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//Y. / -<-~-~~= ? ,- ' I tit 00trb,.,,EAST INDIA HOUSE, 25TH APRIL, 1855. aot at their Ile qt . b xli t , TA co.nlci: Of DIRECTORS of the EAST ht 14`,7EIZLy GE,,,TrAY do HEREB GIVE NOTILE, . • 11,1. L COURT of tie said Company will be 141.15 e next, Ilse in Leadenhal tr t WEDNESDAY, the at Eleven o'clock in sth:efo'reonhooll. i tt JA MES C. MELYILL , Secretary. 4 C l Orrp EAST IN DIA HOVSE. 25 TH A PRIL , 855. hntil of DIRECTORS of the EAST h !! or to ili — j s c l ° , 4 l,l n _AN Da lr n do hereby g h t the Transfer ive Notice. t THURSDAY, th e r 2 o tl ;lLlne, a I,TirLeeepe.., 's Steck will be shut on tlat th e p+ end " clock, and opened again on THURSDAY, ll il t i h i: 6, „;11:ants.for the Dividends on the said Stock, and 4th ,c, lTi liip4. co.Bs,o4izerrtebaeyll d tothbe delivered lt)hof h o e n 4' t i ft a t 3 , ' z c l i ay. JAMES C. 1 /ELVILL, Secretary. Pr t--.------- ,9; NERAL LIFE AND • - 'AZ ASSURANCE CO3IPANY. EstablLshed 1837. aps... o.,,,ered by Special Acts of Parliament. 62, Xing William -street, London. Thi„,‘ ton g Capital, 1,000,000/.. I,lll.,that thetb.‘''sall°lßtSreet et, ye Notice 7aotf 112,0n0-d'coinoc. k 14 0 12th 147 wi or li m b e : 71 I I ::: a t C; E t 1: E 0 11 f l A i c e LP r e"o MEETINGfei t s h e y oin p oS a f ity Tt , hl 6 ej R 2 , DPRA Kin 4" betire.:4ll4ti tthr e44:.t.4llltart„.at.illien.htlithhee:eilttling, the Proprietors who then hold ten or esviblit,,rctsltri, Zol ana v.ot"ei..ll..ch they. h ave Possesses' six. calendar months, may aGrdeorge Bertsfleld, Esq., Thomas Piper, h Dawson, Esq., I 4 'hi etr) ;I:hen CeZeeD.t'ing JOritie A4ll:orir.ose3eceased) are re " trh th . ~,,_ a anrrespectjve appointments. 8' -11" 4011:6,5114:4emylproprletors, duiY qualified. who shall be desirous (1 43 , t e hr their intedates for any of these situations, must give written Dre,totisi_ ntlon at the Office, to the Secretary, at least ten r to the time of such meeting,. April 25. 1855, By order of the Directors, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. ..„,,,,24:4:::"..:0:,,,,.!:v:‘,.,...\.:, "...." , . 49,. .' ~ . , _ . , . . - -, • .. .- - . ,- -," . • . . . , . . , - ‘',,,,i. ,0 '. * : , •,I".' - . 1 ~ , , , ,,,,,,,i:, . ii)... , ~444. ..\7 . • ' . - ' 44 ~„ .. , ~ C e • s , ~ ex t . 7.. 4 s. , RP .., 1 4 !.. - \' - t, rte , . • ..„ llf . „ . , 4 . 4 ,,,,.; 2. A ; !", ,-;,,,, ~e..",---mr .., , ,. l Vi ...,. \,.h t .,..-.,. 7 - . 7 - ~.. .... • --~ ~ I+ • , _ 4-'4_ l's, ' .. ! i. llt I', I 4 ta (g. '+.4 .'''' , -, W ,17, ' * . ''''4l,lft.... ' ' -, ..... , '444 I, — l t ' blEv .1. , , ',ex: in , •-. . 7,7/ ;•,, , ~.„ 1A. , - , - : ~,, A, . No. 19,525 d LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APAIL 27, 1855. I PRICE SD. PUBLICATIONS. Id It. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC V IL_ TO-NIGHT, at 8 o'llock, and Every Night (but Saturday). -tails; 35.; Area, 2s. ;Mallery, Is. The Morning Representations ake place every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.— , :gyptian Hall, PiccadillyA 1 busihess in question, and put his wife's maiden name over the door, as it would not do to have his . name as surgeon and.bookseller too. He engaged his brother in-law as his assistant, because he had been engaged in a similar capacity in New Bond-street, and he (Crook) knew nothing about the business. Defendant, how ever, had no interest in the business ; the name of " Oury and Co." referring to his (Crook's) wife under her maiden name, and himself. The defendant was only his servant, and had not authority to "give orders or pay money N . vithout Crook's instruction. The learned Under-Sh er iff; i n summ i ng up th e evi deuce, directed the jury that if they were satisfied that the defendant had acted in such a ma,tiner as.to lead the public to believe that he was one of the principals, and so obtained, credit, he:would be liable for that debt the same as if he were a.partner. The -evidence was con tradictory as to what took place at the introduction of Mr. Crook, but if they were satisfied that the defendant Olen told Mr. Warn that Mr. Crook was the only prin. cipalin the firm of Oury and Co., then they would gh;e their verdict for the defendant ; but if they were) satis fied that Oury had acted as if he were the partner in the firm of Oury and Co,, then their verdict would be for the plaintiffs. . NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN LONDON AND BALAKLAVA. NEW NOVEL BY TILE AUTHOR OF EMILIA WYNDHAM, This day, in 3 vols. post Bvo., The Odin, 16, - "Tfidale-frigate, Captain Willcox, bag proceeded from the D owns -t o Sh eerness t o fit, an d take out to the Rack Sea six new mortar vessels fitted on the plan of 'Captain Julius Roberts, R.M.A. She will leave with them about the middle of next week. The Orion, Hazier, Arie/, and Phoenix remained in the Downs yesterday. The Falcon, 17, screw-sloop, Com mander Pullen, left Spithead yesterday for the westward. The Sprightly steam-tender, Acting Master-Commander Allen, left Pertimoutle yesterday •for the Downs. with, seamen and supernumeraries far the ships there alieutte 7 join the Baltic fleet. The Myrmidon left yesterdsy-for Peelbroke on the service before repotted. The 'Hawke, 60, Captain Ommanney, tested her steaming gealities yesterday at Stokes Bay. The Arthur the Great trans port embarked at Spithead yesterday the -troops before reported, and will sail this morning for the Cape of, ,•• Good Hope. The Pylades, 20, screw ateam-corvett , , Captain E. C. T. •D'Eyncourt, has returned to Sheerness again from the no.wn9, in order to have her pumps altered. She will be ready for sea by to-morrow evening. The floating-battery Glatton was taken into No. 1 dry dock; Sheerness, on Wednesday evening. The Trafalgar, 120 guns, has been put under the shears and disrnasted ; she will complete the return of her stores in a few days. She has landed 500 tons of Malta stone, which was taken in as ballast previous to her departure for England. The crew of the Meander, 44, Captain Baillie, were paid wages yesterday morning in Plymouth Sound, and in the afternoon she sailed-for the White Sea. THE HEIRESS of HAUGHTON. By the Author of "Emilia Wyndham," "Two Old Men's Tales," &c. Hurst and Blacketi, Pubrshers, successors to Henry Colbum, 13, Great Marlborough street. VTAPPIN'S "SHILLING" RAZOR. r A_ Sold everywhere. Warranted rood by the makers, JOSEPII NIAPPIN and BROTHERS, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield ; and 37, Moorgate-street, City, London. The First Volume, Octavo, 125., HISTORY of ENGLAND during the REIGN '•of GEORGE THE THIRD. By WILLIAM MASSEY, M.P. To be completed in Foar Volumes. London : John Parker and Son, West Strand. 3/IAPPIN'S SUPERIOR 'TABLE KNIVES, as made for the Crystal Palace, Syclenham ; handles cannot Possibly become loess : the blades are all of the very first quality, being their own Sheffield manufaciure. Buyers supplied at their London Warehouse, 37, 3foorgate-street, City; and Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield. Fifth Edition, with Additions, Crown Octavo, 600 pages, 10s. 6d., TUDEN T'S MANUAL OF MODERN LIITORY. containing the Rise and Progress of the principal European Nations, their Political History, and the Changes in their social Condition, with a History of the Colonies founded by Euro peans. ila the MARIQUITA and NEW GRANADA ARFAIOLDERS —The important direcrens in ,the 37th clause of our I),ed or Settlement, with reference to the Minute-book of the proceedings of General -Meetings, having been, as regards the eneral Meetings held on the 20th of November, the 15th and 29th of December, and the 26th of January last, wilfully r et at nought by the Chairman of those Meetings (Mr. Johit Distort Powles), and by the Company's Secretary (Mr. L. R. Jones)—All Shareholders who think with the advertiser teat such grave contempts ought not to be !rimed over uncen.ured are requested to communicate wish Mr. C. Riche dson, by letter, addressed to 15, Charles-street, St. James's. —April 26, 1855. ; 6 d , 3 0 440 x „ clty, -v-iT,O TRLEGRAPH 7 2,01 d 1 ,,.... LONDON' OFFICES. ~t tiiNtlvest .9,1,1,-ftt,reet (six doors from the Royal Evehange.) Ih Nt of Ni rritini 4' Charißrr-CrOls (opposLe the statue.) , Cl a , th e /ch.,. CatiOn by underground wires with the principal t q'e fo„'n,. 