The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-12 00:00:00

Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE S,K.G

President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.

The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad-
mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the
affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged
t) treat as out-patients many distresdng cases which, with
more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards.
The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500
beds.
The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on
voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by
the Treasurer, Edward Masten-trn, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also
by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and
Co. ; Ransom and Co.;• Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith,
Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay
and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Mims, Deacon, and Co. ;
Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ;
I%lasterman and Co. ; L Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at
the Hospital, from 10 till 5.
STANFORD S. SMITTI Secretary.

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even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief
in a few minutes atter taking. It. Prepared only and sold by
L A M BE RT , Chemist, 8, King-William-street, Charing-
croses, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13/cl., and
thr e quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask
for Lambert's Asthmatic B alsani, The name and address are
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Mr Lewis, jun., was for the prosecution ; and Mr Sleigh
appeared for Terry, and Mr Metcalfe appeared for Burch.
The evidence given on the last occasion, it will be re-
membered, was merely that contained in the information
upon which the warrant was granted for the apprehension
of the prisoners, and which went to show that in making
the balance-sheet the defendants had introduced as assets
certain sums, to a very large amount, which it was con-
tended on the part of the prosecution they were well aware
were entirely lost to the bank and past recovery, and so
made it appear that the affairs of the bank were in a prosper-
ous and solvent condition, they well knowing that at the
time the bank had lost large sums of money, and was in a
state of hopeless insolvency.
Upon the information being read over the prisoners were
remanded until yesterday, the only witness called being Mr
Keitch, who was one of the committee of liquidators, and
who produced the charter and articles under which the
company was incorporated.
Mr Keitch, who was called on the last occasion, said, in
answer to Mr Metcalfe, the committee of liquidators con-
sisted of five gentlemen, with himself. Mr Hopgood was
not on the committee. The whole of the directors and com-
mittee of liquidators were directing the prosecution.
In answer to Mr. Lewis, he said the resolution waspassed
to prosecute, and three of the directors were present at the
meeting, Mr Alderman Mechi, Mr Deputy Bower, and Mr
George Eyre. He thought the directors refrained from
voting. The resolution was passed by show of hands, and
there were no hands shown against it.
Mr. Howell, whose evidence was contained in the infor-
mation, was recalled, and said he was an accountant, and
had had the management of the accounts of the Unity Bank
on behalf of the liquidators. The books were temporarily
placed in his hands in February in the present year, and
permanently on March 15. Since that ho had investigated
the accounts for the purpose of ascertaining the assets. He
produced the minute-books of the board and committee of
the bank. He believed the two defendants were in the bank
from the commencement. The handwriting of Mr. Terry
appears on the books from the commencement. The first
mention of Mr. Terry as manager to the bank was made in
the minutes on Aug. 18, 185.5. On that date there is an entry
in his handwriting to that effect, which was signed " J. J.
Mechi, Governor. Mr. Burch was appointed secretary on
Jan. 25, 1861, and there was also a minute on that date to
that effect. He produced the minute book of Aug. 18, 1857.
The minutes taken on that (ley were in the handwriting of
Mr Terry. A letter, signed G. L. Eyre, was contained in
the minutes, in which the directors were invited by him to
call a meeting of the proprietors in consequence of the bad
state of the affsirs of the bank. The letter was dated 1,
John-street, Bedford-row, and addressed to Mr Sheriff
Mcchi, governor of the Unity Bank, signed G. L, Eyre, and
was as follows :

