 —Shrewsbury and Hereford, 7 $ —Lon do and North Western, 103 7i- Midlands, 83k. MANCHESTER, JULY 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thib market was doing a f! . . 1 1 amount of business to-day, and prices were unolterg.: Manhester Sheffield and Lincoln, 34i Londl and c North- , Westerns, , 108 7i—Blackburn, 8 7-16 f Lancashire, 21i—Midland Consols, 81—Great Western Canada, 25d— South Eastern and Dovers, 22 3.16. I.I3ABORNE MAILS. .1 4 .4 4 igurdes tnat the media are aent trent the Genera , r.s tAtib .y the night—and hi by the morning-4eapateho . :. 40,2: w•.tun 'dirk , I> i'''• )- -u '' * ,it., -! in Generai i'o, e :ir ,_ N , 4--‘ t• ' Office. London.. , .o.s;, tto • - 1 _ ,--. weed y T.ilverooo Alvetp, Fri 44 (Every r nesday Iflouttlion We eldf LiverpL,,, 4th and 19th .... (Liverpool ..TV4ce 13144 Dove; IVticerfe'll 6th ir,. „",.' Myer ' 2 d 4 gt 2 I Senth.ter, 160. Dover .... 10.. 1 t , SJatltamp,, • Jail 16 Various Pon south imptc, 116th Of 11. t 2901 ' 4 8, 2t;di Bout it 444.1., Jl, ru.TD.rid Sonthayn; and 1 4 4 and 2 ! !2 and 1 7 and 9 4 11004 4°4 Tivinadhi° 1 and 16 I2d ni° Daily 160 /4 d tol 21 ibekA9 10th . 26th o, 17th of the ;new , 9th of the month et , • '11 , ". ntont Uncertain ,10th and 26th.... 4th and 20th .... rt.!, mqnth ;4th and 10th .... .oth and 26th.... 4ti gu2Oti. of -a , Tw.c.. daily .1 IDOVI, s.),•,!!! 1Tr•;• iDover •• •• tiaity , Dover • • South unPl or: 12na &17th of mon Dally 2nd of the month Daily 17ta of the mon h. 1 4th 20th of ror.n. 1101&26th of ma'' Southimp• , London ....• karap Dover .. Southampr:; Pfymoutr• Dover Dover.. • • Holyhead . • • Southampton, Southamp,on Liverpool !Twico daily 2d;‘ , o.•. A.: of Vt.. moo )1 22d of month •••• 16, 16: 0 t" 4, 91, 1 ° 16, 99 , . 4, 10, 20, and 26.. 'Dover .......• ~tt of the mot,h nil of the moat' ...... 2d & 17thof month irwit:e a month ~ Sontharopt I. Dover iouthampt. , Various poi' Dover .... .• J‘if.ithairiPto Southanii , tc , Various Port' Dover •.),,vor •• ioutti•fmeii.r. full 16 'Daily .• eg e• • • • • .. 27th of mo, 3) private . • Every Saturday.. 21 otasontb lth of mon. inntbso•rip i ft 'igfan Th the 1 for e grap Rap: Zant4 Beyr the i. Th and trans Th , 1 . (Lim tric ( pose, the] in t oao*Ticrs;., katettea(byitrit.pat , .. %merle? (by Unite. , packet) kruerica (by U. Slaw, packet) „ • N Pactstralia (via Liver pool) .......... JIM (via Ugric:lles) NI litto (via Cape of no Africa ( West (:oar,: , .: 1 0.1tandria :*1 klexandria .. • ,M Sahamas , , n, golgitun • •• . Buenos Ayres ........M Cape of Good }lope Cape of Good liope . Onee de Verde Ceylon (see India) • Ceylon...• •• .• • Channel . Chili_ China .. • . ....... Constantinople CenstantLnople . • , Cont. of Europe M Egypt (see India) France ........ M Gibraltar ..........M Greece (see India) Greytown •• .• •• • • •• MI Hamburg') Gavannah .......... M flolland •• •• •• •• Uonduras .......... India (visSouthampt.lM India (via Marseilles; M lonian Isles (see (rebind ........ M Pr. N Lisbon litadeira liadeira ........ Malta (see Indl Kalta•• Kaurittus (see Loma gaurltlus ,• •• •• ..• N Ditextoo •• we •• re ...id Naples . . . New Granada ~.. New Zealand.. •• •• Papal Estater Peninsula Peru .• ••••• Pct Natal Venezuel.. .• Van DiemenisL , no (ge• ,iustralta) Welt Indies . tyre" Ist t 161 11 Wee° (.16°t 1 i r° 16 bi When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the meths '- spatched on the following day, with the exception of Ws . v ?authampton), and the Malta , both of which will be &SPA i c preceding Tay, _A; c ' ‘,.°. [A.DVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills, a Niv". --1 (1 11 0 10/1 Extraordinary Properties for the Cure of Cougnet,.:,,, e and Asthma.—These pills are famed in every 011 :00 the best remedy ever known for the cure of ,i c ° ,7; 01' colds, asthma, and a ff ec ti ons o f th e c hest. 1 - ti3o o two gives immedi a t e re li e f, an d a con tinuance o' f o t for a short time effects a perfect cure, by givi li g al WO dom to the respi ra t or y organs . Th er efore let thosemio are suffering from asthma, tightness of breath, o r °l o g complaints, have recourse at once to these 'ru st tbl pills.