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TEE UNIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE ASSOClATlON.—Established 1849. Cuter OFFICES-52, King WlMem-street, London-bridge. TRUSTEES. John Lewis Ricardo, Esq., M.P. I Robert. Wlll'am Kenner% Esq. Charles John .llare, Esq. Crawshay Raney, Esq., M.P. IMPORTANT FEATURES. Persons insured for Life, and who have paid three consecutive Yearly premiums and upwards, can receive baca their money, less the premium for the risk incurred during the time they were insured, by giving three months' notice to the Company, or on surrender of the original policy, the premium so paid may remain as a DetTnit (Without any future ptoments), and a Deposit Policy of equivalent 'value will be issued in lieu thereof. P , lieles 1 -sued on th Deposit System, which m.. ets the wants of a late*, class of the community, who are prevented insuring th,i, Het., owing to the precarious nature of their incomes, or to the uncer talnties of emit mint and health. The assured upon the principle keeps an account precisely the same as he would at a Savings Rank, N/1 1 11 this important advantage over tlese inst tutions, that whatever :turn remains utiwithdrawn , ept esents a Life I oilcy ior a c 'wider by larger amount, psyable to his representatves in case of death. Every other des , ription of Life Assurance business transacted. Annuities era- ted on most liberal terms. Diseased lover, end lives rejected by other offices, taken at a pre /Ulm proportionate to vor . C. W. BEVAN, Managing Director. R. P R WELL, Secretary. N.B.—Agents wanted throughout the kingdom. Liberal Commis- SiOns. THE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, Oc . oher 4, 1 854. The , :ene al crew Steam Shipping Com pany's screw sc.= sh•p •' ARGO," 1,850 tons, 3no horse power, Oeorse Hyde, Commander, will sail from Southampton with her Majes•y' Malls for Ailekide, Port-Phitia, and , yin.y, an i-cedhes day toe 4th October, 1854, at 'rw o'clock punctua'ly. The " Arg9," one of the fastest chips aft at, Is justly c, leb' ated for her last passage to ,lustralla, haNi, g made the run ut In 4 days, and home within the same period. She is also he end steam-ship that requite to England via Cape H ro, thus accomplishing a voyage round the World In 1 28 days. Th vesse's forming the superb fl. et of screw steamers oi this Company, of which his s , ip Is one, are well known for the punctuality and s. eed with hich heir voyages are perform, d. No • xpense has been spired it. their construction, and the accommo dations which they ffer to the pu lic are ansurpas ed it equalled, by any ships afloat. Rives of Passage oney var), according to the acrommo.stion regaled, irom 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars as to Frei-ht and vassage may be had At the Comp, ny's Offices, 7, Cahoon -street, London. BANK OF DEPOSI T, No. 3, PALL. MALL EAST. ONDON. Establishe..l A.D. 1844. puties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the P 1 n of th s Institution. by which high rate of Interest may he obtained what perfect security. Interest pa. able I J.notary and July. PETE t MORItisON, Manaslns Director. Prospectuses and Forms fur opening Accounts st nt tree on application JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for the Pitt , : -ERVA HON of POTATOES, SEEIL 4 , Stc —' his 'valuable discovery. for wlib h Letter, Patent hat e M en obtained, is the r. suit of fourte. n is' study and experments in the preQerytt- Hon of vegetable matters. It impacts heal. h aria vigour to he Plants and ceds subjected to its ft thin, and .ITe. tually prey. nts the PoTATo ASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, M I 'MEW and ROT, all FUN'IAL DI -E kSE 4 , aud he attacks of INSECTS and Vh.R MIN, and further r comntenes itself to the t , rmer, th plat ter, and the public generally, by the txtt tme simplicity of the mode of its application. It is sold by seedsmen and Chemists, in packets of one, tut), three, and four p un.ts each, wit., instructions for its use, and panes zhe qult-Ing larger quantitie s for their own use or f o r exportation, can Supplied on advantageous terms, by addressing to . Jackson the ratantee, 18, Cannon-,trect, I ondon-bri wh-r t the article is al waYs on sale, ant the full, at particulars and directions fitr its use can be obtained. GR AVESEND STAR PACKETS. NO other Packets call at the Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. NOTICE. —D 1Y TICKETS are issued upon the Gravesend Star Packets, available for return by them rby the Lotrion and Tilbury Rahway ; the Return Tickets by the Rai way will also be available for return by the star Packets. • The Packets call st the eiess as underlined (weather permitting FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEER I lATE. StIND•YIS. Terrace t :2' t E . v. E 5 2 Pier F 2. ' F. l. Time v .€7 =''' S E -7 '' ; 7 7 13 ~-. 0 w , 0 1 t9 __ _ I 4 - - 11 1 % --- 4 4 _ 1 3 ' ._ - - S— - 5 6——— 6 7——7 B— 8 _ , tho Boats marked t % - nchurch•street Station to all parts of London 'our. Direct Ti iins rrima Omnitimea from F• e,ery quarter of an 11( BRUN:3W ICK WIIA' lowing Train .BF, BLACKWA LT., on the arrival of the foi ls from the Fenehurch-street Station. 'V FER 1114 Vi . . 4 UNDAYB. _Th. --i- -) ----- 4 r 5 Fen- , .: Fen- cluret, i i t 1 1 4 - ?. , ;Burch S 2 y. f Street ' 8 = t t -street 7 E P I/ i C '' 'i a , - -: i :....- - ....._ _ ...... ____ ~ i - - - , 8 3 4 - - 1014 - 1114 - - - 1014 - - 12 I I 4 - 24 14, 4 4 • - 2 14 - Oh IA 34 6N, 5 _ 14i - Passages marked are ri 'tin direct Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from flravesend and i.onaon•• •• •• 10d. .. Is. 2d. Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolieb Bd. .. Os. 10d Between ilravesend and Intermediate Pier w s.. Bd. Os Si.. MAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, A .0,., Six Months, W. Os.; Three Months, 2.. Os.; to he had of the Collectors on board the Packets, or of Mr. Monk. Terrace Pier. Gravesend. Past and superior Packets to be Let for F xcursious. Apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Aaent, .+tar C•imparty, Star Office, Fenchurch street Terminus, Blackwell Railway. July 24, la/44 THE SECRET I tglr IR Ai ITIEst OF YDUTii AND MATURITY. Just published, price 25., illustr t a a t m ed ps w , ith cues; free by post f or 30 , DEBILITY ; N ERVOUS Its Causes, symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper n a serer and more m atorrt•cea, w‘th Practical su ccessful mode of treatment b6 of e" th a e ti'is diseases "o of the Generative Pystem, obtained by the use of atheoMticr real osco , ‘a4e d Microscope detecting .n ,fte, a t n o d f disti nguishing, by urinary exau'intln, h *very variety of complaint. whether aris,inragettlrcoatni remarks, I' unded itryllabit., b ex cesses, accide n t, or c li ma t e , lollowed 3, o n twenty y ears ' ri espe• nce in Tentorrhma treatment,3a , &c . To which of Impuismanee, Nerv ous Debility, Local W e akness, Per are added, Co - nmentaries on the Physiology cautiona hints on the evils emanating fr o o f m Narriage e l mpiriea . with pre s practice, find onry the dangerous r eme di es a d voca t e d by v a rious writers on these inPortent disorders. 43 AA MUT% LA'M ERT, 37, it EDFORD-SQUARB, M.D. OND 0 N, Doctor of Medicine matriculated Member ot the L Univeraity burst, Honorary ' Member of the London Hospital Medi cal ° S l ec g i d et; ' , Licentiate of A pothecaries' Hall, Londgn, &c. , &c. Theessential object of this treatise is a point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, hood, have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in M hood, and premature decay at all stages of Lite, Man other class of disease known to than, perhaps, an} modern pathologists Its perusal is their Physical condt ticn P ers ons entertaining secret doubts of the health happiness, a c id par ti cularly recommend ed to d who a re conscious of having hazarded entitled. riv ileges to whi c h every human being is It Is absolutely necessary thatall know , men should that there are prlndples of personal mansgernent which cannot be violated without huttrring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed ti e heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may he removed, and how the evil and its consequences tzay be avoided, and above all, that there is searoely any decree of pnysical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely Lod of science cannot apply a cure. The. Author has for a aeries of years been ding aged in an extensive practice in the treatment 01 these dello:lie complaints, which are unfortunately been gr e atnerally cofid to the care of Ignorant work* who inflict injury t h os en who are induced to place faith in their pretensions, NERVOUS DEBILITY May be had, price 21, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Vaternoster-row . Ilannay, or, Oxford -street Borne, 19, Leicester•square; Mann, 39, Cornhiii ; or tree • y post tot shirty stamps, to any address from the Author's residence, 37, sea aird.oquare. sborne fig mumltatiori dtlly from Elevm till Two. and from i 4 Mat CAPTAIN PENNY'S DAVIS' STRAITS EXPEDITION. ABERDEEN, Thursday. —The Lady Franklin, th«. arrival of which at the Orkneys was announced in yes terday's Fun, is now here. She came in this morning and looks as if tike had come through hard weather. The crew are in excellent health, and Captain Penny has brought with him a very intelligent Esquimaux. The directors of the company, for commercial reasons, prevent the disclosure of facts which might injure their speculation ; but from sources .on which the fullest confidence may be placed, we have gathered the following : . . . . The Lady Franklin and the Sophia made the ice Aunt the end of August, and took up their position in Hogarth's Sound, at a place called New Voyn, on the West Land. Here two Yankee ships were found engaged in the same fishery. Captain Penny succeeded in killitiu 12 whales before the winter set in, and then:prepared fo: boiling. The ships were snugged, and the most friendly intercourse with the natives was established. Thu health of the crews was good, but the winter was very severe, the glass at 'times being as low as 491 degrees below zero. _ In the spring the fishing was resumed. For nine months the ships had been locked up, but with the first of summer they were free. The fishing was again suc ceosful, no fewer than 16 whales having been killed. The total quantity of oil (which is boiled) will be about 19 1 3 tons, and 15 t ons o f b one . The bone alone will fetch , 350/, a ton, and the oil is expected to realise over 40/. a-ton . The Americans here, as in other things, are before us, hut it is due to Captain Penny to say that since 1840 he has had a resident fishery in view, and has now suc ceeded, in the face of difficulties that would have over powered most men. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cites. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Ftlhamn-r, ad), —The above Rcoms are now OPEN FOR TUE :F.EAON. and will continue open every evening, with L AL' ICE \ CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, sultan Polka, Fair Star Wait; and Overlan4 Mail Gator., by D'Albert ; also, by Laurent , the following Waltzes—La belle Francaise, Leonora, Vali kins and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Dooms open at balm-past Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter—lnate at half-past 11. erFIE CASINO de VENISE, Hi a noLBoRN Is Oei N for the Season his popular and , Plendid siatiiihment having doting the recess been Re-Deco rated by esrs. Itactima% er, !lull (artists ~ f th.. Cr., still P4lace), and Assi , tants, the w hole of the pillars, pil tsters, anti wal s d With upwa ds of MO superb !late,' or •ilve ed ti'ass, a New Floor laid down in the Ball Boom, an entirely 'ew o,chestra erected, together with many alterations and improvements to nwnert us to Particularise. Mr. W. M. PACKER'S Grand 11.. rat will perform nightly an endless variety of rieW anti popular compositions. Doom open at half-past 8, and clo•e at 12 o'clock. Admission. Is. TURKISH EXHIBITION and MUSEUM, St'. GEORGE'S GALLI- RV, Hyde-park-corner, l'i,caddly, °kXN DAILT, from Eleven till Ten Saturd ys excepttd, when it clo-ea at Six Aomisst a, 2s. Gd. ; children, Is. Gd. ; Saiurdaya, ss. ; children, 2s 6d Fartfly Tick. is for live, lOs. Schools aOmittt dat lbat-trice Herr r al. zdy ;tad his Band are enpu•cd, and wll per -I°;n Daily, front" Twelve till Five. 51.. J. o.borne H illisms will preside at the Grand Pill...forte during the Evening. t•ATRON—WILTL PRINCE ALIO- RT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MAN %GEMENT. COURSE of Mi tNIM Y LECTURES. toe, hilly addre,sed to the IN DUSTRIAL CI. ASSE-, to w' ich they and their 2. millet will he admitted, Morning Cr Evening, on payment of SIXPENCE each', on Producing a ti, ket signed by the Foreman or Superintendent of the Works to Which they may belona. .The THIRD LECTURE of to. CDURSE will be delivered by the Rev. Professor B a DLN 1 owELL, R.R.S., on Monday Evening, the 28th InSt., ttt Ebrbt o'clock, on the Plasit,..AL C RUSE ul the PItEUE:i. SION of the EQU , NOXES. GREAT SCIENTIFIC NOVELTIES. NATURE PRTNTI NO, by Dr. BACUIIOFFEER EXHIBITD , N of the MODERN RI f 1 FIRE, and of DU BOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED► CASCA DF, In addition to all the Daily LECTURES by 211(.38 , 8. PEPPER and BACHROFFNER. 01.1 R'AL EXHIBITIONS. PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GAL LERY, &c.. &c., &c. A BAND of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WAUD of the Royal Italian Opera, /he Gas•llghtfng has been re•artanged hyJorm LESLIE, Esq. FOS.S'S PATENT HAND PRINUNG A LTARATUS explained daily, wi , h many other inv,ntions. CONTRACT FOR PROVBIONS. ROTAL HOSPITAL, CIIELRKA, 24Tii Ira., Ixsl. HE Right Honourable the Lords, and others, COMMI@SIO era of this Ilosp tat, d.' hereby give Notice th4t they are ready to receive Tenders front, awl to treat with, such tier- SOus as may be willing to Licntract tor victu the in pensioners of the said llospital, front the Ist now et-, 1855, io the 301 h -einem her, ISs5, b.fth days ineltbive. for the fulldwing Articles of I.l,ViSit , ll6, at., viz BEEF and MUTTON*, BREAD, CHEECE, RUTTER, POTATOE- , , SALT, OATM E.AL, Pr PPER, F , .OUR, SUET, COCOA, BLACK TEA, atm SUGAR, at per head, per diem, For the while ration, accenting to the stabiishe.l allowances of the House, as Specified in the term of T nd r which may he obtained at the Office of the Secretary, any day between he hours of Ten and Three o'clock, w ich 'ft nth r must to tided up and delivered, sealed, at the Board-room of stud the Hospital, hy the party or Parties tendering, or by an agent swill' eit on his or their ehalf, on TUESDAY, he 12th day of Septemoer next, at Twelv.• o'clock, at Which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same into Consideration. It is to he observed, that the Contractor will be requW to find security to the Crown for the o tie per oi mance of the ('tract, and that no Tender will be received after the boor above mentioned. ghe Commissioners do no pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tpu. A. J. MOO HEAD, secretary and Registrar. N I T HAT ARE THE FORCES - DOING ? Everyi , ne's attention i , turned to Pffairs in the Bat is and the Black Sea, and are anxious to know what th forces are doing Is ceneralls known th I they are equal to any exigency, and fully qualith-d for the business they have undertaken. In nu tillers, ski'l. military exper ence, and resource?, they ate super or to any power whi , h 'tussle c.in command. With equal int , re , t eve. yrne asks, what are the gigantic forces o E MOSES urd SON doing at this season of the year? We cap answer this question witt , ou any difficulty whatever. E. MOSES and oN ma ace their bus news with , per'ect skill an , experienc in every department; they direct every man's talent to the right object consequently their t roductions posses such excel lencies as are not discovered in any other articles of attire. E. MOSES and r4oses forces are superior :o any exigency which mar arise, and they can execute orb is for any description of dre s to any amount, with more promptitude, correctness, despatch, and ecenotm , the n any other house. • E. MOSES and SoN's resources are inc - edibly extensive, and are expressed in a in gintude and novelty of stock in each department lieady-mad, dr, ss for all cl .sses— styles for Sportsmen, Excursion ists Business Men, an others, all novel, comfortable, and d cant. Hats an raps, the bent, ci eapest, and most stylish. The most foshion,ble Hosiery Goeds wbi, h were ever presented, and the most complete outfits for emigranrs to any pert of the world. Mons and 'ON's fortes, d:re ted to the Wholesale rlothint, Shirt, and Boot and Sh°e bus;ness offers advantages far above com parison; and v er , hints, Ceptains, Emigrants and others, wilr derive more prod, from their goods than from a :y other descr ptton of mer e:iodise. Full of OUTFITS for Ladies and Gentlemen, with shit• sailing information, may he had on application, or poet free. CAUTioN —E. MOsES And SON regret [laving to guard ‘he Puil , c against imposition, haying learned that the untradtmnan-lik tahrh o i of " Being connected with heir Es'ablishment," or the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, an( for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have N 0 CONNEXION WITH ♦NT OTHER. HOURS IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows :- I.nel'm City Establishment, 154, 155. 186, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communic sting. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradtord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 30, Bridge-street. stieffield Branch, 36. Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant ratio.. Clothiers, natters, Flowers, Furriers, Boot any, ihoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and G.:nth:men. LMPORTANT —ghoul(' any article not give satisfaction, it will b. exchanged If desired, or, if, preferred, the money will be return. , without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the 'owes.' 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 Rook, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Op— contsinius cull lists of prices, our system et - m. nt. &c., &c., MRV he had on application, or post.free. Id l'on Prqncsia„ Qui si parts I I allano. H•er Rtwieht mcm Deelbach. AQUA as hablx Kgrisno No. 19,319.] PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE FORTUNES OF WOMAN " Now ready, at all the Libraries, In 3 vols., rrnE VILLAGE MILLIONAIRE. .2.. By the Author of" The Foi tunei of Woman." "The author hai MI the qualification.; of an accomplished novel writer—a vivid imagination, great descriptive powers, end no ordi nary commai.d of language, with that peculiar tact or talent which enables her to make the happiest application of these gilts."—Morn ing 11 ra d. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. CHOLERA. —Just Pui.lisbed.—Advice on the l'revtittlon of Cho'era givin the tr atcrc,t Web hits vever failed At (moo to ck , he I'REMON TORY DIARRHCEA WHICH IT 1 , .c EDE:4 IT. The only CERTAINper.oI for wresting the cotn plgint disttir ut To be had gratis, co ap lic,t inn, or by post, on repetving two sta.r.ps• It. A usTE N M D., &c., Somerset•street, Portinan-square. THE RAILROAD, the STEAMBOAT, and the ttm The ST. M RnitrE - r, P.sT ATP, on the banks 01 the Thames, hetwoen R motet and Twickenham. as tart out with ornamet.tal gardens is admitted to be one of the most p'c rtiresque imtt e ti s in the vici ity of Imedott for vtl'a re4tenc , s P. rsmna des roes of acquirint: any of the few remaining vh ire lot on Esta e are repo , sled to aunty to the Secretary o' th Coiecry twe Lend Society, at the offices, 33. Norfolk-street, S ran', where every informatbm w .Iso he given as to the mo le of obta n'n,4 advances for building on any of the ociety s Estates. r r RI ESEM AR, pr o t ec t e d by R oya l L e t ter: - a Patent of England, and Fferured by the Seals.of the Ecole df Pharmacie de Paris, awl the Imperial c!ollege V' Medicine, Vienna TRIE';EIIkR, No. 1, a remedy for Relaxation, Speruuttarrhosa, and Exhaustion of the ,ystem. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually. In the short space of three days, completely and entirel , eradicates all traces or thos.- Disorders which Capivi and euheh 'wave so long been thouuht an antidote for. to the ruin of the healt) a vast portion of the Donut:llion TRI It R, No. 3, he great Cont nental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which , infortimateiy the English physic - an trent. with Mercury, to the in evitahie destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all tin srsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TREE -EMA h. No 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, nd of all raiwating qualities. They ma, lie on the toilet table without tin it us. beitur suspected. Sold in tin caves at I Is. eaci., free by post, 2s. extra, divided tnt , •cparate doses, as admiristered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux, &c.—To he had 'vholesale and Retail in London of Robert John. 68. ; lianuay and co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. THE NEW STAMP ACT. A difficulty has arisen in connexion with the new Stamp Act of this session, which is understood to conic into operation on the 11th of October next, on the point as to whether it is to apply to foreign bills dated before that day, but payable on 'r after it. The fifth clans,. seems to admit of such an interpretation, while the in tention of the first clause appears to have been to ex elude all bills drawn on or before the date in question. 13y the wording of the one clause the stamp would ap pear to be necessary on every bill that may be negotiate(' or presented for payment after the 10th of October while in the other the exemption of all bills drawn previ ously to the 11th of October is plainly shown to have been intended, although the phraseology in this case omits all reference to foreign bills. The matter is 01 considerable importance to the mercantile world, and an application has been Made to the Stamp-ottice, that it may be definitively cleared up. If it should prove that foreign bills are liable in the manner supp tsed, the mea sure will have a very unfair restrospective operation. The extremely inartificial wanner in which the act is drawn, and which has caused the annoyance now ex perienced, is a defect which seems to increase in pro portion as the necessity for accurate wording in acts of Parliament becomes more essential. DEATH OF Mn. THICKNESSE, M.P.—lt is with un feigned grief that we announce the mournful fact of the decease of Mr. Ralph Anthony Thicknesse, one of the members for Wigan. The honourable gentleman had been spending a few days at Harregate with his wife and daughter, aid was apparently in good health. On Sun day last, how ever , h e was seized, while in church, with something like a I heurnatic affection, which, ultimately reaching the heart, proved fatal in the course of Tuesday. Of course the void caused in the House of Commons by this event is already the subject of local discussion. — Liverpool Mercury. THE CIVIL SERVICE. —Audit-office, Somerset-house-- Messrs. Ortolan, Copland,- and Alexander Keith have TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. been appointed assistant-examiners. Mr. Thomas Hodg- Sir,—Your account this morning of the trial of tho kin has been appoi nte d temporary clerk, vice Howell, f i rst steam despatch gunboat designed by the Admiralty resigned. Mr. Riches has been appointed temporary for the Baltic fleet shows whether the requisites of a clerk, vice Baker, acting with the Commissariat Depart - despatch gunboat are to be found in this class of vessels went in the East. General Board of Health—Mr. J. or not. F. Campbell has been appointed assistant-secretary, at It is wise to make such trials at home before these 6001. per annum. Messrs. Mauls and White have been vessels are depended on for actual service. It is also appointed clerks under the new Board of Health. Cus- important to the public service that the class of vessel toms—Mr. R. Staples has been appointed searcher at best suited for such service should be at once decided on, Belfast. Mr. A. James has been appointed searcher at because wo have still time before us to construct a flotilla Swansea. Mr. C, J. Mark has been appointed clerk for, for next year, suited to take Cronstadt or other fortresses general business, in London.. Mr. C. J. Gibson has that . may require to be attacked from shallow water, been appointed clerk at Plymouth. Mr. W. H. Tucker provided it be at once determined what kind of vessel has been appointed clerk at Plymouth. Mr. J. Broad- that shall be, or shall not be. Let us therefore examine, head has been appointed clerk at Plymouth. Post-office as far as this experiment may guide us, to what extent —Messrs. Adolphus Burckhardt and Win. White have the present vessels, or others, possess the necessary qua been appointed junior clerks in the secretary's depart- lities of good steam boats. ment. Mr. Robert Winter has been appointed a clerk As far as we have yet any practical experience, there in the Railway Post-office. Mr. John Shea LaWlor has are only two classes of steam despatch gun-boats pram been appointed clerk in the Inland-office. Mr. Charles tically kr,own to the public,—those of which you this Compton, who has been for many years the accountant- morning give an account, designed by our own Admiralty general of the Post-office, has just been superannuated, for the Baltic, and of which the trial yesterday, in pre and Mr. Geo. Hyde, the present chief clerk In the Re- settee of her Majesty, was a failure, and those which the ceiver-General's office, h as been appointed controller of i Admiralty of Prussia had constructed in this country for the new department called the Accountant and Receive!. the Baltic, and of which the Russians are said to have a General's. Ordnance office, Pall-mall —Mr. Orlando copy in the Pruth, which was used with so much advert- Fitzroy has been appointed to a clerkship, vice Mr. tage on the Danube against our allies. From a cons ' Marston, superannuated.—Ciril Service Gazette. parison of what we know of these, we may gather some APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Nantes of gentlemen who important results. Ist, the most important quality of passed their examination in the science and practice of gunboats appears to be their small ,draught of water, medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs- combined with a large capacity for troops, stores, and day, August 24 :—David King, Ayr, N.B. ; Thomas armament ; now, in this respect, it appears that the Windsor, Manchester; Be.-jamin Ke-81- 144 . w , R oc hd a l e; Prussian gunboats Nix and Salamander draw five to Henry Gray Phiipott, Brighton ; Whytehead seven feet water. The English gunboats Arrow, am, Morris, Stalbridge, Dorset; Thomas Turner, Langport, draw 11 to 13. tho le fot, Fet4ablargs rind Mlar OUT- Flee' i ~~~~~ ~ ~: Z{_e_ o -6) . , .... ..,, . ...- / • . ,;',..',i'1 , ., ' 4 ,. ~ ,l ' i ...t.r .. • N.' t . , . ~,,,,......{f !/.. 'Q ' )1 4.- . , ' ;',D;ill4:l 4 . , . .. i. • ..... 0 , X r Jr.....„. t • , ~ k... (...:. ' .0...-..- 4. . , 4,.. ' • ~' fe kl y. '_ . , ,.1.ii ,, , K ...__ l l :`- i' *-,ct: •e i l L -44- a : str ; . 7 . ji1, , ,,.. ,,,, , i,l+. .. 4 .. . ) 1t, . i,43 . 1' , , 41. . , 4:. k ---• .if:,•:.< , Vi. ',..,"*. Dit -- - •••• ,‘ • -A - -- ....4..f. bp .. Zs -.-. ~ -E. •,' ~ pi... , 11;1\2 -.. 4 . ,••••;;,-,,„gb,- •01i. , ... • 9. LON DON, SATURDA Y EVENING, AUGUST 26. 1854. GUN-BOATS. We insert this morning a letter from " An Eye- Witness," on a subject not likely just now to lack interest with the. public. It has been found to be of great importance that we should provide our selves for the war in the Baltic with a new descrip tion of offensive craft, suited to the particular na ture of the seas on which our forces are engaged. The necessity for this new armament was discerned as soon as our fleets passed the Sound, and indeed we may say, perhaps, that it might have been as sumed some time beforehand. In the larger and and more powerful class of vessels we appear, after many experiments, to have arrived at the very con summation of success in our screw three-deckers. Our frigates, too, and steam. ships generally, leave little to be desired, provided only they can find water to float in ; but this is unfoi tunately the one thing wanting. The shallows of the Baltic are such that vessels with more than a certain draught of water cannot approach near enough to the shore to use their batter►es, and it is necessary, there fore, to employ a smaller species of craft for such purposes. Of course, vessels built to insure a light draught of water cannot carry a large number of guns, and, as they would consequently be no match for sloops or frigates, they should be able to get out of their way. As they cannot fight they must run, and these conditions give us the combination of qualities desired. The vessels in question should tie of very little draught, very great speed, and so armed that the gun or guns that they can carry should be effective at a range long enough to keep the craft itself harmless. Whether they are called "! gun-boats" or " despatch-boats" matters very little ; their general capacity is such as we describe. After some delays, the Admiralty authorities are now getting a small flotilla of these boats in readiness for service. One of thein, the Arrow, had a trial made of her capabilities on Wednesday, and two others, the