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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY MORNING.

SINCE returning from their autumnal sojourn in the
glens of Brae-Mar, HEE MAJESTY and the royal family
have chiefly resided at Windsor, where they will remain
till towards the end of next month, for the purpose of
celebrating the anniversary of the birthday of the PRIN-
CESS ROYAL, who completes the fourteenth year of her
age on the 21st proximo. After that event has been
duly honoured, the court, it is understood, will proceed
to Osborne House, and will remain there till the middle
of December, at which time, it has now been announced
in a semi-official manner, the long talked of visit of Loris

NAroLrox and the EmenEss of the FRENCH will take

place. The visit

so say those veracious chroniclers, the

court gossips—will be paid by the imperial visitors at
Osborne, whence, accompanied by HER MAJESTY and
Prince ALBERT, the "illustrious strangers" will proceed
to Windsor Castle, where they will occupy the same suite
which were tenanted by the King of
For the pur-

of apartments

PnrssrA. on his lat,

sit to this country,

pose of accommodating their imperial Majesties, the
apartments are to undergo a complete overhauling, at the
conclusion of which they will he fitted up with an eye to
domestic comfort not less than to regal splendour. The
stay of the EMPEROIL and EmruEss will, it is expected,
extend over six or eight days, which time will be devoted

to a series of festive entertainments unparalleled in splen-
dour by any of the festivities which have taken place

during HER MAJEsTr's reign. Conspicuous among these
celebrations, it is said, will be an investiture of the garter,
at which the EMPEROR will be installed a knight. Before
this ceremony takes place, however, it is asserted by the
Beau TIBESES of the clubs that the banner, sword, man-
and helmet of the Emperor of RrsslA, he being held
ecreant knight, will be plucked down from the place
f the stalls in St. George's Chapel,
thrown into the aisle, and swept by the choristers beyond
the precincts of the castle. This course of action is said
to receive a sort of quasi countenance in the fact that the
CZAR himself has called on a Wallachian of high position
to restore the decoration bestowed upon him during the
Russian occupation of the principalities, on the ground
that, since their evacuation, the Wallaehian knight, hav-
ing joined the Austrians in their support of Turkey, has
forfeited his title to the honour. Should such a proceeding
take place, by order of Garter King-at-Arms, it will create
no small sensation, and completely eclipse the recent eclat
of the Windsor courts-martial.

,ecupy above on

Apropos of these courts-martial, it appears his worship
the Mayor of Windsor is overwhelmed with contributions
to the "PERRY Testimonial Fund," which now exceeds
£2,400. What the good-natured public mean to demon-
strate by this extensive pecuniary testimonial, it would
perplex even a Philadelphia lawyer to determine. A sum
of money to cover the outlay incurred by Mr. PERRY, in
resisting oppression and counteracting the proceedings of
vindictive injustice, is comprehensive enough, and does no
discredit to either the contributors or the recipient; but
when it changes its character from a "Defence" to a "Tes-
timonial Fund," one is led to question what meritorious act,
or what great moral principle is to be recognised in the tes-
timonial ? If I recollect aright, the ill-used subaltern was
invited by a brother officer, and accepted the invitation,
to join in a drinking bout along with the inviter and his
chere aria; that he did this, and also joined in gambling
with such success, that his opposing "brother," inflamed
by wine and ill-luck, originated a riot, out of which the
whole disgraceful trial proceeded. Is it for success in this
tripartite achievement of gaming, immorality, and drunk-
enness, that the moral English people club their pennies
and their pounds in establishing a "testimonial fund ?
Sincerely do I hope not ! National gratitude may readily
find objects of purer virtue and more lustrous beauty than
this to testify their admiration of.

