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BOSCO IS COMING TO LONDON June .Ist, CPEMORNE IS -NOW OPEN, AIONT BLAND IS OPEN TO-NIGHT. ROYAL COLOSSEUM. - OPEN DAILY. Morning, from 1/ to 5. Evening, 7to 11. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. Colosseum of Science and Art Company (Limited). MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and Ylrlous Novelties, Vocal and Cha racteristic, every evening (except Saturday) at Eight. A MORN -110 P ERFORMANCE every SATURDAY, at Three. Private Boxes it l ,lll Stalls nuty be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, , ° 'YFCraDhic-ball, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has veen entirely redecorated. pOSITIVELY CLOSES MAY 23d. pp, GENER&L TOM THUMB'S FAREWELL LEVEES at the t n '',e of Wales' Bazaar, 219, Regent-street. New Imitations, Cos- C''" , Statrws, Songs, Dances, &c. Hours of exhibition, half-past 3 and half-past? to 9 o'clock. Admission Is. and 2s. The General l ees in Peckham, Croydon, Stoke Newington, Kensington, Used, Rall, Leadenha'l-street, Beanmont Institute, &c., as adver '. Ile performs Whitsun-week at Brighton. ROYAL ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAITRENT'S tee s _ CASINO, Great Windmill-street, Haymarke t. —Great sac- L an yi the Grand Roman Waltz and the Lancers, every eveninz, with on p ri Z i nt's ) Orchestra of Forty of the first artistes of Lond. eigh t P a l Cornet-a-piston, M. Sonlcourt. Doors open at half rest teh:rallence at nine. The Lanc - ..rs will be danced at half•patt One t•hilling. IEXETER HALL.—THIS EVENING.—The cia G RAND ORCHESTRA of the ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. tent r ft Novell% Ernst Bottesini, Clara Schumann and other eml - estrtists, will appear this Evening, supported by the entire of C n a ra of the Royal Italian Opera, mhich will perform a grand Oee tt rY by Beethoven, the Overture to" Fidelio," and a new , composed expressly for this occasmn, by Herr Gollmick. of g oo d seats, 55.; tickets, 3s: 6d., 2s. 641., and Is. 6d., may be had tre et 'e.v .. and sow, Holks-street ; Cramer, Beale, and Co., Regent ama at zaitchell, Old Bond-street; Keith and Prowse, Cheapside ; •--....._ the Principal Music Warehouses.—To begin at 8 o'clock. KAHN'S MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, ji e icester-square. Programme :—Lecturcs by Dr. !Wm, b"4i. o'clock, on highly interesting and instructive Topics; and 11*, 0 ,, 17 0N, F.E.S., as follows: At half-past I—The 4—T i ,'"ena, Curiosities, and Philosophy of the Sense of Sight. At X at; " e Great Tobacco Controversy. At half-past 7 —The Food we I ts Ilse., Preparation, Adulteration, and Digestion. The Imi.h.`ntri contains 1,000 Models and Preparations, and is wholly 10 4 . 11 ed 111 the world. Open daily, for Gentlemen onlv, , rrom 10 4 dinission One shilling. Catalogues, contiairDr:g.ahres gratis to' visitors. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.— Repe t itinn of ELLTAIL—The public is most respectfully Informed that Itni n k_ c itiellee of the unprecedented &mend 'or places. and the vast th .er of persons who were unable to ab'ain admission to witneFs iZATED iendid perfOrmance of ELIJAH on Monday last, it will be E on MONDAY, the 25th inst.—Admission, Is. ROYAL SURREY GARDEN S.- o w JULLIEN'S CONCERTS, and engagement o' the popular u r , eat, Miss Vinning.—TO-DAY, TUESDAY, May 19, and during b3°,,,week, a Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, conducted new Jullien; several favourite songs by Miss nning ;an entirely and original modelled Picture, by Damon, entitled, "Fairie " 4,1 ;" and a most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display by Southby. Pke will introduce his talented troupe ot Eqestrians and beauti tii."t4l of Horses. An effective Brass Band will perform during o u ' t ,"•ernoon; and various novel amusements are dinersed through- Phthe grounds, including the Stalactite Caverns, Dioramic Views, i n - "wgraphic Gallery, &c.—Doors open at 4. Admission One Shill- Reserved seats, stalls, and private boxes may be secured at Regent street ; and Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s Cheapside. Ta l buses in attendance at the close of the performances to all ;;;` One Penny.,_ , l. The on authorises Programme to be had in th e G ar d ens, me Peony N.B.—Repetition of " ELIJAH " on Monday next. WIR. W. H. RUSSELL'S P ersona l N arra ti ve ., Re —AFTERNOON SERlE3.—Willis's Roo ms , Ri ng - s t ree t, James's. Saturday Afternoon, May 23d, Thursday Afternoon. May 28th; To e „ Monday Afternoon, June Ist. Q,ltratnance at Three o'Clock. Subscription to the Series. One 201 ? a . Single Tickets,6d. each. Cramer, Be3le, and Co. -, ggent-street ; Mitchell's, 17, Old Bond-street ; Sams', 1, St' 'rues's-street. NEANCHESTER ART TREASURES EX b TRITION. GREAT WESTERN RA ; 0 11 i n n e te cr t v o eLo n as c l i e r n e gr i ! ,e t t o w an een d from Chester. rLWctY lie — gra e r ; 1 %14 are a that station ad the Art r es Exhibition. rirllE W ELLTN GTO N.—The SALOON ti neiv Ol . istriv-,_ ROONIS are OPEN to Getleen om Six untl /Ins. ~° 1 A French Dinner 19 served at an minute m 's fr notice, "a l i a hell charge, including dessert and attendance, seven shillings. Ills Lower Carte" for the day may be seen in the Entrance Hall.— anT le ,.. Dining Room is open (as usu4l) for Luncheors and ...„7 — Entrance, 53, St. James•street, or 160, Piccadilly Ai R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet- Ple r4l , street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI -I)4m,LTEETTI' fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so the r ,`„,"Y resemble the nataral teeth as not to be distinguished from dec d by the clo s est observer; they will never change colour or This ai la will be found very superior to 'aTiy teeth ever before used. eDee:etbed does not require the extraction of roots, or , any painful ,Itear an . „ °n, end will support and,preserve teeth that are :0090, and is d to restore articulation and mastication : and that Mr. s improvement may be within the reach of the moot econo ca:: he has fixed the charges at the lowest f•ca'e possib:e. De tio47.2eeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica 2, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. AN ACT OP GRATITIJDE.-5,000 Copies of a Medical Book for Gratuitous Circulation.—Mr. G. THOMAS pdl., eying been effectually cured of a nervous debility, loss of memory, dimness of sight, resulting f rom the ear ly e rror. of youth, by : 110 Wing the instructions given in a Medical Work by a Ph' smian ' 4 considers it his duty, in gratitude to the auth or, and for the benefit neryou9 sufferers, to publish t 'hid„ free, to any address, in a sealei envelope, on receipt of a direete 'll7 envelope enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay 'he means used. He will therefore 4%dical work containing every informtion required. 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C r ER HOSPITAL, Londo n an d W es t io nh. —ro mpten.—Reeretarv' s Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu heir:3 heen established eiclusively for the treatment of the poor ri , *, ( V . with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167; u lt t th e t , on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted '`.. 4 10,1 Irr°lllPton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer r econaMended by the medical officers. The nnmber of per theat l ender treltruent as in or ont-door patients have averaged for .f Ti rthree years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation 'ol'4 l "ospital in 1851 1 799 poor persons, suffering under every et umt of this dreadful na , idady, have received the benefits of this ! l os c o y ,: A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa r th e '''ooted with the Institution may be obtained on application .418 R; ecre tarY• Contributions to enable the Committee to continue Asia to eat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer. 66. Lincoln's , 'Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's 167, ri ... y. ccakau By order. W. J. COCKERILL Secretary. 