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London, England, 1864-12-20 00:00:00

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Entry of the Royal Guards into Berlin,

BERLIN, Dec. 17.

The weather, yesterday an unpleasant mixture of
snow and wind, seemed to have arrayed itself to-
day in festal robes to celebrate the entry of the
Guards into the capital from the seat of war. Both

snow and storm had ceased, and the severe icy
cold of the last few days was somewhat diminished.
Although not in the same degree as at the entry of
the Brandenburg regiments, ten days ego, the city
was nevertheless decorated to a considerable ex-
tent. The private houses exhibited flags, and many
were adorned in addition with garlands and
wreaths, The streets were crowded with the
masses, all streaming towards the broad thorough•
fare Unter der Linden. The decorations provided
at the expense of the town for the reception of
the Brandenburghers had been left to do duty on
this occasion as well. The municipal authorities
in their robes of office occupied a gallery erected
between the Palace and the Opera-house. Depu

tations of the trades' unions with flags, banners,
and bands had taken up their position at the mo-
nument of Frederick the Great on tha northern
side of the • Linden.

Shcrtly after 11. coclock military music heralded
the, approach of the troops here in garrison, who
took up their position upon the Paris square and
the south side of the Linden promenade. The
King had ordered that the four regiments of the
Young Guards, who now returned from their first
campaign, should be received by the elder infan-
try and Grenadier Guards. Behind those four
regiments the discharged men of the troops about
to enter, who had participated in the campaign,
were drawn up under the command of Lieut.-Col.
von Blucher, while the remaining troops of the
garrison, and deputations from the g.arrisons at
Potsdam and elsewhere were posted on the south
of the Linden, between the Wilhelms-dtrasse and
the Palace.

The regiments about to march in had assembled in
the meantime on the paradeground before the Bran.
denburg gate. They consisted of the 33 and 4th
Foot Guards, together forming a combined brigade;
the 31 and 4th Grenadier Guards constituting th?
combined Grenadier Brigade—the Ist Posen In-
fantry, Na. 18, and the 5.11 Brandenburg Infantry,
No. 48, making up the combined Infantry Brigade.
These troops were followed by the Hussars of the
Guards, the Brandenburg Cuirassierßegiment, No.
6, and the Brandenburg Jagers, No. 3. Next name
the Artillery, consisting of a 6-pounder and a
4-pounder battery, and the procession was closed
by the fortress and pontoon companies of the Guards.
Field-Martial Count von Wrangel rode upon the
right wing, while his Royal Highness Prince
Frederick Carl occupied the centre, each leader
being followed by his respective Staff. The parade
was under the immediate command of Lieutenant-.
General von Plonski, who also rode in front of the

troops, accompanied by Lieutenant-General von
der Mulbe. Major. General von Schlegel com-
manded the combined infantry brigade of the line,
the Brandenburg lagers, and the fortress and pon-
toon companies of the Guards—Duke Wilhelm, of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, led the combined cavalry
brigade and the two batteries. The band of the
Field Artillery marched upon the right of the
batteries.

The Generals and officers who had been promoted
since the campaign and were summoned to Berlin
to take part in the entry took up their position to
the right of the troops they had led, or rode with
the Staffs to which they had been attached. Officers
at present in Berlin who had been transferred to
other regiments rode with their old corps, as was
the case with the officers of the Landwehr who had
served during the campaign. The troops were
accoutred in field marching order, with cloaks,
above which the offisers wore their sashes. All
officers who had made the campaign wore the white
bandage upon the right arm.
The Dannebrogs captured in the field were car.
ried by the companies by which they had been
taken. All the men were decked with wreaths and
flowers. The ladies, who have always shown such
great kindness in caring for the wounded who passed
through the cap.tal, had provided each soldier
with a wreath and a patriotic poem.] The flowers
and wreaths were carried by the men upon their

