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A circular memorandum, chiefly relating to the administration of de- pot battalions, was issued last week from the Horse Guards. It con- tains some paragraphs illustrative of the new life imparted to Army- administration by the Commander-in-chief; and may perhaps be taken as the result of the recent investigations of the Inspector-General of In- fantry. The interest of the public in the document lies in those para- graphs that relate to the future training of both officers and men. "No man is to be sent to head-quarters who has not been thoroughly drilled and well instructed in the use of his rifle.

" Commanding-officers of depot-battalions cannot have too strong a sense of the importance of their commands. The efficiency of the service-com- panies of regiments—a matter of first importance—will in a great degree depend upon their exertions and abilities.

" All young officers will in the first instance (as directed in article 15) join their respective depots, there to be taught the rudiments of their pro- fession, and on the degree of attention paid to their instruction will depend their future advancement and their value as officers.

" Commanding-officers should also encourage young officers to qualify themselves in the higher branches stated in the circular above alluded to, without a knowledge of which they cannot expect promotion. If any officer especially distinguishes himself by zeal in the acquisition of professional knowledge, and is considered to be a competent instructor of others, a special report is to be made to the Inspector-General.

" Depot battalions are schools of instruction for officers and men ; they are also formed to insure uniformity of system throughout the Army ; and, while every encouragement will be given to maintain that esprit de corps which induces regiments to rival each other in good conduct, efficiency, and dress, every. check will be applied to regimental peculiarities which may have crept into the service unathorizedly, and to which commanding-officers will especially direct their attention, as well as to those minute details of drill and interior economy which, though of first importance, have often been neglected or misunderstood.

" Care has been taken to select officers qualified for the instruction of those under their command : but so important is their office, that if any should hereafter be found unequal to the discharge of their onerous duties, either from natural deficiency, or as wanting moral courage to carry them out, it will be imperative to replace them."

We are promised another lawsuit arising out of the proceedings of the two cavalry commanders at the battle of Balaklava. The Earl of Lucan, as already mentioned, is to bring an action against the Daily News; and " George Ryan," author of a book called " The Lives of our He- roes in the Crimea," has publicly announced that he is about to proceed against the Earl of Cardigan, who, in his letter to Mr. Buck, denounced Mr. Ryan as a " hireling slanderer."

The Standard announced with delight on Wednesday, that the Deanery of Carlisle has been given to the Reverend Francis Close, incumbent of

Cheltenham.

Moved by the comments on his story, the author of the letter entitled " Railways and Revolvers in Georgia," has sent his name to the Times at the foot of a letter in which he gives an account of himself, and meets some of the statements that have been urged in disproof of his narrative. His name is " John Arrowsmith," and he dates from " 5 India Build- ings, Liverpool." His account of himself is peculiar- " I am an Englishman : I went to Louisiana in 1828, wanting at the time of my arrival only two months to be of age. I applied some tune after for papers of citizenship, as a minor, but found that the law said, minors un- der eighteen '; and therefore an oath was proposed to me, which I would not take and never have taken, and have never voted or offered to vote at any State or Federal election. Ever since 1828, I hav'e been a resident Of Louisiana. I am married f-o-arative of Louisiana ; than whom there is no stronger lover of her country'and its constitution, and in this she is only my equal. : her children,- (for she was a widow,) two of whom are of age, have

been brought up with the same feelings. Where, then, may I ask tho first

writer, la the motive for electioneering, especially in favour of the North? Where the motive for casting odium upon the United States, or the South, or Georgia ?"

Turin has been favoured by the presence of British statesmen lately. Lord John Russell and Lord Harry Vane were here last week ; Lord Malmesbury is here at present, and Lord Minto is expected in a few days. I believe Lord John and Lord Minto mean to stay at Florence during the winter; which will certainly not conduce to the peace of mind of the Grand Duke, who looks upon thm as a couple of itinerant demagogues.—Times Correspondent, Oct. 18.

Lord Howden, our Minister at Madrid, had an interview with the Empe- ror of the French, at St. Cloud, on the 16th.

According to a letter from Bagdad, Mr. Murray, the British Minister to Persia, will pass the winter at Bombay.

Sir Henry Barkly, the new Governor of Victoria, left Southampton on Sunday, in the Oneida, the first of the new line of Australian steamers.

It is said that Queen Maria Christina intends quitting Paris soon, and will spend the winter at Rome.

Prince Adalbert of Prussia gave a dinner a few days ago to the seamen wounded in the affair with the Riff pirates. He also presented them to the King of Prussia.

