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. -j-W -‘4146."- " -- - - ------.- 1 .. ) 1t (4, ROYAL BRITISH BANK Lk it , ‘l',P,orated by Charter), have opened a BRANCH at No: I t `"`" ett % Nei:4Elllly, whre it is hoped the establishment 1 / 4%1 4 te°elagYhetenieuznhee to at least such of the inhanitants of that _ °odes have not hitherto kept a banker. do d la! deposits and on the fluctuating balances of current ~.,„ iiiiiretzeielekoneel from day to day, at rates varying from one to ---,;,-, XV' iitilesizi.....„.;_.'olina;bandlgeliainnftsc'ea,caconla'ding to the amount and continuance promissory notes or bills. circular P ayable to order or bearer, which may be . 10 4 44°,_ .:t home or abroad where there is a banker, are 19. ftib arta l o t_ and travellers, for whom they possess some ..... 0.1 io u ' ' terms e conomy , safety, and utility. ne d sil , _A n,„ ()Mastless will ~,,, , rea ~/, 4 ,TeiCe,vro k e „ ,", , be communicated on application at r re's - t ddl i pa rtact, read,L a „,n', llB e-3 ard ; or at the branches, 429, Strand , Yer, ! CC ' 4 1 f , a , iti a ,,,.;! . 7. ; 97 ,.G05we11-road, Islington; I, Shaftes- per MIS. alio us e tone.-street ~'e nu a treet, Pimlico ; 60, Stones-end. Southwark; .... ock 0 , '''',s_ 1, Piccadilly. Per lace °t1111,q,,,,,,5,H011 INNES CAMERON*, General Manager. ate Pr i" -4'140, T okenhouse-yard, Lethbury. ..1 Fenn R ' RENTS and GUARDIANS, and 19. ..., , .. t Ron t . to t fro' ,'th e d,,,, • ,_ W o the Indies.-A lady, of the highest rupee- a r. orne ° I ...,itig ' , , ,n O - 7 e futer of an officer of rank, tormerly in the East lk ~. • rao. ~, Maternal this r i c o, • 4 , i i cano ,_ care. a young lady has been confided to ~ ..c 0 laneea P, LADIES .! ? !...ould be desirous to RECEIVE two or three 1 . , ,, I ._ ex tol' , kat of into her establishment, situate in the most bs ix , , vi tas, . • u . the saburbi of London, with the flame object. 'the ~' weeN 8 d e. h,„ ''aPPy b , the . home are combined with alt the advantages in- , ~• lasi. ii ,„ -oiltdrement of aceonitliahmenta under the best _ , , sal stanners 11. . 1 fro o , km. 'Vern._ .`I and good sound principles. The most •,,.. be ( 1 11° ' e' I :ei r •T eu laro, - * t ell w ill he given and required. Addr• ea for far- i . grillinj 4 41-st r .:':,,, Personal intervievr, to M.P., Post-office, • tui , (ji BOA 1 "", • m egent's-paik. Re aju 0 I eI 4L hi , , °condo , "" ~ AI% -1 A -NOP T ICON OF SCIENCE L ad 01 and All r . ~00 - tr aild the W Le icester-scare.-NOVELq ATIR ACM:is. L.,01'0 ; - IN I ti ,. Or m h. _ ... onder . ful Lamp, with accompaniments on _7d per_ i ti, ii tk kr, L ei ! Mr. bucking T. Best, and the legend of Aladdin ''-' , D i 1. 8 1,, •t e 'le ee, oe '"ter ham - Dioramic Views of the .0 oo t kn, esos,',‘ A 11,0 a- Luminous lof iit• - •'n one hundred feet high- OS to '""" pia r ref tht t I APParatu ' ''' ' i. fat, ..,,Alt.. ( 11....e 4 ___, s and the Subaqueous L . ight la the D ugu 0 14 ,,,i tb e ez__,,,eranast of St. Petersburg and a oscow, with - ),T SCOre. illt a Z ill B t o t i ..... ' N Lebo' as -L ect ur es on Electricity-Chemistry , 1/L7% 1 ; 1 M lg attl i a 'tilil the History of the Bee-Franklin's Arctic 1 r 16. ' Nk mar ex„ , m agic. Doors open, morning, 12 to 5, even- , 1 .r 1 tO 1 21 0 14411 r 10 , ' 4 ed', 7tO 10. Admission, Is. ; Schools, and 1 js ~.,- n alf..p ree. ,o, 0 0131ra° ' , 1 . tilt, - 45g it V.U" gcl to '' '- , s l t 4 , 134 NI CASINO, ARGYLL ROO MS . -., ,„ ui., , ' . ~. Jil n 1 . . 1 I ,l ' p t ontet • WI, Isas.-During the course of this week , ten , e (A 1 i d i , 4 ,_Del , Wellbe played by Laurent's Orchestra :-Overture, or str a itto, i ; ' 'qe, St ra r s " :La Silhouette des Salons Cornet ; Vermah- 1 ,.,, 1 ;. 2 ,;`,., - ; pe , , des k , J rAf. Sultan (first time), Bosisio ;Le Carnaval - f l'ail• 1/10. 1 1 On.,,f_le , Laurent, with Variations for all the principal .... Od ; b ar'3 SO . bot t ) 11 . 1 1 - 17., 1 "' Jerome Sol Dieze (first time), Lamotte ; . ' , ISt 11° ,1 4 • . . ilesulA: 4 Rol du Pastel, Lamotte ;Le Diaole Aren ;9d ereV . '' . , ',',. ( 11 11te r „ r ,°. Schottische, Math ilde, 13 onisseau. Polkas: 1..,' l ~,, . --.5 ) , Strauss ; The Zotiaves (first time), H. Laurent; A , ', 1 * ''_ _Gailep, Les Guides, H. Laurent. Principal P s ' I.V. fi 1 , , ' , IRECourt. All inforntation relative to music to .., ', west ~ -, % %ek e ' . - repository under the orchestra. Doors open i • as, n o re 0 .. at half.pagt. -Admission, 011 e Sliilling:' oods 013, or 'itlSg t I, 4 l'lloNy lay s e - . „ at, , - - 11.R.11. PRINCE ALBERT. r 'N Attai, rO LYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. I r ._ ,t,,1 1 ,„,„ 1i. , N 1 . Provements, increased attractians, fresh decora- m ar 4 4704„bru r „ AN. 19 ' oft° Are s -etts aG, the 22d inst., LECTURE to the INDUS ;O f O le 4 0 $ li a ``kk e tt‘ r t ELECTRO-MAGNETIC INSTRUMENTS, - ... r ° O. j 1fe, 1 4, 5 u1e applications. By the Rev. A BATH POWER, 1 " .-- . ' / 7 11, ,5.,, kg ti si neinal of the Norwich Diocesan Normal Schools. d ( ~.," nta, t ,l 4o _ l4 ll,t k on CHEMISTRY, NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, th 111 ••i''' ' '' ''''''''''''' l i tippit el , 4l , ll .s usual; with the Remarkable Scientific , tos;, - IIY J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., or Professor Wheat- . YWY' ." 44 , 4 1 1 4 4 8, 0b,.,0n the TRANSMISSION of SOUND, illustrated ', ... „,, 141,1a , f t'o CONCERT. .......... / 14..•vir 11 ....... ••• ~ Nk 4 $ and SPLENDID OPTICAL DIORAMA, from ] 01 • .... ../ Ti, l B 111 4, 44 1 GHT5, of the VOYAGES of SINBAD the jpo „.• 1(e1100••• ..,, ki ttt 7i: f ilie..tiful PHANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS. In AR, al ~,"' s rorth .... ~.,„, .11,v, iitcliburo." 4 GUN, which now discharges 200 Balls per to ...." Al 1....... ' 14.1 C 4, 81[ 11 1 ESTABLISHED 1803. '''''',...--• d eAl l , 4 ' l ''''''ONE MILLION STEALING. - I .TSP - I, fli p' ___.-0 , ~..., 0 t ald-Up and Invested in 1506. r '.. ' if ' INSURANCE. . star •- ••• ~ ~. ~, ,t Iru .1 , 4 , P Feat''Nue, i .• • • ''...," ~ 1 1 •13 Esq M P F.R.S.-Chairman. ,t, , , •, • •, • • •"...,•''',,,; t h 'esi i ., -. ‘Ewsam, Esq,-Deputy Chairman. is - " , t; "an GLYN, Esq.. M.P.-Treasurer. a 5 ...... : ~,•:,,,, Lipp - -.-. : ANNUITIES: REVERSIONS. me •• •• ~..11 Corm, tl ...' .... - eap o 111 and Pall Mall, London. na • • ... ' N We by Special Acts of Parliament. ~ o Ql' 4 h„, ed r o l ..• I. ' :...,,,',', e i t '44 . 9 4 3. 11,b4,,, 5 , '----• el aneir ° ' ' .. • ..•'if ' ' 1 1113, 1 1;' - ', granted from Fifty to Ten Thousand Pounds, h p s Ayr „ . 1 'id ~ "aveurable to the Younger and Middle periods of York," ~,;; I ' 440 pi s _ lelphia ' t 'ot 0 ltsttlitl:4rEfe for Stamp Dutiei on Life Policies. is IcEs ° I !, 1 1 0 I ka °f } IRE and LIFE Insutance transacted. a 3 ,, a Geld ' c o" 1 , 1 10,. r_... Medical Fees generally paid. e , gal G° 1 ,, d „,1 ~', !' , ' ''' l ; 4 1 t 1 1 Life Tables, on various plans,-may be had .i ~,,j, Do" - ,,, , ' ( Of any of the Agents. , Dolled ~ i ' \ N„.....,.................__ WILLIAM NEWMARCII. a 'in hare • Secretary. ei 'AILS' 01 , AL A.D. 1720. a --- ac oo M lle "OHAN G E ASSURANCE C fi , the - lose b CORPORATION, o-- t f es paten" OFFIC ES st Y: Charter of his Majesty George the First), t I • ,ti , . Nts.:' 114 E, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. port e 1114,, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. • t'' 1 f .,, ,Nen • st - teil''', q,,, nets OFFICE- 29, PALL-MALL. ' L P ., : k ? ' . , 4, 0; ' 4 0 t 11 4 : . " W e ig s r ReM Mel ?,G --• • • ------TaN ' ''' h t . 14T. B L are l l i ay, Es ql l. ,e D s e li p b t.Tyl v G e o rn ve ° r r nor. iced 1 4 le . t: l4 a lt hllus A ivefr - 'haef i ' l .l. -41 Re, t DIRECTORS. ~.. 6 . . . .. Devi EdwardS Sir i John ehhsnn HowleyWH e m nr . y L r a u n bb i Polly, o n c g k , B, Esq.el I r a t r . t . ~ .... soit lB°Pte' .' ' ' 'k e te ' t i zti tt ' lt t'tq l • E sq. '• .. •• 'eti.l.B4Pr' , ',ll , I ft 4 t4:l44l4''2 l' il4bls : k j l' i l ! ‘ ll ::,. E 7 B . "1 the PIJ- ,at , • ° O l l 4 Ste '' W lll: e th Ft' ga . r i t William H e e s n e b r p y yhsosurg Nelson, o Itas :leiE, E nEs s ,q c j ig . Palmer, Esq. f' Abraham George Roberts, Esq. 1 th '' i l a l , Nde 'ltta . ' ll , Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. f itt• I)° • t pai B P • t o .. l. 7t o A , w 0 1 : 1 1:7• 1 :4 - 8 (l• William Wallace, Esq. 8 " alP t t ltt D lcAt b Charles Baring Young, Esq. „,,et, i mit OS 1 , - ,", E 4,5 , ,, - „'" , tina ' s will expire on the 9th of Jan uary. ' 1 1 '4 vat e4 4,_ are -g e Zo ni a terms. ' ~,i p tig ts, tt, ~,,,, .Dt from the liabilities of partnership, .and Lth , ft , obartm e : . ted capital- c Thomas Tooke, Esq. 4 lia nd ' l BllP s eßl. ) 1 1 0 1 ;1: Itli f ft! . l :., sp . ift , N. a+ Esq. •• ' • so/D*4oi ~.11,. , 1, 01 ~[ 110: p„,,,th . n. ' 14 1 7% 2 ; lunar ilf., it-Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. " 1 ' Verb ) " ' „ 'e11 1(11',," at ch“,, e , ol l,leys allowed for payment of Fire Pre . s o uths - ‘ln tr - vant ' , RA2SCES muy be effected with this Cor oth a ut.