The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-27 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL. By the arrival of the Overland Mail we receive despatches from Calcutta to April 22; Madras, April 27. The news from Calcutta is five days later than that received via Bombay. This mail brings to England the report of the commission I which has been sitting in Calcutta to arrange the details of the amalgamation of the armies. It was finally amended and approved of by the Supreme Council on the 19th ult. The general order, which was published on the 22d inst., occupies 14 of the large columns of the Englishman in small print. The Englishman thus notices the main features of the scheme : What are the main principles of this scheme ? They may be briefly stated, so far as concerns the officers of infantry and cavalry, in the following divisions : Twelve regiments, nine of infantry and three of cavalry, will be raised from the debris of the Euro pean infantry and cavalry of the Indian armies. These will be officered by volunteers from the offi cers of those armies. We will not here allude to the limitations prescribed for the several Presidencies in this matter, but will at once advert to the more striking conditions that are common to all officers volunteering. In the first place, we are glad to see that in one most material point the conditions of the general order are in advance of those laid down in the despatches. Some weeks ago we c ommented on the grievous hardship which would b e entailed on all officers volunteering for general service, if they were at the same time restricted to count for pen sion two years service out of I ndia as one in India. The general order, in its 65th paragraph, rectifies this great error. It lays down that officers ordered to serve out of India with their regiments will be permitted to count year for year, whereas those only who may volunteer for that service hereafter will be brought under the less favourable condition. It follows, then, that officers who may join the new European:regiments will, when ordered with those regiments to England, to Canada, or elsewhere, serve for pension on precisely the same terms as those on which they are at present. The more rigid interpretation of the despatches would have been in the highest degree impolitic and i un j ust ; it would have kept back some of the best officers from volun teering; we cannot, therefore, withhold our ex pression of the sense of the politic liberality with which the Government have on this point exercised the discretionary powers adverted to by them in the second paragraph of the order. It is further laid down that * officers volunteering for the new regi ments, if they belonged to the old regiments, which will be represented by the new ones, will be secured the regimental position they held at the time of transfer; that all the advantages of the funds will be secured to them; that they will rise by seniority to the rank of major, but the promotion from major to lieutenant•colonel will be determined by fitness. They are, in fact, to be precisely on the same con ditions of service as the officers of the royal army, except that they are not subjected to the system of purchase. The twelve European corps will, how ever, a very small proportion of the officers of the three Indian armies. The question remains, how the:remainder are to be provided for. The General Order answers by a staff corps, and by service with native regiments. The staff corps is intended to be an institution, which eventually will provide officers for all the staff appointments in the country. It will not do so at once, because officers now holding staff ap pointments are, under paragraph 72, permitted to retain them without joining the staff corps. The conditions under which entrance into the staff corps is open to officers may be classified as follows : 1. All officers under the substantive rank of colonel now holding appointments permanently, we presume, on the staff may, if they record their wish within six months from this date, join the staff without examination of any sort, and be promoted under the rules of that corps from the 18th Feb. last. We are happy to observe that amongst those who are entitled to count past services towards promo tion, adjutants, and interpreters, and quartermasters of native infantry regiments are included. Few details in the General Order will give more satis faction than this, if we may judge from the multi tude of letters we have received on the subject; and no class, we are certain, had juster claims to consideration. 2. The same liberty of counting past service to wards promotion is extended to all officers who, within three years of the 13th Feb., 1861, or who at the commencement of their present unexpired furlough, served permanently on the staff, under certain restrictions as to passing in the languages and good conduct. This is an interpretation of the royal warrant as liberal as it is wise, and will include many deserving officers whose absence from the staff would have been a loss to the state. 3. Previous service of a nature to count for pro motion is held to include all service of a permanent nature which an officer may, from the date of his arrival in India, have passed on the staff. Again we commend the liberal spirit which prompted this just interpretation. The days have been when the meaning would have been strained in the opposite direction, and we note with much pleasure this growth of liberal and enlightened reasoning. 4. Officers not now on the staff corps, but who may wish to join it, as well as those who have been for less than one year on the staff, will not be per manently transferred to the staff corps without undergoing probation and passing certain tests to be hereafter laid down. Officers of both armies will be alike eligible to the staff corps. Officers going to the staff corps, or volunteering for general service, will not cause vacancies in their respective regiments. Those regiments will be maintained in the Army List at present. The only difference being th t at e - officers who may leave their regiments for h purpose referred to will have their names entered in italics, and will be promoted, on the oc currence of a4eanTe cYhir just as if they still belonged to their regiments , pro motion, however, will be only so far real in that it will maintain on the existing ba s i s the promotion of officers junior to them who may not join the staff corps or the line. This arrangement will not in fringe the privileges of officers, although it is less liberal than we could have hoped for. The second ing principle might have been adopted 'without much expense, and it would have rendered only a bare justice to the less fortunate officers who have never been on the staff. This is a point to which we shall shortly return. We notice, respecting furlough, that whilst the conditions now in force regarding officers in gene ral are unchanged, those who may join the staff corps receive an additional boon. It is laid down, for instance, in the 93d paragraph - of the General Order, that the leave of officers who proceed to Eng land on private affairs or on sick furlough is ex tended to 20 months. We are very sure that this boon will be universally received with gratitude. It has long been acknowledged that 15 months is too short andtwe clumsily defined a period for an officer to avail himself of for a visit to Europe. If he goes home at'the best season of the year, he must inevitably return at the worst. The terrible heat of April and May renders nugatory the benefits de rived from a December and January in Europe. It is the state that suffers from the ill-health of its officers. Sir C. Wood has rightly calculated that state's interest when he devised a schem e which, without extra expense, would prolong the services of India's ablest officers, at the same time that it rendered them more capable of resisting the evils of the climate. Bat whilst we commend the boon, we can sea no reasons for restricting it to the staff corps. Other officers who may prefer their locus stanch are equally liable to the influences of the climate, and will receive equal benefit from a pro longed residence in Europe. This is an amendment which, ..tvp would fain hope, Will yet be introduced. ' We cannot quit the conditions which regulate the cases of officers of the infantry and cavalry without expressing a hope that the pledge given in the . 