The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-27 00:00:00

THE FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON AND SOUTD-BASTEKL7 RAlLWAY.—Traffic re.
izrn for the week ending Ang. 22, 1857. t 24,056 18 10
Corresponding week last year,

Inlrease in 1857

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Traffi
return for the week ending Aug. 23, 1857 E 71,251 0 0
Corresponding week last year
GREAT NORTEIERN RAILWAY. —Traffic return for the
week ending Aug. 16, 1857 £22,744 17 .4
Corresponding week last year, 2 i,114 3 1

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return fcr
tha week ending Aug. 23, 1857 27,211 0 0
Corresponding week last year 6,982 0 0

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LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Aug. 23, 1857 t28,523 0 1
Corresponding weak last year..... 25,027 18 5
SCOTTISH CeSTRAIA RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending Aug. 23, 18 £3,118 15 4
Corresponding week last year 3,232 1 7
CORK AND BANDON ILULWAY.--Traffie return for the
week ending duo." 22, 1857 2250 2 10
Corresponding week last year 205 19 2
GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.--Traffic return for th
week ending Aug. 23, 1857 ,..£1,004 18 3
Corresponding week last year 656 12 9

AFPEARAIiCE OF POTATO DISEASE IN SCOTLAND,—
We • are very srrry to say that this dire scourge has
again made its appearance within the past- week in
various parts of the counties of Banff, Moray, and
Aberdeen, and has since it became observable made. rapid
progress.--Bev/dare Journal,
(A DVE crisEMANT. SIGHT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES --
POWERFUL .TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND • PERSPECTIVE
GLASSES. —S. and B. Solonions, opticians, 39, A bemarle-
street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W.
By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for va'uable and ex-
traordina- y improvements in the most powerful and brilliant
Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective
Glasses, toknow the distances. These TelescoPes possess
such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches,
with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons,
Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same t Icscope
can be seen a person's countenal.ce three-and-a-half miles
distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist-
coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with incrersing
powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu-
able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket
Glass, the size of a walnut, by whirls a person can be seen and
known one and a-half mile distant They answer every pur-
pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country
scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They
aro invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to
sportsmen, - gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera,
Gimp, Perspective, and Rsce-c urse Glasses, with wonderful
powers.—lnvaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the
greatest transparent power. Pr t
he great vivautago eriN ed
from this invention is, that vieen impaired becomes pre-
served and strencthened, aid very agel persons ale !nabl.:d
employto their sight at the most minute occupation—can see
with thoie lenses of a much loss magnifying power —and
they do not require the frequent changes to the
rdarin:-
gorons effects of further powerful assistance. Perseus
can be suited at the mo., remote pert of the world by send.
in, one of the glasses out of their wpectac es in a letter, and
stating the dist fl.oe from the eye they can small
with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by,
stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery,—The Orgatiic
Vibrator, ant.x`raordair atrhieiykpionwdetrtfualt, shlasallb,een,
or probably
wi
instrument for deafness, entirely cliff:men', from all oth rs,
can,surp beas psing anything
roduced. Doing of the- same colour as the skin, is
po lire 71,
at nsensationcit
affords , f
not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at
church and at-public assemblies; theruemn
singing noies'in the ears is entirely
all the assistance that possibly could bo desired.-31. Allse•
marle-rotTeet, Opposito the York

