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r ilt ß. ALBERT 144171 YA MONT BLANC, 7, , reni , TO-NIGFIT, I ;% m . 1 1 1 , 4 a , 8 o'clock (except Stu d ) The Morning k otl ‘'vek ~,4 ,e Place every Tuescay, Thu r rs a d Y aY, and Sa turday, till i,:_wLas can be taken at 1 " I r, at th e Errptian a c, 7 le ßox-o y ffice every la fro m 1 10 th e Ar o , ______________ ---'4l-13ERS of the aSiOCIATION. LONDON LIFE y%l4init ot.. GENTLEXEN, e ta t e bailot tn A t ., —, a9 IS that I have been elected to fill t V ll loge ine lt la Your direction. I return my wa'mest ' lesteber3 (many who honoured me with their votes ; and Ilitt,t, 01411orl ; ta n a r In lumber) who vvere prevented, by en t fi.,!ers due ,„.. „PR, from recording their votes in my favonr, Lit - Nast .. for Lueir kind wishes. Assuring my Burp, rters t heir vot e a Director, s, forget the gro un d s on which, as a . •"Illed ktkori.hrkBthl:lai Your faithf ul servant. WILLIAM 855. CORRIE. agust 1 $t 7, e tritito li ~E STE R N RAILWAY.- 1 , 41,,rizos,,,,RiVirotORCESTE ft, MALVERN, IC IDDFR- Ia ' tr,,.. racht; . , and DUDLI Y, on SATURDAY. / 1 ' 41, 170. 15 th, frof n ft L" ~, at 045 a.rn., returning on WEDNES ,4Liila...—ers, 3 , ullilleY at 2, ,tourhr dge 2.20, Kiddermin r4ltne and Worcegter at 4 30 p.m' It-qt4r.zaterbhutti,TWorceter, 15s. and 10s. • Malvern, 1 7s I. azcv 120.65, and Ils ; Stourbridge, I • 7s. and 1I s. 6d.; Illay L_ Chi dreu under 12, half-price. Tickets, be Previously obtained at the Paddington 1 4 01,Z b k 41 and kit ° NORTH-WESTERN litt t RAILWAY. t tlt •81 S °P WEST GO D, oil MORELAND AND CUM- N o „ , r ~.. NORTII SVAuES. 6,-.st e ,t- ar e - .Xerox op T-- Ntl r . l aree l ! 'W • CA? l i i 'VAL, 250,000 L 4 11I tilt 16._ Tat:IBIEIES. 1441heit :44;r 4 ble Earl Fltzwilliam, K.G. Ittet,(4 ltee e, Esq. (Bank of England). 16 p,; 4 ' . N. (Bank of England). 141% ° ; P44: PLE OF RAT Eg. \t l p Lk '. I s ti urn at Death. 1 U I 41,0001 Weekly Allowance. ~.! I ; 44 0 1 4500 I .£5 0 0 I X 3 0 0 ltd tl, p h ., ' 4l 431 , e ctu.sea, at the —4I4T. London, between 10 obtained and 4 o'clock. ti,klt, FRA NCIS COBHAM, Registrar. 13 1.4 N. 48 111 ii 11 I- R E AND LIFE lio.ll —XCE COMPANY, 44,, ' t oinbard.. i s ktkiitil 4 ~,_ street, London. 41,4 b taEcToas. 11 1 111 40, 111:11 .EZ IrKE y Esq., Chairman. kt . k N txR E , Q tkr. p it , : - Esq., Deputy-Chairman. 4t% )1. p 'Mgr I, Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. iltjta l a Nah a ' r ,!" •lobn Martin, Esq., M.P. q s ; 4, Iki ro :sq., se.i:rt Rowland Mitchell, Esq. tqC 4 4.. kl• • James Morris, Em. 41 1 44 7°0 t 4• Henry Nor ma n, E s q. k , ll tA 4l ' Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. 0, , 4 . . . John Thornton, Esq. ‘'l li i t i Nitt k James Tulloch. Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. t , N,j.N. 417 prross. Ik , .(k Esq. I Henry Rykes Thornton, Esq. '%l 7.1•01,„7 1 13e x,,,,, John Henry Smith, Esq. ' 1 10116"lellt r ''' Esq., Secretary. s it t ilt klti t Tk t ,' V r.---V",.,,, , rsq., Actuary. 1 th lati Q h ! ne w - .el' the provisions of an Act of Par rv•tt `"ate ° t. --- erinisi ft t - •,,,, future insurers Four-fifths of 4 1414 ten 4 l'ill r o _Freti ts. l vislou, or a Low Rate of Premium 4:1k,41,).114e1e5.41it5,,,w111 be declared in Jnne, 1860, when VNtt lsilia %llllb all have subsisted at least one year i 'l \ it. 4l:l, of p ro u f r ts ed m to d share in the Profits. the total 1: 4 : 5 )1 1 . , . 414 :it1e led e skt t4l ,_ the Policies have I t t h av is e Company, eceedd9l3.ooo 11,4t4tott,thcr,te,itormantie,es Tiffeoricireaapmet?uinnteiciiisr was s w m ar o d r s e vbsklivikalteZtesusclei,,tit'ance Fund (independent of the VLl,l,lo,ft The Extrea'Titiums required for the East h tti l t th., 4 4.,7 4 ., li s e ,.. °l 2° ) e , , and the northern parts of the 5 ".4 t o 7,rer,,,,ii , been materially reduced. 4\l„,RtN e tiv es !he re i s who are not in such sound health as N',l•o4 s . ins, l their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, ~ 14 . - ' , l .14 ' Lire 1 , at Extra Premiums. loo t m e4s sisu i ha °Hetes to the eat nt of their values, pro tNitaentVal ' T be en effected a e su ffi cient time to have til4,tl Nita vt 11; 1 ' riot under 50/. ' t tos 44 LT rt, C-- - , —Written Notices of, received i i tk , bY the c Nth, • "VanY, and no charge will be made for ti ritkett7ltt,... syslcless,'llsurances effected upon every descrip , 'Xiis,r rates . b)h °n of Gas are admitted by this Company. k i4 1 44111N) 14,1 114 h ' 54 4,4 :, k 4ay, ° 4 12 , e n Daily.—Admission, One '7 \ til b, ttt,...5115t 6th, and during th. week, w t. i ' ti tr e IN, Ns Irs,7Fre ProvraMme of A N 4ll l ll% .. l4; k ta ) ; l na alci l i til e s r tr c u u tr a n n tal e C at m on e c e e e r m ts ee liqllet, F s, Cosinorama X t ili kti Orls, ll l,.,e Dancing. Terrific Ascent, Gorgeous 'l, t oii t thi s The Storming of Sebastopol by sea, T I -4 t4 ees tritature exhibition is totally distinct klapyroltti a vertised, and is dependent on Gal.. ‘at ec effects. Thariday (this day), the Ems ' f or the Benefit of Mr. T. B. Simpson, o .. 1 , N4 41 _4 11 , lot. iitilep,_..ttEY ZOOLOGICAL V s i, 14 404,_43,417u attractions. Engagement of Mdlle. Itb. e 'lli t Zil il% a ted 'Vocalist, of the Royal Theatre, kCi k t -g a ei ' th v, t t i tth- et tub a Popularity of the brillia"t Spec ti. ri4041, tt, sis Merit of Sebastopol, the Proprietor or N il "'lle f m ,4 l all be wanting on his rart to merit a .*p, 4 2 Wilt dept incidents, suggestive of m R..,. Atrut I, cted. The unrivalled Military ki, ft, iletr eis aa been tonsiderably increased, and the it , t illik eli p tt i l ii irait', l l e lag established favourites here, have S itiattivilablkWeek:l7andn previous to their •ontinental . tllo4llD,torlies" of _son's colossal modelled picture . _ Cronstad', Revel, Helsingfors, klitk\ l 4t esb,,hr I. °,11(1 Cathdart's-hill, painted expressly it kt . crtliTtedl ) , ln , ll iPs• A Grand Vocal and Instru k‘ ' . l e „teno n - A ". c lodfrey. The usual routine of ,5t h , of,Oilsoi a ,„'a with the Siege of Sebastopol, and 41 .4 i7 . ..eolie to Feeding the Animals at a quarter h , 44 ku telt , urtie, and reception of the l it %lop 1 u alf - Past six. Bombardment, &c., I ' : 111 4 i 0 i ) „, ~ 11 011 L‘N ka l ‘la L l; a ll 0 ....0 °l7l t'r OF CHANCERY. ( i ti b li i ci4tkilt,4 l the 29th of May, 1855, an c N ~,,,, w bv the High Court of Chancery, and , qii t tl hi t i l ti ttil r 4 -8 trai n '° made perpetual, against Joseph 'I ~,, itlg t hi nein, under a penalty of one thou *, , cl t tri m a Medicine, which is protected by ran i and, and secured by the Seals of the t So *j 'lti ° ,, ll l- N T ; tad the Imperial College of Medicine, 44. ‘4, 40, a . lit gti tit a. . -'1 , 4 ,, 1 ," 1 . No 1 o h o - fro in ne • - etnrrhat . a. l and Exhaustion of th• I, l l4 4l li,...— rt arly, te Dr t a t: s aes, accident, or climate. , en tering ,4 % ;4l i 7t i _ tott ll t e i io s r t :ii‘gi( i l nval uae the married state by ‘' kI eP N of ll 'ace "AR, No. 2, * S isSll4 l ll l4i t i l t ose ° 4 ' i t e hree days, completely and entirely ,ki o t N tti ' ibt DeDZ a l iti° d r o d te er f ! or w , l' t i olhe e rn aP i i n vi ol ai t i l C h u e b aVti , \\ ‘ , 4 % , tli,aNZ4lle_Z t i,l l ;. 1 1 / 410 if t sti4ritab li l l leit4 AR, N o , 3 , , t k a th , of t phT for that class of Disorders, whist I, ••• ait Ike,,. - .is patrician treats - with Mercury, to the in ,l4lll4iisitlto:l4 etinonet's constitution, and which all the kt: 1 41 0, 11 :1 11 4t 4r 0 1 a, are devoid of taste or smell ;01 4' 4 11 8 , 1 , 1a Dettm . : r heY may lie on the toilet teal \ 4 0444 b ,rtie a ti. fr h N: l ik h , .4 41 ,Litered e i e , -3' , DOst, 2s. extra, divided intfr ~tt, 0V, 4 7,1_ , e a nd l_ ti lil . peau, Lallemand, Roll. kipk tiier f ut, t a i ru 'i, Ret a il l e. n t London s o a f n J , o . h , 11 1 1 ton, : o k,,_ 1 ; tb _bea r „g:2, 4 t, 46, Niarket-street, Manchester : ksl, 4 asi tv elv i, lLe, B e olton ;J. Prie , tly, chemist, 52, k ‘„‘zi , ~„, seller, Ber, 15, Westmoreland-street, 1, q, ---6 -street Birmingham. 1 • 111 1 40 kt It i t 0 ' Vkk is t kli ,13 j• Ol t tk,, tile 4 Ack Ei , j A C K E T.— \iktk 4 . - .7 ..ta t 'LI" ' ir;ist invented, is the most gentle &Alll4 f ic rtv is . e elegance and comfort it has no r os si•N t tlye se th a __naseatest article of Dress for home k4,iti0. 1 ,41,, h , is cu r,.._, t, or for pleasure excursions. isst o ttet i p. Ti t l . m "'' os t E ll s Pecu'iar skill. and made with °• ,4 •.b t . , l4l ti tl ii ia i i r l al brove Illy S e o v . e n r on i lz d iv isi l y i l o ay ilas lt in is_ \4411 ~,,,,ritiNh,,,:tke it the most p y opular garment tor 11,t4,,,0 4 . 0 f m os t_ season. The KERTCH JACKET $1 4 , 1 1t0 , ..1,4 - --kb lo 7 l and Sows. 1, 9 , 4 0 ,0 Oxf or as and A ldgate. b k ii o Illskt'' h:reld ~natreet and Hart-street. b tattl e , "u Bradford Yorkshire , 41 1.1 :13% st iv. '---lideibo urne, ' Victoria. ' 1 / 4, ht 4 g - t; lart4tlfi SOOTING COAT 4 1 i; a t Y s. b h :: , i t a s I: l , 4 B l .,:zsgs l i , e a s s novel features, and, 11:k441,4ttl 4ittliC!llZaili:nr:elirilfrescuteTt::ltnhemele n nt p i r n t u h c e e Clothing L 1%0,4 4, 1 , Nle o l ? 1 , 111 , 4 , G COAT arc novel i: i lt9 cce at b IN IN, 44 4 1 0 4 4 t111 IZ7o3wild 4;llZaelraentsiv i ely imitation can- Vizih i lthgadtt e , c -- the easiest and meoesgtanuste*falal4airn 'l4 Mer u their b h p :4 4 , 3:i: ch icit ress at E. Moszs and Sort's with \ Ntive th e:t ettoxeidro lies .tanreedt ( °- -ir t " - ki n r and Cheapness ' ,aciii...-4ellibraoudfrone, Victoria. A sizi.id td d. g_ lict al rrkt : stiLeet. A IP to ‘ 14 ,..p.„ ii F. A, Isl-13 STAB ‘k-4,,m at - th - . 15, T T t bli„ Pi er -- we enhithe and Pulled Pie•e. a)o4attanderlined (weather permitting GRAVESZND. • I \ ‘ \11). tt A 3.11 .3 8 'll , . kH \l'. , - 834 34 5 S ) k \ \ l t \ , 1 4411 \k't 44 1 1 1144 %/r °4 . Ql t;or katreet Stay atx 1 . „( r ,„„ th, s 3WALL , enthurc • 6 • SUNDAYS. Fen. 1 %1:: s E I I-.... , 1 ••••• .; s.. 5 3 it.ks!!l • d --- kV,.. k •d1 4 .0 1 •3 t t 4 •ol 4 4 , 4 3 4 6. t Od o ,;•t1L- Ir 4 • 0 11.. , Fore Cabin. Sal( o t liv Is t 611 or ••• •• 'TO thklkka, e 4 kir e l l '• • • Wo oly? , 10d. •• Is. •10 1 41.0144 ,OT •• 44 Bd. .. Os. I`s.,_•••••o 4 ' 4l ter ro 7,„l'Met i . •• '• 5 66 - g 0 ,. • is o .,,Zgte pi n :•• 6d. 03. 