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t spy T . 0.4 1-413 ERT SMITII'S MONT BLANC i:433....Gtrr, at 8 o'clock, and Every Night (but Saturday). ,Plae e 4 r ett, 25.; Gallery, Is. The Morning Representations ''' 6 4Z l7 TnesdaY, Thursday, , and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.— , tlecadillY• 0 11 EAST INDIA ROUSE, FEBRUARY 21, 1855. -11 °E IS EREBY GIVEN, That the an -1,,414161 corm -Of REGULATIONS for the ADMISSION of at the EXAMINATIONS to be held for the f to k , o n I TA T of A.SSISTANT SURGEONS in the SERVICE o „.71411Glide 7t171., 0 ..31PANY rs for the Aff • • has teen framed by the Board of Affairs of India, under the provisions of the 14,40/08,0 l, cap. 95, see. 38. As sur . 4 TIIE ADMISSION F CANDIDATES FOR "' . 4 Nlr -satft•SURGEON N O THE SERVICE OF TILEEAST INDIA f:7•11D subjects health Majesty between 22 and 28 years hite 4 111 ,Joilud bodily may be candidates for admission CLttY of the East India Company as Assistant Surgeons. gkrrabt4asubscribe and send into Dr. Sc..tt, the Physician to the t ti i.ri t India Company, 10 days before the period fixed for 1.4 0 ; B:ll r i s2 " 2 'on, a declaration to the following effect : 413 s an and surname at full egth), a candidate for em -414Y ado 2 Assistant-Surgeon In the n service of the East India uereby declare that I was years of the las , t, and that I labour under nocolonstitu ,4l,-es PoYsical disability that can interfere with the. due 4 Ns to .e duties medical officer ; and I also attest recent' t ?, aPpo r l '%e tru ee d ol dut y y to India within three months of receiv .elara,i "'a must he accompanied by the following doeu -1,-to'3, f o r ag°, Other by extract . from the register of the parish 54,25 candidate was born, or by his own declaration pursuant ttruG ar ' d th e r,i tt . e of moral character from a magistrate, or a minis tt t Drev,,''cuts d enomination to least the candidate belongs, k own him for at two preceding years. " 1 11);', i 'n surgery, or a degree in medicine, provided an ex •''ltti4ir6erY be required for such degree, front some body ttiv, to grant or confer such diploma or degree'. ea e i, '7,-e of having attended two courses of leetures, of six . 4ti,thstil-n the Practice of physic, and of haying attended fen itilt,t,oti,it,e Practice aid clinical instruction of the physicians . ftt ti 41114; 070,reoataining at least, on an average, one limi . dred IPraeu en lt,n,lng attended one course of lectures of six mon equip; '2 l Physic, and clinical instruction for twelve mouths.. 'Netio n m ale of having attend. d for three months the practical e. wr en at one of the - public aSylums for the treatment of 141. Zresthe..aaa;al sof a ing attended for three months one of the in t' ° Ph i -8 of an hospital especially devoted . to . the treat ase. NO% f May not have been able to attend the practice of kV? t o ' til e '''. I nsane, or of an ophthalmic hospital for 3 months R. not be ' 4 111 1 : 1 ' r offering themselves for examination, wt . . Vll4,;ncla;C:zanalnation, but will, if successful in obtain . i fi ng a i te e s attend a Ppointments, be required to produce cern e the 7 ,",ued such practice during the interval between. Rit'4eer tite ne the time of proceeding tO India. id _ :, a i 4 doi'l, te° r . hiving attended a course of lectures on m ' , tha n g conducted at least six laboars• , 21, t!ad idat_.. ' 4 '' of having acquired a practicalktowledge of cup- t e,„a, at their option, send in certificates of attend tals, or on any course of lectures, in addition to the i sar v r? on a course of military surgery, and the practf t. Vltllia,' t ; a °Aerations on the dead bcxly, are recommended. 4, iOry ,! ( , 3 . 1 1 . will include the following subjects lei/ le :1; 1 'Q_ its epartments. ' 4 ' As ' l'hat it ' il ding the 'diseases of women and children, The korny a °Y, ant Hygiene. 74N 4toml.ft,Qral siology. including Comparative Anatomy. "orY, Including Botany and Zoology. „f i t are the books recommended in— leof ,`nlitarative Anatomy— ", tje,:sue Structure of the Animal Kingdom, by RymerJones. 1441. '4lltaire d'Histoire liaturelle, par Milne Edwards. 4 4,1• 1 'Y 's S verl d ements B otany. h etnen '' of Bot / 7es The E aPy. ky Eteeinaton will be conducted— itor or obi" written questions and answers. 1 . 4 1 t Nth to s e q ar oinations and experiments, when the subject ad bodpt. ae ticai Y. ex amination of patients, and by operations on the `ael'oce • . I , 44 ,94 k t i — n as • wb. "atnination. 'or aed °, shall be pronounced by the examiners to be the 'll l 4 IDpot " r esPcts, will De appointed to fill the requisite servintraents as assistant-surgeons in the East India J e l and, $o far as the requirements of the service A„ r ahat e i 7' ll have the choice of the Presidency in India i to k , st ar , ' _ .aPpointed, according to the order of merit in 41, 41 1ta tt.5., .11 be list resulting from such examination : t.?,ta4,kdd surgeons are required to subscribe to the military or tr' "o retiring funds, at the presidencies to which dais,')f n—De appointed , and, ' to the Military Orphan So ta Dolnted ttki at. g ur to Bengal, the or th e geons who shall neglect or refuse to proceed to , I tt tlate o t rd ir ers of the Cottrt of Directors, within three months ji 41 114 4 4 . 'is s aPPointmenf, will be considered as having for % c op , Pacial circumstances shall justify a departure from ON"! th 4144c1i tDDlie 41 04 'sePlati re lons, and any further information, may be 4 '11 04 _ Mien to the Secretary of the Military Department, krai tit .'• y„ 1°11 8 Wlll take place in the months of January and 1, 4 ,,tt1e LI and due notice will be given by public adver % a ppointed, and of the probable number of can t, It kt °tv °etc& I tti kii tt to th:ullecd that the next examination will be held at Y . to L the "th of July next, and that the probable number then g it s ' M edical establishment ent of the East India Coin . ed up, will tie 50. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. .. st =~ Irts. 2l j 10 1 010° ACI, .-14 Al descriPti#l lot tor" 1. 1 G; Xl5B o 5 8 0 d t d Per r; e, , 5. 1,0 P ow, 0,1 gi 4 S s Oa 0:1 od (I . 4 ' ca 0 ;14 6 the Or'] , ' to brin t i e 3 a ; alai''' . 0 1 olda r/ A r e w ere , '" 0; 17 , 0 5 Oa't° 0 1 ' • , .... ..... tifts°",,, retn . 17r 61 6, 16,7". 40 AI, 6 il?' icr 41 r 815' qc' —/ ~~~ crgl 1 1'°1 I° l 01 ° "' LIC .4" IrOgB' ott: i Ite'' or '4 A• „)) tie r PP r c ., 4 i, of C AI: ft , ',4cl ) . - fee a; A , cc , . f ,rra, l o 4 ,- )1 5°1 volgot T.;j of ' <, 0 of I "i c e, Su 110 ; t roll 1 Pt o 4, U1L 1 ,„.. lh'' f ',, , , 11% i ,„"talS a n d 0111111ERS.—Sealed. Ten kli.-Atkii r a Pecifle Sum, will be received at the Ordnance .,l. ' 1 ',,00l ; 1, 4 ' 10 0 on . or before the 20th of March, 1855, for 4 l' "( l li' c 'ri b' "" at Bull-point, In the parish of Saint Budest , x, b4N . ,4oll„ l , t ' r k C o ' D ia. ~I' ' 'h4,,aCti f tga.B for a foreman and 16 labourers ; '. Cdiii,,,,,f"Liouse and Wash-house for the crews of the two .5 ~4 ,4 ,. th„_tilp ri 1 , c . - .1110,,,,, ,, crt, vy and Urinal , ~. iv.,,,ltig a ~ ,b,ti for the Ordnance Storekeeper ; . 4,1 41 .11 g ,' Wtjatch-house and a Shed for Waggons; .. It - "q l l2g l. ,,''' '' 8 Lodge and a Shoe-house ; keyi l Novi a 45 el N•house • 4 ,14,,, a k te p, ii g th e 4 t'll„ Verei'led -411. ns• Pra gen s t Wooden Filling Mil Examining-house at 14 ) 3 • 4 ` 0 ,1 14 , 4 8 Peef fi vitit, v il' ',lk i l i Nin,, el 'ery ea l l 'n B of the above S services, , with . addenda ‘31,,;( 1 1of - , , er 6ffi 4 equisite information, may be obtained at the $ "''eti,l,(o4„-,7.ee, Bull-point, daily (Sundays excepted) . between 'dt it 5 ,1), - ,,, 1 o'clock, from Thursday, thelst, to Friday, 16th ' .4, 'l 'aeer n - ',„layB inclusive. • "b 1 -al ee, Devonport, 23d February, 1855. 0 , ,,,.. ,°44 POi, bEih rt ." SUGAR, TEA, .4, II PEPPER, TOBACCO, AND bie r ,l . ~... VINEGAR. S - of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport 14r, .eryi u • - ce-S, Somerset. House, 22d February, 1855„ : 1 1 ,,tei, 4 ii ° l , l3i ii n l id issi9nars for'Eie , c . utino• the Office of ii,0,,41, bo iiE T t i 7 o of the United ! ^,l °of Great Britahi 0 E Nli i ;E i r,'N o ia ni t on T.llll R3DAY, N 4 i f r i ii e s h teitt, at One o'clock, they OT will be ready to treat with k 144 \,, 1 f, C S May be wink.: to Contract for suonlY/a7 and \: ,......... q, t; 1 ; s' undermentioned her majesty's Victualling Stores at Gosport an mentioned articles, viz.: To be delivered' at Gosport. Plymouth When to be delivered. It 44 4 Tons. Tons. 1 t tk, '• • ..... 50 50 One-half of each in At, " 11,s. Ps. • three weeks, and ' l3 •'•• • • • 25,0" 0 25,' 00 , the remainder in 3 Tp "afterwards,pre. Tons. Tons. 3 1 b 4 • ' o N r .ce e k a s rlierf ferred by the party Tons. Tons. . (1 • •• • IS kit 15 I tendering. "*.. Gallons. Gallons. 411 t,..cre a Th tra 4s ,, 5,000 5,000 41,, • "r 8 lerd me for the whole or any portion of any of the bi er are, Doe ship s eut cf l. r e r, ser ve to themselves the power, when the ten- •411traci, th,--etratting either for the whole, or for such part I : 41 1 for - . 3 '„' ), aY deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of Lea, „.'. and also an ' unlimited power of selection. ~V„,`i v el,,' and -I) Per, and tobacco to be exempted from the Cus -4401ea" qing . Parties tendering are to state where they are ib ß f " th e 'r lb', ' o l ;, ° ' , lth"&gar (riot less than 4 lbs.), of the Tea (not less btli t Perb,,,, the I,7nded Warehouse), of the pepper (not less than Ore ' elpi" t, llde r F 4 cco (not less than 2 lbs.), must be produced i i ,cat (1 ", Prod„ hg. t be t-evecl. by persons whose tenders are not accepted •tr ° 4 ed e - eea away by them immediately after the con kcer decid e& Y 1,1,. t be D ii g be re e h, rpe se, unless made on the printed form pro -I,ream at th, A. Which may be obtained on application at ler Lev ctualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth, or lie co ks ter of S, c onducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or v-alstorns at Bristol. • 4 „,; (1 , rn,,,,,110na °t the revised contracts, to which particular atten avbee s een at the slid office, at the said Victualling • clo, k rPool and Bristol No tender will be received t e l i n e day of treaty, ' and it will not be required eti Ch n th e A' r teg, or an agent on his behalf, should attend d A mrso,, .aY of contract, as the result of the offer receive be communicated to him and his proposed 4 41 ,Ar "'N„ eo the t . h ..be . .adares sed to the Secretary of the Admiralty : be ' 4l u Corner the words " Tender for delivered at Somerset House. ,„; «gb h . Price 25 . , illustrated with capes; free by post for 30 1 A, n stamps, NHA' 4ll ses fii, `" U S DEBILITY; fee '4l with, Ptoms, and Cure.