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LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1855.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

CONVENTION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND
THE EMPEROR OF TFIE FRENCH, RELATIVE
TO SUPPLIES TO BE FURNISHED TO THE
TURKISH 'ARMY.

February, .1855—John Binnie Mackenzie, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Strang, deceased, Feb. 6.
2d. Royal Lanarkshire Militik—Walter Brisbane Park,
Esq., to be Captain ; Mark Sprot, Gent., to be. Lieutenant,
Feb.- 15; William Fullarton Fullerton, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, Feb.l6; William Wilson, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
Feb. 17 ; George Pollock, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb 19;
John Reid Pollock, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 15.
Inverness, Bauff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment of
Militia—Richard Rose Manson to be Lieutenant, vice
George Alexander, resigned; William Chefdeu Goldie to
be Ensign, vice Manson, promoted.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery—
Captain David Laird to be Major, vice R:tit, resigned;
Reginald'Howard Alexander Ogilvy, Gent, to be Captain,
Feb. 9.

The screw steam-ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Cap-
tain Gordon, was taken out of the basin dock at Key-
ham, Plymouth, and placed at her sailing moorings en
Sunday. She commenced receiving coal on Monday.
The Britannia, 120, Captain Carter, will be ready for
paying off on Friday. Her crew petitioned the Admi-
ralty for the payment of all their wages and more leave ;
their lordships granted the former, but refused the latter
request.
The St. George, 120, Cop!ain Eyres, C. 8., is refitting
her rigging, &e., at Spithead.
The Dee, steam-transport, left Portsmouth, on her
return to Woolwich, yesterday afternoon.
The screw steam-ship Cesar, 91, Captain Robb, at
Plymouth, is to be fitted with all despatch.
The screw steam-:hip Colossus, 80, Captain R. S.
Robinson, was appointed t i go from Plynimith Sound
into Haluonze yesterday. She will be refitted forthwith.
The Cressy, 81, Captain Warren, the Ajax, 60, Cap-
tain Warden, the Imperieuse, 51, Captain Watson,
C.B.,!and the Euryalus, 51, Capt. Ramsay, are ordered
to complete stores, &c., for eight months' service.
The Blenheim, 60, Captain Hall, had her steam up
all yesterday alongside the dockyard, Portsmouth, to
prove her new boilers.
The Arrogant, 46, Captain Yelverton, steamed out
of Portsmouth harbour, after a refit, yesterday, and
tested her speed and machinery at the measured mile,
after which she joined the fleet at Spithead.
The Retribution, 28, Captain Fisher, hauled out of
the factory basin yesterday into No. 9 dock, to have her
copper, &c., overhauled.
The screw steam-ship Tartar, 20, Captain Dunlop, was
taken into the new dock at Plymouth on Saturday.
The Penelope, 18, Captain Sir W. Wiseman, went to
Spithead on Monday.
The Falcon, 17, screw sloop, Commander Pullen, left
Portsmouth harbour for Spithead yesterday, and joined
the fleet.

Signed at London, Jan. 24, 1855. •
[Ratifications exchanged at London, Feb. 28,1855.].
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the
French, being desirous to divide equally between their re-
spective Governments the expense of the suppliei which
the Allied armies in the Crimea have already furnished, or
may hereafter furnish. to the Turkish 'army, have named
as their plenipotentiaries to conclude a convention for that
purpose, that is to say :
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable George W illiam
Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Minion' &c.
And his Majesty,the Emperor of the-French, the Sieur
Alexander Colonna, Coent Walewski, Grand officer of the
Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, Sc.
Who, after having communicated to each other their
full powers, found in due form, have agreed upon the fol-
lowing articles.

Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirksbire Militia—David
Hope Johnstone, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 14.
East Kent Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Charles
Castle. to be Captain, vice Slark, resigned, Feb. 22 ; Ensign
James O'Donnel Annesley to be Lioutenant, vice Rodney,
resigned, March 2 ; Ensign Edwin Balfour Wimberley to
be Lieutenant, vice Castle, promoted, March 3 • Thomas
Shirley Ball, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Annesley, pro-
moted, March 2; Joshua John Pipon, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Wimberley, promoted, March 3 ; James Bartholomew
Schlotel, Gent., to be Ensign, March 4.
Kent Militia Regiment of Az tillery—Charles Nassau
Girardot, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Bentinck,
resigned, Feb. 22.
2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex
Militia—Martinus Van Kirkwyk Bowie, Esq., Adjutant
of the 2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex
Militia, to serve with the rank of Captain, Feb. 8.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—George
Waugh, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 26.
North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—John Bell,
Gant., to be Ensign ; John Swainston. Strangways, Gent.,
to be Ensign, Feb. 28.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign Nicholas Gif-
ford to be a Lieutenant, vice Birch, appointed to the 44th
Regiment of the Line, March 3.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia.—Ensign
Cecil Frederick Holder to be Lieutenant-, vice Miller, re-
signed; Ensign Thomas Mansfield James to be Lieutenant,
vice Lees, resigned ; Edward Francis Brown Brooke,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Mansfield, promoted ; Arthur
Fitzgerald Howe Daniel to be Ensign, vice Merrett, pro-
moted, March 3. _ _ _

The steam-frigate Magiqienne, 17, Captain Fisher, was
taken out of dock at Keyham, Plymouth, and placed
'alongside the Jupiter coal depot on Monday.
The Ariel, 9, Commander Luce, was docked yesterday
to have the well for her propeller altered, as the screw
jams in getting up or down.
The Centaur, 6, paddle-frigate, Captain Clifford, is now
all ataunt, and blocked down in the basin.

2d. or North Durham Regiment of Militia—John Henry
Lukis, Esq., late of the 61st Regiment of Foot, to be Cap-
tain, vice Pemberton, resigned ; George Lewis Trotter,
Gent., to be Ensign ; Wm. Henry Green, Gent., to be
Ensign ; Randle Macdonell, Gent., to be Ensign ; Ben-
jamin Barnes, Gent., to be Ensign, March 1.
Durham Militia Artillery—Hugh Stafford, Gent., to be
First Lieutenant, vice Hopkins, resigned ; Second Lieu-
tenant Edward Featherstonhaugh to be First Lieutenant,
vice Wood, resigned ; John George Robson, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, March 1.
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
_ _

, The steam-frigate Dragon, 6, Captain Willcox, having
coaled, was plat-d at her sailing moorings in Ha,moaze,
Plymouth, on Monday.
The Basilisk, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Tenner, was
undocked on Monday, and went alongside the coal depot
to complete her stock.
The Oberon, 3, Lieutenant Freeland, was paid ad-
vance on Monday, and sailed last evening for the Me-
diterranean.

William Groom, innkeeper, Sudbury.
James Lucas, cheese factor, Stroud.
BANKRUPTS.

Robert Edward Barnes, wine merchant and house agent,
Chelsea, to surrender, March 12, at half-past eleven, and
April 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.- Pennell,
official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Pain, Gresham-
street, City.
Thomas Beswick, licensed victualler, Half Moon-street,
Piccadilly, March 16 and April 20, at twelve, at the Bank-
ruptcy Court. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Strong, Coleman-street.
Llewellyn Wallington, grocer, Bridgend, Glamorgan-
shire, March 19 and April 17, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Ed-
wards and Naldor, Bristol.
James Barlow, brass founder, Birmingham, March 17
and April 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Cond. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Suckling
and Son, Birmingham.
. .

