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THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COUPANY do hereby give Notice, theta QUAR TERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be behi at their House In Leadenhall-street, ,on WEDNESDAY, the 27th Sep tani;er next, at Eleven o'clock in fh. Foremen , JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. 15CO , l iovr Lae'', NEPTR VENTURE, NBVER WW T%l. Loa w, . , t our reo- EAST INDIA: HOUSE; 25TH Jurv, 1854. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the rate of Exchange at which they will receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and Madras, will, from the present date, and until further no ice, be li. 11d. the Company's Rupee, andforßills on - Bom'Jay is. 11%d. the Company's Rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL. Secretary. A S WAITER, for the Season, in any stirring House of Business, by a man of long experience. Can be well spoken of. Direct to M. C., 12, Blue-cross-street, near the:llay- Inagket. Under Waiter's place would be objected to. PUBLICATIONS. Itil . R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, m i n t , s h e had her engines, of 160 h orse - power , fitt e d on I.VJL. includin , the BERNEsF, 01,ERLAND and the SIMPLON, board, and working well. Deducting the time of the ce . s. Hue EVENING, a n d Every Evening at Ei;lit o'Clock, te?Kcep, sation of the men from labour, the engines were fitted in exactly tTil hours, or little more than five working days of S tl a tlla t i tF 4 a 3r e se. ) a;: a 2 l 8 1 d. (which; gallery,Tuesday,en b e itakens._ Thursday, E g ya pt and ttl haen bini Saturday axuoffieiccl a ae co d Mornings, Piccadilly. n. dayes,at f Le Three. I 10 hours •each. The - Lynx worked well on starting, nd proceeded d o , , vn th e river to Woolwich, where she are - mained about half an hour, to allow the men of the Tar tarus to go on shore to take their dinner. On leaving Woolwich, she proceeded down the river to Lower Hope, below Gravesend, the engines working well the whole time, without any appearance of a hot bearing, although they were working up to 111 revolutions per minute. The time of passing the measured mile was not taken, as she has still a portion of the timbers used when launched attached to her bottom. She It furnished with two boilers; one constructed so as to he entirely under the water line, and 'capable, it is expected, of being able to propel the vessel at the rate of 10 miles an hour, and when both boilers are used it is calculated the speed will be 12 miles. The lower boiler will only be used when in action. She passed °Woolwich on her return up the river to Deptford at 6 p.m., and was loudly cheered by the various groups on shore She met the Jason, screw steam-ship, going down the river when opposite Erith, and the officers anti men of the Royal Artillery, and the crew of that fine steamer, re sponded to the cheers of those on board the Lynx. Tho Jason had her steam up, and was also assisted by a steam tug-boat, to accelerate her progress down the river on her way to the seat of war in the East. The Snake and Viper, two more of the steam gun-vessels for service in the Baltic, are nearly ready for launching at Blackwall. The entry of seamen and stokers for the Beagle, commissioned by Lieutenant Here, the Lynx, commissioned by Lieutenant Luce, and the Despatch, also put in com mission, is making satisfactory progress. The crew of the kyrmidon have been transferred to the Arrow. The ad vanced squadron of this steam gun-vessel flotilla will ap pear in the Baltic the second - week in August. - --LiVOPORT, TUESDAY. The Peltona, transport, sailed on Monday with victual ling stores for the Black Sea. The Industry, transport, is alongside the dockyard, making good some defects and making some alterations. The Meander will be taken out of harbour to-morrow, when she will be swung for the adjustment of her com passes by Mr. Thompson. Rear-Admiral Hope Johnstone hoisted his flag, blue at the wizen, this morning on board the Indefatigable. • Twelve shipwrights' and two ropemakers' apprentices l have been selected by their lordships to be examined. 1 THE WINDSOR COURT-MARTIAL. MISS MITFORD'S DRAMAS. Now i•eacly, 2 vols., with Pi:it-trait, &c., 21s. bound, Others which he is interested to misrepresent. Such a charge should not have been breathed without proof, and the court would have expressed that opinion if it had a notion of what is due to justice. But the proceedings of this court throughout bore the cpmplexion of the court-partial. The Mutiny Act, as in terpreted, was everywhere standing between Lieutenant Perry and his object of complete disclosure of his provoca tions, and, on the other hand, screening Lieutenant Greer. We give a specimen : After some further questions the prisoner asked, while I was within your grasp, you being the stronger man, did I not, in self-defence. strike you, as you have already stated? Witness —Yo u did dot strike me in self-defence. Prisoner —When you say that I did not strike you in self-defence, do you mean to assert that I was not attacked by you, and within your grasp at the moment I struck you? Witness —You were not within my grasp when you struck me. Colonel Garrett —You stated that you dragged prisoner back by the collar into your room ; did you do so in anger or otherwise? Witness—lt was not in anger. Col. Garrett said he merely wished to show the animus. The prisoner, whose justifi ca ti on i s intolerable prov tion, asks Lieut. Greer whether he had not applied the most insufferable terms to him ; he significantly enough refuses to answer, and the President p u t s it to Lieutenant Perry whether it is necessary to his defence to persist in putting such questions, they all being of the' same cha racter. To be sure they were all of the same character, a s all proving the same system of provocation. And if the prisoner had killed his assailant insteadd only d of beating tr g s hi e m ss , the circumstances upon which he would have taken the act out of the category of murder, and reduced it to justifiable homicide. We admire Colonel Garrett's inquiry of Lieutenant Greer, whether, when he dragged Mr. Perry back into his room by the . collar, it was in anger, or otherwise. The leading question w as , o f course , answere d as was t o b e expected. It is possible, indeed, that Mr. Greer may have handled Mr. Perry as he would handle a dice-box, or his little pocket roulette-table, merely as a utensil for play, and with a view only to getting back the money which, by the bye, he had taken good care not to pay him ; but whether one gentleman drags anether by the collar in anger or not, the one so dragged may be permitted to be angered thereby, and to knock down his insolent assailant with the first implement that comes to hand. The fact is that Colonel Garrett was as much concerned in this prosecution as Mr. Greer, for the defence of Mr. Perry necessarily went to prove facts incompatible with a proper state of discipline, and with the conduct which it is the duty of a commanding officer to maintain _ _ LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.—TRAVELLING BETWEEN LONDON and SCOT LAND via CARLISLE. The Public are informed that on and after the Ist of August (and nail further notice), a new Express Train for London, with Ist and 2d Class Passengers, will leave Perth, 6.50 a.m , Glasgow, 9.10 a.m., Edinburgh, 9.30 a.m, and arrive in London at 9.0 p.m. The train will be allowed 10 minutes at Carlisle, 20 minutes at Preston (for dinner), rive minutes at Crewe, and five minutes at Rugby. The 9.0 a.m. express train from Conlon will convey Ist and V Class passengers, and be continued on to Stirling, arriving there at 9 0 m. THE DRAMATIC WORKS of MARY RIJS sELL MITFORD, author of " Our Village,"" Atherton,"&c, Hurst and Blackett, publl2hers, successors to Henry Colburn 13, Great afarlborough-street. OREMORNE.—Admission, One Shilling.—Th e Proprietor, anxious to give every facility to the Public as to the . principle by which a Parachute Is conducted, begs to direct at tention to the announcement of th , s day, 'viz , a Grand Balloon Ascent and Descent with the newly invented Parachute, so ar awed as to be disengaged and descend in sight of the - audience—thus con vinci,g the sc;ptical and proving the great progress made in iEros tation; in. order to illustrate which Professor Partington will delis , : r a -ccnnd Lecture, aided by Diagrams, Models, &c. The Balloon will be sccoMpanied by two Scientific Gent emen, for the express purpose of i'rnishing a reportof the prod edings. Ihe Programme of t h s part•cular Pay and Evening will present an amount of varied attraction unequalled. The Concert. Grand Ballet. French. ant American Equestrians. 1 ioas and Monkeys. Pro mor Tao lot' and Son. hope Ascent. Brilliant Fireworks by Mortram. Doors open at 3 o'clock. Balloon Ascent with Parachute Descent at 6 o'clock:* Conveyance from all parts of the Metropolis direct to Cremorne. Just published, New and Improved Edition, price Is., 1 1 HE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION . ; being a Series of Papers, presenting' the most prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. • ' The train will be allowed five minutes at Rugby, five minutes at Crews, ten minutes at Preston, and twenty minutes at Car isle (.or dinner). Third-class Passengers from Landon will be conveyed daily to Edinburgh and Glasgow only by the Train leaving the Euston eta tion at 10.0 a.m. Third-class Passengers to. these cities will cease to be conveyed by the 6.0 a m. Express. In like manner Third-class Pass, ngers will be conveyed from Edin burgh and Glasgow to London only by the Trains leaving Edinburgh at 7.30 a.m , and Glasgow at 7 0 a.m.; and Third-class Passeneers from these Cities will cease to be conveyed by the Trains leaving Edinburgh at 10.30 a.m., and Glasgow at 10.10 a.m. Third-class Passengers from London to Stirling, and stations north of It, are conveyed by the Night Tiain leav ng the Euston Statioi, at 8.55 p m. on Moneays, W dnesdays, and Saturdays, and from those stations to Londe on the same days, by the Train leaving Aberdeen at 2.33 p.m , arriving in London at 11 o'clock the follow ing morning. By FRANCIS 11. RAMA DGE, M.D., Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to. the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &e. Also, by the same Author, . . A TREATISE on ASTHMA and n DISEASES of the HEART, Price lOs 60. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and longmans. OLD ENGLISH SONGS.--With a view of familiari•ing the minds or all classes with the tine, genuine Old Melodies ahich•enitvened the evening gatherings of our fore fathers, Messrs. ROBERT COCKS and CO. have commenced the issue of a " HANDBOOK of STANDARD TINGI,I6II SONGS," newly arranged, with an accompaniment for the Piano, and edited by JOSEPH WARREN. Several !Ambers have already appeared, and, judging from tie demand that has attended 'their itublication, the Publishers are fully satisfied that their efforts will he thoroughly appreciated. The work is b ought out hi Numbers, each containing S pages of handsomely printed musics, judiciously selected and care fully edited. Price 4d. PATRON—II.H.R. PRINCE ALBERT. RE-OPFZING of the ROYALPOLYTECHNIO. LNS lITUT lON. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT. In consequence of the numerous inquiries after. Mons. DUBOSCQ'S OPTICAL EX P P RIME YTS, i4l r. PEPPER begs to announce that the SPLENDID ILLUMINATED CASCADE, displaying a Variety of Colors, Will be shofra every Evening (except Saturday) at a quarter past Nine. Lectures by J. IL PEPPER, Esq., on OPTICS, illtistrated by* Mons. Dusoscces apparatus; and . by Dr. BACnoFFENER on the PLURALITY of WORLDS, illustrated by • AsTRO NO NI IC AL DI AGRAMS.—DISSuLVING VIEWS of the SEAT of WAR in the RAL'elO and on the DANUBE; and also a Penes after TURNER 4 Views on the RIVER LOIRE, in France. The PIIO rOt;RAPIIIC• GALLERY for takine Portraits and teaching the art is open unaer the directi n of %I r.. -corr. • A Band of Music, conducted by Mr. WAUD. Open daily Irons 11 till 5, sad every evening, - except Saturday, from 7 till 10 o'clock. • Passenge;rl with first and second class through tickets by any train to Stirling, and stations north of it, may break the'r journey by re maining the sight at Carisle, Beattock, or Stirling, proceeding the •following day with the same ticket. The new hotel adjolni g the station at Carlisle is open. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington street, Publishers o the Queen. The usual allowance on family tickets (above a ,certain amount) will be made to parties proce. ding from London to Edinburgh, Gilkow, Stirling, and places to the north , •f it. Sportsmen nroceed tuft to the Moors will have the pfivilege of faking one or two ogs free, Full particulars may be obtained on application o the station- Master at E ston. Private carriages between London and stations north of Carlisle one are co , veyed by the express trains. Horses from London leave the Euston Station by the 6.30 a.m. "'lin, and to kdinbargh and Glasgow, gq through the same day. Horses tor stations north of Edinbur , h and ola-gow stop the night at Carlisle, sad go forward the .following morning at 8.35 a.m , ar riving at Pertla.4.l6 p m., andf.tberdeen 9 15 p.m. Horses from the north, leave Aberdeen at 6 0 a.m., Perth at 11 stop the night at Carlisle, and . came forwrd to London the fol lo . wing Morning at 8,30 a.m arriving in London at 10.1 ,, p.m. By order. MARK H UISH. G eneral Manager's Office, Eusten Station, July, 1854. • , NA.TIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, 48, Graceehurch-street, London, For Mutual Ag.nr.auco oil-Lives, Annuities, &c. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES LUSHINGTON, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. Robert M. Holborn, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. William Miller Christy, Esq. Robert Sh.sppard, Esq. Edward Crowley. Esq. William Tyler, Esq. John Feltham, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq. Admisilon, is. of age, ttalf•price. Stalls, 2s. Schools, and Children under Ten years AUREN T' B CASINO, ARGYLE ROOMS, LA (Lessee, Caas. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road), - The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. nd will continue open every evening, with L APR N T'S CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by 11. Laurent, the following Waltzes -La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Vial kins and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. iu": • PHYSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. I Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. TRUSTEES. 1 Samuel H. Lucas, Esq. Charles Lushington, Esq. John Feitham, Esq Robert Ingham, Esq., V.P. fir O T WEATHER.- ILA. NICOLL'S PALETOT and MORNING COATI D'ETE, ON'. GUINEA each; also GUINEA TROUSERS and HALT' GUINEA WAISTCOA HER MAJESTY'S NEW YACHT WINDSOR CASTLE. The workmen have resumed their labours upon the con struction of the Queen's new steam-yacht, the Windsor Castle, now building at Pembroke. She is fully half ad vanced, and, had not the great demand for small vessels taken off the mechanics, she would have been nearly com pleted. She will now be fitted for paddle-wheel propulsion, the report of.the commission being in its favour, in prefer ence to the screw. Her engines are to be supplied by the firm of Penn and Co., and they are to be upon their oscil lating principle, realizing from 2G to 28 revolutions, and this, it is calculated, will g i ve a spee d of 15 knots, or 17 to 18 statute miles per hour. The diameter of the wheels will be 30 feet, and the cylinder 84 inches, with a piston stoke of six feet. The nominal horse power will be 600. Her estimated tonnage is nearly 2,500, and the following are the principal dimensions upon which she is built : Length over all, 315 feet, ditto of keel, 300 feet, breadth of beam, 40 feet, depth of hold, 22 feet. In order to secure her rapid completion a large quantity of converted timber I has been sent round from the eastern ports. J UG , .)1)C. ISLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EXCURSIONS.— SOUTH -WESTERN RAILWAY,—By the Excursion Trains -.. "4r Y S UNDAY Worning at 7.45 from Waterloo Station, THROUGH RN TICKETS are issued to the ISLE Os' 4 IGU r, via 84)11 U1 4 MPTON, for COWES, or PORTSMOUTH, for HYDE. dud osed Carriages, Bs. ; Seated Open Carriages, 55., which tande all pier dues atazi s eamboat fare 4. but not conveyance et ween the railway s t a ti ons a nd piers. The Return Tickets from Yde will nut be available via cowes and sonthampton, nor those n-osr Cowes via Ryde and Portsmou.h. THROUGHOUT TICKETS betwixt LONDON and RYDE, via PORTSMOUTH. PORTSE 4, and DOSPOR I', available for Four Days, are also issued daily at Waterloo Station, at Col:owing , fares, Nyhich include all pier dues, omnibus and steamboat fares. Ist Class, ass. Bd. ;2d Class, 275.8 d Single Journey Fares-Ist Class, 20s. bd. ; 2d Class, 15s, 6d. BANKERS—Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., and lei ink of England, SOLICITOR -Septimus Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING ACTUAIII—CharIes Ans , ll, Esq , F.R.S. Extracts from the. Report of the Directors for 1833: "The Directors con ratulite their Iv ovr.m , mbers oh the very grati fying result of the r?cently coin feted Quinquennial Itiveitkation of the assets and liabilities f the bp Milton, by which it appea s that. on the 20th November, 185 , , after pre vidin z for the present value of all the habil ties in the Lit, Assurance Department, a surplus re rnainel of 242,6271. Os. Od , which has been duly apportioned as heretofore. The material forms a luxurious comfort for lounging, travelling, and shooting garments. Prisoner—Was it not found that cards could not be ob tained, and did you not produce a roulette boa; and did I not say that I did not understand the game, but played, and afterwards won 1001. of you ? Witness—Yes. The ohlimeasures needed—first, exict height; then number of inches round chest and waist; accompanied by a Port-office Order or C • Que. May be had In London only of the Patentees, H. J. and D.NICOLL, .4 to 120, REGENT-STR&E r, and 22, CORNHILL.. Prisoner—Did I not then leave your room and go to my own ; and did you not follow me and drag me back again by the collar? Witness—Yea, I did. Prisoner—Did we not play again, at your earnest solici tation, and was not I again the winner ? Witness —Yes. Prisoner --,Did you not follow me to my room, and call me a "-- son of a " and " a s w i n dl er ?" Witness—With the Court's permission, I beg to decline answering. The President said—l will put it to the prisoner whether it is necessary to his defence to persist in putting such questions ; they are all of the same character. Prisoner —There were only Lieutenant Greer and myself present, and lam anxious to show the provocation. Can I hope to be examined on oath myself ? The President replied in the negative Prisoner—Does not the Court think that under the act of August, 1851, I could be examined on oath ? The President—Not unless power is given by the Mutiny Act. Prisoner —I wish to show that I was most forbearing, and that the assault was struck in self-defence; all my questions go to prove that. " The reductions range from 5 to 89 per cent. on the original Annual Premiums, according to the age of the party and the time the Policy has been in force; and the Bonuse , vary ii, like marner, from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums paid during the last live years. ' • PROVISIONS, WHERE AND HOW TO BUY THE M. GROUSE, VENISON, GAME, POULTRY, &c., . AND THE - PLACE TO SELL Ir. aterloo Station, July, 1854ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. " The total amount of the reductlons per annum for the ensuing live years .s 33.348/. 17s. 2d GEORGE & EDWARD BROOKE, Provision Agents, Game and Poultry salesmen, Leadenhall-market. ETON REGATTA AND ELECTION.- WESTESATURDAY, 29th JULY. 1 854.— LONDON AND SOUTH RN RAILWAY.—In addition to the Train 4 which leave Waterloo for Windsor at 9.45, 10.45, 11.45, a m. ; 12 45, 2.35, 3.45, and' 4.40 p.m ; Returning ftom Windsor id 4.30, 6.25. 7.40, and 8 20 P ' ra i ; a SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Windsor at 10 p.m., after the • display of Fireworks. A RCH . D. SCOTr, Traffic Manager. Waterloo -station, July 26, 1854. " The Bonuses assigned to those policies on which the original pre miums continue 'to 14- p: Id amount to 89,880/. ss. Od. ; this, together with Bonuses apportioned at former divisions, makes an aggregate addition to the sums as , ured by the Policies in force of 126,5641. " Notwi ths' and lug the gi ett red cif in of Prom nms, the net annual Income arising from 12,326 existing Policies is 163,912/. 7 . Id.: this sum, with the interest on invested capital, viz., 37,298/. 7s. 3d., shows a total annual income of 201,210/. 43. 4d." The amount of Capital exceeds ONE MILLION STERLING. liensbers, whose premiums fall due on the Ist July are reminded that they must be paid within 30. days from that date. Prospectuses+ and all other information may be cotained on aPPTh cation to the Office. June 24, 1854 Current Prices for Exportation for Cash : Cheese, Dutch .....• •••••••• .. • • • • , 2 to £24 per ton. "Do., best ............. ........ 74 to 84 ~ hlams, York and Westphalia Bacon,— .... • • .... •• ••.• • .... •• .... • Fl.ur. American, per barrel Butter, •••• •• • • • • ........ • • •• • 70 to 90 per ton. Do., fresh ....... ..... 11 s per dcz.n, in boxes of 4 doz. Eggs. •••• • • • • •• •••• .. • • 7s. to Ss. per hundred. P0tat0e5,...... • 45 to 48 p- r ton. Persons, by ordering a single cwt., .w il be supplied at a small ad• Vance on the above prices.. All Goods Warranted. MILITARY. GREYS. SAILING OF THE HIMALAYA WITH THE SCOTS OTICE TO BUILDERS. - ORDNANCE WORK:.