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PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INS fITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW NI NAGEM ENT. COURSE ot MONDAY EVENING LECTURES, specially address ed to the INDUSTR IAL CLASSE , so w ich they an d th e i r f mines will be admitted on payment of SIXPENCE eac , , on producing a ti cket signed f•-y the Foremast or Superintendent of the Wo r k s t o Which they may belong. The SECOND LECTURE of this COURSE will be delivered by J. I PEPPER, Esq, on Monday Evening, the 21st inst., at Eizlit o'clock, on the CHEMISTRY the NON- ETAL LItI El EMENTS. GREAT SCIENTIFIC NOVELTIES. NATURE PRINTING, by Dr. BACEMOITNER i X XHIBITI..N of the MODERN Glts EN F I RE , an d of DU- JsCQ'S ILLUMINATED CASC A D E, in addition to all the Daily E.CTURES by Messts. PEPPER I hrId BACHHOFFNER °P M 'AL EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GAL LS RY, &c., &c., &c. FOSS'S PATENT HAND PRINTING APPARATUS exp l a i ne d mallY, with many other inventions. A It AND of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WAUD of the Royal Italian 'Opera, The Gas.lighting has been re-arranged by Joust LESLIE, Esq. CREMORNE.—Admission, ONE SHILLING. — Unexampled and successful amusements. Crowded Gar dens. The Programme will contain the principal features of the sea -B°n:—Grand Concert by Bosisio's Band, aided by distinguished l'ocallsts —Entire success of the Original Grand Pantomime Ballet— the Royal Oriental Cirque, introducing the Great -tar Riders of the day,_ Ju s tl y th e won d ers o f th e profession—Desario's ilimic . Dogs an d monkeys, a truly screaming entertainment—Marriott's Wonderful Working Bees—the Mysterious Youth—Madlle. Elisler's terrific Ascent amidst showers of Fire! Dancing on the Illuminated plat form— Gorgeous Display of Fireworks by Mortram.—Ope n d a il y a t 3 o'clock- NOTICE!—Mr. T. E. SIMPSON'S BENUIT, under the Patron life of Rink and Fashion, and the Million, will t a k e pl ace en TB URS XPAY, August 24 th. LONDON and NORTHWESTERN and MID LAND RAILWAYS.—TORK RACES, on WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY, 23d, 24th, and 25th Augus , .--Express and Ordloary Day Tickets, at the r.gular charge, will be issued from London to York by the Night Mail on the 22d August, and by any Train on the 23d, 24th and 25th August, ava , lable to return by any train, on any day, up to and including Saturday, the 26th August. By order. E aston Station, 16th August, 1854. EASTERN COUNTIES . RAILWAY.- The Directors are prep i red to recei ve TENDERS for LOA, S, fur a Period of Three Years, on th e S e uri ty of t h e C ompany ' s De uentures, bearing interest at the rate of 4 4 per cent. per annum J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bishopsgate Station, August 3, 1854. CHEAP EXCURSION to SOPTHAMPTON and PORTSMOUTH and BA' K.—MONDAY, August gist, 185 i ~_-.—LONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—On the ve day a Special Train will leave Waterloo Station at 7 15 a.m., tor d f South ampton and Portsmouth, returning from Portsmouth at 7, and ampton and Portsmouth, returning from Portsmouth at 7, Out Southampton at 7.'0 p.m., same day. Fares there and back :—Closed Carriages, 6s. 6d. ; Seated Open Carriages, 3s. 6d. train s "sengers with luggage will be charged the fares of the ordinary Steam Boats are constantly plying at moderate fares between alo thampton and Cowes, and Portsmouth and it , de, thus giving pas an opportunity of visiting the I.le of Wight. arriv i On t he above d a y, a S teamer w 11 sail from Southampton, on the tran t . tl of th e train, round the Island, and return in time for the up 1 ,A : , 1 _ 8 0. the usual Excursion round the Island from Portsmouth at ' a.M., returning by about 5 p.m. ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Waterloo Station, August, 1854. TRE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, , s .,_ , nc t oher 4, 1854.—The General Screw Steam Shipping Com -37 s screw steam-ship " ARGO," 1,850 tom, 300 horse poser, 1,7, 14 e Hyde, Commander, will sail from Southampton with her ,"'Yesirg Malls for Adelaide, Port-Philin, and iydney, on Wednes '43' the 4th October, 1854, at Tw , o'clock punctually. The " Argo," ( t. , :e of the fastest ships afloat, is justly c , lebrated for her last passage ~ Austral', h aving made the run cut In i 4 days, and home within .Ve same period. She is also the first steam-ship that returne rto 411sland via Cape Horn, thus accomplishing a voyage round the W°l.l d In 128 days. The vessels forming the superb fleet of screw 'fleetness of this Company, of which this ship is one, are well known l i p the punctuality and speed with , -Itich their voyages are 0 'xPense bas been spared in their construction, and the accommo dations which they offer to the public are ansurpas ed if equalled, by .'C'ol anY ships afloat. Rates of Passage Mon e y vary , according to the .Scan reqaired, from 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars as to Freight and Passage may be had at the Company's Offices, 7, Ca nnon-street, London. THE UNIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE ASSOCIATION.—EStabIished 1849. Czar O7ricEs-52, King William•street, London-bridge. TRUITTEES. 4 chn Lewis Ricardo, Esq.. M.P. Robert William Kerman,, Esq. Charles J. hit Nta-e, Esq I Crawshay Bailey, Esq., M.P. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. A nnuiti,s gramted on most liberal terms. b iscased and Declined Lives As , ured. C. W. BEVAN, Managing Director. E. P. It Nx'SELL, Secretary. sion s. * -- •" — ..aenta wanted throughout the kingdom. Liber a l Commis- BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. A.D. 1844. parties desirous Established of INVESTING MONEY are • hi„ rate of Int er to examine the Pl,n of th s Institution, by which est may be obtained with perfect security. Interest payable in Ja nuary and J uly. Pr Ospen•— p er • rrrEa moItRISON, Ma nag i ng Di rector. and rum for isPening Accounts sent free on application. rrRjESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters p h ..._ Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de agile de Paris, and the Imperial College ...f Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. I, IS BYe II tem. rettledy for Relaxation, Spermatorrh cea , an d E x h austion of the TRIESEMAR, No. 2, Z "f eetually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely ts dicates all traces of those Disorders which Canis , ' and Cubebs ,tve so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health a 'Mtn portion of the population. Is ). TRI ESE kR, No. 3, treat Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which :"'iortunately the English physic.an treats with Mercury, to the in ...._•vltable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the 7, 4 „P,artila in the world cannot remove. i'ig•IRMAR No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of time or smell, v,, o f all eir use nauseati being ng q suspecualitieste. They may lie on the toilet table ut thd. in tin ca ses at Its. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into ''',to doses, u administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, R oux , t '' --To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John -150 C ol/ 1111 11; Elannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, vxford-street. -R VES END STAR PACKETS. Izolcattdlier Packets call at the Greenhithe, and Purtleet Piers. tY R are issued uon the Gravesend Star o w " , available for return TICKETS p do by them or by the Lon on and Tilbury for r . 4 Y; the R eturn Tickets by the Rai,way will also be available The urn by the St ar Packets .-ack ets call at th e Piers as underlined (weather permittinV r R 0 M TERRACE PIER, GRAVESkIND. . . ---..- WItE7), Ts. - -- SUNDAYS. c,.. Terl'A ' 4 .. , '1 1 .1 '. 5 , . 1 ' Pie r e t te 8 S . . ..,. 5 .7 t Time w ' 7. -: . --......._._ ~, 0 S .., - 7 • ''--- --- - - '4B 7}6 tO --• 13 , t, 11%' — --- 11% 1!. I ._ 31. 5 , —3% 5 7 ...... 6—6 ———7 8 Direet Trains from the Boats marked t Direct Trains from Omnibuses from F. e'verY q u arter of an h, tßulsrawt OK Wi lowing Tralr he B, , nchir tour, RF, B from :h•street Station to all parts of London LACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol . the Fenehurch-street Station. —' , .ng Trains from the FenchurCh-streetVail7n u . ' l'u'l lul. ..................... I , vm:c r)A,r,±____ SUNDAYS. l'en. i 2 t 6- 9 Fen- .5 f t c 4 ;: I Z e o t h , g.' 1 : i t church 8 1 ) 4 1 , 4 f 0: 1 Street Z$ a 41 s Ig -- lob_ —8% _ 934 I IX —10 M, 12 11 2 4 - 114 +. 4 % 214 6% 5 _ -- ... 6 34 Passages marked . are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. San To or from G ravesen d and London.. • • .. • • 10d. Cab] .. Is. 100 2d.. •• tietwei Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. •• Os. 10d. n Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. „BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, sc. 01.; Six Months, 31. Os. ; inree Months, 21. Os.; to be h a d o f the Collectors on board the Vicets; or of Mr. Monk. Terrace Pier, Gravesend. sat and superior Packets to be Let for Excursions. Apply to nrre• Terminus, Agent, Star Company, Star Office, Fenchurch eßlackwell Railway. JulY 24, 18t4. • 1. „,Ilt SECRET INFIRMITIES OF Y OUTH AND MATURITY. "". Published, price 25., illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 stamps, R V OUS DEBILITY ; 1 „,, Its Causes Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper sn-e—c...rrt,i, with Practical Observations on a safer and more 5y.... 7"-u mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and e' l ve.,.... ntni thing. by urinary examination, the real , Ause and effect of ec te .... - -". variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, , accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded Ic erv 7enty years. experience in the treatment of Imp l u o iss w an i c c % are „, i csi i . „! , Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhoaa, &c. h ceetz.ed. Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage , w p i r t a lu cti pr e e e: kid - „arY hints on the evils emanating from empirical thee,...,„_" the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on `ualiertant disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. iet.tB;,BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, b Matriculated Member of the University.of Edin- I,VVnerary ' Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, .. " 'W Of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. ntlal object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con which re sulting from certai n h a bit s , i rregular iti es an d excesses, hood "ave produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man e; end premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any pani c of disease known to modem patholegists. Its perusal is their -arlY r ecommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of Leh PhYsical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded entitled tb haPpiness, and privileges to which every human being is It is eta. I + Prino r ; in ° „ ll .elY necessary thatall man should know, that there are ine t ".ii n 's 0, personal management which cannot be violated without th e ,r• grievous penalties. and when wisdom and regret succeed rne..'