The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-07 00:00:00

BURIAL GROUNDS.

Mr. A. PELLATT gave notice that he should postpone
his motion on the books to-day on this subjezt until Tues-
day, the 20th inst.
THE CAVALRY CHARGE AT BALAKLAVA.

Mr. H. BERKELEY piitponed his motion for inquiry
into the conduct of Lord Lucan, in ordering the charge of
Light Cavalry at Balaklava, until this day week.

THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

the house to address her Majesty upon the present position
of affairs, it should yet be done in a solemn, constitutional
manner after due notice, and not by a sort of side
wind, as some hon, members seemed now to desire. (Hear.)
He therefore implored the house net to be led into a dis-
cussion at this moment, which could accomplish no üblie
object, while it might seriously obstruct the settlement of
affairs. L-it. the house then wait until they had a responsible
Government before them when explanations might be
fairly and properly demanded, and not waste time in en-
tering upon a conversation of this kind. (Hoar, hear.)
Mr. MUNTZ thought the house was in a very humilia-
ting situation already, and the country was in a hu-
miliating condition—(hear, hear)—for here they had
been wasting eight or nine whole days to get a
Government, and now it almost seemed that none could be
formed. Why should the country have to wait until three
or four aristocratic families had adjusted their disputes be-
fore it could obtain a Government ? (Hear.) The fact was
the feeling was growing out of doors that there were men
disconnected with those aristocratic families of sufficient
energy and ability to carry on the Government, and to
those they ought to address themselves. (Hear, hear.) It
was the feeling of the people of England that the heads of
the different parties were unnecessarily wasting time, and if
something were not done to put an end to the present
state of things the country would not only be disgraced in
the eyes of Europe, but placed in a position of imminent
danger. (Cheers.)
Mr. MALINS could not look at the present state of
things without serious alarm, and he agreed with the hon.
gentleman who had just addressed them, that itwasahnoyutlhdinbge
but satisfactory to the country that 8 or 9 days s
allowed to elapse without any Government being formed.
The vete that was come to at the early part of last week
was intended as a vote of censure upon the Government,
and what had since occurred had proved that the censure
was well merited. (Hear, hear.) It was, indeed, a dis-
astrous state of things that in a country like this a body
of men could not be found capable of managing the Go-
vernment, but the time had arrived when it was absolutely
necessary that the people should take the matter into their
own hands and no longer allow the administration of their
political affairs to depend upon the wills or the whims of
a few aristocratic families. (Cheers.) If those aristo-
cratics could not find men competent enough for the task
amongst themselves they should have the good sense to give
way, and he demanded to know of the right honour-
able gentleman opposite whether they had any reason-
able prospect of forming a Government. (Loud cheers.)
He blamed the Duke of Newcastle for having undertaken
an office for which he was not fit, while he equally blamed
the noble lord the member for London for acquiescing in
the appointment. He hoped the house would not tolerate
this state of things ; and if a Government was not formed
before Thursday, he should expect to see an address moved
to the Crown on the subject. He attributed tho present
state of affairs to the unfortunate breaking up of the Con-
servativo party in 1845 ; but he believed the time had
come when the country would no longer be governed by

Sir E. PERRY asked the President of the Board of Con-
trol, let, Whether as the regulations for the examination of
candidates for the civil service of India give a manifest
advantage to candidates who have been educated in England
under the English system of education, and arrangements
are in contemplation by which Hindoos and Muesulmen,
who may be equally well educated under a different aye-
tern, may be admitted to compete with reference totheirown
branches of knowledge ; and, secondly, if no such arrange-
ments are in contemplation, whether Hindoos and Mussul-
men, and other natives of India, may be admitted to com-
pete, under the present rules, without being obliged to
undertake the expensive journey to England, which in the
case of Hindoos militates against their religious opinions
and feelings ? In doing so the hon. gentleman was pro-
ceeding to enter into a few explanatory remarks, but was
interrupted by cries of " order," and resumed his Beat after
simply putting the question.
Sir O. WOOD, after alluding to the extreme inconve-
nience, under present circumstances, of questions by hon.
gentlemen being accompanied by any reference to facts
and arguments, he (Sir C. Wood) did not, in replying,
intend to make any observations with regard to the
regulations now laid on the table ; but he might say that,
to a certain extent, the regulations must be of an experi-
mental character, and there was no intention at present of
making any alteration in them. (Hear, hear.)
THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

