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' ,•,,, ." ,- F" -- 4 5 1 . 3k-2, , • - • -f1i,•% . 1--,r. ~, Z: 't 4 ''i '': •,• 15 A 0 "S ' 46 4tDr: •:1 '' ''''S7A;i/ ''' Atifl ; , 44 A/' 1-*' t. 1 ' '% ' • ' . " - '7: - 7 , ;74 ;AY 1 iA . . ~,,..,..,„ „.,„3 ~, .„„,,,.... .... •:',,v.,,,.., .r. 44 17; t ,i, 1-• ...... 4..5 e ., ZZ/()t1:...7.-- : -- 4 4.. '•'1,,4 i~>%~ .~ . ! 4R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, T. including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, 'HI B EVENING, and E v ery Ev e ning at Ei g ht o 'Cl oc k, ( exceps t at urday) ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mor n i ngs , a t Three. u rea, 33. (whi c h can b e t a k en at th e box• ofce every day from 11 • 2a. ; gallery, IL-Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. 8 OUTH-WESTERN RAILW AY .— , PLEASURE EXCURSIONS DAILY to those attractive T e l aces, WINDSOR, HAMPTON COURT, RICHM OND, KEW, &c., acs, at Low Fares, First and Second Class Return Tickets, at Single Fares (with the addition of a small booking fee), are issued on Saturdays and Sundays, beat Waterloo and Vauxhall Stations, to Windsor and to all Stations l ow Woking. Th ese ti c k ets can on l y be received at the station which they are issued, and are available for Return by any Ordi nary Train until the following MondaV, inclusive. By order. • ARCHD SCsaT, Traffic Manager. W dsterloo Station, July, 1854. ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.— The Directors are prepered to receive TENDERS for LOADS, Ve r n t a m ') e e sr Threel,obdofingCompany's Years, on the Se urity or the De ear interest at the rate of 4% per cent. per annum. J. B. OWE N, Secretary. Bishopsgate Station, August 3, 1854. • 9REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—CHEAP rs_ E XCURSION to STROUD, GLOUCESTER, CHELTEN a; 1 . 1 and CII E PSTOW.-A T ra i n w i ll leave Paddington on Sunday, • rnie 20, at 7.30 a.m., returning the same evening from Chepstow at 7 ; Cheltenham, 7.30 ; Gloucester, at 7.45; and Stroud, at 8.15- Tint ern Abbey and the Valley of the River We e (celebrated for its picturesque "era') are in the immediate neighbourhood of Chepstow, at which sCation conveyances may be obtained. Fares there and bact- Stroud, 93. and bs.; Gloucester or Cheltenham, los. and 6s ; Chep- St ow, 1 is. and 7s. Tickets may be previously obtained at 27, King , S treet, Che a p s id e ; 269, Strand ; 6', Bridge-road, Lambeth ; 351, • Ox ford -street ; and at the. Paddington station. • G REAT-VESTERN RAILWAY. —THREE DAYS in BATH or BRISTOL.-A Train will leave Padding ton'''' on Saturday Evening, August 26th, at 6 30, returning on Tues day evening, August 29th, from Bristol, at 6.30 p.m., and Bath, at 7. e Par es - Bristol, 10s. and Cs. ; Bath, 9s. and ss. A single pack i ..‘e age of luggage allowed to each passenger. Tickets (not transferable) ti,., are available only by the excursion train.. and may be previously et o btained at the Paddington Station :or at th , Company's Offices, 27, iee / Cine - ,treet, Cbeapside; 63, Bridge-road, Lambeth; 351, Oxford-street; grid 269, Strand. 1, . '' '' e. ISLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EXCURSIONS.— . ~ ; .t, . SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-By the Excursion Trains h • .t v erY SUNDAY Aforning ti 7.45 from Waterloo Station, THROUGH ' .... .14,,RTURN TICKETS are issued to the ISLE OF WIGHT, via 1 ,g,ui-ITHAMPTON, for COWES, or PORTSMOUTH, for RYDE. . 1 ar ea osed Carriages, Bs. ; Seated Open Carriages, 55., which • t cl ude all pier glues and steamboat fares, but not conveyance ' ~... ts veen the railway s t a ti ons an d p i ers. The Return Tickets from tne will not be available via Cowes and Southampton, nor those , Iron Cowes via Ryde and Portsmouth. ~,t;THROUGHOUT TICKETS betwixt LONDON and RYDE, via -,', RTSMOUTH, PORTSEA, and GOSPORT, available for Four 8 , are also Issued daily at waterloo Station, at following fares, 3,Which include all pier dues, omnibus and steamboat fares. Ist Class, I 2ds' B d. ;2d Class, 27s Bd. Single Journey Fares-Ist Class, 205.6 d.; Class, 15s. 6d. . Vi r ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. .......____ (I,aterloo Stati July, 1854. CAP EXCURSION to SOTTTHAMPTON 1 ..„ and PORTSMOUTH and BA , K.-MONDAy, August 21st, a;•'•--LONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-Ott the • for v e e ne d . a , 3 ' a Special Train will leave Waterloo Station at 715 a.m., • and fro m matapton and Portsmouth, returning from Portsmouth at 7, eotit hampton at 7.110 pan., same day. .. ..,. Fares4l7lages there 6d.an d back :-Closed Carriages, Gs. 6d. ; Seated Open ‘, 38. '• train s be Passengers with lug gage will charged the fares of the ordinary J 808i'ilia. Bo t plying at moderate fares between C .....-' aleePton andCowes, and Portsmouth and Its de, thus giving pas ovgrs an ___,CNn, the above °Pl3r4;,lty of visiting the Isle of Wight. a Steamer ev , ll sail from Southampton, on the i l i f ai l n a . l of the train, round the Island, and return in time for the up i i , 1 ,! 0 , the us ua l Excursion round the Island from Portsmouth at .O a.m., returning by about 5 pen. si Waterloo Station, August, 1854, CHI SCOTT, Traffic Manager. - 4 C O UNTY OF MIDDLESEX.— r e ' r 1, itat-)._ forANTED TO BORROW, on the security of the County ' to 3 i6,est. Middlesex, for the purposes of the Act 16 and 17 Viet., C. in orae _in defreying the expense of altering and providing Pla• es, w TR,.., 1- 1 1 j 3 :rte , eubi. and Quarters be e ad Militia, the sum of TWeLVE te i ns .c , AN . D POUNDS, to be advanced on the !Ath instaet. The I'l ni ;',:f t . Rill' be paid calf-yearly, and one-thirtieth part ef the nrlii- EI cu s "; n w r ni d be repaid at 010 end of each year, until the whole shall be to an .., A li s :sons desirous of lending the money are requested to send in theeeten tenders, endorsed " Tender tor Lending Money" addressed • o le: iZI Chairman of the Committee for General Purposes, under cover th . at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-green, before 3 o'clock on c DAY, t he 21st invent, stating the lowest rate of Merest at "T h they will advance the same. "Jilted the•l4th of A ugust, 18.54. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the said Committee. , ......, CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL 1 MARINES. - Department of the Comptroller for Victualing and tn. TTransport Services, Somerset-place, 15th August, 1854. r HE Commissioners for executing the Office of a ._ Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain kin and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, th Da 6 24th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with _ to7ach persouseas may be willing to ntract for supplying and delivering te her Majesty's Victualing St res at Deptford, sundry Articles of 9 Orack Stores, for the a e of the Royal Marines, consisting of BROOMS, BRUSHES, MOPS, COAL BASKETS, &c., epli r an der a Co n t ra tt f or 12 M on th s cer t a i n , an d a ft erwar d s until the • a exPir ation of 3 Months' warning. an t s , Patterns of the articles and the conditions of the Revised Contract wit f aY b e seen at the said office, between the hours of 11 and 2. No lai , ,in.ystialrelneortzeildl be received after One o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor tog par Oinlese made on the printed form provided for the pun. • l c i and which may be obtained on application at the said office. an , 8v v e e er Y t enZier must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, I te rns - 4 4 ' In the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Barrack . . ant mast also be delivered at Somerset-place. - t TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters c hartaittaetent of E ng l and, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de ed I 4 ' 1 . 1. ' 111 ; and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. will ISA 8 -- "edY for TRIESE II AR, No. 1, tiers Mein. tion, Sperrnatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the whi .f T efre ebeene TRIESEMAR, No. 2, H. 1 ha, e v eee i ee Po in the abort space of three d, completely and entirely '''',, w , tes ion. rat t,,, h__--es of those Disordersa w ys on I hich Capivi and Cubebs - Is 4 Va,st b:-,..7.1, of t thought a popul n antidote for, to the ruin of the health ' O4 he 4 ,-. • TRIESEHAR, No. 3, BOS Unfortirreafmnitinental R ed for that class of Disorders, which LE( intltab una tolY the E • leEnglish p e h m ic y tan treats with Mercury, to the in- 0 •"`rsape r einmetion of Banatt's constitution, and which all the LE F I I sade,.sn, the World remove. .... Of ,IC: i 'LR, No . 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste . or smell, dail ei s. tee m th •• ,auseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table [tali se a°4l l ti e v, 4 U " b eing sus sted. Par ic e: - 40 - ses cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into Ti e o - administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, , 2 1 , 68. Cog be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John- in, 0.,„.-or.thill; Hannay and Co. , 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, ewrot-street. , . • vale the 1 kf ill , E I T E S Ns ity, E HEALTH. —A BATH with tion ~"" oath f ee S MARINE SALT is far superior to any known and -at e the l a. in. ov eedelicious buoyancy and fr es h ness It i m p ar t s t o the P T l ' a r ("Men ded by Dr. Andrew Ure, F R.S., &c. 6d. and all I dilly. Packet. sse 1 • • g rid b , Brid ges ~.7 n e nig. 103, Lestrienhall-street, and 213 A, Picca- ‘'l - • "athse ' '''./ R egent-circtis, Oxford-street; and at all Chemists the appl It It, AvBS E N D ST A R r' h eci re tit ~,,,,) eab PACKETS. best NO el. Packeth ball and rile t Piers. Pate Pe ek T ICS'._ is ty _at the Greenhithe, Pu e Piet et' ' availabl TICKETS are issued upon the Gravesend Star a l ", t _ r lway , 4 , e for return by them or by the London and Tilbury can ' ''',f,, etu r i i ,;r4teturn Tickets by the Rahway will also be available 'ne PackZ.,.' e e Star Packets. E all at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting) hall TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. ow, I'V' ,, SONO A iS. Terri ~ k , rac,, T .s ... <l, 0, ^' = ... el inval Pier A; .;-* .1,•'., 5.2 p .. .-: e .2 Al 3 4 C 3 4 t ll Time ti; F, ,-,. t TWI E 's i: 2 . g i') . '.I NI ....."-----.... '"' 0 '''"l ~. c.. 7 ......... 44 . 4 u • - (for * ta - - - -- upw, *9 -- .... 7:Ci - - .-- 1 8% - 11 fl y% - 7- .... - - - k !-- aC - - s (J 6 -- - - - / TR - 7 -- - - - 1 than ~...._l3 -- --.. --. 8 - - - i rght 1.717 ... ........