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London, England, 1858-06-23 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1858.

lAST NIGHTS OF MONT BLANC.-
ALA Mr. ALBERT SMITH'S VESUVIUS, NAPLES. (POM-
PEII, and MONT BLANC, will close on Tuesday Evening, July 611.

THE ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL,
will OPEN for the Season on MONDAY, the 28th day of
June, 1858.

rir HE ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL.-
L SAM COWELL, the Muse of Comedy, on the 28th of June.

THE ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL.-
ARRANGE )TENTS can be made for the FETES of Benevo-
lent and Friendly Associations.

frHE ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL,
will shortly be opened on SUNDAYS.

R. and MRS. GERMAN REED'S NEW
ENTERTAINMENT.—The New Series of Illustra-
tions by Mr. and Mrs. REED (late Miss P. IIORTON),
every evening except Saturday, at 8. Saturday Afternoon at 3.—
Admission Is., 25., and 3s. • stalls. secured, without extra charge,
at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, 14. Regent-street, and at
Cramer, Beale, arid Co.'s, 201, Regent-street.

R. CHARLES DICKENS, TO-MORROW
EVENING, June 24, will Read, at ST. MARTIN'S HALL
at 8 o'clock, his CHRIST XIAS CAROL. •
Stalls (numl4ered and reserved), ss. ;.Area and Galleries, 2s. 6.1.;
Unreserved Qeats, ls. Tickets to be had at Messr4. Chapman and
Rail's, Publishers, 193. Piccadilly; and at St. Martin's Hall, Long
Acre.

QT. JAMES'S HALL-FOR ONE NIGHT
ONLY.—THE BR A.DFORD FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY
will make their first appearance in Lond .n, on Tueslay Evening,
June 29, at 8 o'clock. Solo Violin, Herr Joachim ; 010 Pi.noforte,
Mr. Charles Halle. Tickets, 2s, 6d. and Is. ; Reserved Seats,3s. 6d.
and ss. ; an& a limited number or Sofa Stalls, 'ls. , Cramer, Beale,
and Co., 201, Regent-street ; and Chappell's, 50, blew Bond-street.

T. JAMES'S- HALL. - LAST FOUR
L NIGHTS. GOMPERTZ'S DIORAMA of the INDIAN
MUTINY. Daily, at Three and Eight o'clock. Notwithstanding
the continued success Of this Exhibition, it must POSITIVELY
CLOSE on. SATURDAY, 26th, the Hall being required for another
purpose. Ada lesion, 35., 25., and Is.

CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall.
TIIREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHTH ENTER-
TAIN MENT.—Change of Programme, introducing Burlesque on the
Circus.—Many Patrons of the Christy's having been unable to gain
admission owing to the limited numbers of Stalls, they have now
introduced an extra row, which will afford more comfort to their
numerous patrons.---Evening at 8, and on 'Saturday Morning,
commencing at 3. Prices—Boxes, U. Is.; Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.;
Back, Is.
DR.

KAHN'S ANATOMICAL AND
PATHOLOGICAL MUSEUM,
3, TICHBORNE-STREET (Opposite the Haymarket).
LECTURES daily by DR. KAHN at Three, and by Dr. SEXT6N at a
quarter past One, at Four, and, on Diseases of the Skin, at Eight.
Open from Twelve till Five, and from Seven till Ten.
Admission, ONE SHILLING.
DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF
MARRIAGE, &c., post free for twelve stamps.

ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square.—.
WALLETT'S CELEBRATED EQUESTRIAN COMPANY.
Mr. W. F. WALLETr begs respectfully to inform his friends and
the public that he has 'made arrangements with the present lessees
of the ALHAMBRA PALACE, LEICESTER-SQUARE, to Open that
popular and magnificent Establishment, for a Short Season, from
MONDAY, June 21st, 1858.
Two Performances daily. The Grand Mid-day Entertainment
co rmences at half-past 2 o'clock, and that in the Evening opening
at 7 o'clock, commencing at 8 o'clock, with an unrivalled Troupe •f
Artistes, and STUD of BEAUTIFUL HORSES, the most
pleasing entertainments will be given, including a novel and highly
effective Military Pageant, produced from scenes duraig the laie war,
entitled

