The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-06 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. CHINA. he following is a List of the Naval Force presently engaged in the Chinese Expedition, together with the armaments of the various Vessels, carefully drawn Up from numerous documents : No. Men,Peace Wei g ht of N ame. of Establish- Metal in I Arn. amen'. Guns. ment. Broadside., " ---- -----.i -- -- 7 ------- B lenheim ....., 72 590 1,234 ' 4 8-in. mortars, 56 7- long 32-pounders, 12 32 . pounder Melvill e .. carrona {es. ... 72 590 1234 Ditto. Wellesley.„.... '72 590 1 , 234, Ditto. Druid. ...... '4 4 390 740 28-in. mortars, 26 long 32 -pounders, 16 32-pouadcr carronades. Blonde ......... 42 320 708 23 long 3 ±-uound ders, tle rest heavy car:or ades. ati2 drolnache ,26 220 452 18 ditto. Contro l . ...... 26 210 452 18 ditto. Idli gator ... 26 210 376 18 ditto. 376 18 ditto. v il . ,i7-i. ....... 26 210 Itr a go... ..... 26 210 376 18 ditto. It/ 0 d ....... 20 200 320 18 ditto. pa're —este ditto. tirite ..... 18 16 5 288 16 32-pounder car ronades, the rest e %act nth ..• 18 165 288 16 dittsmallor. 1 012! ............ 18 160 288 16 ditto. C ! 4 4 11 ,1 1 : 3 • ..... 18 130 288 116 ditto. ( .' ...... 16 1 30 256 14 d i tt o . r ,ttlis er el emus . ....... 16 130 256 14 ditto. eo luMbin 256 14 ditto. ....... algertne e.... 16 16 120 120 276 12 ditto. ...... 10 75 90 .............____ COMPANY'S STEAMERS. The Queen The Enterprise 1 ... The Atalanta The Madagascar .... all 21 Queen's ships and four Company's steamers. "t.#:•l CHINA. (From the Canton Register of May 5.) CI HIS EXCELLENCY THE VICEROY OF CANTON. American Vice-Constil Delano, in behalf of the t i o l 'ests ed of his country, whose names are hereto respectfully presents their petition as follows h eerea s it is the custom of western nations, always L ih !ll one power blockades the ports of another, to pro• ti o lt k the ships of every nation from trading to the giyetekeded port, but of this previous notice must be Nov, intellig ence h as b een received from England Itio • America, speaking of England contemplating, on or about74‘ es T e tß s C a l id lst of Jun e , to blockade the port of Canton. t i merchants belong to a neutral nation , and to preserve th e i r ne utrality. igt wch: the tim e i s s h or t to bring our nation's ships •m r : W r These ships pursue an honourable trade. 4tie e theref ore earnestly sol i c i t t h at t h ey may come di . I ' In . tt o Wharnpoa and open their hatches. Heretofore 'hiPs have been d e t a ined from teu to thirty days i ?re they cou ld di scharge the i r cargoes . If the ships t iLuch are to come sh a ll, as h e retofore, be detained, the c." 1: will not su ffi ce to di sc h arge an d t a ke in their ; r oes, a n d t h ey cannot speed i ly comp l ete t h e i r b usi tie's ; besides, the English men-of-war once arrived, ' ne Y Dort will prev en t our s hi ps f rom enter i ng or l eav i ng th e i_ s and they can no t re t urn t o th e i r coun t r y, a nd our ses will be immen se. we . therefore earnestly pray that our ships may tam e dir ect l y i nto port, and be permitted to commence thee, business, and the favour bestowed will not, be trini ng. . Oor Petition i s su b m i tte d to your E xce ll ency ' s con tderation. AUGUSTINE HEARD, and CO. GIDEON NYE, Jun. A. A. RITCHIE. JAMES RYAN. HENRY W. HUBBELL. OLYPHA NT and Co. RUSSELL and Co. 1.1 S. W. Luis. h kt, HENRY FESSENDEN. JOHN SHILLABER. ISAAC M. BULL. ; fl'4 4 4 : ' C anton, April 25, 1840. 1 41 i ,Iltoc LAMATION TO THE AMERICAN VICE-CONSUL, W "Yu DELANO, ESQ., AND OTHERS. ' - 1 1 , .the .At..ing Prefect of Canton, proclaims to Le Amen .sn Vice-Consul Delano, and others, for their "' d in that in this 20th year of Taoukwang, t o this f° th r l ti m 'an onth,.and on this 26th day (April 27th, ,N-0), I have received from Lin, the Governor of the -„`tro Kwar , provinces, anedict bearing date Taouktvang ' 4 oth, 3d, b and 25th, (April 26), stating that thci Hong chants have sent up the American Vice-Consul's ..i..7Xneidating petition in behalf of the merchants of his li,;try, which was respectfully laid before hi s E xce l ( 7 E n3r . 'ibe Governor, declaring that (here follows the petition quoted entire, as above). stat e nr; I the Governor, in reply to the aforesaid, !ert a i nec r I ' have, as in duty bound, cxamink d and as , that the imperial will has been received, :em ,- m cut off the English trade; one nation. That fall those nations who obediently uphold the laws of the n,(l at e h, allowed free trade. But because that recently h e ,„ -s e Perceived the under-handed business that has fo - Pnrsi le d .it has been difficult to secure that other ofTtehla nations' ships would not carry on trade on behalf fo r e e „, E ,nglish ; therefore it has been necessary to search_ oofuld grant Pe r mission .no irregularity - "" n ee that • ularity has existed before 1 4) - th e • .L. mission to order the opening of the holds 11,: ve said foreigners, fearing on account of this delay, Petitioned earnestly that I would grant the favour t r lis 'Y to Permit the ships as usual to enter the po it rt ; s fal ls „r e ell is reasonable. But, in the petition, _oil nth? st ated that on or about the Ist of June the L . „ - r ," t ernPlate putting on a blockade, and then they Chi na e t Permit the ships of any nation to come „ li to trade, &c. Truly, this is analogous to an Tryaciens falsehood, and is an egregious mistake. k u j i , end reflect that these ports are the celestial dy y,llB Ports and harbours. HoW can England blockade ta r , Ye Ameri cans ? A mer i ca i s not a nat i on tribu fi,t) England ! H ow , th en , c a n you li s t en t o th e you rbarian s pro hibi t i ng your s hi ps f rom com i ng as nei 3n Y .? Why are you so disturbed, as if ye wish v.il .la;' t° acquies ce i n t h e E ng li s h po i n ti ng ou t th e I s t o f t er e or theabouts when you must not presume to en ,eatl tr a d e ? . The celestial dynasty's officers , are • mesirous to allay your anxiety ; truly, these are dig4ePortss which can only be clamoured forth by the ttrri e e a ct ed• Even up to the present time, the newly- Per re v ;, - , 'hiPs which pursue a regular trade have are re tu r`e t d to Open their holds, and those which lr . a n "ave not been allowed to enter the port. Is it lq do With regard to those concerning which I was ..otle tti :: nu, a t, as wa s r i g h t , I h ave d e tained them till fq`rhe inve stigation could be made ; indeed, how could I all i nguirin g w hi c h were true an d w hi c h were f a l se , the irregular to enter port ? te nth b~ the Governors together with the Hoppo, i_n..atto lay t° the business of every nation, do not fail ; 13 ' 4 of justice , and to seize upon equity. Xrul ' • throw obstacles in /ou r b , We are not seeking to st o aY ; from the time that the British trade ti as l io plaec: the profits which the Americans have received years be ,," several times doubled beyond those of former 510VVIence then are these losses ? Finally, if you (1 r' for ,L t aow good f rom ev il (th a t i s , u n grateful), and le llglisb eveerate their announcement, it is to tegr4et PPrehend c d that you yourselves will afterwards , rh _ nal petition I return to you. these circumstances, I therefore imme the 1 , 6 3 '1 41 13n:tit it to the American Vice-Consul, and to ateo r i; na tion ' s merchants , that they one and all . obey l • Pniti :giY, and let the prefect also return the original 18 Let there be no opposition ; accompanying H or eigu petition. it to th 4v iiig received the edict, I immediately transmit kneri e eß eid Ameri can Vi ce -C onsu l, D e l an o, and the 411, a n Merch an t s , t h at t h ey a ll o b ey accor di ng ly. ae aksvang, 20th year, 3d month, 26th day. (April 27, 1840.7 itEo, (From th e C anton R eg i ster, M ay 12 . ) rb"ULAT IONS OF THE PORT OF MACAO. the f o p, regulations of the port of Macao are 4. BY the direction of the Government : -°141) RECORD OF THE PORT POLICE REGULA TIONS OF MACAO. -- SHIP REGULATIONS. Ty4):Ei` ~ Art, 1 .‘ . Every vessel anchoring in Macao, the.ot, is r„,: or in the Ron& ' at the distance of a cannon-shot, Ilia .9 officer. .ected to be visitmaster visited by the attendant, or " Art . 2 rr t , ' visit e d ' ..e Command er o f s uch vessel, ,„ ....by th e said officer, is to produce the on v e be s s being L . 