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Et 4,:; : ' .!i - f - '''• %12-- ROIT.; , ;' ' . q ‘,...,... r ,0 • ~,, . . - ti. /)Ik-u ;., T,PT,';_,. , 2/11, 1 . ,11 ; . ..........;-p'r /** 7 ' . 4 i • ,•,/,„8,,c _,,, k,„4.4,,, .111[ 11 :ALBERT SMITII'S MONT BLANC 3,,,v -NIGHT at 8 o'clock, and Every Night (but Saturday). 1 4 ' Place 'Area, 2 5.; Gallery, lg. The ltiernlnN Representations 41pu .321, v v rY Tuecclay , 'lSaturday, ad and at 3 e ( 111"*1 i , ‘: ------- ,'y 1 , upon which great doubt has been thrown by the imper fect manner in which the notification of the blockade was made. An actual blockade of Riga and some parts of the Russian coast was undoubtedly established is May, but it was not until the middle of August that a species of supplementary announcement in the Gaz e tt e brought this fact to the legal knowledge of the world. There has evidently been great ignorance and remiss ness on the part of some of the naval authorities in com mand as to the mode in which they ought to have pro oeeded to constitute a regular and unimpeachable block ade. But, at the same time, we do not know what means were taken to make them acquainted with this important part of their duties. The law of blockade Is not to be learnt by intuition, and the simplest acts done by a naval officer in what he conceives to be the discharge of his duty on this subject are submitted to the rigorous scrutiny of a court of law. Under these circumstances it is the obvious duty of the Admiralty to provide officers who may be engaged in establishing or maintaining a blockade with clear and minute instructions to regulate their conduct. They should be told that a blockade must in every case be defined with mathematical pre cision, and reported to the home Government with the utmost expedition. Their attention should be directed to the treaties, if any exist, which concede an exemp tion from immediate seizure to the merchant vessels of particular nations, whereas the results which have already come before the Prize Court, aid the entire omission of the blockade in the most important parts of the Black Sea, show that these important measures have been left chiefly to the discretion of the Admirals, who knew, for the most part, as little about them as their junior officers. w 001 f all degr i P tiF Is follow ,_„ liin i e of J. ' ci ur , 5s t Od pe °7 to Oil Per o ~BoLt,-,--p,O R,:, --- 4-LS' ORPHAN ASYLUM, Founded "^Y orit,—The Prospectus will be ready for delivery on the first o • .chru ary „ , fle c amp ; . .9.120, the forms necessary for such as desire to "•41,14 t Office hours, ten to four. c°l4 ' ,- ifin-fi 1 ..,_ e ds. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1855. ;T—JA S. Secoild• 9s n J 6(l i'‘,r s L s Oa A I Oa s Oa ,q tt i ,„E x ,AT WES TE RN RAILWAY.- ~SaLiv-,T1N1101.18 COll VITNICATION between LONDON_ and . tattf,;:na B IRKENTIEAD.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIN EN, R oblin a ALals date passengers may be booked between Kimstown, t.he Great Western Railway Stations at Paddington, g lindo4 M inghani, and Wolverhampton, by the 9.15 a m. Express '1144 4 at from Paddington, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and . Fridays, t4 ttil s t : ti llsto iCi ly ri n gst° wn about 6 o'clock the following morning, and by the City of Dublin Company's Packets at 7 p m., th 0f011 0t ... )7, Thursdays, and Saturdays, proceeding after arrival on 'RI to teg Morning by the 8.30 a.m. Express Train from Laken , 4 t 6.2, Se Places. tk e 341%005t will be provided to convey PaEVngers and their lug -16_14146 arge, both on arrival and departure, between the atißr kenhead and the City of Dublin Company's - vatiga p ' Itt wro ...l SINGLE. PUTT:arr. trilt a _tio n Ist Class. 2d Class. Ist Class. 2d Class. r iU ngstown 60s Od 40s Od 90s Od 6 0 s 011 ava iable Oa' l lA kirtoi ng ' in gstown 525 6d 36s Od 755 01 52s 6d days hat . • or Wol.- available * 4l lgst. -- : - n and for 7 4 ,4 1 , 14 .^R ........ 405 01 32s Od 60a 0/ 45s 0,11 days. Q„, t the Steam-packet Office in Dublin, or at the stations of 24 .1tu ma ' 7..."t.e_rn_ Railway Co `:. 1855. N. 194435.1 FPRICE SD. PUBLICATIONS. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Royal Clarence barracks early on Monday morning for Ireland ; they con,isted of 83 families, who were allwell catered for while in the Clarence barracks, and on leav ing they were provided with omnibuses to take them to' the place of departure. Lord Methuen was particularly kind to the sick, who have been nourished by his means with soups from the officers' mess. Hie lordship's as siduous attention and liberality towards these poor crea tures has been unbounded. On Sunday An Chauncey, purveyor to the troops in garrison at Portsmouth, kept his bakehouse open to cook provisions for his lordship's numerous charge, and at his expense, consisting of mut ton and bread to take on board ship--2501b. of the former and 3401 b. of the latter ; those women nursing children were provided with two quart . aottles of stout each to comfort them in their passage to their homes. On Wednesday Lord Methuen, Captair Bellers, and Quartermaster Paton were again indefatigable in for warding the remainder in vans, &c., to the railway to proceed to different parts of England and Wales, having supplied them liberally with necessaries, ai in the case of those who had left before them. Such truly patriotic benevolence needs no praise. Just publ'shed, in Two Vol;.,'post Svo;, price 245., cloth, inISCELLANIES,N D CRITICAL, IMAGINA JURIDICAL. (Contribut• d to " Blackwood's Magazine.") Ey SAMUEL WARREN, D.C.L., N'.R.S., of the Inner Temple, One of her Majesty's Counsel. William Mackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. e and g re t a i l t e d l: markets, doh , xchan ge 0; 1 0 yen) u orifin •Ind we n° er ro The gre a t ;old. for" ditto, rh 6s t ° 0; # to IG , ,Pl i d; , d to 1 6 00 1 corn, 428 Just published, in crown Sro., pricg 10s. 6d., cloth, the second Edition of THE QUIET HEART. By the Author of " Katie Stewart." William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgi and London. Just published, in Svo., price 125., cloth, THE RURAL ECONOMY of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and IRELAND. By LEONCE LE LAVERGNE. N 10. \Vest In a .hers, st un , ;01 having 6 .P 0 / will, it ze Translated from the rcnch. With Notes by a Scottish Farmer. " In fact, when we consider the fulness 01 matter, the variety of information, the importance of the subject, and the vigour and pic turesqueness with which the whole is presented to the reader. ' The Rural Economy of England' may be pronounced one of the best works on the philosophy of agriculture and of agricultural political economy that has appeared."—Spectator. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. .••••... ----...., 10. v s, f tile Or rallSendr 14°. ..... '',F .............. ........... .......... . ............. ..... ~0 ...... .... ........ fiet t o o ....' ............. all .......... .............. 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Os ; to be hal of the r . 1854MOnk, Terra ce Pi er , g QZN DE RAILWAY COMPANY. b", GIVEN, GIVN, That the Scrip Certificates e i_ e uanOd for the Banker's Receipts, at the Offices of the Yrten the hours of 12 and 2. 2 ,11 4 THOMAS BURNELL, Secretary. ,DlAte-street January, 1855. ' 4I) E RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisionally registered.) I.;III.IRDIANs—W. P. ANDREW, Esq. '" , ileti.ix—FßANClS HORSLEY ROBINSON, Esq. DIRECTORS. l i ttr ti,7 , 44t Mad dock M.P. I Alexander MaCk6nzie : Esq. y -1 04.1 4..p,.4%•rad 111 erdo p, Esq. John C. Marshmau, Mg. ,„,.. 11 e. Esq. Nev • Warren, Esq. ' 4 lol l4 `,.; u nlinore, Esq. Thomas Williams, Esq. N l 4 c' l 4fard• rA.iolo..„).B—getor of the assurance they have already expressed, the Se c nde Railway Company have the satisfaction of zltyt' li ': the sharehOlders that the Honorable East India Com , fen7N e d tO guarantee a minimum rate of interest of 5 per I tot - o.. ap t 2;_11 on the present Capital of this Company. at /),..‘ 4B been fixed, in the first instance, at 500,0001., as the katitk i :tnt contemplated will not exceed that amount. 1414 0r na .,2 1 1. of this decision, 20,000 shares of 201. each, repre -'1114:31., have been allotted in this country; the remaining 2, kn... r epresenting 100,0801., have been reserved for In dia. THOMAS BURNELL, Secretary. street, 12th January, 1855. 11 X NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. C 1 , 404, 0I? DEPO S I T, nt . t IONAL ASSURANCE AND INVESTMENT AS9O- - , No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON'. 416 1 „ r A-NTS for the lIALF-YEARLY INTEREST. at the 4,,, , ett• per annum, on Deposit Accounts to 31st Decem 1, '7 for deli ver y an d payable daily. N ll les PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Att,„_q t r ouS of Investing Money are requested to examine the a nk of Deposit. Prospectuses and Foreas for Opening -41 t f ree on application. t . to.,,Q4SS I ONAL RUBBER.—TIIOI\IAS Aeon ) 4 4-iER (twelve years attendant at Mr. G. A. Walker's, i'ul n eat 'l l Bath Establishment) offers his services to Invalids 1114 otVuer in cases of Rheumatism, Contracted Joints, cer atter oth t ar ßlYsis, Spinal Affections, Loss of Muscular rower, %V r ailment or condition of the body for which such 1//3 ° squired,—Address, 3, tipper John-street,Golden- 1 3 11, ° "hest - ' l ' l4 ; ti tl , l "''S CASINO, ARGYLL ROO NIS. 1111 °ne ra ' -- Dv t .