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LAURE' T. eTY evening. rot, „ u ES kt re ;.':t war3 t 81' , L ondon a n d Suburbs, for Sale. ark, i iighburvpply. 14 114 14. the Proprietor, D d.liughps, SoDalstlicitor, on 13, Gresham. C i r Rt AT Vi ------------ -----________P .R h " , c to 22 — ^"T ERN CO A.LS. —Bes t, 245. Ptir,. 4, l,e ow a t . 4. per ton. The Great Western Railway Com l'oA, , y 7 to ,i i, 4"1,.,e.ti. orders fcr Itwabon Coals, equal to the finest (J. t4 e r:sattly i : n ia , Per ton. and for excellent and e conomic ii N run Weeterfail/illgt,, "), at 2 13. per too Cash ric .8 within 4 tulle* "1 kailo ray:l. S a t l ll a t i loli to • nA ddress to the SuPpetintendenti Ora" 11 4 LAN I ; )1 1111ITT EE OPTLDHALL, MAT 3d. 7 ,4t04_ Wlunieet for LETTING the CITY'S % or .lito!2,9ock preezvGuildball, on WE ND E.DA Y, the 9th h t4 4 , e ntrar,T'Place. into. teceive Proposals for Leases of a Ak ed : Dartiecie the ei ty l. mrY, and Premises on the north lit the ari am p i Mews, Whiteeross-street. Archi tect ,. , 1, 8 May be seen and Forms of Tender * ufflee, FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. 141Tisti °° 1p and FOREIGN' SCHOOL ~,,Irjo,s'eln GENERA SOCI FT T. wil ~ .it y , Ala MEETING of this Society will be held i lit e th . 3' 8, 45 5, in tile Large School Room, Borough t Iweivltr Wili b t , , Olit A b e o'cloq -by liis Grace the Duke of AROTLL, V.P., '"ltak 'VITL ~''"sety. 4'l , % te e l e nik e oh iriiet.l.MlN lON of the BOYS' MODEL. SCHOOL Pe r l o e keta ~t he bake erl),:claY, commencing at Ten o'clock precisely. 414'41Y. b' "alnerbLYL'aVppliCawtliolinparetsire. Society's House, Sl'jlsii:t HENRY DU NN., It NN . , Secretary. ASSURANCE SOCIETY, - -it Op 1,441 T Londe*. h P6t lolt. INCREASED PROM ONE-HALF TO U r ,," ',Not ed ~,,, /"OITH-PIPTHS l'illtitli;73,?7,:iatttitebsrtbett' pSyclety now . will PARTICIPATE IN Zli t iv _ rei thes _ 3 ned i n the s_nentis,of the Society, according to the ti,tillT;rortb„'„ ',inquired hyytTlit 3,4,Pireotspgrti:is:B,l g ri Young Lives : t r: , to tohteetfroZy other olii-estahrished °dices', and Insurers : 0 , 4 1n r , ' ttec tnitt t U ed rts_k by an anaple guarantee fund, 14.10" . r," ,, t, N I 4 Ptet rtt 's Paid lands derived from the investments of [1, 4 1 48es bY the °Mee. or ant} , b e or an 3, ih(e)biktained at the Office in Threadneedle - street, C$ ,su its of the Society HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. 1 4 0 1%T -r, 4_, 0 X ~. LIFE A.SSOCIATION. o ak , ~ Instituted 1806 P4 P * '" NIRG NIL * th'!l,lll'!oit.phitsisineNT__(...,,,, ...._ _ LIANUSTREET. l'ir'etety is urr—,roip',l-,n'..S ER,NKS, Er. t; 4 t e T r ine rns ef 1 ementialy -', BENJAMIN which 7, 0 44 in redt.3 members one of Mutual Assuran o c a c, rB in !r:ihei t nit, l ea u lon of ther..oluced after seven y /lt, l'e let,/ V g lee. ~ rreiniums for the present y * ear will CI % til e ~- alo e „ ttl: illy ~eol3._itred 4.,oncineortta'kLensaontehneer.4,:isredriopf the original Premium 't>lthe irni"iNbn to Pennine Members , t descriptions of having ceased Assurance, to n o 44 8 , 1 44 %3 ter -,Fents, the Society has been enabled to ......