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London, England, 1853-03-07 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1853.

THE. NEW NOVELS.
Now ready at all the:Libraries, in 3 vols.,
A R R Y MU I
By the Author of
" Passages in tho Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland," " Adam
Oraeme," &c.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE FIRST LORD'S LEvER.L—The following officers
attended the levee of Sir James Graham, at Whitehall,
on Saturday :—Rear-Admiral ' Lysaght. Captains.—
E. Ommaney, J. C. D. Hay, F. Liardet, G. G. Mac-
donald, W. R. Mends, C. 0. Hayes, J. J. Stopford, F.
Patten, J. M'Dougall, W. T. Clifford, 11. J. Douglas.
Commanders.—T. M. Langtry, E. Dixon, H. A. Kerr,
E. Chappell, M. S. Nolloth, H. Beddoes, J. Stoddert,
G. Hancock. Lieutenants.—G, Cleveland, C. G. Craw-
ley, B. G. Waterhouse, J. W. Whyte.
Commander Reynell C. Mitchell (1843), whose last
service was in command of the Sappho, 12, in the West
Indies, has been appointed inspecting commander in the
coast guard.
Lieutenant M. Smithett (1852) has been appointed
to the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Portsmouth.

2. THE DEAN'S DAUGHTEB; or, THE DAYS WE LIVE
IN. By Mrs. GORE. 3 vols.
S. THE FIRST LIEUTENANT'S STORY. By LADY CATHE-
RINE LONG. 3 vols.
4. CASTLE AVON. By the Author of " Emelia Wyndham," &c.
3 vols.
5. BROOMHILL ; or, THE COUNTY BX KITTIES. 3 vols.
Also, iust ready, in 3 Vols.
THE LONGWOODS OF THE GRANGE. By the Author of
" Adelaide Lindsay."
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn,
13, Great Marlborough-street.

MARCH EDITIO N.-POST-OFFICE
LONDON DIRECTORY for 1853.
For this edition, now published, the Official, as well as the Parlia-
mentary and Postal divisions, have been entirely recompiled and
corrected to the time of publication.
Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, and all booksellers.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 5.
The Cruiser, 16, screw-sloop, Commander the Hon.
G. H. Douglas ; Basilisk, 6, steam-sloop, Commander
the Hon. F. Egerton ; and ' Firebrand, 6, steam-frigate,
Captain Hyde Parker, received advanced wages this
day. Basilisk will leave here for Leith to pick up men.
Cruiser, Firebrand, and Leopard, 16, Captain Giffard,
are under sailing orders, on dit for the Meditetranean,
and in all probability will leave Spithead to-morrow.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain Henry
Byam Martin, C. 8., has her topmasts on end, will
complete her rigging and get up steam at the end of this
month.

Now ready, Bve., 125.,
CRIME : its Amount, Causes, and Remedies,
By FREDERIC HILL, Esq., late Inspector of Prisons,
John Murray, Albemarle-street.

Now ready, with Woodcuts, 2 vols., post Bvo IBs.,
N
YeTarsA. BBy Mrs.:AMEREDITAIe
Yduring aHOßesideEnce of Nine Nine
author of "Notes and Sketches of New South Wales."
John Murray, Albemarle-street.

MR. LAYARD'S NEW WORK.
This day, with nearly 400 Illustrations, Bvo., 215.,
FRESH DISCOVERIES in the RUINS- of
NINEVEH and BABYLON; with Travels in Armenia, Kur-
distan, and the Desert; being the result of a Second Expedition to
Assyria, undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum.
By AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD, M.P.
** In consequence of the great interest felt in Mr. Layerd's for-
mer volumes, and the large demand for them, net only in this coun-
try, but also in the United States and the Continent, the Publisher
has been induced to issue at once a cheap Edition of this work,
complete, unabridged, and fully embellished.
Also, with Seventy Plates, folio,

The Agamemnon, 91, screw, Captain Sir Thomas
Maitland, has nearly completed healoviption. •We
regret-to state thliit fresh caseslix;-e *moil:get
the crew berthed in the Camperdovrn, receiving hulk.
We think it almost a pity that those who are saved
should not be instantly removed to another receiving
hulk. Why subject the healthy to the infection I
The Pitt, old 72, converted to a coal depot for Spit-
head, has had her strong protective wooden fenders
made fast to her sides, and will soon be available for
such excellent service. She will contain at least 2,000
tons of coal.
The "moorings" opposite the dockyard building sheds
are to be taken up, and relaid with heavier ground-
tackle. It has been found that, owing to the increased
tonnage of our line-of-battle ships, much heavier moor-
ings are required. We are glad to see this step taken in
time, before mischief occurs owing to any sudden gale
catching them unprepared, and which would be attended
with great expense, and probably loss of life.

