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~~ iftto i Y6S l ' . ‘l O . \: 4 1 11 # ' ` 4l4 kt 11, 1 44' r /t AS ' l l 44 *111C , 11l . . 4 ', • .1‘ , 04. 1 t , . _ , , • - 4 06 . 4,1„ ; ' • A f , * • 0 ". ' - -11)hu e ERN roFitite,,‘ _ " • • • I I ST. GEORGE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Offices, 118, PALL-MALL, London. CHAIRMAN—Visconnt RANELAGH, Park-place, St. James's. DITIITY-CHAIRMAN—IIENRY POWNALL, Esq., Ladbrook-square, Netting-hill. SECRETARY—N.C. URQUHART, Esq. POLICIES ABSOLUTELY INDISPUTABLE. Annuities and Endowments for fa/allies, children, and others, on the most favourable terms. Premiums payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly. No charge for medical fees or stamps. Loans granted for long or short periods, payable by monthly, quarterly, or half-yearly instalments. Defective Titles, Reversions, &c., assured and guaranteed. pROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. This association embraces every description of mutual life assur ance among all classes of society. Immediate, tieferred, and contingent annuities and endowments granted on the most liberal terms. BONUSES may be received in cash, applied to reduction of future premiums, or added to the policy, at the option of the insurer. Athount already assared .. £900,000 Present annual income 23,000 For Prospectuses and all other information, apply to the local agents of the Association, or at the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, London. By order of the Board. WILLIAM THONAS LINFORD, Secretary. Important advantages are offered to Clerks assuring with this Association in connection with the PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENE VOLENT FUND. THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, Two Millions. Established in 1836. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. Offices : 37, Castle-street, Liverpool; 20 and 21, Poultry, London; Arid 61 , King-street, Manchester. TRUSTEES• Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart. Adam Hodgson. Esq. I Samuel Henry Thompson, Esq. DIRECTORS IN LIVERPOOL. CHAIRMAN—THOMAS BROCKLEBANK, Esq. DiPtirr-CaniamEN—Joseph C. Ewart , Esq ., M.P., and Francis Haywood, Esq. Secretary—Swinton Boult, Esq. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. Chairman—MATTHEW FORSTER, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—George Frederick Young. Esq. Resident Secretary—Benjamin Henderson, Esq. DIRECTORS IN MANCHESTER. Chairman—SAMUEL ASHTON, Esq. Resident Secretary—R. A. Kennedy, Esq. CONSTITUTION. Tim LIABILITY OF THE PROPRIETORS IS UNLIMITED ; ALL DIRECTORS MUST RE SHAREHOLDERS IN THE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1853. 1854. £113,612 Premiums received £146 096. Insurances may be effected in this department on terms as lew as those of most other Companies. Farming Stock Insured at 3s. percent., free from the conditions of average, and allowing a Steam Thrashing Machine. Time Omnibuses from Fenehurch-street Station to all parts of London very quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fo • lowing Trains from the Fonchurch-street Station. WEXIC DAYS. SUNDAY& 1 aI :, 6 7 ' 4 to R, Yen- E '?' church 8' .k :=1„. et ) .2 ca church 'a , .z V., g . 0 Street 4 C 5 t ii Street. 4 " g ;• 14 4 0 8 r ti 6' g 11 _ 2 ..._ b _. ........______ FARES. To or front Gravesend and London.... Gravesend and Blackwall or Wool' Erith and London.. •• • • •• • -•• • • • • Erith and Blackwall or Woolwich 'ietween Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. September UM, 1855. Fore Cabin. Saloon ••• 10d. .. ls. 2d, Leh Ad. Os. 10d Bd. .. Os.-10d 6d. .. Os. Bd. 61. ~ 03. Ed tote ce certain . 6 Ily 15 . 15 Dertals Th.? , at. lc, dal,' b ofmoll t. 4 t. 15 t. 15 lcertaill icerts.tu 1 6 mat 16 mad 11 he der 111; (Os :lied the rnprove r per idland, Lon and -North 24i. been Lance' Id, and 65 , uPinesS North 3, 93 I 17, and I. 6d.—• 89 c, t. Con• City of 3, 8 i 'ationol -Hiber' writes led the iat it ie of the i to be* the re, trade, a ived a Balla• out of i of the Imp' PY of 0 ly Mr• herebf everelf reconv .tonish 4 y short turn 0/ months Signed) and at 1, Lon' tev. bourne 3. Deep wife of idow of George link to , of St. Wright r, Esq., e third mburg- Henry Smith, lrellet • %nford, and H. I sixth spot of of W. ain H. ,0 Rev. from a. Florian, eldest of the incil, ). 112, nty of LIFE DEPARTMENT. 1853. £6,913 Premiums on New Business Annuities Immediate and Deferred. Bondses guaranteed when the Policy is issued. Ne Stamp Duty charged on Life Policies. Prospectuses and further information may be obtained at the Offices of the Company, or from any of the agents. Persons whose Fire Policies with this Company expire on the 29th instant are respectfully reminded that receipts for the renewal of the same will be found at the Head Offices in Liverpool, London, and Malchaster, and in the hands of the Agents. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. September, 1855. GUARDIAN FI ASSURANCE 185 i. £10,267. RE AND LIFE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard. •street, London. DIREC FRANCIS HART DYKE, HENRY HULSE BEREN John Dixon, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt. T. Hankey, jun., Esq., M.P. John Harvey, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. , Esq., Chairman. , Esq., Deputy-Chairman. IS -., tewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Niartin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James TuHoch. Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. 'UTE DEPARTMENT.—Under th e provisions of an Act of Par liarnent, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the with P o r u o t lts, with Qui nquenn i a l Di v i s i o n, or a Low Rate of Premium participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000 At Christmas last the Assuran , es in force amounted to upwards of 4 , 2 40,0001.; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200 , 00 01. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the uarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indi es , th e B r iti s h C o l on i es, an d th e northern parts of the United States of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as Would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, 17 ° 1 W have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro 'tided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. Polic Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for y Stamps. ...Notice is Hereby Gives, That Fire Policies which exsire at michaelmas must be renewed within ftteen days at this Office, or W ith Mr. Sams, No. 1. St James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or With the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. CONTRACT FOR PIG IRON. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, Ist October, 1855. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the lath I want, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons 1 3 may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's several oduards with SOFT MELTINti PIO ISOM ----- A Distribution of the Iron and a Form of the tender may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Pig Iron," and most also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible person., engaging to become bound With the person tendering in the sum of 8001. for the due performance Of the contract. SI - R WM. BIIRTN.TETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID, for destroying all Offensive Smells and purifying sick `"xirag BCO. Its cost is less than One Farthing per Gallon when diluted for use. S old by all Chemists, a n d a t 18, Cannon-street, City. Gallons, ss. Quarts, 2s. Pints, Is. Half-pints, 6d. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' 'WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Boast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to Perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe- Inard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Mdssrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, a n d other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. • THE NORTH SIDE of SEBASTOPOL to be TAKEN.—The plans of operation not being made public, but a general impression existing that successful measures will soon be adopted, it is the north and wintery side of the Russian fortifications 'which will next fall before the Allies, and furnish another instance Of military skill and perseverance. The attack on the south has succeeded, and the surrender of the forts has revealed valuahle mill. t art Provisions. By the force of comparison every one will perceive MUSES analogy between these circumstances and the b us i ness o f E. aIOES and SON. The success of their summer campaign has been fully attested, and has revealed the vast commercial forces they command. The light, the waterproof, the attractive, and the gen tlemanly garments, which have been so approved, have risen above all criticism, and left every one vocal in praise of the generalship of B. Moats and Sox. The Autumn and Winter season approaches ; the o pponents of personal comfort must again be eombatted ; the resources are ample and the arrangements complete. The Kertch Jacket and the Emperor's Cape, in which the materi als are seasonable, the designs popular, the effect highly satisfactory, comfort secured in every way by these garments, and by thousands of oi.her elegant and novel inventions. '1 he north completely con quered with superlative Dress, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &c., &c., at e xtraordinarily economical prices. ' Every article of Attire re q uir e d by Sportsmen is furnished by E. Moss and Sort. Their Sporting Dress is the most comfortable and e asy. Novel in materials and design, it imparts a graceful appear aces and maintains universal approbation. Bats and Caps for Sportsmen of the most novel and serviceable order. The largest stock of Boots for sporting excursions, of very supe rior materials and workmanship, at very reasonable prices. Pr ic Hoessiery for Sportsmen, the newest articles in the greatest variety. always very economical. S portsmen in the country cast obtain their dress complete, in an inimitable fit, by application for E. MOSES mid SoN's system of self rueasurement, sent post free to all parts of the kingdom. C AUTION.