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LT ONT BLANC WILL CLOSE ON _ as unDAY TNIGIIT, Aug. 22d. WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE AUG. 22, IN CONSEQUENCE OF PROVINCIAL ENGAGEMENTE. THE NONDESCRIPT—WonderfuI Attraction. —Miss JULIA PASTRANA will hold her Levees Daily, from Eleven to One, Three to Five, and at Eight o'clock, at the Re gent Gallery, 69, Quadrant, Regent-street. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, Is. THE MUTINY in INDIA A QUESTION of RAC E.—A yew and most interesting Lectu-e is delivered n thee' ove subject every evening at 8 o'clock, by Dr. Sexton, at Dr. KAHN'S MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street. Leicester-square. Lectures are also delivered as follows :—At 3 o'clock, Dr. Kahn on the •• Philosophy of Marriage:" and at 2 and 4, by Dr. Sexton, on 'Artificial Digestion." Admission, One Shilling. —The Museum is Open from ten till ten. INDIA and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 14, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall, S.W. INDIAN ASSURANCES. Military Officers or Civiliang proceeding to India may effect As surances on their lives at greatly reduced rates, on appliegtion at the Offices as above. A. R. IRVINE, Manager. G ENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 71, Lombard-street, London. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the company's Office, 71, Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 25th instant, at Two o'Clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parlia- Inent, to transact the usual business, and to declare the Dividend for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1857. MARTIN PRATT, Secretary. London, August 1, 1357. THE RHINE AND GERMANY. —Th e shortest and Cheapest Route, via, Rott , rdam, to the Rhine and Germany, is by THE DUTCH II DENISH RAILWAY. Through Trains, in conjunction with those of the Cologne-Minden Comp an y, start three times a day. Fifty pounds of Luggage allowed free for each passenger. Further particulars forwarded, post free, on applicalion to the `-omPany's London Agent, Mr. JoIIN C. JArisols, 61, Gracechnrch street. ART TREASURES T NORTHERN' RAILWAY. Trains trom Manche-ter. London-road station. Leave Arrival *6 5 a.m. 4 15 p.m. 9 20 ~ 4 0 „ 9 55 „ 3 15 „ *ll 30 ~ 6 0 „ 1 45 p.m. 9 30 5 20 .„ 10 40 8 30 „ 3 30 a.m. ' 930 „ ,AYR. -day, and a mot With a full pikes of k and barrel Ltrneal had a The same re ist be quoted request for prime mixed tila, and 36s ;at, for which what checked. ral3CO. Good g barley met oats, buyers I peas in fair ban 2s to 3s I for the time to 70s; oats, s 9 • linseed ign, 81 153 to !. to 131. 10s ; to 363. ho weather is We have a w, the former is quiet, and is cleared off leans fully as ; balloy, 375 was, 103 6d ; 311 DAT. ......• 29 PO ......, 25 80 ••• .... 128 ••• •• e• 128 ••• ..•• bVi3 rir sight LION, PER OZ: 3nrs .£3 17 9 in .. 0 0 .... 0 0 0 ...- 0 0 0 .• ~. 0 0 0 E 2 1 S. a this market :tiny reduced. -Midland, 84i .ledonian, 38g , unties, 11.8.9. )anada, 12 I—North ~ 7. lerately active Leffields, k of Canada, )11 and North 9 ' i l,--Ea , tere cbuln, 7A. )r. active, and .and Trunk of 4 5-16—North —London and ther better to• es. Birming .lrns, at 53 i— las, 6 d.—Bir- —We under iployment are ISO, not only ;en:cans, Bel s of proceeding i❑g conducted tranquility. part ; under .y officers are to prevent dis t such is not ider for a me in India with- Lt thu Govern eers.—Allea'a discoveries for rous extraordi spepsia), flat a er complaints, effected by Du Arabica Food. ire N 0.41,617. no happy to be your Revaleuta from its Use; Ld constipation Ling of restored ficial effects in ice recommend ienever an op- Surgeon, 96th ness, constipa have suffered Love or relieve, od in a very set, London.', Professors of Dr. Harvey Dr. Ingram ; ;ess of Castle• ler respectable after all other with full in -48. 6d. ; sh, carriage free, Barry, & Co., )zr against the V tce-Chancela action on the , for imitating SPECTACLES PERSPECTIVE I, Alheonarlf. ir Hotel, W. liable and ex ,l and brilliant Perspective copes possess a-half inches, pit.?r's moons, iame tllescope 1-a-half miles ?or the wais;;- ith increasing 51. - A vain steoat-pockot in be seen and •er every - pir... ;es. Country miles. They yachting, to ists. Opera, th wonderful nses of the 'tap derived. becomes- pre s aro enabled lon—can see power—and. to the dan- Lee. Persona orld by send a letter, and email print spectacles by -The Organic wly-invented a all others, or probably the skin, is distinctly at sensation of ad it affords e- W the wife of , Mrs. Win. Irir. E. Car. ri g, the wife at Baroda, rthur Earle► mt.-Colonel 1 of Lieut.- Erouse, tO Frances Welby, cm, Francis irk square, , of West• Pemberton t M. Mary, Waterloo- k-gardens, ek-square, la, second Stock Ex- Rev. John Esq., late !colonel W. nding his 3urro wes, Winfield, COUNC=, lice, No. ANCHESTER EXITIBITIONT,—GRE Trains from London. King's-Cross Station. Leave Arrival 6 30 a.m. } 426 *7 30 „ p.m. 9 30 10 0 ~ 320 „ 11 0 „ 570 „ 145 p.m. 10 10 „ 530 „ 10 50 „ 8 46 „ 2 30 a.m. SUN] Leave Arrival *7 30 a.m. 10 30 „ f 5 0 pm. 5 3 0 P.m. 10 50 „ Leave Arrival 7 0 a.m. t 715 p.m. *ll 45 ~ 3 30 I mn * 10 40 „ 5 20 „ sad class, by all Trains ; and 15s. Fares :-355. first class ; 255. se Bd. third class, by Trains marked Care must he taken at Manches Northern route. DAY TICKETS, available for Seven Days, are issued by any train from King's Cross Station to Manchester at 52s 6d. first class, and 3 75. d, second class. EXCURSION TRAIN'S, until further notice, will leave King's Cross Station, every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at 11.40 a.m.. for Manchester; and Manchester, on the same days, at 11.0 a.m., for King's Cross, by which tickets will be issued at 21s. first class, and 12s. 64 closed carriages, available for return by speci al Trains on the Wednesday or Saturday next following the date of issue. And EXCURSION TICKETS, available for 24 days, will be issued by the same trains. returning on any Wednesday or Qa.urday within that time. Fares-375. first class, and 17s. closed carriages. Tickets are issued by the same Excurttion Trains on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and on the same conditions, to and from Guide Cross. rid ge Newton, Mottram, Dinting, Hadfield, Penistone, and King's :er to aslefor tickets via the Great . T ickets for the above excursions can be obtained at the King's Cross Station ; and [for Manchester only]. at the treat Northern nece vlng Offices ; " Bull and Mouth, St. Martin's-le-Grand ;" " 16, Fish -street-hill ;" " 264, Holborn ;" " 32. Regent-circus, Piccadilly ;" 62 and 63, Bridge-road, Lambeth ;" " 20, strand ." 38. Charing r° ,, sB ;" " 27, King-street, Cheapside ;" " 351, Oxford-street ;" " , teorge Inn, Borough ;" " 43 and 44, Crutched Friars." For further particulars see the time tables of the Company, and Lae excursion handbills. By order, Kinn Cross Station, August 12, 1857. ARE YOIJ GOING TO THE HIGHLANDS, unrivalled for scenery, famous story and song ? If so, make note to call at (when in the capital of the beautiful No th) MAP DOUGALL'i WAREHOUSE, High-street, Inverness. There i 7 e llY can th e var i e d pro d ucts o f t h e Hi g hl an d 4, natura l an d i n d ustr i a l , Lseen. In his extensive roams macdougall has gathered together ill he best producti ons o f th e Hi g hl an d l ooms i n T wee d s , T ar t ans , sey 8 , Plaids. Shawls, Dresses, the favourite Highland Cloak, Pore Macdonald ditto, &c.. &c., with the best native Jewellery ' Ca irngorms, Pearls, &c.) ; the pretty products of the Skye, Lewis, I nd .Gairloch Looms and Knitting-needles; the Home-made, Undyed Plaids of Ord S u th er l an d, an d k voc h ; th e Snuff-boxes, Coups, -fl ickers of the Culloden Carvers, &c. Side by side with all this he has Placed all the necessary Clothing, of every description, for Deer Stalking, Grouse Shooting, and for Tourl-ts, &c. Visitors to his Rooms can at once compare the varied products of the three King doms.—D. Macdougall, Inverness. TOZEAIT'S COPAHINE MEGE, or SACCHA RATED CAPSULES, approved of by the french College of Physicians, s ccessfully administered in the Paris and London Hos pitals, and eknowledzed by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. 4ee " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852 a copy of whteh will be forwarded on appli ation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, '4ABRIEL JOZEAU, French chemist, 49, n aym ar k et, London, and 11 the principal chemists. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. y EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, "pd all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, (lame, Soup, Curries, and Salad, arid by its tonic arid invigorating properties enables the stomach to pe-fectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe %bard to health. sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, mud 65, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay aL " Sons, Nfessrs Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and seer- London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. midp.