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London, England, 1867-09-16 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 16, 1867.

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In reply to the Speech from the Throne the Baden
Upper Chamber have sent an address which is
likely just now to attract interest, because German
matters are by no means settled so completely as
certain parties would have us believe they are. Even
in this address, which purports to make the best of
it, and seems resolved only to see with the KING'S
eyes, and to hear with the KING'S ears, some
intimations are given that all is not so success-
ful as might be desired. The most faithful
Estates accord the fullest assent to the ex-
pressions used by his INIAJEsTv iu his
speech, and they look with courage and confidence
to the future development of the reorganisation of
Germany. At the same time, it i$ admitted that

Thereupon follows an epitome of the necessary con-
ditions for the union of Germany, and the account
is certainly a correct one, but the drawback is that
they are not likely to be realised under existing cir-
cutnstances. "The union of Germany is identical
with the observance of natural right, respect for
popular liberty, the peaceful progress of civilisation,

and the necessary restriction of all policy of con-

quest." But that the egotism and self-sufficiency

of the Berlin Governmant can allow them to credit

anything, and to make things appear exactly the

contrary to what they are, we might really fancy
that they would take this as a satire upon their

proceedings, for -is it not diametrically opposed
to the whole course which they have pur-

sued, and the policy which they wish
to prosper ? First of all, we may well ask

where is the respect for popular liberty, and where
is the observance of natural right in the Govern-

ment of King WILLIAM, and what security can any

State that is going to Prussia have for the preser

vation of their rights and the furtherance of their

prosperity. It is really vexatious to find so much

souble taken and time wasted over words and

phrases, while the real meaning of what they

express is so far off and unattainable.

We

find a great deal that is true in itself
in this these addresses, but then it is not
true in relation to those it concerns. Germany has

no doubt many high aspirations after national re

generation ; but it is sad to think that she is a long

way off from realising them, for Prussia can never
turn out a benefactor to any State or province that

is put under her control.

JOSEPH SURFACE 15 not, it would seem, without
his modern imitators ; and it must be a great satis-
faction to our modern moralists to find that the
Manchester Brickmakers' Union have so keen a
sense of what is right and proper that a member
is fined twopence for swearing ! It is no wonder
that the Secretary of so well-mannered an asso-
ciation should find his refined feelings so deeply
hurt by the unceremonious conduct of the Com-
missioners that he should destroy a book on which
they desired to lay their profane hands. The newly-
elected Secretary, lIENTiv GREEN, said that on
Saturday night, the 7th, after the court's officers
had seized their boxes and safes, he was so disgusted
that he put the cash-box in the fire. "If they had
come like gentlemen and asked for it, it would have
been given with pleasure." How grievous was the
mistake of these rough and unceremonious officials !
They were evidently quite unfit for the company
with which chance compelled them to associate, and
they acted as though the law empowered them to
confiscate the property of suspected criminals and
conspirators, instead of politely requesting gentle-
men of refined manners and undoubted respec-
tability to favour them with the inspection
of some necessary statistics. This rash and heed-
less conduct on their part is the more to be
regretted, since we have in consequence lost the
chance of acquiring some valuable information. A
new code of morals might have been unfolded to
our view, and we should have learned the money
value of our sins and of our virtues. An oath we
know costs twopence. The hamstringing of a
neighbour's horse, the firing of a stable, the throw-
ing of bottles charged with naphtha at sleeping
women and children, have various degrees
of value in the scale of that virtue which
does not find its only reward in bread. Then there
arc other degrees of praiseworthy endeavour, such
as breaking tools, putting needles in the clay, and
poisoning fruit. It would have been satisfactory
to the uninitiated to ascertain the respective merits
of these several acts, and the degree of immediate
pecuniary recompense -which a body of competent
and high-minded. judges thought proper to award.
On some occasions the severity of justice
is relaxed, and grievous offenders: are treated
with merciful indulgence. A master briclunaker
at Dukinfield committed the direful offence of
employing non-union men. This, as we know, was
a crime deserving of capital punishment, but his
sentence was commuted as follows :—" In 1862 em-
ployed non-union men. Had 50,000 or 60,000
bricks destroyed. Had complained of the work,
and a meeting of men fined him £5. Had stopped
work, and thrown up his contract in 1860 and 1861
through fines of this kind. In 1861 he had a horse
stabbed in the stable, but did not know it was done
by union men. The union men had been very
lenient to him," Upon being questioned a little