A SECOND SERIES of the MONUMENTS df NINEVAH, in••
chiding Bas-Reliefs from the Palace of Sennacherib, and Bronzes
from the ruins of Nimroud, from drawings made on the spot during
Mr. Layard's Second Expedition.
John Murray, Albemarle-street.

MURR/kY'S RAILWAY READING.
Fcap. Bvo., Is.
MITE FALL OF JERUSALEM. By the Very
IL Rev. H. H. MILIfAN, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's. Forming the
new volume of " Murray's Railway Reading."
Volumes already published—
Joan of Arc. By [,ord Mahon.
Hallam's Literary Essays and Characters.
Life of Theodore Hook.
The Emigrant. By Sir F. B. Head.
Lord Ellesmere's Discourse on Wellington.
Music and Dress. By a Lady.
Layard's Popular Account of Nineveh.
Bees and Flowers.
Lord Mahon's " Forty-Five."
Essays from "The Times."
Gifford's Deeds of Naval Daring.
The Art of Dining.
Oliphant's Journey to Nepaul.
To be followed by—
Lockhart's Spanish Ballads.
Life of Lord Bacon. By Lord Campbell.
Beauties of Byron—Poetry and Prose.
John Murray, Albemarle-street ;
And to be obtained at all Booksellers and Railway Stations.

MARc 6.
The Furious, 16, steam-frigate, 'Captain Loring, and
Antelope, 3, steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander West,
were at Gibraltar, on the 26th ult.
The Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Barnard,
was at Lisbon, on the Ist inst.
___

The Avon, channel service steam-tender, Master
Commander Veitch, came into harbour this morning
from Plymouth, with supernumeraries.

4.30 P.m.—A heavy fog has just set in. An hour ago
we caught sight of the Basilisk getting up steam—we
cannot now see two ships' lengths. What little air
there may be comes from the southward.
The Northumberland, American liner, had not left St.
Helen's Roads this morning.

LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-
road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during
the week, " The Thistle,"" Shamrock," " Carillonneur," and" Wind-
sor-castle" Waltzes, the "Champagne Galop," and "Marco Spada,"
"Le Cirque," and " Faridondaine" Quadrilles. Admission, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Eight ; dancing to commence at Nine
o'clock, and to terminate at Half-past Eleven.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 5.
The Magicienne, steam-frigate, Captain Fisher, having
coaled, returned to the Sound to-day.
_._.

The Sanspareil, 81, screw, Captain Sydney Dacres,
came into harbour yesterday afternoon, to have the masts
and yards of a 50-gun frigate.
The Avon, steam-tender, sailed for Portsmouth yes-
terday with men belonging to the Prince Regent and
supernumeraries.
The Valorous, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Buckle, has
moved from alongside the Dockyard jetty to the sailing
moorings in Hamoaze, and will go into the Sound on
the 9th inst.

NOTICE.
TO INVENTORS, ARTISTS, AND OTHERS.

THE ROYAL POLYTkCHNI-6-1-SfsTITIT-
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EASTER MONDAY, for the purpose of ERECTING spacious NEW
ROOMS for a PHOTOGRAPHIC SCHOOL, &c.
MODELS of MACHINERY, which will be described to the Visi-
tors, WORKS of ART, &c., will be RECEIVED for EXHIBITION,
free of expense to the Depositors, until the 21st of MARCH.

A.DIES of delicate complexion, who suffer from
.
exposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find imme-
diate and soothing relief in the application of ROWLANDS' KALY-
DOIt. It allays all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and renders

it soft, smooth, and pleasant; removes cutaneous disfigurements,
freckles, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance.
Gentlemen, after shaving, ►ill ind it allay the irritability and smart-
ing pain, and render the skin smooth and pleasant. Its purifying
and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by Royalty and
the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the elite of the
aristocracy. Price 4s. 6d. and Vs. 6d. per bottle.
ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL is a delightfully fragrant and
transpareit preparation for the Hair, and as an invigorator and
purifier beyond all precedent. Weakness, premature greyness, and
tendency to fall off, are entirely prevented by its regular application.
ROWLAND'S ODONTO, er PEARL DENTIFRIFICE, preserves and
beautifies the Teeth, strengthens the Gums, and renders the Breath
sweet and pure.

