The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1858.

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW STORY BY SHIRLEY BROOKS.
Now ready, Price One Shilling., No. IX. (to be completed in
Twelve Monthly Numbers) of
THE GORDIAN KNOT.
By SHIRLEY BROOKS, Author of "Aspen Court.

With Illustrations by TENNIEL.
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NEW WORK ON STRICTURE.
Just published, price es, by post free, ss. 6d.,

O_
N the TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the
URETHRA in all their varieties and complic,,tions ;
with the Reasons why they so often appear Incurable, and
thus afford a pretext for the recourse to dano;erow; operations,
like that of l'erinwal Section, or External Inesion. With
cases in illustration, amongst whi,h will be found many show-
ing. that this operation doea not afford Permanent Relief, and
that its as,erted treedom from danger has too often proved to
be a fatal delusion.
By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E.,
A qd formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the
Cure of Strictures of the Urethra.
London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.

FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858.
Part IX., price 3d., will be published on the Ist of
November. The.2,llT:rd„,.,coattigienaanaoTgf.
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W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn

GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention
of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to
25e. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats.
Excellence with Economy.
GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street.
Established 1796.

LONDON CRYSTAL PAL A CT.-
Regent-circus, Oxford-street, and • Great Portland-
street.—This mag-nificent building will be opened to the
Public on WEDNESDAY, December Ist, 1858, for the sale of
all kinds of -useful and fancy Articles. It will contain the
largest number of first-class Exhibitors of any Building in
Europe. The Photographic Establishment is the finest in
London. The' viary,. Conservatory, General- Refreshment
Room, and Ladies' Private Refreshment Room, with Retiring
Room attached, willbe replete in their several departments.
Applications for the remaining space are requested to be
made forthwith.

rfiHE OPERA COLONNADE HOTEL COM-
A_ PANY (Limited), Charles-street, Haymarket (late Fenn-
lade's). Incorporated under the Joint Stock Company's Acts,
the liability of shareholders being limited to the amount they
each subscribe for. Capital £25,000, in 5,000 shares of IA each.
Deposit 10s. per share on application, and 42 perehare on
allotment.

DIRECTORS.
George Ridsdale,-Esq., 1, Euston-square.
John Buckmaster, Esq., 21, Addison-road, Notting-hill.
Captain Dampier, 91, Jermyn-street, St. James's,-and Edgar
House, Bath.
George Herbert Clarke, Esq., 13, Addison-road north, Bays-

water.
Thomas C. K. Gloag' 'Esq., Admiralty, Somerset-house.
Joseph Buckmaster,Esq.,2, Addison-terrace, Kensington.
Bankers—The Union Bank of London (Charing-cross Branch),
4,, Pali-mall east, S. W.
Solicitors—Messfs: Prichard and Collette, 57, Lincoln's-inn-

ficids.

Secretary pro tem.—Mr. T. R. Comyn
Temporary Offices, 152, Gresham House, Old Broad-street.
The Ground Floor of the premises will l?e used as a Re-
staurant, capable of dining 600 daily. The upper part
will be used for the Hotel Department, comprising a coffee-•
room, private rooms, and about 60 bed-rooms, and in both
departments fixed moderate charges will be the rule.
Applicants for shares will be required to pay to the bankers
of the Company, or to the Directors, a deposit of 103. per
share on the number of shares applied for.
Applications for shares to be made, and Prospectuses and
fuel/er information may be obtained at the temporary offices
of the Company, and on the premises, Charles-street, Hay,
market.

THE SCOTTISH- AUSTRALIAN MINING
COMPANY (LIMITED).
Capital, £BO,OOO, in 80,000 Shares of £1 Sterling each.
(With power to increase).
Deposit, Ten Shillings per Share on Allotment
[To be Incorporated and Registered under the "Joint-Stock
Companies Acts," 1850 and 1857, and Liability Limited to
Amount of Subscription.]
DIRECTORS.
William Henry Dickson, Esq., Tunbridge-wells, Chairman.
James Denis de Vitro, Esq., Oriental Club, Hanover-square.
London.
Aloxander Lang Elder, Esq., 2, Fenchurch-buildings, Fen-
church-street, London.
Robert How, Esq., 8, Cannon-street, London.
Charles Holland Kendall, Esq., Twickenham, Middlesex.
Sir Edwin Pearson, F.R.S., 26, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-
park, London.

