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missing from the collection. From inquiries made sub- I SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
sequently it was ascertained that the prisoner had as-
sisted in making up the collection, and consequently QUARA
witness, accompanied by Peake, the constable, went to
LI N Jan. B.—T
the post-office at Holloway, where. they. saw the pri- withscl3hOle all te
sorer on duty. Witness asked him his name, but he mouth, as 'also the
refused to give it, and tried to go up stairs. He was the other ports r
detained, however, and when Peake began to search
him, by direction of witness, he exclaimed, " Then, it's
all over with me." The marked money and letter was
found in his pocket, with 12 other letters—all of which -"TERv
had been opened. Seven of them spoke of money which gceanr;3:ll"
had been inclosed, and five still contained cash of va- ch:r
c 1
rious amounts. Ja*
Peake confirmed this evidence, and added that during
the search, the prisoner was asked if he knew anything
of a small portrait which had been inclosed in one of
the letters I He replied " "Ites—you will find it at
home." He was asked also respecting a watch, and he
answered, It is pawned, and the duplicate is at home
also." Witness afterwards went to the prisoner's resi-
dence, 6, Queen's-square, Hornsey-road, and, having
been admitted by his wife, found the portrait referred
to, and some letters, in his house.
W. Cole, inspector of letter-carriers, who accompa-
nied Peake to the prisoner's residence, produced as many,
as 70 letters, which had, been stolen recently and opened
by the prisoner, and which had contained sums of money,
Christmas presents, and new year's gifts of various kinds.
They all bore the post-mark of the district in which the
prisoner collected letters.
Several witnesses to whom sow of the letters had
been addressed—including the young lady who had
been disappointed of the portrait—having been exa.

QUARANTINE NOTICE.

LISBON, Jan. B.—The Board of Health declares infected
with cholera all the right bank of the River Mintro to its
mouth, as also the port of Redondella, and suspected all
the other ports of Galliza.

CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 16.

mined,
Mr. Hall committed the prisoner for trial.
His depredations were said to have been something
enormous, during the past few months.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Sarah. Osborne was
brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having at-
tempted to commit suicide by drowning herself in the
Serpentine, Hyde Park.
Police-constable 231 A, stated that about half-past
nine o'clock he was on duty near the Serpentine, when
he saw the defendant throw herself into the river with
the intention of drowning herself. He rushed in after
her, and with some difficulty contrived to get her ashore.
After she was somewhat restored, he asked her what she
meant by doing that, when she replied, she was tired of
her miserable existence, and intended to make away with
herself. He then took her to the workhouse.
The prisoner in tears said, she was an unfortunate
girl, and had walked the streets for the last three years,
and feeling disgusted with such a mode of existence, she
had come to the determination of putting a period to
her miseries by drowning herself. She was now on re-
flection sorry for having attempted such a wicked act.
Mr. Bingham said, as she had expressed a wish to
leave her wretched mode of life he would send her to the
workhouse for a short time, and in the meanwhile he
would consider what could be done for her future wel-
fare.

MARYLEBONE.—Francis Spring, a cabinetmaker,
living at No. 2, Tichbourne•street, Paddington, was
brought before Mr. Broughton, charged with having
committed a most violent assault upon Mary Spring, his

wile.
The magistrate committed him to prison for three
months with hard labour.

LAMBETH.—A well-dressed female, whose air and
manner were most affected and theatrical, presented
herself in the witness box, and addressing the magis-
trate, said she had come to claim his worship's protec-
tion against the threats and .violence of her husband,
but as her husband had thought proper to attend also,
and expressed his willingness to be bound over to keep
the peace towards her, she should be quite satisfied by
his doing so.
The husband replied thot he had no objection to be
hound over, but should wish to be heard first. He said
that five weeks age his wife, without any provocation
on his part, had left him, and it was on Thursday last
that he discovered where she resided. He went to look
after her, but the door was slammed in his face by a man
he found there. He inquired from his wife who this
person was, or what his business in the house was, but
all he could hear from her was that he was a friend and
a gentleman, and this he did not consider at all satis-
factory.
Mr. Norton—l should think not. It is the duty of
your wife to satisfy you who and what this person is.
Wife (in the most dignified tone)—He's a friend and
a gentleman.
Mr. Norton—That is not sufficient for your husband,
and it strikes me if you left off these assumed airs of
yours, and attended more to your husband and child,
you would do much better. I advise you to retire, and
see if you cannot arrange matters.
The parties here left the court, and in going out the
female, with a most theatrical flourish, declared that no
person would induce her to live with her husband again.
Mr. Norton received a cheque for 2/. for the poor-box
from T. J.

THE FRENCH ARMY.