7 Pon. or 2131 1 3 's register, a list of her crew and pas , II A_ ."' hers Elan every other credential ' regarding the vessel. rt. oilt .ers, or 3 . No person except the Commander, his ~ others in case of emergency only, should quit ;oe vessel before the visit or goes on board ; for the con eat ion of this article the Commander will be he ld re- I tions 'Ol -e, and subjected to a penalty of 5 dollars or 20 ilol\ar,l. _ . Art. 4. The Commander, or such person as lands tlrk his 'beltak'f. bef ore t h e master attendant of his officer's `l5 it, la requested t o ca ll at the attendant's office with 1114 vessel's docAments. " Art. 5. Ner crew of any vessel is obliged to come flt I shore at Macao without a note from the Commander, 11! Comm anding -Officer, stating the name of the indi vit lual and vessel he belongs to ; any one found without chnot e, or with a false one, will be sent to gaol, where ne will remain until removed from this port, and will be &et ' d five to ten dollars, and gaoler's fees. Don. ` Art. 6. N o ship's crew to land with offcasivo woe " .Art. 7. It is not allowed for the crew of a vessel or "Y Part thereof to stay on shore after 8 p.m., the officer tzee ll' t ed ; any the one actiog contrary to thi s as we ll as to faix:th articl e shall be fined five to ten dollars, bcs des ree days' imprison men t, and other pen a l t i es , as t h e of nders may deserve for their bad conduct. "FOR SHIPS ANCHORED IN THE INNER HARBOUR. " Art. 1. N ballast is to be thrown into tha river , fine of 100 dollars shall be levied on whoever acts con trary to tbis article. " Art. 2. It is likewise requested not to fire any guns without permission from the Governor, the usu stalling gun and those on the occasion of measuring the vessel excepted. " Art. 3. The sailing, gun is never to be fired of rr sunset, or before sanrise, as hitherto practised ; a fine of 10 dollars to be exacted from those who act to the contrary. " Art. 4. The captain or otThier in command of vessel anchoring w:thin the Bir Fort is to report him self within the first 24 hours after his rrrival, agreeably to Art. 1,405 of the Commercial Code. No vessel is allowed to pass the Bar Fort outward without a proper certificate from the said Magistrate. " Art. 5. No vessel can leave the harbour before sh e shall have been visited by the master attenda nt, or his officer. " Art. 6. No vessel can leave the harbour with per sons on board that have no passport, or are not on the muster-roll. "Art. 7.." ny commanders, national or fo , eigners, en tering the Bar Fort, accused of having brought passen gers, or passengers that have no personal p as sport, shall be fined 0 5 to 0 dollars, exclusive of othe r penalties of the law. " Macao, April, 1840." CAPTURE OF BEYItOUT. Her Majesty's Ship Ganges, Jouna Bay, Sept. 20. The Admiral arrived at Beyrout from Alexandria on Wednesday, the 9th, with the Bellerophon, Zebra, Phcenix, and Cyclops. The same day Rear-Admiral Walker, in a line-Of-battle-ship, arrived, conveying the transports, containing about 4,000 Turkish troops, and two Turkish frigates. A corvette also arrived, 'with the Thunderer, Hastings, Castor, and Wasp. Tile Cyclops opened her fire this day on large bodies of troops near the well part of the bay, and thus the first shot was fired. After dark all the marines embarked on board the Gorgon (about 1,600), and the Turkish troops on board the Cyclops, Hydra, and Pi.cenix. Thursday, 10th.—At daylight the steamers, with the Powerful, Revenge, Bellerophon,., Pique, and rriiiiyilbVt weighed anchor arieitood to the northward. At 1 to 3 p.m. we observed the troops lauding without opposition off the Dog River. We fired at intervals during the day upon the troops passing through the town. The Benbow and Edinburgh, from having, a better position, did great execution with 'their shells. Friday, I lth.—Opened fire as yesterday. The Ad miral sent a flag of truce on shore demanding the town. Not receiving a favourable answer, we at half-past 5 p.m. opened fire upon the devoted town, and ceased at half past 7, leaving it a mass of ruins. Saturday,l2th.—Fired single shots necas!onally at the troops. Weighed in the afternoon, and anchored off the Dog River r ass. Monday, 14th.—Weighed early in the t.lorning, ran down here, and anchored off the encampment. The Admiral in the Princess Charlotte joined also, from Beyrout. Tuesday, 15th.—The Pique, Castor, and a Turkish frigate, sailed to attack Sidon, but we have not heard the result. We have been hard at work ever since the troop; landed strengthening the position. We have now ten guns in battery, and things begin to make a very pretty appearance. We cannot find out how many men Ibrahim Paella has with him ; I believe a very large force, but I do not think be will attack us, for we are so protected by our broadsides that he must expect to lose a great many men. Indeed, Ido not think he would pass the Dog River guarded by the Bellerophon and the Revenge. The Austrian Admiral, with the Prince, is here, and has landed 170 marines. Thursday, 17th.—The Benbow and Zebra sailed for Tripoli. Saturday, 19th.—A reinforcement of 1,000 Turks arrived in two Austrian steamers, with the newly ap pointed Paella of Syria. We have been joined by great numbers of the mountaineers—amongst others, Emir Abdallab, the nephew of Emir Beschir, and the only loss we have sustained was at Ghebal, whence the marines were driven back by a most unexpected fire, and had four men killed and thirteen wounded. Of these, two have since died. • When we took possession of the fort next morning, the Albanians evacuated it, and we left it in the hands of the mountaineers. It is a very strong fort, bomb-proof, and commands the road from Tripoli. ADDRESS OF THE ENGLISH AND AUSTRIAN ADMIRALS TO THE GOVERNOR OF BEYRGUT, AND HIS REPLY. Roadi of Bcyrout, Sept. 11. - . EXCELLENCY,—We, Admirals of the Anglo-Aus trian squadron, acting according to the instructions of our respective Governments, and in the interest of his Highness the Suitor., hold it our duty to lay before your Excellency our earnest desire to avoid all effusion of blood ; inviting your Excellency to withdraw your troops from Bey rout, and to consign the town to our. joint forces, to be by them protected and delivered to his Highness the Sultan. • Your Excellency will have seen in the fire of our ships yesterday but an example of what we shall be obliged to do. The fire was not continued this morning, in order that your Excellency might take advantage of, and, after mature reflection, decide, in conformity with our merciful intentions, that the innocent inhabitants be spared the unavoidable consequences of the means which we shall be forced to adopt. We entreat your Excellency to send us as speedy an answer as possible, Your very humble and obedient servants, ROBERT STOPFORD, Admiral•in-Chief. BANDEIRA, Austrian Rear-Admiral. Admirals,—You are acquainted with my orders, and after the refusal which, as was my duty, I returned to the proposals rnadc me in the name of your Govern ments to betray my master aui benefactor, it was im possible to suppose that I should act in opposition to his wishes. A 3 you observe, I was enabled yesterday fully to ap preciate all the extent of evil it was in your power to bring down on innocent families, strangers to the present misunderstanding. For the sake of killing five of my soldiers, you have ruined and brought families into desolation, you have killed women, a tender infant and its mother, an old man, two unfortunate peasants, and, doubtless, many others whose names have not reached me ; and, far from slackening the tire of your ships, when my soldiers (who, during that deplorable day, did not once fire) fell back on the town across the inhabited country of 13:‘y- tout, your fire, I say, became more vigorous and de structive for the unfortunate peasants rather than for My soldiers. You appear decided to make yourselves masters of tie town, notwithstanding that, in any event, the question will remain as before. If the fortune of war prove adverse to me, Beyrout shall only fall into your power when reduced to cinders. This town has not ceased being inhabited, and moreover it contains merchan• disc imported from Europe, the value of which is consider able. Under these circumstances, I ba7e constantly endeavoured to justify throughout the grateful thanks which I have received from Europeans. Guards have been posted to secure respect to their habitations and their magazines. They would find them untouched on their return. It lies not in my power to deliver the coven ; my orders are for its defence, and I shall defend it come what may. I, therefore, em not the person to address if you are really desirous of sparing inno cent persons from the inevitable horrors of warfare, which in a few hours you have the power to bring down en them. Mehemet Ali alone can give you an answer on this question. If, then, you attack Beyrout, and if its in habitants are buried in the ruins, let me not be reepn sible for the blood that is shed. I have the honour to remain, Your humble and obedient servant, General SOLIMAN. Be) rout, Saturday, two hours after sunrise. TOULON. SEPT. 28.