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THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. 'Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the • visitors no one can be positive that he sees any one thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positions aed unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with '2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and au ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overtime, and by =Milt of whose generous aid be '"isblittetelbt 'eniblete IV atmeirliftirie )titirlifistery tee cod e tinuoterrepetition. Ho believes that no professor of his net has at any dine or in any place been honoured with an amount of saccess so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. He would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgetten the+ it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring wher ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pr ,- fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which ttend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. He regret , . that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in I elleetual attainments, he would least' have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions o spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within th Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that thi public exposition will be accepted generally as Professo' Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that th names of the great and learned of the land should have been made to figure in the documents emanatin from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, l i actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account o" who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648 : —" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2,000 = dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that medium. could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for ho was poor, young (under 20), an or phan, and in very had health : but he would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of th• greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer taiuly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believ, in spirit-rapping-- does spirit-rapping gain or lose les this accession to its adherents? and, with Barnum's endorse ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely to be negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not ; but, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the Bev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it t . be time for him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the Morning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In the Morning A dvertiser of the following day however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their séance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the ago is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in se short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even ing, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, December 15, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part 1. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinica' Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Reeueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and In bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition withent Trou ble. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verse; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparen c y of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, b ran d y, g i n , rum, whisky, noyean, or any other wino or spirit required ; and finally proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Exposé of Spirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Dig land, France, Turkey, ancrSardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will be produced. Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shc.test Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west ern to the eastern hemisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. 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" The Post Office London Directory —The annual wonder, the title of which we have prefixed, has just appeared, and, on the present : occasion, it has appeared without a rival, hav ing ils-thisiiakir driven every competitor fenfis the field. lien they who, like ourselves, dislike monopoly, acknowledge the justice of monopoly fairly won by decided excellence."—Stan dard, Nov. 16, 1855. " The fame of Kelly's London Directory is too well esta blished, its pretensions to what it professes too thoroughly justified, and its comprehensiveness too immense, to admit of any other consequence than disastrous loss to the speculator who would blindly hope to supplant it."—Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, Nov. 23, 1855, " Even as there is no city in the world which can compare with the metropolis as the abode of aristocracy and com merce, so it is equally 'beyond dispute that there is but one Directory.' "—Church and State Gazette, Nov. 16, 1855. " The whole work exhibits a mass of accurate information that is truly wonderful to contemplate."--Atlas, November 17, 1855. "There is an old joke about the man who sat down pa tiently to read through a dictionary, and complained of the variety of its subjects. What would he have said to the Post Office Directory of 1856,' with its pregnant line about everybody, every trade, every profession, and every idler in this huge wen of mortality who can write himself down re spectable !"—Bell's Weekly Messenger, Nov. 17, 1855. " If any one would really understand in what consists the strength of London, let him study the Post Office Directory.' " —Britannia, November 17, 1855. "The opponent of the production before us has ceased to exist, it appearing that, even after the callectiou of the infor mation for next year, and the work being in type, the sale would be insufficient to repay the mere expense of feinting The Post Office Directory' is now alone in the field, but we are glad to see that the exertions of the proprietors are undiminished."- -Court Journcl, November 17, 1855. " The ' Post Office Directory' has become a work of na tional importance. It has been said we could not afford to lose our limes —the same observation applies to our Post Office Directory.' " erapares Journal, Nov. 17, 1855. " The proprietors of this work have now the field to them selves ; but that they have not relaxed in their exertions on that account is fully evident from the completeness of the Directory for the coming year."—lllustrated London News, November 17, 1855. " Still swelling its dimensions as the ever-increasing area of the vast metropolis increases, this bulky volume presents itself as an annual visitor on our library table."—John Bull November 17, 1855. " In noticing in all its details, in the most favourable man ner, this valuable and highly successful volume, we may casually remark that the year 185 i will witness its publica tion unopposed by attempted competition—a work of similar character, though by no means equal in correctness of ar rangement and detail, having, after an ephemeral existence, entailing enormous loss to its projectors, been at length aban doned. This was a result which, we think, might have been easily foreseen ; for it appears to us beyond question that the sale of so exclusive and peculiar a work as the London Di rectory will never repay the expense of preparing two such publications, which, if accurate, must be counterparts of each o ther."