Meantime the Generals and superior officers not
serving with the troops had assembled on horseback
at half-past 11 before the Palace, to accompany his
Majesty to the scone of the inspection, while the
officers on foot took np their position at the statue
of Prince Blucher. Shortly after noon his Majesty
appeared, surrounded by the Royal Princes, Herr
von Bismatk, and the Minister of War, and accom-
panied by a very brilliant and numerous suite. The
Queen and Queen Dowager, with the Crown Prin-
cess, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,
and the Princesses followed in carriages, and were at
once received with loud cheers by the people and
the troops. The bands struck up the National Hymn
as the royal party proceeded slowly along the centre
of the Linden promenade to the Brandenburg-gate.
At this point Prince August of Wurtembarg
waited the arrival of the King at the wing of the
four regiments of the Old Guard. On his Majesty
coming in sight the troops presented arms, and the
King, followed by Prince August of Wurtembarg
and the Generals and Commanders of regiments,
proceeded through the Brandenburg gate to the
parade ground, where the troops, under the command
of Priuce Friedrich Carl, presented arms along the
whole front. Prince Friedrich Carl than rode for-
ward to meet the King, and when his Majesty had
reached the centre Lieut.• Gen. von Plonski pre-
sented the report. As the King rode down the
franks he was greeted with a joyful "Good morn•
ng" from the various regiments.
The inspection being ended, the King halted in
the middle of the formation and ordered that the
colour-bearers, as well as their officers and soldiers
who had been decorated and had distinguished
themselves during the late war, should step forward
to the front, where they formed a hollow square,
with the colours in front. Hie Kijesty then-rode

into the square, accompanied by the princes and
general. officers, and made a hearty inspirating
speech to the men, which was received with loud
cheers. The King said:—
" I see your return with joy from a war brought to a
glorious end. When I permitted the newly-formed regiment
of the Guard, united in one division, to take part in this war
it was my intention to give these young regiments an op-
portunity of making for themselves a history. They have
fulfilled this intention in tho highest degree, and have
fought with distinguished bravery. The same remark ap-
plies to the older established troops hero assemtlod, who
have added a new and unfading leaf in this war to the gar.
land of firna adorning their hcnourable history. I rejoice
to see so many collected around me who have so distin-
guished themselves by bravery that I was able to confer
upon them my visible thanks as a lasting recognition of the
claims the army has to the thanks of_ [myself and the
fatherland. I have determined that all flags and standards
that have been borne on the theatre of war shall for the
future bear upon the banderol the riband of the newly
granted war medal, and those which were carried at Duppel
or Alsen the corresponding riband of the memorial cross
celebrating those engagements. And it is my conviction
that these newly decorated flags and standards will be fol-
lowed in future by my brave troops with as much devotion,
valour, and, with God's help, victory, as I am proud to ac-
knowledge with my Royal thanks that they have been in
the war just brought to a glorious close."

The King then gave the word to fall in, and the
troops formed for the march into the city. His Ma-
jesty rode in ;front followed by Prince Friedrich
Carl, and Generals, and their suites. In the rear
came the different regiments-who had taken part
in the late campaign.
Amid the cheers of the people the King entered
the capital. As his Majesty passed through the
BrandenburgMgate the troops stationed in the Paris-
equare saluted, and the bands struck up the National
Hymn. The King proceeded with his staff to the
middle of the Linden promenade, where it was pro-
posed to pass the returning troops in review.
The regiments entered with bands playing, and
as each passed through the Brandenburg-gate it was
saluted with presented arms and three loud cheers
by the regiment. of the Old Guard stationed at the
Paris-square. When all the regiments had passed
in the Old Guard returned to barracks.

In the meantime the returning troops, headed by
the band, had marched down the Unter den Linden,
where they were greeted on all sides by loud cheers
and the waving of handkerchiefs, and almost buried
under wreaths and garlands of flowers. At the
statue of Frederick the Great the troops formed for
the march past, which took place in the same order
as the regiments had entered. The carriage con-
taining the Queen, the. Queen Dowager, and the
Crown Princess halted close to his Majesty, while
the rest of the Royal Princesses surveyed the epee.
tacle from the windows of the Palace.