--t S.... ( Pen, —nib tt . es Lrainsfrora the Boats marked t t e,. qu&rier from Fe ne h urc h •street Station to all parts ofBIIN London of an hour. LCK WU:IAF. BLA.CILWALL, on the arrival of the fol '°"ing TrP' - from the Fenehurch-street Station. No. 19,312.] PUBLICATIONS. To be ha 4 at all the libraries, THE NEW and POPULAR NOVELS, PUBLISHED BY HURST AND BLACKETT, • Successors to Henry - Co!burn, 13, Great Marlborcugh-street. Mrs TROLLUPE'3 LIFE and ADVENTURES of a CLEVER WOMA/s. THE VILLAGE MILLIONAIRE. By the Author of" The For tunes , )f Woman." VIV lA. By Mrs. J. ELPIIINSTONE DALRYMPLE. MAGDALEN HEPBURN. By the Authoe of " Margaret Mait land." OR , WE RISE. By JOHN C. JEAFFRECON. EDWARD WILLOUGHBY. By the Author of "The Discipline of Life." AUBREY. By the Author of "Emilia Wyndham." MILLAR. By the Author of " The Kinnears." Also, just ready, in 3 vols., MATTHEW PAXTON. Edited by the Author of " John Dray ton," " Ailieford," &c. MR. ST. JOHN'S NEW WORK. Foolscap, cloth, ss. T HE NEMESIS of POWER ; FORMS and CAUSES of REVOLUTION. By JAMES AUGUSTUS ST. JOHN, Author of " Isis,"" There and Back Again," &c. London :- Chapman and Hall,- 193, Piccadilly. NEW NOVEL. At all the Libraries, 1 vol., post svo., 95., TRANSMUTATION. A Novel. By NOR M. "This novel, bes•des having the merit that it gives in one volume as much story as we usually get in three, is good, inasmuch as it is remarkably w ell written ; the style of it is close and vigorous, the treatment of its details picturesque ; the characters, also, are well imagined and exceedingly well grouped."—Examiner. "The great merit of Transmutaton' is literary, consisting in the crisp clearness with which the ideas are conceived, and in the pointed style with which they are presented." Spectator. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. This day, one vol. fcap., 25., A. CHEAP EDITION OF THE HALF SISTERS. A Tale, By GERA.LDINE E. JEW BURY, Author of" Zoe," &c. Also, just published, MARY BARTON. 2s. THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY. 2s. THE B ,CHELOR OF THE ALBANY. 2s. HAWTHORNE'S BLITHEDALE ROAIANiI E. 29. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. THE UNIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE ASSOClATlON.—Established 1849. CHIEF OFFICES-52, King Willlam•street, London-bridge. TRUSTEES. John Lewis Ricardo, Esq., M.P. Rober William Kennard, Esq. I Charles J,,hu Mare, Esq Crarrshay Bailey, Esq., M.P. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. Annuities gran cod on most literal terms. Diseased and Declined Lives Assured. C. W. BEVAN, Managing Director. E. P. Rt.WSELL, Secretary. N.B.—Agents wanted throughout the kingdom. Liberal Commis sions. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and Brompton. —The Committee very respectfully present the following resu:t arising o 1 of 650 cases which came under treatment to the end of last year, viz :—T'iat there were 236 in the ulcerative ftage of the disease. 'I hat the average duration of disease previously to com ing to the Hospital gave two years and eight mouths. That those who had relations previously affected with the disease were 85. That tbe average age when the were attacked shows 43k years of age. That those who had been perated on previously to coming to the Hospital were 61. hat Vie lapse of time before the disea ereturned to those operated on was 114 years. That the cases ascribed to blows and other ii.ju:ies were 80. The benevolent and wealthy are earnestly entreated, before they leave town, to make some provision for the suffering patients left in the llosp tal. Treasurer—John Parldnson, Esq., 66, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co.. 59, Strand. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. 1, Cannon-row, Westminster. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE R 0031 82 (Lossee, Cnas. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TIIE SEASON. (n 4 will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELE BRA TE D BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overlap l Mail Galop, by D'Albert; a'so, by H. Laurent , the following Waltzes - La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi kins and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. rp HE CASINO de VENISE, HIGH & HOLBORN, is OPEN fOr the Season.—This popular and splendid Establi,hment having during the recess been Re-Deco rated by Messrs. Bachma) er, Bull (artists of the Crystal Palace), and Assistants, the whole of the pillars, pilasters, and walls lined with upwards of 350 superb Plates of Silvered Glass, a New Floor laid down in the Ball Room, an entirely New Orchestra erected, together with many alterations and improvements to numerous to particularise. Mr. W. M. PACKER'S Grand Band will perform nightly an endless variety of new and popular compositions. Doors open at half-past 8, and close at 12 o'clock. Admission, IS. PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSIIIITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MAN \ GEMENT. COURSE of MONDAY EVENING LE ;TUBES, specially address ed to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES, to which they and their families will be admitted on payment of SIXPENCE each, on producing a ticket signed by the Foreman or Superintendent of the Works to which they may belong. The -E6ONr) LECTURE of this COURSE will be delivered by J. H. PEPPER, Esq, on Monday Evening, the 21st inst., at Eight o'clock, on the CHEMISTRY of the NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS. GREAT SCIENTIFIC NOVELTIES. NATURE PRINTING, by Dr. BACHROFFNER. EXIIIBITI .1 , 7 of the MODEIIN GREEK FIRE, and of DU BOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE, in addition to all the Daily LECTURES by Messrs. PEPPER and BACHROFFNER OPT IcAL EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GAL LERY, &e., &e., &c. FOSS'S PATENT HAND PRINTING APPARATUS explained daily, with ninny other inventions. ABA Dof MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WAUD of the Royal Italian Opera, The Gas-lighting has been re-arranged by Jonw LESLIE, Esq. JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for the PItE.ERVATION of .POTATO.ES, SEEDS, &c —This valuable dis•covcry, for which Letters Patent have been obtained, is the r. suit of fourteen ye re' study and experiments In the preserva tion of vegetable matters. It imparts health and vigour to he Plants and seeds subjected to its a tion, and effectually prevents the P TWO DISEASE, 'the SHUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT, all FUNIAL DISEASES, and he attacks of INSECTS and VER MIN, and further r , commends itself to the termer, th planter, and the public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its application. It is sold by all seedsmen and Chemists, in packets of one, twcf, , hree, and four p•atis each, with instructions for its use, and parties requiring larger quantities for their own use or for exportation, cart be supplied on advantageous terms, by addressing to NI-. Jackson, the Patentee, 18, Cannon-street, London-bridge, where the article is always on sale, ant the full st particulars and directions for its use can be obtained. BARON LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—" I am myself an admirer of this beverage, and my ow, experience enables me to recommend it, in accordance with the opinion 01 the most eminent Engilsh physicians, as a very agree able and efficient tonic, and as a general beverage, both fur the invalid anti the robust.—Giessen, May 6. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE ONLY is BOTTLED by PARKER and TWINING, Beer Merchants, PALL-MALL. IMPERIAL MEASURE. - Quarts, Bs.; Pints, 55.; Half-pints (for luncheon), 3s. per dozen, Also in Casks of 16 gallons and upwards. P 1 TENT . 4ELF-A.D.H.TSTISIG TRUSSES. SALMON, ODY, el, CO., most respectfully in f,,rm the Pubic, that their PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING TRUSSEs word more ease and security fur the relief of HERNJA. than a y other instrument fur the purpose. They will amwer for rght or 1. ft ,due, requiring no under-strap or any galling Bandage. Persons in the country are requested to send the circumference of the Body one inch be.ow the Hips. CAUTION.—As many mercenary Druegists are vending an inferior article, Purchasers 'are requeste I to obterve, that SIL HON, ODY. & CO , 292, Strand, Lon ion, is marked upon the Leather Case. Sold by one or more Druggists in every City and Principal Town in the United Kingdom '"Ting Trains fioittiaTienaurcVstr7eVSta t r a t n oi Ina rok- in ' t - li ' e - Cnita"ii Z inic u d iu o r m e urugguns in every tatty and Principal Town Vasa, n A i±_____ SUNDAYS. OLIDAY for PARLIAMENT.—Then Par- Fan. ,ci H 1 ament is prorogued—the holiday is to lee a long one. We Ph i r i t - h e ,, i ) Fen,- a V s heet , —,.... church ~, .tE a measure of Parliamentary duties, but are most happy to measure the • 8 N . 4 "a Street 7. 8 p 3 3 . g members and their dep en d en t s f or the Dress which is admired in ......... ; A ' 0 4 f" 8 4 every station f or i ts excellence, fashion, sad cheapness. They don't 8 ..._ - _ _ y wish to make laws, it b e i ng the i r business to make clothes for every 10 ;i _ person in the world, a n d we are assured on ever hand that their 2 1 _ 931 efforts have m e t w ith the most astonishing success in all parts of the 4 221 _ io!,i --_ empire. 2 , I —._ The C nstitue t ts whi c h h ave pushed them forward to the repre -1:Z _ I % —— sentation of everybody is the best and most fashionable D ress are N t, -- --•— 2 X novel and unparallel e d materials, first-rate talent, and unequalled u 6 —3% workmanship a ppli e d t o al l Art i cles of Attire. Having worked hard 12 '. 5 through a very long session on every kind of good and correct .. "........... 2 : 6% — t h em measures, it wo u ld be re asona bl e enoug h for to claim a holiday. This, however, they could not do without inflicting an inconvenience Passages marked * are ran direct. on the public and neglecting their professions, which are to supply 0 cn . , For Cabin. S aloon, at any moment Dress, Hate, Caps, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &a., Bet „ r_°_rri.eiravesend and London— —.... •• 103. s. 2 &c., to order or ready-made, celebrated for superiority, elegance, 4 4 'resend and Blackwell or Woolwieh Bd. •• Os. 10d. neatness, novelty, and cheapness. - v t ,, 11 0A4,' ,Gravesend and Intermediate Plant__ RA n , e 4 Zo direct. For Cabin. Si m. r 7 t , l a r &Li Gravesend and Loudon-, • • 10d. t. Is. 2d. s 'ttot t Cre 3 ind and Blackwell or Woolwieh Bd. .. Os. 10d. 80.- Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. p ee ": TrCKE ~,. TS. —Twelve Months, b.. Os.; Six Months, W. Os.; etk.,‘4otlths, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the k ., ,,,Z! or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. : 1 . w . 4 141 superior Packets to be Let for Excursions. Apply to -414 et ° Nen, Agent, Star Cempany Star Office Fenchurch 4ti inns, Blackwell RailwitY• 2 4 , As commercial transactions and shipping business admits of no suspension, E. Mosns and Sors's Wholesale Clothing, Shirts, Hosiery, and Boot and Shoe trade is thoroughly efficient, Captains, Mer chants, Shippers, and Emigrants finding the greatest advantages are derived from outlays, to large or small amounts, In the wholesale department of E. MOSES and Sors's Establishment. Full LISTS of OUTFITS for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship. sailing information, may be had on application, or post free. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to, guard the public against imposition,having learned that the uutradesraan-like falseh oil of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OS OUT OR LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Patio.- Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged If desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure meat, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Id lion !ule Francais. Qui si parla Italian°. FPer snricht man DentAch. Anna sa habla Xsnano 4t4 tist t B.kt Tikfir Dab E T rllMrT L lEi OF YOUTH AND MATURITY . It-. - d with cases ; free by p os t f or 30 7.teil, piles a s., Ill us t ra t e stamps, .R, .u S DEBILITY; tkntor e , 4l Cliufes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper; ike h7„ce,a, With Practical Observations on a sa t fe e r t:,„".. triode of treatment of the diseases I n I d i ete o o f i n o e g rat a i n v d e 41,41,tit"4, obtained by the use of the Microscofe , : ve l - Y giki tilii by urinary examination, the . rea tri;m aus s e ol a ita nd ry eff ha ec b t d o s f - ace s , varletY of coroplaint, whether arising tw."' accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, Lo s u eo nd o ed e, liars,"*" Years' experience In the treatment of ~,,. as , tont cea, &C, To which e: t t aldoa - nility, Local Weakness, EtPerma _ a ‘atlo n ,, - -, ~.. oa rnentaries on the Physiology of m e jr pi i ti ag e e al w p i r t a t ti Pr e e e : 'a i , °WI i ts on the evils emanating from fl 1,.,... Le dangerorus remedies advocated by various writers on --'Portant disorders. h_ 37 _ Uy SAMUEL LAWERT, M.D. "'otte r ) ° , i ti EI)E 0 It D-S QI7AIt E, LOND . 0 N, b r 4l. ?, ,PL' edie nte, Matriculated Member or the University o' Society, --' liti.--42iorary Member of the London Hospital Medical So The ;,77°f A pothecaries' Hail, London. Ike., am -°qatile--"41 object of certain is to Point /.T d excesses, tvhi, as resulting from habits, irregularities an _ _ n. the fearful co li aosi u have Prodnced more misery in Youth, °the? „aPtiliremature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any degradation In Ma Dar tienl ai l.ar disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is i. t heir, ,;",,a2I,Y recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts o the h,.,—Zaal . eo ndttlon, and who are conscious of having hazarded tatitlq:"l4PPlneas, and privileges to which every human being is It i s • • Otitich4Oltitely necessary thatall men should know, that there are ik'ialniin:" Personal management which cannot be violated without '''a Deng triavons penalties, and -indulgence, and regret succeed !!1/lalay b , -aY of inconsiderate self-i how these penalties 110: 1 , 1t !gated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, ... - aitt th„,..." 1 , 8 el and itec.onsequences may be avoided, and above all, aera n ,;--. cargely any degree of physical infirmity or functional lisAgutZ,entto which the - timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Dracts or luta for a series of years been engaged in an extensive anfo ntin 4 Jae treatment of these dclicate complaints, which are t _alairi e , a _ Le ,_ l Y teen too generally confided to the care of ignorant 4 aith in '4,7,"*.iliffict great ry on those who arc induced to place ,_ lilt 1,4',..5.ta 'thin Pretensions. l irom: 44 ' 'Aid DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, tior„`" lto Co.; 23, P ateuostcr-rew ; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street ; thinZt 19..eicester-square;'Aiann, 39, Cornbill ; or free ry post for fore 'ta-taiDs.:l4:anr imidrus "rein the author ' s resiJouce, 37, Bed- AtIT rg ' ot a tul " u e for coasnitgion dilly tkora_ Slime tiU Two, find from 4VA OPENING OF KING'S LYNN ATHEN2EDIL—The Athe naeum in this town, projected some years ago by a few local residents, and just completed at a cost of about 7,0001. (Lord Stanley having subscribed 1,0001. for the purchase of books), was opened on Wednesday, in the presence of a large number of influential inhabitants. The building comprises a music hall, museum, news room, class rooms, &c. A library will be open for the working classes at a nominal subscription, the corpora tion contributing 50/. a year to the maintenance, and another annual grant of a ilk? amount to the Athenaeum generally. At the inauguration on Wednesday, an address from the working classes was presented to Lord Stanley, expressing their gratitude for his munificent donation. His lordship, in an eloquent reply, enlarged upon Cue advantsges of such institutions, and entered into various topics, in connexion with the educational wants of the country. LONDON, FRI THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The screw propeller for the Royal Albert was put in place yesterday. She is to be undocked on the 28th inst. Her topsailyards will be crossed to-day. On the 16th inst. over 1,500 persons visited this splendid ship, among whom were about 350 of the mechanics from Messrs. Mares' building-yard at Blackwall. The Centurion, 80, is ordered to be fitted with a screw propeller. The Boscawen, 70, Captain W. F. Glanville, from Portsmouth for the West Indies, and the merchant ship Caroline Harris, from Quebec, with timber for the dock-. yard, arrived at Plymouth yesterday (Thursday) morn ing. . . . — Her Majesty's ship Indefatigable has gone round to Leith to complete her complement of seamen previous to sailing for Brazil, where she will carry the flag of Rear- Admiral Hope Johnstone, appointed to the command on the South American station. The Longboat is ordered to proceed to Dover to raise men for service in dockyard craft. The Janus and Lizard remain at Sheerness waiting Admiralty orders fcr their departure. Dr. Waller, Assistant-Surgeon, yesterday took up his commission at Sheerness for service in the Royal George. He waits a passage out, being borne as a supernumerary on board the Waterloo flag-ship. Mr. George Garrett, extra clerk in the Storekeeper's office, took 17,p his appointment yesterday, and corn• menced duties. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants William H. Annesley (1854), to the Harrier, 16, screw steam-sloop, at Portsmouth ; Hon. William B. De Blaquire, to the Conway, 14, flag-ship, at Cork ; Henry Burnaby (1853), to the Swallow, 8, screw steam-sloop, at Portsmouth; Hugh T. Burgoyne (1854), from the Boscawen, 70, at Portsmouth, to the Curlew, 8, screw steam-sloop, at Woolwich ; Walter W. Morris (1846), at present in command of the Ca meleon, revenue vessel, to the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship, at Sheerness ; Charles R. Scott (1854), to the Cossack, 20, screw steam-corvette, at Chatham • John H. M. Calcraft (1854, pr omo t e d f rom mate of the Rodney, 90, serving in the Black Sea, to the Curacoa, 30, screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. 111a•teis Richard W. Ward (1850), from the Coast Guard, to the Cossack, 20, screw steam corvette ; John G. Anderson (1850), from the Coast Guard, to the Har rier, 8, screw steam-sloop; Ambrose J. A. Berton (1853), to the Curlew, 8, screw steam-sloop. Acting Ma,ster—William G. Aldrich (second master of 1840, from the Janus, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, to the Swallow, 8, screw steam-sloop. Surgeon —Harvey Morris (1838), to the Powerful, 84, at Portsmouth. Acting Second Master—Charles J. Pulfer, to the Janus, steam-vessel, vice Aldrich. THE SCREW SQUADRON. The new screw squadron in active service has been increased by the commissioning of five more of the screw vessels that have been recently launched, viz. : Curaciia, 30, an improved Tribune, built at Pembroke, and now at Portsmouth, 1,569 tons, and 350 horse power, is to be commanded by Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings (1845), an officer well known in the Chinese war, and as commander of the Harlequin, 16, in her affray. with the Borneo pirates. His last service was in command of the Cyclops, 6, paddle-wheel frigate; on the coast of Africa. The Cossack, 21 (similar to Highfiyer), 250-horse power, built for the Russians by Mr. Pitcher, at Northfleet, and now at Chatham, to be commanded by Captain E. G. Fanshawe (1843), an officer who was promoted from the command of the Cruizer, 16, for service in the East Indies, and whose last service was in command of the Dwdalus, 19, in the Pacific. The Harrier, 16, screw, 747 tons, 100-horse power, improved Wasp and Acorn, built at Pembroke, arid fit ting at Portsmouth, to be commanded by Commander H. G. Austen (1846). The Curlew, 8, new class of screw-sloop or gun-vessel, 485 tons, 60-horse power, built at Deptford, fitting at Woolwich, to be commanded by Commander Rowley Lambert (1853), son of Rear-Admiral Sir G. Lambert, promoted for his gallantry at Burwah. The Swallow, 8, sister vessel to the Curlew, built at Pembroke, fitting at Portsmouth, to be commanded by Commander A. B. Crauford (1854), promoted on paying off the Alban, steam-tender, from Jamaica. As we stated a few days since, there are others of the above classes that are being brought forward, or are in course of rapid construction; the Pylwles, 21, and Pearl, 21, for instance, and the Falcon, 15, just launched ; the Fawn, Mutine, and Alert, of that class, all of which are being fitted with the excellent machinery of Miller, Ra venhill, and Salkeld ; also the smaller class—Ariel, 8, Lyra, 8, and Cameleon, B—now building. The Admiralty are most anxious that ail these vessels should be finished and at sea, for the services of such craft are loudly and imperatively demanded. OFFICIAL VISIT TO PORTSMOUTH. A Board of Admiralty, consisting of the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, G.C.8., First Lord ; Rear-Admiral of the Red, the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C.B Senior Naval Lord ; 'and Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., Fourth Lord, accompanied by Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy ; Colonel Greene, Director of Admiralty Engineering Works, commenced their annual' official inspection of Portsmouth Dock yard and station yesterday. They landed at the King's stairs in the dockyard, where Rear-Admiral-Superin tendent Martin and the whole of his principal officers were in waiting to attend them in their perambula tions. Their Lordships immediately went to the old and new smithiei and other departments in that quarter, proceeding thence round the steam basin on board the new screw-sloop Harrier, 16, which they or dered to be commissioned on the previous evening, and round by the new ships building under the patent iron sheds, &c. The board thence repaired to the office of the Admiral. Superintendent, and transacted business until 2 p.m., when the First Lord embarked on the Fire Queen and returned to Cowes, his colleagues leaving the dockyard at half past two for the George, where they conducted correspondence, gave audience to officers, friends, &c. =The First Lord will hold a levee at the Royal. Naval College at 12 o'clock to-morrow, giving audience to officers who may not have had an ins terview with him during the past twelve months. The Board dined last evening (Thursday) with Rear-Admiral dockyard. Superintendent To. m M o a n r o ti w n , the a t T his , ir6t officialL Lord gives themansion i a ; the nual dinner of the Board at the George Hotel. Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, with the Admiral Superintendent, Master Shipwright, Chief Engineer, and their chief as sistants (Messrs. Moody and Miller) were on board the Harrier, new screw-sloop,, more than an hour yesterday, having under discussion some suggested alterations for the improvement of her machinery, which is very differ ent to that of other vessels. THE RUSSIAN SHIPS. The following Russian ships have been condemned, and decrees isued for their sale :—Anna Catarina, Polka, Alexander, Louisa, Amalie, Livonia, Louisa, and a schooner (name unknown), all prizes to her Majesty's ship Amphion ' • also the Johan Carl, prize to her Majesty's ship Cruiser, and the Augustus, prize to her Majesty's ships Hecla and Arrogant. The Russian ships Najaden and Gebroeders have also been condemned. The Court of Admiralty have reserved their judgment respecting the Norwegian vessel Johanna Maria, prize to her Majesty's ship Archer, for breaking the blockade of Riga. COMMANDERS' OUT-PENSIONS OF GREEN WICH HOSPITAL. The following officers have been appointed to receive the vacant out-pensions of Greenwich Hospital :-- Commander William Smith (a) (1826), who served 18 years with great gallantry and distinction during the war. His grandfather went round the world with Lord Anson, his father was a captain in the navy, and his brother, who died a lieutenant, was wounded at Trafalgar.. Commander James Atkins (a) (1848), who is in the 78th year of his age, and served 17 years successively during the war, 12 years of which was uninterrupted ser vice in the West Indies. Afloat and ashore he was in many a gallant affair, in which he received' an 18 oz. shot in his chest. Commander Joseph Chegwin (1848). This officer served eleven years during the war. His great gallantry raised him from before the mast to be a quarter-deck officer. He was in some sharp cutting out expeditions and privateer actions, was coxswain in Sir R. Calder's action, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1809 for his distinguished service at the bombardment of Flushing. Commander Thomas Holloway (1854), on the retired list, died on the 13th inst., at his son-in-law's, 14, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, after three days' illness. He was of West Grove, St. Lawren ce V alley, Jersey, and was in his 64th year. Commander Charles R. Carter (1853), and Francis J. Diggeus (1853), have both been appointed to the coast guard. PROMOTION OF LIEUT. R ROBERTSON. . _ It has been already announced that Lieut. Robertson (1840) has been appointed surveyor to the Board of Trade under the new act of Parliament. Not only has this officer received this appointment of 5001. per an nuli salary, but the Board of Admiralty, in considers. tion of his faithful, arduous, and zealous services at Woolwich, in fitting and trying the various steam vessels in the river, have handsomely promoted him to the rank of commander. This gallant brit neglected officer has at length met with his just reward. Mr. W. Andrews, superintendent to the European Telegraph Company, arrived at Sheerness on the 16th instant. The wires in the admiral's offices were con nected, and messages were transmitted to the interme diate stations between there and Somerset-house. The following offices are now in communication with each other, viz. Sheerness, Chatham, Woolwich, and Deptford, with Whitehall. Deal and Dover will be in AY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1854. connection in the course of a clay or two. The Work. ing parts have proved highly satisfaAory. THE 57TH FOR CORFU. Lieut.-Colonel Sha.dforth'a division of the 57th at Cork will embark there in the Mauritius, SOO tons, screw-steamer, for Corfu. The officers and men of the 40th and 57th; at Lime rick garrison, aro nursing the moustache, under the re cent general order. The 71st, at Cork, gave 400 volunteers to the 57th for Turkey. , DRAFTS FOR THE EAST. Nine hundred rank and file are held in readiness to proceed from the depot battalion at Ferrnoy to Cork, for conveyance to Turkey, to join the 30th, 33d, 49th, and .50th. SZCON D COURT-MARTI AL ON LIEUT. PERRY, AT WINDSOR. FIFTEENTH DAY—TienneDev. The general court-martial appointed to try Lieutenant James Edward Perry, of the 46th Regiment, re-assem bled this morning in the officers' messroco, at the In fantry Barracks, Windsor ; Colonel T. E. Kelly pre siding. Major-General Wetherall attended as prose cutter ; and Brigade-Major Dalgetty officiated as Deputy Jud ge-Advocate. After some preliminary conversation, e- • The President said, the Court is now prepared and ready to hear you (addressing the prisoner); are you prepared with your defence ? Prisoner—l have neither the means nor the intention to prolong this inquiry ; I will put in the states of the diffegent companies of the regiment the day before the two companies embarked for Turkey, with the excep tion of those of the light company, which, I understand, are either lost or destroyed. These are the certified extracts of the evidence given by me on the trial of T. F. Greer on the 21st of July last, and I wish those por tions to be read, inasmuch as they bear on my trial. Tim Deputy Judge-Advocate read a portion of Lieut. Pen y's evidence on the trial of Lieutenant Greer, and afterwards the Co ur t d ec id e d t h at t h e whole of Lieu tenant Perry's evidence should be read. The proceed ings were signed by the Judge Advocate-General, Steven Charles Denison, and they related principally to the gambling transaction between Lieutenant Greer and Lientsnant Perry. Prisoner—l wish after that being read to state that I have never received one farthing of the money I stated I won from Mr. Greer, nor do I ever expect to receive it. Tao prisoner, on being called upon, delivered the following defence, which was listened to with the greatest interest, profound silence being preserved in court dur ng the whole of the time. " Arr. President and Gentlemen of the court-martial,— Borns. down with fatigue and anxiety, I am now called upon to defend myself beforo this tribunal, not against clear, open, and written charges only, but against vague insinuations, which hostile and vindictive witnesses have thought fit to invent for the purpose of tarnishing my re putation and prejudging me before this Court and the public; but, nevertheless, I cheerfully rise in my own vindication, because lam persuaded that I shall meet with a countenance of that patience which has hitherto been so generously displayed by the Court, and because I know I shall meet with sympathy and justice at the hands of my gallant and honourable military judges. If I had not been supported during these protracted and harassing proceed ings by a consciousness of innocence, I should long since have sunk exhausted, humiliates, and disgraced ; but, with conscious rectitude, I have, as a subaltern, been enabled to sustain this unequal contest, with only one friend to cheer, to advise, and to encourage me. With all the unkindness which has been exhibited by the witnesses for the prosecution, I am sure you will believe that all that could be said has been said against me. It is not to vindictive slanders and calumnies on my reputation without founda tion and support only that I have been subjected before this Court, but I have had to contend with concert, pre arrangement of evidence, and conspiracy. When Lieu tenant Duncombe is asked whether, since that inquiry was instituted, and it was known that he would be called upon to give evidence, he had been spoken to relative to the nature of the evidence he would give, and who spoke to him, and what they said, he sled' .• . . .•e s . t. : cues tion. How m an y more witness eeifie• confessed to dis cuss i ng th e ey i . e e dined to give the names of the parties Wi IL I AC= they so discussed it How many answers are given in the same stereotyped. phraseology ! Are not these proofs of concert and pre -arrangement of evidence, for if there had been no concert or pre -arrangement to conceal, why were not all my questions frankly answered? Again, I say, I have to contend with a conspiracy in the regiment against me. After the letter on which the two first charges are founded was sent to the President of the court-mai•tial oil Lieutenant Greer, Colonel Garrett called the officers together, and, as they were anxious au far as possible to clear the colonel and vindicate themselves, they signed each of them papers, answering certain questions in re ference to my letter, on the supposition that the Horse Guards would thereby be satisfied and the colonel relieved from further censure, little anticipating at that time that court-martial was ordered upon mo these volunteers of I should be the object of another inqui asf t cp y mhge . cueeptaiatrtosti When a second ignorance to the Horse Guards are called upon to give evidence. They have already committed themselves in their written answers. How is the difficulty to be over come? Simply enough. Only speak to the best of your recollection—non ricordo—and the problem is solved. The difficulty is got over, but lam the victim. If there had been no conspiracy, why did Lieutenant Curtis, a re lative, 1 believe, of the Colonel, state, first, that the officers did not assemble, and, when pressed if the officers were not in deliberation an hour, say that the meeting was for auditing the mess accounts. Whereas Lieutenant Hesketh says the officers were assembled simply to discuss what ap peared in my letter, and the mess accounts were never audited on that occasion. Will any member of this Court give credit to the witnesses fur the prosecution—that the evidence from time to time was not duly discussed, and tont e ahf v a e e ntiry i tee •y ee if:oael h lrlsbes o eyco l h e ttioiadco i n tnadi tidcineaaontuutdbylaydeNkvmnhe as attacked attempted to be stopped by an swers stereotyped and arranged, till, driven to desperation tt u m pee y rffae ent p ce r tn i a lesv t da e si character a o rwuacshtet ignorancerm. ta b ao y nl dcb m i eow a u l a i sa g nt I feel persuaded that as a young officer, without a father or relative to sustain or advise him while compelled •to defend i himself almost helpless and alone against charges so /pave and numerous, I shall bespeak the manly and generous sympathy of every and when it is shown that I have awb m ieai edetvmnne thateba 11t e it r esas o he,I f ekwdhe t ahhadt teothsapCabnhetoodeaeutdvnsurroundedy treatedt calumny, and perjury, may I not ask for more than sym pathy—foren tr i gh : no from prosecu tion mees could eamenu 1. tion had been confined simply to the charges against me, faithful friends, the paltry reasons for shunning me. I feel it but just to myself to mention that my case has been in jured in consequence of my being from time to time stopped in my cross-examination of witnesses when I was following out and exposing a vein of prevarication or some ramifica tions of falsehood or malice, and told by the Court that I could call such witnesses in my def . • ence, as if it were in my power to break down, by an examination in chief a hostile witness in the same manner as by sifting cross this Court, soldiers, were not aware at the time of the di fficultie a s s. such a course would entail on me. And I submit that I s have another just cause of complaint, for when