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London, England, 1853-07-28 00:00:00

TILE MARRIAGE STATE.

To be or not to be, that is the question."
PEOGRAMMIC:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli-
gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility audits conversion.
Cases, &c.
By R. J. CRLITERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
(1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in there
matters.
Price Is. each; by post, Is. 6d.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147,
Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of M. R. Culvorwell, M.D.,
10, Argyll-place, Revent-strect, who may be consulted daily from
Ten till Five and Seven till Nino.

MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF

YOUTH AND MATURITY.

DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, and Matrieglated Member of the University 01
Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medica
Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Soc., &c.

Ni AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on
I_ the various disorders of the nervous andgenerativehich system,
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decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis-
eases known to modern pathologists. Long and Practi •
cal experience
in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in axist'
once secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in
o which
existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, t Nervous
Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and
Unfruitful Marri-
ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their
endless modifications owe their almost entire origin.
It is absolutely necessary thitt all men should know that there pro
principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may he removed,
and how the evil and its consequeno es may be avoided, and above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure
DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged
in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com-
plaints, and a the only legally qualified Physician who, re4ardleas
of the taunts and envy of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has had
the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct
attention to these enormous evils, from which o grade of society is
tree. In selecting this department of practicen, he has been amply
ram aided by the great success that has attended his efforts in the
treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the
care of unqualified and ignorant empiric', who, with their pirated
publications, assumed loreign names and titles, and pretended virtues
of their patent nostrnms, have inflicted serious injury on those who
have been induced to place faith in their pretensions.
At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from
Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11, and advice and
medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address.
It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LAWERT
ghoul first obtain a copy of his work on

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description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English,
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" To Mr. T. Prout, 229, Strand, London.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 27.

The French Ambassador, Count Walewski, with the
countess, and Lady Jocelyn, the Hon. H. T. L. Corry,
late Secretary to the Admiralty, and suite, arrived at
the Royal Clarence-yard at ten minutes after two this
afternoon, and were received at the gates by Captain
Courtenay, the superintendent of Haslar ; Mr. Davies,
master attendant of the yard ; Mr. Pinhorn, storekeeper ;
and Flag Lieutenant Yonge. The distinguished visitors
walked into Mr. Davies's house, where his excellency
partook of a trifling lunch, quickly walked through the
establishment, and was taken on board the Fire Queen,
tender to Victory, Master Commander F. W. Paul, where
his excellency was received by Rear-Admiral Superin-
tendent Fanshawe, C. 8., and the admiral of the fleet,
Sir Thomas Byam Martin. The rear-admiral superin-
tendent having paid his respects to the ambassador took
his leave. The Fire Queen then hoisted the French na-
tional flag at the fore, and proceeded out of harbour,
receiving a salute of 21 guns from the Platform Battery,
at 2.50. On reaching Spithead the ambassador went on
board the Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, the flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Corry, when the ship instantly
manned yards, and fired a salute of 19 guns. Having
partaken of refreshment, his excellency, at 5.20, went
on board the Duke of Wellington, screw, 131, Captain
Henry Byam Martin, and was received in the same
complimentary manner as on board the Prince Regent,
with manned yards and a salute of 19 guns. His ex-
cellency returned to the Royal Clarence Yard at 5.50,
to take coffee, at the house of Mr. Davies, the master
attendant, and will leave for London by the six o'clock
train of the South-Western Railway.
The Prince of Leiningen, nephew to her Majesty,
has been appointed to her Majesty's ship Britannia,
flag-ship in the Mediterranean. His Highness took up
his appointment, yesterday morning, on board her Ma-
jesty's ship Victory, and returned, per South Western
*Railway, to Clarence House, the residence of her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent. Mr. Galt, of Ports-
mouth, his Highness's outfitter, has the honour of sup-
plying the necessary equipment.
The Vulcan steam troop-ship arrived at Spithead to-
day from Halifax, and proceeded to Cowes to disembark
thn; 23d Regiment, from North America.
The Desperate, 8, steam-sloop, Captain Chambers,
came out of the factory basin to-day after refit, and
hauled alongside of the coal depot to complete for sea.
The Sphynx steam-sloop has been placed in the fac-
tory basin to-day.
The Owen Glendower, East Indiaman, sailed from
Spithead this morning for Madras and Calcutta.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 27.

