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TIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1860.

SOUTH WALES IN AUTUMN.
BOARD and LODGING.—A LADY or TWO
SISTERS, wishing for a comfortable Home in a
beautiful and romantic part of South Wales, may be accom-
modated on very favourable terms.
For further particulars apply to Mrs. DURANT, 85, New-
gate-street, City, London.

rr HE ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS
COMPANY (Limited).
Capital £lOO,OOO, In 20,003 Shares of £5 each.
Lia Linty Limited to the amount of each Share.
Incorporated under theJoint-Stock Companies Act, 17th and
18th Vict.
DIRECTORS.
Lord Henry Gordon, the Palace, Hampton Court.
Sir George Duckett. Bart., Coningsby.
Theophilus Clive, Esq., Hampton.
John Simpson, Esq., the Strand, and Pinner-park.
George Lettsom Elliott, Esq., Urban Lodge, Cheltenham.
(With power to add to their number from the Shareholders).
BANKERS—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street;
441, New Oxford-street; Knightsbridge ; and its various
Branches.

STANDING COUNSEL.
Charles Wordsworth, Esq., Q.C., Temple.
Brownlow Poulter, Esq., Lincoln's-inn.
AUDITOR—T. P. Scrivener, Esq., Public Ac9ountant,
Norfolk-street, Strand.

CONSULTING ARCHITECT—Finch Hill, Esq., 441, Oxford-

street.
SOLICITORS—PawIe, Belfrage, and Asprey, 7, New Inn,

Strand. • ...
BROKERS—Holderness, Fowler, and Co., Change-alley, Corn-
hill.

OFFICES OF 'rim COMPANY—At the Gardens.
HONORARYSECRETARY—LOI'd W lliam Lennox.
PROSPECTUS.

The object of this Company is to purchase from Mr. Simp-
son, the present well-known and successful proprietor —who
retires, having realised an ample fortune from the profits of
this undertaking,— the Lease, Goodwill, and Plant of these
head-quarters of suburban recreation and enjoyment.
Approval of the amusements has been indicated in the
highest quarters. The Floral Fetes have been honoured by
the visits of her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and numerous
members of the Royal Family ; and the grounds have become
the habitual resort of fashionable society.
The Cremorne property is held at the nominal ground
rent of £63 per annum, the Ashburnham portion included,
for an unexpired term of nearly thirty-three years. As
evidence of the confidence entertained in the success of
the proposed Company, nearly one-half of the capital has
been already subscribed. Mr. Simpson becomes one of
the largest shareholders in the undertaking, and will ac-
cept a seat in the Direction immediately after the for-
mation of the Company. thus affording the Board the benefit
of his co-operation in the management. Arrangements have
also been made for the retention of the services of his efficient
and well-organised staff, thus ensuring the correct and eco-
nomical working et the business.
Successful as has been the experience of the last nine years
it is evident that the profit resources of the establishment
have never yet approached their development ; indeed, they
are rather in an initiate than a matured stage. Mr. Simpson
has long thoroughly appreciated the capabilities of the place,
and its requirements ; but until recently he held the property
at a very large rental, for a limited term only, and was there-
fore deterred from incurring the expenditure necessary to
afford the increased accommodation required. It is now pro-
posed to remodel the hotel and tavern department ;
whilst the extensive area, including the large additional
ground recently added from the Ashburnham property, afford
facilities for introducing many novel and attractive features,
which must of necessity largely enhance the revenue, and
will doubtless render a winter season no less profitable than
that of the summer; to add a first-class dining saloons, and
a tier of smaller rooms, for the accommodation of private
dinner parties ; and to afford, in addition to the amusements
of Cremorne, all the at tractions hitherto rendered only by the
first-class establishments of Greenwich, Blackwell, and Rich-
mond.
During the present season, at an outlay of between £3,000
and £4,000, two additional features of importance hive been
added : the Stereorama and the Fernery. In the Ashburn-
ham Grounds there is a noble Pavilion capable of dining
from three to four thousand persons, which can at any time
be adapted for the purposes of a private Ball Room, Fancy
Fairs, Charitable Fetes, &c. &c. As an evidence of the accom-
modation afforded for the latter purposes, it may be mentioned
that, on several occasions, upwards of three thousand persons
have dined in it ; whilst some idea of the profits of these
Gardens may be gained from the fa-t, that on the occasion of
the Fete in aid of the Wellington College, after payment of
all expenses, Mr. Simpson paid over to the Trustees of the
Charity, as the proceeds of the night's entertainment, £1,200 ;
and on the occasion of the Aristocratic Fete a profit of £l,lOO
was realised, and presented to public charities.
The capital called is ample for the requirements of
the business. The purchase-money for the lease, plant, and
goodwill, will not exceed two-thirds of the amount. The
contemplated additions and alterations will be carried out
upon principles of the strictest economy, and will not, it is
anticipated, employ more than half the capital remaining
after the completion of the purchase.
Since the year 1850, the income has gone on steadily and
rapidly increasing. The books of the establishment have
been strictly kept, and have been examined, and the
accounts audited by Mr. Scrivener, the public accountant;
and the average profits of the last five years show that an
income equal to a dividend of 20 per cent. upon the capital
employed may be confidently anticipated, and that these
profits, by a small judicious outlay, are capable of being
greatly increased.
It is also proposed that every holder of not less than twenty
shares shsll be entitled to a free admission for himself and
friend, subject, however, to such conditions as may be deter-
ihinel upon by the direction. •
It must be borne in mind thatthis is no new or speculative
undertaking, the experimental period. so often fatal to new
enterprises of the most promising kind, having, in the
case of these Gardens, long since passed by; while, by the
experience and industry of Mr. Simpson, a system of check
has been perfected, which precludes not only losses by frauds,
but reduces the expenses of the concern to the minimum, in-
sures the regularity of' the working, and places the estimate
of profits, as above put forward by the Board, among the
most reliable ever submitted to the public.
All applications for Shares to b'- made to the Brokers of
the Company Messrs Holderness, Fowler, and Co., Change-
alley, Cornhili ; or to the Solicitors, at 7, New Tnn, Strand,
W.C., in the annexed Form. If no allotment be made, the'
amount of deposit will 'be forthwith returned without any
deduction.

