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MANLY EXERCISES. WALKING. In order to accustom the body and legs to their proper position and motion while walking, two preliminary exercises should be practised—the balance step without gaining ground, and the progressive balance step. The former of these two exercises consists of the following movements .— Stand in the position described in the last number, with the head erect and the shoulders well thrown back; rest the weight of the body on the right foot; bring the left foot gently to the front, keeping it inclined to the left at the same angle as in the standing position, and at about three inches from the ground, and taking care that the sole of the foot sha-l i e parallel to the. ground re- main steady in this position for a few seconds, then bring the left foot gently hack and place it behind the right loot, so that the L-ft toe will be close to the right heel. In this case the leit knee will be a little bent, and the left toe slightly depressed. Repeat this several times, and afterwards do it with the weight of the body resting on the left foot, making the forward and backward movements in a similar manner with the right. In per- forming this and the following ezercise, care must be taken to keep the body perfectly steady and the shoulders quite square to the front, and at exactly the same height, the body being all the time kept perfectly erect, and the bands close to the sides. In the second exercise the left foot is brought forward as in the firt!t movement of the preceding one, but instead of being brought to the rear, after remaining extended for some seconds, it is placed on the ground, with the heel about thirty inches from the right heel, and at the same moment the right foot is raised from the ground and remains extended behind. When this position (in which the body, though upright, must incline a little forward) has been maintained for a moment or two, the right foot is slowly advanced to the front, and another step is taken. The movements in walking are excessively simple, consisting merely in advancing one foot while the weight of the body rests on the other, and then throwing the weight on the advanced foot while 'he other is brought forward. Simple as they are, they nevertheless admit of a great number of modifications, so great, indeed, that not only does the character of a person influence his mode of walking, but that we can even recognise a friend by his gait before he is close enough to be distinguished otherwise. If we observe the different motions of the feet and legs in walking, our attention will be at once attracted by the number of muscles which are succes- sively called into play. The first thing we do is to rest he whole weight of the body on one foot, in order to leave the other free to move forward. In order to ac- complish this forward movement the leg must be bent upon the thigh, and the thigh upon the pelvis; the foot being then extended, the contraction of the muscles cf the calf of the leg keeps the sole of the foot nearly parallel to the ground. This movement causes the centre of gravity to be thrown forward, and at the same time the contraction of the muscles of the calf and sole of the foot on which the weight of the body rests causes the heel of that foot to be raised from the ground, the whole weight of the body being for a moment placed on its toes. The centre of gravity is then gradually brought forward over the foremost foot, and that in the rear is advanced for another step. In this manner the body progresse< smoothlv forward, the centre of gravity moving in a zigzag or a curved line. In walking, the muscles of the legs, thighs, and feet are put in motion; as well as many of those of the trunk, shoulders, &c.; the exercise, however, principally affecting the lower parts of the body, and adding but little strength to the superior members. It is a matter of doubt whether the position of the feet to which we are accustomed, with the toes turned out, is their natural position in walking. It has been observed, indeed, that the Indians, who are celebrated for their great powers of walking and running, instead of turning their toes out, turn them a little inwards. The probability is that neither of these two extremes is desirable, and that the natural position of the foot is nearly straight. However, as it is the custom to turn the feet out, we must