11,,i l A te , l; '' I wenty wrjilis . including delivery, and address net k: h er i , col, o fne Ti Ni l , " IhXChatige-arCile " r:arheshester, t' 2...l3!Xchange-buildin *** ' koti ter, " 22. English-stret ** " , 444..... G. , 1 01, Ne is. 0 , 1 w-street ~ , 1 4g , ) ,,,, r,.. , **** • • ~, t,reenock"W e, 18, Ex change -square— •••• • • ? 4 ,. nil ' 40.1.44 tnittif 1 ~ Catheart-square.. • ... .„,,, r es, tibu s, ~ Righ-street ss. Od Pel(sse 23 College -green*. „ 7s Od Cots, ' 01. Donegal -street . theenstown " street } 7s. d. *". o. The Quay.. ... . , 2s. 6d 'EDWARD Ti. BRIGTIT, Secretary By W. COOKE TAYLOR, LL.D. London : John W. Parker and Son, Nest Strand, Sixth and Cheaper Edition, 560 pazes, 6i., STUDENT'S MANUAL OF ANCIENT lIISToRY, containing the Political History, Geographical Position, and Social State of the Principal .I , :a'ions of Antiquity, digested from the Ancient Writers, and Illustrated by the Discoveries of Modern Scholars and Travellers. _ The fury, .after halfau-hour'a consultation, returned a ♦erdict for the defendant. - , By W. COOKE TAYLOR, LL.D. London: John W. Parker and Son, West :trend, FROM' FRANCE, GERMANY, or in E VOL AND, the best ManufactUring Talent is obtained and mp oyed in the construction of the following : rha EMPEROR'S REDINGOTE, the new garment of the Season. • NICOLL'S PALETOT, One and Two Guineas each. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Ak NNOTATED EDITION of the ENGLISH • POETS.. By ROBERT BELL. . Already published, CHAUCER. Vols. I. to IV. 28. 6d each. EARL of SURREY, MINOR POETS, and LORD BUCKHURST. 28. 6d. • SIR T. WYAT r. 2s. 6d. • DRYDEN. 3 vols., Ts. 6d. WALLER. 2s. 6d. • OLDHAM. 2s. 6d. THOMSON. 2 vols., 58. CO WPE It. 3 vols., 7s. Gd. . _ ONGS fral the DR IMATIsrs. `2s. Gd. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. the ALLIED SLEEVE CAPE, One Guinea, Waterproof, yet . Evaporable. NICOLL'S GUINEA TROUSERS and HALF-GUINEA WAISTCOATS. ESTIMATES for MILITARY and other OUTFITS sent gratis. Accredited Agents in all parts of the globe, Who have the above and other first-class garments prepared in regulated sizes, so that they may invariably fit well. The screw steam transports Hesperus, Captain Cruick shank, and Samuel Laing, Captain Thompson, in the service of the Balaklava Railway expedition, last from Gibraltar, arrived yesterday at Plymouth. The Meteor floating battery was towed down to Long -Reach on Wednesday to the measured, mile, and .then left for trial, when she made 150 revolutions per minute, and a speed of about four knots per hour, with 601 b. pressure on the square inch, being on the high-pressure principle. The Boxer gun-boat is to leave Woolwich this morn ing for GKeenhithe. The? Vivid is in the basin at Woolwich for repairs. She is tb have new funnels. West-end Address, H. I. and D. NICOLL, 144, 116, 11$, 120, Regent-street and in the City, 22, Cornhill. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, RILEY against LAPWORTII, he Creditors of James Riley, late of Seymour-place, Bryanston square, in the County of Middlesex, gentleman, formerly of Old Bond-street, carpet manufacturer, who died in or about the month of February, 1545, are, by their solicitors, on or before the fourteenth 'lay of May , 1855, to come hi an d prove their Debts or Claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-build ings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Now ready, NVEBSTER'S ROYAL RED BOOK. Corrected to the present time. Price 4s • Web,ter and Co.: 60 and 61, Piccadilly. co NTR 'CT FOR TITJW. T li t 0011 be l 3 ai•tn,,,,, t ~ --- al the comptroller for Victuaging, Th • , Somerset [Dune, 24th April, I f 3 55 4 ; ' ti l i 'l•dil4',ll likb-44,182.10ners for executing the Offi n c ri e ta o i f it t r l 4 ,, , n e i t i , ) ,L o to rßQA! OJ T 1:4 47,3iTtrei g.i t n h ir a il t orn on o T f u n i,: rmt ..‘ y, b rkaj:llp:.! be wniiia.,..el.f)ek, they Will be reodv to treat with ne s t: , 3 Vlet4iill'n-g .g)t,corpnstratet for supplying and delivering ni . 111/ ki Deptf , rd, . . When to be delivered. , '•.... Cialloos Ralf i 3 week,, and the remainder ~,qiiti , ".. - 0 ,000 ' In 3nvreeks aftrwards, or earl er if d ` h tlii% °Tt la, be preferred by the party tendering, ; 1 11 . Ardh t „„ ',lade for the whole, or any portion of .the Rum jloer,of,op,,Lireserve to thernsehes the when the Tent ' Nttnly t7e..?otracting either for the whole, or fir snob nar f k,'llle Ittlhsllage)rtt',,tany deem fit, or fnr a greeter quantity, or o Orin,. "• io b, ZJ • and also on unlimited over of sel'cion. . ther are to st `zeolPred from - the customs' duties, and parties ._ltt,,e3 ot th, bate W here It le Icing. - ~,artr:e3 trti n . : l Z . a t 0 be sent in pints for each 'mPe . t i , 3 '44 1 .,„, o o f t ( 1 1 , 1 :: 0! eaeii ruork en tn be and rt mark, and tttt:i.,;,, ,tri,r ,-t'iztistoraouknsd or tstreneths of several imports, e quality, nark, I t l lleil b Y tho e4t h of the sample tends t,,,,' , , , ,,i'Lpie, Zee's will tie • ' 4, k • - ° , l to 6--lleed by persons whose Tenders are not accented ,ti)ilf),p,',eee 44_,laken away by thOm immediately after the Con fat to ' ; lr t l i r ‘ , lll b (l e ed * 1 1 ,411 oo,e pormsereceived unless made on the Printed Form pro at ' Ititt'ere;c•cr t o eland Which may be obtained on application. 14 )4 1 , odl , o r to ihk,_to,,inander Revis , conducting the Packet Service ibt, ' All,,, l icris of tZ ull ector of i• ustoms • at Briktol. 4,401, N . 1., 111,3, he revised contract, to vv , Joh particular attaennd liht:lettut i . od er " v __ se at the said office, and at Liverpool t ht , bei ,l ll n ot w he ll be received after One o'clock he day of ett m el l ioi t .s. aboom rired that the party tendering o em n or t n an agen_t p l , e o hiol'i,the ofr er attend . at the office-on the day of cot contract, MM i. bul he ry t 44, 0 ,11 writinz received from each person will be 1 4144 4 0 ' b i l e cl i: l : eef t k r l !l b a b : la d e d o r r e n s e s r e 4 t re the o r S e s c Le t ry of the Admiralty, d Tender for Rum," and M at SeMerset House. .___ Co XTRACT POll WINE. be rs Pkrhnent of the Comptroller for Victualling, 41 l /41,-,. . Soaterset House, 23d April, 1855. itli s l tt I a1t't.4141,400:7‘.413:11r0a11i erS for Executing the Office of d l l p ay , •11R,,,,,,, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain elh,, Naeat, etn`,,'llY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, to,k a Zi q 1,1,...as bia3‘,-die o'clock, they will he ready to treat with eati o4 7 , he r . tt he willing to Contract for suppl f yin d g a t n h d e taArtie'OestYts VietUalling Stores at Dept or , '-4, 'viz ~..., Itl' t ~, When to be delivered: _ _er in .i[o. Call , , t,„ 'Rale, 0 ,seo`h Half in 3 weeks, and the remal et 15, l ete " r t ~ . 7,00 3 weeks afterwards, or earlier n if pre tie., tir I ' , lay h " ~000 ferred by the party tendering. th ' ar e ' l,l llBh i ° lead e r e tion of the Articles. ho tti er F e _ es eee __ r the whole or anY Pe , r,-,,cr. when the ten -11,t44_ ,it'ltlY °f'l y , eon ' t v r " ? themselves the 1.• t eba .'t witie, ~.key lan,.2ting either for the A'tilh.4 t;'Tr•an e I 'learn tit, or for a greater of selection. laiathhi‘iir,,oe e xe ,' °au a'so an unlimited power .ea w o hol,e ogrufaenrtsiutych, or r a o rt f t 'arti t t et "" Stat, ‘"lited from the Customs DIU , , and partle 4,1ht,,'%i,,te wie'where it is lying. tl. 4,, N itt. ' ''Dlt g "lZ e L t ° D c lits from each cask, must . be produced P4,h, -11, :i trodi'lehtlet samples only for each un re po no rt t m ace ark en . ted I ''' s --4414, 1 he t aketc: t'snns whose tenders a th ,fo I f? ~ e cde ri - ••wav by them immediately after the con lit''lhi'lOtik'N;all4he,,a,e.eelved enters m „d e on the printed form pro tiohN r,l?,eai,er,to r lc, an r e (l ,l t llich t n ey he obtained on applica , tion i e . IT c, 41 11,,0 the peiilcr Reviii conducting the Packet •ery c 1,.." 1 51 ''h'l ~.,1 ; et . the revi se of Customs at Bristol fri,44 ' X,' cav he ~,e,,--vlied c ontrl' tcs, to which particular a' ten t,Z , I it t u l l e win i; e lt ! t he s • hi c office, and at Liverpool and ~ after one t 145 „ , l i ' i i , t h eht4 n , b t h f , r„'„V'e cl o'clock on the day of Th;;`e. p i, hi T i it the ,fro,,oltil att ,, ,,,;',:hit the party tenderi f n c e o , n o tr r ao . .ry te°"ritie, 'keived fro' es adce on the day o comm alt l e th,s nue itt , ,ml in h ne-son will he corn I i, he 4..1eve1,,,,,, ::esseii t, t , I , b ~ dmiralt , at 'kelit„" this ";4. et fol• Wine," I.td ertiet I.l olae , . ender t "-V AL IT POLyr c , --. - 'Plklv tl,olll\ir I.,. tV tlti Rr enin g , -11 1 1 fl T-, I C INSTITUTION. Vri ° :'R ' 'telill/E IIIV('E. %.11PI'at.t venith 4 the on CIIT.OROFORM, by C. H. ivii;Q111 ? !