- .0 srift stir P : . . 1 I. lkiperi) lower 71 4 bAtf tt _ 'assurances are granted with participation 1 l'''''' l ' )').c,r, l ll. ''o I,4 oare 7 ::l a u sn e re w a ithout such participation. ' Dever , ~ i fi 'lam Oti't_h"`'lsn's on' Life Policies has averaged 2 per °‘.. fieYo r ''' .. • ~: kil I ll ? 11 t .... D 0:.,...„ ~, , ,,t , wi.ten bears the cost of Policy 0 - ~, L ., kibtotte.,,exceelinz 10,0001. n , la o - y r 1, 45 0, per cent. on the Premiums Stampslisaire , a ie n n d on r e ed. L i i e f a e l . Fees, ,rai s , tn. -- . 'el t, u Stt li tt ° entranc e ~,npr tit, ' trenii ' Money. The Assured are subject to no 0 _ A o ut, ,O, Avlq,, tn. No extra charge is made for service in the 11 n- Lonlyn? N il eoh,„ 4r 'rrits}„ A Dull' 11l ,c,. - • li e ' ~1;4. , • it ?le R rran„ - ,, - ` , on Life Policies to their full values. , r , pQ,lbtlitc",affords all the advantagee of modern practice, •• ; • 1 1 ?.,•.1 18n i,' °I 11; t : a Q,Acis ° ,, n ,,ao office safely constituted under Royal Charter )llt ' '•6 l - 4 1114'. /' att. - ` 4 TY k a larliam ' e . nt, and tested by the experience of mew v e ~ 4 half. There ts but one older life office in oe th Do ,e 5,,,,„ idol,p°' pod ii.. 001 l ', o lpt,„' •• • 4,007„,pri 4„ 4)4' EXCHANGE, LONDON. Yt , I t Ti - so l gitr o e! klZt Art, A lIIGHAM, Actuary and Secretary. oh I.4 ver, . , t k, e k t.J S O n , •• • • '‘' V li 't PStr i•Es '-r- A-lIINE, or JACCH ABATED ~,,„01 0 Lir 4 fo r th ...c o molt. m - NlN S teral "e cer e °alba and Cubebs are, doubtless, the best ~,,, t ki .ti, ) , stat e of of certain diseases, but these drugs are, In ontli - el, / ka t Pi t la , k ooli e k; ',a re pulsive taste and odour, and occasion after r ith.,l lBU or .d "ploit. ki ti Oste t :a beealtnB, nausea, and gastric disturbance. Useless me':-- 1 2it7te r ,i , ..,,b of '', ifetb - ,,,!'de, both in France and England, to conceal loath av -- ,• 0 0 , ~•\ Nt A i l lib ft ?%atie e :' and Raquin enveloped their substances in ip ••il r et" i itOt k ' ', ,,ti , e 40 1,1 ad dit 7nd Gluten which increased the drawbacks of inon•iV s ol B . l ptit • 4 ,..0 t h a fo rta g the indigestible nature of the capsules. Mr. inoll.Lt i ttii v e 4 47aita t es a Pat than his predecessors, has succeeded in 1, 416 t h e sainable therapeutic agents perfectly inocuous, in m0ti.!..,,,-00, ~,, ;N I, ip. • ,1,,,„' of '' ~,• i t e t et l l albort a e . ti me, in his Copahine, all their curative prin nion,,Y-To ••,,, t i l i 4it , ll l 4 o o , -, ecte e, 21, preparation has been adopted by the Aca !DO „ . )1 ; tj,,,,' the , sitter more than 1,0011 trials in the hospitals of L r l i c qb h 'SiO ti. , 1 . d IrC 4 ta. l , ll eli P ,, e n of I, lessrs. Boulay, Begin, and Cullerier ; and 1 t0,15 4 ,7 ( 5, (I nF , tried in the hospitals of London-viz , St. te t ,N ., ll , l_, 41 ;1 8 , and St. Thomas's, under the care of Messrs. ,entll o°ll jjk4,1'4,,10at,,!02.) The Clerk (see " Lancet " Gth Nov., and # , L a b oth „ 'ne Copahine, in the form of a very pretty pink 0 s t a ._ t;'' atera'greeable to the taste and to the eye, effects a , 1 0 . If.t e l ' . etr er ,g e of six days, without nausea, colic, or gastric IlE ir fo p , i,'' it t 'e tatj t se n n t as well as chronic cases. One hundred cap• --- VS` f it 4li a , 0 0 , C11 4 ,„,` , . 9d.--To be had of the Inventor, G. Jozeau, ot os 8 r 4t i l , , ere,:"lst, 49, Haymarket, London, whose name is 1 1 0 1 11 11 4 ; 1 , stamp ; and of the following chemists : -At ClOtt r i l l'so Bl. ,j, N 1 , 24 and j i ghton, G. Etherington ; Bristol, Hathavvay ; FroP 0, L; r , , i tir ood.... antrei z ; Smiths;Bosto, R. Marshall ; Che , ter, Platt SuOCr-cOAI -1 41 1 ', ( io ra reti l g ! Cardiff, Glasgow, , \v." , 4,2, Liverpool, Clay and Abraham, Raines and FiOr ,d, 4 `k) ti C i r°,'::n ; Plymouth, Geldard ; Wells, in Norfolk, R. Fr0 8 ." . ..„,.,511" "1' W . J. Cole ; and all the principal chemists. Frost' It FrOSt• I, i i° 4 V cold . PL 4 ker h ESEND STAR oo t. Nt., , lt ek .,_ PACKETS. Celk - leap ''•••3 call at the Greenhithe and Furfieet Piers. 1 CIoU rI P - [ N \ t l / 41 , at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). N 4 TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Clogl f : t, ia. 4 Ir.s claw' i 11'4 , 4 I C.l SUNDAYS. --- . v t t' l'.. -, Cl• u6P ' \ 6 I t ' - , t •` 2 . ' :,F it Ais . 1 It 'il i s !..,: Time 1:, ,75 AO. 1 s i Oe i i r, ~5 ( 4 o k \ . r -2, a') ' R a il]. — l -- __ __ Frost 1 g% , pos. 1 t,„, .11'... .-. I 2 - - - - r 4 t - elt -- i - Fr05tFia0........51 II r., at, OF 1 14 14, 1iN B , t• (1 1 p Fine' ~ tr,,, o t , hour, Station to all parts of London Clol l " /. lo'k AN °DUI'. ViO e ' t kits II Attu , . s _ •'fr a i s - , BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the f 0 Fro 8 " 00 01 . 1 •41 .4 from the Fenchurch-street Station. Irer, - t -it. 41, SUNDAYS. CIOW I. 61 : ,:q1 .:';'= k-----...-- " :- ---- 14 Fin n ' VA `.. 't 1r .; h' -- 4 - ..,1 _, -, .z,' g i Fin l' I :, s ) Fen -:: i . . 1 . Frost. 9 10 --... ''' % ii church Street '' . 6 13 '''' irrOSt ... ' 214 .... ',.... 6‘ 2 L ' ' 6 4 Foggy 41 4 ••••• '—. :L. _....... -.— ........ ---.... Fine. ''s '*••• ... it - - - - C1,01 1 .Y 4 . i 1,. '*" ''- - 4 - - - - Clou d ' > 6 ' 4 ft --' - u( 11 ket,, , (11 ° 4 41 ch tt Clou d f b) l4' kiNNalZ ell etld a Fore Cabin. Saloon. Fi n e-' • 114,'A1. 'rap alte a nd London .......... 10d. . Is. 2d. A. lie ~..11,-,..Slena _ - eitekwoi A } MO•nnlart oh A_ .. fit_ Ind t\, 1 ,„, — ",,.Lae Piers m underlined (weather permitting). f;, t t ' tf::IERRACE PIER, CITLLVESEN'D. N . l ri,, ,.______ - , SUNDAYS. tt ‘ l''.. 1 .. 4 t i , ( 4 ''' t., i ) t' , ~, ~ Time ..-... ,'" Y., ; „ o 3 1 t ... k ,3„.N. _-- . :,_. ---__ 2 ' H %r °4l Ch r fe4Y is et t ,tZeie ti , 117 p 4 AT 'rav t ; 11441 ET Itt ct 4; , EL. t.•l a r or It :: of 111547.'• 14 nd , Oleet 44 Int Wel , ndon.• • • • • all or Wools , termodiate Pie Ye Months, 54. be had of the Terrace Pier,: Fore Cabin. saloon. .... 10d. .. ls. 2d. wish Bd. .• Os. 10d. ;rs.. 6d. .. Os. . Os.; Six Months, 31. 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To which "NO i rits tt ` a ‘ r ,!es on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre 441,0,_°‘ogerotae evils emanating from empirical practice, 4A , -.wit di,oralerrserttedies advocated by various writers on ey FA A ~htir i ot At m , I) 1r uXL LA'MERT. M.D. M„,tb,"Ltte n 7, l eMe, )L..1 SQUAILE, LONDON. -1, 111, t , .‘ 4B ll , `"'" ciliated Member of the University of &lin k% ernber of the London Hospital Medical Society, reca res . London. gri.c., &a. 1 5 04 4 It of thin treatise is to point out the fearful coa ,nht? 4 114 6117, cer tain halA ' s irregularities, and excesses, ei tt r l reteatUr'e4 Mor e m i scry in Man dißeas! Lledecayat all stages of You Life, than, deTradation perhaps, any tri tu phy o fl eeott,: "'morn to modern pathologists. 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Qui si Darla Italicno. filer snricht man Donfiwb Aqua sa habln Espano. •n Illustrated Almanas for 185! antis. on application, cir post free SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE MAS TER OF MARYLEBONE WORKHOUSE. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Marylebone Board of Guardians, the Rev. E. Scobell, M.A. in the chair, an important and serious investigation took place as to the conduct of Mr. Whelan, the master of tie workhouse, arising out of a recent case at the Marylebone Police court, where Mr. Jas. Mill, a clerk at the Great Western Railway, was committed for trial on a charge made by a girl named Paine, aged 16, whom he had taken into his service from the workhouse, of his assaulting her with a criminal intent. Mr. Tubbs, the relieving overseer, made applicatton for an order to employ counsel for the prosecution at the trial, and in answer to questions said, it was true that he had seen the girl Paine cone out of Mr. Whelan's, the master of the workhouse's apartment, and that it was also a fact that the master had suggested to him the pro priety, in the first instance, of allowing the girl to take 201., and afterwards 101., in preference to sacrificing the man's character. He (Mr. Tubbs) replied, that he would not do so for 50/., on which the master replied, he would then attend the police-court, and give the girl a character. Mr. Whelan, the master, in whose presence the state ment was made, said he emphatically and unequivocally denied the whole of it. In answer to questions he ad mitted that the girl was taken into his room by the