—An Essay a nd p ,All,, , el, ~,reDde Practical Observations on a safer more Nell - h': l lle c i 4 1 f treatment of the diseases of the Generative „ , - e tu l• Br i eg, b s , b a the use of the Microscope in detecting and a l ' t Y Of narY examination, the real cause and effect of -,thcceici,ms•claPlaitt, whether arising from solitary habits, ~, t ,'l l o f, ar Or edinate, followed by practical remarks, founded T e lPerience in the treatment of Impuissance, ty" I , t fllent W eakness, Spermatorrhcea,To which n „ arles on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre -0142,7,, the evils emanating from empirical practice, • r° ll s remedies advocated by various writers cm bP, isomers. o f P. 1: I .!' Ulf UEL LA'MERT, M.D. R D-S UAR E, LONDO N, 1 „ 1 1 t ikb,' 4o- r ' a,t\ lt iatriculated Member of the University of Edit, e xt l i te ee rribFr of the 's London elon Hz e pita st l e. Medical Society. S' e l b h 'tNt?,, le et of this treatise to pc, ' Int " out the fearful con j'4q. 411 et . rrt•na certain habits, irregularities, and excesse, Ittleb c , l4Bl e r ce 4 lekti' ° d More misery in Youth, degradation in Ma-- ler „ath, e decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any te 11,,,," Q 3‘ r ,eco rt ,e known to modern pathologists- Its Perusal Ol t on -natud ed to persons entertaining secret doubts of 441.4-tVs nand and who are conscious of having hazarded , and privileges to which every human being is k tl,,, ; : r t ' t3B l t r 4 o tlY so r t ie ft e l e nl ss an t trY a thatall t should ca know, that there are which ot be violated without t6~ ho 4Y ti 118 and when wisdom and regret succeed tvgai,:itecasiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties 'i l 4 llti e rt l e e kn ' Tr i the sting of their bitterness may be removed, 1,, % I sca Nes ts consequences may be avoldad, and above all, h t te decree of physical infirmity or functional 0,1 1 4 ', 41 fo r '," the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. tread aeries of years been engaged in an extensive 4 h 1,,,Y t4-amient of these delicate complaints, which have 11 1 ! 1 q, 1 4 1 4 4 ° generally confided to the care of ignorant N:' %,y ten _ . great injury on those who are induced to place t 3, ritur t t V C,eo,, 23 iTY rlay be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, 41, ,,. 1 tar4 e icest • P aternoster -row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; AfflEt t er-s(ittare; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or free by post for 9. hre aan N I • 3' address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed \ el Ei e .t ib r ". ' 4l2l tation daily from Eleven till Two, and from t I 4 t 4 k k 'el °I\T THIS PICTURE." Freezing 'it the land s t r. , a 1 Pawn evere—lee to be seen everywhere. Sk?ting and , 91 1, 1 tat e " ll-, °Wort and warmth the right fashion. All m esa s ca n s‘sef blockade, hut those of E. M. and SON'S trade Oe t Y h Olais i'y e eze In their bands—their Clothing wdl meet all Ip~'t l ßl l. Inter 'Us very we I known, they've the greate t ),`Al l itkitict„k s , s 4 the parks, on the ice, everywhere, Messrs. er't a Ppear—tbeir OVERCOATS, WRAPPERS, and sy to In the newest of shapes. "-',,•—*Until March 1,1955, E. MOSES and SON'S 1111 -Tt n . eXc ept Te will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY qk t Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock. Ll 11),t,Zairt,;—: 404 ti,,444.4e1v? connee'ted or — ohm . and SON regret having to guard the " --- , - " 011 ,11Pvin learned that the nntradesman-like s I 'M been resorted to in many instances, and for IC with their Establishment," or " It's \ Lp t , : 3 ' beg to state that they have 't 4 'St Cat eat th e ft ANY OTIIER noose IN On OUT OF LONDON, 4 .0, 1 ' 1. 'ity t s Zelr own Establishments, as follows : qs4' "klq, 41,liehment, 1 ,54, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 1 ,, 4 44 te, Op A t , a s 1 , st. tna Posit° the Church, all communicating. ' t er `4rt -Zr 506, 507, 508 New Oxford-street, 1,2, e -str et, all erkmi„ communicating. Itc'Tr g ial Ny id 'anch ..°) Branch, 19 and 90, Bridge-street. !alit •,, h ° l esl 46 ,?, B argate. t , A Bl:'ake .ranch, Melbourne, Australis. oh, 011, 1 11 aia ,• 2 Clothiers, Hatters, and , Boot d thnqAlg , t " ueneral Outfitters for Ladies Gentlemen. 1}114 , 1 4th„ if ,a,„„",--Should t ,an, s Y article not give satisfaction, it will be At;" preferred, the money will be returned 4 is c' t F m a .1 1 'gth , dg aro marked in plain figures, the lowest , t k 4 '4%.isintle.o abatement can be made. 01, 1,5 e, s, wi tes ," s ts are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset %, l eek for ottsiness is resumed till 11 o'clock. tail; 'httarin Winter. "The Commercial Cornu -110, g fun lists of tem of self-measure. 44 111 tr" be had pclec i l, ° F r sys t.free. 14 to m ., 011 app.icatscions,soirpaproi aqt..et. e Itallfno. ^,tcl >n 4 vents Aqua sa habla Espano. . 44 4 c for 1855 gratifion, application ,or pelt free 1 0 - t No. 19,476• LONDON, THURSDAY E'VE, MARCH 1, k 865. PUBLICATIONS. MR. LAYARD AND HIS CONSTITU.EIVTS. Yesterday a numerous meeting of the electors of Ayles bury assembled in the County-hall of that borough in pur suance of a placard announcing that Mr. Layard. " desired to explain his-views and express his opinions, upon the state of public affairs at this important crisis." At half past 3 o'clock. Mr. Layard entered the hall, accompanied by Mr. Acton Tindal, the Rev. E. Owen, jun., M.A., Cap tain Smith, R.N., Capt. • Atkinson, Rev. G. Philliniero, &c. Mr. Acton Tindal was voted into the chair. • //,-1---. '-'-' / -1 - 17 5 1 , -- I ';'- ' --- ' ' t , &-- ' Pi 4 1 -.4" A ,4 - , , i 7-i :\ r ~ . 'i - ,.•• . : , k , ,7- , *; . : . ..,- 4 - i - , -, 7 ._ . . „-, t.,, /i•itt.s- , ...,,,,R- (•,-----,. 1 . • 14 - 1 ••, oc -41Ii ii .f/ fr ' ( r ..... • ... um ie . s .„. ~ r`ti.... r * .: • , . • ( `tvt ''f ifilo/ B, l ' • . -11 . - • -41,1,• ,---..---,,,, • . . 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He Was an amiable gentleman and kindhearted than; but he could not say he had the Same respect for Lord Raglan as a general; It was sufficient to say that Lord Raglan was about 70 years of age. For a man of that age—who bad not seen active service for :30 years, and who, he believed, had not in the Peninsula eo:nmainied even', regiment', he - having acted as military - secretaryrto.tho Dukeof Wellington l —it was impossible to command ar, army du -the liZl,l. It amounted to a crime, hid:a(i, to intrust to him the lives of thousands of his fel hlo-,curreauresHe'leeis)---andif a man were afraid to come forward and spe a k the truth on this subject, in the honour, interests, and 1.1 , ..) dignitY of the country were at stake, he wp.s uoworthy esitiog himself a public man. (Cli - eers.) Flo exposed to odium for saying these tt:iaos; but what cared he, ].. he were doing an ,ct - of duty? ( ttf. C ajoet i lsb ' a c eih lr iti s au ;t is s i law ( c i teareeß l lava, :end,d of the Englishmen who courtesies with the dccis:on and fi a l t . ;ITinekase:r an d d d n v was not those of f t some c;oz m families in London. (Cheers.) The first quiili twogreat (in dities ird Raglan was eminently deficient. He had a great many other good qualities ; but, as a general lord Raglan neither lospiracl confidence in others nor ap peared to feel latch confidence in hithself. - As long as the Govern meat avoided grappling ivitlisuch difficulties as these they were no long , r entitled to the confidence of the public. He doubted whether the inquiry by the committee of the House of , Pommons could, - without great prudence on the part of its members, proceed to the full extent without danger to the interests of the country, or without causing great misfortunes. Lord Palmerston might have prevented the appointment of that committee if he had chosen for the members of his Government men who possessed the confidence of the people, and if he had exhibited a pro gramme of measures of stringent and effective reform in the army. (Hear.) If we were about to patch up a dis honourable peace it would not be lasting, and before many years we shouhlhave a terrible war, and be in a positioir less favourable to meet it. He scouted the idea of the., " four points" being - suftleient:' We're We not to ask for oaf indemnity to the Turks, but allow them to be the victims of an unprincipled aggression?. Men were wanted at the head of affairs who were the types- of the day and of the spirit of the age, and if a Minister had the courage to se lect such men he need not fear family interest or party intrigue. He would be supported by the people, and made the strongest Minister that ever held office in this country. (Cheers.) To-morrow evening his noble friend Lord Gode rich, a sincere friend of progress, was about to test the political opinions of the Government by his motion in favour of a system of promotion in the army by merit. The same principles ought to be adopted not only in the army, but in every department of the public service. Eng land must dbmand that the great interests of a great country should not be sacrificed to the little interests of little men. (The hon. member sat down amid enthusiastic cheering.) Mr. W. CLARK moved the following resolution : " That this meeting entirely approves the course adopted by Mr. Layard, and fully agrees with him. in the necessity of a radical change in the system of army promotion." Mr. 0. DTUCHLANDS seconded the resolution, which was put from the chair and carried unanimously. The Rev. J. FABLEY moved that a petition be presented to Parliament, -signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting, in accordance with the preceding resolution. Mr. It. DICKENS seconded the motion, which was car ried. The proceedings concluded by a vote of thanks to the chairman. BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE ASSU RANCE ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of this association was held yester day, at Radley's Hotel—Mr. John Gover in the chair. The attendance of members was very large. The CHAIRMAN , after an eloquent enforcement of the duty of mankind o care for each other, and to disseminate in their various circles of life the principles of forethought, prudence, and provident habits, amongst their neighbours, proceeded to remark that three things were indispensable in order to render life assurance serviceable to society at Large. In the first place, it must be offered en the most advantageous terms; in the next place, they must present facilitios for the attainment of life assurance, it must be 4! -~~~~ GG r PRIG% SD. gress, or declined, for 48,2091. The claims from death during the year have been 49, amounting to 10,5591.25. 4d. From the commencement of the company to the 31st of December, 18'4, the life p o li c i es is s ued have been 6,407, assuring 1232,654/. ; and the number now in force is 5,069, assuring - 988,053. The present -annual income is 36 568/. 