111°YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Th. Patron —The QUEEN.—Foneded 1828. 00e sick are admitted on their own application alone; no re , u 4ri au lion is required. 4. than the past month the following number received the benefits ili e Z ll _ , r . itY • either as out or in-door pat i ents. on t h e i r persona l "' • week ending 7th February ...... 2,095 Ditto 14th February ...... 2,391 Ditto 2lst February ••• • • 2 ' 650 • Ditto 28 th February •• .... 2.890 " Total in Februa r y • 9zsti tit . 1 3,179 were new cases , the remainder ( still under treat havingbeen admitted vi pre ous y. lue;trergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the a ‘ ,, k !ea•vY expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such eaten , "^f. The Committee, therefo re , earnestly entreat the aid of ge Public; •.. „ ..nagement of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 G overnors, y elected from the general list of subscribers , at thevernors, General Meeting in January. A Board is held every' Thuersdallual 4 O'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the busi ness, y' a giving explanation. When any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions Or The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John l'biasterman, keg., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; "Terries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; P rescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jena Loyd and Co. ; B arclay and Co.; Den i son an d Co. ; Williams, D eacon and Co. ; Overend, G urney, an d C o . ; Nisbet and Co., Ber 11°Z-street ; !Westerman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Cl og for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. • By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman, NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTFIER MEDICINE -oa CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOOS, DEBILITY. BILIOUS, AND c,II) LIV ER COMPLAINT S , COUGH , A STHMA , CONSUMPTION , AND O . 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It I m a oreo s v it er, i,.._ food f or i n f ants and invalids generally , .„,_,_ never the ...wits acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes wun a e,,,_°021 liberal diet, hut impart a healthy relish for luach and dinner, rene i.`"°a_restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular a ce], ebrat rgy (je, most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials fr h or r n and Dr.Har ve,;`rgessor of Chemititry Dr. Andrew Erre, Dr. S 1 ° Ingram, Lerd iii i ', , r. Campbell, Dr, Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. - oiZart r de Decies, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 t 1;:.! Well-known individuals, whose health has been restored by in7 v e seful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried An WM for many years, and all hopes ofrecevery abandoned 41311 s by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew 'Erre M.D., F.R.S., &c., &c. " London, 24, Bloomsbury-square. 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Just published, price 2.1., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the SI OKA CET, LIVER, NERVES, LUNGS, &a., without Medicin.e, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve nience, and expense, by on easy, natural, 'pleasant, end infallible remedy, which saves fifty times its cost in other means of cure. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew Tire ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattiker; Dr. Warzer ; Dr. Inzram ; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle-Stuart ; M ajor-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of care had failed. London : Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. The Third Edition. Just Published, twice 5e.. by Test. free. 55. 60 . ON TRITE 1c FALSE SPERMATORIIIICEA with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from tLe Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. ?ICE:FORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that be has addressed himself to the noia-rnedi sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if be shall detlct any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his pow& to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers, and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its wr.y into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is,that which the quacks most prize— much money...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Sperrnatorrhma, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and phydological basis. It is, therefore, Moly to do much good."—Medical Circular. London: H. Balliere, 219. Regent-street. JOZEATPS COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the french College of Physicians, successfhlly administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (Sec " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cation.--Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be hod of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. CHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER kJ WATER, mannracttred by J. SCHWEPPE and Co., the sole lessees of the Holy Well, possesses all the celebrated properties of the Nvsau S7rinz. SCHWEPPP.'3 SODA, MAGNESIA; POTASS WATERS and LEMONADE, are manufactured as usaal. Every Bottle is protected by a Label with their sienature. SCHWEPPE and CO., Manufacturers of Soda, Magnesia, and Potass Waters and Lemonade, London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. COMMERCIAL RAILWAY OF RUSSIA. RIGA TO Di:NABURG. NOTICE OF CALL OF £4 PER BPIARE, The Directors be; to announce that a call of 4/. per share on the present shares issued by the company. is t ereby rn , de ; and will be payable on or before Saturday, the fth June, at the Banking Bowes of Sir S. Scott, Bart & Co.. No. 1, Cavendish-square, and the Lon don a , d County Jcint Stock Bank. I omhard-street. It will be necessary to present the Scrip at tie time of payment of the Call ; and subsequently to present it (together with the Bankers' Receipt) for indorsement at the offices of the Company. This Call, toge her with the 11. already paid, will carry interest from the date of pavm , nt, at the rate of 5 per cent. payable half yearly in London, Riga, and St. Petersburg The present Call has born already paid on the shares taken in Russia. - The subsequent Calls w Übe extended over three years, tholargest portion being required in the 2d and 3d years. Ity the Statutes of the Company the Directors are empowered to accept payments from the Sharehohlf rs in anticipation of Calls; but it is necessary that those Shareholders who are desirous of availing themselves of this privilege, should ignify their Intention of so doing, and to what extent, by letter a ldressed to the Secretary. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be paid half-yearly on all such payments. _ _ _ The present Scrip Certificate of 10P/. will be exchanged for the four Scrip Certificates of 201. each, as soon as possible after the pay ment of the Call. . As the Directors have no means of asce taining who are the pre sent holders of the Scrip. no furtirrnotices will be sent tothe original allcttees, exeept at their personal request. Every publicity, how ever. will be given of all notices, by the uzual mode of advertise ments. By order of the Ward, J. W. W RRE TYND ALE, Secretary. 17, flracechurch-street, Monday, May 18th, 1857. CONTRACTS FOR WHEAT, SPLIT PEAR, OATS, AND SOAP Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 14th May, 1857. frIHE Commissioners for Executing the Office of la Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on MIIRSDAY, he 28th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with =rich persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the underment oned Ar ticles, viz.:— Qrs. 1 When to be delivered. WHEAT • 2,000 Hallo( each in 3 weeks, SPLIT PEAS . 