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• end, where they embarked on board the Blenheim, ,

the -Merchantman, and the other vessels taken up-
for their conveyance to Calcutta. In addition to
the reinforcements already announced the follow-
ing proceed. to Bombay in the Clifton Belle, viz.,
50.inni of the 3d Dragoon Gas.rds, 30 men of the
Bth Hussars, and 40 men of the I7th Lancers, from
Canterbury ; 160 men of the slst Light Infantry.
from Wa.lnter ; 103 men of the 56th Rogimmt,
from Colchester ; and one officer .of the 57th Regi-
thenf, from Cork ; to:al„ one officer and 383 mer.
The Listens Monarch is under order to embark,
this day, 484 men of all ranki belonging to the 7th
Ftisiliers,-52d Light Infantry, 70th, 814, and 94th
Regiments at Cuatham, the whole of whom pro-
ceed to Ku rrachee.

[PRIOR 40. S ?ABLPED 5" .]

THE CASE OP MR. TV. H. BARBEIi.

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ItARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.

The-select committee of the House of Commona
appointed to "inquire into the allegations con
ta=tted in the petition of iiliam Henry Barber,
solicitor, and to Oonsider and report whether any
sail what stepaehould be taken in reference to the
matters alleged therein," met for the first time
yesterday. ' 'Tie committee cousists of Lord Het-
ham (chairman). Lord Goderich, Mr.• Brady, Mr.
Bright, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Cobbett, Mr.
Collier, Mr. Eliot Yorke, Mr. Massey, Mr. James
Wilson, Mr. Arthur Mills, Mr.' Hardy, Mr.
Adams, Mr. F. Crossley, and Sir John Trellope. ' '
Mr.' Barber was called and examined by Mr..
Collier. After giving a detailed accautit of his trial.
and sentence to transportation for life, and sabse-
(anent free pardon, he said—After my conviction I
was sent, chained heavily by the leg, to Millbank,
and after being there for four months, I was, widi
ft) others, put on board the Agincourt•-ship, still
heavily chained. I had to sleep in my chains for
four nights, and then when we had got well out to
sea the chains were taksh off a'l the prisotterS. I
had nothing to complain of on the part of the offi-
cers of the ship while I was on board the ship. On
my being landed iu Norfolk Island I Was, with
about 220 other prisoners, taken to the barracks,
but in consequence of the great heat of thet island
and the change of diet, 50 of us were seen by, the
'e,ste(licals nrin, and invalided and-oilera'sed nut So
to work. We were then desired to gti to the lumber
yard. Soon aftetwarals the commandant of the
island; Major Childe said he wanted to see the prt-
seisms who- had come over by the Agincourt, and
b'earing-that a good many of the men who had ar-
e
lay.ed had not gooe to work, he stood in the bar-
rack-yard, and requested the 40 or 50 of us who
had ;been invalided by the medical man to pass be-
fore him its single file. About 10 men passed by
him unnotiand,
.bat.when I approached him, know-
ing that Major. Child was the Commandant of the
island, I raised my cap to him -upon which he called
out, "Let that inan'a hair he cut," although my
hair had only been cut close the previous day. He.
then said in :a 'very austere manner, "How is it
that you haVe not gone to• work t' I replied that I
had been ordeted not to go to work by the meal:-
calanais. Upon ihateMeaor Child, who had a large
key in his hand, shook his fist at me,,and sAid, "
will see to you, Mr. Ba bar.' • Major Child is now
'in this country, and has been so since my return.
Several applications were made .by persons in the
island to obtain my services as a clerk, 'and in the
case of several other persons the. application was
granted. I was applied for by Lieut. Lloyd, who
wished to take me as clerk, but his application was re-
fused. Lieut. Lloyd- was an officer in the shipin whch
I went out to Norfolk Island, and he had seen me
during the voyage, where he said I had been very
useful; as I had prevented a mutiny takit.g place
during the voyage. Two other gentlemen applied
'to obtain my assistance as clerk ; but in every in-
shino the application was refused. The gentlsmen
•tcild me that they had been refused when they had
applied for me. 1 was so qll that I had to go into
holsital, and although I was s'illin a very weakly
