863 
ROYAL CONGRESS AT BOULOGNE. 
The Prince Consort steamer to Folkestone has entered 
Boulogne harbour with the horses and servants of his Royal 
Highness Prince Albert, and several of the Guards with 
their horses. The port is thronged with French and 
English. The Customs and Chamber of commerce make no 
charges for landing the horses, and. all the usual rules and 
restrictions are dispensed with. 
Boulogne has become the residence for a mouth of the 
Emperor, who takes personal command of the army of the 
north during the period of the great manoeuvres. The King 
of the Belgians, the King of Portugal, H.R.H. Prince Albert, 
a Prussian envoy, statesmen, and general officers from all 
parts of Europe, are coming to partake the hospitality of 
the Emperor of the French, and will, iu fact, moke Boulogne 
tile seat of a kind of congress of the Western Powers. His 
Majesty having left Paris at forty minutes past two o'olock 
on Thursday afternoon, arrived at Boulogue at eight iu the 
evening. 
(From the Boulogne New Times.) 
We understand that Prince Albert arrives here on the 4th 
of September. The British Ambassador to France has taken 
apartments at the Hdtel Pavilion Imperial ; Solimau Pacha 
and his son, Iskander Bey, have also taken apartments ; many 
English officers and nobles have done the same. Lord 
Hardinge, General Wetherell, and a brilliant stuff will be 
present. Some City aldermen and councilmen will display 
their horsemanship on the field-days. That his Majesty the 
Emperor intends to cement the happy feeling now existing 
between the two countries is evident. The King of the Bel- 
gians proceeds by water from Ostend to Calais, and from that 
town posts to the review ground. The Prince de Chimny 
attends his Majesty. At present in Boulogne, is the Earl of 
Dundonald, who looks as hearty and robust, as vigorous in 
mind and body, as most men at forty-five. 
THE BALTIC. 
Dantzic, Friday. 
On Sunday, the 16th August, General Baraguay d’Hilliere 
and Vice-Admiral Napier went up to Hango. Iu their sight 
the Russians blew up the fortifications, and retreated to Abo, 
where there are J 5,000 troops. 
Abo will be attacked by the Allies. 
The Medin, Scott ; Gorgon, Cracoft ; Driver, Hobart ; and 
Lightning, Sullivan, engaged eighteen Russian gun-boats, 
carrying about fifty men each, and four steamers, at Abo, on 
the 18th of August, without loss. 
Admiral Martin, with a small squadron, is gone up the 
Gulf of Bothnia. 
The French have not yet left Bomarsuud. General 
Baraguay d’Hilliers, General Jones, and Admiral Parseval- 
Descheues, have had a look into Helsingfors. The passage 
to Abo is foimd to be extremely narrow. The French have 
lost 600 men by cholera. Arrivals from Aland are, there- 
fore, subject to quarantine in Sweden. 
The fort of Bomarsund has been destroyed. 
Nineteen Russian prisoners are gone to Helsingfors to be 
exchanged for men belonging to the Valorous. 
THE EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEA. 
Vienna, Sept. 1. 
The expedition against the Crimea is about being carried 
into effect. Mnrdchal de St. Arnaud, the Commander-in- 
Chief, had returned from Constantinople, and the movement 
was to take place on the 2nd of September. 
THE PRINCIPALITIES. 
Bucharest, Aug. 24. 
The Turkish army is moving hence, in order to operate 
upon Galatz and I brail. 
THE AUSTRIANS ADVANCING. 
According to advices dated the 23rd ult. the Austrian 
troops had advanced into Wallachia as far as Kimpolung, 
and a detachment of them was expected at Slatina on the 
28th ; so also upon the road leading direct to Bucharest the 
Imperial troops had reached Ursey, and they were positively 
to arrive at the Wallachian capital by the 5th of September, 
where a brilliant reception is being prepared for them. 
Varna, Aug. 24. 
The total deaths among the English army of 34,000 men, 
up to August 14, had amounted to 433. The deaths among 
the French were much more numerous, but not at all so 
much so as has been represented. 