I sought for the produc tion of Lieutenant Shervington's letter, to shake the testi mony of Captain Campbell, and to prove that I was not actuated by any desiree to set at nought authority or to dis rage my superiors, nd that What he Pa - referred to was a me re jest, and had throughout been so treated by Lieu tenant Shervington, the whole of the letters were carefully broright out, put upon record, and published, as if I had been on my trial for every peccadillo of my life. With the exceptions just referrel to, I am bound in justice to this Court to observe that I have been treated with great for bearance, kindness, and consideration. The course pursued by the President will evere_V tje him -`) ray warmest respect and gratitude, for never d I witness more dignity com bined with justice, uprightness, and kindness. The observa in tions that I have felt due to myself, in reference to tho honourable withuYp a ber s yoeP iracY, combination, proceedings of this Court, I am sure eeiticise and show will not be allowed by innocent man. particu so gallant and honourable a body to militate against sue. I 30 supported ; after Nor will military esprit de corps be permittinedytooernbtyerthpreeir judicially into the bosoms of those wieo sit h ere as judges either llvatercwdyii el lto t nottoehwceo pronounce benesicagorngn become e m s m e mym t a to eaa d iann i gsfgiaunri painful injured retue duty ad a y n eta, d onn a rcni n ed f af aentr snoreh e evidence by w w h h i i e c h. h. I th s o h s ai e i chaess the worthlessness of that evidence. .The 0 1 , 13 made against me are, in substance,. the foll t o e w r 6. "1. That I falsely stated in ale t to Colon 1 kII to e p n y t e s de andto that Colonel Garrett reproached and called tee a fool for my pains after I had reported to him. " 2. That it was false that I made any threat to Colonel Garrett, either by word of mouth district. rm writing, that I endeavour r to at t a s lT a l would appeal to the general of the "3. That I stated falsely, in my _evidence on Lieutenant Greer's trial. that Captain Nicholas had illtreated other officers on joining. Pi on t "4. That in nay letter to ColonelP, , he Deputy- Judge -Advocate on Mr. Greer's court-martial, had falsely imputed to Captain Nicholas that he illtreated young of ficers, or aided and abetted others in doing so. The first witness called on, the first and second charges is Colonel Garrett, who stated that he does not rinneraber the particular cause of my complaint to him, but thinks it had reference to pulling my bed about; and that he had no re collection of having on that or any other occasion reproached me and called me a fool for my pains. But 'When p resse d , in cross-examina t i on , distinctly to deny that he ever used the words in the - presence of any one, says, i n a most qualified manner, 'I really don't think I ever did; it is a long time ago; I cannot charge my memory with ever having made that observation.' And when subsequently asked if he had in any instance used reproachful language to any of the officers ' after a complaint of being pull e d out of b e d, b egs to decline answering the question. When again asked if he • recollected, or whether the acting adjutant told him, that I threatened to report the circumstances to the general of the district, he said, ' I do not recollect.' The next witness examined for the prosecution, on the first and second charges was Major M axwe ll . Wh en as k e d w h e th er it was within his knowledge, or had he any reason to believe, that Colonel Garrett did call me a fool for my pains, or reproach tnefor making a complaint, he says he never heard Col. Garrett call me a fool for my pains, and never heard Col. Garrett reproach rue for making a complaint. And in a subse quent part of his evidence he speaks of the reprimand given to the officers of whom I complained, and that the reprimand ws s so strong that the only instance of a prac tical joke that he knew of afterwards was that of Lieut. Dunscombe; yet, so defective in the memory of Major Maxwell, that, although he could recollect Duns com b e ' s blutAtios iu 1853, and nolloct Dunicicbtio Appeal— Major, will you stand this ?" still he knew not afterwards of any instance of an officer being pulled out of his bed at Weedon, although that oc curre d only in the month of Msy last. But when further pressed as to an officer being brought down in his shirt, and placed on the table, he says—' I have some slight recollection, now it is brought to my memory, of something of the kind happen iug at Weedon, but it made no impression on my mind at the time.' And this witness, in his evidence !relating to Dunscombe's affair, would have left the court t o b e li eve that all was settled amicably, for he says that Mr. Duns scombe appeared in his uniform in the ante-room about 1 five minutes afterwards, although it is proved by Lieut. Dunscombe and Major Fyffe that Lieut. Dnnscombs threat-' ened by letter to,appeal to the General of the district the followin g morning. The next witness for the prosecution " is Major Fyffe, who, when asked bo the prosecutor whe ther it was within his knowledge that Colonel Garrett did, on the occasion of my making a complaint, or on any other occasion, call me a fool for my pains, or reprove use for making complaints, stated certainly not, within his knowledge, n or did h e. ever hear that Colonel Garrett had so done. And when asked if he knew that I had ever sent a letter to Colonel Garrett threatening to appeal to the General of the district, stated he never heard of such a threat, either by letter or word, but that Colonel Garrett might have received such a letter without his know ledge. And subsequently, after great hesitation and several equivocations, he said he had beard in casual conversation that Lieutenant Dunscombe had complained to the General of the district by letter. I next come to Captain Sand with, who so discreditably attempted to assail my private cha racter, and who appears to have some enormous feeling of prejudice against me. He never heard Colonel Garrett call nee a fool, or reproach me for making complaints. He does not know that I threatened to complain to the General of the district. Ho does not know that I ever was persecuted. This witness, who was adjutant, stated that no system of persecution could have existed without his knowledge, yet it appeared, subsequen'tly, by his evidence, that the persecu tion of Waldey and Knapp took place without his know ledge, and he afterwards boldly stated that Lieutenant Dnnscombe's letter was not to the General of the district, but to the colonel only, whereas Lieutenant Dunscom be and Major Fyffe both proved that it was, through the colonel, to the General of the district. This evidence is therefore worse than useless. The next witness called against me is Captain Nicholas. He never heard me called .a fool for my pains by Colonel Garrett, or reproached for reporting. He never heard that I threatened by letter to appeal to the General of the district. Lieutenant and Adjutant M'Alister is then called. He has no recollection of being present when an officer was reprimanded, never heard me called a fool for my pains. Never did I, to his knowledge, threaten to appeal to tho General of the district. When, however, asked questions in reference to Dunscombe's affair, ho heard that Colonel Garrett had not reprimanded him for making the complaint, but for improperly wording it, whereas Lieutenant Dunscombe says that he was blamed by the colonel for making a threat before applying to him. Lieutenant Dunscornbe is the next witness against me, but I shall forbear making any further observation on his evi dence beyond stating that when asked in cross-examina tion whether since this inquiry was instituted, and it was known ho would be called as a witness, he had been spoken to relative to the nature of the evidence ho should give, and if so, by whom, and what did they say, ho replied, ' I decline to answer the question ; ' but the effect of this pre concert with the witness is remarkable, for when asked if since the regiment left Dublin he had been annoyed by the officers forcing their way into his room and pulling him out of his bed, he replied, I have by the prisoner himself, at Manchester and, when urged upon the point, admits that he was not even pulled out of his bed, but that his door was broken open, and he believed that I did it; as if its were possible for him to depose under the circumstances to such a fact. The next witness against me is Lieut. Curtis, a relative, I believe, of Colonel Garrett. Now, he speaks strongly on the first charge, and he states positively that Colonel Garrett never reproached me for - making a complaint, or called me a fool for my pains, and he does not know that I ever sent a letter to Colonel Garrett, threatening to appeal to the General of the district. This witness's evidence, however, is not entitled to either weight or credit, f or w h en asked if? the officers' assembly was not sounded, and if all the officers were not called together to refresh each other's memory, he stated at first Certainly not !' and if the officers' assembly was sounded for any other purpose, he was not there. But, on re-consideration, he said he thought the officers' assembly did sound, but he had forgotten the day; it was for auditing the mess accounts that the assembly was sounded, and that the meeting was a day or two before the court martial assembled—the day Colonel Garrett went to the Horse Guards. Now, Lieutenant Hesketh express l y d en i es thi s and says that the officers were assembled simply to dis cuss what appeared in my letter. This witness, how ever, does not deny h e sa id t o me, that I think you got the worst of reporting this time, old fellow ; and again, al though this witness did not recollect Colonel Garrett call ing me a fool for my pains, an independent witness Capt. Chambers, has sworn that he told him that Colonel Gar rett had called me a fool for my pains for reporting, and that the cb onmstance was referred to by several officers of the mess. Colonel Garrett is again called in reference to the second charge, and says he never received any letter threatening to complain to the General of the district, al though he positively stated that he did not recollect ; but when asked if he had no clearer recollection of my letter to him than ho had of calling me a fool for my pains, and if 1 proved he was in error when he said he did not call me a fool for my pains, would he not think himself equally in error when he said I did not write him the .letter, he re plied that if it should be proved that he was mistaken on either one or the other of these points it would be for the Court, but not for himself, to pass its own opinion. Still there is no groat confidence in Colonel Garrett's recollec tion, and he admits that if in error in one case he may be in the other. The next witness is Lieut. Hesketh, whose evidence amounts to nothing against me. _Lie was not pro sent when the reprimand was given. He does not know whether Colonel Garrett called me a fool for my pains, and ho never heard that I had written to Colonel Garrett, threatening to complain to the