_ c _ 3 cleY of inconsiderate self-indulgence. how these penalties hedhuoewuriftigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, tat there is scareely any degree of physical infirmity or functional ',:ligernent to vrhich the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. ZetlAlither has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive _ce in the' treatment of these delicate complaints, which are lun atel7 been too generally confided to the care of ignorant fteDirte s, _ faith t mulct great injury on those who are induced to place h their pretensions. NRIWOLTS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, trotiut. / tern 11 , and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay. 63, Oxford -street %t it e, 19, Le leester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by Post for Y saMps, tO ally address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed. forti. guare. At !!! ho 14 11 connituto4 f !Aily from Eleven till Two, and from r LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee,LAURENT, 10W-hOUe, Fillham-risa) —The above Rooms are now OP O E IIB N FOR S THE SEASON d ~ and will continue open every evening, with LAUIiENT's CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by H. Laurent, the following Waltzes —La belle Frantaise, Leonora, Wil kins and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-Fast 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter• oblate at half-past 11. THE CASINO de VENISE, H IGH Splendid Esta Hotsoblishunr, ment having during is OPEN for the Stheeaso recesshibe es p n op ße-Decoular and - rated by Messrs. Bachmay er, Bull (artists of the Crystal Palace), and Assistants, the whole of the pillars, pil as t ers , an d wa l ls l i ned with upwa:ds of 380 superb 'Plates of t-ilve,ed Gass, a New Floor laid down in the Ball Room, an entirely New OTchestra erected, together with many alterations and improvements to', numerous to Particularise. Mr. W. M. PACKER'S Grand 1.3-,nd will perform nightly an endless variety of new and popular compositions. Doors open at half-past 8, and clo-e at 12 o'clock. Admission, Is. NO. 19,313.1 PUBLICATIONS. On Tuesday will be pub ished, in 2 vols. Bvo., 305., • . THE LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of LORD Al ETCALFE, Late G vernor-general of India, Go vernor of Jamaica, and Governor-General of Canada, from unpub lished Letters and Journals preserved by his Lordship, his Family, anti his Friends. By JOTIN WILLIAM KAYE, Author of the " History of the ar in Afghanistan." Richard nentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. 31 IDLAND RAILWAY.—At the TWENTY -IIALF-YEA,tLY GENERAL MEE fING of the Prornicto•s of the (MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY, convened by the Directors In pursuance of the Compaq , 's Act of Incorporation, held at the ltnilway Station, Derby, on Friday, the 18th day of A th , ;(.st, 1854, Mr. JOHN E f,LI 4 , Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the Chair, It wio Reso ved, I hat the common suit of the Company te eflixrd to the re„ ster-hooks of the shay dialers. (ha seal wa- a cor , lingly - , ffixed th presence of the 3feetin7.) Resolved. —1 hat the Report of the Directors now read, and the recommendations therein contained, he receiv, d and adopted; and that the same he pr nted, and a copy sent to each proprietor. Resolved,—That a Dividend is hereby declared of II 153. percent. upon each 100/. 114.11 and .'onsoliclated Stock; 1/. Is. 3:1. per cent. upon each 1001. Midland Consolidated Diem rig.ham and Derby Stock : 31. per cent. u , on each 1001. Mid , a d Conso 'dated Preferential Stock; 11. 10s, per cent. upon each Erewash Valley Share: 38. d per c nt upon each 161. 13s 4d. shore, being 1141 f a year's interest upon 51 and 136 days' interest upon 31. 13s. 41, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, to be payable on the Ist day of September next. Resolved,—That a committee of five shareholders, each possessing such an amount of stock or shares as will qualify him to be a Direc tor, be appointed to be an Audit Committee, whose duty it shall be to meet in the month of January next, in order to recommend is the First Half-yearly Meetinz in the year 1855 a pers 41 in their opinion suitable to be appointed as Auditor, in the room of the gentleman who will retire by rotation at that Meeting ; and that such Audit Com mittee consist of— Mr. John Heard, Nottingham. Mr. Henry Crossfield, Liverpool. Mr. Edward Baines, Leeds. Mr. George Chambers, Sheffield. Mr. John Stant forth Beckett, Torquay. (Sien, , d) JOHN ELLIS, Mr. rills havinz left the chair, a vote of thanks to him Cha was irman. pro posed and carri.d unanimously. (By order) JOSEPH SAN t)ERS, Secretary, .FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE. THE Board of Directors of the UNITY FIRE and LIFE OFFICE• 4 require the services of a Gentleman of experience, great energy, and respectability, to undertake the man. agement of the City Branch of these Enstitu ions, about to he esta blished. A handsome salary will be given to. any gentleman who may be duly quilifled for the appointment It is requested that all Applications s' ould he made in writing, and that they must contain full patticu ars, 'n ith the name and address. These will be confiden tially received by the General Manager. By order of the Boards. THOMAS H. BAYI.IS. General Manager and Svretary. Chief Offices, 40, Pall-mall, London. JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for the PRESERVATION of POTATOES, SEEDS, &c —This valuable discovery, for which Letters Patent have been obtained, is the r, suit of fourteen ye rs' study and experiments in the preser,a_ lion of vegetable matters. It imparts health and vigour to he Plants and -eeds subjected to its a tion, and effectually prevents the P. )T kTO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT, all FUNcIAL DISEASE-I, and he attacks of INSECTS and VElt NI IN, and further r commends itself to the firmer, th • planter, and the public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its application. It is sold hp all seedsmen and Chemists, in packets of one, two, three, and four p , unds each, with instructions for its use, and parties requi•ing larger quantities for their own use or for exportation, can be supplied on adv intageoug terms, by addressing to Jackson, the Pat ntee, 18, Cannon-street, London-bridge; where the article is always on sale, and the fullest particulars and directions for its use can be obtained. NATIONAL . LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, No 26, Cornhill, Loudon, Established in 1838, DIRECTORS A. Campbell Barclay, Esq. I John Moss, Esq. Charles Bennett, Esq. Thomas Nicoll, Esq. Hugh Croft, Esq. 1 E. S. Symes, MD. John Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. I J. Leander Starr, Esq. Thos. Colley Grattan, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. Jos, ph Thompson, Esq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. J. Leander Starr, Esq. (tienereV). t Chas. Bennett, Esq. (Financial). AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, and Professor John Radford Young. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. Elliotson, M.D., F R S., 37, Conduit-street. E. S. Symes, M.D., 33, navies -street, Berkeley-square. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse. Et-q ,F B. A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Lark. r house, Esq. RANKERS Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 56, Lombard-street. SOLICITOR. C. Ewens, Esq , 61 , Moorgate-street. Total number of Policies granted fro n December, 1852, to Decembe', 1853-1,194. Under the follow'ng heads are briefly enumerated the leading principles of this society : OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 1. A Life Assuranc, may be effected either by One Payment, or by an Annual Premium. 2. Pol cies may be effected writ or without the privilege of • withdrawing one-half of the Annual Payments. If with out this privilege, the rates are lower. 3. A Life A•surance may be eft cted 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 I without extra charge, and allowed to go abroad with out forfeiture of Policy, on payment of an extra Premium, according to climate. Provectuse., Report of last Annual Meeting, Forms of Proposals for Assurance, and every descrption of no essary Blank Forms, with Tables of Rat's, and full Information on all points, furnished, on ap plication at 26, Cornhill, or at any of the Company's Agencies. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL lIAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES LUSIIINGTON, Esq. John Eradbury, Esq. Robert M. Holborn, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. William Miller Christy, Esq. Robert Sh^ppard, 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. .Tohn Feltham, Esq I Samuel H. Lucas, Esq. Rohert Ingham, Esq., MP. I Charles Lushington, Esq. BANSERS—Messri. Brown, Janson, and Co., and Bank of England. SOLICITOR —Septimus Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING A CTU Ans 11, Esq., E.R.S. Extracts from the Report of the Directors for 1853: " The Directors coniratulit , their fellow-members on the very grati fying result of the recently corn Meted Quinquennial Investigation of the assets and liabilities of the Institution, by which it appea-s that, on the 20th November, 1852, after proridin4 for the present value of all the liabil ties in the Lift Assurance Department, a surplus re maine of 242,627/. Os. Od., which has been duly apportioned as heretofore. . " The reductions range from 5 to 89 per cent. on the original Annual Premiums, ace riling to the uge of the party and the time the Policy has been in force ; and the Bonuses vary in like manner, from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums paid during the last five years " The total amount of the reductions per annum for the ensuing five years is 33.348/. 17s. 2d " The Bonuses assigned lo those policies on which the original pre miums continue to 14- paid amount to 89,880/ ss. Od. ; this, together with Bonuses nprpirtioned at former divisions, makes an aggregate addition to the sums astured by the Policies in force of 126,564/ " Notwithe anding the g eat redilet4in of F'rom.iims, the net annual Meow arising from 12,3?6 existing Policies is 1 63,9121. 