THE ASSAULT AT BEULAH SPA. 
On Thursday, Mr. Francis R. Newton was brought up 
from Horsemouger-lane gaol, and his brother attended iu 
discharge of his heavy recognisances, to bo further examined, 
at Lambeth Police-court, on the charge of committing a mur- 
derous assault on the person of Mr. Stewart Ker, a gentleman 
residing at No. 56, Brompton-cresent, Brompton-square, at 
the Beulah Spa, Norwood, on Friday, the 4th of last mouth. 
Mr. Parry the barrister, and Mr. Wontuer appeared for the 
prosecution ; and Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Deprd for the 
defence. 
Mr. Parry, addressing the Hon. G. C. Norton (who sat for 
Mr. Elliot), said he appeared on behalf of the prosecution, 
and begged to observe that he did not desire or did not in- 
tend to go into any of the particulars on that day, as the 
unfortunate gentleman who had been so seriously injured 
was unable to attend, nor was it possible for him for 
some time to be present to give his evidence. He 
(Mr. Parry) was, however, happy to say— hapm* on 
account of Mr. Ker himself, and happy ^ on account 
ot the young gentlemen who were' the defendants 
in tlns^ serious charge, and whose anxiety, as well as 
tnose oi their friends, must have been very considerable for 
. 6 ^ wee hs— that a favourable change had taken place 
m the hitherto sm“'- d3 state of Mr. Ker, and that there was 
. " a -Ope that, if he continued to progress favourably, he 
would recover ; but as he had before said, it would be some 
considerable time, under the most favourable circumstances, 
before he would be in a condition to attend and give his evi- 
dence. He (Mr. Parry) should merely read the certificate of 
the medical gentleman in attendance upon Mr. Ker, and 
leave the case, as regarded the future appearance of the 
defendants, in the hands of his worship. The learned gen- 
tleman, in conclusion, read the certificate he alluded to, of 
which the following is a copy : — 
“ August 30, 1864. 
• We certify that we have visited Mr. Stewart Ker this day. His 
symptoms have assumed a more favourable character ; and, should no 
untoward events arise, there is reasonable hope of his ultimate recovery. 
(Signed) Henri Charles Johnson. 
John Stan-let Christian. 
56 Bromptoa-crescent." 
THE FIELD. 
Mr. Norton was happy to find that a favourable change 
had taken place, and that there was a reasonable hope of 
his recovery ; and, os regarded the accused parties, he 
.did not think he could legally receive bail for their ap- 
pearance, at the present stage of the inquiry, beyond a 
week. Had the case been originally hoard by him the 
question of bail would have beeu easily settled, ns he cer- 
tainly should not take bail ; but acting for Mr. Elliott, 
and the gentleman appearing for the prosecution having 
no objection to the admittance of Mr. Francis Newton 
to bail as well as his brother, he should call on the former 
to put in bail— two sureties in £500 each, and himself in 
£1,000, and the latter, himself in £500, and two sureties in 
£2 50 each, to appeal" at this court on that day mouth. 
Attempted Murder and Suicide. — Love and Jealousy. 
—Some alarm was created 011 Friday evening in the neigh- 
bourhood of Walworth, in consequence of a rumour that the 
potman of the Duke of Suffolk Tavern, Braudou-street, 
Walworth, hud murdered his follow-aervunt, and afterwards 
committed suicide by hanging himself. On Saturday, having 
sufficiently recovered, he was brought before the lion. G. C. 
Norton, at Lambeth Police Court, and remanded. 
®jjt (fpnjfitr. 
From Friday’s Gazette. 
WAR-OFFICE, September 1. 
2nd Regiment of Dragoous — Captain Charles Russell Colt, lYom 
half-pay 21st Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vlco Antrobus, appointed 
Lieutenant 8th Foot, Sept. 1. 
