The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-06 00:00:00

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TIIE GREAT
EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
Invention in the curative treatment of II ERNI A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
'lnd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls.
Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd.
In Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d.

Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post.
office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT

ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, ,t c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Arc. They are
porous, light in texture, and Inexpensive, and are drawn on
!Ire an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 100., to 168.
eadh. Postage 6d.
JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 22R. Piccadilly.

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
N. C. Hamilton, Bart-, K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Greenway, Warwick; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co., Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
Glyn and Co., bankers, London.
The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee
rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only
the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to
all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his
home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died.

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PRE siTBD:NNTE-88—Vicell-eAr
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DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chiiia-Z;
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The Institnud
The Committee of Management have to
the beginning of the year 1861, the Royat stateNati
Institution has expended £28,550 on various Li7aneeioit:
Estab-
lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland,
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats Deland, d 4,
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 13 ,;',.e
tor which services 82 Gold Medals, 733 Silver Medals,'—a ';
£17,200 in cash have been paid in rewards. Th
lion has also expended £75,380 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-cart lages, and Boat-houses.
The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
the generous support which they have received from the
British public during the past few years, a support which
has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet
of 125 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom.
Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that
rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
state, and its Crews practised in the management of their
boats, whist, can only be effected by a large and peemanent
annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their
countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so
great and truly national a work.
The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con
tributions:—

s. d
Her Majesty the Queen .. .. annual 50 0 0
Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. annual 5 0 0
Clerk, Colonel, R.A. . annual 1 1 0
.
Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0
Currie, Wm., sq., .. .. 4th don.lo 0 0
Erle, Lord Chief Justice don. 10 10 0
Faushawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2(1 don. 25 0 0
Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran-
sporting, Carriag,e 250 0 0
Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 3 0 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart ..• 7th don. 10 0 0
Palmer, Sir Roundell, M.P., H.M.'s Solici-
tor-General .. .. annual 2 2 0
Royal Yacht Squadron .. annual 10 0 0
Steel, Michael, Esq. .. don. 100 0 0
Thomas, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her
Ladyship .. • . .• 16 16 0
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. annual 5 0 0
Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis,
Percival, and Co., 78, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and
Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farauhar. and Co., 16, St.
James's-street, London ; by all the Collectors of Customs
and Bankers in the unitedliingdom; and by the Secretary,
Richard Lewis, Es q., at the Office of t1:10 1.12111it141011, 11,
Jahketreet, AdelDhl, Landoll, Tv

Vaval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.
VALETTA, Sept. 29.—Her Majesty's iron paddle-
wheel sloop Trident, 3, Commander C. J. Balfour,
left Malta harbour on the 231 inst. for Athens, with
a mail for the Commander-in-Chief. She took with
her as passengers Commander Comber, R.N., to
command the Pelican, and Lieut. Harris, R.N., and
Lieut. Ching, R.N., to join their respective ships.
.Her Majesty's screw gunboat Foxhound, 4, Cam-
mander W. H. Anderson, left port th© same day, to

show the British flag at Syracuse, and returned on
the 26th inst. She vvil: leave again on the 30th for

Athens, with the mail due from Marseilles on that
day. Her Majesty's screw frigate Phoebe, 35, Capt.
T. D. A, Fortescue, ret UT ned from Corfu on the 26 h
inst. in consequence cf a breakdown in her machi-

nery. It will probably not be necessary for her to go

o England for repairs, which can be made good

here, and she is awaiting instructions on the subject
from England. Sir V. Houlton and Lady Houlton

returned to Malta by this vessel. Her 11',..:jesty's
screw line•of-battle ship Revenge, 73, bearing the

flag of Rear-Admiral HR. Yelverton, C. 8., Capt.
the Hon. F. A. Foley, arrived this morning from

Corfu and Patras, in consequence of the receipt of a
telegraphic despatch ordering her immediate return
to this port. It is rumoured that she is to proceed
to Toulon, to escort the new King of Greece to

Athens, where, after his Majesty's coronation, it is
expected she will relieve the Commander-in-Chief,
and remain for the winter. She is at present await-
ing telegraphic instructions from England. Her
Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Meeanee,6o,Capt.
G. Wodehouse, is still here, and is to go up to Athens
with the mail expvcted on the 7th or Sth pros. There
are also in port her Majesty's ships Psyche, de-
spatch vessel, and the Medina, surveying ship.
Colonel Crawley is expected to-night from India,
on his way to England via Marseilles, to undergo
his trial by court-martial, and by the steamer
Ceylon for Southampton, 63 non-commissioned offi-
cers and privates are proceeding home so give evi-
dence in the case.

A letter from Corfu, dated Sept. 21, says—The
health of the troops has somewhat declined lately,
as the temperature is excessively hot for the season.
Rear-Admiral Yelverton in the Revenge steamed
into harbour on the 13th instant from Greece, the
Hon. Sir Victor Houlton and Lady Houlton being
passengers. A shock of earthquake was felt here
to-day at half-past 1 p.m., but it caused no damage
that I have heard of. The frigate Phoebe came in
on the 181 h and a gunboat on the 19th inst. The
former I hear will leave for Malta and England on
the 23d of this month.