7, Id.: this sum, with the interest on invested capital, viz., 37,298/. 7s. 3d., shows a total annual income of 201,2101. 4s. 4d." The amount of Capital exceeds ONE MILLION STERLING. %lumbers, whose premiums tall due on the Ist July are reminded that they must he paid within 39 days from that date. Prospectuses and all other information may be obtained on appli• cation to the Office. June 21, 1854. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. OLIDAY for PARLIAMENT.—Then Par -1 ament is prorogued—the holiday is to Ise a long one. We are informed that E. MO-ES and SO Ni don't pretend to take the measure of Parliamentary duti,s, but are most hanpy to measure the members and their dependents for the Dress which is admired in every station for ifs excellence, fashion, stud cheapness. They don't wish to make 1 twa, it being their busine. s to make cloth's for every person in the world, and we are assured on every hand that their efforts have met with the most astonishing success in all parts of the empire. The C nstltue is which have pushed them forward to the repre sentation of everybody 1.1 the best and most fashionable Dress are novel and unparalleled m-terials, first-rate talent, and unequalled workmanship applied to all Articles of Attire. Having worked hard through a very long ses-ion on every kind of good and correct measures, it would be reasonable enough for them to claim a holiday. Thus, however, they could not do wt hout inflcting an inconvenience on the public and neglecting their professions, which are to supply at any moment Dress, Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &c., &c., to order or ready-made, celebrated for superiority, elegance, neatness, novelty, and cheapness. As commercial transactions and shipping business admits of no sus; , ension, E. MOSES and :_zON'S Wholesale Clothing, Shirts, Hosiery, and Boot and Shoe trade is thoroughly efficient, captains, Mer chants, Shippers, and Emigrants finding, the greatest advantages are derived from outlays, to large or small amounts, in the wholesale department of E. Moats and SON'S Establishment. Full LISTS of OUTFITS for Ladies and Gentlemen, with Ship. Sailing information, may be had on application, or post free. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falseh od of " Being connected with their Establishment," or It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, ant; for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTUEZ HOME IN OE OUT OP 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, Now Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all conumuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street, Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors. Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure.. ment, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Id Pon parle Francais. Qui si h a Italiano. Hier spricht ma n D eu t sc h . Anna as abil Espano. ELECTRICITY V. CIiOLERA.-Mr. Meinig, of Leaden hall•street and 213 A, Piccadilly, who some time ago in troduced a very ingenious small apparatus called the " Electro Generator," by which, when worn on the body, mild currents of electricity are communicated to the system, has found that this simple means constitutes a very effectual preventative and check to the premonitory symptoms of cholera. Mr. Meinig asserts that, during the last visitation in the north not one single person who wore an " Electro Generator" was attacked by cholera ; and that within the last few days he has him self witnessed the greatest possible benefit derived from its application in cases of diarrhoea, S:c. As there is no inconvenience whatever attendant upon the wearing of this small, portable apparatus, and the little known of the nature of cholera points distinctly to a certain con nection between it and the electric state of the body and atmosphere, it is not improbable that in electricity may be found the means of counteracting this dreadful scourge, and the observations of Mr. Meinig are well worthy of the attention of the profession and of the Public at large. ,!. ... • • , 4 10 , - •43it • • • _ • 1. M i t ' • ..` ; • ,• 0 IA:. C4' N ' N • , • , „ 4 I c 7. 44.'C : 777C: , . fi. l.° 4 ILTfr 4 - calT 47. , - - Kg, • - . 1 40 40 hi t our t. - ~-~ -~ ~~ LON a )N, SATURDAY _EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1854. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Pyl a d es , 20, screw steam corvette, now building at Sheerness, is ordered to be launched on the 23d of No vember next. .._. The Malacca, 17, steam-sloop, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, left Chatham on the 17th inst. for trial, accompanied by the steam-vessel Adder, G. Muncham, Second master, in command. The Malacca was at a very light draught of water, without armament or stores on board. The conse quence was, her screw propeller was not sufficiently im mersed, and the boilers were only work 'd up to a pressure of 601 b. on the square inch. Owing to her light draught of water she was quickly acted upon, and took a heavy careen to an angle of 10 degrees, which could not be re covered, and she proceeded down Swin within about 3 miles of the Mouse light vessel. On her rounding to return, she took a careen at the same angle on the starboard list, and kept the same on her return into harbour. Arrangement. are being made for her being brought down by extra ballast to her average draught of water, when she will proceed out on another trial. Her maximum speed, under all disadvantages, was over nine knots, minimum five knots. Her machinery worked in every respect satis factorily. Mr. Brown, the Assistant -Master-Attendant of Devon port Dockyard, is at Pembroke with a party of seamen riggers, engaged in jury-rigging the Falcon, 16-gu❑ steam corvette, prior to her being navigated rc.und to Portsmouth fer fitting and immediate commissioning. The Falcon is a perfect model of strength and beauty, and promises to be a thorough clipper. She is a sister ship of the Harrier, and it is thought that few .vessels will be able to overhaul these new 16-gun corvettes. One corporal and two gunners of the artillery companies of the Royal Marine Artillery at Portsmouth, and seven privates of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, have been placed under orders to hold themselves in readiness for service in the - Curlew, 8, screw steam-sloop, commis sioned at Woolwich. The African steam-tug-vessel took the steam-vessel Myrtle in tow yesterday to Woolwich for repairs to her boilers and machinery. These will occupy about three weeks. The Supply screw steam-storeship, -Master-Commander John Penn, went down the river on trial yesterday. The court-martial on the carpenter of the-Salamander, held on board the Victory, ended in the acquittal, not dis missal, as erroneously reported yesterday. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—John W. Webb (1849), from the Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth, to the (Juracoa, 30, screw steam frigate, at Portsmouth; William Lombard (1818), from the Neptune, 120, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Corry in the Baltic, to the Victory, vice Webb; William Henry Liddell (1854), recently promoted from mate of the Excellent, to the Curacoa ; Louis Geneste (1851), recently promoted from mate of the Excellent, to the Cos.ack, 20, screw steam corvette, at Chatham. Master Thomas Hart (1845), to the Citraeoa,, 30, screw steam frigate. Mate NV. F. Lee (1852), to the Harrier, 16, screw steam. ship, at Portsmouth. THE GUY-BOATS. ' The Arrow, G, steam despatch-gunboat, Lieutenant Commander Jolliffe, was ordered to have her steam up on Thursday afternoon, and left Woolwich at a quarter past 2 o'clock, for Greeuhithe, to have compasses adjusted with the least possible delay, and then proceed direct to Ports mouth, for experimental practice with her large Lances terian oval guns, at long ranges, in the presence of the Lords of the Admiralty, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, Surveyor of the Navy, Captoin Sir Thomas Maitland, and the officers of the Excellent gunnery ship. SALE OF RUSSIAN PRIZES. Yesterjay another sale of Russian vessels captured by her Majesty's cruisers since the commencement of hostili ties took place in the Captains'-room at Lloyd's. The ves sels, four in number, were put up by Mr. Lachlans, the Ad miralty broker. The first submitted to public competition was the Aina, of Christianstadt, a vessel of about 404 tons' burden, built in 1851, of which Adolph Theodor Nystrom was late the master, taken a prize by her Majesty's ship Alban. She was pot up at 1,0001. and knocked down at 2.450/ , making, with the amount realised 9y the sale of her cargo, 2,8021. to be divided among the officers and crew of the Alban. The Kainschatka, 400 tons burden, of which W. Etigbloin was late the master, taken a p r i ze by her Majesty' s C oastguar d boat from the Folkestone sta tion, sold fur 1,8001., making, with the produce of her cargo (salt), a total of 2,2341. to be divided among the captors. The Victor, a schooner, of 9.; tons, of which A. T. Borghstorui was the late master, prize to her Majesty's steamer Euryalus, sold for :001. ; and the Aegir, also taken by her Majesty's cruisers, for 1,0501 The next prizes that will be sold are—the Primus of Uleaborg, the Teleus of Christianstadt, and the Johannes of Helsingfors. The Court of Admiralty have ordered the cargoes of the Rus sian prizes Fidentia, Dido, Etnilie, Mentor, Augusta, Fa ma, and Froga, comprising 2,350 tons of salt, and a mis cellaneous cargo of Portuguese and Spanish produce, to be sold forthwith for the benefit of the captors. The Russian brig Charles, Captain Payel, has been taken into the discharging basin again. THE RUSSIAN STEAM ENGINES. Government are about sending a ship of war to Clyde for the purpose of removing the two pair of engines constructed for the Russian Government by Mr. Napier before the pre sent hostilities commenced. The engines are not quite finished, but we presume they are intended to be com pleted at one of the national dockyards, and fixed on board two of our men-of-war. DEATH OF COLONEL MATTLE. The death of Colonel the Hon. L. Mania, an assistant adjutant-. - b eneral, in Turk e y, h as d epr i ved the British army of one of its best soldiers. Besides !mint on the staff in Turkey, he held the appointment of Surveyor-General of the Army, am 3 sat in Parliament for Forfarshire. Colonel Maule formerly commanded the 79th Highlanders. By demise the seat for Forfarshire, the Surveyor-Generalship of the Ordnance, and an appointment on the Adjutant- General's staff are rendered vacant. Colonel Maule was next brother to Lord Panmure, and heir presumptive to that nobleman. DEATH OF LIEUT.