The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-30 00:00:00

TIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1863.

NV-HERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE
PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup
at E VANS', Covent-garden.

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at

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
WELLINGTON is CLOSED for repairs, &c., and
will be RE-OPENED on THURSDAY, the 31st December
next, at 5 o'clock p.m.

By order,
JOHN CATES, Manager.
The Wellington, gt. James's-street.
Entrance, 60, Piccadilly, W.
December 25,1863.

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Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of
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THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the
following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop;
also, from LA FORZA. DEL DESIINO—Verdi; by the fol-
lowing talented artistes .—Misses :Russell, Townley, Fitz-
Henry, sl,lmsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green,
Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &o.
Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele-
brated English Violinist.

Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant.
And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL
PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor.
Comedy, by UNSWORTH (" or any °Liter man "), Efurene,
W. Randall,W. T. Critohfield, T. Maclsgan, George Hutchen-
soy, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach,
and Foster.

THZS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the
entire company, a rew and original Can tat t, entitled "King
ChriOnas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com-
posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment.

ROY A L ALHAM BR A.-FRANCONI'S
CIRQUE IMPERIAL at Two, and half-past Seven
o'clock.

ItOYAL ALHAMBRA. —The Great Bare-
back Rider, JULES PEREZ, EVERY EVENING.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill•street, Hay.
market.
NOTICE.—M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS
will be continued nightly at the above elegant rooms.
Admission la.
Conductor—M. JULLIEN.
Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosea, Tyler, King, 11`Kenney,
Sloman, Progratski, Baker, &a
Manager, M. GRENET.

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costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair,
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had only at Madame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street,
where she can be consulted daily. All communications are
strictly confidential.

NOTHING} IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard-
street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer
to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually
restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at
wha age. The Agua Amarelia has none of the properties of
dyes; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and
when the hair is once restored one application per month
will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or
in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the
highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respects-
bifity, may be seen on application, Messrs. John Gosnell
•and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales.

DR- SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind.
spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS. DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Jan. 18
via Marseilles ... Jan. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Tan. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Jan. 29.
china, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 2
via Marseilles Dec. 27.

Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 2.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 2.
via Marseilles Dec. 27,
India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Jan. 11
via Marseilles Jan, 6,
Portuga1....
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 2.
via Marseilles Dec. 27,

Newfoundland ..
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Jan. 6,
by U.S. packet....
California. and British by Canadian packet.. Jan 1.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10,
Bahamas, via Now York
Mexico
All parts of West Indies, including Chili,
Columbia.. Peru, 1
Dec. 29

AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF BIRDS and
bisects, collected by the Rev. H. Rowley from the regions
of the Zambesi and Shire Rivers, has been presented to
the University at Oxford,

THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ELECTION•

Yesterday morning the election of a knight of the shire
to represent the county of Buckingham, took place in the I '
County Hall, Aylesbury.
The candidates were Mr. R. B. Harvey, in the Conser-
vative interest, and Dr. Lee on the Liberal side. There were
no demonstrations in the town, for although Mr. Harvey
was met at the George, formerly the scene of county political
gatherings, he was only escorted by a select band of friends
to the County Court. Dr. Lee was also met on his arrival
by many of his friends, who gave him a hearty welcome.
The venerable doctor, who is 82 years of age, was habited
in the old " Whig blue and buff," and presented, as may be
well imagined, a very venerable appearance.
The High Sheriff having opened the proceedings,
Sir PHILIP DUNCOMNE, Bart., came forward to nominate
as a fit and proper person to represent the county of Bucks,
Mr. Robert Bateson Harvey. He said that, on the part of
himself and his friends, he deplored the melancholy event
that had called them together. For himself and for them all,
he offered their sincere condolences to their late member,
who was a gentleman respected by all classes of politicians.
On several occasions he (Sir P. Duncombe) had stood be-
fore them to recommend candidates for the representation
of Bucks, and he was happy to say that it had always been
with the same unvarying result. (Loud cheers.) He was
sure, also, that the gentleman he proposed that day would
be equally successful. It was trite that he could not recom-
mend him for his past services, inasmuch as this was the
first time that he had offered himself for the representation
of his native county. For honesty of purpose, however
and for high character, he was sure he might recommend
Mr. Harvey to the electors of the county of Buckingham.
Never, perhaps, was there so great a lull in politics on the
one hand nor, on the other,. a greater unanimity ; but at
the same time he did not think that it required much fore-
sight to see that there were many turbulent spirits amongst
us who would, if thetrAnitd,Rge na Into all the 4ifficul-
ties of a titter party warfare. If returned, he should not but
regard it as a triumph of a great constitutional principle.
In the course of his address the speaker alluded to the fact
that the only domestic calamity we had to regret was that
arising out of the distress in the manufacturing districts—
that distress arising out of principles of government which
we in this country had been asked to adopt. [No, no.)
Mr. R. It. CLAYTON seconded the nomination. He spoke
of the urbanity, forbearance, and kind disposition which
had endeared Lord Chesham to all parties in that county,
and elsewhere. He was happy to know that the son, who
succeeded to his titles, also inherited his virtues. (Cheers.)
On the last occasion on which he (Mr. Clayton) stood on
that platform—(A Voice---" Yes, you were very queerly
treated then")—he was a candidate for the suffrages of the
electors of Aylesbury. On this occasion he had no personal
ambition to gratify, and he had no hesitation in recommend-
ing MT. Harvey. That gentleman was no friend of abuses,
and no enemy to reform ; on the contrary, he was deter-
mined to support the manufacturing and commercial inte-
rests of this great empire. He wished to say that he be-
lieved a better man than Dr. Lee could not exist ;
but at the same time he thought he entertained
such ideas as rendered him totally unfit to re-
present the county of Buckingham in Parliament,
In fact, the learned doctor's political views were as eratic
as the heavenly bodies he was so much accustomed to
watch—(laughter)—he would have no wine; he could not
bear the fumes of tobacco ; neither a pipe nor a cigar must
come " betwixt the wind and his nobility." He believed
that if Dr. Lee were returned he would do his duty; but
that at the same time no man could be more disappointed
than himself at his success, and no one could be more com-
pletely overwhelmed by sitting in the House of Commons
day and night engrossed by his senatorial honours. Of him
it might indeed be said, in the words of our great poet,
" The wine of life is drawn—mere lets is left."

lie sincerely hoped that by the return of such men u Mr.
Harvey, Conservatism would become the ruling principle
of the Government of this country. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. STUCHBERY proposed Dr. Lee, whom Mr. WARD
seconded.
The show of hands was in favour of Dr. Lee, and a poll
was granted.