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Gd , and 11 s. per box. Sold by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Darby and Gosden, 140, Leadenhall-street ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow -churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63. Oxford-street; Butler and Hardlng, 4, Cheapside ; Front and Barsant, 229, Strand ; and all inotlicine vendors throughout the truttedAtrgd ern. //2 4111 -• 7,17 , Tit • 3 \ N .* foe • • - .' 1 \ ‘ ll o4 4o ' klif 14; I „ • M /1 •• .• -4 , a , //eA + 4e) A 2 .1;1 ' _ ~4 0 14 - • ; "' 14 E 1 )" . 0; OF % , 01/ 4! [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D.] LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1857. THE NEW PENAL SERVITUDE BILL. The adjourned meeting on this subject was held at the Mansion-house yesterday, the Lord Mayor in the chair. The attendance was very thin, and the interest of the proceedings appeared to have evaporated. The chairman -ascribed the smallness of the number present to the result of the debate in the House of Commons on Friday night, id the course of which he said Mr. P earson 's views on pri , son discipline received a general sanction. Mr. PEARSON then formally put in his appear ance, but begged to be excused from remaining, on account of an official engagement that he had else where. Before leaving the hall, however, he asked that the meeting at its rising might be further adjourned till this day week, when he under took to confine his reply to one hour. The discus sion was then resumed at the point where it was interrupted on Friday, and it dragged on with little spirit for upwards of two hours. The most ani mated spot ch of the whole was delivered-by Mr. George Cruikshank, who recounted the experience he had acquired of the character of the thieves of London while living among them iss disguise with a view of intimately studying their habits. The orator, by an easy transition, reached the temper ance question, and was giving vehement expression to his well-known opinions upon it when he was suddenly called to ordsr for his irrelevancy, and was obliged to come to an abrupt termination. He was followed by Mr. Payne, who advocated the education rather than the punishment of neglected jvenile offenders, together with a lighter and more summmary mode of dealing with petty offences generally. Mr. Payne moved a series of resolutions to be added to. Mr. Pearson's, in accordance' with his own views. Mr. Arni Strong criticised that part of Mr. Pearson's plan which advises the erection of large prisons with walls enclosing 1,000 or 2,000 acres of land, and characterised it as " benevolent, but impracticable." He also recommended the transfer of our convicts to the colonies fore life, and suggested that a prospective interest in the laud they tilled should be held out to them as an ineen tive to good conduct. Sir Thomas Tancred next advised a separation between the punitive and re formatory elements in our prison discipline. Tran sportation should, in his judgment, be the ultimate reward offered to reclaimed criminals, who ought to be sent out, after expiating their sentence at home, as free men. Several other 'speakers suc ceeded, whose views were singularly discordant. Indeed, most of the gentlemen present seemed amusingly at sea as to the object of the discussion, and the greatest conflict of opinion prevailed as to the precise question before the meeting. Some held that it was Mr. Pearson's plan pur et simple. Others thought that that plan was to be taken in conj unction w ith the wider subject of the prevention of crime. Others, again, contended for the ques tion of punishments apart from that of preven tion ; and one speaker went so far as to 'insist that his new method of growing turnips was peculiarly germane to the issue. It would be hard, however, to accuse any one of travelling out of the record when no one could agree on what that record was. At length two hours and a quarter of rambling and purposeless discussion was brought to a termination by another adjournment, the under standing being that the third meeting should be rigidly restricted to Mr. Pearson's proposition. PROGRESS* OF RUSSIA IN THE EAST. Two hundred years ago Russia had no place amongst the political bodies of Asia. She was struggling to make good her position in Europe ; contending, with varying success, against Poland, which she afterwards swallowed up, and against Turkey, on which she has yet to sate her appetite for conquest. She had to acquire the solidity and make the advances in the arts of civilisation which she owed to Peter the Great. But in the two cen turies which followed, she has succeeded in appro priating an extent of territory nearly equal,to that of China—an empire which has stood for nearly two thousand years. Of the seven and a half millions of square miles . which acknowledge her sway, stretching through two of the gre Lt divisions of the globe from the Atlantic to the Pacific, more than two-thirds have been conquered in Asia, and attest not only the aggressive character of her policy, but the untiring vigilance with which she watches her opportunity and seizes it. From the Ural mountains to Kamtschatka she rules through out the north of Asia, including amongst, her sub jects the people of the ancient Tartarian kingdoms ofKasan and Astrachan, the tribes of the Kirshises, a —nd the mountaineers Of the Caucasus—thelatter not docile subjects. She has t e three Caucasian pro vince-, which lie on both sides of Mount Caucasus, and constitute a military government; the steppes of the Kirghises, the Siberian igands,•her acquisi tions on the Caspian, and the peninsulas in the Polar region of the Pacific Ocean, as far as the North- Awstetn shores of North America. She rules the destinies of Siberia, until 1822 a military govern ment, but then placed under civil government, and divided into the two provinces of Western and Eastern Siberia, fie former comprehending the Governments of Tobolik, Onak, and Tomsk ; the latter those of Irkutzk, Yeneseisk, and Yakutzk, with the two maritime Governments of Okhotzk and Kamtschatka. But the gain of Russia in the East must not be altogether judged by the extent of territory over which she has extended her rule. It has been com puted that the subjects of the Russian empire in Asia do not much exceed one-fortieth of the whole popula - Con of that continent, while those of China constitute one-half, to a nearly equal area of square • miles. The Russian population in Asia gives two inhabitants for every square mile, the Chinese forty-six ; British India twice as many. Thus, the British possessions in Asia, apart altogether from their British connexion, are the most valuable per flow; of Asia. In them agriculture and civilisation have made most improvement. Their peninsular char acter, placing them under the protection of the most powerful fleet in the world, also acids to their value and importance. Well might Napoleon, and well may Russia conceive the desigu of robbing us of this empire. And it is a fact which should be borne constantly in mind, that in the last sixty years she has extended her rule a thousand miles towards India. Tier farthest frontier on the western shore of the Caspian is farther from her capital than it is from the capital of the Punjab.—Advertiser. ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS. The season at these popular gardens commenced last night. The beautiful weather and the promising an nouncements put forth by the spirited proprietor, Mr. T. B. Simpson, raised the public expectations, which were more than realised by the various entertainments and the brilliant decorations provided for the visitors. We need not, however, more particularly allude to the improved appearance of Cremorne, as we gave some ac count of them on Saturday last. The gardens opened at three, at which early hour the spectators began to pour in, and soon the extensive grounds presented a very animated appearance. The season opened right loyally by the performance of the National Anthem by M. Bcsisio's celebrated band. This was followed by other instrumental performances, and by a concert, in which it was evident that a great addition of vocal talent bad bcea provided. The programme was so long and varied that it is im possible for us to notice all the performances in detail ; but the feats of Master Bond, the contortionist, are worthy of espec'al mention, and the burlesque opera scena, from "Lucia di Lammermoor," by a troupe of real sable harmonists, was the finest "nigger" performance we have ever witnessed, and excited shouts of laughter. This was followed by a very excellent ballet pantomime, arranged by M. Milano, entitled, "The Gipsey Girl ; or, the Doctor in Love." The scenery by Mr. Dalby ; the properties and costumes were of the first order ; and the comic acting of Mr. Seymour, as a maid-of-all-work, afforded infinite merriment. The leading dances were performed by Miss Cusbnie, Miss Louise Leclercq, and M. Milano, supported by a numerous and well-selected corps de ballet. Before the evening had far advanced the gardens were literally thronged, and when the illumina tions that have been added to the Chinese platform were lighted up, the effect was surprisingly beautiful, and the audience spontaneously gave a burst of app l ause . A very effective pyrotechnic display took place at an earlier hour than usual, after which the pleasures of the dance were entered upon. Mr. Simpson has every r e ason to be proud of the auspicious opening of the present season. SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—a. railway accident, which might have been attended with a serious loss of life, occurred on the South Devon Railway on Saturday morning. It appears that as the luggage train from Exeter to Plymouth approached the Teignmouth station at a moderate speed the pointsman, from some unex plained cause, turned the train into a dead siding which is contiguous to the platform of the station. The result was that the flagging of the platform was torn up, the stone pillars which supported the iron roof were knocked down, and the roof fell with a fearful crash across the line, while the engine, tender, and first carriage of the train were literally buried in the debris of the booking office. The driver and stoker, seeing the approaching danger, jumped off the engine just in time to save their lives. The amount of properly destroyed I:l64.)nging to the South Devon Company is estimated at several thou sand pounds. Traffic on the line was impeded for up wards of four hours, and the morning mail from Exeter to Plymouth reached the latter town four hours later than its appointed time. THE REPORT ON FOREIGN MILITARY EDUCATION. (From the Daily News.) When we yesterday intimated that it was the intention of Government to bitrke, if possible, the report of Messrs. Lake, Yolland, and Smith on Foreign Military Ed uca tion, we were well aware that we had good ground for what we stated. We did not, however, calculate upon so' speedy and so startling a prOof of the correctness of our informa tion, or the necessity for our warnings.. Sir De L. Evans yesterday -evening rose -to express a hope that there would be no further delay in 'placing the report in question in the hands of members of the House of Commons. A day or two before the dissolution he had, ho said, been about to move that a Copy of the report should be laid cn the table, when he was informed " that .it was already in print, and would be 'circulated immediately." He had learnt that it had been since circulated among the Lords, but it had net yet found its way into the Commons, and he begged to know when its advent might be looked for. Lord Palmerston's reply evinced either the most profound ignorance. the result of defective official cramming, or the most discreditable desire to evade a plain question by an ambiguous answer. A boardof military officerswith the Com mander-in-Chief at its head, was busily engaged, said the noble viscount, in the incubation of a plan. When matured, that plan would be brought before the honourable house ; but the honourable, house would hardly desire to have before them the mate rials out of which the plan was to be framed, espe cially when such materials mainly consisted of con fidential suggestions. Sir Do Lacy Evans; upon this,' suggeste I that there must have been some mis take The report having been circulated in the other house, could hardly be considered confi dential. The indomitable viscount begged to state in reply that he would inquire by whom it had been circulated. It might have been. by private parties ; at all events he knew nothing about it ; the hon. member would perhaps get more definite information, (4.7 c. Now, could Lord Decimns himself have done better than this? Thus it is that a Prime Minister, when bent on suppression, can speak of a State paper which, as Mr. Sidney Herbert took care to remind him, was "a report of certain commissioners appointed by Government to in quire into the state of the army." Will the Hou4e of Commons—will the country - submit to this sort of thing ? Is the reform of the army—that r,4orm, in the vigorous and effectual promotion of which the whole community has so vital a stake—to be trifled away by such official mystification as this ? The Prime Minister assumes that the house and the public can have no desire to acquaint themselves with the :materials on which tbe plan for the future education of officers is to ba based. In other words he assumes that they can have no desire to possess *he means of forming a judgment, whether that plan is or is net adequate to its purpose, does or does not come up to the mark of what other coun tries have achieved, and of what England ought to insist upon having accomplished. We do trust that upon this point a pressure of public opinion will be braught to bear upon the Minister, proportioned to the exigency of the occa sion and the importance of the object. The parti sans of Lord Palmerston glory in the fact, which we are not concerned to deny, that he is an emi- nentlypracticalstatesman. The only consideration with hiin in bringing forward, or in refusing to bring forward, any measure, is simply this : whe ther the majority of the public-demand it, and whe ther that which is proposed will pass. Lora Pal- merston will not lead the cOuntry:--he will not sug gest anything ; but we believe, if be finds that the feeling of the country and of the House of Com mons upon any matter is sufficiently strong, he will acquiesce in that feeling and give it practical effect. Assuredly such conduct as this implies no very lofty conception of statesmanship. But, nevertheless, amongst a free, enlightened, and self-governed people, it has its advantages. In this country vox vox Dei is a reality. In every cottmunity of men the administrator learns that there are detects in his administration by the complaints of tbose who are subject to it—sometimes, no doubt, roughly enough, as in Turkey, where a town in flames pro claims the necessity of reform. But in England, where intelligence is so widely diffused—where the press is free—where Parliament, besides the duty of legislation, recognises the duty of discussion, the Government is accustomed-to-receive authentic in t elligence,not only of defects to be reined•ei, but of the.mode in which that result may be best at tained. Thus an English Prime Minister who, in stead of leading, waits to be led—who, instead of suggeQting himself, will give practical effect to the suggestions of others, has his value, and the Pal merston view of statesmanship become; reason able. At the same time it is obvious that if a MieiAry acts -upon V;is theory, the public aud the House of Commons have soriols duties cast upon them. If the Prime Minister insists that he is the mere servant of the country—the mere prac tical man who is to put into practical shape the schemes of those whom he governs—if he renounces the higher office of ponting out defects and laying bare secret abuses, then it becomes the imperative duty of the people and the people's representatives to make themselves heard, to demonstrate with over whelming power the necessity and the practicability of such measures as they may deem essential t > the public service, and to insist that those measures shall be carried into effect. This is no mere ima gination. It is a reality, and Lord Palmerstoe's own conduct gives it proof. Is it credible that his lordship would ever have taken upon himself to in augurate the Civil Service Commission, by which the iniquities of patronage have been so much di minished—to set on Lot the competitive examina tion for admission into the Artillery and Engineers —to advise the Queen to summon Sir John M'Neill to a seat at the Council Board—to decorate Colo nel Tulloch with the badge of a K.C. B.