adhere to it to some extent, and our only object in making these observations is to impress on our readers that this outward position of the toes must not be exag- gerated, and that any one who walks with his toes too much turned out will walk more awkwardlv and with greater fatigue to himself than if he kept them at their proper angle. These remarks apply equally to all the different walking paces which we shall now proceed to describe. There are three paces in which wrlking may be per- formed-the slow, the moderate, and the quick pace; and in each of these a different part of the foot touches the ground first, and the action of the legs is somewhat modified. In the slow walk, when the weight of the body has been advanced from the heel to the instep, one foot is put forward, with the knee straight and the toe pointing a little towards the ground; it is then placed gently on the ground at a distance of about thirty inches from the other foot, the toe touching the ground first, and afterwards the outer edge of the sole the hindmost foot is then raised, the inner edge of the toe leaving the ground last, and is advanced in a similar manner. In this pace, at in the balance step, the sole of the foot should, while moving forward, he kept nearly parallel to the ground. It will be observed that, in the slow walk, the toe is the part of the foot which first touches and last leaves the ground. The step made use of on the stage is merely a modification of this pace, the principal difference being that, as the foot is bent rather awkwardly just before leaving the ground, it is extended for an instant with the toe pointing a little backward. The moderate pace differs from that just described in several particulars. The wjeight of the body at starting is rested on the ball of the foot, and when the foot is advanced it is the ball of the little toe which first touches the ground, and the ball of the great toe which last leaves the ground when the posterior foot is raised. This is the pace that is generally made use of in walking in a room; and ignorance of the manner in which it should be perforated is frequently the cause of the embarrassment which many people experience when they have to walk down a room full of company. The reason of this is, that they walk in the same way as in the quick walk; and as the step of the moderate walk takes longer performing, being more complicated, there is a certain portion of time which requires filling up, end it is therefore necessary to make « pause in the middle of the step in order to walk at a moderate rate. The quick pace is the one used in ortinary walking. At starting, the weight 18 ebrown forrari on the toes, and when the foot is advanced it is the outside of the heel of the foremost foot whidl first touches the ground, and the sole of the hindmost fcot which is the last to kave it. The rate at vhich this pace M performed varies very much, as the movements beloDfiflj to it are made use of whenever the progretaion is faster than in the slow or moderate walk.; but in the military quick atep, which may be taken as a model of the poce, 106 oope are made in a minute. In all three of thote jAmb the len$4& of the step should be about thirty inches, the legs should move freely from the haiatcb, and the body should incline r slightly forward; the ttep ifcouldbe very firm, but not heavy. The rate at which any individual pedeatrian can walk must depend, in a great meaaure, on his constitution and build, as well as on his condition and state of health. For ordinary walking, a little over four miles an hour is considered a good pace to be sustained for any length of time, although, professional pedestrians kave some- times exceeded this rate. Six miles an hour may be done for one hour by a man in perfect training and good practice, but twelve miles in two hours has hardly ever been performed by any one but a professional pedes- trian. We cannot conclude the present article without saying a few words on the subject of pedestrian, tours. Only those who have tried walking excursions can estimate the pleasure of this mode of travelling; no rushing to catch trains, no losiog luggage, no hurried meals- perfect freedom of mind and action. Besides this there is the advantage of being always in the open air, instead of being chut up in « cloae flptfwajr Carriage or omnibus, and the delight of knowing that every day's journey is