condition, and though the _doctor reported me as
unfit for severe physicil labour, and it was cus-
tomary to allow the superintendents of different
-divisions of conviaes the services, _as writers, 'of such
.saf thein as had been well educated—and two or
three of our party had been so employed—l reco-
vered, and found that several applications were
made for my servicee • For rea-ons not then known
to me these applications wete refused, and I had
the misforturre ,to be appointed " veardsman,"
which was by far the most loathsome, perilous,
and unhealthy occupation upon the island. My
duties were to preserve order in a dormitory of 200
criminals, amongst whom Were murderers. I was
looked up 'with these ruffians from seven in the'
evening until six o'clock in the morning. My task
was then to cleanse and purify their dormitory and
accommodations the next night. I had, amongst
other things, to take the tubs which were provided
for their acceinutoda•ion. in the dormitory down
stairs. through the barrack-yard and the offi.es,
and then take them down to the sea, empty them,
and thoroughly de in them out. I had also to clean
their lir minocksand adjust beds .for the afight,,
and was sabkcted to the w6taaiansillte if a -ftern-
mock was not adjulted 'to treise his par t-1,11
taste. There aro a err, .t murderers at
Nritfell; I land. Oat; of them now there is Augus-
tus I)almas, who murdered his sweetheart on Bat-
terselzbridge ; and, although they did not plead
insanity on the trial, after his conviction his friends
set up some plea of insanity, and he was sent to
Norfolk Island, where he was poted by M sjor
Calla and treated with every luxury. I had
to make the bads of murderers, and I was amongst
200 convicts every night without any arms or
any defence whatever. I had to make the beds
of all these 200 men and to clean their ham-
mocks. I was employed from 5 o'clock in the
morning, and the only sleep I got was from about
three in the afternoon until ab Alt five in the even-
ing. I was, after 16 months' employment in this
way, put into a • field to break stones, under an
overseer named Lane ; and as it was known that
the commandant was what was called "down upon
me," the subordinates took their cue from him, and
treated me accordingly. I had to remain in the
field for hours togelier in a sozloping position, and
if I stood upright for a moment to relieve my back,
this overseer Lane immediately called out, "No
straight backs," and
,I was compelled to resume
my stooping poiition. While I was breaking
stones Major Child asked me whet objection I had
to clean ihe•warde ? I said I had no objection to •
do so, but the exhalations were moo destructive to
my health, and I also said that I got wet in my
feet, when ho told me to put my shoes on, when I
said it would be no use to put my shoes on, as I
had to stand in water. He then told use to take
my shoes off, and went laughing away. The over-
seer of this gang was a man who haa been twice
transported—a man noted for his severity. Con-
victs of the worst character were employed as
schoolmasters and clerks, and many of them had
been convicted of serious crimes in the island while
undergoing their semences. I was afterwards sent
to Cascades, and while I was there Lieut. Butler ap-
plied to be allowed to take me as clerk, arch the
answer to that application by Major Child was to
send me back to Longridge, the worst penal se'tle-
ment. I was sent to that p'ace because it was a
place which I most disliked to go to.
After further evidence of the same kind,- Mr.
Barberdescribed the process by which the proofs of
his innocence had been arrived at, and concluded
his statement as follows :—Conscious of my inne-
cence, I made no disposal of my property, but after
my conviction it was all seized, and every vestige of
property bel .nte:ng to me has b.aen swept away, to-
gether with debts due to me, which have been
lost through the operation of the Statute of
Limitations. I have received a pardon on the
ground of my innocence, but have returned to this
country destitute, having lost several thousands of
pounds, my profession almost lost to me, and per-
manently injured by the cruelties exetcikd tvwards
me.
At 4 o'clock the committee adjourned.