Upwards of 100 casks are ordered to be sent from the
Royal William Victualling-yard to Pembroke, to assist
in floating the Caesar.
The crew of the St. Jean d'Acre screw steam block-
ship, 101, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppell, who are
now victualled on board the Bellona hulk, will remove
on Monday next with their stores to their own ship.
The Sybille frigate, 40, Captain the Hon. C. G.
Elliott, has been ordered to the East Indies, to relieve
the Fox, 42, Commodore G. R. Lambert. The Sybille
goes out of harbour on the 11th of August.
The Argyle, 580 tons, Captain Tullock, chartered
by her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners, sailed for
Melbourne, Victoria, on Monday morning, while 246
souls, passengers, equal to 219 statute adults, among
whom were 115 single women.

FORTIFICATION OF HAVRE.—The Constitutionne/ says :
—" We think it right to state the motives which led to
the late visit of the Minister of War to Havre. By a
law passed on July 14, 1852, the communes of Ingou-
vile and Grasville were annexed in great part to that of
Havre. That enlargement rendered the old fortifica-
tions on the land side insufficient, and it was decided to
build new forts. But there still remained the question
of forts on the sea-side. It was this important question
of the defence of Havre which Marshal de St. Arnaud
went to examine on the spot. This he did with the ut-
most care, first making himself master of the plans to
be acted on, and afterwards comparing them with the
ground as he went over it. Ho promised, on terminat-
ing his inspection, that in less than two years and a half
the two forts should be entirely terminated."

There are certain questions which the gravest
people will sometimes put in their most childish
moods, for the mere pleasure of imagining London
for a moment something that it is not. What if the
Thames were to leave its bed dry ? What if the
waterworks or the gasworks were-to strike? What
if the morning papers should not make their appear-
ance, or the letter-carriers not go their rounds ?
There have been changes quite as great, but they
have been gradual. It does not take a very old man
to remember when there was neither a gas-lamp,
nor a cab, nor an omnibus, nor a steam-vessel, nor
a plate-glass window, in a city of which these things
are now essential ingredients. One of the above
questions need no more be asked. Yesterday there
was not a cab in London. The long stands in the
great thoroughfares and near the railway stations
had disappeared. The sharp, fussy, impertinent
rattle of cab wheels were nowhere heard. You were
not coaxed with " Keb ! Keb!" as you passed St.
Clement Danes, nor bored with a cab walking by
your side down Fleet-street. The vast space of
Trafalgar-square was cabless. The thousands who
were engaged to be off by the early trains waited
and waited for the return of the messengers they
had dispatched for cabs, and only learnt the fact
too late, or just in time to save their trains by run-
ning a mile or two, with a carpet-bag perhaps, at
the rate of six miles an hour. We leave others to
describe the destitute condition of men of business
arriving by the trains, of lawyers and doctors keep-
ing an appointment or responding to a summons.
Every form of substitute was resorted to, not with-
out success. Porters, omnibuses, and hack carriages
got a harvest.• Meanwhile the cabmen rejoiced ;
the gin-shops were crowded and 'jubilant ; every-
body who seemed to be walking as if he did not
often walk was chaffed on his sufferings. Many,
without perceiving the cause, thoAght the streets
quiet, or dull, or more respectable than usual ;
some noticed the crowded busses ; others the full
pavements ; a few were forcibly reminded of their
early days ; when the cause was known, the cabmen
were discussed ; some liked their spirit, and
thought them ill-used ; all saw that it would never
do for London to be at the mercy of so capricious
a class.