SIXTH DAY.
The members of the general court-martial for the
trial of Lieutenant-Colonel a. Clarke, Ist West
India Regiment, again assembled at 12 o'clock yes-
terday, at Chatham Barracks, under the presidency
of Colonel Jervis, for the purpose of continuing the
examination of the numerous witnesses for the de-
fence. The proceedings still appear to attract veil
great interest in the garrison
En-ign W. Hartrick, Ist West India Regiment,
was further examined on behalf of the prisoner.
Witness stated that when the Fort-Adjutant deli •
vered the message from Colonel Hill to the pri"
soner that he was ordered to embark for the Gam-
bia. He stated that Col. Hill regretted that the-
disturbances there rendered h's presence uecessarya
If there had been any disturbances prisoner would
have known of them before Col. Hill, as he bad only
just arrived from adtstant colony. ColonelClarkes
reply to tt e fort adjutant was not looked upon by
witness as a refusal to embark, but only to enable
him to gain an interview with Colonel Hill. Liew
tenant Watson, now deceased, had told witness that
he heard Colonel Hill say he wished he was out et
it. Lieutenant Watson resigned his appointment
of fort adjutant soon after the prisoner had left fer.
the Gambia, owing to a misunderstanding wit,"
Colonel Hill on some military subjects, The Ines;
sage given by the fort adjutant to the prisoner, that
he was to go to the Gambia, was given officially, and
Lie utentan t Watson was in his uniform at the time'
Witness had been informed by Lieatentant Watsan
that Colonel Hill had hinted that if the prisoner
would write him a certain letter all would be well.
Major-General Sir G. Wetherall, K.C.8.,
adjutant-general, was next called by the prisoner,
and identified the signatures of Lieut.-Colonel r'
A. Wetherall, commanding the Ist West indi3
Regiment, to two letters to the prisoner, one af
which was dated " Spanish Town, May 11, 1856,
and addressedlo the prisoner in British Guiana, in,
which he was directed to take the command ()'
the six companies of. that regiment, then proceed-
ing to Sierra Leone. The letter of the Bth Nonelni
her, 1855, investing Colonel Hill with the comma° t
of the troops at Sierra Leone 'was not written 3
the instigation of Colonel Hill, but by an order
from the War-office, who were doubtless in 01.1'
muuication with the Colonial-office on the bubjer';:i
Previously to that letterbeing written the command
of the troops at Sierra Leone and theiGambia was
,
invested in one person, but the gaitaut genow
could not state to the court' hether that letter was
written to prevent Colonel Hill from interferil
with the troops in the Gambia, and Col. O'Connn'
with those at Sierra Leone.
By the Couit—The whole time that Colonel gill
was at Sierra Leone he was considered to be the
commanding officer of the troops at that stati°°'
and all official correspondence went through binl:l
A third lieutenant colonel was appointed to Colon 't
Hill's regiment, as that officer, on his appointmlea.
to the Gold Coast, became a supernumerary (AO%
Colonel Hill was specially appointed by tee EDP
Guards to command the troops at Sierra Leone. ~
Lieut. Wm. Cody, 3d West India Regiment, d;e
‘,.
proved what had been stated by Captain gen..4'
that he was in command of the troops at Siel,
Leone during Colonel Hill's absence, as the
Capt. Pearson commanded. He had never 10°'-,„
of any letter appointing Colonel Hill to the Ol;
mand at Sierra Leone, until the letter was read nt
parade. Witness and the other officers then Vie'
in a body to Colonel Hid, and Captain Pearson re'
quested to have a copy of the letter given to bil;
The order for the prisoner to proceed to the Gain
was not seen by witness, and he did not believe it
was inserted in the orderly-book.
Col. H. W. Whitfield, 2d West India Regitnent;
was called to character. He informed the on
of
that he had always entertained a high opinion. 0
the prisoner, who, on a recent occasion was sent of
British Guiana, with a detachment at a time
much excitement, -and on his return the men 'Oast
in excellent discipline. Prisoner also rendered grrs
assistance to witness whilst stationed in Demertis:
• where the civil servants gave him much trar,,,s
From all he had heard and known of the prisoile4
character, witness could not have believed tbatinips
such charges could have been brought against. n
• until he had seen them in writing. doa
This closed the evidence for, the defence, an d.
the application of the prisoner the court °tr
journed until Friday, when it will re-assemble f°o
the purpose of hearing the prisoner's address on IP
I whole evidence.