are extended in new directions,

the " decisive events" of last year have impose lel more closely by the Commissioner, the representa
heavy trials and sacrifices upon the country, and" Eve of English law as opposed to the equity or
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great universal exertion is still required of them. Trades Unionism, this witness explained that he
We never heard of a change so much talked of as a meant that he had a great deal of property ex-
great moral and social and political benefit that en-
.Po ed which was not destroyed.
tailed so many hardships upon those who were -We hear a great deal in times of war and danger
supposed to gain by it, and was so long in of - the courage and endurance of the English people,
effecting any of the remedial influences ascribed to ani 1 the readiness with which they pass from the
it. The " political regeneration" of the German pur. suits of peace to the risks and hardships of war
Fatherland is no doubt a grand idea, but the sues- is a ften commented upon. But it seems that the
tion is how to put it into execution, and to carry mot It ordinary affairs of life demand the same qua-
out to the fullest extent the meaning of it in its best lilies as a campaign. The attempt to break through
and most comprehensive sense. Opinions may differ ordinary rules is a forlorn hope, and the dan-
as to the most likely means to employ, but it ought 1 gera and sufferings incidental to what
not to take long to find out that the end will not I seem very pacific and homely callings
be gained by the arbitrary mode employed by may rank with the revelations of the
Prussia. Her exclusive notions do not admit of the military hospitals after a desperate action. A
development of individual or even of general soldier knows his risks and carries his life in his
freedom, and there can be no regeneration hand ; but even be invariably prefers active service
worthy of the name, while these restrictive in the field to waiting in the trenches, or in any
rules obtain sway and check all progress. 1% hether other position in which the enemy may take them
or not the small States of Germany would have been unawares at any moment. But the brickmakers and
happier, stronger, and more consolidated if they had other offenders against the union are constantly in
been joined together, is a question open to conside- this position. A man goes to his work and finds
ration, but very probably they might have been. his tools broken ; he looks at the door of
Their position in that case would have been very his shed and sees a threat to take his life.
different from what it now is, crushed and weighed He begins working at his bricks and finds
down as they are by the burden of arbitrary, if not the clay full of nails and needles. He walks
of absolute, authority. home through the fields and sees apples lying in his
In this address a wish is expressed that the pro-
path ; he cuts them open, luckily for him, and finds
posed junction of the country with the North Ger
_ traces of poison. He goes to bed, and bottles crash
through his windows, or fires break out on his pre-
man Confederation should take place, and the
King's determination in that line has, it is added, mises. The consequence of all this is that masters
a just claim upon their full support. " The pull_ and men get cowed. The Union works by relays,
but the victims are perpetually on the rack. It is
tical and commercial disasters of the past, and a
deep sense of the position of the present, not the same men who watch the offender going to
warn us willingly to make the necessary sacrifices and fro who break in at night, and haunt him
so far as they lie in our power." Perhaps they wherever he goes, but it is the same man who
may find out too late that the remedy is worse than is subjected to the constant strain. The conse-
the evil, and that they had better have remained quence is that masters and men alike give way.
in a state of partial disquietude than have It needs a very remarkable degree of endurance
agreed too hastily to make so momentous a and determinaion to hold out against this sort of
change. It is worthy of note that in this address, intangible danger year after year, and few are
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which so completely responds to the sentiments of capable of it. The masters give up contracts, and
the Speech from the Throne, we find interspersed, sometimes, as in the case of Mr. HIBBERT, give up
here and there, some rather ominous assertions, the business which is the ground of offence alto-
as, for instance, when we meet with the remark gether. The men submit to a system of dictation
that the tranquillity of the German nation will which is almost intolerable, and both sides subscribe
not be restored until means have been found to for the maintenance of a system which they alike
complete the connection between the North and feel to be grinding, unjust, and oppressive.
South German States, and to furnish thus to The further these inquiries go on the more
the German people the conditions of peace and startling become the revelations, not because the
prosperity. Now the world at large has been crimes brought to light are so much greater, but
given to understand, for some time past, because the evil is of such vast extent. When the
Sheffield atrocities were first brought to light there
that Germany was in possession of internal peace.
was an outcry among the friends of Trades Unions
This was the language of the Berlin official press,
and of those statesmen who profess to have a gene-
against the injustice of blaming the system for the
ral knowledge of affairs. Nor will Europe, it is here particular offences of individuals in a particular
mentioned, arrive at the conviction of secure peace locality. But no one can pretend that Manchester
until the "reorganisation of Germany on both sides men are not fully up to the average in intelligence,
in knowledge of the world, in all that is gained by
of the Maine shall have been accomplished."