Speaking of the proceedings of one law-court, suggests,
without much violence to the legal unities, the displays
in others, and this brings into view a recent scene at the
Middlesex Sessions, where ,in an'encounter between a bar-
rister and the presiding Judge, Mr. Serjeant ADAMS and
Mr. PARRY, in a manner more forensic than courteous,
discussed the merits or demerits of a certain voluntary
association for the prosecution of a particular class of
crimes. On Tuesday, the learned judge was engaged
in trying two alleged charges of assault upon girls ; the
prosecution being undertaken and conducted under the
auspices of the Associate Institute for the Protection of
Women. One of the cases entirely broke down, and in
the other the jury returned a verdict of acquittal. The
details, as given in evidence, were quite unfit for publica-
tion, in this respect proving too strong even for the
columns of the Times. The learned judge characterised
the cases as disgusting and the proceedings as disgraceful,
adding that, if such charges were to be indulged in and
continued, no individual would be safe, as he would be
liable to prosecution at the instance of even the most
abandoned women. In pursuance or this view, he refused
to allow the costs of prosecution, and rather more than
insinuated that the charges had been voluntarily got up
with a view to the recovery of costs. On the following
day, Mr. PARRY, as standing counsel for the Institute,
appeared to make a motion to have the costs allowed, and
the aspersions, as he called them, laid by the judge
against the society and its solicitor retracted. In
urging his motion, which he did with great warmth,
the irate barrister said the pecuniary question of
costs was of no value, as these would be defrayed by
the society, which he maintained was of the highest
respectability, numbering among its members many
of the first men of the day. The Archbishop of
CANTERBURY was, he said, its Presiderlt, and such
laymen as Mr. SAMUEL GURNEY and Mr. JOHN LA-
,
BorcusuE were members of it. In conclusion, he inti-
mated, in strong terms, that if the learned Judge, whom
he peristed in designating simply as Mr. SERIEANT
ADAMS, did not rescind his judgment as to the costs, and
withdraw the offensive remark as to the Institute, the
case should be laid before the Secretary of State. The
judge properly repelled the ungracious interference, and
maintained the propriety of what he had said and done,
remarking pointedly on the threatened application to the
Secretary of State, as an attack upon the independence
and dignity of the bench. Throughout the whole of this
remarkable 'and unbecoming scene, Mr. PARRY gave un-
mistakeable evidence that, how respectable soever the so-
ciety itself might be, there was great room for improve-
ment in the temper and conduct of at least one of its " law
officers." That such a society may, under judicious ad-
ministration, be a potent instrument of good, is scarcely to
be disputed, and as little reason is there for questioning
the fact that the objects sought by its promoters are of a
creditable and praiseworthy order; but here we have it,
on the authority of a highly-respectable judge, after ma_
ture deliberation and ample experience, denounced as a
nuisance, the bullying tone and swaggering demeanour of
its accredited defender lending strong confirmation to the
accuracy of the judge's allegation. Under these circum-
stances, surely the venerable prelate, and those respectable
laymen who, with the best of intentions, have lent it the
respectability of their names, will see the propriety of
withdrawing their countenance from it, or taking such
steps in remodelling it as will effectually guard its ad-
ministration from incurring the severe censure it has
called down from the bench. Many sound philanthro-
pists and enlightened men are inclined to question the
propriety of public inquiry into such cases as those
referred to at all ; and few, indeed, are they, with rightly-
constituted minds, who will not severely condemn the
publication of their details; by publication I would not
confine the word to signify putting them in print, I mean
to include the discussion of them in a public court, and in
this sense fully sympathise with Mr. Serjeant ADAMS
in denouncing them as disgusting. As we are eloquently
told by the poet and moralist,
Vice is a monster of such frightful mien,
As to be hated, needs but to be seen;
But seen too oft, familiar with the face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

Holding this view, I cannot restrain my feeling of appro-
bation of the course adopted in the criminal courts of our
Scottish brethren, where all cases of the kind referred to

are tried with " closed doors," that is, all parties are ex
eluded from the court except the jury and members of the
bar.

Foremost among the topics of general as of" individual
consideration, are the incidents and probable fortunes of

the war. These incidents are looked for, and attention is
concentrated on 'the hostile movements in the Crimea.
Connected with these movements, great, and it appears
unnecessary, dissatisfaction has been expressed, by means
of the press, and the dissatisfaction so uttered has found
only too ready an echo in the public voice. That the
statements on which the complaints alluded to are founded
arise from sincere conviction on the part of those who
furnish them, seems not to admit of any doubt; but the
question still remains, as to how far the narrators are im-
partial and unbiassed witnesses—how far, in point of fact,
their judgment, not their veracity, is trustworthy. The
allied armies and fleets are entrusted to the care of leaders
who know their duty, and will not neglect to execute it,
nor unnecessarily urge it to a rash conclusion, as danger-

