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Ybe main -ptmrt to be determined -was whether the ¦ proper flotmflings had "been -taken , and such measures » 3 optea « s imgjbrt have saved "the ship . At the conclu > inonofthe "evidence , Mr . Train , Captain "Sullivan , and Mr . Cumberland ( yrho appeared for the Board of Trade ) retired for a short time , amd , on their Teturn , Mr . Traill said that he and Captain Sullivan had held some conversation with respect to the Inquiry under consideration , and had -come to the conclusion that the certificate of Captain Bayley with his ( Mr . Traill ' s ) report should be forwarded to the Board of Trade , when , In all probability , reference -would l ) e made to the conduct of the third superior officer . A Ship RtjK Down . —The steam-ship Albert , from Dunkirk to St . Petersburg , was ran down off Copenhagen , and sunk , by the ship Jean Clair . The passengers and crew were saved .
Reinforcements foe India . — -The Tallowing troops , lotteries , and companies of artillery have been oxflerfid for India : —The D Troop of Royal Horee Artillery ., commanded by Major Gardiner . The V Field Battery , 1 st Company , 6 th Battalion , commanded by Major -Singleton . The I Field Battery , 5 th Company , 3 rd Battalion , commanded by Captain Dyneley . No . 1 Tieltt Battery , 5 th Company , 1 st Battalion , commanded T > y Captain Disborough . The 8 th Company , " 2 nd Battalion , commanded by Captain Thring . The Gth Company , 9 , th Battalion , commanded by Captain Wright . The 2 nd Company , ll ^ th Battalion , commanded by Captain Bayley . The 7 th Company , 11 th Battalion , commanded by Major Grant . The 6 th Company , 11 th Battalion , commanded by Lieut .-Colonel iTortescue . —T ^ ¦
undermentioned detachments proceeded from Chatham © n Monday -morning , -vi ' A 'London to Portsmouth , for the purpose of embarking there on board the troop ship < xloriana , for conveyance to Madras , & c . ; 43 rd ( Mon-• mouthshtre ) Light Infantry , Ensign Talbot and 8 men ; 60 th Rifles , 3 rd battalion , 13 non-commissioned officers and privates ; 74 th Highlanders , Captain Venables and 54 men . The ' Gloriana receives on board a cavalr y regiment for the East . A reinforcement for the 83 rd , ' 86 th , and 78 th Highlanders'has been called for by the Horse Guards , to be selected from the depots commanded by Colonel H . Jervis , for embarkation at Gravesend on board the steam-ship Prince Albert . The officers selected for embarkation are Ensign 'Thompson , 78 th , and Ensign Jackson , 86 th .
TheDefence . —The convict-bulk Defence , . having been skilfully lifted from her sunken position in the bed of the river , was released from her moorings off Woolwich Arsenal -on Monday , and , having been lashed to a powerful steamer on either side , sh « was conveyed to the dockyard , and . successfully hauled into dock , where she will undergo a careful survey by the shipwright department . Loss op a British Barque . —The British barque Hope , of Bristol , 503 tons , bound from Swansea to the
Cape Verd Islands with patent fuel , has been totally lost . The captain , Read , and his crew of sixteen souls , were picked up in two boats at five p . m ., on . the 26 th nit ., during a gale of wind and heavy sea , by the captain and crew of the French brig Amit ' id , of La Nouvelle , in the Gulf of Lyons , and brought to Caen . They report that they could not have lived out the night had it not been for the courage of the French crew . The vessel foundered , and was abandoned in lat . 46 deg . 43 min . N " ., long . 10 deg . 14 min . W . Nothing was saved but the ship ' s papers .
