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A correspondence between Colonel Garrett of the Forty-sixth Regiment and the Duke of Cleveland has been published. Colonel Garrett opens the correspondence by recalling the attention of the .Duke to a letter his Grace wrote to the Mayor of Windsor, apropos of the Perry fund- " After stating that you know nothing more of the evidence than was published in the morning papers, which you have carefully ,perused, your Grace makes, among others, the following observation : If the youths in the-lower ranks of regiments are allowed to practise every sort of riot, drunk- enness, and debauchery, and no notice taken of it by their commander, are they to be made the victims and he to be let off soot-free, when by his own culpable negligence he has been the sole cause of it ; for such is this case with Colonel Garrett ?

Colonel Garrett asks the Duke to point out that portion of the evidence relating to these charges which reflected against any other office-in:than Mr. Perry and. Mr. Greer; and what evidence there was 'to jwitify the opinion that Colonel Garrett should be dismissed from his "command ? The Duke of Cleveland refused to comply with this request ; alleging that every Englishman has a right to express his opinion upon public acts ; reminding Colonel Garrett that he is the Colonel's' superior "officer ; adding, " and that my opinion is shared by the public at large, I think is sufficiently manifested by the numerous subscribers to the fund raising for the relief of Mr. Perry, amounting, I think, to upwards of 7001., and all in very small subscriptions, with the exception of one from one other nobleman and that of my own." Colonel Garrett rejoins by some sarcastic allusions to the peaceful character of the Duke's military service, and his rapid promotion ; and suggests that as duelling is forbidden by the Articles of War, and he is about to sail with his regiment for the seat of war, it would be as well if the Duke would name a friend to settle the quarrel by arbitration. This the Duke refuses and he refers the Colonel to a court of law, if his offending letter contained a libel. Colonel Garrett then publishes the correspondence, in order that he may set himeelf right with the public.- Another correspondence arising out of the same fertile subject has been made public. The Times had declared, on the 25th September, that " the military profession has fallen to that degree in public opinion, that any man with the Queen's uniform on his back is henceforth held to prove himself a gentleman before he can be accepted as one by his country- men." This is read by Sir Duncan MacDougall, late Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Seventy-ninth Highlanders, and now commanding the Royal Lancashire Militia- " As I have the honour of having ' the Queen's uniform on my back,'" Sir Duncan writes to the Timm, "I have a right to request you will make me acquainted with the name of the author of the above-quoted slanderous paragraph; as, I thank God, it never was tarnished by me in the Regular Army, and, with God's blessing, it never shall be while I am serving the Queen in the Militia force of the country."

On the 28th, not having received a reply, he again wrote, asking for the name and address of the editor himself-

" At my time of life, and in my state of health, I wish to remain in quiet and peace ; but no one shall ever be permitted to publish any slanderous at- tack on my moral reputation as an individual, or as a member of any body to which I may belong, without his being called to an account." The editor replied, on the same day, by "presenting, his compliments" to Sir Duncan, and declining to give the name applied for ; adding this recommendation- " Mr. Alexander Dobie, of Lancaster Place, Strand, the solicitor to the proprietors of the Times, is the proper person to whom Sir Duncan MacDougall should apply, in case he feels himself aggrieved by anything that has appeared in the Times newspaper."

Sir Duncan rejoined on the 30th, stating that it only then remained for him to say, that should the writers of the slanderous paragaphS` be discovered, they would require to wield a more efficient weapon than a slanderer's pen." He added some severe commepte-

" Should the writers in the Times, who have so long, so cruelly, and so systematically, attacked the honour of soldiers, and who have even amla- ciously censured their Royal Mistress, continue studiously-to conceal them- selves, instead of acting like men in avowing their authorship, may not those persons whose honour and reputation they have so unjustifiably as- sailed turn the weapone of the writers against themselves, and, in the refined language their traducers appear to delight in, justly characterize them as being guilty of blackguardism," brutality,' and 'ruffianism' ; and, fin- the_ ,r as being in mind as arrant ruffians as ever cowered under the knout.' " He presumes that the financial resources of the Times would be used " to screen from punishment any unprincipled man, whose anonymous, assassinlike,' and libellous attacks on moral character, may obtain inser- tion therein" ; and he points out the futility of a prosecution, for if the publisher were proceeded against and convicted, the fine awarded would be paid out of the general treasury of the Times, and the imprisonment

would be borne by " a man of straw, while the cowardly skulking slan- derer would escape unpunished."