Sir GEO. GREY—Sir, I beg to inform the house that I
have received a message from my noble friend th© Sesre-

tary of State for tho Homo Department, stating th,

he has received a commission from her Majesty to
undertake the formation of a Government. Under these
circumstances ho has requested that I would movo that the
house at its rising should adjourn until Friday next ; but
I have been informed since I came into the
house, that it would be an inconvenience if the
house adjourned over to-morrow, as there is some business
which will not occupy much time to be disposed of to-
morrow. Therefore the house at its rising will adjourn as
usual until to morrow, but it may be understood that the
sitting will only be of short duration.
On the motion that the house do now adjourn,
Mr. BENTINCK rose for the purpose of calling the at-
tention of the house to the anomalous and disastrous state
of public affairs at the present moment. It was impossible,
he said, to imagine a state of things more disastrous than
those which at present existed, as regarded both the cha-
racter and prospects of the country. (Hoar, hear.) It
was now more thou a week since a vote of the house had
compelled the resignation of the Government, and he
wished to know:what had occurred during that time—time
every hour of which was invaluable, aid en the proper dis-
tribution of which might, in all probability, depend the
lives of thousands of our fellow-countrymen. (Cheers.) If
he was rightly informed—and it should be understood he
was speaking from public rumour in the absence of any better
guide—the Earl of Derby had, in the first instance, been
commissioned to form a Government, and that he had
made an attempt to do so, and appealed at the outset to
the noble lord the late Secretary for the Home Depart-
ment. The latter noble lord, it was said at first, consented

the minority in Parliament.
Mr. S. WORTLEY put it to the house whether this
communication could be of any service to the country ?
He apprehended not ; and since they had been informed
that the one man to whom the country looked at this
juncture was engaged in the formation of a Government,
what other course could they take but at once assent to
the adjournment.
Mr. ROEBUCK remarked, in answer to Mr. Mains,
that the minority were not to blame th_►t the Conservatives
were not iu office, because the leader of that party had been
called upon to form an Administration, and he had failed
to do so. With regard to proceeding with the committee,
he could not do so in the absence of a responsible Govern-
ment; while, as for what had boon stated about the noble
lord the member for Tivorton, he hoped ho would set the
obstructions aside, and form an Administration of men
who, if they did not obtain the support of the house, would
be likely to receive the confidence of the country. (Cheers.)
After a few words of explanation from Mr. BENTINCK,
The house adjourned at 10 minutes past five o'clock.

We may montion that neither Lord Palmerston, Lord
John Russell, nor the late Chancellor of the Exchequer
were present during the sittings of the house.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.