Sold by A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-gardens, London ; and by
Chemists and Perfumers.

Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., C. 8., to be vice-admiral of the
red.

To be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.—Captain Edward I ( From the Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.)
Boxer, C.B. (June 23, 1823), vice E. Collier, C. 8., to
be, rear-admiral of the white, vice the Hon. G. A. Crof- For the last few days a very extraordinary case
ton, to be rear-admiral of the red. I
of family history has occupied the attention of the
To be Vice-Admiral on the Reserved Half-pay List.— courts of law in Paris, and been of course the sub-
Rear-Admiral Charles Gordon, C. 8., without increase sect •of conversation everywhere. The story is sim-
of pay, being senior to the officer of his grade
promoted ply this :—For the last four years one of the most
on the active list. remarkable persons in Paris society has been the
To be Rear-Admiral on the Retired List.—Captain Countess of Solms. She is an exceedingly beautiful
Thomas Ball Clowes (May 16, 1823), without increase person, and, though married in 1849, scarcely ex-
of pay, being senior to the officer of his grade promoted coeds twenty years of age at the present day. She
on the active list. is the daughter of Madame Bonaparte Wyse and
By the death and consequent promotion, a flag officer's Sir Thomas Wyse, the English minister at Athens, '
good-service pension of 3001. per annum, and a captain's and is consequently granddaughter of Lucien Bo-
good-service pension of 150/. per annum, revert to tie naparte, grand niece of the Emperor Napoleon
patronage of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord (the Great), niece of the Prince de Canino, and
William Fitzroy, K.C.8., is now the senior vice-admiral ; Henry Hope, C. 8., is the senior rear-admiral for promo- cousin of the present Emperor. For some timeast the conduct of this'
tion ; and Captain G. F. Rich, the superintendent of d
blumbrage in high young
lady hasyen con-
thegl
hospital and victualling, Plymouth, is the senior siera e
captain on the active list. Sir Thomas S. Paisley, Bart., herself conspicuous in public places, where she is
moves up to the senior captains' list • and Captain J. L. usually accompanied by a numerous train of ad;
Massie c omes within the 12s. 6d. half-pay list. mirers, and she is accused of having made use of
her high lineage to obtain credit from tradesmen
to an extent not at all warranted by the fortune of
her husband. For a considerable time past it has
been rumoured from time to time that the irregu-
larities of this lady, and the scandal created by her
importunities for money at the Tuileries, had given
so muchoffencethat she has beenthre,atenedwith ex-
pulsion fromFrauce ; but although the power of the
Emperor is nearly unlimited in such cases as the ex-
Tistilsiovi'of4fAiiettl-personages, -however high theitt
position, or holQver eminent their services, when
that expulsion is motive, or the convenient plea of
surete publique, there is always some deference to
public opinion, even in the highest places, where
the person to be expelled is a member of the im-
perial family, and moreover a female, who has
nothing to do with politics. This feeling seems to
have influenced the authorities for a considerable
time with respect to the Countess de Solms ; but
at length they seem to have made up their minds
that the lady must be sent out of Paris coute que
coute. On the 19th of the present month the
Minister of Police sent an order to the Countess de
Solms and to her brother, Mr. Thomas Wyse (the
eldest son of Sir T. Wyse), expelling them from the
territory of France as foreigners. The order was
that they should leave Paris in five days, and that
they should forthwith apply to the chef de cabinet
of the prefect of police for their passports. She re-
fused to obey on the ground that they were French
subjects, and entitled therefore to remain in France,
and the lady contended moreover that, even sup-
posing that she were a foreigner by birth, her hus-
band being a Frenchman, she was entitled to all the
privileges of a Frenchwoman, and could not be
expelled as a foreigner. Her husband it appears
is absent, and Madame de Solms alleges that she
does not know his address. She accordingly pre-
sented a petition on the 23d inst. to the civil tri-
bunal of the Seine, in which she states that, having
received an order from the Minister of the Police