Genes-al of the district. The effect of all which evidence on the first charge is, that Colonel Garrett does not recollect calling me a fool for my pains; Major Maxwell never heard him say so; Major Fyffe had no knowledge of it ; Captain Sand with never heard it ; Captain Nicholas never heard it; Lieutenant and Adjutant M'Alister never heard it, and Lieutenant Ifesketh never heard it. There aro, there fore, eight witnesses, all of whom state they either did not hear Colonel Garrett call me a fool for my pains, or did not recollect Colonel Garrett calling me a fool for my pains. Two witnesses, Lioutenauts Duns combo and Curtis. speak more distinctly, but, for 'the reasons before stated, their evidence is loss than worthless. The first charge therefore, on the evidence brought to sup port it, has positively failed. My statement is an affirma tive statement, and is not only true in fact, but in law is presumed to be true until its falsehood is shown. , But no quantity of non mi ricordo evidence can amount to truth. No accumulation of nothings can produce an unit, for it is perfectly consistent with my statement that all the eight witnesses may neither not have recollected nor have heard Col. Garrett Call me a fool, and still ho may have called, and slid call me a fool notwithstanding. I come now to a summary of the prosecutor's evidence on the second charge. Col. Garrett says he never did receive my letter threatening to complain to the general of the district, having previously stated that he had no recollection of the circumstance; Ma jor Maxwell gave no evidence on the paint ' • Major Fyffe never heard of my so d o i ng; C ap t . Sandwith does not know of myso doin g ; Capt. Nich o l as never h ear d o f my so d o i ng; Lieut. and Adjutant M'Alister had no knowledge of my so doing; Lieut. Dunscombe has no knowledge of my so doing; Lieut. Curtis has no knowledge of my so doing; Lieut. Hes keth has never heard of my so doing; so that, in fact, the only witness who attempts to prove by any shadow of legal evidence the second charge is Col. Garrett. I proceed now to the evidence produced on the part of the prosecutor to the 3d and 4th charges. Sixteen witne ss e s h ave b een ca ll e d with the ende a v o ur to prove a negative to support those charges. Ensign Coote denies in his evidence that Captain Nicholas on any occasion called him "a d—a son of a of an ensign," but Lieut. W a ld y s h ows th at t h ose oppro brious epithets were applied by Captain Nicholas to the witness. 'Ensign Hutton does not remember ever having heard Captain. Nicholas use opprobrious language towards young officers. Lieutenant W. T. Waldy, though he denies Mitt he ever said or even wrote that Captain Nicho. laeienllea Deign Coote za - cl--d son of a of an ensign,' is convicted by his own letter of having prevaricated, for .in that letter, written immediately after the occnrence, he expressly says. hat Captain Nicholas did use those oppro brious words to Engsign Coote at the mess table, and that. he never saw such fun; the evidence therefore of Lieuten ant W. T. Waldy and Ensign Coote is rendered worthless, and the evidence of Ensign Hutton, who only deals in a non mi ricordo relative to Captain Nicholas's opprobrious language, does not, therefore, support either the third or fourth charges made against me. Lieutenant Dunscombe, when asked if he ever heard Captain Nicholas use oppro brious language to him for reporting, replies, Never to my recollection;' and when asked whether Captain Nicho las was not present when he (Dunscombe) was pulled out of his bed by Captain Webb, made the qualified reply, I do not remember that he was.' When again asked, if any officer ever stated to him or in his presence that he would be revenged for indignities heaped upon him by Captain Nicholas, he replied, Never to my recollection ;' and when again asked who the officers were of whom he complained, he said there were four, but he only recollected Greer and Knapp; and when further pressed as to who the other two were he said, Captain Nicholas was not one of them.' Now, how is it possible for Lieutenant Dunscombe to say that Captain Nicholas was not one of those officers when he declares he does not know who they were. He subsequently, how ever, endeavours to account for recollecting Greer and Knapp, only because Knapp was in Turkey and Greer under arrest, and his answer is very remarkable, for he says the very circumstance of one being in Turkey and the other being under arrest served to impress their names on his memory. Now, will any reasonable man believe that an ex post facto circumstance would serve to impress the names of two of the parties on the memory of this wit ness, and yet that he should still continue oblivious as to the rest? Lieutenant Ford is then called, but exhibits total want of memory, for when asked whether Curtis and Fans were not in his ro om w h en he was pulled out f o bed , by Ensign Castles of the 17th, he stated that there was o only one officer of the 46th there, and that was Lieut. Greer, and that upon his attempting to lay hold of the bedclothes, he caught hold of him and thrust him out of the roe found cm; thst but on reference to Lieut. Curtis's evidence it will be ho states that he and two other officers of tuhteE4tiestilzNarerepr Castlese - sent, and that Ford thrust, not Greer, out of the room, and, as Lieutenanit bttartnisopirjotteudniiattyelayi. succeeded Lieutenant Ford, and had what that eituuss looking into the newspapers and seein h g spoke the truth, stated, ho no doubt, in this instance, be r rearkably forgetful Lieutenant Curtis appears only to for when examined on the third and fourth charges, upon which he specks strongly, he admits that, on alleging, when he last gave his evidence, that the meeting of the officers to canvas my letter was merely to audit the mess account s , he totally forgot such meeting had been held. How i s it possible that any weight can be given to the testimony of such a witness when he forgets so momentous o t m o e a n u t b o 7 u t s i tau tmeeting t as ze that which was held, and attempts meeting for auditing the mess accounts, which it was after wards proved never took place at all? I will not trouble the court further as to the prevarication of this witness on the third and fourth charge s . Lieut. Lluellyn is then called ; he simply says that he had never seen or heard that Capt. Nicholas aided and abetted in the annoying of Yom aorgl, and, whin% asked wilt:4lloz Captain Nicholas []PRICE SD, had any hand in throwing the things out of Knapp's and Walcly's room, said he had not, to the best of his recollec tion. When again asked how many officers assisted— he says, to the best of his recollection, he only remembered one; but when pressed with a question that detailed an amount of work that would have occupied a number of men for a considerable time, he ans wers th at h e thinks there were some officers in Waidy's room, but he only re collects himself being engaged in throwing things out of the window, although Captain Chambers states that he was the person who threw the things out of the window, and that he (Captain Chambers) took them b ec k aga i n. L ieut. Fane, when examined and asked if ho ever heard Captain Nicholas use opprobrious language to any other officer, replied, not to his knowledge. The next witness examined is Lieutenant Greer (whom I heartily forgive for his treat ment of me, and on whose account, indirectly, I am now in my present situation), and he speaks with a degree of positiveness to all that tells against me ; but when I asked him if he did not say quite recently to an officer who is now gone to Turkey that I had been an ill-treated and badly-used man ever since I joined the regiment, he replied, ' I have no recollection of it and when f ur th er ques tioned, states that ho had discussed the nature of the evidence given with one or two officers of the regiment, but, when strongly pressed, thinks there were six or seven officers with him, but declines to mention their names ; and, when asked if Lieutenant Shervinton had been au thorized by him to deliver any message to me, said he did not recollect authorizing him to deliver any message to me. It will be observed that to every important question that was put to this witness that would tend to my benefit and support my case, he replied by Non mi recordo.' Lieutenant and Adjutant M'Alister, when examined against me on these charges, simply says that he was not aware that Captain Nicholas aided and abetting in annoy ing young officers, as if that evidence, which is equivalent to a non mi ricordo is sufficient to prove the falseness of my statement. Captain Campbell is the next witness ex amined, but with all his injustice towards me, and with all his desire to produce an unfavourable impression against me, he does not attempt to say more than this, that Captain Nicholas does not aid or abet others in annoy ing young officers, to the best of his belief; but when pressed by me with this question, Have you never hoard of any practical jokes in which Capt. Nicholas has been concerned ?' replied—and may I beg you. to mark the reply?—' A practical joke is a wide term; I have never known him join in a practical joke to annoy any one.' To the rest of Capt. Colin Campbell's evidence I will not refer ; but this I will declare, that the attempt on the part of the prosecutor to produce a series of letters containing charges against me that hid been condoned, forgiven, and forgot ten. was an act of injustice I little expected at his hands ; and the attempt of Capt. Campbell to neutralise the effect of Lieut. Shervinton's generous admission, Y that, as well when he reported as afterwards, he was always of opinion that I acted in a thoughtless and inconside rate manner, without the most distant intention of showing ing contempt for authority or committing a breach of disci pline, is as mean as it is malicious. Out of 16 witnesses who were called to prove the third and fourth charges, seven I have convicted of prevarication. Two others of them, when asked as to oporobiotis language used by Captain Nicholas, simply answered !elroes mi ricordo.' Another answers that he was not aware ; and Captain Campbell does not deny the participation of Captain Nicholas in practical jokes. The rest are so young in the service I never knew them until I came to 'Windsor. Can such evidence as this bo relied upon as a logical and legal proof of Captain Nicholas never having ill-treated brother officers ? There was a clearer and more distinct, a more definite mode of proof, and the only positive, moral, and legal proof to support the third and fourth charges, and that was the evidence of Captain Nicholas himself. Colonel Garrett. who was immediately affected by the first and second charges, was examined by the prosecutor in support of those charges, and why was not Captain Nich o l as exam i ce d to support' the third and tourth charges ? Because the practical jokes referred to by . Captain Campbell, the aiding and abetting of which Lieu tenant M'Alister was not aware of, and the opprobrious language so many did not recollect, but which was in one instance, unfortunately for the