—MiningJournal, November 17, 1855. " E , tent, variety, and accuracy of information, so far as we have had occasion to test it, is not the only feature of the book. Its production is a typographical curiosity."— Spectator, November 17, 1855. " This wonderful volume is a proof that the work of orga nisation and administration can be performed by Englishmen with such admirable completeness as to amount to perfection itself. Kelly's Directory was always unrivalled, but it is now without a competitor, and we never expect to see another nter the lists."—Era, November 18, 1855. " The Post Office London Directory for the year 1856, a copy of which we have just received, is certainly one of the literary phenomena of the age. For an increase in its bulk we have no wish. It is now a gigantic tome, although its style of binding renders it easy of use."—Sunday Times, November, 18, 1855. " The fine map that accompanies it embraces an increased area, and considerable additions have been - made to the book. It e. joys a deserved reputation never achieved by any work of its class, and Lendes may be proud of its standard di rectory."— Weekly Times, November 18, 1 , 55. " Every householder in London, whether in trade, and every person belonging to any profession, or employed in the service of the Crown, has an opportunity of testing for him self the accuracy of the work, and we believe that the result of their inquiry will lead them to concur with us in the opinion that the Post 001ce Directory is one of the marvels of the present age."—Observer, November 19, 1855. " We can conceive of no better representation of the super ficies, as there is certainly no better guide to the contents of London than the Directory just named, now the only publica tion of the kind."-- Nonconformist, Nov. 21, 1855. "As we, in common with most people, prophesied would happen, so it has come to pass. The riv al D irector y has given up a battle in which victory was scarcely to be won. But what of the future of this wonderful book ? As it lies on its side it stands already some two hands high, and to spread out the map implies the covering of an ordinary table." — Examiner, November 24, 1855. " Since last year, a fruitless attempt to establish a second ' London Directory' has been wisely abandoned!. There is no room for a rival work of this magnitude being published with profit ; and this publication has the prestige of having been established above half a century."—Literary Gazette, No vember 24, 1855. It is a wonderful achievement, however we regard it, and its daily and hourly utility alone is sufficient to recommend it to every hotel, office, shop, and place of business." — Weekly Dispatch, November 25, 1855. " Wo have tested the lateness of the period up to which it has been corrected, by referring to changes within our own knowledge, and we are bound to say that in every case we have found that the Directory has recorded the change, al though some of them have been of very recent occurrence." —Leader, December 1, 1855. " Any commendation on our part of this invaluable and universally-known volume would be utterly superfluous. The accuracy, fulness, clear and careful printing are beyond all praise ; and it thoroughly deserves the monopoly it has achieved. A large and excellent snap of London is prefixed, adding not a little to its general usefulness."— Economist, December 8, 1855. " The attempt to establish a rival Directory, though pro secuted with great enterprise, has failed. The undertaking was a hopeless, almost an impossible,.one. 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Premiums particularly favourable to the younger and middle periods of Life. Two-thirds of Profits as Bonus. Life Tables according to various plans, to suit the special circum stances of Insurers. No CHARGE FOR STAMPS ON LIFE POLICIES. Fire Insurance Proposals entertained to any amount. Liberality and promptitude in the settlement of claims. Prospectuses, with f II rabies and Details and Forms, may be had at the Company's Offices, or of the Agents. WILLIAM NEWMARCII, Secretary. N.B.—Llfe Insurance Premiums are allowed as deductions in In come Tax Returns. CONTRACTS FOR EAST INDIA RICE. OFFICE OF TIIE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TEE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NIVY,SOMERSET-PLACE, 13th DEC., 1855. FHE Commissioners for Executing the Office of ■l Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain nd Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, he 3d January, 1856, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into the medical stores at her Majesty's Victualling Yard at Deptford, all such quantities of EAST INDIA RICE, as may from time to time be demanded, for l 2 calendar months cer tain, and further until the expiration of three months' warning. Samples must be produced by the parties tendering. A form of the tender may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after one 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 East India Rice," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, is the sum of 1001. for the duo performance of the contract. CIVIL SERVICE of the EAST INDIA COMPANY. 1. In July, 1856, an examination will take place of candidates for appointments to the Civil Service of the East India company. Notice will be hereafter given of the days and place of examination. 2. Any natural-born subject of her Majesty who shall be desirous of entering the Civil Service of the Vast India Company will be entitled to be examined at such examination, provided he shall, before the let of Mav, 1856, have transmitted to the India Board, Cannon-row, Westminster : (a) A certificate of his birth, showing that his age, on the let of May, 1856, will be above eighteen years and under twenty-three years. (b) A certificate, signed by a physician or surgeon, of his having no disease. eons' itutional affection, or bodily infirmity, unfitting him for the Ctvil service of the East India Company. (c) A certificate of good moral character, signed by the head of the school or college at wkich he has last received his education ; or if he has not received education at any school or college since the year 18s3, then suck proof of good moral character as may be satis factory to the Board or Commissioners for the affairs of India. (d) A statement of those of the branches of knowledge herein after enumerated in which he desires fo be examined. _ 3. The examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge : English Language and Literature— Composition English literature and history, including that of the laws and constitution l,OOO 1,500 Language, literature, and history of Greece ~ Rome 750 ~ France II Germany Italy 1,000 tit tt If Mathematics, pure and mixed Natural science—that is, chemistry, electricity and magne tism, natural history, geology, and mineralogy 5OO Moral sciences --that is, logic, mental, moral, and political philosophy 5OO Sanscrit language and literature Arabi:: language and literature 375 4. The merit of the persons examined will be estimated by marks, according to the ordinary system in use at several of the Universi ties, and the number set opposite to each branch in the preceding paragraph denotes the greatest number of marks that can be obtained in respect of it. 5. No candidate will be allowed any marks in respect of any sub ject of examination, unless he shall obtain, in respect of that subject. one-sixth of the num b er of marks set aga i ns t th a t particular subject. 