The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-01 00:00:00

LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1856.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SCINDE,,
The following report has been issued by the directors
of the Scinde Railway Company, in anticipation of the
meeting appointed to be held on the 4th November :
" The first half-yearly genoral meeting has been convened
in conformity with the act of incorporation of the company.
"The directors laave the satisfaction to report that since
their last meeting with the proprietors such an addition
has been made to the staff of the resident engineer as to
enable him to complete the survey of the country through
which the line is to pass, and that they have recently re-
ceived, through their agent in India, the resident engineer's
report, accompanied by plans and sections in reference to
various surveys prosecuted at the requisition of the Bom-
bay Government.

The directors await the decision of the authorities as
to the selection of the exact route the line should take from
Kurrachee to Hydrabad, to enable them to proceed with
the construction of the railway.
" In their first report the directors announced that they
had contracted for 30 miles of permanent way material,
the shipment of whiCh is nearly completed. Contracts
have also been entered into upon favourable terms for the
material for a further 30 miles of railway.
. " The importance of having improved moans of commu-
nication along the valley of the Indus is every day becom-
ing more apparent. Sir Justin Sheil, late British ambas-
sador in Persia, has recently advocated the great political
advantages to be derived from `a railway running the
whole length of the left bank of the Indus.'
" ?or commercial and social as well as state purposes
the improvement of the transit along this ancient line of
communication has become a necessity.
" Holding as we do the Indus from Cashmere to the sea,
we have a power which, if `well understood and wisely
improved, puts nl, in possession of the key to the whole
Central
commerce of Ceal Asia, which cannot be pursued with-
out adding to the prosperity and prodUctiveness of our
new territories* (Scinde and the Punjaub.
"The resources of modern science judiciously applied to
this line of communication worth' be of inestimable benefit
to our own provinces, and the enterprising European mer-
chants now resident at Kirrachee would soon afford a
medium for extensive shipments from the Punjaub and
provinces to the north-west of Delhi, and the distribution
of our manufactures to the remotest valleys of Affghanistan
as far as Herat, and in Balkh, Khiva. and Bokhara.
" The local authorities, especially Mr. Bartle Frere, the
commissioner in Scinde, and Sir John Lawrence, the chief
commissioner of the Punjaub, concur in the necessity of
affording to the provinces drained by the Indus and its tri-
butaries a free access to their port of shipment. The latter
of these distinguished gentlemen, in a recent despatch to
the Government of India, makes the following forcible re-
aaarta