Beagle and the Wrangler, are fast approaching completion. The trial of the Arrow took place at Portsmouth, and it is upon the results of this trial that the strictures of " An Eye-Witness" are founded. Our correspondent considers the experiment a failure, and alleges that the authorities have committed several• mistakes in their proceedings. According to his view of the case, two classes of gun-boats have been hitherto practically known. One of these is exemplified in certain vessels which the Prussian Admiralty 'caused to be constructed for service. in these very waters, and the other in those vessels which we are now building. Applying, therefore, to each of these classes the tests suggested by the conditions lescri bed above, "Au Eye-Witness" observes, that whereas the Prussian gun-boats draw only from 5 to 7 feet of water, ours will draw from 11 to 13 ; that, whereas they can make their 13 knots an hour, we can make only 11 ; and that their guns can be worked in a very heavy sea, while ours, under such circumstances, would be unserviceable. He con cludes, therefore, that we had better abandon our present model, and construct all the gun-boats here- After to be built exactly on the Prussian pattern. On this advice we must observe that it is not very :leer what our correspondent means by the " twe classes of gun-boats hitherto known. We had rather imagined that there was, practically speaking, but one model—viz., the Prussian, and that our own boats, of which we can hardly be said yet to have " had any practical experience," were intended improvements on the model before us. Aud it was in this sense, apparently, that a correspondent, adopting the signature of "Baltic," wrote to us on Tuesday, and explained why something more was needed in our case than in that of the Prussian authorities. Our boats must be constantly up with the fleet, and enabled co keep the sea in all weathers. Could the Prussian :oats do this ? We are of course not supposing that vessels like the Nix awl the Salamander are purely shore boats, but could boats with only five eet draught of water carry their two heavy 65- pounders, and yet keep well up with the squadron, and perform all the required service ? If they could, then their additional draught is certainly so much to their prejudice ; but we had concluded that this condition was accepted as one from which there was no escape. Our correspondent " Baltic" expressly stated that all these points had been de iiberately considered and arranged, and that every requisite had been predetermined. Before it ca❑ b e said, therefore, that the Prussian boats are better models than the English it must be shown that the former fulfil all the conditions of service expected from the latter. "An Eye-Witness" is perfectly aware that there can be no abstract difficulty in building steam-vessels of five feet draught to run 13 knots an hour—the question is, whether such vessels, when built, would answer all the other pur poses which our commanders have in view. It is riot likely that our authorities, knowing the value of a light draught of water, would have made their boats draw twelve feet if they could have got off with six. As to the third remark of our correspondent, respecting the working of the guns, it appears to us that this i s mere ma tt er o f arrangement. He states, that whereas the Arrow " rolled awfully," rendering a steady aim impossible, the Prussian boats, on a similar first trial, " had their guns worked steadily and quite satisfactorily,': even in a very rough sea, and he explains the difference by observing, that whereas our boats must carry their guns in the bow, the Prussian carried theirs amidships, on a central platform, where the motion was least. But is there any reason why the Arrow should not do the same, or rather, was there not some reason why, with a full knowledge of what was done in the Prussian boats; the arrangement was varied in our own ? Everybody will at once acknowledge that if all the requisites of a sea-going Baltic gun-boat could be secured with 5 feet draught of water, a draught of 11 feet would be extremely undesirable, but the question is whether such a result was to be obtained ? The Nix and the Sala mander were very well-known vessels, ?lid, if no thing more was required by our commanders than such service as those vessels could render, it was undoubtedly a gratuitous piece of trouble to ;try and improve upon them by experiment. We incline to suppose, however, that something more was wanted, and that we lad to pay for the difference. An explanation of the whole question set need to he offered by an able weekly contemporary the other day, in a discussion on the relatiA merits of iron and wood-as materials of naval construction. Iron gives the greatest facilities for snugness, light ness, and shallow draught—wood the greatest se curity against shot. It appears that in the Prus sian gun-boats these advantages were combined by constructing the vessels of iron up to the line of flotation, and of wood from that line upwards, whereas the English boats being built wholly of ' wood are losers in lightness to a corresponding ex tent. j e ue l im i n t. gstas t n f ce pt,llyitehwe pointdiiiffee whether at n r c i o ro a n rises solely from this issuecir cumstance, thoughbecomes very d c clear, a r, material for vessels-of-war generally, may not be thus partially made available without undue risk ? At present, however, we think it would be prema ture w r c e aw t p o eaeb maintain iaarp t e l s i tnworecurrsi shall u lt n l 0-bl be enabled r u t i p s o s i i i at a no .bf form r l l a mn n c aa e better appreciation of their value, for the war gives y u a s r a d t e a x i) p y e r r a i t m e e the o t p o i o t h r t e u tneisttYs ooffbraicntguianlgsoeurryidcoec.l— of the Baltic, the one is a useful boat, and the other use less. The importance of shallow draught is daily exem plified. In the captu re o f B ornarsund the danger o f th e Penelope, the loss of lif e an d o f guns, arose from exces sive draught of water. 2. The. second most important quality of "despatch gun-boats," as these are called, is speed. Despatch is the essential characteristic of the name, and in the Prus sian aviso is the same idea translated. These vessels must have speed enough to keep at long distance, out of range of the broadsides of larger vessels, and should al ways be able to run away when overmatched. The new English vessels are said to have done 11 knots; the Pru-•ian do over 13 knots, _ . 3. The third quality such boats should possess is ability to use the largest armament with advantage, espe cially in a rough se I. Your reporter states that the Arrow "rolled awfn'ly, the sea being rough; taking aim therefore was impossible." Now, sir, I was pre sent at a similar first trial of the Prussian gun boats in a eery rough sea, where the green water was coming right over the bows of the vessel, and the naval commission charged with testin the ships had the guns worked steadily and quite satisfactorily, even in a sea so rough that other ships mu for shelter and could not keep to sea. A gallant commander now dis tieguishing him-elf in the Baltic cave it a his opinion that one of her Majesty's s hi ps of double the size could not in similar circumstanc es h ave worked her guns. The reason is obvious. Th e proper position, f or th e gun bo is to engage is "stern on," so as to expose them selves least as a mark to the enemy ; to do so the English boats must have their guns in the bow. With a heavy sea in this small class of vessel it must be im possible to take aim from guns worked in the bow, from the movements of the bow 'loaded with heavy artillery. All this is avoided in the Prussian gun-boats by having their guns amidships, where there is least Talon, and whence they fire parallel to the keel—a thing impossible in ours. This stable central platform for the guns is therefore an essential in which ours are wanting. Now, sir, as we have still time to prepare ftr next summer a fleet of steam gun-boats capable of saving such vessels as the Tiger and the Penelope from rut.ning the risks of shallow water navigation, I sincerely trust • that the Ad m i ra lty w ill not a ll ow th emselves to be tempted into t r yi ng f urt h er experiments, instead o f adopting that which has been already accomplished. If the Prussian avisos have all the essentials of good gun boats, speed, small draught, and power of using a large armament effectively at sea, let• us lay aside prejudice and provide ourselves .with a fleet suited, .nat in same respects merely, but in all respects to the Baltic service. When I add that these Prussian gun-boats (which were built in England) have been tried and approved by officers now in command in the Baltic, when I state that these very vessels have been all round Cronstadt up to St. Petersburg, and in nearly every harbour of the Baltic, during the last three years, and have been found adapted to every exigency of the service, I surely do not think the Government should remain any longer in active, but should immediately place this arm of the ser vice in as perfect a condition as those paddlewheel sloops and those screw frigates, which have in their way al ready done such excellent service, though at so great risk, for want of adequate support from gunboats. It may be too late this year, but it is in time for next. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, London, Aug. 24. As EYE-WITNESS. Lloyd's. The vessels, three in number, were put up by Mr. Lachlans, the Admiralty broker. The first sub mitted to public competition was the Primus, F. Muller, lath master, a vessel of 326 tons, b u ilt a t Ul ea b org , i n Fin land, in 1843, captured by her Majesty's ships Valorous and Vulture, and condemned by the Court of Admiralty on the 21st of July ; she was put at 1,2001., the first offer was 9001., and she was knocked down for 1,5501. The brig Zelus, 160 tons, of which J. W. Sandelins was late the master, built at Christianstadt in 1852, prize to her Ma jesty's revenue cruiser Argus, and condemned by the Court of Admiralty on the 29th of July, was put up at 4001., and sold for 1,020/. ; making, with the sum of 1261. realised by the sale of her cargo, a total of 1,1461. to be divided among her captors. The Johannes, a Russian brigantine, built at Helsingfors in 1839, of which C. J. Sjoman was late the master, a prize to her Majesty's cutter Lion, was put up at 3001., and sold for 7401.; snaking, with the amount for which her cargo sold, 1091. Us. 6t1., a total of 8191. 12s. Gd. to be divided among the officers and crew of the Lion. STEAM DESPATCH GUNBOATS FOR THE BALTIC. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Royal Albert will be put out on Monday next at high water, and in consequence of the lateness of the tide serving, her trial of engines will take place on Tuesday next. An official survey of her feed pipes, cocks, & c ., through her b o tt om , h as t a ken place by Mr. Rumble, her chief engineer ; Mr. George Blaxland, civil engineer ; and Mr. Nation, managing engineer here from Messrs. Penn's factory, the engines having been set up under his imme diate and personal superintendence. The Caledonian, 120, is ordered to be fitted with all despatch as a prison ship at Plymouth. The Boscawen, 70. which carried away the bits of her mainstays and experienced heavy weather in the Channel, was expected to have her repairs completed last night, pre paratory to her sailing again for the West Indies. The Ph too, 50-gnu frigate, was taken into the fitting basin yesterday, to be fitted for commission. The clearing of the fitting basin of mud deposited therein was completed yesterday, and at high water the caisson was again put into place, after some defects had been made good, at the lower part of the entrance groove, by the dockyard diver, Mr. Parish, leading man of the stonemasons. The ludeEtigable, 50, Captain Hope, is at Leith, filling up her complement, if she can, for the Brazils station. The ➢ieauder, 44, Captain Baillie, arrived at Carrigabolt, couuty Limerick, on Sunday last. It is stated that she is to take away the Royal naval coast volunteers lately en rolled along the Shannon. The Inconstant, 3d, having been masted on Thursday, is now placed in the new basin in the Devonpert Dockyard to be jury-rigged with all despacth. Yesterday, at four p•m., the commander-in-chief at Sheerness, Vice!Adniiral Gordon, returned from inspect ing the Malacca, 15, screw, CAptain Farquhar. The crew were put through their vaiious evolutions in the long and short gun exercise, (tc. There is no doubt but that she will leave Sheerness harbour this day. We understand she is bound to the westward, most likely to Ports mouth, where'she will receive her final orders. The Black Sea, however, it is generally understood, will be her ulti mate destination. Ict consequence of the quantity of extra ballast and coals this screw -vessel has shipped, she will doubtless be found not to be so crank in the water ; at all events, she appears now in much better trim for sailing, as she swims considerably deeper than she was when she left Chatham, and took the trial trip round the Nore and up the Thames. The Swallow, 8, screw, Commander Crawford, Ports mouth, has shipped her masts. She is ordered to be for warded with all despatch. The Spy, 3, brigantine, Lieut.-C omman d e r the Hon. R. Boyle, sailed from Sh eerness on Thursday morning, bound to the westward. We are happy to report that the greatest possible harmony seems to prevail on board. The destina tion of the Spy is the south-east coast of America station. The Vivid, Master Comurinder Allen, arrived at Ports mouth on Thursd evening from the Channel Islands, with Rear-Admiral Berkeley. Yesterday the admiral inspected the Arrow alongside the dock Jetty. THE SCREW DESPATCH AND SCREW GUN- 1. BOATS. The sixth of the new screw despatch vessels, and the first of the half-dozen screw gun-boats, will be launched this day, the former from Mr. Mare's establishment at Black well, and the latter from Mr. Pitcher's establishment at North fleet. Of the first class (the despatch men-of-war), one, the Arrow, has already been tried; the second, the Wrangler, is ready for sea, and the third, the Beagle, has received armament, and is progressing fast in her equipment. in th e annals of sh i p - build. xe remarke d , lnet c i übs t euui dnl built ea und en iable idga trbfihel fitted that tw l n e n r i oti undertaking c y n odwuenri machinery t tt h ar yk which iinngt hii nes t7whn wonderful, - A nr s n: e s ciine ' v ( Y ric e f e oe s u s u h ul l t aai s v ns e h ehi e a b tar v e vii efsneo unpreceden te dgb.eee so short a period ; and it i n di cates in the most satis factory manner the vast resources of Great Britain. From haveonly t bwuoi pr ifv:utre shipship-buildingthese s e s r n 2( a s b — o v A l e a r l e B 0 a 0 n d t o C n o s ) , who Messrs. Green, who have built t wo —and three private en gineering establishments—viz., Penn and Co., Maudslays and Field, and Humphreys and Co. —the Admiralty have managed in the short space of four months to construct one of the fastest and most powerful little squadrons of men-of-war that have ever been tur ne d out, and have added to the navy-list a class of vessels that reflects of h the e Navy Admiralty greatest t rf credit o the i r do c o t n e si t ag la rn e r,y departmenta swouth i etls or of thoseth firms s e l ec t e d b y e Surveyor enterpris e .e We have stated that one of the six despatch-boats has already been tried, and we may remark that the trial of the Arrow, although made under the most unfavourable circumstances—the vessel having been anchored across the tide-way at the Needles, and thus exposed to the uneasy motion, that a"rae" is sure to produce_ —we say, under the most unfavourable circumstances, the Ar row has proved her capabilities to bear with ease and efficiency th e h eavy e armament she was designed to carry — a , armament that no one ever before attempted to place in a ship of so small a tonnage, and that ship too designed to run as well as to fight. The Arrow, although of comparativelyefine lines, and, with her machinery, possessing great powers of speed, is, nevertheless, stiff enough and strong enough to take two of those heavy Lancaster guns, which, although weighing about 12 tons, including their carriages, can be fired not only from her how and stern, but can be trained so as to be fired amidships from the broadside with ease and effec tiveness. The immense range of these guns has been proved, accuracy of fire will as surely be obtained, and we feel convinced that when complete in all her equip ments, and handled by experienced men, offic ers as well as crew—commanders as well as subordinates sea men as well as gunners —there will bo no smarter or more dashing men of war in any navy. Everything about them looks well and shapely ; and there is a style in their build and equipment that is different to all other vessels that bear the Royal pendant. Although coming from the Thames they may startle old memories of Cadiz and Flushing gun-boats, yet they so mark the advance of the age, and the improvements of modern science in ship building, engineering, and armament, that, commanded by young, dashing, and competent officers (vessels of this class require men fully up to their work) they will form the most efficient engines of war that have ever been pro , dnoed. SALE OF RUSSIAN PRIZES. Its;cliy waotlm sitl• 01 Eutil.4 Prim took Al, gi PREPARATIONS FOR RUSSIAN PRISONERS. The Benbow, 72 guns, and the Wellington, ordinary victualling depot, are ordered to be immediately fitted here to receive Russian prisoners of war, now on their passage ho, , e from the Aland Islands. The Poictiers, third rate, at Chatham, is ordered down here for the same purpose. All these ships are to be moored on the west shore, in one line of moorings already laid down there. Considerable quantities of victualling stores of every description and bedding are being drawn. The entire orlop deck of the Devonshire is being cleared for the purpose of stowage of stores, Sz.c. . THE SALAMANDER. The Salamander, 6, paddle, Commander Priest, went out of Portsmouth Harbour yesterday morning, and anchored at Spithead. She aw, its orders. Thera appears to be great dissatisfaction at the hushing up of the late proceedings on board the Salamander. To be sure the Admiralty have marked their sense of the state of the Salamander by superseding the commander and nearly all the officers; but it is generally thought that a public investigation, such as took place at Windsor, would render incalculable service to the navy. ADMIRALTY INSPECTION. We learn by electric telegraph from r Plymouth that the Admiralty yacht Black Eagle arrived in Plymouth Sound on Thursday night, and yesterday morning the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Admirals Berkeley and Dundas, Sir B. Walker, and Captain Milne, and Mr. Secretary Osborne, landed from her at the Devonport dockyard, where they were received by the Admiral• Superintendent Eden, and Captain P. Richards, who went down by train. A board was held at Moorshed's Royal Hotel, at 10 a.m., after which the Lords of the Admiralty, accompanied by Port-Admiral Parker, embarked in the Avon steamer, and, under a salute from the Impregnable, proceeded to the Breakwater. At 2.30 their Lordships inspected the Devonport Arsenal, ships building, especially the Conqueror, 100. They also visited the Royal William Victualling-yard, Royal Naval Hospital, and the Royal Marine Barracks. To-day (Saturday) the Black Eagle is appointed to leave Plymouth for Pembroke. SCREW-STEAMERS FOR AUSTRIA. Two war screw-steamers are now fitting up at the manu factory of Messrs. Mare and Co., Blackwall, for the Aus trian Government. One is laid out for 50 guns, and the other will