6. The exami na ti on will be conducted by means o f printed ques tions and written answers, and by viva voce exam ination. 7 After tile examination shall have been cempleted, the m arks obtained by each can did ate, in respect of each o f th e s ubjects is which he shall have been examined, shall be added up, and the names of the twenty candidates who shall have obtained a greater aggregate num ber of marks than any of the remaining cand dates shall be set forth in order of merit ; and such twenty candidates shall be deeme t to be selected candidates for the Civil Service of the East india Company. Their choice, so far as it can be allowed, of the Presidency in India to which they shall be appointed shall be determined by the order in which they stand on such list. 6. In August, 1857 , candi dates will take place in the following subjects: the mode of conducting civil and crimqsal trials . • - • • Law, including the ordinary rules of taking evidence and a further examination of the selected The History of India .•.• •••• I'ol,tleal Economy .......... ........ ......... 400 Any vernacular language of be previously fixed by the Board of Commissioners for the atlairs of India 200 and such further examination will be conducted in the same manner as that above described. (The r umber set opposite to each subject 1,000 denotes the greatest number of marks which can be obtained in respect of such subject). 9. Any selected candidate who shall not, at such further examina tion in 1857, obtain in each of the subjects above-mentioned, one sixth of tne number of marks set against such particular subject, shall be struck off the list of selected candidates. 10. The selected candidates who, at such further examination, shall be deemed by the examiners to have a competent knowledge (ascertained iu the manner mentioned in the preceding paragraph) of Law, the History of India, Political Economy, an 1 one Language of India, shall be entitled to be appointed to the civil service of the East India Company ; and the names of such candidates shall be placed in a list in the order of their merit in such examination, .esti mated as above by the total number of marks which they shall have obtained in respect of all the subjects in which they shall have been examined at such examination. 11. The seniority in the civil service of the East India Company of such candidates shall be determined according to the order in which they stand on the list resulting from such further examination. 12. No person will, even after such examination, be allowed to proceed to India unless he shall comply with the regulations in farce at the time for the civil service of the East India Company, and shall be of sound bodily health and good moral character. 13 The Commissioners for the Affairs of India will be ready to receive, at any time previous to the let of May, 1856, the testimonials of persons desirous of being appointed to the office of Examiner; but, with respect to the examinations above mentioned, no such appointment will be made until after the date above men tioned. 14. All papers relating to the above-mentioned examinations are to be sent, and all inquiries are to be addressed, thus : _ " The Secretary, " India Board, " Westminster. "E. I. C. Civil Service " Examination." lllRs.treet?has introduced an Surgeon-Dentist, e entirelyn - D of Fl e Fleet 1' ARTI FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wir n e ee s w , n o dt r is lig t it ip tu sti r o2 es n' . 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THE ROYAL KALENDAR and COURT and CITY REGISTER, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies ; containing an improved and enlarged Peerage and Bar°. netage—The House of Commons, with the latest alterations—The Queen's Ministers—Royal Househo'd—Government Departments— Ambassadors, British and Foreign—Navy and Army—Law and Civil Officers—Ecclesiastical Establishments—Universities—Lite nary, Scientific, and Religious So3leties—Cha:itable and Commercial Institutions—Magistrates, Hospitals, &c. London : R. and A. Suttaby, Stationera'-esurt ; and other proprietors. THE SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL STA TISTICS FOIL 1855. The ` cotsman publishes the Scottish Agricultural Sta tistics for the year and crop of 1855, showing the nature and amount of this year's produce of almost every acre of Scottish land. It appears that while, as compared with last year, the number of acres under cereal crops has slightly increased, the production has decreased about eleven per cent. But even that fact (says the Scotsman) is insignificant com pared with the confirmatory evidence derived from this year's tables, that those estimates of the agricultural pro duce for Scotland, and, at least inferentially, those for England also, formerly in commtm acceptance, were pretty nearly double the fact as now ascertained. The following figures show the grain produce of Scotland as estimated in "M‘Cullocb's Commercial Dictionary," and other works of authority, and founded on statements in many written and oral debates, and the actual quantities as ascertained in each locality for this and last year, stated in quarters : FORMER ESTIMATES. ASCERTAINED. r --- 1854. 1855. QrP. Qrs. Wheat 1,225,000 606,063 632,817 Barley Oats 135,115 147,956 ] 50,000 9,675,000 5,927,917 5,301,279 To this decrease of 626,638 quariers in the year's pro. duce has to be w'ded a considerab;e, but unascertainable deficiency in the w e i g ht o f this yew's crop as compared with last. Remembe r i ng , however, that las; year's wa s a crop above the average even is acreage, and very greatly above it in yield per acre, the decrease above shown cannot be regarded as very g reat, especially when we take into account that there is no decrease, but a very considerable increase, in w heat, each quarter of which represents, in value, and almost in utility, two quarters of any of the other grains. If the produce of England has been affected only in the same propor. tion, and if it be admitted that the produce of last year the three kingdoms over was considerably above an atuvrenraegseh,atlbl e ha p v r e es h e e n e t n h p ig re h eu p r r ed furicesare England,difficultit to account for by any decli ne i n the supply. Wh en re improbably be fo un d that we have b een estimating ill not tlie consumption of the whole country at not greatly less than double the fact, so that we have been much more than we thought dependent on foreign supplies and affected by foreign prices. Turnips and potatoes show a considerable increase in acreage, and the latter an increase in estimated produce of nearly 20 0,000 tone or about 30 per cent. Consider ing the extent to which potatoes come in as a substitute for floflr in tim es o f d earness, the grea t i ncrease i n t hi s crop might have been expected to hold prices at a lower level. We deduce from the tables the average produce per Wheat. acreof Barley. Oats. of crop in Scotland in 1855. The grain crops w e s t