contact with their fellows. No doubt every one of
the men who have given their evidence before the
commission would, if they had attended a public
meeting, have cheered loudly the praises of free
trade, and have applauded to the echo any perora-
tion about the high standing and public spirit of
English working men. There is something to be ,

learnt at Manchester as well as at Sheffield, and we

strongly apprehend something to be learned in the

other great centres of industry, if these ingniries

The Oxfordshire members have been discussing
upon public affairs, and Col. NORTH delivered a very
interesting speech, much to the purpose, and which
was well received by those present. The annual
gathering of the Thames Agricultural and Horti-
cultural Societies was the occasion that called the
company together. In responding to the toast for
the army, Colonel NORTH alluded to the Abyssinian
expedition, and said that he was certain no
Englishman would think that we were duing
wrong in entering upon the campaign, because
the unfortunate captives had been badly treated in
the first instance, and when the QUEEN had sent
a gentleman to intercede for them the barbarian
KING put him in prison also. In reverting to public
affairs generally, the gallant Colonel said that some
subjects authorised them to depart from their rule
not to trespass upon political matters. Reform
had been talked of year after year, but nothing
decisive had been done until this session. Lord
DERBY had been called to account for saying
that they had taken a leap in the dark ; but, as
Colonel NORTH truly added, who can tell exactly
what may be the consequences of the measure until
it has been fairly tried. " Lord DERBY felt he could
trust to the good sense of the people, and he was
sure that his lordship would not be disappointed."
Further on the speaker turned his attention to the
strictures made against himself and others who had
" turned their coats." This had not been
done for any personal advantage, and all
the alterations they bad made were be-
cause they acted upon their convictions, and
sought what was best for the country. Col. FANE
also spoke, and stated that, personally, he was
himself against Reform, but that the House had acted
in accordance with Mr. HENLEY'S advice. "If
you pass a bill, pass one that will go the whole
hog." He, however, hoped, with Colonel NORTH,
that now the measure had become law, it
would prove to be a satisfactory and a
successful one. A most entertaining speech
was made by Mr. HODSON, who declared that
" Radicalism and Conservatism was very much
alike, particularly Conservatism ;" but he trusted
that the recent union that bad taken place between
them might conduce to the good of the country, and
that the spread of education might " qualify every
one to make the best use of the faculties which
the ALMIGHTY had given them."

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.

The following is the news of the Moniteur:—
" The Emperor and Empress of Austria, accom-
panied by the ex-Queen of Naples, arrived, on Fri-
day evening at Munich, on their return from Swit-
zerland. Their Majesties were received at the
station by the Duchess, wife of Duke Maximilian of
Bavaria, and mother of the affianced bride of King
Louis the Second. The Emperor was to meet King
Louis the Second yesterday at Possenhosfen. His
Apostolic Majesty was expected to-day (Sunday)
at Ischl.

" To judge. by the unanimity of the language of
the Vienna journals, the negociations which re-
cently took place between the Ministers of Finance
of Austria and Hungary have been brought to a
satisfactory conclusion. Ihe matter in question is
to regulate the various points connected with the
division of the public debt between the Empire and
the Transleithan kingdom.
" A telegram has brought the news of an amnesty
granted by the Sultan to the inhabitants of the
island of Crete. According to the decision made
at Constantinople, every individual who, compro-
mised by late events, shall return home and deliver
up his arms, will enjoy security and protection. A
delay which will expire on the 20th of October is
awarded to the foreign volunteers to leave Candia
on board ships, whether foreign or Turkish. The
natives who wish to leave the country with their
families are authorised to do so, on condition that
they shall give up all they possess in the island, and
on undertaking not to return to it without haying

THE SUN. LONDON. MONDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 16, 1867.

