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(which can be tahvit atthe bos , oftice every day from 11 till 4; area, Rs.; gallery, ls.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. . CREMORNE.—Admission, ONE SHILLING. THIS DAY, an unprecedented round of pleasing entertain ' Tnent will be submitti d for public approval. The following is the programme of the principal attractions :—Grand vocal and instru mental Concert by Bost io's Band—Magnificent Ballet of Action -French and American Riders of eminence in the Circus Royal Cre rnorne—Desario's Dogs and Monkeys—Marriett's interesting exhi bition of Working Bees—Siberia, the youthful Queen of the East—Pro fessor Taylor and his gifted Son—Madlle. Ellsler's Rope Ascent— Ilancing on the great Platform, and a Splendid Pyrotechnic Display, by Mortram.—Doors open at 3 o'clock. NOTICE.—TO-MORROW (Tue,clay), the first of the THREE GRAND FETES in Celebration of the Opening of the THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA. Tickets, including a visit to the Regatta, by special boat. admission to the Gardens, and seat at the Prize Pre aentation, 2s. 6d., to be had at all the piers, and at the Gardens. REAT-NN ESTERN RAILWAY. - , CHEAP _A. A . EXCURSION to BATH and BRISTOL—A Train will leave ' raddington on Sunday, August 13th, at 7 45 a.m., and will return the same evening at 6.30 p.m. from Bristol, and 7 p.m. from Bath. Fares—Bristol, 10s. and 6s. ; Bath, 9s. and ss. Tickets may be pre •iously obtained at the Great-Western Booking Offices, 27, King ' Street, Cheapeide; G 3, Bridge-road, Lambeth; 351, Oxford-street; 269, Strand; and at the Paddington Station. ESTABLISHED 1803. GLOBE INSURANCE, COENHILL AND PALL-MALL—LONDON. New Tables of Life Premiums—Participating and Non-Partici ' Dating. Every class of FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITY business transacted. MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE. IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO DESIRE TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THEIR FAMILIES. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT PUND, Established 1840. TRUSTEES. • Thomullaring, Esq., M.P . I W. G. Prescott, Esq. ThomsonHankey,jun.,Esq.,M.P. Baron L. N. de Rothschild, M.P. • TEKASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. .• The association embraces life assurance on the mutual principle In all its branches, and offers to all classes of society peculiar advan . tages. Prospectuses may be had at the office of the Association. (Signed) RICHARD HENRY JONES, Chairman. 15, Moorgate-street, August 2, 1854. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCK SOCIETY, No. 26, Cornhill, London. Established in 1833. DIRECTORS. A. Campbell - Barclay, Esq. I John Moss, Esq. Charles Bennett, Esq. Thomas Nicoll, Esq. ' Hugh Croft, Esq. E. S. Symes, M D. John Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. J. Leander Starr, Esq. Thos. Colley Grattan, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. a. Leander Starr, Esq. (General). I Chas. Bennett, Esq. (Financial). .AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.lt.S., and Professor John Radford Young. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. Elliotson, M.D., F R S., 37, Conduit-street. E. S. Symes, M.D., 33, Davies-street, Berkeley-square. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq , F.R.A.S., F. 5.5., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woo'house, Esq. nannEas. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 56, Lombard-street. SOLICITOR. C. Ewens, Esq., 61, Moorgate-street. Total number of Policies granted from December, 1852, to December, 1853-1,194. Under the following heads are briefly enumerated the leading Principles of this Society : °EJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 1. A Life Assurance may be effected either by One Payment, or by an Annual Premium. 2. Policies may be effected WITH or without the privilege of withdrawing one-half of the Annual Payments. If with out this privilege, the rates are lower. 3. A Life Assurance may be effected on the life of another, on Joint Lives or Survivorships. 4. Annuities, Immediate, Deferred, or Contingent, will be granted; also Endowments for Children. 5 . Naval and Military Men, not in active foreign service, as sure 1 without extra charge, and allowed to go abroad with out forfeiture of Policy, on payment of an extra Premium, according to climate. In the event of the Assured (when on the Withdrawal System) tiot requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one- half the a nnual_ payments will be returned by way of purchase of his interest therein. By this mans, apprehension of great pecuniary loss and doubt as to the intrinsic transferable value of each Policy is re- Moved. its cash va'ue being fixed and determined beforehand by the Society at one-half the annual premiums paid thereon : a vast class Of society will thereby be admitted ; and every indivi ual, while steadily pursuing one object—a provision f , r his family at death— Will have, by the plan of this Society, a door open to his savings, Which will never be closed against his wants or his use. Prospectuses, Report of last Annual Meeting, Forms of Proposals for Assurance, and every description of ne 'essary Blank Forms, with Tables of Rates, and full information on all points, fUrnished, on ap plication at 26, Cornhill, or at any of the Company's Agencies. N ATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, %%hen the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any; and a so an unlimited power of selection. The Sugar to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and parties tendering are to state where it is lying. A proportional part of the price per bushel of Wheat will be paid for any weight exceeding 60 lbs. per bushel. No tender will be received for a 1e45 quantity of Sugar than 20 tons, of Wheat than 500 quarters, and of Peas than 100 quarters; and every tender mnst specify in words, as well as in figures, the prices at which the articles may be offered. Samples of the Stwar (not less than 21bs.), and of the Wheat and Peas (not less than 2 quarts of each, must be produced by the parties tendering. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tracts have been decided. ------- No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering of an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office ou the day of con tract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF SIR WM. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID. Gallons, ss. Quarts, 2s. Pints, Is. Half-pints, Gd. This Valuable DEODORISER and DISINFECTANT instantane ously destroys all BAD SMELLS without producing any itself.. Its free use, as directed, PREVENTS CHOLERA and all CON TAGIOUS DISEASES. Sold by all Chemists and Druggists, and at the Office, 18, Cannon street, London-bridge. N.B.—Beware of a spurious imitation. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES LUSHINGTON, Esq. Sohn Bradbury, Esq. Robert M. Holborn, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. William Miller Christy, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. Edward Crowley, Esq. William Tyler, Esq. John Feltham, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq. PHYSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. I Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. TRUSTEES. • John Pe/tham, Esq Samuel H. Lucas, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. I Charles Lushing,ton, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., and Bank of England. Summon LSeptimus Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING ACTU Aar—Charles Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Extracts from the Report of the Directors for 1853 : "The Directors congratulate their fellow-members on the very grati qi:g result of the recently completed Quinquennial Investigation of '_ *lnlet& and liabilities of the Institution, by which it appears that, na,L the 20th November, 1852, after providing foe the present value of _ 4ll tile liabilities in the Life Assurance Department, a surplus re r'alned of 242,6271. Os. Od., which has been duly apportioned as heretofore. ` The reductions range from 5 to 8 9 per cent. on the original Annual Premiers,ha according to the age of the p art y and the time the Polic y been in force ; and the 13onuses vary in like manner, from 50 to ! . 5 Per ce nt Jea. •on the amount of p remiums p aid during the last live n The total amount of the reduct i o ns p er annum for the ensuing five ye, i s 333481. 