We shall be told that it is only a bit of free
trade, and that we are bound to approve it. But
the cabman, once a cabman, is no more a free-
trader, but a public servant. His stand in the
street is given him by the public, and is a privilege
not accorded to the cabman of Paris, who pays
largely for his private standing-ground, including a
sufficiency of street frontage. All the regulations
of the act form the terms of a contract which the
cabman is bound to obey when he takes out his
license—his-power of temporary withdrawal being
only a permission which he is not expected to
abuse. Persons are only permitted to ply for
fares in the metropolis on certain conditions, which
may be partly restrictive, but are also partly pro-
tective. For
example, nobody is permitted to
take a common hackney carriage and invite the
foot passengers to enter, up to the capacity of the
vehicle, at 6d. a-head, from the Strand to a review
in Hyde-park; or whichever way the current of
population may be going. Thus both the omni-
bus and the cab are protected from unfair
competition. The present is the case of a
i
gentleman's household, who, n the height of
the season, when half-a-dozen entertainments are
in prospect, suddenly leave ; and, if no notice is
required from cabmen, it is because no such freak
was anticipated. No class whose occupation is a
necessity to the metropolis has a right to desist
without due notice. Railway employes have struck
before this, and inflicted immense inconvenience
andloss,bu t
notice,the la
and,wreires them to give at least
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they would soon find that i
them at one point or another. If cabmen laboured
under a sense of injustice, why did they not adopt
some rational way of pleading their cause ?
They can talk when they please ; they are
never at a loss for words with a fare ; they can
always keep up conversation at the stand, and ex-
change a few remarks with a brother whip ; they
can meet and discuss their grievances : then, why
have they not remonstrated in some regular con-
stitutional fashion ? No. Cabby is true to his
old character. He treats the public as he does the
" unprotected female." This is simply an attempt
to bully the Legislature. It will not affect the
final settlement of the cab question, because it
must over be the interest of the public that the
cabman should be considered as well as his fare,
and nobody would desire future cabmen to be
punished for the vagaries of the existing generation.
But it will certainly be found that the present step
was superfluous as well as vexatious. As it is, the
cab interest has already thrown away more than
2,0001. by its one day's strike.
The grievance, as appears from Mr. Fitzroy's re-
ply to a question in the House, is not the reduction
to 6d. a mile, but the absence of any remedy, under
the new act, against a long fare to some country
spot, whence no back fare can be expected. A cab-
man whose stables are at Knightsbridge may be
required to take a fare to the Bank, and be imme-
diately summoned to take a second fare seven miles
into Essex or Kent. Towards the close of the day

the cabman, it is said, may find himself ten miles
from his own stables, and obliged to retrace the
distance without fare. Instead of his getting 108.
for his twenty miles he may get only five, and his
horse be incapable of hard work the next day.
Except for this contingency, the cab proprietors,
the real malcontents, say they are quite content
with sixpence a mile for short distances, backwards
and forwards, in the busy part of the metropolis,
when a single yard over a mile raises the charge by
another sixpence. It is the long journey, right on
end, with half-a-dozen whole miles and only one
fraction, with no chance of a back fare, that does
up horse and man, say the proprietors. Then,
why has not this been stated and urged reasonably
and in good humour ? The only answer that can
be given is, that the proprietors think themselves
masters of the field. Whatever the merits of their
quarrel, their tactics are bad. They invite inquiry
into their trade, and, when the public learn the
fabulous sums which the cabmen are obliged to
give for the daily use of their cab and horse, the
proprietors will soon find the competition of their
trade grow considerably sharper. Already we hear
of various associations starting up for providing a
better description of cab and accepting of less rent
from the drivers. So far as the public is concerned,
that is the most effectual way to fight the battle. In
the case, however, of a now act—and the cab pro-
prietors ask for it—we shall certainly expect to find
some security provided against a sudden interrup-
tion of the traffic—either by a fine on every day a
licensed cab does not ply for hire, or by the require-
ment of a fortnight's notice before the withdrawal
of a cab. Laws are made by offences, and yester-
day's offence—which is to be repeated, so it is said,
to-day and to-morrow—will result in a law which
will certainly do up the liberty either of the cab-
man or of his troublesome employer.

(From the Morning Chronicle.)
And so our ancient friend, the cabman, has with-
drawn from public life. He retires from the ranks
—he resigns his commission. Yesterday morning
London found, on awaking, that the faithful jarvie
had thrown up the reins and descended from the
box, leaving an ungrateful town to deplore a loss
which it can ill afford to bear. It will be seen
elsewhere that the much-persecuted " interest"
have found a sort of sacred mount in High Hol-
born, whence they launch forth invectives on the
heads of the devoted Lords and Commons ; and it
will also be seen, from our Parliamentary report,
that the Menenius Agrippa of the Home-office,
justly appreciating the gravity of the crisis, has
frankly renewed the offer he had already made to
redress the one real grievance which is to be found
amongst their idle an angry complaints. Mr. Fitz-
roy has undertaken, in conformity with the pro-
mise which, it seems, he gave to the cabowners on
Monday last, to amend his act forthwith, as regards
the vexed question of back fares, by allowing an
increase of fare on all 11 irinas beyond a certain
radius, and also by limiting to five miles, instead
of six, the distance which drivers shall be compellable
to go. For ourselves—our obnoxious selves—we
suppose we ought to tender the tribute of a contrite
peccavi to the powers we have offended ; and at
all events we are glad that Parliament shows itself
so prompt in repairing an injury which it has un-
wittingly inflicted.
How far this modicum of redress will satisfy the
malecontent proprietors is a question on which we
dare not pronounce. They are certainly an awfully
ill-used class. It is true, sixpence is not bad pay
for a six. minutes' drive, and the loss of the addi-
tional twopence is more than compensated by cheap
oats and the abolition of half-mile fares. It is true
also that the sixpence per 15 minutes for stoppages,
and the further sixpence for condescending to carry
' more than two persons, are not very grievous
wrongs on the cab community ; nor can they com-
plain very bitterly of the regulation which entitles
, them, iu cases of excessive luggage, to twopence