employment, enjoying your confidence, it is a dreadful
thing that confidence reposed in those avLora
you employ
should be so often abused. It destroys, or haS a great ten-
dency to destroy, and must certainly injure that t;;;Iling be-
tween master and servant, of kindness on the part of the
master, of fidelity and loyalty on the part of the servai7t
which it is much to the interest of society should be culti-
'sated and strengthened, but which must be greatly and in
many cases utter!y destroyed by the prevalence of this
crime of embezzlement. I may say with truth and sincerity
that the prevalence of this crime has often caused cue most
painful reflection ; and whether it is that I am influenced
by the pain which this thought has caused me I do not
know, but I fear that this discription of crime is on the
increase. I have watched it carefully for many years, and
that is the impression which rests upon my mind. Having
given this offence much of my attention, it appears to me
that while the criminality is on the part of the servant,
there.has often been much imprudence, to give it its lightest
term, on the part of the master; and I throw it out for
your consideration whether imprudence which has for result
the fall from rectitude of a fellow creature is not to some ex-
tent tinctured with criminality. Now, I have frequently
observed that persons are put in trust of money by their
masters as stewards, to receive debts for them, and in
various ways to handle their masters' money, who could
not reasonably be supposed to have the caution which every
person ought to have who is clothed with such a trust.
Surely it is wrong when a master receives a servant, espe-
cially a servant without a character, as frequently happens
—sometimes from the very kindest motives on the part of the
master—surely it is wrong to admit such a person immedi-
ately into a place of trust and confidence. Surely there ought
to be a reasonable time of probation, that the master should
have some evidence, some testimony on which he can rely,
that the servant is trustworthy. But even thea let him not
subject the servant to trials above his strength; let him
proceed gradually in the degree of confidence which he re-
, nomes, , For inntance,let him not, when he first entrusts
the servant with the power of receiving money, trust him
at the same time with the power of paying out from the
monies which he receives sums for his master, and thus pro-
duce a complication of accounts, but for a time let the mas-
ter say, ' Bring to me the exact coins that you receive;
don't change them. Bring the gold, or the notes, or the
bills of exchange that you have received. Do nothing with
them, but carefully and punctually bring them to me.'
And, gentlemen, let the intervals of auditing accounts be
very short indeed. At first, at all events, they cannot be
too frequent, nor can the master be too punctual himself in
this matter. Let him not upon slight reasons postpone and
say, Come again to-morrow with your money and your
accounts, and we will balance accounts.' Let him do it at
the appointed time with a fated certainty, so that the ser-
vant may know that at a given hour he must render up an
account to his master. If unnecessary time be allowed to
intervene, neither the master nor the servant will be able to
bring his mind to the subject with anything like certainty.
With these safeguards I trust, gentlemen, that it would be
found that many a person who has been tempted and ulti.
mately fallen could have been saved a life of disgrace ; and
the master and the clerk would, if all acted on these prin-
ciples, be spared that most painful and harassing feeling of
distrust of those about them," After a few other general
remarks upon tha calendar, none of the cases calling for
special observation, the learned Recorder dismissed the
grand jury to their duties.

Breach of the Foreign Enlistment Act.