—to pro mise a new Reform Bill even next sess on—to pro pose an alteration of oaths as a Government measure—in short, to make a single change which he has made, unless he had convinced himself— on some occasions, perhaps, somewhate late in the day—that he must either yield to the public demand or abandon power ? When a man has few convictions it is difficult for him to do violence to them. Wewill not say whether this observation does or does not apply to the Premier, but we must certainly do him the justice to remark that the result of the changes which the public have driven him to accept have amply justified their summons to surrender and his readiness to give way. The only conclusion is, that the same policy which the public have hitherto found so successful must still be pursued. These remarks apply with especial effect to this question of Army Reform. No truce must be given to the Premier till this report is produced. It is of vital importance that the members of the house should be in possession of the facts, and these facts are contained in the report and the other do cuments moved for by Sir De Lacy Evans on Fri day last. Indeed, we desire nothing mote than that the first 40 pages of the report itself should be carefully pursued. Upon that we are prepared to rest the case for an improved military education. It is a remarkable fact that whilst no single voice has been raised in Parliament, or in the press, against the changes advocated, there is an over whelming array of names in their favour. Sir De Lacy Evans, one of the ablest and most experienced of the military men of the day ; Mr. S. Herbert, formerly Secretary-at-War ; and Sir W F. Williams of Kars, are one and all committed, both by speech and writing, to the same cause. Mr. Palk, an independent county member, made a deliberate promise, this very year, to advocate the subject ; and we doubt not that the courageous logic of Mr. Roebuck and of Lord Stanley, and the earnest fair-mindedness and purity of intention of Lord Goderich and of Mr. Adderley, will not be wanting to urge the subject upon the Government. It may also fairly be anticipated that the Duke of Newcastle will lend his aid in the House of Lords to the furtherance of the same cause. But, further, this is not a mere professional question—it affect; other interests besides those of the army ; it is, in fact, a great branch of the general subject of edu cation. In this respect it deserves the support of all those who profess their belief in the benefits of education, and who have spent their lives in advo cating its diffusion. To Lord J. Russell, theref we appeal as one of the most illustrious of these advo cates ; and we trust that, when the subject conave to be discussed, he will be found in his place to give his personal weight to the arguments in favour of an improved Army Education. As this is no professional question, neither is it a party question. This discussion affects more things than the army, and its results will be felt when party_ distinctions are forgotten. It is in truth, a question the right decision of which has an important bearing on the welfare and the glory of the whole empire. In a subject so wide it is of infinite importance that public attention should be concentra ted on oen or two salient points. Whether attemp ts should e made at once to carry into effect a complete scheme of Military Education it is perhaps difficult to say. At all events it is absolid essential eIY that th should be a Staff School—a place of education where those officers who are to be on the Staff shall be edu -1 cated. Secondly, it is es=entialthat no officer who has not passed through this school, or who has not by ex amination shown himself superior to the students in this school, shall obtain a Staff appointment. Lastly it is essential, for the purpose of conducting this examination, that there should be an indepen dent Board who may determine, without the fear or favour of the Horse-Guards or of the War-office, the comparative merits of the candidates and their claims to appointments, so that after an officer has expended his time, his energies, and h's money upon his education, he may not be disappointed of employment and promotion. In a word, staff officers must be educated men, and their coMpa rative merits and claims to be employed must be de' ermined by an independent Board of Examiners d a competitive examination. Without these essentials -any scheme of army reform must be a sham ; the Turkish system of persecuting educated officers will continue to he—as in fact it now is— part of the English system and the same di , asters and extravagance which have hitherto attended our military operations will attend them in future. The money required for this great reform is a mere bagatelle. The Chancellor of the Exchequer need feel no alarm ; the real struggle will be whether the blight of wealth and aristocratic monopoly shall stilt he allowed to tarnish the glory of the British army. PROGRESS OP THE TRANSIT. We have been favoured with the following copy of a letter addressed. by a gentleman on board the Transit to his father, in London : • " 11. M. S. Transit, Monday, April 27. "Eight p.m. 124 miles N.E. of St. Vincent, one of the Cape de Verde islands. "My dear Father,—As we hope to be safely an chored in the Porte Grand of St. Vincent by 10 a.m. tomorrow, I venture to begin my second letter to you since leaving old England. We have, all the way from Corunna, experienced most beautiful weather. We sighted Madeira on Tuesday, at 11 a.m., but as it was a little hazy at the time, and we were full seven leagues off, you could not discern much; all I cauld make out eas, that it must be a very loftAsland. We bad the light N.E. trade winds for two and-a-half days ; they began in lat. 39, and we lost them again a little to the south of Teneriffe, the peak of which island we did not sight. Everything has gone on admirably well. The troops are comfortably settled down, the military officers are very sociable and pleasant, and the Transit, since leaving England, has made an average run up to this hour of 172 miles a day, including all the bad weather in the Bay of Biscay, and lying iu Corunna harbour 11 hours, to reach which harbour we had to go 100 miles out of our way ; so, I am sure, no one ought to grumble at the Transit now, when you come to remember that she can keep up nine knots au hour, under steam, in smooth water, with consuming only 22 tons of coal a day, and it would take 40 to drive the Himalaya at that speed. I expect we shall find the Himalaya there be fore us, as she would have gone the whole way at full speed, though she left England four days after us. If she is there, or has even left there, I'll be bound to say that she has cost the Government at least twice the sum we have since we left England as regards coals. Last evening, about seven o'clock, I saw the first whale, or rather shoal of live whales, in my . life, spouting up the water to an enormous height. They kept about one mile off the ship,,and about 8 o'clock we saw the last of them. We entered the tropics at 9.30 yesterday morning, but the weather is not nearly so hot as I anticipated. The thermometer is from 72 0 . 