previously obtained authority from the Turkish
Government. The Sultan's troops will continue to
be charged with the maintenance, of the public
tranquillity, and all proceedings against foreign or
native volunteers will be suspended unless there
should be any aggression on their part." In addition
to the above the Montieur publishes an imperial
decree announcing the postal convention concluded
on the 29th November between France and Greece.
According to this convention the postage of letters
to and from France and Algeria to Greece is fixed
at 12 sous for each prepaid letter, and 16 sous for
each letter not paid for a weight of 10 grammes, or
fraction of 10 grammes. (There are seven grammes
and a-half in a quarter of an ounce.) Printed
matter, patterns, catalogues, &c., may be sent for a
postage of 12 centimes per 40 grammes, but pre-
payment is obligatory. Letters may be registered
in each country.
The dissensions, violence, and stormy procedings
of the Geneva Peace Congress occupy the journals
more than might have been supposed. They form
the subject of long and caustic polemics. The Con-
gress for the moment has more prominence than
the proceedings of the Reichstag of the Confedera-
tion of the North, which, however, are of consider-
able importance. It is stated that the Assembly
will not vote an address in answer to the speech
of the King of Prussia, but that a great
many deputies will ask questions of the Mi-
nisters relative to the course they intend to adopt
in regard to foreign Powers, and the attitude they
will assume upon the German question. Various
reports are in circulation in Paris as to the probable
tenour of the replies which will be made by M.
Bismark.
The " men of confidence" of the Duchies of the
Elbe are still occupied with arranging the internal
organisation and the administrative divisions of
Schleswig Holstein. The Prussian Minister of the
Interior, M. Eulenberg, presides over the mem-
bers, among whom are men of considerable note,
including the President-in-Chief of the Duchies,
M. de Scheel-Plessau, the director of the Ministry
of the Interior, M. de Klutzea, and Councillor
Wolf. It is natural to imagine that politicians
of such note in Prussia will exercise considerable
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record a vast number of casualties from the thunder
storm of Friday morning,
but no loss of life took
place, nor has there been any serious injury. The
worm is generally spoken of as the most terrific of
modern times. Paris was almost inundated with
the rain, and the lightning struck an immense
number of buildings. A. very singular circumstance
is mentioned. A man and his wife were going to
the halle with a cart filled with vegetables for sale,
and while proceeding along the boulevard St. Michel
the cart was seen to oscillate with great violence.
A sparkling meteor played around the cart and
dazzled the eyes of all who were near it. Both hus-
band and wife became insensible, but they soon
recovered, and it was found that they bad not re-
ceived any injury. The cart, however, had been
overturned, and, the horse being released from the
shafts, galloped away. The harness was broken
into fragments, some of which were precipitated to
a distance of 12 yards or more.
An English sailor belonging to a vessel in the
port of Antwerp is subject to fits of somnambulism.
A few nights ago he left his ship and took a walk
about the town in very primitive costume ; in fact,
he had nothing on but his shirt. Being seen by
some workmen they wished to take him back safely,
they wanted to rob
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The Zouave Jacob has been released from prison.
He says that the bard work of attending to so many
patients for several weeks so fatigued him that be
slept for 48 hours. On Friday evening he played
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Very brilliant offers continue to be made to him.
He is now quite a celebrity at Versailles. When-
to cure diseases seems to
ever he appears there is a salute for him, and some
of the leading persons of Versailles exhibit a desire
to form his acquaintance. He does not go ten
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nate the Emperor of Russia, has arrived at the hulks
at Toulon. Immediately on his arrival the dress of
the cellular prison was exchanged for that worn by
convicts condemned to hard labour for life, with a
red waistcoat and a green cap. The blacksmith of
the prison rivetted to his left ancle a heavy iron
ring, to Nrhich the chain of the convicts is attached.
He preserves his usual indifference and calmness.
The wound on his left hand is completely cured.
In answer to a question, he said the injuries were
cured in three weeks, chiefly by cold water. He
will be sent to New Coledonia next month on board
the Imperial ship the Fleures.
M. Jolly Mellon, Archbishop of Sens,
has been
appointed canon of the first order at the Imperial
Chapter of St. Denis. He was appointed to the
Archbishopric of Sens on the 19th of November,
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autumn. There was a very cold wind, and in some
localities a slight frost. Towards mid-day, however,
the sun, which did not show much before that time,
became excessively hot, but clouds and wind indi-
cate more storms. According to present appear-
ances and weather prophets
we should soon pre-
pare ourselves for the appearance of the " last rose
of summer."
The price of admission to the Exhibition is, I
believe, about to be reduced from a franc to half a
franc.