—E. MOSES and SON r e gret having to guard the ?üblic against imposition, having learned that the antradesman-like the of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's e earuo concern," has been ream ted to in many instances, and fer Obvious reasons. They beg to state that they have NO CONNEtioN WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OS OUT OP LONDON, except their own Establishments, as under : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, 3finories, 83, 81 . 4 5, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-Street, 1,2, and 3, corner of Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Branch. Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, General Warehousemen, and Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. Should any article purchased at their Establishment not give sa tisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or the money will be re turned without any demur. SPECIAL NOTICE.—The Establishments will be CLOSED on THURSDAY and FRIDAY next, Oct. 4th and sth, re-opening on Saturday evening, the 6th inst., at 7 o'clock. GR AVESEND BTA. PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and russet The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather pe rralttir FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, WEEK DAYS, SaNDAYA Terr ace Pier. 63 a - 8 8 sa ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. The following Nfesie will be performed by his celebrated Band during he week : March aux Flambeaux. Waltzes —The Lily of the Valley (D'Albert), Zephir Lufte (Gung'l), Fenella (Tinney), Edhel Newcome (Laurent), La Sultane (Bosisio). Quadrilles—Le lioi du Pastel (Lamotte), Les Hugenots (Laurent), Palermo ( D'Al bert), Bride of Lammermoor (Tinney), It Trovatore (Tutton). Polkas—Des Hulands (Lamotte), Italie (0 aviolo); The Lillian (D'Al heti 1, Des Coucous (Bousquet), The Zouaves (Laurent). Galops— The Imperial Guards (Laurent), The Heels (Streather). Schottische —La Guirlande de Fleury (Boaquet), La Varsoviana (Laurent). Prin cipal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcours.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. READING SAUCE, for Fish, Game, Gravies, Hashes, Stakes, &c.—JOHN and CHARLES COCKS, the Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg to CAUTION the Public azainst the daily frauds prac tise.' by many persons, who are offering their spurious imitations as the genuine Reading Sauce. This sauce is patronised and recom mended by most families in the kingdom, and for general use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by all respectable Fish Sauce Venders. Be particular in asking for "Cocks' Realin: Sauce," which is pre pared ONLY by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manufactory, Duke - street, Reading. All others are counterfeits. Observe the name, "J. and C. (loess, Reading," on the seal and label of each bottle : without this none are genuine. MIR. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet ). V street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so ,perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of rats, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. N o . 19,657.] PUBLICATIONS. On October lit, No. XXXII., price 3s. 6d., THE JOURNAL of PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. Edited by FoRBES WI/4sLow, M.D., D.C.L. CONTENTS :- State of the Insane in Ireland.—i- octal Statistics of Insanity.— On Morbid, Physical, and Religious Phenomena.—lnsanity and De moniacal Possession.—On the Study of Mental Philosophy.—Memoir of William Tuke.- Physiology of the Brain.— Criminal Responsibility of the Insane.—Flumane Treatment of the Insane.—Pathology of Insanity.—American Asylums tor the Insane.—Cerebral Pathology. Private Asylums in Ireland.—Religious Consolation to the Insane.— On the Treatment of Insanity.—On the Treatment of Idlotcy.—/n -fluence of Ether and Clilorofornt on the Mind.—Deafness and Dumb ness in Connection with the Insane. London : John Churchill, New Burlington-street. The Third Edition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE ds FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the German of Dr. PICKFORD. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. ",Dr. fickford is knowa to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the nonmedi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any ather equally flagrant evil which it may be in his 'over to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe Of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spormatorrheea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. QUB-IRRIGATION with LIQUID MANURE. Mr. WILKINS will take up his splendid Crops at the READ ING STATION on WEDNESDAY, 3d October, at One o'clock. Return Tickets by the South-Eastern Railway from London-bridge. MINERALOGY. -KING'S COLLEGE; London —Professor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on MINERAt OGY, with a view to facili tate the study of Geology, and of the application of Mineral Sub stances in the A rts. The Lectures will be illustrated bl as extensive collection of specimens, and will begin on F RID Y, October sth, at Nine o'clock a.m. 1 hey will be continued on each succeeding Wed nesday and Friday, at the same hour. R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. ROYAL CREMO R N E. Admission, T. 1 he present week will he marked by MILITARY FETES which the Public are solicited to support, as they are intended to compliment the Past, the Present, and the Future Defenders of our Country. In vitations having been given to the Chelsea Pensioners, the whole of the Soldiers in London, the Sailor Boys from Greenwich, and the Soldier Boys of the Duke of York's School, to join in celebrating the late Victories which are so well depicted at Cremorne, and which promises to be a Metropolitan Reunion worthy of the great events it is intended to celebrate. PATENT SELF- . ADJUSTING TRUSSES. SALMON, ODY, and CO. most respectfully inform the Public, that their PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING TRUSSES 'llford more ease and security for the relief of HERNIA than any other instrument for the purpose. They will answer for right or left side, requiring no under-strap or any galling Bandage. Persons in the country are requested to send the circumference of the body ode inch below the hips. . _ Caunort.—As 5 any mercenary druggists are Tending an inferior article, purchasers are requested to observe, that SALMON, ODT, and CO.. 2t14,, littaand, London, is markedupoia the Leather Case. - Sold by one or more Druggists in every City and Principal Town in the United Kingdom. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by thg High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph rranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole do rharms,cie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, is a remedy for Relaxation. Sperrnatorrhcea. and Exhaustion of the ' 4 y , tem, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by the consequences of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, .No. 2, . . _ fffectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely radicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs lave so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health )t - a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, _ _ is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, tnd of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet ta - ale without their nse being suspected. Sold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into ;eparate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street: and Sanger. 150. Ox ford-street ; R. 11. Ingham, druggist, 46, ‘1 arket-street, Manchester ; FL Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 02, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; Winnall, bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. 'wit published, price 20., illustrated with cases; free by post for 26 stamps, VERVOUS DEBILITY; 1.1 Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper enatorrhma, with Practical Observations on a safer and more lief.tessful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative Aystern, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and listinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of .very variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, /messes, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded ,n twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhosa, &c. To which ire added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre -autionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical przetice, ind on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on hese important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, actor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, raentiale of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con ;• q aences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, hid' have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man nod, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any :her class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is articularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded e health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled: It is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there are .rinciples