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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER. 15, 1855.

Tebby, William, Mr., 24, Great Castle-street, Oxford street
'Mice, James, 11,Vigo-street
Woodard, Thomas, 2, Spring-street, Paddington
Made up to November 27, 1855.
By order of the Board.
T. KEOGH, Secretary.
Inlaud Revenue Office, Somerset House.

MEXICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN
COMPANY.
The TWENTY-FIRST DIVIDEND of seven shillings and six-
pence per share on the shares of this Company, free of income tax,
will be paid on or after the 19th January, between the hours of
eleven and three.
Forms for claiming the Dividend may be obtained by the share-
holders on application at the office.
HYDE CLARKE, Secretary.
17, Gracechureh-street, 12th December, 1855.

LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.-
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL GENE-
RAL MEETING of this► Company will he held at the Bank, in
Lothbury, on WEDNESDAY, the IGth day of Jatuary next, at
One o'clock precisely, to declare a Dividend, and to Elect Three
Directors in the room of William Ilaigh, Esq , Joseph Esdaile, Esq.,
and John Stewart, Esq., who retire by rotation, but, being eligible
for re-election, Offer themselves accordingly.
By order of the Board.
J. W. GILBAIIT, General Manager.

Lothbory, NOT. 28, 1855.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 31st
December to 21st January, to prepare for the Dividend.

LOAN.—The NEW RIVER, COMPANY are
prepared to receive TENDERS for SUMS of MONEY (raised
under the provisions and requirements of their Acts of 1852 and
1854) on Bonds of not less than 500/., for throe, five, or seven years,
at 4% per cent. interest, payable half-yearly.
Further information may be obtained, if required, of the under-
signed, at the New River Office, New River Head, Clerkenwell. be-
t ween the hours of Ten and Four, to whom Tenders are to be addressed
for the Directors.

By order. FRED. INGLIS, Clerk.
New River Office, Nov. 30, 1355.

CAOUTCHOUC COMBS.-M. FANVELLE
DE LEBARRE, 10, Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle. Paris Inven-
tor of the India Rubber Combs, has obtained a First-class Medal at
the Universal Exposition. The jury, wishing to recompense the
signal services rendered by Messrs. Favrot and Desruelles, assistants
to the above-named gentleman, have presented each of them with a
medal of the second-class.

TO COMMERCIAL MEN.—The Manager of
a Lucrative Wholesale Manufacturing Business wishes to
meet with one or two gentlemen to join him in taking the same.
The business is well-established, easily acquired, has a large con-
nexion, and may be much extended. From 1,0001. to 3,0001. re-
quired. For further particulars apply at Mr. Matthew's Offices, I,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.

CONTRACT FOR AFRICAN MAHOGANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GITEN to all persons
who may be desirous of contracting for the supply of
400 LOADS AFRICAN MAHOGANY,
that proposals addressed to the Director-General of Contracts, War
Department, Pall-mall, marked on the outside " Tender for African
mahoganjr,"svrill be received on or before the 24th instant.
Putt& tendering are requested not to use any form tint that which
can be obtained on application at the above Office, any day previous
to that date (Sunday excepted), between the hours of 10 and 4.
War Department, Pall-mall, 14th December, 1855.

PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in a cause, Smith against Kingston, the
Creditors of THOMAS STEWART M'EWEN, late of 23, Newton-
road, Westbourne-grove, in the parish of Paddington, in the county
of Middlesex, Esquire, who died in or about the month of August,
1855, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 7th day of January,
1856, to come in and prove their debts or claims, at the Chambers of
the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Ylndersley, No. 3, Stone-
buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex ; or in default thereof they will
be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree.
Tuesday, the 15th day of January, 1856, at 12 o'clock at noon, at
the said Chambers, is appointed for bearing and adjudicating upon
the Claims.

Dated this 30th day of November, 1855.
CHARLES PUGH, Chi•f Clerk.
HENRY WOOD, 14, Bartlett's•Bulldinngs, Holborn,
Plaintiff's Solicitor.