" • Indeed these two essentials, viz., the railroad and the
steamers, may be said with truth to be the crying wants of
the Punjaub iu the department of public works. These pro-
vided, the commerce and produce of these territories will be
turned to their due course, viz., the Indus and its fenders,
and to their natural outlet, viz., the port of Kurrachee.
" For the railroad the face of the Doab offers au unusual
equality of surface, while it possesses few or none of the
requisite resources for metalling a road. For the rivers, it
were preferable, instead of improving the navigable stream,
to concentrate all efforts on the provision of powerful
steamers of the smallest possible draught. The chief com-
missioner, while deprecating any general extension of the
public works department of the Punjaub for the present,
would yet beg most earnestly to press these cardinal objects
on the attention of the Government. He believes that, if
carried out, they would effect more for the development of
the resources of those territories than any other work, or
number of works, that could be devised.'
" A railway from Mooltan to Lahore and Umritser would
not only afford an outlet to the impeded traffic of the Pun-
jaub and neighbouring territories, but would of necessity
greatly enhance the importance and value of the line from
Kurrachee to Hydrabad. Scinde and the Puirje„nb (in.
eluding the state under control) cover an aree of 130,000
square miles, with a population of nearly 2,M0,000. The
flower of the European and native ale,"
provinces, and numbers 70,000 me r, more occupies these
than 15,000 of
whom are Europeans.
"This board having
1-,--
recei7ed official information that the
views long entertained y them, as to the best mode of in-
troducing improved
Indus had been -inean9 of transit along the lino of the
approved by the local authorities, they
addressed to I:ne Court of Directors of the Hon. East
C°lln'clic following letter :
11Y
Scinde Railway Company, Gresham House, Old
Broad.street, March 11, 1856.
t` directors having received a communication
under date the 26th Jan., from their agent in India, sub-
mitting for the sanction of this board, in compliance with
the suggestion of the Government of Bombay, a proposal
that surveys should be made by the Scinde Railway Com-
pany (enclosure 2), with a view to the extension of tholino
of railway towards Lahore, and enclosing correspondence
with the Government authorities relating thereto, as noted
in the margin, copies and extracts of the same being an-
nexed for the information of the honourable court,
" 2. I am requested on behalf of this company to state
their readiness to undertake the necessary surveys of the
lino from Mooltan to Lahore and Ururitsor, under the
direction of the Government consulting engineer, should
it be the pleasure of the Court to have them proceed-
ed with, and that all the expenses occasioned by the
surveys should be placed to a separate account, and be ap-
propriated hereafter according to the arrangement that
may be ultimately entered into.
"' 3. Should the Hon. Court concur in the views ex-
pressed by the commissioner in Scinde (enclosure 1), the
chief commissioner of the Punjaub (enclosure 7), and the
Government of Bombay (enclosure 2), as to the great im-
portance of the extension of improved means of transit
along the Valley of the Indus, this board is of opinion that,
instead of making a through communication by means of a
railway between Kurrachee and Lahore, as appears to be
recommended by the agent and resident engineer of the
company, in their letters (enclosures 3 and 4), that the pre-
sent is a favourable opportunity for introducing the econo-
mical and easily established system of communication com-
bining steam transit by land with steam transit by water,
so long advocated by their chairman.
" 4. For instance, the lower portion of the line from
Kurrachee to Hydrabad, by the railway already sanc-
tioned, which will avoid the dangers and delays of the
Delta, from Hydrabad to Mooltan oy steamers of improved
construction, resuming the re.ilway from Mooltau to La-
hore and Umritser.

" A reference to OA letters (enclosures 6 and 7), from
the commissioner .o Scindo and the chief commissioner of
the Punjaub, show that these views are approved of
by the local authorities.—l have the honour to be, &c.,
' (Signed) " W. P. ANDREW, Chairman.'
" Sir James C. Melvill,
"The directors have the satisfaction to report that the
East India Company have authorised the survey of the
country between Mooltan, Lahore, and Uniritser, by this
company, in conformity with which a superintending engi-
neer of ability and experience, with a carefully-selected
staff of six engineers, left England for India on 4th Sept.
" The directors have much gratification in stating their
cordial and entire approval of the eonduet of Mr. J. Ne-
ville Warren, the agent alai representative of the company
in India."

A HERO IN HUMBLE LIFE,

(From the Glasgow Times.)