THE NAVY:

The following ships have been taken up by Go-
vernment as military store transports, to ship from
Woolwich Arsenal :—The Agnes, for St. Helena ;
the Osbert, for Barbadoes and St. Lucia; the Sir
G. F. Seymour, for Bermuda; the Robert Morri-
son, for Freemantle ' • the Excelsior, for Auckland;
the Mercutio, for Algoa Bay ; and the Catherine,
for Corfu and-Cephalonia.'
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-sloop Virago,
6, Commander Montagu 13. Dunn, yesterday shipped
from Woolwich pier the funeral car employed in
the interment of the late Emperor Napoleon, for
conveyance to Havre. Mr. Thomas Day, of the
Royal Carriage Department, who has superintended
the restoration of the car, has been deputed by Col.
Tulloch to proceed to direct the unpacking and de-
livery.
Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Urgent, Com-
mander AVDonald, on her way from the Mediter-
ranean, got ashore on a shoal called East Pole, off
the mouth of Chichester harbour, on Monday night
, about half-past 8 o'clock, and- remained fast. She
made signals of distress, and sent communications
of her perilous position to the authorities at Ports-
mouth dockyard, who promptly sent assistance—
the steam-vessels Echo and Pigmy, with thc requi-
site gear for such emergencies, and at high tide
yesterday morning they succeeded* in getting her
off, apparently without much. damage. The steamers
towed her clireet into Portsmouth harbour, and she
was moored alongside the jetty, She brought home
the wives and children, (about 0Q) of the 91st,
46th, and 3d Regiments, who have been sent on to
India, and about 120 male int Otis from other regi-
ments, and Men to join their 4epots.
Th. Drltannia, 120, being fitted to take the place
of the Illustrious, 72, as a berthing and instruction
ship for newly-entered young officers for the fleet,
was masted on Monday at Portsmouth, and is
otherwise progressing in her equipment for this
particular service.
_ _

Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-sloop Sphynx,
in the steam-basin at Portsmouth, got up steam yes-
terday and the_preyious day, to prove the working
of her machinery, before being placed in the
steam reserve. An important experiment . was
tried on board her yesterday, by order of the
Lords of the Admiralty, to test the value
of an apparatus constructed upon Dr. ' Nor-
mandy's principle, for producing pure aerated fresh
water from foul or fresh sea water, with the view
to its being fitted to her Majesty's ships. The ap-
paratus is an iron 'construction, '6 feet high, 20
inches wide, and 4 feet 6 inches long. It purports
to possess the following advantages . over the ma-
chines which have been heretofore •tried :—lt
aerates the water it yields, and then makes it pure,
wholesome, and immediately tool and fit for drink.:
ing. Yesterday the machine threw off' about .25
gallons per hour of very good. sweet water from the .
water of the basin in which the Sphynx floats, and
the trial was deemed•perfectly successful. •
According to the' monthly returns made up by
the Admiralty on the Ist inst. the Royal navy in
commission was thus distributed on Monday, the
Ist inst. :-52 ships on the East India, China, and
Australia station, 27 in the Mediterranean, 26
Coastguard service, 19 North America and West
Indies, 18 West Coast of Africa, 13 Pacific, 9
Brazils, 8 Cape of Good Hope,9 Channel squadron,
11 particular service, 11 surveying service,lB Ports-
mouth, 9 Plymouth, 9 Sheerness, 3 Woolwich, 2
Pembroke, 4 Cork, 3 yachts, 7 fitting put, 20 or-
dered home from foreign service ; total strength
afloat, 276 ships, 4,628 guns, and 46;154 seamen.
The breakwater and. defences between Spur Re-
doubt and the Semaphore Tower are about to be
put in a state of thorough efficiency, and yesterday
the contracts were issued from the War-office.

Mr. Charles chief engineer of her Ma-
jesty's steamer Tribune, died of dysentery on the
2d of July at Hong Kong, aged 41. Mr. King
served with the fleet under Admiral Sir Charles
Napier in the Baltic, and afterwards in the
Black Sea under Admiral Lord Lyons; and had re- ,
ceived the naval war medal for the late war,
The deceased, who was greatly respected by his
superior officers, had -been with the Tribune since
Sept., 1856, and had been through all the operations
in the Canton River during the Chinese war.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. J. D. Curtis, to the
Brunswick Lieut. P. Blakiston, Lieut. It. Elliott,
and R. T. gcott, to the Liffey ; W. Rogers (b), Sur-
geon, to the Liffey; A.-Murphy, Assistant-Surgeon,
to the Blenheim; J. Breakey, Assistant-Surgeon, to
the Impregnable; P. W. Rolston, Assistant-Surgeon,
to the Dee ; C. D. M'Carthy, Assistant-Surgeon, to
the Liffey; and J. Allen, Acting-Assistant-Surgeon.
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on Monday. A great many of the men volunteered
into the regular army.
The Royal Sussex Militia, Colonel the Duke of
Rjchmond, in garrison at Edinburgh, have given
so many volunteers to the line that their strength
is reduced 250. Recruitinglhas commenced in Sussex
to bring the regiment up to the required number.
The Ist Royal Cheshire Light Infantry, about
500 strong, completed their 21 days' training at
Chester on Oct. 27. The regiment was inspected
on the 25th by Col. Wilbraham, C.B.

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AND
COURTS-MABTIAL. -

The opinion expressed by his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge in the observations ap-
pended to the following general order will be read
.•
with great satihfaction :
" GENERAL ORDER.

" Horse Guards, S.W., Oct. 8.

