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de ~, antil you the In- ,Ar nth , , the Ino- - no I 25th0r10.. th of Mo rt -AO ate OOP 00 A 25 thofrao'' soul f - 5 27 thofglon' sou% "th of ll ' foß er ate shit ) . ' pos', 25thotolo vt vo 25 thofhlol' RP' Ji (drawl.' I 1 : 1 fi 1 Time f ro INCirittn )404114et"ele Prti,, ati l cr 4 nd tick ko*lceeki lata,l ),T4ts, 4th,,,tts I ;it 2/. T wei le0;40, b , ARGYLL ROO. ewith.l 185 5.LDuring the course of this week ia* e n :I_Played by Laurent s Orchestra :—Over- C ; waltzes : Germania, , Bernard; Vermah 4l'ent't Sultane Bosisio ; Le Carnaval de Veniso ‘ ,l g W ith Variations for all the principal per '4,o._ell Au(f irst ti) Stras ; . Quadrilles : sterlitz, me Carbon ; us Le Rol du Pastel, Schottische, The Moldavian, Jallien. .0114, 48 ; The Zointyes, H. Laurent ; Warshauer, it oi c l AN , it n. Laurent. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, tion relative to music to be obtained at the orchestra. Doors open at Eight ; - " ,l aission, One Shilling. ° 01,17 41 4. PRINCE ALBERT. A l i t 'rov elll CLINIC INSTITUTION. , Ats, Increased attractions, fresh decora- by Miss GLYN. Thursday Evening, . thOTIIELLO sth ' inst., LECTURE to the INDUS oUrth Lecture of a Course on PIIYAIOLOGY, Ith, F.R.S., F. 0.5., &c.— rata : tb i nn, at Ftrar.exca en . 4 ORAL" ATIN - ‘ , /rg, by Dr. DRCIIIIOFPNEII, giving such ' t ole the public to detect Forged Notes. NIC CONCERT by inyisib'e performers on IS, J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., illustrating Professor tents on the TRANSNIISSION of SOUND. Ana SPLENDID OPTICAL. DIORAMA, from Errs, of tho VOYAGES •f SINBAD the P lIANTAS NIAGORIA. EFFECTS, and aged by Mr. WALTD. GUN, whlck now discharges 200 Balls per t rkt -------- ---____,.. k . , wlikit I. --'l46 ' 4 a, t. t u ) Proteetecl by Royal Letters -; 4 r ethAd ''''l‘ :14, a — th,,,", , 1 secured by the Scale of the Ecolo de Vste ---s qY fhr 0 , 'pli t - t ,' l ' , Derial College of Medicine, Vienna. 1 , ,in, whett;°l4,latio ltlfkß No. 1, 44 ° e ' 44 ' Persnr . ariS hig f n r,,, l ' e rcnato 9 rrhoea. anti Exhaustion of the "Ntlenee-s"?ho eic"' eZcesses, accident, or climate. ° L early - Pr evented entering the marriedstate by errors it is invaluable. 'fiti f:4l * he Illft im tt,e 50 ,os all tracBeh°rt si) 'ite,' tit been - or th ae : l cf three e d N a o y . s, 2 Completcly and , entirely s l'Orti 4 thou.h.ose Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs • °lll4. RC"' an antidote for, to the ruin of the health h uh 8 PcDnlation. k ltte;!Tcat c Nhi„ n ,, ft tcl I,h tln clltal Tit , b EStlf AR No. 3, 1111'`Icil,,, - ' , En,,, - ,4elnedy for t that class of Disorders, which . 1 4)„0 1114 ,et io4 ..Ls a „,, 0 '"Ygician treats with Mercury, to the in -141 I N, i 'l tbe world °f Patient's constitution, and which all the 1401,41 ...Alt, 18/,, cannot remove. t t ,'N 4 41 18e it t in ' I, 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, 1 1 , 4 1 11; t i I tine at qualities. They may lie on the toilet table ksLite d4casee—ainT,susPe,rted tI NT li t, '''-'t ° „ 3e ‘ ' , al ~,8. each, free by post, 20. extra, divided into ~ ils" uelie",",clitilstered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Bona, , 1t .4 4,,_ f:tinay e „" 0 ,, c icsale and Retail in London ofJohnston,_63, 14, tqfbe rv i '"'•11. fZ u C c., 63, Oxford - street: and Sanger. 00, m: ;. 41 , , +4l,r -1144144"w''''°°140,4"3::sa:ler(1:171 druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester _. or,licc, b eansrrate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, cherins , 52 t , 4 U. b —; Pcw ell, ' bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-strce , -street, Birmingham. ti - D SEND TAR S k k , t _ ,kk et , _ PA.CICET S. 17,42014 t taellpitetrthe Greenhl . the t i(twnd..rtharfire permitting) et Piers. 'ItICA.CEu iT c rI i t e , rI CTIZAVESE eND. ! 7.1 ; qz • { 10 ; t ist3 til ltg 4 qtT r4 Witk pout:urch-street Station to all parts of London horn ", rrrb 211 .ACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol \b,, , Q .,,, ,,, 3 t rona the Fenehurch-street Station. 10„ ' ''t N ye 4; tia ', • ---- SUNDAYS. t htt L i .; 3: .0 1 ..... E Fen- i . b. 8 2 ' x church 5 4.' li F e :0 4 4 2 4 N \, 8 . ~ Street 1 4 t., , .4; , 4 8 ' .... -.... I l - - - ' - o .... _ °t * ks, n tle,, ese m . Fore Cabin. Saloon.. 4 et - 'qv 4 %1 ...-nd L0nd0n.........- I. lol.Ttr,,, e4 ena •0i1ei...-_„ . . _ 1 9'1* •• Fore Cabin. Saloon. 10d. .. Is. 2d. twall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d. terra cdiate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. lye Months, 51. Os.; Six Months, 31. Os. ; be had of the Collectors on board the Terrace Pier, fAravesend. t 4, P.e k bh ,,At T N. 11, 4 il Dr!, TIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. lustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 Sta N. "es u DEBILITY; MN, Yrrlpt o el r ra ras, and Curc.—An a sy on Sper ft,,Ve4obtel of t Meal Observations on afer and more ta o ari b t ili t !, n b c tl y uri by nt r i c ie a tment of the diseases of the Generative use of the Microscope in detecting and cob...:'Y ex amination, the real cause and effect of ikt 04-mtry ~eentorVaint, whether arising from solitary habits, 00, 1 N ars , -rnate, followed by practical remarks, founded 10, 44,4 Le_XPerience in the treatment of Impuissance, thle n kry hrnnie,tacal W eakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To whisk d 'it e t i : h l " on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre -1101,6111ge.. th e evils emanating from empirical practice, ‘on s re tt44.t/i ketti tllserde re. Ine dles advocated by various writers en L t 'ne t t _ V 0 L LAPMER M.D . k t FlZ 4 . l o o llt ry Vilttri muted Q . 3 13 .14b r e t r the L lT O niv i er D sity O o lf f Edln ktbet,Z4ttimAopotheeZer of the London Hospital Medical Society, 10 ‹ Ntljt,?JeCt or this Hall, London, &c., &c. itr '.4g fh ei is treatise is to point out the fearful con hti ke,„'otiem certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, t h . t otem ac ia t More all y in Youth, degradation in Man- Vl' Orly _disea se c 'ecay at sta of Life, than, perhaps, any t t lii t „,'Yet e r etoo l k nown t o gee Ntr , qh 4 41 Men c l m 4 _ modern pathologists. Its perusal is tt/t,kl4 _ n w Persons entertaining secret ,ri doubts hd of d sl x „ kiti es„ p a ri T il l e o g a e r s e tn co w n n sc i having hazarded being g e la Ute tltt ri: l t et p tc , l Y ho„ 88 conscious s every ofha hum n k bbs rson4, arythatall men should know, that there are k ix k t plVity efous pen'aanagernent which cannot be violated without N the ll leen tiid it tes, and when wisdom and regret succeed ;71,1„,_ crate self-indulgence, how these penalties Te te r') naid'i' t3 t he sting of their bitterness ' may be removed, te k lAetZeln t e ‘rgely consequences may be avoided and above all, er h e Whi c h t ?' deXree of physical infirmity ' or functional teOrte hl th' for a L ethnelY aid of science cannot apply a cure tkit b gk ri t e, 4. 44 ,vii tel e t ?: trtt e e , r t i e tt f rul been engaged in in extensive . tk 0 1„ 4 , to o these delicate complaints, which have ct XreL"': e F al ly confided to the care of ignorant kS4e t , 4 ull3 ~ 0neix , ,8 " `, 4 11 1 17 on those who are induced to place 4 ter Lei.,: e * , 23 4 In n aY he had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, 0 4 : 114 T o ter_equt,rer. oster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street ; I t4 t a ' l " . actd re ' Ma nn, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for tit 1% 1 , 4 fbr from the Author's residence, 37, Bed -'43ttltation daily from Eleven till Two, and from It. A/- .„,,, , ,tD.....i.,ei1;41:k,,,,rtearyp.,172,,a..e,;(r_v4,01,.fcr113,,0Li,crk5i,,,,:i , To.rispißT SMITH'S MONT BLANC •38 WI -ft at 8 , and Every Night (but Saturday). 'Thursday, .Morninx Representations weacill anti Saturday, at 3 o'clock.— , t 1 ... & 'Lil TED i,- AL48.g.E2 1 th e /, , a COUNTRY TRAVELLER in ste- aPerhanglng Trade. Ile must be well experienced .., ki,,f_nerst.rate testi - '..0 a nd , rnonials.—Apply by letter only to Messrs. 'anisbl e , 50 , Upper Thames-street, London. Y 1 !:,.1)- - ,•- •-• i , tr it i . - *-, - oral ' O AS . „ii_i --,-,,•-,) v o ~ I , . lull last wo. • a __ Iroi n kr,,. [y ( p 130 eXP eri ' 0 44 . Xo Life upwards, from 3 months to g corn 3 .0 0 ._ 11 the ___ e Assurance. No deductions. The money t 83108 lowe r I 0 0 , ~, ._r e, es sßuuraertint,te_e e3.—.Address, the borrower and two responsible id-rate burley l W ' lib. o Meet, eft_ • • - dress, LAWRANCE and CO., 110, al li to 3, Enclose post-head to insure a reply. Per- . 31 Oats, per Cli.:,'„''''' k t i Si Peas, .f vah rt it r e t7 , 1 ,4) 4 .6%. rrln 471. w; shader ru.natokl,woOardiArseVtcSoaEt, RS REDUCED TO 14s. 14 B o iliDg " . „.4) 7 225. ; Coat, Waistcoat, and Trow- -74 Dun ''''' „,, itretk. b.. ... r from Scotch Tweeds, all Wool, and 3 t IL /3.. 2. .. BENJAIHN, 'Merchant Tailor, 74, 37 Beans, T s c rt k o c" . 4 4 Perfect fit guaranteed. ''.o Izsg , LinSil Q -,., 74 Ditto, i i 1114 4 'Pecim i ' -uAA ST INDIA PALE ALE, 76 L. ~,i,, 3' ordered fo R • ' 4 - Nlei L ue mo st ea ,, r -CUI AR A, recommended by BARON ;TER.