18s. ld. The period having arrived for the second division of pro fits. pursuant to the deed of settlement, the .whole of the policies have been valued, and the financial position of the company invoeigated . Isieis - on,_whoee report.to the dire,,to,s stated that--" Tho most .pove s re - and stringent tests have been applied to the determinirtion of the rssults. The rate of interest assumed in the caleu:ations Iti:inp; three' per cent., and .the net preediurn3 duly for the risks - In , :dirg` taken into account, no portion. of the - surplus or margin on future premiums havin,gsbeen anticipated. A strict exa mination of the ptiAciples employed in - this investigation into•tbb nature and etteht ¢f the assets 44' liabilities of the company will show that, irrespective of the reserve fund, Which-must accumulate under the terms and ditions - of the deed of settlement, ample provisionlas 'seen made to meet every . liability Of 'the Company, both mime-' diatli and, contingent. Of the realised profits during :the t tree year a-which have elapsed since the first division, . them is a dispo.'able bale me - of 20,0001. ; and after deduct ing 10 per cent. for the purposes of the reserve fund, there remains 18,0001. to appropriate all bbnua to - the participat ing members, which will be found to be in the ratio of about 27A per cent. to the amount of premiums paid by them." - Upon the motion of Mr. HUGH QwEN, seconded by Mr. JOHN LIGGINS, the report was unanimously adopted. Mr.- Ilizsinr DUNN (chairmen of the Wakefield local board) expressed the gratification with which he had wit nessed the rapidly extending business of the association, particularly in tho West Riding, which he said amounted to one-eighth of the whole business transacted, and pro posed a resolution to the effect that the profits of the last three years, up to the 3101 of December, 1 14 .54, amounting to 20,0001. 3 .4.0u41 be dgelared divisible,...accarding to the Ti;iint of tile deed of settlement, which having been seconded by Mr. JAMES BLACKETT, was unanimously adopted. The retiring directors—viz., Messrs. Francis Cuthbert son, Gardiner, and John Gover (the chairman) were then re-elected; after which Mr. Runtz and Mr. Daniel Pratt severally addressed the meeting as candidates for the direc tion, in the room of Mr. William Gover, resigned. Upon a show of hands, Mr. Pratt was elected by an over whelming majority. Mr. Porter was re-elected one of the auditors. Mr. RoB soN then proposed a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman and the other directors for their able and energetic management -of the affairs of the association, which was seconded by Mr. JOSEPH BURGESS, and carried by acclamation, which terminated the proceedings. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The following -letter has been received from an offi cer an board the Indiana by a correspondent at South ampton : " Steam-transport Indiana, ° Bourghas in the Black Sea, south of Varna , Feb. 6. "We are here taking in Turkish provisions, prepara tory to our third trip from Varna for Eupatoria with por tions of Omer Pasha's army. The actual number which had arrived there up to the 4th inst., was 23,000, and there temain 13,000 yet to be embarked from Varna and Baljek. No language can adequately express the ragged and filthy state either of the Turkish soldiers or the towns we have visited. The men with military baggage have more the ap pearance of hordes of gipsies than soldiers; in fact, the Eng lish gipsies are far better fed, dressed, and lodged. I am happy to say that, since we left England, we have had no bail weather. We are all well, not a case of sickness on board. The Europa has 42 cases of fever, the Thames 15, and her Majesty's ship Curacoa 36 (smallpox). All these must have arisen from bad ventilation. The greatest number of Turks we have carried at one time is 1,380; but if it were summer, we could carry nearly double the number. Of the circum stances of the war or the policy of the generals we gather but little, but we seldom regard anything as fact until we see it in the newspapers. I have heard that the Turkish Price One shilling, THE NATIONAL MISCELLANY for MARCH contains-1. Circassia.— 2. The Charitable Asso ciations of Paris.- No. IL-3. Naval awl Military " Arrangement." --4. 11ow shatl we settle our Poor? No. 11.-5. Emigration.-6. Peseription.'of the Modern Appearance of the Crimea. —7. A Few more Words about Grammar. .8. NOTICES : Our Camp in Turkey an/ the Way to It —lnkerni:in, a Poem —lleve , ations of a slave- Tradi-r.-111story of the Ottoman Turks—lite Churcbman's Library. —9. Poetry. - At the 0111 cc, No. 1, Exeter•strect, Strand, London.. T HE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE for NIA UCH, price 2s. 6 , 1., eon:alai :-;--- I. The Soldier-Surgeon. A Tale, with a Moral for the Wir-Ofilee. 2. Mcmoirs of the Lacys. 3. 'Flight , t.ilhir`slittid:. :Seeand Flight. ' • 4. The Dramatic Writ•ts of Ireland.—No. lIL, 5. St , m.)irs (,I.LittacsNontAomery. . . G. The Conn it.,s of Illessington. . 7. A Sly! ti, ASi t,r's Prayer.- Br Mortimer Collins. - - S. Papers on rot try. No. I.—The Nationality of Syanish roOtry. 9. Ily the Fires4.de in the Frost. ~ ~ Dublin: Jame% Sl`Glashan, 50, Upper Sackville-street; William S. Orr and Co:, Paternoster- row, London ;..and all booksellers. Jttst published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6J., • • STRICTURE of the URETHRA : its Rational Treatment and Prompt Cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. " We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stric ture during the last twenty years has equalled, if, indeed, it has not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, therefore, no matter of surprise that he should enjoy the reputation of being a most dexterous and skilful manipu'ator with urethral instruments ; and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert that the Introduction of instruments through a stricture which had previously been impermeable to them, was the most difficult in the Whole range of surgical operations, it mast be no slight source of gratification on Mr. Courtenay's part. to have achieved the reputation he has in tips rea ect ; andfor our part, with the knowledge we have of ids , “Wtttte, Wq, k now 'of no man:to- whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medioal Circular. London: 11. Bat Mere, 219, Regent-street., THE DIRECTORS of the ROYAL BRITISH BANK are prepared to receive Applications for their New Allotment of Stock, under the provisions of their Supplemental Charter, just granted by the Crown. Applications to be made, with out delay, at the Head Cffiee, No. 16, Tokenhouse-yard, or at the Bran& e!, 429, Strand; 77, Bridge-road, Lambeth; 97, Goswell-road, Islington; 1, Shaftesbury-terrace, Victoria-street, Pimlico; 60, Stone's-end, Southwark; and 32, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. Royal British Bank, 27th Feb., 1855. THE _CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. —AGENCY FOR MEMBERS.—Persons desirous of sub mitting their names for the approval of the Executive Committee, to act as Agents fer Shareholders in the principal towns of the United Kingdom, the G.ntinent, and the Colonies, will be pleased to apply to the ,ecretary for the conditions relating to the appointment of Mem bers' Agents. Agents already appointed are requested to forward their half-yearly account papers made up to the Ist of March, with out delay, to the Central Offices, for audit and payment. CHARLES LEWIS GR UNEI3EN, Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, Feb. 28, 1855. GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch.—Proprietor, Mr. John Douglass. This magnificent Theatre, unrivalled in splendour, in elegance, and harmony of effect, capable of holding 5,000 persons, is open every evening. At this theatre have appeared most of the leading artistes of the day. A..new tower of strength is now added in the person of Miss GLYN, the popular Shaksperian Actress, who will appear on Saturday next, S'arch 3d, in her unrivalled personation of CLEO PATRA. Anthony by Mr. Henr Marston, of Sadlers Wells Theatre. The scenery, dresses, and appointments, from the best authorities, are gorgeous and appropriate. The new box entrance is com pleted. Doors open at six, commence at half-past six. Boxes, 2s. 6d.; 25., Is. 6d., Is. NOTICE. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. IMPORTANT LECTURE on SIEGE OPERATIONS in emnection with SEB ASTOPOL, by E. JEKYLL, Esq. (late aptain Gr •nadier Guards), Illustrated by Models and Diagrams of Fortifica tions, Cannon, &c., on Monday Evening, the sth, and Tuesday EYen ing, the 6th inst.; at Eight o'clock. LAST GRAND BAL MASQUE, at the Casino de Venice, High Holborn.—The proprietor of the above very popular and magnificent estab ishment begs to announce that his LAST BAL MASQUE this season is fixed for THURSPAY NEXT, March 1, and will be on a scale of unrivalled splendour. Mr. W. M. Packer's famed Band will perform a programme, including all the new and popular works of the day. Doors open at half-past 9, and dancing will commence at 10 o'clock punctually. Supper at 1 o'clock. Gentlemen's Tickets, ss. ; Lady's ditto, 3s. each. Mr. Nathan, Ce§tic-street, - Leicester-square, the appointed costumier to the Bal. jrAIIRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- MONDAY, Feb. 26th, 1555.--During the course of this week .111.4 the following Music will be played by Laurent's Orchestra:—Over ture, Seiniramide (Ist time), Rossini; Waltzes: Wellen anti Wogen, Strauss; Kuall-Kugerlu, Strauss; Vermahltutg'i Toaste, Strauss; La Sultane Besisio ; Le Carnaval de Venise by desire), 11. Laurent, with Variations for all the principal per:Ormers; Quadrilles: Le Comte Ory,",rullien ; 'Le Collier, d'Or, Tiougtiol ; the II ighlanders,-IL Laurent; Lucia, Tinney ; Schotttsche, Mathilde, Bonniseau ; Polkas Etta, A. Wagner; La Menagerie Botrquet ; The Zousves, 11. Laurent; the Wellington Streathcr ; Gallop, _Dover Express, T. Browne. Principal cornet-a-Piston, m. noulcourt. All intbrination relative to music to be obtained at the music terository under the orchestra. Doors open at Eight ; commence at half-pist.—.AduilssiomOne Shilling. THE BATH POISONING CASE.-LATIN PRESCRIPTIONS.—" ,sol " for " sal," "gtt." for "drops," and "gr." for "grains.' Bead the liroEtsx AND MEDICAL RE FORMER for March —May be hof at the British College of Health, New-read, London, on forwarding a postage stamp ; at the Hyg,eist °Mee, 262, Strand ; and of all the duly authorised agents for Mr. Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicine. GREAT NEWCASTLE FIRE !-AIILNERS' "HOLDFAST" and FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, with 'Mi ners' New Patent Gunpowder Proof Locks. The strongest, best, and cheapest safeguards in the world against Fire, Robbery, or violence. The late fearful explosion and wide-sprea 1 devastating Fire at Gateshead and Newcastle, destroyed property of the value of one million, converting a large area of warehouses (filled with sulphur, nitrate of soda, peat charcoal, and otlic r highly combustible stores), whole stacks of offices, homes &c., into a perfect v olcano of fierce, concentrated, i nci tier a' i lig, and long-enduring furnace heat, in which not ouly combustible things, but even broke, stones, and iron were burnt up and fused. Sdfes of the ordinary kind, iron doored strong rooms, were alike melted, torn asunder, their contents charred and destrdyed. But amongst the many instances ofpreservation, Thomas Milner and Son have pleasure in giving publicity to the following gratifying testimonial:— "Newcastle-urn -Tyne, Oct. 19, 1854. " Gentlemen,—We have great pleasure in stating that, whilst our offices were comple'ely destroyed and burnt down in the great fire which, on the 6th Inst., reduced a great many lugs in Newcastle upon-Tyne and Gateshead to ashes, two of your large Holdfast' Safes, in our offices, have been the means of preserving our books, bills, and other yaluable documents, although these safes were ex posed for about nine to ten hours to an immense heat, and dug out of the ruins hl a red-hot state. On opening them we found our princi pal books and bills -in a good state of preservation. Some of the papers were singed and discoloured , but we ar e happy to say they eau be used for the main purpose they were intended for. We feel it our duty to state these facts, and will thank you to make us new safes to sneeilleation.