On Saturday the monotony which had previously ex-
isted as regards the betting upon the Liverpool Steeple-
chase was to a great extent broken by the rapid advance
of both Miss Mowbray and The Trout, the former
springing from 15 to 1 to 11 to 1, the latter from 25 to 1
to 14 to 1, the short odds being taken freely about each.
Brown Brandy was in considerable demand for the Ches-
ter Cup, and would have been backed to money at 40
to 1 ; the highest offer, however, was 100 to 3. The
first four favourites were altogether untouched, although
25 to 1 wee currently offered en the field.
Yesterday (Monday) Miss Mowbray and The Trout
were again in force for the Liverpool Steeplechase.
The horse, had, however, just the call of the mare.
Each were backed at 10 to 1, but at the close that
price was unobtainable about the latter, but
was offered against the former. St. Hubert for the
Two Thousand Guinea Stake!, who has been very quiet
in the market of late, found a friend, who quietly, and
with his usual tact, succeeded in backing him to win
near 3001. at 3 to 1, the movement scarcely being ob-
served. Bonnie Morn had n• friends at 4 to 1.
An-
dover and Rotherham, both for the Chester Cup, were
each backed at '2OO to 9, but at the close no advance
upon 20 to 1 could be obtained against either of them.
25 to 1 was currently offered on the field, bar two.
Today (Tuesday). although the acceptances for the
Liverpool Steeplechase were published, the betting upon
it we.. unimportant. 10 to 1 was offered on the field, and
Miss Mowbray seemed rather "shanty, "having nelriceds
at 14 to 1. St. Hubert, for the Two Thousand Guineas
Stakes, was a worse favourite than yesterday ; 65 to 20
was offered without a response. We think Lord of the
Isles in reality is as good a favourite as anything. We
may here remark that the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
has this year been a better betting race than we have seen
it for some time. Very few books are open upon the
Metropolitan Handicap, and only the favourites are in-
quired after, the only horse that was backed for money
for the Chester Cup was Bright Phcebus 1,000 to 30
was taken in one bet, as well as other sums at the
same price, 900 to 20 was taken about Little
Harry, and the old price of 40 to 1 was asked for in vain
about Brown Brandy, 15 to 2 was offered agst St. Hu-
bert for the Derby, but we think 8 to 1 would have been
laid ; 300 to 25 was taken once about Lord of the Isles.
In other respects the following quotations will indicate
the state of the odds :

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
10 to 1 agst Trout (taken and offend)
12 to 1 agst Easton (offered)
14 to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (offered)
20 to 1 agst Tom Thumb (take 25 to 1)
THE TWO THOUSAND.
65 to 20 agst St. Hubert (offered)
70 to 20 agst Lord of the Liles (taken)
4to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (offered)
9to 1 agst Polydore (take 10 to 1)
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
Bto 1 agst Pharsalgs (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst Fandango (offered)
100 to 6 agst Redlad(taken)
25 to 1 agst Steelyard (nominal)
CHESTER CUP.
100 to 6 aget Andover (offered)
20 to 1 apt Rotheram (offered)
25 to 1 agst The Ropier (offered)
25 to 1 agst Arthur Wellesley (offered)
1000 to 30 agst Bright Phoebus (taken)
33 to 1 agst Brown Brandy (take 40 to 1 freely
900 to 20 agst Little Harry (taken)
50 to 7 agst Jack Sheppard (take 1000 to 15)
50 to 1 aget Atherston (take 1000 to 15)
50 to 1 agst Dalkeith (offered)
1000 to 14 agst Sehatnyl (wanted)
1000 to 15 agst Dr. O'Toole (take 1000 to 10)
DERRY.
15 to 2 a,gst St. Hubert (offered)
300 to 25 aget Lord of the Isles (taken)