LITTLE AND CO.'S FISHING RODS and
TACKLE are the Best. Factory, 15, Fetter-lane, Fleet-
street, E.C. Makers to she courts of England and France. Their
prices are snore than moderate when quality is considered. New
Catalogue Gratis. A Wholesale List for Dealers.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Major-General Viscount Melville, K. C. 8., the
General commanding the troops in Scotland, and
Governor of Edinburgh Castle, has been appointed
Colonel-in-Chief of the 100th (or Prince of Wales's
Royal Canadian) Regiment, recently
_added to the
regimentg of the line. The gallant viscount entered
the army in 1819, and commanded the 83d during
the insurrection in North Amorica in 1837 and
"mg: and dist/itanished himaialf Tn
attacks of toe American u.igands, who landed near
Prescott, Upper Canada, in 1838. His lordship
also distinguished himself in India, whence he
came home to receive his present command. When
in India he commanded the Bombay column of the
army throughout the Punjab campaign of 1848
and 1849, including the siege and storm of the
town and capture of the citadel of Mooltan, the
battle of Goojerat, and all the subsequent opera-
tions of the campaign. During his command of
the brigade he prominently distinguished himself,
and was much praised by the Commander-in-Chief
" for his indefatigable zeal and exertions" in the
campaign, and for his services received the thanks
of Parliament and of the East India Company.
For his services in India he was made in 1849, a
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, the
companionship of that order having been conferred
upon him previously,,,for his military services. For
several years he held-the honourable distinction of
Aide-de-camp to the Queen.
The General Commanding-in-Chief has appointed
Lieut. C. E. S. Scott to the Royal Horse Artillery,
vice Ogilvie, promoted. The following officers
are raised to increased pay—viz., Lieut. -Colonel
E. Maberley, of the 10th battalion, R.A., to
Lieut.-Colonel's pay in that battalion, vice
Wards ; Lieut. J. T. Barrington, of the Ist
battalion to increase of pay therein, vice
Ogilvie, promoted ; Lieut. J. C.. Auehinlock, of
the 14th battalion, to increased pay therein vice
Newbold, promoted. Lieut.-Col. Nixon will jot).
the 4th battalion on Major's pay. An exchange of
companies has been sanctioned between Capt. and
Brevet-Lieut.-Col. M. S. Biddulph, of the 2d bat-
talion, and Captain and Brevet-Major J. Spurway,
of the 4th battalion, and the latter officer will
accordingly proceed to Corfu, instead of to Malta,
as stated in the general regimental order of the Bth
inst. The officers commanding the Royal Artillery
of the stations concerned, will observe the sanction
of the officers commanding the troops for the fol-
lowing removal of officers—viz., Lieut. -Col. Nixon,
from Bermuda to Woolwich ; Capt. Michell, from
India to Woolwich ; Second Captain Ogilvie, from
Aldershott to Shorncliffe, to do duty with the P
field battery ; Lieut. C. E. Scott, from Gibraltar
to Woolwich.

Sir J. Pakington, as First Lord of the Admiralty,
held a levee yesterday.
The following general orders were yesterday
issued at Woolwich :

" Ber Majesty has been pleased to approve the
following promotions in the Royal Regiment of
Artillery--viz., Lieut. A. W. A. Ogilvie to be 2d
Captain, vice Dowse, resigned ; Lieut.-Col. and
Brevet-Col. E. C. Warde, C. 8., to be Colonel,
vice Fraser, retired on full pay ; Captain M. 0.
Nixon to be Lieut.-Col., vice arde ; Second
Captain and Brevet-Major J. E. Michell to be
Captain, vice Nixon ; Lieut. R. H. Newbolt to be
Second Captain, vice Michell ; Vol. Wm. Fraser,
on the retired full pay list, to be Major-General,
the rank to be honorary only. Her Majesty has been
pleased to direct that Lieut.-Col. and Brevet-Col.
Thos. Elwyn shall be an additional member of the
Council of Military Education. The Queen has been
graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment
of Col. F. Dunlop to be an extra member of the
Military Division of the 31 class, or Companion
of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath. The Queen
has also been pleased to confirm the grant of the
decoration of the Victoriapross to the undersigned
officer, which has been previously conferred upon
him, on account of the act of bravery performed
by him in India, as recorded against his name
viz.,Captain (now Major) Cornwallis Maude, C. 8."
The field day at Woolwich, ordered for this day,
is unavoidably postponed to Thursday, at the same
hour. _