which expelled her from the French territory as a
foreigner, she prayed that, in the absence of her
husband, the Court atould grant her authority to
remain in Paris, in order to give her an opportu-
nity of legally proving (contrary to the assertion of
the Minister of Police) that she was a French-
woman, and that the Minister of Police should
afterwards give her a declaration to that effect.
The public prosecutor submitted that the expulsion
of the applicant had been ordered as an adminis-
trative measure, and that the tribunal could not
interfere with it. M. Berryer produced Madame
de Solms' certificate of marriage, which proved her
husband to be a Frenchman, and contended that
she could not fall under the operation of a law
which was applicable to foreigners only. The tri-
bunal decided as follows :
" Considering that the Countess of Solms demands to
be authorised to summon the Minister of Police to de-
clare that she has the quality of a Frenchwoman ; con-
sidering that a married woman has no other nationality
but that of her husband, that the Countess of Solms
cannot be declared French but by having it declared and
recognised that her husband is invested with the quality
of a Frenchman ; considering that the demand made by
the Countess de Solms would evidently lead to a judg-
ment on a question of position ; that that question
essentially interests her husband ; and that, on account
of the insufficiency of the documents produced, it is
impossible that the latter should be brought into the
case in his own name, and according to the ordinary
forms ; that it follows that Madame de Solms should
call at the time her husband and the Minister of Police,
and that, not having done so, her mode of proceeding is
irregular ; the tribunal dismisses her petition, and con.
•demns her to the expenses."
It is evident that the above decision was not on
the merits of the case. But there was an evident
determination to get rid of the lady. On the very
day that the above decision was given the order of
the Minister of Police was carried into effect, and
Mme. do Solms, with her brother, Mr. Wyse, were
carried to the frontier by agents of the police and
expelled from France.
In these circumstances the case was yesterday
brought once mo% before the civil tribunal of the
Seine, by M. Berryer. Thus it will be seen that
Mme. de Solmslhas been unceremoniously sent upon
hertravels in foreign parts, while the French courtsare
settling whether, as a Frenchwoman, she has a
right to remain in France or not. It is not four
years since the marriage of this young lady made a
great noise in Paris. It took place with great
promp at Boulogne-sur-Seine. It was the first
family event that took place after the election of
Louis Napoleon as President of the Republic. It
was attended by all the uncles of the young lady,
the Princes Pierre and Louis Lucien, and by all
the other members of the Bonaparte family, with
the exception of the President himself, who sent
his aides-de-camp to represent him. The lienage
of the bridegroom was trumpetted forth by the
Bonapartist papers as the highest--worthy, in fact,
of the imperial origin of the bride. Though there
can be no more' doubt that Madame de Solms is
the granddaughter of Lucien Bonaparte, then that
Louis Napoleon is the grandson of Josephine, the
following are the terms in which the semi-official
Patric, in its number of last night, speaks of the
affair :
" A decision of the Minister of Police ordered the
expulsion :from the French territory of Mine. Solna,
calling herself the Countess de Solms, and of Mr. Wyse,
both foreigners. These two persons assumed, without
any right, the name of Bonaparte, and far from respect-
ing the illustrious name which they usurped, they on
the contrary made use of it to indulge in scandalous
disorders, and to abuse more easily the credulity of per-
sons who came near to them. Mme. Solms, in order to
oppose this measure, appealed to her quality of French
woman, and brought the case before the Tribunal of the
Seine, which declared the plea invalid. The decision of
the Minister of Police has been carried into execution,
and Mme. Solins and Mr. Wyse have quitted France."
It is rumoured to-day that Mr. Wyse, Madame
de Solm's brother has, as a British subject, applied
to Lord Cowley for protection, and that his Excel-
lency has made representations on the subj ect to
the French government. I am, however, not able
to say to what extent the report is correct.