—There has been a good deal of talk here about the sudden departure of the Grondeur steamer, which was ordered out of quarantine and put to sea in the shortest possible time. It appears, however, that the only object was to overtake the Cocyte, which had started for Algiers with despatches some hours before : the bag was made up by the Prefet Maritime, but one of the most important despatches remained on the desk of that high functionary, who is notorious for his want of accuracy and despatch. Order,s have been given, in consequence of this occurrence, to place cannon on one of the lofty promontories which command the harbour of Toulon, for the express purpose of firing a signal of recall to the steamers, whenever M. lo Prefet Maritime has made a blunder. The arrival of the Neapolitan squadron, consisting of two vessels of the line, two frigates, and some smaller sails, is daily expected in the harbour. This squadron is out on an experimental cruise, and it is understood that they are to pay a vlsit to Toulon for the purpose of testifying their master's friendly gratitude for the timely mediation of the French Government in the sul phur dispute with England. The inner port of Toulon is crowded with the hulks of old vessels not unknown to history. Amongst them is a frigate taken at Venice in 1797, and which brought Bonaparte back from Egypt in 1799. The surprising escape of that vessel from the vigilance of the British cruisers changed the Government of France and the affairs of the world. Several of the largest vessels, however, which have figured for thirty or forty years in the French Admiralty returns without ever having an opportunity of firing a broadside, prove to be utterly worthless now that they are ordered for sea. Thus the Majesteux, of 110 or 120 guns, was ordered to be got ready, when it was found that she had not a sound timber in her, and she is now being broken up in the arsecal here. The S3U. verain has reached the outer harbour, and wi.i shortly mak e her debut at sea ; but she had to undergo most extensive repalis. In general, it has been found that the reports transmitted from the dockyards to the Minister of Marine as to the actual state of the ships in ordinary or in construction are extremely fallacious. Thus it has turned out that vessels which were believed to be in such a state that they could be got ready in a month will require three, and in some cases it. is doubtful whether they are fit for service at all. The following statement of the ships now being built at Toulon is believed to be correct : IN THE: ARSENAL. Fleurus, 100 guns, laid down May, 1825, nearly ready. Fontenoy, 90 guilt, laid down, June, 1827, nearly ready. IN THE DOCKS AT MOURAYON, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HARBOUR. Navarin, 100 guns, June, 183 - 2, nearly ready. Eole, 100 guns, April, 1833, three-quarters built. Hector, 90 guns., Dcc. 1833, three-quarters built. Castiglione, 90 guns, June, 1833, one-third built. Sceptre, 90 guns, Sept., 1335, one-quarter built. FRIGATES. Pursuivante, 52 gunt7, May, 1827, all but ready. Zenobie, 52 guns,April, 1828, all but ready. Sibylle, .52 guns. Sept., 1829, three-quarters built. Provencale and Perdrix, gabarres, of 600 tons each. THE SUN, LONDON, TtT:ggt):AY, OCTOIItiVd, 1840. THE ROYAL NAVY. The Lords . Commissioners of the Admiralty have given strict orders that the practice hitherto pursued of employing the engineers' apprentices in her Majesty's steam vessels as servants to the engineers shall be im mediately discontinued, and that the boys shall for the future be employed exclusively in acquiring a know ledge of the duties of their profession, in order that the object of their Lordships in appointing them, vii., that they may become useful and expert engineers, may be bona fide carried into effect. This is a most judicious order upon the part of their Lordships, it being a well-known fact, that the tuition of many of these apprentices has been very much slighted while afloat, in consequence of their being em ployed to wait upon the engineers, although the first engineer of every steam-vessel in the service is allowed, in addition AO his pay, 6d. per day for each apprentice, belonging to the vessel in which a first class engineer:, may IPerYigrouiri.; ,, REdI7LATIONS AS TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXA MINATION •OF ENGINEERS IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE. First Engineer.—No person will be considered quali fied to hold the warrant of a first class engineer who is not able to keep accounts, and to make notes in the log of every particular of the working of engines and boilers. He must be thoroughly acquainted with the principles on which the machine works in all its parts, and capable of setting right any defects which may arise in the en gine or boilers ; and also to adjust the length of the va rious rosis and motions, slide valves and eccentrics. He roust have been at sea as an engineer, and be ca pable of workinz, starting, and stopping the engines, &c., and to make rough sketches, correct in proportions, of any part of the machinery, and willing to take charge of; and teach, the apprentices. Second Eag,ineers—Must not be inferior in educa tion to the first engineers, and but little behind in mechanical acquirements, with the exception of the nice points of adjustment of slides, parallels, motions, &c. Third Engineers—Should be equal in education to the second and first engineers, and will be selected either from the seuicr class of apprentices, or appointed direct from a factory. They must be accustomed to engine -work, and acquainted with the principles of the engine, with the names of all its parts, their uses, and effect in producing motion. Examination.—No person will be deemed eligible ' for an appointment as engineer, or for promotion to the second or first classes, until he has passed an examina tion on the points above stated, or on such further points as the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may from time to time think proper to require before the chief engineer and inspector of steam-machinery, or such other officers as they may appoint for that purpose. REGULATIONS AS TO THE INSTRUCTION AND .QUALIFI- CATION OF ENGINEERS ' APPRENTICES ' Fourth Class.—Boys on entering the service as fourth class apprentices must not be less than 14 years of age. They must be of goo:1 moral character and sound bo dily cw - utitution, able to write, and to work a question in the rule of three. _ _ They will be kept one year in the dockyard at Woolwich, where they will receive the necessary in struction, and their cap,.bilities will be ascertained. ( We believe the factory at Woolwich is not yet in a sufficieetly forward state to carry this regulation into ef fect ; the boys are, therefore, appokted to ships on their first entry.) Third Class.—At the expiration of their third year of service the boys will be considered eligible for re moval to the third class, if on examination they appear to have made themselves acquainted with the names and us?s of every part of the engine, gauges, barometers, &c., and the reasons for blowing off the boilers. Second Class.—lf boys on the fourth year of their entrance into the service, being then 18 years of age, be acquainted, through the instruction of the chief en gineer, with the whole principle of the engine and boilers, with the use of all the various tools, and with the mode of effecting repairs, as far as they are per formed on board ; if they be able to take off and re place any of the working parts, pack the slide valves, piston piston-rods, and stuffing boxes ; if they under stand the action and condensation of steam, the return, of the water into the boilers, the construction of all the, pumps, and of the feeding and blow i ng - o ff a pp aratas, ' safety valves, &c., and can chalk out roughly the out lines of the enuints and wheels, and have become gene rally useful, they will be considered fit for removal to the second class. Boys of the second class, having attained the fifth and last year of their apprenticeship, will be again trans ferred to the dockyard cheek, there to be solely under the direction of the resident engineer of the establish ment, where a more extended practical knowledge, &c., can be acquired. A portion of their time is to be passed at the forge, the brazier's shop, the lathe, and the foun dry, under proper instruction, a general acquaintance with each being necessary for an engineer. They arc also to improve themselves in arithmetic. First Class.—At the expiration of the fifth year, having then reached the age of 19, if, on a strict exa mination, the apprentices be found qualified for the ap pointment of third-class engineers, they will be removed to the list of the first class, and .be considered candi dates for promotion, and will tae precedence according to conduct and abilities. APPOINTMENTS, RANIi, PAY-ALLOWANCE, AND SUPER• ANNUATION OF ENGINEERS, AND THE PAY OF EN• GINEEIIS ' BOYS IN THE NAVY. APPOINTMENT. Engineers to be appointed by warrant from the Lords Commissioners of the Adinir,Aty, or by Commanders-in- Chief on foreign stations in vacancies occasioned by death, in the same manner as other warrant officers of the navy arc nor/ appointed. No person to be deemed eligible for an appointment as engineer of any class until he shall have passed such examination as the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty may from time to time think proper to require for such class, before the chief engineer and inspector of steam machinery, or such ether officer as they may appoint for that purpose. RANK. Engineers to be distributed into three classes, and to rank next below carpenters, and with each other ac cording to their standing on the official list. PAY AND ALLOWANCES . . to engineers wh;n serving on board one of her Majesty's steam-vessels in commission ; or in any of her Majesty's dockyards, whenever their services may be required there ; or in repairing their own or any other vessel in the home dockyards, Holyhead, the river Thames, Portsmouth or Plymouth harbour, or when the vessel to which they belong is paid off, and they are still re tained on board : First Class.