__ ~„,B . 2, 4 1 N......_e ask , (18 (: ,: a ll . cnt m e ,. oers of the medical profession, r' ly, bill', <4l4ialliirkßßlNGTOlXl)ll:*' , ;nd upwards), imperial.measure. Very winter e . 1 , , i'ARIER, and CO., Beer Merchants, south, and V . O j ? l' -'1 Al t : ' , l , ' . 411 -_____ d" ' ......._ ghost to this 0 0, ~..,_ their 0 94 ,1 0 ,11 0 on rte gross n e r. - ---E . OF LONDON. (By Royal a t is Per ( l r ' oo ' k '.'.., s °-• Of a pl b y s ub „ , , b lat e - .riber of ONE GUINEA will lia,:e an Beans an d V tri t 7 l 4t 7 the I Yd.m. 1 ~ *in ate J. ‘..., N iihnore, A.R.A„ from the original 'A il* -11 4 4 4 rd ( leafte v" • Chalon, R.A. " A WATER PARTY," ,0 ,,, : __meat, 06 et a. to eel y rou , s ,{ _ olurne or Thirty ' Wood Engravings, inns- , Pohj l ' ... eet p,,, iip,-,..hilde Harold." Each priz:hold..r wad be a to 308 . Oat4f ."` to /iiiib it • " 3 aLr, as hereto ore, a work of art from one lle and gin aL ' , 'ORS, ~ )8 to 4 2 5. , ili i , GEORGE GODWIN,I Honorary " 4 str _____-- , „ rn , • and, LEWIS POCOCK , 3 S ecretar i es. f uant iti e s ol i ro o rom the foli 41 b o th inehigi ce ' , .15 4 1,. lioTzet OF N I. li Al tt .... DIVIDEND. • i:, 43 i 1 '°s, t(31. 4,1, As ,,„° F DEPOSIT, e i , t, " ,, RANCI AND INVESTMENT Ac 0 ,, te • A .../ fir e RA /co.: -ri g , be t, q4 Der v),,lp tB . - ALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. __ ----- , 1 44 4 4 44, p tr l br the lIALF-YEARLY INTEREST, at the ,17 49 64 (~ , i 'l , Ni t R ltleli,:"laro, on Deposit Accounts to 31st Decem- __ 4V* `, 0 1 ,1 .411, o's direr '` , Y and payable daily. 0 O 9 __, -- I 0 .. k .,,,., the . 13.tts o f MORRISON, Afanaging Director. 06 la i 30 0 ..- ts gent ;I r k of 4vestlng Money are requested to examine the 44 50 6 1 free no Posit. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening 3. , -, application. LLDY ---. " 5. (1 0 All' 4 . ai Ifill i o A ' k ll b e . - to -day c" ; re d o' , 4 111 - 4 t "A.T. - 0 whole el 9 gr. (6 , , ~ 1 1E4 11 4 oi v - i'i x, S RAILWAY.—NOTICE IS [6dtol l P w 1 tt. to . k..tt 4.43 . or the T r hat . the next . HALF-YEARLY ORDI- -00. k0., 1 .-.4 04 ..ct , ~,r. oprietors in this Company will be held, Barisi., 30, 461,1 404-.,,otokithio,rehtbltxin-r,aryh,atmheent. at. the Great Western Royal 27th day of February instant, at e nuection of four Directors and one audit,r, in 6fi o* l 361 i i . 044 krp oses e kre ~ sin es ,. ;3, 6 a Is q i jkti oe of b o Ti ber who will retire by rotation, and lor the :0 5 Od ,• ' 46 , 14,:1e0 n „,., nrebit a ,__ ___.., -•••-/ ' V% `9lt ae aer an - ' 4 _7. Given, that it is intended . at the same , . . Let tb„ . 0th 0 ,,,.... ,taermine the mode and conditions of rats- r o s. a , o il ,4 4 iakwe fio ntb ef to be created, under the powers and pro- -3,KK 1 1 .- 00 0 ‘4, ke4e i e R cw , ' o , ales Railway (Amendment) Act, 1846, and (Pembroke) Act, 1851. A the elefie;ifour„.ed, , .14 N NIt i t, 41 0t fo s r i gr e eb_3: Y also Given, that the said Meeting will be • / tl i t t i. til t ,aPpr e W., u rPo eof taking into consideration, and, if 1 , 1 00 0 / ‘ 71e,.7 or peach ~ '- F a certain agreement proposed to be made a 6 ., `Walker ;;;; pl. l _tt t i l 4 4 ti le . ..eati, i te lp a ßailway Company, of the one part, and ~ i I D. ," , ' yetiti'.' a ssage „Y r 3' Company, of the other part, with refe- -6; n , yxa iir s , „/ k, tk, I , r4i , w aies it , the traffic of the last-mentioned Company 0 . , . ...000-14 ‘4 ll `4list"ilailw a 4llw aY between the Briton Ferry Dock and 3 Killing No v ~,, sot p.)300,_ Y.Conapany's Station at Nea h. 0 Northuiee / ~.„ h, , 4 „..e r ee z will be closed on and after the 13th instant, .' / tittit t 'e 27thtTneel until after the said Half-yearly Ordinary 9 Cass•P.,::h ..,' *III 1,,,' I nstant. 2.2.Vbit , A. 10 ,444 '''' taken at one o'clock precisely. _______________J oy B y order of the Board. FREDERICK G. SAUNDERS, Secretary. fie ittli e-terr AFFIC 40. . ace, P addington, Feb. 5, 1855. —•cs-- ---- Ovilit N 1U , C eNTR ASTER a o „, ll t hen otea —ACT FOR IRON TANKS . . Feb. 3, 1 -°' ' .") I tt %p ert e Q.. ll t of the Comptroller for Victualling and ear ............... I .i. 00._ s,ervices, Somerset-place, 3d February, 1855. ....." o fY . 1 44. :1 11. kan ;: , tlig ul li llaiSS A inners for Executing the Office of i d claii , ''''''''''''' CO n tlt -° lie --r a , of the United Kingdom of Great Britain crivTll 3,, 4 4 ,et One reby Gi 0 , ND L.* , v o l), b e in wei. T. Notice, that on THURSDAY, the Ist c ending ,- „,., 4 4 41% 4Y 5. be will' l'ek ' they will be ready to treat with such '''' • ~ k• .rti ViNT to Contract for supplying and delivering ............ „..., e'lat'ing Stores at DEPTFORD, all such oar ...... .•••a....' .. NO Nl itt e Art us date, 1 -,'ci,„. ,, 44 t t ,,,,.10, __ _ IRON TANKS, as dath, 1,6.. , • tlllitir;tled, order Articles Articles for Repairs, as shall time to 4: 4 40. 4 Of I tl e XPirati: contract for three years certain, and after- ___.--- ----- 1 Le h us ott _ge T aw _ 1 1 of three months' warning. N . A 0 ' • 0 5 , 1 ! 1 .1tt Zr 4; 5 , 5 7 !tad Articles may be seen at the Victualling N E Atof.q.,, Nay be e i, t a . , f e e r r p na ool e: the tender and the conditions of -0 " ------ ,, tse , t k; l 'itin d tis, at t i ned at the said office, or on application to ire sent ad- to ) , oottee,,,i , " *IR b e or the Collector of Customs at ruing-- -- ft e ' s ° .01 r r eceive o f LV.p.. artless n ia ,, ed after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor ------- ~,, Wel , itbeir' dog ''e 01 1 the Printed form provided for the pur- b. en ma , - .. j i Lanai Pos , o 0 y alto h., left, addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, . Londaa• l' r i o ''''Qllll, gand e e ered , _ flier the words " Tender for Tanks," end " ...------ .‘ Somerset-place. Friday ,• - t ' 4 , tekti b _ 4 the " 4 NII , .„ fil tt i oi , 04 b 'a , 0 4 air) IQ iiat!'t tr t ' Peh ~'SINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.— .. .. .. .. •• 7: ( 00 4 li); 4 1 iZlti, 7 4 1 C ' w u i 4 ° S‘• / It. trk n, % tt., % th, ... - 4 ' "'" • IV ,i t i ~1 •t e11...4b,.4 ; '''''''' •• • , kott •°%i - .Q en. 4 , .oli cas ,; 1 4 7%. 3 / 4 , 4,1 ..... • • •,.• ' 0: 0/ ./ _ Rtraq s the trOtt.h.• At _ . ci _ v. i, & 30 of :in • :., , t i ,. e z_04)„,,:11,,t,, oth of MOT Z d .. i p,,, 1 481 c r . Ai% • th e moot , 7 0 - ig! i -- moiee ce ep o , 4 ,_ I t •• - at half 7 b e m onth. „ Iv t Pai he month . • V Oy A PAN ° ' the month. s° l/ : : Ilk, C oati! . PO . ic,6 ..e eci .I. _ . ~ t ,', 4 klr 4 lP r( ved.,taril. , , 1 / 4 th i n -(lc ~ th of moot Se' :; . l' A lin A ",,„... at ;PA-1) month. • • „ sn ot' ~ I . 0 ,4 trVrht c 23.&28 OM l' i . , ~,, ', • 4581,,,,'N1N )th of mon. B°' o l .'' - r ; ' vEl ~,,,H ... : ....p laity ...... DO ",` ~' ..- 4 / 4 " Kull Ik k ANT ( 1 Ittl , 1ai1y...• .. Do ~ , ~ , Lt eTuut , 20, 27 of in So '',' / 0 11_ 0 2tp, t he 'iti N 4 1•Ip " • g ri l i Pe l ?' I% 11% ' / V n 7th of mon. , i k ,- th. tt"., ANA yB5 FlidaY . ~, 0 . Ilk, k or t4 iTtlt, / ,,..! enan the MOll O p;,,,,,,.,„ ~,: v „0,,,,..R0, , ,„h4eirt • narp s '• • ... " 1.;; , ' ": es . ' 1 / 4 All ti 4 arils, tile =O n , , yd.' ,•• k, kikilto,NPANT -- ,,, 0 th of ,!," „ r ev:, ... • N , !tri' 'titi l . lite h , th of 1 0 ;0, Ir• ot , u t r;ptil , ot,ltt• I n U t ,,., . , ; 27 of ..., .. 3, , ir 1181„ _ .a. laily ••'iv3•..7.'000.„ 114,:ttkitil,th,,\V•rm, , & 27° di 9 11 0 0/ k 4 illt At . the 0 1 ° U . of ttiki month '' • l oo t .•" l INI- tit 28 of ir'''l .d k'hrbk1,k,.t.,.,,,,!q h o I month igh o o74; on a -u . with the 7hits )th of `ghlc 1 41 Lit Til Ej. 3 fo SO 0 :4 A ran / r ..... 00 , 1 " Foggl . •' • • I . lo' 4 0 • "' " CI 0 1 ° 1. 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There Km extensive prepara tions (making for sending out a number of whalers to Cumberland Straits, to the winter fishery, to be prose cuted in the same manner as Captain Penny prosecuted it in the winter and spring of 1854. The specie brought by the steamer Madrid from the Peninsula is 12,5001., and by the Bacchante, African mail, about 12,0001. . . .. - -- - _ .... ...----.. . ..^ ___ _ .-.-.......... -..•••••••-....-.-..."-----fr ••-1,...,.....,••-....-----.1.": '.... .--- ~ . • . .... ..y , ..., / . • .... .. , ...... ? 1,. . . •• ..--, • ..i. , •:-,Z, , ...i:;:.. • . . . ..,„ -,-7 - ‘ •‘U f lAt 4,7 , . alit • Ar o. - 47* 1 4 ,, i-: . . _ - ~p 7,.• . «. .. „,......., : 53 1 10044410,, . , _ ' 4, I s .. ~....... . 4110 _ s?„ ` • - • ,' i'. tj: : it; 7 ~,, ,_ ___ ~0 • ' ,:,- - - ,- ti U. t 9 4 ' -'' ' ' ' ; •;-, ,- ....,A, • , -..- , . -',..: -,.: t ~..: 4, • - ,r '- -' _"_'::. ' - '', • " i-• - .- ~,,,f 11, , ,,, ,,r - - ~ ~ - 'l 7----- y, z 2, e- , i t - • ,--, ' 4 ' . .„ 1 :-.5.v \\y - ', , ^ - 4 . ~ . v"'-':--- - -4, ,', I ' 2 ,•-•-• t., _ ~. it' 1 4.0 ~_i,,., ,, , 1 4z . 11 "Ael l el!-- 1 4,, , , , ..0'0rr, : - °- LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1855. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Orion, 91 guns, new screw steam-ship, was on Saturday towed down to Sheerness, from Folly Point, and berthed at Blackstokes, for taking in ammunition, shell, &c., and for the adjustment of her compasses. This fine ship is nearly complete in her crew. The Cressy, 80 guns, screw steam-ship, Captain R. L. Warren, is being prepared for immediate service. The Russell, 60 guns, screw steam-ship, Captain J. Scott, of 16th of November, 1852, is getting roasted under the wasting shears, and active preparations are going on at Sheerness to complete her. The Blenheim, 61, screw, Captain (Nemesis) Hall, is receiving her new boilers. The Amphion, 34 guns, screw steam-frigate, Captain Astley C. Key, was taken into Ne. 2, dry dock, Sheer ness, on Saturday. The Cuckoo, 3 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieu tenant Commander A, G. E. Murray, is undergoing ex tensive repairs in the discharging basin at Sheerness. very active, and have succeeded in secnring &large num ber of young men. At Merthyr 17 were enlisted in one day, and at the other hill localities colliers and miners bare been enrolled. In Newport there are no fewer than six recruiting parties for Artillery, Marines, and the line, the 46th being among the latter. In Gloces ter and adjacent localities the recruiting has been suc cessful ; in that city a large number of recruits have been attested for the line and the militia. MILITA.Ry. • The 13th, 54th, 66th, aml 92d Regiments, now in Gibraltar, aro ordered to the Crimea. They will be re placed by militia regiments.' Captain Travers , s company, sth battalion, and Captain Hawkins s company, 7th battallion, Royal Artillery, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark for the Crimea for siege gun service. Nearly all the troops in Athlone have been despatched to the seat of war. Two companies of the 90th Regi ment left on Friday to join head -quarters at Mullingar, previous to marching to Cork for embarkation. Of the let Royals a draught consisting of 290 rank and file left by mid-day train for Cork for embarkation. A draught of the 13th Regiment, numbering 250, with eight officers, arrived in Cork on Thursday, and proceeded to Queenstown on Friday, whence they em barked on board her Majesty's steamer Cmsar for the Crimea. A draught of the 92d _Highlanders accompa nies the 13th. Major Pratt, 41st Regiment, expects to arrive in Cork with a draught of his regiment, for embarkation to the Crimea, in the Himalaya. It was Sir Neil Douglas who, when in command of the 79th Highlanders, instituted a regimental order of merit, which was attended with the happiest results. There were two branches of the order, distinguished by silver and bronze medals, the recommendations to which were made by committees of nerjeants and pri• vates, who scrutinized the claims of all n,qpirants to the distinction. These medals might be forfeited for any military often.. -such as insuboaiittalion. xlrunkynneaa., or neglect of duty ; but the man who had earned them by good conduct took pains to preserve them. Men who had been considered as incorrigible were reclaimed, and became some of the best behaved soldiers in the regiment. An " order of merit," or good conduct medal, was also worn by the 424 Highlanders when that renowned corps was commanded by the late gallant Sir Robert Henry Dick. Owing to the pressing exigencies of the public service, all the staff of the Quartermaster - General's -office in Dublin were fully employed the whole of Sunday last. THE MILITIA. In consequence of the absence of Lieute nan t -C o l onel the Earl of Uxbridge on Parliamentary duti es , th e com mand of the Second (King's O wn) Staffordshire Li g ht Infantry Regiment has, during the past week, dev o l ve d upon Major Dyott. Assistant-Surgeon Henry Thomas Lomax has been appointed to be Surgeon, vice Harland, resign e d. In the Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia, Ensign Dudley Edward Laurin has received the appoint ment of Lieutenant, vice Pye, appointed to an ensign ship in the line. In the King's Own Rifle Regiment of Staffordshire Militia, Henry St. George Priaulx, late of the 4th Light Dragoons has been appointed to be Cap tain, vice Frith, resigned ; Lieutenant John Broughton to be Captain, vice Lane, appointed to the Coldstream Guards ; William Lee (Greeley, to be Lieutenant, vice Knight, resigned ; Second Lieutenant Francis Vere Wright to be Lieutenant, vice Broughton, promoted ; James Garrard King to be Ensign. The total number of militia regiments now embodied for permanent duty is 64. During the past week the reserve corps of the Ist So merset Regiment of Militia assembled in the barracks at Taunton for inspection, previous to their being sent to Plymouth to fill up the vacancies in the garrison there, caused by others of the regiment having volunteered into the line. The following appointments have been made in this regiment :—Ensign W. G. V. Villiers to be Lieutenant, vice Langdon, resigned ; Herbert Parker Owens to be Ensign, vice Villiers, promoted. The Aberdeenshire Militia has received nearly half the required number of volunteers, but the regular ser vice continues to be far more attractive to the young men of the north. At Aberdeen, during the last three months, 300 recruits have been received into the 79th, and only 280 into the Militia. A draught of 80 men from the 79th has gone to head-quarters in the Crimea. The recruits are strong, healthy lads, And are soon drilled for active service. In Caithness the required number is nearlylmade up ; but in Satherland and Skye few volunteers have come forward. The Donegal Regiment has been enrolled, and the re cruits are paraded twice a-day. Some of the ogficers have arrived. It will be a very nice regiment—mostly ail young men. Major Clements has arrived, and taken the command of the regiment until his brother officer, the Earl of Mountcharlos, colonel of the regiment, joins. On Saturday Major the lion. Standish Vereker, com mandant, received the Royal vaarraat-4,0 embody the City of Limerick Militia Artillery. About 350 youn g m.n hav e be en a l rea d y enro ll ed i n the Galway Militia, and the numbers are daily increasing.. studying —and how far the discipline to which I have been subjected is likely to make me a proper and useful servant among yourselves. (Applause.) I wish to say, further, that I return to this country with a stronger conviction tban.l had, even before I.left, on one or two points. In the first place, I have a stronger faith in the good sense and in the powers of self-government of my fellow -countrymen. (Rear, and applause.) And, gen tlemen, I have not been a dilettanti on this subject ; I have put the thing to the test. Then I have also a stronger conviction, if possible, even than I had before, of the superiority for all practical purposes of our own institutions over those of any other country. lam not talking of European countries merely—l sup pose wo are all at ono on that point, for any con troversy that could be 'raised on that subject would be one wholly out of date—but I have had opportunities greater, perhaps, than any man ever before enjoyed, of contrasting the working of our institutions with those of our great neighbour in America, the United States. I have had this very remarkable oppor tunity that, on the soil of the continent alongside of the United States, with a sacial condition to deal with quite as democratic as the social condition of the United States, I have been working the English system against the system of the United States ; and I do say that, in many respects, we have the advantage over them, though, at the same time, I do wish to pay all respect to the United States. I have received very great kindness in that country ; and I must say I think the constitution of the United States is a very marvellous work of wis dom, concerning the circumstances under which it was formed. In the first place, I think that our monarchial system gives us very great advantage, that the head of the State represents the unity of the nation—represents those great and paramount interests which unite us, and which in that respect are distinguished from those which divide us. In all free countries those interests and considerations that divide us naturally obtain a very important place. Earnest men form themselves into parties, with the object of promoting their own particu lar_viewts of what they consider for tke public interest, and ambitions men fornr themeeituts-isuo pattioa for tike sake of promoting personal objects ; and our great ad vantage over the United States in this respect is this, that whereas, in the republican system, the head of the State is necessarily the type and embodiment of party interests, the head of the State, under our system is, the embodiment of the national and general interest. (Loud cheers.) And I can tell you the practical way in which that advantage tells. There is only one way in a re public in which you can get absolute unity of sentiment, and that is by effecting hostility against a foreign coun try. A successful general unites the suffrages of the i whole of the patriotic people ; but it is impossible, n that free country, that a party man, in questions of domestic Bpooltic therey, sh o i u s ld an u o n t i h te er to a g