Admiral the Honourable Josceline Percy, twin-brother of Dr. Percy, late Bishop of Carlisle, died on Sunday last,.at Riekmansworth. He had served in the great war of the French Revolution, and subsequently filled several offices in. the naval service at home and abroad. He was seventy-two years. of age.

The remains of the late Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley arrived at the Bottesford station of the Nottingham and Grantham Railway, from Beyrout in Syria, (the place of her demise) on Tuesday ; and were privately con- veyed to the Duke of Rutland's family mausoleum at Belvoir Castle the same evening.

The Manchester Guardian puts forward a report, " that Viscount Pal- merston is availing himself of the leisure afforded by the recess to mature and perfect a scheme of representative reform. The Premier may not go so far as Lord John Russell," but it is hoped he will "introduce early in the next session, a Reform Bill which will satisfy the just expectations of the country, and be supported by the united and energetic action of the Liberal party. If the bill should be thrown out, Lord Pahnerston can then appeal to the country and the political life of the nation."

Lieutenant Saunders, art English officer in a cavalry regiment of the Bri- tish German Legion, has been publicly dismissed from the service for in- subordination. He had tendered his resignation to General Stutterheim the General refused to accept it; Lieutenant Saunders then declared he would not do duty, and abused the General; when ordered under arrest, he. attempted to ride out of the camp at Colchester, but he was stopped by the- sentinels. The Commander-in-chief ordered an inquiry to be made into the- affair. The upshot was that Lieutenant Saunders was dismissed from the service, after Major-General Gascoigne had severely reprimanded him in the presence of the assembled troops.

A detachment of 16 officers and 1000 men, British German Legion, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Von Hake, left Colchester camp for Browndown on Monday morning, there to be encamped. The whole are volunteers for the Cape. This is the second detachment of volunteers who have left Colchester. The first consisted of 10 officers, 600 men, and 56 women, last week and the present detachment was accompanied by 86 women and 33 children. There were no fewer than seventy-two marriages of volunteers on Sunday at Colchester. The whole volunteers for the Cape consist of about 2050 men, including those already belonging to two regi- ments at Browndown ; and there are now left at Colchester about eighty men who will soon follow their comrades to their port of embarkation, Gos- port.—.Daily Paper.

Mr. Hogan's model for the statue of Daniel O'Connell, which is about to be erected in Dublin, has been transported to Paris for the purpose of being there cast in bronze.

The great bell for Westminster Palace—proposed to be christened "Big Ben," in honour of the President of the Board of Works—was safely de- posited in Palace Yard on Tuesday.

The late Mr. Hamilton Fitzgerald has bequeathed 10,0001. to the Royal National Life-boat Institution ; a very acceptable contribution to the funds of that excellent society.

On the 16th of last month= five fishermen of Scarfskerry, near Wick, at the imminent risk of their lives, ventured through a raging sea and rescued two mariners from the wreck of a Russian vessel. The matter having been laid before the Board of Trade, medals are to be presented to the gallant fishermen, and 151. to be divided among them. [All very well ; but is not 151. for five men who risked their lives a beggarly sum for a great country to present through its Government ?—welcome enough to the poor fisher- men, but mean for the State. These very men, if they had saved a ship instead of human beings, might have been enriched, by law, with hundreds of pounds.]

The price of bread at Paris is steadily falling, and it is believed that next month there will be a new reduction.

Result of the Registrar-General's refairn of mortality in the Metropolis

for the week ending on Saturday last. Ten Weeks Week

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Diseases of the Kidneys, &c

Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, itc

Rheumatism, Diseases of the Bones, Joints, &C.

Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c.

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The last advicea from Melbourne state that two missionaries and their wives have been murdered and eaten by the savage islanders of one of the New Hebrides. The Supreme Court of Utah has decided that the organic act extends the eoramon law over the Territory ; and the act being of the nature of a con- stitution, the common law overrides all the statutes of the Mormon Legislature. The decision renders polygamy as illegal in the Territory

i as it is in the States, and invalidates all the laws made by order of Brig- ham Young. The barque Panchetor has been seized in the bay of New York on sus- picion of being a slaver. Fourteen persons have been killed at an agricultural fair at Cincinnati by the bursting of a portable steam-engine.

The engine-drivers of the New York and Erie Railway struck to resist a rule which made them responsible " for running off at a switch at any station where the train stops, —a regulation increasing the public safety. Fortu- nately, the superintendent of the line acted with energy, supplied new drivers, and the traffic was not stopped.

The New York Tribune says it has now been ascertained beyond reason- able doubt that the burning of the Niagara on Lake Michigan—whereby seventy-five lives were lost—was the work of an incendiary.