„.,..' coarse of this week will be played by Laurent's Zfilitlgs ; tts e, La Part du Diable, Auber ; Waltzes: La It h --. " i ft,hZ 4)l,s (first time) Cornet • Vermahlung's Toasts , ariatf h-sla de „ 1, I) ; Le Carnaval de Venise(by desire), H. Laurent , ,1 1e). 4lcaz "` all the principal performers. Quadrilles: Le n 4 est, t i7ootte. s at ,' LamotteGuerre ; Le Rol du Pastel (first .__" 141 4 8 448 8; L,, ~Fu e ttische, Mathilde, Portisseau. Polkas : Biumen wora' .3. L a „:! 'dente, Strauss ; Warshauer, Strauss. Gallop, Les Itm er Itho n rertlt. Principal Cornet a Piston, Boulcourt. All d „;e orch e ,Z.e to music to be obtained at the music repository -4 • 51 011, Doors open at Eight; commence at half-past. Shini ng. 11 Oy A T _Li POLYTECHNIC tipty followin INSTITUTIO-N. Lt`i'LLY pimp REMA.EKA.BLE NOVELTIES have been ‘4 Peri ea tir t,..E by ''. l/ ItEl3 . t kiorZ -- " , th 'Et'eElt, Esq., on Professor Wheatstone's Rgrllasta4 I T" 2-I. " ll rtsetoN of EfOLIND through Wad Con pA,, -Y a TELEPHONIC CONCERT. thS.,....bro ßA lli , a an ENTIRELY NEW anal SPLENDID OPTI- A , e illustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the 1 4lTiZ ul t , With 0 11 , 1; n5 114,.. a5 . c p autiful PFIANTASmAGOBIA EFFECTS, and A il 1 arranged by Mr: Waud. 11 01, 41 ' CLAeEet,VENING, the 10th inst., LECTURE to the INDUS . by Dr. BACHROFFNER Subject, " The PEASANT tfew H ctit VI EWS of the WAR: SIEGE of SEBASTOPOL, &c., &C. k r. S STEAM GUN, discharging Slaty Rails p er Minute. r!)/iu•AWFoan's VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT of the PAT RIO rIC Nuitt A ;2f SCOTLAND. For the special Amusement of the Juvenile th:' , /, DAVIS'S INGENIOUS M kEIONETT ES' will be exhibited. Iti'Other LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS of MODELS, &c. &c. &c. kr° deco rations. ' , Ott' TAN NOORDEN'S New Musical Game, the POLT-llA.RMONl ,,:ilkPlained Daily by the Inventor. an ki s3 ZEMPS COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED „,Zi tin suLEs ' approved of by the French College of Physicians, ;16.4 , 41, 1 ,1 administered In the Paris and London Hospitals, and lietat 4 ", gQd by them tbe the best remedy for the cure of certain F r fie. 54' . " " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852).—Price per 100 4s. 6d. ; le n'tle m. To be had of the inventor, Cr A.BRIEL JOZEAU, ~e raist , st 49, Haymarket, London, whose name is printed on --"'vernment stamp, and of the principal chemists. ItltQ, Qp_AT . -,-. t it 4 4, -Lan, protected by Royal Letters 111444 %. 5 a ~,or England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de 4 k -"e r 4r12, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. liZtts TRIESEMAR, No. 1, . f°ll telitxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the aiN k it 4 ‘St 14 the TRIESEMAR, No. 2, V :stoit, e short space of three days, completely and entirely - ' 4 4ONf a ces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cuh ehs ni t l , %%7: 1 thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health Or e tr e ., Of the popnlation. ri444,„1"41t,011t„. TRIESEAAR, No. 3, lk, , ne ct siy t , icental Rem ,, dy for that class of Disorders, which iliAlt rit str ue ,., English physician treats_ with Mercury to the in 111.,44;b1iti , 40 11 of the patient's constitution, and which all the I,4‘ L ot a „ , - , 11A,e World cannot remove. ,NC b a — ,,.., No, 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of tade or smeß, may lie on the toilet table suspectedlltkel'ilt:llte:ll:bienignirluaiitle2. .They i t l•ic do s 4 es at 1 Is. each, free by post, 23. extra, divided inte 10 Gi',:re h,',_as administered by Valpgan, Laileman4,Roux, ad n yvholesale and Retail in London of Robert John uhl.gtre4....a.nnay and Co., 63, OxOrd-strest; and Sanger. 411. 4...vEsEND STAR k i ,oQtii , er PACKETS. - eeket,' eekets call at the Greenhithe and Purileet Piers. , icon at the Piers as underlined (weather permittin itCr A TERRACE PIER, GRAVEsE4i). w te,x s '" -- " -- ---s_:rEgitA.CE PIER, GRA.Vegblqi). te, ' to Ass. SUNDAYS. c.. ,5 :2. 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To which e a lti? s n e ed ri , ehotimitamtnnntaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre ti,,e2:ll the a the evils emanating from empirical p . ractice, - "lneeroi a Y edies advocated by various writers on ' LoallOrtant disorders •,, , BY 3 kMITEL LAnIERT. M.D. — ck as.. l.or' ef ‘„,, P 0 R D-S QUA R E, LONDON, of ''` ue tne, Matriculated Member el the L Univer!ity of Society, ice 'Honorary Member of the London Uospital Medical hr"tiata°fA.Pothecaries' Hall, London. tge., te . Ileg e , in —B seutial object of this treatise is to point out the fe.arfulo_..n -n,44, ,5 resultiug from certain habits, irregularities, a an e f f e '" M - a " n l hc;en %.2.tve preauced more misery ho Youth, degradatiT a .. s any Oth e - ; V, Premature decay at all stages of Life, than, Po-ia P Partt eu c ias a __ of disease known to modern pathologists. their ri ~„,,_sy recommended to persons entertaining secret t d bts of hazarded Its perusal is th e h'.l•Ythleal condition, and who are conscious of haying a _ 4 etitlee. 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Proof copies, 7s. Gd. Gat eia and Co., Regent Gallery, 71, Regent-street. Just published, price ls. in cloth, T HE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH : Was it Invented by Professor WHEATSTONE ? Ey WILLIAM FOTIIERGILL COOKE, Esq. Sold by W. li. Smith and Son, 136 and 137, Strand, London. In the press, in one vol., illustrated by numerous plates, DOCUMENTS Relating to the INTENTION of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Edited by WILLIAM FOTHEIIGILL CooKE, Esq. Q UAC KS UNMASKED. The Third Edition.—Just published, price 5 5., by post, free, its. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, 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. PICKFURD. 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. Pickford is known 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 non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it my be in his ower to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book e:,uld 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 m0ney...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhma, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological baiis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: H. Baler°, 219, Regent-street. 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Qui at parla Italleno. lifer voricht mart Damned, Acilla no. liAhln napalm_ An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 eratis.on application, or postfree ACCEPTANCE BY RUSSIA OF THE FOUR POINTS. We believe that, in consequence of the acceptance by the Czar of the Four Conditions, as interpreted by the Allies, a Congress will meet at Vienna about the lst of February. For this important meeting of the represen- tatives of the Allies and of the Czar, with a view to the negotiation of peace, the preliminary steps are now being taken. It is necessary that new powers should he issued by the Governments concerned, as the present Ministers at Vienna have not the requisite full powers ; and, therefore, fresh commissions must be issued, and if it so please the Cabinets—and such a course we think not unlikely to find favour in their eyes—new Envoys will be accredited for the special purpose of assisting at the Congress in question. The present meetings of Ministers at Vienna, though frequently termed Conferences, have no right to that' title, being merely interviews of no positive authority or result. The one interview which had a real and solid importance was that in which Prince Gortschak off an nounced to the Representatives of the Allies that his Imperial Master accepted completely the conditions which they laid down-as absOlutely necessary as starting points for negotiation. When the Congress—in which, of course, a Turkish Plenipotentiary will take part—is at length held, we shall, no doubt, hear of deeply interesting and impor tant discussions ; but it is idle to speculate upon these whilst the great event which will give tone and sub stance to them is yet impending. There is no doubt that at this moment most vigorous measures are being prosecuted in the Crimea ; and now that Omer Pasha and his army create a diversion, and our own forces have received such considerable rein forcements, we may look at any moment for intelligence of a pitched battle with the Russian army, or the breach ing and storming of Sebastopol—or both. Sebastopol must fall. And when it has fallen—and then only—we may seriously look for beneficial results from the Congress which is about to assemble. Then, with the material guarantee of the ruin of his power and influence in the East in our hands, and with all Europe ranged in battle array against him, the Czar may be induced to give a real effect to the negotia tions which he has initiat ed, and to s p are Eur ope fur ther bloodshed, and Rus sia further damage, by sin cerely and effectively abandoning bis aggressive designs, and the means by which it was attempted to carry them out.—Morning Post. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain Gor don, paid wages yesterday at Portsmouth. Royal George, 120, screw, is still in Sheerness Basin. Her crew are all gone on leave. The poop is fast being taken off. Exmouth, 91, screw, Captain Hon. F. T. Pelham, moved out to the sailing moorings in Hamoaze from the Devonport Dockyard on. Wednesday. Princess Royal, 91, screw, Captain Lord C. B. Paget, sailed on Wednesday afternoon from Devonport for Queenstown, where, as before stated, sho embarks troops for the Crimea. Cassar, 91, screw, Captain Robb, went out of Devon port Harbour on Wednesday. Majestic, 80, screw, Captain Hope, C. 8.; is in No. 3 dry dock, at Sheerness ; her rigging and masts are all set up, and the crew gone on leave. She is principally now in the hands of the engineers, with the exception of the defects in the after part. The Hastings and Pembroke, 72-gun sailing-ships, that have been in dock some time being converted into screw-ships, to carry 60 guns each, will have the neces sary alterations completed by the end of this month. They will, it is expected, with the four or five other ships of the same character undergoing a similar conver sion at the other dockyards, form a very suitable and useful addition to the class of vessels best adapted for service in the ensuing campaign in the Baltic. Russell, 60, screw, is still in No. 2 graving -dock, at Sheerness. About the 15th she is to go out, if possible. Her sister-ship, the Hawke, at Chatham, went out of dock on Monday, and got one mast in. We hear she is to go in again for greater facility of rigging, &c. Amphion, 34 e screw, Captain Key, is in the Sheerness basin, witk her masts out and lower deck cut away, pre paratory to getting her boilers out ; her crew were paid on Tuesday, and have gone on leave till the sth of February next. The crew of her Majesty's screw steam corvette Cos sack, Captain Fanshawe, were paid wages at Plymouth este' day. Pylatles, 20, screw, Captain D'Eyncourt, on Tuesday hoisted the pennant in Sheerness basin. Her crew, drafted from the Desperate, assisted getting in her other two boilers. She is under the sheers, and is to be brought forward with all despatch. The Cressy, 80, screw, Captain Warren, is in No. 1 dry dock at Sheerness. She is now nearly out of the hands of the shipwrights, and will go out of dock about the 18th, after her return. Fifty-one of her crew have already returned. APPOINTMENTS. Captain John E. Erskine (1838), to command tho Orion, 91, screw steam-ship, now ready for commission at Sheerness. Commanders.—Edmund H. Gunnell (1853), to the Albion, 90, on the Mediterranean and Black Sea station ; Cowper P. Coles, recently promoted from Flag Lieute nant of the Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship on the Mediterranean and Black Sea station, to the Rodney, 90, on the same station. Masters.—J. H. Allard (1851), to the Himalaya screw steam troop-ship at Portsmouth ; Robert P. L. Simp son (1854), to the Desperate screw steam-irigato at Sheerness. _ _ _ Second Master M. W. H. Braddy, to the Himalaya screw steam-ship at Portsmouth. Acting Clerk F. Le B. Bedwell, to the Perseverance screw steam troop-ship at Woolwich. THE RUSSIAN SHIPS. Yesterday afternoon the High Marshal of the Court of Admiralty made public proclamation on the Royal Exchange, that within 20 days from that date the Court would proceed to condemn the Russian ship Ariel, of which J. G. Jensen was late the master, a lawful prize, she being the property of the Queen's enemies, and as such seized in the port of Belfast, sailing under Danish colours, and issue decrees of sale for the benefit of the captors. The captain and crew of the Ariel have been put on board her Majesty's steamer Powerful, at Greenock to be brought to Sheerness, when they will be trans ferred to the Devonshire prison-ship. The Court of Admiralty will proceed forthwith to the condemnation of the Russian Black Sea prizes now at Malta, captured by her Majesty's ships Retribution, Firebrand, Fury, kc. ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE. At the monthly examination of officers qualifying for promotion and candidates for entry into the navy, which terminated yesterday at the Royal Naval College, Ports mouth, the following passed and received certificates:— For Naval Cadets Messrs. J. Eliot Pringle and William S. Gordon, from Mr. Eastman's Preparatory Naval Establishment, Soutbsea ; D. E. K. Grant, H. M'luruy, J. W. D'atruy, dud It. du D. 11.1.wt.10y. For Masters' Assistants—Messrs. A. Carr and P. Rees. For Clerks' Assistants—Messrs. P. W. Rouse, W. P. Taylor, R. Hill, R. W. Parish, E. S. Lean, H. J. Har vey, J, G. Franeklyn, H. F. Johnstone, and Heaven. ARRIVAL OF THE INDEFATIGABLE AT RIO. Letters were received in Plymouth, on Taesday, from her Majesty's frigate Indefatigable, flagship of Rear- Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone, dated the 16th of De cember, at which time she arrived at Rio ; officers and crew all well. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. Yesterday the Baron von Humboldt steamer, laden with railway material, and the screw steam-transport Kangaroo, laden with warm clothing and stores, sailed from Deal for Balaklava. The Merlin, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 312-horse power, having been thoroughly refitted at Deptford, and completed for service at sea at Woolwich, has been commissioned by Captain B. J. Sullivan, who com manded the Lightning steam-vessel when serving in laying down buoys in the Baltic last summer. The officers and crew of the Lightning have been turned over to the Merlin. The Locust steam•vessel, Lieutenant Commander George F. Day, has been ordered to be paid down to- day at Woolwich. _ _ The Marley Hill steam-transport, No. 169, laden with huts for the Crimea, was to sail from Portsmouth last night for the Crimea. The mail steamship Retriever left Plymouth on Sun day evening, at 6 p.m., for the coast of Africa.. MILITARY. The screw steamer Bahiana, is now at anchor in the Mersey, Liverpool, ready to embark the 82d Regiment, and the steamers Canadian and Imperador are being fitted up at that port for the reception of troops, with the utmost possible despatch. The 82d Regiment were ordered to Preston on Wednesday, where they will un dergo a severe medical scrutiny, and when pronounced fit for service they will proceed to Liverpool. The wo men and children will not sail in the Bahima, as at first arranged, but the regiment will be accompanied by 60 men connected with the Commissariat de?artment, whd will arrive at Liverpool from Dublin. Captain Travers' company, sth battalion of Royal Artillery, at present stationed at Leith Fort, and Cap tain Hawkins's company, 7th battalion, stationed at Dublin, have been ordered to return to head-quarters at Woolwich immediately, for the purpose of being fitted up and placed in a state of readiness to embark for the Crimea. The addition of these companies to those pre viously preparing for foreign service makes 11 field bat teries and companies under orders for the seat of war. The Marquis of Dalhousie has approved of a camp being formed at Umballah to continue for a few months. It is expected that the following regiments will be pre sent :-52d Queen's Light Infantry, GOtli Rifles, 20th Lighi Infantry, to form a light brigade ; 32d Queen's, 28th Native Infantry, 70th Native Infantry, 53d Queen's 60th Native infantry, and 61st Native Infantry. The cavalry will consist of the 9th Lancers Queen's), the 4th Light Cavalry (Lancers), and the 4th Irregulars. There will be three troops of Horse Artillery. THE MILITIA. The Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia assembled for permanent duty a - , Alnwick on Tuesday. They are under the command )f the Earl of Beverley, and will commence immediately to recruit, to make up the full complement of men. It is stated that the North York Rifles will go into garrison in Stirling Castle. The South Devon Militia has volunteered for the Mediterranean. The Ist Royal Cornwall Rangers, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton, are 1,051 lank and file when all embodied, but the greatest dumber yet em bodied has been about 410 men. The permanent staff consists of an adjutant and 33 non-commissioned officers and buglers. The number of arms and accoutrements issued up to the present time has been 500. The 2d Regiment of Cornwall Rifles consists of 215 rank and file, but the largest number which has been yet embodied has been from 80 to 85. The stiff consists of but one adjutant and seven non•commissuned officers and buglers. During the past week there has been a good deal of volunteering going on at Brighto❑ from the Militia into the regulars, the 04th Regiment having received the largest number, on account of the height of the men, the great proportion of the volunteers not being tall enough either for the Grenadier Guards, the artilery, or the cavalry, although in the present crisis they are taken at a much lower standard than formerly. The men muster every morning for drill at the Royal Brunswick Cricket ground. The corps assembles at half-Fast ten, and scarcely a day passes that the colonel of the regiment, the Doke of Richmond, is not on the ground. Up to the present tlnie the men, almost without an exception, have behaved remarkably well in the town. The Artillery battalion of the Roya'. Sussex Militia are to be embodied on the 2d of February for coast duty at Eastbourne, which is to bo their head-quarters. Col. Lord Methuen, of the Royal Wilts Militia, quar- tered at Portsmouth garrison, and the officers and men of the regiment have been roost kind in ministering to the wants of the poor women and children who came home lately from the seat of war and landed at Portsmouth from the Himalaya. A large number of these, the wives ' and widows and orphans of our brave soldiers, left the THE BATTLE