d e y th a e o r ta t g h e e w su e ff p ra o g s e s s es o s f t o h y e er p which is of a different character, and which will, e th op em, le per haps, come home to the sympathy of people representing all manner of opinions in this room—as I hope all manner of opinions are represented here. (Applause.) The truth is that we, the popular will, tell on the execu tive government much more immediately and directly under our system than the popular voice does in the United States. You could not have a more curious exemplification of the difference between these sys tems than you have at this moment. We have been drinking the Ministry to-night—we know net who they are ; but a short time ago we had a government in this country which up to a recent period had received cer tainly a large share of Parliamentary support, and which used to command the confidence of Parliament. Ido not say whether it ought to have lost the confidence of Parliament or not ; I am not entering into that ques tion ; bat we find that when a motion was brought for ward by which the confidence of the Parliament in the Government was tested, and when that motion was car ried against them, that Government retired, and the Government of tke country will now be committed into other hands. But what would have been the state of matters in America ? Why, there never was a president who was elected with a greater appearance of popular support than the present President of the United States, and I venture to say that there never was an adminis tration which seemed to be more utterly discredited among all parties than the present administration in the United States ; but you will observe that under the American system they are saddled with that gentleman for four years, and I defy them to get rid of him, or his Ministers, if he chooses to keep them. Now, we have in this country that privilege which in social life is only supposed to be enjoyed by the ladies—and lam not quite sure that that privilege is not restricted to the ladies of Aberdeen—(a laugh)—we have the privilege of changing our minds, .vhereas under the American system they are not able to do so except once in four years. (Applause.) The noble lord then concluded by propos ing the Provost and Magistrates of Dunfermline, and prosperity to the trade of the town. APPOINTMENTS. Commanders—David Miller (1853), to the Majestic, 80, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness ; William R. Rolland (1855), recently promoted from First-Lieutenant of the .Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, on the Black Sea station, to the Nile, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; Augustus John Burton (1853), to the Cressy, 80, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness. Lieutenants.—Charles G. Nelson (1854), from the Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the Impe rieuse, 51, screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth ; Lewis M. Croke, to the Imperieuse. THE BALTIC FLEET. Portsmouth again resounds with the din and bustle of preparations for the approaching naval campaign in the Baltic, and " all hands" are busily employed from morning until night, , and long after the usual "routine" beUrs nf labenr in several of the G o v ernmontal partments. Night and day are the. ovens at work at the Clarence victualling establishment, which it would be impossible to have more efficiently worked. Portsmouth dockyard was never in greater ac tivity. Indeed, so much work is there that the Duke of Wellington cannot be refitted there, but is ordered to Keyham, and the Dragon was lately ordered to Ply mouth from the same alleged cause. The James Watt, 91, screw, is in the old fitting basin with the greater part of her machinery out, being defective, and her fore and mainmasts are out from tho same cense ; these and also her defective boilers are being attended to with all despatch in the respective departments, and she will speedily be re-rigged as soon as her crew are again mus tered, about 400 of whom are at present on leave. Cap tain Elliot, we believe, rejoined yesterday. The Blen heim, 60, screw blockship, Captain W. H. Hall, is in the steam basin shipping new boilers, which were being got in yesterday. The Pembroke, screw blockship, Captain G. H. Seymour, was masted yesterday, and will be equipped forthwith. The Hastings!, 60, screw blockship, Captain Caffin, was undocked yesterday after noon, before going under the shears to be masted ; her boilers were not iu, having been delayed by the railway company from this accidental cause :—On attempting to get them on to trucks their best crane-chain broke twice, and yesterday the engineer department of the dockyard was obliged to send gear to the station to help to get the boilers delivered. A novel mode of shipping the masts of these blockships has been put in practice at Portsmouth dockyard. Before being slung, these masts have had their tops and the whole of their lower rigging placed upon them, their topmasts pointed through the caps, and all baekstays, &c., attached, all which has been done on the jetty under the superintendence of the Master-Attendant and Master-Rigger, and, all being secured together, the lower masts, topmasts, and their fittings are hoisted by the shears. One (the Pembroke) out, and the other (the Hastings) inside the basin, thus received their masts at the same time, and pre sented an immediate appearance of much forwardness in their outward fitment. They will have crews of GOO men each. The Hogue, 60, screw blockship, Captain Ramsay, 'in the steam basin dock, has re fitted, and only waits the shipment of her new boilers, which she will have in a fortnight or sooner, to be again ready for service. The Edinburgh, 60, screw blockship, Captain Hewlett, and the Conflict, 8, Cap tain Canning, are expected at Portsmouth from Leith to refit. The Imperieuse, 50, screw frigate, Captain R. B. Watson, in the steam-basin, is re-equipped ready for sea all but the shipment of some stores, which she will take on board in a few days. The Arrogant, 47, screw frigate, Captain Yelverton, will be refitted and out of dock by the 10th. The Centaur, 6, paddle frigate, got up steam yesterday morning, and proved theta by work ing her paddles in the steam-basin. Captain Clifford arrived in the morning, and hoisted the pendant on board. The Falcon, 17, Commander Pullen, is complete in the engineer department, and all ataunto in rig. She only wants a crew to fit her out. The Ariel, 9, Com mander Luce, is also all ataunt in the harbour, but not manned. The Ajax, 60, screw block-ship, Captain ' Warden is all ready Kr . ada at Spithead, with the a.yasr. 6, paddle sloop, Commander Dow. The Pene lope, 18, Uaptain sir W. Wiseman, the ciampson, 6, and Retribution, 28, paddle frigates, will be im,- mediately taken in hand and refitted. The two latter require a great deal of work'to be made again fit for ac tion. The Pelter gun-boat remains an experiment tender to the Excellent gunnery ship. THE NEW CORPS OF DRIVERS. The raising and organisation of the new corps of drivers for service in the East is to be confided to officers of cavalry, a major of which arm of the service will com mand in chief. The corps will be divided into 12 troops of 100 non-commissioned officers and drivers, each offi cered by a captain, two lieutenants, and one sub-lieu tenant, who will be taken as far as practicable from cavalry regiment s . It i s un d erstoo d th a t eac h t roo p will have a commissioned quartermaster and inspector. The last-named officers, with two paymasters, troop-ser geant-major, sergeants, corporals, and drivers, will be taken from the metropolitan and city police in the first instance ; and, to complete the required num ber, young and active men, accustomed to horses, and of good charaeter, will be enlisted. The adjutant and sergeant-major will, of course, have served in the cavalry. The dress of the waggoners will be a plain tunic, or frock-coat, overalls, boots, and a shako. Each man will be armed with a pair of holster-pistols and a sabre ; but when on service the waggons will always be accompanied by an escort. A portion of the corps is to be placed under the orders of the Quartermaster-General, and the remainder under those of the Commissary-General, for the convey ance of provisions, &e. THE TRANSPORTS. The General Screw steam-ship Mauritius having landed her invalided troops at Portsmouth, arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon. She will be got ready for sea as soon as possible. Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Himalaya is receiving on board 1,200 tons of coal, the Peninsular and Oriental Company having been ordered to supply that quantity. She will then be quite ready for sea. The chartered screw steamer Crcesus left Southampton river for Portsmouth yesterday after noon. The chartered screw steamer Calcutta is in the graving dock at Southampton, and will speedily be in readiness to receive troops. The Harbinger steam-ship arrived off Southampton from the Black Sea with inva lided troops last evening. As hitherto the case with other troop-ships which hare arrived at this port, she awaits orders from Portsmouth. The following steam-ships have been engaged by the Lords of the Admiralty as regular transports :—No. 185, New Pelton ; No. 186, ./Etna ; No. 187, Great Britain ; No. 188, Imperial ; No. 189, Killingsworth ; No. 190, Snowdon ; No. 191, Crwsus ; No. 192, Bal tic ; No. 193, Victor ; and No. 194, Severn. The Charlotte Jane, hired freight-ship, embarked nine officers and detachments of the 67th and 69th Re giments, numbering nearly 300, at Portsmouth yester day, for Barbadoer. COTJRTS-MARTIAL. Yesterday, a court-martial assembled on board the flag-ship Waterloo, at Sheerness, to try Joseph Kerswell Griffon, an able seaman, for desertion from her Ma jesty's steamer Horatio, on the 19th of August last. The Court was composed of the following officers, viz.:—Captain-Superintendent Christopher Wyvill, of Chatham yard, Second in Command at the Buoy of the Nore, president ; Captain-Superintendent John Jervis Tucker; Captain James Hope, C. 8., in com mand of the Majestic ; Captain Richard L. Warren, in eolarmand of the'Cressy ; and Captain Hugh Dunlop, in command of the Tartar, assisted by Mr. W. W. Hayward, Acting - Deputy-Judge-Advocate. All that was proved in evidence was, that the prisoner volun teered on the 18th of August, specifically for service in the Boscawen flagship, on the North American and West Indian station, and that he was only borne out on the books of the Horatio to wait a passage round to Sheerness to be put on beard the flagship for the first chance of conveyance to join the ship for which be had volunteered. There being therefore no evidence to show that the prisoner belonged to the Horatio, the court acquitted him. He was, however, ordered to remain snider charge of the Provost-Marshal, to await the deci sion of their Lordships as to whether he should be tried for desertion while serving as a supernumerary on board the Horatio, he having volunteered and taken the usual declaration to serve on board the Boscawen. A court-martial was held on board the flagship Wate rloo, at Sheerness, on Friday, at which Captain -Superin tendent Christopher Wyvill presided, and W. W. Hay ward officiated as Deputy-Judge-Advocate' to try Mr. Charles J. Pulfer, second - master, on the following charges—viz., for absenting himself from the Janus, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, he at the time being corn nia,nding-officer, and for bringing spirits on board the said vessel, contrary to the order of Lieutenant-Com mander Colin C.A.Kane. Commander /Cane prosecuted. The Court were of opinion that the charges were fully proved, and sentenced Mr. Puffer to be dismissed her in nabjy theesty' prisoner.sservice. A number of testimonials were put RECRUITING IN WALES. The recruiting for the line is actively going on in the various districts of South Wales. At Swansea, Car diff, Carmarthen, &c,, the recruiting sergonts Imo been THE EARL OF ELGIN AT DUNFERMLINE. The Earl of Elgin, late Governor-General of Canada, was entertained at a public dinner in the Music Hall, Dunfermline, on Friday last, by between 300 and 400 gentlemen. The company chiefly consisted of the landed proprietors and tenants of the western districts of Fife, and the burgesses of Dunfermline. Provost ROBERTSON, who presided, proposed the toast of the evening. The Earl of ELGIN, in reply, said—Mr. Provost and Gentlemen,—l am at a loss to find words to express my sense of the cordiality of this welcome. I have met with much kindness in other places--I have met with kind receptions even beyond the precincts of the British em pire—and I should be ungrateful, indeed, if I were to forget the reception which I met with at the hinds of our excellent cousin, Jonathan. (Laughter.) But, gen tlemen, I must say that I feel at this moment that, after all, " there is no place like home." (Applause.) I appre ciate this welcome all the more highly that it is not a political manifestation—that it is not tendered by men who have any pasty objects to serve in bringing me for ward, but that it is the genuine expression of the kind feelings of regard for me of my neighbours in this dis trict. (Cheers.) I don't think that a more conclusive proof of the unpartisan character of this meeting could possibly have been given than h as b een afforded in the 1 toast which was drunk immediately before that whioh you are now doing such honour to, for we have been drinking the health of her Majesty's Ministers, without having the slightest conception who these ministers are. (Laughter and cheers.) Gentlemen, I believe that the manner in which that toast was received is a true indi cation of what the sentiments of the people of this coun try are at the present moment. I believe that the people of this country are ready to give a fair and candid support to any administration that our gracious Sovereign may select, if they show themselves competent to deal with our great national difficulties, and resolved to set aside every party and personal consideration that could stand in the way of their dealing properly with these difficulties ; and, gentlemen, I believe that the feeling of this country, too, is, that they will, irrespective of partyconsiderations, turn ab s el o v u e s t t d h e e fi i r c i bu en si t n n o s t a h n e y s e a de eini qualities. s trat on ( A w p h p o l a s u h s o e w . th ) emmy gallant friend, in returning thanks for the navy, said he believed our men were dying to "get at them." I be lieve the same thing may be said of the army ; and we must have an administration that will give them the means of "getting at them." (Cheers.) lam confident that I speak the feelings of the great majority of the people of this country, when I say that such an admi nistration—l do not care from what party it may be formed—when it is formed, will hav e th e suppor t an d oßeing to confidencelet of th (Applause.) We are not g e s p country. otiei Powers of th e wor ld su pp ose that energy, and constancy, and steadi ness o f govern meat are a monopoly in their hands, and th a t, un d er our constitutional system, we cannot carry oat war with this e hi d s effect. (Hear, hear.) But to go back to my own case —for this has been a digressiea—slight as my former services have been, I nay venture to hope that my future services may justify your present kindness; and, gentle men, I think I may find some ground for that hope in the reflection that, after all, the duties in which I have been engaged may not, perhaps,. prove to have been al together an unsuitable preparative, or an unfitting pre lude to the duties which I may be called upon to render here. (Applause.) It is very true, gentlemen, that I have been engaged in what is technically termed the fo reign service pf the Crown, a service which, to the eyes of many, seems to imply a career in which one is apt to engender habits of thought and tastes, and political as sociations, which are alien to the tastes, habits, and as sociations of the people of thi s countr y. Bat you must allow me to remind you that the foreign service in which I have been engaged is a foreign service o n l y i n a restricted, and limited, and quahied sense of the term. It is a foreign service if you look to the map, but it is a domestic service if you look to what is of more importance —if you look to the People. It is a foreign service if you consider only the remoteness of those parts of the world in which it has been my fortune to be employed ; but it is a domestic ser vice if you consider that during the whole of the period it was with the interests of Englishmen, and Scotchmen, and Irishmen, and their d escendants I had to deal. (Applause.) And, gentlemen, allow me to say, that whatever is distinctive in our national character is, if possible, exhibited even in stronger and bolder relief in those remote portions of the empire than it even is at home. In the first p l ace , they are not the least enter prising, not the least energetic, not the least pushing of our fellow-countrymen, who set off to distant lands to improve their fortunes ; and, in the next place, they find greater room there for self-development and self expansion than they find at home. The noble speaker proceeded to speak of his experience in Jamaica and Canada, and illustrated from the facts of his administra tion in those colonies the advantage of giving free play to the self-governing tendencies and abilities of English men. Lord Elgin then continued :—I would not wish to inflict on you a dissertation on colonial politics here — but, as I have been so long absent from home, and as you have given me so kind a welcome on my return, I think I am in duty bound to show you how I have been engaged daring my abgenee-AA what 04991 I Faye been IMPRISONMENT FOR FIRST OFFENCES, Mr. Davis, the ordinary of Nerrgatc, made a report principally on the effects of imprisonment upon youth ful delinquents to the Court of Aldermen on the la,t day of meeting. The following are extracts : " I Aaiun on this occasion draw the attention of the court not so much to the causes of crime in the metro polis, upon