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A general order, signed by Col. C. Bill:Pam, De-
puty-Adjutant-General, Royal Artillery, has been
received at Chatham garrison, from the gorse
Guards, announcing the names of 131 non-commis-
Bioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, to
whom the Duke of Cambridge, with the concurrence
of the Secretary of State for War, has awarded sil-
ver medals and gratuities, amounting in the aggre-
gate to the sum of £l,OlO, for long service and meri-
torious conduct. Of the non-commissioned officers
selected for these rewards 21 received a gratuity of
97cmmissioned ern-
hO and 81 receive
£.£slseaecahe.h, 29 gratuities rnaaturnietiseos
of 20
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cers of the Royal Artillery are Ills° given in the
general order who have bsen awarded medals, with-
out gratuities, for long service and good conduct.
First Lieut. D. G. Campbell, of the ::hathern
division of Royal Marines, who was ordered to be
tried by general court-martial on t everal charoes
affecting his character as an officer and gentleman,
having resigned his ecnunibsion in the Royal
Matinee, the order for the assembling of the general
court•martial at head-quarters yesterday was Ti-

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to make an inch for hours together." Of the fitness
of the country for agricultural and mining enterprise
the author speaks favourably, stating that in the in-
terior are vast tracts of great fertility capable of con-
version into thefinest agricultural and pasture lands,
and that the rearing of cattle, sheep, and pigs can•
not fail to be highly remunerative. The climate he
describes as remarkably healthy and bracing, vege-
tables can he grown in abundance, and of fish there
is a seemingly inexhaustible supply. Upon the
whole, his opinion is decidedly favourable to the
country as a field for emigration, at least as regards
the farmer, the capitalist, and the labouring classes.
The information respecting routes is copious, and
apparently trustworthy, and those who intend to
try their fortunes in such far off regions may con-
sult the work with profit.

scinded.
By direction of the Dt.:Ye of Cambridge a board
of officers, of which Col. R. N. Phillips, command-
ing the 2d battalion, is the president, has been
sitting for several days past at Chat Lam for the
purpose of examining the best sites on which to
erect an extensive range of buildings to be used as
quarters for the married troops of tht Line
quartered at the garrison. As soon as a conven.ent
site has been determined upon it is the intention of
the Government to erect a suitable range of build-
ings capable of accommodating several hundred
married non-commissioned officers and men.
erison'orders
Some slight change having been introduced in the
arrangements since the issue of the g
on Saturday for the continuation of General Stran-
sham's inspection of the Woolwich diyisiou of
Royal Marines, the General yesterday morning
assembled the officers and non-commissioned officers
of the division in the barrack-square at half-past
10. Having previously inspected the regimental
schools, he proceeded to the square and witnessed a
series of cutlass exercises by the officers and non-
commissioned officers abovenamed. The officers
were afterwards put through a course of company
drills as a test of their efficiency. In the afternoon
every disposable man of the division, including
the undisciplined recruits, W4B brigaded on Wool-
wich-common, and formed in three battalions
of six companies each, in command of Col.
Gascoigne, C. 8., Col. Marriott, Col. Sather,
and Brigade-Major Bunce. They went through
a most interesting series of manwuvres represent-
ing an active engagement of infantry troops in the
field. According to the amended garrison orders,
the general will terminate his inspection at Wool-
wich this morning by witnessing a course of drills
in the Plumstead Marshes, in command of Capt..
Bunce, rifle instructor to the division, and acting
Brigade-Major. In the afternoon the Inspector-
General will muster the detachment of the divisio
doing duty at Deptford.

HIE WAR IN AMERICA.