62d and 33d ; paragraphs of this order will be fully acted up . to, Even in the staff corps there is but little place for old and deserving officers. Six months after this date officers under the rank of field officer will be alone eligible for admission to that corps. Still less room for employment for them is there out of the staff corps. It cannot be doubted that the army will be greatly reduced in numbers, and there will be in future still fewer regimental commands than exist at present. What is to become of those field officers who have no employment There is but one way that we can see. For the sake of discipline, of good order, to prevent the terrible scandal of leaving all the heads of the army discontented in this country because they are unable to live at home, it is necessary that sufficient inducement should be offered to them to retire. They have deserved liberal treatment. For nearly four years have they been the sport of for tune, buffeted now by the sepoys below, now by the authorities above them ; for four years have they borne without a murmur trials the most painful to a soldier's temper. They awake at last to find every chance of recovering their position vanished away, every soldierly aspiration perished for ever. Surely, these men are deserving the consideration of their country. We have scarcely time at the close of this un usually lengthened article to advert to the case of the Artillery and Engineers, but it is the less ne cessary because in the general order and the de spatches their conversion is fully described. Hap pily for those branches of the army, their position had been but little affected by the mutiny. The storm •left them but slightly injured, and immedi ately after it had passed over, great promotions were showered upon them to put them on the same footing as the Royal Artillery. They are now too strong, too compact a body to be swept away at a blow. It is not possible, however, to avoid noticing that, under a covering of fine words, the axe is laid at the root of their tree likewise. Though the glories of the regiments may yet be chronicled in the Army List, and though the in terest of officers now in the service will not suffer, the assertion is not less true that this day, the Artillery of which all were so proud, has com menced its first step towards annihilation. We have now summed up more briefly than we could have wished, but at as much length as time allowed, the main provisions of this famous order, so far as it affects the officers. The points affecting the soldiers were published by us some weeks ago, and need no further reference at present. Respect ing the order itself, we would remark, in the first place, that it would seem plain that the Indian Government is not responsible for it. By the pub lication of the despatches simultaneously, the responsibility lies fitted upon the shoulders of those who have directed the action of this drama. We cannot congratulate the authors and their plot ; a more involved scheme has seldom been promulgated. Still, imperfect as it is, it is not to be denied that its publication at this moment is most opportune, and that as terminating the doubt and uncertainty of the past four years, it will be accepted as a relief to wearying and spirit-breaking suspense. For that portion of it which places officers on the staff in a better and higher position than those not on the staff much indignation will doubtless be felt and expressed. None will be surprised at this ; but with the royal warrant before us, we do not see how the authorities in India could have made any alteration in favour of those.upon whom the distinc tinction will tell most hardly. Mr. Laing was to produce the budget of 1861-2 and make his financial statement in the Legislative Council on the 27th ult. In a debate in the Legislative Council on the 20th ult., the Chief Justice questioned the power of the Governor-General in Council to make grants of crown land in India without the orders of the Secretary of State in Council. Sufficient funds have been raised in India to meet the wits of the famine-stricken districts up to the end of July. Should the rains then fail it is said the calamity will be terrible. The Scinde Railway has been thrown open as far as Kotree, 110 miles from Kurrachee. A speeial train started on the Bth, and general traffic com menced on the 18th ult. The Governor of Madras had gone to Calcutta to see the Governor-General. A new planet has been discovered by the Madras government astronomer. It is to be called Asia. This is the first discovery of the kind ever made in India. Honorary magistrates are to be appointed in the North-West Provinces. CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Englishman, corrected up to Saturday, April 20.) The English mail steamer Bengal reached Galle on the 19th instant with' London dates to March 28th ; telegrams of the news reached Calcutta the following morning. IMPORT MARKET.—Advices from the principal marts up-country are on the whole encouraging, stocks being so moderate as to admit of recent sup plies meeting with ready sale on arrival. This news added to the advices of short exports from England would doubtless have the effect of hardening our prices, were it not for the continued anxiety mani fested by many of our importing houses to sell at current rates. The early setting in of the rains, after the extreme drought we have had this year, would be a great help to the consumption of goods as this would not only tend to give confidence as to prospects for the next crops, but would be the means of providing speedier and less expensive car riage for goods than are available at present. MONEY MARKET.=The amount of unemployed money in this market has been considerably dimi nished, but the demand for commercial purposes is so limited that it has not been found necessary to advance the rates. EXCHANGE.—The present mail closes so soon after that by way of Bombay, that there has not been much time for business in exchange. Bank bills on London have sold at 2-OZ, credits at 2-1, and documentary at 2-1 1 . Oa France rates r ema i n as before, with limited transactions. On China sales have been made at from 214 rs. to 215 rs. for 100 dols., and on Mauritius+, 53 for 60 days' sight. FREIGHTS.