EAST INDIA. HOUSE, l2rn Dzczman, 1855.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do Hereby Give Notice,

That a Proprietor of East India Stock, John C. Whiteman, Esq.,
has given notice of his intention to submit the following motion
at the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to
be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on Wednesdity, the 19th
instant, viz:—

" That at the General Court of the East India Company, to beheld
on Wednesday, the 9th of April, 1856, for the Election of Five Direc-
tors for the term of six years, it is expedient and just that some of
the proprietors, heretofore Directors of the Company, who were not
appointed to be Directors in 1854, when that body was NT the opera-
tion of the Act 16 and 17 Victoria. cap. 9b) reduced from 30 mem-
bers to 15, be then elected Directors, in lien of these Directors whose
term of office will expire on thatday."
That another Proprietor, Malcolm Lewin, Esq., has given notice
of his intention to submit the following motion, viz. ,
"That, in the opinion of this Court, the present system of Indian
Government is unsuitable for its purposes ; thai. it assures neither
efficiency, responsibility, nor redress; that under it the grossest
abuses are permitted to exist unchecked throughout our Indian ter-
ritories ; that the sole medium of placing our Indian Administration
on an intelligible basis is a perfect transfer to the Crown, by which
the jumble of two authorities (being, as respects each other's powers,
unknown quantities) will be abated, and the needless expense of the
Leadenhall-street Establishment saved to the territorial revenues of
India "

JAMES C. MELVILL. Secretary.

CONTRACTS FOR EAST INDIA RICE.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TEE MEDICAL
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY SOMEESET-PLACE, 13th Dec., 1855.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY,
he 3d January, 1856, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat
with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and
delivering into the medical storea at her Majesty's Victualling Yard
at Deptford, all such quantities of _ _

EAST INIA ,
as may from time to time be demanded, forRICE 12 calendar months cer-
tain, and further until the expiration of three months' warning.
Samples must be produced by the parties tendering.
A form of the tender may be seen at the said office. No tender will
be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be
noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised
in writlng.

Every tender must be addressed to the secretary of the Admiralty,
and hear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for East India
Rice," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied
by a letter signed by a responsible person,
with the parson tendering, hi the sum of LOW. for the due performance
of the contract. engaging to become bound

lIR HAM ASSIZES.
THE SLOW POISONING CASE AT DARLINGTON.
PEOPLE or ENGLAND,--What we have often told you is come to
pass. An innoc nt man has been tried for his life for the wilful
poisoning of his wife. Read the Trial of Mr. Wooler in the news-
papers. What think you now of the medical priesthood and what
it is capable of ? Dees it not equal the Spanish Inquisition ? Mr.
Woolef has been three months in prison awaiting his trial. There
is not one of you but what may to-morrow be placed in the same
condition. Arise, then, and banish for ever all poisons Irons the
practice cf medicine. Unless you do that, there can be no end to
such charges as that against Mr. Wooler, for the very reason that
the medical body itself is at the very head and front of the
poisoners !! I You will, by such a course, emancipate the mind
from Doctorcralt, aid ti .e medical liberty of the subject will be
forwardcharge will
triumphant. Is there no member of the Legislature who will come
extremity?
Thea rdjuindg this
appear in the January
m
Hygeist and Medical Reformer. The proceedings on inquestnthueberof th
ape-
Pearclin the Hygeist for October, and the jury on that occasion
stated: that " they entirely exonerated the medical attendants "1
Clever fellows this jury intact have been composed of! This case
cannot be allowed to rest where it is ! The British College of Health
propose to have the whole trial printed and widely circulated, in
order to put the public on their guard. It is to be hoped that the
eyes of -John Bull will at last be opened.
(Signed)
THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH,
Now-road, London, for the Society of Hygetsts.
December 12, 1855.

lt'lß. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-
street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI-
FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so
perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from
the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or
decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful
operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is
guaranteed to restore articulation and masticatien. Decayed teeth
rendered sound and usefhl in mastication.-52; Fleet-street. At
home from ten till five.

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Naval and Military Intelligence.