which on past opportunities I have said much, as I should wish to point out to the magistrates what are the effects of imprisonment. For I think these present a subject fur profound consideration and are matter of very great importance, not merely to the nation at large, but to a numerons and comparatively helpless body of our fellow-creatures. My own feeling has been for several years growing as my experience has become mere extended into a strong persuasion that we now have a vast deal too much imprisonment." After stating that he did not allude to imprisonment for daring outrages, the Ordinary proceeds : "But while there have been during the last 20 years the most commendable efforts made to improve the con struction, management, discipline, and dietary of pri sons, there has been also, in my opinion, a mistaken zeal on the part of Parliament to multiply petty offences. "The suppression for the cry of Sweep' in the streets makes the West-end of London a great deal more quiet; but the poor sweep's bey who perseveres in his cry and: is unable to pay the fine imposed for his offence is coin mitted to prison in default. lie becomes, for the sake of a quiet street, initiated in thieving ; ho is taught the usefulness of his art for entering houses or chapels by the flues or chimneys, and eventually is converted into an expert burglar, to the terror of the same quiet streets, and I think to the confusion of such unwise legislation. A boy in the thoughtlessness of childhood throws is steno, breaks a window, is fined, then impri soned in default, learns tricks of dishonesty, coiner.' a second time to prison, is sent to a refuge, apprenticed, quarrels with his master who will not let him go to plays, buys a pistol, shoots his master, and finally is executed at the Old Bailey. When the Legislature passed the law that made the cry of `Sweep' punish able by fine or imprisonment, or when the same result took place for throwing a stone, no one contemplated such effects from the brief imprisonment inflicted as led in one of these instances to a serious burglary, by enter ing the house at the chimney, and to the death of the other at the usual place of execution for the metropolis. But both facts are of importance, as indicating the powerful tendency an imprisonment for a slight offence has in producing a state of mind that ended in two of the most serious crimes against the peace and security of society ; and they seem to me t• point out that it would be far better, for a first offence of such a trivial character, to adopt some other mode of punishment than imprisonment, by which new mode we might neither spare the rod,' nor 'spoil the child.' "In the list of new ()fences, which years ago were not offences by enactment, might be found, ringing door-bells in the streets, blowing a horn, shaking a mat, telling a falsehood about a seaman's register ticket, stealing a turnip, an egg, a penny, under circumstances of great temptation, by a mere child trundling an iron hoop, sweeping mud down a gully hole, getting drunk, impertinence in a cabman or conductor of an omnibus, insubordination in a workman, &c., all of which are a fertile source of mischief in the metropolis by reason of imprisonment. Scarcely an Act of Parliament passes on sewers, nuisances, poor law, watching, lighting, water companies, dock or gas improvement, but that new of fences are created to add to the already burdened prison. The resnit is that a fresh supply of persons springs up, ruined in character by imprisonment and reckless by despair of ever recovering their position in society, who rush madly into crime, and become formidable and dangerous to the community. The loss of position thus produced frequently entails a much severer punishment than that imposed by the law. Persons damaged in character lose their employment ; want engenders evil thoughts, and slight temptations suffice, where the mind is willing, to lead into crimes that are followed by consequences still more disastrous. And when the greater part of these evils may be traced to the inti macies formed in prisons, the only reasonable conclusion to be drawn from this state of things is, that every humane suggestion should be listened to, and every means adopted to spare, if possible, a first imprison ment. " But it is in prisons where neither silence nor separa tion is enforced, and where they cannot be carried out, that the greatest contamination and corruption are effected. The conversations in which thieves delight to indulge, of their daring exploits, hair-breadth escapes, their hardened deceitfulness, their monstrous lies and inventions, aro detailed into willing ears, and their hearers too often become apt pupils. Notwithstanding the classification of prisoners to a certain extent, and the most marked separation between known and unknown offenders, those brought as inmates for the first time are, and must be, more or less exposed to those evils ; and when we know that these things are so, the results from a first imprisonment cannot be too closely watched, nor, I think, too carefully avoided. " Young girls of the description referred to become a serious evil in the seductions they effect, and in the in fluence their pernicious vices hold over boys of their own age unrestrained by moral feeling. These girls do not so much become the inmates of a prison as they become the companions of those who live by dishonesty. A n d there are few lives more demoralising than the lives of such persons as get their living in the street. Exposed as they aro to t em pt a ti ons of every kind, having i n many ,u4tAlacea no settled home, pa4iing lArgi Portion of r PRICE SD. their leisure in beer•houses, and there associating with the refuse of society, one imprisonment makes the beg gar, the shoe black, the costermouger of to-day become to-morrow an expert and dexterous thief. "But among first offenders, while there is much to dread from the corruption of a prison and loss of cha racter connected with imprisonment, there is also much that is satisfactory. During tho present year we re ceived 200 prisoners from the Middlesex House of Correc tion, who passed through their punishment in No*gate, and gave me additional means of observation on their conduct, motives, and intention , . The daily service in the prison has a decided and s zlutary influence o n many . As f;,r as we can judge of what is in the mind by what is said and done by individuals, many instances of sincere penittnee are found among prisoners. Generally speak ing, in Newgate, seven out of eight do not return to the same prison again. And if we include all whose subse- Tient history we get to know, considerably more than one-half never come more than once under the fearful penalties of the criminal law." The Ordinary then urges the necessity of keeping persons imprisoned ft,r the first time in a state of silence, but quite apart from each ether ; and proceeds to point out, by the effects of imprisonment, how . and why the present system fails. " Imprisonment fails among many of the juvenile offenders, and the reasons of this failure are several. The manner in which these children have been brought up has much to do with the unfortunate results of their imprisonment. When for some little offence these par ties are brought for the first time within prison walls they exhibit great terror and dismay, indicating the de terring effects of prisons on the mass of the population. Such terror soon wears off. They then find themselves fed regularly at stated times (to them an entire change) they are compulsorily kept clean ; their bedding is suffi cient ;if medical aid be necessary, it is at hand. They are, therefore, positively improved by their punishment; and could they be allowed to run in and out at pleasure, they would, I am sure, become voluntary inmates for a large portion of their time. To poriumg experienced in the character of this class of the community, the failure of imprisonment in effecting a reform is a matter of no astonishment. When brought within the walls of a prison they rapidly become much worse. The exciting life of a thief attracts them ; the dexterity required pleases them ; to its shame and degradation they are insensible. Its pleasure and pro fit outweigh every other consideratioi. And the expla nation is before you why for thirty or forty times these urchins are imprisoned ; and the secret, or, rather, the reason why incarceration fails is palpable. Yon cannot, in fact, punish such boys. Your dietary is an improvement on their mode of living, and nothing you can inflict will degrade them. They are brought up in such a precarious and hardy manner that public feeling and common propriety will allow of none to be so kept in prison as they are fed out of its walls. lam greatly in hopes that long periods of imprisonment with this class, and the employment of that long interval in industrial pursuits, may have a happy effect ; but I have great doubts that many will not prefer (for some years, at least,) their evil courses to their reformed habits. The sending abroad of such prisoners after their probationary