17s. 2d 4.e Bonuses assigned to those policies on which the original pre -IthNtB continue to lae paid amount to 89,8801. ss. Od. ; this, together Bonuses apportioned at former divisions, makes an aggregate add ition to the sum s assured by the Policies in force of 126,5641. la ke ' ~1 1° twithst ending the great reduction of P remiums, the net annual SID, "ic arising from 12,326 existing Policies is 163,912 /. 7 . Id.; this etT,",_ with the interest on invested capital, viz. , 37,2981. 7s. 3d., a total annual income of 201,2101. 14s. 4d." members, amount of C a pital exceeds ONE MILLION STERLING . pt they whose premiums fall due on the Ist July are reminded pr _ must be paid within 30 days from that date. s Pectuses and all other information may be obtained on appli tau (" on to the Office. nue 24, 1854 JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. • A.D. 'ROYAL EXCHAI72O.NGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (eStablished by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville, sub-Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Deputy-Governor. 110 b— DIRECTORS. ...„7,Y_Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. i _eati S. P. Calvert, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Z". Garrett Cattley, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer , Esq. ....eXander Colvin, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. .„:cNvard Maxwell Daniell, Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq. Vlllarn Davidson, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. 7e rsdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq. Z , rzebert Banbury, jun., Esq. William Soltau, Esq. tebert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. .411eelot Holland, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Bir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE—SaMUeI Say, Esq., F.R.S. l`rotice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre laituns falling due at Midsummer will expire on the 9th of July. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor .Poratton oa advantageous terms. The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and ivaYlnent of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital ateck. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary BONUS on Participating Life Policies has averaged 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. an the Premiums paid. Aivy sum not exceeling 10,0001. may be assured en one Life Tho Corporation bears the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees, and .roquires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no exPeirse but the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the LOANS are granted on Life Policies to their full values. This Corporation affords all the advantages of modern practice, With th e stability of an office safely constituted ander Royal Charter and Sp, cial Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. There is but one older life office in existence. 110 T WEATHER: - NICOLL'S PALETOT and MORNING COATS D'ETE, ONE GUINEA each; also GUINEA TROUSERS and HALF GUINEA WAISTCOA FS. The material forms a luxurious comfort for lounging, travelling, and shooting garments. The only measures needed—first, exact height ; then number of Inches round chest and waist; accompanied by a Post-office Order or Cheque. May be had in London only of the Patentees, H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114 to 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL. 1 PORTING EXCURSIONS and BUSINESS. —A gigantic and well regulated business establishment is as efficient in one department as another. Whatever is professed is fulfilled with the greate-t correctness, ability, and economy. Through all classes of society it is well known that E. MOSES and SON have the most efficient system of trade ever introduced, and it is everywhere acknowledged that it secures the best quality, the most artistic fit, and the most comiortable wear in every description of clothing. For extraordinary occasions, when special dress is required, the establishment of E. MOSES and Sox, and their ‘Vest-encl branch. New Oxford.s.reet, and Hart-street, is ii mediately resorted to, as the stock is well known to be the largest, nea'est, and most fashionable. The sportsman will obtain the Coats, Vests, Trousers, Hosiery, Hats, Caps. Boots, &c., at E. MOSES and SoN's which are universally cele brated for ease, elegance, and durability Excursionists, Ladies, and Gentlemen, are prov ided with the most seasonable articles of attire for travelling and appearance in places of fashionable resort. Business men are furnished with the most elegant and the lightest dress which has ever been manufactured, at prices which render competition futile. All articles manufactured by E. MOSES and SON excel as much in style, novelty, and superiority, as they do in the application of eco nomical prices to every kind of dress. Merchants, ExporterFs,lrans of Er d f E o migrants may make the most profit able investments in the Clothing, Shirts, Boots and Shoes, exhibited in s wholesale Full LISTS of f departmentou. LadiesNio sx s a and nd Gentlemen, ineh establishment. sip sailing information, gratis on application, or post free. C A.IITION. —E. MOSES anti SON regret having to guard .he publicTh o against of ain "Beingatlmpos ed with their e imposition, h ee z t vi n4 , leam d thattheuntrad Establishment," or esman: t 1 It's fas the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, anti for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER 110IISE IN OR OUT OF 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. Bradtord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailor.. 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 Poblie Opi nion," containing fall lists of prices, our system of self-measure ment, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Ici Pon parle Francais. Qui si parla Italian. lifer anrlcht man Deutsch. Ann. sa hahla IP:gnann THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 stamps, NER V 0 US DEBILITY ; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper matorrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative System, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. Theessontial object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modem pathologists Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall mon should know, that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the• heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive prac,ice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which are unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant empirics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2g, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Borne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornbill ; or free 1,37 post for thirty stamps, to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed ford-square. _ At - home fnr consultation "ally from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight FARMING STOCK. The Corporation having determined on a reduction of " One Shll ting per Cent." in the rate of Premium for the Insurance of Farm- In t / Stock an-I Utensils in England and Wales, the Company's agents have been fully instructed upon the subject, and are authorised to accept Insurances on that class of property accordingly. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. HIGIIISI, Actuary and Secretary. R AVESEND STAR PACKETS. bin other Packets call at the Greenhithe, and Purfieet Piers. NOTICE.—DAY TICKETS are issued upon the Gravesend Star rackkrts, available for return by them or by the London and Tilbury Railway; the Return Tickets by the Rahway will also be available Ter return by the Star Packets. The -Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permi ling FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS Ti me 7% 11% 1% 3% Trains from the Boats marked uses from Fenchurch•street Station to all parts of London itrter of an hour. SICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol io wing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. SITNDAYS. ....__________Wxxx DAYS. Fen- 5 .2 , 4 t Fen- 1 lii t church t ..• '2 b church 8 4,_, V. •„, street A 8 `6' ii Street Vi '6 0 0 s.. o ' 8 _ 9% _ _ 844 In, _— 9% —* IN _ 124 % _ 11 _— -- —1.% 4% _ _ 214 *54 6% 5 3 — •6% Passages marked • are run direct. To or from Gravesend and London-- •• • Fore Cabin. Saloon. • 10d. .. Is. 2d. is Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. O s . lOd. between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. n. a - direct_ To or from Gravesend and London.