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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1857.

MINERALOGY.—King's College, London.—
Professor TENNANT will give a COURSE OF LECTURES on
MINERALOGY, with a view to facilitate the study of GEOLOGY and of
the application of mineral substances in the Arts. The lectures will
begin on FRIDAY MORNING, Oct. 9, at 9 o'clock. They will be con-
tinued on each succeeding Wednesday and Friday at the same hour,
and will be illustrated by a collection of 3,000 minerals and rocks.
Fee, 2/. 2s. R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal.

FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs
to call the attention of the pablic to his NEW STOCK in
AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and
Venetian Cloths, Scotch and Heather Twist, Mixed Doeskins,
Cashmere and Toilanette Waistcoatings, both of English and Con-
tinental manufacture, which be found en lispection at prices most
moJerato for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street.

TO BE LET, at KEMPST.3Y, near Worcester,
Furnished or Unfurn'sbed, with immediate possession, if
required, a compaA FAMILY RESIDENCE, with Coach House,
Two-stall Stable, Garden, and small Paddock. The house, which
was until recently occupied by Lieutenant-General Henderson, is
conveniently situated, within half-an-hours' drive of the Worcester
Railway Station, within two hours' drive of Cheltenham, and within
ag easy distance of the Town of Malvern.—For further information,
apply on the premises, at Kempsey ; to Mr. Higgs, Auctioneer, Wor-
cester ; or to Mr. Wallace Gabriel, 44, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London.

pI7RSTJANT to a Decreelof the High Court of
Chancery, made in a cause Lambe against Orton and others,
all persons claiming to be creditors of HENRY ORTON, late of
Derby,:in the county of Derby, tobacconist and general dealer,
who died in or about the month of January, 1831, are, by their
solicitors, on or before the 6th day of November, 1837, to come in and
prove their debts or claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor
Kindersley, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in
default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit
of the said Decree.

Friday, the 13th day of November, 1857 at one o'clock in the
afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudi-
cating upon the claims.
Dated this Bth day of August, 1857.
CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk.

lIRSIJA NT to a Dicree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in a cause Lambe against Orton and others,
all persons claiming to he next of kin of HENRY ORTON, late of
Derby, n the county of Derby, tobacconist and general dealer, who
diet in or about the month of January, 1831, living at his death, or
the personal representatives of any such next of kin as may have
since died, are by their solicitors, on or before the 6th day of No-
vember, 1857, to come in and prove their claims at the chambers of
the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-
inn, 'Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily ex-
cluded from the benefit of the said decree.

Friday, the 13th day of November, 1857, at one o'clock in the
afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adju-
dicating upon the claims.
Dated this Bth day of August, 1357.
CHAS. PUGH, ChlefClerk.

SALE OF STORES AT GOSPORT.
ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, 3d Oct 1857.
rilllE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
I Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on TUESDAY, rhe 27th
inst„ at 12 o'clock at noon, the Captain Superintendent will put up
to Sale, in the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport, 'everal
Lots of s rviceable and unserviceable Army and Navy Stores, con-
sisttng of Col Tee, Tongues, Biscuit, Biscuit Dust, Bags, Candles, Sea-
mews' and Marines' Clothing, Paymasters' Implements, Transport
Blankets, Chips, &c , &c., &c., all lying in the said Yard.
Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent
`or notes of admission for that purpose. _ _

Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the
Yard.

ARMY CONTRACTS.

WAR-OFFICE, Pall-mall, T ondon, 3d October, 1857.
riOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons
desirous of contracting to supply such quantities of

BREAD (" best seconds"), MEAT, and FORAGE,

as may be required for her Majesty's Land Forces in quarters and
Barracks, in the Counties of England severally, in Wales, in North
Britain, in the Isle of Man, and in the Channel Islands. and also
distinctly and separately for the troops at Aldershott, in the county
of Hants, for Six Months from the Ist of December next, inclusive,
that printed Forms of Tenders, with the Conditions of the several
contracts specified, may be obtained on application to the Director
of Contracts, at his Office, as above, on and after Tuesday, the
20th October next.