Captain Robert Eager, late quartermaster in the
7th battalion, Royal Artillery, and who retired
from the service with the nominal title of Captain,
in April, 1857, was yesterday morning discovered
dead in his house on Sandy-hill, Woolwich, al-
though up to that moment ho had apparently
enjoyed the most perfect health, with the exception
of a slight occasional spasmodic affection, which, it'
is supposed, was the cause of his death. The de-
ceased was about 54 years of age.
Orders were yesterday issued for the following
reinforcements—giving an aggregate of 5,000 men
of all ranks—to embark for India—viz., 605 non-
commissioned officers and men of the 7th Dragoon
Guards, 7th Royal Fusileers, 52d Light Infantry,
70th, 81st, 94th, and 98th Regiments, to embark
on board the Eastern Monarch, at Gravesend, for
Kurrachee; 383 men and 1 officer of the 3d Dragoon
Guards, Bth Hussars, 17th Lancers, 51st Light

Infantry, 56th, and 57th Regiments, to embark at
Gravesend, on board'the Clifton Belle, for Bombay;
404 men and 4 officers of the _6th Foot, 29th, 38th,
and 42d Royal Highlanders, 64th, 77th, and 79th
Highlanders, 93d Highlan.ders, and 97th Regi-
ments, to embark on board the Alnwick Castle, at
Gravesend, for Calcutta ; 308 men and 4 officers,
selected from, the- 6th Foot, 23d Royal Welsh
Fusiliers, 60th Rifles, and 77th Regiments,
to embark on braid the Blenheim, at Graves.
end, ' for Calcuhth ; 390- mea of the 60th
Rifles, 731, 77th, and the Rifle Brigade, to embark
at Portsmouth on-,board the Victor Emmanuel,
for Calcutta; 12 officers and 398 men of all ranks
of the 6th Drag( on Guards, 13th Light Infantry,
38th, 54th, 75th, 88th Connaught Rangers, the Rifle
Brigade, and the. Royal Artillery, to embark onboard
the Tyburnia, at Gravesend, for Calcxtta ; 443 non-
-commissioned officers and men of the 33d (Duke of
Wellington's); 18-h Royal Irish, 57th, 86th, 89th,
and 95th RiTinietits, to embark at Cork on board
the Earl Balcarrhs, for Bombay ; 224 men of the
Ist (The King's) Dragoon Gatards, let Royals, and
44tn Regiments, to embark on board the Clarence,
at Gravesend, for Madras ; 277 mem of the 12th
Lancers, 60th Rifles, and 66th Regiments, to em-
bark at Portsmouth, on boar.i the Bucephalus, for
Madras 495 men and 3 officers of the 2d (The
Queen's) DI a eon-Guards, 6th Dragoon Guards,
7th Hussars, 9th L inners, 29 h, 35th, 53d, 60th
Rifles, 64,h; 73 t, 82d, and the Rifle Brigade, to
embark be hoard the Holinsdale, at Gravesend, for
Calcutta ' • 4 officers and 378 men of the 9th Lan-
cers, Bth (The Kini's), 19. h,. 20th, 24th, 37th,
90th Light Infantry, 93d Highlanders, and the
Rifle Brigade, to embark at Gravesend on board
the John Duncan, for Calcut!a ; 343 men of the.
sth Fusiliers, 6th, 34th, Ansi; 38th Regiments, to
embark-onboard the Merchantman at Gravesend,
for 'Calcutta. The whole. of the reinforcements
are under orders to embark before the Ist of July.
The inconvenience arising from the confined
sleeping axoramodation hi hsrto allotted to the,'
gentlemen cadets in the Milrtary Academy at.
Woolwich, •namely,,four occupants to each room,:
is shortly to remedied, the committee of manage-.
ment having decided on erecting an entire new
wing to the building, which is to afford a separate
I edroom to each cadet. It is also in contempla-
Von to construct a new chapel, gymnasium, and
other offices. - _ _

A commission, consisting of Rear-Admiral Sir
Thomas Maitland, C. 8., Rear-Admiral George
Elliot, C. 8., Captain R. 11. Hewlett, C. 8., of her
Majesty's ship Excellent ; Captain Jerningham, of
her Majesty's ship Cambridge ; and Commander
M'Kenzie, of her Majesty's ship Excellent, sit
daily at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, to
revise the book of instructions fur naval gunnery,
and to take into consideration several other im-
portant matters connected with the efficiency of
the naval service in that and similar branches.

