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On Friday the whole of th*-tio';---ops at Al,
under the command of Lieut.-Geiie-Sir J. L. _
• father, K.C.8., were reviewed by the Duke of Cam-
bridge, Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief. The
infantry formed up on Cove-common at half-past
8 o'clock in three consecutive lines of brigade, equi-
distant from each other. The Ist brigade was in
front, the 2d in the centre, and the 3d in the rear.
The E. and F batteries, 9th brigade, Royal Ar-
tillery, formed the extreme right of the first line.
The Duke, accompanied by Major-General Lord
George Paget and Gen. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, ar-
rived on the parade-ground at half-past 9 o'clock.
The troops then formed line of contiguous columns;
right in front, at quarter distance, and the bands of
the Ist brigade having stationed themselves in front
of the saluting base the infantry marched past in
open column of grand divisions, and the artillery in
open column of batteries. They repassed in lines
of contiguous columns, the artillery leading. The
whole then formed lines of contiguous columns,
facing west, with artillery on the right. They were
next formed into direct echelon from front to rear,
presenting in this order a very imposing appearance.
After having several times formed lines of con-
tiguous columns on different regiments, still pre-
serving the echelon formation, the infantry and
artillery marched to quarters, and the Duke and
Generals accompanying him proceeded to the Long
Valley, where the cavalry, Royal Horse Artillery,
Royal Engineers and Military Train were drawn up
for inspection. The Duke was received with the
usual salute. The cavalry then marched past in
open column of squadrons, the Royal Engineer and
Military Trains in open column of troops, and the
Royal Horse Artillery in open column of batteries
at a walk. The cavalry and artillery afterwards
trotted past by fours, next iu open column of grand
divisions at a canter, and again (after countermarch-
ing on the centre) from the reverse flank in open
column of batteries and squadrons at a gallop. On
the conclusion of the proceedings the Duke called
the commanding officers to the front and congratu-
lated them on the efficient and satisfactory state of
their respective commands. The troops were then
dismissed to quarters.

PRICE 4d
S TAMPED bd.

The Extradition Treaty beween England
and America.

(From the New York Times, May 16.)

The proceedings which were commenced before
the courts of England to procure the extradition of
Charles Windsor, the defaulting teller of the Mer-
cantile Bank, that he might be brought to this
country for trial and punishment, have resulted in
a failure, the Court of Queen's Bench, before whom
he was brought on a writ of habeas corpus, having
discharged him from arrest.
The charge under which this man Windsor was
sought to be held for extradition was that of for-
gery. The forgery was alleged to have consisted
in making fraudulent entries in the books of the
Mercantile Bank, and the provision of our revised
statutes was cited, which provides in part 4, chap. 1,
title 3, article 3, section 35 :—" Every person who
with intent to defraud shall make any false entry,
or shall falsely alter any entry made in any book of
accounts kept by any moneyed corporation within
this State, or any book of accounts kept by such
corporation or its officers, and delivered or intended
to bedelivered, to any person dealing with such cor-
poration, by which any pecuniary obligation, claim,
or credit shall be, or shall purport to be, discharged,
diminished, increased, created, or in any manner
affected, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of
forgery in the third degree."
The counsel for the accused Argued, not without
force, that the offence proved did not come within
the terms of this statute, but the court did not
allude to this point in rendering its decision. Its
decision was placed on the general ground that the
fact proved did not constitute forgery by the law of
England, and the case was not, therefore, one which
came within the provisions of the act passed to carry
into effect the provisions of the Extradition Treaty.
The English courts have taken similar ground
before. The point was argued in the case of the
crew of the J. C. Gerrity, and, if we are not mis-
taken, was directly involved in the case of Ander-
son, the fugitive slave. nut our courts, we believe,
have held a contrary doctrine, having decided that,
if the facts proved brought the case within the laws
of England, the criminal should be taken to Eng-
land to be tried.

Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding
the south-western districts, inspected the 52d Light
Infantry, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Peel,
on Southsea-common on Saturday, and inspected
the 87th Fusiliers this morning previous to their
departure from Portsmouth for Aldershot.
Te 31st Regiment removed from C and D lines
in the South Camp, Aldershot, on Thursday, and
went under canvas on Cove-common. ~

The hired sailing transport Moira, Capt. Ashley,
arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Auckland,
New Zealand, whence she sailed on Feb. 22d. She
has experienced light winds throughout nearly the
whole voyage. She has brought home the following
troops and passengers :-12 time-expired men and
prisoners, 53 invalids from various regiments in the
colony under the command of Capt. Wright, 70th
Regiment, and medical charge of Dr. White, 65th
Regiment, who disembarked this morning ; also as
passengers, Major-Gen. Galloway, Col. Sillery (lath
Deputy Quartermaster-General of the Forces in
New Zealand), lady and family; Mrs. Strange,
Capt. Williams, 12th Regiment ; Lieut. Harrington,
14th Regiment ; Mrs. Stone (widow of the late Mr.
R. E. Stone, R.A.) and child ; Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Taylor and child ; Mrs. Dyer, Mrs. Guilding, and
Mrs. Lane, the whole of whom landed at Portsmouth
on the disembarkation of the troops. The Moira will
resume her voyage to London.