a t e i n b ushels and pec k s per acre : Oats. Bere. Beans and Peas. B. P.B. P. B P. B. P. B. P. 26 2 32 3 32 01 32 11 27 21 The root crops are stated in tons and cwt. : Turnips. Potatoes. T. C. T. C. 14 7i 4 191 The difference between different counties and districts are in some cases apparently very great—for instance, the produce of wheat per acre is 34 bush6s in Suther land, and only 22 in Dumfries ; but, on closer scrutiny, these differenees are found to be more apparent than real, moat of the inordinate large yields being explainable by the fact that they refer to crops, su c h as w h ea t i n t h e Highland counties , cultivated only on choice spots and as a matter rather of fancy than of business. LAUNCH OF THE FLORENCE NIGIIINGALE. IlAnnrrooL, Tuesday, Dec. 1 1. —Iron shipbuilding, which is yet in the stage of infancy at this port, made a second step to-day in the launch of a magnificent iron screw steamer, which has received the name of the heroic Florence Nightingale. This vessel has been built by Messrs. Richardson, Brothers, by whom the rapidly extending trade of iron -shipbuilding was introduced to the port of Hartlepool. This is the second vessel launched at this port ; she is a beautiful specimen of the clipper class now so much in vogue. The prow is orna mented with a full-length figure of the lady whose name she bears, and who is represented as in her usual hospital dress, having in the one hand a cup and in the othera hand kerchief. On each side of the bow are beautiful scroll boards, beneath which is carved in bold relief the figure of a wounded soldier in a recumbent posture, looking with feelings of gratitude to her by whom his wounds of honour have been attended. A small bust of the same lady ornrnents the stern of the vessel. The following are the d'inensions :—Length, 189 feet; breadth of beam, 27 feet; depth of hold, 16 feet 6 inches ; tonnage, about 600 ; two inverted cylinder engines of 90-horse power ; she is further fitted with iron water tanks capable of containing 140 tons of water for the purpose of ballast, which can be ejected in a few minutes by means of a " donkey" engine placed upon deck. An additional feature in the outfit of this steamer consists in her being fitted with two cranes, with a pair of boilers to each, for the purpose of dischargi ng her cargo when employed in transporting goods. These engines are on the loco motive principle, and are stationed, as are also the boil ers, upon the deck. The machinery is manufactured by Messrs. Richardson and Son. The Florence Nightin gale hats been built for Mr, Young, of Wilobeach. . _ , GUILDFORD, Dec. ' 13. - - - -The annual meeting oC this association took place to-day at Guildford, and' was largely attended by the gentry and the farmers Of the district. The show of stock was extremely good. . In the evening about 150 gentlemen dined together at the Angel Hotel, the chair being occupied by Mr. H. Drummend, M.P. for West Surrey. The hon. gentlethan was supported by Lord Lovaine, M.P , Mr. Mangles, M.P. ) Mr. R tikes Currie, the Rev. G. Molyneux, &e. The cloth having 'been drawn, The CHAIRMAN gave " The Queen,", which was drunk with much enthusiasm. The next toast was "Prince Albert," in giving which the CHAIRMAN observed that his Royal Highness bad upon all occasions shown himself the friend and patron of agriculture —not that kind of patron implied by a rich man giving what he did not value or feel the want of,..bet• in the intelligent patronage which a well-informed! man and master of his subject gave when he encouraged any particular science or art. Ho thought, then, they did well always to drink the health of his. Royal Highness after that of the Queen ; and when they reflected 'upon his many virtues they ought at least to do him thil jus tice not rashly to censure him, or to believe the epony mous slanders which some persons scrupled not to spread abroad concerning him, but to ascertain for themselves the truth of the matter before they concurred in any thing of the kind. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN then said, the next toast that I have in the performance of my duty to propose is, " The Health of the Army and Navy, and that of our brave Allies." I confess that I _feel somewhat ashamed,-in proposing this beast, that there should .be in England commercial speculations the proprietors Of which fin - ct it profitable to traduce the army and navy. I hope the people of England will not allow these things_to- be pros fitable speculations any longer. Stand by your army and navy, for you may rest assured that those men who write so confidently, and take upon themselves to censure them, know no more about the army or about what the Commander-in-Chief has been doing than any one of you. When I see these anonymous writers urging on the war in this way, I remember an anecdote of an old French bishop, who, being asked why he went himself to attend an old woman, said, " It is much easier to say to another go and do such a thing than to do it oneself ; ' and when I see all these editors and newspaper writers—the whole kit of them go—then I will say to them, "-You are fine fellows," but not before. I beg to give you " The Health of the Army and Navy." (Cheers.) This speech was followed by a comic song, after which Col. SUMNER returned thanks for the honour done the service, observing that during the past year no less than 500 of the Surrey Militia had volunteered into the line, and the regiment was now 700 strong. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the "Bishop and clergy," which was acknowledged by the Rev. G. Molyneux. Mr. MANGLES proposed the "Lord-Lieutenant and magistrates_ of the eounty. Lord LovAINE returned thanks. Mr. R. AUSTEN proposed " the Health of the County Members." He thought that in the present circumstances of the country, when members of Parliament had more serious duties imposed upon them, and greater impor tarce was attached to their votes than had ever been attached to them before, the conduct of the hon. chairman was such that his constituents had every reason to be satis fied. His ability was undoubted, and they could ail gua rantee perfect independence. (Hear.) Mr. DRUMIIOND, in reply, said—l am neither a maker nor a lover of long speeches, but, having often observed bow few the occasions are upon which I can meet my constituents, I think that when I have the advantage upon the present occasion, and when you have separated my name as the representative of the county, and have drunk my health in that form, instead of the obvious and natural toast of "the President of this Society," you do expect to hear froth me something upon that sub ject which after all is uppermost in the heads and hearts of you all. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I must be can did and open with you. I confess to you that at the outset of this war I thought it most dignified to the country to stand aloof from foreign interference, and fur this reason—l could not sympathise with tyrannical Go vernments which had ground down their people from one end of Europe to the other, neither could I syinpas thise with those madmen who said that the only means of regaining their liberty was by waging a war of uni versal destruction against every crowned head and Sove reign of Europe. But here had arisen a peculiar case. Here was a great Emperor determined to possess himself of the lands of his neighbour. Well, gentlemen, all the people of this country seemed to be taken aback. It was the most wonderful thing ever heard of in the world. Dear me ! I remember ever since I was a child that it as nothing but the uniform policy of Russia to possess itself of Constantinople. I remember it was said and generally believed that the Empress Catherine christened her Meet son Constantine, with the sole view of making him Emperor of • Constantinople and Turkey, and thus carrying out the tradition of the Russian empire, and opinions which had been received for 100 years. But, apart from this, I don't find that the love of having a little more 'midis such a very uncommon or remarkable thing. I remember, and my hon. friends can remember, perhaps, better than I can, bow we have gone on filch ing a little more land in India, until at last we havegot a very fair-Sized estate there. (Laughter.) I hardly know a landed proprietor who does not want another little farm lying near his estate. (Continued laughter.) Nay, more, I hardly ever knew a farmer who did not say he should do better if he could have a couple of fields belonging to his neighbour. (Con tinued merriment.) Thi,t, gentlemen, is really the Em peror of Russia on a small scale, that is all, Well, but were we to stand by and see this poor Turk robbed ? Cer tainly not. In point of justice, in point of policy, and in consideration of the laws of humanity, we won't see a little man knocked down by a big bully. Well, then, I say we had a right to go to war to protect the little man. But now your great guides and instructors change their tone, and say you are going to we r for the sake of civili sation. What on earth has civilisation to do with it? Are we to go on till we extend civilisation through the world ? Peace at any price may be a fallacious cry ; hut war at all price is equally fallacious. When are we to have common sense ? We are in the middle of a battle, and the reason why I always object to go into a battle is because I won't come out till I have conquered. (Cheers.) That is the reason why I did not like enter into war, but I don't at all shirk the war. You are in the midst of a great and terrible struggle, and I wish you were well out of it. I must confess the wore I see the more difficulty I see, and I believe that at the present moment you are totally misinformed as to the real difficulties of the question. I, for one, doubt very much whether the Emperor of the French is inclined to go on with the war, and if not, I ask you, are you in clined to go on with it singly ? (Cries of " No, no.") I am not saying that this is really the case, but I do beg you to make up your minds upon the subject, and tell me plainly what it is you want with me. Am I, as your representative, t o say th a t we w ill s t an d aga i ns t Russia single-handed, and not make peace even if we are asked to do so? Now screw your courage to the stick ing place. You have spent 100,000,000/. this year. Those poor chawbacons outside don't understand what it is to spend 10 0,009,000/. ; they may think it, some thing fine; but the quartern loaf gets up, sugar gets up, and the fellows get less to eat. Then they find out what. is the meaning of spending 100,000,0001. Do you think your manufactories will go on at this rate ? I am pretty sure they will not ; and then what will your newspapers—those great lights and great guides—do ? Why, they will turn the other way. Depend upon it, if you are goaded on to war by false representa tions now, you will be goaded into a dishonourable peace by false representations hereafter. I think if you make up your minds like men, say, and stand to it, that you will not consent to carry on this war single-banded into the heart of Russia. I have not the smallest objec tion to take military possession of Constantinople, and to say Russia shall not come in there ; but beyond that I am not disposed to go. That is the object for which we went to war. We are told now we are to unite with Austria in the progress of civilisation. What! Austria, that has now for the first time in the world given up the whole of its subjects bound hand and foot, body and soul, unto the Pope. Is that part of the progress of civilisation ? Why, Turkey, bad as she is—Russia, bad as she is—are infinitely better than Austria. They may, systematically, for their own advantage, intend to and do wilfully keep the people in ignorance ; they don't, however, exert themselves to do so, they simply take no notice of them. But in the instance of Austria the Pope has positively been permitted to say to the people,— " You shall not learn ; it is true that the Creator has written you a book, but I, one of his creatures ' tell you that that book will do you no sort of good, and that you shall not read it." This you may call civilisation, but I, who look strictly at things, and not at words, say it is not civilisation. We will not be blinded and hoodwinked by words. It may be weak, it may be ridiculous, but, translate it as you will, it is despotism in its grossest form, and I will contend against it. It is stated in the papers, and I have seen in the papers such expressions as, ,4 W e can't understand the member for Surrey." I don't care a firthing whether they understand me or not, but I hope you will understand me. lam anxious that you should do so ; you may see from the past that I have never deceived you, and I will act as honestly as I have ever done. (Cheers.) Mr. HARWOOD having proposed "The health of the Borough Members," Mr. MANGLES returned thanks. He observed that although he had not intended to address them on the war, his friend, Mr. Austen, had sounded the trumpet so loudly that lie felt it might be mislnderstood by some of those " mercantile, speculations" to which his hon. friend bad alluded if he refrained from doing so. He had observed at agricultural gatherings all over the country, that members of Parliament present had almost invari ably, either at the request of their constituents or of their own motion, directed the attention of their audi ence to that great subject which at the present moment enlisted, and, in fact, almost engrossed the attention of the nation—he meant the war. (Hear.) He had given a silent vote for the inquiry into the state of the army be- fore Sebastopol, and claimed greater credit for that vote inasmuch as in giving it he had voted against his ratty. ' His bon. friend, Mr. Drummond, belonged to no party, and therefore could not vote against his friends, (A - laugh.) With respect to what had fallen from him that evening, he (Mr. Mangles) would observe that in some of the points he entirely concurred with his hon. friend, but with regaryi to others—if he might use the expres sion—he agreed with a difference. He cordially con curred with him in expressing his sympat t hy foi Turkey. He cordially agreed in defending the little man who was struck by the . big bully. It was alwsys wise to do right, and it was right to stand up for justice in this world against the strong and powerful wrong-doer. (Cheers.) But his sympathy and the sympathy of the nation went beyond that. It was impossible—after reflecting upon the enormous military resources of Russia, after seeing how year after year that empire had enlarged itself, and after witnessing her vast accumulation of military power and strength in