— • • Fore Cabin • • 10d. . Saloon. Is. 2d. Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os, 10d. between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5.. Os.; Six Months, 31. Os:; Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of tho Collectors on hoard the Packets; or of Mr. Monk. Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Fast and superior Packets to be Let for Excursions. Apply to w. Morgan, Agent, Star Company, Star Office, Fenehttreh !itreet 24, 104. Terminus, Blaßlackwell ßailwaY• i UI7 Terrace Pier 7 •,ta t 9 1.114 Direct --; th:rinitm "erY qua , /3RDZISNV N . 19,302.] PUBLICATIONS, NEW NOVEL BY MRS. DALRYMPLE. Now ready at ail the Libraries, in 2 vols. V V By Mrs. J. ELPHINSTONE DALRYMPLE. Dedicated to Sir E. Balwer Lytton. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, la, Great Marlborough-street: Just published, Price Sixpence, demy Bro. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the USE and ABUSE of TOBACCO. By JOHN LIZARS, 1 ,te Professor of Surgery to the Royal College of Surgeons. and Senior Operating Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. W. R. Lizars, Edinburgh ; and S. Irgliley, jun., London. TURKISH EXHIBITION.—Ten months hav ing been spent in the most elaborate preparation and care ful arrangement, the time for the OPENING of the ORIENTAL and TURKISH MUSEU ti. at St. George's Gallery, Hyde-park-corner, Piccadilly, is at length fixed upon positively for 'Thursday next, the 10th inst. Open every day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m , with the excep tion of Saturdays, when it will be closed at 6 p.m.—Prices of admis sion, 2s. Gd. ; children, Is. Gd. ; family tickets (admitting five per sons), 10s. ; Saturday, ss. ; ditto, children, 2s. 6d.—Conjoint mana gers, S. Aznavour and C. Oscanzau. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. Lax:meta, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. ing will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overlan4 Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by H. Lairent , the following Waltzes - La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi kins .nd his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, lINDfR ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT. GREAT NOVELTY. DUBOSCQ'S ILLUMINATI , D CASCADE every evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock, in addition to all the LECTURES, OPTICAL EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, &c., &c., &c. DRUCE and CO.'S PATENT ROYAL MAGNETIC PAGE TURNER for MUSE;, &c., Exhibited and Explained daily, with many other Inventions. The Ventilation and Lighting by Jome LESLIE, Esq., maintains an Equal and cool Temperature in the Hottest Weather. BAND of MUSIC unJer the direction of Mr. WAUD of the Royal Italian Opera, Admission, Is.; Stalls, 25.; Schools and Children under Ten Years of Age, half-price. CONTRACTS FOR SUGAR, WHEAT, AND PEAS, Department of the Comptroller fol" Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, ,'d August, 1854. THE Commissioners for Execut:"ing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdoni of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on Turiierisy, the 10th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD, the under-meNtioned articles, viz.— SUGAR ~ .. ~ . Tons. When to be delivered. 100 Half of each in two weeks, and Quarters. the remainder in two weeks 3,000 afterwards, or earlier if pre -500 terredby the party tendering. WHEAT • • .•• • • PEAS.... ••.. , • • AN ITEM IN THE COST OF CRIME.—The new arrange ment for voting annually a number of charges which have hitherto been paid without vote out of the Consoli dated Fund has produced a number of estimates not heretofore furnished to Parliament. Among the latest is the expense of the metropolitan police courts. 44,426/. Above half this sum-23,2001.--is for the salaries of the 23 police magistrates. These are still to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, along with the other judicial salaries of the country, but a vote will be taken for the remainder-21,2201• —which is required to pay clerks, ushers, and incidental expenses of the police courts. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1854. THE WAR. NATAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Royal Albert, 121, screw, is still in the dry dock in her Majesty's dockyard, Sheerness. Her machinery is fast completing, together with her rigging. In conse quence of the steam engine being at work clearing the mud out of the basin, she will have to remain where she is for another week. Formidable, 84-gun ship, is lying at Sheerness, and is pretty well ready for sea, with the exception that she has no sailors, without which, being a sailing vessel, she will be of little use. Colossus, 81, screw.—This beautiful model of a two decked line-of-battle - ship having fitted her propeller, which was delayed somewhat beyond the usual timo in the Melampus, will light fires to-day to prove her boilers and machinery. This being satisfactory she will proceed to the measured mile to test her speed, which we ven ture to prophesy will average 10.6 knots per hour. The Boscawen, 70, flag ship of Rear-Admiral Fan shawe, C. 8., commander-in-chief on the North America and West Indies station, is under orders to leave Ports mouth for her destination on Tuesday next. The Falcon, 16, screw steam•sloop, just finished build ing at Pembroke, is to be brought round to Portsmouth I:or fitting out. A party of niggers and seamen went round to that port to bring her round there in the Melampus on Friday. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Salamander, 6, Comm n der Ellman, has been put out of commission pro to ~ 1 and her crew paid wages, and granted ten 'days' lea e. She has been four years in commission. The hired transport. Fantome, loaded with provisi4ns from the Royal Clarence-yard, for Varna, dropped outi to Spithead on Friday, and has since sailed for the seat/ of war. The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, and the MeWm pus, sailing transport, left Spithead on Friday night for Plymouth, Pembroke, and Scotland. The Spiteful, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander A. Kynaston, went down the river on Friday to ,try her engines, and, as they worked satisfactorily, she re mained at Greenhithe until her compasses were :ad- justed, and came up to Woolwich again on Saturday evening. She is now ready for sea, and it is expected she will receive orders to proceed and join the fleet in the Black Sea. The Jackal iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, 'Lieu- ,enant Commander Jackson, went down the river on trial on Thursday, and had her compasses adjusted before she returned to Woolwich. She was placed under orders, and left at an early hour on Saturday morning for the coast of Scotland, to protect the Scottish fisheries in the North Sea. The Jackal may meet with a prize or two on that station, as it is generally believed some of the Russian Indiamen will come round through the Pentland Frith, instead of venturing up the English Channel. The steam-vessel African arrived at Sheerness on Saturday last at 8.30 p.m., with supernumeraries from Portsmouth for the Baltic fleet, for passage out by the Dauntless, and they were drafted over the same evening to the Dauntless. The Hornet, steam-sloop, commander F. A. Campbell, completed her coaling at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday last at Sheerness, and came down to harbour anchorage to make good defects, and await Admiralty orders. The Dauntless, Captain Ryder, on Saturday com pleted taking in shot, shell, &c., of the largest calibre. She takes the mails (nine large bags), besides a great number of packages and parcels. Yesterday morning's mail was put on board previous to her departure. I She takes the following supernumeraries :—Capts. Alexander and Wemyss, Royal Marines, for disposal in the fleet ; Lieutenants Graham, and G. F. Blake—the foimer to join the James Watt, the latter for the Neptune; Lieutenant F. C. Knight, R.M., exchanged from the Formidable for service in the Dauntless, with Lieutenant W. J. Kinsman, of the Dauntless, A. Capel, H. Austin, and A. F. Hunt, midshipmen ; M. Lyon, master's-assistant ; J. B. Sterling and R. M. Lloyd, naval cadets ; 11 gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery, and 17 petty officers, seamen, and marines. The pay yacht from Chatham arrived at Sheerness on Saturday last, to pay advance to 