3rd Light Dragoons — Captain William Watson, from half-pay 21st 
Dragoons, to be Captain, repaying the difference, vice Colt, who 
exchanges ; Lieut W. G. Draper to be Captain, by purchase, vice 
Watson, who retires ; Cornet John Wynter James Gifford to be Lieute- 
nant, by purchase, vice Draper; William Morrison, gent., to l>e Cornet 
by purchase, vice Gifford, Sept. 1. 
15tli Light Dragoons — John Griffith, gent., to bo Assistant-Surgeon, 
vice Moline, promoted on the Staff, Sept, 1. 
1st Regiment of Foot — Lieutenant-Colonel Richard William Huey, 
from half-pay 6th Foot, to bo Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel 
Andrew Brown, who exchanges, Sept. 1. 
4th Foot — Ensign Alexander Bower St Clou - , (Voiu the 40th Foot, to 
be Ensign, without purchase, Sopt. 1 . 
6th Foot — Horace Walpole, gent., to bo Ensign, without purchase, 
vice Burnaby, appointed to the 5 1 st Foot, Sept 1 
14th Foot — Ramsay llarmun, gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, 
Sept. 1. 
18th Foot — Edward Langford Dillon, gout., to bo Ensign, without 
purchase, Sept 1. 
36th Foot — Christopher Hodgson, gent., to bo Ensign, without pur- 
chase, Sept 1. 
39th Foot — Henry Bolton Newport, gent., to be Ensign, without 
purchase, vice Geddes, appointed to the 27th Foot, Sept. 1. 
40th Foot — Longueville Nesbitt Lloyd, gent., to be Ensign, without 
purchase, Sept 1. 
45th Foot — Ensign Caulfield Francis Beamish, from the 1st West 
India Regiment to be Ensign, without purchase. Sept. 1 . 
53rd Foot — Captain Frederick Arthur Walter, from tho Ceylon 
Rifle Regiment, to bo Captain, vice Oldfield, who exchanges, Sept. 1 
54th Foot — Captain Francis John Griffin, from half-pay, unuttachud, 
to be Captain, vice Dickson, who exchanges, Sept 1. 
65tli Foot — Ensign Lea Birch to bo Lieutenant, without purchase, 
vice Grigg, deceased, Aug. 1 ; Ensign Thomas Roxby to be Lieutenant, 
without purchase, vice Birch, whoso promotion, on Aug. 11 , lias been 
cancelled, Aug. 11 ; Ensign John Granville Hurkness to he Lieutenant, 
by purchase, vice Roxby, whose promotion, by purchase, on Aug. 18, 
has been cancelled. Sept. 1 . 
66th Foot — Ensign Honry George Monk, from tlio 79th Foot, to bo 
Ensign, vice De Carteret, who exchanges, Sept. 1 
58th Foot — John Horner, gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vlco 
Lillingston, who retires, Aug. 30. To bo Ensigns without purchase. — 
Poltimoro Ridgway, gent., Aug 31 ; Robert Wolseley O'Dell, gent, 
Sept. 1. 
62nd Foot — To be Ensigns without purchase— Colour-sergeant 
Thomas Milsom, from tho 36th Foot, Aug. 81; Robert Scott MaehulJ, 
gent, Sept. 1. 
63rd Foot — Alex. Macleay Dumaresq, gent., to bo Ensign, without 
purchase, vice Talbot, promoted in the Rifle Brigade, Sept, 1. 
66th Foot — Lieutenant Charles William Aylmer to bo Cuptaln, by 
purchase, vice Serocold, who retires. Sept. 1. 
72nd Foot — Ensign Frederick Montague Alison to bo Lleutcnunt, 
without purchase; Ensign Aylmer Spicer Cameron to bo Lieutenant, 
by purchase, viee Alison, whose promotion, by purchase, on Aug. 18, 
bos been cancelled, Sept. 1. 
76tli Foot — John Augustine Pailiser, gent,, to bo Ensign, by pur- 
chase, Sept. 1. 