—Sealed Tende s for constructing a BASIN and an R iBANKMENT, at Bull Point, near Devonport, will be received at the Ordnance Office, Pall-mall, London, on or before the 17th day Of ,August, 1854, at Nam, addressed "To the Secretary to the Board of Oidnance," and endorsed '• Tender tor Works at Bull Petra." Petalled plans may be seen, and speciflcat'cms, form of 'render, and all other necessary information ootaim-d at the Royal Engineer Office, Bull Point, between the hours of 9 and 4. daily, from the 24th July to the lith August next, Sunday, excepted. yal Engineer Office, Devonport, 19th July, 1854. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. Poultry, Game, &c., Sold on Commission. Retums and Cash Daily. Yesterday forenoon, about 9 o'clock, the Himalaya took her departure from the Mersey for - Varna, with the Scots Greys on board. She will call at Constantinople for orders, and it is expected she will land her human freight at Varna in 14 days She started with a fine breeze from E.S.E., and would make good speed down the channel. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND and LIFE • ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OIL.— he ost remedy tor CNSIT P- TioN, BRONCHITIS: AST t meffectual GNI r, r.ITMATIS O M, and all S RON'CLOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and nnadulteratet, contain ing all its most active ant es entialprinciples—ellecting a cure much more rapidly than any other kind. Prescribed by the most emin«nt inedicad men, and supplied to the leading hospitals of Europe. Half pint bottles,2s. Gd, ; pints, 4s 9d., IMPERIAPL ME SURE. • • Wholesale and Retail depot, ANSA.R, H ARFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. Established A.D. 1815, upon the Principles of purely Untilll Assurance ; ar►d Constituted by Act of Parliament. Head Office—Edinburgh, 5, St. Anci , ew square. Tho Report of the Portietu Annual General Meeting of Contribu. tors he'd on 2 4 th May, 1854, is , cet in coitrse of circulation, and copies may be had on application at the Fl,trl-0111 ••e, or at any the societies *various agencies in three kin, moms. An ong other statements contained In vie report, the fullo.ing may be quote t as illustriting the continued prosperity and present high standing of the institution:— The thson,screw steam -transport ship, having embarked the materials of Capt Townsend's field-battery on Tues day afternoon, the men and horses were embarked at Woolwich on Wednesday morning. A detachment of Major Romer's field-battery embarked at the same time, and also 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 bombadier, and 28 gunners and drivers of the Royal Horse Artillery—the latter to form a depot in the East, to fill up any casualties that may occur in the R oya l Horse Artillery branch of the Ordnance corps already on service in Turkey. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. CONTRACT FOR KNAPSACKS AND KNAPSACK SLINGS FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. _ - - Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held at the offices, Lothbury ; Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M.P., in the chair. Department of the Comptroller for Victualing and Transport Servicrs, Somerset-place, 24th July, 18.54. THE Commissioners for executing the Offi ce o f Lord Hlith Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURiD thA 3d August next, at'One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with aunts persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and delivering Intl) her Alajesty's Victualing St , res at Deptford, rilo NERVOUS SUFFERERS.-A RETIRED CLERGYMAN having been restored to health in a few day,, after many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make known to others the means of cure. He will, therefore, send free, on receiving a stamped envelope, properly addressed, a copy of the pre. scription used. Direct the Rev. E. Douglass, 18, Holland-street, Brixton, London I.{t 31st I , ecetnber. 1853, the Accumnlatel Fund in possession of the Society, arising entirely from the contributions or premiums paid by its members, amounted to upwards'of Two Millions Sa Hundred and Eighty Thousand Pounds. 2 At the same date, the annual revenue somewhat exceeded Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. MOUSTACHE REGULATIONS FOR THE ARMY. It has at kit been decided that the moustache shall be worn throughout the army by men of all ranks who desire to adopt it. The following is the Horse Guards circular on the subject : Ji )7; 0 0 KNAPSACKS AND KNAPSACK SLINGS, for.the um of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for 12 Months certain, and afterwards until the expiration of 3 Months' warning The conditions of the Revised Contract may be seen at the raid office, and Patterns of the articles at the Marine Office, New-stro t kiPring Gardena., between the hours of 11 and 2. No Tender will be received after One o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and Which may be obtained on application at the said office. livery tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and hear in the left-hand corner the words " Tend , r for Knap sacks, Ike.," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. 3. The number of policies pa,sed during the year 1853, and even tually taken up by the parties, was 770, reoregentilig assurances to the extent of 501.5131. 15s. 3d. ; and the amount of assurances effected with the society during the last sixteen years, exceeded, on an average, half a million sterling in each year. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. f .EA and PERRINS' WORC ESTERSHIRE ILI SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relisa to Steaks, Chops, anti all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. , The daily uscof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe. guard to health. Sold ,by the proprietors. Lea and Perrins, 19. Fenchureh-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by siersrs. Barclay add Sons. Messrs. Crosse and Blaeltwell, and other oilmen and met , chants, London ; and generall) by the principal dealers in sauce. .N.B.—ro guar again t Imitations, see that the names of L and PERRI:SS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. The affairs of the institution are invested periodically, at intervals of seven years. The next investivation and allocation of surplus profits takes places at 31st December, 1859 Edinburgh, July 1854. JoilN M ACKF.NZTF:, Manager. WM. LlNDESAY,"Seeretary. COALS,t2I.s. 6(1. per Tou, - .l:44.:Derisyshite ; screened by nuchinery ; beet , ilk-tone, 2 te. 6 I ; beet Clay Cross, 235. 64.; beet Walbend, 255. 64.; Smell. 15s. ; for c , o-11 only, delvered immediately.--addrees, T. Jones manairer. Northern and Ea tern Railway Coal Office, 32, Great Marlborough-street, Regent- Street. THE ROYAL MAGNETIC PAGE TURNER, an extraordinary novelty for the Music World. —These clever Instruments turn over the leaves of Music for the performer, pre leUting interruption. The publ , c are invite 1 to view them at the loyal Polytechnic Institution, the Royal Panooticon, and at the Patentee's, DRUER amt CO.. 68, Baker-street. Price, for Harps, 111 60.; Piano's, 2is. Submitted to the Queen; see Court Circular, JAY 17th. THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—How comes it that we have not seen a leader in the " Timeq' as , e gards the late Inq ues t on t h e c hi'd kichardwn ? Is it because of ' e ieklish nature of the imhject? Oh! o b ! or i s it b ecause t h e Times" thinks that it is a matter in which the public have no con cern ? 0 ttmpora! 0 mores ! BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New-road, London, July, 1854. THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, AND THE LATE INQUEST ON THE BOY RICHARDSON . . "when rogues fall ant, honest men come by their own."—Old Prov. Ie O EOPLE OF ENGLAND l—You have doubt less perused the horrible details of the poor chdd operated upon in this hospital, and its miserable death. Do not fancy, how ever, that there is much difference between the doing of th s h apt tal and the others. In this case you happen to have heard sotnethe,g of the truth, because some of the parties concerned have fallen out, otherwise the proceedings would, as usual, have been. buried in deep oblivion. Fur many years past we have told you, not Only in print but by way of pictorial illustration., that hospitals, as now constituted, are nothing more • nor lens than houses for trying the most dreadful experiments on the Poor, and to perpetuate a false and scandalous theory in medicine, which is the great object of the parties interested. In this vew of the case, we are more and more confirmed • Ex- Mine for yourselves,. and you must come to the same cencluston. Those who blindly subscribe for the sueport of hospitals little know the curse they are entailing on mankind, and we would advise those Persons with high-sounding titles who preside at sails for the sale of objects in supnort of hospitals, to have one stall especially set out !with the deadly poisons used in the hospitals, with which our poor ,110w-ereatu-es are hurried out of tee world . and another with the r ostrums is of torture commonly called " surgical," with Which their frames are mutilated, as it is said, for the good of valence ! for bear mind that the diseases which are called by doctors ' surgi cal," are in fact no such thing, and that the poor victims of patients are op- rated upon in order that the medical students may see some thing tor their money !!! eh! the Infamy? In hospital life, the Public sometimes hear of port wine, brandy, arrowroot, &c and oth er comfortable thin gs w hi c h tend to reconcile them to, the b utcheries 1 The same reason§ h Id good -is regards clergymen preaching sermons on Lehaif of hospitals. The poor are in both in stances the sufferers. Thi• inquest at the Royal Free Hospital will let poor silly John Bull into the way that inquests are got up br decto , s from envy, Malice, or uncharitableness. W e ourse l ves k now something on that head; and now, at this day, after newly thirty years of persecution, there is not a ilygelan agent throughout the world who does not know that theinqUests got up by low doctors ye rs ago, In order to crush the immortal system of James Morisoa, the Hygeist, were ob tained at the high price of the moat wilful and c rrupt perjury ! but as mere opinions then carried the day, they have hitherto escaped condign punishment ; however, the eye of the world is still Upon them! The Inquest campaign seems now undertaken by the people against the do tors. How wit it end? Let there be no buying off—no hush-money to stifle .a„ full and fair inquiry. Let there he no one btaidred pounds taken, or even a thousand, to stop an Inquest when ni emery !! It is really surprising, looking at the gross contradie ttonii e x i st i ng am o n g channel themselves, that the people, both high arld:low, do not call out for a full and searching inquiry as regards th e true theory of he a lth " an d di sease, f or t h at is the great pc:vitt in hich they are interested. They must know that there is "some. thhing rotten in th e S t ate of Denmark. " but they seem on this ques tio— " • duller than the fat weed That rots itself in ease on Letho 'wharf." • 'We are, f ellow -countrymen, your obedient servants, • THE AILIIIIER4 OF THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH Ne w - road, London, for the Society of Hygeists. July, 1854, [All I lygeian Agents a n d those interested in the medical liberty of City .] ulesubject are hereby re - quested to give this c a se th e utmo4 publi- v „ TH E SECRET INFI RMITIES OF YOUTH AND `MATURITY. est published, price 2a., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, IN-ER-VOUS D E 13 - I L . I T Y; re etor , Its Causes, Sympt oms, and Cure.