ous to our arms as it might prove fatal to our gallan t

countrymen. Decisive victories are rarely, if ever, the
result of sudden movements or fortuitous circumstances ;
on the contrary, they are almost invariably brought about
by profound thought and skilful adaptation of means to
ends. That celerity of judgment which is unable to see
anything but incompetency in delay is not much to be
relied on. While making these remarks, however, lam
painfully reminded of the grave charges laid to the door
of our home authorities as to the inadequate provision
made for relief of the wounded and the sick. From these
charges they have in a great degree been able to vindicate
themselves, and their assertions as to the entire adequacy
of the arrangements are fortunately borne out as respects
the hospitals at Constantinople, five hundred wounded
English and French soldiers having been declared re-
covered from their wounds received at the battle of Alma,
and taken their departure for the Crimea. While this

practical refutation of the serious charges made against
the home arrangements, in this department, is so far
satisfactory, it is doubly painful to learn that provision
for the sick and wounded, in the more immediate vicinity
of Sebastopol, has been very imperfectly made ; not by
the home authorities, but by some of those on the spot.
Some of the medical officers of the British division have
so negligently performed their duty, or rather abstained
from any performance of it, as to call for severe condem-
nation from the commander-in-chief. " The sick were
sent down from the camp to Ba]aklava," says Lord
RAGLAN, in a general order issued on the 11th instant,
" under charge of a medical officer of the division to which
they respectively belonged; but on their arrival there it
was found that no preparation had been made for their
The consequence was, that the sick,

reception

many of them in a very suffering state, remained in the
streets for several hours, exposed to very inclement wea-
ther. The name of the officer who was guilty of this
gross neglect is known to the Commander of the Forces.
He will not now publish it, but he warns him to be care-
ful in future, and to be cautious how he again exposes
himself to censure." 'Whoever the caitiff may be whose neg-
ligence is thus sharply rebuked, he had indeed needs " be
cautious how he again exposes himself" to a censure so

ignominious,

In the meantime, philanthrophy and public spirit con-
tinue actively on the alert at home, and great exertions
have been and still continue to be made for securing the
means of assuaging the sufferings of those who have been
wounded in the deadly conflicts which have occurred, or
may yet occur, and to afford such consolation and com-
fort to the widows and orphans of those who perish, as
may be commanded by public generosity and national
gratitude. Subscriptions continue to pour in to the Royal
Patriotic Fund, from all corners of the island ; and from
every town, city, and hamlet, the voice of approbation is
raised in its favour. On Tuesday, a staff of forty trained
nurses, headed by Miss NIGHTINGALE, left London for
Constantinople, to tend the sick and wounded. As to the
character and status of this young lady, much anxiety and
no small amount of misapprehension are abroad. She is a
lady by birth, being the daughter and presumptive
heiress of Mr. NIGHTINGALE, of Lea Hurst, in Derbyshire,
and, as I think, of Hemblen-hall, in Herefordshire. Reared
in the cradle of luxury, Miss NIGHTINGALE, who is
nearly oecval in years with our beloved QUEEN, has, from
her earliest youth, been devoted to acts of benevolence
and kindness. She has been an extensive traveller, having
traversed the most of Europe, and ascended the Nile to
its highest known cataracts. By home training and tra-
velling experience, she is accomplished in nearly all the
tongues of Europe, and is learned in the classic languages
of antiquity; and she is also represented as being skilled
in the arts and sciences ; but above all, she has always
been distinguished for the heroism of her humanity in
ministering to those in distress. In this respect, not con-
tent with tending those alone who might be said to have
peculiar claims upon her benevolence as the sons and
daughters of the soil of her own nativity,—many of whom
bear witness to her acts of kindness and charity,—she
travelled through Germany and other quarters of Europe
in 1850-51, visiting the hospitals and attending to the
sick and afflicted. Those who know her well represent
her as being gentle though firm, and as sagacious, though
simple in demeanor. Of her, Mr. SYDNEY HERBERT is
safe in saying, "Miss NIGHTINGALE, who has, I believe,
greater practical experience of hospital administration and
treatment than any other lady in this country, has, with a
self-devotion, for which I have no words to express my
gratitude, undertaken this noble but arduous work." Re-
markable as the high-born daughters of England are for
the exercise of intelligent benevolence, it is but rare that
so devoted and self-sacrificing an instance of it is to be
found as in the case of Miss NIGHTINGALB, to whom be
all honour and praise.
In my last I alluded to the sublime although passive
heroism of Dr. Tuosisost, of the 44th Regiment, who
remained in charge of 750 wounded Russians who had
been left helpless on the heights of Alma. Of this gallant
man it is more than ordinarily painful to learn that he
has fallen a victim to cholera, too probably induced by
over-exertion in the cause of humanity. Concerning him
the correspondent of the Times makes the following
mention :--" Dr. JAMES Trsomsoss, Assistant-Surgeon of
the 44th Regiment, and his soldier-servant, deserve to be
held up as heroes. For four or five days they, and they
alone, had to wait upon and support this enormous mass
of severely wounded men. The task was in many respects
a most dangerous one. As we have seen, the patients
themselves were not to be trusted. The Cossacks might
also at any time make prisoners of them on the retreat of
the allied armies. The dead were festering in hears
around the sick and dying. These two men had fre-
quently to bury a horrible mass of carcases and fragments
before they could get at some poor wounded wretches.
In this way they must with their own hands have dragged
out and buried some two hundred. There was no food of
any kind for the sick, so the soldier managed to drive a
stray bullock, and with the aid of some Russian con-
valescents (their misfortunes seemed to have humanized
them), he killed, 't and made some soup for them. At
length, HER ItiMITY'S ships Albion, Vesuvius, and the
screw transport Avon, arrived. The whole crew of the
first landed and removed the wounded on board the Arc n,
while the Vesuvius guarded the shore. In the midst of
this humane occupation, a Russian force of some 4,000 or
5,000 men approached the village, and the sailors were
obliged to hasten on board, as it was beyond the range of
the ships' guns. However, 340 wounded were put on
board the Avon, under charge of their heroic preservers,
Dr. THOMSON and his servant." Such disinterested he-
roism and humane bravery has few parallels in the annals
of ancient or modern warfare, and the death of such a
man cannot be looked on as other than a loss to the human