matron, Mrs. Whelan, and that the accused's wife was there. He did not see the accused there, except that he came to take his wife away. He did not know of any offer of compromise, or that Mill had been before the rota and admitted that he had taken liberties with the girl. Mr. Williams, a guardian, expressed his astonishment at this statement of the master before the board, when he had himself told the master the fact as to Mill coming before the rota. Mr. Hutchins, another guardian, said he had also seen tbo'a,censed Mill coming out of the master's room. Mr. Whelan said that was at three o'clock when he went to fetch his wife. Mr. Tubbs, on being called, reiterated his statements, and declared them to be true. It was suggested to exa mine Paine upon oath as to whether she was offered any compromise, but it was overruled, pending the judicial inquiry. The prosecution was ordered to be proceeded with, and the charge against the master was directed to be re ferred to a special committee of the whole board for fur ther investigation. , .4r•S;a '-•*.N• op NIP-I' arm • At ilt , `yam \ • q l l , [ON 41,,g; (, • • • m..jj ( 4,9. c, - < * • 6 - „- • • • J._ • • -OTT.' 1 N LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1855. SOIREE TO THE MEMBERS FOR MANCHESTER. The soirée at Manchester to Messrs. Gibson and Bright, the members for that City, was held lasi night at the Corn Exchange, and was numerously attended, upwards of 800 tickets having been sold, and appli cations having been Made for admissions beyond the capacity of the room, •which with difficulty seats so large a company. It has been usual for the Manchester party to hold a meeting immediately before the assembling of Par liament as a means of indicating the tone they would feel it desirable to aniline on the leading political ques tions of the day ; and that has .no.doubt been the •ob ject on this occasion, although the form of holding it as " a soiree in honour of the representatives" for Man chester, and admitting the public by tickets is new. The usual form has been to have meetings merely of the election committees of the liberal members for the boroughs and two divisions of the county, and of the leading supporters of the liberal members. The doors of the Exchange were thrown open to com pany at half-past four, and the speaking commenced at half-past five o'clock. The principal guests were T. M. Gibson, M.P., John Bright, M.P., Richard Cobden, M.P., William Brown, M.P., John Cheatham, M.P., Thomas Barnes, M.P., Joseph Crook, M.P., Ed ward George Hadfield, M.P., James Kershaw, M.P., Major-General Thompson, Danby Sey mour, M.P. , Capt. Fenwick, the Mayors of Bolton, Oldham, and Ashton, Joseph Sturga Dr. M'Kerrow, Dr. Davidson, Dr. Beardsliev. Wilt.-gstekeli, Rev. Mr. %bier s -Rim H. Dubekley, W. H. Darby, of Brymbo o near Wrexham, C. E. Rawlins (Wrexham), and the fol lowing gentlemen who had accepted invitations as vice presidents and on the executive committtee :—Sir E. Armitage, Henry Ashworth, Robt. Ashton, Thos. Ash ton, Wm. Bayley, Thos. Bazley, Wainwright Bellhouse, Wm. Bickham, Alderman Bradford, Thos. Bright, Abel Buckley, Nath. Buckley, Jas. Burton, jun., J. C. Dyer, T. Goadsby, J. Grundy, Alderman Harvey, N. Heald, A. Henry, Alderman Abel Heywood, Alderman John Shawcross, Thomas Hibbert, Samuel Hibbert, E. R. Langworthy, Daniel Lee, Ivie Mackie, R. N. Phillips, James Procter, William Rawson., Henry Rawson, Wm. Sale, Theodore Schunck, Joseph Simpson, Robt. Stuart, Benjamin Syddall, Peter Walker, Alderman W. B. Watkins, James Watts, Oldham Whittaker, Archibald Winterbottom, Thomas Wrigley, John F. Petitjean, jun., Smith P. Robinson (hon. secretary), William Bradford, James Edwards, John Fildes, Arthur Francis, Samuel Hodgkinson, William Hodgkinson, Samuel Lees, Wil liam M`Call, William M`Cartney, Charles Macdonald, Robert Rumney, Isaac Shimwell, and Frederick Royse, Esqre. Mr. GEORGE WILSON presided, and opened the pro ceedings. Mr. T. M. GIBSON, the senior member for the city, having been called upon, spoke at considerable length. In the course of his address he observed that remarks had been made about his hon. friends and himself voting in minorities so constantly ; but if that was meant as a reflection he might reply, that during the last session he had had at least the satisfaction of voting in minori ties on most important questions with the Government. In reviewing, according to custom, at these nteetinge, the measures of the past session, the right hen. gentle. man said it must be admitted that it had been an abor tive session. Great promises were held out by the Go vernment, but through the war and from other causes most of the great measures introduced into Parlia ment had been defeated. The Reform Bill, he thought, was wisely abandoned, but the Bribery Bill was one which ought not to have come to so impotent and lame a conclusion as it had ended in. The Queen's speech had said the experience of the past had rendered it ne cessary to take steps for preventing bribery and corrup tion, and therefore, as no one could tell how soon a general election would take place, it was at least neces sary to have passed that measure to have prevented the renewal of those scenes of corruption that were so much deploied. The bill had been carefully pre pared by a committee, but the first parts of it had been struck out and emasculated. As the matter ended, the bill was passed for one year, during which 'it might have been foreseen there was little probability of a general election occurring ; and, therefore, it could it could only apply to a few isolated cases. But he (Mr. Gibson) had no great confidence in any preven tive legislation in reference to stopping intimidation and bribery at elections ; there was but one remedy, and that was what must come at last the vote by ballot. (Cheers.) There was another measure of an im portant character which had fallen through—the emanci pation of the Jews. London still had but three represen tatives. Contrary to the advice of many leading members of the liberal party, and of able lawyers, preceding Govern ments had attempted measures of legislation rather than let the house proceed by itself, and they had brought in bills which had passed the Commons, but were rejected by the House of Lords ; but they had at last succeeded in bring ing in a bill which had been rejected by the Commons. (Hear.) The cause of the Jews had been mismanged from the beginning, and in the last attempt to settle it they brought down upon the Jew opposition from new quar ters, by bringing into the same bill the question of the oath of supremacy ; and notwithstanding all the eloquent declarations of the country about religious liberty, we still laboured - under the stigma of a portion of our coun trymen being deprived of their civil rights on account of their religious opinions. (Hear.) He hoped that the next session, amongst other measures, the newspaper stamp question would be settled. A resolution had been passed by the House of Commons condemning the present state of the newspaper stamp law. The House of Lords had also adopted a resolution condemnatory of the stamp. The Government had pledged*themselves to bring in a measure immediately after the meeting of Parliament, and his advice was to repeal all the laws that now related to newspapers and pamphlets, and enact no new ones—postage arrangements being left to be settled between the Post-office and the Treasury, who had full power under existing laws to make such arrange ments. He wished to see the press emancipated from all control except that of courts of law, our libel laws afford ing ample security for the protection of private character from calumny, for he did not contemplate any arrange ments that could by possibility leave individuals to be libelled with impunity. (Hear.) When the newspaper stamp was gene into, there could be no question but the public voice of the country would demand also the repeal of the paper duty, and then England will have a per fectly free and cheap press. (Hear, hear.) On the sub ject of the war the right hon. gentleman said-- 7 ln ap proaching this question he found himself met with this taunt, that he was against all war, and therefore it was entirely that he objected to this war. He did not know whether it was worth his while to make an observa tion upon that matter, but his opinion was that war was sometimes unavoidable ; that no man felt more strongly than he did the miseries, the crimes that at tended on the prosecution of war ; but as the world is constituted, he was of opinion that the honour and safety of the country might require it to engage in war. The question with him was, whether the honour and safety of this country required it to engage in the war now