per parcel. It is true, further, that the Parlia-
mentary speed of four or six miles an hour, accord-
ing to circumstances, is not very violent for these
high-pressure days, or very likely to damage what- I
ever little wind the cab horse may happen to pos- 1
sess. Nevertheless, the cabman—or, rather, the
cabmaster, who is the real complainant in this mat-
ter—has been cruelly treated. Parliament has
dried up the chief source of his gains. His occu-
fiation is gone, or, at least, is not worth following ;
and he may therefore justly ask himself what ho
should do in London.
The cabman, in truth, made more by the suavity
of his manner and the persuasiveness of his elo-
quence than he could ever hope to earn by the
mere plying of his legitimate trade. He relied as
much on his tongue as on his horse for his daily
bread ; and if a deaf ear was turned to his argu-
ment, an appeal to the God of battles quickly
brought conviction to the mind of the reluctant
" fare." This line of business, of course, succeeded
better with some people than with others—with
foreigners, for instance, and the fair sex, rather
than with your City merchants and sharp lawyers.
Hence the hospitality and gallantry which distin-
guished cabmen over all other men. They looked
to long beards and long petticoats to compensate
them for the losses which they suffered front
the denizens of the Exchange and the Tem-
ple. In a word, the cab-drivers and cab-owners
had two distinct trades—the humble industry of
carrying persons from place to place, and the
soiiieitliat more irregular, but much more profitable
one of obtaining double and treble the amount le-
gally due for their services, by all the various arti-
fices which extortion could call to her aid. To
terrify women, to insult strangers, and to cringe to
those who could not be terrified and would not be
insulted, was, until the 11th inst., the well-known
business of the London cabman ; and it is hard
that the recent Act, in affording facility and in-
suring rapidity for the punishment of incivility and
overcharge, should have dealt a sudden deathblow
to such a regular, extensive, and Successful pursuit.
What, indeed—the poor fellow may now well ask
—can he do in London, since he can no longer out-
rage his customers with impunity ? How is he to
live, if a magistrate punishes a jesting reflection on
the traveller's generosity, or an attitude of playful
pugnacity, with a couple of months' imprisonment
and hard labour ? How shall the poor man earn
an honest penny, if a " beak," or a " Peeler," is
to interfere at every moment between him and his
•
prey ?
Such is the real grievance which has led to the
present strike. Drivers can no longer cheat and
insult their customers with impunity, and, conse-
quently, they can no longer pay the owners rents
calculated with reference to irregular and illegiti-
mate sources of profit. The aggrieved proprietors
resent their diminished returns by stopping work
altogether ; and if the worthies think that they
can " better themselves" by this course, they are
welcome to adopt it. To us it seems that they are
engaged in the agreeable and lucrative process of
cutting off their noses to spite their faces. The
London public have made up their minds that, they
will no longer submit to the alternative of plunder
or insult, which used to be presented to every per-
son who stepped out of a cab. As well might the
" fast" young men of the present day hope to
agitate with success for the restoration of the ancient
watchmen, in order that the knockers, bells, and
door-knobs of our citizens might again be at their
mercy, as the hackney fraternity expect that the
law against insolence and rapacity will be reduced
to a dead letter by the re-adoption of the old dila-
tory and troublesome mode of seeking redress.
Let them strike then, if they will, but let them
also hear a quiet hint or two which we would
give them. First, we beg to assure them 'that
there is a good deal of capita in England, and that
a lucrative trade is not likely to be long left de-
serted. " There are as good fish in the sea as ever
were caught," and there will soon be better cabs in
London, and more respectable drivers, than ever
rolled over its pavement. If the existing brother-
hood cannot reconcile themselves to the trade of
cab-driving now that the law has perforce made it
an honest one, the public gains by their abandoning
it. They will make way for better men ; and the
public carriages of the metropolis will no longer be
a disgrace and a reproach to the country.
-