-121. per lunar month, and 6d. a day for each engineer's boy whom:they instruct. Sc3nd Class.-81. per lunar month. Third Class.-51. Gs. per lunar month. When serving on board one of her Majesty's steam vcsscls within the tropics, white the steam is up, one half the amount of the pay of the respective classes in addition. Engineers of vessels in commission, when employed in repairing defects of other vessels than those in which they ale serving (except in the home dockyards, Holy head, the river Thames, Portsmouth or Plymouth har bour), to be allowed extra pay, as warrant officers, in addition, according to the scale established by her Ma jesty's regulations. When borne on the books of the guardships of the ordinary, and not actually employed in the charge or repair of steam machinery-Ist class, per month, 71. 17s. Od. ; 2d class, per month, 4/. 18s. 0.1. ; 3d class, per month, 3/. Bs. Od. SUPERANNUATION. To be upon the scale established for warrant officers of the Royal Navy by Order in Council of the Ch of April, 1838. PAY OF ENGINEERS' BOYS. (Per lunar month.) First class, 11. 14s. ; second class, 11. 6s. ; third class, 1/. 3s. ; fourth class, 14s. 6d. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are pleased to direct that the following scales he adopted for regulating the allotments and monthly allowance of engineers while actively employed, and while employcd in guardships ALLOTMENT. While actively employed. £ s. First engineer, per calendar month Second engineer, per calendar month Third e ngineer, per calendar month ...... While in guardships. First ,per calendar month 4 Second engineer, per calendar month .„.., o 13 Third engineer, per calendar month 1 16 MONTHLY ALLOWANCE. While actively employed. First engineer, per calendar month Second engineer, per calendar month Third engineer, per calendar month 1 10 While in guardships. First engineer, per calendar month ...... 2 10 Second engineer, per calendar. month 1 10 i 0 'Fi:ird engine er: p er ca l en d ar month THE FIREAT -1-iEVONPORT DOCKYARD. (LATEST PARTICULARS ) The Second Edition of the Devani)ort Telegraph published on Saturday morning, says—Wo stop the press to announce that a discovery was last night made which tends greatly to increase the suspicions that the late fire was the work of soma diabolical incendiary or incendiaries. It appears that the officers of the yard, as usual, previous to th e c l ose o f t h e wor king hours last night, visited th e S t . G earge, 120, lying in the north dock, and report e d h er " a ll sa f e an d c l ea r." A short time after the me n h a d l e f t t h e yar d , s croe:police officers went on board, and at the bottom of the hold, on the ballast, they discover e d a heaplif combustible materials, consisting of pitch, tar, oakum,' candle ends, &c., and made a report accordingly. .This morning an investiga tion took place, when the carpenter of the ship said he had himself pulled out the stuff from under the timbers, and left it where it was found. If this were the case, the inspecting officers must , have overlooked the heap, which is rather extraordinary, though not impossible, as the hold is dark, and the quantity not very large. The eircutnstance is, however, involved in much mystery. We have reason to believe that the amount of the loss will not exceed the estimate first named (200,000/.) ; but any calculation of this sort must be chiefly conjec tural, depending on the value set on the ships injured or destroyed. The repairs required for the Minden are roughly estimated 15,000/. The' Talavera was an old ship, having been built in 1818, but still serviceable, and could net, be replaced under 70,000/. .The Imogene Might be worth 25,0001. The two roofs cost about 10,0001. each. The valic 'of the timber, stores, and tools . consumed or'-,`' damaged has not yet been aseOrtained, but is estimated at : 40,000/. The remaining 30,0901.; it is stiPposeli, will hardly cover the loss sustained by the desttuction of the gallery, the different sheds and officea, - and the injury done to the docks. The most serious consideration in the, present 'itiqcs of affairs is the tOleipat in equipping the re ii , c'ents required ,flii - tlietket:' tkeWituedtion of the docks and necessary conveniences for carrying on the work will occupy much time. Meanwhile the urgency of the public service is great, and the Admiralty are anxious that everything should be in a forward state. The most active exertions are, therefore, making to clear away the rubbish and prepare the docks for receiving ships. DEVONPORT, SUNDAY. The inquiry before the Admiralty Solicitor is *ill proceeding, and is conducted with great industry and care. Suspicion attaches to two foreigners, whose con duct appears, to say the least of it, to have been rather extraordinary, and whose objects and motions are in volved in much mystery. To solve that mystery is at present the chief aim of the Dockyard authorities, and, as I understand, they have made same progress towards that end. It appears that two strangers, the one a Swiss, the other a Frenchman, had, for some time previous to the tire in the Dockyard, been frequently seen both in Devonport and Plymouth. They were always in Davenport during the day, and at night they generally entered a cab, and were driven to Plymouth, being generally set down in one of the pub lic streets, and never at an hotel. Their meals were always eaten in the same inn in Devonport ; but it is not where they slept. They were known ,s.‘.ei I d a dressed, I mf sseda,pain informed, r ed ejerything they had liberally,. and generally employed the sam e cab and driver, to take them from this place to Plymouth. It does not appear that they had any business in either town, and what object they had in taking up their residence in this vicinity is unknown to every one. They, however, left Devonport on the Saturday evening before the fire broke out in the arsenal ; and the person who drove them to Plymouth was examined at very considerable length on Saturday by Mr. Eastlake, the local Admi ralty solicitor. The evidence of the cabman was to the following effect. The two strangers, one of them carry ing a large bag, got hastily into his vehicle, and ordered hint to drive to Plymouth. On the way the driver ob served that they laughed and talked much more than was usual with them, and appeared to be in remarkably high spirits, as if delighted with some thing they had done. They were put down at. the place where they had been in the hab:t of alighting, and it appears that they then entered another cab. and were driven to a 'village a fear" Mil es •beyond Plymouth, -on the London road, and called. Crabtree; Beyond that they have not yet been traced,. and what has become - of them no one knOsrs." " T haV'e, - indeed, heard this morning, that - on the - Sunday after the fire hid been got under one of them entered the small inn in Devonport, which they had been in the habit of fre quenting previously, and appeared so much excited and alarmed, that the landlord " suspected lie had stolen ::omething." One of the stranrers, and I believe the Swiss, spoke English fluently, and the other but imper fectly. Toe}' were both young, rather neatly dressed, and one of them wore a gold pin in his cravat, and seve ral rings upon his fingers. The same person who in formed-- me that oae of those strangers returned to Dtstaip - ore - art - 'the n'clak after the fire, also told -me he had ascertained that they had at tempted -to borrow some money from a person in :the ina,,end bp!d offered the ,finger„ ringa . aft aec ty, tbO "roan: - pawnbroker had, lot& op , sen' notice to the' irtiekY'erirfhat c gokoe,, thing 7 tca communicate of iniportattee My informant . supposes that this communication may have reference to the rings, and that the strangers may, have : pawne& them, not finding it possible to raise money en them from their landlord. At present I can only - vouch for the facts that two foreigners are suspected by the au-- thorities of having fired the dockyard, that the cabman who drove them from Devonport to Plymouth on Satur day night week was examined on Saturday last (yester day) in the arsenal, and that his testimony has con firmed and strengthened the suspicions v hich before ex-- ag e d. What more strongly convinces me that I have given you accurately the effect of the ceotnan's evi dence is, an observation made to me by an official per son, who is perfectly acquainted - with every part of the evidence taken since the commencement of the investi gation. He knew my connexion with The Time3.' and, although he prudently refused to give me any informati on of importance, he observed Your paper made a most extraordinary prophecy some time ego." I did not understand what he alluded to at the time, and I had not an opportunity of asking him for an explanation. The