OF INKERMIN-THE PROSPECTS OF THE JrAR. (From the new number of the Oarteriy Review.) In the meanwhile large reinforcements vere daily join ng the Russian camp to the north of Sebastopol. Extra ordinary efforts were being made to brrig down those troops which the Austrian occupation of tie Principalities now placed at the disposal of the Czar fix the defence of the Crimea, and all the resources of the ountr7 were em ployed for this purpose. Cads, carriaies,.. post-horses, bore one corps (ram* frunrOdesesibeo. Before we even received notice of their approach fifty thousand men were collected on the heights of Inkerman, the greater number of whom the generals of the allied armies had been assured from home were still wattling the fron tiers of Bessarabia in expectation of an Austrian invasion. Prince Menschikoff resolved, by one great elort, to force our ill-defended position, which, once carried, would place the Allied armies at his mercy. His plan vas well con ceived. Our front was exposed, our flank and roar open, and he could pour his columns from all sides upon our de voted bands, before we could oven know that they were near. A despatch, written to the Emperor, his master, some days before the execution of his design, betrays the confidence ho felt in its result, and the almost mad excite ment of his brain at the prospect of success. "A terrible calamity," he wrote, " impends over the invaders of your dominions. In a few days they will have perished by the sword, or will be driven into the sea. Let your Majesty send your sons hero, that I may render up to them un touched the priceless treasure which your Majesty has en trusted to my keeping." Two days before he was to fulfil his pledge, two imperial carriages, preceded by outriders, and accompanied by an escort of cavalry, were seen to enter Sabastopol by the high road from the north, and the sound of rejoicings came up from the city. Soon after midnight, on the morning of the sth of Nov., thoss who guarded the trenches and lay sleepless in their tents listened to the tolling of bells, as for some sacred ceremony The distant sounds of chanting are even said to have been heard by persons who watched still nearer to the beleagnred city. The solemn peal ceased about two hours before daylight, and was succeeded by the bright flash and heavy report of ordnance in the rear of the British lines. After a little time there was again deep silence, only broken by a low rumbling heard by the furthest pickets, who thought it to be the noise of waggons laden with supplies entering the town. The dawn long struggled through the mist which hung on the heights of Sebastopol. As daylight broke a party of unarmed men appeared on the crest of the hill, above the eastern end of the harbour of Sebastopol, and in front of the second division of the British army. They made signs as of surrender to the pickets which watched those heights. The officer believing them to be deserters ad vanced to receive them. Having been thus thrown off his guard he and his men were suddenly surrounded and seized by a large body of troops who had lain in ambush behind the ridge. An alarm was thus avoided, and the first Russian columns were fast drawing near to the Bri tish lines, partly concealed by the mist, before they were perceived by the remaining pickets, which gave notice of their approach, and beldly resisted and checked the ad vance of the enemy. They only fell back when their am munition had been expended, and when completely over powered by the weight of succeeding masses of men. The second division, to which, though reduced to nearly half its numbers by battle and disease, was still confided the important post now menaced, had scarcely time to collect to receive the Russian advance. Their able and expe rience(' commander, overcome by his dies, anxiety, and disease, was on a sick bed at Balaklava. Gen. Pennefather pouring in dense masses over Soon afar they had taken his place. He hastily formed the decimated opened regi ments, and rapidly led them to meet the enemy, who were the deadly fire of the Minie, teekkie hay fro the approaching columns. The Russians, seeing fli p :T a tra * British troops were now prepared to receive them, rushed forward with loud and disoordant yellsribing above the roll of musketry and the roar of artillery—a sound—how un like the hearty English cheer ! —never to be forgotten by those who heard it on that memorable morning. At that same time their numerous artillery, which had been brought to the edge of the Lill over which they had been so noiselessly dragged, and the guns of the town and ships of war, threw an unceasing volley of shot and shell not only into our troops, but even beyond their camp, tearing to pieces the tents and killing the horses which were still fastened to their pickets. The batteries of the Ist and 2d divisions soon took up 'a position on a rising ground iu front of our lines, and sought in vain to check the heavy fire. Whilst fresh columns ascended the hill facing the end of the harbour, others, winding round its base, threatened our flank by a road through a deep ravine, and: our rear by aseup from the Inkerman valley. through a narrow gorge Anothercend large body leading ad.va u eed towards the five-gun battery , stretching from " Careening .Bay" almost into the centre of our pgsitiou. Thus was the right of the Allied armies menaced on all sides by everwhelnainguumbers. - The Guaras wore in the immediate rear of the 2d divi sion' and consequently the nearest to the point of attack. TheGrenadiersund , Scots Fusiliers lost no time after the first shot was fired in hurrying forwards. The greater part of the brigade had but j ust returned from the trenches, in which they had been exposed to rain since an hour be fore daylight on the previous Worniig. Benumbed . with cold, wet, long without rest, and for many hours without food, they were led against the enemy. As they advanced, justly anticipating that the enemy would :ascend in force by the road in the rear of the second division, they turned to the right. On a small spur, some way down the preci pitous hill overlooking the valley of lukernian was a small battery built of sandbags and fascines ; it had held two siege-guns, placed there to Silence a gun which, mounted by the Russians on the opposite heights, above the ruins, had caused much annoyance to our camp. The desired object having been effected, the two guns, being required elsewhere, had been removed. The unarmed battery was occupied .on that morning by a, picket of the 55th Regi ment. In front of it, before daylight, the enemy had brought up heavy guns, which opened suddenly upon this small body of men. Surprised by an overwhelming force, and unsupported by their own division, they were compelled to fall back, after making for, a short time a vigorous resistance, and losing nearly two-thirds of their number. As. they retreated the Guar& were ad vancing to the spot. Seeing that the pickets were retiring before the enemy, who had already taken possession of the battery, the Greuadiers, giving a loud cheer, charged down the declivity. It was the work of a moment. The Russians were driven headlong from the work: The three, regiments of Guards, the Cohistreanss having soon after joined the rest of thubrigade, held the battery, formed into lino at right angles to it, and occupied the ridges of thnprojecting spur. Then commenced a struggle which has rarely if ever been equalled in modern warfare. The ,columns of the enemy, unchecked by tne English the, a*lui n impeLuounly , advanced with fear ful y ells u p the slope, attempting to turn the right flank of the Guards. The Grenadiers, united with the Coldstreams, met the approaching columns with a second eharge. Again the enemy wore driven back, but again, urged. onwards by the overwhelming numbers behind, they returned. The ammunition of the Guards was nearly expended, and their ranks broken and thinned .by those who had fallen in this bloody contest; but still they held their ground—firing upon the advanc ing foe on one side, rushing with the bayonet upon those who attempted to surround them on the other. Fresh supplies and some reinforcements frcm the . 