The following naval and military movements at Malta
are from a letter, dated Dec. s:
" The Great Britain steam-transport arrived from
Portsmouth on the 28th Nov., bringing Col. Dickson,
Lieut.-Col. Blarer, Major Farnaro, 26 other officers, and
683 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Ist
Regiment let Battalion Anglo-Swiss Legion, and Major
Hafelin, 23 other officers, and 684 non-commissioned
officers and privates of the Ist Regiment 2d Battalion of
the Anglo-Swiss Legion, and left for Smyrna on the 29th.
"The Queen Iriotoria steam-transport arrived on the
28th from Portsmouth with warin clothing and huts,
bringing Lieuts. Chippendale, Grant, Sawyer, Stains,
and Thorp, Ensigns Harrison and Joppin, 62d ; Lieut.
Knight, Ensigns Barmen, Miller, and Treacher, 90th ;
Capt. Ingram, Ensigns Onslow and Smyth, 97th ; En-
sign Wildes, East Kent Militia; Paymaster Chontrell,
Land Transport Corps ; and Apothecary Pool. She left
for Balaklava on the 29th, after landing the aforegoing
passengers, barring the last two.
"Her Majesty's condensing steam-vessel Wye arrived
on the 28th from Portsmouth, under the command of
Mr. Bean, bringing Major Wing, 95th ; Capt. Yorke,
11th Hussars ; Lieuts. Malan, 7th ; Dashwood, Rifle
Brigade ; and Elliott, 33d ; Paymaster Dobree Lys,
55th ; Ensigns Evens and Wray, 30th; Noble and
Thompson, 68th ; King, 50th ; Bainbridge and Cook,
21st ; Brown, 33d ; and Symons, Ist Royals.
"The Herefordshire sailing transport arrived from
Queenstown on the Ist, bringing Lients. Stewart and
Thompson, Ist ; Lieut. Emhurst and Ensign Ridsdale,
9th ; Lieut. Bowness, 89th ; Ensign Houghton, 17th ;
Lieuts. Harcourt and Herring, ath ; Captain Wails,
Lieut. Worthington, Lieut. Roberts, and Ensign Cross,
33d ; Lieut. Cahill, Ensigns Cobham and Spratt, 49th ;
Lieutenants Lewis and Miller, and Ensigns Allhuson
and,Basfield, 50th ; Lieutenant Broeas, Ensigns Milli-
gan, Annesley, and Kay, 68th ; Captain Best and En-
sign Henry, 72d ; Surgeon Hoskin, Assistant-Surgeon
Drew, and 815 non-commissioned officers and privates
of various regiments.

" The George Hawkins steam transport, with hospital
stores from London, arrived on the Ist, and left for
Balaklava en the 2d.

"The Royal Charlie, sailing-transport, arrived from
Portsmouth on the let, bringing Captain Christian,
Lieutenant Suckling, Ensigns Hill and Matthews, and
173 non-commissioned officers and privates, 31st ; En-
signs Chapman and Fitzgerald, and 65 non-commissioned
officers and privates of the 33th ; Ensign Leak, and 28
non-commissioned officers and privates of the 44th ; and
Assistant-Surgeon Jenkins—all for the Malta reserve.
"The Euphrates hired transport, with ammunition,
arrived from London on the 30th of November.
" The Trent steam-transport arrived from Barcelona
on the 3d, with 209 mules and 73 muleteers, and left for
Balaklay.a, on the 4th.
"Her Majesty's steam transport Hesper, with winter
clothing and provisions, arrived from Deptford on the 3d.
" The North Fleet sailing transport left for England
on the 27th, and the William Beckett steam transport
for Deptford on the same day.
"The Cochrane steam transport, pith powder and ord-
nance stores, left for Gibraltar on the 29th, and the same
time the Eveline sailing transport for the same destination.
" The Hydaspes steam transport, with ammunition for
Gibraltar and Spithead, left on the let, conveying Capt.
Christie, Capt. Govan, Lieut. Sandbarn, and 100 non-
commissioned officers and gunners of the Royal Artillery,
Capt. and Mrs. Sanderson Mrs. Carey and child, Misses
Halford, Taylor, and Winthroppe, and an invalided
' nurse.

