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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1855.

Tebby, William, Mr., 24, Great Castle-street, Oxford street
Wilee, James, 11, Vigo-street
Woodard, Thomas. 2, Spring-street, Paddington
Made up to November 27, 1855.
By order of the Board.
T. KEOGII, Secretary.
Inland Revenue °Mee, Fomerset House.

MEXICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN
COMPANY.
..... . .

—.—
The TWENTY-FIRST DIVIDEN') 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, Gracechurch-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 16tb day of January next, at
One o'clock precisely, to declare a Dividend, and to Elect Three
Directors in the room of William Haigh, 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 BOird. ,
J. W. GILBART, General Manager.

Lothbury, Nov. 28, 1355.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be eloeed from 31st
December to 41st 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 choir Acts of 1852 and
1854) on Bonds of not less than 5001., for three, five, or seven years,
at 4% per cent. interest, payable half-yearly.
Further information may be obtained, if required, o f the under-
signed, at the New River Office, New River Head, Clerkenwell, be-
tween the hours of Ten and Four, to whom Tenders are to be addressed
for the Directors.

Ily order.
New River Office, Nov. 30, 1855.

FRED. INGLIS, Clerk.

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, 1,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.

PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in a cause, Smith against Kingston, the
Creditors of THOMAS STE wawr It'KWEN, late of 23, Newton-
road, Westbourae-grove, in the parish of addington, 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 Kinder',ley, 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 koaring and adjudicating upon
the Claims.
Dated this 30th day of November, 1855.
CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk.
HENRY WOOD, 14, Bartlett's-Buildings, Holborn,
Plaintiff's Solicitor.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 12TH DECEMBER, 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 Wednesday, the 19th
instant, viz :

" That at the General Court of the East India Company, to be held
on Wednesday, the 9th of April, 1856,f0r 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 bo Directors in 1854, when that body was ( y the opera-
tion of the Act 16 and 17 Victoria, cap. 9S) reduced from 30 mem-
bers to 15, be then elected Directors, in lien of these Directors whose
term of office will expire on that day."
That another Proprietor, Malcolm Lewin, Igsq., 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 ; that. 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

DEPARI;IENiOFTIIIINAVY,SOME;;ET-PLACE, 13th Dec., 1855.
TIIE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
ind 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 stores at her Majesty's Victuahing Yard
at Deptford, all such quantities of

EAST INDIA RICE,
as may from time to time be demanded, for 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
writing.is

Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear 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, engaging to become bound
with the person tendering, in the sum of 1001. for the duo performance
of the contract.

URH AM ASSIZES.
THE SLOW POISONING CASE AT DARLINGTON.

PEOPLE OF 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 ? Does it not equal the Spanish Inquisition ? Mr.
in the same
Wooler has boon three months in prison awaiting his trial. There
Is not one of you but what may tomorrow be placed
condition. Arise, then, and banish for ever all poisons from the
practice rf medicine. ITriless you do that, there can be no erd to
such charges as that against Mr. Wooler, for the very reason that
the medical body Itself is at the very hood and front of the
poisoners ! ! You will, by such a course, emancipate the mind
from Doctoreratt, and tt e medical liberty of the subject will be
triumphant. Is there no member of the Legislature who will come
forward in this extremity?
The Judge's charge will appear in the January number of the
Hygeist and Medical Reformer. The pr-ceedings on the inquest ap-
peared in the Hygeist for October, and the jury on that occasion
stated that " they entirely exonerated the medical attendants "!
Clever fellows this jury mutt have beet composed of I 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,
New-road, London, for the Society of Ilygeists.
December 12, 1855.

m-R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-
street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI-
FICIAL TEETII, 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 mastication. Decayed teeth
rendered sound and useftd 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 Ist Battalion Anglo-Swiss Legion, and Major
Hafelin, 23 other officers, and 684 non-commissioned
officers and private's of the Ist Regiment 2d Battalion of
the Anglo• Swiss Legion, and left for Smyrna on the 29th.
"The Queen Victoria steam-transport arrived on the
28th from Portsmouth with warm clothing and huts,
bringing Lieuts. Chippendale, Grant, Sawyer, Stains,
and Thorp, Ensigns Harrison and Joppin, 62,1 ; Lieut.
Knight, Ensigns Barmell, Miller, and Treacher, 90th ;
Capt. Ingram, Ensigns °aglow 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 Majestygcondensing steam-vessel Wye arrived
en 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, 3lth ; Captain Wallis,
Lieut. Worthington, Lieut. Roberts, and Ensign Cross,
33d ; Lieut. Cahill, Ensigns Cobham and Spratt, 49th ;
Lieutenants Lewis and Miller, and Ensigns Allhuson
and Busfield, 50th ; Lieutenant Brocas, Ensigns Milli
gar]; 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 on the 2d.