A notice issued on Tuesday by the War Department states that "the Royal Commission, authorizing the collection and control of a Patriotic Fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of soldiers, sailors, and ma- rines, killed or dying in active service in the present war, is to be pro- mulgated without loss of time."

Some explanation of the return of the Arctic explorers in the Phcenix has been made public. It appears that the Phcenix found the ice in Mel- ville more plentiful than it has been for many years past, and that it had great difficulty and was ten days in getting through the pack. On the 26th August the Phcenix reached Beachey Island ; and Captain Ingle- field, to his great astonishment, found the North Star on the eve of starting for England with the crews of the whole squadron on board. Leaving stores for Captain Collinson of the Enterprise, they sailed for home next day, and arrived at Queenstown on Thursday week.

The most interesting arrivals are some records left by Captain Collin- son of the Enterprise, and picked up by Lieutenant Mecham of the Re- solute at Princess Royal Islets and Ramsay Island. It appears that the Enterprise closely followed the Investigator up Prince of Wales's Strait, and wintered in 1851 in latitude 71° 35', West longitude 117° 40'. The latest record of the Enterprise was found on Ramsay Island, and is dated "Au- gust 27, 1852; lat. 71° 25', long. 119° 5'." All then were well, and Captain Collinson announced his intention of pursuing " the Channel separating Wollaston from Prince Albert's Land ; the entrance to which is in lat. 70° 35' North."

Result of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last.

Ten Weeks of 1844,93.

Week 0(1834.

Symotic Diseases 3,165 .... 1,144 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 420 .... 45 Tubercular Diseases 1,731 .... 184 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 1.105 .... 148 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 336 49 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiiation 1,036 148 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 600 73

Kidneys,

98 , 13 Child birth, diseases of the Uterus, die. 106 9 Rhemnatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, &c. 74

Diseases of the Skin, CellularTissue, dm. 15

Malformations 42

Premature Birth 250

&trophy.

264

Age' 417

Sadden 196

Violence,Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 599 172 Total (including unspecified canna) 10,303 2,216

The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge leave Kew today to visit the Earl and 'Countess of Derby at Knowsley.

Viscountese Stratford de Redeliffe and family have arrived at Constan- tinople..

The Duchess of Nassau gave birth to a Prince on the night of the 22d September.

Don Enrique de Bourbon is now a private National Guard in the Light company of. the Second Madrid Battalion.

Major-General Sir Frederick Smith, R. E., has gone to Boulogne to inquire into and report upon the system of " butting" adopted in the camp there in place of tents, with a view to its introduction into the British service.

Four line-of-battleships, on their return to Sheerness from the Baltic, are ordered to be taken into the fitting-basin, when their crews will have six - weeks' leave of absence, and be paid the wages due to them. On their re- turn they will be at liberty to volunteer for any ship in active service re- quiring- hands. This is a boon the blue-jackets have long desired.

A new military body, the Mounted Staff Corps, embarked at Woolwich on Saturday, for the East. The men are selected for their intelligence and good conduct, from the Irish Police and Constabulary force principally, and also -from the Metropolitan Police. They all appeared to be men in the very prime of life, above the average height, and to be possessed of great muscular energy. They are accompanied by Major Grant, their commanding-officer, Captain Baynes, and two subalterns, Comets Budgen and Hunton. Their appearance was novel and picturesque. They were dressed in the new regi- mental tunic, which is a short red frock-coat, without epaulettes, ornamented back and front with black braid. The head-dress consists of a strong black felt hat, resembling an ordinary helmet in shape, and encased or set in an open work of brass. They wore black or dark blue pantaloons, lined for about six inches round the bottom and up the inside of the leg with leather. They were each armed with a sword and a Colt's revolver, which they carried in a neat black leather case on the left side.

Some -2000 stand of arms taken at Bomarsund have been deposited in the armoury stores at the Tower.

The national animosity between Fins and Russians caused some disturb- ance last week on board the two ships at Sheerness containing the Bomar- sund captives. There was a great deal of rough language, scuffling, wrest- ling, biting, and kicking ; and the prisoners at length grew so violent that it was necessary to threaten that the sentries would fire upon them to quell the rioting. The Russians have since been removed to Milbay Prison, near Davenport.

Fifty Sisters of Charity left Marseilles last week to tend the sick and wounded in the East.

The Emperor of the French has given 50,000 francs from his privy purse for the establishment of lines of omnibuses between the camps and Boulogne for the use of the soldiers. The omnibuses are to be gratis for the men, and are to leave each camp four times a day, and to return four times.