be met with in every rank and condition o
the victims of a
phy-
sician who risks his existence in tending
Heroism is not confined to the army
aildfnlaifvey..Thlet isio
leads a forlorn hope.
soldier who shares a charge or who
the beaten paths
Even in the ordinary walks of society—in
deadly epidemic is as brave, and possibly more so, than the
manifes-
tations of courage and of enduranceu
entitled to the
worthy of the highest honour and are really About 25 or 30
of trade and commerce—we meet occasinondaelrlytrwiailthwhicharel' d '
years ago, when the writer of this was boy, .
young man named
appellation of heroism. But to our talae.
the eastern part of the city of Glasgow a
for our spe-
cialrendered him remarkable then, and what calls
erand
there rye in
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noticee s L amabtert.lle present,w
Peat Bog on the
young man named
James Lambert. Hewasa cotton.spinnerbytrade,bllt what
rendered him remarkable thou, and what calls for our spe-
cial notice at present, was his excellence as tar as dwtei,h,meb u t
Spring-
boards, the " Dominie's Hole," or the
none
diver. Among the thousands who frequented InSPrin._""
who could rival Jamie Lambert. In the water he
withwas as
Clyde, " when summer days were fine," there was
as
much athome as a duck. Over the surface he glided a
facility which was really astonishing, while he could
fathom the deepest pool or cross the river under water from
side to side with ease. Again and again we have seen him
go down and remain so long underthe surface that we really
held our breath in fear lest he should never emerge ; bnt
far away the indomitable Lambert was sure to make his
appearance. With us boys he was naturally a great fa-
vourite. In youth we love the daring and the heroic, and
on Lambert, the peerlessswimmer, we looked with mingled
awe and admiration. Nor was it only for his superiority in
swimming and diving that James Lambert claimed our re-
spect ; many a life ho saved from the Clyde. Whenever
the cry was got up that some one was drowning, there was
Lambert ready to plunge in to the rescue. 111,any a sore
struggle has he had with death in the channel of our native
river when the grip of the dying was upon him, yet seldom
did he fail in his efforts. Often and often have we seen him
go down to grope in the deep brown waters for the corpses
of those who had perished, and many a cold and pallid body
has ho brought to the surface. One day a poor old woman,
while washing onthe Green, had occasion to go to the Clyde
for water, and while dipping her stoup lost her balance and
was precipitated into the river. Fora short time she floated,
bat at length she went down. At this moment Lambert
appeared on the spot. He was shown about the place where
the old woman had sunk, and, without a moment's hesita-
tion, plunged in clothes and all, and at once succeeded in
bringing her ashore. The poor old creature was quite insen-
sible, but after a short time she was restored to conscious- ,
ness. On coming again, as it were, into existence, she ex-
claimed. f°Where's the man that saved my life; let me see
the man that took me oot." Lambert, who was standing at
hand, said, " Here I am, auld wifo,
and I am glad to see
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of blessings upon her preserver. At length she cried—" Oh,
man, I'm a puir auld body; I've needling in the wand,amaist, but my washin' boyne, but I'll sell it before yell gang unrewarded." Lambert, who was then a working
.o
cotton spinner, declined, of course to deprive
of her " boyne," and, slipping a small sum into her hand,
told her to purchase a little comfort for her exhensted. body. We give this simply as an instance of our hero's
actions. To enumerate all his doings in that way, how-
ever, would occupy too much of our space and of the
reader's patience. Suffice it to say, that Spring, summer,
and autumn James Lambert was over ready to lend his ser-
vices to those who were perishing ; and we know that on
more than one occasion he even went under the ice, with a
rope tied round his body, to drag out a drowning fellow-
creature. The great event of his life, however, occurred on
the evening of the 14th of December, 1831. On that even-
ing, about half-past 7 o'clock, the ferry-boat which then
conveyed the mill-workers of Messrs. Sonanserville and Co.
from the south to the north side of the river, opposite the
Humane Society-house, Glasgow-green, was overcrowded.
No fewer than 20 persons, mostly women, were cramped
into -tbe boat, when another person stepped on the gun-
wale. The consequence was that the boat was overturned,
and its unfortunate occupants were plunged screaming into
the cold and turbid -water. Lambert fortunately happened
to be in the )44 .t the time. At once he dragged two or