" My dear Sir,—Sinco our last wart day I have taken
into consideration the position of the Unity Bank, and my

its deliberate opinion as to the propriety of calling a specie
meeting of the proprietors to consider the position of the
bank. In the result of any such meeting, I shall be pre-
pared to state unreservedly my view of the present position
of the property, and at the same time to resign my seat as
a director. In the contrary event, I shall at any rate feel
that I have done my duty by putting on record my protest
against the present system of management, and my opinion
as to the course which ought to be taken in justice to the
proprietors."
Upon the reading of the above letter the following reso-
lution was passed:—`' That this Court regrets that any
delay should have taken place in answering Mr Eyre's
letter, but circumstances have rendered that delaynecessary
in order fully and satisfactorily to reply to his communica-
tion. It has new to inform Mr Eyre that the Court has
received and accepted Mr Chambers' assignation on such
terms as it trusts will be for the benefit of the bank and be
satisfactory to the proprietors. The Court has made arrange-
ments for the present management of the bank with Mr
Terry. Uader these circumstances the Court does not think
it necessary to adopt Mr Eyre's suggestion of calling the
proprietors together before the ordinary time for holding its
half-yearly meeting."
By Mr Sleigh—The resolution was confirmed by J. J,
Mechi on Aug. 25, 1857.
Witness continued—The directors did not call together
the shar9holders after receiving that letter, but appointed
Mr Terry as manager. (The minute to that effect was read.)
On Nov. 3, 1857, a committee of investigation was formed
to investigate the affairs of the bank, but he could not find
the report of that committee. He produced the board minute
book and read the minutes of the board meeting, held Nov.
28, 1857, present Messrs Mechi, Lloyd, Hayward, Bower,
Eyre, &c., which stated that the report of the committee of
investigation having been read, it was resolved " That the
report of the committee appointed to investigate the affairs
having been considered, the directors desire to place before
the gentlemen forming that committee the following consi•
deration. With respect to the first clause of the report, they
have desired the solicitor to see that the bank be forthwith
registered under the Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1857.
With regard to the second clause, in which the committee
state that they have carefully investigated the accounts laid
before them, and discover the startling fact that about
£90,000 has been lost in bad debts, preliminary expenses,
and bank premises, leaving about £60,000 available for
business purposes, the directors would request the commit-
tee to consider whether it is a fact that tilt that £90,000 has
been lost, when this sum includes all the investments of the
official document, that may be called for at a public meeting,
company, and whether it would not be better in a public and
to state accurately the facts as they are, viz., extreme esti-
mated loss on bills £30,000, loss on bank premises, Pimlico.
Aldgate,Watford, and St Albans,
£2,778 16s 1,1; less esti-
mated amount to be realised on the same, £721 16s 9d,
leaving a loss of £2,056 198 4d; preliminary expenses,
£28,882 15s sd; investments in bankpremises £24,057 4s 4d.
The directors, therefore, request the committee to revise the
report in this respect ; but with respect to the attendance of
directors at the bank, this has been carried out, and the other
recommendations of the committee shall be carried out so far
as practicable. Resolved,—That a copy of the above reso-
lution be sent to R. A, Ewing, Esq., chairman of the com-
mittee." This resolution was confirmed December 4, 1857,
by J. J. Mechi.
In answer to Mr Metcalfe,
Mr Howell said the entries of these minutes were in the
prisoner Terry's handwriting. In May, 1858, a call of £5 on
each share was made, which appeared in the minutes of a
meeting on the 12th March, the entry of which was in the
defendant Burch's handwriting.
In answer to Mr Metcalfe,
Witness said there were 3,000 shares out at that time.
Reexamined—The call of £5 a-share would realise
£15,000; £5O per share had been previously paid up. They
were £lOO shares, and unlimited liability. There was
another call of £5 a share made in December, 1858, and
there was a minute of a resolution made to that effect on the
Ist October, 1858. Mr Bower was in the chair at that time,
and the entry was in the handwriting of Mr Burch. He
produced the minute books of all the meetings, and balance
sheets down to Dec. 1860, and all the balance sheets down
to the one of December, 1860, show prominently the amount
of the past due bills. He produced the balance sheet for
December, 1857. In it there appeared an entry of £40,559 as
past due bills, and there was a minute to the effect that
£ll,OOO of that sum would probably be recovered, and no
portion of it had been written off until it could be ascertained
what amount would be realised as the affairs of the creditors
were under investigation.
Mr Sleigh—Am I to understand that it appeared promi-
nently the balance sheet as £10,559 past due bills not
written i n o f f ?
Witness said it did.
Re-examined—Besides the words " past due bills," there
appeared "bills discounted and loans to customers."
Mr Lewis said up to that time the balance sheet was cor-
rect, but it was after that date the charge appeared against
the prisoners,
Witness continued—ln the balance sheet of June, 1858,
which ho produced, tho amount of past due bills was shown
billsas
separate item under the head
ldso shandolwoaend:to
of
Customers of £133,579, and
thatin 3 7 i
balance 7
good and bad, are properly
ytrnecae treated,
sheet down to December
represented. In the balance sheet of 31st December, 1858,
past due bills, bills discounted, and loans to customers
are treated as separate items. In the balance sheet of 30th
June
December
thebor items
0 17disco andudiscounted
t a
sheete the assets,
• and are so down to
D
30, 1860, was in Burch's handwriting, and was confirmed
at a general meeting in 1861, at
3, l ares6o.
which Mr Alderman
Mechi presided. That balance sheet showed a loss of
£38,179, which was written tole the capital at that meet-
ing, and it was resolved that a sum of £5OO should be
simTihlaarbl
balance
voted to the directors for their services. The £38,179 is
substituted for the £179•195) the amount of the paid-
up capital, making it appear a, £141,015; and in all
subsequent balance-sheets the paid...ns
p capital appears as
£141,015, and the loss of £38,000 never appears any in sub-
sequent balance-sheet. In the balance.sheet up toDec ,
1861, the preliminary expenses were put down as £32,648,
and were entered in the general ledger, which ho produced,
as preliminary expenses, which appeared to be partly com-
posed of items paid far salaries after the opening of the
bank, amounting to £1,083. Tho last date of salary paid,
included in that amount, was March 14, 1857, There wore
other items, consisting of salaries amounting to £7,137. The
bank opened on the Gth of May, 1856, and the amount ex-
pended up to that time was £2,632, which could be fairly
entered as preliminary expenses. A total of £1,316 was
passed to the preliminary expenses, which included the
£1,083 for salaries. The transfer of these sums to the pre-
liminary expenses would tend to show a large profit. There
sees an item under the bead of stationary, of £3,342 entered
in the column headed current expenses, which was charged,
after deducting £6OO, to the preliminary expenses, and
brought out in a balance in the column under the head of
preliminary expenses. The account for stationary up to the
opening of the bank appeared to be £997, and the amount of
£2,363, which was spent for stationary after the opening of
the bank was charged in the preliminary expenses. The
entries were all in Terry's writing. The last item was in
Oct., 1857. There
also appeared in the ledger the rent ac-
count, amounting to 12,365 for rent paid after the opening
of the bank, the last item being on the 30th of April, 1857,
and which was also charged to the preliminary expenses