to fall in with the arrangements proposed, but he was
stated subsequently to have declined to accept them.
Now, he hoped the noble lord would take a
proper time to explain to the house and the country that
course of conduct which if correct, as he (Hr. Bentinck) had
stated it, certainly looked very much like vacillation. It
was further stated that the late President of the Council
bad afterwards been called upon by her Majesty to form an
Administration, but the attempt, as the noble lord had io-
formed them, had failed after a few hours' exertion, a re-
sult which after the proceedings of the last few days was not
surprising. (Laughter, and hear, hoar.) Then it was
said that the noble lord the late Secretary of the Home
Department had been for some days attempting, and so
far as he (Mr. Bentinck) at present knew, without success,
to form an Administration ; and they wore further told,
by rumour, that the difficulties which the noble lord had had
to contend with arose from the determination of certain pu b-
lie men to insist upon a preponderance of their own party in
constituting a Government. Now ho would ask the house,
was this'a creditable state of things for the country to find
itself in? (Hear, hear.) Was it right they should be
listening night after night to personal recriminations be-
tween noble members in the other house and noble lords in
that house, whil:t other public men were engaged in en-
deavouring to obtain a preponderance of their own party
. before another Government could be formed, although
the affairs of the country wore in so disastrous a condition ?
It was impossible to coneeivo anything morkdiscredita-
ble or disastrous than the delay which had taken place
during the last few days in the constitution of a Ministry
capable of carping en the affairs of the country. (Hear.)
He had been indticed to make those remarks in the hope
that having done so he might-induce others who had more
• weight than he had in that house to take up the subject,
end can upon the house for an expression of, its
opinion, which might lead to a better • state of
things, and to a termination of the delay which
had hitherto interrupted the conduct of public
businces. (Hear, hear.) He need not remind the house
that the lives of thousands of their fellow-creatures might
be depending upon every this-employed hour, and ho
trustedgra the house would express its opinion in the way be
lon eggested, so that their present position might no
botie ate?notinue to weaken tho character of the country
Sir Cl4.4,e(eAnd abroad. (Hear, hear.)
at this time le said it was excessively inconvenient that
be asked for txyPile
natione of what had taken place should
stood in much neeed-olieembrs. Every ono knew that they
sent state of Ministeria fresh Government, but in the pre-
sent
person in that bons? affairs, when there was ne respon-
sible
that such que4l2,Ply,
tisilekould be put
it was indeed most in-
cutp by the hon. member who as had been
just sat down. No
doubt a proper opportunity would taken by the new
Government when it was formed to give the fullest expla-
nation in its power. (Cheers.)
hontiil,rnronet must
Mr. WHITESIDE said the right
y ramleveanti.ire
have misunderstood his bon. friend, Neel,
to ask for any explanations, but had airepl
I and sensible ranarks with a view of inducing elaw,,
house to express its opi9ion on theresent delay, and of
hastening to a
termination negotiationsa which seemed
•
likely never to approximate to en end. (ear, hear.)
Mr. SCOTT attributed the present state of public, affairs
to the unwillinguese of
' the house to debate prelimineirlY
questions in Le
•,e •e 3 3,4 1841; for if the questions put by
the hon. member for Ayi°. _ir
b y had been enforced and
debated, he believed there no 3 have been no war. The
leader of the into Government was a' Captlit 1110?'-
Wm, and his Administration had been, feeble from
i
the beginning to the end, so fo ble, indeed, as ultimately
to lead to a vote of censure that was carried by a inejoi ity
of two tesione. (Hear.) Was the voice 61 the country to bo
stifled by the house allowing these defeated 3linistors to
return to their seats? W0u7.1 the house or the country pet-
niit the leader of an Administration that had so grossly
udiconducted affairs to hold such a position in the new
Cabinet as to still leave him in possession of all the pow3r,
though not the honours, of his former office ? (flear.)
Could they tolerate that when he was the very man whose'
incapacity had drawn us into this war ? (Cries of
hear, hear.) He protested, then, against their ad-
journing in this way from day to day without anything
decisive being known. It Was trifling alike with the time
of the hones and the interest of the country, and he hoped
some understanding with regard to it would bo immedi-
ately tome to. (Hear, hear.)
Mr- LABOUCHERE declared that the house would be
ltrineritseif the eyes of the country if it permitted
conversationto go on. It could lead to no result, and
though the time 'might come When it would be the dug of

LIVERPOOL SPI
ACCEPTANCES for the GRAN]
54 subs., 14 of whom elect,
Age et lb
Bourton
Peter Simple a 11 6
Miss Mowbray a 11 6
Peter
Need wood
The General
Trout ' a 10 12
Itet3,ll
A.hd-el-Kader. a 10 5
Half-and-Half a 10 4
Dalkeith 6 10 4
Bastion
Escape
The Poet
Nugget
Clarion g (h b) .
Garland ...... a 10 21
Rosa
Boundaway b) 6 10 0
Spring