In the next place, we are obliged to the cab-
owners for this timely strike, since it calls attention
to a defect in the existing Hackneyc-arriage Law
which it would be wise to supply. The right of
these people to suspend their business is undoubted
—for it is the inalienable and prescriptive right of
every true Briton to quarrel with his bread and
butter ; but care should be taken that timely
notice is given, on future occasions, of their inten-
tion to withdraw from the public service. The
passenger traffic of two millions of men must not
be again exposed to the risk of a total stoppage,
upon every capricious impulse of a few ill-condi-
tioned
ruffians or ill-advised fools. For once in a
way; we may submit to the joke of trudging to a
dinner party through the mud, or of wheeling our
trunks and children to railway stations in donkey-
carts and wheelbarrows. But novelty is the only
point in this piece of practical wit ; and to prevent
its recurrence, it might be well to grant no cab
licences without a stipulation, under a heavy
penalty, against a strike, unless after at least two
or three months' notice. Perhaps the Commis-
missioners of Police, also, will consider whether
the men who have annoyed their fellow-citizens by
this mischievous prank are fit persons to be again
entrusted with the privilege of carrying on this im-
portant public trade. Mr. Fitzroy's express pro-
mise on Monday last to redress the only real griev-
ance inflicted on them by the new Act, renders
their present silly and discreditable proceeding ut-
terly inexcusable ; and nothing can entitle them to
hope for condonation except a prompt and com-
plete repentance. Let us add that, if they do make
their appearance again in the streets, we hope it
will be found that they have " improved the occa-
sion " of their temporary retirement from business
by fattening up their lean and skeleton steeds and
cleansing and repairing their foul and shaky
vehicles.

TAE SPIRAL PROPELLER.—A. few days ago, the new
screw, called the spiral propeller, invented by Mr. Max-
well Scott, of Tranmere Foundry, was tried in the screw
steamer Weaver, which had been lent by the trustees of
the Duke of Bridgewater for the purpose. She was
tried against the Countess of Ellesmere, on Saturday
week, during the two trips between Liverpool and Run-
corn, and the difference was only twelve minutes in fa-
vour of the Countess. The saving of fuel by the spiral
was shown to be upwards of sixteen per cent. The
spiral propeller is formed on the principle of obtaining as
much propelling surface on the outer edge of the blade
as possible, at the same time allowing the greatest liberty
near the centre, so as to offer the least resistance in the
passage of the screw through the water. The propeller
has two blades, something resembling the blades of the
old-fashioned screw, with a piece cut out of each, thus
giving them the shape of an elbow, being diametrically
opposed to Griffith's, where the outer edge has the least
surface.—Manchester Examiner.

HOLYROOD PALACE.—We understand that Sir W.
Molesworth, her Majesty's Chief Commissioner of
Woods and Forests, has at length agreed to an arrange-
ment of a character very favourable for the public, with
reference to the opening up of Holyrood Palace. The
Government will now take the management of it more
immediately into its own hands, and instead of the pre-
sent most unsatisfactory mode of handing parties about
from one exhibitor to another, and of leaving the amount
of the gratuities to be given to the discretion ,of the
visitors, a small fixed fee—sixpence, we believe—
will be substituted ; this will be paid to one receiver,
and no other gratuity or payment will be re-
quisite. One most important part of the arrange-
ment, moreover, is that the Palace will be open every
Saturday without any charge whatever. Improvements
will also be made on the grounds ; and, altogether, the
alterations on the present system, which, we ought to
add, have been mainly obtained by the exertions of our
Lord Provost when in London, will be hailed as a great
boon by the inhabitants of Edinburgh, as well as by
strangers visiting the city.—Scots
LANCASHIRE REGISTRATION. The Freetraders of
Lancashire have this year been exceedingly active in
their revision of the registers of electors, under the man-
agement of Messrs. James Moorhouse and Son, and
have succeeded in making not less than 2,000 new claims
for the southern division of the county, and 1,000 for
the northern division. In addition to this, a careful
examination has been made of the descriptions of the
qualifications of the freeholders already on the register,
with a view to the correction of errors, so as to defeat
any objections which may be made by the other party on
the ground of misdescription. The number of re-claims
r sent in by the Liberals on this account will be some-
where about 5,000. •

A PARADISE OF A PRINTING OFFICE.—The Boston
Olive Brunch, on which females are employed as com-
positors, Our rooms are well carpeted, and the
P-ooirstolisdros'not come till nine or ten o'clock in the morn-
ing, retiring in good season, seldom making even seven
or eight hours a day. Smart compositors can in that
time earn from six dollars to eight dollars a week. Wo
have also one female clerk out of the three we employ.
Added to this, one desk has been occupied by a female
editor as our assistant at a salary of 900 dollars. She
has spent seven hours a day in the office for five days
in the week. We generally have in our office an organ
and a pianoforte, and we have music at the meal hours,
when the lathes feel to like Playing."