All proposals to contract must be made upon one of the printed
forms of tender, which should be properly signed, sealed, marked on
the ou•side " fender for Army Supplies," and delivered at the War •
Office, Pall-mall, Landon, in the course of Tuesday, the 3d day of
November nest, after which day no tender 'will be received.
THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts.

CIIRISTY'S MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC-
HALT, King-William-street, Strand, every Evening during
the Week, in their Novel and pleasing Olio of Songs, Dialogue, and
Musical Character Delineations, which for eight years at New
York, and lately at the .t. James's Theatre, have been fully en-
dorsed by houses nightly tilled, as " Par Excellence." Doors open
at half-past 7, commence at S. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2i. ; amphitheatre,
Is.; Private Boxes, 1/. ls. and 10s. 6.1. Seats can be securk d at
Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Hall. On Saturday,
a Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3.

ITUR. SPURGEON'S SERMON AT THE
I TA. CRYSTAL PALACE ON FAST DAY.
The Pubic will be admitted to the Palace as early in the Morning
as the attendance may demand.

CRYSTAL PALACE. - INDIAN RELIEF
F UN D.—The Directors have determined to open the Crystal
Palace to-morrow, WEDNESDAY, the 7th October, on which day the
Rev. C. H. SPURGEON has consented to preach in the Centre
Transept, for the special benefit •f the INDIAN RELIEF FUND.
Alter the service a Collection in aid of the Fund w:11 be made. Ser-
vice will commence at Twelve.—Admisginn, One Shilling.

Trains will run from the London Bridge Terminus es usual.
By order, GEO. GROVE, Secretary.
Crystal Palace, Oct. 6, 1857.

Cs
DE VENISE, HIGH HOLBORN.
- WEDNESDAY, the 7th Oct., being the day appointed for a
General Fast, the Public are respectfully informed that this .Esta-
blishment will be closed on that evening.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
St. Janses's.—The Proprietor of the above Rooms has the
honour to 'announce that the celebrated Dance Band, formerly con-
ducted by the 'late Mr. Emile Laurent, and kno.vn as Laurent's
Band, is at the service, as heretofore, of the nobility and gentry for
private balls, &c., Rzc. All the principal performers are still retained
in the Band, and the Proprietor has engaged permanently as Con-
ductor,• the popular composer and celebrated chef d'orchestre,
Mons. ANTONY LAMOTTE, late Of Paris.
Applications for the Band to be addressed as above to R. B.
Bignell.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Haymarket. —The Proprietor of these Rooms, grateful for
past patronage, and whi:e assisted by the able co-operation and
zealous services of the late conductor, Air. E. LAURENT, assures his
friends and the public that he has taken every means to supply in
11;s etas is' rintnt the vacancy occasioned by the loss of that distin-
guished artist. The Proprietor has now the honour to announce
that he ha. engaged, for th. above rooms, the popular composer. M.
ANTONY LAMOTTE, late, and for severalyears, conductor at the Salle
Valentino, at Paris ; also conductor at the great annual festival of
the t.lity of Lyons, held at the P,Alais d'Alcaz it ; and, or his eminent
merit, rewarded by his Majesty the Emperor with a gold medal,
bring the only chef d'orches tre in France who has rec ived this mark
of honour and distinction. All the principal performers of the
orche,tra are re• engaged. The rooms, redecorated for the occasion.
Open every Evening.—Admisiion, One Shilling.
To-morrow, being the day aapointed for a General Fast and Day
of Humiliation, this establishment will be closed.

IT R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-
street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI-
FICIAT.TEF.TIi,fIxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so
perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from
he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or
decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
T❑is method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful
o oration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is
guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr.
Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo-
mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De-
cayed teeth stopped and r indered sound and useful in mastica-
t:on.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five.