—We are, gentlemen, yours truly, "A. LEIDEMANN AND CO. " Messrs. Thomas Milner and Son." MILNERS' PIICENIX SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL. The most extensive in the world. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE-STREET, City. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and llmmorrholdS, Is. each, by post Is. 6d. ViTIIAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentla multi curantur morbi." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless (ceding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with . = equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty•four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &e. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that bath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that bath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. Subject: Marriage, its expectations and Necessities —Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness —Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation —Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas -81111113131e Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. 3. CLIASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphio, narrative, and remultative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. On Secret Diseases, their Self -management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms o urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea ; with 250 en• gravings and prescriptions. 5. The BLADDER, URETHRA, anti RECTUM.z—Comprising Urinary Derangements. Constipation. and Haemorrhoids. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde Vivere."l Few words4o fair faith."—Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or of DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings, from Seven till Nine. THE AMERICAN MAILS—SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 28. — The United States' mail steam-ship Hermann, Captain Higgins, left this evening for New York, with the English, French, and Bremen mails, 65 passengers, and an average general cargo. In consequence of the river Weser being entirely blocked- up with ice, the Her mann has been prevented from completing her usual voyage to Bremen, and has instead remained since her arrival at this port. No detention, however, has been caused in the receipt of either the outward or homeward French and German mails, for with the utmost despatch the agents at this port forwarded a special messenger overland with the home portion im mediately upon the arrival of the ship, and, having awaited the return mails, they were at once shipped on board the Hermann. The passengers were forwarded in like manner. It was the intention that the Hermann should have sailed for New York this morning, but in consequence of an unusually dense fog it appeared necessary to postpone her departure until to-morrow. However, towards afternoon the atmosphere became clear, and preparations were et once completed for put ting to sea. This instance of detention in conne c ti on with either of the United States' mail steam-ships is the first which bas occurred for the last four years, the regu larity with which they take their departure never hav ing varied a quarter of an hour of the time specified by the Post-office authorities in connection with the mail . COntract arrangement& The CHAIRMAN said that three short years had not yet elapsed since he became the humble instrument ie their hands of introducing-to the constituency their able and talented representative Mr. Layard—(cheers)—whose varied and extensive knowledge and whose great indepen dence of. character, combined with undaunted energy, formed a sufficient pledge that he would prove abundantly worthy of their choice.. That was the first political occa sion on which Mr. Layard bad appeared there in public since he stool before them in that hall a candidate for their ' suffrages. It must be admitted on all sides thit.Mr. Lay ard's conduct had been such as to call forth expressions, of the warmest admiration, not exclusively from his own im mediate supporters, but even many of those who were for inerly-opposefl to him, by their presence there to-day, offered a silent recognition of his qualifications for the Tho s portant trust confided to his care at this momentous crisis. (General cheering.) Mr—Layard was anxious to explain his reasons for the course which he had pursued in Parlia ment, and without detaining them further he would at once call upon the hon. member to proceed with his address. Mr.• LAYARD then presented himself and was very warmly received by the meeting. After afew preliniinary remarks expressive of his gratitude to a constituency who had left him to pursue his political career unfettered by pledges, and from whom he had always received the utmost consideration and kindness, the hon. member said—Before going into politicid questions let me ' (rive you a little chap ter of My own autobiography, which it is necessary for me to trouble you with since I have been placed in a some what invidious position. If I were addresaMg the. House of Commons, and not a local - tengifirency, ho't think it necessary to explain any private or personal mat ters ; but if a member of Parliament has been the victim of misrepresentations; it is his duty to set himself right with his constituents. (Hear.) I refer to a matter which has been much talked about in the gossiping world, and which, if I may judge from some paragraphs in your local news papers, is not unknown to you—l mean the unfortunate affair between Admiral Dundas and myself. (Hear.). As the think looks upon the face of it, it would appear as if I were to blame • but when I show you what has really occurred you will be of opinion that, although I have, per haps, been guilty of some little indiscretion—though that, I think, is doubtful—l have done what I thought right, and what, I hope, will meet with your approbAion. I happened to go to the East with a gentleman whose friendship I then formed, and with whom I have since been on terms of the greatest possible intimacy. He is a gentleman well known in London, of high influence, of very great ability, and of high character. -When he quitted me two or three days before the battle of Alma he asked me to write to hiria very freely upon what was passing in the Crimea. I com municated with him as a friend, and not as a gentleman connected with the public press. So far as the paper is concerned with which that gentleman is connected—the Times—you will not forget that on my entrance into public life I had a little fight with that newspaper. I was not in the East as a reporter, and I had no political connection with that journal. I wrote to that gentleman freely, but by an unfortunate mistake, for which he was not to blame, something I wrote appeared in that paper. That letter contained some reflections upon Admiral Dundas which I did not mean should appear before the world. When that letter was published I did what every gentleman in my posi tion, and every man of honour ought to do. I said that I was sorry that anything written by me should appear to convey reflections against the private character of any man, and that I was willing to explain that against the private character of Admiral Dundas I had no reflec tions to make. I have never seen him—l should not know him from Adam. I have never been on board his ship—and what I said involved no breach of confidence on my part. (Hear.) I only said whit I thought, and what every one was thinking of the public character of a man commanding a large branch of the public service. That offer of explanation was not accepted, and various threats were made, but I would not give way. I said I would not retract what I said and thought upon Admiral Dundas's public character, but that I was willing to ex plain everything that might seem to reflect upon his private character: That offer was accepted, the terms were arranged, and you have seen the correspondence in the paper. I still retain my opinion of the public cha racter of Admiral Dundas. It is not a favourable, and I will not conceal that it is a strong' opinion. (Hear, hear.)• I wish now exactly to explain to you my pre sent position. You have heard that the Government have offered an office to me which I have declined to accept, and that I am still unconnected with the Govern ment. Some time before I became representative for Aylesbury I had returned from the East. I was a mem ber of the diplomatic profession, and Lord Granville offered me the post of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. I accepted that office, and served for a short time under Lord Granville in the Foreign-office. The Government cf which Lord Granville was a member— Lord J. Russell's Government—was of short duration, and they went out about three weeks after I had been in the Foreign-office. Of course it was my duty to go out with the Government. Lord Derby, however, who suc ceeded, behaved to me in- the most handsome and honour able manner. He made me an offer that I should remain in the Foreign-office until his son returned from India, and ho said he would then either give me a position in public life equal to that which I then held, or, if not, that ho would give mo a diplomatic mission upon the conti nent. That was a very handsome offer on the part of Lord Derby— (hear)—which I might have accepted with out compromising my political character. I could not, perhaps, have joined Lord Derby's Government, but I might have taken a diplomatic mission abroad, and ser ved his Government for a time under the circumstances I have explained. (Hear.) All my political friends thought I ought to have accepted that offer. Lord J. Russell alone expressed a contrary opinion. When I knew that, I did not hesitate for a moment, and I rejected the offer of Lord Derby. I felt that I could not join his Go vernment, since,upon many points, I differed from him _ . in opinion, but I might fairly have accepted his offer, once, ee a l Im andab a i t v i te o o n t. throwhi ( e H o e p a mi r n , yt h os n e e l a , f r , l a sd W il Who ti, since, as a diplomatic man, such a diplomatic mis s i o n