15 3 • 6d. At 0n ,...L:0 be had of the COll rntee Pier,Grayeszn, 1,,,,.. -...0x OF TIME. ,11 4tht;;;:e2', Icll'•lsued, available for THREE before , ken, ha_e!can, by special application, made e Fay _ e then endorsed for a longer period. .....1 ~, 04741„,t1_11110Y), Bangor, Fares to ''') lc . .: , , ... , let e i it;,. ;dEaohsead. Wirl e :r ( T a eLe . a 2 n d d back: Ciass 1 * s y,.. ..',... 1 10 0 42 10 . ...... 43 10 0210 02 5 0 ''',l *'14124:111.. 2 0f ig •••••• 0 115 ° '' . l t._ '... 115 1 .... 2 0 0 1 12 0 VI/I N I ' " 2 1 0 2 0 :::: 21 26 2 1 6 „<\,... %4 ~. rty orde r . o f --00)4....ice, Easton station, 25th m ,ru Ait ne, K lB7 lBH. 1 ../1 ,111.7 1 t.p b 21AI TRAVELLERS and 4 . ,Accibtmt p a i. v EL LERS' and %URINE INSUFM4, ~ .., 00 • "n occurring whilst travelling or °thei- r r. ~a~ ~ I ~~ ~~ V A s V ~`'' ~,1~ 1 o/ d m e/ p l , 4 f • le ? .1) %,.. i ''... N o . 19,613.] SALES BY AUCTION. Elegant Furniture, 5 Pianofortes, Pictures,. Clocks, and a Service of Electro-plated Articles. MESRS. BULLOCK will SELL, on SATUR DAY, at 11 o'clock, at their Rooms, 211, High Holborn, capital HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS, including some elegant Drawing-room Appendages of the best foreign manufacture, Glasses, Carpets, Curtains, Dwarfed-winged Bookcase with Marble Top, Dining-room and Library Chairs and Tables in Oak and Mahogany, Sideboards, &c.; Mahogany and Marble Bed-room Furniture, Iron Bedsteads, and Bed ding, and a Set of Pair-horse Carriage Harness. May be viewed and catalogues had. Leasehold Stabling and Coach-Houses, close to Portland . place, MESSRS. BULLOCK are directed to SELL, at the Mart, on WEDNESDAY, 22d inst. (unless previously disposed of), STABLING, 5, Devonshire row-mews, held for 18 years unexpired at a ground rent of 6d., and underlet at 281. per annum. Particulars may be had of C. A. Govett, Esq., 10, Lincoln's-inn-fields ; at the Auc tion Mart; and of Messrs. Bullock, 211, High Holborn. Freeholds.—Hastings, Sussex. M. ESSRS. BULLOCK are directed by the Mortgagees to SELL, at the Mart, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d inst., in one lot, unless previously disposed of, ONE MOIETY or HALF SHARE of the TWO FREEHOLD HOUSES and SHOPS, Nos. 16, WeSt Beach street, and 30, West-street, adjoining; let to good tenants at rents amounting to 661. per annum. Particulars may be had of A. IL Steele, Esq., 1, Lincoln's-inn-fields; at the Auction Mart; and of Messrs. Bullock, 211, High Holborn. Long Leaseholds on the Southampton Estate. MESSRS. BULLOCK are directed to SELL, at the Mart, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d inst., in two lots (unless previously disposed of), an old established BAKER'S SHOP and DWELLING-HOUSE, 4, Drummond-street, Euston-square; held for 45i years to come, at 5/., and underlet on lease at 34 guineas per annum. Also, the House and Shop, 41, Crescent-street ; he d for 64 years to come, at 10 guineas, and until lately let at 351. per annum. Particulars may be had of A. R. Steele, Esq., soli citor, 1, Lincoln's-inn-fields; at the Auction Mart; and of Messrs. Bullock, 211, High Holborn. Freeholds, Middlesex and Bedfordshire, and a Ground Rent. MESSRS. BULLOCK are directed to SELL, at the Mart, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d inst., in four lots (unless previously disposed of), valuable FREEHOLDS, viz., 78, Hatton-garden, on lea,se to Messrs. Johnson and Matthey, assayers to the Bank of England, at 1051. per annum net ; 69, Westmorland-place, City-road, held by a tenant who has lived in the house 20 years, at 211. per annum net ; a cottage, in the town of Bedford, unlet ; and a leasehold ground rent of 41. 16s. per annum, from four cot tages in Dover, for 66 years unexpired. Particulars may be had of A. R. Steele, Esq., solicitor, 1, Lincoln's-inn-fields ; at the Auction Mart; and of Messrs. Bullock, 211, High Holborn. PUBLICATIONS. NEW AND REVISED EDITION. Now Ready, in 3 vols., small Bvo., THE ROMANCE of the ARISTOCRACY; or, Anecdotes And Records of Distinguished Families. By Sir BERN 4RI) t• MUCK. "The memoirs of onr great famili s are replete with details of the most striking and romantic Interest, yet how little of the personal Wstory of the aristocracy is known, and how full of atnusemcnt is ti . e subject ! The anecdotes of the aristocracy here recorded go •ar to show that there are more marvels In real life than in the creations of fiction." Published for IL Coeburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. Just oublished, mice 55., by post, free, ss. 6d., STRICTURE of the URETHRA": its Rational Treatment and Prompt Cure. By F. B. COURTEiiAY, Member of the Royal College of surgeons of England. " We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stric ture during the last twenty years has equalled, if, indeed, it hat not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, therefore, no mat er of sur rise that he should enjoy the reputation of being a most dexterous and skilfhl manipulator with urethral instruments ; and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert that the introduction of instruments through a stricture which had previously been impermeable to them was the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, it must be no slight source of gratification on Mr. .:7ourtenliy's part. to have achieved the reputation he has in, this resiect ; and for our part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. 0 YAL POLYTECHNIC, 309, Regent-street, RAJ Patron, 11. B. 11. Prince Albert. --The leading Institution for all scientific novelties. The Effect of Russian Infernal Machines, demonstrated daily at 345 and 5.45. The Relics of the Franklin Expedition, and the Arctic Collection o John Barrow, Esq.. on view. Lecture by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the Transmission of Vocal and Instrumental Music through Solid Conductors; illustrated by the Orpheus Glee Union, Mon lay, at 3, and Wednesday and Friday. t 3 and 8. Dissolving Views of the late Battles, Diorama of Sam &c. This Evening, the 9th inst., Lectures on Coal and Coal Gas, by Lewis Thompson, Esq. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the erench College of Physicians, 4uccessfally administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and icknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli catirn —Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEALT, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. fIIE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. 'list published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 26 stamps,_ VERVOITS • DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper . natorritcna, with Practical Observations on a safer and more idc , sstui mode of treatment of the diseas2s of the Generativ. ,yitem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and , istirigui thing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect 01 very variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, xce , ses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founde( .n twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance 4ervons Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhma, &c. To whirl t'e added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre stationary hints on the evils emanating from empirical prretiee, nd on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writer 3 on hest Important disorders. Ely SAMUEL LA'MERT, 87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, 'octer of Med!cine, Matriculated Nfember of the Universit ! of Edi burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Scriet lAcentiat.s of Apothecaries' Fan, London, Asc„ Sse. the essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con s quences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses hich have prcdaced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man ood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, an , iber class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal 4rticularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts o eir physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazardeO t.. .e health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled: it is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there ar rinciples of personal management which cannot be violated withon curring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed e heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties ay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, nd how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and above all at then:: is scarcely any deizree of physical infirmity or functions rangement to which the tinnily aid of science cannot apply a cure, he Author hai. for a series of years been engaged in an extensive ••actice in .he treatment of these delicate comptaints, which have I , tortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant e - nnirics, who Inflict great injury on those who are induced to place filth in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, srothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Tome, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, C r !hill ; or free by post for 26 stases to any address from the An h r's residence, 37, Bed for i-sinnare. At home for consultation daily from eleven till two, and from six till eight. " BOYLE v. L'UNlvEns."