„; " Thy ~,3 1 \T ar t , I.,,l'ltiW'S, by 0,,. ' t 1 \T INT - I 'n", ll I .‘ &TIP READING, hr Mr s • et ,-, li tl • ''oitua u t -0 THE sTIKPW " e l'i 'i h 4" or eXt'aXh, Esq ,nn SONGS and SONG 4 ?alto 3' 4 . I. I e ßP.ltts , / 4,Np,wrP,,,,t EPPEa , ta • riZ, and the TET EFT:TONIC CON -1;IN't11 14 tS0 4 '; on the ELE ' ' LIGHT, b- Dr. kes bth ' r •VIf , , CTRIC .T t he P- k c ' fro ' RA lt 01," 4: WS of l i Orili t i r a Liv er ' • Ppiendid ; to LATE BATTLES, and of EkT. l ial Citi es "° Ol aer,„ tb .oving DIORMA, depicting the lItt; 1, c o_lth e tr ait _ e Atlantic, and embracing Views of u 1104 "" State. 744'5, & 2 ., &c., &c. & t 3 l/,tx-,. thi1'1,4541,,Nt e'leel."'" OASINT„, 4..k 1 14: i t • ban c ,",, , of th e ~.'• ". , ARGYLL ROOMS NI, net g Ni - e - s i every he pi dance. La Varsoviana. Music by II"4,0, rey,eh will h e pi ng'. _Darius the ,Tourse of this week ti 4 5° . Stv4„etz; Waltz 4 . Yert by Laurent'. T irchestra :—Over t&ret, ;rbetr,%s; b„, e E il • La Rienfilgance Musard I Welteu 1 ,7 Ili, .la n ,, i , .., Qttertrir arTrionie (Ist time): Missler ;Le Pro elk"laill e eau • '": Vive pp t role' t , cts, i t t , Le J et , _, - -meerenr, Rennnan ; Benton , ' t.., OePieer ," t orent . ~ oe Venise (Ist time), Bonneterre ; i N iii, I,: t A. La d Autorim, chot,;sehe, Bona Maria, Tolbeequie; thpliah tr ow, 4l° tte T' L a ~,° (l a: time), Pilate ; Marionette, Piledo ; Ad et th oh i., 6 ?: prtne„ nips, Matthieu .' Gallop, Dover Ex' 1111' erLve t o ~.n idorne t - A-Pisto n : m. Runieunct." All e,o a f ,_ A. lto he ohtained at the music repository ° m niPi ng. a pen at Eieh« - - ie-. : commence at half-piist. _ q It p• E the p p B E N D ST a 4 , , 4 , k,t, - Aelc E T s ri e to al t 'theapit.he Greenhlthe and Purfleet Piers. 4 TER t i ' e s t a i s ,it i rl o n iz l v (vv e e s .a z ttz,p*rmitting \R 1, 4 _ auNDirs. - 5 f 4. g -4 ay e e "'Nth 4 ') 14 4 % fi a I 'sta,h,l'tetor4l tee "' tlrch 1 0 , 1 k lar 'street Stati 4 "41 4 1 1, 1 11LACXW ha r d be tt r ona the r enl - 1 F en, 4 14 ttre Or„ 4 F%' 12v, 3%1 - I, m to all pl on the arrive 1-street Static . "---- iUNDAYS , Fen. L f3. church 5 Strew I I 24 ___ 4 ,Olti 7,* : 4, h ' v e.e4,ese td H ipp 4r,;. and Os. 0 :: Ttpu 4 hhd l ackwan •• •*"• '7 2 ? Rlo r„ or Woolvral Bd. Os 0:: 1 v, P ql , tr p,,,. qd . s, qn ;„%fe,,,; , to h e , 111 c 3 0th of 4 eptember ai. as.; ' ,.l ls l 'cra e : 4 l : l l of the Collectors nr. ho ' ari the , cets; grave.send. - fitl,l4 likCltp.-."--"'s----____...._._._______ btlblithe:: VIPCI‘IITIE,i OF YOUTH AND MA ((MITT' ', Price 2 .. . N r Cll .., Illustrated with ease„. 6., ,, , , by poet for 3f 11 tlt rain ". Vfl ..... ~tamps, 144,,,;*rhcRe ‘-' S D B T V LR:i,_ fill,...*lth' Ln'PtcMs and -, k• F.sacta on APer t,4„.,etsi4mTe of' rb.4:12,Ca1, .li:lhserva%ulorr%—en ti ;saie; _and cyln o erativ , ;.1- 3 ,`' . iiiil'iN 1, 3 , W.Tun: of the diseases,' o . the en • 4s4 k iety , r,Y urinary .!, oy the Microscope in detecting an do. lr:1:4 No ' keel " con4d, vxa mination, the real cause and effect t n cht- lebt, or clim a te whether arising from solitary habits, 1g4;1 0 0 1 , • 1 yes, followed by practical remarks, founded (leq 0)111t3, Lo cal in the treatment of Impuissance )el "kr . e° "cro',„ .°e3l Weakness! q iermatorrhoaa. &c. To which tk,44aci,,,,th%blbt, -4,atrihe2 o_ n.the Pnys t iology of Nlarriage, with pre g'Pert 14 ger 0 ,,, ; e'vds. en lallating from empirical prl ctice, ant (usortiereraadies advocated by various write. s on al ~t,titir:of a.,ht_t L:11 tioAlt.lll7,,EL LA,",TERT, M.D. (4 . 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This was an action entered on behalf of the barque Princess Victoria, of 372 tons burden, against the Helen, a ship of 860 tons, for damage by collision on the sth of January last. The vessel proceeding was bound from Liverpool to Maranham, with a cargo cf general merchandise, and the Helen was on her voyage from Liverpool to Havannab, laden with salt. It appeared that the collision took place shortly after 7 o'clock p.m. on the day above:mentioned, off the coast between Holy head and Bardsey Island. On the part of the barque it was alleged that the accident would not have occurred if the Helen had kept her luff, instead of starboarding. At the time she was descried she was on the port tack, and, in consequence of her having put her helm to star board, she ran stem on into the other vessel. It was submitted on behalf of the Helen that the collision took place solely from the want of a good look-out on board the barque. Dr. tayford and Dr. Twiss appeared for the Princess Victoria ; DrB. Addams and Robinson were heard for the owners of the Helen, The Trinity Masters were of opinion that the blame rested s.lely with the Helen. The Court pronounced for the damage. B XII. COURT. bUNLOP V. FERGUSON—BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. Mr. Serp-eant Thomas and Mr. Harcourt appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Pollock for the defendant. This was an action for an alleged breach of promise of marriage. The defendant pleaded that he did not pro mise, and that, if he had promised, the plaintiff had ab solved him from that promise. Mr. Serftean , Thomas, in opening the case, said that the plaintiff was a young lady about 24 years of age, and had never left the home of her parents, which was at Greenock, Scotland. In 1849 the plaintiff and de fendant became acquainted, the mothers of both of them having been known to each other for many years. The plaintiff's father was formerly in the East India service ; the defendant's father, as well as the plain tiff's brothers, and the defendant himself, being in the same service. On the death of the plaintiff's father, her mother took a house at Greenock, her native place, and let apartments. Amongst other persons the defendant and his brother went there in 1840 ; and after living there a short time, the defendant and the pl plaintiff time fffe ll 1117! and the defendant love with eac ed h other, 2 4y the years a reof g plaintiffage, being at that both l i parties being highly respectable. They exchanged several pledges of affection, such as their miniatures,. hair, and such things as young people do exchange under similar circumstances. Soon after this the defendant went on a veyage to Calcutta, and during his absence he wrote several letters to the plaintiff. After several voyages he was made a captain, and the day for their marriage was fixed for the 24th day of January, 1854 ; but, on the 14th of that month, the defendant wrote a lettet to the plaintiff, stating that his mother was un well and wished him to make another voyage before his marriage ; and on the 17th he went to the plaintiff's house and, said be ; should like, to go another voyage before he married, upon which her mother said that he vas acting, as though he wished to deceive her daughter. The, defendant at once flew into a passion, and said they had struck a fatal blow to his heart, and rushed away. He then wrote another letter to the plaintiff's mother, stating that he was sorry that be had acted as he had done, and asked the plaintiff to forgive him, saying that he was still devoted to her. That very day, or the day following, he was'seen walking with a Miss Fane, whom be afterwards made his wife. It was for the jury, under these circumstances, to say what damages the plaintiff was entitled to. The defendant's income as captain was about 2001. per annum. and the percentage on the freight amounted to about another 2001. Evidence was then adduced on the part of the plain tiff in support of this view of the case. No witnesses were called on behalf of the defence. Mr. Sergeant Thomas summed up the evidence of the plaintiff: Mr. Edwin James then addressed the jury on the part of the defendant, and said that it was out of his power to call witnesses, in consequence of the defendant being prevented by the law from entering the witness box in cases of this nature. It was evident that the defendant had intended to fulfil his engagement with the plaintiff up to the last moment of the transaction, and that it would have been completed if it bad not been for the unwi.e