Lord Seaton marched his division yesterday to Runny-
meade, threw a pontoon bridge over the bend of the
Thames there, fought a sham battle in Magna Charta
Island. and, the troops having rested for dinner on
the field of action, returned by Staines to the Camp.
This was the hardest day's work that has yet been
gone through by the men, and. was certainly one of
the most entertaining and gratifying to the spectators who
witnessed it. The site selected, apart altogether from its
historical attractions, was admirably adapted for setting
off the chief operations to advantage. On either hide of
the river extend spacious parks, well wooded, but still
abounding in open spaces affording the requisite facility
for the movement of troops. On the north bank the
land is flat, but the south rises to a considerable height,
and is laid out in fine green slopes, whence a splendid
view could be obtained of all that took place yesterday-
Lord Seaton certainly has an eye for the picturesque as
as well a:s the practical in his profession, to have hit
upon such a spot for a field day. The valley of the
Thames throughout its course scarcely offers a richer
or more striking perspective than at Runnymeade.
Wood and river, swelling upland and fat meadow—all
that constitute the charm of quiet English scenery—are
there combined, and " the blast of war blow,u in the
ear" in such a retreat produces upon one an effect almost
melodramatic. Things have changed about Staines and
Egham since the Earl of Winchilsea's "proud Barons"
met in that neighbourhood. In spite of the cab strike
several thousands of Londoners got down there to wit-
ness the pontooning yesterday ; and (the military opera-
tions over) many went quietly to fish in punts for roach
before returning to town. Such economy of time would
have rather astonished people in the days of King John.
The example set by Colonel Challoner in letting Lord
Seaton have access to his park, notwithstanding the
considerable sacrifice which it entails, was followed
yesterday by Mr. Prior, the present occupant of Anker-
wycke-house. A similar privilege must have also been
conceded by Sir John Cathcart on the south sides of
the river.

The operations of yesterday bore some resemblance to
those at Virginia-water, in the Queen's presence, with
the former division. The troops had a considerably
longer march, however, and the pontooning- thmigh less.
extensive, had to be carried out under the more natural
circumstances of a strong current. The sham fight was
also much better worth seeing and better seen than that
on the occasion referred to, and if the brilliancy of the
final review at the close was wanting the sight of 8,000
men dining in one field may be regarded as a fair sub-
stitute. With such despatch did Lord Seaton move from
the camp that the Sappers reached the point selected
for crossing the river at a quarter to 11 o'clock. They
set to work with great alacrity, and in less than three-
quarters.plete
Tohfean
first hourretgLe
regiment
pontoon t bridgepassed wasover qiutitweacsom the-
79th Highlanders, the light company of which had been
ferried over previously in skiffs, and was already busily
engaged in skirmishing. While the bridge was in course
of formation the attention of the enemy was drawn off
considerably to the left by Sir Richard England's bri-
gade, which formed in imposing force on a fine grassy
slope, and, with one of the batteries thundering over-
head, made a demonstration as it was intended to attack
higher up the river. The effectiveness of this display
was a sufficient excuse for the enemy being misled by
it. Nothing could be finer—the cannonade, the mass
of armed men, and the rattling fire of the sharpshooters
along the river bank, all investing the sylvan beauties
of Cooper's-hill with a new and almost terrible attrac-
tiveness. When the pontoons had nearly reached the
the north side of the river, and the skirmishers of the