40 first and second class boys from the Waterloo, and 18 Royal naval coast volunteers, who have gone out in the Dauntless. The Dauntless is to return to England again immediately she has distri buted her ammunition, shell, shot, and stores, &cl, to the respective ships to which they are consigned. She will not be absent for more than three weeks. Mr. Millbank, the Trinity pilot at Sheerness, was sent on board by admiral's order, which was afterwards countermanded, and she left here yesterday at 11.30 a.m. under steam power, in pilot charge of her sailing master, Mr. William Stanton. Mr. Francis G. Ban, assistant engineer of the first class, from Fisgard, has joined the Dauntless by an Admiralty order, and proceeds in her to the Baltic. ' The Tortoise, Edward Russel, second master (acting), arrived at Sheerness on Saturday last from Devonport and Portsmouth, with stores for that yard ; she also proceeds to Woolwich and Deptford yards. The Walmer Castle, of London, hired troop-ship, Commander Price, from London for Copenhagen, was towed down to the Nore on Saturday morning last by the steam-tug Robert Bruce, where she brought up for the tide, in consequence of a strong north-east wind. The following ebb tide she got under way and proceeded. The Walmer Castle is one of the hired transports to be Placed at the disposal of the Anglo-Fren c h comman d ers in the Baltic, for the conveyance of troops which are to be transported from the line-of-battle ships now in the Baltic. panies of the regiment under orders to proceed from Corfu to Turkey. THE LORD AUCKLAND TRANSPORT. The loss of three soldiers at sea, and the deaths which have occurred since the Lord- Auckland ,put back to Plymouth Sound, have naturally attracted much atten tion, and caused inquiry regarding the origin of such a calamity. It was at first attributed to insufficient ven tilation, then to the impurity of the Thames water, and latterly to the condition of the troops, and their want of attention to cleanliness. The last seems to be the prin cipal reason. The Lord Auckland is a barque of 628 tons, was built at Calcutta in 1836, and employed on her last voyage in conveying convicts to Hobart Town. She then had on board 246 convicts, 50 soldiers, six women, and seven children, besides a crew of al men, all of whom slept in the 'tween decks. Two of the convicts died ; 248 embarked, and 246 landed. One birth occurred on the passage. From Hobart Town she went to Bombay and took cargo to London, where she was placed in dry dock, had her bottom sheathed and re-bolted, ballast shifted, and 50 tons of washed river ballast added. On this t:►ere are now stowed 60 tons of coal, 450 casks ofprter, and the ship's stores. The water, which has been started here is the filtered water from the London Dooks and was used by all on board. Before departure the ship and orovisions passed a satisfactory inspection in the pre• Bence of General Beresford, the Commandant at Chat ham ; Captain Lock, R.N., Naval Superintendent; and Mr. Gladstone, surveyor, Bast India Company. The troops numbered 192, the crew 26, so that there were 218 souls on board. ----- The troops, many of whom are Irish, araaaenVout by the East India Company to join the 10th, 24th, 60th, and 87th Regiments. They consist chiefly of recruits, are under command of Lieutenant Stewart, of the 24th, and in medical charge of Dr. John Hooper, Assistant- Surgeon in the East India Company's service. It is said that several had just left Chatham Hospital. Their diet was much the same as that of £he crew, only that each soldier had, in addition, a pint of porter daily. After drinking this some of them would lie about on the decks for hours, and gross inattention to cleanliness was the result. Great want of discipline prevailed from the com mencement. On one occasion they released a prisoner from his irons ; on the 28th ult., after the ship was put about they refused to go below at night, and even on arrival in the Sound disobeyed the commands or their officers, which resulted in a sentence by court-martial on the 2d inst. All the deaths have occurred among the troops who were berthed in the 'tween decks. The crew are berthed in a topgallant forecastle, and only one afflicted with dysantery has been sent on board the hos pital-ship. Since last report Serg. Taylor, of the 60th, has died. He was attacked on Friday morning on board the Endymion, and was conveyed to the hospital-ship. He fell almost immediately into a state of collapse, and died at D on alb b y o , ar ß d Andromeda, the 6p. m . 0 n Suant derur d a c y h e a evening f there pr.v w m e . r e .N., 25 cholera cases, of which 4 were improving and 15 convalescent. Among the remaining 6is that of a cor poral, who, with his wife and child, are in a very dan gerous state. The premonitory symptom is diarrhceas and the general characteristics, violent purging, vomit ing, cramp, thirst, &c. The names of the 11 fatal cases which have occurred are as follows :—ln the Channel, John Slade, 24th ; -John Connor, 87th ; and John Quin- tin, 24th. In the Sound, Michael Cronin, 87th ; and Wm. Wilson, 60th Rifles. On board the Andromeda, Wm. O'Brien, 10th ; Michael Haterne, 87th ; Mary Heeling, woman, 60th ; Eliza Bardling, child, 87th ; Wm. Cunningham, 60th ; and Sergeant Taylor, 60th. Oa board the receiving hulk Endymion there are now 6 officers, 127 rank and file, 12 women, and 7 children. Medical examination takes place every two hours, and the men are encouraged in all kinds of suitable amuse ment. Dr. J. Henry, R.N., has medical charge. Cap tain Skinley and:the crew of the Lord Auckland, who are all in good health, remain on board their ship. Strict quarantine is maintained throughout, and the boat duty is performed by boats from the Calcutta, 84, and the Meander, 44, now in the Sound. Capt. Stopford, of the former ship, is the naval inspecting officer. Eleven days elapsed between the embarkation of the troops and the arrival of the ship here. While in the Channel the weather was calm and extremely sultry. Had the troops been embarked at a western port they would, in 24 hours, have been well into the Atlantic Ocean. Of the hundreds of emigrant ships which have left Ply mouth none have been obltged to return under such cir cumstances as those which prevailed on board the Lord Auckland ; in fact, the return of a ship, under any cir cumstances, is a case of very rare occurrence. Loftus, and Howeth. This regiment was one of the first raised under the Militia Act in 1852. It numbers 1,190 rank and file, but, in consequence of the greater number of the married men remaining at home the ser vice companies will be considerably reduced in strength. This regiment which, it is stated, has been selected to do duty in Ireland en account of the good conduct of the men, most unexpectedly received the route so lately as 12 o'clock on Monday last. Orders were at once given to pack up, and, this operation having been ac complished by Wednesday morning, the first division left Berwick-on-Tweed, by rail, for Liverpool, where they Were embarked without further delay on board the Trafalgar, which sailed for Dublin. PRINCE ALFRED'S BIRT RD.M—To-day, August 6, being the 10th anniversary of the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Alfre( 3 . Ernest Albert, and the Court being resident with : n the precincts of this station, a ge neral royal sal:ate at one o'clock to-day was fired by her Majesty'', ships in Portsmouth harbour and the Bos caw'ai at Spithead, in honour of the day, and each of the former dressed in flags and colours all over. The Carl Magnus, the John, the Industrie, the Emilie, the Carolina, and the Gebroders, Russian ships captured by her Majesty's cruisers, have all been con demned as lawful prizes by the High Court of Ad miralty. SECOND COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT. .PERRY. EIGHTII DAT.