AUDACI.)US ROBBERY BY A POLICEMAN AT SHIELDS.
—Oa Saturday morning one of the recently appointed
pelice officers of North Shields was apprehended by the
euperintendent and lodged in one of the cells, on a charge
of havier committed an audacious street robbery. His
name is Robert Brown, and he came into the force about
two weeks ago with a very excellent character. It
seems that a seaman named William Hoskins had been
locked out of the Sailors' Home, and had fallen in with
the oCincer Brown. Brown had taken him to the Night
and Day public-house, but the landlord could not give
him quarters, and the sailor had subsequently turned on
to the New Quay, where he fell asleep. He had been
awoke during the night by feeling some one taking the
hafidkerchief cif his neck, and then di-covered that the
officer Brown was robbing him ; and some Iloilo time
afterwards, upon coming to his senses, for he had been
tipsy, he found that his pockets had been rifled by the
policeman of his purse and money, a ring, and several
other articles of property. As soon as the superinten•
dent heard of the robbery, as we have said, he appre-
hended Brown, who has admitted his guilt to him. As
Brown bus been very attentive to drunken men since he
Came into the force, and had got the name of "an active
officer" in that respect, it is not improbable that he may
have eased some others of their superfluous cash who
have been found in a similar predicament to the sailor.
The magistrates have remanded him.
GOVERNMENT PROTECTION TO EMIGRANTS FOR
CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.—As soon as an
emigrant ship reaches the emigrant station in the St.
Lawrence, at Grosse Isle, a few miles below Quebec, she
is bearded by the Government Medical Officer. It there
aro any sick on board they are landed and.remain at the
hospital, at the expense of the Government, until they
are cured. Immediately on the ship's arrival at Quebec,
Mr. Buchanan, the Government Emigration Agent, goes
on board. He inquires into all complaints, and sees that
all the cenditnns of the Act of Parliament for protect-
ing emigrants have been strictly complied with. This
he is able to do in a most effective manner, as, when-
ever an emigrant ship leaves the British port for Quebec,
the Government Emigration Officer port at the forwards
to him, by mail steamer, a list of every passenger, with
their names, ages, sex, trade, &c. This list is always
received by Mr. Buchanan a fortnight before the ship's
arrival. He thus possesses every particular that may
be useful to him in pretesting the emigrants, and direct-
ing them to where they can at once get suitable employ-
ment. II there be any just cause of complaint against
the captain of a ship, justice is afforded by a summary
law passed for the purpose, and Mr. Buchanan himself
superintends the prosecution. The Government of
Canada has issued a pamphlet upon the resources of the
country and the prospects in store for the industrious
of all classes who desire to make it the land of their
adoption. This pamphlet, as well as full particulars of
the through-booking system, by which emigrants are
protected from the time of their landing until they
reach their destination, together with maps of the
Canadian Railways, showing their connection with
these of the 'United States, continue to be issued
gratuitously to all who apply for them, personally or
37 letter, at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway
at Canada, 21, Oid Broad-street, London, E.G. .

DEATH OF EARL FITZWILLIAM, K.G.