prosecution, committed to writing, would all have been made manifest, and myself vindicated, and Captain Nicholas shown to have illtreated other officers on joining. I have now dissected the evidence given on the part of the prosecution in support of al! the charges against me, and I vent ure t o assert, as I am told by the higest legal authorities, that on such evidence no civil judge or jury of my country would hesitate a moment to find me innocent of all the charges laid against me ; and I am confident that, when you shall have weighed the evidence and observed the animtcs of the witnesses, with the concert and conspiracy to crush me, you will, even on the case as made out by the prosecution, unanimously find me not guilty. I will now proceed further to trespass upon the patience of this honourable tribunal by referring to the indignities I received at the hands of my brother officers, which I was ultimately induced to resent, and which has ended in this inquiry. When I first joined the 46th I was 20 years of age. It was on the 14th of April, 1853, that I came fresh from my tutor to the barracks. My father was then serving hie country as an officer in the Royal Irish Fusiliers, in India. I had no friends nor near relations who were interested in me ; and I was placed in the regiment to fight my own way in the world, with the limited pay of an ensign, and such slight pecuniary as sistance as my father could afford me out of his pay. As officers, you must see that I was not a rich man. I ,_had none of the advantages which wealth commands, and was therefore nnabie.ao 'support the character of a fast man consistently with that of an honourable one. On the contrary, I was necessarily deb,rred from many pleasures and many comforts which I gladly saw others enjoy. My time I, however, occupied not in low de bauchery, not in drunkenness and riot, not in dis turbing the comfort and wounding the feelings of My brother officers by practical jokes, as some have en deavoured to insinuate, but in the study of my profession ; and during the short period I have been in the regiment I have rendered myself tolerably conversant with fortifica tions and other branches of the service. I have occupied my leisure hours chiefly in the improvement of my mind, and in the cultivation of music, drawing, and the modern languages ; and I did look forward to the time when I eight have served my Queen as a brave and able officer. No sooner had I joined the regiment than I became the object of continued indignities and annoyances. I was pulled out of my bed, and on many occasions made to go through the sword exercise in a state of nudity. My shirt was torn from my back ; I was beaten with an umbrella ; I was compelled by force to get into my tub ; and these indignities were practised upon me, not merely in the presence of officers; but privates in the regiments were witnesses of the pro ceedings. I experienced for some time thsee-dagradatione, and asked the advice of an old officer, who told me to put up with such treatment as well as I could until younger officers joined, when I should be relieved. I was not, however, relieved, and I at last complained to officers of the regiment—to Major Maxwell, and oven to my corn-: mending officer, and met with no redress. I would cheer fully have submitted to any fair share of annoyance ; but there is a limit to human forbearance, and to the for bearance of a fl•iendless subaltern. On the last occasion which occurred I dressed in full uniform, and came down r betl.veea 2 and 3 iu the morning, insisting on seeing Col. Garrett, when I was met in the passage, and threatened Oven with personal violence if I reported, and I was pro vented from entering the room in whi c h th e co l one l an d others were regalinhemselves. I s en t i n a wr itt en l e tt er, through the colonel', to the general of the district, report ing the conduct of the officers towards me, the next day. He called me a d—d fool for reporting anything to my commanding officer, and added, I wos just like a child escaped from my moth er ' s apron stings. But I was earnestly entreated by several of my brother officers to for bear ; and I was asked by Col. Garrett 'if I wished the letter to go before the general ; and I replied, I did not wish to ruin any man's prospects, and would be satisfied if Col. Garrett would give him such a reprimand as would cause all future annoyance to cease. I consulted, on many occasions, with Paymaster Corcoran. Ho advised me to put up with the indignities, and pointed out the course I should pursue in applying to the general of the district. And when I found that the complaint to my commanding officer was treated with scorn, and I was called a fool for my pains, and likened unto a child escaped from his mother's apron strings, I felt overwhelmed, and went im mediately to Mr. Corcoran, and told him the reception I had met with from Colonel Garrett, how I had threatened to report to the General of the district, and how I had consented to forbear. Ever since may determination to resist the personal attack upon me became known, I have been treated with coolness and my society shunned. I became a marked man thenceforth. After repeated acts of violence by the officers of the 46th, I reported the cir cumstance .to Colonel Garrett, and through him to the General of the district ; he reproached me, and called nee a fool for my pains ; and Colonel Garrett gave the offenders so weak a reprimand, that, although the acts other er of aggression were discontinued, I was persecuted in ways. On the 29th day of June last the unfortunate affair with Lieutenant Greer took place. I felt myself to be in nocent ; still I was tried first, and had to take the whole force of public opinion upon myself, until I was enabled to vindicate—nay, justify myself. Although I was on my trial, evidencepreventedal,ry neoe f s r s o a m t p o ro m c y ur d in ef g e , n f ee ro , iiianaddoveiarseopwiniit opinion was the trial was s e ac by s y e thed. LieutenantD epu Deputy Judge-Advocate tid g Greere-A d w r as o st c aa_tfi afterwards r air General,ddsid tried. smoy I was compelled to give evidence l agam b other evidence, l spoke nothing but the truth how ever,legal friend ca ll e called o o nf mine Lieut fromena Lieutenant am r n e ed e h s wa t hu r oi supporta waslwas present, t thought het boy be snore to criminate . o prosecu tionn m ; y D in .arvi a s i t i a , t a e n o d f ncorgnedsidtehraatbalel letter r g s n h a o t u ir d be written to the President of o r f w th a e s Cworiutrtte-Mn anartdiahlo.wYoituollamvee already heard how asnoldichiteocral, into the public journals. The statements in that lett er are. however, substantiallytrue; and although I was not morally responsible for its contents and never read it, I signed it at the request of my friend, who delivered it to Colonel Upton. I did not seek by any mean subterfuge either to avoid the substance or the consequences of that letter, for although the letter is n o t lit era l ly correct in the precise narrative of the circumstance, it would have been more correct if it had stated what I have previously said about Colonel Garrett calling me a fool for my pains. I have now stated how the causes of the first and second charges against mo arose. As to the third charge, I have only again to state that the evidence I gave on Lieutenant Greer's trial was true, and nothing but the truth ; and the statements for which I am now tried were extracted from me rather than volunteered by me. As to the fourth charge; I wish only to observe that the letter to Lieutenant Colonel Pipon, which was the basis of the fourth charge against moo was w r itt en as a privileged communication and is unfairly used against me. On My first trial Major Pack, the Deputy Judge-Advocate, called on me, and told me he was as touch my ad v i ser as the j adviser of the Court; and I thought, of course, that Colonel Pipon, as Deputy Judge- Advocate on the second court-martial, was also my adviser, and therefoce wrote to him, in consequence of the unfair course ad )pted in the endeavour to criminate me on a trial in which I was not the prisoner. That letter, however, I see no occasion to retract, nor do I seek to retract it. I now come to the evidence called in my defence. It was not in my power to produce any evidence in the regiment on which I could confidently rely. My brother officers were committed ; and their independence as witnesses was lost to me. Captains O'Toole and Hardy, and Lieutenants Shervinton and Knapp are in Turkey. Ensign Stretton is in the service of the Ottoman Porte. Mr. Lennard, late of the 46th Regiment, was seized with diarrheas in Ir.?: land and c o uld no t come . T o ascer t a i n w hy those t nesses left, I have carefully gone ,through the states or the ampules in the regiment on the 14th of JulY ittui the day the two companies left for Turkey. The regulations direct that companies for service shall be taken from the senior captains downwards. Now, it is somewhat remark able that in the present instance this regulation should have been departed f rom, an d th a t that departure should have removed from me some most important witnesses. The senior company was on detachment at Kensington. The next company (Captain Wombwell's) had 41 men on detachment, and therefore could not be expected to embark for Turkey. The next company (Capt. O'Toole's) were all at head quarters. The next threecompanies in suc cession of seniority were Capt. Campbell's Capt. Garrett's, and Capt. Piper's, each of which have only 1 officer, 1 ser geant, and 1 private on detachment; so that they were ready and fit to embark yet still they were passed over, and Captain Hardy's company taken, in which were two of my most important witnesses—Captain Hardy and Lieutenant Shervington. Ido not say that this partial and unex plained selection, contrary to the regulations, was inten tional; but I do say it was suspicious and has lost me the aid of much valuable evidence ; and it is somewhat re markable that Lieutenant Shervinton, the senior lieu tenant, should have been attached to a company the cap tain of which was his junior in the service. If, how eve r , I have not been fortunate enough to secure the attendance of those officers of the regiment who would have befriended me by honest and unbiased testimony, I have produced before you witnesses so uninfluenced and unprejudiced that their evidence is above suspicion ; and I have opposed to all the non mi rieordo evidence of the prosecutor the evidence of witnesses whose moral testimony is unanswer able. Paymaster Corcoran, who is as free from the influ ence as he is above the corruption of my opponents, has given evidence which leaves with it the impress of perfect truthfulness. He speaks of facts which could not have been concerted ; he states what took place in May, 1353, when no one could have anticipated this inquiry. He has shown them that he was acquainted with my persecution, that he gave me advice and told me how to act, • and that he ad vised nio to write through the colonel to the general of the district, and that I told him I had done so ; and that I went to him the following morning much excited and in