pointed a temporary clerk at Somerset House. Mr William
Marshall has been appointed a temporary dockyard clerk.
Staff Commander F. Sturdee has been appointed assistant-
master attendant at Portsmouth dockyard, vice W. R.
Mainprise. Staff Commander T. C. Pullen has been ap-
pointed additional assistant master attendant at Devonport
dockyard, for service at Keyham, vice Biddlecombe; Mr
Alexander Moore, principal assistant master shipwright at
Chatham dockyard, has been appointed acting master ship.
wright at Devonport.
CUSTOMS —Mr Henry Mortimer has been appointed
seventh clerk, Cardiff, Mr George Cooper has been ap-
pointed an out-door officer, London, Mr Joseph Becking-
ham has been appointed an out-door officer, Liverpool. Mr
John Maxwell has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist
class of out-door officers, Abroath.
INLAND REVENUE—Stamp and Tax Branch—A vacancy
for an assistant surveyor of taxes has been caused by the
death of Mr Andrew Fozer,assistant surveyor,Birmingham.
Excise Branch—Mr Donald Matheson, supervisor, Thurso
district, has been appointed supervisor of Edinburgh, 2d
district, Edinburgh collection. Mr Daniel Best, officer,
Derby, 2d division, Nottingham collection, has been ap-
pointed officer of Burton, Bth division, Lichfield collection,
Mr James Robinson, officer, Haslemere ride, Portsmouth
collection, has been appointed officer of Midhurst rifle,
Portsmouth collection. Mr Chas. Golding Barrett, officer,
Midhurst ride, Portsmouth collection, has been appointed
officer of Haslemere ride, Portsmouth collection. Mr John
Hardman Pennington, officer, Burntisland, 2d division,
Stirling collection, has been appointed officer of Edinburgh,
25th division, Edinburgh collection. Mr Thos. Rsit, officer,
Frasorburgh ride, Aberdeen collection, has been appointed
officer of Burntisland, 2d division, Stirling collection.
'IRELAND —A vacancy for a valuator in the General Va-
luation Office has been caused by the appointment of Mr
Montgomery to the office of valuator to Liverpool.
ScoTLAND—Mr Henry Terrance has been appointed
clerk in the Supervision Office at Edinburgh.
TICE EAST INDIES—Mr R. IL Davis has been appointed
financial commissioner in Oude. Mr J. Monro, joint magis-
trate and deputy collector of Sarun, has been appointed to
officiate as magistrate and collector at Patna. Mr F. J.
Cockburn has been appointed to officiate as Civil and Ses-
sions Judge of Tipporah. Mr E.G.Birch has been appointed
Civil and Sessions Judge of Moorshedabad. Mr J. J.
Grey, magistrate and collector of Sarun, has been appointed
as magistrate and colleetor of the first grade. Mr W. Le
F. Robinson has been appointed magistrate and collector
of the second grade in Midnapore, but to continuo to
officiate until further orders as magistrate of the 24
Pergunnaha, and superintendent of the Alipore gaol. Mr
J. iteily, principal sadder Almon of Burdwan, has been
appointed register of deeds of that district. Mr G. C. Kilby,
deputy mag strate and deputy collector, has been appointed
to officiate as superintendent of the hill tracts of Chitta-