RING MEETING.
D NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.
ared and pay 5 sovs. each.
Age et lb
The Potter 6 9 12
Lantern
Janus a 9 10
Cutaway a 9 10
St. Arnaud 5 9 10
Wanderer (II b)
A.natis 5 9 8
MauriceDaley(h b) a 9 6
Star of England a 9 6
Maley 1. 9 6
Pimperne
Little Charley
Free Trader
Dangerous a 9 0
Burnt Sienna a 9 0
Bruiser (h b) 6 9 0
Torn Thumb
Crabbs
Boddicot..
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!NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. ! pany's steam-ship Aedway, for the Crimea. These
• troops will be replaced by the 821 Regiment and a regi-
nient of militia.
The recruiting foi the calalry in general is going for-
ward most actively, and by March next it is expected
that upwards of 1,300 men will be added to the cavalry
force of the service. It is stated that two new cavalry
regiments will be aided to the light division, to be de-
nominated the 18th and 19th Light Dragoons.
The following is the cavalry standard now acted upon:—
HEAVY CAVALRY.—Men and lais not below 5 ft. 51 in.
nor above 5 ft. 9 in. in height, and not exceeding 25
years of age.
LIGHT CAVALRY.—Men and lads not below 5 ft. 5i in.,
nor above 5 ft. 9 in. in height, and not exceeding 25
years of age.
CAVALRY IN INDIA.—Men not below 5 ft. 51 in., nor
above 5 ft. 8 in height, and not under 18 years of age nor
exceeding 25.
Men who have previously served are eligible for re-
enlistment into cavalry up to 38 years of age, with good
characters. Bounty 101.
The 10th Hussars, now en route from India to the
Crimea, will be reinforced by recruits from England.

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The Britannia, 120, Captain Carter, is hourly expected
at Shithead from tho Black Sea. She comes home with
two-thirds of her ship's company and minus a great many
of her guns, landed at Balaklava.
The Trafalgar, 120, Captain Greville, is expected at
Sheerness to pay off, or rather pay down ; she has been
four years in the Mediterranean and has a fine able crew.
The Royal George, Captain Codrington, C. 8., is in
the basin, Sheerness. Her alterations are fast progress-
ing. Most of her crew have returned from their leave,
time having expired on Monday.
The Cressy, 81, screw, Captain Warren, is moored in
the stream at Sheerness. She has nearly completed
taking in all stores, &c., and may be reported as fit for
immediate service.

The Majestic, 81, screw, Captain Hope, C. 8., is still
in No. 3 dry dock, Sheerness, detained by her machinery
being under repair.

Tl►e Blenheim, 61, ■crew, Captain (Nemesia) Hall,
will haul into the fit.ing basin at Portsmouth on Thurs-
day. _ _

The Russell, 61, screw, Captain Scott, heisted the
pendant at Sheerness, on Thursday. She has got in her
lower masts, which will be rigged forthwith. She is to
go into No. 1 dry dock in a day or two, which is being
got ready for her.

ARRIVAL OF TIII SICK AND WOUNDED.

The Pembroke, 61, screw, Captain Seymour, will haul
into the steam basin at Portsmouth, to-day, to receive
her boilers and machinery.
The Nankin, 50, Captain Keith, is lying up at the
Black Stakes, River Medway. On Monday she swung
ship and adjusted her compasses, under the superintend-
ence of Mr. Barlow, master of the Formidable. She is
taking in some trifling stores, when she will proceed to
Plymouth. Her future destination will be either India
or China. She has a fine crew, we hear.
The Amphion, 34, screw, Captain Key, is in No. 2
dry dock, Sheerness. Her false keel is broken off in
several places ; the keel will have to be wholly replaced
by a new one. She was rubbed a little with the ice in
the Baltic, where she was on shore more than once, as
long as 20 hours at a time. Tile mechanics are busily
employed bedding her new boilers below, &c.
The Pylades, 21, screw, Captain D'Eyncourt, hauled
out of No. 1 dry dock, Sheerness, yesterday afternoon,
and has gone under the sheers to take a portion of her
heavy machinery in ; her topmasts are on end, and every
facility is given to get her forward as soon as possible.
The Tartar, 21, screw, Captain Dunlop, is moored on
the west shore, Sheerness ; preparations were made to
swing her to adjust her compasses, but the thick hazy
weather prevented it. She is an exceedingly smart-
looking vessel, and rumour sends her to the Black Sea.
Thu Desperate, 8, screw, Captain White, is in the
basin, Sheerness, refitting, &c.
The Melarnpus, store frigate, Commander Borlase,
has hauled out of the basin at Sheerness, at last, and h
moored over on the other shore ; she progresses fast in
all respects.
The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Roderick Dew,
received advanced wages, yesterday, at Spithead.
The Cuckoo, 3, paddle, Lieut.-Commander Augustus
Murray, has steamed out of the camber at Sheerness,
and is lying up the harbour.
The Lizard, 3, paddle, Lieut.-Commander Christopher,
arrived in the harbour, Sheerness, yesterday afternoon,
from picking up the wreck of the Fanny, on the coast.
The Avon, tender, Master Commander Veitch, sailed
from Portsmouth, for Plymouth, yesterday, with super-
numeraries arid men returning from leave of absence.
Captain Gordon, of the Duke of Wellington, will
relieve Captain Hay in the Victory this morning at
Portsmouth. The latter officer will be flag-captain to
Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., second in com-
mand in the Black Sea fleet.