the Crimea—not to arrive at the. conclu sion that sooner or later the struggle must have come, unless we were prepared to submit to CoroAck and Tar tar domination. (Hear, and cheers.) It would pro bably have come in this generation, but, if not, cer tainly it must have fallen with redoubled force upon our children. The military power of Russia appeared to have been growing year after year in an •accumulative ratio, and if we had not, through Ged's providence' risen up to oppose it, no man living could tell to what fearful results it might not have led. • (Cheers.) There I agree with my hon. friend. But my hon. friend sre ke rather vaguely upon another point. Some one, he observed— he eid not say who—but some one had said that this was a war for the protection of Turkey ; and now they had changed their note and said it was a war for civilisation. He (Mr. Mangles) did not think that any man who had the slightest claim to the possession lof commo3 sense would wish that this country should go out as a scat of knight-errant for the sake of civilisation, attacking this nation or defending that for the sake of carrying out an abstract principle under the denomination of the pro gress of civilisation. But it was a very different thing to say it *au for civilisation, meaning thereby that it was a war for the sake of disputing the inroad of bar barism and the insults of a barbarous and despotic em pire. (Hear, and cheers.) In that sense a war for the advance of civilisation was a very proper war—(hear) — and in that sense this war was a just and righteous war. (Renewed cheers.) It was a war to press back—as he hoped the allies would succeed in doing—to their forests, their steppes, and their morasses those Tartars and Cos sacks who would otherwise trample down the civili.a tion, and, with that civilisation, the liberties of Europe under their feet. (Loud cheers.) In that sense he could not agree with his hon. friend, for he did not think that the allies were justified in carrying on this war in de fence of civilisation against barbarism, and that the cause they had in hand was a righteous one. (Hear ) There was another point also in which he agreed with his lion. friend, with a difference. He believed with him, that the Emperor of the French was truly and sincerely desirous of peace ; but did not they all de sire peace ? He believed that every Engishman of intelligence and humanity, not only in that room but in the country at large, was desirous of pe ice. But what sort of a peace did the Emperor of I the Preach desire ? Why the description of peace at which we were all aiming—a peace which promised to be a lasting one—(cheers)—a peace, in fact, which should bind the Emperor of Russia to keep the peace. (Renewed cheer ing.) Not such a peace as would last for a few weeks or months, or even for a year or two, and then that the nations should have to go to war again. No person could deprecate the horrors of war more than he did ; no per soil was more anxious to stop the effusion of blood and the expenditure of treasure, which tended to exhaust the very life and sinews of a country ; but it was for that very reason that he should wish to see such steps taken as should effectually secure the country from the recur rence of such scenes. Ilis hon. friend desired to know what the people wanted. Ho (Mr. Mangles) believed the people wanted what the Government were looking for, and what all men, be was sure, roost ardently desired, an honourable and lasting peace—a peace of such a charac ter that it should be worthy of the name—and not one that in a short time would turn out a mockery, a delu sion, and a seam. (Cheers.) The lion. gentleman then proceeded to direct his attention exclusively to agricul tural matters, upon which he spoke at some length, rind concluded by expressing his thanks for the honour they hail done hint. SSeveral other toasts of a local character followed, and the pi iz to the successful candidates having he , ;:n awarded the meeting separated. CAP TAIN ECOBELL AND MR. TITE ON THE WAR. At the dinner given by the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society, on Tuesday, on the health of the members for the city being given, the hon. members re turned thanks, and, amongst other topics, thus alluded to the 'car Capt. SCOBELL having briefly referred to the subject of agriculture, said he would now direct their attention to question of paramount insportance—nainely, the war. 'With respect to the cause of this war it was hardly worth looking back upon ; but he would say that that cause was sufficient for us to draw this conclusion—that if we had not gone to war when we did, we should very soon have had to do it under greater disadvantages. Thera was no question that the artful proceedings and ambi tion of Russia were so fixed, so moulded, and so en treieled into every part of Europe where she could reach by diplomacy, and she had such a deep laid scheme to get within her power the territory which now belonged to Turkey, thet, if she had succeeded, her strength would have teen so great that no Ma❑ could tell what the consequences would have been to the liberties of Europe. In that sense we were really contending for liberty—(applause)—we were contend ing for freedom ; for so sure as Russia prevailed, so sure would there be slavery, or attempts, at least, to enslave the world, and create a great military go vernment. (Applause.) We had therefore something to tight for in the matter ; but we had to thank Pro vidence that, if we had to fight, we at least had fought bravely—that we had done our duty well, and that our soldiers from the moment they landed at Alma up to the present day, bad fought in a manner that had not even been exceeded in the Peninsula, great and glorious as its battles were. Here our soldiers had fought against misfortunes against difficulties and sickness —against every calamity that could betel an army—against the want of clothing and provisions ; and yet nobly had they fought in spirit as well as in holy. (Applause.) And well had they behaved, and proud should we be of them. All he wished was that we could see greater advantages held out to every class o f our army. (Applause.) Many advances had been made teveards improving the condition of the officers, and rightly so too. They had many advantages now which they had not before. If they died in battle the money they gave for their commissions was returned to the families that they left behind them. Then, again, there were pensions given to this officers' widows. Ile only wished we could see this system in some way extended to the private soldiers. (Applause.) lie as notch laid down his life as the officer did ; but the difference was this, that though we gave the private soldier a small pension as long as he live i, if he died in battle, or from want after battle, his family did not get a penny from the country. He did wish that could be remedied. (Ap plause.) It would not be so extravagant as some might suppose ; because a very small assistance would do for the widow to the close of life. He questioned if it was not worth consideration to devise a plan that the fami lies of the men who died in behalf of their country should not be forgotten. (Applause.) Now, we Lad heard a good deal of " the right man in the right place." We had three commautlers-inchief Jour gallant army in the Crimea. He would not