-- --.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Directors of the Royal C'emorne Gardens
Company (Limited).
Shares X.S.

Gentlemen,—Having paid to the London and County Bank
the sum of £ to your credit, I request you will allot
me Shares of £5 each in the Royal Cremorne Gardens
Company (Limited), which, or any less number (in like pro-
propottions) allotted, I hereby agree to accept, subject to
the Regulations of the Company, and to pay the deposit, and
all calls thereon, and to sign the Articles of Association of
the Company when required.
Name
Profession

Address
Date

Signature—

London,

1860.

Received the day of , 1860, on account of the Direc-
tors of the Royal Cremorne Garens Company, Limited, from
the sum of being the d
Deposit made in accordance
with the terms of the Prospectus, on an application for an
Allotment of pares in the undertaking.
Bankers.

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NEAPOLITAN J7),..R510N OF THE

BATTL4 OF MBLAZZO.

The Naples correspondent of the Presse commu-
nicates the following as Colonel Bosco's report of
the battle of Melazzo

The combat sustained at this date by the brave
soldiers of the battalions of Chasseurs (Ist, Bth,
and 9th), the courage and calmness with which
they sustained, for eight hours and a half, a fire
from a quintuple force, is certainly worthy of
honourable mention in the history of the Neapoli-
tan army.
It was before daybreak that the commander of
the column mounted his horse, and, putting the
disposable forces under arms led them on to rein-
force the positions already. occupied. Most certain
information had been received that an attack would
have to be sustained on that day.
About five a.m., from the telegraph situated in
the fort we discovered very numerous masses de-
scending from Miri towards the village of San
Pietro. Informed of the fact, Colonel del Bosco
ordered out the artillery, which, in pursuance of
previous orders, was at the Messina gate; and a
part of the guns to be planted on the shore in the
direction of the San Giovanni post, en echelon with
the other battery placed in the Unnazzo-house.
This section of ordnance was guarded by a com-
pany of chasseurs, with a view to protect the other,
in case the enemy should desire to dislodge our
right wing.
Another section of artillery was placed upon the
bridge further back than the Grottoes, so as to sweep
the road from Miri to St. Peter ; and, lastly, the
fourth section of artillery formed an integral part
of the advanced post along the circular way, serv-
ing as a support to the post at the Mills. These
dispositions had been taken before it was perceived
that the enemy could come upon us by five routes
leading to Melazzo from Barcellona and Santa
Lucia. The first of them runs along the shore ;
the second lies within the gardens anti ends at the
Unnazzo-house, the Leonati crossing, and the San
Pepino-broadway ; the third gees along the Fiu-
mara (a course hollowed out by the action of the
waters), which enters the village of St. Peter, and
issues as an enclosed path beind the Grottoes ;
the fourth is along the consular way of Melazzo ;
and the fifth by the strand on the eastern side,
leading to the Mills.
The advanced posts along the cape as far as the
Lanthorn amounted to 450 men, who were to pre-
vent any landing behind the positions facing Bar-
cellona.

Precisely at 6 o'clock we were attacked, and
without the slightest provocation on our part, at
the centre of our line, that is to say, at the post
facing the St. Peter's-road.