carry a smaller number. These vessels were originally designed and ordered for the Sultan of Turkey, but subsegnenty they were transferred to the Austrian Government. THE AFFAIR OF THE PENELOPE. The Portsmouth Guardian publishes the following letter from an officer of her Majesty's ship Blenheim, dated off Bomarsund, August 13, 1854 :—" We muster altogether, with the French, ten sail of the line, and a proportionate number of small fry. On Tuesday the boats of the fleets were ordered out, and the troops were all landed, together with 500 marines. On Wednesday all the seamen were employed transporting guns from ships to the shore, and they succeeded in dragging six 32-pounders eight thousand yards from the shore, and within five or six hundred yards of the left hand round tower. On Thursday last, about noon, the Penelope steamer was ordered to pass on the starboard or right-hand side of the large fort of Bomarsund, for the purpose of ascertaining how many guns the enemy could bring to bear on her from that quarter. The move ments of the Penelope were watched with intense interest by all the squadron ; the seamen lined the gangways, and the officers the quarter-deck, waiting to see the result. The Penelope boldly stood on the course she was directed, when, unfortunately, she took the ground—runningon the top of a rock. The Hecla, commanded by the celebrated Captain Hall, happened by good luck to be coming into the harbour at the time, and a signal was made to her to go to the assistance of ship ashore. Strange to say, the surgeon of our vessel at the time said to me, ' How woul you like to go into action with your friend C tptain ? I made some careless reply, and said 'I would not mind it in the least.' I had scarcely uttered these words when the admiral's galley came pulling alongside like mad, with a message direct from Admiral Chads, that he had sent his boat to take mo on board the Heela,l.o pilot her and assist in getting the Penelope off. To make a long story short, we succeeded, after nearly two hours and 20 minutes, in getting the ship afloat, and towed her out stern foremost in safety. During the whole of the tune the Pene lope was on shore, the Russians were firing shot and shell at us, and latterly they commenced red-hot shot. Several struck the Penelope and ourselves. I saw two Frenchmen shot in a boat close to me. One of them, I believe, was a French midshipman—the shot cut him right in two. I was standing on the forecastle when a shot whizzed past within, I think, two feet of my head. Another one at the same instant came right through the ship's side, close to where I was standing, and covered me with splinters. Fancy being under fire of so large a fort for so long a time without be ing injured. Is it not a miracle ? There were some killed and wounded, but how many I cannot tell. We had none killed on board the Hecla, although the shot was plumping about us right and left. You will see that the little Hecla had the honour of getting the Penelope out of a serious scrape. The breaching batteries opened fire on .the left hand tower at 4 o'clock this morning, and have been en gaged up to this moment. I can see them blazing away this moment from my port. I fear there will be a good many lives lost. One of our marines lost his leg yesterday. Now for this day, Sunday. I was quietly writing this let ter about one o'clock this afternoon, when an order came on board for us to launch one of our large 84-pounders im mediately. We soon hoisted ' Mr. Gun' into the launch, when Capt. Pelham sent for me. I had just time to get my sword and a revolver, when I found myself seated along side the captain, who wanted me to accompany him to assist in getting the gun ashore. We landed, and got shot, shell, and gu❑ slide, and were getting the gun out, when one of the forts, observing our movements, opened fire on us, the first shot coming right amongst us, knocking the dust in our eyes. The admiral then ordered us to leave the shore immediately. French and English got out of the way as soon as we could, but not until we had several shells burst amongst us. I can't tell if there was any one hurt ; we looked too much to our own safety to think much about any one else. The captain and I •were walking together, thinking we were quite out of danger, when a round shot passed so close to us that the skipper made such a duck with his head that I thought it was off altogether; we went up to the French camp, looking after the commander-in chief. I saw the French and English generals, two fine- Looking old men." MILITARY. REVIEW OF THE TROOPS AT PORTSMOUTH BY PRINCE ALBERT. PORTSMOUTH, Friday. His Royal ill,ghness the Prince Albert having signified his intention to inspect the troops in this g trrison, especially the regiments of embodied mi litia now quartered there, the inspection took place this afternoon on Southsea-common, in the presence of a most numerous assemblage of spectators of all ranks, the beauty of the day having been an additional inducement to visi tors and residents to congregate in the vicinity of the scene of the review. As it had been previously intimated that the Prince would land at Hollingsworth's Rooms, on Southsea-beach, that gentleman, by the aid of the Govern ment representatives, made preparation for the landing of the illustrious visitor, of a character suited to the occasion ; and a very brilliant company assembled at the rooms to greet the Prince. On Southsea-common the regiments to be inspected were drawn up in review order, some time before the hour of the expected arrival of the Prince under their respective commanding-officers. Prince Albert, attired in a field-marshal's uniform, and attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat, attired in the uniform of the Royal Artillery, embarked at Osborne-pier, on board the Fairy steam-yacht, and, with his standard flying from the main, came up to Southsea-beach at four o'clock. When off the King's Rooms the royal barge was lowered, and the Prince and equerry were steered ashore by Captain Crispin, of the royal yacht; on touching the strand the royal standard was hoisted on the King's Rave lin, within Portsmouth garrison, and immediately the battery mounted thereon fired a royal salute. The Prince was greeted by a large multitude with every demonstra tion of respect. A brilliant staff of officers were in wait ing to receive his Royal Highness, who proceeded to mount a splendid charger, and rode to the field, where the troops wont through the evolutions of actual service. The review was over so late that we cannot give military details. The Queen came up in the Fairy (which had gone back for h er Majesty after landing the Prince) at six o'clock, and Prince Albert re•embarked about that time in the royal tugs, sai feat bock to Osborne with _" 1 eiatlnNY. The [p ß icE SD. usual salutes were fired by the Sag-ship and the garrison battery. --- TEE NEW ,UNIFORM. The following has just been promulgated : " Horse Guards, August 18, 1854. " CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM. " The Queen having been pleased to approve of a change in the uniform of the army, sealed patterns for the infantry have been deposited at the board of general officers in Whitehall, and the General Commanding in Chief is pleased to direct that the regiments now serving in Great Britain and Ireland— viz., 18th Foot, 80th Foot, 82d Foot, 90th Foot, and 91th Foot—shall be clothed accordingly, commencing with the year 1355 6. " All other regini.nts will adopt the uniform, commenc ing in the year 1556.7. Her Majesty has also been pleased to approve of a new uniform and helmet for the Light Drago.m regiments, as well as a uniform fur Rifle corps, patterns of which have been sealed and deposited at the general board of officers. " The girdle and sash at present worn by those corpi have been abolished, as well as the pelisse in Rifle regi- ments. " The sabretash will not be worn except in Hussar regi. ments. All officers about to have new uniforms will provide themselves with uniforms according to the new patterns. " By command, "E. T. WETHERALL, Deputy Adjutant General." The above regulations will dispense with about two thirds of the quantity of gold lace at present worn, as about one yard will be used instead of two yards and three quarters as at present. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary at War, in reply to a memorial addressed to him from the gold and silver lace weavers of the metropolis, has stated that the quantity of lace hitherto worn by officers has been consi dered to be superfluous, as well as expensive to tbe officers, particularly those of junior rank. He added a hope that the alterations would not be so serious as the trade feared, and his desire to do anything in reason to meet the wants of the working men. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. We believe that during the absence of Major. General Sir George Cathcart, upon special service in Turkey, the duties of the above office will be solely performed by Major General Wetherall, General Cathcart still remaining Adjutant General of the forces. Captain Dalrymple, 39th, embarked yesterday in the Ajax steamer for Gibraltar, to join the service companies. DRAFTS FOR INDIA.