74 in the heat of the day (about 1 'p.m.) I hope you received my letter from Corunna, dated 19th ; it was very short, but was written in a great hurry. Please mention in your letter if you received it. " We expect to lay at St. Vincent for three or four days coaling. We shall have to take in about 320 tons to complete, and it will'all have to be towed off by the ship's boats, as there is no steamer there. After leaving St. Vincent we go direct to the Cape of Good Hope, and et.) into false Bay, about 20 miles from Cape Town, but I must have a try to see that town, and Mr. M'Clear, the Astronomer. It is now half-past past nine, so I will shut up for to-night, and turn in, hoping by 7 o'clock to be in sight of St. Vincent. _ "Tuesday, 28, 2 pm. "When I was called this morning I was informed that land was in sight ahead, andtliat it first made itself seen at daylight, 4 30. The island of St. Antonio (nor thernmost one) is an island which if you see once you can never forget ; it looks so high (12.000 feet), so barren, and uninhabi' able—only the Custom-hou.e and a few t-,ages. We sighted St. Vincent about 7, and arrived here at 10 a.m. ; just the time I anticipated last night, after an average run of 172 miles a-day from Portsmouth including all stoppages, the ship going easily nine knots or 104 miles an hour, at half-speed, with 20. tons of coal a-day ; and yet going full speed it takes her 40 tons to drive her three knots faster than the nine. Does not it seem funny it is those last three knots that break her back.'. The town looks small, but the bay is deep and well sheltered from wind and sea. " I am glad to tell you we have beat the Himalaya. She bas not made her appearance here yet. Ido not think I can tell you any more news till I have been on shore, which I hope to be some time this evening. I be. lieve there are a good many sharks here, or I should relish a bathe greatly. The mail steamer is expected to day for England ; but when it arrives it remains here 24 hours, so I shall have plenty of time to let you know what happens between that time. _ "Wednesday, 29. "I have been on shore for an hour, but I cannot say I think much of St. Vincent. There are only a few cot tages, the custom-house, and the consul's house. The most remarkable place is the coal wharf, but of course it is a very small one in comparison with those in England. The packet from Rio Janeiro came in this morning and sails again this evening for Southampton, so r hope you will get this letter this day week. We shall not get away from here till late to morrow evening, as the mail packet is obliged to have all hands on shore to supply her, and we consequently must wait till phe goes. I think I have told you all, so I will wish you good-bye, hoping to hear from you at Singapore.—Believe me, with much love to all, your affectionate son, fi * * *- * * * "Port Grand, St. Vincent. "P.S. We go direct to the Cape from here, if our coali last out. If they do fall short, we may possibly go to Sierra Leone. The chief ports here are Vennunah or Venuna." LEOPALD REDPATH'S COLLECTION. This,. the last remnant of a transient splendour, of a brilliant mirage that dazzled and deceived the un happy man who believed its beauty to be lasting, is now to be offered for public competition by Messrs. Christie and Manson, upon Thursday, the 21st, and the two following days. The well-known name of Redpath will doubtless attract a numerous assemblage cf visitors to examine and comment upon the articles of verge which at one time formed a part of his worldly goods ; anti it is even possible that we may hear of his being Tilted as a miracle of taste and refinement, for to the holder of money most things are possible—the reputa. tion of a Maecenas among the number. "There's naught impossible," asserts the wry servant in the old play. "Yes, to be learned, Mosca," hints his credulous master ; but the reply is true and conclusive : " Oh, not to be rich implies it I Hood your ass with reverend purple, So that you hide his two ambitious ears, And he shall pass for a cathedral doctor. "'Sic transit gloria mundi" is a truth palpable enough at all times, but few, we imagine, can regret the destruc tion of an edifice that had fraud for its architecture, false hood for its pillars, and crime for its foundation. Besides, the taste of Redpath was more than doubtful ; the pre sent collection is that of a man who has been led by others, of one who is ambitious of the name of " a man of taste" without the requisite qualifications ; there is no " unity" in the objects of art now presented for inspection—for a knowledge of art must come in tuitively, and no sum of mosey can purchase its posses sion. The collection of Venetian glass is varied in cha racter, and some few of the specimens are very choice both •in design and delicacy of workmanship. The Dresden, Sevres, and other china contains articles (though some are common enough) of great value. The Majolica and Palissy ware are good in quality and de sign, but not of a character to elicit any esrecial com mendation. The objects of art and vertu are fine, espe cially some groups of figures, vases, cups, girandoles, snuff-boxes, &o. ; and some exquisite Limoges enamels, a quantity of clever carvings in ivory and wood, a few well-designed clocks, and various statuettes, among which must be mentioned the graceful Leda of Pra• dier, that was exhibited with so much success at the Exposition Universelle at Paris. Besides these, there are several good bronzes and carefully executed marbles, in addition to a collection of oil paintings and water-colour drawings, containing some good examples of various artists; to wit—Corley Field ing, Hunt, Duncan (the view of Spithead is one of his most charming pictures), F. Taylor, L. Ha;za, Richardson, Topham, Goodhall, and Turner—though the specimens of the last-named painter are by no means first rate either in conception or colour. Of the oil paint ings we select as w orth notice a magnificent landscape of O'Conner's, painted with a Salvator-like freedom ; several splendid effects by the Danbys, father and sons ; the " Two Leonidas," by Carl Sohn • two more than doubtful Lelys ; a glorious picture by Dyckmans, per fect in detail and colour ; and other specimens of which a deficiency of space precludes a mention. That the present will be a remunerative sale we cannot doubt, but that it exhibits any superior artistic taste upon the part of the collector we utterly deny. There is a perceptible want of unity in the whole collection that betrays its origin ; it is the endeavour of a man careless about ex pense to take rank as a connoisseur and to be hailed by enihusinstic and interested friends as a person possess ing a judgment which was foreign to his nature, for in this collection we cannot discover the name of one un known artist. It is a selection quite in the old track— each name is known, and each picture has its market value. In directing public attention to this collection we have no intention of catering for a morbid sympathy, we simply direct the public to the works of artists whose names are household words, and whose productions have, long ago, commanded both admiration and esteem. THE MILITARY HOSPITAL AT NETLEY.—The Medi cal officers of the Middlesex Hospital inform us that the result of an interview which they have had with the Committee at the, War•ofce has only been to confirm their opinion, that, notwithstanding the altera tions, toe building is quite unfitted for the purposes of an hospital.—Medical Times. THE SILK CROP.