---SATURDAY. The general court-martial on Lieutenant James Ed ward Perry, of the 46th Regiment, re-assembled in the officers' mess-room, at the leintry-barracks, Windsor, this morning, soon after eleven o'clock. The intense interest taken hi this extraordinary inquiry is shown by the increased attendance of the public ; but to prevent disappointment, it may be as well to state that the room in which the court is held, although the largest in the barracks, is so completely occupied by the members' table, and the necessary accommodation for the Deputy Judge-Advocate, the prosecutor, and the prisoner, that there does not remain standing-room for more than a dozen persons. Something like double that number, however, choke up the door-way and passage. Amongst those present to-day were Colonel the Hon. Cecil Forester, M.P. Captain Bulkeley, Captain H. Seymour, and two private friends of the prisoner, whose names did not transpire. Directly after the court had been formally opened by Major Dalgetty (the Deputy-Judge-Advocate,) the examination of Colonel Garrett, K.H., the commanding officer of the 46th Regiment, was resumed. By the Court—Was the 46th Regiment inspected by any general officer subsequent to the reprimand given by you to the officers who had annoyed Lieutenant Perry, and did he make any complaint of ill-treatment to the inspecting officer on that occasion ? Colonel Garrett—The inspection immediately after must have been the autumnal inspection of 1853—in October, I think—by Major-General Cochrane, in Dublin. I believe Lieutenant Perry was present. He might have been sick, but, to the best of my recollec tion, he was present, and made no complaint of ill treatmen t. By the Court—After the letter in question (the letter to Colonel Upton) had appeared in the papers, and you assembled the officers and addressed them, was Lieute nant Curtis present ? Colonel Garrett—l believe he was. I have no recol lection of having given him leave to be absent on that day. Prisoner (through the Court)—Did I not withdraw my letter to the general of the district at your request ; and did you not ask if I wished it to go to the general, and what answer did I give ? Colonel Garrett—l don't remember ever receiving any letter of the kind alluded to from you, and know of no letter to which the question has reference. Prisoner (through the Court)—Be kind enough to re consider the question, and say whether the answer that I gave was not this :—" That I should not like to ruin any young man's prospects; and if you would repri mand him severely, and put a stop to these occurrences, I would be satisfied ?" Prisoner—lt is understood that " the question" means the preceding; question ? The President—Oh, yes. _ _ Colonel Garrett—l have already stated that when I reprimanded the officer, I do not think I made any ob servations to Lieutenant Perry, nor do I recollect his having made use of the reply stated by Lieut. Perry. Major-General Wetherall intimated that this would be the case for the prosecution on the first and second instances of the charge ; and he would now proceed on the third and fourth instances of the charge. The De puty-Judge-Advocate would read that portion of the charge, and the first evidence he proposed to give would be documentary. The Deputy-Judge-Advocate then read as follows : " For scandalous, infamous conduct, unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, in the following instances : " Third. For having on the 21st of July, 1854, at Wind sor, when examined as a witness before the court-martial, which was then and there being held for the trial of Lieut. Thomas Fergus Greer, in reply to the following question : —` Will you swear positively that Captain Nicholas did not reprimand officers against whom you had made a com plaint to the commanding officer ?' made the following an swer have taken an oath already. Lieutenant Nicholas never to my knowledge censured anybody, he himself (meaning Captain Nicholas) having ill-treated others on joining'—he, the prisoner, then well knowing that so much of the said answer as is comprised in the following words, `ho himself having ill-t rea t e d others on joining,' was false. " Fourth. For having on the day and year aforesaid, and at the place aforesaid, in a certain letter addressed and delivered by him, the prisoner, to the Deputy-Judge-Ad vocate officiating at the trial of Li eu t enan t Th omas F ergus Greer, made the following statement :--`Major Maxwell has stated on oath that Captain Nicholas never ill-treated young officers. I could put questions to prove that he did and that ho (meaning Captain Nicholas) aids and abets nearly everything of the kind that takes place' —he, the prisoner, then well knowing that so much of the said statement as imputbd to Captain Nicholas `that he ill treated young officers, and aided and abetted others in so doing,' was false." Major-General Wetherall—ln proof of the question and answer, I lay before the Court a certified copy of that portiGn of the proceedings on Lieutenant Greer's trial which I received from the hands of the Deputy- Judge-Advocate-General, and it bears the seals of his office. [The paper was here handed in.] Lieutenant-Colonel Pipon was then sworn to give evidence on the fourth instance of the charge. The prisoner here wished to make a statement relative to the letter written by him to Lieutenant-Colonel Pipon, to the effect that he thought he had a right to do so, in consequence of what Major Pack told him on his own trial, Major Pack acting then as deputy-judge advocate. The President said the letter was not yet before the Court. Prosecutor (Major-General Wetberall)—Were you act ing as deputy-judge-advocate at the court-martial held for the trial of Lieutenant Thomas Fergus Greer, of the 46th Regiment, held on or about the 24th of July last ? Witness—l was. Prosecutor—Did you on that ocsasion receive a letter from Lieutenant Perry, the prisoner now before the Court ? Witness—l did receive a letter signed by Lieutenant Perry. Prosecutor—ls the letter now produced the same letter ? Witness—Yes, it is. Prosecutor—ls it in the same state as when you re ceived it ? Witness—lt is in the same state as when I received it and handed it over. The letter has not been altered since I received it ? The Deputy-Judge-Advocate then read as follows : " Windsor Barracks, July 21. "Sir,—l humbly submit that lam the virtual prosecu tor in this case, and as Colonel Garrett, the nominal pro secutor, declines to put questions necessary to the elucida tion of the truth, I ask to have the opportunity of cross examining the witnesses. I understand that Major Max well has stated on oath that Captain Nicholas never ill-treated young officers. Were I allowed the opportu nity I could put questions to prove that ho did, and that he aids and abets nearly everything of the kind that takes place.-1 have the honour to be, your most obedient hum ble servant, " J. E. PERRY, Lieut. 46th Regt. " To the Deputy-Judge-Advocate." Corporal John Smith was called to prove the hand writing, when The Prisoner said—To save the time of the Court I am quite ready to state that I wrote the letter of my own free will. I signed it, and addressed it to the De puty-Judge-Advocate without consulting anybody. The Deputy-Judge-Advocate then read the certified extract as given in the fourth instance of the charge. Prisoner—There are questions and answers both pre vious and after this question and answer, which would materially qualify both. They would show that the an swer was extracted from me contrary to my wish. I objected, at first, to answer on the ground that the ques tion did not bear upon the case, but I was told that I must answer. The words were put into my mouth. I do not, however, deny that I made the answer, and I am prepared to prove its truth. The Deputy-Judge-Advocate said the prisoner could procure certified copies of any portion of the evidence he pleased, on application to the Judge-Advocate-General. Ensign Henry Lawson was then sworn, the third and fourth charges being read over to him. Prosecutor—How long have you been in the 46th Regiment ? Witness—About four months. Prosecutor —Have you ever received ill-treatment at the hands of Captain Nicholas ? Witness—No, I have not. Prosecutor —Is it within your knowledge that Captain Ni c h o las aids and abe ts others i n annoying young offi cers; or that he has aided and abet ted others in - Wit n ess—No. Never since I joined has he aided doing? uied and abetted other s in anno y in g y oun g officers. O n th e con trary, he has aided them by advice. Prosecutor —What is the character of Capt. Nicholas [PRIOR SD. as regards his treatment of young officers on joining the regiment ? Witness—He always gives them advice whenever they ask it, and assists them in every possible way. Iwa one of his subalterns for a short time after I joined th regiment, and came to Windsor. He always gave m counsel and advice, and assisted me and all the othe young officers in every possible way. Prisoner —Have you experienced any practical joke since you joined the regiment, and, if so, of what natur were they! Witness— No, I have not. Ensign H enry Carr Win. Hammond was then swor the third and fourth instances of the charges being re over to him. Prosecutor —How long have you been in the 46t Regiment ? Witness—l joined about the middle of March last. Prosecutor —Have you ever received ill-treatment the hands of Captain Nicholas ? Witness—Never; Captain Nicholas has always treate me with the greatest possible kindness since I joined. Prosecutor--Is it within your knowledge that Capta . Nicholas aids and abets others in annoying young - ficers ; or that he has aided and abetted others in o doing ? Witness—No, it is not. Prosecutor—What is the character of Captain Nichol a as regards his treatment of young officers on joining t e regiment ? Witness—The officers who have joined since I did, io my knowledge, have always been treated with t e greatest possible kindness by Captain Nicholas. Captain Mackay—The witness has not fully answer d the question. Has he heard the character of Captd n Nicholas ? The President—He says, to the best of his knowledg Prosecutor—Were you ever taken by force from yo r room against your will, placed on the mess-table, a d made to sing a song ? Witness—No, never. t. Prisoner—Have you never been pulledamt of bed officers of your own regiment ? Major-General Wetherall apparently objected to t e question as irrelevant. He said the prisoner was ony asking questions at random. Witness (in answer to the question)—.No, never. Prisoner—The question was asked by the prosecut r. Prosecutor—Yes, it was ; and it has been answer . Yours is the same question. I have no wish, howev r, to limit your questions. Prisoner—Was no other officer at Weedon pulled t of his bed, placed on the mess-table, and made to sin a song? _ Witness—Not to my knowledge. Prisoner—Was not such an occurrence spoken o: amongst the officers at Weedon as having taken pl ce there ? Witness--I never heard of alything of the kind havi happened when I was there. Prisoner— Since Major Maxwell gave his eviden have you been spoken to in reference to your evident if so, who spoke to you, and what was said to you ? Witness—l saw Major Maxwell's evidence in 4 - newspapers. No officer has told me what to say, o anybody. Prisoner—Before you entered the room, had you . y knowledge of the points upon which you would :be examined ? if so, from whom had you the information ? Witness—l had no knowledge whatever. Ensign Richard Coote was then sworn, and the charges were read over to him. Prisoner—How lung have you been in the 40th Regi ment ? Witness —Since the 10th of January, 1854. Prosecutor —Have you ever received ill-treatment at the hands of Captain Nicholas ? Witness—Never. On the contrary, I have always received the greatest possible kindness and best advice from Captain Nicholas ever since I joined the regiment. Prosecutor—Wh a t is the character of Capt. Nicholas as regards his treatment of young officers ? Witness—Since I joined the regiment I have always known him treat young officers with the greatest i)os sible kindness, and the character I have heard of him has been the same. Prosecutor—ls it within your knowledge that he aid and abets others i❑ annoying young officers, or that b has aided and abetted others in so doing ? Witness—Since I joined the regiment Capt. Nichoh has never aided and abetted others in annoying youn, officers. Prisoner—Did not Captain Nicholas, on one occa4o . call you " son of a of an ensign ?" Witness—Never on any occasion since I joined ti regiment. Ensign George Morland Hutton was then sworn, : l am the charges were read over to him. Prosecutor—How long have you been in the 46 Regiment ? Prisoner—About ten months. Prosecutor—Have yo u ever received ill-treat ment a. the hands of Captain Nicholas ? witness—No. Prosecutor—ls it within your knowledge that Captain Nicholas aids and abets others in annoying young offi cers, or that he has aided and abetted others in so doing ? Witness—No. Prosecutor—What is the character of Captain Nicho las as regards his treatment of young officers on joining the regiment ? Witness—Since I joined the regiment he has always been very kind to me as a young officer. Prisoner—Did you ever hear opprobrious language used by Captain Nicholas towards young officers ? Witness—l don't remember ever having heard it. Lieutenant W. T. Waldey was then sworn, and the charges were read over to him. Prosecutor—How long have you been in the 46th Regitnent ? Witness—One year and three months. Prosecutor—Have you ever received ill•treatment at the hands of Captain Nicholas ? Witness—l have never received ill-treatment at the hands of Captain Nicholas ; he has always acted on the contrary. Prosecutor—ls it within your knowledge that Capt. Nicholas aids and abets others in annoying young offi cers, or that he has aided and abetted others in so doing ? Witness—l have never known Captain Nicholas, since I have been in the regiment, ever to take part, in word or deed, against a young officer in practical jokes. Prosecutor—What is the character of Capt. Nicholas as regards his treatment of young officers on joining the regiment ? Witness—He has always been excessively kind to me ; but I have been on detachment since any one joined junior to myself. Prisoner—Did you ever hear Captain Nicholas use opprobrious epithets towards any young officers ? Witness—Never to my knowledge. Prisoner—Will you be kind enough to refresh your memory on this point, and say whether you did not hear Captain Nicholas call one young officer a " son of a -- of an ensign ?" Witness—l never remember anything of the sort. Prisoner—Have you never said that Captain Nicholas made use of these words ? Witness—Never having heard Captain Nicholas use these words, I most decidedly never could have said so. Prisoner—Have you not stated, even in writing, that he made use of these words ? Witness—Never, to my knowledge. Prisoner (handing up a letter to the President) —May I request that no part of this letter be shown to the wit ness, except the signature, and the letter be not read ? The President—We can make no compromise with you, Mr. Perry. If a letter is put in, the whole of it must be read. Prisoner—But I only cross-examine upon it. I shall put it in, as part of my defence, afterwards. The letter was then handed up to the President, who read its contents with great surprise, his countenance evidently denoting that the words said to have been used by Captain Nicholas formed part of its contents. Prisoner (the President showing witness the letter) — Is that letter in your handwriting ? Witness—lt is ; the whole of it. The President—ls is. that part of it in your handwriting? The prisoner said he should like to have the le t ter back. A long discussion safe which then ensued upon the point , in the course of The o lil t e h p e u c ty ou J r zd a g n e d -A t d h v e o l c e a t t t e er be quite I am sworn officer with me. It r m es u i s d t e n n o t_ t peiileavevtehreit up, Court to t i ob p e e r rr et y. returned to you. The p The Deputy Judagei-ng on the Advocate esi —lt rmcurs.tpodayr.. The prisoner (et vill, his legal adviser) said he should leave the letter under protest, and only for custody whil e the Court wa c l e ared to consider the point. T s he court was then cleared for an hour and a quarter. On the re-admission of the public. The Deputy-Judge-Advocate announced that the Court had decided that the document should be retained in the hands of the De p ut y - Judge-Advocate, but not to be read unless demanded by the prisoner. The Court had also decided that the letter should be sealed up under his (the Judge-Advocate's) seal, and that of the prisoner. At the same time, in order not to deprive the prisoner of any use he might make of it, the prisoner would be allowed to take a copy of it in the presence of the Court. Prisoner—l am quite satisfied and exceedingly grateful for the decision of the Court. I have no wish to take a copy of the letter, and I shall be quite satisfied with the seal of the Court. The De p ut y -J udge - Advocate—Justice requires that you should seal it. [The letter was then sealed up.] Prisoner (in cross-examination of Lieutenant W. T. Walley)—Will you now state whether Captain Nicholas used the words imputed to him or not ? Witness—l state the same as I did before, that I have not the slightest remembrance of it. Prisoner—l beg to decline asking the witness any more questions. By the Court—Do you remember an officer being re primanded by Colonel Garrett for annoying Lieutenant Perry ? _ Wltness—l never was present when an officer w as reprimanded by Colonel Garrett for annoying Lieutenant Perry. By the Court—Was Lieutenant Perry subjected to APPOINTMENTS. Rear-Admiral Hon. Montagu Stopford, superinten dent of Devonport Dockyard, to be Captain of the Fleet on the Mediterranean station, for service in the Black Sea. Commodore Henry Eden, recently superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, promoted to be Commodore of the first class, and appointed to be Superintendent of Devon port Dockyard, vice Stopford. Lieutenant Charles A. Lodder (1846), recently serv ing in the Coast Guard, to command the Viper, 6, screw steam despatch gun-boat at Blackwall, one of the six screw steam despatch gun-boats for service in the Baltic. THE ROYAL STEAM-YACHTS. Her Majesty's yacht Fairy, Captain Crispin, went from Osborne to Southampton on Saturday afternoon, to embl,rk her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and suite, who arrived from London at half-past five o'clock, and embarked in the Fairy for Osborne. Her Majesty's steam-yacht Victoria and Albert, Cap tain the Hon. Joseph Denman, came into Portsmouth harbour from Cowes on Saturday morning. THE GUN-BOATS. WOOLWICH, Aug. 6.