•
MOST CR,IIEL AND EXCESSIVE 1 PIINISIIMENT.—We
understand that the boatswain's mate of the Vulture, 6,
steam-frigate, who was tried by court-martial for con-
tempt of Lieut. Mansel's orders and for knocking down
the sentry, and sentenced to the outrageously heavy
punishment--first, of being disrated from the rank-of
first-class petty officer ; second, of receiving three dozen
lashes ; third, of twelve months' imprisonment ; at d 4
fourth, of losing all pay and time; itiulTo-bellifsmissect-the.
service with disgrace—this man, who committed this act
of contempt and violence in a mad fit of drunkenness,
had served honourably and faithfully for more than 17
years, without a blot or reflection on his character, and
had " very good" certificates from some of the best men
in the navy. It is a disgrace to civilisation and to com-
mon humanity, that a body of officers are empowered by
naval law to inflict so heavy a punishment for compa-
ratively so small an offence. Would that a Mrs.
Beecher Stowe could come forward in this country, and
hold up to the shame and scorn of the world the out-
rageous enormities of British naval law in the same
forcible and truthful language as the distinguished lady
has treated the villanies of the slave law in America.—
Morning Herald.

It is now reported that Rear-Admiral Corry resigns
the command of the Channel fleet to Rear-Admiral
Berkeley, C.B. ; and that Rear-Admiral Corry succeeds
Rear-Admiral Harvey, as superintendent of Malta Dock-
yard. Captain Charles Eden, late private secretary to
the Admiralty, it is said, will be flag-captain to Admiral
Berkeley.—Plymouth, Mail.
PROMOTIONS TO THB RESERVED LISTS.—Wo have
entered upon the month of March without having had
the pleasure of chronicling the promotion of five lieuten-
ants and five commanders to the reserved commanders
and captains' lists. Those promotions were due last
month, but like the Royal mails, we suppose we must
not look for their arrival until they have been over-due
three or four weeks.—United Service Gazette.

It is with much satisfaction we notice the recent pro-
motion of Lieutenant George Henry Rice, R.N., son of
our worthy member, E. R. Rice, Esq., to the rank of
commander, and we ardently wish the pleasure was un-
alloyed, but we understand he is now lying dangerously
ill at his father's mansion at Dane Court, with very faint
hopes of his recovery. The advancement of this gallant
young officer to his present rank, is the well-merited re-
ward of his bravery and skill in successfully leading two
storming parties during the advance of the British forces
up the Irawaddy. On the last occasion he received a
severe wound, and was subsequently attacked by a dis-
ease incidental to the malignant climate of Burrnah. He
has returned home u the only chance of recruiting his
shattered constitution ; and we earnestly hope he may
yet be restored to health, and his life spared to his coun-
try and his friends for many future years.--Dover
Chronicle.

RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN THE GRAMPIANS.—The
Aberdeen Railway drosses the Grampian chain of moun-
tains by a deep cutting through the granite of its eastern
limb. During the present storm the trains have been
greatly impeded in their progress northwards from the
village of Laurencekirk, about 30 miles south of the
granite city, and as many as six engines, with trains,
were snowed up there in one day last week ; but the
storm of Friday appears to have been the most formi-
dable, and one of the morning trains had a narrow escape
from destruction. The train left Aberdeen at 8.15,
instead of 6.6 a.zn., with two engines and four carriages,
the last carrying her Majesty's mail. When the train
entered the cutting about two miles from Aberdeen one
of the lines was completely snowed up, and the icicles
formed by the freezing of the snow water as it ran down
the angles of the rocks were hanging in great horned
masses, some of them measuring from 10 to 15 feet in
length, and tapering to a point. The cutting on the
l
angh ted
flat surfaces was also frozen over, and the traveller,
cehP
passing through, could not but feel as if he
werei' he lwin
When
the
about to
engines
s had
me"he
theirchas mway f intothe Alps.t
h ope
opencountry
line was found to be pretty clear, but scarcely had got out of the glens about Dunnotterwhen the
drift on the high lands of Drumlitbi
blocked up the line that a great numb re so thoroughly
be kept constantly clearing it Irbil e of men had to
along, holding tenaciously ever fe the engines crept
gained. In this locality there 3:
oot of ground thus
has been embanked and bridgedis a deep valley, which
the water of Bervie being from over, the height from
engines ploughed their wa- 4O to 50 feet. As the
the embankment is y out of the cutting from which
at liberty,and, ' formed, all at once they found them-
selvesincr ' carriage began • easing their speed, the mail
to jump and
line. The guard of the t • was suddenly thrown off
.tnb,e,
the accident, rain, George Wylie, obesnegrii-im:7
put on his break and called h
drivers) who fortunately t°
the
esed their
heard him, and reversed
engines as the carria dash one of the
abutments of the bege was about to
train
was stopped,
but not until the inalil'Hereguard,ithththe e
had been dragged along the towp
a distance of 150 yards, the wheels 0 e,.
distance being within a foot of the
tehga
For such accidents the working i
prepared, for no sooner was tneowtr, p
got out their archimedian
and in less than half-an-hour
if nothing had happened' other pa,ssenfe;:r
of the en'tcfmo7 that
fdrethoz the incline.
1 line seems well
, c'ain stopped than then
got werer
lanks, and wedges, I
again as coolly as