The two regiments of the Grenadier Guards were
led past the Royal carriage by the King, while the
Crown Prince, riding to the right of General von
der 31ulbs, headed the inf&ntry brigade of the
Guard. Then followed the infantry, the riflemen,
and the pioneers. The Artillery, led by Prince
Carl, brought up the rear..
The march bding concluded, the colours were
carried Into the palace. The number of Dannebrogs
borne by the Guards'amounted in all to 17. •

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The division at Alderehott tinder the command of
Lieut.-Gen. Sir I. L. Pennefather, K.C.8., marched
from the camp on Thursday morning to take up a
position on the Hog's-back, With a view to check
the progress of an enemy adeancing upon Alder-
shott frcm the southward by way of Godalming.
For this purpose Puttenham village and common
were selected by the Lieut.. Gen. as the principal
points of our position, frcm 'their offering many
defensive facilities, and commanding the only road
open to a large advancing army, which would have
its eie+eteebearing upson—Guildford. The Cdvairy
Brigade and D troop I.teat Ihrse Artillery, under
the command of Major-Gen. Hodge, marched from
Aldershott by way of Ash, Ash green
station, and thence to the Hog's-back, forming the
left of the intended position, with its left resting
near the third milestone, from Guildford. The
Royal Scots Greys, under the command of Col.
Darby Griffith, C. 8., formed the left, and a
squadron of this regiment, under the com-
mand of Capt. Prendergast. proceeded on patrol
duty on the road in the direction of Guildford. The
Royal Dragoons, under the command of Meier
Ainslie, formed on the right of the Scots Greys,
and at the same time the 14th Hassare, under the
command of Lieut.-Col. Thompson, proceeded to the
and formed the advance of
vthilelagaermoyf. Puttenham,
am
eenttree,P, under the command of
Lient.eCol. Mitchell, took up position near the vil-
lage, occupying an elevated piece of ground or,
Puttenham-common. The Ist Brigade and 'the E
and F Batteries, 9th Brigade, Royal Artillery,
under the command of M6jor-Gen. Taylor, marched
through A Tonghem, and formed the
en
uttenham downs. The
Brigade consisted of the 3lat, 59th, and 85th Regi-
ments, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Eager,
Major Romer, and Col. Grey respectively. The E
ice:lnmanded'by Capt. Phelips and
unlimbered and brought the
overlee
king Puttenham. The
andgmuanj
soFr into
m Batteries,
t coksietni
ozD
2d Brigade,es,with
under the Qemmand of Major. General
Bat
three guns of the Royal Artillery,
marched through Bagehbt-green, and formed on the
Hog's-back near the road leading to Seale. The 2d
Battalion
Rifles, commanded by Capt.
Farquharson,
to 'the southward and
formed the advanced Post of the infantry. The Ist
60th
proceeded Royal
Battalion 14th Regiment, commanded by Colonel
Budd,
and formed
the h
62d n gef the army on the Hog's-
back ment, under the command
of Colonel Ingall, C. 8.) formed on the left of the
t e right
under,the command of Col.
the left of the 14th. The
3d Brigade, under the command of Col. Munro, C.B,
14th.agau, The
cm., 31
foßrmriegdadoe n,
Brigadier, of Aldershot-bridge to
A
aYthence proceeded to the
Hsohg nbk
-ade Ahm marchedeeinn b y
ande
en the right of the cavalry.
The brigade consisted of the 39th, ,asf-ogrr
75th, and 83d
Regiments, under the commend of Major Currie,
Lieut.-Col. Gordon, and Lieut.-Col. Hankey, re-
spectively. The whole of file troops were in posi-
tion at 11 o'clock, when Gen. Pennefather, attended
by his Staff, rode over the line of defence, and then'
proceeded to the advanced post on Puttenham.eem.
mon. The signal having been given, a few guns
were fired by the Royal Hers° Artillery from the
eminence on the common. Gen. Hodge then brought
his brigade down from the it back," with the exeep.
tion of the three troops of the Greyi thrown out on
the left of the high road. The Cavalry Brigade
formed in line on Pattenhemacommen, advanced by
echelon of regiments from the centre, retired by ale
ternate squadrons, and re-formed line. Gen. Taylor
advanced his Brigade by
./ine of regiments, and after
clearing the-road of the supposed enemy formed line
on the ground which 'had been occupied by the
cavalry. General Bates also deecended the Hog's-
back with the 14th and 62d Regimeete, and formed
line in rear of General Taylor by alternate lines. A
few other mar cenvres followed to check the enemy,
supposed to be coming on in force against this point,
and the proceedings were shortly afterwards brought
to a close, and:the troops returned to quarters, which
the infantry reached about 2 o'clock, some of the
regiments having been under arms six hones. The
field-day wan one of the most remarkable in which
the Aldershot Division has been engaged for some
time, not only on recount of the scene of action,
which was about seven miles from the Camp, but for
the selection of the position and the admirable man-
ner in which all branches of the service were handled
by the commanding officers.
The half-yearly- inspection of the cadets of the
Royal Military College, Sandhuist, and of the Rid-
ing Troop and detachment of Royal Engineers sta-
tioned there, under the command of Gel. Lacy, was
made on Tuesday by Field• Marsha- the Duke of
Cambridge and a Board of Commissioners. The D