haste of the mother, who would not listen to the dictates of prudence, and put off the mairiage for a short time. It was clear that the defendant had no dishonourable motive, and, therefore, a v er y sma ll amount of damages would sufficiently punish him for hicconduct. Mr. Justice Coleridge, in summing up, said the jury must consider the conduct and intentions of •the defend. ant. If they took the plaintiff's view of the case, they must find for such damages as they thought would suf ficiently punish the defenant ; but if they took the de fendant's view, a very small amount of damages would meet the demands of the case. ----- - The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 250/. SHERIFF'S CO URT -APRIL 26. ROUTLEDGE AND ANOTHER V. OURY. This action was brought by Messrs. Routledge, the booksellers, of London, against the defendant, who is an assistant to a bookseller at Norwich, for goods sold and delivered under the following extraordinary circum stances : It appeared that in 1850 the defendant asked Mr. Warn, one of the plaintiffs, to give him one of their catalogues, as he wanted it for a friend that was about starting in business in the country. He subsequently called with Mr. John Crook, and introduced him as his brother-in-law. An order was thereupon given and ordered to be sent to Oury and Co., of Norwich. For about five years the plaintiffs did business with the firm of Oury and Co,, and received cheques for the various accounts signed by John Crook. The defendant, how ever, managed the business, and he-was the \only person the plaintiffs knew by the name of Oury, and it was to oim that credit was given according to the plaintiffs' -tatement. For the defendant it was contended that Charles Oury was only an assistant to Crook, and that the latter was Prepared to pay the money due, but not the costs of this action. Mr. Crook was called, and he stated that 15 years ago he married the defendant's sister, who was a singing and dancing mistress at Norwich, and she was well known in the musical ,world by that name. He started the _. CLERICENWELL.—Henry Webster, a well dressed man, with a Jewish cast 'of f eatures, was c h arge d w i t h having in his possession th ree gold watches an d 19 b oxes - of cigars, without being able to give a satisfactory ac count of their possession, The first witness called Was- Mr. Edwin Langford, He said—l reside at 23, Broad Quay, Bristol. lam a watchmaker. - On, the 21st of February last my house was; broken into, and 120 geld watches, 100 silver watchee, and 100 gold' &mine—in all of the value of 2,7ooL—taken away. From information I came to town on Saturday last; and, about seven o'clock in the evening of the same day, I called on the prisoner at his residence, which is a private house. I asked him if he bad any watches for sale, as I wished to purchase some. He took me into the front parlour, and produced a case of watches, amongst which was the gold one I now pro duce. .1 positively swear it was part of the property I lost in the robbery. I recognised it at 'once by the pe culiarity of the dial-plate ; but from the marks inside I was more positive. I asked him the priee of it. He replied 101. ; that is much under the price, as I could not sell a similar watch under twelve guineas. He then produced another case of watches, and I selected another (produced). I remarked to him that the name "French, London," did not look genuine ; when he replied, " Well, perhaps not, this watch has most likely come from some `prig' or another, but I never buy watches from 'prigs, and will always give up tDe party I had them from." I then offered him 8/. for the first watch I looked at, but he would not take it. I gave' him eventually 9/. 10s, for it. I then asked him if he had any more watches of the same kind ; he said, "No, I may have some on Monday or Tuesday, say Tuesday, but I am sorry' you did not call yesterday (meaning Friday), when I had some." We left the house to gether, and when we got to the corner of College-street, and as we were walking along, he said, "I don't think that you saw that a name has been... filed out from the plate of that watch, do not show it in London, as it may lead to identification. I never show my stock in London, seldom in the country, 'and there they are all quiet." I went again on the Tuesday, but he said he could not get any of the same kind gof watches. I looked .over the stock, but said I would call again another day. On Wednesday I went to look at a chronometer I had pre viously seen. Whilst I was there Sergeant Jackson, 11 A, accompanied by Sergeant Mason, 25 S, and constable Bow, 383 S, came in, according to my direction, The officers then searched the house, and a nest of draw ers was found in a small room which was fitted up as a jeweller's workroom. In one of the drawers was a gold watch case which I can identify as mine, although it has been " re-christened " as it is called—that is, the original number I placed on it was 7,149 ; since it was stolen from me a figure of one has been placed before the seven, and the one has been made into a four, mak ing the number 17,449. rn another drawer was the movement of the same watch with the name filed out. In another compartment I found another gold watch case, also mine, and the works likewise. That is all I have to say at present. The prisoner, who several times wished to correct the witness, on being asked what he had to say, replied, "I can account P . .r the possession of the watches, and can tell who I bought them of.", Mr. Tyrwhitt—You will be doing yourself a service by stating what you know of the party. Who is he? Prisoner.- I should like to consult a solicitor before that. Ido not know where to get one, As I have not been long in town. Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt is only right that you should have legal adviser, therefore remand you to enable you to have one. It has been. ascertained that the prisoner has been a resident in Beda'e, in Ircrk , liire. On his p. r 4 ori was found a receipt for 800/. lodged iii his name at Hankey's bank, in Snitembei, 1854. - "J. T.," of Furnivars-inn ' has forwarded a cheque fir 1/., in aid of the relief of Mr. Lambelet, the original pa;nter of the saloons, 4:c., at the Pavilion at Brighton, but now raduced to great poverty. WANDSWORTfI.--A well-dressed and lady-like woman. attired in mourning, who gave the name of Arabella EiThemia Pre3tan, Radermaelce , , was charged with unlawfully intermarrying with Mr. James Joseph - Rademacher, her former husband, Charles d'Olvarez Robertson, being still alive. Mr. Charnock, the barrister, appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr. [(Ala attended on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Charnock detailed the facts of the case, and added that he appeared to prosecute on behalf of the father, and not the son. Witnesses were then called,.who proved that the pri soner (formerly a governess in the family of Mr. Rader macher, sen., of Fulham), WAS married to Mr. Robert son, an architect, on March 20, 1845, and again married to Mr. James Radermacher on the nith October, 1854. The case was then remanded, a witness who had been summoned to show that Mr. Robertson was alive not having attended. SOUTH WARK, EXTRA.ORDINARY AFFAIR. On Wednesday afternoon, a well-dressed person, represent ing himself to be a brewer at Berkhempstead, attended before Mr.. Combe with a young. girl, stated not to be 14 years old, but who, singularly- enough, was far advanced in pregnancy, to complain of the conduct of the parish authorities of Bermondsey , in refusing to receive the girl. . The applicant Stated that the girl who was with him. had resided for some tirneivithan 'old lady at Berkhemp stead; and, until recently, was much respected by but a few days ago it=was ascertained that the girl was far advance" in the family-way, which inducedqhe old lady to discharge Lier.