The late enlistment of men at Queenstown to serve on
board the United States sloop of war Kearsage has, after
many secret investigations, resulted in the prosecution of 6
of the men who so enlisted. They were brought up on
warrant before Mr. J. L. Cronin R.M., at the Queenstown
Petty Sessions Court on Wednesday, the warrants having
been founded on sworn depositions, which will be found
below. The defendants, all of whom resided in the harbour,
and were of the 15 who were again disembarked by the
Kearsage at Queenstown on the 14th inst., are named John
Sullivan, Edward Pyburn, Thomas Murphy, Denis Leary,
Daniel O'Connell, and John Murphy. They appeared in
uniform of the United States Navy. '.they
-- were formally
charged with a misdemeanour under the Foreign Enlistment
Act.
Mr. Sylvester Gillman,Crown solicitor,and Mr.P. 0' Cone
nell, sessional Crown prosecutor, appeared to prosecute on'
behalf of the Attorney-General.
Mr. Cronin—As:it is the first case of the class that has
been tried in this country for many years, it is right for me
to say that the men who swore these informations were
compelled in the usual way to come before me and swear
them.
Patrick Kennedy, a boatman, residing at Queenstown,
was then called forward and his information read to Wm. It
was in substance as follows :—On Tuesday, the 3d day of
November last, the American war steamer Kearsage was
lying off Queenstown, and I heard that the officers were en-
listing men for the American navy, and, in company with
Thos. Verling, of Queenstown, and the two others whose
names I did not know, I went on board said ship for the
purpose of joining same, if taken. It was about 2 o'clock.
One of my party asked one of the officers if he wanted any
coal trimmers or firemen. He replied that the purser had
gone ashore for them, and that he expected he would bring
them on board, but we stated we would be taken as lands-
men. We agreed to ship as landsmen. On that the same
officer sent us for examination by the doctor on board, and
I and three others were then accordingly examined by the
doctor, and we passed his examination. After this we went
on shore, on our promise to return at 7 o'clock the same
evening. We were informed by the same officer onehoard that
our pay would be 12 dole. per month. I did not return to the
ship afterwards that evening, but did at 7 o'clock next morn-
ing, and I remained all that day (November 4) on board.
I got breakfast, dinner, and supper in the ship. While
on board I saw seven or eight men from Ringskiddy there.
I asked some of them if they had passed the doctor, and they
replied they had. All those Ringskiddy men sailed in the
vessel, as did also a boy named John Murphy, of Queens-
town, who also passed the doctor. I did not sail in the
vessel, as on leaving the harbour on that evening I got into,
a pilot boat and returned home. While on board I saw Mr;'
Eastman, who, I am informed, was the American Consul,
and Mr. Dawson, the ship agent at Queenstown, both in
conversation with the officers, They remained about half
an hour. I would know the persons of the Ringskiddy men
if I saw them again who sailed in the ship Kearsage. The
witness now added that he saw the defendants on board the
Kearsage, and they sailed in her.
To the prisoner Leary—You did not pass the doctor while
I was there.
The witness then verified the information, and was bound
to give evidence at the next assizes. He would, however, he
said, have nothing to say against those men (the defendants).
George Patterson, seaman, of Ringskiddy, one of those
who were shipped by the Kearsage and subsequently disem-
barked again, was the next witness. His information,which
was read over to him, was as follows :—On or about the 4th
day of November, 1863, I went on board the United States
vessel of war Kearsage, in the harbour of Cork, along with
John Sullivan, Edward Pyburn,Thomas Murphy, and Denis
Leary, all Irishmen, and residing at Ringskiddy. We went
from Ring to the said vessel in the boat of Samuel Dunne.
A man named Healy, a native of Ring, who was the officer
or captain of the forecastle on board the Kearsage, was also
in Dunne's boat, and paid Dunne ls. for the use of the
boat. The said Healy had slept at Ring, having come there
the night before from the said war vessel Kearsage. He, I
think, had hired the boat to take us to the Kearsage. John
Dunne (son of Samuel) was also in the boat as boatman. I
went with the above-named persons on board to agree to
enlist to serve as sailors or firemen en board the said vessel
of war for;the United States service. It was freely circu-
lated that the Kearsage was taking men for the said service.
After joining on board, we were told by the officer to go
below until we cleared the lighthouse. I did duty in the
ship from Cork to Brest, in France, and back. It was a
boatman on board the Kearsage named Burnes who or-
dered us below until we cleared the lighthouse of Cork
harbour. When we got to Brest we were enlisted after
passing the medical doctor there belonging to the ship. I,
with the three others, were sworn to join the American ser-
vice for three years, and for the purpose of fighting for the
United States service. Denis Leary, Thomas Murphy,
and Edward Pyburn were along with me, and took the
oath to serve the United States for a period of three years.
Mr. Bedlam was the engineer on board the ship, underhn
whom I did duty as fireman. Edward Pyburn end John
Sullivan also worked in my watch as firemen. We all
worked on board the vessel from Cork harbour to Brest and
got
back. We were then put ashore in Cork harbour; we
ei States
an entire kit, the uniform being that of the ea—
navy, and I was to receive 18 dole. per month .or
weeks on
oen.
Nearly all the men were Irish ; we were but
fivlseowservked
board. Daniel O'Connell and John Murphy also
Brest, on
board the ship Kearsage. The day aftterinj
of the Kearsage
be-
fore landing in Cork harbour,
mustered us, and told us that tahl#l3tcchaoernkaew men shipped at
harbour, and that
QueenetoWn should go on shore at
all
.our clothes that had been
he was very sorry for parting them. After this the first
lieutenant said we could keep
given to us. The witness then identified the prisoners as
men Ltesage.
ee,:
whom be lead seen take service on board the r
He was not cross-examined, and was re-bound to prosecute
at the assizes.
Mr. O'Connell then read for his worship the 4th section
of the act under which ho prosecuted, which enabled him to
forward the case, on informations, for trial in the Court of
Queen's Bench in Dublin, the assizes, or quarter sessions
for the county in which the offence was committed.
Mr. Cronin—Of course, under these circumstances, I will
send them to the assizes,
The prisoners were then severally cautioned in the usual
form from the Bench, after which they made
statements : the following
John sallivin stated that he did not pass the doctor on