—Arrivals of shipping have been ex tensive, but rates have not suffered any decline. The late accounts from Europe are encouraging, and probably rates may in consequence still im prove. CHINA. The following is from the summary of the China Mail of April 15 : The general tenor of the news for the past fortnight is of a pleasing kind. The subject that continues to engross public attention is the Yang tsze River. The expedition under Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope has done its work, and as mentioned in our last overland, the river is open to British trade, and an expedition under Commodore Strib bling is about to start with a view of making the necessary arrangements for that of America. It will be recollected that a deputation from the Shanghae Chamber of Commerce accompanied our expedition by invitation of the admiral, in order commercialytoanrgep_tozrete.upAonithtehaegh meagre per haps as full as the circumstances allowed , and in other respects it is very well written. Out of muc h gieaot hope shines pretty clearly:for the future trading pros Pee of this stream, but the presence of th e rebels onbott of its banks throughout so large a district of n _ try is simply unfortunate. As the state of the in surgent cause is pretty clearly exhibited b y our corres pondents' letters, i t i s not necessary to refer n o g te pi w ni h o a nw v e er ex h p a r s es r s e e c d en tw tl o y wtereakns stpoiirtedhetroe.al r i r e e v d o e u e s m n u g r curse featureupon te N r o t t h h e i the land, possessing ago, that the rebellionas i was d as o e a s n g o to attract the approva l of an outside s p ectator. It will be seen from the acco unts that the navigation of the Yang-tsze-kiang prese nts co mp arativel y few difficulties: The Poyang lake, however, has not come up to the expectations that w ere formed of it. It is shallow throughout, with the exception o f the river's bed that traverses it, so that without an ex perienced pilot the waters of that lake are not very well avail a bl e f or tra di ng vesse l s. The expedition, it is, understood, found the assistance of Mr. Parkes most valuable; and this not merely.owing to his knowledge;of Chinese, but to his indefatigable per severance in seeking for information. As regards Japan, there is nothing to indicate any change in the state of affairs mentioned in last Overland Mail. There seems to be on all sides a desire to avoid the mistakes which, twenty years ago , We made in dealing with their neighbours the Chinese. The system of always appealing to arms is beginning to be felt as not only unjust, but also as profitless, and this last consideration is at length beginning to have its own weight. The English public will, for some -time to come, preserve their acquaintance with Japan through the medium of the illustrated press, an artist having set out on a professional tour through that pleasant land. H.M.S. Actaeon will leave this place shortly upon a cruise of survey round about the Japan islands, and will do for those waters what the Saracen has done for the Malay Archipelago. The appointment of Mr. Laurence Oliphant as Japanese Secretary of Legation is likely to result in good, that gentleman's abilities and principles equally fitting him for such a situation. " The past fortnight adds little to our intelligence from Pekin. The Emperor, by the last advises, was soon expected to revisit the capital." CHINA COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. HONG KONG, APRIL 15. TEA, BLACK.—Transactions reported were on so small a scale as hardly to deserve notice. The sea son was virtually at an end, leaving a stock of 4,000 chests Con gou, and about 2,000 flowery Pekoe, on hand. _ _ _ _ _ GREENS.—As might have been anticipated, the evil tidings from North America had caused buyers to display less eagerness in their desire to operate, and prices had in consequence suffered a reduction. Prices displayed a downward tendency. Stock 6,800 chests China, and 3,500 half-chests Japan. SILK.—The news from England to the 26th of January, and subsequently that to the 11th of February, led to a comparative suspension of busi ness for some days. Declining exchange, and a concession of from taels 15 to 20, on the part of the teamen, had, however, tempted purchasers to come forward to the extent of 800 to 900 bales. The total export amounted to 74,917 bales, against 56,115 bales to corresponding period last year. TONNAGE.—The re-opening of the Northern navi gation had, as was anticipated, caused an active demand for vessels of light draught, which were picked up at advancing rates. The list of settle ments shows that small vessels are obtaining far higher rates relatively than those of larger tonnage. Craft suitable for rivers and coast, and not draw ing more than 11 feet water, were very much wanted, and would command extreme rates. EXCHANGE.—On London : Bank, 6s. ld. to 6s. 11d. ; credit, 6s. 2d. to 6s. 21d., tendency down ward. THE SWl,', "LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAYZ 27, 1861: to express their sentiments, deposit at your feet the keys of this precious West Indian possession. Re ceive them, Senora ; promote the happiness of this people ; and oblige them to shower blessings on you, as I do, who am the most loyal and devoted of your subjects. " PEDRO SANTANA." SPAIN AND SAN DOMINGO. The Madrid Gazette of the 21st publishes the fol lowing document presented to the Queen of Spain by Marshal O'Donnell in the name of the Council of Ministers, relating to the re-incorporation of the Dominican territory with the Spanish monarchy : " Madam,—A happy event, eminently glorious for Spain, and of rare occurrence in the history of nations, has just taken place in one of the old pos sessions of the monarchy: A Spanish island, the first of which the great Columbus took possession —an island which was the object of the especial predilection of that great Queen who, in a manner, divined the existence of a new world—has just in voked, in the plenitude of its independence, the name of Spit., and has laid at the foot of the throne that same sovereignty which your Majesty deigned to recognise in it some years ago. In those days of public calamity the Dominican people implored the assistance of Spain. Descendants of that heroic nation, animated with the same spirit, speaking the language, holding the same faith, this people has always loved Spain, from whom alone it could hope to secure that peace and prosperity which some of her children had sought, but in vain, from an ima ginary and factitious independence. Spain, on her side, could not look with indifference on the fate of the Dominican people. She sympathised with their sufferings, and would fain have relieved them ; but it was her bounden duty to give no ground for unjust and angry accusations. Spain is great, and has no need to extend her frontiers to occupy a distinguished rank among the first nations of the world. But if such were her desire she would never have recourse to means which morality and sound policy equally condemn, be cause there is nothing durable but what is based on right and justice. The proclamation of your Majesty throughout the Dominican territory has proved the spontaneousness and unanimity which attend the expression of the national will. It has not caused a single tear or a moment's uneasi ness, but was everywhere hailed with unfeigned joy and enthusiasm. Already the Spanish flag was flying under that sky to which the immortal Columbus had borne it, with the gospel in his hand; and where he planted that civilization, the most glorious of all then known. It was the duty of the sea and land forces of Spain to defend and protect the independence of the Dominican people and in sure the integrity of its territory. These troops did not take possession of the territory in the name of your Majesty. Such an act, performed without the assent of your government, would have tat nished the reputation enjoyed by that army for discipline, courage, and loyalty. To reject