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THE sliTh, LONDON, fl-PIESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1863.

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No. 22,222

Naval and Military Intelligence.

T X F 0 It 1.)
e, OXFORD STREET, W.
THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections
from Sir Henry R. f ishop's TUE SLAVE and Halevy's
MUSKETEERS (first time in England).
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell. Miss ElPson, Messrs.
Green, Bernardi, lluish, &c., with full band and chorus.
Conductor, Mr. P. Jonc.(limans.
Faite Solos by Drew Dean &c.
Comic, by UNSWOR'iIi ("or any other man "), Eugene,
W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson.
Als,, a Performance by Herr SAIALKENBACH on his
wonderful Met, tnent, the PIANO ORCH.ETR., contain-
ing a full ba:id of 40 instruments.
'1 he HALL has ju•t been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and is one of the most Beautiful iu the Metropolis.
Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed.; stalls and balcony, is. ;
private boxes, lOs. ed.

THE NAVY.

The Cumberland, 74, Capt. W. K. Hall, C.B.
guaedship of the Chatham steam reserve, is bein
stripped of her rigging, in order to be fitted with a
pair of mating shear:, for masting small weasels on
the plan proposed to the Admiralty by Capt. Hall,
by which it will no longer be ne2essary to send the
vesaels either to Sheerness or Chatham to be masted.

The paddlewheel steamer salamander, 6,818 tone,
220 horse power, fitting for the Chatham steam re-
serve in the Medway, has been almost entirely
rebuilt, having undergone a very extensive repair,
besides being fitted with new boilers, in addition to
which her machinery has undergone a thorough
overhaul. Her standing and upper rigging has been
fixed, and she will shortly be ready to take her
place in the first division cf the steam reserve.

PANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order
'kJ to gratify the curiosity cf nightly-increasing crowds,
Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro-
fessor Pi pper snd Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral
Illusion, "THE GHOST." from the Picture Gallery to the
Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected,
affording a more ample view of the Illusion froin Stalls, Bal-
cony, and Indy of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr.
A. .ilyester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im-
provements and effects), REPREShNTATIONS EACH
EVENING, at Ten o'clock.
All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including- Operatic Selections, ; Unsworth (the modern
Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson,

The screw frigate Tamar, 3, 2,812 tons, 500 horse
power, Capt. F. IL Stirling, fitting at the Nore for
immediate service at sea, is receiving on board
nearly 1,000 tons of coals in the great basin, where
two colliers are alongside discharging. The coals are
all hoisted on board by means of the steam cranes,
by which a great saving of time is effected.
Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., the Civil Lord of the Ad-
miralty, is now on a visit to Portsmouth dockyard,
accompanied by Mr. Walker, Inspector and Auditor
of Dockyard Accounts, engaged in investigating
the principles and data upon which future annual
Parliamentary returns of dockyard expenses are to
be made out.

-MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GAL-
LERY—Established 27 years at the Bazaar, Baker-
street—AMEßlCAN WAR —A Model of • GENERAL
M'CLELLAN, in military uni orm, Lite Commander-in-
Chief of the Federal Army, is now added.—CONTINUA-
TION of ANCIENT ENGLISH KINGS. Henry V , in the
costume of the period. Open from li till 10 at night. Ad-
mittauce, Is ; extra rooms, id.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill•straet,
Th. se elFE.Yant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter
Season. They have been entirely redecorated.

Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of moister concerts cele-
brity. The band .s selected from the Cry•tal Palace, the
Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty.
Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, Is.

Manager—M. GRENET.

/10YAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The
GHOST ! The Polish Giantess, Countess Demolnth,
will be introduced in the Ghost Illusion this Week—The
beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN—Grand Divertissement by
Twenty young Ladies—Operatic Selections, by M iss M 'Gregor,
Mr. A►bert, Vernon Rigby, and Signor Georgini—Band and
L horns of 60 Performers.
First appearance of RAPHAEL DE SOLLA:4. the Infant
Tenor, and LANGLOIS VELGCISIAN, the Great Indian
Juggler, THIS DAY (MONDAY).