PR1CE.....—..4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

boaitl. the Kearsage till she reached Brest. His arm was
aired at in this harbour by the doctor's steward.
Edward Pyburn said that while in the ship ho did not
pass the doctor at all. The doctor's mate or steward ex-
amined him while in the harbour. He worked hie passage
to Brest, and on arriving there the word was passed by the
boatswain's mate that all the men who came on board at
Queenstown should go ashore. When they got to the shore
the sy,..Nrd was passed that those who wished to do so could
joinl the
returned to
and those who did not could go ashore. They
a
to the Iccarsage and were shipped. The first
lieutenant told lre
them their wages would be 18 duls. p€r
month, and
Murphy a dolltt:
001
and a half grog money.
Thomas
roboratcd the first portion of Pyburn's
.
statement.
Dennis Leary said he went, on board the Kearsage the day
she was to sail from Queenstown (ThurEday). He went below
and did not come on deck except once until they reached
Brest. His account of what occurred there was exactly
similar to that given by Pyburn.
The other defendants made no statement.

His Worship committed the defendants for trial at the
next Cork assizes, and appointed 12 o'clock as the time he
would receive bail for the appearance of such as could pro-
cure it. lie measured the bail at—each defendant in £2O,
and two securities of £lO for each,

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

Her Majesty's iron steam storeship Buffalo, 440 tons and
500 horse power, was on Monday
unlocked at Woolwich,
and was hauled into the outer basin, to be fitted for coast
service. The Buffalo has been partially coated in tho hold
with Day'a patent marine cement, used successfully in other
ships over the bilge bottom plates and rivet heads. Her
'Waft tas been't:?l,l26`.4 ezPirlicient44l44ll6sllll4iiiiii Mph'