Commissions in tjhe Arm . it . —The following memorandum has been issued from the Horse Guards : — " 1 . His Royal Highness the General Commauding-in-Chief , with the concurrence of tbo Secretary of State for War , has been pleased to doterrnine that gentlemen desirous of entering the army may obtain commissions in the line "by raising 100 recruits , subject . to the subjoined regulations : —2 . Before receiving permission < to raise men a candidate , if residing in England , must report his intention to tho Adjutant-General at the Home Guards , who will personally . examine him as to hisifitneas for the army . 3 . The age of a candidate must not be under eighteen , or above twenty-three . 4 . He will be required to produce a certificate of baptism , or other
satisfactory . proof of ago . 5 . He will produce a certificate from a minister of tho clnirch of the denomination to which he belongs that ho lias been duly instructed in the principles of religion . 6 . The candidates will farther produce a certificate from the master or tutor under whom ho has been educated of his . gcncr . al moral conduct for at least the two preceding years , and if more than one year from school a certificate from u respectable person , to whom ho is well known , that his conduot has been correct and gentlemanly . 7 . If , approved , tho . candidate will be placed in communication with the subdivision
officer . of the district in which ho proposes to raise liia men , from whom ho will receive instructions . s . The inspecting . field officer to . whom all Buch recruits will bo sent will keep a list , and grunt a certificate of the men bo enliated by him and intermediately approved , and send a certiucuto to tho Military Secretary , Horse txuards , when the required number is complete . 5 ) . Candidates residing in Ireland or Scotland will in like manner report their intention to the general officers commanding in those parts of tho Uuitod Kingdom , to whom instructions will bo eent for their guidance . —By command , G . A . WicTiucitAix , Adjutant-General . " lino Kxmouth —Thomas IHchons , tho poor
fisherman who was the means of saving the £ i £ faouth , 90-: gun screw . snip , when , embayed among the racks in in . & cave near 'KynancQ , last April , "has been rewarded by th © Admiralty with the sum of SI . for saving an Eogliab line-of-battle ship with a crew of 700 or-800 souls . The Himalaya . —The subjoined extract . is darom one of the officers of the 90 th Regiment on board the Himalaya : —" Himalaya , Singapore , July 10 th . —My dear G , —I am , going to spin you a short yard of our progress so far . la the fi ret place , I must tell you that we have been . & lamentable instance of the truth of the saying . that ' the . third -time is fatal ; ' for , after naarly
running ashore at St . Vincent ' s ( Cape Verd ) aad the Cape , last Monday , July 6 th ,, we ran slap ashore , . going thirteen knots , in the straits of Banca . ifot . a eoul on board ever expected to get her off again , at ail events without steamers from Singapore , ; . but , luckily , it was fuTl moon ., rand consequently a higher tide than usual ; so with the assistance of another ship and three anchors out astern we managed to get off about . nine -o ' clock ; at ¦ ni ght , after having been about thirty hours omthe sandbank , to the evident delight of a quantity of cranes and . pelicans , and a stray crocodile or two , which came out from the island or Sumatra to have a , look . at us . " The Steam-ship Clyde has been lost in the Gulf « f St . Lawrence , but happily all hands ware . saved .
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Obituary. Sin Charles Mansfield Clarke, ...
OBITUARY . Sin Charles Mansfield Clarke , Bart ., one of the most distinguished physicians of the present age , died on Monday , at his residence on the Marine Parade ,, Brighton , in bis seventy-sixth , year , after an illness of nearly two yeais' duration . He was sx , native of London , his father being a surgeon in Chancery-lane , and his mother was a daughter of Mr . William Mansfield , of Thrapstone , Northamptonshire . He was educated at St . Paul ' s School , where . lie was a schoolfellow of the late Lord Chancellor Truro aud the present Chief Baron Pollock . "Having finished his preliminary studies , " says a writer in the Times , " Charles Clarke was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons , aud
spent the first two years of his professional life . as assistant-surgeon in the Hertfordshire Militia , which he subsequently exchanged for the , post of surgeon in the 3 rd Regiment of Foot Guards . Of this part of his early career he always felt proud , and frequently in his later years it was his lot to return thanks on public occasions at once for tae military and the medical profession . Subsequently , however , he was induced by bis elder brother to give up the army , and to devote liis whole attention to the diseases of women and children , and more particularly to the practice of midwifery . " He soon earned a handsome fortune , and was enabled , when he had scarcely passed his fortieth year , to retire from
London practice , and to purchase an estate in . Norfolk . " Having obtained the degree of M . D . from Lambeth , in 1827 , " continues . the same account , " Dr . Clarice became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians , and , on the accession of King ' William IV . to the throne , he was honoured by the appointment of Physician to Queen Ade l aide . On September 30 , , 1831 , he was created a Baronet ; and in the year 1836 he was elected a Fellow cf the Royal College of Physicians . In 1842 , he had conferred upon him the honorary degree of M . A . by the University of Cambridge , and was created a D . C . L . of Oxford in 1845 . " He was the author of some works on the diseases of women and children . Of Jate years he resided almost entirely at Brighton .