the prayer of an unhappy people, to expose it as a prey to foreign ambitions, to turn a deaf ear to the cry for union uttered by a whole nation which has ever loved Spain, would be abjuring the glorious tra ditions of our history, would be, in fact, an act of treason to our chivalrous and loyal character. No, madam, it is impossible to reject the prayer of a whole nation imploring admission to the bosom of its mother country, from which it has been so long severed. Whatever the duties which the re-incor poration of St. Domingo with Spain may impose on the monarchy, on your Majesty, and your govern ment, all Spain will not fail to fulfil them. Happily, there is no necessity for any change in the social state. The inhabitants are free. Slavery, the inevitable evil of the other colonies, is altogether unnecessary for the cultivation of that fertile terri tory, and your Majesty's government can never think of re-establishing it there. The Dominicans, obedient to the voice of authority, will joyfully accept the administrative organisation which your Majesty's government shall think proper to establish amongst them. All will equally enjoy the beneficent protection of your Majesty. Before the august thron which your Majesty so gloriously fills all categories disappear, all party hatreds die away, and nothing remains but a mother jealous of assuring happiness and peace among her children. Your Majesty, ever anxious to secure these blessings for her people, and who has so greatly contributed to its glorious re generation, will display towards St. Domingo the same interest and the same solicitude as towards the other provinces of the monarchy. The Council of Ministers has, therefore, the honour of submitting for your Majesty's approbation the following draft of a decree : " Considering the reasons which have been laid before me by my council of ministers, and cordially accedingto the wishes of the Dominican people, from whom I have received so many proofs of attachment and loyalty, I decree as follows Art. 1. The ter ritory constituting the Dominican republic is re-in corporated with the monarchy. Art. 2. The Cap tain-General, Governor of the Island of Cuba, in conformity with the instructions of my Government, will take the necessary measures for the execution of this decree. Art. 3. My Government will give an account to the Cortes of th© present decree, and of the measures adopted for its execution.' " Given at Aranjuez this 19th day of May, 1861. "ISABELLA. " LEOPOLDO O'DONNELL, President of the Council." The Madrid j ournals publish the following letter addressed by General Santana to the Queen : " Senora,—The peop"leSt. Domingo , Columbus raisedin these e t h o s n t o e w u s e i t: a e h n a d t a h r el da theirroi h C a m n a lo c s Br i t Castile, and and who subsequently P r: I: - nationality and restored to the crown of Spain the pearl of which she was deprived by the treaty of Bale, who at a later period were dragged against their wish from the coun try which theyhad always regarded as a loving mother, to be subjected to an oppressive yoke; who with heroic valour once again recon quered their liberty and independence, and to whom is due a place among the nations—this people now, Senora, deposits in your hands sovereignty over theta, and joins their liberties with those of your own people. The Dominican people, Senora, act ing in accordance with sentiments of love and loyalty, which have long been repressed, have una nimously and spontaneously proclaimed you for their Queen and Sovereign, and I, who have the u nexampled and unmerited honour of being charged 'i►'~.~._~"_ THE NAP Y. From a Malta correspondent we have received the following letter, dated Valetta, May 21 : " Her Majesty's gunboat Weser, Commander A. John stone, arrived on the 18th inst. from Plymouth and Algiers, and the gunboat Mohawk, Commander E. H. Howard, came in on the following day, from Corfu. Her Majesty's ships in port are the Liffey, 51; the Hibernia, receiving ship ; the St. Jean d'Acre, 101; the Racoon, 22; the Gannet, 11; the Medina, 4, surveying ship; the Scourge, 6; the Weser, 6; the Mohawk, 4 ; the Intrepid, 6 ; and the tug Hearty. " By the Mohawk accounts have been received from Corfu to the 17th inst. A letter of that date says : " ' The General Commanding, Sir G. Buller, TLC 33., left for the Southern Islands on the 15th for his tour of inspec tion. of the troops stationed there. The Lord High Com missioner has been indisposed lately, and has not yet made his tour to the islands. The harbour at present is occupied by the Caesar, Agamemnon, London, Orion, and the Victor Emmanuel, liners, which last vessel steamed in yesterday afternoon. We have also the gunboat Mohawk here, but she leaves to-day with a mail for your island. Everything is perfectly quiet.' "By recent advices from Sicily I learn that several acts of piracy have lately been committed on that coast by armed speronaras. Two cases occurred the week before last, one off Girgenti and the other in the vicinity of Tra pani, when every portable article of value was carried away, even to the clothing off the sailors' backs. The mode of attack is to board ships becalmed. One of the vessels lately robbed in this manner belonged to Messrs. Ingham 1 and Co., of Marsala. At this season of the year large sums of money are forwarded from Malta to the wine factories to meet the vintage expenses, which fact seems to be well known to these bandits ; one vessel, having a large number of dollars on boar 1, had a very narrow escape. With the vi.w of ringing' a stop to these lawless proceedings, instruc tions, I am informed, have been despatches from the naval Commander-in-Chief to the commanding officer of her Ma jesty's gunboat Boxer, now lying at Marsala, to cruise occasionally along the shore, and capture, if possible, the piratical craft engaged in these nefarious practices." By advices received from Trieste, dated the 20th inst., we have received further reports of the voyage of the Royal yachts, under the command of Capt. Denman, from Madeira to Trieste, with the Empress of Austria and suite. At 5 p.m. on the 13th, these vessels entered the harbour at Malta. At 8 a.m. on the 14th, the Osborne left Malta for Corfu, followed three hours later by the Victoria and Albert. At 9.30 a.m. of Saturday, the 18th of May, they reached Trieste. Twenty miles from Trieste the Royal yacht was met by a small yacht having on board the Em peror of Austria, who at once repaired on board and joined the Empress. A grand display was made at Trieste by the Austrian authorities. The Empress presented the sum of £l,OOO to the crews of the Victoria and Albert and Osborne, for distri bution among them. Both yachts commenced coal ing on Monday last, the 20th inst., and were to sail for England on the following morning. The perfor mance of the machinery of both vessels since leav ing England has been of a most satisfactory cha racter. They may be expected to arrive at Spit head in about 14 days from this date. His Majesty Leopold 1., King of the Belgians, and the Prince Consort, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Prince Louis of Hesse, and the Count of Flanders, visited on Satur day the new lines of defence now in course of erec tion for the protection of the western side of Ports- - mouth harbour and dockyard. Rear-Admiral J. E. Erskine's division of the Channel fleet, now lying at Spithead, comprising the Edgar, 91, screw, Capt. G. P. Mends (flag); the Donegal, 101, screw, Capt. S. Osborn, C.B. ; the Hero, 91, screw, Capt. A. P. Ryder ; the Flying Fish, 