kreo of the women ashore. Again he plunged in and
rescued another couple of the poor girls, and landed them
in safety ; and still again and again ho plunged into the icy
water on his inis=ion of mercy, until at length he was fairly
exhausted and fell almost fainting on the bank. Only
three of the i I
b"s—namelY, Jean and Martha Hart (two
sisters), and Anne Whitelaw, were drowned. Twenty-five
individuals were submerged on that dreary winter night,
and, principally owing to the etlorts of Lambert, only three
were lost. Said we not truly that he was a hero—ay, one
of the noblest stamp ? and surely well is he entitled to the
• respect and gratitude of his fellow-citizens.
Some 25 years have .elapsed since that night, and the
memory of its hero has—unless, perhaps, in some few
minds—passed away. James Lambert, however, is still
alive. His residence is in Main-street, Bridgeton, Glasgow.
Iu the course of the intervening period helm been unfor-
tunately deprived of his sight, and what a misfortune that
is to a poor working man any ono may conceive. He is, of
course, unable to do anything for his own support, or that
of his wife and children. He is, indeed, in a great mea-
sure dependent on their efforts for a scanty livelihood.
Under these circumstances, we really think that James
Lambert has a decided claim upon the generosity of his
fellow-men. He is now waxing old, and we think it will be
a disgrace to his country if such a man be permitted to go
down the hill amid the evils of extreme poverty and want.
There is no lack of charity among us, no deficiency in Ike
appreciation of genuine heroism, and we feel persuaded
that his case only requires to be known to bring forth a
handsome recognition of his past services.
In conclusion, 've may mention a little anecdote of Mr.
Lambert, which4tends to show that the ancient spirit is
not dead in the swimmer of other days. During one day
last summer, as is his wont, he was taking a walk round
the green under the guidance of a little daughter. When
he was passing the "Dominie's Hole" a cry was raised that
a boy was drowning. Lambert heard the cry, and,
blind as
he was, he became excited, commenced throwing off his
clothes, and, to the consternation of his little guide, was
preparing
to leap into the water with the intention of help-
log the drowning boy. " Tell me where he is," he ex-
claimed, " tell me where he is, and I'll do my best."
The screams of the little girl attracted the attention of the
passersby, and by main force they iestrained him from
the rash purpose which ho contemplated. The boy was
drowned ; but if it had pleased Providence to spare the
sight of James Lambert it would assuredly have been other-
wise. Lot us give honour, then, to whom honour is duo,
and extend a helping hand to the poor man ie his darkness,
who, if he had been blessed with sight, would have cheer-
fully assisted any one of us if the waters had been gather-
ing o'er our heads. We have recently been giving honour
to those who have dared a bloody death on the field of
war ; let us not forget those who have shown equal bravery
on a less conspicuous but not less honourable field,

THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE ON
MECHANICS' INSTITUTIONS.

The Duke of Newcastle attended a soiree of the Ret•
ford Working Man's Institution on Monday evening,
and, in the course of an address to the persons present,
said he need not say with what pleasure he had hailed
the formation of the Retford Working Men's Associa-
tion, but he might be forgiven if he reflected that only one
short week ago he sat in that very room by the side of his
friend Mr. Granville Vernon, for the purpose of per-
forming their duties to their sovereign and their country,
in the trial of prisoners, and in passing sentence upon
those who had departed from the paths of virtue and
violated the laws of their country. It was for them to
consider, therefore, what had induced the eommision of
these crimes, and what might prevent their recurrence ;
and he could not help thinking that societies like the one
hewas now addressing were, to say the least of it, advanc-
ing a step in the right direction, by divertinc, the atten-
tion of the lab Au ing classes into healthier and purer chan-
nds. le therefore felt it unnecessary on the present
occasion to dilate upon the advantages derivable from
societies of this nature, and he was consequently at a loss
for suitable topics to speak upon. Thirty years ago a
general opinion prevailed, and it was believed that socie
ties of a kindred nature to the present one would lower

the tone of the people, would be detrimental to the gene-
ral interests of the counimp, and would tend to sap the
minds of the labouring classes Irons the principles of re-
ligion, and expose them to the designs of men who would
lead them from the duty which they owed to their king
and their country. He did not participate in these old
fashioned nations : he thought by being well carried out
they would make seen more peaceful and contented.
Eminent men had considered that they would contribute

to the spread of deism and irreligion, but he thought
they would have a contrary effect. With the labourer in
his vocation mental exercise was but little developed, and
instead of reading be indulged in opposite pursuits. But
this and similar societies bad a different tendency ; the
knowledge they would attain there would eradicate such
propensities, and must ultimately raise their moral cha-
racter to a far higher standing. In some instances me-
chanics' institutions had been regarded with jealousy,
and the promoters of them had been disappointed in