was almost the height . o at f n however, o t hesitateto ord retire j say, being then without ' a profession, upon the world. Lord Derby's Government only lasted for a short time, and Lord Aberdeen succeeded him. Lord J. Russell then said that, having contested this borough and given up office when his Ministry went out, I was entitled to a position in the Government then formed, and the Under- Secretaryship of the Board of Control was offered me. That was generally understood in London to be the office given to me. But a day or two afterwards Lord J. Rus sell sent for me and said, that a gentleman was unprovided for whose abilities and long public services gave him claims on tho Government, and he threw himself upon me to withdraw my claims and to resign my office in favour of that gentleman. I felt that if any man had greater claims than myself, it was my duty to the Government and to the public to give up any small claims that I might have, and accordingly Sir Thomas Redington was ap pointed Under-Secretary to the Board of Control. (Hear.) Lord J. Russell then offered me a consulship in Egypt, which I declined on several grounds, but chiefly that a fter a contested election it would have been unfair to leave my constituents to fight another battle in the election. (Cheers.) After that offer was made the great question that is now agitating the whole world arose in the East, and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was sent to Constantinople as Ambassador. He was anxious that I should accompany him, knowing that I was acquainted with the affairs of the East. This I did at great personal inconvenience, and you knew enough of the circumstances f o r f o t m h o r case arl to a i a m en u t o . w I m w e e t n o tabsent almost t e a l f t for my a o w a r e t x p p e e r n i e ud thinking that I might be of some use, not so much to Lord I S )n t rhalitef o . r d vir , t h e l o t u , g v h e r p i o e u r s e o qo a l e l e y t t I o n o this great topic, and upon some of them I di ffered from ex u io t n to w t i h th e Lord Stratford. I found I could be of no further use, and s ly e a d r o h s e i n ncuocnhn, b I returned to this country. I then took that line of which you are all aware in the House of Commons, and of course I could not then expect anything from the Government. On refusing to accept the consulship in Egypt, Lord J. Russell promised me the first place vacant in the Go vernment. It has been said that I am acting from personal and disappointed motives, but you will see that the course which I have conscientiously taken effectu ally prevented the possibility of my holding office, while, if I had chosen to remain silent, the next office - that fell vacant would have been mine. (Hear, hear.) How ever, I took that line from a conviction of duty, and and have continued it fer two years. Lord Palmerston succeeded Lord Aberdeen as_the head of the Government; but, although there was nominally a change of Govern ment, yet, as the larger number of those who had formed the previous Government remained in it the new and the old Governments were pretty much the samething. (Hear, hear.) On Monday week, a few hours before I made that speech of which you probably have heard, Lord Palmer ston offered me the Clerkship of the Ordnance. Now, having voted that I had no confidence in the Government —that being the interpretation which the Government chose to put upon that vote—they wore sufficient grounds why I should not accept office under the men who formed part of that Government. Secondly, I felt that it is the duty of the Government at the present moment to put the right men in the right places. (Cheers.) I was not acquainted with the Ordnance, and I thought I should be at once betraying my own principles and my duty to the public if I accepted an office in which I could not servo the public to the best of my . ability. I therefore refused that offer. On the fol lowing day those members of the Government with whom I had more especially disagreed retired, and Lord Palmer ston began to form a new Government. Last Friday Lord Palmerston sent for me and offered me the post of Under- Secretary of War. Although I was not over anxious to take that office, yet, having expressed strong opinions on the war and on the conduct of the war, I thought, if I did not accept office, I might expose myself to the imputation of having been ready enough to criticise others, but of being afraid of incurring any responsibility Myself. When there fore Lord Paltnersten offered me the Under-Secretaryship of War, I made some few conditions—that I should have certain influence, and that those views which I had ex pressed should be carried out, and. I thereupon accepted office under Lord Palmerston. On the following day Lord Palmerston told me that for certain reasons he could not hold to that offer, anti that he had to withdraw it, but in its place he, at Lord John Russell's request, offered me the Under -Secretaryship of the Colonies. Now, there was another offer which placed me in the same position as that in which I previously found myself. I was not acquainted particularly with the colonies. In a time of peace I should have been glad to accept an office of that nature, which would have made me more fit to be your re presentative and a more efficient member of Parliament. But the present is a great national emergency, and it ap peared to me that I should be betraying my own prin ciples, and should be false to you, to my country, and to myself, if I took an office for which I was not capable, if there were one which I was more capable of fulfilling, (Hear, hear.) At the same time, in declining this office, I told Lord Palmerston that if I found his Government merited the confidence of the people and my own confi- plainly set before the public to induce them to take it up ; and, in the third place, they must offer the greatest secu rity for the payment of the policy insured whenever it became a claim. To his (the chairman's) mind nothing more dreadful could be conceived than that when the time came there should not be the means of meeting that claim, which might perhaps be the only provision which had been made by the insurer for his widow and bereaved children. (Hear.) In his own history he had employed a journey man who, to provide for his wants in old oge r had con nected himself with three different societies, but he had outlived the wrecks of those societies; and now that he was too old to join any other, the union-house was his only asylum. Therefore, they must offer unquestionable secu rity for the discharge of the policy when it became a claim. The British Empire Association had connected with it all the features to which he had referred in a high and emi nent degree. It offered business upon the most advanta gems terms. Its premiums were as low as was conslstent mith safety. The policy and the stamp were paid for by the company, and the medical fee of 10s. Gd. for policies under 5001., and of one guinea. ahove that sim, was also paid by the company ; and from the premiums paid, loans of money were granted to members, which to th 3 middle class of tradespeople, was often of the greatest service; and they made large prints from the interest of their funds, the whole of which profits were returned to those by whom the proniimas we- e pail. Tii,t was life asinranco at cost price—eh :311),r that that no man could obtain it. (hoan) Tdo itish Enpiro Association offered groat facilities to a luau diip,sed to avail himself of life assurance, and its security was undeniable. It had been said that the difficulty under which a mutual assur- anco association waAfornajd was, th•it than) was no oapi- d stock. with which .to meet claims for deaths which oc,eirred in the first year of its eAsblishnient.' In a sea sou of•epi.lemic, policies might become cilium almost as soon as the premium was paid. Supposing they had a policy for 3,000/. at the first meting of the company, and at the next meeting it was a claim, from what fund was it to be paid, inasmuch as the premiums collected dining the 'year might not amount to that sum. It was then that the directors stood personally as the security for the payment of the claim. It was, therefore, important that those who joined to form a mutual assurance company should be men of property; for what would have been ths position of the British E.upire Association if in the first month of its establishment they had a claim for 1,0001. or 2,0001. ? It must have boon from the pockets of the directors. But that d w I,s Lug gone by with regard to this institution. They had now arrived at the eighth anniversary of their existence, and they had now to speak of the honour or the property of the directors as standing security for the pay ment of the claims that came upon them ; but they had now to speak of money ready to meet every kind of claim that could come upon them. They had a reserve fund of upwards of 6,0001.; in addition to this, they had an accu mulated fund of about 70,0001.; and they had an annual income, up to the 31st of December last, of 36,5681. It would not do for proprietary companies in the present day to talk about the dangers attending mutual assurance associations, for in this society they had upwards of 100,0001. to meet claims from deaths. They had, therefore, before them a great duty —to care for the good of their fellow-den, by directing their at tention to some available means to provide for the wants of their families after they were departed; and this institution had just those features which were adapted for, and made it attractive to, the people who needed it. In their capacity of members of the institu tion, it was their duty to bring before those with whom they were brought into contact, the advantages which life assurance was calculated to confer. They ought to do it on the ground of benevolence, in order that people might take out policies ; for, in so doing, they would assuage the sorrows that were always attendant upon death. They prevented the miseries of poverty after the head and stay of the family was departed, and he would ask them what satisfaction was equal to that which a man felt within his own breast upon the reflection that he had been instru mental in wiping the tear from the widow's eye, and that through associations of this kind the family was furnished with means to provide things honest in the sight of all men for the support of those who might otherwise be destitute? Mr. F. Cr. P. NELSON (the actuary) said he was much pleased to have the opportunity of meeting so large an as semblage joined in an assurance institution. It was, he believed, the largest meeting he had ever attended con nected with assurance objects, and the presence of so many members testified to the interest which they took in the British Empire Association, and he had great pleasure in expressing his conviction that this society did offer all the advantages which the chairman had so well pointed out to them. He had made a most searching investiga tion into the whole affairs of the company, and he