We are ♦ery sorry to hear that Commander Booth, of
her Majesty's steamer Nile, has applied to be super-
seded. The fatigue he has undergone in fitting out the
Nile and the hard work of the Baltic campaign have
wrought upon his health, and reluctantly forced upon
him the step which sheer necessity alone induced him to
take.

The harbinger, screw steam transport, one of the
squadron of the General Screw Steam Navigation Com-
pany, Commander Sharp, arrived at Portsmouth and
went into harbour yesterday afternoon at 1 to laud
wounded officers an men from the seat of war, but the
latter were ordered by Government telegraph to be
taken to Chatham k the ship. She sailed from Scutari
on the 12th ult , at 5 p.m. ; arrived at Malta on the
13th, at 12 p.m. ; left on the 19th, at 8 p.m. ; arrived
at Gibraltar on the 26th, at 5 p.m. ; left on the 28th, at
4.m. ; and arrived at Southampton on Monday, the sth
inst., at 4 p.m., where she remained all night, and left
yesterday, about 11 a.m., for Portsmouth Harbour. The
Harbinger brought home the following officers and
men :-Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Troubridge, of
the 7th Fusiliers, with loss of both feet at Inkerman ;
Major Gubbies, of the 85th, wounded in the elbow at
Inkerman ; Captain Macdonald, of the 95th, wounded
in 17 places by the bayonet and one gunshot wound,
which brought him down ; Captain Marsh, of the 55th ;
Captain Bush, elbow joint shot away at Inkerman ;
Captain Fitzroy, wounded in the knee at Inkerman ;
Lieutenant Arquimbau, R.N. ; Lieutenant P. Cahill, of
the 49th, wounded in the foot at Inkerman ; Lieutenant
Twysden, of the 55th ; Mr. George Dundas, M.P. ;
Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General Thornhill ; Dr.
Menzies, Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals at Scutari ;
Staff-Aesistante Surgeon Bayfield ; Assistant-Surgeon
Flower, of the 63d ; Bandmaster Koesil, of the 4th ;
itandenaster Thomas, of the 77th ; Captain Curtis, R.A.
from Gibraltar ; Quartermaster M'Queen, of the 92d
Highlanders ; and 81 military invalids, 4 soldier ser-
vants, 4 civilians, and 5 distressed British subjects.
The invalids and wounded men were from the follow-
ing regiments :-Royal Artillery. 2 ; 2d Dragoon
Guards, 2 ; Bth Hussars, 1 ; Enniskillen Dragoons,
2 ; 11th Hussars, 1 ; 13th Light Dragoons, 1 ; .17th
Lancers, 3; Grenadier Guards, 7; Scots Fusilier Guards,
1 ; 7th Fusiliers, 1 ; 19th Foot, 3 ; 20th, 2 ; 21st, 1 ;
23d, 3 ; 30th, 5 ; 33d, 7 ; 41st, 1 ;44th, 1 ;47th, 6 ; 49tb, 2 ;
50th, 1 ; 55tb, 1 ; 57th, 6 ; 63d, 1 ; 68th, 4 ; 77th, 2 ;
79, 1 ; 88th, 2 ; 93d, 2 ; 95th, 1 ; Ist Battalion Rifle
Brigade, 3; 2d ditto, 2. These cases were all doing
well, under the care of Staff Assistant-Surgeon Bay field,
in charge, and Lieutenant Cahill in command, and will
leave for Chatham this morning without being disturbed.
But why could not the ship have been despatched froze
Malta to Chatham direct, instead of first going to
Southampton on Monday, waiting there all night, then
going to Portsmouth yesterday, and staying there all
night, finally leaving for Chatham this the third day after
their arrival in Eng.and ? Major-General Sir Frederick
Smith, RE., and Staff, and the usual officials superin-
tended the disembarkation of those officers and others
lauded at Portsmouth. Captain Fitzroy, Lieutenant
Twysdun, Mr. Dundee, Dr. Menzies, A. S Flower, Mr.
Koesil, Mr. Thomas, and Captain Curtis landed at
Southampton, and the other wounded and invalid offi-