—The Rev. Mr. Boyle has recently brought an action in the French courts against tke newspaper L' Univers, with a twofold object—namely, in the first instance, to compel the editor of that journal to place in the hands of a notary public the original let ter, the translation of which was published in its column' , on the 23d of May, 1854, and which translation, subse quently published in this country, constituted the ground of action which the rev. gentleman brought against the Cardinal in England. The second object of the proceed ings in France was to recover 25,000 f. ny way of damages, for the injury the plaintiff bas sustained in his character by the publication of the said letter. The French courts decided against Mr. Boyle, who is thereby saddled with all the costs of the proceedings. The de fendant's paper, L' Univers, in alluding to the trial, says —" Our own position is clear in this matter. Personally we have no contest with Mr. Boyle ; and as our learned counsel said upon the trial, we were ready to comply with his wishes as to the production of the letter if he could have obtained the consent of the Cardinal to his demand. The cause tried at Paris presents no other in terest than as an incident in the cause still pending (now standing for trial at the present Croydon Assizes) in London, that trial being the third time the matter has been brought under the consideration of a jury in Eng land." The Univers then goes on to say, "This time the evidence of the Rev. Mr. Ivers, which, at the last assizes was sufficient to lead to the loss of the Cardinal's cause, will have no weight on behalf of the plaintiff, on account of the affidavits which have been filed in the Court of Exchequer completely invalidating the testi mony of that witness." [ADVERTISEMENT. ]—Medicine always aggravates chronic dis eases, such as dyspepsia (indigestion), habitual constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, dre., but Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably cures them in a very short time. We extract two out of many thousand ex pressions of gratitude from invalids :—Fran the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 52,612.—Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, December 9, 1854. The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering hu nnanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indiges tion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. 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Here is the largest, the grandest, the most perfect, the most costly instrument of war that was ever made by mortal man— more than 200,000 men, the very best soldiers in the world, with the finest navies, the quickest maritime transport, the most inexhaustible treasuries, the greatest skill, energy, and enterprise ; the most copious variety of mechanical means—even thing, in fact, that con ' tributes to success either in peace or in war. We occupy an impregnable position, excellent ports, ready commu nications, abundant markets, and all only a fortnight from our arsenals, and only a second of time from our head-quarters at home. What more is wanting ? What is there that the two nations will not give to overflowing on the mere hint that it may be required ? Let the Minister of War say what he wants—nay, let him only order it from the proper departments, and he can have it—larger arms or smaller arms, 18-inch mortars or Colt's revolvers, diving-bells or balloons, " navvies" or horses, marching tents or winter houses, infernal ma chines or summer clothes—anything whatever that he nay require. If his own powers are insufficient, if his department is not quite comprehensive enough, if the various branches of the public service are not yet suffi ciently in accord, we believe that Lord Panmure has only to breathe his wishes, and they will be complied with. Lieut.-General Simpson is now Commander-in-Chief. Has he all the powers necessary to a vigorous prosecu tion of the wart Can he employ as he pleases every man and every material sent to the war? If he has not this power, does he perceive the want of it ! Such is the feeling of the British people on this point, and so thoroughly are they aware that this is a race with Rus sia, and that the quickest will win, that there is no sacri fice they will not freely undergo to push on the war. It is not unreasonable to expect some early sign of success when such means ate employed. The armies with which Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and even Napoleon con quered wherever they came fell short in all respects of the aggregate force of the Allies in the Crimea. Take it all in all there never was such an army, and never did army enjoy such facilities and resources. What, then, is wanting ? One thing, it must be con fessed, is wanting—that is, the one head that animates the foe. We are four different nations, and, though two of them are content to be subordinate in the plan of opera tions, and the two chief actors are on the best possible terms, yet the simple fact of their having different points of attack is itself a source of weakness. We should feel much more comfortable if any distinguished engineer or authority, in either the British or the French army, soul I assure us that the present plan of combined opera tions is just such as would be adopted by one army under one head. There was a want of co-operation on the unfortunate 18th, and even now it is said by some on the spot that the conventional idea of two -eparate attacks interferes with the success of either. The French have pushed their trenches so much nearer than the British, and have exposed themselves to so mach more loss th .rehy, that it is impossible to speak of them without the greatest respect ; but is it true, as we hear from the spot, that they have only to turn the ,guns of the Mame! , n on the Redao and they can make it untenable! If this be so, it is difficult to see the pur pose of our works in front of the Redan ; or, if they be necessary, it is difficult to see how they cannot be vastly expedited at this moment by a constant fire from the Nlamelon. What stands in th e way but the military fiction of two attacks ? Again, it is said that we are short of men. Is it possible that there can be a want of men for the siege of a suburb, ashen the besiegers amount to 200,000 I We have the Turks and the Sardinians at our disposal. If the men are not fairly distributed according to the need at each point of the operations, this only betrays the fatal defect,—the want of one head—that is, of one army. Surely this can be rectified. It is only a matter of arrangement. What makes the case more flagrant is, that while portions of the allied army have been always overtasked, other portions base had nothing to do. There is no want of energy and talent, but it is not employed. While we write we are rejoiced to hear that Omer Pasha is at length released from inactivity, and leaves the Crimea for Asia, where he is certainly wanted. The Turkish Contingent, it is said, goes to Eupatoria, but what to do there we know not. But there is another want of co-operation still more fatal to success than the etiquettes and imaginary lines that divide allied armies. We are still several armies in our own selves. There is still the Horse Guards, still the Ordnance, still the Admiralty, which pull together even less than armies of different tongues. We want men in our approaches ; we get on slowly with our sap and our batteries, and expose ourselves to the censure of the French engineers by being, as they say, behind hand. To meet the want we have employed sailors and marines, a thousand or two ; but we are assured that the fleet could easily all this time have lent us 6,000 with out interfering with any naval operation. If this aid has been required and refused, then it cannot be said that we are one army even among our ouselves. Up to the very last we have been assured that the ordnance has been utterly deficient, and that the Russians dominate over us from mere superiority of metal. We have to encounter OS-pounders, and, to all appearance, an inexhaustible supply of them. All our own guns, it is said, are worn nut, while the Russian guns seem ever new, and at every point larger than ours. I-, is in vain that we construct batteries of small guns in face of such pieces, well served, as they have always been. Frequently we have been obliged to give up our batteries almost as soon as we have put them to the proof ; or we have lost many days ie the attempt to strengthen them, or change them from gun to mortar batteries, when they would answer one purpose as little as the other. Yet surely there can be no lack of the largest guns in the fleet, which could soon recruit its metal from our stores at home. Any how, by this time there ought to be no lack of material of all kinds at the camp. If we have not as ninny British soldiers as we could desire, we have iron, and we have machinery, and we have men enough ready to work hard at home. One great maxim in war, as in other affair- , , is to make up with what we have for what we have not. It is not, indeed, to be expected that all nations should have everything, and all they can do is to apply their peculiar resources so as t command all they want. Rave we everything we want for the siege ? If we have it, and it is withheld by the jealousy of departments or the forms of office—if our Artillery is too proud to com p':ai❑ and ask assistance, and if the other services will not come forward till they are invited, and scarcely then, then, in fact, there is a war of departments as well as of nations, and we are our own worst enemies. There is nothing unreasonable, certainly nothing factious or traitorous, in these inquiries. But a few days remain for legislative action, if it be neces sary, or for official explanations, if they are to be vouch safed us ; and we are anxious once more to rouse the vigilance of Ministers before the curtain falls on the session.