" The Emeu left for Constantinople on the 27th, with
stores, conveying Brevet-Major Page, 41st ; Lieutenants
Barnard and Kerr, 7th ; Mr. StoodleY, Hospital Pur-
veyor ; Mr. Courtaney, eight soldiers, 17 Maltese water-
men, and three officers' servants.
"The Ripon, Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer, in the transport service, left for Constantinople
and Balaklava on the 27th, conveying Lieut. Bond, 12th
Lancers ; Lieut. Cuthbert, 10th Hussars ; Cornet the
Hon. F. G. Ellis, 4th Dragoons ; Lieut. Moorhead, 92d;
Dr. and Mrs. Hughes, Dr. Huieb, Dr. Hume, the Rev.
Mr. Harris, the Rev. Mr, Smith, Jr. Wiltshire, two
Russian prisoners, purveyor Lee, Major Moore, 97th ;
Capt. Cannon, 97th ; Capt. Rowland, let Royals ; Capt.
A.nnesley, 18th ; Capt: Van Straubenzee, 9th ; Captain
J ervoise, 23d ; Capt. Gleid, 92d ; Lieut.Wolseey, 18th ;
Ensign Hill, 23d
; —nsign. Keough, let Royals ; Com-
mandant Robertson, 604 non-commissioned officers and
privates of the Land Transport corps, two soldiers of the
18tb, one soldier of the 97th, 95 of the Medical Staff
Corps, and four servants.
" The Chanticleer • steam-transport left with stores
for Balaklava on the 29th, conveying Captain Weld,
Lieutenant Waterfield, Messrs, Birch, Bonard, Brown,
and Price.
"The Regina Vittoria hired transport, with naval
stores and provisions for the Black Sea fleet, sailed for
Constantinople on tke 29th.
" The Sir John Easthope steamAransport arrived from
Constantinople on the 29th, and left for Spithead on the
30th.
" Her Majesty's steam-eorvette Stromboli, from
Smyrna and the Piraeus of Athens, arrived on the let of
Dec. On the same day her Majesty's steam-sloop Triton,
from Balaklava and Constantinople.
"The Canadian steam-transport arrived from Smyrna
on the 2d, bringing Capt. Ferrara for Malta, and for
England Major Green, Dr. Gibbon, Mr, Trotman, Mrs.
Windsen and two children, Misses Bramwell, Gibson,
Osborne, and Smith, 9 female nurses, 23 soldiers, and
11 invalids.
"The Indiana steam-transport arrived from Balaklava
on the 2d, bringing Col. Borton, 9th ; Lieut.-Colonel
Warden, 19th; Lieut. Caldwell, Land Transport Corps ;
Col. Lindsay, 63 1; Col. Smith, 68th ; Capts. Hamilton
,
and Savage, Grenadier Guards; Dr, Wardrop, Grena-
dier Guards ; Capt. Stewart, 93d ; Capt. Moody, Ger-
man Legion; Lieut. Laurie, 34th; Lieut. Tonkin, R.N.;
Dr. Whipple, R.N.;
Mr. Adams, of the Ordnance ; Pur-
veyor Harris, 5 infantry soldiers, 8 marines, 13 seamen,
and 152 carters and muleteers. She left for Spithead on
the 3d.
" The Zebra steam-transport arrived from Sinope and
Constantinople on the 2d, bringing Capts. Gunnery and
Knight; Lieut. Drake, Royal Engineers; Lieut, Nugent,
Scots Fusilier Guards ; Capt. Fraser, German Legion ;
Deputy-Inspector of Hospital, Macdonald ; Messrs.
Allen, Betts, Davies, Johnson, 2
—egialld, and Rees. This
vessel left for Spithead on the 3d.
"The Thames steam-transport arrived from Balaklava
on the 4th, bringing Col. Egerton, ggth;
Royal Artillery; Capt. Haberder, Royal Artillery; Sur-
geon Cross, 11th Hussars; Capt. Chrystie and Lieut.
Watson, let ; Lieut. Swire, 17th ; Lieut. Sanders, 30th;
Assistant-Surgeon Hawkins, Messrs, Bealty, Scott, and
Uniacke,
R.N. ; 0 non-commissioned officers, 68 pri-
vates, 20 orderlies, 13 servants, One blacksmith, and 10
Maltese carters.
" The Glasgow steamer, in the French transport ser-
vice, arrived from Marseilles on the 28th of Nov., with
warm clothing and huts, having on board 11 soldiers,
, with the American ship Ganges in tow, laden with huts
and ammunition. Both vessels left for Constantinople
,1 on the 29th,
'll "The French !Mara transport Assyrion arrived from

Marseilles with huts and provisions on the 29th, bringing
82 French officers, and having in tow the English bark
Juliet Erskine, in the grench transport service, with
clothing and deal planks. Both left for Kamiesh on
the 30th.

"The French steam corvette Mouette arrived from
Philipville on the 28th, bringing 209 officers, non•com-
missioned officers, and privates of the Zouaves, and 23
seamen, and left on the 30th for Constantinople.
" The Caire, French postal steamer, arrived on the 2d
from Marseilles, bringing, among other passengers, Capt.
Mlrgan, 4th Dragoon Guards, and 283 officers, non-
commissioned officers, and privates of the French army;
and left for Smyrna and Constantinople on the came
evening. _ _ .

" Tne Carmel, French postal steamer, arrived from
Constantinople and Smyrna, on the 28th November,
bringing, among other passengers, 112 French artillery
invalids, and left for Marseilles on the same day, con-
veying the Duke of Newcastle and Col. Lerd West.
" The City of Washington, English steamer in the
French transport service, arrived from Kamiesch on the
2d, bringing 757 officers, noncommissioned officers, and
privates, and 12 Russian prisoners of war, with the
American ship White Falcon in tow, having on board
other 348 French officers, non-commissioned officers, and
privates. Both vessels left for Marseilles on the 4th.

" The American ship Titan left for Marseilles on the
29th, conveying 1,174 officers, non-commissioned officers,
and privates. The American ship Edgar P. Stringer,
in the same service, with 250 more, left at the same
time, also for Marseilles.

" His Sardinian Majesty's frigate San Giovanni, with
commissariat and other stores, arrived from Varignana
on the 28th of November.