—An E ea rheea, with P ract i cal Observations on as s a s f a ir o and n B m P : more mode of treatment of the , diseas o es e e t i n n e g r a t and t v e ~,YRent, obtained by the use of the M crosc o l f u th de e te ° c solitary habits, ......._tingnishing, by urinary examination, the real P, ,ausis and effect of Z": 17 variety of complaint , whether arising from solitary founded vleesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical et impuissance, ?Y 1 ten t 9 Years' experi.nce in the treatment ervons Debility Loeal Weakness. , To which are added, Com m i entaries on the Physiology of Marriage,ea practice, Qpermatorrbeea l c4,,a,,tionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical 1 84 with pre f., .on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on there hePortant disorders. M D. itY SAMUEL LA'idERT• • 7 ' 14 EDFORD-SQITARE, Elector ot M.ll^' of Edin , 1i,,,-'5"41.4 Matriculated Member of the University Society, LONDON, burgh ' --°rarY Member of the London Hospital Medical Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, fze. , &c. Theessenual object ot this treatise is to Po Sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses,. point out the fearful eti - Wilich have Prod uce du misery in Youth, degradation lb Man hood, and etdnealoyret all:! ) t n a e ges of Life, than, perhaps, any Other class of diseas athologists, Its perusal is Particularly reennuriQe deor to to persons m en P tertaining secret.doubts of their physical conditinon, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health happiness, and P being is entitled privileges to which every human It is mi di , ' i absolutely necessary thatml men ineurhring should know, that there are Pes of personal ma ement which cannot be violated without th e grievous penalt n ies a and when wLsdour and regret succeed th -e y d ay of Inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties t o be mitigated, ho w the sting of their bitterness may be removed, .4.2t_na how the evil and its connces may be avoided, and above all, there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional '''engernent to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. l'hea, uthor has for a series of years been en cannot in an extensive Practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which are eofortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant !rePirice, who Inflict great injury on those who are induced to place taith In their pretensions. ~. -NER'VOUS DEBILITY may be had, Hanna 2s, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, end Co.. 23, patens Dster-row ; y, 63, Oxfod-shreet ; t re e, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or free by post for , I'l9 s tamps, to any address from the Author's residence, 37, fled •Ord.squaru. At ho Ea,.''ti44 ee kr consultation daily ( rex_ Eleven till Two, and frem I litiaiti LONDON lIONORARY 1304511. GeoNe Young, 1 , 7. q„ 47, %Vim ole-street and Mark-lane. Charle-4 Edward Pollock, Esq., tt.ittlstor, Attipte: - David s,;., s t India il o u s , John Murray, Esq , I'ubliaer, Aibienarle-street. Samuel Laintr. Esq., chairman of Brighton Railway. Sir John i homai Sri gs Admiralty. Leonard Horner, Esq., Home wflice John Taylor;jun., Esq., C.E , Quern-street-place. CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh SPliean, 4, Ro) al Excha”ge-buildings, DISTRICT AGENTS • • - - Captain R. S. Ridge, 40,1alln;11,rgeni for the West End District. Benton Seeley, 2, Han , ver street, Re:fent-street. Ferdinand Grist, 13. King-street, Southwark. M,ssrs. Dallett and t• 0.. Wax chandlers to the Queen; Agents for Putney, Wand-worth, Richmond, &c. TETLEY'S PALE ALE.—The great popularity of this bee? having produc-d much opposition, and treat efforts to injure its reputation from interests t parties, Messrs. J. TETLEY and SON give notice thakall res •ectable Bottlers vending their Ales can be supplied with Butte Labels on qpplication. Any parties, therefore, alter this notice, affixing any other labels, or selling their beers ander another name, will b proceeded against in the most rigorous manner.' Tt e pubic are requested to furnish any information that may tend to the discovery and conviction of such offenders. • I'ersons desirous of obta'ning thcs , Ale 4 in undoubted purity may be iurvished with the names of respectable dealers and bet lers in In their own neighbourhood. Loudon Mores-169, Upper Thames-street, foot of Dowgitte-hill. Blt kNCEI ESTABLISHMENTS. 6n, Middle Abbey•street.. •..... .. • • Manchester. Sw•negate High-street .. Hull, Halifax, &C. The Brewery, Leeds, July, 1854. AUTION.---Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS .) find it necessary to caution the Public, and espeniatly Shippers of their Ares to the Ct.lo ties, aga'nst frauds committed by parties in selling spurious s les for those of Messrs. Allsoe,i and , ons Ane.srs.'ALLSOPP and S,OIS have felt. compelled by the extent to which this disgraceful practice has peen carried, to proceed in several cases by obtaining btjunctions from the Court of Chancery, amt have ultimately been driven to pro ecute criminally for the com mission of this offence. TI - e:r beg to cal attention to the Case of the QUEEN Gaimaitd Gost.ix, in wnich Lard Camp ell sentenced the itarties charged to " Twelve 'tooth;' imprisonment, wth Hard Labonr."—Vide "Times" and "Morning Advertiser," of the 18th May Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS will thank all persons having son to doubt the genuirene - s of any article cold un ler their n 'me. to send them the earl , cs:: information, in order that Immediate steps may be taken for proventlin the par tics itfoxsrs. ALL .01'P and SONS w it ~c 3 happy to furnish the names of respectable houses, where a supply of their Ales may be depended on as genuine trout the Brewery. Brewery, Burton.on•Trent. • RIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters a Patent of England, and .ecured by the Seals of Up, Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College )1 Medicine, Vienna. , • TRIESEMAR, No. I, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Sperwatorrlicea, and Exhaustion of the System. TRIESEMkR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so lonz been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vasrportit , n of the population. Ttttti2F:kiisll, No. 3, Is he great Cont nental Remedy - for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of t: e patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRM.IEIIIAR, No 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of tazte or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use bein( suspected. Sold in tin cases at Ils. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into enrrate doses, ai administered by Valpeau, Lallematul, Roux, gm., &c.—ro he had Tholesale and Retail in London of Rohert John ton, 68, Cornhill Hannay and CO., 63, Oxford-street; and danger, 150. Oxford-street. TO THE POINT.—The weather bas become to warm for a'gunaent and too inviting ford scussion ; there fore to th • point at once i icurs onists, portsmen, Ladies, Gentle men, Men or Buainese, Tradesmen, Mechanics, Youths, and Chit dr. n, /*claire Attire suited to the clump which has s suddenly taken place. Suttee it to sry; E. I.IOAES end sO have pre ared an assortment of luxuries in Ores , which aro beyond comparison, and perfectly above enumera ion. They combine the elemeles of m tnufarture from every country, and they display the most di-t n guished abilities of artists and workmen whose talents are of the highest order. Ihe richest fabrics ,tni the most captivating fashiOna, the most serviceable wear, the ,cost elegant and comfortable fit, the best des gns and the lowest possibie prices, are observable at the Establishment of E. MosEs and Sox, and at their West end Branch. The Summer Drees for Noblemen, Gentlemen in the professions, Travellers, and all others, is prepared with dispatch, correctness, and economy, which hath no paralle'. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Boots, and Shoes, offered by E. Most and Sox, are the greatest novelties which have been introduced, and for lightness, neatness, fashion, utility, and cheapness, have had no pre cedent. In point of elegance and super'or style there is not a house in the world can equal that of E. Mom aid Sox; but for the zenith of summer. for the hot days coming, thdr stock is'resplendent for no velty, adaptation, and c mfort. _ . E. MOSES and pox's gigantic Wholesale Branch is a point of at traction w.th Shippers. and others. The goods are su:ted to the home trade, and are the most profitable exports. As Wholesale Clothiers, .Shirt Makers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, E. Moses and SON are known throughout the world. Their goods are more sileable and more prontaole than any which have teen exported. Full LISTS of OUTFITS for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship. sailing information, grata on application, or post free. CAUTION.—B. ;;IO•SES atici SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like fsl,eh olof " Being connected with their Establishment," or it's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, ant, ter obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 64, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailo, Clothiers, Flatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlernen. IMPORTANT,--Should 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 loweit price, trom 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., may be had on application, or post-free, • • Ici I'on parle Francais. Qul si Darla Italian. 4 * AXIOM ma s ts Deatath. .. 8 441 bi . habl4 &Roo THE WAR. d ri mrli r er r ir i ,o e ,w r (. I. tc 7 hl ,. ei s s w c tai r h: e .ey w re)prh , frret i g,gs i te l mea h ottof a msa u ppta l j this o trt i , :t oeT o : kf,danyiatqaol TuesdayeaTse assistantdhm -sb beautiful ee i av n ue. m d tni o ifan e usg k l. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. uin, rd. tomorrow t f e ro r m att l e e n m da b a r t ok o e e 20 1 ii e t s l ne e ian s m c g r e e on w f, tr c hi o eg r gi v e3 e rt t sh t , e l aunc h e d a w mr, a dr s .p o Te •a no l sn y igouinenrsw aenn il f a br t yo Pin the e t m h2 b i os r ty o h k a e re hd o the e n wwi tahs jury-rigged, windnot d fav a o n ur,fi t t oie. o t g h o to eyw C er h e ina. O also tor n in le e a n v t i e n d g w P i e th m a br s o u k c e . cession of calm. 4. When they did get a little breeze, she sailed like a witch, beating everything they came across, either on cir off the wind. She cause into harbour at 9 a.m.; at 3 p.m. she was st r ipp e d t o th e stumps, and her sails and riggirr t j returned into store. She will instantly be brought forward for commission. .3ealark i 8, Lieut. Commander Fenwick, returned into `. - Seahatn on Wednesday afternoon'from her Channel cruise. She will now turn her ship's company over to the Rolla, 6, and be attached to the Illustrious as tender. The Rhadamanthus, 4, paddlewheel steam-transport, Master-Coin. John Belam, was detained at Sheerness un til yesterday, in consequence of the Melampus, Master Com. John Jackson, having to take in a quantity of stores for Portsmouth-yard, required for immediate service. The Rhadamanthus left Sheerness at 1.30 p.m. yes , erday. with the Melampus in tow, for Portsmouth, Devonport, Pens- broke, and Glasgow; it blew a strong wind (in force 5,) when they left, from east north-east. Athol], 4, store-ship, Lieut. Commander William A. R. Pearse, from the west coast of Africa, arrived and anchored off Cowes on Tuesday night, awl was towed into harbour this evening by Echo, steam-tug. She is 46 diys from As cension; officers and crew well. She brings home Penelope's guns and dockyard stores; her news has been anticipated. The following are the names of officers who tea passage in her:-Captain M'Arthur, R.M., and Mr. Bowman, Paymaster, R.N., of the Antelope on promotion; Mr. J. B. Ande rson , mate, - of her Majesty's ship Crane ; Mr. White, clerk, of Ascension-yard • Mr. Robinson, mate, of her Majesty's steamer Pluto; Mr. Achiudachy, engineer, of her Majesty's steamer Plumper; and 27 invalids, sea men and marines. Her Majesty's steamer Archer hai captured the Wil mina, Vorman master, off Pillau She has been sent home in charge of a prize crew. The Archer left Memel on tho 21st inst., to. cruise in search of vessels breaking the I blockade. Majesty's or y l ade v n i ! la s : received aadlsroo na war aa f dr r osemeahpotthounereeWhite calleds o some eStehae Russiani I t v appears oig Ivwes Two ei her cish, c have been sent home to England for condemnation. Two French sliips-of-war, ,the Beaumanoir and Psyche, have joined the rendezvous at Hamerfest. ' Two new vesselaof war, each of 20 guns, are being built at Chatham; Th e y Are to be named the Cadmus and Charybdis. Two vessels, each pierced for 16 guns, to be called the Camelia and Mntine, and two of eight guns, to be named the Lyra. and Icarus, are to be built at Deptford. A vessel to be called the Scout, to carry 20 guns, is being built at Woolwich, and another of 20 guns, the Scylla, at Sheerness. Three troop-ships for service in the Baltic, to be named the 'Urgent, Perseverance, and Transit; built for Govern ment, are now ready for launching in the port of London. Advises were received yesterday, under date Gibraltar, July the 10th, thatthe French transport Pericles, GUichon master, fr,,m Bordeaux, with provisions and 2,000,000 f• for the French commissariat at, Constantinople, had been in collision off Malaga with a steamer, and was sunk with the treasure The steam-yacht'Vesta, Lord Newborough, on a cruise, arrived in Plymouth Souud on Tuesday. At noon on Mon day, when coming round the Land's-end, wind E.S.E., a foreign brigantine bore up to windward, until sufficiently near to make out the yacht, when she suddenly put about before the wind, and was soon out of sight. She was a new vessel, with span new sails, rather deeply laden, and had a very large deckhouse. There was no appearance of arms. On Saturday, at 3 p.m., a brig -of-war, supposed to be the Nautilus, was observed off the Lizard. The Royal George, yacht, was towed up to her moorings on Wednesday morning by Echo, having undergone neces sary repairs to her bull and copper. The Dartmouth, 42, was on Wednesday navigated to the river Thames, to lie near the Dreadnought for the reception of cholera cases. The American corvette Preble, Commander' Cravens, sailed from Spithead this afternoon for Cherbourg, then to Brest, after which she proceeds to Madeira, and returns to America in October next. The Owen Glendower, Indiaman, sailed this morning for Bombay ; wind, E.N.E. THE NEW GUN BOATS. The Lynx, screw -steam despatch gun-boat, Lieutenant commander John P. Luce, having tried her engines at half past seven o'clock on Tuesday evening, and finding they worked very satisfactorily at her moorings, it was decided that she should be tried down the river on Wednesday, to test their permanent working capabilities. Lieutenant conitmander Luce, having hoisted his pendant on board, was present during the trial, and she left her moorings at John Penn and Sons' establishment, at the east end of Deptford dockyard, at 20 minutes past 12 o'clock, navigated under the direction of Mr. Mugford, master of the Fisgard, flag ship At Woolwich, with 20 men of the crew of the Tar tarus steam-vessel, and Mr. Barnes, one of the Government pilots from Woolwich. Mr. Berkeley, son of Rear-Admiral Berkeley, Mr. F. P Smith, who has done so much for the introduction of the screw propeller in the navy, and Mr. Hartree, of the firm of John Penn and Son, the construc tors of her engines, were also on board to witness the way in which they would work, considering that they had been fitted in so short a time after being launched, without the least port , on of machinery on board. The Lynx was only launched from Messrr...J. C. Mare and Co.'s establishment at Blaokwall on Saturday last, and within 76i hours after la Wed brought over to John raw and Ws olitabli&lp Horse Guards, 21st July, 1854. CIRCULAR lIEMORANDUM. A large part of the army being employed in Turkey, where it has been found beneficial to keep the upper lip unshaven and allow the moustache to grow, the General Commanding-in -Chief is pleased to authorise that practise in the army generally, subject to the followinv, regulations, which ar e t o b o s t r i ctly obeyed on home and colonial ser vice : A eldar space of two inches must be left between the corner of the mouth and the whisker—when whiskers are growu. Tho chin, the under lip, and at least two incites: of the upper part of the throat must be clean shaven, so that no hair can be seen above the stock in that place. The wearing of the moustache is to be optional with all ranks. llo a beardswrmedy may such and wf u hr T its h hk e eerr sl t a r at o si o tt p ah s de eg s ie e a r n v er i re n as g l p nt offi c e tto r h c es o h ni Ea mvaisant willg d i the u g bier that a deem it expedient to sanction during the continuance of that servico. By command, GEORGE CATHCART, A.G. Recruitin g parties are acti ve l y engaged in the north of Ireland for the three regiments of Guards. A large num ber or men have joined. The regiments of Royal Rifle Brigade, and GOth Rifles, and Royal Marines, are being considerably augmented. 46TH REGIMENT.— The 46th Regiment, now doing duty at Windsor Castle, is under orders to move for the East one day next week. The Staffordshire militia from Dover will afterwards do duty At Windsor for a month only, when they will be relieved by the glorious 18th Royal Irish, from' Canterbury; which regiment will remain at Windsor for the winter It is expected the result of the courts-martial on Lient. Perry and Lient. Greer, of the 46th Regiment, will be promulgated to-morrow. DUB Th llowinLlN, WED NESDAY M ORNING . THE G3D nEGIAIENT.—e fog is a of offi- cers of the reg i ment who embarked on board list the the Avon, bound fur Varna ;—Lieutenant-Colonel Exham Schomberg Turner Swyny ; Majors Hon. Robert Alexander George Dilzell and Patrick Lindesey ; Captains Thomas Hurries, Gustavus Nicolls Harrison, Charles Edward Fairtlough, William Frederick Carter, John Stilman Gould, Henry Ferguson Barclay, and Bamford; Lieutenants. G. C. W. Curtuis, Charles Le Mesurier Carey, Thomas Johns, Wm. H. Newenhetn, John Gekin Cockburn, F. T. Logan Peter son,Hunt Bowles, Fretleriek Lattim Fitzgerald ; Christopher James Magnay, 'Vincent Mackesay, Vere Adrian William FrElser, fleneage Thornas'Twysden, Archi bald Wyberg, James Hilton Clutterbuck,. Thomas Kyd Morgan ; Paymaster John Tbfor, I' ; Lieutenant and Adju tant .Robert Bennett, Quartermaster Henry Ingram, Surgeon Robert Lewins, Assis tant -Surgeons Mills and Flo a er. . Ensigns Major C. C. Young's field battery, of the Royal Artil lery, is placed under orders to frosted to the Baltic with the siege guns, and will be the first detachment of Royal ,Artillery for that destination. Captain J. N. A. Freese's No. 7 • PoMpany, 12th battalion, has been placed und er orders for immediate 'embarkation for service in the East, and the greatest exertions are now being made to have the whole of the six field-batteries now under orders emharked in the cours e of the present week. Nos. n i No 4, 5, . 3 co 6, m and 7, will have is to be attached t o the siege guns, and for service in Turkey. "'Pounder field-batteries, :e a l d hl t : ta) n e 1 of the DEATH OF GENERAL SIR HENRY KING.--We have to : record the death of another gallant and distinguished officer of the Peninsular army, General Sir Henry King, colonel of the 3d Regiment. Sir R Henry served at the siege of Porto Rico and capture of Trinidad in 1797, in the eo the action at Abou rnmanded a &quad the expedition to Walchern and siege of lqushing in 1839. rkoini.Egyptian Bay,of t and campaign n2d6taiti RL iaghh i n I n t i l nD Bo i re a,lg,oon wheres, including ahn ed l 0 s t In 1810 was appointed commandant of T arifa, his right leg in and for his brevet of last month attained services in its defence his commission of lieut.e-lcoosleonoefl thatwas c ommanded the was appointed h d ex upon g..ocl.tii i. him. medald aBs c2irtd i ante l:i d e sn Regimenttrheyed r e . e oe received i e amv r te v ad e n dtd Vittoria,haoel s E o tg i hyn epandthe ngv e ecti. Peninsula,cadi towards.:eßia. the rank of general. KC. In March, Ilc" a ti r hi l a ge d e a d l Northaar e R fo e r g V im it e t n o t ri ( a ß , tt a ff n s i ) l , t a h n e a de b c y o t r h a e tie b n re s RECRUITS FOR THE A men -es rived at the seat 1845, he medically inspected at the principal recruiting-ofice, Delahay-street, Westminster. Many of them Western n mber o a f n dfi Greate e ou ng Northern who Railways arwerabyp were volun *teen from regiments of the line on the home establishment of war, and, with only three or four exceptions, were finally approved and marched to the depots of their re and the militia, for service in the several corp s spective regiments preparatory to embarking for the East. DESERTERS FROM THE MILITIA.—In consequence of the order for embodying several regiments of militia for per manent service, the desertion of fellows who prefer an in active life, and who only enlisted for the sake of the bount numerous, that in addition to money, have become so authorities have considered it necessary to forward their names and descriptions to the parochial officers of the parishes in which they resided at the time of their enlist ment, and also t o th ose o f any par i s h es i n which it Was known they had subsequently resided, with a view ,to their speedy apprehension, and lists of the defaulte rs are now to b e p os t e d up at the church doors of the district which th e y l as t res i ded. in - VOLUNTEERS FOR • THE NAVY.