—Times. LORD JOHN'S CONSISTENCY. When a garrison can no longer hold a fortress, and is able to withdraw, it commonly does its best to render the place untenable or unwholesome. It fills the town with mines, throws the dead bodies into the wells, or leaves them unburied in the streets. A soldier very naturally has no kind of sympathy with the foe who turns him out of a comfortable shelter, and drives him to seek his fortune in the field. A different rule, how ever, is applicable, in our humble opinion, to the case of a statesman's conduct towards his former colleagues, whom he has been obliged to leave, not by their hosti lity, nor yet by any serious difference, or any difference at all, but simply by some blunder of his own. It cer tainly seems very uncivil, not to say worse, in Lord John Russell, who a short month ago was himself a mem ber of her Majesty's Government, setting to work to make them as uncomfortable as he can. It is not his fault if the ground does not already begin to heave under their feet and the walls to tumble about their ears. There is not a sore point in European politics, there is not a place where the fire still glows under the treacherous ashes, that Lord John Russell does not stir up with the recklessness of a novice, or the artifice of a less amiable character. No thanks to him if Austria, whom a month ago he affected to think our real friend, does not now liberate the Russian armies in her front, and prepare for an Italian campaign ; no thanks to him if Turkey does not fancy herself entrapped into playing our game, and either desert the Allies, or only continue in our service on whatever terms she can extort from our necessity. If a hint from Lord John Russell is worth anything at all, the King of Sardinia will stipulate, before he sends us more men to the Crimea, for the regeneration of Italy after the model of his own nation. If the Romans have their eyes about them, they will be looking for Br itish countenance to govern themselves, without Austrian, or an, Frenchman, or Pope. Both Austria and Russia may now defend the continued occupation of the Prini palities, and the latter the threatened cu o e f Constantinople, by Lord John Russe ll s o n osi p o a n ti t o o n the French occupation of Rome. Ind eed, the w h o le speech is characterised by that cynical tone comm s ful ambition, on to men of great talents, bad tempers , and unsucces after a certain time of life. It a s o h shows itself t o t e s etl thing i i n n g a a c s on badstartilts attempt to make out ono man another ; tz. prove that the worst man has his apology, and that the gressest..coauttiort of some genurage is only fair retaliation, o r the particular WE' l law. What such men are d ri ving at, and why th e y d on ' t comm it suicide outright, instead of continually p o i sonin the cup of human life for everybody as well as them selves ii of course their own concern. There are su c h men, and the tone of Lord J ohn Russell's speech seems to show that her is one of them. He has left the room, saying a ill-natued thing to everybody about everybody, — an n d j e „ v ieg all to recover their mutual confidence as well as they can, The first thing that strikes one is, wliat a very pleasant colleague Lord John Aussell must have been till a , month ago 1 /low onortue l h ow oik itryige 111) _ _bow pm! t * 4. .. • • , is NEWSPAPER - '-=.---- \-ogtz3N - A!._„. :\v - Atr,-.t ---) ....''''' ‘44:‘,.,,...!,,,r4,..7 ~ ~~ LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1855. ENROLMENT OF A POLISH LEGION. MEETING IN WESTMINSTER. Yesterday evening a public meeting was held in St. Martin's Hall, convened by the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, for the purpose of ascertaining the public feeling respecting the immediate enrolment of a Polish Legion, and generally as regards the great question of the restoration of Poland. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the room was crowded. Amongst the persons on the platform were—The Earl of Harrington ; Viscount Ebrington, M.P. ' • Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.; C a pt. T o wnshend, R.N., M.P.; Isaac Butt, Esq., M.P.; Francis Mowatt, Esq., M.P.; Colonel Saltvey; W. Pritchard, Esq., High Bailiff of Southwark; Edmond Beale, Esq ; Augustus Craven, Esq. ; W. L. Birkbeck, E,q. ; T. C a mpbell Johnston, Esq.; General Count Zamoyski ; Lt.-Col. Szulcze wski, Secretary to the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland ; J. Jack owski, Esq. ; N. F. Zaba, Esq. ; J. Terlecki, Esq. ; Baron Colonel Wiercinski, &c. Mr. E. BEALE, in moving that the Earl of Harrington should take the chair, passed a warm eulogiuta on the noble earl, who had long, ho said, been known as the friend of oppressed nationalities. (Cheers.) The post ponement of the meeting had arisen trolely from the re luctance of the committee to injure a great cause by con vening a meeting with defective arrangements. Besides, they were most anxious to have for their chairman Sir De Lacy Evans, a man so well qualified from his military experience; and the fact of his having formerly com manded a Spanish legion, to initiate a movement like the present. Their only object was that so important a movement should be presented to our Allies and to Europe in a form calculated to impress every one with a due sense of its reality. He begged to move that the Earl of Harrington do take the chair. The motion was carried by acclamation. The SECRETARY read the following letters of apology : 33, Grosvenor-street, July 31, 1855. Sir,—l only returned here this afternoon, and have an engagement at some distance from town to-morrow, which will prevent me attending the meeting; but. I trust you and your friends know that there will not be at the meet ing a more sincere well-wisher for the cause of Poland than your obedient servant, KINNAIRD. August 1, 1855. My dear Sir De Lacy,—lt will not be in my power to attend the meeting on behalf of Poland, over which you are to preside this day. But I hope you will express to the gentlemen assembled my unabated sympathy with the wrongs of that oppressed nation, and my full conviction that nothing will so curb the power and ambition of Rue as the existence of a free and couragesus people along the whole line of her frontier. —Faithfully yours, SHAFTESBURY. Lieut.-Gen. Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., &c. 21, Park-lane, August 1, 1855. Sir,—As I am prevented by illness from being present at the meeting to be held this evening in the cause of Po land, at which, I am happy to find, you are to preside, I am anxious to express to you my deep sympathy with the objects of the meeting, and my very great regret that I am unable to attend.—l have the honour to remain, sir, your obedient humble servant, BREADALBANE. General Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., &c. The CHAIRMAN then came forward, and was received with loud cheers. He said—Gentlemen : I regret that you have not selected a better man to preside over your proceedings on the preset t occasion—l mean, the ma. who ascended the fortified heights of Alma, who fought at Balaklava, and who rose from his sick bed, was lifted upon his horse, and fought and coun-elled, and fluttered the Russian eagles on the bloody field of lokerman. (Cheers.) But, in his absence, I must give you my best services ; and hall commence with a few words about Holy Russia and her mighty Euiper Ts. (Hear, hear.) Veil have all heard of that great tyrant Peter the Great, who conceived in the depths of his able mind the pro ject of destroying all the nationalities of Europe, and thus enabling himself and his successors to enslave paid regi ment the world. (Hear, hear) By his will, it appears that his ambition was to entail an universal empire on his descendants. Catherine, who succeeded him possessed the same lu-t of power ; and her great object was, by defa mation and conquest, to possess herself of Poland. All the successors of his race followed the same path, even down to the time of Alexander 11. I shall now endea vour to prove to you that all the great statesmen—the great conservative statesmen—of Europe have been in favour of an independent Poland. (Cheers.) Beginning with Alexander I. of Russia, who was really a great and good man, considering his position, we find him saying that the partition of Poland was an iniquitous act, and that had he been Emperor at the time it took place he never would have permitted it. (Hear.) The late Empe ror Nicholas, when certain propositions were made to him in order to better the condition of Poland, drew his hand across his throat as if the grim visaged spectre of his strangled father appeared before him, and said, Beware of Moscow." Frederick the Great objected to the partition of Poland, but heleared—and not with out good reason—that Catherine meant to take entire possession of that country, and therefore in order to preserve the balance of power in Europe, he con sented to divide the spoil. The Queen, I should rather say the King of Hungary—who was also Empress of Germany, Maria Theresa, was known to be hostile to that measure. The King of Prussia was fearful of the influence of Russia, and observed that if Russia once got to Constantinople, it would not be long until she also reached Konigsberg. Then there were two famous officers, Knesbeck and Stein, who said that the march of Russia was fraught with danger to the independence of Germany. (Hear, hear.) Stein said that whenever Russia crossed the Vistula or the Bug, Germany would no longer be in a state of security. (Hear.) I come now to the period of the treaty of Vienna, and there you will see that France, Austria. England and Prussia re presented by a constellation of talent, and of conserva tive talent too, Metternich, Talleyrand, Castlereagh— (hisses)—and Humboldt, were all in favour of the libe ration, and reconstruction of Poland. (Hear, hear.) We next come to the greatest man of the age, the first Napoleon. (Loud cheers.) That great man ob served that Russia was a most dangerous power, and in a most remarkable spirit of prophecy, added that in fifty years the world would be either republican (loud cheers)—or