their results. It struck him that one defect in them
was that they were deficient of elementary education.
When children left school at the age of 10 or 11 years a
large gap in their education intervened, and when they
arrived at adolescence they generally had lost the advan-
tages of reading and writing which they had obtained in
their early life, which was a great evil, and existed to a
very great extent. They must excuse him in saying that
their town did not stand in the position in which it ought
with regard to education. Five years ago it was resolved
to erect a new national school and to improve the infant
school, but hitherto nothing had been done in eitt.or case,
and he was afraid, therefore, they were now beginning
at the wrong end. If they did net sow the seed properly
and attend properly to the raw material they might ex-
pect seed of an opposite description had been deposited
Another cause
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them too much of the arts and sciences—too great efforts
were made to defend the outward shield, and but little
attention paid to matters of more general utility. He
(the Duke) thought that Shakspere and other works of
a similar kind might be studied, but his advice was to
study historical works—he did not mean the elaborate
works of Hume and Smollett, but the current events of
every-day life, which would be better understood and
more advantageous. The institution to be properly
managed must be worked by working men themselves ;
it might be fostered and partially supported by the gen-
try of the town and neighbourhood, but the working man
was his own best judge in a general way and did not
like to be kept in leading strings. He did not like to be
trammelled by the rigid rules of coercion, but liked to
act and think for himself. He agreed, therefore, with
the constitution of this association, which allowed one-
half of its committee to be constituted of working men,
and it would be their own fault if its objects were
not properly and successfully carried out. in aacieot
times our ancestors boasted largely of eleemosynary gifts,
and at several of the large houses in the country the way-
farer had presented to him a glass of good beer and a loaf
of bral, but in course of time it was found out that. every
one that passed that way stayed and partook. The re-
medy for this was sought and found in weakening the
beer and lessening the loaf, so that afterwards very few
stopped there. Now, by this simile he did not wish
them either to weaken the beer or lessen the loaf of
education, but to keep their institution what it ought to
be—a good and useful institution for the working classes.
Great stress had been laid on the giving of lectures,
which were well enough in their way, but were liable to
abuse. It was a great mistake to attempt to put in tho
seed of knowledge before the mind was ploughed to re-
ceive it. By lectures ideas might be instilled into the
mind not altogether of a desirable nature, whereas by
the study of books the working man would seek out the
proper objects of his choice, and must profit thereby.
Of lectures, however, there were two classes—one, that
of the itinerant lecturers, of 'whom he could speak with
little respect, as they were going up and down the
country merely to serve their own ends by what is called
"cramming" their audiences with what was neither
good in itself nor could be profitable to those who might
hear them ; of the second class, however, he should
speak with the greatest respect, and that was of those
gentlemen who came forward to give lectures to these
societies, at the earnest request of their respective mem-
bers, not as finished or as masterpieces of science, but as
a partial system of elementary instruction. During the
present year he had been requested to give lectures in
various place', ou • t had been compelled to refuse all
such invitations on the grounds he bad previously
stated ; and he must come to what he mus
boot consider
the inevitable conclusion that, a all,books are the
most efficient instructors and the best adapted for
the promotion of useful knowledge in associations like
the one he was now addressing, and of all others of a
kindred nature. We were now living in an age of cheap
books and of good books, and it was in the power of any
person, on the payment of a few pence per year, to
secure to himself the advantages which such cheap and
good literature afforded. In towns like Retford, how-
ever, the same facilities were not afforded in this respect
as in such places as Manchester, where their libraries
extended to several thousands of volumes.. Still he was
happy to hear that the Working Men's Association at
Retford had a lending library, which be hoped would
soon extend itself, so that its various members might
have an opportunity of nut only reading for and to
theinselyee, but extend the same privilege to the various
members of their family. The noble duke then referred
to the saying of Napoleon Bonapat te, that much of the
future eencluet of a man depended greatly upon his
mother ; if this were true, and there could be no doubt
of it, those lending libraries must be of the greatest
utility, for in affording instruction and good advice to a
mother it was imparting it to a whole family. His
(3-rece then concluded by remarking that he had thought
it necessary to dilate at some length upon the benefit.; to
be derivefrom d useful works, which could not
reading
fail to make men good reel, good husbands, and good
Christians ; it tended to civilise end Christia,uise all of
those eroe;id the domestic hearth, and would not tend to
sap, but ,to encourage religious knowledge, without
which all our other knowledge was but as dross. Time
was when men were exalting their ancestors, but the
time had now arrived when every man ought to exalt
infused; and
' he hoped the members of the association
he was addressing would prosecute the good work they
bad so worthily begun, and thereby slake their thirst at
the true fountain of knowledge. (Laud and continued
cheering.)

The sailing vessels Sultana and Culloden left Liverpool
-yesterday for .Portsmouth, whence they are to take ile-
taclanawau of tfie German legion to Algoa-)34y.

Naval and Military Inteiligence.