—The accounts regarding the progress of the silk crop continue on the whole satisfactory. In Spain some new silk has already appeared in the market, and the crop, which is almost secured, is expected to be " half a good crop." Last year it was almost a total failure. In Naples and Sicily there have as yet been no adverse signs, and from the Roman States and Tuscany the statements are very favourable. In Lombardy the prospect seems more doubtful, but it is still too early to form a positive opinion respecting that country. From France the advices each day describe an improvement, and the worms are now between the second and third stage. Complaints are made of the seed from Lombardy, ' and also of the French seed, but these have been Eue cessfully replaced by seed from Brussa and Tuscany. The mulberry-leaf is said to be fine and abundant, but the price is high—a fact which seems to indicate confi dence in the health of the wormer and a large con. sureption, Naval and Military Intelligence. Letters from Malta to the 13th of May, mention the arrival and departure during the seven days preceding of the following screw steamers :—The 'Christina; - frein - Liverpool, for Alexiiiidietra - and Beyrout ; th© Andes, from Liverpool, for Syra and Constantinople; the Egyptien (French), from Bey rout and Jaffa for., Marseilles ; the Sovereign from, and fresh departure for, Tunis. Our correspondent gives the following account of movements at the port of Valetta :-- "The Persian, from Liverpool, for Alexandria, passed Malta without communicating, save by signal, on the Bth. " The . Waldersian, from Tunis, Mona9tier, and Sfar, with Mihomedan pilgrims, for Mecca. " The Dutchman screw steamer arrived on the 10th from Gibraltar to receive on board, and con vey to that port the remainder of the 31st regi- ment. " The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Pere., Captain Soy, with the London mails of the 4th, reached Matta from Southampton and Gibraltar on the evening of the 12th, after a splen did run of seven days 16 hours frbm the former, and only three days and ten hours from the last men tioned port, w;th 90 passengers, among whom are several officers proceeding to China, and a large freight of specie for that place and India. She ex perienced light winds and fine weather nearly throughout the voyage. " The Indus and Euxine, belonging to the same company, both full of cargo and passengers, arrived from Alexandria on the morning of the 13th ; the former was to leave on the same afternoon for Southampton, and the latter left in the forenoon for Marseilles with the Indian mails. " Her Majesty's steam-frigate Curacoa was to leave for Tunis on the 15th to embark some mosaic pavements, recently discovered in the vicinity of Carthage y the Rev. Nathan Davis, intended to be lodged in the British Museum. • • "The several military messes are vieing with each other in entertainments and banquets to Admiral Lord Lyons, who will, it is reported, before proceed ing to the coast of Spain, pay a visit, with the re duced squadron tinder his orders, to the King and Queen of Greece, who lately sent an aide-de-camp to meet him at Syra, to signify their hotpa that he would visit Athens." It is currently reported that Admiral Sir Charles Ogle will shortly be promoted to be Admiral of the fleet—a du3tiucion which has been in abeyance since the death of Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin, G. C. B. The Admiralty State yacht Osborne, Commander G. H. Bowes, (master, R.N.), is ordered to leave Portsmouth on Monday next with Flag- Captain G. H. Seymour, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Victory, for Cherbourg, to be in attendance upon his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Con stantine, Lord High Admiral of the Imperial. Rus sian Navy, whom she will embark on the evening of the 28th inst. with a riuite of 16 aide-de-camps, 'for Osborne : .presentAte -- 7arrangrementris-efor the Grand Duke and staff to leave late on the even ine• of the 28th, so as to arrive at Osborne early on the morning of the 29th. Mr. Cooper, Master, R:N. of her Majesty's ship Brilliant, and Mr. Mallard, Master, R.N., of her Majeay's troop-shin Perseverance, came home in her Majesty's ship Eurydice, from the West India station. The Channel during the past week has been crowded with a large number of homeward-bound ships detained by a long continuance of easterly winds, but for the past three days the wind has come round southerly and westerly, and enabled them to make their ports of destination. The corps of Enrolled Pensioners belonging to the Woolwich division, under the command of Co' onel Forbes, commenced their half-yearly course of drily yesterday morning on Woolwich-common. The drills are to be continued on each consecutive morning until the end of May, the assembling to take place in the fullowiug order :—Two days to be allotted for the separate drill of each company and four days for the entire force. The Deptford divi sion, under the command of Major Warde, will join the Woolwich division on the 28th inst., for the porpose of going through a three days' bat talion drill. The whole of the battalion force of Royal Artil lery otherwise off duty were yesterday drawn up on the review-ground at Woolwich, in command of Brigade-Major Shaw, Colonel Burrows, Colonel PlApotts, and the various Colonels of Division, to be inspected and drilled in anticipation of a visit from the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia to Woolwich Garrison. The troops having marched past were distributed over the field in distinct com panies, under the command of their respective officers, and underwent a lengthened series of ma noeuvres. The corps of Royal Marines, under the co mmand of Colonel-Commandant Brown, also went through a thorough field-day's exercise. The troops composin g the sth battalion of Royal Military Train, doing duty at Woolwich, have been installed into the quarters recently occupied by the disbanded battery companies at the encampment on Woolwich, the horses occupying the airy and commodious camp stabling erected there at the period of the war with Russia. The 3d battalion of the 60th Royal Rifles, being below its prescribed establishment, 87 men of the Ist battalion at Chatham. have been transferred to that corps, and are under °ram to join that bat talion at Dublin. An order has arrived at Chatham garrison, di recting that the names of the following officers are to be removed from the list of those officers under orders to embark for India with the detachments proceeding from the Provisional Battalion :—viz., Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. Otter, 61st Regi ment ; Captain W. Power, 32d Regiment ; Lieu tenant D. Reid, Gist Regiment ; Lieutenant M. Hamley and Lieutenant J. H. Fane, 81st Regi ment. The Ist Royals (Ist battalion) the 18th Royal Irish, and the 51st (the King's) Light Infantry are all under orders to proceed from the camp at the Curragh to Dublin to releive the 4th (King's Own), the 77th, and the 95th Regiments, about to em bark immediately for foreign service. Captain William Ramsey has been appointed to be superintendent to the packet-station at South ampton, in the room of Captain M‘Dougall, who has obtained his flag rank. Captain John Robb has had the "good service" pension conferred on him by the First Lordoti of Oa of Admiralty, rendered vacant by the promon Captain M'Dougall. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Lieutenant A. D. Norse , to the Royal William ; J. S. Vivian, master's -assistant, to the Princess Royal ; W. A. White, a ssistant-surgeon, to the Virago ; R. Gilm our, acting-assistant-surgeon, to the Princess Roy al ; Gerald Molloy, acting-assist ant-surgeon, to the Cumberland ; Hamilt on M. ole, clerk, to the Leopard. (AprEarrsEmENTJ—Holloway's Ointment and Pills C e rtaineEPaae dies for Sore Legs—M r . Johnson, chemist, of Great lataiiio-street, Liverpo o l, informed Professor Holloway that 'Alrs. Jackson, residing near his estab lishment, bad suffered for many years from an ulcerated leg, during which time she was applying remedy after remedy without any permanent benefit ; consequently, as a last resource, he recommended her to try Hol loway's ointment and pills ; and these medicines have been the means of effecting a complete cure, to the great satisfaction of herself and others who bad con siAered her leg as incurable.