of personal management which cannot be violated without ncrirring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed • o heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties .ay be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, Ind how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, at there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional lerangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. "he Antbor ha; for a series of years been engaged in an extensive ractice in the treatment of these delicate compiaints, which have I 'fortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant emoirics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY 'nay be had, price 25, of Messrs. Sher wood and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Horne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for 26 stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed- Ord-os uare At home for consultation daily from eleven till two, and front six till eight. BANK OF ENGLAND. OCTOBER 1, 1855. The Governor and Company of the Bank of England hereby give notice, that they have established a branch of the banking department of the Bank of England at Uxbridge-house, Burlington•gardens, and which is now open far business. Banking business in its ordinary branch es i s t ransac t e d. P r iv a te and commercial accounts are kept—purchases and sales of stock effected—post bills issued — mone y transmitted to any of the country branches of the bank—and plate and securities may be deposited by parties keeping accounts. ROYAL PorAT ECHNIO INSTITIITION.—Last evening the first of a aeries this institutionb of dramatic readings was given at play was Mr. Sheridan Mr. Adolphus Francis. The , Knowles's popular and classic tragedy " Virginius. r lir. Francis has many qualifica tions for a successful ,c and flexible voice , and :ler." He has a very pleasing inconsiderable power of dra matic impersonation and in ' an ve f r t e dignity but real in out with admirable effect the Ronia her, and the tender tensity of feeling of the Ito rbouutgchomplpeohseeidanpsntruiltdyinoefsstohfe the developed of the de oennt virgin : while the Hauteur Siccius Den praiospeed with tatus, and the supercilious patrician cemvir Appius Claudius, were both d ade quate dramatic effect. tis the best we leaso can f v portrait r give to the reading to say, that it w as bes t in the more mas terly scenes of the poet—in the w ell - known scene, and in that fine delineation of the mad n ginius which closes the tragedy. Where the main - fea tures were so good, we are not inclined to criticise minute faults. Mr. Francis has, no doubt, some faults to conquer and some defects to amend, but he has, we think, the powers requisite to attain a very prominent I position in the branch of dramatic art to which he has devoted himeelf. . . LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER. 2 . 1855. MANAGEMENT OF BOATS IN A SURF AND BROKEN WATER. should be given to the boat ; whilst in larger boats, and in life-boats, which are not in the same danger of swamp ing, the fe el speed should invariably be given ; in deed we persuaded that the safety of a boat will often depend, in a really heavy sea, on preserving her headway, and that the wide or bluff boat, which cannot retain its headway, is, for that reason, often more unsafe than a narrower or sharper boat. That a boat or any other vessel will actually float lighter, and would therefore, be less easily submerged by great increase of speed, has been proved by experiment, yet without losing the advantage of the inertia derived from the actual weight of the vessel. We may illustrate this circumstance by the well-known effects exhibited by throwing a stone with considerable velocity obliquely to the surface of water, which boys denominate " duck and drake," or by a shot fired horizontally from a gun ; in either case a heavy body, which would imme4iately sink if dropped perpendicularly into the water, not only refuses to be submerged, but actually leaps repeatedly above the surface altogether, until its velocity is suffi ciently diminished, when it sinks. So if a boat could be propelled with sufficient velocity, it would skim the surface only, and would refuse to sink. (Front the Journal of the National Life boat Institution.) The management of a boat in the dangerous circum stances of a heavy sea and broken water is altogether so practical a thing that it may be thought no rules or instruc tions can be given which would be of much use to those called on to put them in execution. And undoubtedly experience alone can give that confidence and presence of mind which, in addition to skilfulness, are often in dispensable to safety in such c:rcumstances. Never theless, as all our coast boatmen are not equally skil ful, and as the majority of other sailors have no expe rience in the managing of boats in a heavy surf, we propose to offer some recommendations, not the result of our own experience alone, but of that collected from various parts of our coasts. In offering our opinion on so important a matter as the proper management of a boat in a surf, on which life or death will often depend, we desire to do so with all deference to those who have already experience for a guide, who having a practical knowledge of the particular Character of the sea and surf in their own localities, and of their own boats, have learned that particular management which has appeared most suitable to them. They will be able to compare our suggestions with their experience, and will then be guided by their own judgment in a matter wherein their own safety is concerned ; but they are not the persons for whose use our recommendations are more especially offered. On the second point, running before a broken sea, an equal variety of management is observable, as practised on the coast, yet all alike intended to meet the one great risk of " broaching-to," which nearly all agree in consi dering to be the greatest danger to which a boat can be exposed, and to be that which calls for the most skill and management to obviate it. When it is considered how various is the character of broken water, according as it is on a beach, i❑ a tide way, in the bar of a river, or the edge of a shoal, how it will vary according to the steepness or flatness of the h o re, the depth of the water, the relative directions of the current or tide and the wind ; and again of the wind and the shore, &c.; and when also the variety in the build and size of boats in different localities is re membered, the conclusion will rightlybe come to, that no one rule will be applicable to meet all cases. That the same rule will not apply alike to the north country coble, the Yarmouth or Deal galley, the Portland laurotte, the ship's long-boat, and the powerful and unsubmergible life-boat. That it will not apply alike to the irregular sea on the edge of a shoal, as on the Herd Sand off the Tyne, to the long and steady rollers advancing majesti cally in parallel lines on the open beach on exposed parts of the coast, or to the short and dangerous sea occa sioned by the yet of tides, called a race, as that off Port land. There will be special local peculiarities to be con sulted at every locality which will call for some devia tion in detail from any general rule, yet on the other hand there are undoubtedly some leading principles which are more or less applicable to all, and which should therefore be ever borne in mind. As before observed, the greater number of skilful boat men on the coast are in the habit of checking a boat's way through the water, or of backing her against a heavy sea on its approach. Their practice is to stop the boat's way by backing their oars until the crest of the wave has struck the boat's stern and passed her midship part, then to give way again, running in on the back of that wave, as far as they may be able to, then watching for the approach of the next, and repeating the same opera tion until they arrive at the beach, being careful, by steering with oars at the quarter or stern, to keep the boat, as far as possib'e, end o❑ to the direction in which the sea is running. It must be here observed that this management is so far varied according to the character of the boat, that in cobles, and other square-sterned boats which have their bows better formed for meeting a sea than their sterns are, their position is reversed before entering the broken water, and they are taken in stern foremost and bow outwards, but the same principle being acted on of rowing back to meet each heavy wave, in stead of running from it. In a sailing-boat this prin ciple can only be so far acted on as to diminish the boat's speed through the water by taking her in under a very reduced amount of sail, which is commonly done, and by towing weights or instruments made for the purpose. The advocates of this system of management have cer tainly reason on their side, in addition to experience ; for as all acknowledge that there is greater danger in run ning before a broken sea than in going off against it, it is obvious that the more the latter operation can be assi milated to the former the safer it must be also, which is therefore effected by an alternate progressive and retro gressive movement, the latter being effected at the parti cular moments when the progressive motion would be dangerous. The true theory on which this practice is founded we will endeavour presently to explain. Proceeding, then, to the opposite practice, of giving a boat speed, in fact running away from the sea, which constitutes the other important distinction in practice. The principle then acted on is to escape from the danger as fast as possible, and other expedients are then resorted to to prevent the risk of broaching-to. The most coal men of these is to trim the boat by the stern, by bring ing all moveable weights aft (this supposes her stern to be outwards ; if she were being taken in stern foremost, she would then be trimmed by the head). The force of the sea or wind on either quarter has then less power to beat it off, and cause the boat to breach to, than it would have if the stern were light. Another expedient is to tow a pig of ballast, or a basket, or other instrument, which by its weight or hold on the water has the effect of a drag on the rear end of the boat, and prevents its being beat to leeward by the sea, thus keeping her end on to it. On the coast of Norfolk the following ingenious plan is commonly practised. The boatmen there employ an instrument for the above purpose called a " drogue ;" it is a conical shaped canvas bag., of the form of a common candle extinguisher, about two feet diameter at the base or mouth of the bag, and six feet long, having a small opening at the other end, or apex of the cone. When running before a heavy sea in broken water the drogue is thrown over from the stern, and towed by a stout rope with the large end foremost, when it instantly fills, and from the resistance it opposes to the water holds the stern back, and prevents the boat's broaching to : as soon as the danger is past, the large tow rope is let go, and the drogue then towed with the smaller end foremost by a small line attached to that end ; it then immediately collapses, .is emptied of water, and offers but little resistance. The steering with an oar on each quarter is another expedient employed to prevent broaching-;o, as, when running a boat will not answer her helm on being over taken by a sea. The recommendation to watch for an opportunity and avoid a sea, equally in running as on going off, could only be practised at those localities where the beach is steep. . With a view to ascertain as far as practicable the re sults of local experience, and as to how far any general rule might apply, the committee of the National Life boat Institution some time since caused a series of ques tions on the "management of boats in a surf and broken water" to be printed, and, through the assistance of the officers of coast-guard, circulated round the coast. To these questions replies were received from 128 different places on the coasts of the United Kingdom, and they contain a large amount of valuable information. In our observations on the subject we propose to state the substance of th© information thus obtained on the different points of management, and to add our own comments upon them. We will premise that our remarks chiefly refer to open boats only, which are. managed either by oars alone, or indifferently with sails and oars. Our subject will then chiefly be arranged in two divi sions, viz., the proper management on going off from the shore against a heavy sea, and that on running before a surf or heavy broken sea for the land. We had at first proposed to give a complete analysis of the coast returns above alluded to, but we found that the replies from 128 places to 28 distinct questions would not only have made our remarks of too complicated and lengthened a character, but that to have arranged and compared the whole of these 3,584 replies, one with another, individually, would have occupied more time than we bad at command to devote to it ; our remarks are therefore necesssarily of a more general character, drawn from the comparison we have ourselves made be tween the several returns from the different localities. Whilst or some questions, in the local information above referred to, a curious contrast of opinion on the same points may sometimes be observed, even at places contiguous to each other, yet on one point, viz., as to the relative amount of danger on going off against a head sea, and on running before it, the opinion is almost unanimous, that the greater danger exists when running before or away from a sea ; also, that this greater danger arises from the liability of boats to broach to or turn round broadside to the sea, when in the majority of cases, if the sea be heavy, they are upset. Another point on which nearly all agree is, that open boats under sail before entering the broken water, on running for the land, should take in their sails and go through under oars. ' the question Of management - roil going cdagai r tist a broken sea, and on returning before one, we will give the question verbatim as it was circulated on the coast. It was as follows : In rowing to windward, whether in an open boat or a life-boat, would you give a boat all pos sible speed against a heavy broken sea on its approach ; and when running before one, would you do the same away from it ; or, in either case, would you check the boat's way until it had passed ? The replies to this question were thus divided : On going off 18 were in favour of giving all speed ; 81 in favour of checking speed. On running before a sea, 27 in favour of giving all speed ; 71 in favour of checking speed. Other replies were indirect, or suggested other expe dients to which we shah presently allude. It will be observed that the opinions are on these points more conflicting than might hare been antici pated ; as, however, there can be but one right way to manage boats placed in similar circumstances, it follows that either the boatmen at some parts of the coasts are unacquainted with the proper management, or that there are local circumstances which makes it vary at different places ; probably both of these causes must be referred to in order to account for the disparity above dis played. On the first point, that of going off through broken water, the replies are of four kinds :-1. Give all speed possible. 2. Check speed. 3. Keep steerage-way on the boat (which may be considered equivalent to giving all speed possible against a head broken sea). 4. Avoid the sea by watching for a smooth. On the second point, that of running far the shore be fore a heavy broken sea, the replies are :-1. Check speed as much as possible. 2. Give all speed possible. 3. Bring all weights aft and keep the boat well down by the stern. 4. Tow astern a pig of ballast or other weight, or a hollow conical canvas bag called a "drogue." 5. Watch opportunity, and avoid the sea. 6. Keep steerage-way on the boat. 7. If under sail, run in under small head sail only. 8. In sail, and take the boat in under oars. 9. Steer with an oar on each quarter. 10. Turn the bow round to the sea, and back in stern foremost. In reply to the question as to whether any particular kinds of boats are more liable than others to broach-to, the answers given are so conflicting and contradictory as to afford no information on the point. In reply to another question, as to the cause of a boat's broaching to, the almost invariable answer is, " because the stern is thrown out of the water, and the rudder therefore ceases to act." From our own observation we have formed the opinion that this is not the case, al though it is quite true that at the moment of broaching to a boat wilt not answer her helm. The phenomenon of broaching-to, we believe, may be correctly accounted for as follows :—On a boat encoun tering a heavy broken sea or roller end on, if she be sta tionary or is being propelled in a contrary direction to the wave, she will receive its blow, and it will quickly pass by her, her own inertia preventing her being car ried away by it. If, however, she is being propelled in the same direction as the waves, and running rapidly through the water with her stern toward there, on a wave overtaking her, its first effect is to throw her stern up and to depre , s her bow, but so far from her rudder being out of the water, both it and her stern are buried in the crest of the wave ; in consequence, how ever, of her previous motion being in the s; me direction as that of the wave, she now offers so slight resistance to it that, instead of its passing her, she is hurried along with it at a rapid rate over the ground, her stern high up still immersed in the crest of the see, and her bow low down at its base ; as the wave approaches shoaler water, its inshore surface approaches more and more nearly to a perpendicular, and the tendency of the boat to run down this steep in clination, added to the momentum she has already from her previous motion, causes her to run her bow under water, when her buoyancy at the end being destroyed, her stern, still light, is pressed onward by the summit of the wave, and the undercurrent from the last receding wave at the same time acting on her bow, she is in stantly, if a short boat, turned " end over end," or if, a long one, capsized quarter wise. If she have so high a bow that it does not become altogether immersed, or if, as in a life-boat, the end of the boat is occupied by a water-tight air case, to the height of the gunwale, so as to prevent the admission of the water over the bow, the effect then is that the boat is instantaneously turned round broadside to the sea, when again, unless she be a life-boat of a superior description, s h e is almost certain to be upset. In the circumstances thus described, the sole cause of a boat's running herself under water or broaching to, is that of running from a sea instead of awaiting it, and suffering it to pass by ; and the cause of the rudder being useless to keep the boat end on to the wave is not that it is thrown out of the water (although at other times it doubtless is so), for it is ac tually buried in it, as is also the stern of the boat up to her gunwale, but it is because it is stationary in it, the crest of the wave having acquired an actually progressive motion equal to that of the boat. If on the other hand the wave passes the boat, as its crest advances from the stern to the forepart, the rudder and stern are thrown out of the water ; steering oars are therefore a most valuable auxiliary aid when running before a sea ; but we would recommend the use of a r udder as well. We