" At a general court-martial, held at ,Portsmouth
on the Ist day of, July, 1858, and continued by, ad-
journment to the Bth of the same month, Ensign
John James Scott,'of the 47th Regiment, was ar•-•
raigned upon the under-mentioned charges, viz.:---
" Pirst—For conduct to the prejudice of good
order and military discipline, in having 'at Ports-
mouth, on or about the 30th day of May, 1858,
when on the sick report, and undergoing medical
treatment, quitted his barracks, without the leave
or authority of the commanding officer, or the sur-
geon of the 47th Regiment. -
" Second.—For conduct unbecoming the chant-
ter of an officer and a gentleman, and to the preju-
dice of good Order and military" -discipline, -in' the
following instances -
" First Instance.—' In having, at Portsmouth, on
or about half-past 10 o'clock, p.m., the 30th day of
May, 1858, in company with Ensign Dunne, A7th
Regiment, entered the quarters of Ensign G. P.
Pigott, of the Wexford Regiment of Militia, in
Clarence Barracks, in his absenee, upset his 'furni-
ture and utensils,- and otherwise disarranged his
room, and caused the bedding to take fire,'
" Second instance.—' In having, at Portsmouth,
about 12 o'clock, p.m., same date as above stated,
been drunk and disorderly in the George Hotel,
and then and there otherwise misconducting him-
self.'

" Upon which charges the Court came to the fol-
lowing decision :
" The Court, having maturely weighed and con-
sidered the evidence in support of the prosecution,
together with what the prisoner has urged in his
defence, is of opinion that he, the prisoner, Ensign
John James Scott, 47th Regiment, is guilty of the
first charge.
" ' With regard to the second chare, first in-
stance—that he, the prisoner,' Ensign John James
Scott, 47th Regiment, is guilty, with the exception
of " conduct unbecoming the character of an officer
and a gentleman," and the words, " and caused the
bedding to take fire," of which it acquits him.
" ' With regard to the second charge; second in-
stance—that he, the prisoner, Ensign John James
Scott, 47th Regiment, is guilty, with the exception
of the words " and disorderly," of which it acquits
him.

• " ! The Court, having found the prisoner guilty
of the first charge, and of so much of the second
charge as is above specified, which being in breach
of the Articles of War, does now sentence him,
the prisoner, Ensign John James Scott, 47th
Regiment, to be severely. reprimanded ; and
further, to be placed at the bottom of his regiraen-
tal rank, and his name to -appear immediately be-
low Ensign George V. Boyd.r
" Her Majesty has been pleased to approve and
confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.- -
" His Royal Highness cannot allow the officers of
the army to be led astray by a tacit acquiescence in
such erroneous • opinions as appear to have been.'
entertained by the members of this court martial.
" He had hoped that since the publication of the
orders by the late Field-Marshal Commanding-in-
Chief, the disgraceful habit of practical jokes had
been entirely discontinued.
" Those orders were personally delivered to, and
acknowledged by, Ensign Scott, on his first ap-
pointment to a commission ; his disobedience thereto
was, therefore, unbecoming the character of an
officer ; and to conspire with mother for the per-
sonal annoyance of a brother officer by entering his
room uninvited, to upset his furniture and utensils,
and otherwise disarrange his room, can be desig-
nated by no other term than ungentlemanlike;
neither, in the opinion of his Royal Highness, can
it be otherwise than disorderly in an officer to be
drunk in a hotel, and them. and there otherwise to
" His Royal Highness considers such conduct to
be fitly described by the lane/law. of the
and he therefore recommends court-martials to
check, by adequate punishment, practices which a
perseverance in cannot fail to affect :the character
of the officers of the army as gentlemen.
" By order of his Royal Highness,
Comman ding-in-Chief,
".G. A. WETHERALL, Adjt.-General."

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.--.Yov. 2.

A special session of the Central Criminal Court
was held yesterday, for the purpose of fixing the
sessions for the ensuing year, and any other busi-.
ness that might remain to be disposed of.
The court was opened at half-past 11 o'clock.
The following judges were present :—Mr. Justice
Williams, Mr. Justice Crowder, Mr. Justice Cromp-
ton, Mr. Justice Willes, Mr. Baron Bramwell, Mr.
Baron Watson, Mr. Justice Byles, and Mr. Justice
Hill. The judges were attended by the Right Hon.
Sir R. W. Carden, M.P., Lord Mayor of the City
of London, Mr. Alderman Wilson, and Alderman
Sir C. Marshall.

Mr. Streight, the clerk of the Central Criminal
Court, after the usual forms had been gone through,
said that their lordships had been pleased to ap-
point the following days for holding the sessions
for the ensuing year :-
1858—Monday, Nov., 22 ; Monday, Dec. 13.
1859—Monday, Jan. 3, 31; Monday, Feb. 28 ;
Monday, April 4 ; Monday, May 9 ; Monday, June
13 ; Monday, July 4 ; Monday, Aug.. 15 ; Mon-
day, Sept. 19 ; Monday, Oct. 24.
Mr. Justice Williams inquired whether there was
any other business to be.disposed of ?
Mr. Streight said there was not ; and the court
was then adjourned to Monday, Nov. 22.