The Speedy, screw gun-vessel, Master Comman-
der Burney, in commission for service at the Chan-
nel Islands, having undergone repairs to hull and
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The Pioneer, 6, screw despatch-vessel, Comman-
der Robinson, recently returned to England
from service on the Australian station, hauled
alongside the shear jetty of Portsmouth yard yes-
terday, and was dismasted under the shears. She
is cleared out and her stores are returned, and will
be paid out of commission after the conclusion of a
court martial, expected to be held on one of her
subordinate officers, which will probably take place
to-day.
The Lyra, 9, screw, Wasp, 17, screw, and Falcon,
17, screw, wooden corvettes, are being brought
forward for commission as rapidly as possible by
the seamen riggers and reserve in the steam basin
of Portsmouth yard.
The Hector, iron frigate, still remains in the large
dock at Portsmouth, and from the slow progress
being made with her outfit, will in all probability
remain there until driven out by the wants of the
Channel fleet on their arrival at Spithead at the
conclusion of their present cruise.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Andrew Farmer, master,
to the Zebra ; Robert Brown, master, additional, to
the Fisgard ; John A. H. Marcus, assist.-engineer,
to the Asia as supernumerary ; James R. Gow,
master's assistant, supernumerary, to the Euryalus ;
Edward M. Ommanney, clerk, to the Alert; and
Charles IL Baker, clerk, to the Royal Adelaide, as
supernumerary.

'ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great
Musical Attraction Immense success of SIGNOR
'NICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every
Evening.

THE ARMY.
On Friday, the 25th inst., the 21 battalion of
Coldstream Guards, now stationed at the Sheet-
street Barracks for garrison duty at Windsor, will
leave for the new barracks, Pimlico. This battalion
will be relieved by the 3d battalion of Grenads.ers,
from St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross. The
change of the troops being earlier than usual is in
consequence of the lease of the Portman-street Bar-
racks having expired, and the building being about

to be pulled down.
The undermentioned draughts are ordered to be
held in readiness to embark for New Zealand, to
complete the strength of the service companies of
their respective corps—viz., 2 officers and 119 men
of all ranks, 70th Foot, 27 men of the Royal Horse
Artillery, and 15 men of the Royal Engineers, with
one Medical Staff surgeon. They are to embark at
Gravesend. The following draughts embark at
Cork :-1 officer and 141 men of all ranks, 2d bat-
talion 18th Foot, from Battivant ; 2 officers and 30
rank and file, 40th Regiment; 5 officers and 36 all
ranks, 65th Foot, from Birr ; and 2 officers and 41
men, 57th, from the 20th depot battalion at Cork—
making a total of 13 officers and 412 non-commis•

sioned officers and privates.
Lieut. C. S. Beauchamp, with 1,43ut. G. W. Gi
ford and three other officers of the Royal Engineers,
arrived at Gravesend yesterday in charge of 75 non-
commissioned officers and privates, to go through
the annual course of ball firing at the rifle ranges
below Gravesend, under the instructor of musketry,
Capt. C. R. Lempriere, Royal Engineers.
During the present week the whole of the officers
and men belonging to the first division Depot Bri-
gade Royal Artillery (Lieut,-Col. R. r R Talbot com-
manding) have undergone their usual half-yearly
inspection at headquarters, Sheerness, by Col.
W.
place and staff. At the conclusion of the inspection
g
Itth.eNtreodobpasm 8.A., commanding the garrison at that
received the warmest praise of the gal-
lant colonel for their martial appearance and gene-
ral efficient state.
Preparations are now being made by the contrac-
tors for commencing the construction of the large
semi-circular casemated fort at the entrance of the
Medway, which is intended to guard the passage
to Chatham harbour, the foundations having been
completed 501110 time since and a sufficient period
allowed to elapse to allow for their consolidation.
Thebar ptohseitipoanssoafgteheofforatny will
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proach either Sheerness or Chatham dockyards.
It is intended, on the completion of this and
to the Medway, to arm them with the most
the other forts which command the approaches
powerful description of guns, throwing the heaviest
projectiles, recent events at Charleston proving
that forts are only superior to ships in exact pro-
portion to the description of armament used. The
position which the work occupies in relation to the
adjacent defences which command the main chan-
nel of approach will enable its armament to be
worked with decisive effect against shipping at a
comparatively short range, white its formation will
allow of a concentration of fire at any given point.
The passage of the rivers Thames and Medway will
also be guarded by the extensive fortifications, now
rapidly approaching completion, erected on the Isle
of Grain, the guns mounted upon which will have
entire control of the mid-channels of both streams.
Both sides of the estuary of the Medway will, on
the completion of the works now in progress, possess
a line of powerful batteries.