6, screw, Commander W. H. Anderson ; and the Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. J. H. Cockburn, have received their orders for sea, and are expected to sail from Spithead on the termination of the courts martial now being held on board her Majesty's ship Victory at Portsmouth. The following named hired freightships are now embarking guns, shot, and other army stores from the military department of Woolwich Arsenal for British naval stations abroad—namely, the Queen, the Hero of the Nile, the steamship Gibraltar, the Heather Bell, the Tartar, the Emulous, the Cissy, the Salvia, the Priscilla, the Bengal, the Orient, the British Tar, and the Alfred Villery. The Challenger, 17, screw steam vessel, Capt. J. J. Kennedy, C. 8., which was recently commissioned at Sheerness for the West India, North America, station, having received her full complement of men and taken on board two 100 lb. Armstrong guns, will, according to present instructions, leave Sheerness for her destination, in the early part of the week. The Orestes, 21 guns, steam corvette, 400 horse power, has been placed in the hands of the riggers at Sheerness dockyard, orders having been received for her to be rigged without delay, and placed in the first division of the stea m reserve at Sheerness. The hired troopship A; and Woolwich Arsenal dNeao.helrBpiansstehne. g transport service, arrived alongside' ers a n d Majesty's e portion o o r n ti o S n a tosuferrhdeeawr cargo from China. steam storeship 'Wye, Her y Master Commander Roberts, newly fitted out for service, went down to Woolwich on Saturday from Deptford, laden with victualling stores for Rin and Ascension, and after coaling she will be sail without delay for andejrudsetesdtinatatGiorne.enhithe, and T 21, screw, C ap t . H eat h , steame d into Portsmouth lig Port i sm h o flrl u Y t e hHarbour yesterday from Spithead, and has unbent sails and sent down light spars, in process of dismantling to pay off. The Adventure screw troopship, lately paid off at Portsmouth by Commander E. Lacey, on her re turn from service in China, left Portsmouth on Saturday, in tow of the Lucifer steamer, for Wool wich, where she is ordered to be repaired and re ceive her machinery. The Duncan, es es m herlol , cre 'iv, Mr. Barr chief engi neer, experimental trials at resumes screw s Portsmouth this morning with a three bladed pro peller, with its leading edges taken off. The Euryalus, 51, screw, at the same port, will make her official trial of speed to-morrow. The line-of-battle ship Bombay, 81, after having been several months in dock at Chatham under going the process of conversion from a sailing ship to a screw steamer, was undocked on Saturday afternoon and placed alongside the sheer-hulk to receive her engines and machinery. While the Bombay was in dock she was cut asunder amid ships and lengthened 33ft. 9in., and was also lengthened aft by an addition of 12ft. She has been completed in the strongest possible manner, and is now the finest 81 gun line-of-battle screw steamer in the British navy. The Bombay is to be immediately fitted with a pair of 400-horse power engines, by Messrs. Humphreys, Tennant and Co., a portion of her machinery having been fixed on board during the time she was in dock. Below the water-line she is covered with Muntz's patent metal. It is understood that the Bombay will be the last of the line-of-battle sailing ships which will be converted to screw steamers, the Admiralty having determined on having in future only a few of the modern 50 gun sailing frigates of the Nan kin class so treated. Her Majesty's line-of-battle screw steamer Cressy, 81, Capt. T. Harvey, was paid off at Sheerness on Saturday, after having been in commission three years. She is to be placed in the third-class steam reserve at Chatham. The Chatham yacht, tender to the Wellesley, 72, at Chatham, was taken off the gridiron at Chatham dockyard on Saturday, having had defects in her copper made good. She has been supplied with an entirely new mast, as well as spars and rigging. This remarkable vessel is about 200 years old, and is believed to have been built at Chatham during the Protectorate.. The dockyard records show that she underwent a thorough repair and alteration about 120 years ago, at which time she was consi dered a n o ld vesse l. Sh e i s st ill i n exce ll en t condi tion and fit for the service on which were she made on Satur day is e mp I oy e d The following appointmen at the Ad m i ra l ty :—L i eut. J o h n D . A. I rv i ne t o the Cygnet; Lieut. A. R. Gordon to the Marl borough ; Richard P. O Edgar ; James Inirie T r h t o o m n, as n a G v . al sa ca n dt d e e r,s,toJ ohn Hag, Charles Hill, John D. Wood, Samuel Broad, Robert Jago, William Vincent ; William Green, Richard Green, John R. Eckroyd, and John Keith, acting second- class assist.-engineers, to the Princess Royal as additional for disposal ; K. L. Sutherland, paymaster additional to the Colossus; F. Mundy, paymaster additional to the Cornwallis; A. Speed, paymaster additional to the Hawke ; J. D. Gilpin, paymaster additional to the Russell ; R. E. Malone, paymaster to the Dauntless ; and E. Waymouth, assistant-paymaster to the Blenheim. THE ARMY. A circular memorandum, addressed to the Infan try at home and abroad, has been issued from the Horse Guards, directing the attention of captains of companies to the form of arm-chest used in packing the interchangeable arms made in the Government factory. These chests can, with a few cleats properly fixed by an armourer sergeant, be made to hold with perfect security and freedom from the slightest in jury any of the various arms now in the possession of a regiment—viz., the Enfield rifle, pattern '53, both long and short butt, and the short rifle with sword bayonet. . _ . The 23d company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Lieut.-Col. G. Graham, V.C., marched into Chatham garrison on Saturday afternoon, from China, and went into the quarters prepared for them at Brompton barracks. Among the objects of interest brought home by the Royal Engineers are the Emperor's throne, taken from the Summer Pa lace at Pekin before it was burnt, and also a valu able bell from one of the joss houses. The throne will be deposited in the officers' new mess room. The additional batteries and fortifications which the Government has resolved upon erecting for the further protection of Chatham and Sheerness are to be at once proceeded with, orders having been re ceived on Saturday from the War Department to that effect. The south side of the entrance to the River Medway will he protected by a casemated battery, on which will be mounted the most power ful ordnance now in use, consisting of 100 pounder Armstrong guns, 68-pounders throwing hollow and solid shot, and 10-inch guns for either shot or shell. This new battery will be entirely bomb-proof, and it is intended to erect it on the site of the old works at Garrison Point, which now mount only 28 8-inch guns. The demolition of this portion of the defences at the mouth of the Medway will entail the destruction of the store rooms and magazines at present filled with shot, shell, and other armament, ammunition, and stores, the whole of which will be removed to the expense magazines, situate in the interior of the existing fortifications. The whole of the guns now planted on the half moon and cavalier batteries will be commenced to be dismounted to-day, in order that the armament may be removed to allow the process of reconstruct ing that portion of the works to be at once pro ceeded with. It is intended