We briefly recorded in our columns yesterday the
mournful intelligence of the death of the Earl Fitz-
william, at Wentworth-home' near Rotherham,
Yorkshire, between 9 and 10 o'clock on Sunday
morning, The sad event following so soon after the
sudden•decease of the infant child of Viscount and
Viscountess Milton, has plunged the family into
deep affliction. The lamented earl, by the accounts
received on Saturday, was reported to be going on
favourably, and it was fully anticipated that he
would ultimately recover, but a relapse took place
at an early hour on Sunday morning, under which
he rapidly sank. Vis:ount and Viscountess Milton,
the Ladies Charlotte and Dorothy Wentworth-Fitz-
william, Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam, M.P., and the
Hon. Chas. W. W. Fitzwilliam, Mr. and Lady
Mary ThompFon, Mr. and Lady A. Vernon, and
other relatives were at Wentworth, and were pre-
sent at his dissolution.
The deceased Chas. Wm. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,
Earl Fitzwilliam Norborough, county Northamp-
ton, Viscount Milton and Lord Fitzwilliam, Baron
of Milton, county Northampton, in the peerage of
Great Britain ; also Earl Fitzwilliam, county Ty-
rone, Baron Milton, county Westmeath, and Baron
Fitzwilliam of Lifford, county Donegal, in the
peerage of Ireland, was only issue of William, 4th
Earl, by his marriage with Lady Charlotte Ponson-
by, second daughter of William, second Earl of
Bessborough. He was born 4th May, 1786, and
married Bth July, 1806, the Hon. Mary Dundas,
fourth daughter of Thomas, first Lord Dundee. By
his marriage with that amiable and charitable lady,
who died in Nov.' 1830, he leaves surviving issue
three sons and sixdau;liters.
The late earl, like his venerable father, was a
stanch Whig in politics, and consistently supported
all the measures of his party. Soon after he had at-
tained his majority, in 1807, he became a candi-
date for the representation of Yorkshire, in the
House of Commons, the county only returning two
members to that branch of the Legislature ; for it
was not untill 1821, when the borough of Gram-
pound, in Cornwall, was disfranchised for "bribery
and corruption" of the most flagrant nature, that
-Yorkshi e had the privilege of sending four mem-
bers to Parliament. It was one of the most memo-
rable struggles on record, and certainly the most
expensive contest that ever distinguished the annals
of electioneering. Viscount Milton was supported
by the Whigs ; Mr. Lascelles (afterwards Earl of
Hare wood and grandfather of the present peer) by
the Tories ; and Mr.' Wilberforce (father of the
now Bishop of Oxford) by the Dissenters and inde-
pendent interest. The contest was carried on with
doubtful success by the two party candidates for 15
days, but Mr. Wilberforce was at the head of the
poll during the whole of the time. On the 16th
day the election terminated in favour of Mr. Wil-
berforce and Viscount Milton, the numbers at the
close of the poll being :

Mr. Wilberforce
Viscount Milton
Hon. Henry Lascelles 10,990
The contest is said to have cost the three candidates
near half a million of money, tee greater part being
expended by the two aristocralic parties—Mr. Wil-
berforce's expenses being mainly defrayed by pub-
lic subscription. The vast sums expended by the
Fitzwilliam and Lascelles families in that remark
able contest were the means of cooling their party
ardour for some years afterwards. As Viscount
Milton he for many fur many years—from 1807 to
1830—represented that county in Parliament. In
1831 he was returned to the House of Commons for
Northamptonshire, in conjunction with Viscount
Alrhorp (the late Earl Spencer) ; and at the next
general election in the following year was returned
for the northern division of that county, with Lord
Brudenell (now Earl of Cardigan), at the head of
the poll, against Mr. Hanbury (late Lord Bate-
man) and Mr. Tryon ; but the following year he
succeeded his father in the earldom, an conse-
quently removed to the House of Peers. In the
latter assembly he supported the free-trade mea-
sures of the late Sir R. Peel, and gave his indepen.
dent support to the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord
Palmerston's Ad nuini,tration.