restoring the health and vigour which you may, perhaps, have lost for the time from being shut up in an office or a school-room. Although it would be difficult to find a more pleasurable or a more profitable way of spending a holiday than that of roaming on foot through some of the delightful scenery with which our country abounds. It is important, in starting on such a tour, to be careful in the selection of the clothing to be worn and taken; this must be as simple as possible, or otherwise the un- necessary and unaccustomed weight will be the cause of serious inconvenience. The following outfit is recom- mended by one who has had many years' experience, and i, consequently, competent to advise those who have had less opportunities ot obtaining knowledge of what is really necessary than he himself has had :-The travel ling dress should consist of a short, loose, grey fro, coat, shepherd's plaid trousers, and str- n:: ahous ana gaiters- The knnpsa, k, which every tourist must earry, should be of stout skin, with the hair outside, and should contain three shirts, three pairs of stockings, collars, cravats, and pocket handkerchiefs, brush and comb, &c., cake of soap, and an extra pair of light shoes to put on as slippers, or for a stroll after the day's work is over, and the quarters for the night are decided upon. This outfit contains all that is absolutely necessary, and is not heavy enough to become troublesome. As an example of what may be done on foot, we may mention the instance of a certain Mr Spillard, who was travelling for twelve years, and during that time walked 69,000 miles, having gone through all.Etirope the greater part of Asiatic Turkey, through Barbary, Morocco, and Arabia, and afterwards over a large portion of the conti- nent .f A itieriett. -Boy's Own Magazine. STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY. [Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at which the Depot of the Regiment is statioued.1 1st Life Guards—Windsor 2nd do—Regent's Park Royal Horse Guards- Hyde Park 1st Dragoon Guards-Ban- galore, Canterbury 2d do Bengal, Canterbury 3d do Bombay, Canterbury 4th do Dublin 5th do Dublin 6th do Aldershot 7th do Bengal, Canterbury 1st Dragoons, Birmingham 2nd do Edinburgh 3rd do Dublin 4th do Newbridge 5th do Norwich 6th do Bombay, Maidstone 7th Hussars. Bengal, Maid- stone 8th do Bengal, Canterbury 9th Lancers, Brighton IOth Hussars, York Ilth do Cahir 12th Lancers, Aldershot 13th Light Drag., Aldershot Hth do Manchester 15th Hussars, Dundalk 16th Lancers, Sheffield 17th do Secunderabad Maidstone ■8th Hussars, Hounsiow 19th do Kengal 20th do Bengal 21st do Bengal Military Train [1st bat] Woolwich Do [2nd bat] Aldershot Do 3rd bat] Canada Do [4th batl Aldershot Do [5th batl Woolwich Do [6th batl Curragh Grenadier Guards [1st bat] Montreal Do L2nd bat] Portman-st Do [3rd bat] Wellington B ColdstreamsUuards [1st bat Windsor Do r2nd bat] St George's B Scots Fusiliers, [1st batj Vv ellirgton Barracks Do [2nd bat] Montreal 1st Foot, M adrtis, Colchester Do [2nd bat] Aldershot, Colchester 2nd do [I st bat] Aldershot Walnier Do [2nd bat]Gib., Walmer 3rd do [1st bat] Tower, Limerick Do do Gibraltar, Limerick 4th do [1st bat] Bombay, Chatham Do [2nd bat] Cephalonia, Cnatham 5th do [1st bat] Aldershot, Colchester Do [2nd bat] Mauritius, Colchester 6th do [1st bat] Gosport, Colchester Do [2nd bat] Corfu, Colchester 7th do [I it bat] Bengal, Walmer Do [2nd bat] Gibraltar, Walmer 8th do [1st bat] Sheffield, Templemore Templemore Do [2nd bat] Gibraltar, Templemore 9th do [1st bat] Corfu) Lim. Do r2nd bat] Corfu, Limerick 10th do [1st bat] Dublin, Preston Do [2nd bat] Cape Preston 11th do [1st bat] Cork, "Fermoy Do [2nd bat] Cape, Fermoy 12th do [1st bat] New Zealnd Chatham Do [2nd bat] Curragh 13th do [1st bat] Bengal, Fermoy Do [2nd bat] Cape, Fermoy 14th do [1st bat] Jamaica, Fermoy Do [2nd bat] New Zealand, Fermoy 15th do B N. America, Pembroke Do[2d bat] Malta,Pembroke 16th do Canada, Templmore Do l2nd bat] Nova Scotia, Templemore 17th do Quebec, Limerick Do [2nd bat] Nova Scotia, Limerick 18th Secundrbd, Buttevant Do [2nd bat] Jersey, Buttevant 19th do Bengal, Chatham Do [2nd bat] Newry, Chat. 20th do Bengal, Chatham Do [2nd bat] Portsmouth, Chatham 21st do Barbadoep, Birr Do [2nd bat] Dublin, Birr 22nd do Malta, Parkhurst Do [2nd batt] Malta, Park- hurst 23rd do Behiral, Walmer Do [2nd bat] Malta, Walmer 24th do