have been rather prolix in our account of the phe nomenon of broaching-to, because it is a very interesting one, which it is important should be understood in order to arrive at the proper management and to obviate its disastrous effects, which have been more fatal to the lives and property of boatmen en oar coasts than those proceeding from any other cause whatever. After the danger of broaching-to has passed, there re mains the lesser danger of broaching ; and yet some skill is here also required to prevent a boat capsizing or swamping in the surf. The general custom appears to be that where the beach is more or less steep, she is steered into it in an oblique direction, the bow being turned partially round towards that direction from w hi c h the sea is running, which then catches the boat under her counter, and lifts her broadside on to the beach. If, however, the shore be very fiat, she is steered per pendicularly to the beach. We have now only to offer our Own op i nion and re commendations on the subject, for the use of those who have not already experience and skill for their guides, and for the consideration of those who have. Amongst the former, we would especially address ourselves to the crews of merchant vessels who, having to desert their ships from any cause, and take to their boats, may at tempt to land on the open coast, since no winter passes by without some of their number losing their lives in such attempts. Ist. On going off from the shore against a heavy broken sea, whether from the beach or an open coast, or over the bar of a river, and whether the beach be steep or flat, it may be presumed that, whatever be the urgency of the case, no boat which is not of sufficient size and power, in proportion to the nature of the sea, to offer some chance of safety and success, will be taken off. In any such boat, however, our opinion is, that unless from the steepness of the beach and nature of the sea she can, by skilful management, be made to avoid it by watching a favourable opportunity, the safest plan is to give her all the speed which can be obtained by rowing. For the larger descriptions of boat taken off under Pail 110 rile can be given the amount of sail and On the first point, the majority of places where the seamen are ncted for skill and experience are in favour of giving a boat all the speed possible on going off against a broken sea. On the inorth-eastern coast of England, in Northumberland, Durham, and Yorkshire, and again on the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk, it appears-to be the almost universal custom to do so. As, again, on the second point, it is their custom to check a boat's way when running, and oven, at some places, to row back against each heavy sea until it has passed, then to fol low it in, repeating the operation on each heavy sea overtaking the boat. A singular exception to the above'rele is Deal, where the boatmen are notoriously courageous and experienced, and where their custom appears, by the replies received, to be exactly the reverse of the above, giving all speed on running before a sea, and checking speed on going off against it. It appears, however, in reply to another question, that several boats have been lost at Deal by broaching-to and upsetting when running before a sea. On the first point, going off against a sea, the custom may be resolved into two kinds—to giveallspeed through a broken sea, and to check speed on the immediate ap proach of a heavy wave. As above stated, the giving steerage-way is equivalent to all speed, as against a gale and head-sea no boat can do more than keep steerage way on her, whilst the majority of boats could not be rowed ahead with sufficient speed to answer their helms —in consequence of which fact life-boats generally are steered by oars at the stern or quarter instead of with a rudder. Again, the rule to avoid a sea if possible is only applicable to places where, from the steepness of the shore, the sea does not break until close to it, when boats, by the right opportunity being watched for, may often avoid the worst of the sea ; where, however, the shore is flat, and the sea breaks at a quarter of a mile or more from the beach, a boat must of necessity en counter a succession of seas before she is clear of the broken water on going off, and after she has entered it on running for the land. The danger on going off is of two kinds. let, th&risk of being overwhelmed by the sea breaking over the bow of the boat and filling her. 2dly, of being driven back by the sea and turned end over end, or driven down stern foremost, or turned round broadside to the sea and capsized by the same or the following wave before she can be got head to the sea again. The first danger will be more or less imminent in proportion to the size of the boat and the height of her bow as compared with the magnitude of the waves. If the boat be small, with a low bow, it would be folly to row her right into the crest of a heavy roller at the moment of its curling over, as it would then fall into and fill the boat. The prefer able management would be, if possible, so to place her as that each sea should break a little ahead of her—yet this would often be very difficult to effect. The second danger will be the more imminent the less way there is on the boat, and the fuller and bluffer her bow ; it would probably also be greater in a light than in a heavy boat, the cause being that the boat not having sufficient speed or inertia to carry her up the ascent of the approaching wave, and over its crest, she is carried back by it, and may then, if a short boat, be turned instantly end over end—if a long one, be driven down stern foremost, or turned broadside to the sea, and capsized by the same or the next wave. On this point our opinion as to the management is, that in a small boat, if possible, the seas should be avoided until after breaking ' • but if they,can t not be so, that the utmost opted whi c h oars oau effect management must depend entirely on the character of the boat, on her rig-, size of her sails, strength of her gear, on her stability, and the knowledge and experience which her crew have of her capabilities, &c. In a life-boat, on going off to the assistance of a wrecked vessel, if the distance from the land is not too great, the whole service should be performed under oars only ; and no masts, or sails, or their gear, should be taken in the boat, as they necessarily much encumber the rowers, and occupy the space which may be needed for the stowage of rescued persons. If on account of distance from the land it will be indispensable to sail the boat to the site•of the wreck, it will still be advisable (as being safer) to take the boat, if possible, through the broken water under oars, and not to make sail on her until getting beyond it ; experience must, however, on such a point be the chief guide. 2d. On the management of a boat, when running through broken water for the land, our unqualified opi nion is, that the greatest danger consists in following the natural impulse to escape from the advancing seas as rapidly as possible ; no boat can be propelled so fast but that the waves will overtake her, when the results before depicted must take place. Our recommendations then are :-Ist. Before entering broken water, if a sail be set, take it in, unship the mast, and lash both, with any other spare gear, to the thwarts of the boat, to pre vent it falling over on the lee side, if the boat should be struck by a sea and thrown on her beam ends. Next, if the boat be a square-sterned one, turn her round with her head to the sea ; then row or back her in, carefully keeping her, both with the aid of the rudder and oars,. end on to the sea. Watch each sea as it advances, and check the boat's progress, by rowing or backing the oars, until the brow of the wave has passed the centre of the boat, then go in on the back, or rear side of it, to the land, if it can be done, but keeping a constant look out behind for the coming .up of the next wave, when the came operation has to be repeated. Even with these precautions undoubtedly the sea may be so overwhelm ing, or the boat so inferior, that they may fail to save her, but'we conceive theni to be her only means of secu rity. On arrival at the beach she should then, if it be fiat, be taken end on quite to the shore ; if it be steep she should be sheered obliquely to it, -turning her to wards that side from which the sea is running, if it is not doing so at right angles to the beach. As regards the crews of merchant vessels leaving their ships and attempting to land in their own boats, we recommend that they should not take to a boat as long as there might be any chance of safety in their ships, especially in the night time ; that if not fitted up as a life-boat they should secure, if there should be time to do so, some small empty casks, tightly corked, under the thwarts, and in- - the- head and- stern-sheets of the boat ; that if the vessel should be provided with any life buoys or life-belts, the former should be taken in the boat, and the latter be worn by themselves ; that they should provide her with any long small line that might be available for effecting a communication either with the shore or with another vessel, if any should be at hand. Other obvious things, such as a bucket, baler, or hand-pump, spare tho wel-pins, rudder and tiller, &c., we need scarcely name. That on leaving their vessel they should, if practicable, make for the nearest har bour or other sheltered place in preference to attempting a landing on the open coast, even if the weather should be fine, or the wind off the land, as there often is a surf on the beach in such situations that would be dangerous to ordinary ships' boats even in calm and fine weather ; lastly, that if there should be a surf along the shore, they should, before entering