-To uard against imi tatiosts, see that the names of LEA pp. are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. DU BARRY'S CELBRATED INFANTS v ALT FO0f), for DELIC tTE INF NTTS, cIIELDREN, and IN fee easily d ' DR . Supersedes the expense and da n g ers of wet nursin g , is Bested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than a l p ik ; acidity, c ram p s , bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless tbt ' ler " ( 'la, eruptions, are avoided by it , and perf ec t reg ul a rit y of ha" r sYstem and sound sleep Insured. Many respectable families who rr ea el and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be refeed an ,., a ftt. a cuPY of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding ' t aped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Parry and Co., 97, ..s!nt-street, London. Prices : —ln Canisters, Is.; 2a.; and 121 b. r 'L z _ l .s • The large Canister will be forwarded tree of carriage on ` , eiPt of Post Office Order. "` SCHWEPPES MALVERN SELTZER WATER, manufactured by J. SCHWEPPE and Co., the sole ,sees of the Holy Well, possesses all the celebrated properties of , Na'sau Siring. SCHWEPPE'S SODA, MAGNESIA, POTASS CATERS and LEMONADE, are manufactured as usual. Every 130 ttle Is protected by a Label with their signature. SCHWEPPE and C0., M41 1 factarers of Soda, Magnesia, and Potass Waters and Lemonade London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. QUITE NEW. S OYER'S SULTANA'S SAUCE.—A most Art refreshing and pleasing stimulant to the appetite, composed i lelPally of Turkish condiments, combined with various culinary ; r edactions of the East It is an exquisite relish w , th Fish, Meat, l i ° ... ll ltrir, and Game, and forms a valuable addition to Soups , minces, „,"oes, stews, Meat Pies and Puddings, as well as to Salads of and description. To Steaks and Chops it imparts a highly delicious cid aromatic flavour. A . : lr o be had of all Sauce Vendors, and of the sole Wholesale e ntSs Crosse and Blackwell, Purveyors to the Queen, 21 , Soho -▪ 111 are. London. AN ACT OF GRATITUDE. —5, 000 Copies of a x. Aledical Book for Gratuitons Circulation --GEORGE THOMAS. itil l , haying been effectually cured of nervous debility, loss of memory, fon dimness of sight, resulting from the early errors of you'll, by ed : free, to he following the instructions given in a Medic -11 Work by a Ph , sician, of considers it his duty, in gratitude to the author, and for the benefit se : el row; sufferers, to publish the means used. tie will therefore any address, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct -1,...re10pe enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay postage, a copy of the 11,10.0acal work containing every iniorm Ilion required. Address, G. ---- a s , Esq , Craven House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ItoyA L FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's.inn-Road. Patron—The QUEEN. 1 - . Th e sick poor are admittei on Founded their B2B own application alone. No re t e rnMendation is required. ch hurt the past weer, 2,664 patients received the benefits of this 3 i; t a rlt, either as out or in-door patient, and sines its foun Y 1856, the number relieved is s upwards of 580.000.dation to The Committee entreat AID to enable them to continue this great work of charity. T reasurer and Banker—John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor flpLictediduswith cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Y, on Tuesdays , at -- 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted Itt the Brompton Estalishment, for one month, and for a longer Period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each ' , ear. Since the foundation Of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity, A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be Paid to William Loxham Farrar, E-q., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn -fields; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand and at the Secretary's 0 fices, 167, Piccadilly By order. W.J. COCKERILL Secretary. ♦ NMW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE FOR the SEA SIDE.—TRAVELLING SUITS, 11 with Cap, complete, 21. 18s. to Three Guineas; the Beaufort Coat, 21. 10s. • the new summer Trousers, One Guin e a ; B a d en Waistcoats, Two for One Guinea. EXCELLENCE WITH ECONOMY. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Real of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacir Pharmacien de Paris. Imp. rial College of Medicine, Vienna_ TRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, Sec., and adapted for both sexes. TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE- A LARATION, SPERMATORRIREA, and all the distressing 4:4lB e9tiences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual str ength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjeyment of health and the Functions of Manhood ; and Whatever may be the cau se f or DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR AGE, they are e ff ec t ua ll y subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRo. 11., effectually, in in the short sp IESEMAR ace of three N days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gionorrhcea, both in its mild and aggravated orrns, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the AR s N y o. hi l i l i l s ., aud se . uhi of the health of a vast portion of the population a the great ConUnentalTßßlEemSEedillry Secondary Symp toms. It also constitutes a certain cure P fo Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expeurthScurvY, Scrofula, and all tions and impurities from the vital stream, ag.s in its course all corrup the virus of disease, and expel it with the insensibleethe perspirationadicat through the medium of the pores of the skin andu never-failing remedy for that class➢ of disorders which unfortunately and is a the English Physician treats with Mercury, tothe inevitabolertd nately lion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla"ra he worl .1 cannot restore. Price I Is., or four cases in one for 33 1 3 1 . 1 Which saves Ila“ and in 51. cases, whereby there is a saving of 1/.l2s' Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City; Bartlett Hooper, 43, King William-street, four doors from Lo ndon-bridge ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; Prout, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford -street; Sanger, 180, Oxford .street; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside; Edwards, St. Paul's Churchyard. ROMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical Work, price ls., post tree, beautifully illustrated with 100 engravings, and containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallcmand, Roux, Ricord, fie. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those Rho are p revented by impediments from entering into the married state, also showi ng the dreadful results from early a b use, gonorrhoea, and syph Ms, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and _i_lactainadon of the sp ermatoza, b y t h e au th or ' s new ly-constructed e .anianrTopewith Po -. Powerful lenses.— Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick .,. p aternoster-row ~tad from tll agents for the sale o "1 riese• tur IL RINCE ALBERT ROAD, Hyd e -park.—ln this delightful and desirable neighbourhood are to be LET or SOLD several select and elegantly finished Residences; their architec tural display is of the highest order, and the internal arrangements are everything that can possibly be desired; in size they are suited for the occupancy of both the Nobleman and Gentleman, and the study of contort has been the chief object of the builder. This now most fashionable part of London renders the locality 'of these buildings undeniable, being contiguous to Kensington-gardens, with its beautiful walks, and Hyde-park, with its rides and drives; added to which the salubrity of the air of Kensington-gore is proverbial, and considered by the faculty the most healthful in the vicinity of the metropolis. Apply at the Office, 1, Prince Albert-Road, South Kensington. (N . 20,331.) PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. BRISCOE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. THE YOUNG BRIDE, By Mrs. BRISCOE. Hurst and Blackett, ~ ü blishers, successors to Henry Co'burn, 13, Great Marlborough -street. MRS. S. C. HALL'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. A. W O i it i A STORY. — B y Mrs. N'S S. c .HALL. From the Athenaeum.—"' A Woman's Story' is interesting. It is well and carefully written. and is quite equal to any of Mrs. S. C. Hall's other works. There is evidence of definite purpose and a high moral aim throughout. ' A Woman's Story' may be heartily re commended." Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Oa the lit of August was published, price One Shilling. FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALBER r FEIST, I.ditor of the Turf Department of the Sunday Times," and Re porter of Sporting Intelligence to the I ondon Daily Papers. The 51, nthly parts may be obtained separately, price two-pence each. The next pare will be published on the Ist of September. Ad vertisements oannot be received later than the 24th of August. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Hol born. London. Just published, price 58., by post free, ss. 6d., ON STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA : its PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT. Illus trated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice, and which embrace every variety of Urethral Contraction, together with appropriate Means of Cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. H. Railliere, 219, Regent-street. "We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture to have equalled, if it has not exceeded, that of anrof his contemporaries ; whilst we most certainly know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment eta severe case of attic ture."—M edical Circular. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE CURES (without Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints are effected by DV BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or ekpense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies."—Curs No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Joly, Wortham Ling, near Dies, Norfolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of' Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner vousness, Indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver pool : a cure of ten's dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No 18.216. Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation, dyspep sia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. iShoreland of dropsy and debility. Cure Igo. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits Cure No. 42,116. Major Edie of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Har vey of diarrhoea and debility. , (Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Hunts, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, of thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, tiartial deafness. Cure No. 4 ,814. Mr. Samuel Laaton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' nervous irratibility, bile, and indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cared of con sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No, 180. " Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been ilectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dis pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for wh ch my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Harry's health restoring Food I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlington Rec tory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my nec and left arm, and general debility, which ren der,d my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent itevalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Importan Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imita ati on s: The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wcod granted an injunc tion on the loth March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville, for imitating " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." Suitably pacsed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, llb 2s 9d ; 21b 4 6d ; 51b lls , 121 b 225. The 121 b car riage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street. London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. pur veyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly , also at 60, Gracechurch street ; 330,430, and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside 119. ' l shopsgate street, and 150, and 158 Oxford-street. Naval and Military intelligence. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as General Commanding in Chief, attended by a nu merous staff, will leave town this morning for the camp at Aldershot. The troops in camp are or dered to be under arms at an early hour for a grand field day. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in Chief will hold a levee at 1 o'clock on Friday next. Major-General Sir F. Love, the Inspector-Gene ral of infantry, has left town on an official visit to Pembroke. The 44th Regiment, being on the eve of em barkation for India, were yesterday presented with new colours by Major-General the Hou. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief of the South-West District,'at Portsmouth. The usual ce remonies having been gone through, of piling the drwns, placing the colours, and blessing er conse crating them by tbegarrison chaplain of Portsmouth, the Rev. T. Milner, Major-General Scat lett deliver ed the new colours to the senior majors (Lieut.- Colonels I\i'Mahon and Browne), and addressed the regiment in a most soldierly speech, showing that the colours of a regiment mark its identity, and that those of the 44th, emblazoned as they are with the names of the memorable victories of Egypt, Badajoz, Salamanca, Peninsula, Bladensburg, Wa t.-rloo, Ave, Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol, bore honours no regiment could outvie ; that they had gone through many hardships in many places, and toe names on their colours called up many recol lections to their honour and credit ; their condu at Quatre Bras and Cabul was unexceptioeab!e, and at Alma glorious ; at the former action the bravery of Ensign Christie saved the old colours, and at the latter the self—acrifice or devotion of Dr. Thompson was unparalleled ; in their attack on the cemetery before Sebastopol on the 18th of June, the 44th lest four captains out of six, and one-fourth of the men ; they were now about to embark for India, wh re he hoped success and victory would still be en chained to their standard, Iteltng certain that under no circumstances would they fail to defendthero. The gallant geeeral then feelingly touched upon the deaths of Captains Mansfield, Agar, Fenwick, and Caulfield in the Crimea, and Ensign Soutar, in the retr, at from Cabul, and concluded a spirited and martial address by a hope that the 44th would pre servedi the honours of the old colours, and reap new a andve ly the colours B eo . l , o t u h r e a n h r a e v t i u n r _ s l tinctions under those he then presented. Lieut.- C speec S h t , r g eturned been thanks usual manner the elite adjourned to a on the . field superb refection prepared in a short the King's Rooms ad jacent, by Mr. D. De t in the Portland Hotel, Southsea. After this dancing nof kept up until night set in was commenced and The Lords of the Admiralty resumed their annual inspection at Portsmouth yesterday, and went first to the gunboat-berths at H as l a ra where they made a most minute inspection Mr, Lloyd Scamp pointing out (under Le direction Greene) the new works, improvements, of Colonel and requirements. The gunboat Brave working, launched in the presence of the Boa r d, an d was m ro us suggestions made for the permanent benefitnu nume rous this gunboat reserve establishment. While on the Gosport shore their Lordships inspected officially the Royal Marine Light Infantry quartered at For ton-barracks, the Royal Clarence-yard, an d the Royal Naval Hospital at Hasler, both the latter establishments under the superintendence of Capt. Dacres, C. 8., R.N. From the Clarence-yard the Board embarked in their barge, and inspected and mustered the steam reserved on board the Blen heim, in the command of Capt. the Hon. F. T. Pelham, C. 8., and thence to the gunnery - ship Excellent, Capt. R. Hewlett, C.B. In the evening they dined with Rear-Admiral Martin, Superin tendent of the dockyard. The Falcon, 17, Commander Campion, is dis mantling in Portsmouth harbour, to be paid off. The Pylades, 21, Capt. Michael De Courcy, left Poitmouth harbour yesterday, and anchored at Spithead. The Sparrowh k ave 4, steam gun despatch Ira The scheme pro - posed by Sir C. Trevelyan com prises important changes in the organization of the army, as well as in the system of promotion, and in the pay of officers. Credit is taken for a saving of 42,0001. by the abolition of agency, for which no substitute is provided. The establishment of general officers is reduced from 234 to 193, a change which undoubtedly would be economical, but, which must retard the current of promotion as will be seen by a reference to the memorandum on this scheme, which is inserted in the Appendix. The charge for non-effective services is stated at a di minished amount, but it seems improbable that under a system combining voluntary with com pulsory retirement, such a saving could be effected. Since, however, the scheme of Sir C. Trevelyan has been submitted to the Secretary of War, and will be examined by the officers in that depart ment, we have not deemed it necessary to take further evidence upon the prqposed scheme, or its probable cost to the country. The augmentation in the military expenditure of the country is, however, of surbordinate importance in comparison with other considerations which are involved in this change. Putting aside for the present all financial difficulties which might interfere with the attempt to abolish the purchase system, and assuming that Parliament had not only provided the sum to which officers desirous of retiring by sale are entitled under the purchase system, but were also prepared to grant as in creased amount for the annual maintenance of thei army, if necessary, we have yet to consider whether in this country such a change could be effected with advantage, and by what measures it should be introduced. The evidence annexed to this report proves that any general scheme of promotion by selection would not be favourably received by the officers of the British army. It would be equally offensive to the purchasing and the non-purchasing corps. The commission on army promotion in the year 1854 recommended