79th emerged from the shelter which concealed the
bridge, the enemy at once became aware how they had
been outwitted ; but it was too late. The guns of the
Horse Artillery covered the passage. One of the bat-
talions of Guards speedily followed the 79th, and the
4th Light Dragoons came after them,. then the other
battalions of Guards and as fast as it could be brought
up, the rest of the division. The advance through the
rich meadows which lie on the north side of the Thames
at this point was one of the prettiest spectacles that
have been witnessed since the formation of the en-
campment. It had all the precision of a review, and
the discipline of the Highlanders and the Guards, who
bore the chief burden of it, excited general admiration.
The enemy, exposed to a heavy fusillade in front and
a flank fire from the south side of the river, retired
across a small bridge into Magna Charta Island, whi-
ther they were impetuously followed by the leading bat-
talions of the division. The insulation of the spot in
which the Great Charter was signed is not of a very for-
midable character, but it afforded a good opportunity for
practising the regiments as they came up, in those nice
manoeuvres by which narrow bridges are crossed in
the face of an enemy. The meadow has probably not
till yesterday been put to any public use since a few
strokes of the pen made it famous some hundred years ago.
Like King John, Colonel Vicars, who is to the Chobham
army what Hannibal was to Rome, found himself very
hard pressed in Magna Charta, Island. The right of his
little force, restinc, upon the river, was turned, and he
was compelled toli retreat northwards. Crossing by a
little' bridge the brook or ditch which here forms the
boundary of the island, he converted that obstacle into
a line of defence, and, making a Bidden stand, arrested
the progress of his pursuers. The Guards deployed into
line, with the 4th Light Dragoons on their left, and
opened a heavy fire. The horse Artillery and one of the
foot batteries were also brought to bear, and the 79th,
by a skilfully masked movement, suddenly poured over
the bridge a large party of skirmishers. But the enemy
were determined not to yield. To obtain shelter from
their imaginary cannonade the entire force in action laid
down till the rest of the division came up. The Horse
Guards appeared on the right. The other battalions of
the Guards came forward, that hitherto in advance re-
tiring. Another great effort was made, but the High:
landers were obliged to recal their skirmishers within
the shelter of the island, and, when everybody was be-
ginning to wonder what would happen next, the whole
division was resting and dining. Their long march had
well disposed them for both. In returning to camp
they did not recross the pontoons, but went round by
the bridge at Staines, the band of each regiment, as it
marched, playing to shorten the road. Music is said
to exercise a remarkable influence iu this way. But
the troops now at Chobham are very active, and
stand a heavy field day quite as well as their pre-
decessors.

An accident took place at the pontoon bridge just as
the last field battery was crossing it, by which two
horses were drowned. Such casualties are to be ex-
pected in operations of the kid, and we are only glad
that in the present instance matters were not worse.
The bend of the river at this point has a depth of 9 or
10 feet, and the team drawing one of the guns over be-
coming unmanageable, the six horses, gun and all, tum-
bled in, sweeping along with them several of the sap-
pers. The men escaped with a ducking, and four of
the horses were cleverly rescued, but the two wheelers,
weighed down by the carriage, could not be saved. The
poor animals made strenuous efforts to get away, and
carried the gun a surprising distance from the point at
which it was first submerged.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT-JULY 27.

IN THE MATTER OF RICHARD DUNN.

The case again came before the learned Commissioner,
and attracted a crowded court. The former proceedings
were reported on Saturday. It was understood that
Miss Burdett Coutts would be called as a witness, and
public curiosity, from the details already given, was
excited.
Mr. Cooke appeared, as on the previous occasion, for
Miss Burdett Coutts, and the insolvent was himself his
own attorney and advocate.
The case was specially fixed for 12 o'clock, and at that
hour Mr. Commissioner Law proceeded from his own
court to the court of the Chief Commissioner, to whom
the case had been allotted. Every part of the court was
soon filled, and Lord Harrowby and Lord Charles Wel-
lesley had seats on the bench.
The insolvent announced that, although he had issued
subpoenas for Miss Burdett Coutts and Mr. j IVlaror
banks, he had not served them, on which Mr. Cooke
observed that they were in attendance.
Miss Burdett Coutts entered the court, accompanied
by a lady and the nobleman mentioned, and being ac-
commodated with a seat on the bench, the case pro-
ceeded. _ _

Miss Burdett Coutts was examined by the insolvent.
She stated that she was at Harrogate in 1838. She re-
ceived two letters signed Richard Dunn, and she applied
to a magistrate of the place for protection. She saw the
Rev. Mr. Rhodes, who was a magistrate there. Mr.
Marjoribanks did not show her any of his (insolvent's)
letters, or she should have declined to have read them.
If he had said he had a communication from Miss Coutts,
it would have been a falsehood.
The insolvent referred to some letters which he said he
had received from Mr. Marjoribanks, requesting an in-
terview with him. The letters were read, and continual
remarks were made as the case proceeded. Miss Coutts
had to hear a number of letters read, and observations
made by the insolvent, the learned Commissioner re-
peatedly interfering, in order that the examination might
proceed in a proper manner.
Miss Burdett Coutts, in reply to other questions of the
I insolvent, said Mr. Marjoribanks had told her generally
what had passed. That gentleman was now in court.
The insolvent asked Miss Coutts what was her opinion
as to a lady receiving letters frOm a gentleman ?
Mr. Cooke objected to the question.
Mr. Commissioner Law said it was a mere waste of
time.
The insolvent insisted that he had a right to put the
question. He would have the question answered.
Mr. Commissioner Law decided that the lady had
liberty to answer or not the question.
Mr. Cooke recommended Miss Coutts not to answer.
Miss Coutts said she did not think a lady was called
upon to answer the question.
Some more interlarded remarks were made by the in-
solvent, who referred to some papers, and was requested
over and over again by the court to proceed
examination of the lady before the court.
The insolvent wished to refer to. a Letter with the
I fr4nl Sir