Cossack. Whenever. lie said, the Russians arrived at Constantinople, neither India nor the independence of Europe would be safe, and that such would then be her strength as a ma ritime power, that she would be able to take entire pos session of the Mediterranean. A great author said that if he was Czar, he would march to Calais and thence give laws to Europe. I now come down to '3l, and it will surprise you to learn that in '3l Austria and Prus sia were both in favour of an independent Poland. The Austrians went so far as to offer to give up Gallicia as a nucleus for a nation, provided one of her own princes should be chosen king. (Cheers and hisses.) And, gen lemon, why not ? It is not the prince who rules the people, but the people who are and would be, in such a case, the true bases of power. (Cheers.) But it will surprise you inure when I tell you that that great states man and foe to Russia, Lord Palmerston—(loud cheers mingled with some hisses)—l have great respect for pub ,ic opinion, but I have a greater respect for my own— (laughter)—and will al ways express that opinion, and my opinion is that Lord Palmerston is a true statesman and the uncompromising opponent of Russia. (Cheers and hisses.) As I said before, Austria and Prussia were in savour of the independence of Poland, but in 1831 Lord Palmerston °Ejected to it. (Hisses.) He objected to it, although in my opinion he was wrong—(interruption and cheers)—don't fly away until you have heard the whole casa. He objected to it on the ground that he was afraid France would have possessed herself of Belgium, and thus have red to a general war. Perhaps such would have been the case, and for that reason Lord Palmerston said that the time had not come for England to interfere, however favourahle he might personally be to the cause of Europe. Now, however, I think we have no reason to be dissatisfied with Lord Palmerston. (Cheers and hisses.) He has acted most honourable in my opinion, and I can tell you that England never had a better foreign minister than Lord Clarendon. (Cheers.) I now come to Lord J. Russell—(hisses)—who has endeavoured to prove that Poland is a revolutionary state, aud that if we raise her up we shall have the whole world in a blaze. (" So much the better.") Say rather that Russia by her despotism and lust for power is the true revolu tionist. Lord Bacon has said that if the fuel be laid, it is difficult to say whence the spark shall come which may set it on fire, and such is the case with Europe in con sequence of the despotism of Russia. (Hear.) Gentle. men, have you no fear of men deprived of their rights ? Have you no fear of Russia's conciliating Poland, and adding to the ranks of a grand Slavonic league several millions of people? (Hear.) Have you no fear that Russia in fifty years—l am now uttering words of prophecy in the spirit of Napoleon the Great—siill have doubled her population and her wealth, will have constructed rail roads across her vast empire in every direction, and will have quadrupled the number of those celebrated legions which have pitted their power against even the armies of England and France ? (Hear, hear.) Have you no fear that the ambition of Peter will be carried out by his descendants ? You now see four of the nations of Europe standing shoulder to shoulder, having swept the , agricultural merce riches, by and having likewise seas, having gained three or four glorious victories, having depriveddes rived hero off herher coin making it necessary for her to send an enormous number of productive labourers to her armies ; and, in a dditi on to all this, you may perceive that the chief part of the resources of Russia at present consists of a paper cur rency, or of what has been termed a parcel of rags. Are you, under these circumstances, waiting till the groat league, which has been formed to destroy the power of Russia, and to promote the independence of nations and the balance of power in Europe—are you waiting, I say , till that great league is dissolved ? (Hear.) Do you ex pect that Prussia, whose princes are all connected with Russia, will take part with you ? Have you not lately read of a gallant British captain who slew in single corn bat a Russian colonel, and afterwards found in his pocket a letter in which•it was stated that the King of Prussia had given an order of merit to a Russian ifficer who had distinguished himself at Sebastopol ? (Hear, hear.) Don you not perceive, too, that Awe Lria, even, with her half million of highly disciplined warriors is too weak and too poor to enter into the conflict ? Do you not also know that she requires that half million, or a very great portion of them, to maintain peace within her own territories, and to keep possession of the Principalities—seeing that if Russia were to get the Principalities again, Austria would be in the utmost possible danger ? Under these circumstances, then, gentlemen, what is to be done ?' In my opinion, the thing to be done is this—to enter Bessarabia, awl there to raise the standard of - Poland. (Immense and long continued cheers.) Then we should see whether Austria was disposed to do what she was prepared to do in 1831 namely, to give .up Gallicia as a nucleus for the for mation of an independent Poland. I will, however, suppose Austria not to do that. I will suppose terms to he offered to Austria which she would be too honest t(' accept. (Loud expressions of dissent.) I know Germany, gentlemen, better perhaps than you do, for I wa s partly educated there, and I believe the G ermans to be an honest people, though they are opposed to us at this moment. I will suppose Russia to say to Austria, " We are both in difficulties; you may keep possession of the Principalities, and I will support you." I say, gentlemen, that Austria is too honest to do that. (No.) I will give you another reason why she would not do it, and this will please you all, though the last did rot — namely, that by that means she would only increase the circle of her enemies. (Hear.) That it is not her inwrest to do, and therefore she will certainly not do it. Now, gentlemen, a few words more, I say bewails of faction — beware of faction; (Hear, hear.) I tell you tbst fac tion is in yoar senate. I tell you that some of the most honest and enlightened men in the senate are hoinssed by Russian intrigue.. (Cheers.) I say , that the Rus sian serpent is everywhere to be found. (Hear, bear.) It takes all sorts of shapes ; it goes into your pot-houses, it goes into your clubs, it goes into your thawing rooms, it goes into your senate itself. (Cheers() Let. me refer, for a moment, to a statesman s ,for whom I have great respect, who has rendered this country great service, and who is one of the firmest friends of liberty in the country, as he has proved by his actions, but of whose late conduct I disapprove. I mean Lord John Russell. (Groans and hisses.) In the first place, let me say that as an ola soldier I object to a man's disobeying orders ; I object to a man's going beyond his instructions, and I think Lord J. Russell did so at Vienna. (Hear.) I think he was beguiled—l think he was possessed--I think he was hocussed by the Russian representative. The noble lord talks of the integrity of the Russian em pire. Good God, gentlemen, what are we about I Why have we sent out our army ? Why has that red line been sent to gain glorious victories at the sacrifice of so much money, and what is of much more importance, so many lives ? While England is at peace with a country, God forbid that she shculd be so dishonest as to imitate Rus sia by stealing in upon that country's integrity. But are you to tell a country with which you are at war that you will not break in upon her integrity ? Are you to tell her that you will not hoist the standard of Poland, that you will not declare Poland independent, and that you will not set up in that country those liberties and those rights of which she has been deprived, and which no country in the world deserves more than Poland? (Loud cheers.) _ _ _ Lord EBEINGTON, on rising to move the first resolu tion, was met with considerable uproar and cries of " Beer Bill," which subsided on his observing that that was not the proper time or place for the defence of his recent conduct in Parliament. He then proceeded to remark that the noble lord in the chair seemed to him to have been somewhat misunderstood. The noble lord was anxious to prove to them, not what it was need less to prove in such an assembly, namely, that the sym pathies of all free men were on the side of Poland, but that even Conservatives, even members of the Holy Al liance, had recognised the urgent necessity, for the sake of the safety and peace of Europe, of the restoration of Poland as an independent state ; and in doing so the chairman had, as it a peared to him, rendered good ser vice to the cause which they were met to promote. (Hear.) It was no slight matter to have elicited, as it were, from hostile witnesses te'timony to the importance of putting a curb on the overgrown and colossal empire of gussia. (Cheers.) But they had now to consider what was the actual' position of affairs. (Hear.) They had to ask themselves, not merely, as heretofore, what could they do for the Poles ? but what, in the present crisis of Europe, the Poles could do for them ? (Hear.) He would avow that so long as the first question was the only one to be 'considered, he. stood aloof from meetings which tended, as he feared, merely to excite vain hopes among the victims of o spression and wrong ; meetings which passed fervid resolutions, to which the speakers themselves knew that no practical effect was likely to be given. (Sear.) But, on the present occasion, the practical question fur them to consider was how, in the great contest in which they were engaged, the Polish question bore upon their interests, and upon the interests of Europe. They must not deceive themselves on this subject, nor lose sight of the fact that