cers at Portsmouth dockyard. Major Gubbins, Captain
Bush, and Captain Macdonald were carried to the
George Hotel, and Sir Thomas Troubridge, who is the
son of Nelson's Captain Troubridge, and nephew of Vice-
Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Commander-in-
Chief at Portsmouth, was carried in an invalid chair by
a fatigue party to the Admiralty-house. As soon as the
Harbinger was reported in sight Sir Thomas Cochrane
went out to meet her in the Fire Queen steam tender.
Rear Admiral Death and numerous other officers were
quickly on board as soon as she came into harbour. She
spoke the following ships on her passage home --Jan.
15, off Cape St. Angelo, the steam transport Imperatrice
(No. 150), with troops for the Crimea, all well ; Jan.
21, exchanged numbers with the luverary Castle ; 25th,
passed, off Cape de Gatte, the schooner Isabella and the
brig Odessa, bound for the eastward ; 27th, passed the
Sultana (No. 32 sailing transport), with invalids, home-
ward-bound ; the Clyde and the Lady Eglinton trans-
ports were at Malta, outward bound. Assistant Quar-
termaster-General Dalgetty personally attended Captain
Macdonald to the George Hotel, by his litter.
The sick and wounded landed from various ships lately
at I''ortsmouth, and quartered in the new garrison hos-
pital, are all.noing well under the-skilful and unremitting
attention of Dr. Lawson, Ordnance Medical Officer, and
Assistant-Surgeon Henry Bishop, of the Royal 'Wilts
Militia (a volunteer, who considers himself amply re-
warded by the thanks and smiles of the gallant patients
for anything he does fur them). It will be pleasing to
their friends and the service to know that the wounded
are most assiduously and tenderly cared for. There are
many badly wounded from Alma and Inkerman, as well
as Balaklava, and these are going on very favourably
towards convalescence. Thedysenterio and fever invalids
are much the worst looking of the whole, but all are
most grateful for their treatment at the hands of their
medical attendants, and especially for the kindness of
Lady Smith and Major-General Sir Frederick Smith,
R.E., Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth,
who go repeatedly, and with their own hands dispense
liberally such delicate luxuries as jellies, custards, blanc-
manges, rusks, biscuits, buns, sponge cakes, and such
like relishing confectures. Lady Smith also gives those
who can write memorandum-books, pencils, postage-
stamps, and paper to write to their friends.
The transport-ship Talavera, Captain Scott, which
left Constantinople on the Bth of December, and Malta
the 4th of January, arrived in Plymouth Sound yester-
day afternoon, having on board 19S non-commissioned
officers and men from various regiments, under the com-
mand of Captain O'Brien and Lieut. Harcourt, 39th
Regiment, invalided, sick, and iu medical charge of As-
sistant-Surgeon A. T. Sylvester, of the 23d We:sh Fusi-
liers. Only two deaths have occurred on the passage-
viz., Private Carter and Private Ross, both of the Scots
Fusilier Guards ; but the wounded have suffered much
from the severe weather during the passage from Malta.
A succession of heavy gales was experienced in the
Mediterranean from the westward and atter leaving
Gibraltar from the eastward. The Talavera landed at
Malta Commander Lloyd, Midshipmen Bailie and Gooch,
and 59 seamen, invalids, in charge of Dr. Evans, R.M.;
and outside Malta spoke the transport Sultana, No. 32,
going in with invalids-all well.