Francis Burdett, her father,
hurt her feelings.
Miss Burdett Coutts, in
stranger had got admission air Franc
he did not know who he was till he was go.
The insolvent wished to put in a letter of
Burdett.
Kr. Cooke submitted that it was not evidence.
Mr Commissioner Law said it was not evidence in
--any_slia,pe or way.
In answer to other quations put by the insolvent,
Miss Burdett Coutts stated that she recollected when
the insolvent was before the magistrates in Yorkshire.
She recollected generally what passed, but not the
details.
The insolvent said he would read what passed.
hand.
fihcenolTdModih:sr:ea.—aiidCnnssdotohmmotlevohoeesiknsrttsioitoner Law told the insolvent he would
note allowed. to read from the pamphlet he held in his
Miss Burdett Coutts stated, in answer to the insolvent,
he
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hhhatdee ndchoaenmreeeartnioyl ltl
that she stated she was alarmed by being addressed by
a stranger. She did not recollect what he (the insolvent)
t
Harrogate.
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tri
sheti danoht
ftand
sotih:
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envdiehhieolinaveoneiteNairvrhsaet.etsdohl
vhdeteatgrdaye
htol
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sorryme had
ationt
Miss Burdett Coutts was then examinedanyb
never done anything of the kind. He met her in the
yofMherr.
servants to give him any encouragement to come down
She received two letters signed by this person. She
west-down to Harrogate for her health. She went to
a, hotel there. She heard that Mr. Dunn had taken
apartments there, and from what she had heard, she
was apprehensive of danger, which made her apply to a
magistrate. She had before visited Harrogate, without
being annoyed. The circumstance she had mentioned
occurred about Aug. 1838. She applied to Mr. Mar-
joribanks, and he came down. Mr. Dunn was com-
mitted to custody to the Petty Sessions. She left
Harrogate and took no further notice of the matter.
After Mr. Dunn's release he came to London and con-
tinued his annoyance. She was obliged to have a police.
man in her house. She could not visit a place of divine
worship. She went 'to a chapel near her house, because
she thought it would be more safe. She understood
this person was there, but she did not see him, and the
clergyman took some steps to prevent this annoyance.
She had applied to a magistrate in London to protect
her.
Mr. Cooke asked the lady hether she had ever
written to the insolvent ?
Miss Burdett Coutts declared that she never had
written to him, or authorised any letter to be written.
The letters she had received from him she handed to her
attorney, Mr. Humphries. Further, Miss Coutts, in
her examination, said she sent the letters to her attorney
with the view of being protected from the insolvent's
annoyance: • She never authorised Able -peltvOn to drawv,-
'on the bank In the Strand. She had been examined
before Lord Denman, when he was indicted for perjury.
The authority, as it was called, to draw the bill for
100,0001., beginning "Send to Coutts your bill, there's
lots in the till," was handed to the lady, and she stated
that she did not authorise him to write it, or anything
like it. She had exhibited articles of the peace against
him in London.

—........... ____.
The re-examination of the lady then commenced, and
continued for some time. The insolvent read some
doggerel verses, and made observations. He called for
some letters which he said he had received from Strat-
ton-street, and Miss Coutts was all the time seated on
the bench.

Mr. Commissioner Law interposed several times, re-
questing the insolvent to finish 11 examination of the
lady. _

kr. Cooke several times asked whether she might
retire.

The insolvent further read some correspondence,
which he said he had received, and which he answered..
Mr. Commissioner Law at length said, only one more
letter should be read.
After some further examination, the lady was al-
lowed to retire, having been in court for nearly three

hours.
In answer to the Court, the insolvent admitted that
the letter containing the authority was a " gull" one,
but not such a one that a lady would not write.
Mr. Marjoribanks was examined—He told the insol-
vent the authority was not in the handwriting of Miss
Coutts, and Mr. Robinson, a clerk, also said the same.
The insolvent then gave his evidence, and made obser-
vations. He had acted bona fide in tk'e matter, as he
believed the letters were written by Miss Coutts. He
also complained of the manner in which judgment had
been obtained against him.
Mr. Cooke addressed the court, and, at six o'clock,
the insolvent begged an adjournment, as he was unable
to reply at that late hour. .
The case was adjourned to Saturday, and as the reply
is not given, the complaint of the learned counsel is
reserved.