' "The Prince Arthur steam transport arrived from
Constantinople on the 23th, bringing Captain Cirioni,
Ensign Calerio, 200 non-commissioned officers and pri-
vates, and the Rev. Messrs. Gamier and Randoni, mili-
tary chaplains of the Sardinian army, towing in the
schooner Kezia Page, of London, Thomas Braben mas-
ter, fallen in with 270 miles eastward of Malta, dismasted
in a gale of wind on the 23d, bound to Alexandrctta and
Beyrout from Liverpool with coals and bale good, a
portion of which latter are damaged by sea water leak-
age. Salvage has been claimed by the steamer, which i
left for Genoa on the Ist of December, after landing
some ordnance stores, returned from the Crimea.
" The Tamaro Sardinian steam corvette arrived from
Genoa on the Ist, bringing 39 officers and non-com-
missioned officers and 12 Sisters of Charity, and left for
Balaklava on the 4th, taking in tow the Sardinian frigate
San Giovanni.

"The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
packet Ava arrived from Southampton and Gibraltar on
the 29th, bringing, among other passengers, Captain
Pennefather, aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir
John Pennefather, and for Alexandria Colonel, Mrs.,
and Miss Spottiawoode, Lieutenant-Colonel Incher,
Captain and Mrs. Bloomfield, Lieutenant Stewart, Co-
lonel Ripley, Colonel and Mrs. Chester, Captain Crisp,
Ensign Troop, Colonels Arbuthnot, Brown, and Thorpe,
Captain and Mrs. Jacobs and family, Captain Roes,
Ensign Lavie, Major-General and Mrs. Lockyer and
family, Lieutenant and Mrs. Inglis, Ensigns Hallaban,
Pinchard, and Stewart, Majors Christie and Remond,
Captains Clarke, Earl, and Soar, Mrs. Hoam, Major
Warner, Captain and Mrs. Henderson, the Rev. Mr.
and Mrs. Cooper, Dr. Gillies, and Dr. Styles. She left
for Alexandria on the 30th.

"The Propontis steamer arrived from London on the
27th, and left for Constantinople on the 29th of Nov.
"The French postal-steamer Vatican left for the con-
tinental ports of Italy and Marseilles on the 29th, con-
veying, among other passengers, Captain Sprott.
"Her Majesty's steam-corvette Niger left on the 29th
for Tripoli, conveying the British Consul-General thereat,
Colonel erman,
Oia" The United States' corvette Constellation sailed for
Mahon on the 3003.
"The Arabian screw-steamer arrived on the Ist of
December from Liverpool and Lisbon, and left for COll.
stantinople on the Ist of December.
" The Vectis, Peninsular and Oriental steamer, ar-
rived from Marseilles on the Ist of December, bringing
among other passengers for Malta, Major Dering, and
for Alexandria, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Wilson,
Majors Durand and Tombs, Dr. and Mrs. Boys, and
Captain Franceville, and left for Alexandria on the same
day.
"The Shearwater steam-tug left with the mails for
Corfu on the Ist of December.

" The Lebanon steamer, with a general cargo from
Liverpool, arrived on the 2d, bringing among other
passengers Lord and Lady Talbot and family and Col.
Frankling, who landed at Malta, whence the steamer
took her departure on the SI for ConEtantinople.
" The Oronte, French postal steamer, arrived from
Marseilles and the continental ports of Italy and Mes-
sina on the 2d, bringing, among other passengers, Mr.
Gagliuffi, her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Mourzonk,
returning from his post from sick leave, Mrs. Gagliuffi,
and Col. Browne.

"The brig Petrel, Boxer master, from Syra for Cork,
put into Malta on the 2d windleonnd, haring on board
Capt. Shores and the crow of the Commerce, of Sunder-
land, from and for the same port, which foundered in
lat. 36 16 N., and long. 16 30 E., on the 27th of Nov.,
after springing a serious leak.
"The Marley Hill screw steamer, having made good
the damages sustained from her collision with the Titan,
left with ammunition for Corfu on the 4th, but soon
after, in consequence of some damage to machinery,
hoisted a signal of distress, and was brought back to
port by the Triton. She will probably be discharged
and sent back to England.
"The Northumberland steam•transport arrived from
Corfu on the 4th."