The screw steam corvette Scylla, 21, from Ports-
mouth for China, arrived at Plymouth yesterday
morning.

By direction of the Admiralty the apparatus in-
vented by Captain H. F. Maillop for cleansing
the bottom of iron ships from seaweed and other
marine incrustations is to be tried at Chatham
dockyard. Their lordships have directed the first
trial to be made on the bottom of the iron paddle-
wheel steamer Recruit, which is to be placid at the
disposal of Captain .I\l'Killop. The chief merit of
the invention lies in their being no necessity for
placing iron ships in dock every time their bottoms
require cleansing. If the trials ordered to be made
should prove satisfactory the invention will prove
of the greatest possible benefit, as the only draw-
back to the use of iron ships for lengthened voyages

undoubtedly is to be fount; in the necessity which
periodically exists for placing them in dock to un-
dergo the cleansing process. An examination was
yesterday made of the bottom of the iron steamer
Recruit by some of the staff connected with the mas-
ter shipwright's department, when it was found to
be very foul, many of the weeds which thickly cover
her bottom being frcm one to three feet in length,
while the other marine incrustations were likewise
found to be very thick, The bottom of the Recruit
had been paved over with one of the anti-fouling
compositions, none of which have proved better
than the Admiralty mixture of coal-tar and naphtha.
After the Recruit has been treated according to
Captain Al‘Killop's method she will be placed in
dock in order to ascertain the extent to which her
bottom has been cleansed.
Yesterday the paddlewheel steamer Lucifer ar-
rived alongside the dockyard at Chatham from
Portsmouth with a cargo of timber, machinery, and
other stores for that establishment.
The Lords of the Admiralty have awarded a
silver medal and an annuity of £lO to Sergeant C.
Jeffery, of the Chatham division of Royal Marines,
for distinguished service and exemplary conduct.
The following appointments and promotions were
made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander M.
13. Coekraft to be an Inspecting Commander of the
Coastguard, vice Commander Symons, appointed to
the Indus; Lieut. C. G. Fegen, additional of the
Pembroke, for service in the Coastguard ; Lieut. G.
Parsons, additional of the Pembroke, for service in
tender ; Lieut. C. R. T. Russell and Lieut. George
W. Allen to the Excellent, additional for study;
E. C. D. Phillips, master, to the Asia for the Wasp ;
R. C. P. Lawrenson, assist-surg., to the Cumber-
land, for naval barracks; C. C. P. Bawden, mas-
ter's assistant, supernumerary, to the Fisgard ; J.
Anderson, of the Indies; Hugh Aitken, of the Ed-
gar; George Boyd, of the Asia; E. C. Legh, of the
Dauntless; J. King (b), of the Havock ; J.
Watson
(b)
and R. Blackwood, supernumeraries of
the Indus, and C. E. Uffindell, supernumerary of
t he Fisgard, promoted to first-class assist. engineers;
J. Al‘Master, of the Vulcan ; T. Russell, of the
Tartar; G. O'Brien, of the Rapid; D. Grant, of
the St. George; James Jack, of the Aboukir; T. N.
Crowder, of the Jason ; and D. Ferguson, of the
Nile, promoted to acting first-class assist engineers.

Execution of Deserters from the Federal

Ranks,

The orders issued by the Federal authorities for
execution of all soldiers deserting their colours, are
being unsparingly carried out. The correspondent
of the New York Herald, with i'vleade's army, writ-
ing on Sept. 19, thus describes the shooting of two
deserters Yesterday the solemn and impressive
scene of shooting two men for desertion took place
in the third division commanded by Gen. Hayes.
The unfortunate victims of this tragic event were
two substitutes who were sent out from Boston a
few weeks ago to the 14th Connecticut Volunteers.
Their names were Edward Elliot, Company B, and
Charles Eastman, Company I, both privates. As
the second corps had been on the march for several
days,the prisoners were brought in charge of the pro-
vost-marshal, and were removed from corps head-
quarters to General Hayes's on the morning of the
execution. As the sentence was to be carried out
before four o'clock p.m., and it was now within half
an hour of the time, the door was thrown open, and
the two prisoners, leaning on the chaplains' arms,
walked to the ambulance that was to carry them to
execution. From our elevated position we could
plainly see the troops forming in line around the
graves. The procession now formed. In front was
the band of the 14th Connecticut, playing the dead
march. After these the shooting party of sixteen
selected from the provost-guard of the division, and
belonging to the 10th New York battalion. After
these followed the coffin-bearears—eight conscripts
of the Ist Delaware. Next, the ambulance hear-
ing the prisoners, the chaplains, and myself,
followed by a guard. The procession moved along
slowly and solemnly, the prisoners all the time
either reading the Testament or conversing with
the chaplains. As the third brigade was out on
picket duty, only the first and second were present.
They were drawn up in the following order ;
The second brigade formed two lines of the
square, whilst the first brigade formed the other

line. As the procession reached the square the rri-
soners alighted from the ambulance, and the band