imprisonment adds greatly to the hopes of their doing well, and, at least, takes away the fear of their again becoming troublesome to the community here. Imprisonment fails also with many who make dishonesty a trade, and the reasons that apply here to account for this defect are of a character much different from the other, though to a great extent the other reasoning applies. " A regular London thief has by his life become in a great degree spoiled fur the useful purposes of society. The degraded habits of this class are in a considerable degree unknown. The most uncomfortable lodgings in the narrowest alleys, and in the dirtiest houses of the metro polis, are their habitatiocs. No one who has net visited these abodes of misery can conceive the intense poverty and the utter degradation in which these parties live. It will answer no beneficial purpose to unveil these scenes. It suffices to say that there is no poverty so severe, and in many cases there are no sufferings so hopeless, as those endured by the lowest class of the dis honest population. They are not, except in extreme sickness, fever, or pestilence, burdensome on the poor rate. Their pursuits are incompatible with the visita tations of relieving officers ; and they pine and suffer a great deal more than the community, by the plunder of whom they live, are aware or believe." After making several comments upon the ticket-of leave system; and the punishments inflicted for offences committed by hardened criminals, the Ordinary con cludes an elaborate report, bearing strong indications of thought and experience, is these words—" I think more towards the suppression of crime is to be done by avoid ing first imprisonments for small offences than by the costly and uncertain attempt at the reformation of dis charged offenders." THE NAVIGATION OF THE MURRAY RIVER. The navigation of the Murray river seems, according to the last accounts from South Australia, to have been carried on with most satisfactory results. Although the water had been lower than for many years, Captain Cadell had again steamed in the Lady Augusta 2,000 miles from its mouth, and within 20 mites of the town of Albury in New South Wales, which he would have visited but for the river being impeded with snag.. The steamers at present employed by the Murray River Navigation Company are the Lady Augusta and the Sir Henry, and these, with four barges' have been actively engaged during the present season in carrying supplies to the farm stations along the hank: , , and in bringing down large quantities of return arti cles, kuch as wool, sheepskins, tallow, &c. Iu this way, the three colonies of South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales, are now furnished with an out let for the •produco of inexhaustible lands, which are likely in a short time t• become rapidly peopled. Al together seven trips had been performed by the two steamers with their barges, and in the last the quantity of wool brought down was 792 bales. Meanwhile, the Government committee, appointed to examine the en trance to the river from the sea, which until recently was always considered impracticable, had arrived at the conclusion that by au outlay of 1,500/. for buoys, &c., the passage may be made perfectly safe for ♦essels of a certain draught. This outlay had consequently been agreed to. It was likewise expected that two now Scotch steamers, the Albury and Gundagai, lately con structed on the Clyde, together with four iron barges from England, would soon arrive, and thus furnish the Navigation Company with ample tonnage for all the existing traffic. From the explorations he has already made, Captain Cadell, it is said, has arrived at the con clusion that, instead of Australia being a riverless con tinent, as hitherto represented, her internal navigation is such as few other large tracts of territory can excel. RAIL JV A Y INTELLIGENCE. ARDENNES. A. concession has been granted by the French Govern ment for this railway, which comprises a line from Rheims on the Strasburg Railway to Mezieres and Charleville, with a branch to Sedan ; length 65 miles. 2. An extension of this line from Charleville to the Belgian frontier (length about 35 miles), to be constructed by the State and handed over to the company under the law of 1842, by which the company have only to provide rails and rolling stock, thus acquiring the line for two-fifths of its actual cost. 3. A line from Creil on the Northern Railway to Beauvais ; length 22 miles. 4. A preferen tial right of constructing a line from Rheims, by Soissons to Compeigne on the Northern Railway. The total au thorised capital (exclusive of the prospective lines, and of the line to be constructed by Government), accord ing to the estimates of the Government engineers. is 29,600,000 f., or 1,184,0001., sna ki ng th e ave rage cost about 13,5001. per mile for a single line, with land and works of art for a double line. This comprises interest at 4 per cent. on the amount paid upon the shares during the period of construction. The main line from Rhei as to Mezieres and the Belgian frontier, forming part of the system of principal railways projected by the State in 1842, establishes a new North- Eastern trunk line intermediate between the Northern and the Eastern (Strasburg) Railway. It traverses the departments of the Marne and Ardennes, and passes through several considerable towns, such as Rheims, Rethel, Mezieres, Sedan, and Charleville. The exten sion to the Belgian frontier renders it, as described in the report of the Minister of Public Works, "a new line of independent communication between France and Bel gium," connecting the French railway system with the coal aid iron district of the Meuse, and at Namur join ing the leading lines of railway to Brussels, Liege, Aix la-Chs,pelle, and Germany. The branch from Creil through the valley of Therain to Beauvais, the chief 1 1 town of the department of the Oise, will, it is asserted, conatnand a large local traffic, being the only railway in the district between the Northern and Rouen Railway, and that it can be easily extended to Rouen. RAILWAY BILLS ON STANDING ORDERS. NORTH YORKSIIIIII AND CIATELAND.—The select committee of the House of Commons have decided that the stsnding orders may be dispensed with in the case of thin company' s bill , and that the part i es may b e per mitted to proceed with it. WEST SOMERSET MINERAL.—The committee have given a similar decision in the case of this company's bill. LEEDS, BRADFORD, AND HALIFAX JUNCTION.—The committee in this case have decided that the parties be permitted to proceed, provided notice be given to every shareholder before the ith of February. Yesterday the examiners of the House of Commons declared the standing orders complied with in the fol lowing cases : LONDON AND BLACKWILL.—For widening the lino from Fenchurch-street to Rhodeswsll, near the Bow Junction of the rastern Comities, at an estimated cost of 160,0001. SOUTH WALI3 MINErtAL.--For power to lease the line. GREAT NORTLIERN.—To authorize the company to erect and endow a church and schools at Doncaster, at a colt 0 6,0001. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The American Mail steamer Baltic, CaptainCom_ stock, commander, arrived herethis afternoon with the usual mails, 61 passengers, and $75,000 hi specie on freight. The Baltio left New York on Wednesday, the 24th ult. ; the British and north American steamer Canada arrived at Boston on the 19th ; and the screw-steamer Glasgow cleared at Now York, on the 19th, for Glasgow. The political news by this arrival is not im portant. The proceedings in Congress had been chiefly directed to the urgency that existed for repressing the outrages of the Indians in Nebraska territory ; it is proposed to raise a volunteer corps of 3,000 men to put down and repress the Indians rt that quarter, who are to be remunerated by some pre sent pay, and the allotment of some acres of terri tory to each volunteer, at the end of the war, which will, of course, be one of extermination. The following are extracts from the New York journals : ‘: Advises from different parts of Canada express strong fears that the unusual mildness of the season and the absence of snow will have an injurious effect upon the autumn-sown rr tin. At St. Catherine's business was very dull, and robberies quite frequent. " One of the heaviest produce houses in New Orleans failed on Monday, owing to the suspension of Page, Bacon, and others. Th e li a bil it i es o f t h ose h ouses which failed on Saturday are estimated at 2,500,000 dollar!. Their assets, however, exceed that sum, and it is thought they will all resume business. Failures were apprehended in Cincinnati and Louis ville, in consequence of those which have taken place in New Orleans. " Our telegraphic despatches mention the recent failure of three heavy banking houses at St. Louis, a similar establishment at New Orleans, and a firm engaged in the cotton trade at the same place, likewise the ens pension of a prominent commission house at Lousville. " When it was announced in St. Louis that the doors of the banking-house of Page