In 1851 he was made a Knight of the Order of the
Garter. He was a Fellowof the Reyal Society(1811),
aF.S. A. , and aF. G. S., and aD. C.L. He was in
1853 appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of North-
amptonshire, and was the patron of 26 livings.
The deceased peer issticceeded in the hereditary
honours and extensive patrimonial estates by his
eldest son, William Thomas Spencer Viscount Mil-
ton (now Earl), horn 12th Oct., 1812, and married
10th Sept., 1838, to Lady Frances Harriet Douglas,
oldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Mor-
ton, by whom he has a youthful family. He was
returned to the House of Commons in 1837 for Mal-
ton, and at the general election in 1841 he unsuc-
cessfully clutested the West Riding of Yorkshire.
In April, 1846, he was again elected representative
in Parliament fur Mahon, for which borough he sat
to July, 1847. when he was elected for the county
Wicklow, which county he has since represented in
the House of Commons. His lordship is the Lieut.-
Colonel of the West York Yeomanry Cavalry.
The Fitzwilliam family is one of the most an-
cient of the aristocracy, the ancestor of that noble
house having been ambassador of William I. when
Duke of Normandy, and accompanied him to Eng-
land at the Conquest in 1066. It was once very
numerous, 11 branches having subscribed their
names to a pedigree made out in 1565. They were
lords of Elmley and Sprotborough, in Yorkshire.
Sir Win. Fitzwilliam,Lord of Elmley and Sprot-
bc,rough in 1117, was ancestor to S:r J. Fitzwilliam,
1353, who, by Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Clinton,
had several sons. Edmund 3d son, was great
grandfather of Sir T. Fitzwilliam, of Aldwark, who
by Lucy, daughter and co heir of J. Nevile, Mar-
quis Montacute, had a third son, William, who was
Vice-Admiral of the Fleet, and Treasurer of the
Household, and created Earl of Southampton in
1537, dying without issue in 1543. Sir W. Fitz-
william, eldest brother of Edmund, was father of
Sir John, who had six sons. J. Fitzwilliam, sixth
son, was of Milton and Green's Norton, in North-
amptonshire, and was father of Sir W. Fitzwilliam
of Milton, who was an alderman of London and
sheriff in 1506, sheriff of Essex fn 1514, and North-
amptonshire in 1521. He had been educated under
Cardinal Wolsey, amassed a large fortune, and
died in 1534. His grandson, Sir W. Fitzwilliam
of Milton, horn 1526, was in 1559 appointed Vice-
Treasurer and Treasurer-at-War in Ireland, and
finally, in 1588, Lord Deputy of Ireland. Sir J.
Davies says, " Ho was very serviceable in the re-
duction of Ireland—first, in raising a composition
in Munster ; afterwards, in settling the possessions
of the lords and tenants in Monahan, one of the
last acts of State, tending to the reformation of the
civil Government, performed in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth. His vigilance was very conspicuous iu
the memorable year of the Spanish invasion, when
the routed Armada, in its return, dared not to land
in Ireland, except against their wills, driven by
tempest, when they found the shore worse than the
sea to them." He died in 1599. His son, Sir Wil-
liam of Milton, died in 1618, leaving William, who
was, in 1620, created Lord Fitzwilliam of Lifford
in Cie county Donegal, in Ireland. He died in
1644. His son William, the second lord, dying in
1658, his son William, third lord, was further ad-
vanced,by being created Viscount Milton
son earl, succeeded his father in 1719,
Fitzwilliam of Tyrone, in Ireland. His
John,aandcEe da: Earl
secondr
and only enjoyed the family honours a few years,
having died in 1728. William, his son, then became
third earl, who, in 1742, was created an English peer
by the title of Baron Fitzwilliam of Milton, in the
county ,Jf Northamptonshire, and in 1746 created
Viscount Milton and Earl Fitzwilliam, of Nor-
borough in Northamptonshire. He died in 1756,
and was succeeded by his son William, father of
the late peer, the subject of this brief memoir. He
was a man of considerable political influence, and
in addition to the broad lands he possessed in this
country and Ireland, succeeded to the extensive
estates of his uncle, the last Marquis of Rocking-
ham. He held several high appointments in the
State, and was in 1795 made Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland. The earl made no pretensions to com-
manding talents or powerful eloquence, but he
nevertheless had great political weight with his
friends the Duke of Portland, Lord Spencer, Chas.
Fox, and other political celebrities of the period.
His lordship inherited the family honours and
estates at the early age of nine years, possessed the
earldom for 77 years, and ultimately became the
father of the peerage, dying in February, 1833.