atteneed by his stuff, and accompanied by the
Commissioners, arrived shortly after nine o'clock
when a Royal salute was fired by the Royal En-
gineers, under the command of Capt. Hale, The
Duke then proceeded 'to the lecture-room, where
the cadets were already assembled, and addressed
them for about 20 minutes, pointing out to them
the proper course to pursue to become masters of
their profession. The Duke and party subsequently
breakfasted with Licut. Gen. Sir Harry Jones and
a number of officers of the College at the Governor's,
house, and at half-past 10 arrived upon the parade,
when the cadets were formed in line, with the de-
tachment of Dragoons (mounted)on their right and
the detachment of Royal Engineers on their left.
The Duke, who was received with the usual salute,
minutely inspected the line, and the cadets then
marched past in open column of grand divioione in
slow and quick time. They then performed the
manual and platoon exercise under the command of
it. U, Fox, and the bayonet exercise under the com-
mand of R. U. 0. Johnstone. Several battalion moves
meats followed, under the command of R. U. 0:
Guyon and U. 0. Rogers: The several exercises
and movements were well performed, and the Duke
expressed the highest satisfaction at the appear-
ance and discipline of the cadets, and, after visiting
the riding school and the gymnasium, proceeded to
the Staff College, which he inspected in .every
partment, and with the same result. • After' lunch..
ing with the officers studying at the Staff College
and a number of guests, among whom were Lieut.-
Gen. Sir S. L. Pennefatber, K Lieut.-Gen.
Knollys, See., the Duke left for London. The
Cbrismas vacation in both colleges commenced on
the following day.
The Secretary of State for War has decided that
the huts at Aldershott Camp, appropriated to mar-
ried soldiers shall in future be occupied by 'four,
instead of five families.

The regimental returns at Aldershott, just issued,
show the following average number of points and
olassification per cent. of men at target practice at
that station on the 30th of November, 1864 :—Comm
missariat Staff Corps—figure of merit, battalion,
24.02 ; best company, 25.04; best shots, first period,
54 points; second period, second class, 48 points.
2d Dragoons—figure of merit, battalion, 2328; best
troop, 27.00 ; best shots, first period, 53 points ;
second period, second class, 43 points, 14th Hussars
—figure of merit,battalion, 2284; best troop, 24.66;
best shots, first period, 44 points; second period,
second class, 36 points. Ist Royal Dragoons—figure
of merit, battalion, 2093 ; best troop, 24 81; best
shots, first period, 60 points; second period, second
class, 47 paints. 39th Regiment—figure of merit,
battalion, 57 40; best company, 69 63 ; marksmen
per cent., 2 ; best shots, first period,- 58 points ;
second period, second class, 49 points ; third period,
first class, 25 points.
The Lords of the Admiralty have arrived at a
decision with regard to the Equadron of wooden
vessels which have been for some time lying idle
on the stocks at Chatham dockyard in various
stages of progress, but on neither of which has a
single hand been employed for some years past, all
the available workmen having been withdrawn
and attached exclusively to the ironeclad ships
under construction at that dockyard. The wooden
vessels on which all work has been suspended in-
clude the Bulwark, 81, 3,716 tons, 800 horse power;
the Belvidera, 39, 3,027 tons, 600 horse power; the
Menai, 22, 1,857 tons, 400 horse power; the Rein-
deer, 17, 950 tons, 200 horse power ; and the Myr-
midon,• 4, 695 tons, 200 horse power. An order
was yesterday received at the master•-shipwright'e
department directing the Belvidere, the Menai, and
the Reindeer to be taken to pieces, and their timbers
and materials to be used for the general service of the
The Belvidere was laid down several years
wince as an improved 50• gun frigate of the eume cleSs
as the Dryad, building at Portsmouth dockyard, and
some others, but when rather lees than one-third
completed all work upon her was euspended. It was
subsequently proposed to complete her as an iron-
clad, which would have necessitated her being " con-
, verted," but as the Admiralty have at length set
their faces against any further conversions of vessels,
this idea was abandoned, and she will at execs be
taken to pieces, her timbers being well seasoned from
the length of time tho frigate has been in • frame.
The Menai, on the Adjoining slip, was laid•down for
a 22-gun screw corvette, of greater tonnage than
some of the old line-of.battle sailing ships, and was
one of the last of the wooden ships at Chatham
dockyard from which the shipwrights were with.
drawn. The Reindeer, the other vessel ordered to
be taken to pieces, has further advanced towards
completion than any of the others, and a short time
since it was understood that she was again to be
taken in hand, instructions having been received