1 A. letter from Bombay, dated Oct. 3, gives the follow-
ing authentic inf, rmation relative to the preparation of
the naval part of the expedition intended for Persia :
"We are very busy, and our days fully occupied in
fitting out an expedition for the Persian Gulf. It is a
form:dable armament, and will include (followers and
all), 11,000 men and 1,200 horses (exclusive of seamen
and marines), 30 transports, 15 steamers of war, four of
them carrying ten 68-pounders and four from 2 to 4
ditto ; two sloops of 18 32-pounders ; two schooners of
2 guns each, 25 cwt. 32-pounders ; 10 heavy gunboats,
carrying two '7,,1 inch howitzers each. It is not settled
who is to command this powerful fleet, but there is no
doubt that the Government here will wish Rear-Admiral
Sir H. Leeke to take it ; and right well it will be for
the result, we all think, if he does. A more energetic
man or gallant officer never was shelved by the
Horne Admiralty. What a farce is the fact that,
while Sir Henry has been most actively and indefati-
gably engaged for some years as Commander-in-Chief of
the whole Indian navy, and at work with unflagging
zeal day and night, when necessary, in the discharge of
his duties, he stands on the list of the Royal Navy as an
admiral unfit to be actively employed in that service !
Our dockyard and harbour show an amount of efficiency
and activity none at home ever surpassed."
Her Majesty's ship Shannon, 51, Captain W. Peel,
C. 8., was swung for the adjustment of her compasses in
Portsmouth 1, arbour yesterday.
The Lady Valiant, Typhoon, and Cosur de Lion, trans-
ports, left Portsmouth yesterday fur Deptford to dis-
charge stores.
Her Majesty's ship Raleigh, 50, Cotn. the Hon. Hy.
Keppel, C.B , is shipping her provisions and stores.
The Prince of Wales, Capt. Nolan, from New Zealand,
landed yesterday at Portsmouth, for the use of the Go-
vernment, two spars of Kauri pine of the most extraor-
dinary proportions ever brought to this country—viz.,
100 feet in length and 34,1 inches diameter, without a
knot ! They will most likely become masts for the
Queen's state yacht.
The sailing transport Rajahstan, Capt. Atkinson, ar-
rive 1 at Spithead yesterday from Constantinople, with
part of the Renkioi Hospital ironwork, &c., and stores
from the same establishment ; also as passengers—Major
Chads, of the 64th Regiment, and Mrs. Chade ; Staff-
Surgeon Carolan, Assist.-Surgeon Brunton, 19 men of
the Army Works Corps, 23 men of the Land Transport
Corps, 2 men of the 28th Regiment, and 1 sergeant-
major of the 64th Regiment. She landed the above men
and officers at Portsmouth yesterday, and then proceeded
to Woolwich to unload the stores.

The paying off of the crew of the screw steamship St.
Jean d'Acte, 101, Capt. George St. V. King, has been
postponed to the Gth inst., by which time all her stores
will be discharged. It is now determined to place her
with the steam reserve. The Almander, 44, Capt. Bail-
lie, will be paid off on the same day.
The screw steam gunvessel, Surprise, 4, from Ports-
mouth, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, and went up
Hamoaze to be paid off.
The frigate Flora, 40, in Hamoaze, is ordered to be
brought forward for commission. She was towed from
her moorings to the Devonport Dockyard on Tuesday.
The frigate Eagle, 50, having had her copper examined
and repaired, was taken out of dock at Devonport on
Tuesday, and is now making preparations to be put in
commission.