it, endeavour to attract the attention of persons on the shore, who might come to their aid in landing, or signify to them, if near enough to do so, the right moment when, and the safest place where, to beach their boat. We cannot conclude this humble effort to render a service to the boatmen and other seamen whe maybe exposed to risk on our own coasts, or elsewhere, without addressing a few words to shipowners in case it should come to their notice. We think that they would be rendering an important service, nay, would be only fulfilling an important duty. by endeavouring to afford their servants, the crews of their vessels, every reasonable protection to their lives in case of shipwreck, or the necessity for taking to their boats. It would not put any owner to a very great ex pense to fit up one boat in his vessel as a life-boat, or so far as a life-boat that she should not founder with her crew in if filled by a sea. It would put him to no great trouble or expense, when supplying her with a new boat, to ascertain whether it might not be constructed of a form better calculated to afford security on any emer gency to his crew. It would not put him to a very great expense to furnish a life buoy to his vessel, and as many good life-belts as the number of his crew. These trifling things supplied to all vessels, as they ought to be, would be the means of saving many a poor fellow's life ; the supplying them would not only be a duty to humanity, but an act of policy, as we may surely pre sume that it would also afford a balm to the conscience, and a solacing reflection to the old age of the shipowner wl.o had, whether required by law or not, supplied them —Lb-balm and a reflection which could never for a mo ment be realised by him who, on looking back over his past career, could number his lost crews by dozens, yet had never made any serious efforts to afford them that security which, as a man and as a Christian master, he ought to have done. THE IMPROVEMENTS AT SOMERSET HOUSE.—The ex tensive additions which have been made to the western wing, a portion of which has latterly been appropriated to the iacome tax and other offices, renders many alte- rations necessary in various parts of the old building. Since the removal of the hoarding in Wellington -street South, before the new wing, the really beautiful avenue leading into the quadrangle is seen to advantage, as well as the splendid carving of stone work, consisting of most chaste and appropriate decorations. In order to make the whole complete the principal entrance from the Strand has been closed for some time for the purpose of having the roadway laid with the Seyssel Company's asphalts in the same way as adopted at the gateways of the Horse Guards, Gray's-inn, and Furnival's-inn. Dwarf granite posts have also been placed at the side of the carriage way of the principal entrance to protect the base of the archway from injury. In order to obviate the inconvenience which might otherwise arise to busi ness from closing the principal entrance, the various ve hicles are, by order of the authorities, permitted to pass through the King's College gateway to the quadrangle. The back part of the range of houses between Waterloo bridge and the new avenue in Wellington-street are be ing rapidly demolished by a large number of workmen, for the purpose of constructing a front to accord with the recent erections. ANECDOTE OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR. —About this [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 'D• THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL. (Prom the Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) HIGHLANDERS' HOSPITAL TENTS, TUESDAY, SEPT. 18. What can I pen to interest your readers, seeing that for these ten days I have been in bed ! But canvass walls have ears, and a reliable rumour has reached mine that no inconsiderable force is under orders to take the field in a few days. The Highlanders form part of the force, and take my word for it you will speedily hear of glorious news. The other morning, when the Russians bolted from the Redan, 'Robert IVlacre9dy, of Edinburgh, " the big drummer" of the 42d, chased three Russian bandsmen, captured and drank their raki, and also brought off their biggest drum as a prize, which is at this moment the regimental drum of the Royal 42d, and played by himself. In the rear of the Redan a train of powder was found leading to a tower, before the door of which, and across the train, sat a little dog, accustomed, perhaps, to greet its master at that spot when returning from duty. " Save the dog !" cried a Guardsman, and the train was kicked aside by a dozen feet, and the animal taken up and brought to the camp. The Russians had piled arms and were at dinner whe❑ the French, about 12 o'clock on Saturday week, made an unexpected rush upon the Malakhoff, and they actu ally got in with a loss of ten wounded from the first Russian volley. (Front the Correspondent of the Morning Post.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, SEPT. 15. The head-quarters 92d Highlanders disembarked this morning at Balaklava, and marched to Samara, to join the Highland Division. Nothing could be finer than the appearance of the men, and one could only regret that they had not before formed a portion of the Crimean army. As the band played through the town the scene was mast enlivening, and some remarks made ley other soldiers very amusing—such as, " I say, Bill, they're come just as we're thinking of going away ;" however, if report speaks truly, there is some work at hand for them. A large force of French and Sardinians have marched in the direction of Mackenzie's Farm, and it is said the Highland Division is to join it. Large fatigue parties are busily employed repairing the \Voronzoff-road between the camps and Sebastopol, which looks as if we were not going to give up present occupation. THE NAVAL BRIGADE. Now that the " blood-stained ruins" of South Sebas topol have fallen into the hands of the allies there is no longer any occupation for " Poor Jack," and we hear that the remains of this gallant party, the life and soul of the siege in its early days, is to be broken up, and sent to their respective ships—Queen, London, Albion, Rodney, Leander, Diamond, Wasp, Niger, &c. The noble and unyielding spirit which animated and supported this gallant band, from October, 1854, to September, 1855, amid all the horrors of a Crimean winter, when encamped on the heights under canvas, while hundreds and thousands of the sister service were swept away by the effects of climate, famine, and die ease, is something remarkable, and is now matter of history. They ware ever ready to fight, forage, or frclic, and we sincerely hope, in the winding-up of affairs, that with whatever department it may rest, whe ther that of the Minister of War or the Board of Admi ralty, the services and merits of this heroic band, from the highest to the lowest grade, may be met with sensi ble acknowledgments. We are sure the House of Com mons will not grudge the means to reward those who have gone out of their way to fight their country's battles. We do not want to see the sight over again, and we are old enough to remember it, that at the peace of 1815 our streets were filled with disabled seamen, singing— " Oh, protect the hardy tar, Be mindful of his merit, And when again your plunged in war He'll show his daring spirit." We would venture to suggest to those in authority to grant to all officers and petty officers of the brigade, eli gible and qualified, a step in rank. Make such of the seamen as are fit petty officers, to the remainder give time and gratuity—and to all and each of every grade a medal or a bar to the Crimean Medal, with the inscrip tion "Naval Brigade," " Sebastopol." In the distribution of honours we conclude the com manding. officer, Captain the Hon. Harry Keppel (than whom her Majesty may have a better, but certainly not a more devoted or dashing officer), will receive a decora tion similar to that of his predecessor, Sir Stephen Lushington, and such of the captains as are not already so will be rewarded with the third clasp of the Bath. Lastly, we should hope that the widows and orphans of the poor fellows who have fallen may meet with a fair share of attention with such naval and other charities, to which, in common^ with others, they may have a legal claim. COLONEL WIN.DEIABI AND THE REDAN. It is known only to a few of the friends of this gal lant officer who have survived the Crimean campaign, that when the celebrated flank movement of the army was made on I3alaklava. Colonel Windham on that oc casion was the bearer of the despatch to the naval com mander•in-chief (Admiral Dundas) requesting the co operation of the fleet, and that he afterwards proceeded with the order from Admiral Dundas to Sir Edmund Lyons, directing him to take the Agamemnon round to Balaklava, and was on board at the time when the gal lant young naval officer made his appearance with a mes sage to the same effect, and for which he received his promotion. Colonel Windham was the man on that oc casion, as he was at the Redan, and as he has now won for himself an imperishable fame, it is but fair the pub lic should know this fact, as he may proudly look for ward to the day when the deeds of the past may meet with the deserved rewards which a grateful country knows so well how to bestow upon those of her sons who have in the hour of trial stood in "the imminent and deadly breach." Constantinople papers of the 20th contain long letters from the Crimea, with details of the capture of Sebastopol. Some of these are interesting. " We thank God," says one of the writers, "For having allowed us to fail in our attempt against the Centre Bastion. Had we taken it 20,000 men would have established themselves there, pending the capitulation of the town or the retreat of the