tears, and told him that I had reported certain officers to Col. Garrett, and that he had called me a fool for so doing, and that I was like a child escaped from my mother's apron strings. Could all this have been invented by so staid and respectable a witness for this occasion? Could I have in vented it in May, 1853, to meet the present purpose ? But having orelt o of said, reporting is not the ev id ence supported, n o t on l y b y Capt. Chambers but also by th e unw illi ng evidence of Lieutenant Curtis,' ins who m n s y a i s d e l fh)ehdaivdensont got the w y "Ithink you (mean this time, old fellow." Captain Chambers, now an officer with the Fourth West Yorkshire Militia, and a...gentleman of con siderable fortune, who was in the 46th, has given evidence, not only that Lieutenant Curtis told him that Colonel Garrett had called me a fool for my pains for reporting, but that the fact was openly spoken of •among the offi cers. This evidence is above suspicion ' • and, if wh a t h e says be true, it shows that the truth has been suppressed by all the witnesses for the prosecution, which impresses the whole of the evidence against me with suspicion, if it does not stamp it with conspiracy and perjury. The evi dence of Major Stuart shows that all the witnesses have not only been unjust towards me, but have strained that injustice into falsehood when they stated in their stereo typed answers, that I was shunned for my overbearin g and swaggering manner. He also shows that redress for a subaltern in my situation, when complaining of personal annoyance, was hopeless, and that practical jokes were not repressed but encouraged, and were common in the regi ment for many years. The witnesses called on my behalf have also spoken to my credit and my honour, and could not have done so had I been the infamous character repre sented by some of the prosecutor's witnesses ; who, in their zeal to crush me, proved too much when they endeavoured to blast my reputation and to create a prejudice against me. When I was accused of impertinent familiarity, it transpired that I had once, in kindly addressing a brother officer at the dinner table, called him by his Christian name. Then I was accused of supposed debauched habil', which turned out ultimately to have been a slander upon me. My disgusting conduct towards a friend of one wit ness was so discreditable that the vindictive witness who asserted it was reluctantly compelled to acknowledge that his friend regarded the whole affair as a joke ; and when this witness discovered a general difficulty in keep ing me within the bounds of discipline, it turns out that, while on leave at Cork, I had gone to , Middleton, and had written to my servant, with directions either to get an extension of my leave or to give me notice of its refusal ; and that leave was given, and my attendance not required. This witness must have been sadly in need of breaches of discipline to have distorted so simple an occurrence to my disadvantage. These are my antecedents referred to by Col. Garrett. Again, I was assailed by another witness far disgraceful conduct in a money transaction ; and I appeal to this assembly of British officers, and I ask them whether the charge, so maliciously insinuated against me, was not as groundless as it was dishonourable ? Although I have been assailed by vindictiveness and calumny beyond the charges made against me, I have exhibited an amount of forbearance in the disclosures I have made , which ought to insure m e th e generous sympathy, at least of Col. Garrett and many of the officers of my regiment. I have called no evidence on the third and fourth charges, although I could have maintained those charges by the evidence of absent witnesses ; but I submit that the pro secutor's own witnesses have proved the statement made by me in reference to Captain Nicholas to be true, for Cap tain Campbell does not deny Captain Nicholas' participa tion in practical jokes, and Lieutenant Waldy proves the coarse and opprobious expressions used by Captain Nicholas; for will any member of this Court believe that the expression at the end of that letter, ' I never saw such fun,' did not mean that Lieutenant Waldy was present and saw and heard what took place ? And if, as he says in his letter, this took place at the mess, how can the wit nesses for the prosecution be believed who state they never heard Captain Nicholas use opprobious words towards any young officer ? But, as I before observed, the evidence against me on the third and fourth charges simply amounts to no witness having recollected Captain Nicholas ill treating young officers, or aiding or abetting in so (king, but the glaring, obvious, and manifest defect in the prose cutor's evidence is, not the prevarication of his witness, but the suspicious absence of Capt. Nicholas in support of the third and fourth charges. I must crave the patience of the Court for a few moments in drawing attention to three important features in the evidence for the prosecution. There are two circumstances which took place before many officers—one of them was the public conversation after mess of Colonel Garrett having called me a fool for report ing ; another was the fact of Captain Nicholas having called Ensign. Coote a -- son of a bitch of an ensign at the mess. Now, all the witnesses for the prosecution deny having heard either of these subjects referred to, or profess not to have recollection of them. Now, I leave it to this Court to conceive how it was possible that such circumstances could have escaped the observation and the memory of so many men ; and, in my case, is it not far more likely that my memory should be more accurate and retentive, when I was the subject of reproach and sought my only remedy ? Is not the one who receives a wound mare likely to recollect it than he who with careless ness and indifference deals out the blow ? The other fact to which I beg to draw attention is, that when my reputation was assailed by specific charges I was able to refute them. I have refuted them, and I have, moreover, refuted the charge of being overbear.. ing and swaggering in my manner. Many witnesses swore to my overbearing and swaggering manner, which is denied by Major Stuart ; now, are they to be believed on other points to which they have attempted to speak ? Again, there is another important circumstance. Colonel Garrett said that all the subalterns were assembled to hear the reprimand he gave to Lieutenant Curtis on my complaint; yet it is very remarkable that only one subaltern has given evidence of his being present and having heard that repri mand, although there were 18 subalterns in the regiment at that time. Captain Chambers, who was then a lieute nant, has stated in evidence that he was told on that occa sion he was not wanted ; but where is the evidence of any one witness for the prosecution who attempts to say that Colonel Garrett did not use the opprobrious epithets to wards me, or who has attempted to say I did not write a letter to the General of the district in reference to the in dignities I received, and who has attempted to say that Captain Nicholas never did ill-treat young officers, or aid or abet in so doing ? Not one. I, therefore, under all the circumstances, respectfully submit that the case as at tempted to be made out against me has failed, and has ex hibited all the vindictiveness, preconcert, and perjury of which I complained when I first opened my defence. The case of the prosecutor is either sound in all the charges or sound in none. Falsehood on one charge contaminates all the evidence on every charge. I have felt great difficulty in the preparation of my defence , and only closed my own evidence yesterday; and I h ave found the amount of evi dence before me so extensive and so diversified in its nature, character, and incident, so contradictory and inconsistent, and so tainted with vindictiveness, forgetfulness, and sup pression of the truth, that I trust every allowan ce wi" be made for my feeble and ine ffi cient defence. n forb ea ring to call distant witnesses, I have had regard to the public interests and to you, for I desired no longer to fatigue you with a prolonged and delayed consideration of my case. I have now done, and cast myself upon your sympathies and your love of truth and justice ; for I solemnly declare, i n the presence of this imposing assembly of British officers, country and my final J u d ge , the charges preferred aga i ns t me; thatand i l n a m the innocentpresence a o f f my and I leave myself, my conduct, and my reputation in your hands, with a consciousness that you will do me jus tice; and may God defend the right 1" At the conclusion of the address there was a loud cheer from the audience, which was speedily repressed by the Court. Major-General N'Cretherall—As I cannot admit the truth of some of the statements made by the prisoner and the inferences drawn therefrom, I must request that the Court be adjourned until half-past one o'clock to-morrow. The Court was then adjourned. DREADFUL MURDER EY A BROTHER-IV-LAW—Near the Kirby- s t at i on, and within a few miles of the sp ot where the railway accident occurred ten days ago, the follow ing brutal murder has been perpetrated :—lt appears from what has transpired that a man namei Henry Shocklady lived with his brother-in-law, Henry Mercer, farmer, of Kirby Hill. They were always on the best terms, unless when Mercer drank, when he became vio lent, and quarrelled with Shocklady. On the day in question, and just after his wife's confinment, Mercer drank excessively ; and under the influence of drunken ness hurried out of the house, armed with a heavy fork, towards a gate upon which Shocklady was sitting —the latter's sister following Mercer, and begging of him to return. Martha Webster, the sister, seeing that Mercer was making for her brother, called out to him to make off, and asked Mercer if be w as going to kill her brother ? Without giving an answer, he pur sued her brother, who ran off, and coming up with him dealt him such a blow on the head with the dung fork that he felled him to the earth, when he twice again struck him. The poor fellow never spoke, and after a few heavy sighs expired. Mr. Woods, sur geon, opened the toly, and a found a clean rut two and-a-half 'inches long at the left side of th) head, and another wound an inch long below the left ear, besidei a severe Wound on the shoulder. The skull was fractured to the length of two-and-a-h!:111 which produced congestion and ' effusion on th e b rain that e tused death. The coroner s jury returned a ver dict of wilful murder against Henry Mercer, who was accordingly committed to gaol for trial. LIGHTS IN THIRD-CLASS CAPRIAGIS.-011 the occa sion of a recent charge of an indecent assault on a fe male while passing through a railway tunnel, the Leeds magistrates strongly animadverted upon the present very reprehensible system, on many lines of railway, of without lamps, the third and fourth class carriages ithOut lamps, thereby depriving f ema l e and other passengers in those carriages of all protection against the brutal depraved, or dishonest w i t h whom it may be their mie: foamy: , to be pined in pro merowy,