a great change had latterly been coming over the position of affairs. When they first embarked in the contest they had the ap proval of Austria and Prussia, but now these powers leant more to Russia. (Hear, hear.) On the other hand, since the commencement of the war, they had re ceived an accesskn more of moral than of physical ' strength in the alliance of constitutional Piedmont, and since then the war had more and more been assuming the character of a war in favour of liberal principles, and losing that of a war for preserving the balance of power, under the guidance of experienced diplomacy. (Hear, hear.) It was for no light matter that they had met that evening Twenty millions of people and 200,000 gallant soldiers serving unwillingly their Russian op pressor were interested in the discussion of that even ing. He knew that the course of time often obli terated the traces of nationality in conquered peo ples. Ireland, and, above all, Scotland, had com pletely fused with England, and some of the most enthusiastically national provinces of France only dated from the conquests of Louis XIV. Russia had made the greatest exertions, and adopted the most cun ningly devised means, to obliterate the national feel ings of the Poles, and no doubt to some extent had suc ceeded ; but he had it from Count Zamoyski that all the Polish prisoners taken at Bomarsund still retained in full fervour their national feelings and patriotism. (Cheers ) The moment they were free they tendered their services to fight against their Russian oppressors. (Loud cheers.) This showed that the national feeling was still alive, and that it was not too late to make an attempt for the resto ration of Poland. (Hear.) But let them not deceive them selves, the magic power of military influence was all powerful, and they knew that some of the bravest of their opponents in the Crimea were Poles. What was the talis man that would detach them from their oppressors and attract them to our cause ? Neither the Crescent nor the banners of England and France would be sufficient —no, their national standard must be unfurled, and then they would rally in thousands. (Loud cheering.) There fore, although not insensible to the cause of humanity and justice, and he hoped not indifferent to the righteous cause in which we were engaged, still the great hope he had from the formation of a Polish Legion arcs that it would render not chimerical the establish ment of Poland as a separate independent state. (Cheers ) Whatever might be our abstract opinions, we could not go on a crusade whenever our notions of good govern ment were violated. We could not, for instance, go to war with America on account of slavery, and although we would never draw the sword except on the side of liberty and justice, still it was necessary that English in terests should be identified with any cause for which English blood was shed or English taxes paid. (Cheers.) The cause they had then met to promote had that ad vantage. It was not only one which had right and justice on its side, but was one which it was sound policy on the part of England to adopt. (Hear, hear., For these reasons he had great pleasure in coming for ward and identifying himself with a movement for the formation of a Polish Legion. The noble lord concluded by moving, "That it will afford the best security for the preservation of the balance of power in Europe, and the protection of its liberties, that Poland should be restored as a separate and independent state—a measure the necessity of which has been recognised by most of the great Conservative statesmen of Europe." Sir R. PEEL came forward to second the resolution, and was received with tremendous cheering. He said he had great pleasure in coming forward on that interesting occasion to give his support to a movement which, in his opinion, involved not only the restoration of Poland, but the very best interests of Europe. First he must observe that that magnificent meeting bore a noble testimony to the great services of the late Lord Dudley Stuart. (Great cheering, the whole meeting standing and waving their hats.) They would all recollect that it was through the patriotic efforts and liberal aid of that nobleman that the Polish emigration had been enabled to maintain its posi tion in this country. As he had said before, he was very glad to come forward here as one of the people, to give his cordial and independent support to a movement for the restoration of Poland ; for he was one of those who hoped that before long not only the Polish emigration, but the 200,000 brave men who were fighting under the Russian banner, would rise up in their might and strug ' gle for that liberty which had been the birthright of their ancestors. (Hear, hear.) Let him tell them that the great war now waging in the Crimea was not only one in de fence of Turkey, but was one in which the interests of Europe and of England were concerned. What was the issue from which some men now wanted us to withdraw ? (Hisses.) After the brave blood we had shed and the mil lions we had spent in fighting for liberty, there were some men who wanted us to withdraw. No ; let them go on manfully in the good cause. (Cheers.) The ques tion at issue was not whether England and France should consent to see Turkey, which in his opinion was an effete and decaying power —(interruption , cries of "oh," and "treason")—he meant decaying without the reorganisation which he believed the present Tuiltish Government were most anxious to carry out. H e b e . lieved there was not a patriot in that hall who would not agree with him that up to a recent period the social and political institutions of Turkey were in anything but a satisfactory state. Well, the question at issue was not whether England and France, should leave Turkey to crumble under the iron grasp of Russia, with the hope of ultimately sharing in the spoil, but whether we should withdraw from the cause which was identified with the fortunes of liberty and nationality. Speaking a s a pri . vate individual he hoped to see the causes of Poland, Italy, and Hungary all prosper, and he should be ashamed of the pusillanimity of his countrymen if they withdrew from their efforts to check the aggression of Russia, in the East. (Hear, hear.) He had heard a great man say the other day that we had met with great military reverses. Good God 1 Where were our 3:ei. litsry reverses ? (A voice—" What good have we • done r) Well, he would tell the gentleman ; and flreb he would tell him what were military reverses. It was a military reverse that Austria suffered from Napoleon at Marengo, or at Austerlitz, when fifteen thousand men were left dead on the field a nd 20,000 made prisoners. It was a great military re verse when France defeated Prussia at Jena and annilii ested the Prussian monarchy. Where were our military reverses in the Crimea to compare with that enumera tion. (Hear.) Had Russia gained one inch of territory with all her immense battalions ! For years she had been building fortresses continually, but with all them advantages she had not succeeded in shaking the con - lenoe of Englishmen in their arms or their cause. Let them read the history of Russia and see how, step by step, she had spread in all directions for conquest or distinction. (A voice, "India, China.") As he had said before, he considered Turkey to be socially and politically a decaying power. He must frankly say that that was his honest opinion. It was very difficult for them to ascertain accurately the condition of Turkey. One person told them that it was rich, another that it was poor ; one person said that it was brave, another that it was cowardly. On the last point it must be con fessed that the spirit of its ancient valour still glowed in the breast of the Mussulman race. (Cheers.) He firmly believed that the operations of the great European powers would produce a very great effect in the East; but assum ing somewhat of the character of a prophet, he fancied he could see floating up from the abyss of futurity—and he firmly believed that some of them would live to see this realised—what would be the best and sole guarantee for a permanent European peace, the establishment on the shores of the Bosphorus of an independent Christian kingdom. (Cheers.)' Whatever might be the fate of Tur key, the influence of Russia on the shores of the Black Sea might be likened to the lava of a volcano, destroying not only the produce of the soil, but the arts and genius of civilisation. (Hear; hear.) Such had been the career of Russia, but they must rise now and check that career. (Hear, hear.) The cry heard on the shores of the Black Sea would be caught up on the plains of Poland. It was the cry of independence, to promote which they were assembled that evening. They were met for the purpose of assisting to raise, as much as lay in their power, a country which had, unhappily, been op pressed for more than 70 years ; and firmly believing that the best security for European liberty was the re storation of Poland, he hoped he might live to see the day when the calamities of that country would be wiped away. (Cheers.) He hoped to see the day, and that a day not far distant, when the sun of liberty, which was now clouded over that unhappy and benighted country, would regild the annals of eight centuries of power. Poland was absorbed in a moment of profound peace ; and it was a remarkable fact that when the sympathies of the people of this country were being turned towards the Polish emigration, they found themselves in alliance for the first time with the only great power in Europe which had never bad anything to do with that most base' and iniquitous transaction. It was a good augury for Europe that for the first time since the partition of Poland took place this country was in alliance with France ; and if there were any prospects of alleviating the sufferings of the Polish nation they might rely upon it that no German