—Yesterday a largo number of able and ordinary seamen morningandstoks were forwarded from her Majesty's ship Crocodile to the flag-ship a t Sh eerness, for service in the Baltic fleet. Th e services of th e s t o k ers are principally required for the steam-boat flotilla, some vessels of which have been recently Commissioned. Commander Greet, of the Croco dile, and the officers and potty officers under his com mand, have been for the last ten days particularly fortu nate in obtaining volunteers for particular ships; hot men for general service are not easily to be got, the blue jackets considering it only right that they should have th choice of th e vesse l i n which they are to do duty. 6 Owing to the unparalleled smallness of Dublin gar r i son by reason of the withdrawal of so many regiments for ser vice in the East, the military guards have been reduced in number to the minimum•potht. At the Castle, Bank of Ireland, and other stations not half the former complement of men is called upon to do duty, but even with this marked reduction the life of a soldier in the metropolis is not an idle one, and, unless some relief is afforded by the more general aid of the constabulary, or by the empl o y. meat of the militia, a still further dirnimitiolit inukt b e egeetAxl ill the Tr ells Mal of QUA oily. (Front the Mies.) Had the Court-martial upon Lieutenant Greer been an isolated proceeding, it would have been unnecessary for us to say one word upon the subject. The military prisoner might have been left to his military judges, who are per fectly competent to decide the question of whether or not the offences with which he stands charged are in harmony with the character of "an officer and a g , •ntleman." Even now, as far as he is concerned, we should be perfectly wil ling to let the matter pass sub silentio, were it not that the evidence taken in the last case supplies many of the .defi ciencies too obvious in the minutes of the former investi gation. We care very little indeed what his judges and the Horse Guards may think it right to do with Lieut. Greer—we have no wish to bring out the strong points of the case against him, save in so far as they are inseparable from the conclusions in favour of his antagonist. In a word, we aro not striving for the condemnation of Lieutenant Greer, but for the acquittal of Lieutenant Perry. Whether it is right that the former of these two officers should con tinue to hold the Queen's commission after the evidence that has appeared against him is no concern of ours ; but the case of Lieutenant Perry stands on very different grounds. Here is a young man arraigned before a military tribunal for doing that which any man with one spark of manly feeling left in his composition would have done upon more slender provocation. He was subjected to a long course of bullying ; he was abused ; he was bespat tered with the most foul and obscene epithets ; he was made the object of personal violence by a man far his superior in physical strength ; and at length indignation got the better of his indecision or his forbearance, he seized a candlestick from the table which stood near, and knocked down his assailant. Who among us would have done less? Who would not have done Much more? Lord Hardinge is at the head of the army—a man of untarnished honour, a soldier of courage, bright and polished as his sword ; what would he have done, even now that age has in some measure checked the impetuous soldier of Albuhera, had he been selected by a vulgar bully as the object of insult so intolerable? The thing might have happened to him in a railway car riage —in the public street what could he or wou ld h e have d one i n th e last resort simply what Lieutenant 'Perry did the other day ? It is clear enough that this un lucky lad had better have kept out of bad company ; that is, had nothing to do with his brother officer ; but then he is but a lad just out of his teens, and that must be his excuse for associating in his private hours with those whom he met on parade and in the mess-room. There is no evidence that the lad was an habitual gambler. Before this trans action he had played once or twice for the most trifling sums of money, and can never be said, in the course of his short military career, to have "gambled" at all until the night when he was fairly rallied and bullied into so doing by the very man who is now seeking his destruction. It cannot fail to strike the most .careless observer that Lieut. Greer's defence does not shake one single fact ad vanced by Lieat. Perry in explanation. We should blush to write in excuse of his conduct. The greater part of the defence consists of a wordy attempt to convince the Court that Lieut. Perry was a witness in his own cause, and therefore that his evidence was not to be trusted. We should lie curious to know in what predicament Lieut. Greer considers himself to stand ? What is there that should induce us to give to his words the credit which he wishes us to deny to those of his opponent? But we do give credit to the statements of Lieut. Perry; not only be cause they have been confirmed, where necessary, by the statements of most unwilling witnesses, but because Lieut. Greer has been unable to set them aside in any single im portant particular relative to the matter in hand. We should bo well content to rest the justice of Lieut. Perry's acquittal upon Lieut. Perry's statement of his case. But, when we look a little further into the second of the two de fences, we confess we are not a little surprised to find the bully bringing the charge of " vindictiveness" against his victim. Is the first investigation a matter so remote from memory, that we have forgotten how Greer left it to the Court to suppose that Perry had attacked him more ' than once, at intervals, and when he was in a state of half insensibility ? We trust, for the honour of human nature, that the suggestion came from some older head than his own, and that ho was too great a dolttocalculate the effect it might produce. It is also not forgotten that in a trial such as this, in which officers and gentlemen sit to decide upon the conduct of officers and gentlemen, Greer over and over again refused to answer the questions which Perry thought it necessary to put to him. Who, with a feeling of honour and a consciousness of rectitude, would take ad vantage of a parcel of quibbles and technical rules in a case of that kind? Lieutenant Greer was not arguing a case in court, with a Jew attorney on ono side of him, and a special pleader on the other, but he was ac casing his brother officer before a roomfull of gentlemen of ruffianism and disgraceful conduct. In such a case how is it that the words " I refuse to answer that question" were so frequently heard from Lieutenant Greer's lips? There was no conceivable question he should have refused to an swer. Above all, it must be remembered that hero was this poor lad Perry fighting his battle with every man's hand against him; the Colonel of his regiment the accuser; and interposing at every moment with any suggestion which might damnify his case; the Deputy-Judge-Advocate pulling him up whenever there was an opportunity, and professing to be a friend of both sides, while he was in reality pressing against one; every man against him, and yet he had the wit and courage to defend himself—we should sa to justify himself, in a manner which will not apes ' orgotten. -' 'The' matter cannot, we presume, rest with the termina tion of the inquiry into the conduct of these two young officers. The public will not readily be brought to believe that Colonel Garrett, the commanding officer, is not most deeply to blame for the condition in which his regiment is found to be. (Front the _Examiner.) Why was not Lieutenant Greer put upon his trial, in stead of Lieutenant Perry ? is the question of every one who has read the proceedings of the Windsor Court- Martial. Lieutenant Greer was the assailant ; and the blpws he received were given by Lieutenant Perry, to free his person from his persecutor's hands. A long series of provocation was ended by a sudden and rough act of chastisement. But the prosecutor, Colonel Garrett, was obviouslyanxious to keep out of view the facts preceding the violence ' and this was quit e na t ura l on hi s part, for they are acts dis graceful to the discipline and charactetof his regiment, and they raise a very grave question against the officer in command, under whom such conduct could be suffered. The President of the Court, who had not the same obvious motive for suppressing the disgraceful truths, yet presented every technical difficulty to the disclosure of the pr.voca tions, atttempting to confine the evidence to the einem stances immediately connected with the assault. This would in effect have been to exclude Liqutenant t'erry's defence altogether, for his justification Was provocation, and the provocation was a series of outrages. Mr Greer se ems t o h ave se i ze d upon Mr. Perry, who was what is called, by way of opprobrium, a quiet man, as his property. He was to play with him at the game of his choice and upon his own terms, and he was to play till he lost, or ho was to be called the foulest and filthiest names and hauled about. First, the game was billiards. And here the character of the man appears ; for, entering the billiard room, he desires the gentlemen iu possession of the table to finish their game quickly, as, forsooth, he wi-hes to play. He plays several games with Mr. Perry, wins a trifle, and proposes double or quits, at which he loses. The next proceeding is to bring a woman into the barracks and Mr. Perry is challenged to toss up—for what? To treat Mr. Greer's woman to a bottle of wine ! Greer was now 51. in Mr. Perry's debt; so "go and get a pack of cards and give me my revenge" is the word, the system beipg to go on playing till the luck should turn in Mr. Greer's favour. Cards could not be got, but Mr. Greer was not unprovided: Mr. Greer, an officer in her Ma jesty's service, .had a snug little roulette table, a thing liabo to seizure on a race-course, or in a hell • and he im portuned Mr. Per r y i n t o p l ay i ng at the unlawful game, and with such success that at one time they were nearly quits, when he complimented Perry on losing back his money in these terms, that " he was the best fellow in the world, and acted like a gentleman ;"—that is to say, he lost. But the luck turned again, and then Greer became abusive. Perry left the room ; Greer followed him, and. dragged him back by main force. The play was resumed, and Greer repeated his former conduct. Again Perry escaped and went to his room, again he was seized; and Perry having had recourse to the expedient of Joseph, Greer seized him by the waistcoat, and treated him, as Perry phrases it, " in a most outrageous manner." After some period of indulgence in this way, Greer or dered Perry to go through the sword exercise, but changed his mind, and instead, insisted