The Curacoa, 31, screw frigate, Captain Macon,
has discharged her powder, preparatory to going
into Portsmouth harbour to repair defects.
The Caar, 91, Captain Frederick, received her
detachment of Royal Marine Light Infantry on
Monday. She has also her complement of se tmen
gunners from her Mtjes! y's ship Excellent and
boys from the Victory.
The Imperieuse, 51, screw frigate, is nearly
complete in her rigging. When she is finished the
Victor Emmanuel, 91, will be taken in hand and
rigged, to take the place of the Caesar, among the
advanced of the str am reserve to be commissioned.

Tb e following appointment, were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :
Mr. G. J. G. Purcell, mate, tothe Curapa, and
Mr. R. R. A. Richards, clerk, to the Madagascar.

LAW LIsITELLIGENCE.June 22. ,

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

PARKER V. CARDEN AND OTHERS.-DISMISSAL OF A
SCHOOLMASTER.

The plaintiff, Mr. Stephen Parker, late school-
master in the gaol of Newgate, brought this action
against the defendants, Sir R. W. Carden (Lord
Mayor of London), Alderman Wit e, and Alderman
Filmier, to recover a sum of 451., being a halt-year's
salary at 901. a-year, on the ground that he had
been dismissed from his situation without any rea-
sonable cause.

The defendants pleaded that the plaintiff was
dismissed from his situation for disobedienceof the
governor's orders, and on the ground of insubor-
dination.
Mr. Edwin James, in stating the cass to the jury,
said:the plaintiff was engaged as long back as 1847
to act as schoolmaster to the criminal children con-
fined in Newgate, and that he had always conducted
himself with the utmost propriety, and discharged
his duties to the entire satisfaction of Mr. Cope, the
late governor of the gaol. The present governor,
Mr. Weatherhead, ou,entering his office, however,
imposed new duties upon him, and the plaintiff, in
ad..ri'ion to officiating as schoolmaster, was called
upon occasionally to officiate as chaplain, when that
r.verend gentleman 'was on " sick leave," or
"urgent private business ;" thirdly, to act as chapel
clerk ; fourthly, as librarian ; fifthly, as book-
binder ; six;hly, he was required to clean out the
chapel, the schoolro an, and tie closets, and to keep
all in Order ; and, lastly, to conab!ne with hii duty
as schoolinas er the ffice of turnkey during the
sessions of the Central Criminal Court. (Laugh I er.)
Ho .thought the jury would agree with him that
these3were not duties for a schoolmaster, and that,
under thecircunisiances qf the case, the defendants
were not justified' iu disinissing the.plaiutiff froni
his situation. '

Mr. Stephen Parker, the plaintiff, said that (hir-
ing the governorship of Mr. Cope he only-officiated
as schoolmaster and chapel Clerk, but that duringthe
regime of Mr. Weatherhead be had been cille
upon to perform the additional duties mentioned
by Mr. James. He had endeavoured to discharge
those duties to the best of his ability, with the ex-
ception of taking up the keys to the governor at 7
o'clock in the morning, and to that he objected.
Lord Campbell—Was there anyadditional salary
allowed you ?
Mr. Parker—None whatever. Mr. Weatherhead
also wanted me to be on duty at 6 o'clock in sum-
mer, and told me that "by" the new rules which
he bad made I should adhere.

Lord Campbell—That " by" should be " to."
(Laugh ter. )
Mr. James—The schoolmaster is now abroad.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Parker—l told Mr. Weatherhead that I did
not like the duties of turnkey.
Lord Campbell—l really should have thought
there was more respect for literature in the City.
Mr. Parker—ln consequence of my refus kl to
discharge the duty of turnkey I was suspended by
the governor.
_ _

Mr. James—Not, I hope, suspended per collum
outside the building ? (Laughter.)
Lord Cam.?ball—Did he put on a black cap ?

Mr, Parker—No, my lord, but I wa- suspended.
Mr. James—Not by the hangman, I hope.
(Laughter.) Who suspended you ?
Mr. Parker—The governor.
, Mr. James—Was the chaplain present to admi-
nie,ter religious consolation to you ? (Laughter.)
Mr. Parker—He was not.
Mr. Francis (junior counsol)—Were you really
suspended?

Mr. Parker—l was.
Mr. Francis—How did you receive your punish-
ment ?

(LAalurgtearm.)es—l suppose you were quite resigned ?
Mr. Parker—After my suspension I presented a
petition to the gaol committee for redress, but they
took exception to some expressions in it, and dis-
missed me.

Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers, the Common
Sergeant—l had 1,728 pupils to instruct during my
years of cface. In the last year had about 196.
The Common Sergeant here said that in conse-
quence of the change in the law giving summary
jurisdiction to magistrates, the number of criminal
children in Newg,te had very much diminished,
and the duties of the schoolmaster being therefore
considerably lessened, the governor, in the exercise
of the power given to him, directed him to occa-
sionally d ischa rge...th e duties ,of turglatre in orde.
sel then adverted to a passntf_i,lge"inVe plaintiff's pe-
tition to the gaol comtniite?, in which, offensively
alluding to Mr. Weatherhead, the governor, he
said, `cif I may be permitted to draw a paralel
from Scripture, I would say that Governor Wea
therhead is like Hannaa in the Book of Esther—
(laughter)—or if I rnaytake a less dignified paraael
like the late Emperor Nicholas, cr King Bumba,
the autocrat of Naples." (Continued merriment.)
The Common Sergeant—Did yourefase to apolo-
gise for those offensive expressions, and to with-
draw them when asked to do so by the gaol com-
mittee ?

Mr. Parker—l was ready to withdraw the ex-
pressions, but I conscientiously felt that I could
not apologise to the governor for those expressions.
(Laughter.)
Mr. James—You could not for the life of you
apologise.
Mr. Parker—No ; I'd die first. (Laughter.)
The Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary of Newgate,
gave an excellent character to the plaintiff for
ability as a juvenile teacher, and also for moral
conduct, and said he had never himself had any
reason to complaia of him. He was in every re-
spect satisfied with the plainiff's conduct. Hs
(Mr. Davis) felt that the two duties of schoolmaster
and, turnkey were incompatible, and that their
combination was injurious to the moral influence
of a schoolmasters, whose character ought to be up-
held.
Mr. Alderman Sidney gave similar testimony.
The Common Sergeant submitted that there was
no contract between the defendants (the gaol com-
mittee) and the plaintiff, and that the declaration
was bad in that respect.
Lord Campbell directed that the declaration
should be amended forthwith.
This having been done,
The Common Serge int addressed the jury ontbe
part of the defendants, and contended that thogo-
vernor of the gaol had full authority to impose
what duties he liked upon the schoolmaster, and
that the defendants were justified in dismissing the
plaintiff in consequence of his insubordinate con-
duct, which, if overlooked, mig it have interfered
wi h the proper discipline which it was necessary
to keep up in the prison.
Mr. Henry Barber, minute clerk to the Court
of Aldermen, read his minutes of the proceed-
ings touching the inquiry into the complaint of the
governor against the plaintiff, and of the decision
of the Gaol Committee thereon.

Mr. Wetherhead, the governor, was then called,
and in cross-examination by Mr. Edwin James he
defined the duties which he told the plaintiff he
was to superadd to his duties of schoolmaster.
Exempli gratia ; i.e was to perform the duties of
an under-turnkey, by order of the Gaol Commit-
tee ; he was to come on duty at seven o'clock iu
the morning in winter, and at six in the summ r.
He was to perform the necessary duties of a turn-
key in the gaol until the chapel hour, when he was
to act as " chapel clerk" from half-past nine till
ten. He was then to attend school from ten till
twelve. He was thea at liberty to go to dinner
till one ; and from one to two he was to take the
key of one of the gates. From two to four he was
to attend school again, after which he was to take
the duties of "turnkey" for a short time again, and
then his duties ceased for the day. [This enume-
ration of only some of the duties of " the school-
master" excited repeated outbursts of laughter.]
Mr. James then replied, in a running commen-
tary, upon the whole case, and said his learned
friend the Common Sergeant had laid it down that
the governor could order his client to Co every-
thing. Now, it was a rule of the gaol that the
erisoners were to be "shaved" once a-week ; and
only imagine his client, after he had been officiat'ng
at the morning service as "chaplain," and then
reading the "sublime Milton" to the prisoners,
then goingin with the "lathering-pot," soaping
them over, and giving them a " close shave."
(Much laughter.) Why, it would make his client,
the schoolmaster, look most ridiculous in the eyes
of the prisoners. The aldermen of London, and above
all, the " Gaol Committee," might be so deeply read
in the Scriptures as to object to have Governor
Wetherhead compared to " Haman," or so well
versed in miscellaneous and profane history as to
object to have him likened unto "Nicholas of all
the Russias," or " King Bomba" of Naples; but
was his client's scholastic dignity to be lowered—
was he to be degraded to "lather and shave"
prisoners, and to go down on his knees and scour
out the close's in the face of his pupils, or else be
dismissed for not, with mild complacency, obeying
the Governor ? No, " Sooner would he be a dog