routed corps ; but I have the mortification of an,
nouncing to you that by your subsequent miscon
duct all the benefits of that victory were lost, and
a serious disaster incurred. Had you remained
steadfast to your duty and your colours, the vie.
tory would have been one of the most brilliant and
decisive of the war ; you would have gloriously re-
trieved the reverses of Winchester and Fisher's
Hill, and entitled yourselves to the admiration and
gratitude of your country. But many of you, in.
eluding some commissioned officers, yielding to
a disgraceful propensity for plunder, deserted your
colours to appropriate to yourselves the abandoned
property of the enemy, and subsequently those who
had previously remained at their posts, seeing their
ranks thinned by the absence of the plunderers,
when the enemy, late in the afternoon, with his
shattered columns made but a feeble effort to re-
trieve the fortunes of the day, yielded to a need-
less panic and fled the field in confusion, thereby
converting a splendid victory into a disaster. Had
any respectable number of you listened to the ape
peals made to you and made a stand, even at the
last moment, the disaster would have been averted,
and the substantial fruits of victory secured ; but
under the insane dread of being flanked, and a
panic-stricken terror of ea
ealhe
threat, enemy's
or caorder, and
valry, you
would listen to no app,
allowed a small body of cavalry to penetrate to our
train and carry off a number of pieces of artillery
and waggons which your disorder left unprotected.
You have thus obscured that glorious name won in
conjunction with the gallant men of the army of
Northern Virginia, who still remain proudly de-
fiant in the trenches around Richmond and Peters.
and your hcroes.
burg. Before you can again claim them as corn.
from
rades you will have to erase from your escocheons
the blemishes which now obscure them ; and
this you can do if you will but be true to your
former reputation, your country,
the Wilderness You who have fought at Manassas, Rich-
mond, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellors.
ville, Gettysburg, and to
the banks of James river,and •
were with the immortal Jackson in 11 his • a triumphs,
are capable of better things. Arouse yourselves,
then, to a sense of your manhood and appreciation
of the sacred cause to which
Yield to the mandates ofdiscipline;
by your colours in future atall
you are engaged.
resolve to stand
hazards, and you
can yet retrieve your reputation and strike effective
blows for your country and its cause. Let every
man spurn from him the vile plunder gathered on