influences would be allowed to coun teract or impede a response to the feeling of the peo ple of this country. (Loud cheers.) But, after all, what was the use of the alliance with France unless the people of this country were satisfied that the war was being carried on in a proper manner? (Hear.) Speaking there as an independent man, as one of the people— (cheers)--he was happy to say he believed there was now confidence between the people and the Government of this country. (No, no, and cheers.) There might have been a want of confidence when there were men in the Government who counteracted measures of which they had approved. (A. Voiee—" Gladstone.") There might have been a want of confidence when the Government included men who by underhand insinuations and dis creditable shuffling attempted to counteract those mea sures which had been judged best for the interests of England and for the security of Europe; but nothing would make him believe that a Government presided ever by a man who for forty years had dedicated—[Here the hon. baronet was met by a perfect storm of interrup tions, including groans, hisses, cheers, and the question proceeding from the body of the meeting, and repeated several times, " Why was the garter given to Lord Aberdeen?"] This, at all events, he would say—and he .hoped it would tend to calm the meeting—that he should be ashamed to belong to any Administration which he did not believe determined to carry on the war as he himself would have it carried on. (Hear, hear.) Some allusion had been made that evening to powers which were not with them in the present war. He firmly be lieved that they had rather too much courted the alliance with Austria. (Cheers.) History had taught him that from the very commencement of the present century down to the present time it was impossible to place con fidence in the assurances of pacific and friendly relations on the part of Austria or Prussia. If, therefore, they wanted to advance—if they had at heart the liberties of Europe and the restoration of Poland, they must keep straight on in the noble cause which they had espoused, turning neither to the right hand nor to the left. There were some who believed that Russia would swallow up the alliance of England and France ; there were some who regarded the huge preparations of. Russia rather as a proof of pacific intentions than as an indica tion of feelings of continued hostility. Such vain phan toms should be dispelled. At all events he would answer for it that they no longer had in this country a Govern ment timid and weak, hesitating and obstinate, warned yet unprepared ; on the contrary, they had a Govern ment which he believed to be entrenched behind the national will, and which was determined to carry on the struggle with that fire and determination which the people of this country demanded. (Cheers.) In con clusion, let him address a few words to any members of the Polish emigration who might be present. To such persons he would say it was a very critical thing in that crisis of Europe to discuss the restoration of Poland. They all knew that Austria and Prussia were copart ners in that deed of clime—the partition of Poland. There were some persons who believed that it was dan gerous at this time to agitate that question ; but on that around they asked them to forget Poland, and to lull iu their breasts the consciousness of the wrongs which she had endured with such heroic fortitude. [A voice : " Hungary too.") They asked them to do that which their loyal hearts forbade them to entertain. Loving liberty themselves, they would manifest a kindred spirit towards the Polis h emigration ; they would show that they could feel for those whose political institutions, and whose national establishments, the riches and the pro ducts of whose territory and the sanctity of whose homes had been crushed, defiled, and polluted beneath the in dignities of Russian aggression.. The hon. baronet re sumed his seat amid a hearty burst of cheers, accom panied with the waving of hats. Mr. COLLETT then rose on the platform, and said he wished to move an amendment. It was—" That this meeting, cordially desiring the restoration of Polish na tionality, cannot forget that the destruction of that na tionality was mainly owing to the perfidious conduct of Lord Palmerston." (Cheers and hisses ; the former ap pearing to predominate, made it impossible for the speaker to proceed any further audibly.) The CHAIRISUN said the amendment was beside the question ; they were met to promote the independence of Poland. (Hear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL also interposed with a similar remark.. Mr. CoLLINTT having attempted to proceed, The CHAIRMAN remarked that the amendment was a Russian one—a remark which elicited cheers. Several minutes were then consumed in vain attempts on the part of Mr. Collett to obtain a hearing for the re mainder of his amendments, and equally ineffectual ef forts on the part of the noble earl in the chair and several other gentlemen to induce him to desist ; the scene being altogether one of the utmost confusion. Several persons on the platform, including Lord Ebrington and Sir R. Peel, retired from the room, evidently in despair as to the course of the proceedings. In the midst of the confusion Mr. TITE came forward and claimed a hearing for Mr. Collett ; but the majority ,of the meeting were seemingly hostile to the proposal of any amendment. At last, on Mr. tite's urgent entreaty, a partial lull was conceded. Mr. COLLETT then proposed an amendment to the effect that while ardently desiring the restoration of Po lish nationality, the meeting was of opinion that the pre sent helpless position of Poland was owing to the perfi dious conduct of Lord Palmerston. The speaker then, amid much interruption, reviewed the foreign policy of Lard Palmerston, and contended that he had all along betrayed Poland and abetted Russia. A Mr. HART seconded the amendment, and denounced I Lord Palmerston as a bitter enemy of Poland, Hungary, liberty, and progress. The CHAIRMAN suggested to Mr. Collett as the best mode of proceeding that he should propose his motion, not as an amendment, but as a substantive resolution ; but this suggestion was not complied with, Mr. Collett observing that he loved the memory of Poland too well to adopt such a course. Mr. BEALES was proceeding to read to the meeting the series of resolutions which had been prepared, as if with a view to their being submitted conjointly, it being then about half-past ten o'clock, when Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON protested against the resolu• tions being read, and observed that as the Earl of Har rington would not do justice, it would be best that he should retire, and that another chairman should be ap- pointed by the meeting. The uproar here became immense, and in the midst of it the Earl of Harrington and all the active promoters of the meeting retired, carrying off with them the resolu tions. _ _ Mr. G. Thompson was then elected chairman, and Mr. COLLETT proposed his amendment as a substan tive resolution. An amendment was moved laudatory of the efforts of the friends of Poland ; but on a show of hands Mr. Col. lett's resolution was carried, the audience having by that time become considerably thinned, The triumphant party retired with their leaders at about 11 o'clock: CARSHALTON SCHOOL.—We are requested to eta° , for the informatiOn of all those whom it may concern, that it has been determined by the Secretary of State for War that no more candidates are to be admitted into the Ordnance School at Carob&lton. / 1 teal andiriendly his remarks must have been across th Council-table, and what a gift he must have of saying just the wrong thing at the wrong time ! There are peo- •• t, pie who maintain that truth is to be spoken at all times, se •. :l7: and truth, as they understand it, is only another name ---, for unadulterated mischief. Such people, of course, a _re S would be delighted to hear that Lord Palmerston had instigat d Lord Clarendon to cross-question the French Emperor about his object in keeping the Roman people in leading-strings. Lord John Russell, indeed, is rathev at a loss just now what to say about Rome—that is, he •: ti - does not know which corner of the question is the ' most unpleasant. All the parties concerned come off , ' .; very ill ; the Romans are children, their Pope a bad e governor, the French intruders, and the English Go- , .1 verntnent rather silly or cowardly for looking on se such things as military mien quietly. There are, of course, pations, and, though objectionable, they are not entirely bad. But then Lard John argues that under their shelter and ne w i ns titutions •, " - raw citizens are supposed ripen, to get into working trim, just as the weaker forest trees will grow up under the shelter of firs, which may then be dispersed with. The Romans, however, have been get ting tsorse and worse for about 2,000 years, and we are not Buren sed teat the presence of a few French regiments since 1849 has n , ,t fitted them for free institutions. It is rather odd that, by an analogous process, Lord J. Russell supposes the Sultan to have acquired so much indepen dence, strength, and sound judgment under the military protection of the Western Powers, that whereas for the last century he has always been coming to us for advice and assistance, he must now be quite competent and wil ling to manage his quarrels with Russia without our inter ference. If any objection is shown on our part, then, of course, Lord John argues, we are prolonging the war for purposes of our own ; we have changed our footing, and we have become the aggressors. At all events, the Sul tan knows now, on the authority of Lord J. Russell, that the guarantee of his loan, instead of being a favour, was a piece of sharp practice on our part, as he had a right to the five millions out and out for fighting our battles. One looks for