The Firefly paddle-wheel steamer, 4 guns, 220-horse
power, Captain Otter, arrived at Woolwich yesterday
morning from the Baltic. To facilitate the movements
of the Firefly, it was considered advisable to make use
of a slight stratagem, and disguise her appearance with
a coat of red paint over her funnel, thereby giving her
a mercantile appearance, as the funnels of our service
vessels of war are, with very few exceptions, all
black. The surveying operations of the Firefly have
been pronounced, on various occasions, to be highly
successful. She will be laid up for the winter.
The schooner Mary, of Exeter, is embarking 31
68 and 36-pounder guns at the Arsenal-wharf, Wool-
wich, and will sail thence to-day for Portsmouth.
The Salamander, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Mecham,
went out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead yesterday,
and was paid advance.
The Rev. E. L. Berthon's collapsing mortar-beat is
undergoing a series of trials at Spithead.
The steam-transport Transit, Commander C. R. John-
son, will not be ready to embark her allotment of troops
before the 22d, at Portsmouth.
The Perseverance, iron screw troop frigate, Com-
mander Crang ; the steam-transport, Queen of the
South, and the steam-transport Imperador, are all fit-
ting for the conveyance of troops to the East. They
can carry conveniently 1,000 men each.
Rear-Admiral Dundaa's flag is struck on board the
Duke of Wellington, during the absence (on leave) of
that officer.

The Marlborough, 131, new screw three-decker, will
make a first trial of her engines in the steam basin at
Portsmouth this day.
The Edinburgh, 58, screw, block-ship, which had
been ordered to proceed to Dablin, got up steam yester-
day, but found one of the glands of her cylinders de-
fective. This has delayed her departure until to-day.
The steam-ship Niagara arrived in the Mersey yester-
day, having on board the Galway Militia, consisting of
700 men, who were the same day despatched to the
camp at Aldershott. On Tuesday the Niagara will take
from Liverpool the 4th Lancashire Militia.
PEMBROKE DOCKVARD.—The new practice battery to
be erected at the western side of the dockyard at Pem-
broke is to be mounted with heavy guns for the efficient
training of the several regiments of artillery militia which
are to be located at Pembroke. The wide range for shot
afforded by the waters of the haven render this spot the
very best for artillery practice ; and the only wonder is
that it has not been mere frequently used ; as in conse-
quence of the dockyard battalions not being in course ofi
training no exercise at the fort guns has been had.
The new signal station at St. Ann's Head has been
placed under the control of Lieut. Parkes, R.N. In
consequence of the very foggy weather which prevails
along the shores, it is stated that the old semaphore will
not be used, but that the submarine telegraph will be
resorted to. The whole of the detached forts on Thorn
Island, Dale Point, the Stock Rock, &c., are to be in.
eluded in the communication.
INVERNESS-SHIRE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.--
Lieut.-Colonel Gordon died at Fort-Georhe, N. 8., of
small-pox, caught while visiting frequently, in hospital,
men who were suffering from that disease. He was
lieatenant-colonel of the regiment for 43 years, and since
the embodiment in January had been most zealous and
unremittingin the discharge of his duties as commandant.
By his officers and men he was equally respected and
beloved, and his regard for the regiment, to which his
life fell a sacrifice, will long be cherished in the recol-
lection of those who had the happiness of being under
his command.
The following circular memorandum was issued yes-
terday :

" Horse Guards, Dec. 11.
" The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief desires
that, on the removal of a regiment of militia from its
county head-quarters, the number of officers and men
specified in the margin [one officer (a captain or subal-
tern), the assistant-surgeon (if required), one sergeant,
and one corporal, with one private from each company].
be left behind for the purpose of conducting the recruit-
ing and of taking charge of the sick and of the regimen-
tal stores, &c.; and that as recruits and convalescents
fit for duty assemble at the depot application be made
for a route for their removal to head-quarters.

" By command.
"G. A. WETHERALL."
The following communication from Col. Lloyd, com-
manding the corps of Royal Engineers at Sebastopol, has
been received at Woolwich, enclosing the copy of a letter
from Marshal Pelissier, in which the Commander-in-
Chief of the French Forces expresses his estimation of
the powerful assistance rendered by the Royal Sappers
and Miners at the fortress of Kinbourn :
"Ilead-quarters, Sebastopol, Nov. 19.
bavo tholonour to transont a copy of a, latter