4th division at length reached them. But still the Russians pressed on with undiminished strength. .Again our' brave men were iu need of ammunition, and were fast falling be fore the unceasing fire of the moray, who, concealed by the thick brushwood and by the undulating ground, had now succeeded in surrounding them. They could but give 3 way. Charging with dEsperate firy, they bore their colours triumphantly through the dense mass. Reaching a breastwork whida had been raised at some distance behind the battery, they formed again, and , with the bayonet prepared once more to dispute every inch of ground. During more than five hews this hereie brigade almost alone resisted the attack of an overwhelming force, supported by a heavy and continuous fire of artillery. Nearly two-thirds of their numbers were mown down in this hand-to-hand fight. Yet they knew that the safety of the British army d e p ended upon ttem, and they nobly held their own—each man Performing deeds of almost Un exampled heroism. The 4th division, whostcamp was far distant, had early hastened to the point of attack, led by Sir Geo. Cathcart, but they did not reach it until after the Guards had long been engaged in the struggle for the pessessien of the two gun battery. Ono brigade under General Goldie was de taehed tolho assistance of the 2d diviEion now hard pressed on the left by the increasing columns of ' the enemy. The other, commanded by General Tereus, turned to the right and sought the Guards, who were almost surrounded. Sir G. Cathcart believed that the nest effectual succour could be given them by turning tea enemy's flank, and thus compelling them to fall back from the disputed battery. Unwilling to credit the earnest reireientations made to him that the Russians had alreadyoccupied the opposite heights, he placed himself at the head of a few companies of the 68th Regiment, and with unlaunted spirit entered a gully to the right of the earthwork But he had scarcely descended far before he perceived the Russians on the ridges above him. Re saw, too late, thin he was surrounded. Attempting to lead back his men, tile distinguished officer fell mortally wounded, and his tody remained for.some time in the midst of the enemy. Hi; gallant aide-de-camp, Colonel Chas. Seymour, who had long shared the fortunes of his chief, and who stooped to receive his last breath, perished by his side. But a contest no less terrible that that around the two gun battery raged on the hill abovethe harbour, on which the Russians had first appeared, and which was separated by a deep ravine from that held by the Guards. The ground was covered with low and thick brush wood, and was much broken. A cloud of skirmishers thrown out by the ad vancing columns were thus able to keep under sufficient cover, and to inflict considerable loss upon our troops, who could with difficulty advance in line. The 2d Division had been joined by a brigade of the Ist—together they rushed upon the enemy, and for some moments they held him in check. Their ammunition having been expended, they even received the approaching columns with stones, until exhausted they , were forced to retire. Under cover of the incessant and well-directed fire of their artillery, the Rus sians advanced with renewed confidence, charging our re treating regiments, and redoubling their unearthly yells. Four of our guns were already in theirpossessiou, and they were almost in the midst of the teats of the 2d Division. For a moment tho issue of the day seemed doubtful, and the sternest heart felt a thrill of doubt and dread. But again, by superhuman efforts,'our broken regiments rallied, charged into their dense ranks, drove them back in dis order, and recaptured the guns. General Bosquet, as usual, had lost no time in ascertain ing the nature of the attack, and had ordered two batta lions of infantry to aid in the defence of the British posi tion. Ho would have hastened himself to take part in the contest with a larger force, but, the Russian fire suddenly slackening between eight and nine o'clock, Sir G. Cathcart, under the impression that the enemy were retiring, sent to inform him that there was no longer need for his imme diate advance. At an early hour of the morning a move ment had taken place in the corps d'armee under Liprandi, in the valley of the Tchernaya. Acolumn of infantry, with riflemen, had advanced to the foot of the heights, and had exchanged shots with the Zouaves and French troops de fending that part of the position. The batteries on the Tchernaya ridge and in the redoubts, and some field pieces, opened upon Balaklava and upon the edge of the plateau, in rear of our lines. This fire was returned, and having been continued on both sides for some time, without any apparent effect, the Russians fell back, but still appeared to threaten a further advance. Such being the case, General Bosquot could not withdraw the troops which defended this part of the position, and, for a time believing it possible from the Blackening of the fire in front of the British camp that after all the real ' attack might be made in the rear, he speedily returned to his own post. But the Russian artil lery had only ceased awhile, to draw nearer to the English camp under cover of the mist which still prevailed. Soon after it opened again with redoubled violence. Fresh bodies of men at the sumo time came over the crest of the hill, and up the ravines. Our regiments, no longer able to oppose their shattered lines to the exhaustless stream of men, were forced back at all points, and were retreating mingled together in complete disorder. This was the most critical period of the day. More than an hour had been lost by General Bosquet's return to the rear. Ha now learnt the magnitude of the danger. Pre planning that General Liprandi's attack was but a feint, with the decision and courage of a true general he resolved at once to act upon the supposition. Leaving, therefore, his position almost undefended, he brought nearly the whole of his force to the aid of the English. Advancing to the verge of the range of the Russian artillery, he halted his troops, and, surrounded by his staff, rode himself into the midst of the conflict. At that instant the dispersion of the mist revealed the scene for the first time. He sur veyed it with a calm and practised eye ; he returned to his men, and, making the dispositions he deemed necessary, gave orders for the attack. The field-artillery covering the left of our position was now nearly overpowered by the superior weight and range of the Russian guns. A heap of dead and wounded men and horses mingled toge ther proved the deadly nature of the enemy's fire. Gene ral Bosquet sent two troops of horse artillery and one field battery to protect and assist our guns. At full speed they swept before our almost disabled batteries, and taking up a position in front of them, amidst the cheers of our men, opened a rapid and well-directed fire upon the enemy's powerful artillery ; but still the Allies could not contend against the superior weight and length of range of the Russian ordnance. It was, however, in the rear of the 2d division, in the ravines, running up to the two-gun battery, where the Guards were engaged in the deadly struggle, that the danger threatened most; and it was to that point that General Bosquet principally directed his troops. A regiment of Zouaves, and of Indigenes, or Arabs, were accordingly ordered to charge the enemy, who covered in one dense grey mass the sides of the hills. Rushing headlong upon the Russians with an impetuosity that nothing could with stand, they drove them back in confusion. These brave and intelligent troops on this day well sustained theirreputation. Not affecting the calm and steady advance of the British lines, they scattered themselves over the broken and undu lating ground, seeking for every irregularity in the soil ; sheltering themselves behind the brushwood and rocks; firing with deadly accuracy into the opposite columns ; then suddenly darting forward, and with irresistible daring throwing themselves upon the wavering ranks, they struck terror into the Russian infantry. " See !" cried their bravo general, as ho gazed with admiration upon them, " see ! they bound like panthers from the bush :" The French troops of the line, moving forwards more steadily in support of our broken regiments to the left, were exposed to a heavier fire from the Russian artillery on the ridge, as well as from the batteries of the town and ships. For a moment they quailed before it. Then with loud shouts of " Viva l'Empereur !" and amidst the cheers of tho English, they charged with the bayonet. Thus re lieved, our disordered regiments were n.bln to form 'wain : and when their allies, in their turn, were overpowered by numbers, they once more rushed upon the enemy. Soon the various uniforms of the two nations were mingled to gether : English regiments charging with French ; their shouts of defiance and of victory rising together, and their blood moistening the same soil. Both were inspired with a generous rivalry, and returned with fresh ardour to the fight. Nothing could roaiet *inch men animated by such a spirit. The vast wave, which threatened at one time to overwhelm the British camp, again broke upon these heroic bands, and rolled hack over the heights. The Russian artillery, however, maintained its position, and by its incessant and vigorous firo encouraged the re newed attacks of the infantry. It has been estimated that the enemy had no loss than ninety guns in the field on this day, almost every one being superior in weight and range to those possessed by the English. A large number were " gulls of position,"that is, cannon of too large a size to be commonly used in the field, and intended for permanent works. Moreover, the fleet and town batteries throw a continual volley of heavy shot and shell into our lines. The contest at one time of the day, when a bright mishits* had dispelled the mist, was becoming a mighty duel of artillery to be decided by the number and weight of the guns on either side. As yet the Allies had been almost overpowered, and had suffered most severe losses. ,We had stilt two 18-pounders remaining in the park o: the siege train. Lord Raglan ordered them to be brought up to the front. The execution of this order was declared to be im possible, but Col. Dickson had already anticipated it, and prepared to carry it into effect, Col. Gambier, who com manded the siege train, being wounded. By the help of men and horses he dragged the heavy guns through roads deep in mud, and over the rough ground. Reaching at last *hip in front of the camp of the 2d division, he proceeded, although exposed to the heaviest fire, with ad mirable calm ness and judgment, assisted by Captain