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MISS BATE3IAN.—The patrons of the legitimate
drama have learned with much gratification that
this young and highly aocomplished American tragedienne
has decided on making a tournie in this country previous
to her retirement into private life. Miss Bateman lift
Now York on Wednesday, the 10th, by one of the Cunard
Packet steamers,
about the 27th. She is announced to make hor rentree
in
and is expected to arrive at Liverpool
her great part of Loah, at the Theatre-Royal of that city,
on the 7th of October. Miss Bateman is an immense
favourite with Liverpool audiences, and hor re-appearance
will no doubt create the greatest possible interest and ex-
citement. The fair actress, we hear, on hor tourne through
the United Kingdom, intends playing a round of Shak e-
sperian characters—an intention which cannot fail to in-
finitely gratify her numerous friends and admirers. After
the eminent success she achieved as Juliet in "Romeo and
Juliet," at Her Majesty's Theatre last year, there can b e
no question as to the result. As a matter of course, Miss
Bateman will finish her round of performances in London.
THE QUEEN'S MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.—The
Athenaeum states that since the death of the Prince Con-
sort the Queen has played only sacred music, and that
chiefly on the harmonium. The eminent musician who
taught her this instrument is now engaged in arranging
for it, for her Majesty's use,
all the modern oratorios by
Costa, Schachner, The arrangements are ultimately
to be publighed.

4,080 horses. The temperature at 9.30 a.m. was—
on deck 66 degs., in the engine-room 73 degs., in
the fore part of stokehole 87 degs., middle 100 degs.,
and after part 85 degs. ; at 11 a.m., deck 68 degs.,
engine-room 70 degs., in the fore part of the stoke-
hole 100 degs., middle 108 degs., and after part
85 dens. The trial was made under the inspection
of the officers of the Steam Reserve in Hamoaze,
the engineers of Keyhatn, and the shipwrights from
Devonport yard. The manufacturers of the engines
were represented by Mr. Henry IVarriner.
Mr. Francis J. Lory, secretary to the Commo-
dore Superintendent of Woolwich, being absent on
sick leave, the duties of the Woolwich yard are
performed by Mr. Charles A. Cole, assistant-
secretary.
Her Majesty's 2-gun iron storeship Hesper, 808
tons and 150 horse power, 11 years and three
months on the China station, having been brought
home by Staff Commander James C. 11. Thais,
was on Saturday paid out of commission at Wool-
wich, and will be placed in the third class steam
reserve. The consecutive service men and those
who entered their names for future service were
granted 42 days' leave to visit their friends, with a
continuance of pay. The ship's machinery is still
in good condition, but the boilers are completely
worn out.
Her Majesty's ship Supply, Staff Commander
Charles Bawden, from the Mediterranean, on par-
ticular service, having discharged her war stores at
the Royal Arsenal at Woelwich, wont up to the
dockyard to return naval stores, and was taken
into basin for that purpose on Saturday.
The old 60 gun steamship Meeanee, 2,591 tons,
and 400 horse power, brought up to Woolwich
from Sheerness, having had her engines removed,
was on Saturday undocked. She is intended to be
prepared for hospital accommodation on the China
station.