79th Foot — Ensign Havllland John De Carteret, from tho 5flthFoot, 
to be Ensign, vice Monk, who exchanges, Sept. 1 
SOth Foot — Ensign William Turner, from lialf-pay of tho Sicilian 
Regiment, to be Ensign, without purchase, Sept. 1. To be Ensigns by 
purchase. — William Gordon Trevor, gent., Aug. 31 ; Hugh B. Boseuwcn 
Leveson Gower, gent., vice Turner, who retires, Sept. 1. To bo Ensign 
without purchase. — Frederick FitzClarencc Goddard, gent., Sept. 2. 
82nd Foot — Brcvet-Lieutenant-Colonol James Alexander Robertson 
to bo Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Maxwell, who retires; 
Brevet-Mivior David Watson to bo Major, by purchase, vice Robertson ; 
Lieutenant John Gordon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Watson; 
Ensign Charles Edward Gore Browno to be Lieutenant, by purchase, 
vice Gordon ; Henry Dyke Marsh, gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vlco 
Browne, Sept. 1. 
86th Foot — Lieutenant Henry Godolpliln Hooper to bo Captain, by 
purchase, vice Haviland, who retires ; James Murray Grant, gent., to bo 
Ensign, without purchase. Sept. 1. 
91st Foot — Lieutenant John Bruce to be Captain, by purchase, vice 
Warren, who retires; Ensign James Henry Doble to be Lieutenant, by 
purchase, vice Bruce ; Thomas Green, gent,, io be Ensign, by purchase, 
vice Dobie, Sept. 1. 
95th Foot — Lieut/; it James J. Grant Kingsley to be Adjutant, vice 
Brov~ t wn0 resigns the Adjutancy only, Sept. 1. 
3rd West India Regiment — To be Ensigns, by purchase — Henry 
Rowland, gent, vice Carson, who retires, Aug. 31 ; William Bicc 
Mulliner, gent, vice Watson, promoted. Sept. 1. 
Ceylon Rifle Regiment — Captain Macartney Hume Oldfield, from tho 
63rd Foot, to be Captain, vice Walter, who exchanges, Sept. 1. 
Depot Battalion at Parkhurst — Captain Hercules Atkin Wulman, 
from the 4tl» Foot, to be Assistant- Adjutant, Sept. 1. 
Staff — Captain Edward John Dickson, from lull-pay unattached, to 
be Staff-Captain, to command detachments and pensioners iu the Isle 
of Man, Sept. 1. 
COMMISSION SIGNED BY TIIE QUEEN. 
The Essex Rifles — Char ea Schomberg Thomas, Esq., to be Pay- 
master, from 19th May, 1851, Juno 2. 
From Tuesdays Gazette. 
DOWNING- STREET, Slit. 4. 
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Colo*, Esq., to bo 
Colonial Secretary; James Wurburton, Esq., to be Treasurer ; Joseph 
Hensley, Esq., to be Attorney-General ; Dennis O'Meara, Esq., to be 
Solicitor-General; and William Swnby, Esq., to lie Registrar of Deeds 
and Keeper of Plans, for the Island of Prince Edward. 
WHITEHALL. Sept. 4 
The Queen lias been pleased to present the Rev. William Kerr to the 
church and pariah of New Luoc, in the Presbytery of Stranraer, and 
county of Wigtown, vacant by the death of tho Rov. William M'Kergo, 
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL. Sept 2. 
Tho Right Hon. tho Lords of the Committee of Privy Council (hr 
Trado and Plantations havo received copies of dispatches from her 
Majesty s Consuls at the undermentioned places, detailing the measures 
adopted In consequence of the prevalence of cholera in various ports: 
Lisbon. Phe Board of Health have declared that the port of London 
,* !° l> ° co, ' I ’hlciv<l infected, and all othor British ports suspected of 
infection with cholera. 
TiNta— Ships arriving lYom ports where tho cholera is known to 
exist, will not bo admitted into the porta of Tunis unless they havo 
undergone a quarantine of observation of five wliolo days, performed in 
a port where there Is a laxaretto, which must be authenticated by a bill 
of health. 