story of the foreigners, how ever, has, I believe, afforded me a key •to the meaning of his remark. I now understand bins to have alluded to a communication you received from Paris and pub lished some weeks ago of certain foreigners having pro posed to the French Government to destroy the English dock-yards. The gentleman 1 alluded to, must have known on whom the suspicions of the dock-yard au thorities rested, and I ain new persuaded he tnust have had the cond uct o f the foreigners I have mentioned in his mind when he made the remark I have quoted. Your Paris intelligence seems, indeed, to be cont4rnel in a very extraordinary manner by the in vestigation going on here, and if it be true that the Ad ratty score made acquainted with the diabolical proposa taking no one measure of r h s at to th d e es r t e r c o e y n t t h fi e re E English s h kindled arsenals, b y aaansidoiriteliiintuls greater care ev g ieg r d e n a et t and grave will be the responsibility which oii i fa y prf'ord L o: ords have incurred in coincidence precaution to betwixtguitrd against you r c o t I tyti ou threatenednniiciremarkable,ea rt ei,:nsso is to be danger,ffarrom Parisl'he gone;at a n l d Nen t o oy e s f r att e t ; :a u etl l l t s s tteal o v,bee f l neh t t. h os e r ssLieunfilairssectsitettitolg nighttiale twenty additional sen tries were posted in different parts of the arsenal, and two watchmen, as in old and better times, were sent on board every vessel in the yard. It would have been wiser never to have reduced the number of soldiers and watchmen ; but it is some consolatio n to know that the expensive lesson which the recent conflagration- taught Ls not been entirely l ost u pon the Gov ernment .— Correspondent of the notes. NAVAL E LL IGEN CE. Swail, tender, sailed'iesterdny for 'Falmouth, with stores. The Fearless, steamer, arrived on Monday, from Ports mouth. Snips in Harbour—linpragaahle, 104. Captain Eden ; San Josef, 110. Captain Tayler, C.B. ; Cal cutta, 84, Captain Sir S. It7)6trta ; •Belleisle, 72, Cap tain T. ; Savage, 10r; Ferret, 10, Lieutenant Thomas ; Medea. and Fearless, steamers. In the Sound-- . -Seuthampton, 52, Captain Hillyar, bearing the ,flat; of Rear-Admiral Sir Edward King. _Her Mdieoy's.. brig _C!ia, .16, Commander Free mantle, arrived at Rio de Janeiro, from Bahia, July 25:h, and was to sail the 27th for the River Plate. The Rev. E. S. Phelps, Chaplain of her Majesty's ship Stag, is appointed to the Southampton, flag-ship of Rear-ACmiral Sir E. D. King, and will join on her arrival on the South American station. INCENDIARISivi AT SHEERNESS' SHEERNESS, OCT. 4.—it appears two officers, at tended. by Mr. Henty, came out of the dockyard this day at noon, and went to his (Mr. Henty's) house, for the purpose of searching it. They carried away from the houic a part of a box of lucifer matches and a piece of resin, about a quarter of a pound, as reported to me. It is also reported that the resin found in the carpenter's storeroom has been compared with the resin in use and in store in her Majesty's dockyard, and the resin found in the locker is declared not to be of the same quality. It appears no direct proof can be brought against the laboarers except that given in evidence by Mr. John Henty. Our Correspondent further states that Mr. John Henry, the carpenter, who, it will be remembered, was the first to discover and extinguish the fire on board the Camperdown, was this morning placed in the custody of four police officers, under the suspicion of being the ori ginator of the plot, and the perpetrator of the crime of setting fire to the ship. The resin found Henty's house is also stated to correspond in quality with that found in the carpenter's store-room locker; We understand that Sir H. L. Baker, R.N . ., kvhilst accompanying the Lords of the Admiralty to their boat lyieg at the Admiral's stairs, on going along the basin wa11,.. fell over and .struck upon the boat stage. .biolreWthish, niKtitee4iieti at,r severe bruises. , •1- S,:rgeant Lee, of the police, our Correspondent adds, is still confined to his bed, basing broken two of his ribs.--Shipping Gazelle. Henty, we understand, is a married man, and has been 12 or 13 years in the navy. He has been for some time a warrant officer, and has only recently re• turned to England from service in the West Indies. He is looked upon at Sheerness as a man of great re spectability, and little likely to be guilty of such an act. He was remanded till Thursday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. Henry Woodward, at the Clarendon Hotel, from Bieester; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ponsenby, at the Clarendon Hotel, from the Baths of Kistengen; the Duchess do Cannizzaro, in Hanover-square, from Rich mond ; the Right Hon. Sir Charles Grey, M. P., at the Clarendon ; the Eail of Mcuntcharles, at ditto ; Count Flahault and tha 11. n. Miss Elphinstene, from Paris ; Admiral Sir John and Lady Lanford, in Sussex place, from Hastings ; Sir Robert and Lady Douglas, from the Mauritius; Makrr Darby Griffith, Mir Regi ment, and Mrs. Griffith, at Mivort's Hotel, from Cornfield Pic.ce, Hurts; Mr. arid Mrs. ',laude, in St. Andrew's place, Regent': Park; Lord Bloomfield, from Laughlin House, Tipperary ; Mr. Colquhoun, at York terrace, Regent's Palk, from Scotland. D E PA RT E S. Sir Samuel and Lady Ciarke Jerome, for Matlock ; Sir Vv'alter and Lady Mary Farquhar, for Clifton Hot wells ; Sir John Burke, Bart., for ditto ; the fey. Mr. Conyers, for ditto; Sir Felix Booth, Bart., for ditto ; General E lea, for ditto ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. John Carnegie, on a tour ; the Misses Hobhouse, for \Wey mouth ; Mr. NV. Miles, M. P., and Mrs. Miles, for ditto ; Mrs. Charles Lushington, for Harrowg:ite: Lord and Lady Carrington, for the Marine Parade, D ,ver ; Lady Selina Bridgman, for ditto ; Mr. Henry and Lady Juli ana Alexander, on a continental tour; the Hon. Mrs. (General) and the Misses Murray, for Dover. CHANGES. Earl Fitzwilliam and Professor Sedgwiek, at Wentworth How-e, from Rotherham ; Sir Charles Morgan, at Chel tenham, from Trcdegsr House, near Monmouth ; Sir B. and Lady Hall, at Hanover Court, from Bath ; Lord and Lndy Leveson, at Beaudesert, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey, from Matlock Baths ; tir. Bethel!, M. P., at Rise Park, near Boroughbridge, from Buxton ; the Hoti. Mr. and M.S. Bouverie Primrose, at Wardle House, from the Ear! of Rosehery's, Dalmeny Castle; the Ladies Douglas, at Wentworth House, from the Earl of hlOreton't, Aberdour. Clstic ; the Hon. and Rev. Henry York, at Arrington Rectory, from \Vimpole Hall, the teat of the Earl of Hardwicke ; Captain and Mrs. Danby Harcourt, at Danby Park, from a visit to the Archbishop of York, at Bishopsthorpo Palace ; Sir Lucius and Lady O'Brieo, at Whitkilk Rectory, near Leeds, from Dromolat,d, county Clare; Lieut.-General Sir John dud Lady Slade, at Bath, from their scat near Bridge water; Lord Hawke, at Wormsley Park, from Bowden, near Leeds; Mr. Bowes, M. P., on a visit to Mr. Hutt, M. P., and the Dowager Countess of Strathmore, at Streatlam Cattle, Durham, from Gibside. SPORTIN'G INTELLIGENCE. ,TATTE RS ALL'S--YEsTEMDAY‘ 'ih.;,reere was- tbin!y tk.ctesided r ,in the early: part of the f•iaffiVebtin,'-bief filled tolerably; well .'towards evening, with hownier4), adding -much to the extent Iniportance of the betting. It will be; seen belo.w.- rthat e.considerable ntimber of bet-lei' Were bai:ked for thO Cesarew itch' Stakes, at odds varying in three or four instances from those last quoted from .Newmarket. Fitzroy was backed freely at 8 to I, and after being taken at evens against Calypso, obtained the call her, and left off quite as good a fa vourite as The Ruler. Lord Jersey's lot and Bloomsbury were in some demand, and the Constantia colt sprung from 18 to 14 to 1, with several backers. Tao Derby betting exhibits two or three changes. 20 to 1 was taken three or four times about Sir Hans, 25 to I twice about Brother to Mango, 35 to 1 about Lord Exeter's Cesarewitch, 2000 to 50 was laid against Brother to Tom (the Prima Donna colt) early in the afternoon, but . offal s wme m”de subsequently to take five points less ; 10,000 to 500 offered against Wahab (Margellina colt), and 33 to 1 against Mosque, neither having friends at those prices. Latest odds : OCT. 3,—Her Majesty's ship Calcutta, (Flom the Devonport Independent. -work, and the utmost ex 841,3LCYaPit°au:niSliir S. Roberts, was warped to her sailing moorings on Friday. ~ 1 Orders have been received et for fitting the Nile, 92, at this port, for c ommission, as quickly as possible. The men are to work t She is to brought along s'do the Jetty, from. her Boin o b orings, on Monday. b e e x?rted ll s . 