sympathies as well as antipathies, be cause the latter are only negative ; and a man who is all antipathy might just as well, indeed much better. never have been born. But it is in vain that we look for the direction of Lord John Russell's sympathies. Italy, as it happens, is under the domination of Russia, France, and Austria, and Lord John likes none of them. Neither does he like the Pope, nor yet Mazzini, nor yet mute the people, much as he admires their natural quali ties. Being thus rather at a loss where to turn himself, he yet thinks that the British Government—as if it had not its hands full already—should set about regenerat ing Italy as well as Turkey, with the advantage of hay ing three Emperors to oust in the former case, instead of the one we find enough for us in the latter. Really, we beg Lord John Russell's pardon, but we think it rather a favourable and complimentary construction to put on the Italian episode in his speech, that his lord ship would not be altogether indisposed to renew the attempt which his father-in-law made some years ago to create a new Italy, Rome, Pope, and all, in the course of a winter tour. Putting this out of the question, we cannot divine what honest purpose Lord John had in his speech, made with all the solemnity of a Presiden tial message. The object has certainty not been to di rect the attention of her Majesty's Ministers, for it is much more calculated to distract. Nor can it be Lord John's object to encourage Ministers, nor to smooth their course, nor to remove suspicions, nor to soften pre judices, nor to attach our allies, nor to show a bold front to our enemies. There is only one thing quite clear and ex plicit in the speech, only one thing which, standing quite by itself, can be transmitted in the form of a good compact quotation through all the Russian organs of Europe, and that is Lord John Russell's delijerate opinion—held, be it observed, ever since his return from Vienna, and for two months during which he remained one of her Ma jesty's advisers—that the present war is no longer for the defence of Turkey ; indeed, that it is dangerous to her independence and ruinous to her resources, and waged solely for the selfish objects of England and France. That, we repeat, was Lord John's opinion of the war he was assisting to carry on, and urging the country to carry on with the utmost spirit and unani mity.—Times. CAPTAIN DISNEY'S WAR PROJECTILE. Yesterday afternoon Lord Ranelagh bad a large party of friends, including among them the Duke of Welling ton, to witness on the grounds adjoining his residence at Fulham a repetition of the experiments which were made some days ago near Cnelsea Hospital. With this modern reproduction of the Greek fire, materials under ordinary circumstances mos,. difficult to ignite were again readily consumed, and every one present appeared more or less satisfied with the importance of the invention. Since our former notice we have ascertained that within the last six weeks improvements have been effected at Woolwich in the manufacture of rockets, which at length secure for them the accurracy of flight so long desiderated. The value of a shell, therefore, charged in the manner proposed by Captain Disney with igneous fluid 13 to some extent diminished, but for many purposes it would pro bably still be found exceedingly serviceable, unless, in deed, further and more complete experiments than those which we have witnessed tend to show that the merits of the invention have been overrated. It may turn out that the explosion of the bursting charge may so die perse the preparation as to render it, under some circum stances, comparatively harm'ess, and, until the projectile has been thoroughly tested, it would be rash to pronounce a very confident opinion with regard to it ; but unques tionably, it seems admirably adapted fur use as a hand grenade, if in no other manner ; and Captain Disney states that the chemical preparation which he employs, if the risk of carryiog it out ready-made is objected to, can be easily manufactured at the seat of war. He ought now to lose no time in bringing his invention before tho notice of the new select committee at Woolwich, who will, we feel confident, deal with it impartially. The presence of such men as Professor Wheatstone and Mr. Gregory, civil engineer, in that committee, as reconsti tuted, affords a sufficient guarantee that the claims of important novelties will no longer be systematically overlooked as they have been. Capt. Disney also exhi bited yesterday his shell for causing temporary blindness among troops brought within its influence. Of course everybody took the precaution to be at a tolerably safe distance from so formidable a projectile at the moment of its explosion, and the inventor stated that he had pre pared the charge in a very mild form so as to avoid any awkward consequences to the company assembled. We are therefore unable to say what the effect of the shell would be, and can only state that after the fames of the explosion had extended to some distance Lord Ranelagh passed through them without any perceptible detriment to his optics. Other gentlemen who went up to the shell after it had exploded experienced some irritation in the nostrils, and the material with which it was filled had certainly to the uninitiated a remarkable resemblance to Lundy Font snuff. Besides the foregoing experi ments, Lord Ranelagh brought before the notice of his visitors four of the best hreech-loaders hitherto produced. The shouting made by them was strong and excellent, and it was interesting to compare the merits and de merits of each. Two (Needham's and Sear's) were mo difications of the Prussian neeAe-gun, each ingenious, and to a certain degree highly successful, to specify here. The other two (Sharpe's and Leetchie's) are discharged by the usual dog head and nipp'e arrangement, for which the company r sent on the occasion appeared to have a decided preference. It is unnecessary to point out for public approbation the exertions made by Lord Rane lagh for a series of years to stimulate the inventive talent of guninakers, and to draw attention to whatever promises to secure increased efficiency in our weapons of war. TILE LA7 E KERN AT AL VAINCHAM. An inquest was held yesterday at Altrincham, Che shire, before Mr. Roscoe, the coroner for the district, on the bodies of the three sufferers who met their death by the fire which took place there on Sunday night last. The names of the deceased are William and Nathaniel Howard, the children of Samuel Howard, who kept the Orange Tree public.house, which was burnt down, and John Scragg, the servant boy, aged about 17. It appeared from the evidence that the family retired to bed about 11 o'clock or shortly before that, on Sunday night, and were first alarmed about half-past one o'clock on Mon day morning by a watchman named Solomon Sheldon, who perceived smoke issuing from the roof, and on pro ceeding to the back of the premises found flames com ing out of the windows of the bar parlour and a room above, making a great noise. He sprang his rattlean d ran up the street immediately, calling for assistance, o and also called up the deputy constable, Mr.so Cooper, z a r y who had charge of one of the fire engines. was experienced in getting a horse which ba n :l as t :. b t e ed se h a y t for, and, in fact, Sheldon and another ma , is the engine themselves to the Orange Tree,_ time before the horse others who joined them as they proceeded, d d r i a s g ts g o e( o i e of about a quarter of a mile, some some time after was ready. Another engine was got played upon the the fire was extinguished flames for several hours before had been rescued, except wards, and both this and the first one All the inmates of the house o parlour at the NW of the parlour at children being at the lon gth deceased, discoveredth e in bodies h o barf were w b h u n r burnt livesto death.next I never awakened, on th e door, Mr t_ he t rsoe.rvaabn_yt boy in his bed in an upper house, room w an h d er t e h h a e t o h f adp r o b . ma n, first supposed night of the fire. a h i s Por and at was alarmed y a s confined to his o All three butcher, own cellar, , where he Richard Tottihe_, servant that the fire w first perceiv ed ' it, and which is under past of H oward ' s house. He a fterwards dis covered that the brick workhis kitchen ash-pl ace rested on a wooden „ of i n the wall of Howard's b l bebeamar-par our. It apPeared plain that the fire originated in that room, ,the as h es from Tottie's kitchen grate having probably ig nited the beam by falling through crevices in the brick work,:and possibly the fire bad been smouldering nearly the whole of Sunday, as the beam was found to be corn- Fletely charred. The • neighbours appear to have Ten dered the very best assistance they were able, and Mr. Cooper a n d other o ffi cers to have exerted themselves in a most praiseworthy manner, but the fire had attained to great power before it was discovered, and from the combustible nature of the premises all efforts to save them from destruction were vain. The jury found a verdict of "Accidental death." SUBDIVISION OF THE LAND IN FRANCE.—The OM- StitittiOnmel, quoting a fresh volume on the statistics of France, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, uwler the direction of M. Legoyt, now the chief of the s'atistical bureau, observes that, "France is, par aced• lence, the country of middling and small properties. The cvlat,tre shows us the soil split into 126,000 parcels, belonging to 11,053,000 proprietors. This refers, as we have said before, t ) the mean year 1827. It results from the examination of the roles of the land taken more re cently, that the number of land portions was 11,511,000 in 1842, and that it has successively mounted to 13,122,000 in 1854. The proportion of increase would consequently be upon 1827, on a yearly average, am" thin 1$ per mitt 18114 --2 -2_.-.... :°.. .~