ADMIRALTY, Sept. 4. 
In consideration of the successful operations against Bomarsund, tho 
follow jug naval promotion* have taken place, dated the 29th ultimo:— 
To be Captain— Commander the Hon. A. A. Cochrane. 
t n‘!'i ( 0 “ mftn ' K ;'-*->-'c»'«cnaiits D. M'Lcod M'Kcni.ie, G. II. Clarke, 
T, Davies (B), and F. A. Close. 
E. O°LKr , “ Ml '“" H - L c Robinson, C. Smith, and Hon. 
To bo Surgeons— Mr. D. J. Dulgan and Mr. S. Wado. 
To be Boatswain— Mr. J. Farrell, Boatawolu's Mate 
The Board have further directed tho promotions of the undomamed 
officer*, contingent on their passing the required examinations — 
Mr. D. Orr and Mr. L. Wildman, to be Lieutenants. 
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. 
MoNuouTusmnE. — Royal Monmouthshire Light Infantry — W. G. 
Pitt, gent., lato lltli liussurs, to be Ensign. 
CAiuiBiiKiEsutnx. — Cambridgeshire MillUn— Major H. G. Wale to bo 
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Smith, resigned ; G. G. G. F. l’lggott, gent., to 
be Ensign. 
CuMiiiftK.— 2nd Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia— J. FiUgorald, 
Esq., lato Cuptaln in tho N7th Regiment, to bo Captain. 
The Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— A. H. 
Davenport, Esq., to be Captain, vlco Potts, resigned. 
NoaTHcunEUtaVND.— Northumberland and Newcastle Regiment of 
Voluutoor Yeomanry Cavalry — Cornet J. Anderson to be Lieutenant, 
vice CroMwell, resigned; C. M. Adamson, gent., to bo Coruet, vlco 
Anderson; G. Y. Heath to bo Surgeon, vice 11. Heath, resigned. 
(Due Irfhr-38ng. 
THE SPUR. 
Sin, — Inin very sorry to be Obliged to trouble you with somo more 
ol my remarks upon the use of the spur by ladles ; but ns a party very 
much Interested In this question, I think tho letter of “ Anti-Humbug,’' 
requires more comment. 
Your correspondent soys : “Wo know spur* are worn by nearly all 
gentlemen In tho Imntlng-flcld, on tho race-course, in tho park, and 
on the read, " — a fact, the truth of which I entirely deny. As I have 
never been In the park, I cannot answer for that ; but I know that not 
nearly ull gentlemen wear tho spur on tho road. But, supposing they 
do, It Is, I believe, allowed that a lady's horse Is subjected to u severer 
training than n gentleman's, and that n gentleman's horse might require 
a spur, which a Indy's would not. I am sure tho severity of my train- 
ing — when neither whip nor spur were wanting — has rendered the 
spur unnecessary on the heel of any fnlr rider to punish obstinacy. 
I admit, sir, that " nearly all " — anil quite all — gentlemen wear tho 
spur in the hunting-field ; and I admit, too, that if ladles hunt they 
must use the spur, for I am quite sure, from experience, tlint few, If any, 
horses would not require moro pain than that occasioned by the whip 
to enable them to carry their fair burthens through tho intense fatigues 
of a long race. Of course, If ladies like It, they havo qulto a right to 
the (to them) amusement of tho hunt; and, Iu that cuso, they will 
certainly require to wear, and uso frequently, a long-rowelled spur. 
But I believe this Is a uso of tho spur which few ladies will And neces- 
sary ; and I do not SCO the reason for Inferring that booauso gentlemen 
use tho spur In the fluid, ladies who do not hunt should use It on tho 
road. But, sir, there Is another reason why ladles should not uso tho 
spur, which does not apply to gentlemen, and that is tho very reason 
brought by "Justus" in favour of thoir uso of It; namely, that it Is 
“ administered under the friendly shelter of the habit." Ladies havo 
no certain knowledge to what extent they are punishing their horse ; 
and 1 know, from experience, that they frequently, Iu tho exellcincnt 
of a gallop on a weary steed, Inflict very much severer punishment than 
they intend. Several times, when my only excuse was Intense fatigue, 
has my fair torturer unconsciously stained her habit with my blood, 
flowing from the agonising wounds of her spur. 