that the batteries on the lines adjoining the works ordered to be demo lished shall not be disturbed for the present, as it is deemed inexpedient to weaken the defences at the river's entrance by commencing the dismantling of the fortifications on anything like an extended scale. The new casemated batteries will therefore be reared with all possible despatch, and be thoroughly armed and equipped with projectiles of every description before any of the remaining defences will be dis mantled. The tenders for the construction of the largest casemated battery will be received at the War-office to-morrow. Orders have also been re ceived at Chatham for two batteries to be planted on each side of the River Medway at Folly Point and Bishop's-march, about mid-distance between Sheer ness and Chatham, for the protection of the latter dockyard and the extensive stores of ammunition accumulated at Upnor Castle. The works connected with the erection of the two batteries mentioned will be executed by the firm of Myers and Co., Lon don, who have taken the contract for the completion of those defences. THE VOLUATEERS. Last week being Whitsun week, nearly all the Volunteer corps of the northern counties were out, and as the weather was beautifully fine, their musters have been largely attended. On Monday afternoon the Newcastle-on-Tyne Rifles, under the command of Sir John Fife, were inspected by Major Harman, upon the Town Moor, in the presence of an immense concourse of above 10,000 persons. The ground was kept by the Armstrong Engineers, the Gateshead Rifles, and the 'Tyne and Derwent Rifles. The corps underwent a rigid inspection, and were highly commended. The Ist Northum berland Rifles also underwent a highly satisfactory inspection at Walker on Monday. On Tuesday the greatest demonstration of Volunteers ever held in the north took place at Sunderland, on the oc casion of the inauguration of a monument to the late Sir H. Havelock. The battalion, under the command of Major Harman, consisted of the Sun derland Rifles and Artillery, the Seaham Volunteers, the South Shields and Tynemouth Rifles and Ar tillery, the Stockton, Darlington, Durham City, and Newcastle Rifle Corps, the Newcastle-on-Tyne Ar tillery, the Armstrong Engineers, the Grange School Cadets, and a splendid body of seamen, forming the Sunderland Naval Reserve, the whole battalion mustering nearly 3,000 men. Their steady marching and fine soldierly bearing in the immense procession to the People's-park called a very high encomium from the commanding officer. On Saturday the usually quiet little town of Stratford was in a state of overflowing activity and excitement in consequence of a brigade field day of the Volunteer artillery and rifles of the county of Essex,under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Capper, of the 2d Essex Battalion. The Volunteers present comprised a demi-battery of the West Essex Artillery and a troop of the West Essex Yeo manry Cavalry. The Ist battalion, consisting of the Ist company of Middlesex Artillery, the sth company of the 26th Middlesex Rifles, the Ist com pany of the 33d Middlesex Rifles, the 3d company of the Bth Essex Rifles, making a total of 10 companies, was commanded by Major Grey, 26th Middlesex, Captain Sin clair of the Bth Essex, being acting Major. The 2d battalion, consisting of the sth, 6th, 7th, and 10th companies of the sth Essex Rifles, the 2d company of the 2d London Rifles, the 2d company of the 9th Essex, the 2d company of the 4th Tower Hamlets, making a total of 10 companies, was under the eom mend of Major Silver, 2d Essex Battalion, Captain Howard, of the sth Essex, being Acting Major. The 3d battalion, consisting of the Ist company sth Essex Artillery, the lst,. 2d, 3d, 4th, Bth, and 9th companies, sth Essex Rifles, two companies of the 4th Tower Hamlets Rifles, and one company of the 7th Tower Hamlets Rifles, was under the command of Major Birt, sth Essex ; Captain Elliott was the Brigade-Major. The various corps, numbering about 2,000 men, rendezvoused at Stratford-green, and, accompanied by their bands, marched to Wan stead. flats. where they went through the ordinary evolutions of a field day in a very creditable man ner, the commanding officer expressing himself much gratified with the efficiency the men had attained. A field day of part of the Ist battalion of Wor crstershire Rifle Volunteers took place in the grounds of Lea Castle, the seat of Mr. J. Brown Westhead, M.P., on Whit Tuesday. There was a large con course of spectators. The corps taking part in the review were the Wolverley, 3d Kidderminster com panies, the Halesowen, and the Stourbridge, the whole being under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Knight, M.P. The manoeuvres were admirably performed. Impromptu foot races took place after dinner. Ist race, 300 yards, Martin, of Stourbridge corps, first, and Turley, of Wolverley, second ; 2d race, 300 yards, Edge, of 2d Kidderminster corps, first, Cooper, of 3d Kidderminster, second ; 3d race, 300 yards, Robertson, of Halesowen corps, first ; no second prize. On Thursday afternoon the 10th Wiltshire Rifle Volunteers, mustering 100, were entertained to din ner by their captain, the Marquis of Bath, at the Town-hall, Warminster. On Whit Monday a rifle match took place on Hampton Down between the Bath and Bristol Volunteer Rifle Corp. The shooting was very fair, though not by any means so good as has been made on previous occasions by the same members of the Bath Companies at private practice. This arises from over anxiety, and no doubt operates on both sides alike, for we understand the scores of the Bristol men have also been much higher. The average shooting was Bath 13 . 7, Bristol 11 . 7. At the short range, the shooting was greatly in favour of the Bath competitors, who scored 41 against 30 by their Bristol brethren, but at the longer ranges —viz., 500 and 600 yards, the shooting was very equal—at 500 yards Bath making 24 and Bristol 22, while at 600 yards the Bristol men scored one more than Bath—viz., 18 against 17. An amateur dramatic performance by the mem bers of the 20th (North-West) Middlesex Rifle "olunteers, in aid of the band fund of the corps, ,00k place last Wednesday evening at Sadler's- . - wells Theatre under distinguished patronage. The pieces were, first a drama, entitled the " Old Chateau," which was followed by " Delicate Ground" and " His First Champagne." The parts allotted to the members were respectively per formed in a creditable manner, especially those of Quishe, Mr. Howard, Mr. Rice, and Mr. Bel ford. The female parts were ably sustained by Miss M. Eburn, Miss Weekes, and Miss Hammond. A large number of the members of the corps were present with their splendid band. On Saturday evening the members of the 37th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers assembled, to the num- ber of 600, at the open space fronting the Found ling Hospital, Guildford-street, and marched under the command of Colonel Jeakes, to Russell-square. Having taken up positio❑ in front of a large tree fir. Bailey came forward, and, after making an eloquent speech, presented them with a gift of aide colours. Colonel hakes, on behalf of the regiment, returned thanks. On Saturday afternoon a strong muster of the 7th S.Arrey marched from their head-quarters to Kennington-park to undergo an inspection by Col. Nl'Murdo. After performing a variety of move ments, under the command of Major Beresford, they were formed into square and addressed by Colonel M'Murdo, who complimented the corps on the progress it had made in