comment on him who was dead, Lord Raglan. He believed he was a gallant soldier. We had now displaced another general who had ruled that army. He had been recalled, or, as stated, ho had resigned, but it amounted to this, that somehow or other there was not full trust placed in him. Now we hal a third ; he trusted we should find that third to be " the right !nen in the right place." (Applause.) This was of vast consequence to us, not only for cur national glory and satisfaction, but as the dispensers and payers of immense sums of money to carry on the war success fully. Fighting side by side with a noble French army, and with a small army of Sardinians, it was also of equal importance that we should take care to establish our military reputation. On some occasions we had not been so successful, but he trusted that whenever the day of battle came the army of England would be found to stand in a high position with our noble Where in beating down the common enemy. Now with respect to that noble vic tory already achieved—the fall of Sebastopol. H e trusted it would be the means of promoting a peaceful issue of the contest. There we saw the whole of the enemy's fleet lying under the sea and annihilated, and the whole of that city was in a perfect state of ruin. He hoped, if we once got to the north side, something would be done to annihilate that harbour of Sebastopol ; and here he was about to mention an idea that he had never heard mentioned before ; he trusted that those high Mlle which stood on the banks of the harbour of Sebastopol, would be laid low and the valley filled up with them. (Applause.) He would fill the harbour up with the hills that stood abcve it, and pull down the immense houses that were standing. This would be no great undertak ing for the thousands of men we had there. If we only gave the Russians the opportunity to do it, we should find their line-of-battle ships floating in the harbour of Sebastopol once again. Now they had met to-day to re ward merit ; and he did not know a more delightful task. They were about to distribute premiums to those who had produced the "right ox in the ri g ht p l ace. " There was the fairest competition, and no favour. He only wished he could say the same of the army and navy. He wished there was the same fair competition between Man and wan, officer and officer, as there was in this society, and in the awarding of its premiums. But such was the state of things (and he spoke more particularly as to the navy) that a great many men were longer in getting the first step than men of family influence were in getting four steps ; or, in other words, man y men were longer in rising to be midshipmen than others in retching the position of post captain, which was tanta mount to that of colonel. Such was the state of things under a political admiralty—an admiralty that was con stantly dosing its followers by political gifts, and thereby pushing on men of Parliamentary, or any other casual interest., to the exclusion often of men of merit. Far be it from him to say that there might not be men of in terest and merit too ; and be did not care hew fag. they more fairness, more equality, and more consistency, and more comforniably to the original intention in the fram ing of the army and navy. (Applause.) Having now glanced at the war, he would point to two great conso lations that we had in connection with it. While the loss of life had been immense, even on our side, and on the French greater than ours, that of the Russians had been almost incalculable. We had, however, the conso lation of a firm, and, he hoped, enduring friendship with Fiance. (Applause.) He thought is was a hopeful sign that we who were called "ancient enemies " should now at last find out that it was our interest, and he believed inclination, henceforth, to be firm and fast allies. Two nations, such as France and England, struggling against each other only made them the laughing -stock of Europe. The people of the Continent saw two of the most power ful nations on the earth weakening each other, and only exulted at their weakness. But when they were united fur a good purpose, they might almost guide Europe and the world, and they would always be able to promote the prosperity, happiness, and welfare of mankind. (Applause.) He sincerely trusted that nothing would ever be done by this country, as he believed there was no intention on the part of France by the extraordi nary man who governed that nation, to dissever the attachment that now existed, and that they would go on in brotherhood for many generations. (Loud ap plause.) The othercansolation was that which was known as Administrative Reform. The offices of the govern went had got too much into the hands of families—too much in particular associations. Now, however, they were a little departing from that. There was now, he was glad to say, a tendency to soften down these monopolies, and he trusted that tendency would extend further— that in Church and State, and in all those services on which the welfare of the nation so much depended that greater equality and fairness would prevail, and that ad ministrative reform would be carried out fully and fairly. (Applause.) With respect to the prospects of peace, he was one of those who thought that we really ought to teach Russia that her ambition must be kept down, and that she cotrM not with impunity give vent to those angry and selfish passions which guided her into this war. (Applause.) We must also get safe securities ; and he trusted that we should accept none that were not safe. (Applause.) He knew there was no way of get ting a safe peace but by fighting for it. We must win it by the sword when once the sword was drawn. (Ap plause.) If we could keep the sword in the scabbard it would be a blessing, but after the sword was drawn, it was he who could last the longest and could strike the hardest who would get the best terms. (Applause.) It was just like two individual,—if one man seized another by the throat, and that person were thrown down to the ground, he must defend himself or be crushed. There fore, we were fairly justified in having gone into the war —we were justified in carrying on the war; but we were not justified in carrying it on a single moment longer than we could procure honourable, safe, and up right terms of peace. (Applause.) He trusted that day was not far off, but if it were, he would as cheerfully as any other man urge that we proceed with it. We must expect taxes. It was wonderful how fast the money flow. He (Captain Scobell) knew something of the last war, but he thought money had been flying at a most extravagant rate. The House of Commons did not like to pull up, for fear that it should be said, if any blunders were made, that they would not !give the money, and therefore the blunders be put on the representatives of the people. (Applause.) The money was certainly flying very fast. It had got up to 90,000,0001. last year, including the interest of the debt ; this year it might be something more. The result would be, of course, that ultimately there would be some scrutiny into the manner in which the money had been expended. With respect to the transport service, nothing could hav e been more extravagant. lie believed the transports had been bought all of them over and over again. Those that had been in the service from the beginning of the war