The French army, as at present organised, is composed
in the following manner :—For the first or direct part,
of a gener4l staff, a staff-corps, and a private staff for
the artillery and engineers ; for the second or adminis-
tering part, of a corps of superintendence, a medical
corps, a corps called that of the administrative services,
comprising three sections, and of a corps of troops of
administration; for the third or fighting part, of infantry,
cavalry, artillery, and engineers. got comprised in
these great divisions, we place the special troops
charged with the police of the interior in time of
peace, and with the police of the armies in time of
war, or the gendarmerie, and the military establish-
ments necessary for the renewal of the personal and
of the material. These great divisions being stated,
let us analyse their various elements separately, com-
mencing by the third and most important one, that of
the effective force of the army. The French infantry is
composed of 100 regiments of three battalions each, 20
battalions of foot chasseurs, 3 regiments of native sharp-
shooters, 3 of African light infantry, and, lastly, some
companies of veterans and of discipline. The 100 regi-
ments of the line can easily give immediately two bat-
talions of 1,000 men each, and have also the officers of a
third battalion, into which can be place,' 100,000 or
120,000 men of the classes which have not yet termi-
nated the time of service due by them to their country.
The nine battalions of Zouaves, the six of the foreign
legion, the six of the sharpshooters and of the light in-
fantry, are on a war footing and can furnish from 20,000
to 26,000 men ready at once to enter on a camprign. Of
thtiotwenty battalions of the foot chasseurs, ten are or-
ganised, and ten are in course of organisation, or rather
as the 10 already organised are being doubled to form the
20 lately decreed, it may be said that all are in the course
of organization. The elements being ready at hand,
that organization may be effected promptly, and in a
few months. The infantry is assured to reckon amongst
its ranks, 20 fine battalions of chasseurs, of 1,200 men
each, able to give war battalions of 1,000 men. It is
thus clear that the force of the French infantry, ready
to enter on a campaign, whilst leaving good staffs of
regiments at their depots in France, may be estimated
at 240 war battalions, or 240,000 men. The cavalry is
composed of 12 reserve regiments, 20 of cavalry of the
line, 20 of light cavalry, all with five squadrons, and
eight regiments of light cavalry (four of African chas-
seurs, three of Spahis, and one of Guides), with six
Bquadrls. The mounted troops give consequently
300 squadrons. Eaoh of the 52 regiments, with five
squadrons, may immediately furnish four war squad-
rons of 130 horses each, and the eight regiments of
six squadrons, 700 homes each. Thus the force of
the cavalry ready to enter on a campaign may be
estimated at from 32,000 to 35,000 sabres ; and
there remain to keep up the regiments, the fifth squad-
rons of good cadres, and of young horses. In addition,
our establishments for suppying horses and the breeders
throughout the country have a sufficiently great number
of horses, the improvement of which has been most
marked of late years, thanks to the enlightened en-
couragement given by the Government to that branch
of industry. The artillery is composed of fourteen regi-
ments of sixteen batteries, and, in addition, one regi-
ment of pontonniers of twelve companies, thirteen com-
panies of military workmen, four sqnadrons of flying
artillery, and five companies of veteran artillerymen. It
is known that each reserve, or campaign battery, is com-
posed of 6 pieces of 8 or 12, two of which are howitzers.
Each battery has an effective force of from 200 to 220
men and 160 horses. Each regiment can furnish in men
and material ten batteries on a war footing. The force,
therefore, of the artillery ready for battle is 360 guns, and
from 28,000 to 30,000 men, including the flying train.
The engineers form three regiments with two bat-
talions each, or 6,000 men. The first great division of
the army, that which we have called the directing part,
is composed of seven marshals of France, eighty gene-
rals of division, 160 generals of brigade, and 560 officers
of the staff, from the rank of colonel to that of lieute-
nant. The total force of the army at present able to
enter at once on a campaign is consequently nearly
300,000 men and 60,000 horses. Our nation has besides
all the elements to present in line, in a very short time,
an army composed of six corps &armee, with four divi-
sions of infantry, a division of cavalry, eight batteries,
and a light brigade being attached to,each corps d'armee.
There are in the staffs, in the corps of superintendence,
in the officers of administration, in the troops of admi-
nistration, and in the 20,000 men of whom thet: oof
(f
gendarmery is composed, a sufficient force supply
every want and every service of such an army.—The
Pays.

ROYAL COLLEGE or SURGEONS. —The following gen-
tlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for
the diploma, were admitted members of the college at
the meeting of the court of examiners on the 13th inst.:
—Messrs. David Watkinri:ington,s Robert,LAann casglesea ;
Christo-
pher Nugent Spinks, Wahire
Augustus Joberns, lion. East India Company's service,
Calcutta ;
David Pollock, Coleraine, county London-
derry ; Richard Henry Heurtley Sankey, Farnham,
Surrey ; James ry Brooks, Henley-on-Thanaes
Richard Nowell Dewsbury, Yorkshire ; Fre-
derick William Sayer, Newport, Isle of Wight ; and
William
Hughes Clarke, Pontardulais, Llanelly, Car-
marthen. At the last meeting of the council, Mr. John
Lizars Lizars, of Canada (formerly of Edinburgh), was
appointed, after a severe competition, a student in
human and comparative anatomy to this college, in the
vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Mr. Sylvester,
who, having had an assistant surgeucy in the Hon.
East India Company's Service, conferred on him by
Mr. Plowden, proceeds to the sceno of his future
abours.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Martijntje, from Schevenin-
gen ; Mary, Seville ; Protector, Demerara ; Ocean, do. ;
Caroline Susanna, Dantzic ; Orion, Oporto ; Tsar, Too ,
Choo Too ; Nassau, Moulmein ; Sir George F. Seymour,
Jamaica • Agenoria Honduras ; Goodwin, New York ;
Queen dthe Tyne, 'Trieste ; Augusta, Odessa ; Champion,
Madras ; Pride of America, Now York ; Caesar, Deme-
rara ; Eliza Moore, Shanghai ; John Bright, Whampoa ;
Moro Castle, Pugwash and Halifax ; Flower of Yarrow,
Monte Video ; Elise, Copenhagen ; Patriarch, Bombay ;
Glos, Taganrog.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Euphrosine,
for Mauritius ; Caesar, Demerara ; Eclipse, New Zealand ;
Albatross, Calcutta ; Resolute, Sydney, N.S.W. ' • Moro
Castle, Halifax ; Ocean, Trinidad ; Prince Albert, Van-
couvea's Island ; Johns Clemons, Demerara.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO —The Louis Fe-
camp, for Fecamp ; Light of the Harem, St. Helen's ;
Port Wallace, Melbourne ;Leeploeg, Rotterdam; Zeolurt,
ditto.