—The shipwrights of the dock yard and the workmen of Humphrys, Tennant, and Dyke's were at work all day yesterday (Sunday) on the Arrow screw steam despatch gun-boat, in the basin at Woolwich. The Arrow is fitting with wire rigging. General Prince Radziwill, of the Prussian service, visited the Devonport Dockyard on Saturday, and was conducted through the establishment by Admiral Stop ford and the principal officers. Lieut. C. G. S. Woodman, who was sent to Melville Hospital with severe injuries to his right hand, has again returned to duty. In consequence of the injury received, he has lost the use of the three back fingers, which incapa citates him from efficient duties. Having only one finger and thumb for grasping his s word, he is taking lessons for the sword and pistol exercise with his left hand. He has returned from hospital at his own particular request to join his ship. It will be remembered that it was in attempting to save from drowning a boy who had unfor tunately fallen overboard that he met with this ac cident. MILITARY. Colonel William Hassan Eden, late Lieutenant- Colonel commanding the 56th Regiment, is appointed Commandant of the Garrison at Chatham, vice Marcus Beresferrd, promoted to be Major-General. The troops at Chatham are all allowing their mous taches to grow, in compliance with the General Order to that effect. .........._____ The detachment of the 46th Regiment on duty at Kensington Palace and at the Magazine guard, Hyde Park, has been relieved by detachments of the 44th and 19th Foot from the regimental depots at Walmer bar racks, and has joined head-quarters at Windsor, to be ready to march for embarkation to Varna. The remaining companies of the 57th Foot have ar rived in Cork from the depot, to join the service corn- ARRIVALS, &c., AT MALTA. Our Malta letter, dated the 29th of July, announce the arrival there on that morning of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's ship Manilla, laden with stores. On the 26th the Simla arrived, having on board 299 troopers of the 4th Light Dragoons, 312 horses, and ten servants, 12 men of the Ambulance Corps, and the fol lowing officers of Dragoons :—Lieutenant-Colonel Lord George Paget ; Majors Halkett and Low ; Captains Brown, Portal, Hutton, and George (paymaster) ; Lieu tenants Adlington, Sparke, Ellis (adjutant), Jolliffe, and the Hon. C. J. Keith ; Cornets Martin, King, Hunt, and Booth ; Surgeon Hunter ; Assistant-Surgeon Crigh ton ; Veterinary-Surgeon Byrne ; and Quartermaster Hill. On the same day, by the Colombo, arrived 961 rank and file, 12 horses of the 20th Regiment, and the follow ing'officers :—Colonel Horn, Lieutenant-Colonel Crofton, Major Eveleigh. Brevet-Majors Sharpe and Birdm ore ; Captains Lye, Stevens, Radcliffe, Wood, Butler, and Anstey ; Lieutenants, James, Hay, Chapman, Leet, Bennett, M'Neille, Peard, Padfield (adjutant), Rother ham, and Parkinson ; Ensigns Dowglasse, Vaughan, Parr, Lewis, and Kekewich ; Paymaster Mosley ; Quar termaster Bilhan ; Surgeon Howard, Assistant-Surgeon Wright, together with the Rev. Mr. Coffe. On the 27th, by the Medora, there left for the East the Hon. Captain Yelverton, with 120 men of the Royal Artillery ; Captain Craigie, Lieutenant Ravenhill, and Lieutenant Murray, Royal Engineers; with 80 rank and There had been a few cases of Asiatic cholera among t fi h l file, t a r n o d o p N s o i n . 4 g a c r o r mpa y n i e e: which oal y Sappers and Miners. had p rove d f a t a l, an d a few isolated cases among the r es id ents. It did not, how ever, appear likely to spread, s i nce during the last two days previous to the 29th there had been no attacks, and even on the arrival of ships from abroad, bearing the the island, the attacks had been confined almost ionto exclusively to those wh o l anded in a state of in disposition. Among the residents, too, in almost every instance the attacks had been traced to dietary or other excesses. died o n the with night Li eu tenant-Colonel Busiett, who lately commanded the Royal Malta Fe ncible Re g i ment, from which he re tired to make room for Colone l 8 iniee Baynes, othfethfuel2l 28th after o a f ft a er L a ie s u h t o en rt an il t i C o o ss lo . On the 2 8 th the French steam-frigate Labradornel, d arrived from Alexandretta. She had on board 16 Arab entire horses, each o f the value of 25,000 f., equal to 1,0001. English, selected with the ut most care with regard to symmetrical proportions and o th er points of beauty. They were destined for F rance, to improve the breed of race horses in that country. MILITIA AND YEOMANRY, His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey in spected the 2d, or North Regiment, on Friday last, the 4th inst., at Jardin d'Olivet, and on the afternoon of the same day he inspected the St. Laurens battalion, or 4th Regiment, at St. Aubin's Bay. The Lieutenant-Gover nor is assisted in his inspection by Colonel Le Conteur, Adjutant-General of Militia. The Ist Regiment (King's Own) Staffordshire Militia, which has been for some ti me p ast und er orders to pro ceed to Windsor, has rece ived a counter mand, and is t o remain at Dover until the end of Se p te mber. command e an W d eosft CaptainSufiolk PhillipYeom ennanßryCet, m Cavalry, un d er the .p. , were re viewed on Monday last by Colonel Irabberton, o f t h e 2d Life Guards, on Rougham Heath. The gallant colonel expressed himself highly pleased with the ap pearance and discipline of the corps. The Bedfordshire Militia assembled last week for the purpose of being embodied for active service. The second division of the 3d West Yorkshire Militia, consisting of about 300 men, disembarked at the North-wall, Dublin, on Saturday morning before eight o'clock, and marched into Richmond barracks. The following officers accompanied the second divi sion :—Colonel Loftus, Adjutant-Captain Brothero, Captains Bower, Kendal, Faywell, Wade, Sher burne and Chantrill ; Lieutenants Smyth, Roger, Marshall, and Loftus ; (and Ensigns Hind, ...Blake, A. annoyance or persecution in any way after the officer had been reprimanded by Colonel Garrott ? Witness—l do not know at what time Colonel Garratt reprimanded any officer for annoying Lieutenant Perry, • but since I have been in the regiment I don't know of any annoyance towards Lieutenant Perry. By the Court--Has Lieutenant Perry ever joined in practical jokes towards his brother officers ? Witness—He once went with me to Lieutenant Duns combe's room. That is the only instance I know of. The President—But th a t i s no pract i cal joke. (Laugh ter..) What did you do t o M r . D unscom b e ? Witness—We wakened him up. (Laughter.) By the Court—Was it on that occasion the door was smashed in ? Witness—To the best of my recollection it was not ; but I will not be certain about it. By the Court—Did Lieutenant Perry ever join in a practical joke against yourself ? Witness—l should say not ; but he was once in the room when T was woke up in the same way as Duns combe was. (Laughter.) There was ne ill-will on any body's part. Lieutenant Dunscombe was then called by the prose cutor, but it being then four o'clock the Court adj ourne d until Monday (this day). THE WINDSOR COURTS-MARTIAL. A writer of travels, now many years back, gave to the world a quarto upon the condition of certain of the Arabian tribes. Among other places touched upon in this volume was the . town and people of M usca t. Thi s port i on of his subject the author dismissed in a very brief chapter, con taining merely the following pregnant words : "As for manners, they have none ; and their customs are abominable." Now, - if a writer in our own time should wish to convey to his readers