-COLONEL FERGUSON. A passenger on board the French steamer Caire, writing from Syra, says :—" We lost Lieutenant -Colonel Ferguson, major of 79th Highlanders, the second day after we got on board. He dined with us the evening before, and next morning rushed on deck unclothed. He was considered to be recovering from an attack of fever. The surgeon of the ship, with the aid of Dr. Young, 28th Regiment, himself in very bad health, got him back to his bed, and in about ten minutes the poor colonel was a corpse." DEATH OF CAPTAIN ROWLEY. We regret to announce the death of C iptain Richard Freeman Rowley (183)), at Blackheath, yesterday, under the most melancholy circumstances, Captain Rowley was the fourth son of the la:o Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., G.U.8., and since quitting the command of the flag ship (the St. Vincent) of his father, to whom ho was flag captain, he has devoted his life to acts of piety and practical benevolence. He was frequently to be found in the chair at the Bible Society meetings, and was accustomed to visit the poor in his district, and to read and teach the Bible to them. It appears that whilet in the discharge of these self-imposed duties he was attacked with cholera, but recovered ; he suffered, however, a relapse, which has proved fatal to him. His loss will be deeply and widely deplored. In his profession he was a popular officer; in his civil and social relations he was beloved as a sincere friend, and an unaffected Christian. The following is au epitome of his career in the navy:— He entered the navy Feb. 4, 1819 ; passed his time as mid shipman on board the Medina, 20, and Euryalus, 42 ; ob tained his first commission May 17, 1825 ; served from the 21st of that month until promoted to the rank of com mander, May 8, 1827, in the Victory, 104, as flag lieute nant at Portsmouth to Sir George Martin ; and from ,Tau. 14, 1829, until advanced to his present rank, Feb. 26, 1830, was employed in the capacity last mentioned on board the Badger, 10, at Plymouth, in the North Sea, and the Cape of Good Hope. On leaving that vessel the f ing pmpp o nis, r o s ewnl a , de n oar i ue l tan c Ahd r l eezpecsrrrti his c s ttlio e eBt n smu3t t ,sim e l : c n l a,tfin l with ho en al oefsH hai theirpas p a hps h uii enrb t see t st : see t 31 subsequent t eh : ealiety. and appoint ments naeap,genioeioefnooxxt l 4, r Mediterranean, whence he returned) in the '2B, fitting of 1833; and Dec. 31, 1842, to the St. Vincent, 120, as flag captain to his father at Portsmouth. He has been on half pay since :•••eptember, 1845. Captain Ro w l e y married, July 12, 1838 , Eli zabeth Julia, daughter of John Anger stein, Esq., by whom he has issue seven children. --- DEPARTURE OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. The magnificent screw -steamer the Golden Fleece, 2,500 tons, Captain Scales, with the service companies of the 21st Royal Fusiliers, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Ainslie, steamed out of Queenstown on Tuesday evening, at seven o'clock, direct for Turkey. After the 21st had been put on board she moved for her moorings, anchored abreast of the Messrs. Scott's quay, where a long platform had been erected from the quay to a hulk outside, and from the hulk to the transport, for the purpose of ship ping 16 horses. These were put on board safely, in pre sence of several hundred spectators, and she then steamed out of harbour amidst deafening cheers from the inhabitants of Queenstown, warmly acknowledged by those on tward. While lying in harbour she took in a large quantity of ammunition and other warlike stores. She had been pre viously freighted with artillery stores for the use of the Circassians, and she had in addition a considerable quan tity of provisions for the British fleet. There were also 30 of the English and Irish constabulary, with five or six offi cers, go se at ing ou out in her to join the co mm i ssariat department ate war. These o cials have been furnished with instructions to study for that service, and each is provided with three different b oo k s, to enable him to attain in a short time a sufficient knowledge of the Turkish language to communicate with Turks on all matters re lating to the provisioning and supplying the British army with rations, &c. The depot of th e 21 st Fusiliers has ar rived at Buttevant from Dublin. HER. MAJESTY'S NEW STEAM-YACEET. The first launch next sear will be that of her Majesty's new steam-yacht, the Windsor Castle. She is progressing very rapidly, a great portion of the dockyard force being actively engaged upon her. the Royal Marine Artillery corps, which was assembled in review order, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Dwyer, the staff of the division also being present. Their lordships, on landing, minutely inspected the men in line, during which the band played "Rule Britannia." The ranks were th en closed, and the men fell into drill squad% while their lordships inspected the officers' and men's bar racks, all of which wore.found in a highly satisfactory state. This occupied until between 5 and 6 o'clock, and terminated the day's proceedings. In the evening their lordships dined with Rear-Admiral Superintendent Martin in the dockyard. This day their lordships will muster the ordi nary and the dockyard artificers. The First Lord will hold his levee to day, also at the Royal Naval College. Upwards of 50 officers hWe entered their names for interviews. To morrow, we believe, their lordships will embark for Alder ney, and thence proceed to make their inspection of the port of Plymouth. ROYAL MARINES. The following order was read at head quarters at Ports• mouth yesterday morning to the men assembled on parade : "My lords h av i ng "Admiralty, A ug . 14, 1854. ad under consideration the differ ence existity, between h tto he sh ore an d sea pay allowed non commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Marines, and considering that the shore pay of the Marines, which is necessarily regulated by comparison with the pay of the army, will be, when subjected to no deductions, more nearly equal to' the pay of seamen of the fleet, and more advanta geous than the rates.of sea pay heretofore established, and being sensible of the valuable services and the gallant con duct by whichthe Marine corps has been invariably distin guished : • " They have deemed it proper to submit to her Majesty in council the justice and expediency of removing entirely the differences existing between the shore and sea pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Marines ; and her Majesty has been graciously pleased, by her order in council of the 11 th 'hist •• to direct that thes e differences shall be discontinued from the Ist Oct., 1854. "My lords have, therefore, to-direct that it may be clearly explained to the officers, ion -commissioned officers, and privates, that while the pay of the Royal Marines when on shore will continue to be regulated by comparison with the pay of the army, and the deductions for rations when on shore will be similar to those in the army, there will in future be no deductions from the amount of share pay as now established for the Royal Marines, whenever th e y may be act ua lly em b ar k ed and borne on the books of any of her Majesty's ships. " My lords trust the boon which her Majesty has been thus pleased to confer will be an alliqoaal inducement to a continuance of that loyalty and devotion to the service of the country by which the Royal Marine corps has been so long distinguished. " Admiraßy command of th e L or d s C ommissioners of the ly. (Signed) " RALPH OSADRNE." ,ofcßoopaymalanAdritni commanding le t r h y e , ILITARY. The sth company oft the al battalion stationed at Ballincollig, has proceeded to Bristol, via the Juverna steamer, to join head quarters at Woolwich. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thorold depot of the 92d Highlanders, has been ordered to rejoin the service companies at Gibraltar. He will be replaced by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Inglis Lockhart. A party of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot has arrived in Belfast from Canterbury on recruiting duty. There are now no fewer than 13 parties from different corps in that town—namely, the 4th, 13th, 18th, 26th, 30th, 45th, 51st, and 67th Infantry Regiments of the Line; the sth Dragoon Guards, th e R oyal Artillery, Roya Marines, Fusiiier Guards, and th e E ast India Com pany. Lieutenant Henry Colton Mudge, one sergeant, one drummer, and 18 privates of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, and one bombardier and seven gunners of the Artillery companies, have been placed under orders to hold themselves iu readiness to join for service in the Curacoa, 30, screw steam-frigate, commissioned at Ports mouth. MAILS FOR TURKEY. The relatives of officers in the army should be aware that mails for the army iu Turkey are made up in London on the evenings of the 3d, Bth, 18th, 23d, and 23th days of each month. Letters should be addressed "per French packet," and the postage of 3d. the quarter ounce must be paid in advance. ARRIVALS, &c., AT MALTA. Our correspondence from Malta, dated the .12th of August, states : " The operatives in our dockyard are busily . employed, working very late hours, nor are Sundays days of rest, in preparing for*tho great event f the clay, the attack on Sebastopol, by contributing their share of scaling ladders and other things necessary for that service. "The pest week has brought draughts of Horse Artillery and of Sappers; of the former the beautiful screw steam ship Jason has brought 286 rank and Me, 230 horses, and the following offieers —Major Townsend, Captains Franklin, the Hon. D. Fraser, and Hosts ; Lieutenant s Lukin, Mil lar, and Aldemon ; Assistant-Surgeon Wright and Vete rinary Surgeon Cotherell. Of the latter, the Austrian a steamship Malta has b roug ht f rom Corfu detachment of 32 rank and file of the Royal and Miner corps, under Lieut. Teesdale, and three sergeants, with eight privates of other regiments. These were to have been put on board the Jason, which steamed this morning early en route to Con stantinople, but there was not room for them. _ • "On the 10th the .Colgrain dansport, No. 12, left port on her passage to England, and last night the Conrad trans port, No. 101, came in. She had on board 24 men of the 6'ith Regiment, who lately left Malta in charge of m u l es . They were very much astonished at find ing the regiment had left Malta. "The Emperor steamer left Malta for Constantinople on the Bth, having in tow no less than 25 boats. a large quan tity having been bought by the Government for the Eastern requirements. '-' Three French steam frigates have arrived here from Toulon, having on board a total of BSI sailors forthe French fleet, with