military duty. On Saturday evening the 19th Surrey mustered at the drill pavilion, Kennington-park, and, headed by their band, proceeded to Kennington-oval, where they went through a series of battalion evolutions in a very creditable manner, after which they marched to Clapham, and thence back to the pavi lion. Some delay was occasioned in the starting owing to the time for muster not being rigidly ob served. Nothing tends so much to produce dis affection in a corps as a proceeding of this kind, it being an act of injustice to those who are punctual n their attendance, and often destroying those fee ings of courtesy and kindness exhibited by the officers towards the men. It is for the general good that every opportunity should be taken of meeting together, in order that they may not be behind other companies when a general inspection takes place; and it is especially disheartening to the officers to find any lack of int2rest on these occasions. The " Champion's Badge" of the St. George's 'Volunteer Rifle Corps was contested for at Worm wood Scrubbs, on Thursday morning last, between twenty of the best shots in the corps. The conditions were two rounds each at ranges of 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700 yards. The successful competitor was Sergeant Stuart, of No. 6 company, who made 13 points, without missing the target once in the ten sounds. The rules of the Champion's Badge decide that it shall be challenged within every two months. The 38th Middlesex Rifles (Artists) shot for two of their prizes on Tuesday last at Caterham. The first prize, a Westley Richards' breech-loading rifle, presented by Captain F. Leighton, was contended for by members in the Ist and 2d class, at 500 and 600 yards. It was won by Corporal Thornley. The second prize, a handsome silver-gilt cup, pre sented by Captain Arthur Lewis, to be shot for by members in the Ist class only, at 300, 600, and 900 yards, was won by Ensign Talfourd. Notwith standing the heat of the day, the shooting, espe cially at the 900 yards' range, was exceedingly good, Ensign Talfourd scoring seven points in 10 rounds at 900 yards, and Captain Lewis 10 points. On Saturday, the 25th, a silver bugle, subscribed for by the ladies of Streatham, was presented to the 4th Surrey Rifle Volunteers. The corps assembled in the grounds of Park-hill, Streatham, the resi dence of Mr. W. Leaf, and formed a remarkably well organized and disciplined company of about 120 file. Mrs. Leaf presented the bugle, making at the same time a short but eloquent address. Cap tain E. G. Syms returned thanks. Upwards of 800 persons were present at the ceremony. It was stated that the surplus funds would be devoted to the institution of prizes to be contended for by the corps. A 10th company is in course of formation to the Engineer Volunteers, which now numbers upwards of 700 effeetives. The uniform is a handsome scarlet, somewhat similar to that of the Royal Engineers. The corps also possesses a splendid band of 30 performers. A committee has been formed for the purpose of establishing an East-end division of the Foresters' Rifle Volunteers, and at a meeting recently held resolutions in furtherance of that object were passed. Several enrolments have already taken place. A drum and fife band has been recently formed in connexion with the 4th Middlesex (North Lon don) Rifles. On Saturday evening the corps to the number of about 100, marched through the princi pal thoroughfares preceded by their band, and under the command of Major Lord Truro, to the head quarters of the sth Tower Hamlets Rifles, at Kin gsland. During the past week the Ist Middlesex Engi neer Volunteers commenced its class instruction in musketry, and daily squads have been formed for practice in gabion making, under the superin tendence of Captain Barlow, R.E., the adjutant of the corps, preparatory to the more advanced branches of engineering. Five additional com panies are being formed, and it is expected that the new butt (having a range of 900 yards) will be made available in the course of the present season. A banquet was given to Lord Lyttelton at the Shire-hall, Worcester, on Thursday night, by the officers of the various rifle corps of Worcestershire. Lieut.-Colonel F.W. Knight, M.P., took the chair. He said he had been an alarmist ever since the Duke of Wellington had written his celebrated letter to Sir John Burgoyne on the defences of the country. He hardly thought the rifle movement had been well treated by the Government, but he only asked that the Government should provide proper staff and drill grounds, for he considered the volunteers were as fully entitled to a permanent staff as the militia. On Saturday a detachment of the 7th Middlesex (Islington) Rifles, under Captain Ebsworth, com mandant, proceeded to Hackney Marshes for judg ing distance drill, preliminary to commencing ball practice at their rifle range at Rainham, on Satur day next. The cadet company of the corps now numbers between 50 and 60 members. They have made great progress under their drill instructor, Sergeant Hornby, late of the Rifle Brigade, and have presented him with a handsome timepiece. The new company which is now being raised in connexion with the North-East London Rifle Brigade at Hackney is making rapid progress, and it is intended to hold a public meeting of the inha bitants on Thursday next to promote the success of the company. Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere has given permission for the regiment to drill at the Tower of London, and Lieutenant-Colonel Grant has also lent the barrack-square of the Ist Tower Hamlets Militia, under his command at Dalston, for a similar purpose. After the presentation of colours to the 39th Middlesex (Finsbury) Rifles on Monday last at the Crystal Palace by Captain Berdo?, which has been already noticed, Mr. Flear presented to Sergeant- Major Hadrill, drill instructor, on behalf of the corps, a costly gold watch and chain, bearing a suit able inscription, and accompanied by a purse of sovereigns, in testimony of their sense of the ser vices he has rendered them. The 39th now num bers upwards of 800 effectives. On Saturday the inhabitants of Hampstead, Highgate, and the neighbourhood assembled i n large numbers at the parade - ground, Swain's lane, Highgate, to witness the foot-races and athletic sports competed for by the members of the Second Administrative Battalion (Hampstead, Highgate, and Hornsey) Rifle Volunteers. There were 11 flat and hurdle races, and two hop races, besides a handsome prize given for putting a shot 181 b. After the close of the proceedings Major Wilkinson stated that similar sports on a more extended scale were in contemplation. He expressed a hope that they would be introduced into all the rifle corps in the kingdom. On Saturday last the members of the 7th Kent Volunteer Rifles mustered in the grounds of Mr. H. Leake, Ivarden-house, Blackheath, and presented to their instructor, Quartermaster Shepherd, a gold watch and chain value 40 guineas. COMMISSIONERS FOR THE EXHIBITIOIV OFIBSI Yesterday the fourth report of these Commis sioners, dated the 3d instant, and addressed to the Home Secretary, was presented to Parliament. The report consists of a narrative of the various steps taken by the commissioners in the period of five years that has elapsed since the issuing of their last report. The circumstances which led to the complete change in the position of the commis sioners towards the Government ; and the dissolu tion of the partnership in the Kensington-gore estate, leaving them the sole owners