Aldershot, Cork Do [2nd bat] Mauritius. Cork 25thdo Malta, Athlono Do [ind bat] Edinburgh, Athlone 26th do Aldershot, Belfast 27th do Bengal, Cork 28th do Horn bay, Fermoy 29th do Glasgow, Preston 30th do Toronto, Parkhurst 31st do China, Chatham 32nd do Plymouth, Preston 33rd do Bombay, Fermoy 34th do Bengal, Colchester 35th do Bei.gal, Chatham 36th do Dublin, Athlone 37th do Aldershot, Pem- broke 38th do Bengal, Colchester 39th do Bermuda, Temple- more 40th New Zealand, Birr 41st do Newcastle, Preston +2nd do Bengal, Stirling 43rd do Bengal, Chatham 44th do Bombay, Colchester 45th do Dublin, Parkhurst 46th do Bengal, Buttevant 47th do Montreal, Athlone 48th do Bengal, Cork 49th do Manchester, Bwlfast 50th do Ceylon, Parkhurst 51st do Bengal, Chatham 52nd do Bengal, Chatham 53rd Portsmouth,Chichester 54th do Bengal, Colchester 55th do Portsmouth,Preston 56th do Bombay, Colchester 57th do New Zealand, Cork 58th do Curragh, Birr 59th do Dover, Chichester 60th [1st bat] Aldershot, Winchester Do [2nd bat] Portsmouth Do [3rd bat] Madras, Winchester Do [4tfi bat] Quebec, Winchester ilst do Aldershot.Pembroke 32nd do Canada, Belfast 33rd do Canada, Belfast 64th do Aldershot, Cntrbury 65th do New Zealand, Birr 66'th do Madras, Colchester 67th do China, Athlone 68th do Madras, Fermoy 69th do Madras, Fermoy 70th do New Zealand, Can- terbury 71st do Bengal, Stirling 72nd do Mhow, Aberdeen 73rd do Plymouth, Chi- chester 74th do Bellary, Aberdeen 75tli do Plymouth, Chatham 76tli do Aldershot, Belfast 77th do Bengal, Chatham 78th do Shorncliff, Aberdeen 79th do Bengal, Stirling 80th do Bengal, Buttevant 81st do Bengal, Chatham 82nd do Bengal. Canterbury 83rd do Dover, Chatham 84th do Shorncliff,Pembroke 85th do Cape, Pembroke 86th do Watrfrd, Templmore 87th do Curragh, Buttevant 88th do Bengal, Colchester 89th do Bengal, Fermoy 90th do Bengal, Canterbury 91st Madras, Chatham 92nd do Bengal, Stirling 93rd do Bengal, Aberdeen 94th do Bengal,Chatham 95th do Poona, Fermoy 96th do Shorticliffe,Chiches. 97th do Bengal, Colchester 98th do Bengal, Canterbury 99th do China, Cork 100thdo Gibraltar,Parkhurst Rifle Brigade [1st bat] Canada, Winchester Do [2nd bat] Bengal, Winchester Do [3rd bat] Bengal, Win- chester Do [4th batt] Malta, Win- chester 1st West India Regiment Bahamas 2nd do Jamaica 3rd do Barbadoes Ceylon Rifles, Ceylon Cape Mounted Rifles, Cape of Good HO.í.e, Canter- bury Canadian Rifles, Toronto St Helena Regiment, Saint Helena Royal Newfoundland Com- pany, Newfoundland Malta Fencibles, Malta Gold Coast Corps, Cape Coast Castle Medical Staff Corps, Chat- ham, Kent Royal Engineers, Chatham Army Hospital Corps, Chatham ♦ HOLIX)WAY'S OINTMRNT AND PILLS.I!olloway'sPilIø and Ointment Jhave the largest sale of any medicine in the world. 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Aboukir, Jamaica Adventure, Wolwch. Advice, Devouport Agamemnon, passage home Ajax, Kingstown Alacrity, Medit. Algiers, Mediter. Algerine, China .Amphion, Mediter. Antelope, west coaft of Africa Ardent, Brazils Argus, China Ariadne, N. America and West Indies Ariel, Cape of G. H. Arrogant, ord. home <•: Pacific ij.-liU, Fuiicv Barracouta, N.Amer. and West Indies Barossa, Devonport Beagle, ord. home Black Eagle, Wlwch. Black Prince, Medit. Blenheim, Milford Bloodhound, C of Af. Bouncer, China Brisk, W. C. of Africa Brunp.W.C.of Africa Cadmus, N. America and West Indies Cameleon, Pacific Centaur, China Charybdis, Pacific Challenger, North Amer. & W. Indies Chanticleer, Medit. Clio, Pacific Cockatrice, Medit. Cockchafer, China Colossus, Portland Coquette, China Cormorant, China Cornwallis, Hull Coromandcl,E Indies Curlew, Brazils Cygnet, N. America and W. Indies Dart, coast of Africa Dasher, Clian.Islnds. Dauntless, Sthmpton Defence, cruising Desperate, N. 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Gipsy, Queenstown Hibernia, Malta Implacable, Dvnport Impregnable, Dvnprt Indus, Devonport Isis, Sierra Leone Madagascar, Rio Meander, Ascension Naiad, Callao Nereus, Valparaiso Princess Charlotte, Hong Kong President, Thames Rolla, Portsmouth Royal Adelaide, De- vonport Saracen, Kong Kong Saturn, Pembroke Sealark, Portsmouth Seaflower, Tyne Seringapalam, Cape Southampton, Sheer- ness Squirrel, Devonport St Vincent, Dvnport. ness Squirrel, Devonport St Vincent, Dvnport. Trincomalee, Sunder- land Victory, Portsmouth Vindictiv, Fernando Po Wellesley, Chatham Wellington, Dvnprt. Windhester, Abrdn. MAJORITY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. (From the London Gazette Extraordinary of Monday.) W AU OFFICE, PALL-MALL, November) O.