Sh'o-rtly after' the enemy presented himself along
the whole line, from one shore to the other of the
sea.

The steam•frigate Veloce, at the beginning of
the engagement, placed herself before the western
shore, in order to support the enemy's left flank.
She landed also some men and ammunition.

The orders havingbeen renewed, and the instruc-
tions previously given for the attack, Colonel del
Bosco visited all the positions, and went personally
to direct the operations at the Mill-bridge, where
the thick of the fight was raging. He had with
him Captains Fonseca, of the artillery, and Pur-
mann, the battery-commandant. The colonel had
kept as a reserve a part of the 9th Chasseurs; but,
unfortunately, this detachment was employed, with
little foresight, by Lieutenant-Colonel Marra, com-
manding the Ist Chasseurs, the result of which
was, that Colonel del Bosco was unable to use them
after the cavalry charge ordered by him to recapture
a gun, and he could not meet in this place with the
famous Garibaldi.

Our right wing was attacked in an insignificant
manner at the commencement, but it subsequently
decided on retreating because Veloco had recourse
to grape. _ _

Our meta were arranged in open order with slight
supports, partly from the broken nature of the
ground, partly from the small number of combatants
displayed in front.
The scene of the combat was in the plain, at the
distance of a mile (more or less) from Melazzo.
After a brisk fire of musketry for two hours, the
artillery of the centre, placed in the Fiumara, opened
fire together with that of the left wing at the post
of the Mills. It was a bloody contest; the chas-
seurs and artillerymen displayed the most signal
valour in this affair; all fought with enthusiasm
and resolution. It was surprising to see several
chasieurs, whose pieces would not go off, attacking
with the bayonet as soon as the order was given
them by Colonel del Bosco, to whom they had come
up to show him the serious inconvenience in ques-
tion.

It is to be observed that in the small number of
men forming the column of operations, there were
hardly more than a thousand to fight against
numerous forces.

The rest were employed as outposts along the
cape for protecting the rear, and as a post at
Melazzo for guarding the gates Messina and
Palermo, for securing and protecting the retreat;
besides three half-companies placed between the
Unnazzo- house and San Giovanni, the first of which
alone fired a few volleys. _ _

The removal of the wounded, who were gradu-
ally picked up, deprived us of several men. With
four stretchers only, and eight soldiers of reserve
as bearers, not much could be done. The officer in
command of the column, therefore, ordered a
hundred men from the Ist of the lire, on duty as
garrison in the fort, to be brought out without
arms and employed exclusively in carrying off the
wounded to the ambulances.

A small body of cavalry, the only one disposable
on the consular way, made a brilliant charge at the
crossway leading to the Mills, and it was just at the
moment when the artillerymen abandoned to the
enemy the only howitzer we lost,. whereas it has
been repeatedly asserted, with rare impudence, by
one of Garibaldi's partisans, that five pieces were
taken from us.

The brave Captain Giuliani, who led on the
squadron, fell struck with a projective, and not by
a sabre cut. With him fell also seven other horse
chasseurs.

Lieutenant Faraone, who was also following the
captain, received seven wounds, all caused by bullets.
All, therefore, is false that they have the audacity
to say about Garibaldi's having met an attack with
cold steel.

The combat lasted eight hours and a half, with-
out once compelling us to quit our positions, not-
withstanding the enemy's greatest efforts and his
fresh masses succeeding each other, striving to
break our centre, to prevent us from rallying and
falling back upon Melazzo, the basis of our opera-
tion a

Nevertheless, however great the valour of our
chasseurs, their long combat against masses con-
tinually replaced at short intervals, and on our side
the want of troops to relieve the already fatigued
troops, decided Colonel Del Bnsco on gradually
ceding the ground, and on taking up in Melazzo
the positions already established.
In the meantime the Veloce frigate, which all the
day had kept in a line with the enemy's left flank,
had no sooner observed our retreat than she ad-
vanced towards the San-Papino esplanade, and,
firing grape, forced the column to re-enter the fort
from which Colonel Pironti, the commandant,
ordered some 24-pounders to be fired at the steamer,
so as to facilitate the movement of the troops.
The enemy still hesitated about entering the spot,
completely abandoned by the inhabitants. He gave
us time, therefore, to transport with very feeble
means our 87 wounded, not counting those of the
enemy, who were most kindly picked up by us.
Through want of foresight OR the part of Major
Maringhi three doctors of the ambulance, from not
having been warned in time, remained prisoners.
Our loss consisted of two officers killed and eight
wounded, besides 38 private soldiers killed and 83
wounded. The number of the missing amounts to
31 only, amongst whom we comprise the dead and
wounded left on the field of battle.