a limited application of the principle of selection, but they accompanied this recom-' mendation with suggestions intended as far as' possible to defeat the influences of private friend ship and of political preference ; with this view they proposed that, whenever appointments were' made out of the regular course of army promotion, the services of the officer selected should be detailed, for public information. It is obvious that if selec tion were to be applied to the junior ranks, this security would be very much diminished. In imitation of the French system it may be suggested that special inspectors should be appointed to visit and examine the regiments, and that all promotion should be based upon a careful consideration of their reports. Such a scheme could hardly be applied to the British army. Inspectors could not be sent annually from the Horse Guards to visit regiments dispersed from Canada to Australia. A fair and practical system of examination for the pur pose cf promotion cannot be extemporised by a commission, it must be based upon a long experi ence of military men, and modified by a variety of considerations, in order that due encouragement may be given to all the qualifications and attain ments which contribute to an officer's efficiency. Before any scheme of promotion by selection is exteusively introduced in the British army, there should be a general confidence that the power of selection will not be misused. The military appoint ments made during late years, as avt.ll in this country as in the Crimea, have not tended to satisfy the army with the mode in which the principle of selection has been applied. It may be suggested that if the purchase system were abolished, promotion up to the rank of captain might be safely left to the rule of seniority. Such a measure would have an inju rious effect on the efficiency of the army, the regi ments would in a few years be filled with old lieutenants and captains, and there would be no opportunity of selecting officers for the higher ranks except from amongst those whose age must necessarily impair their efficiency ; under such an incomplete arrangement, the principle of selection might fail in bringing to the higher ranks officers qualified for active service in the field. If the pur chase system were abolished, and promotion by seniority should become he rule of the service, the witole army would either be reduced to the condi tion in which the ordnance corps were placed in the years subsequent to the peace of 1815, or, what is more probable, an unauthorised practice would arise, a sum of money would be subscribed in the regiment, or pecuniary influence would be in some way employed to induce others to retire ; thus, even after the abolition of the purchase system, much of the hardships and of the evils incident to that system would recur. It seems doubtful whe ther any scheme of retirement, however liberal, would induce such a current of promotion as to en able the executive Government to rely on the effi ciency of officers raised to the higher ranks by seniority alone. According to the establishment of the army a regiment contains eight or ten ensigns, ar,d an equal number of lieutenants and captains ; but as there are only two majors, it is manifest that a large proportion of captains must remain for a long time in that rank waiting for the next step, retarding the rise , of lieutenants and checking all promotion in the regiment. Here the purchase system operates favourably for the public service, since it is found that a number of these captains and lieutenants retire by the sale of their commis sions, and make room for the advancement of younger men. A pension graduated according to the length of service or to the rank of the officer would not have this beneficial effect, but would on the contrary induce the officer to remain in the certainty of securing hereafter an increased allow ance. When it is said that an officer selling out only receives back his own money which he had previously paid for commissions, and that the same amount originally placed in the funds would have furnished a simpler and more convenient pro vision for his retirement, it is answered that this representation of the case, however specious, is not in accord ance w i t h the usual facts or with the prac tical operation of the system. Friends and rela tions often come forward, at great pecuniary incon venience to themselves, to purchase the first com mission o r t o assist the ' promotion of a young officer, but these persons would not be equally ready to provide a fund for his future retirement. Here, theref ore , th e officer selling out obtains a sum of money which, except under the purchase system, he would never have acquired. The retirement of old officers, which is essential to the efficiency of the army, is facilitated by the purchase system, nor would a rule of compulsory retirement, unless as sisted by a large grant of public money, be found to be an adequate substitute for the present sale of commissions. The adoption of election would, if judiciously exercised, secure the ablest men for the higher regimental ranks, but this would necessarily leave every regiment filled during a protracted peace with old captains and lieutenants, who must wait, with little hope of promotion, until they reached the age fixed for their retirement. selection could Passing by, for the present, th e difficult ques tion of of e w ti h r a e t m w en ay t f t r h o e m p t ri h n e ci a p r l m e we have consi deredbe introduced, what secur i t ies can be suggested for its just application , an d under what authority such a power could be adm inis t e red. The introduction i n r of such a change in the organisation of the British army is beset with difficulties. The presentof body officers have entered the army and served in the faith of another system, and they would com plain if they suddenly found themselves superseded under the operation of new rules. We have in vain endeavoured to obtain evidence which might en able us to point out a mode by which such change could be gradually introduced. None of the mili tary witnesses examinad had considered the sub ject in its details, and their observations afford no assistance towards a practical solution of these difficulties. It may be suggested that young men should in future obtain their first . commissions without purchase, after which their 1 future promotion should be subject to such regulations as might be laid down for the advance ment of officers by selection. Such a system could not be brought into operation in a regiment where officers have already purchased their commissions, unless the government were prepared to buy out the officers who were unwilling to serve under this new code of regulations. A change of this extent would disturb the regimental system throughout the British army, and it would soon be obvious that a new scheme of entry and promotion cannot be generally introduced, until the purchase system shall have been entirely abolished. Many reasons induce us to believe that, instead of commencing with the new entries, the principle of selection might with more facility and with more advantage to the public service, be applied to the highest rank in the regiment. The honourable post of colonel of a regiment is now given by selection. This po sition has no duties attached to it, and is usually a reward for past military services. The post of lieut.-colonel, on the contrary, is of the greatest importance for the efficiency of the regiment, and this is attainable by purchase. It is moreover fur this rank especially that sums are paid greatly ex ceeding the regulation -price. In this rank, again, practical evils have resulted from the purchase sys tem, which seem to require and to justify interfer ence. It may be said that the Commander-in-Chief has full power to interfere and to prevent the pur chase of the lieutenant-colonelcy by any officer whom he may consider unfit fur such command. Under the present system an interference of this kind is a measure which, it is stated, would only be resorted to in an extreme case ; it might save a regiment from being placed under an officer who was notoriously unfits it would not confer the com mand on the officer who might be acknowledged to ' be best qualified for such promotion. The prohi bition to purchase is an exercise of authority which has not, it is admitted, been sufficiently employed, nor can it be expected that any Commander-in- Chief will readily incur the ill-will attaching to a departure from the practice of the service. In this respect, therefore, we think that the good of the service will be best promoted by an alteration ; and we recommend that hereafter the lieut. -col onelcy of a regiment should no longer be purchase able, but should be an appointment made by the selection of the Commander-in-Chief from all the majors in that branch of the service. The principle of selection may be most advantageously tried in the appointment of the command of a regiment. The Commander-in-Chief has, it is said, the means, through the information collected at headquarters, of knowing the character for efficiency and intelli gence of every field officer in the army. The re sponsibility of these appointments will rest on the Commander-in-Chief, and the attention of the whole army will be necessarily fixed on his exer cise of this power. In recommending that the command of a regiment should in future depend upon the selection of the highest military autho rity, we adopt the practice which prevails in many European states as well as in our Indian army. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief has stated forcibly all the objections to the appointment of lieutenant-colonels by selection. At the same time he has admitted, that a power of vetoing the purchase of the lieutenant-eeloneloy might often be exercised by the Commander-in-Chief with great benefit to the army, and without injustice to any individual. His Royal Highness has also stated, that if the returns from inspecting officers are fairly given, as they ought to be and might be, there is no officer in the army with whose professional:cha racter the Commander-in-Chief might net be ac quainted. Thus then it appears to be acknow ledged, by the persons most competent from their official positions to form a judgment in this matter, that the ordinary mode in which offi cers now attain by purchase the command of regi ments, ought, for the good of the service, to be in some degree limited or cont ro ll e d. The choice lies, therefore, between the power of prohibiting an offi cer from acquiring this command, or selecting an officer for this command. The power of prohibi tion has, however, unquestionably been always vested in the Commander-in-Chief ; it has been too rarely exercised, and a post, the importance of which cannot be overrated, has been and may again be held by persons ill-fitted for such command. The inference seems to be obvious that instead of the discretional exercise of prohibition, the Commander-in-Chief should be authorised to select for this command. To this proposal, it is objected, that the feeling against selection is so strong, that the highest military authorities will take refuge in seniority, and if they cannot choose the senior major of the regiment, they would select the senior major in the arm of the service. These objections will be found stated at length in the evidence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and in the evidence of Earl Grey. These opinions are entitled to great weight, but after a full consideration we recommend that a change should be made in the mode of appointing to the command of regiments, that for this rank purchase should cease, and that the lieutenant colonel should be named by selection upon the re sponsibility of the Commander-in-Chief. We make no reference to higher ranks, because they are not attainable by purchase, and are, therefore, not within the scope of our instructions. We also re commend that the period of holding this command should for the future be limited, and that a time should be fixed—eight or perhaps ten years—as the longest duration of such command. Officers, how ever, who relinquish the command of a regiment after holding it for the prescribed time, must not suffer any pecuniary loss from the c h a nge. The Go vernment must also be prepared to purchase the lieutenant-colonelcy from any officer now holding the command of a regiment, whenever any be desirous of selling Ins commission. Even this limited amount of change in the regulations of the army will be attended with hardship to officers who have paid, according to long-established usage, large sums for their commission, a nd who from tkeir position have the prospect of s p e edily obtain ing the command of the regiment, which may have been the long-sought object of their ambition. It may be said, in objection to the above recom mendations, that they leave the whole system of purchase untouched up to the rank of major. We are, however, thus cautious in introducing the prin ciple of selection, from an earnest desire that its ap plication should be fairly tested by experience. To abolish the purchase system, and to leave promotion by seniority as the future rule of advancement, would, in our opinion, be a course of p r oceeding most injurious to the efficiency of the Bi itish army. Such, no doubt, would be the simplest, and it would on many accounts be the most popular measure ; but the information derived from the purchasing, as well as from the non-purchasing corps, proves that such scheme would, during a, long interval of peace, render the British army ill qualified for the service which may hereafter be required of it. By retaining the sytem of purchase up to the rank of field-officer, the outlet for the retirement of majors, captains, and lieutenants will continue as at pre sent. The current of regimental promotion will not, therefore, be retarded, whilst on the other ' hand a limitation of the period during which the same officer shall hold. the command of a regiment will tend to accelerate promotion. Those officers again who have been raised from the ranks will be still enabled to sell their commissions, if they should wish to quit the service. The purchase of the first commission is the least objectionable part of the present system. In this case, the regulation price is never exceeded, and the supply of eligible candidates ready to purchase is more than sufficient for filling the annual vacan cies. The British army according to its presen t establishment contains about 6,003 officers ; and the new entries required to maintain this establish ment can in this country be easily provided for from amongst those who are willing to pay for their commissions. Moreover, it must be remembered, that purchase is not the only mode of entering the army. During the three years from 1851 to 1853, a period of peace, while 963 young men entered the army by purchase, 266 entered without purchase. Nor can it be fairly said that the p urc h ase sys t em is the obstacle to introducing a better system of military education. A stricter examination before granting the first commission, an improved training , afterwards, and a further examinatio n on promo tion from ensign to lieutenant, are measures per fectly compatible with the system of purchase. Commissions in the artillery are now granted under a system of competitive examination. This system is, it is said, to be modified ; but as the whole subject of military education is now under consideration, and the military institutions of foreign countries have been visited with the view of establishing some plan of instruction for British officers, we deem it unnecessary to advert to infor mation upon these points which may be found in the evidence we have collected. . The mode of entry into our army c a n no t, o f course, be assimilated to the system of foreign countries, where purchase of the first commission is unknown. But we may observe that in making appointments to the staff similar difficulties do not occur. The staff is in no way concerned with the purchase system. Here, therefore, there is every 'facility for the adoption of Duch improvementsin education and military training as may be deemed advisable ; and without imputing any deficiency to the staff of the army, for such an imputation would be in direct contradiction to the evidence we have received, we may yet suggest that promotion to the staff might be made the means of stimulating mili tary education, rewarding meritorious officers, and obviatine , some of the hardships which must arise from the purchase system. It appears that in France, in Austria, in Prussia, and in Sardinia, there are special establishments for the instruction of staff officers ; entrance to these establishments is, it is said, gained by competition, while admission to the staff of the army is only to be attained by passing through these establishments with credit. A similar system might be adopted for the British army ; the senior department at Sandhurst might be strengthened and rendered available for the pur pose for which it is said to have been originally intended, and a course of training in this depart ment might then be made an indispensable condi tion to the attainment of a staff appointment. The system of study and of training would require careful consideration, with the view of testing and of cultivating those physical and mental qualities which are more essential to an officer than literary or even than high scientific attainments. Regula tions rendering a staff appointment an object of honourable emulation would have a beneficial effect not only on the staff itself, but would promote military education throughout the army. Such regulations might moreover prepare the way for an improved system of army promotion hereafter. The limitation of the time during which officers shall hereafter hold situations on the staff, a measure recommended in a former report, would "render these appointments additionally serviceable to the interests of the army. All these changes, inasmuch as they introduce the principle of advancement by selection tend towards the abolition of the purchase system. When experience has proved that officers appointed to the command of regiments, and to situations on the staff, have been chosen with due regard to their professional acquirements, to their past service, and to their present fitness, the distrust of the principle of selection will be lessened, and one great obstacle to the change of system will be renloved. A system of periodical inspection by officers spe cially appointed for the purpose, as is practised in the French