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, and at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York; by E. Stampa, Constan 1 inople ; A. Guidioy, Smyrna ; and A. Muir, Malta. THE NA PIERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—l am rrther surprised to find in yqv ir-; PA P ER m nal a letter from Colonel Wood to e s e without my answer. You will feel it • SIA fair that I ask for the insertion of the w pondence, which I must say Idid not t pc - pit - v•`(-- -4 Wood would have thrown upon , me for ulc.L. The following is what he calls my went " Scinde House, May n s " Sir,—Being without personal knowledgetrthe particulars of the first Sikh war, beyond what news papers and officers' publications have furnished, I cannot pretend to discuss the questions mooted by you. I have merely set down from my brother's journal what his views were. Very possibly he may have been misinformed on some points, and it is for those who know better to point out er rors ; but you will observe that he gives many facts as reports, and says expressly that there were two stories. " His animadversions, political and military, must go for what they are worth, and subject to antagonistic criticism. • " Your statement of the force under' Littler means, [ presume, the number on paper, and also, I suppose, the garrison left in Ferozepore, because all published accounts that I have seen give him but 6,000 on the field of battle. " As to the absence of treachery among the Sikhs, that also is in direct opposition to all pub lished accounts of the war and to all reports of the war. However, I have no means of giving a well founded opinion on this head, and do not offer any positive assertions as to special points. But on the general view I must oppose you so far as to think the number of troops engaged at Moodkee and Feroshashur, the scarcity of ammu nition during the campaign, and the necessity of detaching Harry Smith, &c., do not—the great force of the Indian armies and great resources • the Indian Government considered—indicate suffi cient preparation for a war so long expected, and so formidable. There are two ways of summing up a campaign. "If my memory be accurate, I think Lord Gough's despatch said the enemy first opened a can nonade on the. British camp at Moodkee, and that the advance of two miles was made after that. "Lord Ellenborough assured me that the bridge equipage at Ferozepore was his doing. " With this avowal of my inability to discuss the campaign in detail, I must leave my brother's state• ments to take their chance, simply remarking that, being called upon, as he was, to take command, it is probable that he was not much misinformed. - cc I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, "W. NAPIER, Lieutenant-General. "Colonel and Adjutant-General Wood, &o." " Royal Hospital, Dublin, May 11. "Sir,—l am obliged to yoU for yOur letter of the Bth. You are correct in presuming that the force stated by me to have been stationed at Fe rozepore was the number on paper. The returns show there to have been 10,472, and., the force Sir John Littler brought to Ferozeshuhur on the 21st was not more than half that number, but so ably did he effect this movement that at 12 o'clock on that day the men at the advanced pos•s of his own army were not aware that he had left Ferozepore for e purpose of joining the Commander-in-Chief. "It was, as you state, Lord Ellenborough who ordered the bo sts to be prepared at Bombay on which we crossed the Sutlej, but he had left India before they were completed. "I have not by me a copy of Lord Gough's de- • spatch on the Battle of Moodkee, but I was close to his. Lordship when the first shot was fired by the Sikhs ; it struck the ground and bounded over his lordship's horse ; we were at that time some distance in advance of where our videttes had been posted. "I find, on looking at my letter to you of the 7th, that there is a clerical error in the number of miles the British army is stated to have advanced; it should have been 200, not 250, Lord Gough's head-quarters having been at Umballah when the first Sikh war broke out. With this slight alteration I conclude that you will not object to my publishing that letter, as you say `vary pos sibly he (Sir C. Napier) may have been misinformed on some points; and it is for those who know better to point out errors.' "I remain, sir, your most obedient servant, "B. B. WOOD, Colonel. "Lieutenant-General Sir W. Napier, K.C. B." " Scinde House, May 12. " Sir,—l am glad to find that my surmises were correct on the points I alluded to in my letter. "I cannot possibly have any objection to your making the correction you propose in your own. letter. I presume you mean to publish my answer, from your notice of a particular passage. " I remain, with thanks for the explanation you have afforded, " Your obedient servant, _ "W. NAPIER.. " Col. Wood, C. 8., Deputy-Adjutant-General." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—Du I understand Colonel Wood to say, or mean, that " due preparation was mule by the Governor-General of India :to meet the contingency of a war with the Sikhs ?" If so, how was it that the Commissariat arrange ments were not, even in progress on the 13th of December, 1845—the date of the proclamation At the trial of the contractor, Lallah Jooteeper sad, in Agra (1851), Major-General Parsons, the Commissary-General, was asked by the Lallah's counsel,— " How came there to be such delay and confu sion in providing stores and food for the army 1" " Because the Governor-General never expected the Sikhs would cross the river (Sutlej). His lord ship told me this on the 12th of December," was General Parsons's reply. But, sir, let us refer to the ptoclamatiou of the late Lord Hardinge, dated the 13th of December. We shall find the following passage. It does not suppcnt Colonel Wood's view of the case : " The Governor-General in Council sincerely desired to see a strong Sikh Government re established in the Punjab able to control its army, and to protect its subjects. He had not up to the present moment abandoned the hope of seeing that important object effected by the patriotic efforts of the chiefs and people of that count y." It struck me on reading the blue-books, that Lord Hardinge's " apology" for so disastrous, bloody, and expensive a war was grounded on the fact that his lordship was "not prepared for it." However, according to Colonel Wood's defence of his late uncle, it would seem that I, in common with all India, was greatly mistaken. At a moment's notice the lower and middle pro vinces of India were stripped of their troops and left utterly defenceless. Staff officers, old and young, were withdrawn from civil employ and hur ried to the scene of action. All was disorder, con- fusion, and panic. This, lam now given to under stand, was the result of " due preparation." I hive no desire to meddle with this controversy which in no way concerns me ; but I think it only due to the public, to the memory of the late Sir C. Napier, to Lord Gough, and to the reputation and. veracity of the late Lord Hardinae, that Colonel Wood's letter should not go unreftited. I have the honour to be Sir, Your obedient servant, Broadstairs, May 18. PHOCION. THE INDUSTRIAL ScHoots BILL.—Tbe guardians of some of the principal towns in Yorkshire have declared themselves strongly opposed to the bill for the training of pauper and va g rant children, which was introduced into the House of Commons by Sir S. Northcote last session, and by Mr. Adderley in the present sea. sion. Resolutions against the bill were passed by the Leeds and Bradford boards of guardians at their weekly meetings on Friday and Saturday last, and deputations appointed to go to London to assist deputations from other places in opposing the second readin g of the bill byev e r y legitimate means. 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