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that they would find a soldier's a joyous Wis. Though
there was hard work, there was a great deal of joviality,
and the soldier had many happy hours. He 'could speak
well of a military life, and he had served m ore than 40
years. He concluded by inviting the men to join the
regular army, and said he hoped he should see them all
in Duke-street, Westminster. Colonel Wilson also ad-
dressed the men, and assured them that it gave him
great pleasure to be - able to report to the inspecting
officer that they had been most diligent and attentive
to their duties, and that with very few exceptions
their conduct out of the field bad been such as to
merit public approbation. He remarked that the
high military discipline of the British army was pro-
verbial, and he felt surethe Royal London 11'Eilitia would
never do anything to detract from , its reputation.
He hoped they would continue to perfect themselves
in their military duties, and be attentive and obe-
dient to the commands of their officers ; and he would
recommend strongly the cultivation of habits of cleanli-
ness, which would be of great advantage in the appear-
ance of the regiment, contribute much to their own com-
fort, and gain them the respect of all. Their officers
would be proud of•thein, and ready to accompany them
anywhere, as her Majesty might be pleased to command
their services. He reminded all—officers and privates—
that on entering the service they had bound themselves
by an oath to do their duty to their Queen and country,
and expressed his confidence, from the experience he had
had of their conduct and efficiency, that they would not
be found wanting. Dismissing the men for the day, he
told them they would find bread and cheese ready for
them under their tents, with a pint of porter for each
man ; and the men, after giving three hearty cheers for
the Queen, and three more for the colonel, went to their
repast. The officers retired to the Artillery-house,
and, with a large.party of ladies and gentlemen, partook
of a dejeuner prepared by Messrs. Ring and Brymer.
Some toasts were drunk, and a few words said upon
them. Colonel Bush again expressed his great satisfac-
tion with the condition of the regiment. The Dean of
St. Paul's observed, that.they had doile well to acknow-
ledge, in taking up arms, that they did not put their
trust wholly in their skill or valour, and to appeal by a
religious act to the help of One stronger than they. He
remarked, also, that the chief supporters of the barons
of England when they won Magna Charter were the
citizens of London ; that when there was an insurrection
it was a Lord Mayor of London who struck down the
ringleader and restored law, order, and liberty ; that
when the Spanish armada threatened the kingdom, the
city of London provided double the number of vessels of
war demanded of it by the Sovereign ; and that London
now, he doubted not, would do its duty.
The Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry, under the com-
mand of Colonel the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos,
was inspected in Stowe Park, on Wednesday, the 24th
inst., by Major Custance, of the 6th Dragoon Guards.
After the completion of the parade and field movements,
the corps dismounted and fired a. feu de joie in honour
of her Majesty's birthday. During the whole of the day
the movements were minutely inspected by the reviewing
officer, who afterwards addressed the regiment, compli-
menting the men and officers on their appearance, and
expressed, not only his entire satisfaction, but his delight
at all he had seen. The noble colonel afterwards ad-
dressed the regiment, thanking every individual for the
attention and zeal shown to carry out the discipline and
maintain the character of the corps, and expressed a
hope, should the country require their services, that every
man would respond to the call and follow him as their
colonel. Tins was quickly answered in the affirma-
tive, and followed by three cheers for the Queen from
the whole regiment. A luncheon, given by the officers
to all the men in the park, finished the day, and, a
storm threatening, the men were dismissed to their quar-
ters. The strength of the regiment is 540 officers and
men, nearly all being present, and not one man was
absent without leave.
Yesterday the whole of the metropolitan division of
the enrolled pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, including the
Woolwich and Greenwich divisions, were mustered in
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the Essex Rifle Militia, Colonel Lord Jocelyn. About
11 o'clock Lord Hardinge arrived on the ground, and
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off to

GENERAL SCREW STEAM COMPANY.

suspend its operations, and. after the close of the
present month will be dissolved altogether. It has
long been a losing concern, the expenses having far
exceeded the calculations, and the quantity of gold.
intrusted to it fallen short of what was expected.
It appears that some of the gold companies were
not meant to be working concerns. The exposure
that took place at the last general meeting of the
Turon Golden Ridge Company proved that the true
vein whence gold was to be extracted ran through
the pockets of the public. The company As not for-
mally dissolved, but has suspended operations,
and whether it will resume them or not depends on
the success or failure of another association, called
"the Great Nugget Vein Company." A similar
practice is common at the goldfields, where it is
called "shepherding." The result of the exertions
of one or two parties is watched, and the adjacent
claims are worked or let alone, according to it. But
if the Turon Golden Ridge Company is dissolved,
as it probably will be, the mass of the subscribers
are already made acquainted with the fact that
they have been very neatly fleeced of 9,0001. The
projectors of the company sold 20,000 shares, " de-
posits ss. per share." Of this number 6,000 were
retained by themselves, at the cost of 1,5001.
They then increased the number of shares to
30,000, allotting to themselves 10,000 of the new
batch as a bonus. The rest were left for the
public, who, with a happy confidence in the pro-
spectus, subscribed for 13,000 shares, paying on
them, morever, 11. per share, for the full amount
was soon called in, though it was promised that
calls were not to exceed ss. each. The shares having
been got up in the market, the real mine was
worked, and many of the "originals" sold out at a
good profit. As to the mining operations, they have
not exhausted much of the capital, and the Turon
gold quartz ridge—wherever it may be---is still open
to British enterprise. If the company is dissolved,
" according to the plan proposed, there will be 14,5001.
to be divided among the shareholders. The original
projectors having secured 16,000 shares, at ls. 9d.
each, will make by the division Gs. each—about 300
per cent. On an adventure of 1,5001. they clear
some 5,0001. ; the " outsiders," who had put
13,0001. into the concern, lose 9,0001. of it. The
Sydney Herald states that most of the gold com-
panies started in London in 1852 were mere swin-
dles, and that the public had been robbed by them
of more than 1,000,0001. sterling. It adds :
" So far as we can observe, none of these schemes were
of colonial origin. They are the offspring of that pro.
lific source of frauds and consequent misery—the pur.
liens of the Stock-Exchange. No old colonists appear
to have been mixed up in them. From the first the
colonial press pointed out the fallacies on which these
companies were based ; and, more than a year ago, we
exposed that most gigantic of all the frauds, the forgery
of Mr. Langley's name and the sale of the Lake Bathurstb
land, by which Mathews and his associates realised up-
wards of 40,0001."