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THE LOSS OF THE TRANSIT.

The following is written by an officer who wen.
out in the ill-fated Transit :

"Island of Bence, 220 miles from Singapore,
Sunday, July 12.
" Long before this reaches you the telegraph will
have informed you of the total wreck of her Ma-
jesty's ship Transit, on whioh I was a passenger.
" The casualty took place at half-past 9 a.m. on
the 10th ; she struck on a sunken rock two miles
from a reef, a portion of which is discernible at low
water, and eight miles from the•mainland ; the sea
was like a mirror at the time. The commander,
Captain Chambers, and the master, were on the
bridge ; the ship was steaming slowly, about four
knots, and the leadsmen had just called out nine
fathoms. We had not at first any just conception
of the extent of the danger, but hoped that by
throwing all the guns overboard we could possibly
get her off. About 5 minutes elapsed, and I was
proceeding along the troop deck to visit some sick
men and officers, when I saw the water rushing with
great violence along the floor of the engine-room,
and in about another minute the fires were extin-
guished. I ran forward and ordered all the sick
men out of the forecastle, that they might be at
hand in case things turned out badly. On my
reaching the poop it was evident that she was
settling down on her stern, leaning a little to the
starboard ; and, though the sadiers worked like
lions at the pumps, the water rose to the troll)
deck and rushed into the saloon and cabins.
Meanwhile-efforts were being made to secure some
biscuits, pork, and rum, which were passed on to
the forecastle, as it was evident the ship should be
abai tdon ed.

" While the soldiers were thus occupied under
the direction of their officers the ship's crew were
getting out their boats, and in about two hours
they were all lowered. It took this length of time
to effect this, as the heavy boats were midships and
the Transit was fearfully undermanned.
" The first boat lowered was despatched with the
second lieutenant to Aminto, a Dutch settlement
16 miles off, to solicit assistance and a despatih
boat to proceed to Singapore for a vessel to take us
from this.

" The remainder of the boats were now ready.
The first embarked were the sick, a company of the
90th, and a company of the 59th, and they were
landed on the reef. They had to be landed there,
as if they proceeded to the island those on the ship
would, in all likelihood, have sunk before the re-
turn of the boats. These were four times filled
before all on the ship were in safety. The ship's
crew, who were the last to leave, went at once to
the island, and the boats then made three trips to
the reef for those of us who were on it. It was
dark before all were landed. This was not attained
too soon, as the rock on which we stood gradually
became covered by the rising tide, and was totally
hid from sight before the last of us bad reached
the land.

"Except the clothes in which we sold, every-
thing was lost, except the firelocks of the so!diers,
which they carried with them. It was impossible
to save the knapsacks.
" Thirty tons of powder, all the sh it and shells
and small arm ammunition, all the stores, the medi-
cal comforts, commissariat tents and bagougo, in
fact, everything has been lost. The vessel, how-
ever, has not yet sunk, though under water from
the funnel sternmost, and split iu half bath on the
port and starboard. The rock on which she split
holds her securely until a gale of wind shall scatter
her to pieces.