John Thynne Carr, timber merchant, Regent-terrace,
City-road, March 16, at half-past two, and April 19, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee,
Aldermanbury ; Taylor, South-street, Finsbury.square.
George Roots, brickmaker, New-road, Chatham, March
17, and. April 21, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Stopher, Cheapside.
John William Dobson, brewer, Leyburn, Yorkshire,
March 19 and April 17, at twelve, at the Leeds District
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Prest, Leeds ;
Willmott, High-street, . Southwark
. _

Even Edw:ircls, grocer, Taibach (not Tailbach, as adver-
tised in last Friday's Gazette), March 13 and April 16, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official
assignee, Bristol ; Trenerry, Bristol.
Francis Edward Bingley, sharebroker and auctioneer,
Somerset-terrace, Pimlico, March 16, at twelve, and April
19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Leo, official
assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer,
Old Jewry Chambers.
Thomas Bain and John Cowan, merchants, late of
Madras, March 16, at two, and April 20, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. -Whitmore, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street ; Hughes, Kearsey, Masterman, and
Bucklersbury.
Joseph Wilkinson, jun., cloth manufacturer, norsforth,
Yorkshire, March El and April 20, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Bond
and Barwick, Leeds.
James Fenton, cotton manufacturer, Reeds, Lancashire,
March 16, and April 19, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
tfict Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ;
Faulkner, Manchester.
William Henry Miners, grocer, Plymouth, March:2o
and April 10, at one, at the Exeter District Conrt.
Ilirtzell, official assignee, Exeter ; Abrahams, Southamp•
ton-buildings Bbilio and Pitts, Exeter.
Ulitlord f irth and John Archer, brokers, late of Liver-
pool, March 12 and April 4, at 'loven at, uaze-
nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Whitley, Liverpool.
Nathan Clough, painter, Bradford, Yorkshi-o, March 26,
at half-past eleven, and April 17, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. Hope, official assignee, fieeds ; Terry and
Watson, Bradford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Thomas Walker, licensed victualler, Edwin stows, iCot-
tinghamshire, March 17, and April 21, at twelve, at the
Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ;
Neale, Mansfield ; Dixon and Blackwell, Sheffield.
Edwin Sparrow, metal broker, Liverpool, March 20, and
April 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor-
gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Boggio, Liverpool.
John Lambert, timber dealer, Halifax, March 22, and
April 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee, Leeds ; Holroyde, Son, and Cronhelm,
Halifax; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS,

Thomas Cargill, flax spinner and merchant, Dundee.
_____.

John Wilkie, warehouseman, Glasgow.
Campbell, 31.‘Nab, and Company, merchants, Glasgow.
Adolphe Breysig, merchant, Dundee.
Peter M`Duff and Company, tanners, Dundee.

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kept, and on the clerk examining it some few days after.
wards, he found an entry stating that Pratt and Green
had been married on the 3d, and that Charlotte Tate
(also naservant of Dr. Giles') was a witness. The setter
now began to be talked about very widely, and Dr.
Giles made use of some conflicting stories. He wrote to
the Lord Bishop, in October, three times. The first
was on the 11th of October, in which he says that th
girl asked him to marry her and Pratt on the 3d, to
which he consented. The letter proceeded—"Nex
morning I married them between the hours of eight and
ten, in the presence of two invited witnesses (a third
having failed to come), and with open doors, through
which entered two other persons unknown. Whoa the
ceremony was over, and the books, as they thought,
properly signed, the young man left rather hastily with.
out my noticing that one of the entries was incomplete.
I told the girl to come with him the next morning, or
Thursday. ,She came with him about half-past six, and
I went with them to see the entry complete. -A gossip
of the village spread the report that they went to be
married. Hence the whole report." The next letter to
his lordship was written on the 24th of October, after
the inquiry before the magistrate had taken place, in
which he admitted that he had misrepresented the facts
in the former letter; that he did rna:ry them on the
Thursday morning ; but solemnly declared he did not
know that eight o'clock was the limit of time for
I,eginning a marriage. He admitted also in the same
letter that there was no license, but earnestly in-
treated his lordship to pity his folly. The letter con-
tinued—" I bad no fraudulent intention. I had no