had been purchased by the money paid for the tonnage and the hire of them. (Applause.) He hoped this would be looked into; but that no steps would be taken that would curtail anything in carrying on the war with effect, and that in future we should more effectually ex pend our money without at ail crippling the public service. Mr. TITE having alluded to the advantages which ag riculture derived from associations such as that which ho was addressing, said he would refer to the war. (Applause.) The whole mind and feeling of England was embarked, he believed, in this question. It was a war which appeared to him one of the holiest, he was going to say, in which we had ever embarked. We went into it with no purpose of getting an increase of our glory or a4erandiseinent, or to add to our land or territories ; but we went into it to succour the weak against the attack of the strong. (Applause.) If that were the right view of the question, surely we had a right to expect that the blessing of God would, sooner or later, rest upon it. (Applause.) A war in which we bad embarked a ith such views was not a war of a common kind, and though war was certainly one of the greatest trials that a nation could lie vi-iced with, yet, at the same time, he could scarcely conceive a war, associated as we were with our great Idly, France, in which we could embark with more credit to ourselves., and out of which we could come %vita more credit as a nation. (Applause.) As to the pro specte of peace, he confessed they appeared to his mind riot to be very flattering. Hedoubted anything that came fie in Austria ; she could hardly be sincere now any more than she was sincere twelve months ago. If the had been sincere then, the war might soon have been put an end to. However that might be (lied his earnest aspira tion was that it might tarn out to he true), he trusted that, if they lived to meet another year in Bath, they might see this terrible war at an end, and be once again living in peace, beating their swords into ploughshares. (Applause.) He hoped this [night be so, but he very much doubted It. When a nation spoke out as the Eng lish people had dune (and as he had no doubt the people of Bath would speak out), it was the duty of the Legis lature, as leading the people, to carry out the war firmly, honestly, and honourably, and to seek a peace that would be lasting, that we aid our children might never again have to contemplate the horrors we had lied to think of, nor meet the difficulties that we had had to contend with. It could only be taking a far bolder attitude than we took at the beginning cf this war. (Applause.) If we had done that we should not have had the war in existence to-day. Let the grins of peace be such as Englishmen might net be ashamed of. It had often been said that England always lost by diplomacy what she gained by valour. He hoped the time would come when that reproach would be removed from us, and that our present Government would not patch up a peace leading to difficulty and confusion hereafter, when we might have to open the question again without the allies we at present boasted of, and without the feeling of the pee. p!e, and the great cause we now had to support us. His teiend (Copt. Scobeli) had suggested the filling up of the harbour of Sebastopol. Ile should like to see it. There was one point about the terms of peace which he had never seen adverted to. We had heard of the four points, but he wished to know why Russia should not be made to pay her share of the cost of the war ? (Applause.) He recollected that the time was when a peace was made with France, and when she was, unhappily, humbled at the end of the great war, that she was called upsn to pay her millions towards the war in which we had then embarked. He recollected, again_, the Chinese war (in reference to which he was not sure that we were as mo r right as in the present) when that people were called upon to pay mildons, and would any one tell him why Russia should not be called upon to pay her mil lions also ? It might be that this was Quixotic, it might be that we should be asking too much, but it did appear to him that that was the Inc de (politically .Teak fno,) by which we must make Russia feel. Her ag. grandisement must recoil on herself by pressure on her flounces. With respect to the question of Administra tive Reform, lie believed that a great deal of good had been done by the discussion of that subject. The lull discussion by a nation of any wrong or grievance was good and useful to that country, especially a nation such ai this, where every man had the power to make his grievance heard, and where, through the freedom of our institutions, men could make those grievances heard and listened to. In conclusion, Mr. Tite observed that he hoped it would be his happiness at the end of the next year (whether he was their member or not) to meet them again, and congratulate them on cultivating the arts of peace, instead of having to think of the horrors of war. (Loud applause.) Bears and Peas ...... .. THE WEATHER AT KERTOIL A letter from Kertch of the 15th ult., in the Consti tutionnel, says The wind has been blowing heavily from the eastward for the last 4 days, and has given us a sudden transition from summer to winter. We have not, however, been taken by surprise. All the French troops encamped at St. Paul are well sheltered, but at Yenikale the tents have not yet been replaced by wooden huts. This, however, is an inconvenience which will not last long, preparations having been already made to obviate it. There is nothing new from the Sea of Azoff. We have not yet heard of any casualties from the late gates, but it is to be feared that many of the Austrian merchant vessels in that sea will have suffered. A change has taken place in the French vessels of war on this station The Caton and the Fulton have left the Sea of Azoff and been replaced by a bomb vessel, the Sesostris. Her two formidable mortars are about to be brought to play OR the Russian camp of Yenitche, which is out of the reach of our heaviest guns, but which will not be so with the monster mortars of the Sesostris. The enemy will soon be disagreeably surprised by a visit from some of the projectiles of this vessel, none of which hav e b een used in this part of th e world. d.The enemy has not made any fresh movement in the eastern part of the Crimea. At Kertch the town is closed by means of barricades placed at the extremities of the streets leading into the open country, and the western part of the place, which is open to invasion, is about to be strongly fortified. A report is current here that the Russians intend during the winter ma ki n g an attempt to recover their communications with the coast of Asia. It is somewhat doubtful whether they will hazard any attack against St. Paul, the approaches to which have been rendered impregnable by the French, but I think it not improbable that they may make a attempt against Icartch, where they may hope to have easier work against the Anglo-Turkish contingent. The objecobrjeicy, wheh they t of the Russians would be to destroy that place en . tie they aband one d it. m u x\ c , lt regret h e n it is consideredhaving that done before Kerte, is a grand depot for provisions, it is not sufficiently gar risoned at present, although occupied by some regular troops, and the famous contingent. +,ti ;`