" You will, as an old soldier, bs glad to hear that
nothing could have been more truly heroic than the
conduct of the men ; it was splendid, and worthy
of antiquity, or shall I say of the British soldier ?
When first the crash came all the men on the troop-
deck made a rush to the gangway, but Major Burn-
ston, 90th, ordered every man back to his mess.
This command they instantly obeyed, though the
ship was trembling like a frightened chill, and they
could hear and seo the water gradually rising to
their feet. Had this order not been given and
obeyed, no biscuit or pork could have ben) saved ;
and when at last the men were ordered on the quar-
terdeck to embark there was no rushing or confu-
sion, the first party moved off and the remainder
stood at ease with the order and precision of a
Sunday parade, though they could see and feel the
ship gradually sinking. Some who could secure
nothing else succeeded in securing their Bible's, and
this morning, in the presence of wreck, we re-
turned thanks to that Almighty Saviour to whom
we all feel indebted for our safety.
"We have much to be thankful for. Hid there
been a rough sea the ship must have gone to pieces,
and it must have washed off the reef those who
could have reached it. Thank God we are all alive,
well, and on a very beautiful island, abounding in
fresh water, pine apples, cocoanuts, and bananas.
This day the pork and also some sails were secured,
and we all under canvas. Colonel S--, Scots
Fusileer Guards, is in command, and there is, in
my opinion, no man better fitted for high command,
as, with a temper most enviable, he has a calm-
ness, firmness, and self-possession which has proved
of essential service to all of us. He was tho last
of our party to leave the ship.
" I trust that this disaster may lead the Ad•
miralty to consider the propriety of sending out no
more troops in transports not seaworthy, and the
necessity of providing some means of lowering the
boats speedily, and of having a sufficient number
to rescue all on board, as, if we had not been so
close to the shore, not a third of our number could
have bee❑ saved.

"From the hour we left Portsmouth we were in
danger, as on leaving the deck the fau of the screw,
which had not ben raised, came into collision with
the dock. The fan was positively broken, and the
concussion caused a leak aft which could nut be
stopped. The Transit except the wind was on the
quarter or beam, would not answer her helm ; the
sails did not fit her, and were very old. On the
22d and 23d we lost the foresail, foretopsail, the
mainsail, and maintopsail. The mainyald, made
of indifferent timber, broke in half like a rotten
stick, and one of the plates of iron of which the
ship is built broke in two below water mark. I
need not tell you that it was almost impossible to
prevent the vessel from foundering ; indeed, had
the gale not abated nothing could have saved us.
You cannot conceive the extent of that danger. It
may help you to do so when I tell you that on the
24th we pumped out of the wretched ship GOO tons
of water. GOO tons !

At home you will esteem it a most unfortunate
and disastrous occurrance that we should be lost.
I believe there is not a soul among us who did
not thank God; for our being wrecked where we
were, as if we had proceeded to the Chinese Seas
and met a typhoon, or even a heavy gala of wind,
the Transit must have sunk, and all of us been
lost. For my own part, I esteem it a most merci-
ful occurrence.
" There is no doubt that we shall all have the
sympathy of the people of England. I trust they
will be not only merciful, but be as they ever are,
just, and. not hastily blame the captain or the mas-
ter. It may not be right in a landsman to pro-
nounce an opinion, but, as I have now hal some
experience, I can safely assert that no two men
could have displayed more vigilance and anxiety—
I might say painful anxiety—from the hour we left
Portsmouth. They knew what we did not—our
fearfl4l danger, but always displayed so much cheer-
fulness as really to lead us at times t o imagine that
she was the finest vessel ever floated.

"It will be remembered that the master navi-
gated the Himalaya in all the- rapid voyages she
made in the last war, and is well known at the A-
miralty as a most accomplished man.
"Perhaps you will be so good as to have my
letters forwarded, as I know not where I shall be,
and have written to them to forward this to your
office.
" I have saved my writing-desk and Bible, and
others a few trifles. I have lost to the value of al-
most 2001.

ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.-LIVERPOOL, Monday.—A Liverpool gentl,..
man who was in the train telegraphs from London as
follows :—An accident occurred on the London and
North-Western Railway this morning. No lives have
been lost, nor has any one been seriously injured. When
the mail train, which left Lime-street, Liverpool, at 23
minutes past 10 on Sunday night, ha i reached within a
few miles of Rugby, at two o'clock this morning, the
passengers experienced a very severe shock. The car-
riage next to the guard's break-van had its windows
broken, and was oth.irwit.e so much injured that it was
taken off, and left at Rugby. The guird was very much
bruised about the head and face. He was, however, well
enough to come on by the train, but not in charge of it.
Only one gentleman, who received a eeveie contusion
on the forehead, remained at Rugby ; the other pas-
sengers were bruised and much shaken, but all went
forward. No bones were broken. The engine-driver
and stoker were injured. On investigation it was found
that no less than three coupling-irons were broken—
those which attachd the engine to the break vane. The
engine, b-ing thus released, went forward with great
speed, and it was 15 minutes before it returned. The
cause of the accident is unknown,

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THS MUTINIES IN INDIA.