The Bucephrens freight ship embarked yesterday
at Spithk,ad 2 .sergpatits 1 trumpeter, and 118
privates of the 3d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade,
for India. -
The Bahiana and Imperador steamships ate
hourly expected at Hongkong with invalids.
The Admiralty steam yacht Osborne, Master
Commander Bowen, went out of Portsmouth har-
bour yesterday, and made a trial of her engines
before being reported ready for the reception of
the Lords of the Admiralty.
The following appointments wera made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Captain G. T. Gordon, to. the Hannibal, vice
Hastings ; John C. Giles, master, additional to the
Fisgard ;. B, Browning, assistant-surgeon, con-
firmed to the Iris ; and
.IVchatd Wallingford,
master's asEietant,. to the Terrible.

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The annual inspection of the Chatham division
of Royal Mediae Light Infantry took place yester-
day by Major-General Sir R. Wesley, Deputy
Adjutant-General Royal Marines. The entire bat-
Wien, numbering about 700 men of all ranks, iu-
eluding the whole of the officers and marines now
at head-quarters, assembled in the barrack-equate
at 10 o'clock in heavy marching order, the batta-
lion being formed in companies. On Major-General
Wesley, who was accompanied by COlonel H. W.
Parke, commandant of the division, appearing on
the parade ground, they were received by the
troops in. the usual manner. General Wesley
then pNceeded to make a minute inspectionof the
several companies, examining their army and ac-
co ut rpm eitv. At the conclusion of the inspection,
which occupied considerable time, General Wesley
viejted the various offices and establishments con-
nected with the barracks, including.the non-com-
missioned officers' library and mess-loom, the bath-
rooms, libraries, schools, &c., the whole of which
ta. beeixreaterellent cad. tie also in-
iketed the
.books and aimounhe of the division. At
2 o'clock the battalion a.ssenah:ed in review older,
and mereied to the great lines for the purpose of
going through the maneenvres of a field-day, each
man. having been :previously:supplied with 25 , •
rounds of blank cartridge, and the flank companies •
with 35 reunds paeh. On General" Wesley and
staff arriving on the grOuna he was received Valle
whole line with a general salate, the new colours
being displayed for the first time. The'bettaiien
afterwards. broke into open colninn and matched
past in slow and quick time, the manner in which
this (corps Matched past not being surpassed in
steadiness and precision by any branch of the ser-
vice. The division, neder the command of Colonel
H. W. Parke, afterwards went through the evolu-
tions of afield day, and a variety of light infantry
movements. • The inspection of the troops on the
Lines, which occupied nearly three hours, was
highly satisfactory to General Wesley, and eiroyed-
the high state of ,discipline to which the Chatham
divisicM of Royal Marines has attained,
Onr! Malta letter -of June 25 states fleet the
Bishop of Gibraltar and' Paymaster Carringtone
R.N., airived there on the 16th of-June, in ate" •
French steampecket Aventin, the former from Leg•
horn, the latter from M ssina ' • and on the same
day, in the French steampacket `remise,' from
Marseilles; 'Lieutenant-Colonel Pontonnier. The
Bishop of Jerusalem, Dr. Gobat, arrived at Malta e a
with his family on the 19th of June, iu the Hydaspe
French steimpacket from Alexaudria, and left on -
the semi). day for Marseilles. Lady Hamilton
Chi-
chester look her departu-e from Malta on the 19th T.
for Naples, in the Aventin French steampacket, .
and, on the same- day, in the Hydaspe French, 1
steamPa.eket for Marseilles,. Vicelinn.. Victor Heel-
ton, the Chief Secretaiy to Government, whose
official duties will be carried on during his two
months' absence • by Colonel Le Marchand, the
brother arrd7private secretary to his Excellency the
Governor. . The hiders, Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer, . are ived at Melte from
Alexaudria with the Caleutia mail on the 25th, the
orerlaind portion of which left Marseilles in the
Eutiine on the same afternoon.
Y,esi.erda.y afternoon an interesting meeting of
soldiets WON hell at Brompton, Chatham, which
was attended by aboait .400- troops, nearly the
wholnof whom embark for India this day. 'he
men assembled in the ,Natitteal Sehool.room; What're
tea wens provided far them, after which a variety
of interesting addresses were delivered to thole by
Colonel F. A. York, Assistant-Adjutant-General,
Royal Engineers, ettajar Buckley, and several _
clergymen. The spectacle altogether was highly
pleasing. .
The Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington, as First Lord,
of the Admiralty, held a levee, yesterday at, the ..
Admiralty, at which the undetrnetationea ofße'oe
er
.! tended, mir C . • _
_Loa, .
Adm'i; 1 —Scot , ‘Va.treu, and Mansell ; Captains
—sir G. Broke, Edmond Heathcote, J. Hills, 11.
Harvey, Alhett Hesletine, J. B. MAIO, R. A.
Oliver, W. E. Brown-, and J. P. Lace ; Comman-
ders C. W. Buckley, C. Stirling, M. H. Nelson,
B. C. Tufnell. C. bone, E. W. Shaw, C. Bonham,
W. H. Haswal, J. H. 'Furiteaux; H. Nelson, J.
B. Ballared, C. F. Detach, and J. Palmer ; Lieu-
tenants—H. G. St. John Mildmay, C. S. Dunbar,
Sir H. S. Wilmot, T. T. Bullock, R. Elliot, T. C.
Bruce, A. Wing, and Abraham Darby.
Captain Edward S. Sotheby, of her Majesty's
ship Pearl, is appointed an extra naval aide-de-
camp to the Que,n. Th 3 gallant officer has also
been nominated a Companion of the Order of the
Ba h for his eminent services in India with his
naval brigade.
Comm .nder James William Vaughan, late senior
lieutenant of the Shannon, and the personal friend
and companion in arms of the late lamented Cap-
tain Peel, K.C.8., was yesterday made a Com-
panion of the Order of the Bath, in recognition of
his distinguished professional services in Captain
Peel's naval brigade in India.
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Penelope, 22, Cap-
tain Sir W. Wiseman, has gone into Portsmouth
harbour to be paid off.
The Curacoa, 31, Captain T. M. Mason, was
towed into Portsmouth harbour by the Pigmy and
Echo steamers yesterday, and docked immediately ,
to have defects repaired.
The Victor Emmanuel,' 91, screw two-decker,
was taken in hand yesterday by the riggers to be
equipped for the steam reserve ready for commis-
sion.