a view of supplying any casualties that may take place durin g the coining e ven t s. " The mail samer Caine h as b rought intelligence of the inst. most exciting natur e f rom C onstantinople up to the sth " ` Everything here,' says a private letter, `is stir and bustle. We muster eight or nine steamers at present in these waters, English and French, all busily occupied in getting pontoons made, and stowing as many boats as we possibly can on board—in a word, getting everything ready for landing a large force. Many p on t oons h ave already been sent to Varna in t ow of our steamers; these pontoons are made of a number of boats, some five or six abreast, and planked over, so as to be capable of accommodating from 200 to 300 men or a number of horses. Those planks are joined together by toggles, so that th e w h o l e i s portable, and ca n b e t a k en t o p i eces in a short tim e .' " A writer, describing the recent storming of the Salina, says : We were surprised to find that the defenders of the stockade were nearly all Greeks; and so of the town. The Greeks had assembled in considerable numbers, deter mined on defending the town, and thinking that nothing but boats could get Over the bar (11 feet water only) ; but the Spitfire lightened herself by getting out all her coals into t wo p a ddl e -b ox boats, and steamed the bar, tow ing four gunboats, two rocket boats, and all the seamen and marines of th e vesse l s. W hen the defenders of the place saw this they retreated. The Spitfire commenced shelling without loss of time, and in less than an hour the whole place was in flames ; and a grand sight was presented— awfully so, indeed—du/jug the night. " `Eight days after, the town was still burning. " ` This occurrence took place on the 17th, the boats of the Vesuvius and Inflexible being Spit fire up the river. All the forts were destroyed, and the Greek church and lighthouse the only parts of the town we spared.' ite taken ravages. in tow o f The e Rif e" e l and w still effecting Brigade and 20th Regiment were detained at Constanti nople." Fleet, dated from Baltschik, Au gust 2 : The following are the latest " The fleet arrived here on the 30th lilt , from off Sebes movements in the Black Sea topol. The Agamemnon left for Co nstantinople yesterday. General Sir George Brown went in her. Dr. Elliott, sur geon of the Agamemnon, has been Invalided. Dr. Dees, him accommodation by Deputy Melieal Inspector, will reside on board the Queen, oft _ tit •rs of the ship of their cabins. Mr. flug;ins, . • invalidated from the Albion takes passage nas far as Const a • ' a • in the Agamemno . ntinople. The Niger, . ip Apollo in tow, sailed on the 2d from d as is t p l e ie ss ß es i s l i t n a g nn s? ia ine couldonly aefford with the stort..sh Constantinople for the fleet. The Vulcan, Cyclops, and Harpy are lying ofd the Sultan's y Th M d e egeera an A a "e3r, and the Aga ff Bujukdere. Rear- diniral Boxer has taken memnon off Bujukdere. No. 24 traport • , as his flagship. up his quarters on l I ~, who be ongei. to the wrecked Tiger, The officers and mee lyieg - e at Constantinopl e. ~ the h• and who were d sibs of the fleet by ordered t Caradoc are . . -Chief, are o be sent to Eng the Commander-in nity. Nearly all the land by the first opportu small steam been purchased ers in the Bosphorus have _ . o.by either the Everythin e , argues the immediate French or ourselves. armies, but whithe • movement of the allied . being r is, of course, a Not a little money is distributed among speculated with conjectural. en that we f stivities in Sebastopol.,, shall hold our Christmas e _ .........._... bp sporting characters, and long odds are given THE ARMY IN THE EAST.-MILITAR Y COSTUME. The following paragraphs, forming a portion of a letter from a non-commissioned officer in an infantry regiment many alt era ti ons now serving in Turkey, will be read with interest as il nogflainndf infantry, .One great evil il lustrative of the f ee lings of the men in r e f erence to mat ters of costum e and equipment, The lett er i s of the date of July 23 : are " p l r s ip ee ose b i y l i p n ap th er e s clhn from m i E g is abolished—namely, the clothing colonels. The army will now get their clothing at the cost price to the public, and of sufficient quality for the money supplied by the , public, without auy deductions. I think that this campaign (if so it ma y b e ca ll e d) h as even already d one more than all the experimental camps that could have been form e d for years to come. It has taught one lesson—that the cloth ing of the infantry is not of that description which it ought to be. " I will commence with our coatees. According to the present system, they are made to button up t o th e chin so tight as alm os t to suffocate a man in a hot- country like this. If one wrinkle is seen, they are considered .not to fit, and aro ordered immediately to be altered. The oollars are almost as stiff as the stook, more especially the Prus sian collar, which is worn by many regiments. " Those regiments which still retain the crossbelts can confirm my words, that it is an impossibility for a man to get a free breath of air with them on him. He may unbut ton the top buttons of his coat, be may unhook his coat col-- lar, but scarcely is he one whit the better for it ; the belt s . draggi ng ti g h t across the chest w i t h t h e weight ofthe pouch, of 50 rounds of cartridge, and of the knapsacks, will pre vent Wm from receivingrelief. The further ho m arc h es, too, as every so ldi er knows to his sorrow, the tighter the belts become. Tifebelts are made to cross the coat at about three buttons from the collar downwards. No matter whether the man be tall or short, whether his bodily frame would properly allow it or not, the belts must cross there, and under the breastplate, which serves as a focus to drag the weight and pressure to one point, and that point just about thQ goat of tho breath. Auy soldier who has oyeed,ozza a day's march on a hot day can tell whether he could attempt to draw a deep breath when fully accoutred in marching order. If the question were put to him, his answer would at once be, ' I never could do it; my clothing and belts are too ~ t l i v g h about e t a re advisedo u t the :ct t e w s e . a ' r flannel shirts in the hot wea ther, as they would absorb the moisture from the body, which is very true ; but they are almost useless under our coatees, where no air can penetrate. I have seen men wring their coatees after a march, as if they had been dipped in water, which would not have been the case if air could have reached the body. Many different patterns were recommended, I remember, at Chobham, but none so pleased the men who tried their merits as the double breasted frock coat, with a turn-down flap at the breast, by which access was given to the air to reach the body. The beats would diminish the comfort even of thts description of coat, but it would still, however, be superior to the tire some coatee. " In the regiments of Guards the stock is the same as done away with while out here, which is a great blessing ; but the fact is, the men would have decided that question for themselves ; for what man, finding himself oppressed and dying with heat on the march, would not run a risk to free himself of such a torment ? But the Guardsmen complain bitterly of the bearskin caps and shakos. Why could not these things have been left at home, or in store, and useful comfortable forage caps supplied for the cam ' paign, as has been, to a great extent, done by the French? The bearskin worn by the Guards tires, worries, and wear out the soldiers more than .three times the weight would if carried on their back. The colour attracts the heat (for the Guards have no white cap-covers), and they make the wearers' head as hot, so to say, as if it was in a pot, steam ing over the fire, there being no ventilation in them. As for the shakos, they are cumbrous, comfortless, and cer tainly far from ornamental. " The cut of the trousers is also inconvenient. It is too tight. Instead of a nice, easy-fitting garment, the men have mere skintights, which impede marching and the free exercise of the limbs, A man cannot stoop quickly with out a risk of two or three buttons flying off, and his move ments are rendered uneasy and constrained. " The boots served out this year have for the most part been as bad as they could be. In some instances I have ' seen them falling to pieces after a little more than a week's wear; such is the quality of an article which on the horrid sandy roads out here is important. The forage caps worn by the Guards when relieved from the dreaded bear-skin are really beastly things —dirty, greasy, nasty to the sight, and awkward to the feel. Tho perspiration oozes out thrJugh them and the sand penetrates, and altogether, between their rotten and weak boots and their only too sound and strong crossbelts and awkward trousers and coatees, the make up of the troops does not tend to their comfort orhealth. In the matter of arms, one satisfactory change has taken pl..ce at the eleventh hour, and that is, the introduction of the Minie rifles." SECOND COITRT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT. PERRY, AT WINDSOR. SIXTEENTH DAY-FRIDAY. The Court reassembled at 11 o'clock this morning, and immediately the names of the Court were called over, Major-Gene ra l Wetherell, the prosecutor, proceeded with his reply on the case, which was as follows :—Mr. President and Gentlemen—Afterthis protracted inquiry, I should have been content to leave the case in your hands without further comments, did I not feel it my duty as manager of the prosecution, to submit it to you clear of all the extraneous matters which the latitude of cross - examination permitted to the prisoner has tended to introduce into it, and to present to the Court what seems to me to be a correct view of the evidence as bearing on the issues, which are to be tried. These issues are sub stantially three in number. 1. Did Lieutenant-Colonel Garrett, on the cccasion of the prisoner making some complaint to him, reproach him for doing so, and call him a fool for his pains ? 2. Did the prisoner send a letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Garrett, containing a threat that he would complain to the commander of the district ? For the threat in question is now alleged to have been in writing, and not by word of mouth. 