being carried on ? He was going to say that there had been many causes assigned for this war. One of the most eccentric views he had heard was, that the advocacy of peace principle' by his friend Mr. Cobden and others bad led the Emperor of Russia to believe that he might commence an aggressive policy without danger from England, who would engage in no war ; hut he found that Mr. Cobden had not been the only one person who bad been at work engaged in spreading peace views in the world. He found a cor respondence published between a , gentleman in the Foreign-office and Mr. Wikoff, in which it was stated that Lord Palmerston had entered into a specific ar rangement that Mr. Wikoff should write in the press of the United States, and of France and elsewhere, to represent clearly that the policy of the English Govern ment was liberal, and especially pacific. (Great laughter.) So that Lord Palmerston had been en gaged in publishing peace tracts , he presumed, at the public expense, to lead the world to believe that the British Government was most reluctant to engage in war, and that at the time that he was insinuating to Parlia ment that we were threatened with dangers from foreign invasion, and when he had been long aware, as was alleged, of the ambitious designs of Russia. If preach. ing peace tempted the Czar, most unquestionably Lord Palmerston was as chargeable as any one else with having been one of the causes of the war. It was of little use now to discuss the cause of the war, hound as we were with our ally to carry it on. The most useful course for them was to discuss the conduct of the war and the mode of bringing it to a termination. He thought the doc trine of the balance of power would never settle the Eastern question—that the balance of power in volved these two fallacies—first, that you could ar range that particular territories should be governed to all time by particular ruling dynasties without reference to the wishes of peoples ; and, secondly, that by in forming a power like Turkey that, whenever he was in trouble you would come to the rescue, he was relieved from the obligation of strengthening his own kingdom and securing his independence, by the only means that had been found capable of securing these results—a sound system of policy at home. With regard to the conduct of the war—even if it was right, which many able statesmen doubted, to make war for the security of Turkey whenever Turkey was in trouble, and which the Duke of Wellington refused to do in the war between Russia and Turkey in 1829—it did not follow that we were to invade Russia. Defending Turkey against the aggression of Russia was one thing; invading Russia for some indefinite purpose of humiliation was another. It was clear that the expedition to the Crimea had been undertaken without any knowledge of the. difficulties the armies would have to encounter. Louis Napoleon informed his troops at Boulogne, as soon almost as the expedition landed that Sebastopol had fallen ; and some two months ago, even so cautious a statesman as the Earl of Aberdeen informed his friends at Aberdeen, that perhaps at the time he was speaking Sebastopol was taken. Whether it was to be taken or not it was clear that it had been found a far more formidable under taking than its projectors anticipated, and whether taken or not, he doubted whether the terms on which peace was settled would be changed. In the conduct of , the viiu the Government deserved credit for having adopted a more liberal view than had been held in former . periods in reference to the rights of neutrals. He had _himself submitted a resolution to the House of Co i mmons, previous to the issuing of the orders in coun- , ell, in the spirit of the principles which the Government to !some extent had since adapted—and whilst respecting the rights of neutrals was a sound principle, and in ac" ordance with the spirit of the age, in commercial ' m tters, yet he hoped that that wretched and degrading i sy tem of plundering small merchant vessels belonging to the unoffending citizens of belligerent , parties would be discontinued, that private property in war would be more and more respected ; and he bad no sympathy with the cry sometimes raised here—" Why spare Odessa?" Her Majesty the Queen, in giving orders to the admirals not to bombard the defenceless t)wns, and in bombarding Odessa to spare as much as possible private houses and stores—property in which not Russia alone but the world had an interest, had carried with her the appro bation of all intelligent and humane men ; and we could never have said we were carrying on a war in the interests of civilisation if we had committed an act only worthy of barbarians, and which would have been execrated by all mankind. (Applause.) For himself, he thought he was in favour of settling the war on the four points. He saw no reason to doubt the sincerity of Russia, for if we were to go upon the principle that Russia was not to be treated with, it was better not to make proposals at all ; and he agreed with Lord Clarendon that a policy of suspicion was neither wise nor generous. The fourth point—with re gard to the revision of the treaty 0f,J841 in the interest of the balance ofpower—yras the only one in which a doubt could be entertained of Russia's assent, for they had long ago assented to the principle of the other three points ; and as we were Informed by rind John Russell that the propoial which it would be his duty to make was very moderate indeed, he (Mr. "Gibson) presumed that the interpretation was one that Russia would be willing to accept to escape from the enormous evils she had to endure in the infliction of this war. The force of circumstances must bring about peace upon terms similar to those that are contained under the four points, and he thought all parties ought to be glad of the opportunity of escaping from their difficulties by this means rather than of prolonging the war to an in ' definite time, to end only in a state of exhaustion, and to be concluded by terms no better than those which might now be obtained. (Bear.) Mr. BRICIT, attributing the war feeling to the pas gone rather than the reason of the people of this country, and their ex t ra ordina ry credulity i n th e p ress , which he attacked in a sp irit of great bitterness, owned that his party might be in a minority on this question, but cited the experience of the last few years ire which the Pope and the French invasion had played such a conspicuous part, as showing the ephem era l na t ure of their delusions. It was said if Lord Palmerston had been in power the Czar would not have dared to cross the Pruth ; but he referred to the noble lord's attack on Greece and his conduct in the affai r of Hu ngary t o s h ow that he was no great friend of liberty. He read the Queen's letter to Lord John Russell at the time Lord Palmerston left the Foreign-office, implying that he had arbitrarily altered and modified documents after andsaid he treat lead hisn Sovereign, o a t as to re tain they had received the royal sanct i on, and impro perly withheld despatches ; coonsfisdreeingco, o confidence in so a sacrificeminister a whoil real cou ld r so es respect office for a single hour after receiving such a letter. He said a member of Government had s p o k en o f t h e army of Russia as composed of eight hundred thousand men, and he characterised the Government as stark staring mast who could with that ,knowledge send such army as we had to the Crimea. Mr. COBDEN expressedan opinion that negotiations for peace were now going on, and said he had a very great suspicion that the terms of peace were irrevocably passed to Russia, and that Russia had accepted them, that these terms implied no loss of territory to Russia; and there fore, of course, not the permanent possession of any pa r t of the Crimea—in fact, that the terms were very mode rate. He suspected that the Government, having raised the devil of war, had not the courage to announce to the public the terms on which they sought to lay him at rest. (Cheers.) These terms were very well known--they must be known, for the diplomatists of Vienna took time enough for the interpretation of their o wa protocol from the 2d to the 28th December, but then it must have been fully explained if that were kept back either by this country or France, because orders had been sent out to storm Sebastopol at any cost. If this were done in the interest of a dynasty or a ministry, if blood was to be shed in torrents for the occupation of a town, every street of which was barricaded, and every house converted into a fortress, to be defended by the most determined troops in the world when behind such breast works, we should hear some day that twenty thousand of the allies had been put hors da combat, while Se bastopol was delivered to the license of the soldiery, and every conceivable outrage committed within it that could make it a hell on earth ; and if they found, from a comparison of dates, that the negotiations bad been protracted for this, then he hoped no ringing of bells, throwing up caps, or preaching from pulpits would ever for a moment shield a Government that had lent itself for any motives whatever to a deed so dark and indefensible. _ _ Major-General Trroursow afterwards addressed the meeting. The assemblage cheered the speakers with an enthusiasm unusual even at such meetings. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FRIDAT. Yesterday, consequent upon the appearance of the weights for the Chester Cup, the Reiver, Star of Surrey, Rotherham, Arthur Wellesley, and Marc Antony re ceived favourable notice from the backers of horses ; the first-mentioned was installed as premier, hating de throned Calamus, who was heavily backed previous to the publication of the handicap, but who was at once sent to the right-about when the impost of Sat was seen opposite hie name, 1,000 to 10 being laid against him. To-day the betting was not heavy, but had a wider range. For the Derby we have no change to record ex cept the improved position of Bonnie Morn, as will be seen below. LivErtrooL STEEPLECHASE. 16 to 1 agst Bastion (taken) 20 to 1 agst Escape (taken) 20 to 1 aget any other (offered) GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 25 to 1 aget Ivan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lady Palmerston (taken) agetagB t Rambling THOUSAND GUINEAS. Prince CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 agst The Reiver (taken) 40 to I. aget Bracken (t a k en ) 40 to 1 agst Rotherham (t a k en ) 40 to 1 agst Marc Antony (taken) 50 to 1 agst Newbold (taken) 66 to 1 agst Kidnapper (t a k en ) 66 to 1 agat Knight of St. G eorge (t a k en ) 66 t o 1 aget Little Harry ( ta k en ) 1000 to 10 agst Calamus (take n ) 1000 to 15 apt Jetty Treff z ( ta k en) DERRY. 15 to 2 agst St. Hubert (taken) 11 to 1 agst De Clare (taken) lblin o g f .iir t es 12 to 1 agst Gi•a s culus (take n ) 15 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken) 20 to 1 agat Bonnie Morn (t a k en ) (taken) 5066 t t o o 11 (taken) Two 3to 1 agst St. Hubert (t a k en) 9to 2 agat Bonnie Morn (taken). DERBY RICESA.ND STI Acceptances for the Midland miles anl ZEPLECHASES—Fze. 13. L Steeplechase. About three Ld A half. et lb it lb Peter 5imp1e......... 11 0 Columbine 9 7 Rosa .................. 10 0 Sailor ............ May•day ............... 9 12 Theodine The Hero ............ 9 11 Taffy Free-trader ......... 9 11 Gradeley La n ....., 9 2 Maria Day. .......... 9 9 Seaman Star of England .• • 9 9 Warwick Laura 9 7 Old Misery ......... 8 12 Acceptances for the Selling Steeplechase. Selling allow ances, &c. About three miles, et lb et lb Toll-bar Quickstep Maria Day ll 12 Acceptances for the Selling Hurdle Race. Selling allow antes, &c. One mile and a half, over six flights of hurdles. et lb I et lb Half-and-Half salopian ll 7 Skit .................. 10 8 Bmigrant Dispute lest of E ng l an d, was ARTFUL DODGE.— At the B ristol pc hliwce-co have ourt been yester day a man named Henry Ne wton, the " captain " of a v g i a n n t g irn o i f sin f g ou t r ne o g r on fi d ve folksof London the sh ar pers, V fully committed on a charge five robbing & painter and glazier, named Pointer, of sov ereigos. Newton picked up Pointer in the street, and took hi m i n t o a cametave i n tavern, where, cansminthenynnd a were e acorlinvkeirnsgalissonmeaboothuotrhpaalieg s . lost a valuable dog, which, having been leashed to an other, had managed to force ope n th e lock of the leash and get away. A lock was t hen in troduced, and the usual conversation leading tip to what is known as "the lock trick " commenced. One of the fellows offered to H bet 101. to 51. that no one cou ld o pen the lock, upon which Newton urged Pointer to take him. Upon this Pointer took out five sovereigns to b et with, but, upon hisse c hand ond w i th thoughts, th e coinssa i d he in e it. would Newtonn o t do then o , grasped his and closed hand and forced from it the money, which he gave to a companion, who ran o ff with it. The prisoner cross examined t he witnesses against him with a great deal of shrewdness and skill, and contended that the Si. had been fairly lost and won ; but the magistrates thought t otherwise, and 001;4 him for trial. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain Gordon, is ordered from Spithead into Portsmouth harbour to com plete her refit as soon as the tides will admit. A large party visited her yesterday, who went out in her Ma jesty's steam-vessel Fire Queen, Master-Commander Paul, under the conduct of the Flag-Lieutenant to the Commander-in-Chief, Mr. Sankey. Orion, 91, screw, was commissioned at Chatham, on Thursday afternoon. Captain Erskine, with the captain superintendent, bait paid a visit 'to the ship. She is ex pected to be completed by the end of March. The Blenheim, 60, screw, Captain (Nemesis) Hall, has the artisans of Portsmouth Dockyard busily engaged in refitting her for active serviee. Au order came down on Thursday afternoon to strip off the old copper, and to caulk and re-copper as expeditiously as possible, About 100 hands were instantly set to work, and continued on her up to nine o'clock. Early yesterday morning she was completely stripped, spiled, and half of her body caulked and payed over. We feel a pleasure in noticing such energy. The Nankin, 50, Captain Hon. Keith Stewart, leaves her moorings on Tuesday next. She will be towed to Folly Point, Gillingham Reach, there to take in her powder, stores, and guns. She will then proceed to Greenhithe to adjust her compasses. She is for the Pacific, to relieve the Winchester, at that station. The Talbot, 22, is ordered to be sent to Woolwich, to serve as a temporary powder-sh ip. The Tartar, 20, screw, Captain Dunlop, is expected to leave Chatham about Thursday next. The Cossack, 20, screw, Captain Faishawe, sailed en Thursday, for.Leith, and the Calcutta, 84, Capt. Stop ford, will sail in a day or two for the same destination, having drawn charts for the Channel and North Sea. The steam-sloop Geyser, 6, Commander Dew, left Spithead last evening for Pembroke, to assist in navi gating to Portsmouth her Majesty's new steam-yacht. APPOINTMENTS. Commanders—Edward H. G. Lambert (1854) to command the Espiegle, 12, sloop, on the North Ame rican and West India station, vice Commander George Hancock, promoted to be captain ; Francis H. Shortt (1854) to command the Spiteful, paddle-wheel steam sloop, on the Mediterranean and Black Sea station, vice Commander Augustus F. Kynaston, promoted to be Captain. Master's Assistant Edward P. Hutcheson, to the Himalaya, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth. Master David Craigie (1838), at present serving in the Rodney, 90, on the Mediterranean and Black Sea sta tion, is appointed Master-Attendant at Malta dockyard. Commander George Hancock (1850), [in command of the Espiegle, 12, sloop, on the West Indies station, is promoted to be Captain. COMFORTS FOR THE CRIMEA.. Yesterday a considerable number of bedsteads were shipped at the Tower for conveyance to the hospital at Scutari, Constantinople. These bedsteads are reported to be on an improved construction, and adapted to the requirements of those wounded or suffering from ampu tation. The ladies' committee formed at Leeds have within about a fortnight only despatched to the Crimea the following useful articles for the army :-1,254 linen and cotton shirts, 300 pairs of woollen drawers, 2,028 pairs of stockings and socks, 350 pairs of gloves, 276 linen sheets, 403 towels, 504 flannel vests, half a ton of old linen, 136 down pillows, 552 pocket handkerchiefs, 14 blankets, 2 bundles of newspapers, 30,000 books and tracts, 9 bundles of lint, 3 sacks of bandages, 94 dozen of Amontillado sherry, contributed by Mr. Hamilton Richardson, 10,000 needles, 61b of thread, an innume rable collection of mits, 1 box of arrowroot, 1 large box of lanterns, 1 large bale of tow, 36 cotton caps, buttons, pins, thread, &c., 5 dreadnoughts, 37 woollen coats, 2 hair mattresses, 12 prepared hareskine, 1 bundle of slip pers, 1 sack of slings, a large number of muffatees and gs.untlets, and a number of railway wrappers. The weight of the goods sent amount to 2 tons 14 cwt. 3 qrs. 13 lb., and their value, at the most moderate estimate, is 8301. Yesterday notice was given on the Royal Exchange that within 20 days from that date the Russian veriel Odessa, seized under simulated papers In the port of Hull, would be condemned and sold as a lawful prize to her