and Bacon were closed, there was a sudden upheaving in all the ramifieations of finance and trade, and business men run to and fro with utter amazement pictured upon every countenance. " The barque Howling Wind, Captain Porter, sailed from Philadelphia on the 18th for Londonderry, with a full cargo of grain. The next day, haying passed the Capes of the Delaware, it was discovered that the vessel leaked badly. Notwithstanding every exertion to keep the ship free by pumping and throwing overboard a por tion of the cargo, the leak gained so fast that Captain Porter deemed it advisable to make for the nearest port. On Saturd a y, a b out d ar k , s h e was f a ll en i n w ith by the pilot-boat Ant ony B . N e il son, o f t hi s port. Th e s hip being completely waterlogged and the pumps choked by grain, she was abandoned, all hands go i ng on board the pilot-boat, which reached this city last night." COMMERCIAL. Nsw YORK, Jan. 24. For some weeks past sterling bills at 60 days have ranged as low as 71,-, to 8 ; within a few days the rates have advanced, and remittances of bankers' bills for to morrow's steamer are made as 9 to 9i. FOREIGN EXCHANGIS. London, 1081 to 1091 ; Paris, 5171 to 5131 ; Amsterdam, 41 to 414 ; Ham burgh, 361 to 36i ; Bremen, 78 to 78i. The money market has essentially improved during the past week ; the banks having extended their dis count line, and the rates at the bill brokers having de clined from 12 to 15 to 8 to 10 per cent. on first-class paper. Loans on call 7 per cent. The western rivers continue very low, and thus Out shipments of cotton and produce are much delayed, and the supply of bills on Europe from the south is more limited than usual. COTTON.—The business doing is on the basis of Bte. for middling uplands, and 9 to 91c. for New Orleans. Our latest advices from Mobile and New Orleans are per telegraph as follows :—" Mobile, January 19—Sales of the week, 9,000 bales; middling, 7 e. ; freight, 11-112ds ; deficit in receipts, 83,000 bales ; stock, 42,500 bales.' "New Orleans, January 19—Sales, 7,500 bales ; mid dling, 84c. ; stook, 150,000 bales ; excess in receipts, 27,000 bales ; freight to Liverpool, 7-16 d." ASHES.—The sales have been moderate at ,16 68t for pots, and S 7 25 per 100 lb. for pearl ashes. . . . HOPS.—Sales of western were made to moderate ex tent at 28 to 30. NAVAL STouzs.---The market is quiet. Sales of spisits of turpentine are made at 40c. Rough turpen tine $3 25 to 3 75. Common rosin $1 75 to 1 86. PROVISIONS.—OId mess pork was a little firmer, with sales of some 300 to 400 barrels from $l2 371 1 to 12 50. Old prime there is none in market. New men $l4 121 to 14 50. FREIGUTS. -There was more offering to-day, and several wore made. We quote :-To Liverpool-Cot ton, square bales, per lb, 5-32 d. ; flour, per brl., ls. 9d.; rosin, ls. 9d. to 2s. ; heavy goods, cheese, &c., per ton, 17s. 6d. to 225. 6d. ; grain, pc'. bushel, 6d. ; beef, per tree., 3s. to 3s. 6d. To London-Tobacco, per hhd., 225. 6d.. ; flour, per bd., 2s. 6d. ; rosin and turpentine, per 280.1b5., 2s. 9d. to 3s. ; furs and skins, per ton, 255. to 30s, ; heavy goods, oils, &c., per ton, 255. to 30s. ; beef, per tree, 4s. 64. to ss. ; pork, 3s. 6d. per brl. ; ashes, 58. ; bacon, 275. 6d. ; oil cake, per ton, 255. To Havre-Cotton, square bales, per lb.. hc. ; ashes, per ton, $6 to whalebone, &c., per lb., gc. ; heavy goods, Vie. to c. ; flour, per brl., 50c. ; provisions, 80c.; grain, per bush.vl, Bc. To Glasgow-Grain, 60. To San Francisco (by clipper.,)-Measurement goods, per foot, 25.-3. to SN. ; heavy goods, per ton, $l5 to $2O. PROGRESS OF PURIFYING THE AIR. Since active measu res h ave b een put into operation during the last f ew mont h s i n order to abate the smoke nuisance, not only has the air been cleared with asto nishing rapidity, which was hitherto considered almost impossible, but those measures to effect it have proved as eminently successful and satisfactory, and it is stated by the inhabitants of some of the worst manufacturing districts of the metropolis that they now not only daily see the improved appearance of the atmosphere, but feel the beneficial effects of the change upon their constitu tions ; and, in consequence of this success, a number of g e g n e t s s te o d f by th v o a s r e io f u u s r npaacretise which i h n ic o h rd a e t r to a pp meet liallces tl a ie re r b e e q in tl g ire s m u present are exempt from the provisions of the Smoke Act, such as potteries, glass works, smiths' forges, &C., it being notorious that the most inveterate smokers now are those existing in the Lambeth pottery district. And moreover, as it has been stated by Mr. Wright, C.E., Government inspector of smoke nuisance, that upwards of 3,000,000 tons of coal are annually imported into London, and that only 1,000,000 tons of this quan tity is consumed for manufacturing purpohes, and the smoke arising front which is conveyed into the air by 6,000 tall chimneys, ranging from 25 to 200 feet high, it is, therefore, obvious that fully two-thirds or 2,000,000 tons of coals are annually consumed by the 390,000 reeking dwelling houses of the metropolis, and that a single stack, consisting of ten or twelve house chimneys during the winter months, will give out quite as much smoke as those manufacturing chimneys ranging from 25 to GO feet high, which class proportionately comprises by far the greatest number of 6,000 shafts who are obliged by the clauses of the Smoke Act to consume their own smoke, hence it is evident that by far the largest amount of smoke created in the metropolis is that emitted from the immense number of dwelling-houses ; and in sight of this state of things a variety of plans are being further pro posed, not only to annihilate smoke arising from every drawing-room fire, but, in fact, that no particle of sleek' be allowed to escape into the air, by which means also chimney-stacks and chimney-pots, with an infinite variety of ugly and dangerous cowls and deformed pipes, may be dispensed with, that are now distorting in every kind of formidable shape the appearance of our private dwellings, and threaten at no distant day in some dOas trous gale of wind to fall down, and commit fatal depre dations amongst unsuspecting pedestrians. These ob jects, therefore, once attained, houses in London will assume the clean and neat appearance of those in Eastern countries, and the British capital become comparatively as free from the pollution of smoke as a country village. IMPORTANT LIBEL CASE.—ARBITRATION.—DAVIS PEATT.—This libel case against the publisher of the Briti-311, Banner• is postponed from this day (Tuesday ) till Thursday next, when Mr. Ballantiue will reply on the whole case for the plaintiff, in the Rolls Court, Westminster. ABOLITION OF INTERMENTS IN CHIIRCIS TAIJLTS,—On Friday the first step was taken tawarde the abolition of interments in the vaults of churches. With a view to obtain information upon the subject, Dr. Sutherland was instructed by the Home-office to inspect the vaults and. catacombs of all the churches and chapels of St. Pancras. After having gone through the whole of the burying -places, in some of which the coffins were piled together like egg-boxes, Dr. Sutherland came to the conclusion that the system ought to be discontinued. GREAT SNOW-STORlL—Since the memorable winter of 1814 Dublin has net, in ene night, been visited by such a snow-storm as that which, commencing at an early hour on Saturday morning, in an incredibly short time covered the ground to the uniform depth of half-a-foot. While writin,, the esow i n s till d escen di ng i n sma ll b u t close heavy flakes, 6 with every appearance of long con tinuance. The streets are well-nigh impassable for pe destrians, and as for quadrupeds and vehicles they are not to be seen. The wind is blowing a bitter blast from due east, and altogether it is doubtful whether the wea ther can he much more severe in the Crimea than it is at the present moment im the Irish metropolis. MRS. FANNY KEMBLE.—Tho incomparable Fanny read last night, trk a crowded audience assembled in Exeter-hall, the M idsummer Night's Dream. The Lon donpoet public c rs a . familiar e s n oibie ,that it with were t usele ss h e delineationof our point out l those particular beauties which hav e alread y won her a European reputation. Suffice it, then, to say bility, she al:tiorises to a level with her author,.never th•it, deeply imbued with the f inest poetic suseepti missing- a point Already traditioned, and Occasionally creating others which bear the true impress of highgenius. Mrs. Ramble never loses her hold upon an audience, but keeps their attention unflagging to the last. Never was this better exemplified than last night. Her por traiture, even of the most delicate nuances of character, was rewarded by her auditory with a liberality of ap plause which showed that they perfectly entered into the thought and intention of the fair reader. Having said so much, it were unjust not to mention that Men delssohn's magnificent music was never Letter rendered than )?5 , M, )30wicu c t, who f unded upon Vail ocoviion, ti ~.