84, tvas warped along- Mond ay ' side the Slicerhu:k on ay, to have her masts put onboard. ' brig Ferret, 10 w Her Majesty s tR.S. T , as commissioned on Tuesday, by Lieutenan Thomas. Her Majesty s Fearlessstonrner . arrived on Thursday Pe'ili-ItelernAilsajetsoty's ship S hip Clarence, 84, was warped from s hipwrights from Ireland, and came with twenty-four into harbour, to take a su,pply of coals, previous to r )l in 'i s st a j e s eg side the Jetty .on proceeding to Sheerness. She sailed again yesterday, ( F r i : i d e a r y is to be got ready for commission o in one month. her moorings The Goo~?1q►t1 l i ghter arrived • Thursday , she 1 , t_riy i. ed on Wednesday with stores from Chatham ' .The , ll Diligence, Naval Transport, sailed on Thursday, with sailed for Portsmouth. The Alb a n, steam-vessel,ivei on Tuesday for Pembroke 45th gitneat for Belfast. The Aid, to e mbark the \►Tc`'n`'day with lighter, sailed on „ . stores for Chatham. Her Majesty9s s team-itigate Medea, arrived on Wed nesday from Portsmouth, and came into harbour the to take . a sui,pl-, r )of coals on beard. She same day, sailed yesterday (FridaY) ., er the Mediterranean. Her Majesty's ship At l engeance, with Mr. Hender son Assistant Master - m tFndant, and a party of riggers and seamen from her ajesty's ship San Josef; sailed on 'Tuesday for Portsmouth. The Nightingale, store-ship, sailed on Tuesday, for Sheerness. The Swail, tender, arrived on SaturtiaY, from Falmouth, with stores. Tho Rochester, lighter, tailed on Monday, With stores for Chatham. The COURT-MARTIAL oN CAPTAIN R. A. REYNONDS. BRIGHTON, MONDAY,—This was the sixth and last day of the Court-martial on Captain R. A. Reynolds. The prominent, it might he said the only leading fea ture of the day's proceedings is the speech, in reply, by the prosecutor,:Lerd Cardigan. In one portion of that speech he stated that Capt. Reyr.olds had obtained his present position in the regiment without purchase, and that ahis o was owing to his good offices. This was vaunted by him, while the fact is that the Gazette of the 17th of March, 1837, states the matter thus : " Lieutenant R. A, Reynolds to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Butcher, who'retires." I understand hat Lord Cercliean has attempted to sustain this statement by referring to extracts from his regimental orderly book. The extracts are these :-11th Light Dragoons. Capt. R. A. Reynolds from half-pay of the regiment to be Captain, vi c e Whit e , promote d i n t h e 3d Light Dra goons, dated January 4, 1830 ;" and the next extract, " Captain R. A. Reynolds, to be Captain in the 11th Dragoons, Jan. 4, 1839, without purchase." It will be seen by, this that Captain Reynolds actually purchased his captaincy in the first instance, and the only ground on which Lord Cardigan has a right to found a boast is, that ialen Captain Reynolds bad a right by seniority, Lord Cardigan did not allow injustice to be done by him, and yet, reading his speech without this explanation it would be inferred that Lieutenant Rey noels was made a Captain without its costing him a shilling. Thisnnight: have a very serious effect on the judgment of the Court, and 1 believe it was at first cleared up by Lord Cardigan to the Court, but after wards 'imagine confirmed, on his Lordship being directed to the military orderly hook. The Coutt was opened this morning at a einarter p..st nine o'clock, and the prosecutor was immediately called on to proceed with his rejoinder. • The Earl:of Cardigan rose and spoke as follows : Mr. Prestdent and Gentlemen, I have to offer my ac knowledgments to the. Court for their courtesy to me in adjourning at a comparatively early hour on * Saturday, so as to afford me leisure to prepare for my reply. The shortrteis of the time which I have ventured to seek at their bande' ; rrieskhee.my apology, if any want of ar• rangement, or' carelessness, or ob.curity of expression should be detected in the remarks which I am about to make on the prisoner's case. Wilful disregard of any material topic urged by him there shall be none, and any accidental omission I shall trust to the candour of the Court to excuse, and to their intelligence to sup ply. Before, however, I proceed to observe upon Cap tain Reynolds' address, or the evidence which he has adduced in answer to the charge, let me first clear away any misapprehension which it has been attempted to create on a matter, which though in no way bearing upon the question before you, to which it is purely collateral, is yet not without interest to me, as intended, in the absence of a simple and satisfactory explanation, to cast reflections upon my conduct and that of another officer, Major Jenkins, in the eyes of the public. I refer, of course, to the written statement of what passed at a certain interview between Captain Reynolds and Lieutenant Conyngham, on the ildth of August. Captain Reynolds has complained, though without any distinct explanation of the grounds or na ture of his complaint, of the mo.hs in which that state ment was obtained, and of the use which has been made of it. Lieutenant Conyngham's own account of the transaction was like the greater part of his evidence, so confused and uncertain, that no great reliance can be placed on its accuracy. First of all, when asked in cross-examination, before the written document had been produced, whether he had never stated that " Captain Reynolds made no remark, but laughed, when the report was first communicated to him," he answered —and I beg the Court to mark the words—`• I believe I made some remark to Major Jenkins." He then goes on to say, that his remark to Major Jenkins was not about Captain Reynolds having laughed. Now, up to this point, would any one who heard him have sup posed that he had dictated a statement of the whole interview to Major Jenkins, which that eilicer had on a future day reduced to writing, which he had himself signed, and which had also, with his concurrence, b.2en duly corrected and verified by his brother-in-law, Mr. Lcwis ; and yet such soon afterwards turns out to have been the case. Then, again, the impression resulting from the earlier part of his evidence is undoubtedly that Major Jenkins had come to him for information by my de sire ; whereas, towards the conclusion, it clearly appears that he went in the first instance to Major Jenkins, to whom he volunteered the narrative of what had occurred. Then he says he considered the first con versation with Major Jenkins private (though he ad tnits be did not tell him so) ; but he does not pre tend that the second conversation, when the substance of his communication was written down, signed, and attested, was ever, even by himself, considered as pri vate.. How, indeed, could it be so ? The Major of a regiment having received information which he thinks material, upon a subject concerning the affairs of the regiment, communicates that information at the request of the person giving it to the commanding officer. For the information of the commanding officer, that statement is reduced to writing, and signed, corrected, and verified by the parties frcm whom it emanated. Did any one ever heaenal a paper so drawn up and attested being intended as private and confidential'? Is it not obvious that it was meant for the use and information of the person to whom it was to be handed—that is, myself? But Lieutenant Conyngham goes on to say, that s' he was not told that the document would ho usad publicly." Certainly .he was not. Arad for an obVious reason—that it was never meant to be used in public, as I never suppoSed that Mr. Conyngham would have varied from it, in his evidence before the Court ; and it was not until his memory appeared to have failed him upon some important points contained in that statement that it was put into Iris hands, for the ex press purpose of refreshing his recollection ; when, upon an objection being taken by Captain Reynolds, the Court, after deliberation, ordered it to be read by the Judge Advocate, which, having been done, Lieutenant Conyngham at once assented to the accuracy of its detail of what had already occurred at the interview between himself and Captain Reynolds. The Court has now bad the benefit of Major Jenkins's examination as to a part of the circumstances under which the statement was originally made and written. He tells you that Lieutenant Conynghamcame to ldm to ask him to intercede with me regarding what he said to Captain Reynolds, as he was afraid that I should be angry with him. It seems, that in consequence of the Major's absence at Canterbury, lie was unacquainted with what part Lieutenant Co ny.teeham had acted in communicating to Captain Rey.. nohis the conversation he had held with a young lady at the band, in Sussex-square. 