Lieutenamt-General George Aug-ustus Henderson , Colonel of the 59 th . Regiment , died on Monday at his country residence in Worcestershire . He entered the army in 1793 ; served during the rebellion in Ireland , . 1798 ; was with Sir Ralph Abercromby in Egypt ; and went through the whole of the Peninsular war . After hia retirement on half-pay , ho was one of the in-Bpecting field officer . In April , 1852 , he was appointed Colonel o £ tu . e 50 th liegituent by the Duke of Wellington . Abmikat , Jamks Wii ^ kks MAHitioic , ono of tho most gallant heroes > of the last war with France , died at Stonchouso on Fniday week , in the eighty-third year of his age . He was a native of Devosmort . His promotion to the rank of admiral was on the 1 st of October , 184 G .
Auguste Comte . —The Paris Prease announces tho doath of M .. Augusto Comte , tho chiuf of the Positive School of Philosophy ., with whoso principal work the English public were made acquainted , a few years . ago , in translations . by Miss Jlurtinenu and Mr . Lewes . Bauon IIocuhoiuld , Swedish Minister at London , died suddenly at Copenhagen .
Miscellaneous. Tine Comi\—The Animal Mus...
MISCELLANEOUS . Tine Comi \—The animal muster ef Highland clans , to celebrate tlio liwiouiur . gathering , took place bofore the Queen and Court , on Thursday wcok , at the Castlo of Bruomar . Tho clano of tbo . DuOh , tho Fjtrqubarsonh , the Forbes , and & party cf tho OgilvieH , wcro drawn up to receive her Majcaty . The gamea consisted of 4 putting' the stone , throwing the heavy hanamor , loaning the cabnr , reel-dancing , & o . Rain camo on in the conroo of tho duy , xuid the Queen . returned to Babnorul at about tsix o ' clock , —Prince Albert ban b «; en actively employed in doer-atulking during the wuuk . aud tho Queou and
¦ Royal family have taken their eustomarr -. drivea ia ( the najghbaurhoadL Lord HAi ^ rooanc . —The Marquis of iDailurasiB iaa placed the whole of his pensioaof 50 QQL a . wear ,. j » nferred ^ a him by the East India Company , at ti « e diapoeitwm of tue London committee ia < aad Df the rnkStrets by the Indian rebellion . aiERTHra Tydvil . —The inhabitants of th . ie * w ? ii are ¦ abeut to ^ pply to the Privy Council for a chatter , of 4 n-« or , poration . dTiBES . —A very serious fire has occurred , . at Oxfoid-oa . the premises of a tailor and robe-maker in Broad-abreet , opposite Balliol College- The family wereiu bed at , the . trime . ^ bu t they were removed in- safety . The eng ines
then played vigorously on the flames ; but the fixe . confciimed -to burn for six hours , ^ od se veral kauses were destrpyed . —The house of a choirmaker in Holywelljrxw , Worship-square , Shoreditclj , was hurnt down last Saturday , and three other houses were seriously da-. naaged . —An extensive fire occurred on Tuesday at . Bowles-cwharf , RatcluTe . The vfharf alone covers an immense -area iof ground , on which were erected juany lofty warehouses , divided into different flats , and these were joined , or nearly so , by the warehouses on Cockhill . The firemen for several . hours- laboured peraeveringly , but it was late La the evening before the fire was entirely subdued . —A-fire also broke out the sane day in Lamb ' s-place , Kingsland-road , which destroyed-a fiveroomed house , and slightly damaged those . adjoining .