• Being aA.:orpharr„-,she was taken to tho, workhouse there, wheri.Abn relieving officer rcl, fused to receive her, stating,"as .a :reason,: that, : sh.e be- . longed to the parish of - Bermondsey, and she must be taken there. Applicant consulted with the old lady about the circumstance, and having business to transact in London *he consented to bring the girl to London. Consequently that morning he went to Bermondsey workhouse with her, and told the officer that she be longed to that parish, and that he wished toleave her, but the officer refused to have anything to do with her. Applicant, therefore, wished to know whether the parish authorities of Bermondsey could not be compelled to re ceive her. Mr. Combe—How old is this child ? Applicant—l believe she• is not quite 14. She was taken into the old lady's service at 10 years of age, and has continued with her until the present time.. Mr. Combe—She seems to be in the family way, How is that Applicant—l understand she has formed connections with some young men at Berkhenipstead, and as soon as her state was found out by the old lady she dis c h arge d her, and sent her to the Union. Mr. Combe—But who recommended her to be brought to .London?, Applicant—The relieving officer at. Beikhempstead. The old lady also,reqnested me to bring her to Bermond sey, as that was her father's parish. Mr. Combe—Has she any parents living ? Applicant—No, sir. That was the reason the old lady took care of her. - . _ Mr. Combe—l advise you to take her back to Berk hempstead. Will you consent to that ? Applicant— Well, I suppose I must; but I have busi ness in London, and shall not be able to return until the evening. I shall either leave by the four o'clock train or the six o'clock, and I am willing to take her with rue and pay all expenses, provided she meets me at the rail way station. Mr. Combe—l'll send her in charge of one of my offi cers, and, if you are not there to receive the girl, you must expect to hear more of the affair. Murray, one of the warrant officers, consequently took her to the railway station as directed, where he met him, who received charge of her, and took her back to Berkhempstead. THE AGENTS OF TRANSPORTS--A return, yesterday issued, shows that the following are the names and ages of the naval officers employed in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, as agents of transports, viz. :—Rear Admi ral Boxer, aged 70 years ; Captain P. Christie, 58 ; Cap tain Leopold G. H eat h , 37 ; Commander J.Steane, 61 ; Commander Rawstorne, 60 ; Comm an d er F ranklin, 57 ; Commander Hoseasen, 55 ; Commander J. B or l ase, 42 ; Commander Brewer, 56 ; Commander Bathurst, 37 ; Commander Mason, 55 ; Lieutenant E. W ylde, 63 ; Lieutenant Boyce, 61 ; Leutenant T. James, 57 ; Lieu tenant Oke, 60 ; Lieutenant Robinson, 53 ; Lieutenant Yule, 57 ; Li eutenant J. F. Wilkinson, 64 ; Lieutenant C. W. Scott, 56 ; Lieutenant J. S. Keatley 56 ; Lieu tenant J. K empe, 50 ; Lieutenant W. Hay , , 58 ; L tenant Aldworth, 48 ; Lieutenant Hutchinson 45 Lieutenant Phillips, 44 ; Li eu t enant Hoofs, 47 ; 'Lieu tenant Cunningham, 43 ; Lieutenant Ballard, 36 ; Lieu tenant Gass, 43 ; Li eutenant Geary, 50 ; and Liente -1 nant R. J. Turner, 50 years of age. The length of the sea service of these gentlemen varies from seven to 33 years APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—John Foster, from the Crane to the Hawke ; Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, to the• St. Jean d'Acre. _ _ . Chaplains and Naval Instructors—Rev. Edward A. Willia►ns, from the St. George to the Hawke ; Robert W. Inakip, from the Magicienne to the Victory; Timothy Sullivan, to the Tartar. - _ _ Surgeon Wm. Robertson, M.D., to the Fisgard. Assistant. Surgeons Henry Arnot, M.D., from the Royal Albert to Plymouth Hospital. Naval Cadets—A. G. Alleyne, to the Orion ; J. B. Martin, J. F. Boultree, and D. D. Freemantle, to the Russell; F. M. L. Dyer, W. G. P. O'Callagh an , an d W. G. Allen, to the Duke of Wellington ; C. S. W. illis, to the Hogue ; T. Hawes, to the Pembroke ; L. Douglas, to the Cossack ; A. P. M. Lake, to the Ho ratio ; E. C. Boyce, to the Retribution ; H. F. C ro b an , to the Pylades ; H . Burr, to the Magicienne ; A. W. Warry, to the Centaur ; G. F. Prowse, to the Ajax. The Government has entered into extensive contracts with manufacturers in the north of England and in Scotland for the supply of solid and hollow shot and shells of various sizes, varying from a 31b.-shot to a 13- inch shell. The transport ships Onward and Lady Russell sailed from their moorings outside Kingstown harbour be fore daybreak on Wednesday morning, having on board _ detachments of the 4th and sth Dragoon Guards, with horses and appointments. The Zebra screw steamer is yet lying beside the wharf at Kings town, taking a quantity of peat charcoal to complete the complement ordered of 400 tons of that article, with a variety of army stores. The Zebra, on her passage down Channel, will call at Cork-harbour, where she will embark troops and proceed direct to the. East. Mr. Holme, of Liverpool, has been now chosen by the Board of Ordnance to undertake the necessary works for the supply of water to the troops who are to be encamped at the Curragh. The screw transport Kangaroo, Ewing master, arrived at Liverpool yesterday from Malta in 11 days 16 hours. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. THURSDIY. Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for 3-yr-old colts, Bst 71b. D.M., 7 furlongs 201 yards. (7 subs.) • - Lord Derby's De•ClOre, Bst 7lb (Templeton) 1 Duke of Bedford's Pares, Bst 71b. - (R. Pettit) 2 Lord Win. Powlett's Exchange, Bst 71h...(5. Rogers) 3 Btaing--0 to 1 on Do Clare. Pares, with the favourite lying second, made the running to the cords, where the latter to,k the lead, which he held the re mainder of the distance, winning very cleverly by half a length. Two lengths between the second and third. Sweepstakes of 10 sow+. each ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 716 ; five and upwards, 9st. The wincer to be • sold for 80 sovs., if denianded, &c. First half of Ab. M., 3 furlongs 215 yards. (3 subs.) Lord Lonsdale's Wellia.m; 4 yrs, Eiit 71b...(5. Roger,) 1 Capt. D. Lane's Thessaly, 3 yrs. 7st 71b (J. Mann) 2 Mr. Kenyon's Yeutick, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Quinton) 3 Betting—Even on Thessaly, 5 to 4 agst Wellman. Won by three lengths. Bad third. The winner was claimed. Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sour. each, and only 5 ft, if declared, &c. ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C., 5 fur. 140 yards. (8 subs, 3of whom pay 5 sovs. ft.) Mr. I. Day's Ilothorpe, aged, 7st (Quinton) 1 Duke of Bedford's Nathan, 5 yrs, Bst 7lb (S. Rogerr) 2 Mr. Smith's Sir Rowland Trenchard, aged , Bst 41b, Alaroon) 3 Mr. Turner's Census, 4 yrs, 7st 4lb (S. Steggles) 4 Mr. Fenniug's Humboldt, 4 yrs, Bst Sib ...(Charlton) 5 Betting--6 to 4 agst Census, 7to 2 agst Sir Rowland Tranchard, 4to 1 eaoh agst Humboldt and Nathan, 6 to 1 agst Hothorpe. Hotborpe made all the running, and won easily by six lengths. A length between the second and third, and between the third and fourth. The One Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100 sovs each, li ft ; for 3-yr-old fillies, Bst 71b ; the owner of the second filly to receive back his stake. D.M., 7:fur.: 201 yds. (41 subs.) Duke of Bedford's Habena, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 1 Mr. T. V. Turner's Capucine, Bst 71b ......(Ahicroft) 2 Lord J. Scott's Clotildb;'Bst 71b (T Prince) 3 Mr. R. 11, e0,' , er-Tile.l‘lnsquito, Bst 71h'...(Templeman), 4. The foll:iikEtig4l4 9 4n Fayaway; sunanp Antoinette, Treachery, Blanca; Firelight. Batting at starting- -Even on - Habena, 5 to 2 agst Clotilde, 8 to 1 agst Mosquito, 12 - to 1 agst Capucine, 20. to 1 offered against any other. Daffodil started with the lead,.Habena, Antoinette, Capucine; Clotitde, and Mosquito following, closely in the Order named ; they had searcely„boweVei, proceed e d a quarter of a *Mile, when Daffodil broke a blood-vessel, and retired from the front, leaving Habena in possession of the lead. On quitting the New Ground Antoinette dropped eff ; Ca pucine and. Clotilde, then lying second and third, went vigorously to work to catch Habena, but, undisturbed by them, she maintained her lead, and won easily by three quarters of a length, Capucine beating Clotilde for second place by a head ; Mosquito was a length behind them. Antoinette was fifth, Treachery sixth, Fayaway seventh, Firelight eighth, Bianca and Simony, close together, were ninth and tenth. Daffodil, at a long interval, brought up the rear.--Clear amount of the stakes, 2,4001. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Nab©b (taken) 12 to 1 agst Scythian (offered) 15 to 1 agst Arthur Wellesley (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Reiver (taken) 22 to 1 agst Gamekeeper (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ireland's Eye (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 agst St. Hubert (taken) 9to 1 agst De Clare (taken) 10 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken to 2001.) 12 to 1 agst Cruiser (taken) 15 to 1 agst Granulus Esuriens (taken) 20 to 1 aget Kingstown (taken) In the course of the day Kingstown was backed for a large sum of money at 25 and 20 to 1. Andover was scratched for the Chester Cup on Wed nesday, the 25th inst. Daffodil is struck out of her engagements at Chester, and out of the Oaks. The weather was a decided improvement upon that of the preceding days, the air being mild and balmy, and the attendance of company tolerably good. The sport, though scanty, was interesting. The Sweepstakes of 100 boys were won very cleverly, by De Clare, who was subsequently backed for the Derby at 9 to 1, and Ha bena fully justified the confidence of her party by achiev ing the victory for the " One Thousand" by three-quar ters of a length. LONDON HOSPITAL—Last night the anniversary fes tival of this charity was celebrated at the London Ta vern, under the presidency of H.R.H. the Duke of Cam bridge. There were also present Rev. Dr. Croly, Rec tor of St. Stephen'S, Walhrook ; Mr. F. Somers. Dr. Billing, Dr. Letheby. Dr. Little, &c. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been disposed of. his Royal Highness, in proposing the toast of the evening, said that it was his wish, as president of the institution, to see it kept up in a state of efficiency and perfect organisation. in order to maintain so large an establishment, it must be clear to them all that large slims were required. He was happy to say hat the.' ordinary revenue of the hospital was 11,0001. per annum,' but it was with regret he had to add that the annual ex penditure for some years past exceeded that sum by. 4,0601. The toast was drunk with all the honours. The subscriptions of the evening amounted to upwards of 410C / A • • caused a great increase to the number passing through the Post -office. From the earliest period to the present day, every time the postage was reduced and greater fa. cilities given to the public the postal revenue increased. Canning gives great credit in his report to the late Lieutenant Waghorn for opening the Overland Mail route to India. In the archives of St. Martin's le-Grand, the accounts of the Post-office revenue are perfect from 1685 to the present time. Amongst them is an item of expenditure in 1687 entered thus—" Paid to Edward Lock, of Hounslow, for a man to deliver letters at the camp, 41." From these archives it appears that all the postmasters in the West of Eng land were well affected to William 111., and rendered him great assistance when lid landed in this country. These documents also reveal some curious particulars of the abuse of the franking system. Among the items franked by the Holland mail packets in 1695 were with great discov e r ers an d long-range inventors for the "some parcels of cloth for the !othing co l one l s i n Lords Grey and North's regiments." Also a p ac k o f hounds. Only just before the franking privil ege was abolished it is well known that a pair of bu c k s ki n hunting breeches were franked by a Governm en t a e n n n cl i o n s g ed is in tr a ou c b o l v eedr s o e ffi n c t ia in l t t o be go m by ai p l ost, and w bag. Lord im peovement of the Post-office. " Crude, ill - considered schem e s," says hi s l or d s hi p, " con ceived in ignorance o f were the simplest details of the business of the Post-office, or pilfered from inventions already well known, reach me in plenty, generally followed by pressinc , claims for re muneration." Cases of detected wholesale and retail robbery of newspapers before they are posted are men tioned in the report as having been attributed to Post office delinquencies. The present staff of St. Martin's-le-Grand consists of 2.500 persona. There are now nearly 6,000 more Post-offices in the United Kingdom than there were fifteen years ago. The mail communication with the Isle of Wi g ht , I sle of Man, Scotland, Ireland, and the north o f E ngland, and that on the Clyde, has recently been, or is in progress of being, improved. Travel!ing post-offices have just been introduced into the Constantinople arran g ements and fo t r b e t h c e r m m e a a i w communication . Ireland. The P ostmaster -General still considers it best b to et i w ea e v en e lan. Revisions, with improvements in the scales of sa lary, have just been made at the post-offices of Edin- Manchester, Glasgow, and burgh, Dublin, Liverpool, Bristol, though not yet-carried into effect, The encou ragement which the Postmaster -General has given to his subordinates to insure their lives has already led to 200 insurances. The report intimates the probability of the postage on newspapers and closed mails to and ~through France, from England, being re d uced, , sad that "so far as facilities for all intercourse by post can avail the intimate relations of Engla n d and France will be promoted to the utmost : " In 1740 there was only a post from London to Edinburgh three times a week, and on one o ccas i on th e mail from the E ng li s h to the Scotch metropolis contained one letter. In 1623 a mail - containing despatches for the Secretary of State was sent by express from Plymouth to London in 57 hours ; ex press trains perform the distance now in five hours. (From the Times of this day.) On Wednesday, the 25th, the first telegraphic mes sage was received from Varna, announcing that the electric communication between that place and Ratak lava had been completed. There is now no reason why the Commander-in-Chief in the Crimea should not com municate with the office of the Minister of War in four or five hours. Henceforward, if due despatch be used, we are, as it were, present at the siege of Sebastopol. 'To state the case without the least exaggeration, the daily papers, which are published in London every morning on six days of the week, should inform the British public of all that has occurred in the siege works before Sebastopol on the preceding day. We are now writing on the 26th ; our intelligence, as yet, reaches no further than the 19th ; that is, we are more than a week behind-hand on the old system, as compared with results which we have a right to expect from the improvements yesterday brought into operation. It must not be imagined, therefore, that we are making it a matter of accusation against Lord Raglan that he did not, when the communication was opened, instantly take advantage of it. A hundred petty obstacles, of which we can form no idea, may have stood in his way. We are speaking of the future, not of the past, nor even of the present. It is not too much to expect that the country should receive the earliest possible infor mation upon a subject so interesting to us all. Some of us are in the deepest anxiety as to the fate of relatives and friends, and all of us have made the greatest sacrifices to assist in carrying this war a successful issue ; it is, therefore, but reasonable that we should receive the earliest and most accu rate intelligence as to the progress of the operations. The battle of Inkerman was rightly named the soldiers' battle; let the war with Russia be treated as the peoples' . war, or it will infallibly.end in disgraceful coneeseinn, or still more disgraceful' . defeat. Elecbrie oommunieation is established between Balaklava and London, It is perfectly right that to the 'military authorities at one end of the wires and to official personages at the other the first facilities should be offered. It is quite right, in other words, that when the Government require the use of the telegraph for public purposes they should have the preference over private persons ; but, when the public exigencies are once satisfied, the telegra phic communication between Balaklava- and London must and should be as open io the public as the communication between London and Holy head. The day for mystification is for ever gone by, and any attempt to confine electricity to the service of Downing street would speedily and infallibly recoil upon the authors of it. We cannot anticipate a decision adverse to the public service, although the First Minister last night, in answer to a question from Mr. Layarcl, affected to consider the point as one yet under consideration. " I am not now able," said Lord Palmerston, "to state whether arrangements have been made for affording the use of the telegraph to the public ; but I will answer that part of the hon. 