1 was myself also equally ignorant of the share which Lieutenant Conynghatn had taken in the transaction. Major Jenkins, therefore, desired that the conversation might be put in writing, in order that there might be nothing erroneous in the nar rative of those circumstances which he was requested by Lieutenant Conyngham to lay before me, with a view of deprecating my resentment of his certainly indiscreet conduct. Lieutenant Conyngham himself says that he was to make the statement for me—he adds, indeed, that Major Jenkins said that it was by my desire. The incorrectness of the latter part of this assertion is shown by the evidence of Major Jenkins ; but let that pass for the present. It is clear that whether by my desire or not, it was for my use and information, to be dealt with as circumstances should afterwards de mand—as a memorandum for my own information at the time, to assist me in my cross-examination of Lieutenant Conyngham, if he should appear as a wit ness before this Court, and to refresh his memory, or possibly to correct it, if it should prove defective; in other words, to enable this Court to arrive at a true and accu rate knowledge of what really passed when this report first reached Captain Reynolds' ears ; and all these purposes it has accordingly answered ; but the suspi cion of any unfairness in the transaction, which is vaguely imputed to me, or Major Jenkins, for even to which of us is left uncertain, by Captain Reynolds, in pro curing and using this paper, rather than in definite terms, or for any specified reason attempted to be sub stantiated against either or or both of us ; the suspi cion, I ray, is sufficient to mak e me anxious to rebut it ; not merely by argument, but by evidence ; and 1 should, therefore, if the Court should think further explanation desirable, be ready to call Major Jenkins to acquaint you, that when he received the paper he understood it to be intended for my use and information ; and that I was at full liberty to avail myself of it for every pur his first convers a ti on pose I might think expe dient. That Lieutenant Con. udnfortunate, and I y‘tvnitlr a A rn i al s o h r o uld Jenkinslta v c p e r mist! private e i r s e can not but think, under all the circumstances, a little ex traordinary ; still more unfortunate is it, that he never hinted as much to Major Jenkins. But, surely, even Lieutenant Conyngham himself cannot regret that by the production of the document of which I have been speaking he has been able to supply many materhal omissions in his original evidence. But then it is said that I t or Major Jenkins, ought to have allowed Lieutenant Conynham to see the THE IMPRISONED CHARTISTS.—Last even- paper to refresh his memory before he was exa ndt over this Conyngham, pap w e t r hic i h n exa ing a public meeting was held in the Vestry-rooms, Gor- mined. It is _not:rue, however, that any facilities have don-stseet, Gordon-square, for the purpose of petitioning b ee n withheld f nut Lie cc C i b s loe m u treotmtshohrooyuwo.bibyl thought it it tt h b ne c e f ec o ve r si e : her Majesty on behalf of the imprisoned Chartists. The would have enabled him to ute r n e a a parish ,hdneannp‘cvl dance of sofe ti x ti l e ma j f i o no r erd h i i chair, in the absence of the chutchwardens of the Jenki o ns, s ) li refreshfd tbh (St. Pancras), was takers by Mr. Leach. The assem blage amounted to between 400 and 500, the greater For- tion being females. Letters were read from several of sl ry to examine hi m f d tie any urteer, that though some the leading Chartists who had promise d to a tten little delay occurred in meeting, but were unable to be in town in sufficient tuht. the consequence, in all probability, of Major's illness, after Resolutions in conformity with the views of the meeting . Lieutenant Conyngbam's first for were moved and carried, the several movers speaking in application a copy of the paper, yet that so long the mast harsh terms of the conduct of the Government ago as the morning of Monday or Tuesday last, Major towards their victims, and impressing upon their . hearers Jenkins personally informed Lieutenant Conyngliana that the want at unity amon g st the working classes. who were he had a copy of it ready for him whenever he chose to the mainstay of the Government, and by whose means scud for it fact a. petition founded —a which Lieutenant Conyngham has alone the Reform Bill was carried.unfortunately forgotten have it a lready in ; and you on the resolutions was carried unanimously, and a vote of evidence from 11.1 r Conyng thatilis having been passed to the chairman, the meeting Major Jenkins, that when • morning broke up. The mover of the first resolution dwelt in no " s servant came for a copy on 'Thursd ay. to bun before e le v en sneasAlred to ms upon the tergiversation shown by Mr. , t, it was immediately deliver e d \Vaklcy nith reference to the erect ion of trades'-halls o'clock, tine assemble. hour at which the Cour t was to for the working classes, and called up on all true Cha rtists It certainly appears that , either through the neg 1- ' no longer to put any faith in him or any other Member of geace of the servant or the in the House of Commons as at present constituted. i pant Conyngham, that letter was not acttailly placed EVENING EDITION. in his hands till the close of his examination ; but it would be hard indeed th at e i ther I or Major Jenkins should suffer for the default of others An attempt, however, is made by the groem to fix the time of his receiving the letter at a later ~ hour— s,s helf rest eleven o'clock ; but, independently o f t h e f art that this is at direct variance with Major j tes timony (who gives an excellent reason for his own ac curacy), it is contradicted by all the probabilities of the case. If what the groom say s were true, how earn, Lieutenant Conyugham to postpone sending far the paper till after the hour of the Court assembling ? How does it happen that the greens could not find his mas ter, who he would have yen believe was at that time under examination, when in fact he was not examined until near one o'clock ? Above all, how comes the groom's memory to be so accurate as to half an hour or an hour, when it is so little to be depended upon, when be actually forgot the day on which this happened (only two days before he was examined), and would have you believe it to have been Tuesday, nhen all cir cumstances spoken to by all pities concur to fix ler Thursday last ? That the groom. may be nostaken as to time is likely enough ; that he may have loitered with the letter in his pocket is not impossible ; that he sought by his evidence, when examined, to cover his neglect of duty on the former day may readily be undeishood ; but it w ou ld scarce l y b e f a i r t h at reflectiens sheuld be thrown upon Major Jenkins or myself, because Lieutenant Conyngham's servant has failed in his punctuality or his word. I trust, therefore, Sir, that this honourable Court will be satisfied that there is nothing, either in the mode of originally obtaining this paper, or the readiness with which a copy of it was furnished to Lieutenant Conyngliam, or the use which was (not until necessity absolutely demanded it) made of it here, which is not deserving of the fullest sanction and approval of the Court. I now dismiss this topic, on which I fear 1 have detained you far too long, end for which I can only plead as my justification the large proportion of the time occupied by Captain Reynolds' defence, which was employed in examining evidence concerning this transaction. It has, however, but little reference to the charge or the defence, to which I now proceed. To the charge itself, or to the evi dence by which it was supported, it is unnecessary for ate again to draw the attention of the Court, inasmuch as both the one laid the other are, no doubt, fresh in your recollection. And I would only ask you if you had been called upon to decide, without knowing Captain Reynolds at all, whatyour judgment would have been, and I would, in the next place entreat you to ask yourselves what ground has been advaro ed, either in the address or the evidence for the defence, which can, in any way vary that judgment. Has Captain Rey nolds succeeded in showin-- you that he ,lid not receive my express order on parade, on the taint-Ling of the 28th August, that all letters addressed by him to me should in future be official ? or has he disputed the fact that on the same day he did mite and address to me a pri vate letter, in direct defiance of such order? Above all, has Captain Reynolds succeeded in raisii g the smallest doubt in your minds that the letter which lito so wrote was " calculated to excite me to depart from my duty as cernmanding officer, unbecoming an officer tend a g. ntleman, prejudicial to the best interests of the service, and subversive of good older and military dis cipline 9" And yet lam quoting only the terms of the charge itself ; and if you believe that letter to be de serving of each and all those epithets, you in fact, by so Ling, consider the charge as proved, and tl.e defence as futile. Now, first, as to the witnesses whom Captain Reynolds has called as to the charge, as coutradis tinguishedi from those as to character, of which latter class it will be necessary for me to speak. The first witness was Lieutenant Conyugham, of whom the Court has already heard so much, mid who appears to have been the first person who commueicated to Cer tain Reynolds the report complained of in his letter. which in any way affects or qualifies the charge. All that he proves, or is called to prove, is that the re port was actually communicated to Captain Reynolds on the 26th August. This has never been doubted or disputed. No one has ever suspected Captain Rey• nolds o; inventing the report for the purpose of found ing upon it his demand for its contradiction. The