on Perry's betting 501. that he would cut a candle in two, which he did,sand 1001. that he would cut another in two, which he also did. Now this was not being a good fellow and acting like a gentleman, which was to lose ; so Greer commenced an attack upon Perry, dashing him about, and calling him opprobrious names. Perry, not being his assailant's equal in strength, then took up the first thing that came to hand, and applied it vigorously to Mr. Greer's head, and presently put him hors de combat. Greer's sense of Perry's character now appeared ; for, finding himself severely hurt, he actually sent Perryou the errand for a surgeon. By this highly significant circum stance, he confessed that in his then opinion (when smart ing under the blows) Perry was not actuated by any malignity towards him, and that having done what was necessary to self-defence, he knew he would do no more, except in the way of charity and succour. In this recapitulation we rely in part on Mr. Perry's defence which is simple and feeling, and bears every mark of truth ; and we trust to it, because it is corroborated in several important points by the evidence of Greer himself, and also that of the woman, who was a witness of most of the scenes of profligacy and outrage. It cannot be denied that Perry made rather too unmea sured use of the candlesticks. But in all such cases pro vocation carries interest ; and the much-enduring man , who strik es a t l as t, s t r ikes twice or thrice for the one blow which would have served in prompter season. Lieutenant Perry ought to have resisted the first personal indignity, and if, being the weaker, he had had recourse to his sword to protect himself against the bully, he would have been thoroughly justified. But he evidently did not know where to draw the line, where to commence self-assertion, for he had been, it seems, the butt of the regiment because he was poor and frugal. He states that he was often roused up in the night by his brother officers and made to go through the sword exercise naked. He should have made his sword protect him from such indignity, as he had in vain appealed to his superior officers. We do not mean that he should have had recourse to duelling, but that he should have defended himself against outrage, as every good sub ject is free to do, by all means in his power. Even the model of forbearance, Sir Charles Grandison, has recourse to force upon a suitable occasion. Upon the close of Lieutenant Perry's defence the prose cutor, Colonel Garrett, observed that there were statements in it which he could contradict, but that he would not occupy the time of the court with the disproof,thasistphreey. were general, and not rele vant to t he issue. And judicial remark passed without the reprehension or notice of the court ! Colonel Garrett ought to have been told that he had no right to impugn the truth of Lieutenant Perry without instancing the statements disputed, a n d producing his own counter-statements, so that the court might judge between them. To assert that a part of the defence is false, is to intimate that the whole may be false --for a man capable o f falsehood ill ow PUtioulltrs Mut bo opoble of it is _ The balance sheet was taken as read. On the debit side of the revenue account were the following items : Salaries and wages, 21,9141. Bs. 4d. ; station expenses, 2,0701. 11s. 10d. ;.rents, taxes, gas, and insurance, 3,446/. Os. 2d. ; books, stationery, and printing, 2,5441. Os. 3d. ; postage, 1451. ss. Bd. ; charges fo r i n t e lli gence and sunries, 1,3771. 14s. 6d. ; law charges, 6101. ss. 3d. ; direction, audit, and district committees, 7201. ; superintendents, stores, and maintenance, 9,3941 . 4s. 7d. ; interest on debenture debt, 1,9481. 3s. 10d. ; balance, 17,044/. 17s. 4d.; total, 61,2151. lls. Dd. The receipts for messages, subscriptions, interest, and maintenance during the half-year amounted to 61A15/. 11s. 9d. Under the head "general balance' was the following :—Dividend on 12,000 shares, class A, and 11,900 shares, class B, at 7 per cent. per annum, to be proposed at the general meeting, 16,7301 ; balance, after payment of dividend, 4,0721.: total, 20,802/. The balance, after payment of the dividend on the 31st Dec., 1853, was 3,7571. 2s. Bd., which, with the balance of revenue amount on the 30th June, 1854, made the total 20,8021. Theermiumerr, in moving the adoption of the accounts, said the directors had done everything in their power to render the working of the lines as efficient as possible. They now experienced all the competition which they were likely to meet with, and there had been no diminu tion in the receipts. A company had been formed which promised to carry messages to any part of the country for a charge of sixpence for twenty words, but the fact that it was defunct proved that there was a limit to com petition. (Hear, hear.) Since the last meeting the wires had been constructed on 13 different railways, and there were now in progress 3,869 miles of new wire. ['he motion was adopted unanimously. On the motion of the Chairman, the following resolu tion was agreed to :—That the profits accumulated and , placed to the reserve fund be divided rateably, and paid , to the registered shareholders by the distribution amongst them of 4,000 new 25/. shares, upon each of which 151. shall be credited as paid up and charged upon such pro fits ; and the sum of 51. (making together 201. per share paid up) shall be payable on the 12th day of August next, on the delivery of such share. A dividend was declared for the half-year at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, and a resolution was passed, assigning to the directors an allowance of 2,300/. per annum. • • The meeting then separated. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. - THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. —Traffic return fol the week ending July 16, 1854 v18,4 , ;8 13 11 Corresponding week last year 15,549 0 6 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffie re turn fur the week ending July 23, 1854 ::£20,556 10 11 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD R AlLWAY. —Traffie return for the week ending July 23, 1854 £5,809 12 8 Corresponding week last year 5,976 19 2 Decrease in 1854 £l67 6 6 THE MARCO POLO.—This celebrated ship, which left the Mersey on Saturday morning, for MelhoUrne, was towed out to sea by the steam-tug Tartar, and left by her at 1 a.m., on Monday, about 10 miles eouth-west of Waterford, quite clear of land, The captain of the steam-tug reports the wind at the time light, from NNE, the ship with all available sails set, and making about 5 knots per hour. He also reports that shortly after leaving the Marco Polo the wind freshened from the NE, which would be exceedingly favourable for the ship. The Marco Polo, during her three celebrated trips, had always favourable weather at starting, and her fourth voyage commences even under more favourable auspices. THE NEw ACT FOR THE SUPPRESSION OP GAMING MUM —Yesterday theimportant act for the suppression of gaming -houses, which received the Royal assent on Monday, was printed. It will come into operation on Tuesday next. The preamble recites the difficulties the police have experienced in getting into common gaming -houses, and then finding all implements of gate itig removed or destroyed. It was therefore expedient to make the law more efficient for the suppression of gaming houses, It is enacted that any person who shall wil fully prevent any constable or officer authorised under the Bth and 9th Vict., c. 109, from entering any place snspected, by bolt, bar, chain, or other contrivance, shall, on summary conviction, be fined not exceeding 1001., or be committed for six months with or without hard labour. Obstructing the entry of constables is to be evidence of the house being a commonexgcaeueldinien.:osuosle.: Persons apprehended giving false names or addresses o m r a b y e b i e m a p d r j i imprisoned fort o a l) a p y e period o di) penalty t ye xucoecteodmi: l in g o n n e g m a m o n t h g imprisonment, with The penalties on personsobxoouore,d not keeping ooe o r Ceeding twelve months. o h r o Th u ij ie l ju stices t oa i ur C e e t s hn mayaortdthlarequire any of the parties apprehe n d e d to be sworn to give evid ence ; and if they refu se , th ey may be dealt with as a person summoned ,to attend t o give evidence. Pe rsons required to be examined as wit nesses, and making a full discovery, are to be freed from all penalties. The penalties and costs may be levied by distress ; one-half of the pecuniary penalty is to go to the informer, and the remainder in aid o f th e poor rate t o i f o t n h s e h p o a u r l i d s li n . e gee t ne t a o p rosecute, theperson l a yi ng th e informa aaaci formal p ec e hq r a s ur o aa n i c. ter to r proceed. the justice ma y or d er A Th u e a o p th p e e r al pr i o s v g is iv io e n u s b a y r t e h o is f dared th a t "the a'scetssTl shioallielle oo a lo re 15 clauses, and it i s de ration on th e l et of August, 181154e.n ” ce and conic into ape- OVERCROWDING OF STEAM-BOATS. —Many complaints, having been ma d e o f the overloading of the steam-boats on the river, a committee 9f the aldermen metyesterdaY, anti,with the sancti on o f th e B oar d o f T ra d e, a pp o inted t wo inspectors, who will be actively employed in watch ing the different steam-vessels, and in all cases where the masters of vessels are discovered taking on board A larger number of passengers than the vessel is licensed to carry, the City Solicitor has been directed to institute proceedings to recover the penalties imposed by the act of Parliament. It is hoped that this determination of the aldermen will have the effect of preventing a practice which is attended with so much inconvenience and danger to thousands of persons who are in -tbe daily hew actice of travelling by etearn-vossela on tholiiver pr . ' • • : (Prom, the _Daily News.) Was it personal spite against Admiral Napier, or merely stupidity, or something worse, -that led Admiral Berkeley to read in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, extracts from private letters of the Baltic admiral I When the public want to be reassured as to the prospect s . of the war, they are merely made acquainted with letters which it was a breach of official confidence to make pub lic. What good can it do to us to know that the admi rals have declared the forts to be impiegnable ? But if it does no good to us to be told such news, there is one person to whom such news is invaluable, and that person is the only one who will be benefited [ . y the disclosures of Admiral Berkeley. The Czar, when he receives the intelligence that the commanders of the most p ower f u l fleet ever fitted out have declared the position they were sent to attack to be impregnable, will be furnished with the precise information which he wanted. He will look a u L o o n s d t i h n e g n t o o r t t h h e e r n d e p e portion o o f f t h h i s e e m m o p s i t r e o t o o m b p e et s e a o f t e, o e f v h e i n s . enemiteos, andhe that more