'gentleman's question another day." Even if the Government should propose to themselves, as a patriotic task, that of hoodwinking the public, or debarring them from access to the tele graph, they must see clearly enough that detection within eight or nine days at latest must follow upon any attempt at mystification. In the interval they will be perpetually badgered with questions ; and, as at best they can only fence them off for a few days, is it worth while incurring the amount of obloquy which will cer , thinly be their portion for so unimportant a result as that of spiting the people who find blood and money for the war ? ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. The annual general meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institution was held yesterday atlthe London Tavern. Rear-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland occupied the chair. The meeting was numerous, and highly respectable. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, who was received with applause, said that this institution, among all the societies in the United Kingdom, was the only one which had for its object the saving of life from shipwreck. He had much satisfaction in stating that seansen, during the past year had in several cases established life-boat sta tions along the coast chiefly from contributions among themselves, and had very much distinguished themselves in the saving of human life in more cases than one. (Hear, hear.) This institution had had the pleasure of subscribing in aid of those praiseworthy and spirited efforts. A great change bad occurred in their institution during the past year ; he referred to the aid they now received from Government. That aid, however, was given in a very judicious way. The Government, wish ing them to increase rather than to diminish their efforts, had decided not to contribute towards the expense of life-boats and the like. Their aid was to be given in the way of paying the crews of life=boats established by the institution, and in the shape of liberal 'rewards to those instrumental in saving life. It was not the amount received from Government that was valu able ; it was the acknowledgment of the principle which was to be chiefly prized, During the last year 130 lives had been saved by the exertion's of the institution, under the blessing of God. Many cases of distinguished courage bad been seen ; as at Whitburn, in Durham, where the boat went out eight tunes and saved 60 lives. However, he regretted to say that 1,500 lives had been lost by ship wreck during the year ' • and of these at least o ne -h a lf mi g ht have been saved had there been a sufficient num ber of life boats along the coast. He regretted also to announce the loss the institution had suffered in the death of Captain Manby, whose mortar apparatus had proved so invaluable. That gallant officer himself saw upwards of 1,000 lives saved during his life by means of his invention. The boats now belonging to the institution were all in the highest state of order, well supplied with istorehouses and launching carriages, and all the crews had the g reate4t confidet,ce in them. Before he sat down Ini•would do himself the pleasure of stating to the rneetinv that the Emperor of the French, to show the inturet-t lie ha 1 in their society, bad sent them a contribution c.f 5001. (Loud, applause.) The report was, then z- ail by the SECRETARY (Mr. Lewis), which stated, that the life-boats of the institu tion had i.aved during the past year 132 shipwrecked perions, and that the e..eisty had granted rewards arnountm.f t i 3101.,.beside.i many honorary rewards, for rescuing 223 others. Tire, institution has now 50 life boats under its charge. The accounts showed that the sums expended during the year on the objects of the society amounted to 3,6721. 154. 4 , 1.; while the gross re ceipt; were only 1,7441. 19s. 4d.; leaving an excess of expenditure over income of 1,9271. He. This amount, deducted irom the capital of 'the society, left them in possession only of the reduced sum of 6,7611. 9s. 6d. Captain SHEPHERD, H.C.S., Deputy Master of the Trinity house, moved the adoption of the report. He congratulated the society on the aid given by Govern ment through the Board of Trade. It was to be ob served, however, that that aid was given in a way which would not by any means free the society and the public from increased exertions. On the contrary, that aid was given only as a reward for exertions, so that the more According to th e re p or t o f t h e P ostmaster-Gene- good they effected the more mon e y wou ld G overnmen t rat the gros s p os t a l revenue o f Austria in 1852 was give them. The society, since its instit u ti on i n 1824, 906,805/. ; of Bavaria, 77,648/. ; of Denmark, 70,963/. ; had la en instrumental in caving about 10,000 lives, and of France, 1,864,3801. ; of Holland, 115,2171. ; of 'it was to he hoped that, pith the countenance now given. Prussia, 1,285,5961. ; o f R uss i a , 771 , 08 0/. ; of Saxony, i by Government, they would be enabled greatly ton -133,571/. ; of Sweden, 66,8881. ; of the United crease the sphere of their operations, and materially t>' States, 1,273,7731. ; of Great Britain, 2,422,168/. The add to the benefits which the institution conferred upon postal revenu e o f Li verpoo l i n 1854 was 91,909/. ; of society. Manchester, 74,7361. ;of Dublin, 53,6761. ;of Edin- Mr. GREGSON, M.P., seconded the motion, exp ress i ng burgh, 41,6121. ; o f Gl asgow, 58 ,1361. Dublin is the the di, a pp o i n t men t h e experienced on observing that the only place amongst the large cities and towns in subscription list contained the names of so few of the which the postal revenue i s ' de erenshig. The Eastmercantile houses in th e City. `:rrilleki,lthe Cape of Good :Hope, Mauritius, and Van The report . was unanimously adopted and ordered to Wen's Land, are the only import an t d epen d enc i es to tII wiSfeh the postage o n l e tt ers f rom England . is more 1 be circul a t e d. - lution • Mr. MesTEnsteer, M.P:Moyed the fellowingrese . than 6d. The. Postmaster-General considers that i —"That this m ee ti ng , rec o g nising the national importance the general reduction of th e C o l on i a l . pestag e to 6d. has of the Rosai'Lifieboat Instltution, and the benelong-cofits which . proved a gs'epd measure; grid that ther e i s a prOapect o f have resulted to the cal se. of humanity from the reduction being .nn i versa l , which will be of im mense 'tinned and euccessfirl exertions, pledges itself its to use,its - importance,—partiCiarly-with respect to the correspon- best influence to incieaSe . the resources of the society. dence of the E as t I n di es, wh i ch is enormous from this This riveting fin flier desires to express regretitssincere ye country. A. cent ur y ago 72 ,000/. was paid out of the that, notwitstanding the large neuamrb throughe livesrof the direct that have postal revenue for p ens i ons ; at the present time there been saved during the past are only three, v i z ., 4 , 70 0 1 . a year to the Duke of agency o f th e lif e -b oa t s of y the instituti o n aed othez Grafton as representative of the Duchess of Cleve- means, upwards of 1,500 persons perished from ship land, which commenced in 1686 ; 4,0001. a year to the wreck within the same period on the coasts of the heirs of the D u k e o f S c h om b erg, which commenced in U n it e d Kingdom, h circumstance which more than ever which commence d in 1708. In the Accountant 1695 ; and 5,0001 . a y ear t o the Duke of Marlbo ogb - demands the renewed and increasing exertions of the Life-boat Institution, which may thus, under the blessing General's office, 80,000 Postmasters' letter bills, and of God, be the instrument of lessening much . of the 5,500 rece i pts f or di s b ursements have to be examined misery whieh such a large sacrifice of human life mast every week. The Postmaster-General states in his re- necessarily cause." port that great facilities would be afforded to the Post-office if th e pu b l i c would post letters and news- Mr. Wit. COTTON', F.R.S., seconded the