—The ship Clive, s`lo tons, is ordered to Gravesend, to embark detachments, on the 31st inst. of 60 men of the 12th Lancers, with two officers ; 47 men of the 43d Foot and three officers; 40 men of the 74th Highlanders, and two officers; and 33 men of the 84th (York and Lancaster), for conveyance to Madras. THE 46TH REGIMENT. This regiment which, on its arrival at Windsor, was destined for Australia, will, as soon as a vessel can be got ready be sent to the East, whither nearly 300 of them have already embarked. We infer from this that Col. Garrett, or any other officers of the regiment whom the Horse Guards may think necessary to put upon their trial, will be left behind. It is to be lamented that this regiment is so unfortunately officered, for there is not a finer set of men, either in appearance or discipline, in her Majesty's service. A subject of no little merriment occurred iu the barracks at parade on Sunday last, which Colonel Garrett, in conse quence of so many desertions, addressed the privates, and recommended them to be more circumspect, as the eyes of the whole world were upon them. This piece' of advico naturally caused a general titter among the men, who very reasonably thought the remark would apply wort to the officers than to themselves. It is not generally known to civilians that there is a very serious diffei• ence between the sentence of being dismissed from a regiment and being cashiered. In the former case ,t4e officer loses his commission, but is allowed to enter another regiment if he has the money and inclination to make another purchase ; but, in the latter case, when an officer is cashiered, he not only loses his commission, but his sword is broken over his head in the face of the whole re giment, and he is declared to be ineligible to hold ever afterwards any appointment under Government, either civil or military. Neither of the sentences on Lieutenant Perry or Lieutenant Greer has yet been promulgated. Greer is expecting to know .his fate every-day, but whether favourable or unfavourable he has expressed his determi nation to leave the regiment imind.ately he can get away. The subscriptions to defray Lieutenant Perry's law expenses, are already numerous and liber.d. THE CHOLERA IN THE ARMY. The sudden reappearance of the mysterious and de vastating disc Ise which has for nearly forty years iseep the scourge of mankind, has naturally created much alarm in England, and philanthropists now eagerly presr forward with remedial suggestions more or lass worth: of attention. Our gallant, troops, English and French alike, appear to have been severely visited, and there is great reason to apprehend a very serious diminution in the numerical strength of a force lav no means too large for the great object it has in hand, unless an im portant change takes place in the physical condition of the men and the duality of the atmosphere they inhale. At this distance, it is not likely that any s u g ges ti ons we' ma} offer will be of much avail in the North or id the East but there may be other afflicted localities nearer home iv which troops may be stationed, and for their service, well as for future use in remote places, we shall mention remedy which seems hitherto to have escaped attention. Thy remedy is peculiarly within roach of the soldier or sailor, an , i comes recommended by its professional character. , W. allude to gunpowder. A more effective agent in the de struction of noxious atmospheric particles cannot be im agined. We have a lively recollection of its application by a venerated . schoolmaster to the dissipation of foul smells (only another tern) for the tainted atmosphere), and we also remember—for happily our memories are not so treacherous as those of the officers of the 46th — that the commandant of a regiment marching in India dispersed the cholera which assailed the cam! of the corps by causing volleys of musketry to be dis• charged from time to time, until every impurity ha, yielded to the destructive powers of " villainou., saltpetre" and sulphur. But a better authority than our selves—a traveller and a clergyman —presents us with in stances of the anti-cholera properties of gunpowder, which irresistibly recommend the preventive to the attention of the occupants of houses as well as camps. The Rev. Wil liam Gillespie says, that cholera does not visit China, be cause the people are constantly consuming gunpowder, in the shape of fireworks, and he is of opinion that if the in flammable material were burnt in the lanes and streets ot' large towns, we might hear of wonderful sanitary results. At a time when the most fearful ravages are being com mitted by the disease, it believes the healthboards, and all who have charge of large bodies of men, to give every re medy a trial ; and with the above facts before them i. would be highly blameable on their part to omit gunpow - der. Commanding officers might easily direct the content,. of a cartridge or two to he placed upon a shovel in every barrack-roou t and canteen, and ignited each morning ; the same process might be profitably resorted to on tip, lower decks of men-of-war,— United Service Gazette. / 4 y / reign. day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight handred AbliiiLediar.fana, _z ot our God same the Queen. A HERO OF THE OLD WAR. I(From O'Byrne's "Naval Biography.") Rear-Admiral Maurice obtained an appointment in Sept. 1802, in the Centaur, 72, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sam. Hood, he aided in that ship at the cap. ture of St. Lucie, Tobago, Demerara, and Essequibo, and ea 2tith Nov. 1803, he landed at the head of 40 seamen, with -the-greater-partref- the ine,ri nes under Captain Crozier, at Petite Ance d'Aristre, Martinique, and assisted in, de* straying a battery of six 24-pounders. lothe performance, however, of this service, he received a wound, occasioned by the explosion of the magazine, and was in consequence presented by the Patriotic Society with a sword valued at 501. On 3d Feb., 1804, after nearly a month had *been ex. pended in planting five guns (three 24-pounders,and two lung 18's), and placing provisions, stores, &c., upon an all but inaccessible eminence, situated in the sea near the south-west end of Martinique, and called the Dimond Rock, the rating was assigned it of a sloop of war, and digs counnand given to Lieutenant Maurice, as a reward foithe arduous and prominent part he had borne in the equip ment. Being confirmed in his new appointment, May 7th; in the same year, he continued to hold it until the 2d Jane, 1805, when, owing to a want of ammunition and water, he w..s under the necessity of surrendering to a French Iva g I ron of t wo sail-of-the-line, one frigate, one' birliett it Ibbliar, and eleven gun-boxt4, together with 1,500 troops, aft* sustaining a three days' attack with a degree of gallantry that /rad the effect of subsequently procuring him not only the honourable acquittal, but the high admiration of a mannerj f t ly he 3 i o t. ,i s n h lB i w p l s ho iaconhfd het o a court martial, - and the warm applause .of Lord Nekoi. T enemy, during the operations, appear to have had a l'aut 3°l tilledliaKitO koun lea 'on , AIM" in 4 00 4 0 4 621 His next appoi ntment, ..t a e fne,vA n h ittehnim l cpt t_ l3 , ; l hroe . ad_ 8 . gun to re - 77:c: and two row-boats. aTe on ntment, we find, was to the governorship e de ts: f s e l a aani t i : i d ' • 1811, he rendered his nam e , f o o "--........"" w— f re, 112 . . - er famous by the brilliant it by a Danish flotilla-goad 4,000 men , who, after . a ClO a sr 2 Y., congibtiag,in all of nearly balf, - Werm• 1 verttortirtivm:=l2. foul- hours and a '''-'. 4 r - Ptrrtk--eftq r th ir i amru f„th m pieces of cannon, 14 shells, 484 muskets 470 swords, 1 , 600 musket-ball cartridges, and upwards 0f.500 Drisoners--s, greater number by 150 than the'garrfliois'itier .Although the loss of the assailants was most severe, that of the Brgbi tish was confined to two killed and 30 wounded. The rimis defence of Anholt, indeed, became the. universal theme of praise, and its gallant conductor, as a matter of course, received the warmest plaudits of the'Admiralty. AN ..4MERIGAN'S OPINION OF ENGLISH TRAVELLERS. The following hearty 'denunciation of Eng lish travel ling weaknesses is taken from Memoranda of European Travels, published in the New York Evening Post : THE TRAVELLING RABBLE.—Such is the appellation (in Gt man, Reisepcebel) now universally applied to that herd of travellers which are annually let loose from Great Britain upon the continent of Europe. They are easily distinguished by their arrogance, superciliousness, and ignorance of anything except h'England, its manners and castoms. They travel on foot, by stage, in steam-boats, and on railroads, " solitary" among crowds, with no companions except their ever present friend—the red Morocco-bound "Murray." They eat, sleep, drink, ate and act as Murray says. That book is the last thing they read at night, and the first they consult as they rise. It never leaves their hands, except at breakfast, dinner, and supper, and even th en it h as a p l ace b y t h e i r ,ide. No Englishman is ever seen at a place not noted down in Murray, nor will he stop at a hotel not recom mended by Murray. An Englishman abroad is, therefore, but a quantity of flesh and bones sent adrift, to keep tra velling, for a time, by route prescribed. He carries his direction in his hand, and it is a well-understood agree „nerd on the part of hotel-keepers, steam-boat agents, &c., that Johnny Bull is to be at the trouble of stopping foom place to place, and to have the privilege of swear ing and grumbling at everything and everybody, and to ;Ind it all again in his bill. " I have long made it a rule not to stop at hotels where the English stop, and in every possible way to avoid them and their company, on the Continent. I am equally careful to speak English as little as possible while travelling, so that no hotel-keeper, waiter, stage iriver, or others of the ' predatory tribes,' shall take me to be an EnJishman, and think me, therefore, 'to be preyed upon.' The following anecdote is a case in point, to show the perverseness of English travellers, and the disposition of the public generally, to let them get their fill of travel ling. It was given me by a young German, who re sides in the southern states, and I will give it to you in his own words, as near as I can recollect : I was going, said lig, from Aarau to Z u ri c h. WU. in the stage betw een Aaru and Baden, my wife and my self were conversing in English. This attracted the at tention of an Englishman, and he said inquiringly : " From England, sir 1" " No, sir. From the United States !" " But you speak German, too, like a native I n • "Exactly. lam a native German, but American by t doption," " Ala ! well, next year I am going to travel in Ame rica, and I expect to be treated better than here in this l—d country." " What's the matter ?" asked I. " Why, just think of it. I have tried twice before this—and this is the third time—to get from A eras to B.isle, and every time they take me the wrong route." At this time we were entering Lendsburg, the half way place between Baden and Aarau, and I was on the ).,int of telling the pour fellow that he had got wrong ,gain, when he jumped up, of his own accord, per fect frenzy. " Stop, stop ! 