army, would probably be found a bene ficial measure, tending to give confidence in the fairness and impartiality of the reports ; and though such inspection could not be applied to regiments abroad, the object might be attained by other means. A board of general officers might be con stituted under the name of Inspectors-General ; some members of this board should retire annually and he replaced 'by others, so that while an unifor mitt' of system is maintained, the impartiality re sulting from a change in the inspectors may be secured. This board should personally inspect the troops in Great Britain and Ireland ; they should also require from general officers commanding on foreign stations such arrangements as they might deem essential for acquiring an intimate knowledge of the merits and capabilities of officers serving abroad. Such a system would, it is believed, remedy some defects which would are found in the existing mode of inspecting regiments, and it would gradu ally collect information which would assist the Commandar-in-Chief whenever it may become his duty to select an officer for the command of a regi ment. In the preceding pages we have endeavoured to show that if the purchase system be abolished, it will become indispensable, for the purpose of main taining the efficiency of the British army, to adopt a new system of retirement and promotion, namely, to make retirement, after a fixed age or period of service, compulsory, and to give promotions by se lection. It has been further shown that compul sory retirement will be alone an inadequate substi tute for the sale of commissions ; but we consider that its partial adoption would facilitate the measure we propose for the selection of lieutenant-colonels, while we do not suggest disturbing the existing system as regards the purchhse and sae of commis sions, up to the rank of major inclusive. Until the effect of the change above recommended shall have been tried and its practical results approved, it would be in our opinion injudicious to interfere further with the usual course of regimental promo tion. The recommendations which we have ventured to make must necessarily afford some opportunities for the exercise of selection, and if these opportu nities are used with fairness and discrimination the confidence of the army will be conciliated, and pur chase will then no longer be deemed indispensable as a security against favour in the highest quar ters, and as a guarantee against the mischievoui in terferences of private friendship, and of political preference. We conclude this report with an ear nest hope that our suggestions may be found con ducive to the welfareof the army during peace, and to its efficiency whenever its services may be again required to maintain the honour of the crown or the interests of the British empire. SOMERSET. STANLEY. SIDNEY HERBERT. DE LACY EVANS. HARRY D. JONES. GEO. CARR GLYN. STATEMENT OP .LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR DE LACY EVANS, TO BE ANNEXED TO THIS REPORT. As a member of the commission he has the hon our to state, that he has deem9cl it a duty to sign the report decided on by the commissioners, because he fully concurs in the recommendations, as far as they go, which it contains. But, as the evidence adduced has strengthened the convictions which he previously held on this subject, and as he believes that some additional measures may, with advantage to the public, be adopted, having for their object a more elrly termination of the system of sale and purchase of commissions in the army than is provided for in this report—he will feel it his duty to transmit, as soon as practicable, to the office of the commission, a representation of his humble opinions to this effect. DE LACY EVANS. CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. Yesterday an extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors of the Crystal Palace was held at the Bridge-house Hotel, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors presented on the 23d June last, to elect three directors and one auditor, and to consider the report of the committee of in quiry._ Mr. PUNCHER, a shareholder, had also given no tice of his intention to submit the following scheme for the consideration of the meeting, viz. : " A scheme for the reduction and eventual ex tinction of the capital of the Crystal Palace Com pany, and to secure to the original shareholders a return of their subscription at par : By Lottery, viz.— . 1,000,000 tickets tone guinea each) £1,050,000 2,oooprizes (100 shares-5001. stock) 1,000, COO Leaving a surplus of £50,000 " 1. Each prize of 5001. stock (transferable) en titled to a maximum dividend of 5 per cent. per annum during the life of the original prizeholder, at whose death the stock to be cancelled. " Each prize (in addition to 5001. stock) to be entitled to a transferable life admission without re striction, but to be renewed yearly during the life of the original prizeholder, at whose death the pri vilege to cease. " 3. The surplus (50,0000 to meet the expenses of the scheme, and to form an accumulating fund to pay the charge on the 6 per cent. debenture stock, and 7 per cent. preference stock, and to eventually make the Crystal Palace self-supporting." Mr. FARQUHAR, one of the directors, was called upon to preside, in the absence of Mr. Anderson, the chairman of the board of director. After the usual formalities had been gone through, The CHAIRMAN briefly called attention to the dif ferent subjects to be brought before the me e ting, observing that the directors proposed to give the Committee of Inquiry the " first innings," and re serve any comments on the measures of the direc tors for a later period of the meeting. Upon one of the suggestions of the committee, namely, to in crease the number of directors from eight to twelve he might remark that such an alteration could only be made by special resolution. Urging the meeting to observe a business-like demeanour,in the conduct of their proceedings, and bespeaking a fair hearing for every speaker, the chairman con cluded b y ex pressingtioiie from its present difficulties. Mr. F. B. GARTY, the s ecretar y to the Ivo would hopeld be e t t h h a e t t d h e e li v result e o e f t o o f - d t a h y e ' s o d o e rn l. p b e a r n a. Commit tee of Inquiry, read a rejoinder to the reply of Mr. Ferguson to the report of the committee. 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"\ s "- - ------''..\l 11 I I II I 144 1 44) 1 1 t e It+ distance from the metropolis, t r w h:e t u y, la, al r• "•, lb those who residM inVond. 1 ) pa , .. • • Ll eo t n l l i n e i ra on se l les of the advaiitaas f rill w - h.„,. -. dbe called upon ti v Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL advoeated_tbe principle of lu as t o o b p j e e n c i t n e g d t to l. e t h C e r u i n n a s d a m y s u , it would give an exclusive benefit to the rich, whilst it offered no boo n w hatever to the poorer classes, to who m re l axa ti on on th e S a bb a th was a matter of deeper cons id era ti on t h an t o t h ose w h o se means en ypsrteasle present alace resolution, o u S en abled them to take a more immediate interest in the question. He concluded by moving another amendment, that the directors should give their immediate consideration to the question of opening the Crystal Palace and grounds to the public on Sunday afternoons, especially with a view of bene fitting the working classes. Mr. SLACK then moved another amendment (adopting, as he thought, the views of Mr. Scott Russell), that the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays would conduce to the moral and social development of the people, and the directors should be requested to use every exertion to obtain the requisite alteration of the law, or to accomplish the object through any existing law that could be found. /~ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1857. sel, Commander Byng, was taken out of dock at Portsmouth yesterday. - Yesterday an order was received at Chatham garrison for the following officers and men below , - ing to the provisional battalion to embark at''' Gravesend for Bombay in the East India Com pany's troop-ship Sedgemoor :-64th Regiment, Lieut. C. H. Laprimandaye, Ensign W. Morrison, and 60 non-commissioned officers and men ' • 78th Highlanders—Lieut. W. W. Young, Lieut. E. J. Fitzsimons, Ensign R. P. Butler, and Ensign J. N. Gower, with 102 non-commissioned officers and men ; 831 Regiment--Lieut. C. C. Gore, Ensign N. Pennefather, and Ensign F. Kerslake, with 132 men of that corps ; 86th Regiment—Lieut. V. G. Coates and Lieut. Watson. Capt. T. Biggs, lst battalion 60th Rifles, has joined his regiment at the Provisional Battalion, Chatham, and taken the command of the depot of that corps. Mr. G. F. Charles, master, was yesterday ap pointed to the Coastguard ; and Mr. C. E. Play fair has been confirmed to the rank of surgeon. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE PURCHASE OF COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY. (Concluded from th,e Sun of yesterday.) [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D .] the Crystal Palace, and make it a dividend pro ducing as well as a national institution." Mr. HORSLEY, a member of the Shareholders' Committee, said the committee, in the discharge of their duties, sat thirty days, of which twenty were taken up in the preparation of the necessary returns requisite for the due prosecution of the inquiry. Now, he asked the meeting, if they agreed with the general results the committee had come to, viz., that in future the meetings be held twice a-year, in June and December ; that the directors be in creased from eight to twelve, and that 600 guineas be set apart for their remuneration ; that there should be a daily supervision by one of the direc tors independent of the ordinary weekly meeting ; that instead of converting the shares into stock, only scrip certificates be issued on transfers ; that the accounts should be issued and circulated before each meeting, with a separate and independent audit ; that the gardens should be opened on Sun days on such terms as the directors might deem equitable ; that the refreshment department be so altered as to secure more accommodation for the poorer class of visitors ; that the contract with the lessee of tha stables be revised ; that the contracts were one-sided, and that in future all contracts be put up to public tender and subject to the approval of the shareholders ; that precautions be taken with regard to season tickets, and that half-guinea season tickets be issued for children, and half-yearly tic kets issued ; that Saturday be a shilling day ; that the grand fountains be played on certain Is. days ; that life tickets be issued on the surrender of shares ; and that all accounts above 107. should show a debtor and creditor side. The last recom mendation was to issue gratis, or at a cost of a penny, " A Crystal Palace Programme and. Gazette," setting forth the various objects of general interest to be seen or heard within the building or in the grounds. He con cluded by moving that the direction be increased from 8 to 12, with a remuneration of 600 guineas a year. Mr. SLACK had a resolution to move which he thought would supersede the one already proposed, it was to the effect that the report of the committee of shareholders be received by this meeting, and that it be recommended to the serious considera tion of the directors, accompanied by an expression on the part of the meeting, that a system of man agement, in accordance with the report, appeared to be desirable, with the view of making the Crystal Palace more attractive to the great mass of the people, and that the meeting were clearly of opinion that such a result might be obtained by pursuing a popular and judicious course. He was satisfied that such a change as this resolution sug gested would promote the interest of the public and secure a dividend for the shareholders of the company. Mr. S. SIDNEY said that what they had to con sider was whether the Palace had been properly managed during the last year. They should bear in mind that twelve months since the Palace was for the first time put under the direction of a general manager, and he maintained that Mr. Fer guson had not had sufficient time to develop all his plans for improving the condition of the property. He dissented from the report of the committee as displaying personal feeling and a total ignorance of the matter under consideration ; and his opinion was that instead of the shareholders taking the affairs of the company into their own hands, they should be continued under the management of one individual, who should be generally responsible for the results. Mr. H. H. CANNON then seconded the resolu tion ; and The CHAIRMAN having read it to the meeting, Mr. Alderman Rose vindicated the conrse adopted bythe directors, and urged that they should be allowed to carry out their views in the best man ner possible, and thus retrieve any errors which may have crept into the management. Let them place confidence in the directors, .and not seek to fetter them by reports and resolutions which were not calculated to promote the interests of the country. The CHAIRMAN said he was anxious to take this opportunity of expressing his feelings, and those of the directors, in reference to the general position of their affairs. In the first place they should bear in mind the peculiar novelty of the undertaking, and the various difficulties they had necessarily been obliged to contend with, from the want of previous experience on the part of the directors to enable them to carry out so gigantic a project to a success ful result. lie did not object to the spirit of the re solution under discussion, but he entertained certain deliberate opinions which induced him to think that the present directors had endeavoured, whenever an opportunity arose, to adapt the Crystal Palace to the wishes and requirements of the people. In proof of this, he would instance certain events of great national importance which had taken place in the building under the auspices of the directors, viz., the visit of the Emperor of the French, the Peace Fete, and the inauguration of the interesting monu ment by Marochetti, 'the Opera Concerts, and the Handel Festival. These ceremonies, and the man ner in which they were carried out, were sufficient to show that the directors were desirous of seizing every opportunity that presented itself of making the Crystal Palace the " palace of the people"— that is to say, of inducing the public to visit it on occasions B l involving results of national inte rest and importance. As to the Opera Concerts doubless they would not have taken place had it not been for the destruction of Covent Garden Theatre, and it was not likely that they would be repeated in future years. As regarded the various questions of detail which had been introduced into the report, this was hardly a fitting occasion for discussing them ; and in reference to the proposi tions to be brought forward respecting "life ad missions" and the opening of the Crystal Palace and grounds on Sundays, they were essentially matters of opinion which could not properly be set led at a public meeting. The directors had raised the revenue during the past year to 115,0001. and this circumstance proved that they were en titled to the credit of having done something to prolnot- the success of the undertaking. Mr. PUNCHER said that it was quite true that the events alluded to had been carried out in a very creditable manner, but at a very considerable ex pense, and it was too much to expect the share holders could allow their loyalty and patriotism entirely to absorb their private and personal , interests. After a little further discussion the resolution was agreed to. Mr. HORSLEY moved and Mr. WILSON seconded a resolution, " that the number of directors be in creased from 8 to 12, and the sum of GOO guineas per annum be awarded to them for their services." The resolution having been carried, Mr. SNow moved and Mr. KERRY seconded, •‘ That the number of directors being now increased to 12, one of them shall attend at the Palace every day ; and therefore the services of a managing director could be dispensed with." Mr. J. H. JAY moved, as an amendment, " That the first resolution embodied the opinions of this meeting, while it left the directors to carry out the objects of the undertaking in the manner which in their judgment seemed best." Mr. SIDNEY seconded the amendment ; and Mr. Alderman ROSE supported it. After a brief discussion the resolution was with drawn, and the amendment was not put. Mr. WILSON moved that in future the share holders be called together twice a year—in the months of June and December. Mr. REED seconded the motion. meetings taking place twice a year, o e r ch d not think the shareholders might desire ; but h six months. it possible to produce the accounts place, m the course The CHAIRMAN said he had no o bject a io s n o t f o te t n he a ir s A desultory conversation tookboa rd that in conse quence of the sharehryoolddielerresnaistbeainhgcraffaa of which it was urged from th b e in early meeting body, the expense a w fu ould be such as would not re port to each of them b the results, inasmuch as it a v r te b hr lyae that every hold l d statementroshareholder te n of s be compensated for was not possible very yoopy numerous mtheerousgbr Chairman declared the result to be in was then put, and upon a show of m otion a T w a r te n oa d j moved t and d e t d g e favour of the resolution, there being, however, a large number against it. h t a h re e s should have a special free admission (not trans ferable) to the Crystal Palace and grounds on Sun day would have a family ticket, admitting four or six persons, as might be determined. The motioa having been seconded. Mr. afternoons, A ppise° Captain YOUNG moved as an amendment that the hands apnrTheoyetehei dnt anything n e meeting should act in strict accordance with the spirit as well as the letter of the charter, which en joined that no person be admitted into the Palace on the Lord's Day in consideration of any money Payment, whether made directly or indirectly. t Mr. Alderman Rose seconded the amendment, and a discussion took place, in the course of which it was contended that the adoption of of unfairness to those shareholders who lived at t for opening the Palace on Sundays wou e ld be an act resolution Captain Young's amendment was then put and negatived. The amendment proposed by Mr. Slack was next put and carried, and the motion of Mr. Russell was withdrawn. It was next moved that every shareholder should have a special free admission (not transferable) on Sunday afternoon, and that it be left to the direc tors to consider the subject, and, if possible, give effect to it. The motion was carried by a majority. A resolution was then proposed by Mr. READ, a member of the committee, that a distinct, separate, report by the auditors should accompany each an nual report of the directors. Carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was then passed to the com mittee of investigation, and it was agreed that the expenses of the law stationer for copying the report, dec., should be paid by the company. r. og2vy an& Mr. Seymour were then re. director's or the company, and Mr. David Price was-talocted in lieu of Mr. Gill, whose name was withdrawn by the chairman in obedience to the suggestion of the committee (that his attendance at the board meetings were not such as to warrant his re-election). Mr. R. Read, Mr. E. P. Spiller, Mr. C. Horsley, Mr. Caird, M.P., Mr. H. S. Bicknell, Mr. S. L. Sotheby, Capt. E. Walter, and Mr. J. Nasmyth (the inventor of the steam hammer), were then no minated as directors ; and it was resolved that the election should take place at an extraordinary meet ing in December next. The report of the directors. dated the 23d June, was then received and adopted, and the meeting separated with a vote of thanks to the chair Man and directors. The meeting lasted six hours. FATAL DUEL AT PARIS. We find the following in the Paris correspondence of the Independance Belge : " Every year at the time of the vacations several duels take place between the pupils of the school of St. Cyr. This year the duels have been more nu merous than ever, nearly 80 having taken place since January last. One of them, which occurred at the close of last week, had a lamentable issue, and originated in motives the most frivolous. A fact, insignificant in itself, connected with this duel, testifies to their frequency. When the actors in it engaged afiacre at Versailles to take them to the ground, they mentioned a spot little suited for a drama of that kind. The coachman, well versed in such matters, hearing whit was being said, ob served, 'Pardon me, Messieurs, but I think you are choosing a bad place. I usually drive to Moulins Hill on such occasions.' Thither accordingly they went. The combatants and the witnesses were all minors. The principals were M. L---, son of a former prefect, and M. de Negrier, son of the Colonel of the 14th Regiment of the Line, an officer who greatly distinguished himself the Crimea, who is the friend of Marshals Canrobert and Pelissier, and whose promotion to the grade of general of brigade has been announced in the Moniteur. Tne duel came off, and young —, mortally wounded, was taken to the hospital of Versailles, where he died the next day. On Sunday last his burial took place. Nearly all the pupils of the school were present at the obsequies. The sister of young L— was a4outsto.leave to be married, and her journey had been delayed a month in order that this unfortunate young mail might be present. His mother, summoned by telegraphic dispatch, hastened to Versailles, but was too late to receive his dying sigh. " The pupils of the school show a certain amount of irritation against Negrier—unjustly, however, for that youth is in despair at .the result of the duel, and his military career will be, if not alto gether lost, very much retarded. There is some question of bringing him before a council of war, or sending him to his regiment. You are aware that every pupil received at St. Cyr contracts a voluntary engagement, and is then sent to the school with the grade of non-commissioned officer." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION. The report of the directors of this company states that • there has been an increase of receipts arising from passen gers as compared with the corresponding six months of 1856, but there has been a decrease from other sources of revenue. The directors are satisfied - that if proper means existed for enabling the vast population of the north and north-eastern districts of London to visit the localities connected with the Richmond and Windsor branch of the London and South-Western system, the receipts from passenger traffic on the j unction line would be greatly augmented. The Hammersmith branch line was opened for the conveyance of coals on the Ist of May lost. Upon the half-year's transactions there is a net balance of 1,4111., which is sufficient to pay a dividend of 4s. per share on the main line shares, and at the same rate for two months on the branch shares. The capital account showed that 81,4141. had been expended on the main line, and 20,762/. on the branch line to Fla'mmer smith. The revenue account for the half-year showed that 2,626/. had been received and 1,0611. expended, leaving a balance of 1,5651. SOUTH WALES. The statement of receipts and payments of this company to the 30th June shows that 1,37,95.11. had been received on capital account, includingl,23o,B6B/. on loans and deben tures, and the total expenditure amounted to 1,372,152/., including 16 of 6, a. n o,69Blsubscriptions e revenue otherto accountcompanies, fo rthe h balance leay. ing a e year ending the 30th of June showed that 170,0'i71. h a d been received and 103,3711. expended, including 5m o sa2t fees,l .1 0 : 2 0 i s l 7 2 u i 51sfn. tdividend added 2 ° l f . r re l n l a Newports , t o i 17006gfn/s station, Vale e ah f o t r ei o t o t m l a ni n:oteeflhsefNe, leaving vo l e2 a mi a :s ot t a ho r 4:aa: shares,cin.bc d o ') a ar n t ne t n e , t i4 e :2 ol :3 l Lf s. 6l °6 . o ul tramway, r6hawBm9ralw' registrationagaTnoyna, stock, and 19,250/. fixed rent from Grange-court to Carmar then by Great Western Company, making together 89,9971. From this sum is deducted 7681. rents of offices, wharves, &c., 19,770/. interest on loans and debentures, and 14,2111. assumed amount due under agreement to the Great t W h i e s s i t s e r Company, d n ed uete dl4 ,I leaving balance e ra preference of d s i s v , i 2 d l e 7 n / d . e O n u tof the he guaranteed stock and shares, and 39,8611. for proposed dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum on the con solidatedo. stock and shares of the company, leaping a balance of 1,2091. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. Toronto on the 29th of September, the company by increase the capital f . sought to b d eof the ordinary on s 2,000,0001. sterling, by the issu the undertaking of of the company ; and also to purchase Trunk Junction Railway the London London and Grand a o i l l l w i n a g y C.E.who was, in accordance pimp. Mr, C. H. Gregory, t the Provincial Government, appointed with the desire of t directors to visit Canada for the purpose At the special meeting of this compaanntyh,orttotybewhiellld bein by the London k the ß r stock, e character o the contracts has just issued his report. It supplied under length, and enters into a variety of details is of considerable. to the formation of the works, the effects of with respect , • t e on i them, the modes adopted to meet 'various the chum difficulties as they arose in the execution of the works, and d the circumstances under which the contractors were fairly entitled to compensation beyond the amount stipu lated in the contract. In conclusion he expresses a gene tgheuwpoornks,thaned GthreanqdualiTtyiltionf gene ral opinion to the effect that full justice has been done the proprietors both by the engineer-in -chief and by the contractors. Taking the accounts as a whole, he be lieves that if the contractors had adopted a litigious course, of reporti f n instead of confiding in the honourable adjudication of the engineer-in-chief, the company would have been serious losers. As far as he can judge of the cost of other railways in Canada which he bas seen, he thinks the Grand Trunk have obtained th e i r li nes at a more reasonable P2?_ er. manent charact er o f th e i m p or t an t bridges on th e Grand e, p al though they are o f a muc h super i or c h arac t er . The Trunk R a il way P roper w ill i n th e cours e of years be pro ductive of great saving. The completion o f the Victoria bridge at M o ntreal, by uniting the secondn por tion of the railway, will remedy a defect which a t the present time undoubtedly opposes a serious obstacle to the development of the through traffic. THE GREEK HOUSES AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. —The Presse d'Orietzi has a letter in which it is said that the Greek houses abroa d are, as a rule, the agents of the Russian Government. Fre q uently, says the writer, one and the same Gree k famil y has establishments in Odess a , Constantinople, Marseilles, Paris, and London, and, naturally, firms so intimately connected keep each other well informed of everything that is going on, The foundaGcrteine in c Greeks s a a c u m : rods A i Armenians the e o n i o a n n es great a a d n o d p t et ttehi cities. same a m That h pa it s a y nt s system e itno Russianbh ee t East, and merchants connected by the ties of blood, and Government takes advantage of the influence acquired by these houses in order to further its commercial plans, is a fact which has long been notorious in Russia. We need scarcely add that these same poisoners of truth write most of the pro Russian mis-statements as to everything Turkish which pervade the German And French papers, „