addressed to ?ids Excellency the Commander of the Forces
by Marshal I?elissier, containing the expression of his
satisfaction e‘rith the energy displayed by Lieut.-Colonel
Bent, in dire sting the various operations intrusted to
him at Kinbosurn, and the cordial co-operation of the
Sappers with the French troops while employed in re-
storing the buildings within the fortress necessary for
the accommodation of the garrison.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
"Your most obedient humble servant,
"EDWARD LLOYD,
" Li eut.-Colonel Commanding Royal Engineers.
"The Inspector• General of Fortifications, Pall-Mall.
" Head-quarters, Sebastopol, Nov. 7.
" My dear General,--General Bazaine has begt,ed
me to expre,is to you how much he has to congratulate
himself on hCis military services with Brigadier-General
Spencer, and with the conduct of the splendid regi-
ments placed, under his orders.
" The most amicable arrangements have not for an
instant give:a. place to severity in the two brigades, and
the officers ,Lnd engineers and soldiers of Sappers and
Miners have: worked together with the greatest cordiality
at the restoleation of the fortress of Kinbourn. I must
particularly recommend to you Major Bent, Royal En-
gineers, wh.o has directed with great intelligence the
works which. he has had to see executed.
" Pray receive, my dear General, the assurance of
my high consideration and my affectionate devotion.
"'The Marshal Commanding-in-Chief,
" A. PELISSIER,
" The Cie coral in Command of the English Army.' "
At a military medical board, held yesterday at Bromp-
ton, 67 me la were passed as unfit for further service.
An order has been issued from the War-office, stating
that those men of the Provisional Battalion, Chatham,
who volun xured as orderlies for the hospital at Smyrna
are no long:ET required, and will return to their duty at
that static a.

200 mem, the entire strength of the 99th depot, in corn•
wand of Capt. Edward Codd, Chatham, are to be kept
off duty, for the purpose of being instructed in the En•
field rifle practice, previous to the arrival of the regiment
on its way' from Van Diemen's Land, the Commandant
of the Pr: 'visional Battalion, Col. Henry Jervoi•., being
desirous t at the depot should be perfect in such an es-
sential ar ra of the service before joining the head-quar-
ters of th eir corps.
Some i aisapprehension having arisen from the simi-
larity of ;lames in regard to appointments to the Thun-
derer, 84„ and the Forth, 44, it may be as well to state
that the 1;wo ships really commissioned are the Forth
screw mortar ship and the Thunder floating battery.

THE MILITIA.
The ls t Devon Regiment of Militia, which has been
quartered for some time at Newport Barracks, Mon-
mouthshiLTe, are under orders to embark early in the en-
suing week for Ireland. A large Lumber of recruits hes
lately been obtained in Devonshire, and upwards of GO
men have recently volunteered into regiments of the line.
Capt. Davey remains in Devonshire with the recruiting
staff.

About; 100 of the men of the Royal Aberdeenshire
Militia gave volunteered into the line. Most of them
are stron 7, men, well drilled, and fit for immediate ser-
vice. The majority have gone into the 79th Regiment,
whose de pot continues to receive a considerable number
of recruits at Aberdeen.
_ .

AUXILIARY STEAM-POWER TO
AUSTRALIA.

LivintrooL, Dec. 14.—The question as to the appli-
cation of steam-power to vessels sailing to Australia has
hitherto proved one of difficulty, and at present the opi-
nion of nautical and scientific men is, perhaps, in favour
of sailing-vessels for the voyage to the Antipodes., Nor
is this a matter of surprise when it is borne in mind that
up to the present moment the most rapid runs to Mel-
bourne have been made under canvas alone, while the
enormous cost attending the working of steam-ships, with
the loss of cargo accommodation, in consequence of the
space occupied by machinery and mat, has, in point of
economy, no less than in point of speed, given the advan•
tags to sailing vessels. It is believed, however, that the
average voyage to Australia may be shortened by at least
10 days by constructing ships on the most approved
clipper-models, making them inferior to none for their
sailing qualities ; and by fitting them with the auxiliary
screw, with just sufficient power to carry them out of
or into port, and to keep them moving at a speed of six
or eight knots at times when, owing to calms or variable
winds, they would be making little or no progress.
The new iron ship Royal Charter, recently launched
on the Dee, and built for the Australian Screw Steam-
ship Company, has been especially constructed under
this principle, which a two days' trial trip has stamped
with undoubted success. She is a vessel of unusual mag-
nitude, being of 3,000 tons burden, and having an ex-
treme length of 320 feet, with a breadth of beam of 41
feet, depth 26 feet 6 inches while she is rigged with
double topsails throughout, her spread of canvass being
no less than 15,001 yards. Her steam-power is extremely
small compared with the colossal proportions of the
vessel, her engines being only 200-horse power, 14 inches
diameter. She steamed out of the river a little before
noon. On getting over the bar the engines were put on
full speed, and she went steadily and gracefully through
the water at the rate of 9 knots an hour, on a pressure
of 1311 b., the engines making 75 revolutions per minute.
The trial was, therefore, considered to have proved more
successful than bad been anticipated as far as the screw
was concerned, and it had been the intention to proceed
the same day under canvas alone, but owing to a heavy
fog it was impossible to do so, and she lay quietly off
the Bell-buoy during the night. Morning brought with it
a clear day, and a light breeze springing up no time was
lost in hoisting the screw and making all sail. Notwith-
standing the stiffness of new ropes, coupled with the
fact that she was sailing somewhat close to the wind,
she bowled beautifully along at the rate of 13i knots,
leaving no doubt in the minds of the practical men on
board that under a stiff breeze she will easily accomplish
17 or 18 knots. She answered to her helm in beautiful
style, and went off Puffin Island, was put about with
every stick of canvas set, without the necessity of touch-
ing a rope. Looking at the trial trip, therefore, in all
'its bearings, the Royal Charter has given promise of
being just the class of vessel adapted for a rapid and
regular communication with Australia. She proceeds on
her first voyage on the 17th of January, and will, we hope,
sustain the expectations she has raised in commercial
and mercantile circles in Liverpool. She will effect a
complete revolution in the transit service to the Anti.
podes, and will lead to the introduction of the auxiliary
screw into all fast-sailing clippers trading to the Anti-
podes. The merit of the enterprise in this instance is
due to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., the Liverpool
agents of the company, under whose auspices the Royal
Charter has been constructed. She is commanded by
Captain Boyce, late of the ship Eagle, which has made
some of the most successful runs to Melbourne from
this port. Among the passengers by the Royal Charter
will, it is believed, be Dr. Scoresby, who is going out
for the purpose of thoroughly testing, in her case, the
alterations of the compasses, if any, owing to the mag-
netic influence exercised over them by the local attrac-
tions of the material of which she is built. He will re-
turn in the same vessel. It is confidently believed that
the Royal Charter will make the outward voyage in less
than 60 days.