some men.
Tuesday, 6th September.—Early in the morning all the
marines of the fleet and the battalion met on board the
Argus to be landed. There were not enough of captains
to lead the companies, so I was given command of a
company composed of different ships' marines, being the
senior suhaltcrn not otherwise engaged. We landed about
eight in the morning, as also did a naval brigade, consisting
entirely of blue jackets. Col. Sather had command of the
whole. Oar battalion of ships' marines, under Col. Adair,
went along the beach to a fort which ships kept firing on,
and which had very heavy guns. Wo took it almost with-
out resistance, dismounted the guns, blew up the magazine,
and destroyed its buildings. We wore assisted by the French
and Patch; and ships' boats, armed with guns in their
bows, crept along the shore fo assist us. After resting, we
proceeded a long distance along the beeeh till we came to
the outskirts of the town of Simonosaki, the principal street
of which faces to the sea. Along the street we went in
column, having a party destroying and gutting the houses
in case of being fired on from them. We had not gone far
when the enemy appeared—as quickly disappearing again
barn.* a won-directed volley of muoketry and ease-snot
from the field-piece in the boats. We suppose our flro then.
was very deadly, but had no time to find out, as the housca
in our rear were blazing, and our retreat would have been
cut off if we had not retreated at the top of our speed.
The day was then declining; and we returned and were
waiting abreast of our ships for boats to take us on
board, and eating our dinners most contentedly, when we
heard tremendous firing of every kind up the ravine at the
foot of which we were resting. Soon we got a message to
say that there was a troublesome fort to be silenced, and
they wanted more men. Three companies, of which mine
was one, were sent up to assist. The fort was being ap-
proached by the naval brigade on the left side of tho ravine,
so we went up on the right side, under a not very heavy
fire from them. Wo had advanced a considerable distance
up this ravine when we lost sight of the other side from
the nature of the ground; and when next we got into more
open country we saw that the naval brigade were on the
point of entering the fort at the further end of it from us.
and the Japanese were rushing out at the other end with a
field-piece, with the object of planting it in some higher
part commanding the fort. We dashed forward to intercept
them. The road on which we were and the read on which
they were apparently converged, and we got within 80 yards
of them. I fired two shots, still running, with my long
service revolver, keeping my Dean and Adams for close
work, when at that moment we came to a turn of the road
which showed us where they were dragging the gun to. At
the distance of 120 yards, as near as I could guess, there
was a formidable stockade, between which and ourselves
there was no cover, and they gave us a tremendous volley
of it from musketry only. Several men dropped killed or
wounded. I shouted to my company to get up the wooded
bank to the right and keep under cover, and gradually work
up so as to get above the stockade, and fire down into it. I
was preparing to accompany them when I saw two men
wounded lying within two paces in front of me, who were
vainly trying to crawl out of the fire, which was still well
kept up by the Japanese ; and I ordered four men to miry
them to the rear. I had great difficulty in making myself
heard, and in these few seoonds' delay I got shot myself. I
was taken to the roar, and luckily met Angus Robertson,
assistant-surgeon, who was hurrying up with stretchers,
Ilic. Directly he saw the two holee he said It's all right,
the bullet's gone clean through, and by the direction, I
don't think it has touched the bone.' This proved to be
correct. Captain de Conroy was then hit, as was also
ricochet which
wh Alexander,iohstunned
him, and knocked him down thoR.N., and Col. Adair was struck by a
bank. They then fired a field,piece down the ravine, but
luckily pointed it too high.
Sept. 15.—The fighting is all over. Prince Nagato has
given in, but considers he is very hardly treated, as he says
the Tycoon encouraged him to fight against us, promising
him support which he never gave. The Tycoon told us the
contrary : that he had persuaded Nagato to keep his treaty
with us, but he would not. The Tycoon is jealous of his
power, and wanted to see him beaten. Another instance of
the deceitful policy of the Japanese is most extraordinary.
On the southern side of the Straits is the property of another
prince who is friendly to foreign Powers. He, when he saw
the bombardment commence, tookfright that Negate should
afterwards make war on him for not assisting him, and sent
a message to the admiral begging him to allow him to fire
blank cartridge, to make it appear he was firing at us from
his forts. Of course, his request was refused. When they
do such things among themselves they naturally will ba
more decei ful to foreigners when there is anything to gain
by it, and we never shall be able to understand the pet pie
till more Europeans have thoroughly mastered the lan•
guage and mixed with all ranks of the people.