0. kind sir, do tell these infernal ray .als to stop the stage, for here I am again at that in errial station, which will appear, let me try to get out ,f Aaran as I will." The stage stopped, and I informed the conductor of :.he perplexing predicament my English friend was in. " Is that the fellow I" asked he, pointing at the almost listracted Englishman as he stood near the stage, swearing.and cursing most vociferously. " Yes," said I. " Do, Mr. Conductor, get the poor fellow on the right track." " It's no use, sir ; the conductors in this part of the c4untry know him. He will always get into the wrong tage. This is the second time that I have taken him out of Aarau, but in spite of us he would at • the. halfway station get into the coach that runs hack to Aarau. He pays well, but he is surely bewitched. He won't suffer anybody to interpret for him, but insists on speak mg his broken German, which nobody understan4l. Re may go, so far as I am concerned, where be pleases. We call him the crazy Englishman ; and, in tact, 'added the conductor, "it makes no difference with these Eng ,iQhmen where they go ; they come to travel, and surely till.; fellow Lrets etioulh of it." I tried to explain matters to thc, Englishman, but it 'vas useless. He had cea-ed swearit.g in English, and .vas then racking his brains for all the French and Dutch 'ciths he could remember. I looked at his post-card, and it was, as the conductor had told me, f rom A arau t o Z ur i c h. The, mistake was, •0 all appearances in the Englishman, and not the ,fficials. How it happened I could not learn. The .tage started, and left our disconsolate friend behind, who would not get in, as I advised him, and then start rum Zurich to Bask, since there he would find plenty .1 English friends who would get him right. He, no doubt., that night went back to Aarau—Mur- ray in hand ; wbether he ev. r get away from it, and vhere he now is, I know not. I trust he will remember my parting advice, to stay away from America ; for as sure as he gets out upon our railroad lines our runners will keep him travelling until they send him on a ourney where " Murray " has not been, and "from which no traveller returns." ospuarriltsl:o) rnoden'r was A KNOTTY POINT UNDER THE SILK ACT.--JObti ‘' l'si a o s n b d ro a7, lg c h h t a r u g p e d i n wciuths ended in belly, found in the possession of silk s u pp ose d to have b t, () e d t e k n y i , n a ' e t n i t " h f b e G e z C a z r i , t ( e y i d e " . 1) - s o t i T i r c e h e e e - t c , appreh Fountain•street, at about two o'clock nu Saturday after. noon. He then had in the pocket of his coat a quantity f silk in the gum (China organzine), evidently from three or four different parcels, which he said he had found in Chapel-street, Salford. Mr. F. Robinson, who appeared on the part of the Silk Trade Protection Society, said that the 10th section of the Silk Act au thorised the seizure of material supposed to have been em bezzled, when found in a house under a search warrant, and the apprehension of the person in whose house it was so found ; and that the 11th section authorised seizure and apprehension when a person was found carrying such a• material in the street between sunset and - .unrise. He submitted that, inasmuch as Lord Den. Ilan had, in the case of the Queen v. Willcock (14 Law Journal, M.C. 104) , d ec i ded that the offence under the Act was th e b e i ng i n possession, the bench were bound to call upo n th e pr i soner in this case, to account, with out inquiring how he came before them. Mr. Maude said it was true that, in the case referred to, Lord Den man had spoken of possession rather lolsely ; still. he meant such possession as was specified in the act ; there fore, it seemed to him (Mr. Maude) that he had_st° power to call upon the prisoner to account, seeing that silk •=et. There was no offence in carrying embezzledend he was he had been taken into custody between sunrise and sun along the street between sunrise and Runt could . not of op;nion that a conviction in this n c' said that the be drawn under the act. D v , to the Court of :onsider the propriety ''f ap. - 0 1 Zelling the bench to point was of great impor i la ir nce l Queen's Bench for a manda m us account for his possession of call upon the prisoner to ; ° . b he n" should therefore r at the Court on ot 501. to appear own recognisance . complained that he wa , apprelie• dad Friday next. He ......e daand kept in prison without at two o'clock on Saturday, the silk. Atkin was then ge e rated, being bound in his food since that time. [A,O - he had never t of which no notice was taken, cording to this statement, one meal in forty-seven hours'.] anything to eat until e as g ted y o ' 'clock on Sunday night, and Atkin 11 td been allowed . —J./one/aster Guaritan ARCHDZACON WILBERFORCE.—In accordance with his )nt. ;mat)on - , that he would interpose n o tec h nical opposi tion to the proceeding necessary to obtain a judicial deci sion upon the doctrines contained in his late work, Arch dHa.m., Will , rfnrce has fur n i s h e d the Rev. W. Brock, of Bishop's Waltiron, with thefollowing document : "Burton Agnes, Sunday,July 3.6 —1 ain the author of a work entitled 'The Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist,' recently pub lished by J. and C Motley, Paternoster-row, and J. H. Parker. Oxford. They had my authority for publishing it, arid I shall be willing to take any steps by which I may make myself legally renoousible for it* coatents, * this or ar.y otter diocese. - ARMY AND NAVY PRIZE MONEY. ( From the London, Gazette of-last Evening. ) BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. Victoria R. Whereas by our Royal Proclamation, bearing date th twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, we have ordere,l and directed, that the ne' proceeds of all prizes taken during the present war with. Russia, by any of our ships or vessels of war, after the same shall have been to us finally adjudged lawful prize, shall be for the entire benefit of the officers and crews of such ships and vessels of war (save as therein excepted) in which proclamation we have directed in what propor tion the land forces, doing duty as marines, shall be en titled to share : and whereas, in the said proclamation, have reserved to ourselves the division and distribution o f all plize and booty taken on any conjunct expedition C': our shins and vessels of war with our army ; and it is de sirable that we should provide for the distribution of all prize , nd booty taken on such conjunct expedition, as ale by our army alone : we, therefore, hereby order and direct that, in such cases, the net proceeds of the share whica shall be assigned by us to our army, under our Royal sign manual, shall be divided and distributed in the following manner and proportions, viz : Commander of the Forces— Ge O n n er e a -f l o o ur tu th ce o r f s— o ne-tenth part of the net proceeds. First Class —General officers com manding divisions, and and all other o ffi m ot e h n e t r s o : ffi_cers, &c., holding equivalent staff appoint ments : S l tenth part of the e cars. c° T n' h l e&Ccl remaininga. , s h — o l O d i t n h g e t r e h q g , e o u 9 e i - v e f a r o a l t o t h ffi s s t c o a e f ff r a: p e net proceeds ; the s t a f ni t e her to be cesloassisivathateldl receive t iv a e general officer, &c , , one-half more in amount than a general officer, &c., of the second class. Field Officers — First Class Colonels, lieutenant-colon e l s , an d b revet lieutenant-colonels, and the other officers holding staff appointments equivalent thereto : Second Class—Brevet lieutenant-colonels not holding an appointment qualifying them to share in the pre ceding class of field officers, and all majors, regimental or brevet, and all other officers holding appointments equivalent thereto : One-eighth of the remainder of the net proceeds ; the same to be so divided that a field officer, Lc ,of the first class, s h a ll rece i ve one-half more in amount than a field officer, of the second class. The remainder of the net proceeds shall be distributed in the following classes, so that every officer, eon-commis. sioned officer, &c., shall receive shares, or a share, accord ing to his class, as set forth in the following scale : First Class--Captains, and all other officers entitled ac cording to the usage of our army to share in that rank —Thirty-five shares each. &Con, Class — Subalterns, and all other officers entitled according to the usage of our army to share in that rank—Twenty !shares each. Third Class — Serjeant-majors, quartermaster-serjeants, and all other staff serjeants, aad others holding equi valent rank—Ten shares each. Fourth Class—Serjeants, and others holding equivalent rank—Eight shares each. Fifth Class—Corporals, four shares each. Sixth Class—Private soldiers, trumpeters, drummers, &c.—Three shares each. And in the event of any difficulty the class in which anyshall h di be deter share, our will and pleasur, is that the same 'n s Chief of our officer, &m., arisine kith mined and adjusted by the Commander land forces for the time beiug. _ b:,mii-teistpleedct to c o %vein et clir OxArts DtPlar.Ag4l-4- .