3. Has Captain Nicholas been in the habit of ill treating the younger officers, or of aiding and abetting others in doing so ? I say that the issues are substantially these; for it is obvious that if the matters therein stated have not occurred, the prisoner must have asserted what he knew to be false. Before proceeding to comment upon the evidence, I may take this opportunity of observing that, in order to give the prisoner every possible indulgence, and to make this trial a means of getting at the whole truth of the case, it has been thought fitting not only to deviate from the usual practice in such cases, in confor mity with which Colonel Garrett would have appeared before you as a prosecutor, but also, with the cordial tonpcuutr r t e h n e c of Colonel me practically etic a It y n Garrett to the situationn d CaptainNic hol as defenders. If Colonel Garrett had appeared before you as prosecutor as well as witness, he would have had a right to be pre sent in court throughout the trial, and it would have been necessary for him to be so ; but as this circumstance might, for many reasons, have been thought objection able by the prisoner, it was deemed right by Viscount Harding° that the prosecution should be conducted by myself. With regard to the position of Col. Garrett and Captain Nicholas, relatively with that of the prisoner, it is to be observed that the ordinary course would have been to have proved the publication of the letter by the prisoner, to have shown its libellous nature, by reading it to the court, and to have then called upon the prisoner to justify his conduct by proving that the statements therein made were true. But by the course which has been adopted, Col. Garrett and Capt. Nicholas have not shrunk from imposing upon themselves a task which, though ordinarily attended with some difficulty, namely, that of proving the negative of the issues—is in the present case comparatively easy. It is foryou to determine whether it has been done to your satisfaction. Now, on the part of the prosecution, so far as relates to the first issue, Colonel Garrett has been called. He denies that he ever reproached the prisoner for making a complaint to Wan, or that he ever called him a fool for his pains. He said he would swear to that as positively as a man's recollection can go—that his firm conviction is that he did not. He says that he could not fait to recollect these circumstances had they really occurred. Major Maxwell corroborates the evidence of Colonel Garrett, and in reply to a question from the Court gave his rea sons for believing that Colonel Garrett never did what the prisoner alleged. He says that he was present on the occasion that seems to be pointed at in the prisoner's statement, which was the only occasion when such a circumstance could have taken place, and he is positive that on that occasion nothing of the kind occurred. najor Fyffe said that he never heard of the occurrence. The evidence of Captain Sandwith, Captain Nicholas, Lieutenant and Adjutant M'Alester, Lieutenant Duns combe, Lieutenant Curtis, Lieutenant Hesketh, is to the same effect. Is Colonel Garrett or Major Maxwell likely to have forgotten such matters had they really oc curred ? Are the other officers likely not to have heard of them ? or, having heard of them, to have forgotten them ? Would they not have been the subject of general remark and conversation among them ? If, then, these witnesses are speaking the truth, it is impossible to suppose that the matters set forth in the first issue ever occurred. Now, with regard to the second issue, Colonel Garrett de n i es th a t h e ever rece i ve d any such letter. Captain Sandwith says that lie is quite sure that there neither is now nor ever was such a letter in the orderly room. The other witnesses all says that they never heard of such a letter having been sent, or even written ; and with reference to this matter, it may be observed that it does not depend on the un supported testimony of Colonel Garrett, who might possibly have forgotten it, for had such a letter been written and sent to Colonel Garrett, it would probably have been as generally known as the letter of a like nature appears to have been which was written by Lieu tenant Dunscombe. If, then, no such letter was ever heard of by any of the witnesses, it probably was be cause no such letter ever existed. With regard to the third issue, viz., whether Captain Nicholas is m the habit of ill-treating young officers, you have heard the evidence of Ensigns Lawson, Hammond, Coote, Hutton, Lieu tenants W. T. Waldy, A. Waldy, Dunscombe, Dallas, Ford, Curtis, Llewellyn, Fane, Greer, M'Alester, Hes keth, Captains Mackay (?) and Campbell—eighteen wit nesses. They one and ail declare not only that they never knew a single instance of Captain Nicholas ill treating young officers, but they ail cordially join in giving such an account of his character and nature as to render it incredible that he should have done so. This, gentlemen, is the substance of the evidence on the part of the prcsecution. I do not propose to trouble you with comments on the various irrelevant matters which have been introduced in the course of the cross-exami nation. They seem to me to be quite foreign to the issues which you have to try, and to tend rather to embarrass than to assist the judgment of the Court. I will now briefly examine the evidence for the de- feuce. The first witness, Mr. Darvill, seems to have been called rather with a view of stating what he considered to be a principle of justice than of proving any matter of fact in favour of the prisoner ; for the only fact he proves is that he, the prisoner, signed the letter on which the charge is founded. The principle he puts forward is that the prisoner could not be morally answer able for the contents of that letter, inasmuch as he merely signed it. If this doctrine is to prevail, an officer may put his signature to a libellous letter written expressly for him, and published for him by his lawyer, te and may do his utmost to blast the character of h colonel of his regiment, and then, when calledode uponr the to justify what he has done, may shelter himself o plea that, though the officer wrote the signature, the lawyer wrote the libel. It is for you., ge ntlemen, to consider the truth or worth of such a principle as this. The evidence of the second witness (Captain at e d of pathye master Corcoran), so far as it bears on anyoo issues, is in truth not only hearsay of the roost objection able sort, being hearsay from the prison er r himself ; and when the witness was directed to confinee his evidence within his own knowledge, it appeared that he had no knowledge on the subject of the first issue, namely, whether Colonel Garrett had ever do ne that which is there alleged ; that lie had no knowledge as to wheth er the prisoner had ever sent o r ever written any such letter as that which forms the subject of the secon d issue ; and as to the third issue his evidence i s ra th er against the prisoner' than in his favour, inasmuch as he says that he never heard of any i ns t ance i n which Captain Nicholas ill-treated any officers, or aided others in so doing, except from the prisoner hi m . i self. The evidence, again, of the third witness, Captain Chambers,is mere hearsay throughout, and in reality does one of the inUeE. 1 70 r. although he !aid ;f at toucli , ADMIRALTY INSPECTION. The Board of Admiralty continued their inspection at Portsmouth yesterday, commencing with the Royal Cla rence Victualling Establishment, Gosport, under the super intendence of Captain Courtenay, R.N., the state and re sources of which elicited their lordships warmest commen. dation. They subsequently inspected the Royal Marines in divisional order at the head-quarter barracks, Porton, where they were received by Colonel Delacombe, the As sistant Deputy-Adjutant-General Wesley, and the various staff officars3 of ' the division. After inspecting the men and their quarters, also the books, etc., they took their departure for Haslar Hospital, over which they were con ducted by Captain-Superintendent Coukenay and the medical staff, which occupied them until 4 o'clo c k, w h en they re-embarked in their barge, and crossed over Ports mouth Harbour to the victualling store barracks to izuvoot . - r .... , y,6,6 i PRICE SD. 1 that he heard from Lieutenant Curtis that Colonel Gar rett, had called Lieutenant Perry a fool for his pains for reporting, he does not say that he ever heard from Lieu tenant Curtis or any one else that Colonel Garrett had done what the prisoner had charged him with doing-- viz., personally reproached him for making a complaint, and called him a fool for his pains. And it. is this allega tion alone which forms the subject of the first issue. And with regard to the third issue, relating to Captain Nicholas's conduct, the evidence, so far from contradict ing that of• the witnesses for the prosecution, tends mate rially to confirm it ; and it does so, not when given in reply to questions put to him on cross - examination, but to questions put pointedly to him on the part of the pri soner. At this stage of the proceedings a letter was put in evi.lence by the prisoner, from which it would appear that Lieutenant W. T. Waldey had stated that Captain Nicholas had, on one occasion, used an opprobrious ex pression towards Ensign Coote. Whether the expres sion in question was ever used does not seem to be clear, but, if used, it seems to have left so little im pression on Ensign Coote's memory, that when asked as to this very matter on cross-examination by the prisoner, he positively denied that it had ever been used towards him on any one occasion since he joined the regiment. And he spoke of Captain Nicholas in the same gratifying terms that had been used towards him by all his brother officers. I shall not waste'your time by further comment on such a piece of evidence. The fourth witness, Major Stewart, seems to have been called solely with a view of prejudicing the Court against the 46th Regiment and its commanding officer. The prisoner studiously avoided puttinga single question to him which had any relevancy to the charges, and when the Court directed the attention of the witness to the charges, and examined him upon them, it appeared first, that he knew nothing whatever about them ;' secondly, that the only matter of which he had any personal know ledge occurred in 1842, twelve years ago. The evidence of the fifth witness; private Edward Lawler, the servant to the prisoner, like that of the last witness, was quite irrelevant to the issues. I have now gone through the whole of the evidence both for the prosecution and the defence, and although, in the address that has been read to you by the prisoner, a very different view of it has been taken from that which I have submitted to you, I believe I have correctly stated its bearing on the issues, and the wei -dit that should properly be attached to it. I shall not waste your time by commenting on the pri soner's assertions=that he has been attacked and sur rounded by conspiracy, combination, calumny, and per jury; nor upon the still more extravagant assertion that his case has been injured in consequence