the Board of Admiralty with Leetch's new patent .composi-
Lion for preserving the bottoms of iron ships from the
accumulation of barnacles and sea weed which clog and
damage the ship's rate of speed. All other inventions
hitherto tested for that purpose have signally failed, and the
use of copper sheathing has resulted in producing a gal-
vanic action which is said to decompose the iron more
rapidly than if it were left with its own natural surface
exposed to the action of the sea water. Mr. Leetch
proposes to remedy the evil by his invention, now applied
to the Buffalo. his plan is to apply a coating of gutta
percha cement in a liquid state, and while it is hot to place
over it sheets of glass, bent to the required form, which are
pressed On and firmly secured by iron bolts. The injurious
contact of the iron and glass is prevented by an adhesive
solution with which the bolt-heads are covered. The in-
vention is spoken of as being likely to be highly successful,
as the preservative properties of gutta percha have been so
fully proved, and the smooth and hard surface of glass ren-
ders it impossible for any living matter to adhere perma-
nently to it under a ship's ordinary speed at sea.
The intention to remove the Wellesley, 72, training ship
for boys and novices, from her present berth off Chatham
Dockyard to moorings near Folly Point,some distance down
the river, has been abandoned, at least for the present, a re-
port having been made to the Lords of the Admiralty of the
unsuitableness of that spot, in a sanitary point of view, as
the station for a training vessel having.a large number of
lads and boys on board. As soon as the work now in pro.
gress at the dockyard will permit,the fitting of the Diamond,
27, one of the sailing frigates attached to the reserve, is to
be proceeded with, that vessel being required, as well as the
Wellesley, for the use of the officers and lads serving on
board the latter ship.
Admiralty instructions have been received at Chatham
directing that in future all engineer students attending dock-
yard schools are to be granted two days' leave of absence at
Christmas and Midsummer in each year, without being
checked in their pay.
The line. of-battle screw steamer Bombay, 80, 400-horse
power, fitting in No. 3 dry dock at Chatham, is having her
bottom covered with some additional plates of Muntz's metal
on her port and starboard sides. The shipwrights have
commenced erecting the additional cabins and offices on her
upper deck for the Admiral and his retinue, the Bombay
being intended to relieve one of the flagships ordered home.
The whole of the standing wire rigging is set up, and the
running rigging is now being got in its place. There are
several weeks' work still to be accomplished on board before
the Bombay can leave the dock.
The Dromedary, steam store ship, Commander A.Brown,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Ascension,
with invalids and passengers. Among the latter were Mr.
E. It. Miall, paymaster of the Archer ; Mr. D. J. L. Mac-
=mars, Sub-Lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Antelope;
and J. J. Crew, Assistant-Engineer of her Majesty's ship
Hardy. The Dromedary left Ascension on Nov. 24, arrived
at St. Vincent's Dec. 6, sailed again on the Sth, arrived at
Madeira Dec. 16, leaving again on the 191 h. Oa Nov. 30,
while at sea, a horrible accident occurred on board. It ap-
pears that Mr. Hockerstou, assistant-engineer, was in the
act of examining the bearings in the screw alley, when his
coat was caught by the coupling bolts of the shaft and was
immediately wound about it. He must have gone round six
or seven times before he cried out. The engines were at once
stopped, and on releasing him from his awful position ho
was found to have his right leg broken above the knee, and
his left leg below the knee, His head, chest, and right arm
were very severely bruised, Ile is getting on as favourably
as can be expected, and will be removed to Hasler Hospital
with the other invalids. The Dromedary passed the English
ship Hackers in let 37 12, long 14 39, on Dec. 20th; the
Jamaica in lat 41 53, long 14 40, on Dec. 23d. The British
ship Prince Alfred nem Singapore, bound for London, left
Ascension Nov. 19th with passengers, all well on board.
The Federal ship of war Onward, 9 guns, Capt. Clark, was
at St. Vincent's on the Dromedary's arrival there, but left
on Dec. 7th in search of the Confederate ship Alabama.
She also left at Ascension her Majesty's store ship Wye
and the gunboat Snipe, and at Madeira Lord Brownlow's
yacht Cores, of the safety of which anxious fears have been
expressed in England. She had experienced very heavy
gales and contrary winds, but had arrived there safely. The
Dromedary has experienced very boisterous weather. She
will disembark her invalids and go to the eastward to dis-
charge her stores.
The detachment of non-commissioned officers and men of

the Royal Marine Light Infantry, belonging to the Chatham
division, who have been selected for service at Port Albany,
were inspected at headquarters yesterday, and this =ruing
will leave Chatham for Woolwich, where they will be
joined by the contingent from that division, and proceed to
Plymouth. At Plymouth the non-commissioned officers
and men will embark in the Salamander, 6, 220 horse
power, which conveys them to their destination. The offi-
cer selected to proceed in charge of the detachment is First-
Lieut. P, J. Pascoe, of the Chatham division. The Reyal
Marines composing the detachment have been chosen foe,
their knowledge of some trade, and they are all non of go:..
character. They will be absent from England for afoinsi_
her of years, during which time they will receivoat
derable addition to their pay. It is intended to send out
their .
their wives and families to them shortly after thneirof labour
arrival
at Port Albany, when all the roughest descrip.teitoed.
connected with the expedition has been e4M de
......n at the Ad-
The following appointments have w—
aster, to the Welles-
miralty :—Geo. A. Rowe, assist. paYin
to the Aurora—Henry
ley—Patrick Keelan, assist. surer
°:e Royal Oak—Edward
C. Woods, acting assist, surg., for the Tenders—Woa
;In,
Taylor, engineer, to the Ble
rnhclus, for the Partridge-... Na.
H. Elliott, engineer, to the
engineer in the Cumberl
thaniel Farrant, confirmed as
,f. engineer, to the Orontes-ILIT
—F. J. Fairclough, "B"'"' - - II ----.
to the Tamar—A. . B„
Burnes, assist. engieee ' . a uning.e,
as u
._ the Asia, s pernumerary—and
assist. engineer, "
clerk, to the Fisgard.
Matthew Wellington, -