must say it had not been his fortune to meet with many com panies in the eighth year of their progress offering so many symptoms of health, vigour, and promise for the future ; and, to whomsoever the credit might be due, certainly great credit was due for the skill and judgment exer cised in bringing so large an amount of very profitable assurance business. (Hear, hear and cheers.) It was to be remarked that, in the early career of this so ciety, it was next to impossible that any mishap could have occurred from the falling in of deaths. The great misfortune in associations of this nature, generally, was the disparity of the policies issued. In this institution that kind of irregularity hail not been permitted to exist, and it was rather remarkable that, in the absence of any considerable amount of large assurances, their income should have reached its present amount, which, for an eight years' existence, was a very considerable one. Even the old established companies of long and excellent repu tation had not succeeded, iu the same space of time, in ob taining so large an amount of new business as had been ac complished by this society—(hear, hear)and with the re port which they had before them that day, they ought to consider their prospects for the fature most encouraging, and that there was every probability of their doing a much larger business in the next eight years. He considered that they were now in such a position as to be placed beyond all risk for the future, and those friends who might have been disposed to aid them could no longer hesitate to do so. He might mention that there was in this association one feature which was particularly worthy of remark, and that was with regard to the calculation as to the present value of the premiums. If they were measured at the full value of what they would probably realise, they would be worth a much larger sum than had been set down to them in the balance-sheet. The amount set down in the balance sheet was 442,0001.: but if the gross premiums had been valued, that sum would have been put at 50,0001. or 69,0001. more. But the best authorities on the subject had laid it down that that element of value should not bo an ticipated, and where it had been anticipated, it had been subjected to the most severe criticism. This association was quite free from that element, and he would add, that every other element used in determining the value of their assets had been subjected to the severest scrutiny ; and the society might rely upon the statement brought forward as being in no way exaggerated, but was one which placed the present and future members in that position in which the members of a mutual association ought to be placed. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The secretary, Mr. JAs. INoms, read the report, which stated that the_proposals received by this company during the year have considerably exceeded the expectations of the directors, the number being :-1,034 for 243,9681. ; of which, 876 policies have been issu e d, assur i ng 195,7591., the annual premiums thereon 6,9181, 6s, 9cl. ; 158 i n pro. army have had no - pay for the last 12 months ; the Pashas, who are generally a very rascally set, pocket all the money which comes to hand. With respect to our return to Eng land, much of course depends on the duration of the war and the condition of the ship ; at present she is as com plete and sound as possible. " Feb. 12.—Just arrived at Varna for our third lot of Omer Pasha's army, destined for Eupatoria . This batch • completes his infantry, but there are 5,000 or G,OOO to come from Bourghas and Sisopoli, and 6,000 more infantry from Baljek for Eupatoria. Everything remains quiet atSebas topol and Balaklava up to the 9th inst. After leaving Enpatoria we go to Balaklava or Constantinople to coal." The Hastings . , 60, Captain Caffin ; the Pembroke, 60, Captain Seymour;'and the Hogue, 60, Captain Ramsay, screw block-ship,-,fitting at Portsmouth, are hourly approaching completion, and abundance of labour is put .. upon them to turn them out of Land. The oew high pressure block-ships.will be mere efficient, although of 250 horse Power less than the old one., and NNW farm- (it is confidently expected) the most importaa and efficacious division of the Baltic fleet. The Blenheim, GO, Capt. W. IL Hall, received -her mainmast yesterday, and is completing her runt in the old ba-in at Portsmouth. The Edinburgh, 53, Capt. Hewlett, is under repair and refit with the utmost expedition to rejoin the 11 , -.:et ; thus thtre are five of these" screw bleekships now at P,rt, mouth made highly pert - let - v. l )le and powerful war steam two•deekers out of useless old sailing 74's—the Hastings, Pembroke, Blenheim, Hoguo, and Aj:IX. The Britannia, 120; Capt. Carter, will go into .Portsmouth harbour to day if the fog (yesterday. and on Tuesday to dens() will permit, when she •wili he dismantled 'and put out of corn- 4kr, and her crew' paid wage , , granted leave, and Jade ftlai!able ler the steam fieer. • The Retribution, 2S, oaddh- vheel igatr, Capt. Fisher, is yet under the ship hands at Portsmouth, and' great progress is .ing towards refitting her. The Centaur, 6, paddle. .gate, Capt. Clifford, is very well advanced in her equip aent, and is nearly rigged, with the assistance of the dockyard riggers; all her masts are up, and the riggirg nearly fitted. The James Watt, 91, Captain Geerga Elliot, is shipping her spare spars, and will have the dock for the basin to complete the readjustment of her ma , Thinery in a day or two. The Esk, 20, screw cor vette, Captain Bircb, which has been on a few days' cruise to prove her capabilities, &c., returned to Spit head on Tuesday, and remains awaiting further orders. The Calcutta, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga tion Company's transport, has not been able to get into Portsmouth harbour with safety to embark the Lan cashire Militia, owing to dense fogs. The YE Aus, 42-gun frigate, fitted up to serve as a shell and powder depot for the Baltic fleet, will move out of the basin at Portsmouth this day. The Himalaya, Commander Priest, will embark the remount of cavalry horses sl-ie is destined to convey to the seat of war this day at Portsmouth dockyard. By the end of next week there will be at Spithead such an " arma la," as that anchor age never before berthed, if the weather should be pro pitious. The screw steam-ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt. George T. Gordon, was taken out of dock at Keyham, Plymcutb, on Tuesday. The paddle-wheel steam-frigate Dragon, 0, Captain James Wilcox, was towed by the steam-vessel Confiance to the Jupiter coal depot, in Hamoaze, on Monday. The screw steam-corvette Tartar, 20, Captain Hugh Dunlop, is undergoing repair alongside the jetty at Devonport dockyard. The screw steam-ship Conflict, 8, Captain Arthur Cumming, was placed in dock at Keyham on Tuesday. The screw steam-ship Nile, 91, Captain George R. Mundy, was appointed to go from Hamoaze into Ply mouth Sound yesterday, and to sail to-morrow for Spithead. The crew of the troop-ship Resistance, 10, Master- Commander Manser Bradshaw, in Hamoaze, bent sails on Monday. They were paid wages by Admiral Plum ridge on Tuesday. The steam-ship Argus, Captain Hamil, from London, vvitti telegraphic wires for the Crimea , put into Ply mouth Sound yesterday, out, of trim, being too deep forward. Atter being trimmed and supplied with addi tional fuel she will proceed to sea. The barque Thetis, of London, Captain T. Barter, from Cardiff; with coal for San Francisco, sprang a leak and foundered in the Bay of Biscay on the 4th ult. The crew, 24 in all, were picked up by the Spanish brig Bonetta, of Bilboa, and landed on the sth at Corunna, whence they were brought by the schooner Lady Man sell, and landed at Plymouth on Tuesday. Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour shifted his flag at Plymouth on Tuesday from the Nile to the Exmouth. The steam sorew-frigate Euryalus, 51, Captain E. Ramsay, went from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound on Tuesday, and was appointed to sail yesterday for Ports mouth, to embark militia h volunteers fur service in the Mediterranean. The friends of the late Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, Bart., G.C.8., have ;determined on erecting a monument to his memory on the Beacon at Bodmin, in Cornwall. The Beacon contains 17i acres, rises 515 feet above the level of the sea, and can be seen from Fowey to Padstow. We learn from Plymouth that contracts were made yesterday by the authorities at the Royal William Vic tualiing-yard with Messrs. Collier Brothers, for the su pply of 3,000 quarters of 'wheat—namely, 1,000 quarters at 695. 10d., 700 at 715., and 1,800 at 725. On Monday morning Colonel Crutchley, the comman dant of the Provisional Depot Battalion in Birr, King's county, received the route for the draughts from the de pots of the 21st Fusiliers, 57th Foot, and 03d Foot, which had been for some time in readiness to proceed to Cork, where they will embark for Malta. Tuesday afternoon was fixel for the departure of the draughts, which consisted, from each of the three depots, of six sci g, ants, four drill instructors, t o drum mers, and 120 rank and file. The men were in high spirits, and were warmly cheered. A few moments Previous to the order to march being given, Colonel Crutchley addressed them in forcible terms, pointing out the duty they w ere ca ll e d upon to perform.' and what eas expected from them by their Qu(en and country. The following are the names of the (.fficErs who will sail with the draughts, viz.:—From 21st Fusiliers, Captains M, P. Collingwood and S. W. H. Hawker ; Lieute nants Hon. R. R. Best, T. Bruce, F. B. Hollway, and T. Coakley. From 57th Foot—Lieutenants W. J. Coope, J. R. Willmott, H. Bird, and J. N. G. Macart ney. From 63d Foot—Brevet-Major C. Higgkil:iottoul A ; Lieutenants S. A. Y. Ban on L aure nce E. Knox, M. Durnaresque ; and Ensign S. H. Bruce. that these detachments will sail in the Great It is said Britain. About 20 wounded and invalided soldiers from Scu tari, in cu - tari, belonging to different regiments, have arrive Bristol,where they have been - billeted for four days, At deuce I would give him every support in my power. I trust that in so acting I have not been unfaithfal td those principles which I have always professed. (Cheers.) It has been well said.that constitutional Government is now upon its trial, and that the eyes of the whole world are now fixed upon England. It will now be seen whether a constitutional Government will carry out that for which it was formed ; and if public men will forgot those who made them public men, and if every men in a scramble for plates i s t o take the first plate that is offered him, we sh ill become the laughing -stock of the world, and and show that, after all, is constitutional Government 50 formed is bill; a sham, arid that plelle places are the re wai d of everything Lint public merit. (Ilear.) Upon orili uary occasions I shouldhave addressedyon on home sub jects, but at this moment; these erielsiel aside. There is one all-absorbing question which engrosses the feelings and senses of every man in the country, and in faveur of which we have agreed to waive all considerations of a denuestie nature. I will only therefore say that upou all these greak questions, such as the b a ll o t , c h urch rates, cud the prinei pies growing out of thee() questi nes, I have followed the line which three year age, I told y ou I should pursue. I have upon these cad similar questions always vote,l, I trust, to the satisfaction of thoie who have sent mo to Parliament. (Cheers.) If those questions should come before Parliement this year, you will always find me on the right side of the lobby. 