from Whitehall directing her to be surveyed and a
report made upon her state and the length of time
it would take to bring her forward for launching.
Subsequent orders, however, directed that she should
be broken up. At present no instructions have been
received at the dockyard as to the Bulwark, which
is one of the old type of 90• gun two•decke:s of the
Zealous class, subsequently completed as an ironclad.
The Bulwark is about one-half finished, and as she
is the only large wooden vessel at Chatham not
ordered to be taken to pieces, it would seem pro-
bable that she may be completed as an ironclad,
which would necessitate the removal of one of her
decks, besides other important alterations. The
engines-of 800-horse power (nominal) constructed
for the Bulwark are now in the ironclad frigate
Royal Oak.
The screw of her Majestya corvette Niger, 13 guns,
i❑ basin at Woolwich, and fully rigged and stored
for service, was yesterday shifted to alter the Well.
nation of her fans, which it is expected will increase
her rate of speed.
The iron paddlewheel vessel Oberon, at Woolwich,
is ordered to be fitted with an experimental verti-
cal tubular boiler, the invention of Capt. the Hon.
Arthur Cochrane, C. 8., which is in course of con-
struction at the Thames iron works at Blackwell.
The Oberon has undergone a complete overhaul ;
her iron hull has been thoroughly repaired by the
factory department of Woolwich yard, and the in.
terior has been well coated with Day's patent ma-
rine composition, ordered to be employed in the
whole of her Majesty's iron ships. Some consider-
able delay has been occasioned in completing her
refit in consequence of the non-arrival of the new
boilcr,otherwiao the ship would have long ago been
ready for sea.
The screw steam sloop Mutine, 17 guns, under
thorough refit at Woolwich, is ordered to be ready
for service and removed from the hands of the fae•
tory and shipwright departments on the 31st.
A batch of 40 second-class lads belonging to the
flagship Fisgard at Woolwich were yesterday re-
moved to the training ship Dauntless, Coastguard
service in the Humber. The number entered during
the past month amounted only to 77, being comider-
ably below that required by the Admiralty order,
amounting to 30 per week.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty—O. H. Whalley, nominated
to a naval cadetship ; E. J. B. Bird, chief engineer,
to the Cadmus; B. F. Pine, chief engineer, to the
Highflyer ; H. Knight, engineer, to the Cadmus ;
J. Sumner, engineer, to the Highflyer ; J. Adams,
assistant engineer, to the Ilighflyer ; H. J. Iles and
J. D. Chater, assistant engineers, to the Cadmus.

COLLISION AND SHIPWRECK IN THE CHANNEL,
—FIVE MEN DROWNED,—About seven o'clock on Friday
evening last the smack Lemon, Hutchings master, of Pad-
stow, came into collision, nine miles south by east of the
Lizard, with the schooner Catherine, Roberts master, of
Barmouth. The latter vessel vn.s so much injured that
she sank immediately, and with the whole of her crew, five
in number. Tho captain, however, clung to a rope, and
was picked up by the Lemon after being 20 minutes in the
water. Tho captain's son was one of the crew. The
Lemon had her bowsprit and topmast carried away, and
put into Penzance ,on the following day. The Catherine
was bound from Portmadoc for Milton, with a cargo of
slates, and the Lemon was from Cork for Plymonib, cargo
nc4. stated,—Western Illorning Yews. -

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Ist Surrey Head-quarters.