of his having been, from time to time. stopped in the cross-examina tion of the witnesses. But there are some statements in that address which cannot be passed over so lightly. The prisoner has insinuated, I may almost say as serted, that witnesses who could have given material evi dence have been sent to Turkey to deprive him of their evidence. A simple recital of dates will best expose the truth of this assertion. The prisoner's letter which gave rise to this trial was written on July 24; all the witnesses in question had then already been seven days at sea, for they embarked on 17th July, exactly a week before the letter was written, so that, had those officers been sent to Turkey in order to deprive the prisoner of their tes timony, it must have been from a foreknowledge on the part of the authorities that seven days after their em barkation the prisoner would do an act for which he would be brought to trial, and might, therefore, need their evidence. Again, the prisoner instances as an act of injustice on the part of the prosecution that the letter relating to the difference between himself and Lieut. Shervinton was introduced into the case. The court will remember, and it appears on the record of the pro ceedings, that it was against the wish of the prosecutor, and at the express and urgent request of the prisoner, that those letters were produced. From these two in stapces the court will be able to appreciate the general character and trustworthiness of the address. There is one more point to which I should wish to call your at tention, and I have done. The prisoner, finding himself unable to justify his libelious charges against Captain Nicholas, seeks to shelter himself-Ist, under a legal technicality, that the alleged libel was a privileged communication ; 2ndly, that as I had not called Captain Nicholas to contradict the charges, as I did Colonel Garrett, they ought, therefore, to be taken to be true. With regard to the libel being a privileged communication, I shall leave that question for the court and the Judge-Advocate-Generat to deter mine. But as to my not calling Captain Nicholas as a witness on the third and fotirth instances on the charge, the only possible object of calling him would have been to give the prisoner an opportunity of cross examining him generally, and the Court will find in page 419 of the proceedings that when Captain Nicholas was examined on the first and second instances, the prisoner not only had the opportunity, but availed himself of it with reference to the affair of Lieut. Dunscombe, and would doubtless have done so with reference to other matters, had he isat .known that it would be more pru dent to abstain. If the prisoner had charged Captain► Nicholas with sense specific. act or acts of misconduct, I should certainly have felt it my duty to examine him as to such matters in the same way as I examined Colonel ' Garrett ; but when a man is charged with habitual mis conduct of an indefinite nature, it would obviously be absurd to adopt such a ccurse. The only mode of disprovir'g such a charge is by the evidence of those wit nesses who must know the habitual tenor of his life, and he, therefore, able to give the most satisfactory informa tion respecting it ; and as the prisoner asserted in his letter that he was prepared to substantiate by evidence all that he had said against Captain Nicholas, it is surely matter of grave observation that he has not even at tempted to substantiate those charges by calling a single witness, or producing any evidence of any sort or kind. I shall now, gentlemen, leave the case in your hands, without further comment. Mr. Perry handed in a statement relative to the read ing of the whole of the correspondence respecting Lieu tenant Shervinton's affair, which the court objected to receive The Court, after two hours' deliberation, it being four o'clock, adjourned. THE COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUTENANT PERRY. If there be the slighest sense of shame left in the officers of the 46th Regiment, any lingering remnant of that feel ing which ordinary men call hone s ty—f or o f th e c hi va l r i c feeling of honour there is no question —they must be ting ling to the ends of their fingers at the rebuke they have received from the lips of Lieutenant Perry. We have not the slightest hesitation in saying that before any ordi nary court of justice in these kingdoms the young gentle mon who has been so cruelly misused and male the victim of so vindictive anti unprincipled a combination would be triumphantly acquitted. The evidence for the prosecution has turned out in part worthless ; in part it has broken down. The charges against this officer, although four in number, resolve themselves practically into two. The first is a question between him and his commanding officer ; the second a question between him and a certain Capt. Nieholas. The gist of the first is, that Lieutenant Perry asserts, and Col. Garrett denies, "that Colonel Garrett reproached and called Lieutenant Perry a fool for his pains after he had reported to him, and that he (Lieutenant Perry) threat ened to appeal to the General of the District upon the subject of the ill-usage he had received." The second question, which refers to Captain Nicholas, is that Lieu tenant Perry asserts, and Captain Nicholas does not deny —for ho is very judiciously kept out of court—" that Captain Nicholas had ill-treated officers on joining, and generally that he had ill-treated young officers." Be it remembered that the youth who has been kept for the last month upon the sellette virtually before three courts-martial did not come forward as an accuser out of mere wanton ness, but that the statements attributed to him were made upon the advice of his legal assistants in the course of his defence—he, in fact, not being responsible for anything but the truth of the facts. From the form which this prosecution has assumed it is s not in Mr. Perry's power to meet oath with oath. Ii adversary is admitted to the privilege—if the termbenot in such a case misapplied—of calling Heaven to wi ? Colonel Garrett speaks—" Ido not recollect ever having called Mr. Perry a fool. I don't think I erer did. This exemplary commanding officer, when asked at a sub sequent period of the inquiry if ho had ever used reproach ful language to any other officer who had been tio pu pulled Now,dout of bed, begged to decline answering that question. of n. ofcers in support of the charge are produced a number who boldly assert that they never heard the Colonelcalling the subaltern a fool, On the other hand, Lieutenant Perry positively as •erts that h s i t s io C n o o lo n n t e h l e d o id oo a a p si p o l n y n t e o m h e i t in the opprobrious epithet in i. Even so far the parties areiunoet upon an equality. Lieu tenant Perry remembers a fact wh i i m, chis h l o ik t e w en h o io u h gh e to oln h o av e e l Garrett may made a deep impression finnur it convenient h convenient to forget. Th e point, howeveerr,maisy not not left there. From the nature of the case the colonel cannot pr oduce a witness who would much help his case, i save he could show that Lieut. P erry could not. physically speaking, have conversed w ith hi m in private on the day named.. Lieut. Perry, h owever, on his side, can heap up probabilities. A third person might have been present at the interview. This, unf or t unately, was not the oase—at least, as far as any one w ith a memory is c oncerned—but, most fortunately, throughout Lieut. Perry was acting under the advice of another officer of the regiment in May, 1853, a few weeks after he had joined. Lieut. Perry produced this officer to show that he was acquainted with the system of persecution to which he had been exposed. Paymaster Corcoran —this is the name —was produced to prove that at the time he had told Lieut. Perry how to act, that he had advised him to write through the colonel to the general of the district, that Lieut. Perry told him he had done so, and that be had, moreover, reoorted certain officers to Colonel Garrett, and been called by Cob nel Garrett a fool for his pains, and told that he was like a child escaped from his mother's apron-strings, and that the upshot of it all was that Lieut. Perry came to him much excited and in tears, and com plained to him of the treatment he had received from his commanding officer. Lieut. Perry, in the course of his defence, put it very fairly to the court that it was not within the limits of credibility that he should have got up this scene as a piece of comedy more than a twelvemonth back, where there was no prospect of the recent inquiries. The evidence of Paymaster Corcoran was confirmed by that of another officer, who showe that the gentle rebuke administered by the colonel to the young subaltern was the common talk of the regiment, although all the officers have now found it convenient to fall back upon defective powers of memory. "I hope you've had enough of reporting," said one of these riotous, unmannerly boys, to th e un f ortunate youth who made to sultject of their brutality. Colonel Garrett . has f o rgotten also all ab o ut th e l e tt er w hi ch Pa aster Corcoran advise d Lieutenant Perry to write to the General of the D . __ g istric_ i t, and whiv/i Lintemt Pau iutonuedhiaa be had asag'` . J .. ',2 ~ C :.:~~-' in. There is little more to say about this we tit; 'F.l.. - `''' than the fi rs t. C o l onel Garrett has a short TA--,11M0 5 77.