captors. The hospital at Fort'Pitt, Chatham, is now so full of patieks that there is hardly room for the invalids as they arrive. There are upwards of 300 mon now in the sick wards. MILITARY. The Canadian Steam Navigation Company's screwship Canadian (now the hired transport No. 176) arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the Thames, to embark some of the detachments of regiments, which we have before detailed as ordered to embark for the Crimea in the Crcesus, now refitting at Southampton—via., draughts from the 4th Regiment, the 7th, 18th, 19th, 23d, 28th, 34th, 38th, 44th, 46th, 71st, 77thA88th, 93d, 95th, Ist battalion of Royale, aid let battalion Rifle Brigade—in all about 1,200 troops. The Canadian's arrival was re portedt othe W to ar p -office l o a u s t t h n t ig h h is t, d a ny nd . orders as to the embarkation of her allotment of the above draughts will be despatched The newly formed depot battalion At Mullingar con sists of the depots of the 14th, 62d, and 90th Regiments. The officers of the stafref the above depot battalion now present at Mullingar are Col. J. T. Hill, commanding ; ' Major Johnson' Brevet-Major and Adjutant D. G. A. Darroch, and Lieutenant and Quartermastar J. Burke. Second Captains G. L. Chandler and J. De Luttrell Saun dersen and First Lieutenant H. H. Conolly are the officers who embarked with Captain Hawkins's company of the Royal Artillery at Dublin, for Liverpool on the 17th inst., en route to Woolwich, preparatory to their immediate embarkation for the Crimea. Colonel J. B. Gough, Deputy-Quartermaster-General (Ireland), has arrived in Dublin from the East Indies, and has taken over the duties of that office from Brevet- Major J. H. C. Robertson, Royal Engineers, Assistant Deputy-Quartermaster-General. On Wednesday morning the depot of the 92d High- landers, which has been stationed in Belfast for some theie past, left in the Stork, for Glasgow, en route to Edinburgh. The party, which mustered upwards of 200 strong, was under the command of Lieut.• Colonel Lockhart. ABOLITION OF THE CROSSBELT. The old-fashioned cross-belts, which were worn by the household troops in the Crimea, having been found to be extremely cumbersome, contracting the chest and retarding the movement of the guardsman, while the infantry of the line, having a waistbelt instead of a shoulder-belt for the bayonet, performed their evolutions with greater rapidity, the commanding officers of the Brigade of Guards have dispensed with the side or bayo net belt, and the men have only a shoulder-belt for the pouch, and are accoutred in every respect as regiments of the line. THE LATE GENERAL DENNIS. Major-General Sir James Dennis, K.C.8., who died on the 14th inst., at the advanced age of 78, had seen much active service. He served with the 49th on board her Majesty's ship Monarch at the battle of Copenhagen in 1801, and was wounded in both hands and contused. From his nautical knowledge, derived from prior ser vice in the navy, he was enabled to render an important service during this action, by fishing the cable, which by a misapprehension of orders, had been nearly cut through by a seaman. He served in the last American war, in cluding the battle of Queenstown, where he was. wounded ; the storming of Fort George, where he had his horse shot ; at the action of Stoney Creek, where he was wounded in two places with musket-balls, and also contused by having his horse shot, which fell on him ; and at the action of the rapids at Hooples Creek. He commanded a division at the battle of Maharajpore, on the 29th of December, 1843, for which service he re ceived a bronze star, and for which also he was ap pointed a "K C. 8." He received the brevet rank of Major for his services at Queenstown, on which occa sion he commanded that post during the operations which took place prior to the arrival of General Brook. He received the naval war medal with one clasp for Copenhagen. He entered the army in 1796, was Lieu tenant in 1797, Captain in 1803, Major in 1912, Lieu tenant-Colonel in 1125, Colonel in 1838, and Major- General in 1851. THE MILITIA. On Thursday the Royal Wilts Militia assembled in the Barrack-square at Portsmouth, and, having formed square, the Lieutenant-Colonel, Lord Methuen, ad dressed the men as follows :—" Men of the Royal Wilts, —Upon several occasions I have had to address you in complimentary terms relative to your conduct and ap pearance since the regiment has been raised. The officers who have periodically inspected you, the district General, Prince Albert, and her Majesty have all con curred in praise of your soldierlike appearance. I gain nothing by your going ; on the contrary, no man in the regiment will suffer greater inconvenience by going than myself. I leave behind me my wife, my children, and my property ; but still I call upon you as Wiltshire men, in the name of your God, your Queen, and your country, to rally round the Royal standard and the colours of Wiltshire. I have spent four years of my life in Corfu, where you are desired to serve, and I assure you the climate is one of the finest in the world. One of the proudest days of my existence will be when I have the honour to lead the regiment, in which I have always taken so great an interest, from their native land, for the purpose of defending the liberties of Europe. And now," said his lordship, " I call upon the officers who are willing to join me to step forward." All pre sent came to the front ; " and now," said he, " the ser jeants ;" they came forward without an exception. " After that," said his lordship, " I think it unneces sary to say more ; but propose three cheers for her most gracious Majesty," which were!heartily given. The re giment numbers 746, and recruits are joining daily. The following are the numbers for Corfu :—Staff serjeants 7, serjeants 30, band 20, drummers 11, rank and file, 540 ; total, 608. The South Gloucestershire Militia, now on duty at Gloucester, have just had an intimation conveyed to them of the intention of their colonel, Earl Fitzbardinge, to preisent to every mah who yolunteere into the line a f/, /~~ ~~ /- '/- -h ;-i rPRICE SD. sovereign, and another officer in the same force offers a second sovereign to every man who will join a regiment of the line with him. On the announcement being made to the men about 20 at once accepted the offer, and de clared their willingness to join the line. By these draughts and the rejection of a number of men by the regimental surgeon the force is now reduced to 500. Recruiting is going on, but not with very successful re sults as yet. TRE PLANS FOR MAIN METROPOLITAN DI - MINAGE. Two schemes for the main drainage of the metropolis are , now before the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers. One, by Mr. John Rowe, surveyor to the sepa rate Holborn and,Finsbury Commission, and late gene ral surveyor to the Metropolitan Commissioners for the northern section of the metropolis. One by INIr. Bazalgette, Messrp. I;azalgette and Haywood, en gineers to the Metropolitan and City Commissioners respectively, and by Messrs. Stephenson and Cubitt, consulting engineers to We Metropolitan Commis sioners. There . is also another scheme, proposed lay the late Mr. Frank Forster, chief engineer to the Metropo litan Commissioners of Sewers, in conjunction with Mr. Robert Stephenson, but which appears to have been kept in the background—a studious reserve certainly not compatible with the great cost of its preparation, or consistent with the fact of its advanced state, contract drawings having been prepared for large portions, and three large parts having been let to contracture upon public • tender —or, with the preliminary fact of its warm approval by Mr. Stephenson, its part de signer, by the Metropolitan Commissioners, and by the City Commissioners and their engineer, Mr. Hay wood. Mr. Roe proposes two gravitating lines, the Hackney-brook, for the drainage of 7 . 