From the statement of the prisoners and under-
officers who deserted during the truce, the enemy
has had 1,100 men put hors da combat, and among
the dead he deplores a large number of officers.
The fact has been confirmed by the Piedmontese
Consul to the Governor at Messina, whence they
despatched a number of vehicles and doctors be-
longing to the neighbourhood.
Lastly, Garibaldi himself said to M. Salvy, com-
manding the Protis, that he had lost more than 800
men, and that he did not command more than 8,000,
whereas every one, prisoners and all, agree in de-
claring that we were attacked by about 12,000
men.

One incomprehensible fact is the timid entrance
of the enemy into the country. They fired without
necessity with their rifles, from the tops of the pro-
montories encircling the fort, nor would they have
ceased firing but for our tranquil silence.
The Cavaliers Selvy, Captain of the Protis, paid a
visit to Colonel Del Bosco on the morning of the
23d, in the fort ; and after different topics under-
took to tell him, in the name of Garibaldi, that they
offered him the option of withdrawing
with his
officers to Naples, all with their swords, leaving

behind the whole of his force. They informed him
at the same time that if he opposed such a propo-
sition, Del Bosco would be blown up with all the
garrison of the fort before 48 hours.

--'
Without hesitation Del Bosco replied that he
preferred being blown up alone, seating himself
over the mine, to accepting the degrading condi-
tions, and that he would leave history to judge who
was the bravest or more generous, the victor or the
vanquished; this latter wasthen in the fort, because
he,had been repulsed by a force five times stronger
than his own.

The capitulation was made next day, the 24th,
by Colonel Ansam, ©f the staff, sent from Naples for
this purpose, with four frigates to negotiate the
departure of the garrison. Colonel del Bosco was
accordingly obliged to submit to what had been,
notwithstanding his wish, arranged in virtue
of superior order. And Garibaldi, although
he had agreed that the garrison should leave with the
honours of war, demanded basely, and obtained as
an express condition, that the two horses should be
left to him, although they were Colonel Del Bosco's
exclusive property.
Such proceedings show the gravity of the danger
into which Garibaldi and his partisans were
brought by a handful of brave Neapolitans. Until
11 o'clock beforepoon the advantage of the dayw
with the small number of resolute men that were
defending Melazzo.
These details are submitted to his Excellency the
Minister of War, by the Brigadier Del Bosco, who
passes over in silence many feats of gallantry and
acts of generosity that shall be recorded later in the
list of those who distinguished themselves.
(Signed) The Colonel-Commandant DEL Bosco.
(August 2.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS OF LAST WEEK.

A " Civilian" in a letter to a contemporary says:
—An unusual opportunity has just presented itself
to the First Lord of the Admiralty to do justice to
the claims of, among others, about 20 of the Lieu-
tenants on the active list of the navy most deserving
of advancement, and my object in addressing this
letter to you and asking the favour of its insertion
in an early number of your paper is to draw atten-
tion to the manner in which the work of selection,
an impartial performance of which is so important
to the maintenance of the interests of the service,
has been performed, and I hope that the publica-
tion of this communication will be the means of
causing some independent member of each branch
of the Legislature to require from the representa-
tives of the Government explanations of the reason
that the opportunity has been abused, by the pro-
motion of a number of junior officers, to the exclu-
sion of those senior on the active list, and that thus
the matter may be thoroughly ventilated. •
Take the following 12 of the selected, and an
equal number of the senior officers alluded to, and
in the absence of special grounds (for selection on
the one hand, and rejection on the other) I should
be glad to know how such men as the latter list
contains can be thus slighted without serious detri-
ment to the welfare and popularity of that service
which it is the bounden duty of the Lords of the
Admiralty to uphold the interest of.

Officers Officers Passed
Promoted. Seniority. Over. Seniority.
C. H. Simpson
L. J. Moore
•E. Nares
E. H. L. Ray *1849 A. R. B. Carter .. 1846
*A. J. Kingston .... 1848 E. E. Maunsell
C. T. Jago
C. J. Wrey lB5O C. G. M'Grigor 1846
W. H. Edge
L. H. Versturme .... 1853 G. M. Smith
Hon. E. G. Cochrane.. 1854 W. H. Phipps 1846
C. R. F. Boxer
J. S. Graham 1855 C. 0 B. Hall

Had the men in the latter list been advanced,
where could there have been on the part of the
part of the others a shadow of ground for complaint,
seniority in the absence of particular services being
the only just reason for promotion ? But reverse
the picture, and you will find in it a true illustra-
tion of the manner in which the naval service of
our country is deprived of that zeal and devotion
which should animate all wearing its uniform.
Southsea, Aug. 15.