fell to the rear. Here the bearers took up the
coffins on their shoulders, in front of th 3 prisoners.
The prisoners cast a timid, troublous look at the
coffins, and then moved on, leaning on the chaplains.
The coffins were placed beside the two graves, which
were dug about five feet deep. The Rev. Mr.
Murphy addressed the prisoners and the troops
present in feeling language, exhorting all to join
in prayer to God to have mercy on the two souls
so soon to appear in His presence. He strongly
exhorted others to take warning by the tragic fate
of the prisoners, and not desert their country's
service. Captain Fields now came up and bandaged
the prisoners' eyes. Elliot sat back on his soffin—
Eastman knelt in prayer. His voice was audible
above the click and sound of the guns as they were
brought to " present." The word " fire" having
been given, Elliot fell back gently on his coffin, only
wounded, while Eastman jumped up and tore the
bandage from his eyes, evidently untouched. The
reserve was ordered up. Eastman appeared as if
electrified, and placed his hands before his eyes to
shut out the horrid sight. The men again missed.
The provost-marshal, during this, in mercy, pulled
out his revolver and shot him through the head; he
also fired another ball through Elliot's head.
After the two unfortunate men were pronounced

feless, the troops were marched by the corpses.

A SPY AMONG THE FEDERALS.

A few months since a fashionably dressed per-
sonage arrived in Cincinnati per railroad, and

secured a suite of rooms at the Burnet House, and

registered his name as " Louis A. Belville, Russia."
Ills suavity of manner, elegance and neatness of

dress, general appearance, and indeed everything

betokened that the newly arrived guest was one

possessing metropolitan intelligence, if not those
attributes of popularity now a days, tffluence and
wealth. His manner was reserved bet firm, his

conversation bland yet winning, and only a few
days elapsed before he extorted from the resident
guests of the house, both civic and military, a hOli-

citude to make his acquaintance, which was some-
what difficult to accomplish apparently. Once

made,
and lavishness
wily Russian, by his social
tywith
money, so completely
abaidlie,

enamoured his new acquaintances, that they, to use
a v algar expression, " tied to him," urged and gained
his introduction to their female friends, and in short
inaugurated him as the prince of society in Cinci-

natti. Parties were given that this foreign repre-
sentative might loom out more specially as the
bright particular star. He was feted to his
heart's content, no pains being spared to give him
ovations that would honour a higher personage
in the grade of European society than that
which ho was alleged to be. Yankee curiosity was
raised to its highest pitch as to the probable mis-
sion of this gentleman on the American continent,

and the solicitude in finding out culminated in the
question direct being put to the nobleman. With
his usual keenness and nonchalance he responded
promptly that recently in Russia he had been in-
veigled into a quarrel with his Government of a
political character, but of such a serious nature to
the Emperor that banishment from the country was
the consequence. His intentions were at once
decided to come to America, and become one of her
citizens, and, after a residence here of three years,
return to Russia and enjoy all the privileges of that
kingdom without fear of molestation. His offhand
method of briefly alluding to his complicated foreign
difficulty succeeded in satisfying his American
friends,
gained for him a sympathy that was
alnyds wi
onderful. Thus matters continued for seve-
ral days.l and
Staff officers of the various Generals resi-
f

dent and transient were not content in their strolls
through the city and evening promenades with lady
friends unless Mr. Belville was one of their number.
At the various military headquarters in the city ho
was a welcome and constant visitor, and being
deeply interested in our domestic difficulties, and
sympathising strongly with our Government in the
complete success of the Union arms, many of the
contemplated movements were confided to his keep-
ing. His suggestions were frankly given and thank-
fully received. Indeed, no American citizen and to
the manner born could have learned one-tenth of
the information imparted to this stranger Russian.
By the side of Generals he visited the fortifications,
camps, &c., discovered our real strength in the
field and at posts, and the destination of our armies,
&c. His knowledge of the American States was
astonishingly limited, and to particularise was a
" military necessity" on the part of those with whom
he conversed. He passed in and out of military
prisons at all times, and had a carte blanche to visit
any portion of this department. A seeming indiffe-
rence to accept the many compliments that were
tendered to him, and the declination of several
offers, gained him a confidence with our military
chieftains and their aids amazingly marvellous. At
their request he went to a fashionable boarding-
house on Fourth-street, adjoining headquarters, and
where none but military officers are entertained.
Occasionally be would leave the city for a few days
to visit Chicago, St. Tiquls, and other lVeatern and
North-Western cities, and to become more familiar
with the American country. Although his absence
was brief he was missed by his scores of friends,
who welcomed his return with unmistakeable,

afftction.
One of these absentirgs was unusually long, and
considerable misgiving was entertained as to his
failure in returning lest an accident caused the
delay. A few days since his absence was accounted
for, the latest bubble of Queen City confidence was
exploded, and the Russian nobleman turned out to
be nothing more or less than a rebel spy,
whose discovery was thus made. His lest
trip from Cincinnati was to Lexington, not
tar from which, in a skirmish, he was taken
prisoner with other rebels in arms, He was