LA IV INTELLIGE.NCE.—Feb. G.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
CURLING V. TOSIMON.

Mr. Watson, Q.C., Mr. E. James, Q.C., and Mr.
Lush wen: counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Wit•
kills and Mr. Petersdorff for the defendant.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
compensation in damages for a libel, contained in an
anonymous letter, sent to the committee of the Junior
United Service Club, alleged to be composed and pub-
lished by the defendant, imputing to the plaintiff that
he had been forced to retire from the Corps of Gentle-
men-at-Arms fur peculation and conduct unworthy of
an officer and a gentleman.

The defendant pleaded not guilty.
The plaintiff, Captain Curling, is a gentleman who
formerly was the adjutant and clerk of the check of the
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, and is now a captain of
the Royal London Militia. The defendant, Captain
Tompson, is also an officer in the same regiment of mi-
litia, and was also.fermerly in the Corps of Gentlemen-
at-strine. In the raoeth of August, 1853, Captain Cur-
ling was proposed as a member of the Junior United
Service Mir, The ballot came off in July, 1854. Just
after the ballot commenced, at about ten o clock in the
morning, the secretary of tho club, Mr. Hatch, received
Rn anonymous letter in the following terms .
" Artillery House, Finsbury, City, July 5, 1854.
"Several members of the Hon. Artillery Company pre-
sent their respects to the committee of the Junior United
Service Club, thinking it is only right to inform the cons-
mittee that it is their intention to direct the attention of the
Lieutenancy of the City of Lonclonito the fact of the Court
of Lieutenancy having appointed a man to fill a responsi-
, blo situation who is not duly qualified or at all fit to hold
such appointment. We are in a position to prove that
Captain Bailee Curling, of the Royal Loudon Militia Regi-
ment was forced to retire from the Corps of Gentlemen-at-
, Arms for peculation and conduct unbecoming of an officer
and a gentleman, to avoid public scandal and the confisca-
tion of the comini•sion to the Crown. Ma.* Cooke and
other officers of the corps forbore to press the charge.
During his (Curling's) clerkship to the corps he canvassed
the lieutenancy personally, begging votes from men who
only knew him as a man holding some appointment at St.
James's. Had any member known he (Captain Curling)
was a man who should hold up his hand at the Old Bailey,
it is not probable ho would have stood in your lists as
" Capt. BUNCH CURLING, Royal London Militia Regiment,
"P.S. Captain Curling has thought proper to villify
and abuse the Honourable Artillery Company, having in
common with the officers of the regiment, received every
attention from our corps, and used our house during the
trainings. However, we hold ourselves to be his supe-
riors in courtesy, as we now mean to be in justice to so-
ciety at large.
" To the Committee of the Junior United Service Club."
On reading tine letter Mr. Hatch bander' it to the com-
mittee of the club, by whom it was handed round to the
members present, and the result was that out of 150 votes
Capt. Curling had 40 black bails. On Capt. Curling !emu
ing the result, he applied tothe committee of the club, and
obtained from them the letter in question. On seeing the
letter Capt. Curling immediately thought that the letter
was in the defendant's handwriting, although disguised ;
he immediately put it into the hands of Mr. Nethereliff,
the faesimilist, of the British Moseuin, a gentleman
skilled in the comparison of handwriting, and gave him
s Joie letters of the defendant which he had received from
him some time before, and Mr. Netherciiff at once gave
it as his opinion that the letter was in the handwriting
of the defendant. It was then put into the hands of
other ger. tlemen .killed in handwriting, and they al
camp to the same conclusion. The motive which, it was I
imputed, must have induced the defendant to write the
libel was but slight. It appeared that in the year 1850
Captain Tompson sold out of the Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms, and Captain Curling acted as the friend of the
defendant, as also of the purchaser, and 0119 condition of