endaneer e d. Th e ex t rac t s f r om the letters o f Si r o t w h e il r l hpeoernt portion enabled of t o his pay undiv ided frooti e ratten tion iwhich is Charles Napier and Admiral Chads will doubtless be printed in large letters and distributed throughout the empire, for the consolation of the Czar's despairing sub jects. Caricatures will not be wanting. Napier may be represented as the chafed lion gnawing his tail in digs gust, and the scientific Chads may be shown in the garb of the desolate Sister Anne in "Blue Beard," peering out in alarm towards Cronstadt, while Britannia, in anxiety at the bottom, may call out, " Sister Chads, Sister Chad; do you see anything to be frightened at?" They, and the nation at large, will have to thank a Lord of the Admiralty for this. The speech of Admiral Berkeley is a successful re dltotnehpueceewtl raoaarctleri Baltic,aoo f tns t h e attempt made by the Russian organ some tim e ago to excite despair as to the aspect of affairs in places t a hmr n e and ,dp t hus,otroeng n ot causen t b a y bwl ae.n at t o l d ir dimi n ish i ngi e hved w ars a ri want to theatot in hoe :sear fresh means have been taken to destroynfnuatoervhwroegYlwirdmhonlopeffiraltorhteghureasir nability. How many impregnable fortresses did the Duke of Wellington take f Did Nelson ever throw cold water on the hopeeof the nation ? For Admiral Berkeley to read quotation s hem the private letters of the Admirals. was eithe r . a blunder or a crime. In neither eishe a fit perstm to occupy the high station which he holds at present. Before war was declared there was a great deal said about the change which steam navigation would intro duce in naval tactics, and of the vast advantages which ships propelled independently of wind or current would possess in attacking fortified places, as well as in fighting with the enemy at sea. We have now been at open warfour months, and have sent to the Baltic and to the Black Seas powerful fleets, amply provided with the means of inde pendent locomotion, yet scarcely anything has been done that might not have been accomplished without the aid of steam power. And now we are told nothing can be done. Is it that the vaunted advantages of steam fall far short of expectation, or is it that our naval comman ders do not know how to apply the new power placed at their disposal ? They have certainly as yet shown no capacity for contriving new modes of operation. All the use they have made of steam has been to do that which must necessarily have suggested itself. Thus at the bom bardment of Odessa the continued movement of the ships as they successively fired their broadsides at the forts to prevent the enemy from taking a steady aim, was a ma- ' nceuvre that would have been practised by sailing vessels with a favourable wind. The daring but useless entry of a river in the Baltic by two small steamers was another feat which the means at command suggested. But there is in these achievements nothing beyond what any corn- " mon sailor in the fleet must have known to be possible. There is no doubt that the facility of taking any required station, without regard to the wind, has been found a great convenience in the movements of the combined fleets, but something far more important was promised and expected as the result of modern improvements in warfare. . One of the most obvious uses to which steam power might be applied is that of placing our ships just be yond the range of the enemy's guns, whilst they batter the forts with heavy ordnance of longer range ; but it seems that the attacking ships are not sufficiently pro vided with large guns to do effectual execution at a dis tasace, and that they cannot, therefore, expect to destroy the batteries by their fi re without themselves suffering considerable damage. Wooden ships, it is now said by those who would palliate delay, have little chance against granite walls, the previously prognosticated de structive effects of a concentrated broadside from a first rate man-of-war being conveniently forgotten • but if the batteries of Cronstadt and Sebastopol are really so very formidable that even with the advantage of independent movement and concentration of fire it would not be pru dent to expose our ships within their range, there may be other and less hazardous means of destroying the Russian forts, which an ingenious and skilful applica tion of the resources of science might effect, in combina tion with steam navigation, if our naval officers would shake off the shackles of routine. The influence of rou tine is indeed so strong that it generally clogs the pro gress of every new ivention, and prevents its capabili ties from being fully developed. Even in the transmis- Rion of messages by electric telegraph, a plan so entirely different from anything previously known, the spirit of routine was for a long while pr2dorninant, and strenuous attempts were made, and have not yet been altogether abandoned, to tie up the lightning power with red tape - we can scarcely expect, therefore, that in our naval service, men disciplined in routine should adapt themselves at once to new circumstances, and be able to avail themselves or the numerous appliances which may be brought to bear as conse quences of steam navigation. It is highly probable, however, that ere long their eyes will be opened to some of the peculiar opportunities which they now 'Assess of destroying the enemy's works. M. Jacobi is teaching a lesson which ought not to be thrown away. The in genious inventor of the electrotype has been connecting his insulated wires with "infernal machines" in the nar row channels round Cronstadt ; and we may • conceive him to be watching, like a spider in the recesses of its web, till our ships approach within the striking distance to make contact with the voltaic battery that is to ignite the gunpowder and destroy them. He probably im agines that the proverb, " those who live in glass houses should not throw stones," is not applicable to his posi tion behind the granite walls of Cronstadt ; but it would not be difficult by improving on his example to convince him that he is most exposed to be injured by such an ap plication of electric science. Though the massive walls of Cronstadt are infinitely more substantial than the aerial structure of the Crystal Palace, there are explosive agents that would rend the granite blocks asunder as readily as an explosion of gunpowder' would shiver the fragile material at Sydenharn. Among those sub stances, g un-cotton, th oug h most recently invented, is best k nown. The rapidity of its action is so intense that in comparison with it the inflammation "of gunpowder seems slow burning. The sudden action of its explosive force prevents gun-cotton from being safely substituted for ;gunpowder in fire-arms, but for merely explosive -purposes, as " infernal ma- chines," it might be available with terrificalry de structive effect. W e can scarce ly su ppo s e th a t t he attention of our naval commanders has not been directed to this peculiar property and appliances of gun-cotton, and we must therefore attribute their not using it to the cramping influence of routine. M. op!t,d may be applied, and if the means ho has fortifications would Jacobi, however, has shown the way in whichteti 'be effectually followed, the strongest it com mand of the sea and the use of e b which the .ways surely present themselves he placed at the mercy of those ete w a h m o have v s brou y ght to bear. The de structive agent may be effectually aovweer.t".llan dagger. The " infernal ma assuredly to be launched in s lie tranquilly under the b m y a t e d .such batteries explosive some m w e o wueal agents, b nf ert from ,nam whichos r t more a i e x .o p bu o og s ah e3 to fcrr m de id s a tr b u le ct e irn e 34 be yond sse j- o ad° lo a° n lb' i f ,' as our ships keep away, * but the forts of Cronstadt andSebastopol present fixed c th h a it t ie m s, i ' g ' and ht remainarowatchedbarbiharml ess l against which such explosive agents might be di rected; and the destructive powers might.be increased until they were sufficient to lay both places in ruins. It, may be replied that it is not for landsmen at home to direct the operations of naval warfare, and it is probable thaf many practical difficulties would arise in carrying into execution a n y suc h plans as wehave suggested ; but much greater difficulties may be overcome by knowledge and energy if sufficient stimulus be given, and the determi nation exist to shake off the trammels of routinein dealing with new powers of which red tape is entirely ignorant. At all events, let us have some evidence that the commanders of our steam fleets are alive to the great advantages they possess in the powers of modern science. They practically invite the criticism and suggestions of the public at large by their present inaction, and when a Lord of the Admiralty reads such passages as those made public on Tuesday in the House of Commons. Whilst the Admirals and the officials do nothing at all, they cannot complain of those who remind them of the duty they had in hand, or who point to novel and scien tific modes of doing it when the 4,1 d-fashioned ones a la Nelson are neglected. LLOYD' hers to the .— o Y onl es m te i r t d t a o y e a o n f election st o i f t u a t i d o d n i three gentlemen were added to the nine previrislY when constitutin g that body. The ballot closed St foz o'clock, ir I to ion „ a k ines: l pis when the scrutineers reported the votes as fol' lows :—Mr. Michael Wills, 211 ; Mr. D. J. , Bischoff; 161 ; Mr. William Pitman, 141 ; Mr. George Pearce, 129 ; Mr, John Henry Steimnitz, 117. The three , first gentlemen were declared elected. CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. —The estimates for the , year 1854-55 of the sums which will be required to de fray the charges for the services under class 8 have been issued. This class comprises the expense of the o ffi ce of Secretary of State for War, of the Duchy of Cornwall office, of the Registration of Joint Stock Companies, and for the Universal Exhibition of Paris in 1855. The esti mate for the office of Secretary at War paper, but th e having been already issued, is not r eprinted in this sum required is 17,3001. The amount required for the Duchy of Cornwall office is 15,8891. for the pur h C Rae of the site in Pimlico, and the cost of building s , fittings, and 1,0001. for incidental expense s i n including the office to this building— total, 16 889 in removing Joint Stock Companies Registration ' 1. For the Trade) a sum of 2,273/. 13s, ld. is required (the Board ,of the salaries of the registrar, 800/. • for defraying assistant in Dublin 2001. ; , assistant, 3671. 1084 four c , The expenses of this office c lerks, 5801. 10s. id., frayed by the fees, which, how ever , have hitherto been de into the Exchequer. 50,000 . will now be paid the expense likely to be incurred . is the sum required for the British department for the management of. Perk, i n 1855 . Th ci - the Universal Exhibition et 860164 es tots? . 4 0 %Mt !1 tinge in s t MO if _ _ .. ____ _ .