Church-raxes . —A church . rate has been refused at JBeccles , Suffolk , by 184 to 101 ; aud at . Tottenham , Middlesex , by 459 to 242 . Opficiax Appointments . —Mr . Cyprian Hermodan : Dupuy has been appointed District Magistrate for the Island of Mauritius . Mr . Frederick Forth , Colonial Treasurer of Hong-Kong , has been appointed a . member of the Legislative Council of that colony . The new Scotch Lunacy Board will consist of Viscount Melgund , 3 VI . P ,, as chairman ; Sir Alexander Maitland , of Clifton . Hall , Midlothian , and George Yeung , Esq ., unpaid commissioners ; Dr . James Coxe and Dr . U . A . F . Browne , paid commissioners , and William Forbes ., Esq ., of Medwyu , secretary . The Queen has appointed Colonel Kinloch to be Inspector of ^ Scotch . police . under Ihe act of last . session . Professor . H . Rogers has been appointed Professor of Natural JHistory in the University of Glasgow .
English Victims in the East . — -The Archbishqp of York has addressed a circular letter to the clergy of hi 3 diocese , in which he says : —" At this time , when the deepest anxiety universally prevails among the people of this kingdom on account of tlie sorrow , suffering , and danger with which our countryjnen in the East are encompassed , I strongly recommead you to introduce both . at morning and evening . prayer the prayer , 'In the time of war and tumults ; ' also that in the prayer ' For . all conditions of men' you desire the prayers of . the congregation especially for our countrymen in India , and for their . sorrowing families and relatives at home . " -Similar circulars have been issued by other prelates .
Workhouse Schoolmasters . —The Spalding . guardians have been discussing a curious and important question—whether schoolmasters appointed in union , workhouses must be members of the Established Church . Mr . White , one of the guardians , having addressed the Poor-law Board on the subject , received the following reply : —" Poor-law Board , Whitehall , Aug . 25 . —Sir , «—I am directed by the P . oor-law Board to acknowledge the receipt of your inquiry , and inform you that the board have not issued , any regulation prescribing . as a qualification for the office of schoolmaster of a union , that such officer shall be jx . member of the Church of England . —1 am , sir , your obedient . aervaut , —Cauoitenay , Secretary . "
Bocae Post to the Colonies . —On the 1 st of October , and thenceforward , printed or lithographed letters ¦ may be sont , like other printed matter , under the xagxi JatioiiK of the colonial book post . At the same period , an alteration will take . place in the scale' of weight . under which book packets sent to the colonies huevo hitherto been charged . Whan m . book , pa « kat does not exceed in weight four ounceB , at will bo chargeable wifch . one half only of the present rate of postage , audrwhon the weight of a book packet exceeds one pound , . tho charge will increase by etepa of half u pound instead , . of by steps of one pound , an axt present . Tho colonial book poyt has now been extended to the whole of tho J 5 ritiah colonies and possessions . No book packet miut exceed two feet in ltu \ gth , width , or dqpth ; and : booJc packets sent to the East Indies jot to New South AYuloa must not exceed three pounds in'weight . ¦
1 UK LUciuucsknta'uon ov Gi KiiKNW-ioii , —An adjourned meeting . of electors wiis held at Urcmw ' . cli on Tuesday evening , for tho purpose of hearing tlio renult of a . requisition calling on Mr . Montagu Chambers , Q . C ,, to coiuo forward again an u candidate for the borough . A letter was read i ' roin Mr . Ghuinburs oxpTUHuiug liis williugncHs to do so . A committee waa then appointed . Jto carry out I he wishes of the iiK'otiag . Loud Bkoijgiiam at MANuuiiSi'icit , —' On Tuesday evoniii tf Lord Brougham atto » du < l thu annual nioeti n ^ of tlie institutional ' Association of Lancashire and Clie-Bhiro , at the MocIiiuuoh' Institution , Manehcater on ; tho invitation of the < joinniittc . e of Munayoinont , for \ ha purpose of prcHontin ^ tho \\ v \ wm nwurdc « l to pupilu ut the late annual exaniiuntioii . XI im Lordship < waa accono-
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 12, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12091857/page/11/
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