Russians. Well, according to every probability, not one of them would have escaped, and to the inevitable loss suffered in the battle would have been added the still far greater grief of beholding our heroic soldiers buried in the craters of innumerable mines. . . . . time last year a man named Louberts, ex-chef of a princi pal restaurant in the Palais Royal, discovered a means of preserving meat, so as to give it fresh at the end of any number of years. I believe him to have been the first. Since then three orfour have found out something analogous, and are putting it largely in practice. This man left his place, and applied to some capitalists to help him in forming a company for the working of his discovery. Their proposals were so selfish, and offered him (the discoverer) so little advantage, that he gave the whole thing up, having only obtained, through some private protection, to be al lowed to furnish some preserved articles for the Baltic fleet. As a last chance, however, ho wrote to the Em peror, recounting the whole. No answer came, and, at the end of four or five months, he left Paris for his na tive village, in Berry, despairing of ever succeeding with hie plan. In April last came, one morning, a telegraphic despatch. calling this man to the Tuileries as fast as pos sible. He wont, and was next morning in Napoleon's cabinet. " I have inquired into the whole," said the Emperor; "your meats sent to the Baltic succeeded com pletely; but that is a partial essay. The really important thing would be to bear upon the prices of meat at home. You ought to go to South America, and from thence send home chip loads of meat, whole beasts preserved. We should then see what your method is worth." " I quite agree to that, but I have last a penny to do it with," was the reply. The Emperor took some notes out of a drawer. " There," said he, "are 50,000 f. (2,0001.); go, and if your plan succeeds Iwill take care of your future fortunes." The man sailed for America; he is now at BuenosAyres, and a person of my acquaintance has read a letter from him dated thence, and expressing the best possible hopes of his enterprise.—Manchester Guardian. INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS.—Some very interesting experiments took place yesterday on and near the Seine with different diving apparatus, life-boats, fire-engines, grappling-irons for saving lives from shipwrecks, &c. The following is an account of the proceedings :—"At noon precisely, Prince Napoleon arrived at the place appointed for the experiments, accompanied by a num ber of the members of the International Jury, officers of the navy and artillery, and several of the high function aries from the departments of War and Marine. The ex periments commenced with the life-boats. A boat invented by M. Berthon, which cannot be upset, another in wire woven canvas, and a third in caoutchouc were tried with perfect success. The last-named boat was inflated, launched and manned by three lusty rowers in five minutes. Five diving apparatus bad been inscribed for exhi bition, but only four, two French and two English, were tried. All these apparatus are constructed in nearly the same manner, being composed of a waterproof dress, terminated at the upper part by a cuirass in metal, to which, when on the body of the diver, is screwed a helmet of the same metal, having affixed to it the tube for giving air, the supply of which is kept up by means of an air-pump, and a cock for letting off the breath of the diver. One of the principal improvements made in The Russians were taken by surprise by our attack. Some of the officers have told us that they no longer ex pected us on that day ; they thought the assault would be given early in the morning. The enemy's troops had just dined when ours assailed them. A sad dessert ! I saw on the morrow in the MalakhofF, bowls, wooden spoons, and pieces of bread strewn by the side of these unfortunates, who had not even finished their last meal. Each loaf was cut into little square pieces the size of dice. I send you one as a specimen." Another letter gives the following sketch of the attack on the Redan "At the moment that the French swarmed into the Malakhoff the English planted their firat ladders on the reverse of the ditch ; but at that same moment a mine exploded on the right, and the alarm it caused was such that General Windham's column remained for an instant as if paralysed. This brave officer jumped alone into the Redan, and remained there (s'y promena ), sabre in hand, calling to his troops ; he was followed by his staff, then by his soldiers, and a furious melee ensued. On the other line of attack the regiments had passed the coun terscarps and the chevaux-de-frise, the ladders were placed, and Major Welsford, of the 27th, first mounted to the assault. But he had not raised his head above the parapet when a Russian officer discharged a gun, which threw the brave Major headless into the ditch. A sergeant who followed hard upon the heels of Major Welsford leaped upon the parapet and put his sword (bayonet ?) to the breast of the Russian officer, who ex claimed in good English, 'lyield myself prisoner.' He was seized and led away. The 30th and 41st Regiments mount ed. to the assault almost at the same moment, in spits of an infernal fire ; but the struggle was out of all pro portion ; five explosions successively took place under the very feet of the occupants, who were swept away by volcanoes contrived in the ground ; in the ditch the other regiments awaited a favourable moment. Then from top to bottom of the Redan a terrible combat en sued, and lasted until the moment when, unable to hold out any longer, the assailants were obliged to retreat upon their places d'armes." pakel:isy - We extract the following from the latest General Orders :-- Head-quarters, shall be charged w . Head-quarters, Sebastopol, Seoprt.ralt:o. rations In consequence of the ipt p gp e \av r e i ge e ate n rtsl c ea e fap d p b rw y oivt P he s i i y tonhf masters, when it is found impracticablfieateo,i p mn r a o at c y ure the . proper returns, in charging a gainst the soldiers proceed ing from Scutari to th ß e al t w h h e i l a s r t r o a ' n i g e board ment sthhiapt, etahceh y rejoicing c g at o that, b e r i e n . isemthbearrkeigngi ship rations from and d embarkation at Scutari to the date of either the corn amin casesr com mencement t l d oew i um n bhet t egf h rute e l ,0 t C rti itieieemrdsientaaoti, termination sia)wtoigifotenhf embarkingoo trfh o t n h e a ci d u va a o l i , Sth Hussars, will assume corn de, in succession to Brigadier : aictntodeldoonfteotlhsteloh Hussar w s n o es l is d i a, i r e c r i .. 3Br; , Brigadier- General Parlby, Who ha " medical certificate. s gone on leave of absence on the apparatus tried yesterday, was that the diver can o his own free will come to the surface by removing a part of the weight which keeps him under water. The four divers descended at the same time. Ono of them remained under water 40 minutes consecutively, and the others a somewhat shorter period of time, picking UP September 17. during the immersion several p this ieces of metal which bad The service for which th e n aval brigad e was attached been thrown down. The apparatus for throwing the to _is army havi ng b een comp l e t e d b y t h e f a ll o f Sebas grappling irons were placed at theentranco of the Cbacaps- topol the force has b een o r dered to rejoin the fleet. The de-Mars. The first apparatus, that of M. Tremblay, Commander of the Forces heartily thanks the officers, and which is very similar to that used for throw- petty officers, and seamen for the very efficient services ing Congreve rockets, impelled the g ra pp le to a the y have rendered in the batteries, and on all occasions distance of 300 yards ; the apparatus of M. Del- when their aid against the enemy was required ; and he vigne, consisting of a projectile fired from a small mor- has to notice the patience and courage with which, side tar, carried the grapple about the same distance, but by side with the soldiers of this army, they have endured with a smaller line. The time taken to throw the grapple,, the dangers and hardships of nearly a year's duty in the was only 12 se conds. A num ber of fire-engines were ) trenches. General Simpson cordially acknowledges the also tried and worked very oatiefaFtorily, obligatios he in under to ReavAdmiai Sir Stephen 6.. " — : . , .. , --- / 1 inshington, K.C.8., who so ably commanded the bri f :;. , :i' . '44 gado from its formation until hi, remova l by•pr Cilic, i.''-': ~;,!::3:-.:,,C, . l 'i ' ~t i to a higher rank ; and to Capt a i n th e H on. Hsr . ,ej e - k d',"';;;:::> R.N., who succeeded him, and retained the 4tobt . maik( \ .1-:' ' ',.\ll.,":`• \ ;o/ until the conclusion of this ever-m emora bl e s i ege. .S . -,"' - \ Captain Crealock, 90th Regiment, is appointed to 463 ',,....;' staff of this army, and will ac* as Deputy-Assistant Ad:f r ' ..1 jutant-General, or Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-Ge neral, as his services may be required, until her Majes ty's pleasure is known. Ho will be attached to head quarters. - Leave nt edical Regimen The fc miner, Cork, al of the )f absence is grated at the recommendation of )oards to Lieut.