a comprehensive idea of the tone which pervades the society of officers in cer tain regiments of the British army, we say it with the greatest pain, he could not do better than adopt the precise words of the historian of Muscat. Can anything be more purely disgraceful, disgusting, and humiliating than the revelations which have taken place in the course of the various Windsor Courts-martial ? It is not our intention to-day to offer any especial comment upon the various reports we have published of these most unsatisfactory proceedings. Whether or no his persecutors can succeed in raising a colourable pretext for completing the ruin, in a military sense, of the luckless youth who was so unfortunate as to receive a commission in the 46th Regiment is a question merely affecting an indi vidual. The Courts-martial, however, may, if they please, by an unjust decision, affix a deeper stigma upon the character of the British officer than it has m b a ru y ta p li r t o y ve of to w th h e ich wo w rl e d b t a h v a e t ac T ts he o y f yet tile r v ec a e r i i v o e u d s . loantleylyrciheeaurirde to som b u e c k h u a o r w e unottbaet they may be censuredxceptional cases, which by the superior authorities ; that they are not the results of extraordinary ruffianism in the subal terns, and extraordinary neglect on the part of the ,f commanding officer of a particular regiment, but e that they receive the approbation of a military court of inquiry, and the sanction of the Horse ; Guards. We trust, however, it will not come to that. A most heavy responsibility at the present moment rests upo n th e C ourts - mart i a l —a respon ? sibility compared with which the decision upon the case of an individual is but a feather in the rbalance. The issue upon which they have to decide is substantially whether the officers of the English army are henceforth to be considered gen tlemen, or not gentlemen ? Should the decision— as we cannot and will not anticipate—be in oppo sition to the justice and exigencies of the case, we may readily distinguish, as heretofore, that a man is a British officer by virtue of his red coat and epaulettes ' • but that he is the re f ore a person actuated by the high and chivalrous sentiments which inspire the conduct of English gentlemen, and that he is fit to be admitted to their society, will not necessarily follow. Any man who has perused the evidence given before the two former Courts-martial may very readily form his judg ment on the brutal attack to which young Perry was subjected. It would be a sorry sight indeed if a Court of English officers—the Commander in -Chief, 'nay, the Queen herself—were brought upon the scene as virtually approving that attack by denying to the young man who was sub ls jected to it the right of defending himself with his e own right hand against the last indignity which can be offered to a mangy cur. Under other circum ,s stances we would not allow ourselves even hypothe •tically to hint at the possibility of such a result ; but there is something disheartening in the appoint , ment of this second Court-martial even before the , decision was known as to the former proceedings. It was not well to multiply proceeding upon pro d coaling against an unfortunate lad—to throw him down a second time bound hand and foot before h those who had previously so cruelly misused him— to place him in a position in which he cannot meet oath with oath, but is put to a well-nigh impossible proof—to leave him a second time in the position of a prisoner, when every man who has followed the particulars of the transaction knows well that the man really on his trial in this case is the command ing officer under whose auspices such disgraceful irregularities have occurred. Even as a friendly proceeding to Col. Garrett the form of this second Court-martial is a mere mistake. No rational man will pay any serious attention in a case of this kind to theistatements of the half-dozen officers who step forward to swear, one after another, that they " don't remember." Is it possible by multiplying non-proofs to arrive at a demonstration ? The simple fact is, that Colonel Garrett should himself be brought before a court-martial to answer for the condition of his regiment. Until that is done, nothing is done. It is the condition of the 46th Regiment upon which we require informa tion. When we say the 46th Regiment, we are sorry to add that two military commissions of in quiry are at present sitting to investigate the con duct of officers in other regiments, which, as it is stated, has been to the full as bad as that of the junior officers of the 46th, To what extent, then, does the evil prevail ? Is it to be understood that many other regiments in the service are deeply tainted with the unpleasant peculiarities of Colonel Garrett's young friends ? Our own experience of life has not been that of the mess-room and the barrack, but certainly in no public school of the kingdom, at neither university, among no circle of young men in London who aspire to the character of gentlemen, have we over heard of such scenes of ruffianism and vice as appear to have prevailed in certain corps in the Queen's service. Since the 46th Regiment has become so notorious, the doings of the younger officers in the British army have been much canvassed, and many of their methods of wiling away time have been brought to light. There may be exaggeration here, and incorrect in formation there, but no one can doubt that d in the main the charges are true, and that _ able tone of debauchery does unfortunately prevail In every w ai e n o t n the r u g s t, superfluousyounger forofficersus t o o f the s ayt. h a a r t m w y e . d o I t n i o s t , young men of gentle d regiment include there are to be found all , in so general an accusation. er as m a i r nds, who look up on such ly sc t e e n m e p s over, many regiments in ch the com man di ng whi with disgust and abhorrence. There are, more atnidioscelewanheicrh officers do their duty, and which are entirely free from the taint of violent immorality or ruffianism. Every man of any military experience affirms—and we doubt not with truth—that the character of a regiment depends upon that of the commanding officer. It is not enough to maintain decency at fifimenulgotes. not cffii e n i cHae p lri o tsh r t o t os a uum n gb t ahak i hte o e s so ew i ms n enui t gos h htt e t aa d osef u ske t ha y ri tso o wi o f a m t lw,e nad e ng o edehadh m ri s a s a p c l a d e ny . r . • the mess-table and on p ara d e . I t i s among the the effect of that influence in their manners and their conduct. There is no question of espionage or secret police. In so limited a circle as that of regimental society all the acts and words of each of its members soon become known to his companions. The commanding officer can very quickly see with whom he has to deal. Every flow and then a black sheep will creep into a regiment, as elsewhere. A young man of thoroughly vicious mind will every now and then obtain a commission, and then he must be got rid of as quietly and as quickly as possible ; but we do not think so ill of young Englishmen—the sons, at least, of English gentle men—as to suppose that they are not amenable to the influence of their commanding officer, if, indeed, he be a person fit for command—a man who by his own life sets before them the example, haveof that li ne o f con d uc t w hi c h it i s right they should pur s ue. W e b e li eve mos t men who ) been called upon to make the trial have never found it a hard task to keep young Englishmen in order by working unostentatiously upon their r and self better feelings and sentiments of 1 Colonel Garrett, respect. It is this influence w ted pear to have neglec .—Tintes. and,we fear many other commanding officers, ap- populated and .11ierthyr & DECREASE OF PAUPERISM AND CRIME.—It i S a pleas olf n A t the r d a e a n r s e e , l y in , circumstance tha t g enerall y throughout South Wale 3 there has been a gra dual but sure decrease in th e amount crime has dimin ished full 50 p er cent., and at . , c., the Pem broke and Car mart h en Assizes ther e were only four u of u n ri l m ig e ht a e n r l ed pa l u o p c e a r l iM soner s for trial, while at Glamorgan noserious charge was on the calendar. The diminution o f th e present moment is great, there being pauperism a t a blebodied poor in the - various uni scar ce l y any o wing to the active demand for labour, on-honses. This is large amount of emigration and the arising from the being carried on. 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