D'Aguilar, to place them in position. He well know how much depen (hid upon the steadiness and accuracy of their practice. They were opposed to a large number of guns of equal if not heavier calibre. The ammunition provided for them was limited and easily obtained ;" not a round, therefore, was to be wasted. The unerring shot crushed through the Russian batteries, each one disabling a gun er destroy ing men and horses. Soon they began to waver. The horses were sent to move forward. Another well-directed shot plunged through them, and the artillerymen, harness• ine their teams, fell back upon the edge of the hil l where th e 'oe , had first taken up their position. But they were still within roach. Again their guns wore overthrown, and tumbrils lay broken on the ground. The fire slackened, and the heavy columns of their infantry, no longer urged onwards by it, avers falling back on all sides. The Zouaves and Indigenes relentlessly pursued them. In a little while none wore left on the hill facing the British lines, but the still powerful Russian artillery carried on the battle, and covered the retreat. Three times were the entire detach ments which worked the two English guns mown down before the enemy's fire completely ceased, and their last ammunition waggon had disappeared over the crest of the hill, leaving iu one spot a heap of dead, 63 horses, six en tire and several broken tumbrils, anti the shattered remains of gaveled gun-carriages ; but no gun had been aban doned. By extraordinary exertions the Russian artil lerymen had, as usual, prevented any such trophy falling into our hands. The battle was now won. A heavy fire from the town and ships still covered the retreat of the Russians. Lord Ra g lan, zcua tti Ly the officers of their staff, advanced to the edge of the cliff beneath the two-gun battery. Long before they reached the spot they dismounted, for no horse could tread there on that day. A heap of dead and dying, perhaps more dread ful than ever field of battle had shown before, encumbered the ground. Oa a small plain beneath, on the opposite side of the river, were gathered together the thousands which had been driven from the heights. Broken columns were hurrying in utter disorder over the narrow causeway which crossed the marshy valley, although there were none to pursue. A French battery advanced at full speed to the edge of the overhanging height, and poured its fire upon the panic-stricken crowd. It reeled to and fro, and then breaking up, the hill sides and the ravines were covered with flying men. No army had ever made a more dis graceful retreat. Before nightfall not a remnant of the mighty host which had that morning been led to battle could be seen. Whilst the battle was raging on the heights in front of the second division, a largo body of infantry with artillery, under General Soimonoff, attempted to turn our flank by ascending the valley to the right of the five-gun battery ; but they gave way before the steady anti well-directed fire of a small body of Marines, and of the first brigade of the light division under General Codrington. At the same time a sortie was made upon the extreme left of the French lines. About 5,030 men issuing from the town under cover of the mist surprised and entered two batteries, but they . did not long hold them. General Furey , who cou?Lpfplidd the division attached to the siege operations, quickly ad vanced. The Russians were driven ba ck in disorder, and the with great lose. General de Lournsel, c w owne d eh a l we des the ardour of the pursuit, fell mortally very walls of the town. In hint the French army lost a leader renowned for his chivalrous bravery. Such was the battle of Inkerman, one of the moat me-. morable in the annals of war. For nearly seven hours 8,000 English and 6,000 French soldiers sustained a baud-to-baud fight against nearly 60,00 J mon, supported by artillery vastly superior in number and calibre to any that could be opposed to them. Upon the issue of the struggle depended the very existence of the Allied Armies. Had the Rus sians succeeded in their attempt, the prophecy of their commander might have been fulfilled—their enemy would have perished by the sword, or have been driven into the sea. Again in this instance an admirably planned attack was ill executed. It owed its failure principally to two causes : the want of vigour in the attempt of General Soimonoff to turn the flank of the 2d Division by ascending the valley leading up the five gun battery, one the unskilful manner in which General Liprandi executed his ill-concealed feint. Bet it is principally to the latter cause that the complete defeat of the Russians must be attributed. Had the attack * It will appear seareely credible that these highly useful guns had been supplied from England with only 120 rounds of ammunition each. upon Balaklava and our rear been sufficiently persevered in, General Besqu o t cou ld no t h ave move d his battalions to the assistance of the English. Without this aid our troops could not have maintained their ground against the vastly superior numbers brought against them. The Russians, encouraged by the presence of the sons of their Emperor, blessed by their priests before entering into battle, and drunk with religious enthusiasm and strong drink, rushed with blind fury upon our troops. The foremost columns, when once engaged in the struggle, could scarcely fall back ; there was no space for them to deploy, and the thick brushwood impeded their movements. Masses after masses of men pressed up the hill sides, pressing onwards those that were in front, and leaving no room for retreat. Upon these dense crowds the Minie told with fatal effect, and when once they were broken the most complete confu sion ensued. Hence the terrible slaughter in the Russian ranks. The excitement of a first success having subsided, they rapidly gave way, aid fled panic-stricken before the impetuous and repeated charges of the French and English troops. Their artillery was well served and inflicted great loss upon the Allies. Bat again the fear of leaving a trophy made the gunners uncertain in their movements, and in duced thins to retire too soon. More than once the horses were led to the guns whilst the issue of the struggle was still doubtful. Colonel Dickson well divined the beat mode of defeating the enemy, when, neglecting the columns of men, he directed his round shot upon their guns. The ar tillery once silenced or hesitating, the Russian infantry no longer fought with confidence, but soon fell back in disorder. The British troops fought on this day with a calm and steady courage that has never been surpassed. Led on by their regimental officers they charged over and over again the massive columns of the enemy, and drove there back with the bayonet. When without ammunition, and borne down by overpowering numbers, they were compelled to retire, they formed again as soon as they were out of fire, and rushed once more into the fray. We owe our preser vation to the indomitable courage and heroic conduct of the soldier ; and well, therefore, was Inkerman called by one consent on the field " the soldiers' victory." The imminent danger we had incurred on the sth of November opened the eyes of the nation to the precarious position of the Allied armies, and to the desperate nature of the enterprise in which we wore engaged. No longer besiegers but the besieged, with a force nearly twice as great as our own upon our flank, a fortress of enormous strength and an arsenal with unlimited resources in our front, and reinforcements and supplies pouring into a place which we were unable to invest—it was only by enormous exertion that we could continue to hold our ground we had occupied. When the time had almost passed, ministers began to make their efforts, and it may be hoped that after all the sacrifices we have made we may succeed in cur object. The stnexpected resistance which they had met on the heights of Inkerman almost paralysed the Russians. They made one more attempt upon Bals.klava. From a hill commanding the height occupied by the marines they opened an ineffectual fire of field pieces. The day after, a crowd was seen dragging a siege gun of large size up the precepitous ascent. It had nearly reached the summit, when the weight, overpowering men and• horse, hurled them down into the ravine beneath. With these excep tions, and occasional sorties, principally directed against the French batteries, and all vigorously repulsed, the Rus sians have not again ventured upon an attack. The alli e d armies, at the same time, have remained on the defensive; each satisfied to hold their position until fresh reinforce ments of men, and fresh supplies of the munitions of war, should enable them to recommence the siege with some prospect of success. The approach of the stormy season further disclosed the neglect and improvidence in the Government, and the gross negligence and incompetency of the departments to which the details and conduct of the war had been confided. Our army was left without adequate clothing to protect them from the inclemency of the weather; with scarce sufficient food to sustain them ; and without an adequate medical staff to care for those who were wounded in battle, or dis abled by sickness brought on by the privations and suffer ings to which they were exposed. From the absence of the means of transport and the want of a proper road, the operations of the siege have been paralysed, our horses have been