The screw steam tender Sandfly, at Devonport,
having been found unseaworthy, has been con-
demned. She will be placed to-day in Keyham
yard for the purpose of removing her engines. The
crew will be paid off on Friday.
The repairs of the screw steamship Lion, 60,
Capt. J. M. Hayes, C. 8., are complete, and she
would have left Plymouth last week for the North
Coast of Ireland but for the state of the weather.
The departure of the frigate Liffey from Ply-
mouth is postponed.
The screw steam gun vessel Jaseur, 5, from
Sheerness, arrived on Saturday at Plymouth to
have some defects made good prior to departure for
the West Coast of Africa.
The screw steam storeship Fox, 2, Staff Com-
mander H. A. Moriarty, C. 8., from Pembroke,
arrived on Saturday evening at Plymouth.
The Orontes screw troopship, Capt. Phelps, was
expected to arrive at Portsmouth last evening from
Queenstown, with the depot of the 2d battalion
60th Regiment.
The captain's naval pension of £BO a year,
vacant by the promotion of Capt. John Reeve,
R.N., on the Ist of July last, has been granted
from that date to Capt. William Howat.
The lieutenant's naval pension of £5O a year,
vacant by the death of Commander Richard N.
Williams, reserved list, on the 27th of August last,
has been granted from that date to Commander
Aaron Stark Symes, R.N., on the retired list.
The funeral of Lieut. James Jameson Robertson,
Royal Engineers, Assistant Instructor in Field
Fortifications at the Royal Engineer establishment,
Chatham, who was accidentally drowned during a
sailing yacht match between the officers of the
Royal Engineers in Chatham Harbour, was cele-
brated on Saturday afternoon, with full military
honours. The funeral cortege was formed at
Brompton Barracks at two o'clock, shortly after
which hour the procession started from the barrack
square, passing beneath the Crimean Memorial
Arch, for the place of interment, at Gillingham
Cemetery. In advance of the procession was the
firing party, with arms reversed and in open
column. The body of the deceased officer was
conveyed to the cemetery on a funeral car drawn by
six horses, the shako, sword, and medals of the
deceased being placed on the coffin above the pall,
which was borne by six officers of the same rank as
the deceased. Immediately in front of the cars
were the bands of the Royal Engineers and the
Royal Marines Light Infantry, with muffled drums
and their instruments draped in crape, the bands
playing at intervals, with fine effect, the "Dead
March," from Saul, and other appropriate music.
After the body was led the charger belonging to
the deceased, followed by the relations, friends, and
other mourners on foot. The battalion of Royal
Engineers next followed, under the command of
Col. Fitzroy Somerset, succeeded by nearly the
whole of the officers belonging to the various corps
in the garrison, together with those connected with
the civil departments, the whole numbering
about 300, the officers marching in fours, each wear-
ing the customary military mourning on the left
arm, and their swords also hung in crape. The
officers were arranged according to their rank, com-
mencing with the subalterns, Major. Gen. Freeman
Murray, in command of the division at Chatham,
and Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8., bringing up the
rear of the procession. Along the route to the
cemetery the roads were lined with spectators, who
uncovered as the body of the deceased was borne past.
After the body had been lowered into the grave the
firing party advanced and gave the customary num-
ber of volleys over the deceased, and the procession
returned in the same order to Brompton barracks.
Yesterday an order was received at Fort Pitt,
Chatham, directing a party of the Army Hospital
to proceed this morning to Netley, for the
Corps
purpose of embarking for service with the Abyssinian
expedition.
A detachment of Sappers and Miners of the Royal
Engineers has been placed under orders to proceed
from headquarters, Brompton barracks, Chatham,
to Dover, to be employed on the fortifications and
other engineering works in progress there. The
detachment will leave Woolwich in the course o
the present week.

On Friday afternoon the sth Dragoon Guards
were paraded on the Middlewick Farm, Colchester,
where they underwent a careful inspection by Lord
G. Paget, Inspector General of Cavalry. They
were afterwards put through the usual field move-
ments, and then marched past. The inspecting
officer also examined the barracks and regimental
books.

A magnificent military trophy in silver, consist-
ing of a testimonial cup and plateau, or centre piece,
has just been completed by Messrs. London and
Ryder, of New Bond-street, for her Majesty's 48th
Regiment, at Aldershott. The plateau on which
the superstructure stands represents bastions, cur-
tains and lines of fortification generally, and is
inscribed with the names of the great battles in
which the 48th took part—Toulouse, Douro, Tala-
vera, Albuhera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria,
Orthes, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Sebastopol, &c.

Capt. Lord Fred. Kerr, R.N., Col. E. Wray,
C. 8., and other officers of the Ordnance Select
Committee of Woolwich Arsenal, have been in
consultation for some days paht, in the official de-
partment of Capt. Gordon, C. 8., Principal Super-
intendent of Military Stores, on the subject of the
pack-saddles best adapted for the Abyssinian cam-
paign. They were aided in their investigation by
Major-Gen. Willoughby, C. 8., Assist.-Commissary
Bailey, C. 8., Mr. Aspinwall, and others, specially
appointed by the War Department for that purpose.
The result of their inquiries has been to counter-
mand the shipment of those formerly ordered and
ready for despatch, and now finally pronounced ill-
adapted for the service. Consequently, the whole
of the cases containing the pack-saddles, which have
been in readiness for shipment for some days past,
were yesterday ordered to be cleared away from the
wharf, and to be stored in reserve. They are to be
replaced by the species of saddle used during the war
with the natives in New Zealand, and designated
" the Otago saddle." Mr. Bailey, who accompanied
the troops as supernumerary during the war in New
Zealand, had ample means of testing the efficiency of
the saddle; and on his recommendation, and that of
Quartermaster Stafford, Military Train, the Go:
vernment have resolved on adopting the system
for the present expedition to Abyssinia. They have
also undergone a course of trial at Woolwich and
Akiershott with advantageous results, The War