"The Royal Charlie, sailing•transport, arrived from
Portsmouth on the Ist, bringing Captain Chriitian,
Lieutenant Suokling, Ensigns Hill and Matthews, and
173 non-commissioned officers and privates, 31st ; En-
-igns 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 20A mules and 78 muleteers, and left for
Balaklava on the 4th.
"Her Majesty's steam transport liesper, 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, with powder awl ord-
nance stores, left for Gibraltar on the 29th, and the earns
time the Eveline sailing transport for the same destination.
"The Hydaspes steam transport, with ammunition for
Gibraltar and Spithead, left on the Ist, conveying Capt.
Christie, Capt. Govan, Lieut. Sandham, 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 Etneu 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. Huish, Dr. Hume, the Rev.
Mr. Harris, the Rev. Mr. Smith, Mr. Wiltshire, two
Russian prisoners, Puiveyor Lee, Major Moore, 97th ;
Capt. Cannon, 97th ; Capt. Rowland, 14 Royals ; Capt.
Annesley, 18th ; Capt. Van Straubenzee, 9th ; Captain
Jervoise, 23d`; Capt. Gleid, 92d ; Lieut.Wolseley, 18th ;
Ensign Hill, 3d ; Ensign Keough, let Royals ; Com-
mandant Robertson, 604 non-commissioned officers and
privates of the Land Transport corps, two soldiers of the
18th, 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 thd Black Sea fleet, sailed for
Constantinople on the 29th.

- -
" The Sir John Easthopt steam-transport arrived from
Constantinople on the 29th, and left for Spithead on the
30th.
" Her Majesty's steam-corvette Stromboli, from
Smyrna and the Pirasus of Athens, arrived on the let of
Dee. 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, M. 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. Burton, 9th; Lieut.-Colonel
Warden' 19th; Lieut. Caldwell, Land Transport Curps ;
Col. Lindsay, 63'1;
Col. Smith, 68th ; Capte. 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.;
Mr. Adams, of the Ordnance ; Fur-
Dr. Whipple, R.N.;
' veyor Harris, 5 infantry soldiers, 8 marines, 13 searien,
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 Capta. 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, Segland, and Rees. This
vessel left for Spithead on the 3d.
"The Thames steam-transport arrived from Balaklava
on the 4tb, bringing Col. Egerton, 89th; Capt. Burrows,
Royal Artillery; Capt. Haberder, Roya, Artillery; Sur-
geon Cross, 11th Hussars ; Capt. Christie and Lieut.
Watson, Ist ; Lieut. Swire, 17th ; Liew. Sanders, 39th;
Assistant-Surgeon Hawkins, Messrs. Bealty, Scott, and
IJniacke, R.N. ; 6 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
on the 29th.

"The French steam transport 4ssyliezl 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 French 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.
Mergan, 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.
" The Carmel, French postal steamer, arrived from
Constantinople and Smyrna on the 28th November,
bringing, among °then passengers, 112 French artillery
invalids, and left for Marseilles on the same day, con-
veying
the Duke of Newcastle and Col. Lord West.
" The City of Washington, English steamer in the
French transport service, arrived from Kamiesch on the
2d, bringing 757 officere, nos-commissioned 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 ♦essels 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 28th, 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 ktalts;.dismested
is a gale' of wind on the 211djaanntitsfrA1e2utndrettsLand
n.yroot from T.Teerpool witfi coats le- goods,
portion of which latter are damaged by sea water leak-
age. Salvage has been claimed by the steamer, which
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 A.va 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 Spottiswoode, 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 Ross,
Ensign Lavie, Major-General and Mrs. Lockyer and
family, Lieutenant and Mrs. Inglis, Ensigns Hallahan,
Pinchard, and Stewart, Majors Christie and Remond,
Captains Clarke, Earl, and Roars Mrs. Roam, Major
Warner, Captain and Mrs. Henderson, the Rev. Mr.
and Mrs. Cooper, Dr. Gillies, and Dr. Styles. She left
for Alexandria on the 30th.

•
"Tho Propontia steamer arrived from London on the
27th, and left f)r 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 Herman.

'The United States' corvette Constellation sailed for
Mahon on the 30th.

"The Arabian screw-steamer arrived on the Ist of
December from Liverpool and Lisbon, and left for Con-
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 Francevi le, and left for Alexandria on the same
day.
. _ .

1' 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 31 for Constintinople.
"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 Mourzouk,
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 windlsound, having on board
Capt. Shores and the crew 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 seat back to England.
"The Northumberland steam-transport arrived trom
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 Ler
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 emharking 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. Btrthon's collapsing mortar-boat is
undergoing a series of trials at Spithead.
The steam-transport Transit, Commander C. R. John-
son, will not be ready to embark her aCotment 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 steaindransport Irnperador, are all fit-
ting for the conveyance of troops to the East. They
can carry conveniently 1,000 men each.
Rear-Admiral Dundas's flag is struck on board the
Duke of Wellington, during the absenca (on leave) of
that officer.
The Marlborough, 131, new screw three-decker, will
make a first trial of Ler engines in the steam basin at
Portsmouth this day.
The Edinburgh, 53, screw, block-ship, which had
been ordered to proceed to Dublin, 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 DOCKYARD.—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 of
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-
cluded 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
lieetenant-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.

----Tile 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
tit 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 Wool vricb, 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 :
"Head-quarters, Sebastopol, Nov. 19.
6, Sir —I have the honour to transmit a copy of a letter
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