LA DTERT IS EMENT.3 —Holloway' 8 Ointment and Pills,—
Old Sores, Wounds, and Ulcers,—lt is surprising how
quickly any sore, ulcer, or wound drains-away the body's
strength, and unfits it for the duties of life; but it is no less
wonderful to watch how these trop!cal afflictions improve on
the application of Holloway's healing Ointment. It has
achieved the surest and most gloiious triumphs over bad
legs, foul ulcerations, and knotted veins which had con-
founded the faculty and well nigh worn out their victims.
It creates sound flesh, and therefore makes its cure oom.
plete. When this Ointment is properly applied, and
assisted by appropriate doses of the Pills, the pain, infiame
mation, and other morbid manifestations soon disappear
from the afilioted part, and health and btrength return.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LANE.—
managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, TOO MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE.
xessrs. G. elm re, Fitzjame Va s.
de nho G. Wes on
Mrs. CC. ; Misses Helen
Howard and It. Leclercq, Mrs. ff
Ic.
After which, Shakanere's Tragedy of MACBETFI. Mr.
nelps ; Messrs. Creswick, R. ltoxby, G. Belmore,
A Rayner,
. F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, BartleMiss man, to
Misses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and trelen
FaucDit,
oors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARRET.--
Lessee. Mr. Buckstone.
T 1113 EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WIND.
After v hich, THE STRANGER. Messrs. Ilowe, Chip-
Rofiers, Gordon, Braid, &c. ;
ndale, Farren, Compton, Mesdames Beatrice, Keeley, Fitzwiliiam, Moore, &c.
Followed Ly ON TILE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers,
Gordon, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwilliatn, &c.
And OUR. MARY ANNE. Miss U. Lindley, Mr Clarke.
To commence at 7.

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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter.
la EVENING, THE KING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan-
tan, tne King's Butterfly, Mr. I. echter. Messrs. Ry,.er,Wid-
dicoob, Ch ries, Wintyre, Garden, Raymond, Moreland,
C ifford, Collett; Misses Carlot a Lezlercq, M. Henrade, E.
avenue, and B. Lavenue.
Preceded, at 7, by NURSEY CHICKEED. Messrs. H.
Viriddicomb, Garden, Moreland, Collett ;Missy Lavenue, MIL

I,ee.
Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7.
The Box-office open daily from Elev,n till Five.

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liING'S BUTTERFLY.-LYCEUM
TILEATRE.—Fanfan, the 's , lir.
'EuHTER.—The most tuccessiulKing Dramaßutterflyod
pruced for
pars.

itOYAL PRINCESS THEATRE.—
Sole Lessee and Manager,. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVEN TO GOOD LUCK. I eddy
O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
Alter which, THE STREETS or LONDON. Messrs.
Ring
J.
W.
Ray D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H.
Forrester. H. Mellon -, Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
Barnett, and Miss Fdllny GWYnne.
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Ngw THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL—
Bale Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING.
31r. J. Clarke, Mr. Stuart, and Mrs. Stirling.
After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. Myles (with
songs), Mr. John Collins. Messrs. Billington, i. Phillips,
Stephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith and Mrs.e omr ; Miss Woolgar,
141iss IL Simms, Mrs. Bidington,R. Lewis.
To conclude with DOING BANTING. Messrs. J. Clarke
Stephenson;
Mrs. H. Lewis and Miss A. Seaman.
Commence at 7.