destroyed, the supplies, which (might have pre served the health and contributed to the comforts of tko soldier, have been allowed to rot, and the sick have been left exposed to wet and cold in miserable tents* at Bala klava. The French, more provident than ourselves, had foreseen the difficulties and unavoidable sufferings of a winter campaign. They had constructed reads between their lines and the place of disembarcation, and had more over made depots for the commissariat in their camp, an ticipating the possibility of a temporary interruption, from weather or other causes, of communication with the harbour : provisions for the men, or provender for the horses have thus been at all times at hand. Large sub stantial sheds of wood were easily built for their sick and wounded, and afforded them effectual protection until they could be removed to Constantinople, where well ordered and well provisioned hospitals, furnished with all that humanity and medical skill could devise, were ready to receive them. Their shipping in Kamish Bay has been admirably managed, and although greatly inferior to ours in tonnage and in size, has never failed to furnish them with necessary supplies, whilst proper and well-enforced regulations have prevented confusion and preserved a com modious and unencumbered landing-place in the harbour. Contrast the condition of our army, and the management of the department connected with it with that of our allies; the state of our roads, the sufferings of our sick, the harbour and town of Balaklava, our hospitals at Scu tari, and the unparalleled sufferings of our men and ani mals. As in all the naval movements wo have hitherto been behind them, so in all that tends to the efficiency and comfort of the soldier, we have shown ourselves infinitely their inferiors. These are humiliating reflections, and still more painful when it is remembered that they are caused by our own wan t o f common f ores i g ht , an d our ob nate determination to reject every warning and every counsel. Before wo conclude we cannot but refer to the ready and truly considerate manner in which General Canrobert and his officers have assisted us in our wants. By his willing. ness to afford at all times that aid which our own negli gence and imprudence have compelled us to seek at his hands, no less than by his eminent qualities as a com mander, and the generous way he has always borne testi mony to the courage and conduct of our troops, ho has gained the confidence and esteem of our army, and has strengthened that bend of union which now exists between the two nations. By the eud of the year the Allies, after extraordinary exertions, were, it would appear, in a condition to com mence a second attack upon Sebastopol, and possibly, at the time we aro writing, that event has actually occurred. We devoutly hope, that it may prove successful. Indeed, we can scarcely hope that if our preparations and resources are such as we aro informed they are, the south side of the place must succumb before our fire and a subsequent as sault. But we must be prepared for a heavy less and for further difficulties. Whatever may bo the result of this expedition—whether the fall of Sebastopol be but the first event in a long and bloody war, or whether the nation suffers a hollow and uncertain peace to be concluded, utterly inconsistent with the vast sacrifices it has made— the future historian of the campaign in the Crimea will record with mingled feelings the iadomitablo courage and long suffering of an English army—the incapacity and neglect of an English Ministry—and the generous forbear ance and noble spirit of the English people. * It will scarcely be credited that many of the tents sent out with the army were used in the Peninsular war. It need hardly be added that they afforded no protection whatever. TII BLOCKADE IN THE BLACK SEA The Lords of the Admiralty have at length though proper to communicate to the Secretary at Lloyd's, and to the mercantile community, the determination of the Governments of England and France to extend the blockade of the mouths of the Danube to all ports in the Black Sea and in the Sea of Azoff which remain in the possession of the enemy, and it is added that this block ade will take effect on. and after the let of February. next. This notice is, of course, a complete corrobora tion of the statement, which has been frequently made, though hardly credited in this country, that during the whole time of the command exercised by Admirals Hamelin and Dundas in the Black Sea, since the decla ration of war, no effective blockade whatever has been established ; and we must say that this fact involves a serious charge either against those officers or the good faith of the Allied Governments. The mercantile public were uul,,,,btoLtly sea to believe, by Luc repeated decla rations of Ministers in Parliament and elsewhere, that a rigorous blockade of the Russian ports would be esta blished. During the whole period, from the beginning of April to the sailing of the expedition from Varna. in September, the naval forces of the two fleets hal little duty to perform. The confident expectation that a blockade would be established had paralyzed the ordi nary trade, but the Greek houses on the spot were ena bled to take advantage of the facilities of communica tion still open to them, and of the increased prices of Russian produce in the foreign market. Great efforts had been made by our merchants to obtain from India and elsewhere some of the commodities habitually imported from Southern Russia ; but, when their consignments arrived, they had to compete with an almost unabated supply of Russian produce ; and, while the Government complains that the Baltic trade of Russia had been carried on too successfully through neutral ports, they have allowed Odessa and the Sea of Azoff to r emain free. We really can discover no excuse whatever for this 'extraordinary neglect. If it was the intention of the allied Governments to leave the Russian ports in the Black Sea unblochaded for the space of ten months from the declaration of war, they should have made that intention known ; but to lead the public to believe, as Sir James Graham has repeatedly done, that a blockade has been established, when in fact no block ade existed, is to revive the mischievous and exploded system of paper blockades, and to encourage neutrals to contest a right which is applied with so much laxity and irregularity. The only portion of the coast of the Black Sea which has been notified to be under blockade is the mouth of the Danube, though that is, in fact, the passage we ought, both for military and commercial reasons, to en deavour to open. The month of the Danube is only to be regarded as Russian territory inasmuch as Bessarabia is a Russian province ; but the exports of the Danube are in no sense Russian since they proceed from Austrian and Turkish possessions ; and if they can find their way to the sea during the present war, we have no interest in preventing theme But it is far other Nis° with the Gulf of Odessa and the ports of the Sea of Azoff. The greatest vigilance is required not only to stop the main channels of Russian commerce there, but to intercept supplies which have been used for their military opera tions. Our attention has been the more directed to this question of blockades by the arguments which have taken place in the course of last week in the case of the Franciska, a Danish vessel brought in for breach of blockade, and now awaiting the decision of the Prize Court, This ship is one of a numerous class of cases We hope that with the commencement of another campaign a total change will be effected in these opera tions by greater precision on the part of the Govern ments at home and greater ♦igilance abroad. Of all the weapons we can use against Russia the mastery of the sea, and especially of the Black Sea, is the most complete ; yet even in this respect, for want of distinct administrative arrangements, our fleets have failed to check the trade of the enemy. We entertain strong hopes that Sir Edmund Lyons will promptly repair these omissions in the Black Sea, and infuse greater energy into all the operations of the fleet ; and we have equal confidence in his French colleague, Admiral Bruat. The moment i$ come when every effective blow struck at the enemy will accelerate the negotiations for peace ; and, if the war continues, all the maritime communica tions from the ports of Russia to be—as they ought long since to have been—hermetically closed.