The Foudroyant, 78, was warped from her moorings
in Hamoazo on Thursday to the Devonport dockyard,
and was yesterday placed in the basin dock.
Tho screw steamship Cornwallis, 60, was placed in
Keyham basin, Plymouth, on Thursday, to have defects
made good.
The screw steam-corvette Satellite, 21, was warped to
the sheer hulk in Hamoaze on Thursday to receive a fan.
His Prussian Majesty's steam-corvette Dantzic left
Plymouth on Thursday morning.
The screw steamship Jura takes on board men of vari-
ous regiments, their wives and children, at Liverpool to-
day, and will sail for Cork, where others will embark,
and she will proceed to Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu.
Among the cabin passengers are Col. Denny (71st) and
wife, Major Trevor (14th) and wife, Capt. Gore (4i),
Rev. D. Preston, assistant-chaplain, Dr. Stockwell, Staff
Surgeon, Dr. Leach (71st), Dr. Termer, and Dr. Todd.
On the occasion of paying off her Majesty's sloop
Daring, 12, Com. G. J. Napier, at Chatham, Colour-
Sergeant E. Harris, who was in charge of the Royal
Marines serving on board, was presented by the crew with
a handsome silver lever watch in consideration of the
high character he bore while serving on board that
vessel during a period of more than four years. He was
also presented by the Royal Marines with a silver
snuff-box, both testimonialsbearing a suitable inscriptioi.
Colour-sergeant Harris has bee❑ '2►s years in the service,
and is decorated with the Syria medal. He also sears a
Turkish honour.

General Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.8., Inspector-Gene-
ral of Fortifications, during his recent tour of inspection
at Chatham Garrison visited the casemate barracks,
which are occupied by the convalescent lnvalido, who
remain there until discharged, the object of his visit
being to ascertain the desirableness of carrying out
some extensive improvements which are intended to be
made in order to render those barracks snore comfort-
able for the troops quartered in them. This has been
found to be absolutely necessary for the health and
comfort of the troops, and although several improve-
ments have been made in airing, lighting, and ventilat-
ing these barracks, yet there still remains much to be
done before they can be pronounced comfortable quar-
ters for the soldier.

The pensioners, having gone through the usual prelimi-
nary drills and exercises at Woolwich, were yesterday
morning reviewed by Colonel Alexander Murray Tulloch,
military superintendent. The collective numbers forming
the Woolwich and Deptford division consist of 506 hale,
able-bodied men—namely, Woolwich 416 and Deptford
90, all of whom, with but one exception, were in attend-
ance. At ten o'clock they marched to the riding-house,
and were shortly afterwards joined by Colonel Tulloch,
Col. Forbes, and officer, and Major Warde, field-adju-
tant. The men were drawn up in lines, which the colonel
inspected with the minutest attention, questioning each
individually, and inquiring if he had any complaint to
prefer. At 12 o'clock the men, preceded by the drums
and fifes of the corps, were marched back to the parade-
ground, the rare having partially ceased, where they
formed into double rank, and were put through a
series of platoon exercises. The officers of the Royal
Artillery were present in considerable numbers,
together with a goodly array of civilians, many of
whom expressed their admiration of the precision
with which the men went through the ma-
noeuvres. Having been supplied with 10 rounds of
blank cartridge, they filed past and proceeded to the
Common. Arrived on the review ground, the Colonel
took his station at the Flagstaff, when the whole body
marched past in slow and quick time, formed line, and
retired in columns of subdivisions from both flanks, in
rear of the centre ; agai❑ formed line upon the two
centre subdivisions and commenced file firing from left
to right, advanced in double column of subdivisions and
repeated the firing. They afterwards formed into square,
when they were addressed by the Colonel, who informed
them that he was sorry the weather did not permit him
to carry out the inspection which he had intended, and
which would have given him much satisfaction. He
should, however, in justice to them remark that in his
circuit through the kingdom he had nowhere been g ra•
tined with the thorough discipline in any corps of Pen- '
sioners equal to that of the Woolwich and Deptford divi-
sion. lie was informed, too, that during the course of
drills only one man had been absent in default. This was
an example which he should be very happy to find fol-
lo red by the other divisions. The men thereupon raised
their caps, and gave one simultaneous cheer, which was
twice repeated, with cries of " Long life to the brave
Col. Tulloch." They were then marched back to the
parade-ground, whence they retired to their homes. The
men residing in Woolwich are all exclusively employed
in the departments of the Royal Arsenal.
Her Majesty's steamer Dee arrived at Woolwich yes-
terday morning from Scotland, and is to enter the outer
basin of the dockyard to load with steam machinery for
the western yards.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty
Lieut. G. V. Phillips, to the Edinburgh ; Lieut. John
Reid, to the Coastguard service ; and Lieut. R. Deane,
to the Majestic.

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