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The somewhat novel proceeding of laying the
foundation stone of Volunteer headquarters took
place on Saturday afternoon at Camberwell, in con.
nexion with the Ist Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps.
This regiment has very commodious head-quarters
at Peckham, but as the ground on which these
stand will be required by a railway company, by
whom compensation will be paid, a large space of
ground has been taken within a few hundred yards
of Cemberwellegreen, and a large drill hall, with
itt eh
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cbceteonl ecvomeryracr,nequudis
General; bad accepted the invitation of the regiment
to perform the ceremony of laying the stone, and
notwithstanding that the weather was most unfa-
vourable fur outdoor display a very large concourse
of people had assembled to witness the proceedings.
The G Company of the London Rifle Brigade, under
Captain Sewell, acted as a guard of honour, and the
Ist Surrey was under the command of Major Irvine,
in the unavoidable absence of Lieutenant Colonel
Macdonald. The Rev. Daniel Moore, the Golden
Lecturer, and Chaplain of the Ist Surrey offered
prayer, and Major Irvine made a short address to the
assemblage. After referring to the fact that the Ist
Surrey Regiment was within a few hours of being
the first body enrolled in the present volunteer
movement, the first 'being the let Lancashire, -he
went on to trace the progress tbe regiment had
made, and stated, amid the loud cheers of his hearers,
that so firmly did the corps belitive in the perma-
nence of the movement, that the site of ground on
which they stood had been tam' fOr a term of 99
years. The stone, which bore a euitable inscription,
having been adjusted in its place; Col. M‘Murdo
declared it " well and truly laid." He said, perhaps,
the general public were not aware of the use of
headquarters, and he might, for their information,
state that headquarters bore the same relation to a
regiment that a capital bore to a country, being so
situated as to be easy of access to all, and being the
centre of all authority. He dwelt upon the
importance of all volunteer regiments hav-
ing headquarters, and expressed himself as
being convinced of the permanency of the
movement, for, he said, those who were volunteers
now would find their children growing up with the
same feelings which had animated them, and join-
ing the regiments of which their fathers were the
first members. He concluded by expressing his
regret at the absence of Colonel Macdonald and
wishing the let Surrey the success which he said it
certainly deserved for the spirited undertaking
which had been inaugurated that day. Major
Irvine then presented the Inspector-General with
the trowel with which the ceremony had been per-
formed, and called for three cheers for the gallant
effieer, to whose efforts he attributed the success of
the movement. These were given with hearty
good will, and Colonel M'Murdo, in responding,
said that it was owing to no Government, and it
was certainly owing to no officer in connexion
with the Government, that the Volunteer move-
ment had arisen and gone on so succes.
fully as it had. The movement Las its
origin in the loyal aspirations of the people,
and the feelings which had originated it had and
would maintain it in all its integrity. A vote of
thanks was given to the Chaplain, who very briefly
acknowledged the compliment, and the Volunteers,
headed by the excellent band of the let Surrey
Militia, marched to the Peckham headquarters,
where the members of the London Brigade, who had
formed the guard of honour, were hospitably enter-
tained by their comrades of Surrey.

The Lnti-Tobacco Society.
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At the Westminster Police-court yesterday Mr Thomas
Reynolds, secretary of the British Anti-Tobacco Society,
10, Carnden-square, Camden-town, appeared to a summons
charging that he did feloniously and directly cause to be
received by Mr Charles Edward Innes, knowing the con-
tents thereof, a writing demanding of the said C. E. Innes,
with menaces, and without any seasonable cause, the sum
of 40 shillings.
Mr lanes, a desk in the War-office, was at the Barnes
Railway Station on the sth Thcember, and having arrived
a long time before the train by which he was to depart be
came due. he seated himself at the end of the platform,
Which was uncovered, and began smoking. A person came
up to him, accompanied by a porter of the company, and
requested the porter to take his name and address, for in-
fringing the bye-laws of the company, and he said he was
an agent of the British Anti-Tobacco Society. Mr Innes
gave his name and address, and put his pipe out at once;
and afterwards wrote a letter to the secretary of the society
as follows :—" Sir,—This morning one of your society's
agents took down my name and address, at Barnes Station,
for smoking. Will you allow me to submit to yen. the fol-
lowing explanations, which he will be able to corroborate.
Ist. Having more than half rn hour to wait for the
next train, I was sitting in the open air away from
the station, and annoying nobody. 2L That on
being requested to desist I at once did so. On
these two grounds I believe that, though I have
made myself liable to your society's action in letter, I have
not done so in spirit. Hoping this will meet with your
favoruable consideration, I remain your obedient servant,
C. G. INNES," To which he received the following reply:

Dec. s.—Sir,--I have no power to act in the matter to
which your letter refers. I am deputed to pay the rewards
offered for the conviction of offenders as described in the
bills which are in circulation, and those who spend thei
time in efforts to got the rewards would justly complain if
they were not allowed to secure that object.—l am, sir, your
obedient servant, Thous REYNOLDS (secretary)." This
was succeeded by the following; " British Anti-Tobacco
Society. Established 1853. 10, Camden-square, Camden
New-town, London. N.W. President, IL E. Gurney,Esq.
Vice-President, The Right Hon. the Earl of Mayo, the
Very Rev. the Dean of Carlisle, Sir W. C. Trevelyan,Bart.,
the Rev. Sir N. Chinnery, J. Leigh, Esq., B. Scott, Esq.,
N. Janson, Esq., J. R. Jeffries, Esq., S. Morley, Esq.,
W. H. Ewing, Esq., H. Pease, Esq., J. Compton, Esq.. R
Charlton, Esq., G. Thomas, Esq., T. Thompson, Esq., Sir
W. Johnston, and R. Barrow, Esq. Secretary, Mr. T.Rey-
nolds." The above was in print and written under it the fol-

lowing :—'• Dec. 7, 1861.—Sir,—I sent your letter to the
gentlemen who have offered rewards for the conviction of
smokers. I send you on the other aide a verbatim copy of
their reply. It remains with you to decide whether the case
shall be proceeded with, or whether you pay the fine and
avoid the costs and exposure.—l am, eir, your obedient ser-
vant, THOMAS REYNOLDS, Secretary. P.S. I will not
allow any steps to be taken till Thursday morning." The
letter referred to as enclosed was then put in, and was as
follows :—" Dear Sir,—The reward is offered to be given
upon conviction. If the offender confess his fault and pay
the fine 40s, he may avoid a prosecution, and the rewards
shall of course be given, in addition to what may be ob-
tained from the guilty party. The parties are thus secured
against loss of time. The preient case seems clear. If the
smoker will not arrange matters quietly, and must be pro.-
scented, the instant he is convicted the complainants legally
claim, and shall receive the reward, as well as the £2 to
which the offender is Habra by the laws of the railway com-
pany."
Mr Selfe here said he thought the case had failed upon
the point that there was no absolute demand of money, but
merely a suggestion that complainant might pay. Mr Selfe
then asked Mr Lewis to explain to whom the 40s was to go.
Mr Lewis replied to the man who discovered the offence,
which was made clear in the letter complained of.
Mr Selfe—No ; he was to receive the rewards. If any
one offended against the bye laws of the company, and
thereby made himself liable tun penalty, the fine went to
the Queen, and it was highly indecent, to say the least of it,
to induce any one to compromise an offence to divert the
penalty trem her Majesty's exchequer, and put it into their
own pockets. It was the phrase, "If the offender confess
his fault and pay the fine Of 405," that had induced him to
grant the summone, as it was really asking the complainant
to pay then.
Mr Lewis said that it would be given Lathe porters and
others.
ho
l‘oirr
' ted out that to sustain this offence a man
must be put in fear, and complainant had not been.
Mr Selfe observed that on legal gtounda this case failed,
IsSierlfe
Lewis observedha they had no more right to it than either
d.
Mr Lewis pout
became the money must bo demanded, but here it was
only
suggested. It had been decided that such a suggestion, even
where it was intimated that property would be destroyed,
and the person who wrote the letter could give information
about the destruction of the property, was not a demand,
nor a menace. Mt Innes had behaved like a gentleman in
the transaction, and so far from being menaced or in a
fright, he thought that the defendant was more likely to
have been in a fright at these proceedings than Mr Innes
had been, and the menace must be such.as to put a man in
personal fear, and Mr lanes had not been: therefore the
ease techbicalfl failed. He did not sit Were as an arbi-