—Times. ADHESION OF SARDINIA TO THE WESTERN PO WEBS. The ink with which we expressed the sympathy of the English nation with the gallant and patriotic struggle which the constitutional monarchy of Piedmont is main taining against Rome is hardly dry, before we are called on to express our admiration at the decided attitude which the Sardinian Government has assumed in the affairs of Europe. The critical times in which we,live, the great events that are continually occurring, bring out in strong and unwonted relief the character of men and of nations, and show us in one place a people tamely sinking below its position and its opportunities, and in another one gallantly rising above them. Look at the present position of Prussia, a nation armed to the teeth, and heretofore considered one of the five great Powers of the world, entering into engagements from which she shrinks as soon as she has entered into them, till at last, left fairly behind by the onward course of events and European diplomacy, she is reduced to petition for leave to be present at conferences in which she has lost all voice and all right of participation. Here is a Power unequal to her destiny, inferior to the part which her place in the European confederacy assigns to her, sink ing into a second-rate position, merely because she has not spirit to act a first-rate part. Then look at Pied mont, a large portion of whose territory is occupied by rugged mountains and Alpine pasture, whose popu lation is small, and whose geographical position is by no means commanding. Piedmont has hardly healed the wounds which she received from the sword of Radetsky in her bold but unequal conflict for Italian in dependence. The moderate form of government she has adopted, modelled as it is on our own constitution, ex poses her alike to the hatred of the slaves of a repres sive absolutism and the frantic votaries of republican license. Her finances have hardly recovered the drain of the late war, and her people are still new to the con stitutional system, which has ever proved more perfect in practice than in theory, and has not with them, as with us, the memories of six hundred years to strengthen and support it. Had the home policy of Piedmont been chargeable with inaction, or her foreign relations with timidity, here surely are causes of embarrassment and difficulty in which a candid mind would find ample ground for excuse. But Piedmont has shown herself neither timid nor inactive. Notwithstanding the pres sure on her finances, she has with admirabl e bold ness and decision reformed her whole system of taxation on the footing of free trade. Beset between absolutism on ono side and republicanism on the other, she has been guilty of no undue compliance to either, but has maintained with dignity her liberties against the one, and her moderation and self-respect against the other. She is even now engaged in asserting her independ ence of the Roman Pontiff, and vindicating, in despite of a numerous and bigoted party among her own citizens, her supreme power over all persons, both ecclesiastical nail civil. Even while this great work is proceeding she has taken another step equally decided and significant. While Prussia dare do nothing but offer mediation which nobody will accept—while Spain, rich in territory and in memories, but poor in spirit, in men, and in money, will not join in league against a Government which refuses to reoognise her very exis tence—and while Greece, as false to her interests as to her traditions, seeks to sell for the glories of an imagi• nary empire her liberty and political existence, Pied mont, acting for itself, under no pressure and no com• pulsion, has joined the confederacy against Russia. Our foreign intelligence records the resignation by General Dabormida of the po a r ivn t o fo uw l r i h o att o o f sptrira Fo itt rei ot g his n isc AAffairs and the ,—a important suffi c ient step M. with what readin ess th ose w h o h ave sphulaecsde beenge s e s t o o n t a t k h o cl e f n i e d C s taken it will carry it out. While the King of Naples is on the one side prohibiting Russian loans from being negotiated on his Bourse, and on the other patching up his quarrel with the Jesuits, whom he had believed too liberal for his Government, but who have, as it might be supposed they would, succeeded in giving him satis faction on that point,—while the Pope, fresh from the laurels gained in the conference on the immaculate con ception, is overwhelmed in prostrate gratitude at the magnanimity which leaves him 3,500 foreign soldiers to prevent his having to pay a second visit to Gaeta —the King of Sardinia, strong in the attachment of his people and the justice and moderation of his Government, is alone able to stand erect among the ruins of prostrate Italy, asserts for himself a clear , and independent foreign policy of his own, and takes a place in the councils of Europe such as no Italian State since the decline of the Venetian Republic has pre. sumed to occupy. It must, of course, be a mat t er of congratulation to the allies that they have received the adhesion of a free aad gallant nation, possessing a numerous and well-disci plined army, trained in actual warfare, officered by men of intelligence and experience, and animated by a spirit hostile, above all things, to f oreign and despotic aggres sion. We reckon it no small happiness to see combined in alliance with us the troops that contested with so much honour the fields of Santa Custozza, Goito, and Novarra ; but, independently of any aid we may derive from the accession of Sardinia to the alliance, we most sincerely rejoice to see her taking a course which cannot fail to conciliate for her the respect of Europe, and the envy of those portions of Italy whose Governments are) too much occupied in tke prolosgation from day to day of their own precarieus and miserable existence to have any foreign policy at all; who have not honesty enough to secure a friend, nor power and spirit enough to make an enemy. In the hands of the people of Piedmont and in our own are now placed the destiny and reputation of representative government. We trust that we have so acted in this quarrel as to show that we are neither driven prematurely into war by popular violence, nor held back from it through the weakness of our executive; that freedom of discussion does not always lead to difference of opinion ; tffat men may lore their country- without servility to the Minister of the day, and that the unanimity of a free people gives strength to a Government for which despotisms look and long in vain. We doubt not that Piedmont will enforce the same lesson ; that the step which has been taken by the wisdom of the Ministry will be supported by the courage of the people ; and that, by thus assum ing a distinct place in European politics, she will secure to herself those solid advantages which firm resolution, well justified seif-confidence, and clear and definite views and aims, never fail to conciliate for their possessors.-- Mies. THE RECENT EXTENSIVE OIL ROBBERIES .A. 2 BR'S. TOL.—The Court of Quarter Sessions, held at Bristol yesterday, before Sir A. Cockburn, was occupied through out the day in investigating several charges preferred against J. Davey for stealing a large quantity of seal oil, the property of Messrs. Hare and Co. and against Mr. John Gilbert, jun., oil merchant, of Bristol, for re ceiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. The court and its approaches were densely crowded throughout the day. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins was specially retained for the defence, and Mr. Stone and Mr. Pri deaux, of the Western Circuit, conducted the prosecu tion. The case was gone into at great length, and many witnesses were examined. At its conclusion the jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners, and Gilbert was sentenced to four years' penal setvitude, and Davey to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—An accident of a very serious and melancholy nature occurred last week to a very fine boy, aged 7 years, son to Dr.. Ryan, of Pallas-green, county Limerick. A. powder horn, full of powder, was left, as it was thought, safe on the chimney-piece ; the young lad, however, got hold of it, and said to his little sister, "While mamma is upstairs I will bombard Sebas topol ;" and endeavoured to get the powder out of the horn. In this, however, he did not succeed; He then held, the horn close to the fire, when an explosion took place, shattering the thumb of the right hand very much. Dr. Ryan was not at home when the occurrence took place. Fortunately, Professor Apjohn, of Dublin, who was on a visit with his brother-in-law, T. Kearney, Esq., sa w the child very so on a fter the accident, and did much to allay his suffering. He was also visited by an eminent surgeon, of Limerick, who considered amputa tion of the thumb the only alternative. This course Dr. Apjohn and Dr. Ryan would not consent to, when the child was sent by the next train to Dublin, and placed under the care of Surgeon Adams, Stephen's green, under whose skilful treatment the little patient it progressing favourably. This ought to be a caution to parents. 1:1 7-- A:li. :` 4 te , , 1 1:111 January, 11lit Co 4t lINK RAILWAY COMPANY of thi s , ree l , k —Notice is Hereby Given, That a CALL of V. 10s. ` ° kNi n ,.. ta ell and every share of the A series of the shares if 10, 11. , as b of ee February n made, and will be due and payable on Men the's ti(l, 101, will also he due and payable on each of the Certi• C it pe ,Lertui e nable for Company's Debentures, and 101. on each of Ji e4te g exchangeable for the Debentures of the Province of 1 4 1, 14 r e en t• Interest will be 'charged on the Calls as long as they rfr t h e , a k, l on his tt er be sent to each shareholder for the payment of 11 %, .at l k susses. The Debenture Certificates must bepresented t hem ers, ia order that the payment of the Call may be marked , go! I' l ill ,7, 41 re1, 4 „." the option of paying up in full on their shares and kii ras r ee , i interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum is paid on in advance of Calls on either shares or debentures. 'tux co — , to be made at the Banking House of Messrs. Glyn , 67 , Lombard-street. °ft4 By order of` the Board. 8 the r, • WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Beadary. PO e L„,._`-einPany, 21, Old Broad-street, Bth January, 1855.