The gloomy curtain which for so many years has hung
over and separated Sir JOHN' FRANKLIN and his brave
confederates from the living world has been at last with-
drawn, and the fatal tragedy which sealed their doom has
been in part revealed. On the roll of perished heroes,
which is every day being swelled by the addition of noble
martyrs, we have now to place the Arctic voyagers. Al-
though, in a few instances, that hope which

springs eternal in the human breast
continued to struggle on in some fondly devoted hearts,
the general belief had long been fixed that FRANKLIN and
his co-mates had reached
The undiscovered country, from whose hour ne
No traveller returns,
and the early part of last week brought the British pub-
lic conclusive evidence that such was the melancholy
fact. Dr. RIB, whose recorded exploits as an Arctic
discoverer place him high in the rank of authorities on
such subjects, arrived in this country on Sunday se'nnight ,
bringing with him evidences which leave no room for doubt
that Sir Joror FRANNKLIN and most, if not every one, of
his brave associates have miserably perished. What adds
much to the poignancy of this dreadful discovery, is th e
fact that the:authoritative attempts to render succour to
the gallant adventurers were by far the least successful,
and that every attempt to induce the authorities at the
Admiralty to adopt a course of search, in the only line
which Dr. RAE'S discovery has proved to be the one
affording a chance of success, was perseveringly resisted .
In 1847; Dr. KING addressed a letter to Lord GREY, en-
treating to be conjoined, as an independent explorer, with
Sir JAMES Ross and Sir JOHN RICHARDSON, he being
desirous to take the Great Fish River as his field of in-
vestigation. Again, in 1849, he renewed this application,
but also with a similar want of success. Yet on this very
track it is now ascertained that the last remnants of the
expedition perished. What may have been the exact cir-
cumstances in which the gallant leader yielded to his in-
exorable fate it is impossible to determine. To the perils
and sufferings, and probable termination of the dreadful
journey he had undertaken, after forsaking his ship, Sir
JOHN FRANKLIN was no stranger. He had encountered
the horrors of even his final journey nearly to their termi-

nation in a previous instance, and thus describes them :
" At this period we avoided as much as possible convers-
ing upon the hopelessness of our situation, and generally
endeavoured to lead the conversation towards our future
prospects in life. With the decay of our strength, in fact,
our minds decayed, and we were no longer able to bear
the contemplation of the horrors that surrounded us.
Each of us excused himself for so doing by a desire of not
shocking the feelings of the others. We were sensible of
one another's weakness of intellect, though blind to our
own• Yet we were calm and resigned to our fate; not a