12 square miles, and the middle level for the interception of the sewage from 27.8 square miles, and a low level line, taking 6.54 square miles, with a joint outlet at Barking-creek. Messrs. Bazalgette and Stephenson, sic., have two gra vitating lines, the Hackney-brook with an extension in a branch from Holloway to Kilburn, for the complete ordi nary and blood drainage of 14 square miles ; and' the middle level from Acton to the Lea, uniting with the high level by this river, for the drainage of 10 square miles ; and a low level ine of 11 square miles with the same joint outlet at Barking-creek. They have also a western section not included in Mr. Roe's scheme, for the collec tion of the drainage of 18 square miles by means of two (10 feet and 12 feet) sewers (with auxiliary flood outlets) into one sumpt near Chelsea, and its purification 4nd subsequent discharge into the river at that point. Mr. Forster has two gravitating lines in his northern scheme (excluding the western district), the Hackney brook and the middle level, and a main low level with branches; 25f square miles drain by gravi tation, the greater part through the middle level ; and 16- square miles by pumping power terminating in one outlet at Barking-creek. Messrs. Bazalgette, Stephen son, and Cubitt's south scheme comprises a main gravi tating line, with branches, and a main low level, with ' one branch at its lower end. Each level is to drain re spectively twelve square miles, or a total of twenty-four miles, one moiety of which is pumped. The whole of the drainage and sewage of the twenty-four square miles is discharged by the town of Greenwich into the river Ravensbeurne, at Deptford Creek. Mr. Forster's south scheme, prepared jointly with Mr. Stephenson, consists chiefly of a kits , level main, with several branches, with lifting power and a discharge into the Thames at Greenwich Marshes,"rilly two miles lower in the river than in Mr. Bazalgette's scheme, clear of, and far below the town of Greenwich, and with an alternative exten sion to below Woolwich. Floods were expressly and amply provided for by existing outlets, and by compara tively inexpensive diversions, included in the estimate of cost.—Tlt c Built:1(7. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. Last evening a public meeting of this society was held at the Beaumont Institution, Mile-end-road ; Viscount Ingestre in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that they had come there to urge the claims of the Conservative Land Society, the direc tors of which, he could conscientiously say, all felt a pe culiar interest in the rights of the shareholders, while he himself had oomelso miles in order to preside at their meeting. He believed that all the gentlemen who took shares in the society would naturally hold Conservative principles, although, at the same time, the society was a land society, and enabled all, whatever their political feelings, to obtain land and a house for themselves. Ile, however, believed that none would subscribe their names to it unless they knew themselves to be conservatives. (Hear.) One thing was certain, that every tendency, whether Radical or Whig, which induced men to save their earnings, and become landlords instead of tenants, was to their own advant2ge. (Hear, bear.) He felt deeply upon the question of nonservatism and .would ask them, whatever their principles might be, whether they would not sooner have any Government than the present ! He considered that in supporting con servatism they would be attending to their own in terests and to those of the country. For his own part, he would rather see men of straightforward principles—of principles, for instance, like those of Mr. Brielit, who advocated peace—he would rather see Mr. Bright in power than a Government which said one thing and meant another. After deprecating the want of unity and energy on the part of the Conservative., his lordship apologised to the meeting for digression from the subject before thorn, and concluded by expressing his earnest belief that the Conservative Land Society conferred advantages upon all who wished to invest their money to their own profit. Mr. Fowler, Dr. Worthington, and other gentlemen afterwards addressed the meeting in support of the society and conservatism, and also in explanation of the mode of allotment of an estate recently purchased at Old Ford. PUBLIC BATHS AND WASHHO USES. A Return, showing the Number of Bathers and Washers, and the Receipts at the Establishments now open in London, and also a few out of the many similar Insti tutions in the Country, for the year ending December 30, 1854 : METROPOLIS. District and Name of the Establishment. No. of Bathers. No. of Total Receipts. Washers. Whitechapel The Model St. Martin - in - the - Fields 127,581 42,780 2,585 17 11 St. Marylebone ... 161,349 36,275 2,602 18 10 Westminster, St. Mar garet, and St. John 103,228 62,793 2,191 5 4 Greenwich 53,100 7,251 95412 8 Westminster Saint E R. A. 156,158 45,124 3,03 G 16 0 111,471 41,116 2,147 8 11 53,18 G 10,078 1,027 2 6 James Poplar—All Saints St. Giles aid Blooms bury Bermondsey—(opened June 19) Lambeth ( opened April 2) St. Pancras —George street 124,250 1,957 17 6 Totals for London during 12 m0nth5...1,220,739 421,101 23,157 17 9 COUNTIIT. Liverpool— Cornwallie-street 134,032 Paul-street 59,597 14,260 George's Pier-head 53,710 Frederick - street (opened July 24) 8,113 149 5 1 Hull Bristol Preston Birmingham 101,457 4,903 1,830 18 9 Maidstone 33,393 8,948 384 3 7 GIORGI WOOLCOTT, Assistant Secretary. Secretary's Office, 12, Buckingham-street, Adelphi, January 19, 1855. 1,977 7 4 967 5 1 1,916 15 10 THE TRANSPORT SERVICE IN THE BLACK SEA. Annexed is the reply of the Admiralty to the commu nication addressed to them at the beginning of the last month, urging that the officers and men of the merchant 'vessels engaged in the transport service in the Black Sea should be allowed to share in the postal advantages enjoyed by the regular fleet : " Admiralty, Jan. 10 " sin commanded by my Lords Coasmiscioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that, siace the receipt of your letter of the 4th of December, they have beta in communication with the Postmaster-General on the sub ject of assisting the officers and men of the transport ser vice in the East as regards their lettere, and the following is the arrangement come to : "The reduced rate of postage allowed to the army and navy canna be extended to the transport service—i.e., if letters aro sent via Marseilles—but their letters will be cent, if prepaid, in closed mails, twice a week, through France, with the mails for her Majesty's forces, and the Army Postmaster has boon directed to receive and despatch them, by which means it is hoped greater regularity and despatch will bo secured. " And with regard to letters unpaid, they will be opened and returned to the writers, notice to which effect will be given by the Post-office, as the Army Postmasters in the East keep no accounts, their duties being confined to the receipt and distribution of letters. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " W. A. B. HAMILTON. " D. Dunbar, Esq." CITY or LONDON MILITIA.-At a meeting of the Counnission, held on Tuesday last, the 20th of February next was fixed for the assembling of the regiment forming the Royal London Militia, for permanent duty, and they are to meet at ten o'clock in the morning at the Artil lery-ground, Finsbury. The Queen's warrant was for the embodiment of the whole regiment, and not a part of it, as was suggested at the last meeting. Captain Hall, the adjutant, was appointed paymaster, but no one was appointed quartermaster. Messrs. Bosanquet were ap pointed bankers and agents. There were several vacant commissions, but the commissioners declined filling them up until they saw what number of men ►nuster for per nianent duty. The meeting then Adjourned, 1/ li~G~ lam/ <: ~,,, STATE OF THE ARMY IN THE CI?I3fEA. We have now been for many weeks engaged in. the thankless and miserable task of communicating to the public the rnalaneboly and disgraceful in cidents which accompany the decline and decay of our great expedition to the Crimea. The . shadow •' - that has been cast over our prospects has not been that of a passing cloud intercepting one burst of sunshine, and shortly to be followed ,by another,. but rather that of a gradually deepening twiliSt ic t a.;: settling steadily down into night and _ The public .may, be assured that what wo* *4 , :-%-i)L7 fli communicated to them has .been fortified bse-1.2-•;-. amount and :concurrence of testimony such. as to leave no doubt whatever as to its truth. When • we have been accused of exaggerating the hard ships and distresses of our troops we , have disre garded the accusation, because we have been too well aware that we did not do full justice either to the impressions of our own correspoiidefits;.or to the convictions produced on our , own mind by such a mass of concurrent and irresistible testimony. We have hoped to the last that the magnitude of the evil would have roused, however late, our Government to exertions of corresponding magnitude ; but nothing effectua Li- done. Affairs are left in the same incompe tent hands under which they have gone so rapidly and uninterruptedly to ruin, and while the tremen dous crisis at which we aro arrived calls for speedy, vigorous, and decisive action, the Cabinet is engaged . in endless discussions, which lead to no result, and. waste day by day the short remnant of time which yet divides us from the coming catastrophe. A