One more point of dlffureuco there Is between tho uso of tho spur 
by ladies and gentlemen, which appears to mo conclusive against tho 
uso of It by the fair sex. A lady con only use her spur on one side of 
her horse, which, in many coses of obstinacy, must render It useless, and 
will cause tho liorso at all times, from tho pain, or lYom tho fear of 
pain, to go at an uneven pace, very unpleasant, I should tliluk, to Ills 
mistress. 
These, sir, arc my reasons for maintaining that tho spur should not 
bo used by ladies, mid not because it is painful to the horse. Had 
cxporionco has taught me that it is no sound argument against tho uso 
of anything which ministers to the enjoyment of men or women that 
it causes us pain. “Anti-Humbug" seems to havo compassion for 
carriage-horses j but, In his laudable and proper desire that nothing 
should prevent a lady's enjoyment, he scorns to havo no belief in — 
certainly no feeling for — our sufl'erlug*. And yet, sir — though 1 quite 
believe most ladies do not willingly lnfltot upon us more pain than is 
necessary for their enjoyment — it cannot bo denied tliut tho life of a 
lady’s riding horse, especially one whose lot is cost at Brighton, is no 
very enjoyable one. Night after night are my llintm actually pained by 
excessive fatigue, for utmost without any Intermission throughout the 
day do I carry ladies. Again, sir, as "Justus" remarks, “all know 
how fond ladles are of galloping, " a fondness which ladies almost inva- 
riably gratify. Without the least consideration for their horse's weary 
limbs, they force us along at a tremendous pace, up tlio steepest hills 
(of this they are particularly fond), and along the heaviest roods ; and 
then, sir, even the very htuimnc, whoso feelings would not allow them to 
whip an olntinutc animal, luvc a habit of constantly tugging at the 
bridle, thus keeping the mouth in a continual state ot agony — for it is 
nothing short of It, us " Anti-Humbug" would soon discover — and of 
unremittingly teasing ns with their whips ; nml not unfrcquontly is it 
our miscriildc fate to havo to carry Indies who show us little feeling In 
their use of whip ami spur upon the sides of those who bear them, as If 
we wore devoid of ull capability of suffering, and not " endowed with 
susceptibility to bodily pain, like themselves.' Sir, when I read a 
letter like tliut of “ Anti-Humbug ” in your paper, I cannot help 
earnestly desiring that tho writer of it might, for one day, be per- 
mitted to put the gallantry he so evidently possesses to tlio test, and to 
bo harassed by carrying tho somctiinos no alight weight of somo fair 
" Annie," and receiving from her hand and heel the whip and spur, the 
pain or infliction of which lie scorns so little to regard. I think then 
he would not imagine it humbug to write against the Infliction of unne- 
cessary pain upon horses, or " anti-humbug " to write against humanity. 
Ho would not think it humbug then to maintain that horses have as 
much feeling of pain as tho lady who whips or spurs them, or “ unti- 
humbug " to maintain that tlio fair rider should whip or spur com- 
pletely irrespective of their feelings. Sir. we " Brighton Ladies' Riding 
Horses " must and do lead a life of pain and toil. All that we havo a 
right to ask, and all that we do ask, of those ladies whom faithfully wo 
serve, and whoso pleasure we so much increase, Is — not to make our 
lives more painful than is necessary for their enjoyment.— 1 remain, 
sir, your very obedient servant, 
A BaiofiroN Ladx's Riding House. 
EMIGRATION. 
Sib, — P resuming on your kindness and desire to oblige, I venture to 
trouble your columns with the following queries : — 
A* there are many gentlemen fanners In this country who hesitate 
to einbnrk thoir little capital at tho present high rents, small returns, 
ond expensive system of good farming, but who would gladly emigrate 