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benefit whatever from the marriage, and foolishly
thought, if I thought at all, that the parties were answer-
able for the license. Every one who knows me will say
it was reckless neglect. In this light, my lord, I hope
you will forgive or excuse the felonious crime, as I now
for the first time know it to be. I crave your pardon,
and that of any other person' who may be concerned in
the matter. My prospects are already ruined." The
third letter was written on the 26th October. It ran
thus :—" My Lord,—Though utterly unworthy ever to
receive a letter from you again, and wholly ungrateful,
as it would appear for the consideration which you have
shown me, I venture again to write, so soon after the
date of my last letter, because everything I can say is
too little to express the agonies of my mind at what has
occurred. The heaviest cause of distress is to me that I

should have suffered myself, even by legal advice, to let
the truth be mis-stated to your lordship. I have no ex-
cuse but that the dreadful prospect of felony, with 14
years' transportation, quite overwhelmed every sentiment
of propriety and every feeling but that of intense horror.
May I plead, my lord, that when I recovered from the
first pang of madness I forbade every one to speak of
misrepresenting the facts, and gave en account of the
wiled- 7 • '•;na who stated it before the magistrates.
're that I never heard of the law
- care 8 o'clock, and imposed
WV. for marrying
without a license. I add *My
gain or advantage to myself infltfenced mein this taexuer.
Tile sole cause of m:r so acting was that reckless rash.
ness to which I have ever been liable in doing the first
thing that suggests itself to me. This was my impulse
then. It was notorious to all my family that this young
woman was going to be married to the young man. I was
at the time overwhelmed with hard work from
various causes. Mr. Adams being away I had additional
sermons. I had six pupils preparing for Oxford and the
array, with whom I was occupied six hours a day ; and
thirdly, my dear child belonging to Christ Church
School had been sent home in a fever, and with his
life despaired of ; six nights had I sat up with my wife,
watching his sufferings. At the end of this time it was
that something was said of our servant's marriage, and
I, in a moment of rashness and folly, said, Shall I
marry you to-morrow morning ?' The offer was eagerly
caught at ; the hour of eight was named, but, failing to
come, they requested me to name an earlier hour for
two days after. On this point, too, I assented, but this
time not from thoughtlessness, but pure ignorance. They
went away, and spoke of it openly within an hour.
There was no idea of a clandestine marriage, but only
to avoid a number of persons at the ceremony. * * *
Enough, I am aware, remains, my lord, to overwhelm
ins utterly, unless you hold out a merciful hand to save
me. Do I dare ask you? Some one has hinted to me
no ; because I had given your lordship trouble by ray
two books on theological subjects. But I will not be-
lieve that you harbour one thought against me on that
account, and I ask your lordship to help me in as bitter
a trial as ever befel a clergyman. In this last word lies
the origin of my misfortunes. During the 23 years that
I have been in orders I never practised my profession
until the last few years at Bampton ; and even there I
have been regarded as a mere help to others, leaving to
them all parochial matters. The cause of this was the
necessity of being ordained in orders to hold a fellow-
ship ; and so I am bitterly expiating the crime (too
common) of making holy orders a qualification for
worldly advantages. Not only have I been held to
bail for the early hour in this case ; but in a second,
which took place a year ago, when they say the clock
struck eight immediately after the ceremony was con-
cluded. It is my firm belief that this charge has been
added merely to add to the weight of' the former. lam
held to bail in 5001. for that also. Thirdly, I am told
that a third information awaits me about there being no
license. This is grave, but I meant no fraud. I cannot
account for my folly ; but I supposed it was their affair
to answer that and not mine, for I bad never read a
license, having only married five by license all my life. I
entreat your lordship to withhold this third information :
let ins struggle, the best I can, with the two former, the
penalty of which is so severe, without any addition to it.
If you will extend to me this mercy, I shall have a
chance, after a very long time, of recovering myself. But
I do not even want this mercy fir nothing. I will do any
penance for my folly, in any way you may appoint. I •
will discharge to the best of my abilities any task you
may assign. I will fulfil the duties, and give the full
proceeds to the poor for any length of thus. And lastly,
I will give up all my literary occupations, and endeavour
to study the laws and duties of my profession, so as not
to be a disgrace to it, but if pos-ible a serviceable mem-
ber of it. And lastly, I would make any compensation
if I could to any parties aggrieved by the recent act, but
I understand they and others are in bitter trouble at the
result of proceedings which they took against me, and
thereby that I have already been more than punished for
any injury they may be supposed to have suffered."
It was further proved that Dr. Giles bad been the
means of getting Mr. and Mrs. Pratt out of the way,
having sailed to Australia, the doctor having paid their
passage money.