torpor and lethargy seems to have fallen on the spirit of our rulers ; they go on mechanically send- • ing out men and stares to the fatal harbour of Balaklava, without seeming to advert to the fact that men and stores under the present circum stances of the British army are only sent, one to perish, the other to be wasted. Things therefore have arrived at a point at which any further re- • serve would be criminal. If the partial glimpses of truth which they have obtained have not been enough to spur the nation and those who are at the head of its councils to decisive action we mus t see if a further and fuller disclosure may prove a more effectual stimulus. We have no doubt, then, from the' information, which we receive from various and most' trust worthy quarters, not merely that the state of things in the Crimea is very bad, which the most incre dulous now must be ready to admit, but that the British army is menaced with a disaster to which there can be found few parallels in the dreary annals of war. Without adverting for the moment to the loss which we may incur by the sword of an active and numerous enemy—merely considering our prospects with reference to the position we occupy, the resources we possess, the climate with which we have to contend, and the sanitary condi tion of our troops—we are forced to the terrible, but irresistible conclusion, that in a very few weeks, and even before offensive operations can be re newed, the remnant of our gallant and victorious army will have been so weakened and worn out as to be unavailable for any effective purpose. Our reinforcements have nearly all been brought up, and stores, we believe, are accumulated at Balaklava enough to feed, clothe, and shelter a larger force than we now possess ; but there is no prospect that for many weeks the causes which cut off the army from its stores and its shelter, and wear it out by incessant fatigue and watching, will lose their power. The railroad must be some time in cOn structing, and we shall show only too clearly that any numerical increase of our forces, and conse quent alleviation of their labour, is not to be thought of for a moment. Let us, then, calmly and dispassionately, casting aside all self-delusion, and rising superior to the folly which makes men think they can conquer or exorcise difficulties and dangers by avoiding plain language, examine the actual state and pro spects of our Crimean army. We believe, from the best information we are able to get, that our army at the beg inning of this month could only muster 14,000 bayonets, that the artillery and engineers have been reduced ii a similar degree, and that the cavalry no longer exists as a force, the whole of the surviving horses having been taken up for the carriage of previsions. The deaths cannot be estimated at less than sixty a-day, and those disabled by fatigue and sickness are said to be no fewer than a thousand a week. Will this fearful ratio of sickness to health remain constant —will it diminish, or will it increase ? On the answer which fact and experience —not vain hopes and self delusions—shall give to this question de pends the existence or destruction of the English army. It would be mere trifling to suppose that any answer but one can be given to this question. The ratio of sickness will not diminish—will not remain constant. It will—it must—fearfully and. rapidly increase. We have said we have 14,000 bayonets, and corresponding nuralsers of lather aer-, • vices. But in what state are thele4survivors ? 'The diseases of the sick inform us only too plainly that they are not men whose health has been suddenly overpowered by acute disease, but are suffering under the effects of chronic maladies brought on by protracted exhaustion and exposure, the seeds of which they must long have carried about with them while they were yet numbered among the healthy and effective part of the army. This, we have every reason to fear, is the case of the survivors. Weary, wasted, famished, and ex -Posed; they still drMg themselves up to the trenches and back again to their miserable lairs ; but it would be as absurd to count on them as men in health as to call a ship with 3 feot of water in the hold seaworthy. It is computed that of these 14,000 men there are hardly 2,000 in good health —in fact, it was at the beginning of this month an army of invalids, and at the beginning of this month the Crimean winter had not set in. With scanty food, insufficient clothing, with frames thus debilitated, and minds thus dejected, without ade quate shelter from ordinary weather, aid without the leisure or possibility to construct it, the army has to undergo cold at least as severe as that which we now experience. The same duties are to be discharged by continually decreasing numbers, and the labour will grow constantly greater in propor tion as fewer hands aro left to perform it. The most sanguine do not now speak of an attack till the end of this month, and at the end of this month how many of the 53,000 men who have left these shores will survive to make that attack ? We are about to lose, unless some extraordinary stroke of fortune intervenes, our one, our only, army, the object of so much pride, of so much deep affection, of so much tender solicitude, the terror of our enemies in the field, and the defence and bulwark of our liberties and independence. Is the nation prepared for the disaster ? Is it prepared to say, "Our brave men have perished, not became we sent them on an enterprise which was above their strength, not because we have refused to grant them anything that was no • cessary for their support, nor because our allies have failed us in any point, but because we have chosen to make our army one vast job—the play thing of our aristocracy—a mart in which promo tion, which should be the reward of merit, is bought and sold for money—because we have been content to trust to the valour of our private soldiers, and neglected to train up officers possessing any of the attributes which fit men for command, except the universal quality cf personal courage 1" Are we prepared to say that what the sword of the enemy could not accomplish tho incompetency of the Heads of our Departments anctour Generals has achieved Will it console us to reflect that we have lost our army, have compromised our influence and reputa tion among foreign nations, but have not tarnished the honour nor irritated the sensibility of a single noble family, or done anything to weaken existing party connexions by removing incompetent men f rom positions they are proved to be unworty to fill, or by providing our troops with leaders of such intelligence and experience as might have Pre served them from destruction, in defiance of all the traditions of Downing-street and the Horse Guards? If we are not prepared to aocept such a consolation for such a disaster, we ought even now to demand that merit should obtain those positions which have been lavished on interest and connexion, and that if we have passed the period of remedy we do not even yet deem it too late for repentance.—Tmea. MAILS FOR BIIIINOS AIRES AND THE RIVER PLATF.— A letter bag was sent by the Rosario for Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, from the agent's office (Messrsil H. C. Smith and Co.), 6, New Quay, at 10 o'clock this forenoon (Saturday). Ms next opportunity will be by the Portuguese steamer Donna Maria 11., from Lisbon, to catch which letters must be posted in Liverpool on the evening of the 26th inst.—Liverpool Chronicle. CANADA.—The mercantile advices from Canada con tinue to be looked fer with much anxiety owing to flail reaction from the recent inflation in that colony, and the injurious effects of the usury laws, which have caused much of the available capital of the country to be attracted to the United States at the time when its retention was most needed. The letters received yesterday state that many failures continued to occur, and that the affairs of several firms which had been placed under committees of inspection pre sented miserable results. This condition of things is attributed ,principally to the indiscriminate credits , granted to Canadians by English houses, direct consign ments having been made to persons who were formerly obliged to buy through the regular importing houses, by whom they could be watched and kept within bounds. In this way, it is observed, those who were moderately good customers to the importer in the province have be. come very bad ones to the English shipper. " Respon sible middle men," it is added, " are especially essential in the present state of Canadian law, eines its whole tendency is to protect (screen, perhaps, were the better word) the debtor against the creditor.", : CI; * :s._ ~i