A BODY FOUND IN A GLACIER.—The body of a
man, a native of Passy, near Chamonnix, who had
been missing for the last 19 years, has just been discovered
in the crevice of a glacier de Bruet, near Mont Blanc. He
'left his home on 14th Sept., Sept. 1844, on a pilgrimage to
the Great St. Bernard, and had not been since heard of
until a few days back, when a pedestrian, exploring the
glacier, came upon the body, which wra in a perfect state
of preservation. After being identified, the body was
strapped to a plank, and conveyed on the back of a commis-
sionaire over the mountains to Passy, where he was buried
—after “lgying in otati' for 24 hours,—Galignani.

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The decree conferring a "Duk. ordlo
precise, the title of duke on M. de _ ereigny, in-
spires the following reflections to M. Forcade in the
Revue des Deux Mondes, the new number of which
appears to-day :—" How nervous speculators must
have felt after the panic of Saturday when they
tore open the Moniteur on Sunday morning ! How
relieved they must have felt when they found that
the official sheet contained nothing but the decree
making M. de Persigny a duke. It is undeniable
that the anxieties of the readers of the Moniteur
could not be more happily dispelled. It is a real
piece of good fortune for the ex-Minister of the
Interior that the publicity given to his exaltation
should have occurred just is time to dissipate such
intense alarm. We have then another civilian for
a duke. We have already stated our opinion on the
subject of the institution of civilian dukes, and
there is no need to repeat it. It would not have
been understood at a time when nobility was a
reality, and when titles were a social distinction,
nor can we now make up our minds to duke those
who have not won their coronets on the field of
battle. As M. de Persigny follows close on the
heels of M. de Alertly, there is reason to believe
that the collection of civilian dukes will be enriched
in course of time with fresh specimens, and that we
shall be provided with a fresh institution. Persons
among us who still cultivate the science of heraldry
are likely to make some remarks on the subject.
It is to be noted that both under the second as well
as under the first Empire no marquises are created.
A count takes a sudden leap upwards and be-
comes a duke. The marquises have no reason
to complain of this system, which will make their
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names of towns or provinces were tagged on to
1 their titles, and effectually swamped a lawyer or
financier under a cloud of feudalism and aristocracy.
Such is no longer the case. Spain has a custom
which seems appropriated to the creation of a civi-
lian nobility. The Spaniards couple the title with
some word expressing a moral idea. Thus they have
Dukes of Victory or Fidelity, and Pr;nces of Peace.
Had M. de Persigny become a duke in Spain, he
might, in the most natural way in the world, have
received the title of Duke of Devotedness, or Duke
of the Elections, but no one will regret that in our
newfangled mania for titles we should have refrained
from imitating Spanish usageb. Neither do we feel
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deeply learned en the subject of nobility, and the
title of duke could not possibly be conferred on a
man more capable of appreciating or enjoying it.
Surely if such honours can give pleasure to any one
we have no hesitation to admit that they cannot do
anybody any harm. They no longer even excite
the jealousy and envy which the creation of a new
title used to cause in former days. Oa the con•
trary, the new comer is well received by his prede-
cessors, and his bran new title makes theirs which
date from yesterday appear more respectable be-
cause more ancient, for even our new nobles must
have heard that nobility, like wine, improves as it
grows older."