---1 i . ''. '.l- ** very short memory indeed. The truth or falsehood of th' ' -•- ' declaration must be gathered from such sources hose d ik - I we have indicated above. Can there be any reason able - doubt, had the conscience of the Colonel befi ream- clear is the matter, had he had any confidence in hi s own" p an e -. tion, that his denials would have been delivered in a v different tone ? The fact seems to have been that, as far as the officers are concerned, the regiment under Colonel Garrotes command was in a most discreditable and di e . orderly condition. The officers' quarters were a rea r beargarden. The barrack-yard was strewn with their bedding, their doors were smashed in, the water in their cans flooded the passages—everything spoke of vulgar riot. It is certainly not surprising to us that a young man wiso had just just joined, and had been made the object of the usual regimental jocularities, should have been called a fool by his Colonel for uttering a complaint. Why didn't he fall into the ways of his regiment ? As'he rose in its service, he who had been pulled out of bed might pull others out of bed in his turn. Glorious result ! Whe n th e exasperated subaltern at last threatened appeal to a h - kh ez . power the business became more intricate. A rebuke f rom the Colonel was necessary, and the result of that rebuke tabooed man the man complaining intheregi subaltern menwit h thereafterevery became hand a turned ine,sthhis handuntilim,in self-defence atellfe-ngtehhcee against conldb on ear e. ne it no longer, ng i er,alid As far as the second head of the charge is concerned— namely, that which refers to Captain Nicholas, it would only seem necessary to say that the prosecutor had not 84. cient confidence in his case to hroduce his man in .1.1161, and subject him to cross-examin-ttion. Courts-mart mysterious livi b d_e _n tribunals, che oo outwei gh s tawn te reipa 7, v a : dhns ensign." we must not draw eomparimul between their practice and that of ordinary courts of jus tice ; but it may be permitted us to say that, according to the notions of civilians, the non-production of Captain Nicholas would at once dispose of the charge against Lieut. Perry in which his name is involved. Independently, however, of this blot in the prosecutor's case, there is positive evidence, in the shape of a letter written by one Lieutenant Waldy, to show that in one case, at mess , Captain Nicholas had called one Ensign Coots "a d—i o s f on re o a f l a o n l n . wi l " t t h uh N e en assumeda bear erl looking one i f e t . . rg e I s t n f u n ci l i pointn into, es s forctof f t a h c e t, °ffi th s t u h c e h wt l e e'er:was portion eoi sa r k combinationfoorfoctfoh con tra d i ction the case e c e t c io u n tio t n ha i t nv n o o lt urt the co m u lt d lv f es or i a l _ .-. momen lend ear to their statements. The term is a strong one, bu we invite the attention of our readers to the minutes of the defence, and to the letter of Lieutenant Waldy, which we reprinted in our leading colum ns yes terday, land t o th e con t radictory statements of Lieu tenants Hesketh and Curtis. In conjunction with the points al ready adverted to, there is conclusive evidence of such we- vious combination among the officers of the 46th in what is called the officers' assembly, anti upon other • that the oaths of all beco me as th e oat h s of -occasicese„, one. - - Wilt it be credited that in the cour se o f the present inves tigation one young officer swears that the officers' assem bly upOn the occasion in question was held for the purpose of auditing the mess accounts, and another, that the case of Lieutenant Pen.) was the point under their consideration? Surely Lord Hardinge, who he s been so eager to probe the charges against this unfortunate young gentleman to their depth, cannot let the cases of Lieutenants Waldy and Curtis pass without some animadversion. But, indeed, the case against the officersi of the 46th does not stop at this point. The testimony of many of the witnesses was tainted with the same Marks of vindictive combination. What of that unchaste champion of chastity, Captain Colin Campbell, whose : wrath was roused to so ungovernable a paint because hi s y oung b ro th er o ffi cer h a d upon a s i ng l e occas i on . called him by his christian name at the mess-table ? What of Major Maxwell, of capricious memory? The whole trial, however, is too disgusting and disgracefuL The officers of the 46th have contrived to lower the character of a British officer in the public estimation for many years to come. An English barrack seems to be something between a brothel and a cockpit, as cockpits were half a century ago. Cannot greater order be intro duced into the government of the army, and a repetition of these painful enquiries be avoided for the future ? Perh4 one of the most efficient methods of suppressing the evil would be to do away with the system of close inquiris altogether. A thousand times better that scandal should be known than that it should be simply suppressed. Another remedy would be that all officers appearing as witnesses should be liable to a stringent cross-e amination, and a general reform of the proce e di ngs of Con ts-m ar ti a l. With ever y rea di ness emp h a ti ca ll y to 1 admit hat C o l one l K e lly an d th e mem b ers o f th e present Court have endeavoured to give a gentlemanly tone to the whole investigation, it is impossible not to see.that great injustice has been done to the prisoner by the system of ' proceeding in these Courts. May their decision, deipite of this, be such as to do justice to Lieutenant Perry, to maintain the character of the army, and to give satisfac tion to the public !—Times. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND. . . ' - • The half-yearly meeting of this company `was held at Derby yesterday ; Mr. John Ellis, chairmin' , of the --, board of directors, presided. . • . • The report stated that the directors have to report an - increase in the traffic of the railway during the past half year, amounting to 44,4891., over'' the 'cor•respondhig - • portion of the last year 1853, and they have much plea sure in proposing to you an increase of "dividend. The balance available is 199,1401., and the directors recom mend that a dividend "(less income-tax) 'be a-e - eTa 11 e d payable on the Ist day of Septemlier next', of 1/. 15si upon each 1001. Consolidated Stock ; 11. ls. 3d. upon each 1001. Consolidated Birmingham and Derby Stock ; 31. upon each 1001. Consolidated P re f eren ti a l St oc k ; 11. 10s. upon each Erewash Valley Share ; 34. 51c1. upon each 161. 13s. 4d. share, being a half-year's interest upon 51., and 136 days' interest 'upon 31. 13s; 4d., at the rate rate of 44 per cent. per annum, leaving 10,4321. ls. Bd. to be carried to the account of the current half-year. The working expenses maculated- as-nonal, have batik "431. 13s. Bd. per cent., as ag-ainst 441. 17s. Bd. per cent. for the corresponding half year. The engineer, Mr. Barlow, reports the line to be in good working order. The CHAIRMAN said, as the accounts had been in the hands of the shareholders for some time, they were no doubtperfectly aware of the position in which the affairs of the company now stood. He wished to refer to one or two points in the accounts. They would see that the increase of their receipts was to thearnonnt of 45,0001. ; and, looking at that fact, it might be well to review the affairs of the company since the period, four years ago, when they took the responsibility of management upon themselves, and boldly met the difficulties in which, at the time to which he referred, they were involved. They at that time declared a dividend of only 16s. ; now their divi dend was increased from 16s. to 355. This fact was ' extremely gratifying to the directors, and he was sure it must also be extremely gratifying to the shareholders. He moved the adoption of the report. A conversation ensued, in the course of which Mr. GEE, of Nottingham, contended that the com pany was in no better condition than it was last year, and that the line had only earned, after all, during the last half-year, a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. He wished to know when the capital account was to be closed? The CHAIRMAN said the accounts which had been published would speak for themselves ; and if he (Mr. Gee) would tell them how they were to build sheds and workshops without money, the directors would be obliged to him. r C The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a que.stion, said the cost of the Worcester and Hereford line would be about 600,0001. A large local subscription had been mad., but it was feared that if the London and North-Western, Midland and Abergavenny, did not render assistance, it would not be opened. It was an important line, as it opened into the narrow gauge system of Hereford shire and South Vales. The report was then adopted unanimously. EDINBURGH AND BATHGATE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at Edinburgh, Major Shairp in the chair. The report of the directors recommended that a divi dend of Si per cent. per annum be declared on the ordi nary share capital, and 4 per cent. per annum on the sums paid in anticipation of calls, both for the half-year ended 31st July, but subject to the deduction of income tax Reso!utions having been passed adopting the report, The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. GREAT WESTERN. In the account of t he proceedings at the half-yearly meeting of this company which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, it was stated that a resolution was passed declaring a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 34 per cent. per annum on the consolidated stock of the company ; it should have been at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending 30th June last. NORTHERN AND EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday at the Bishopsgate station, and the usual gua ranteed dividends, at the rate of 5 and 6 per cent. per annum, were declared. SOMERSETSIIIRE CENTRAL. This line, which forms a junction with the Bristol and Exeter Railway, was formally opened yesterday for traffic. .DEATH OF BARO N STOCKM AR.— L etters from Munich bring the intelligence of the death of Baron Stockmar on ma j t e h s e t y l lth i the K n s i t n . 0 , a o t t t t h h a e t place, Belgie e i n e hai and d 6 a 3 l d l m y e e a m r b . e n H o ls . f the Saxe-Coburg family have lost in M. de Stockmar a most devoted servant. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held by M r. W . E dwards, coroner, at Deep' g St. Nicholas, o n th e 9th i nst., to inquire into the d eath l of John Stinson, an Irishman, who lost his life under verf melancholy circumstances. On the 7th inst. the deceas ed and a companion named Thomas Jennings left Leeds for Spalding by the Great Northern Railway, intending to proceed to the Littleworth station for harvest work in that neighbourhood. They had taken tickets as far as Spalding, and on arriving at that station, where the train only remains one minute, they applied for tickets for Littleworth. In the hurry and impulse of the mo ment, the clerk gave them the required ticket, although, had be been asked whether the train stopped at Little worth, the contrary would have occurred to him, and the tickets would have been withheld. No sooner had the train started than the clerk perceived his mistake, but had no other means of rectifying it than by forward. ing a telegraphic message to Peterb , irough to send the two men back to Littlewor th b y the first t rain free of expense. On approaching Littleworth, and perceiving that the train was continuing its course, the deceased stated to his companion (who pointed oupottiheei se a this dashed on ta fear ful - fn i aei f x tt force companion to th e eu pndooo ground, . T the After a careful consideration of the_ circumstanc e s, the cidental Death," and u rtehteargnreedetaeaNu'etriedeictneoefee's'eAric in the issu e o f ti c k e t s jury y ed under similar circumstances, the e r xpense, of the pup The , company , defrayed g Stsofor# "ti .Y Vy M• ~ca~YUJ~~Jw ~~. A ' i ~• ~