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The commercial letters from New York show
that one of the effects of the inflation of the Azur-
xency continues to be to keep up the prices of steel;
and to cause orders for purchases to be sent to this
side, the mass of the people, in their complacent
ignorance, being still totally free from anything
like panic with regard to the finances of the coun-
try. At the departure of the present mail, however,
the public mind was very uncomfortable from the
fact that all intelligence from the army of General
Pope since the severe battle at Culpepper Court-
house had been kept back by the War Department
at Washington, and it was consequently appre-
hended that the contest may have been continued
and have resulted in a complete defeat. Business
of all kinds was very quiet with the exception of
the operations connected with the despatch of grain
and provisions. During the week the shipments
from New York had been equal to about 160,000
quarters of wheat and flour, and about 5,100,0001 b.
of lard, pork, cheese, butter, and other provisions.
The-accounts of the harvest are generally good,
but the want of bands to gather it is severely felt,
so that, reckoning the cost of wages and the en-
hanced freight, comparatively good prices must be
obtained to yield a remunerative return. The im-
ports of New York since the commencement of the
present year are stated to have been of the aggre-
gate value of £21,440,000, against £17,740,000 in
the corresponding period of 1861 and £28,400,000,
in 1860. The exports exclusive of specie have been
£16,700,000, against £16,000,000 in 1861, and
£11,000,000 in 1860. Hitherto a large proportion
of the balance between imports and exports at
New York has been provided for by consignments
of cotton from the South, but this year, since the
lst of January, specie has had to be sent, and the
amount has reached £7,400,000 against only
£640,000 in the corresponding interval of 1861.
The letters on this occasion comprise several from
persons .in a position to furnish perfectly trust-
worthy news regarding the South, and from these
it appears that the tales circulated at New York of
the city of Richmond being decimated by pestilence
were unfounded, the place being healthy and well
supplied with common food, although some especial
particulars
articles were scarcely to be had at any price—tea,
for instance, having advanced to £3 per sterling per
lb. An expectation was current among many per-
sons that should Pope be defeated General Jackson
May,
have
a one
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would forthwith march on 'Washington. In rela-
has been
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hasg suffered
greatly
given
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en in
the General
a letter,
i M'Clellan,on
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andhe prospectsfuoglluoswttnhge o flare
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of the Federal officers to a friend in 1 ondon t—
,l August 10, 1862.
‘
fought one
pitched drawn battle with the enemy, in which we
had a heavy loss in killed and wounded ; by a sin-
gular anomaly both sides retreated after the battle.
We heard that the enemy had been largely rein-
forced, and the enemy heard the same of us, as we
from
sincesi c
a the
es corpss. 3d to
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We
Te which
a y
b have since ascertained from prisoners. The battles
before Richmond lasted seven days, and the sun
never shone upon more terrible fighting. Both
sides included, 51,000 men were killed and wounded,
as admitted in the official despatches of both armies.--
Our General, M'Clellan, fought bravely and dis-
puted every yard of ground, but he was clearly
overpowered and beaten, and the city of Richmond
disengaged. We are now collecting a large army
to the north of Richmond, about a hundred miles
distant, of which we form a part, and we shall, pro-
bably, march upon Richmond early in September,
provided the enemy offer no objection. M'Clellan's
army is 27 miles south of Richmond. With the
exception of the capture of New Orleans, we have
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Federalr mk
obtained no solid advantage over the rebels. We
have merely the ground we are encamped upon,
and the war seems as far from being settled as at
the commencement. You must not believe one-half
you read of our Federal victories ; they are either
unfounded, or gross exaggerations. From what I
have seen of the enemy, they are in point of
strategy quite a match for us, and our best chance
is the failure of their resources. For the present
there is a perfect lull in the war, the valorous pro
pensities of both parties seem somewhat cooled
down, but it is merely the precursor of the storm
that will soon break over us. By reliable accounts
the rebels have contentrated fully 200,000 -men at
Richmond to meet us."

MALIGNANT SORE THROAT.—The Registrar •
General for Scotland reports that in the second quarter of
this year ulcerated sore throats and diphtheria were re-
marked in scattered localities, and that in Mid and South
-yell (Shetland) the sore throats were accompanied by an
affection of the hands, which raises the suspicion that sore
throat and diphtheria in the human subject is but a variety
of that epidemic disease in cattle known by the name of
murrain or epizootic aphtha, characterized in them by the
aphthous and ulcerated mouth and sore hoofs. An intelli-
gent veterinary surgeon has brought under notice a few
cases, in which it was clearly established that the milk of
cows affected with murrain caused
aphthous mouths and
diphtheria in children, and fatalaphthaa, aphthal, terminating in
ulcerous affections of the mouth, throat, and windpipe, in
th® ease of pigs,

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