SIR COLIN CAMPBELL AT CALCUTTA.
We (North British Mail) are happy to state that,
from letters received in Glasgow yesterday 'fore-
noon, dated Calcutta, August 22, Sir Colin Camp-
bell, who arrived there on the 14th of August, was in
perfect health at Calcutta at that time, and had
taken the command of the army. On the 17th of
that month he issued the following proclamation
to the troops in India:—

"BY THE COINIMA.NDER IN CHIEF.
" Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to
appoint me commander in chief of the forces in In-
dia, in the room of the late lamented General the
Hon. George Anson, and her Majesty having alto
been graciously pleased to confer upon me the rank
of General in the East Indies, I now assume the
command of the army in India.

"In doing so it affords me the highest satisfaction to
find under my troops who have so fully proved them-
selves, in the recent arduous operations in the field,
to be what I have ever known British soldiers in
every quarter of the globe—courageous, faithful,
obedient, and enduring.
"In former years I have commanded native
troops of India, and by their side I have been pre-
sent in many battles and victories in which they
have nobly borne their part ; and it is to me a sub-
ject of deep concern to learn that soldiers of whom
I have been accustomed to think so favourably
should now be arrayed in open and defiant mutiny
against a government proverbial for the liberality
and paternal consideration with which it has ever
treated its servants of every denomination.
" When I join the force now in the field restor-
ing order to the district disturbed by the disaffection
of the army of Bengal, I shall, at the head of the
British troops, and of those native soldiers who,
though few in number, have not feared to separate
themselves from tneir faithless comrades, and to
adhere to their duty, feel my old confidence that
they will march to certain victory.
" I shall not fail to notice, and the powerful
Government which I have the honour to serve will
not fail to reward, every instance of fidelity and
valour shown by the troops under my command.
" I call upon the officers and men of both Euro-
pean and native troops zealously to assist in the
task before us ; and, by the blessing of God,- we
shall nom again see India tranquil and prosperous.
(Signed)
" C. CAMPBELL, General Commanding-
in-Chief.
" Calcutta, 17th August, 1857.

"His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is
pleased to make the following appointments on his
personal staff .

" Major A. Alison, her Majesty's service, unat-
tached, to be military secretary. Capt. Sir David
Baird, Bart., her Majesty's 98th Foot, to be aide-
de-camp. Lieut. F. M. Alison, h€r Majesty's 72d
Foot, to be aide-de camp. Capt. W. F. G. For-
ster, her Majesty's Ist West India Regiment, to be
aide-de-camp.
" These appointments to bear date 13th Aug.,
18F")7."

" Fort-William, Aug. 14,1857.—With the sanction
of Government, the Commander-in-Chief is pleased
to make the following temporary arrangements,
without prejudice to the permanent appointments
of the officers concerned :
" Brevet Lieut.-Colonel C. J. Otter, her Ma-
jesty's 61st Foot, and officiating deputy-adjutant-
general Queen's troops in India, to command the
garrison and station of Allahabad. Captain B. D.
W. Ramsay, her Majesty's 75th Foot, and Brigade
Major Qu,en's troops, to officiate as assistant ad-
jutant-general, vice Otter.

(Signel) "W. MAYHEW, Major,
" Deputy Adjutant-General of the Army.
" By order of his Excellency the Commander-in

Chief.
" BA.LCARRES D. W. RAMSAY, Captain, '
Off. As,ist. Adjt. Gen. H. M. Forces in India."