RO YAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.
EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA.
This Popular Theatre is now Open.
THIS EVENING, a new MusTHE ical DramßUSa,
TIC entitle
PRIMA
d THE
BARONET ABROAD AN
lON N A : Mr. Frank Matthe A s ; Miss Constance Roden.
After which, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original
Comedy Drama, in three acts, by J. raig sand rave 6impson. Enti-
tled SY KULA. ; or, SrEP EY STEP. Mr. ars.
Charles Mathews.
To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy
MFarce of WOOD,OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles
athews, Mrs. Frank Matthews.
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ISS ADAH ISAACS MENKEN,
whose graceful and classic beauty, transcendant his-
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LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 12, 1864.

Mr. GLADSTONE has certainly not been idle this
week, and almost every day the public have wet
with the proofs of his versatile eloquence exercised
in various fashions and upended in several quarters.
His latest exploit was, perhaps, as important and
interesting as any. The Volunteers of England
have now become a household word, and no festive
occasion is witnessed throughout the land where
their names are not put forth and their services
requited. They are honoured and esteemed alike
for what they have done, and for their promise to
do more. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, pre-
siding over the entertainment the other evening of
the Westminster Volunteers, drew attention to some
of the moat leading features which present them-
selves to notice in dwelling upon the theme. Of
c,,orse, in the skilful hands of the right hon. gentle
min, the subject was certain of safe treatment ; but
it is satisfactory to find that the leading intellects
of the day address themselves to its consideration,
and seek one and all to testify their appreciation of
the services, and their recognition of the merits of
the Volunteers. The applauq) of applauded-men is
always a welcome boon for those who are striving
aid struggling amid toils and difficulties to win
for themselves a name and a fame that shall be
alike lasting and extended. In a general point of
view, no less than a particular one, may this apply'
and, in every sense of the word, is it desirable that
the self-acting warriors of the country should be

duly honoured and made mention of. Mr. GLAD-
STONE had a welcome duty to perform, and a con-
genial task before him ; and it is an improving
study to dwell upon some of his criticisms and
observations, in order to feel the full force of
the institution which has sprung up among us.
First of all, he held out a noble example for those
around him, to emulate according to their means
and opportunities, when be said, in alluding to the
Army and Navy, that their history was written
not only in the pages of our literature, but in the '
hearts of Englishmen. There is no reason to
doubt that should occasion present itself, the
Volunteers would so comport themselves in a crisis,
and sustain their character in any emergency,
that hereafter it might be said of them that they,
when required to defend our shores and homes—
" have answered the call in a manner to secure
to them the gratitude of their country and the
admiration of the world." Of all the exhibitions
of good-will that have constantly been apparent
since the commencement of this undertaking, their
is none that more strongly impresses itself upon
the mind than the harmony which has reigned
between the Army and Volunteers. Each has
recognised the peculiar advantages and distinctive
peculiarities of the other, without seeking to trench
upon ground that was not in unison with the
separate duties incumbent upon either. The
Volunteers have allowed themselves as secondary to
the regular troops, while the latter have gracefully
accorded to their " brethren in arms and rivals in
renown," the merit of their extra exertions in a
cause which they themselves pursued as an ordi-
nary avocation. Mr. GLADSTONE set no bounds
to the skill and strength that may hereafter be
attained by this voluntary array, when he said,
that still in its infancy it is an " infant HERCULES."
The right hon. gentleman, in his celebrated manner
of grouping phrases, and of selecting sentences to
express his meaning in the clearest and most
elegant form, observed, that the " material map
nitude" and " moral force" of the Volunteers
had been significantly shown in the fact, that
everywhere they had been associated with the time-
honotr ed establishments of the army and navy. A
number amounting to 170,000, which has sprung up
into existence as a body through the spontaneous
will and self-impelled exertions of its members, re-
quires no eloquence to give power to its importance,
and no dexterous manipulation of words to impart
importance to the cs.se. It remains a great fact,
and, as such, has been recognised by many a foreign
potentate and evil-disposed ally. Mr. GLADSTONE
truly said that they beheld in the constitution of
this force a " remarkable phenomenon," and one
that could not well have appeared in any country
but this, nor at any previous time of our history to
such perfection and power. He also set forth in
forcible language the significant illustration thus
afforded of the readiness with which each individual
man would come forward to defend his country, and
also the spontaneous impulse which actuated him
when the occasion presented itselt for exertion.
This independent sentiment pervading the land re-
quires no stimulus from the powers that be, and
all that those who look on have to do is to appre-
ciate and admire. Mr. GLADSTONE could not better
have explained the nature of the facts than by say.
ing that it was " an emphatic expression of the
national character, and a remarkable result of the
character and working of British institutions. But,
continued the right hon. gentleman, with the pre-
science that looks to the one thing needful in the
consideration of circumstances, " Is this Volunteer
power to be permanent ?" The institutions of our
country are not transitory but durable, and there-
fore, if it is counted among them, it must show
traces of bearing the brunt of adversity and wea-
-1 thering the storm of fate, not for an age, but
for all time. The right hon. gentleman declared it
his conviction that it might truly be classed in
he noble category, and that it was very desirable
hat it should do so for many reasons. First of all,