Numerous witnesses were examined, and amongst
them the Lord Bishop of Oxford, who produced the
above letters, and the case was most clearly established.
The defence set up was, that the defendant was over-
whelmed with his literary labours, and through an utter
recklessness had made those fatal mistakes, but not with
the intent of injuring or defrauding any one.
Several clergymen gave the defendant a very good
character.

The jury retired for ten minutes, and then returned
into court with a verdict of guilty; but recommended the
prisoner to mercy.

Dr. Giles asked permission to address the court, which
was rearlily'conceded. He said it appeared he bad offended
against Church and State. He admitted that he was an
unworthy member of the former ; but in going into it
he had only carried out the wishes of his deceased fa-
ther. It was entirely opposed to hie own inclination.
He had worked for years past very bard, at the rate of
12 hours a day, publishing the ancient records of this
country. Oae hundred and twenty volumes were the
result of his labours. He had never sought favour from.
any one. If any one asked of him a favour he had al-
ways done it. That had been his misfortune. He felt
that, had he been placed in any other position:in life than
the church, he could have followed a successful career,
and been a useful member of society. He was the eldest
of 16 children. He had never had a penny from his
friends since he was 18 years of age. He took his de-
gree in this university. He felt his head sometimes af-
fected by his great studies. He then stated to his lord-
ship that, in the present case, he bad no motive to serve,
and begged earnestly for his lordship to take a merciful
consideration of his case, and not to send him to prison.
If he was sent to prison, he certainly should not out-
live it.

Lord Campbell, in sentencing the defendant, said that
immoral
sopriacli
act,otih awdhwhich
existedhad thatadhe he
himhad beeno
anxious guilty of
to g
somee.t
Jane Green married and out of the way. That min.
oion appeared to be entirely without foundation. Hie
lordship remarked upon the melancholy spectacle of see.
ing a man of his standing in such a lamentable position.
He hoped his future conduct would be characterised with
that atonement which he now professed to feel, and
that he would become a useful member of society at some
future period. H. e was then sentenced to twelve mouths'
imprisonment without hard labour.
The defendant appeared to feel the sentence most
acutely.

THE SLIP ON THE SOUTH DEVON RAILIVAY.--Notwith•
standing that more than a hundred feet of the sea wall
and line have been literally washed away, the work of
renovation has been so rapidly proceeded with, that the
early goods train on Tuesday morning passed over the
newly constructed viaduct, minus the engine, and the
subsequent trains followed. The carriages and trucks
were driven by the engine as far as the bridge, when
ropes were attached to them, and ti all hands', assisted
in bringing them safely to the other side. Some of the
passengers retained their seats during this change of lo-
comotive power, but the timid pursued the old course of
walking over the narrow, dirty, temporary path in the
cliffs. Of course -various opinions have been expressed
as to the original construction of so much of the lineis r::
contiguous to the sea, and the prevailing "In Insteadhof
the foundation of the sea wall was defective.stone
which
its having been built of massive blocks !:
geneeras6 uneven and nn-
mwiagshetemmoproeseedffeocftsumaalllyi
stones,resist the actiiolynuoseedf
building purposes, and those thfoerivoradviensa,riyt
were
netrhe outside giving way
shaped that upon the mortar
the creviceso of the stones, and,
the water penetrated into
rubbish there deposited, assumed a
having removed thei
dismay upon the luckless share.
brought destruction to the adja-
such a mistake is generally
known.— Mstern Times.
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ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANN'S SOCIETT.—The wor-
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and no dr,
Company of Goldsmiths have presented a dona-
tion of 1001. to this excellent charity—a well-bestowed
and much-needed gift. We believe few of the rich civi•
companies have ever contributed (none save the Gold-
smiths') to this, one of the oldest and best of our noble
charities, possessing at this time peculiar claims, from
the increased charges for provisions and the fearfully
_ex.
tending class of recipients, the children of those
for.
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