-Colonel Maxwell, C. 8., 88th allowing graphic letter, says the Cork EXa i from a private of the 88th, a native of td the son of one of the oldest and bravest ,ninsular officers now living : "Camp before Sebastopol, Sept. 9, 1855. "My dearest Father,—Through the mercy of God I have been one of the few that returned safe after the dreadful carnage of yesterday. We marched down yes; terday at' about seven o'clock in the morning • the French were to st orm t h e M alakhoff and the light ' division the Redan. ' I think it was about eleven o'clock when the French attacked in beautiful style. They advanced in thousands, the tricolour waving before them—almost without a shot the Russians fled, and the flag of France floated proudly over the battlements of the Malakhoff. Our fellows then advanced, the 97th, I think ; and two others, the 19th and ours, were the supports. We saw our fellows advance beautifully up to the Redan, and we almost thought we would have nothing to do, but while we saw them still struggling we got the order to advance. We doubled up through the trenches until we got to the advanced one, right opposite the Redan. We leaped the parapet there, and we had a clear run of about two hundred yards from that to where the fellows were climb ing up the sides of the Redan. If I were to live for a thousanid years .1 shall never forget that run with fixed bayonet before v escaped dug all one side mi , tak( of jumj enibras' ladders When my owl the 1119 kept up to coral . We were decimated with grape and canister to were half way across. I don't know how I Then when we got up there was a deep ditch falling they w, carnagl up the J about iound the Redan. We crept down the ladders at and up at the others, and here's where the grand I was made. The first regiment that got up, instead king over the gabions and running in through the Ares, stopped outside, so that when we got up the i we were all mixed together, no one to lead us. l looked round there were only two or three of corps near me. When the Russians fled from lakhoff they ran into the Redan, and there they a most frightful fire upon us. I never expected e down off the parapet alive. The men were .ound me like the leaves in autumn ; and though )nld'nt advance, they wouldn't retire, so that the was dreadful. One officer of the Rifles rushed mrapet in through an embrasure. There were ix of us followed him. We bad scarcely ad- va,nce( shot. parape t I cs►nnl box ofl brasuri nto the mouth of it when the Rifle officer was Ie tried to get back, but he fell dead down the ; three more of them were knocked down also. pt say whether they were killed or rot. I got a la stone myself, and fell down stunned in the em- I was pulled out by two of our own greua . I came to shortly, got a rifle that was lying be ae, and commenced to fire away. I think by this ie had bean nearly two or three hours exposed in readful manner, when the Russians came in thou ,;and rolled immense stones upon us through the xisures. A battery in rear opened on us ; they hand grenades at us, and the slaughter was ter- A panic seized the men ; the word was given to , i , and many, very many, were killed by jumping into the ditch on the top of their own bayonets. f look like boasting, but I run sure you will give 7clit for not telling you a lie in a case like this. the rush became general, one officer of the 7711 5 stood almost alone on the ground which we ild so lone and paid for so dearly. He was 3 out, ' Shame, shame !' and I had my forage laving on the top of my bayonet, but we might fll have tried to stop the falls of Niagara. Limed round and asked me my name. I told !He said he would recommend me to my colonel. fellow, he had scarcely spoken when a shower of pullets fled past us, and he fell down into the ditch. sear me time to hook it,' cried I to myself, and gain I crossed that field unhurt, though men were all round in sections. The Highlanders were sent eve us during the night. The Russians evacuated ;elan, and there were continual explosions during !gilt, but we are now in full possession of the south hf Sebastopol. Whether they will show as good a n the north side I cannot say. No matter what apers say, the men did their duty. They cannot do isibilities, sending hundreds instead of thousands to k a place like the Redan. I can fancy the state you all he • in. awl how eagerly you looked over the long list of killed and wounded. I hope my name t get down in a mistake. It was melancholy to see egiment on parade this morning—nearly all killed iunded. Give my love to mamma and all friends. Under the heading of " First impressions on reading the intelligence of the abandonment of the south side of Sebastopol," the 1\ oraterit Bee con tains an interesting article, which, though not wear ing an official character, deserves attention. The author first gives a resum;c s , of the progress of the siege, and then goes on to develope the causes which led to the fall of the place. The following is the concluding passage : Cronstadt has been demonstrated to be impregnable, Sweaborg withstood successfully a long and severe bom bardment, and Sebastopol held out a whole year. Neither of the two countries can say—" I have con quered Russia and taken her fortress," for with their united forces combined they were but just able to take it. Besides, the enemy bad many advantages on their side ; for whilst Russia was attacked at her most dis tant frontier, and every pound of bread, every bullet, each piece of meat and drop of brandy had to be sent by land hundreds, and in many instances thousands, of miles, through uninhabited steppes and difficult mountain gorges, the enemy were enabled to land any given quan tity of stores on any particular point by means of their nu merous fleets. In the enemy's camp the intelligence of all Europe was concentrated, whilst in Russia it has existed scarcely fifty years. Notwithstanding all these disadvantages 'Russia bravely withstood the attack, and her heroes have covered themselves with glory. We have abandoned only a heap of ruins, for Sebastopal no longer exists. The whole affair is reduced to this, that the enemy have gained possession of about 50 square wersts of land where some naval establishments and part of our fleet were stationed. But with the south side of Sebasto pol the enemy have not conquered Russia. This country has withstood more dangerous shocks, and seen more dangerous times. We have seen Russia overrun by French, Mongolians, Swedes, and hordes of other na tionalities, and yet we have succeeded in repelling every invader. The fall of Sebastopol is certainly a national calamity ; but it is sent by God as a judgment, to punish us for forgetting the Divine precepts in our endeavours to attempt the introduction of what the enemy call civi lisation. _ _ From the above it is evident how deeply the loss of Sebastopol must be felt in Russia ; notwithstand ing the attempt to represent it as a circumstance of no importance, and which can have no possible in fluence on the progress of the war. RAILWAYS IN TURKEY. The following are the " fundamental conditions laid down by the Government of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan for the establishment of rail ways in the Ottoman empire" : " 1. The Imperial Government decrees the establish, ment of a line of railway from Constantinople to Bel grade. "2. To this end the Imperial Government has re solved to address itself directly to the experience and capital of Europe. " 3. The construction and working of this line shall be conceded to the company that shall make the most advantageous offers and present the best g uarantees. "4. A period of six months, dating from the Ist of October, 1555, .is fixed, until the expiration of which all offers shall be received, either directly at the Foreign. office at Constantinople, or in Europe through the em bassies and legations of the Sublime Porte. "5. During this period of six months all possible facilities shall be afforded to companies desiring to tender for this line, in o rder that they may procure t h e necessary information and make the studies they may desire. 6. Upon the first Monday in the month of April, 1856, shall Olio place the opening of the tenders that shall have been sent in, and the concession to that com pany w hi c h shall have made the most advantageous offers and presented the best guarantees. This shall take place at Constantinople, at the Sublime Porte, before the High Council of the Tanzimat, and in presence of the authorized agents of the companies tendering. 7. The concession shall be in virtue of a decision with motives assigned (decision motiree) of the High Council of the Tanzimat, which shall be published and afterwards confirmed by an Imperial decree. " 8. The company is to be constituted and can exist only under the name and title of Imperial Ottoman Company.' " 9. The shareholders may be subjects of the Sublime Porte or foreigners, without distinction. " 10. The construction as well as the direction of the working of this line shall always be under the high su perintendence (surveillance) of the Sublime Porte. " 11. The company shall always be subject to the general laws of the empire. " 12. The wood required for the construction of the railway, stations, &c., shall be supplied exclusively by the forests of the Crown, on conditions mutually agre to between the Imperial Government and the company obtaining the concession. " 13. The Imperial Government will concede the land upon which the line of railway is to be made, a n d t h e right of property in the land shall always remain in the Imperial Government. " 14. The coal mines that may be found in the vici nity of tbo course of this line shall be granted to the company obtaining the concession, upon te rms t o b e agreed upon between the Imperial Government and the company. " 15. The companies making tenders are to furnish a security (eautionnement) in the manner usual in similar cases in other European countries." These conditions have just been transmitted to the various Turkish Embassies and Legations throughout Europe. PRINCE MENSCHIKOFF A MONK.—The P aerie states that a private letter received by a Russian family in Paris announces that Prince Menschikoff has becom e a monk. He has enrolled himself, it is Faid, in a Inc" niutery ;war MONCOW. Or wi sold sold sold sold 2ths 2tbs /ior. 01 4d 6d Od shel IslOd )610d to 2d Os 8d is Od )s 91 3s 6d h( 0(1 ?,s 6d Is 9(1 oa its o kl o 904 to n h . ;*. 14 1,40. 4 I