'Tilt there is one subject of such importance that to come to an understanding with you upon it has been the chief reason why I have met you to-day. We have now become so excited relative to the disasters that have be fallen us in the course of the great events which have oc curred in the. Crimea, that we have almost forgotten the history and origin of this war. It is, however, most im portant and essential in the present phase of the question that the great, object for w hi c h the war was un d er t a k en should not be forgotten or kept out of sight. There is a party irilhis country; not large, but influential from those who lead it, at the head of which are Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobden. I have great sespeet,for the opinions of thee° gentlemen upon many subjects, and men who have done greater good to the public esirse do net exist. I wily regret the line they have take-ti on this subject, with which I cannot at all agree. It is not that I object to Mr. Bright . or Mr. Cobden taking the peace line in the discussion of this subject, but that they assume those to be facts which are not facts, and that they argue the question upon a false basis. From what those gentlemen say, it would appear that in this war we are fighting for the Turks. No doubt, to a certain extent, that is the case, but that is not the essential part of this ques tion. It is very easy to excite public feeling against the Turks, and to say that we are fighting for one despotism with another despotism, and against a third despotism. I am the last man to stand up and say that we ought to fight for any despotism, and if this were purely a Turkish ques tion I should not take the interest in it which I have always avowed. But there is a far greater question in volved in this war than any involves the Turks alone. This war has been truly called a statesman's war, and those who have entered into it ought to see that a great question is involved in it, affecting not only the present but alio the future welfare and civilisation of Europe. What are the real grounds upon which the war is undertaken ? Ido net speak from mere book knowledge, but from having devoted myself for several years almost to the st u d y o f this ques tion alone. (He ar .) Although I was concerned in the East in archaeological pursuits, yet I was a mem b e r of the diplomatic profession, and was for a time attached to the embassy at Constantinople, where I saw with my own eyes the progress of events which have resulted in the present war. For some years past the Turkish Govern ment had been making great endeavours to improve the condition of the population under its sway, although it has not only been able to carry out all that it professed, or all that it wished to accomplish. It is difficult to change a nation in a day. (Hear, hear.) The rulers of Turkey are many of them men of no principle at all—they look to personal considerations —they look to their private advancement and filling their own pockets, and they have done great harm to the cause which the Sultan has sought to sustain. But it is impos sible to deny that great improvements have been made. I have known Turkey for 15 years, and no one who knew Turkey then, and sees what has been done during that time, can deny the Improvement that has been made, not among the Mussulman and Mahometan population, because there are causes at work which will probably lead to the destruction of the Mussulman in Turkey in Europe, but among the Christian population of Turkey. It is not for the Malometans we are fighting, but for the Christians. That is a distinction which the heads of the peace party have always kept out of view. (Hear.) Ido net say that the Christian population have obtained all those privi leges which we should wish to see them possess, but they have been gaining wealth, they are becoming more pros perous, - they have been intrusted with public employ ments of great weight and importance, which a few years before were denied to them. The Turkish Government have sent Christians to represent them at foreign Courts. The Turkish Minister in England is a Christian; the Turkish Minister in Paris was a Christian ; the Turkish Ministers in Belgium and at Berlin are Christians. Such a thing 20 years ago as a Christian being employed by the Turkish Government as its Minister at a foreign Court was almost unknown. In domestic affairs they are making great progress. In literature they are making a great stride, and in Turkey, at this moment, I know that liberal opinions both in politics and religien" are gaining ground. The Emperor of Russia saw the pm ogress ma'eing by the Christien population, and this very progress was the groundwork of his Interfer ence. The object of Prince Menschikoff's mission to Con stantinople was to check the growing spirit of liberty among the Christian population of Turkey. The Enip:ror knew perfectly well that if the Christians of Turkey should render themselves capable of self-government and tit them selves to take the place of the Sultan and the Mussulman population, all his hopes of having Constantinople and possessing those magnificent provinces which would make him the most powerful potentate in the world would have been disappointed and destroyed. I am perfectly well aware that he has been arming with this object. lie did so in 1820 ; he did so a t the Treaty of Adrianople ; but for setae years ho has not had the opportunity of carrying his views icto effect. Lord Aberdeen became Prime Mi nister, and apparently at the head of a liberal Government, which I shall always regret, for Lord Aberdeen has done more to destroy the Liberal party than any man who ever lived (Hear, hear.) When Lord Aberdeen came to power, with his known views upon foreign policy, the Emperor of Russia thought it a good opportunity of pressing his views and aiming at the conquest of Turkey. On that account he sent Prince Menschikoff to Constantinople. I do not accuse Lord Aberdeen of connivance, as some have done, but it is impossible to deny that his opinions on public affairs encouraged the Emperor of Russia to hope that now was the time to carry out his ambitious schemes. At the time of Prince Menschikofre arrival at Constantinople I was there, and from what I saw it wail my conviction,and I still entertain it, that if the Government had shown a bold front—if the Emperor had been told that England would go to war rather than acknowledge the pretensions of Russia, Prince Menschik o ff would not have pushed his views, but would have been satisfied with the first thing offered to him. (Cheers.) But we did not take this course, and hence the origin of all th ese m i s f or t unes . The Government at this time was composed of the Liberal party, and a party with few followers cad not popular in England—l mean the Peelites. They held distinctly opposite opinions as to the danger of Russian predominance in Europe to those of Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the other Liberals. It is all very well in quiet times to have a divided Government, but it is impossible to carry on great national affairs when you have a divided Cabinet. (Cheers) In great matters half- and-half politics will not I do. What was the result ? Instead of telling the Em peror what they thought of his ambitious schemes he was patted on the back. The Government never showed a bold front, and the Emperor pushed his claims to the ut most, thinking that the English Government would never oppose him. All he wanted was the right of direct inter ference, not over the Greek but the Christian subjects of Turkey, which would have given him authority over 11,000,000 of the Sultan's subjects. Tho Emperor crossed the Pruth, and then I, for the first time, rose and besought the Government not to allow the Emperor to cross the Pruth without a declaration of ever. I did not want war —no man does—but I knew that if the Government were afraid of war then that war was inevitable, and that no thing on earth could save us f rom war. (Cheers) This is an opinion which I have consistently expressed in the House of Commons from the moment that I had the honour of representing you. The next mistake of the Government was in placing the negotiations in the hands of Austria, which had an interest in keepin g us back and in maintain ing peace under every sacrifice. I protested against the Vienna Conferences. I said, " Hold your conferences at Constantinople, or anywhere rath er than submit the nego tiations to the direct interference of Austria." Well, we went to Vienna, and there, to use a popular phrase, we were " humbugged." (A laugh.) Th e Vienna note could not have been supposed to settle the question if we had entered upon the war with a firm conviction of the great interests and great principles at stake. Who had we to settle that question for us at Vienna? Was it a man in timately acquainted with the Eastern question, and with powers of mind equal to the crisis? ar 0 ; we never had the courage to put the right man in the right place, and the Government never would sacrifice their p r i va t e party, personal, and family considerations, to the good of the üb lic We "drifted into t he w ar, according t o the expres sion of Lord Clarendon , and Lord J . Russell declared th a t we had no territorial changes or personal obj ec t s to attain. moment to tell R uss i a that we Bat that was not the mme s hould not insist upon territorial changes. It was holding out a premium to Russia to say so. It was t e lli ng her that we might lose everything , while she could lose nothi ng b y the war. (Cheers.) Well, war broke out, and we sent our troops to Gallipoli. No provision was made for them there, and if it had not been for the French they might have starved. They wereVarna, next sent to I was then the want was felt in constant communiithatiinogn theof f il ich G overnment, and there was scarcely an afterwards of which I did not acquaint the G overnment. I told them that the t roo p s were going to a most unhealthy place, and that they would inevitably suffer from iiiease that it was a pestiferous ch.. They were warned by mate, and yet, in despitetho these warningsy the men were of s f sent to Varna, where in a short time the y lost an incredi ble number of men, and were almost demoralised. The hon. member proceeded with great power to trace the sub sequent landing of the troops in the Crimea, the events of an d Balaklava, and the h orri o lsl s- •mi Alma, Inkerman, management of which our brave troops have been the vic tims before Sebastopol, and of which he had been the eye witness. The Times had opened a subscription for the 'relief of the sick and wounded. In a few clays 10,0001. were received, and that amount incompetent ount man to administer it, because he had a might have been d ou bl e d. Did the editor send out an or an uncle who w i s h e d t o go ? c No, he looked about ;o a t the best man to do the work, and the result was that those. 