charge is, that having heard chat report, Captain Reynolds took an improper mode of noticing- it, and c‘entually, upon this being signified to him, broke out into the in subordieate and offensive letter which is main!: the sub ject of the chat ge. Does the evidence of Lieutenant Conyngham throw any doubt upon this? Does it con tain any palliation ? Doi a it suggest any excuse for the offence? Captain Reynolds speaks of the " in dignation and surprise with which he fast heard this report, as justifying the course lie took in coesc quence. Now, Lieutenant Conynghann who was the first to tell, would be the best witness to prove the existence of these emotions, if any such were to he traced, at the inornent of its communication. What does he say on this head? Does he speak of Captain Reynolds' tree:sports of iticignant sur prise ? On the contrary, he says that lie made no re mark, but laughed. lie adds, tt I merely racotioned the report in the course of conversation, not supposing it would go any further ; as Captaio Reynolds, wilco I mentioned it, did not appear to consider the observa tion offensive." Now, I would only ask of the Court, whether this presents -toy appearance of those indig nant feelings of which Captain Reynolds speaks, and which, though far from affording any excuse foe the conduct which he punned, are yet put fonvaid by him as the grounds of his justification; on the contrary, he treats the matter lightly, with a laugh ; and it is not till the next day, and after communication, and perhaps consultation with these friends to whom he stated his intention to demand, and the fact of his having de manded an explanation at my hands, that be becomes so excited as to write the letter which forms the first step in this transaction, and which I sill believe, if it had been replied to, in the only way in which I could with truth have answered it, would have formed the prelude to other and more irregular proceedings. I have now stated to the Court the whole of Lieutenant Conyugham's evidence, and I hope have succeeded in showiug that it offers no palliation for Captain Reyaolds' offence ; and that if any such is to be found in the evidence, it must be looked for in the only other witness examined in answer to the charge, Captain John Williem Reynolds. What, then, is his testimony ? He says, "You appe seed to feel the strongest indignation at the report, and repeatedly expressed that it was calculated to injure you." This was on the evening of the 26th. Now, let this statement have its full weight with the Court, it they think it deserves any, with reference to this charge. But surely them is one circumstance which must strike every one who heard that evidence with surpiise—namely, that the witness, who was by this time also cognizant of the report, who was equally prejudiced by that report with the prisoner, who was in communication with him upon it that very evening, who was privy, as he himself has told us, to the priso ner's intention to demand a denial of the alleged words at my hands, and was afterwards acquainted with the fact of his having done so, should, if " the feelings of indignation and surprise " which that report was calcu lated to excite in every man of sensitive honour, were so pregnant, have taken no step to set himself tight with the society of Brighton, and should never have thought of following the course resolved on by the prisoner. Why do I make th's observation? Because surely Captain John Reynold's conduct, under the same circumstances, is the best commentary upon that of the prisoner, and very plainly expresses his condemnation of a course which he very properly declined to imitate. 'rids, then, is the whole of the evidence for the defence. c A h n a i rg l e, it wrong amounts when that with reference to this ttourn dis coverttime 13 14 ri l s e o l n il e C r t 's it CO P ll e t te a loc in hs s n'ao ll yt i h .) ! ' nngd valid e al n r d g'e v ua i r i n 'a notu l tri c o nn his be half. Passing over for a moment the personal attacks upon myself with which it abounds, I will turn to such parts of it as are addressed to the charge which it pro fesses to answer. I believe that lam not stating Capt. Reynolds' argument unfairly when 1 say that lie seats his whole case upon the propriety of his first letter to me, and my injustice and tyranny in declining to retura any answer to it. Haw far the Court may be of opinion' that, even it both points were given in his favour, they would furnish, I will not say any defence, but any rea sonable pulliation of his second letter, is another question which it does not become me to discuss. Bat I fear I . must still trouble them with a few words in addition to what I said in opening the case upon these t oiros, wi ich will, I trust, satisfy them, both that the first letter of Captain Reynolds was an improper letter, and secondly, that 1 took, as 1 am sure I meant to take, the proper course in forbearing to reply to it. I regret this neces sity the more, because Captain Reynolds has already cavilled at the length of time I dwelt on this question when I had last the honour of addressing you. Captain Reynolds denies that that letter was written for any other purpose than " that which appears authority ity face of it," namely, to obtain from m u e thort of course, to deny the truth of the report. therefore, cousittered bi a i t true v eb u to provoke an avowal, i which s eel,iettoadwrictofobr et:eurlladfeoenu;nmadi es‘d,asfoirniffahcet intention I have therefore, that be c0n ,,,, ould have the Court believe, ,vi . L ,, , i 't ly, inhis con ceived the report unf j ou d a on coming off parade already ascribed to him, and which he repudiates. H e its falsehood, or next morning, so he told I d that ()nicer that he " could even uncertainty , I versation with Captair f i ro . prove it.'' If he could d 'c pro it it A h m ow Icowulrdonhgc,htal:e.en,.‘xin eetn,mynag!ter the statement of what m cne a s :mitting * party at my ex petted t f 7, 1 , t s h a a y e t sd l now, . g ou a se dd o re n ss th i e n really . Pa" August, contained in my opening refusing to bealsitelitetTeitdtleiliii,a,t he had any such expe c t at i on ly well denied the tshporofaecuticn, I mi , g w.x h ipi t yk la ln a i v et e :oo p un e l rf e ct and so prevented all ill consequences. 1 have already stated to the Court, i d not have felt myself or2t report, aoi rit.o,::::°oucte a s a i n o 3 ; , j s u u s b t ! i t i a c t ( i l c i e n o d f e t t i l l y e i n a g neg t e h ( e i e t. e o r n re v i e s, v s a t i l i i o t n li , o uatn and avowing co t n h fi e . g . l dent that every honourabl e mini whil agree with ire in thinking that such a cuurae wou mere like evasion then honesty. No drawn distinction s which Captain Reynolds rCail been he fine e et has put f orward between the two phrases, i. They s hall never CESARENVITCII STAKES, 7 to I agst The Ruler—taker, and afterwards offered 8 to 1 L , gst Calypso—taken and afterwards offered 7 to I agst Fitzroy—take 8 to 1 11 to I agst Bloomsbury—taken 14 to I agst Constantia colt—taken 13 to 1 agst Feather 16 to I agst Isaac 20 to I agst Brother to POzeilower—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's two—taken 200 to 25 agst Isaac and Bosphorus—taken 300 even, between Calypso and Fitzroy—taken mail. 18 to 1 agst Coronation . 20 to 1 agst Wahab 20 to 1 agst Sir Hans—taken 25 to 1 agst Brother to Mango—taken 33 to 1 agst Brother to Toms-35 to 1 taken 33 to 1 agst Mosque 35 to 1 agst Cesarewiteh—taken 1800 to 100 agst Mr. Mostyn's lot—taken YORK OCTOBER MEETING—FRIDAY (Concluded). Handicap of 5 sous. each, with a purse added. T. Y. C. Mr. Simpson's Aggravator, list 121 b (Capt. Williams) 1 Sir C. 11. Inborson's Prince Nicholas, 1 Ist 2 Mr. "inn's Dwarf, 9st 41b. Won easy. SATURDAY. The All-aged Stakes, 5 sous. each, with 20 added ; for two yrs, 6st 101 b; three, Sat 101 b; four, 9st 51b; five and upwards, 9st 121 b; winners once, albs; twice, 51b extra. Mile and a quarter. Mr. Bell's f by Mulcy Moloch, d by Ebor, 2 yrs. 1 Mr. Catton's The Genius, 3 yrs Mr. Shepherd's Viceroy, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Bell's Man Friday, 2 yrs 4 Mr. Dawaon's fby Belshazzar,out of Lady Jersey, 2 yrs 5 Wca easy. Sweepstakes of 5 soya, each, with 20 added ; three years, 9st ; four, lOst 41b ; five, 1 Ist ; six and aged, 1 Ist 71b; winners once thin year, 41b ; twice, 71b ; thrice, 101 b ; thorough-bred horses 141 b extra; mares and geldings allowed 21b. Mile and a half heats. Capt. Ramsden's The Tiger, 6 rs, h b Mr. Simpson's Aggravator, aged, h b Mr. Sisworth's Marie Louise, 4 yrs, h b Col. Thompson's Tilwsrth, 5 yrs, h b Won by half a length. CHESTERFIELD RACE S—.THURSDAY ( Concluded). Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; once round and a dis. Mr. Barrow's bin Catharina, aged (Hopwood) 1 Mr. Loy's Ararat, 4 y rs • Mr. Lacy's Adbolton, 3 yrs 3 Won by a length. The Town Plate of 601. Heats, two miles. Mr. Barrow's Catharina, aged (Hopwood) 0 1 1 Mr. Osborne's Little Philip, 3 yrs Mr. Flintoff's Intruder, 5 yrs Mr. Lox's Ararat, 4 yrs 0 0 dr M • L dy's Adbolton, 3, s 2 dr Three well-contested heats.