hat we may maintain our true position among
nations without dread of misrepresentation or abuse,
and also because its preservation conduced to other
ends of a becondary but still commendable nature.
The English are a commercial people, and it is well
that some stirring employments should be joined to
more mechanical efforts. Another point of great
importance was touched upon by Mr GLADSTONE
in connection with the advantages occurring from
this institution, and that was that hitherto a gap
had been visible in the arrangements of the army
and navy—they were composed of admirable men,
but all taken from the upper and lower classes of
society. The great middle class was not represented
in their conformation, and no one can better appre-
ciate the importance of that element than one who
has studied, like the right hon.gentleman, the con-
ditions of society and the effects of classes. He may
then be considered an authority when he declares
it to be "a great permanent national and social
gain that the creation of the Volunteer force has
united as it has done in perfect harmony every class
from the highest aristocracy of the land to the
lowest ingenious mechanic, who has contributed so
large a share towards making England what ehe is."
A better address could not have been made upon
the subject than this earnest and eloquent harangue,
and few can doubt, with the impressions produced
by its perusal, that the Volunteer force is destined
to take and keep its place among the permanent in-
stitutions of our country.

The news brought by the Scotia confirms still
further our impressions of the result of GRANT and
BUTLER'S united attack upon the Confederate lines.

The first intelligence was clothed in bombastic
terms, and we were given to understand (if we

could have put any faith in Northern first versions,

,hat the Federal arms had been comparatively sue

maul, and that great results had been realised by
the movement. The news, it is true, left no im-

pressions of a decided victory, but it did not own
to a defeat. We now hear that " Grant's repulse
on the 27th inst. was more serious than was at first
represented," and that General BUTLER'S movement
was a complete failure. It seems that GRANT threw
forward three whole corps—the 9th, the 2d, and
the sth—with the view of carrying the Confederate
works covering the South side Railway. The Con•
federates made a sortie, and succeeded b getting a
strong force between the 2d and sth Corps, so as to
drive back the former in confusion and capture many
prisoners. The Federals admit in this quarter alone
to losing 1,500, so we may fairly add a good many
more in our computation. General BUTLER fared,
as be deserved to do, still worse. He attacked two
points in the enemy's lines which were considereti
weak ; but General LEE knows better than to leave
weak points in his defences. Two brigades wert
completely cut off from retreat by the fire of the

Confederate batteries; and as the storm of shot
poured over them they flung themselves on their
faces, to escape total destruction, and in that posi-
tion were captured by the Confederate forces.
During BUTLER'S movement General WEITZEL
assaulted the Confederate position on the
Williamsburg-road, but was repulsA, with
the loss of nearly two brigades, Fortune
was certainly not favourable to the Federal arms on
the 27th of October. Three days lwer the Confe-
derates made a night attack on GR NT and pene-
rated his lines to a considerable jetsam on the