10,000/. had saved the lives of thousands of our brave fellow-countrymen. (Cheers.) Now, if private individuals and firms could de these things, why should not the Government.h (Cheers.) If the Govern ment departments would not do their work as it ought to be done, the sooner they were differently constituted the were appointed as heads of depart better. (Hear.) Men ments who had no title to their ef s rai i d tua o t f io r n e s from their epeheihihty terit and s or knowledge—they the e tility of sending out the l-administration and winked they too often connive w d e a_ r t e u at neglect. He doubted 1 areddu been ced Commissioners of Inquiry. Anparr ;ye couldr h be e from 54,000 to 15, 000 in paid to them. The men if conclusion at which he arrived was , that we had officers in the Crimea who were incompetent to carry out the matters intrusted to them, and who ought, wri6 ~ - 7 i,_- the expiration of that period they will be seine to their regimental depots in Ireland, where flub:night will be granted them. Among them are men who wer 3at Al ma and Inkerman, and we believe at Bala.klava a [so, THE MILITIA. Recruiting for several regiments is goinh • very briskly in 'Exeter and other places in Doyens). tir o. The 11th Hussars have received several recruits, as i- Jave also the 15th Hussars. Some men have likewise , accepted the inducement offered by Captain Adair, of the 2d Somerset Militia, who, in order to obtain & sufficient number of volunteers to seclsre a commissiol 1 inihe line, gives . 1,0/. a in addition to the Government botunti . of 101. The Marines have likewise received large reinforcemeete from Exeter. About 280 men are daily drilled at Montrose. Enlist. ment into the Line goes' on with much spirit. About 20 of cere &re expected immediately. Volunteering into the Line from the 2d Cheshire Militia goes on more slowly than was expected. The King's Ow n Tower. Hamlets Militia will mus t er this day in the London-field.F, Hackney, to be embodied for permanent duty. The Queen's Own Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia-. will also mutter this day at Bethnal -green, to be em. bodied. - ' The lion. Chalks Fox Stanley, late a lieutenant colonel in the Grenadier Guards, hag been appointed. .ten honorary colonel in the 7th Regiment of Lancashire Militia. REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE CRMEA. NVe understand that it i., intended immediately to re. inf(ircd ottr: army in the Crimea by sending out 10,000 additional troops, exclusive of cavalry, which will be effected in the following manner :- 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards, Ist battalion of Coldstrearns, and Ist battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, at present at the seat of war, will be increased to 1,200 men each; and the strength of the following regiments of the line, also in the Crimea, is to be increased to 1,600 bayonets each .- Ist Foot (Royal Scots) 3d Buffs 4th Foot 7th Royal. Fusiliers 10ne. 9th Foot 47th ditto 14th ditto 50th ditto ' 17th ditto - 55th ditto 18th Royal Irish 57th ditto 19th Foot 62d ditto 20th ditto 63d ditto 21st Royal North British 68th ditto Fusiliers 77th ditto 23d Royal Welsh ditto 79th Highlanders 28th Foot 88th (Connaught Rangers) 30th ditto 89th Foot 83d ditto (Duke of Wel- 90th ditto lington's Own) 93d'Highlanders 34tk Foot 95th Foot -- 38th ditto 97th ditto - 39th ditto Rifle Brigade „ Ist and 2d battalions will have an additional battalion of 1,000 men. Those regiments garrisoning fortresses in the Mediter ranean will each be increased to 1,400 bayonets, and will proceed to the Crimea en being relieved by the volunteer regiments of militia—viz. :- 2d battalion Ist Royal Scots, Corfu 13th Light Infantry, Gibraltar 31st Foot, Corfu 48th ditto, Corfu 54th ditto, Gibraltar 66th ditto, Gibraltar 71st Highland Light Infantry, Corfot 82d Foot, Corfu 92d Highlanders, Gibraltar The cavalry at present in the Crimea is to be increased to 800 sabres each regiment, and four additional regi ments, exclusive of the 10th Hussars, are to be sent out. Six batteries of field and four troops of Horse Artillery will proceed to the seat of war. It is expected that the greater portion of the above arrangements will be carried into effect during the month of March, ar,d several additional transports have been chartered for the purpose. DAY OF FASTING AND HUMILIATION. ( From a Supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday.) PROCLAMATION FOR ENGLAND AND IRELAND. By the Queen. A PROCLAMATION FOR A DAY OF SOLEMN FAST, HUMILIATION, AND PRAYER. VicrontA R.—We, taking into our most serious consideration the just and necessary war in which we are engaged, and putting our trust in Almighty God that he will graciously bless our arms both by sea ar.'d land, have resolved, and do, by and with the ad vice of our Privy Council, hereby command, that a public day of solemn last, humiliation, and prayer be observed throughout those parts of our 'United Kingdom called England anti lieland, on Wednesday the twenty-first day of March next, that to both we and our peo- Die 'nay humble ourselves before Almighty God, in orthr to obtain pardon of our sins, and in the ino,t - devout ,and • solemn manner send up our pray ers ard .supp!ications .to the Divine Majesty, for imploting His blessing and assistance on our arms for the restmation of peace to us and our dominions: and we dv strictly charge and comnr;n I, that the said day he revereot!y and devoutly obstrved by al; our loving subjects id England and Ireland, as they - tender the fai . our of Almighty God, and would avoid His wrath and indignation : And, for the better and more orderly solemnizing the tame, we have given direc tit.ns to the Most Reverend the Archbishops, and the Right . Reverend the Bishops of England and Ireland, to compose a form of urayer suitable to Viis occasit to be used in all churches, chap e l s , an d p l aces of p blic worship, and to take care the same be timely dispersed throughout the respective dioceses. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-eighth day cf Febi nary, in the year. of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and in the eighteenth year of our reign. GOD save the QUEEN. PROCLAMATION FOR SCOTLA.Na. By the Queen. A PROCLAMATION FOR A DAY OF SOLEMN FAST, HUMILIATION, AND PRAYER IN SCOTLAND. VICTORIA R.—We, taking into our most serious consideration the just and necessary war in which we are engaged, and putting our trust in Almighty God that lie will graciously bless our arms, both by sea and land, have resolved, and do, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, hereby command, that a public day of solemn fast, humiliation, and prayer be observed throughout that part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called Scotland, on Wednesday, the twenty-first day of March next, that so both we and our people may humble ourselves before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and in the most devout and solemn manner send up our prayers and supplications to the Divine Majesty for imploring His blessing and as sistance on our arms for the restoration of peace to us and our dominions : and we do strictly charge and com mand, that the said day be reverently and devoutly ob served by all our loving subjects in Scotland, as they tender the favour of Almighty God, and would avoid His wrath and indignation : our will is, therefore, and we charge, that, this our proclamation seen, ye forthwith proceed to the Market Cross of Edinburgh, and all other places needful, and there, in our name and authority, make publication hereof, that none pretend ignorance : And our will and pleasure is, that our solicitor do cause printed copies hereof to be sent to the sheriffs of the se veral shires, stewarts of stewartries, and bailiffs of raga lities, and their clerks, whom we ordain to see the same published ; and we do appoint them to send copies hereof to the several parish churches within their bounds, that, upon the Lord's day immediately preceding the day above mentioned, the same may be published and read from the pulpits immediately after Divine service. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and in the eighteenth year of our reign. GOD save the QUEEN. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day cf February, 1855, present—the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This - day the Right Honourable Sir George Corns wall Lewis, Baronet, was by her Majesty's command sworn of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare the Right Honourable George William Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Gar ter, Lieutenant-General and General Governor of that part of the United Kingdom, called Ireland. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Righ t Honourable Montagu, Earl of Abingdon, to be Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Berks, his lordship this day took the oaths Appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of February, 1855, pre sen t—th e Q ueen ' s M os t Excellent Majesty in Council. Tier Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint the Right Hon. the Lord President of the Ccooncil for the time being ; the Most Noble the Doke of Argyll, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal ; the Most Hon. the Marquis of Lansdowne ; the 'Right Honourable John Russell (com monly called Lord John Russell), one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State ; the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston, tFirstrtiLghortdHCoonmoumriasbsiloenverisectoultheir Majesty's Treasury .;he Canning, her Majesty's Postmaster-General ; the Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State ; and the Right lion. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Baronet, Chancellok and Under Treasurer of her Majesty's Exchequer; to be a Committee of Council to superintend the application of any sums of money voted by Parliament for the purpose of promoting public education. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of February, 1555, present—the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day . - pleaii& to make the following amendment on the Moll of Sheriffs : — Merionethshire—Charles POLISOIIby Tottenham, of Carrogissa, Esquire, made Charles John Tottenham , _ of Berwyn Ho use , nea r Llangollen, in the County of Den. bigh, Esq. ~'"~~~ 41st ditto 42d Highlanders 44th Foot ■ • S~ - i , En .~-- x - 7, 4* I ip f Gw ~~