resolution, which was unanimously agreed to. papers as early as possible, write the number of house and the name of the street and town legibly on n a g The e e thanks r e t c , the care meeting an d a to t n h t e ah Committee w hi cohf they the address of every letter, and provide a letter-box at every door. There can be no doubt that immense num- had conducted the affair i s . of thereeiritirtuotfionthe were vaakth,eo7 proposed by Mr. W ) guj le in, e go . R v Mr. Yates, of Ro7S: hers of letters are delayed or sent to the Dead Letter- England, seconded by Y Mr. Thomas Chapman, Peu and acknowledged office, owing to the stupid nomenclature of streets and d and Mr. numbering of houses in England. In no civilised cowl-proposed, ...._. deputy -chairman Dire. om As BoAfetiNilaieebeol,riein.tnomehstnoteuinrpsiedus.iitti °tan e . n ,‘ That try in the world is this so disgraceful as in Great Britain. Feescss il Weesoer seconded, the r esolutionbe given to his The Postmaster General states that there are 50 King the very cordial thanks of this m et! streets, 50 Queen-streets, and 60 John-streets and Wil- d: ig il.G., president la - b u e c l arle i a the chair, and also liarn-streete in London. Every street in one confirm- his kind , and the ous line, or a well-defined part of it, should have one for rr athece the thesociety,co continued tin Duke ufoerd m f w e ; ' d b i oc loud aht he e n as takes p t i p t l u t suss,i o i n n . name distinct from all others in the same city or town, welfare of the Royal Na to a i and the houses should be numbered in a successive order, from one upwards. The same numbers should never occur in the same street, not even on the opposite side of it. " A. woman in London," says the report, " living between numbers 14 and 16, numbered her house 95, because she had are old brass plate with that thenhseeertaisnaglatthiaean number on it which had been used for a formero the residence. A hundred years ago the revenue of Post-office was 140,0001., it is now.* millions a sterling. Sixty conveyed Sixty years ago the mails were conveyed three and four miles an hour ; th T ey e ar t e wo vreat poseal 30, 40, and 50 miles an hour. h former a the- wa isted. s asp a agreed reformers have been Palmer and Hill—the .t a rate of seen the inside of a nial-office. Neither had evet. atrical manager, and the latter a secretary JP the Colo lutionised the externa l Pal mer revolutionised former increased post-office, when they propoundedl and d ei H r r i e ll fo t r h m e s i . nte r rn a a li 1,3 and rho latter of conveying arrangements of the Post h -office,; . the the speed Palmer was suggested re duced the postage of letters. The Tbhye seeinggreat tradesmen eonf .refuse high that po of;tag the e send lettsre of importance by ho r p , ri:atec d oach coaches instead.,l of I.)y thepionsgt poor bass people .e n l l e a t t t t e s i r -s bybecauseseeing they could not afford to pay for them, and because by looking at the address on them they contrived to gain all the information they wanted. In 1764 present the packet service cost 10,0001 it c/.• a a year, 190,000 Post-office money orders were gr i n i te e d :lrl . B3 l a 9 theB oo,ooo 1854, the number granted was 10 1 ; milli ons. Accord ing to the report a mail conveyanc:for carrying Govern ment despatches w as established i n 18 41. James I. O established a post for conveying f ore i gn letters, and conveyance of lett ers to a his n established an inlandl l post. I n 1 664 the weekly' established. I n 1 683 a parts of th e ki ng d om was penny post, a n d i n 1708 a half penny post was establishedin London in 1836th ' t ?Il on nelYfPlcori W ee reduced from i id - to ld e s wil a 0111 The subject is one of so much importance, and the • events now occurring before Sebastopol are of so momen tous a character to the country, that we cannot refrain from expressing some little surprise at the spirit in which the matter was taken up last nightby the First Minister of :the Croen. Were we in times of profound peace, and had the question been one of the most jocular cha racter, it could scarcely have been treated with more levity by (Lord Palmerston. There is a time for every thing, even for flippancy and bad jokes. Mr. Layard, after referring formally to the opening of the telegraph, asked if any news had been received from the Crimea ? Lord Palmerston answered—" . The First Lord of the Admiralty received messages by it t.-day and yesterday. These messages don't contain any news from the Crimea, but simply announce that the telegraph is opened." (A laugh.) Mr. Layard continued his questions with per fect temper and moderation.—" Am I to understand that no information has been received with reference to the siege —whether the bombardment has been suc cessful or not ?" This is a point upon which some little interest certainly is felt out of doors. Lord Palmerston's method of calming the public anxiety was succinct enough--" The t , ?legraphic message does not hear upon that subject"—(laughter) —and so on. Lora Palmerston seems to hare established such a character as a comic performer that the house is proparel for a display even when his words to the reader do not appear to be of a very humorous description. It will soon be with him as with the into Mr. Liston—his 'mere appearance will be ,the signal for general hilarity. 13e this, however, as it may, it is at least satisfactory to find him, in answer to a second question from Mr. Roebuck, stating that it is his intention to work upon Lord Ita g l• i n throu g h Lord Panmure "to let us have every day some infor mation from Vie Beat - •of • war." In the transactions of ordinary mortals this would follow as a inaAter of coerce from the opening of telegraphic communication between • the Crimea anal London, but we have been so long ac customed to see all bUsiness connected with the public service so negligently transacted that - we really feel as though we ought to erect votive tablets to the three noble and illustrious lords who are about to unite their strength for the attainment of so difficult an object. The unofficial mind can detect no extraordinary difficulty in preparing and forwarding a few brief telegraphic notes once, or, if need be, twice a-day. The counting-house of every merchant in London, with the help of a junior clerk and'an errandboy, truAna.ges to perform the same feat on every business-day throughout the week. FIRST REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER- GENERAL. has been selected by th e Emperor of the French 1 Genera AuPiek t h e head of his staff wh en h e assumes the p command as of the army of the C r i mea. This distinguished , o ffi ee ,novr, a senator, has b een ambassador in Spain and Turkey, and was at one time director of the Com. mittee of Artillery. THE SAILORS AND THEIR HORSES.—A very amusing scene, I understand, took place at the camp of the Royal Naval Brigade on Saturday morning. An officer of the Commissariat department arrived there with an order from Lord Raglan to have all the horses mustered for inspection, as many had died, and otherwlie disappeared of late, off the strength of his establishment.. The good. natured brigadier who commands the maritime camp.. Captain Stephen Lushington, immediately issued orders" for sounding " the general assembly" of the cavalry of the naval brigade. In a moment the whole c amp. • became filled with equine lite, from the snorting_ steed, n ,.. : who sniffed the keen mornin. , air, and the hardy. enduring= C b l a o b s y sa b ellt n o ge th d e o d t r h o e op h i o n r g se into and out of " thii , kerman, or to the 600 who rode were claimed arid.; jaws of hell" at Balaklava. Some bow came the pen ~ taken away ; others were not. different questions and by all those horses ? The amusing. Sailors are. chargers, artillery sc h ni o e flug w r n at P re : . naturally kind hearted. Some stated ward and arrested the farrier's that they_lgid rushed forward to terminate the lives . of. . . fond ausw o e fr answers pet were, ,ands uplifted arm, as he where they succeeded t e d in animation. Others had bought hi was to camp, grog, and some for a quid of to theirs for a bottle 0 aui told, very bacco • whilst finding the horses straying about . ..a:A ' tolaiie care - of them -14W) fro% )3 6 4 l ed mbul ' ..,i s trre:s ; t;n t T i h n h e g ey su . s l p e o d en ee d f, s'orp: - -9 20 , ;* 0,