—Sold by all medicine vendors through°tl"244l worn, at Professor Holloway's Establislqu e . r ,„ "g 'i r 1) Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New X A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Slur sa7 E. Muir, Malta. f 2 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The following are some out 0- , e a 11/ thousand extraordinary cures without medicine ef fec ' o ,bo Du Barry's delicious Health-Restoring Revalente "" s tmt Food of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constilho Nervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cough, 14-s h ,.oto Consumption, and Debility : Cure No. 41,617. —W ing " Dec. 3, 1847.—Gentlemen,—I am happy to be able to Plod you that the person for whom your Revalenta was P r o has derived very great benefit from its use ; ct. 9 "*, symptoms of dropsy, dyspepsia, and constipation O'heo standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored induced. Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the ' t 1 )1 mentioned case, I can with confidence recommen a ,;„ , rt f ,l shall have much pleasure in doing so whenever "r ° 9Pe city offers, &c., &c.—James Shorlaud, late Surgeon, .0011 Regiment. Cure No. 52,422.—Bridgehouse, Frinal e Y;t4o oi I 3, 1854.—Thirty-three years diseased lungs, spitting liver derangement, deafness, singing ix the ears, const3l:ol debility, shortness of breath and cough, have been rei'd by your Re valexta Arabi ea. My lungs, liver, st °mach ,11,egitioP ears are all right, my hearing perfect, and noy recovery vel to all my acquaintances.--James Roberts, wood ra 4 70 °, Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Pro fe tof Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzel Dr• - assj Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess o' to stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other res_iiP'-oty persons, whose health has been restored by it, aftee i means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all c : : with full instructions. In canisters, 51bs , Ils. ; 1 21b8 " 101btt n iod,. super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21bs., lls. ; 51be., 225.; The 101bs. and 121bs. carnage free, on receipt of Pff, - c loO,'. arder. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, not Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her MajeS,,,L o cir, dilly ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 331) and 451, DP; Cheapside • 68, Ccrnhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street; 5 ,.1',101•1 in.,-cross ; 64, Upper Baker - street; 63 and 157, '- street. • BIRTHS. OP A SO T. I On the 23d inst , the wif e o f M r . Charles Sul Fenchurch-street. On Ihe 21st inst., at 3, Princes-buildings, -a tbo wile of George Parkinson, Esq.—twins. OF S DAUGHTER. On the 26th inst., at 23, Montagu-place, Russoll- g4006 ff the wife of Dr. Andrew Clark. ,0 9 On the 26th inst., at 14, Carlton hill east, St. wood, the wife of John Chapple, Esq. 1461 . On the 26th inst., F. J. IT. Temple, Esq. C OB Ol street, Park-lane, to Agnes, eldest daughter of Mr. Kitchin. Al eC e On the 24thlinst., at Bedhampton, Hants, jau 3 ,,{ ro d ander eldest son of David Charles Gutterie, Esq. , u al land-place, to Ellinor, second daugter cf Rear-AO3 Jamas Stirling, of Belmont, Hampshire. MARRIEI). G DIED. On the 25th inst., at 23, Bedfordlow, Williams t4 ll E ; sq. On the 25th inst., at Seymour-place West Bi ome George Howard, Esq., aged 58 . e sp: i 4 ) On the 25th inst., at 8, Coborn-atreet, Bow ,- ~, •. Malcolm M . lntyre, one of the surveyors to Lloya °' I , 41. 9 , On the 25th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Joseph 41 land, of Cheapside and Clapham -park, aged 5 8 . b el, ; (1. • On the 2 4 th inst., at Cheltenham, Harriet Ss„r 3 iclfr,„y daughter of 31..ij0r General Cl ar k Kennedy, 0. 1 -:" r •ii J j. On the 23d inst., at Lythwood H a ll, Salop, -"'fil goa l laud, wife of the Rev. It. Hornhy, aged 45. goo t On the 22d inst., George B r y son Cl ar k e , Esq., °' Ao Housa, Graeuheys, ne ar M anc h es t er , age d 34. o f 'O l l On the 16th May, .4t, Graham's Town f Cap e • lior Hope, the Right R ev . J o h n A rms t rong , P. .1 BO j.) Graham's Town. ' _2, -----.- rOf - - - , 3. LONDON: Printed and Published by hiIIII,IIO yOv 1 1 of No. 112, fltrand, Printer, at h e Sre; 0 fflo , _ ago vi g 1 w Strand, in the Preaiact of the Savoy, in tal e w- Mlddiegezi Monday, July 28, 18:56. s.: .r i+; ~. d' ~ ~- (Lim (UM' Comi India Gulf. On tl,e E of On in the Th( the I Privil tied i W. P Willis gis Phili, Darr; rec Sir Ji Me pa Geor Gol. Gapi, an, Sir J, Eu Sir T Ea liajc Et 'Ton Lieu' Be J. E( 'with liari, cane surd grail then Gulf brio Conl the Pleti hour ante Ulu oth( POll Pan: put one and in!‘ con fam con Nom this Din that Eas exp via trii tin cro