We have before alluded to the inconveniences of
a state of things in which the courts of this country
and of England hold opposite views of their duty
under the Extradition Treaty. Such ought not to
be the case. If the agreement between the parties
is thus differently construed by them respectively,
it is likely to be a cause of difference, instead of
binding them more closely together. And some
means ought to be taken by which these discrepan-
cies should be reconciled or removed.
One point in the decision of the Chief Justice de-
serves a moment's attention. He apparently made
a distinction between a law of the State of New York
and a law of the United States, implying that the
court would look at the provisions 2f the latter, but
not of the former. There was an intimation of
something of the same kind in one of the recent ex-
tradition cases in Canada, where it was argued that
as the treaty was made between the two nations,
the Canadian court would look only at the laws of
the United States to discover whether the St. Albans
bank robbers had committed any offence, and would
pay no attention to the laws of the State of Ver-
mont on the question.

The Racoon, screw, Captain Count Gleichin, ar-
rived at Spithead yesterday from the Mediterranean.
She brings a few naval invalids from the ships on
that station, and 46 military invalids and time-ex-
pired men from various regiments and Gibraltar,
under the command of Lieut. Jackson, 86th Regi-
ment, who disembarked this morning.
The Gefle, Swedish screw corvette, Capt. Petter-
son, arrived at Spithead on Saturday last from Tan-
gier, homeward bound. Soon after anchoring Capt.
Petterson landed, and accompanied by Mr. A. L.
Vandenburg, Swedish vice-consul, pail his respects
to the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir M. Sey-
mour, 1.C.8., and the Lieut.-Governor of the gar-
rison, Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C.B.
The Ladentification of the Dead.

It may be that the English courts will yet come
up to the point of maintaining that doctrine, though
they are not so likely to do so now as if the rebellion
had continued a year or two longer. But they ought
to understand that the criminal offences over which
Congress has jurisdiction are but few, and thlt over
all other offences the State laws are all that we have,
and are just as much a part of the law of the country
as the acts of Congress. They should certainly leave
to our courts the question whether the law of a State
of this Union is a part of the law of this country.
Where‘ a State law is presented to them, and no law
of the United States on the same matter is shown,
they will do well to assume that it is a part of the law
of the country with which they made the Extradition
Treaty, and to treat it accordingly.

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A case of singular interest has recently occurred
at Alta, in California, in which the process of Dr.
Richardson for restoring the features of the deal
body that has undergone putrefaction, described in
the Lancet two years ago, was applied with the most
satisfactory results. It appears that on Tuesday
evening, the 14th of March of the present year, a
dead body was discovered buried a little way under-
ground. The earth over the body was only bin. deep
at the head and 20in. at the feet of the corpse; aid,
as the ground had been disturbed by dogs or by boys
passing over it, portions of the dress of the dead
were exposed. A person named M‘Glone first made
the discovery, and communicated it to the police,
who shortly afterwards disinterred and conveyed to
the deadhouse a dead man, who, from the marks of
injury inflicted on him, had evidently been mur-
dered. The skull was crushed, and the rope by
which he had been dragged to the grave was left
round the body. At this time the process of decom-
position was so far advanced that recognition or
identification was impossible. In the difficutly that
arose, Dr. J. L. Henry suggested to the coroner
that he should use the method of restoration which
had been previously carried out by Dr. Richardson.
The suggestion was assented to. The body was placed
in water in a water-tight shell ; 201bs. of common
salt and 11b. of hydrochloric acid were added to the
water, and the immersion was sustained three hours.
The body was then removed ; the face was washed
with simple water, and afterwards with chlorine
water ; and finally a current of chlorine gas was
passed freely over the face. The restoration of tho
features was thus rendered so perfect that the body
was positively identified as that of Charles T. Hill,
a man 27 years of age, and a native of the State of
New York. The report before us from the Alta
California says that as soon as the body had been
changed in appearance by the chemicals it was recog-
nised by a young gentleman connected with the
press, who was cognizant of the fact that several
weeks before the deceased had arrived at Alta in
company with a female whose acquaintance he had
made in New York, and who was then residing in
the town. The girl was soon found, and deposed,
that she had not seen Hill for some time, but that
she knew he had been residing at what was called the
Mansion-house. Inquiries at the Mansion-house
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a drive with Hill on the 20th, and accounted for his
Own possession of the property in a manner that only
tended to implicate himself the more seriously. Ho
was forthwith committed for trial on the charge of
murder. Whether or, not the true murderer has
been detected, the case is one which shows in a re-
markable manner the important aid which science
may render to justice by this procedure, for it is
clear that without it the man who was murdered
would never have been known, and that all inquiry
would have been stopped at the outset. Our readers
will remember that Dr. Richardson, in his original
description of his process in these columns, stated
that his plan admitted of much improvement ; it may
be so, but in the case related the process was never-
theless so effective that the object for which it was
performed was fully realised. —Lancet.

MR. HOLMAN HUNT has consented to execute a
picture for the series of decorations now in progress in the
upper arcade of the South Court, South Kensington
Museum. The subject will be the figure of Aholiab, the
companion of Bezaleel in the decoration of the Temple.