CAPTURE OF A GANG OD TEIHYES.—TWO men and
two women have been apprehended at North Shields on
suspicion of being concerned in robberies, and the two
men have been sent to York, one as an escaped convict,
the other a ticket-of-leave man, who is charged with a
robbery on a lady and cutting and wounding two police.
men. The names they give— but they have many aliases
—are James Robson, George Brown, Sarah Ann Robin-
son, and Margaret Black. They were apprehended at-
tempting to exchange Bank of England notes ; and the
history of those persons, as ascertained by extensive in-
quiries made by the police, and the admissions of the
prisoners, shows that there are extensive gangs of ruf-
fians in the country, mostly ticket-of-leave convicts, who
are organised for the purpose of plunder. Robson was
sentenced to four years' penal servitude at York a short
time ago, but managed to escape out of the city prison,
and came off to the north. Brown had been transported
from Stafford in 1847, and had returned with a ticket of
leave. As we have stated, he committed a robblieryin
York about two months ago ; and upon the
at-
tempting to take him, one of them was s
so
n about
the head by him and a companion that it is considered
he will not be fit for duty again, and another officer was
stabbed in the thigh. Brown also escaped to the north,
and with the other prisoner had joined the two women—
also convicted thieves—who
of a gang of thieveswwhhOp
shortlydepredationsmem-
bers in the west
of Scotland have already been recorded in The Sun.
Scotland had become too hot to hold them, and the gang
had escaped to Carlisle, where they divided, one half going
through Lancashire tO_Liverpool ; the ethers, the pri-
soners,co geast to Newcastle. Their first robbery had
been
committedmin
upon the master of an East Indianian, who
having got tipsy, had fallen in with the female prisoners,
who eased him of a considerable sum in notes ; but as be
had to proceed to sea he was not able to look after his
loss, and the prisoners came to Shields to dispose of their
plunder, when they were fortunately apprehended
by Mr. Mitchell, the superintendent of police, other-
wise, by their own admission, they intended to remain
in the counties of Durham and Northumberland during
the winter.

—MEMORIAL TO THE DUKE OP WELLINGTON.—There
has just been placed in the collegiate church of Wolver-
hampton a handsome memorial window to the late Duke
of Wellington. The window, which is an admirable spe-
cimen of art in stained glass, is about 11 feet wide and
13 feet high from the sill to the point. There are four
lights to the windows. The principal portion of each
was filled respectively by full-length figures of Moses,
Joshua, Gideon, and David. Below the figures a lead-
ing event in the life of each is delineated. The bottom
of the window presents, in medieval letters, the follow-
ing inscription :—" In memorof Arthur Duke o_f_,B3.
Wel-
lington, K.G. Died September 14, 1853, aged ,
' And they buried him in the ehiefest of the sepulchres.
—2 Chron. xxxii. 33."
At the sitting of the French Academy. on Tuesday
last, M. Viennet read a Tartar tragedy, entitled Zelma
the scene of which was laid in the Crimea, and at corn•
paratively a recent date.