-The Qq'1(!n has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the coming of age of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, to give orders for the following promotions in the Army, and appointments of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath — Colonel his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, K.G., K.S.I., &c., to be General. Dated 9th of November, 1862. TO BE FIELD-MARSHALS. General the Right Honourable Sir Edward Blakeney, G.C.B.G.G.H. General Hugh, Viscount Gough, K.P, G.C.B, K.S.I. General His Royal Highness George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge, K.G, K.P, G.C.B, &c.; and General Colin, Lord Clyde, G.C.B, K.S.I., 9th November, 1862. To be. Qrdinary Members of the Military toiyision of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath viz General Sir John Wright Guise, Bart, K.C.B.; General Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, K.C.B.; Admiral the Earl of Lauderdale, K.C.B.; Admiral Sir Edward Tucker, K.C.B. To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most Honourable of the Order, viz.Admiral'the Hon. George Eliiott, C.B.; General the Hon. Hugh Arbuth- nott, C.B.; General Sir John Hanbury, Kt.; General the Marquis of Tweddale, K.T, C.B.; Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart, C.B.; General William Greenshields Power, C.B.; General Hebry George. Andrew Taylor, C.B, Madras Army; Admiral William Bowlas, C.B.; General Alexander Lindsay, C.B, Bengal Army General Sir James Henry Reynett, Kt.; General Charles Grene Ellicombe, C, B.; Lieutenant General George Turner, -C. B.; Vice-Admiral William James Hope Johnstone Lieutenant-General James Freeth Lieutenant-General John Low, C.B, Madras Army; Lieutenant-General Sir James Charles Chatterton, Bart.; Lieutenant-General Alexander Kennedy Clark Kennedy, C.B. Lieutenant General, Michael White, C.B.; Lieutenant-General David Capon, C.B, Bombay Army Vice-Admiral James Scott, C.B.; Major-General Sir Abraham Josias Cloete, C.B.; Rear-Admiral Charles Talbot; Major-General William Henry Elliott Rear-Admiral John M'Dougall; Rear-Admiral George Rodney Mundy, C.B.; Lieutenant- General Samuel Robert Wesley, Royal Marines. I.I ADMIRALTY, Nov., JO. In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure:—Admiral of the Red Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart., G.C.B., has this day been promoted to be Admiral of the Fleet; and, in consequence thereof, the following promotions, also dated this day, have taken place; Admiral of the White the Right Honourable Anthony Earl of Landerdftle, K.C.B., K.C. St. M, and St.G., to be Admiral of the Red; Admiral of the Blue Sir Georgq Rose Sartorius, Kt.. to be Admiral of the White; Vice-Admiral of the feed Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.B., to be Admiral of the Blue; Vice-Admiral of tb* White the Hon Sir Montagu Stop- ford, K.C.B. to t* Vici'Adniiral of the Red; Vice- Admiral of the BtutJtmex Scott. C.B., to be yice-Admiral of the White; Re*r-Adnniral the Hon Thomas Best, on the Reserved List, to be Vice-Adtniral on the same List; Rear-admiral of Red Charles Ramsav Drinkwater Bethune, C.B.,40 be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Rear- Admiral of the White the Ron Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.B., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear-Admiral of the Blue Robert Fanshawe Stopford to be Rear-Admiral of the White; Captain Richard Collinson, C.B, to be Rear- Admiral of the Blue. Retired Vice-Admirals Augustus Baldwin and Henry Collins Deacon to have the rank and title of Retired Admiral, under Order in Council of 7th May, 1858. DEATH OF A CENTBNARIAH.—Died,* at Bellybranagh, on the 17th ult., James Falloonah, aged 110 years. He enjoyed excellent health until within ten days of: his death. ThES only national event of importance that be spoke of distinctly remembering was the landing of Thurot at Carrickfergus, in 1760. He stated that he had a clear recollection of standing on a large hill, near bis father's house, with a number of other persons, and seeing the ships sail past commanded by Elliot, which afterwards defeated the French squadron off the Isle of Man, when Tliurot was killed. tfSBSStt