of the property, are fully detailed. The various outlying portions of their estate, irrespective of the piece occupied by the Government on which the South Kensington Mu seum is erected, have been let by the commissioners on building leases. Of the remainder ofthe estate the central portion, to the extent of more than 22 acres, has been devoted to the Horticultural Society. The arrangements made with the Society of Arts and the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1862 for a loan of a portion of the estate are also explained in this report. A lease has been granted to the Society of Arts of the permanent buildings pro posed to be erected to be used in holding exhibitions, and for purposes connected with the promotion of arts end manufacutures. Sixteen acres of the same land are reserved for an Exhibition to be held in 1872. The commissioners add : " Out of the total extent of land originally purchased by us in 1852, amounting to 85 or 86 acres, the various appro priations that have already been made for the pur poses of the Department of Science and Art, the construction of roads, the Horticultural Gardens, the Exhibitions of 1862 and 1872, and the erection of private houses, have absorbed, more or less permanently, not less than 70 acres, so that only 14 or 15 acres, or about one-sixth of the land forming the Kensington-gore estate, remain at present unappropriated to the development of the purposes contemplated by our charter ; and even tour acres of that amount have been tempora rily lent for the Exhibition of 1862. Whilst we cannot but look upon this as a most satisfactory result, and as one affording every prospect of the ultimate and entire accomplishment of the impor tant objects for the promotion of which the estate was originally purchased by us under the powers conferred upon us by her Majesty, it will be our duty, in the new and independent position now occupied by us, to persevere in our exertions to attain that end, and to endeavour to merit a con• tinuance of that eonfidence and favour which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to extend to us throughout the whole period of our incorpora tion." COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH-MAT 25. At this market to-day wheat was in fair supply, with a slow sale, and last week's rates were is to :115 decline. The supply of barley limited, and little business doing. Flour in favour of the buyer. White wheat 58s to 62s 1 Red wheat 54s to 58s Malting barley....4ss to 47s Chevalier barley 4ls to 44s Distilling do.. ....31s to 34s 1 Oats.. 26s to 30s Flour, 43s to 43s 6d per sack from the miller. LEICESTER-MAT 25. The supply of wheat of a limited character, and prices were supported for fine sorts. White wheat, from 66s to 728 —red, 50s to 70s per 36 stone; a rather slow demand for barley, grinding, 30s to 32e ; malting, 36s to 40s per qr.; oats, 32s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 56s to 58s; new, 44s to 52s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 47s I Seconds, 45s I Thirds, 43s per 20 stone. YORK- MAY 25. The market was sluggish, with an average 6upply of wheat, and last week's rates were rather on the decline. Very little barley came to hand, with a dull demand. Oats were scarce, with a firm inquiry; late prices not exceeded. Beans met a steady inquiry. Wheat, red 45s to 56s I Oats.... 27s to 29s White do .58s to 64s 1 Beans 48s to 58s Barley .38s to 42s I Peas ... —s to —s Malt, 70s to 72s per qr. ; rye, 36s per qr. ; flour, 48s to bOs per sack. NORTHAMPTON-MAY 25. At this corn-market wheat was in middling supply, with a firm business doing—prices ranging from 62s to 64s for old, and 40s to 60s for new. A small show of barley— malting 42s to 445, grinding 28s to 40s per qr. Oats in moderate show, and prices as 1 efore—quoted at 26s to 36s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 36s to, 48s ; peas, 44s to 48s. Rye, 37s to 425; malt, 68s to 72s ; flour, 33s to 34s per sack THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. June 18.' Do. (via Marseilles) Juno 12. Brazil and Cape Verds June 4. Buenos Aires, Monte Video, &e. Cuba and Mexico .. May O. Canada &c. (via L'derry) .. May 29. Cape of ? Good Hope, &c. .. June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via' S'ampton) June 1. Do (via Marseilles) May 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. June 2.1: India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) June 2. Do. (via Marseilles) May 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. June 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 4. Lisbon .. J uno 1. Malta, Egypt, and Men (via Southampton) .. May 26. Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 4. Vigo, and Oporto • • • • June 1 . United States, California, &c. .. May 29. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. June 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carfhap;ena, Cuba, &c. May 29. [ADvERTIsEmaNT.] — We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids cured with out medicine by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food :—Cure No. 71. The Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, of many years dyspepsia and all its horrors.—Cure No. 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dys pepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatu lency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. 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Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. Nevill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that Dn Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly false. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, ontheseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 45. 63. ; 51b. lls.; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, R e ._ or 4 t ,chei M ps a i s d o e n ; , 6 a 3 nd a nCdo.; 150,A bobixe., bard-street r n, d tG - - s sr t tar r e e e ee e et t ; uLr 3 oc 3 nh O d- and ostnr e; e 4 tFnum s ' l , Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Ce. tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King "William-street City ; at 127 High Holborn; and all grocers. BIRTHS. BRAMALE.—On the 25th inst., at 2, St. James's-square, Notting-hill, the wife of Henry J. M. Braman, Esq., of a daughter. CLARKE —On the 20th inst., at 37, St. John's-park-road, Haverstock-hill, the wife of C. Harwood Clarke, Esq., of a son. PLUMPTRE.—On the 23d inst., at Canon House,Wingham, the.wife of Charles John Plumptre, Esq., of a daugh ter. MARRIAGES. - - - BROWN—MoRm—On the 23d inst., at Crossbrook Cha pel, Frederick, second son of Frederick Brown, Esq., of Waltham Abbey, Essex, to Ann, only daughter of Wm. Morse, Esq , late of Cheshunt, Herts. HENDERSON—WATTS. —On the 20th inst., at Cheltenham, James Menzies Clayhills, Captain 7th Royal Fusiliers, second son of G. D. Clayhills Henderson, Egg., of Hall yards, Perthshire, to Eugenia C., eldest daughter of the late Vice •Admiral Geo, Edward Watts, C. 8., of Alma House, Cheltenham, DEATHS. HANSON.—On the 21st inst., at Morningside, near Edin burgh, Joseph Hanson, Esq of Brixton-hill, Surrey, aged 77. HAmuTox.—On the 19th inst. at 20, Wellington-squ are , Ayr, Mrs H am il ton, sen., of'Sundrum, aged 75, LOCK. —On the 18th inst., at Ilaylands, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Campbell Lock, Esq., Captain Royal Navy, aged 67. SUTHERLAND —On the 24th inst., at his residence, Silver hill, Torquay, Alexander Robert Sutherland, M.D., F.R.S., aged 80. 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