This week the uniform postage-rate of sixpence to New South Wales, Vic- toria, and South Australia, came into effect.

A company is proposed to be formed to build an "emigrants' home" at Til- bury, close to the terminus of the railway, for the reception of emigrants previous to their taking shipping : they could start from many parts of Eng- land and Scotland by rail and be taken direct to their temporary "home."

The Inland Revenue Board have stated that it is not necessary to use a stamp in acknowledging the receipt of donations for a charitable institu- tion.

Miss Jane Langton, the god-daughter and " dear Jenny " of Dr. Johnson, died recently at Richmond, in her seventy-seventh year ; and with this lady, it is mid, has passed away the only survivor of all the persons mentioned in Iloswell's biography. A few days ago, as the wife of a butcher of Crosley, Wilts, was whitewash- ing the cottage, she pulled away an old board from the ceiling ; when, to her astonishment and joy, a bag containing 3701. in gold fell to the floor.— Cheltenham Examiner.

The ungallant manager's of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary have refused permission to Miss Blackwell, a doctoress of Cleveland College, Ohio, to visit the female wards of the Infirmary in her professional capacity.

The French Emperor has decorated a number of medical officers with orders in the Legion of Honour for their devotedness in attending cholera patients.

Thirteen editors of Madrid journals are among the candidates in the pro- vinces for the Spanish Cortes.

The reserves of grain at the Halle aux Bles in Paris eighteen months ago were 80,000 metrical quintals ; they are now reduced to 2000: this explains the anomalous fact of a rise in price just as a bountiful harvest had been gathered in, but not yet brought into the market.

The number of visitors to Mont Blanc this year is said to have been un- precedented. A Mr. Dieper has got safely to the very summit, only sinking once in the snow up to his chin : the guides rescued him.

The Cardinal Vicar of Rome has just published an edict, in which, after attributing the cholera to the sins of the Romans, he directs that the finger of St. Peter, the arm of St. Roc, the heart of St. Charles, and other relics, shall be exposed to the adoration of the faithful in order to avert the wrath of the Almighty.

Last year 500,000 bottles of champagne were sent from France for Russia during the season ; this year the. total has been but 36,000.

There has been a huge landslip at Ardnaess in Norway—a high tract oc- cupying 187 acres slipped upon a lower district : fortunately, neither men nor animals happened to be involved. The noise was heard at a distance of thirty miles.

An advertisement, of which the following is a copy, was inserted a few days ago in a French newspaper. "A widow, thirty years of age, being pos- sessed of a fortune of 60,000 francs, wishes to marry a Negro between forty and forty-five years of age, who has received a good education."

The foundation of a University and Public Library was laid at Victoria, by Governor Hotbam, on the 3d July. The Legislature have granted 30,0001. for the buildings, and an endowment of 90001.

In the first six months of this year 40,335 immigrants arrived in Victoria ; the departures were 9905. In the same period last year the totals were respectively 66,212 and 19,031.

Mr. Smith O'Brien had arrived at Melbourne, on his way to Europe, at the end of July. An address and testimonial were to be presented to him. Less of every kind of field produce, except potatoes, was grown in New South Wales in 1853 than. in 1851.

Permanent towns are rising at the Victoria gold-diggings. The Beudigo "diggings" will soon be superseded by the "city of Sandhurst" ; the land is being surveyed in the vicinity, and there will ere long be 20,000 acres ready for sale. In other golden localities a similar change from encamp- ments to towns or villages is going on.

Three railways are now in course of construction at Melbourne,—one per- haps is already finished, for the Hobson's Bay line was expected to be opened on the 1st of this month. There is an electric telegraph at work between Melbourne and Williamstown.

The lower -portion of the Bengal Railway was opened for traffic on the 15th August.

A school of industrial art has been commenced at Calcutta, on the same general principle as that on which those at home are conducted. A com- mittee has been appointed by the Bombay Government with a view of bring- ing into existence a somewhat similar establishment at Bombay. Sir Jam- setjee Jejeebhoy has undertaken to pay the interest of 10,0001., or 5001. a year, to support a portion of the pupils attending it ; Government constructs the buildings, and meets all the charges of maintenance.

A projected cotton-spinning company at Bombay has been received with such favour that 1001. shares have advanced in value to 250/.

A Mormon "elder," Willard Richards, who recently died at Salt Lake, left twenty widows.