• this ' la ss et Assurances to the following .to ntial p rerniQMS for the Assurance of £lOO. 20 1, 1 1 I (1 . 3 7 7 C37r.q d. 10 17 35 4 2 0 7 6 50 1 5 40 215 5 55 5 I 6 5 10 3 6 0 60 to 4 4o 11 .. ... i - IN to ' o r ne D , lre etor4 are on t h _ authorised hy the Deed of Settlement 4A q ~,.' e security of Policies in this Association. EDWARD DOCKER. Secretary tit,. 41 tr n b;,, tv' e4 72 Oh) ' i ds r. ' T4I)N? TELEGRAPH. 0,,,tt. .! p ad. D o oN oppicEs ,i C,,, 4 14_ 7 "tree (six ,„ P,l, Of q,•nltt i , i , rih a , p, ,ioors tYom the Royal Evchange.) ,0,,t0 _ , , , ,x ; ,. ,, cati on ~ g- cross (O post .e the' et itue.) )0 , Co 48 kr I.,,,"zti nto. 0) tnderground wires with the principal t ' It tii , 4 psoi „ tY Ilrords, including delivery, and address not 't "t4 h eat . " I ke 9 %hi ,kilter, er i t_t xo. _ n , :, , 141.. ,i 4 „ ,p.,,tehi_l., gP-bflingl .... • • ... 2s. 6d o ' ''tl4 4 „ 4 ni " 22. E n 4u , , ,e-arc4d, . .. ~ ~ ~ o ig t" loi \T!"sh-,treet ..... .... • • ~ 4 Orel'VV, tifii.w-street . .... o N il b a e ' ll, elt ce ' Is. E ,, eh-- •• • ....- -ttlns ' - Is. Od. ''' tt i l - tF r j i n f . ries, : n e i z i. h th . e t a .. r i s: s r qTa - r ' e ''uAre. ••• • • : 4s . lid , ic. l . lt 4 :t, i; p e ,„,, e 'e g t e t .gre,,,. ss. Od. ( Iqt,, ' bl• tionegal• it re t ,town,:, The hrsrok e•stree e t pllp wiv.. ..... N I t ~ I . p h .......ETVA ItD B. BRIGIT, Secretary ti1,,,,,,i,t1LAN. -.IA N o , -- 4P t t he crl,,:, the b eg '', f -J, GERMANY, or in Th, Nielolit)il,,i'litrueti,; 411nufactoring Talent is obtained and ALLI,Li,I the following N.,,,_ ttl 5tA142,,,;„, l'E, the new garment of the Season. TOLL, '''P.Nri - ',.,r, One and Two Guineas each. l'k r aO, 4 lit utsi_ ir,,:vAati..E; ()fie Guinea, Waterproof, yet ~,,,,,,t r.A. 7 110 1; ab e, tn , iti, , e 1 , for lit Ar , 'IERi 'll ,'ll44Nt, kit t -treoAT4 '''4ll -cl - ill ' I ' . TFITS sent gratis. and HALF-GUINEA keOist 4 bly f t 'sgar„, al l Darts other OIT oh vho have the above 'N 't it ' Add ' W ell ' tit, Drep a O r f ed t l e g gu i%t ' e d sizes, so that they et. •.res s, i i ntkli ,and in tfle a d• an cl. D NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, 1 7:) h t e)t i t ii ih , Of tv..4k It Y, 2 2. oornhill. ,!• 0 1 '71 Q3 " 4.P* AD„ To 4 7 , . 0 1 ,-. 4t t Ag i s o oac h ,—POL.—GßEAT GLOBE. 4,44 b,, he gli.„ OT., i„ , a nd Siege Works are placed on the Q kii . 4,1 {AT ' - ''iltiin Balaklava, and the 'Ail.O R „ g inkerman, Qr t ,,2 mr.. / ,, ti one s h " , . Leicester square Open from 10 " I t ke. 4 . 4 k il ling to the whole building. Child 'll4 collection of Rassian Trophies po„,, ,:bc),, ,p.,, , ,,,,„ „ i lli o ,' Tp --- Ql .---- i----_______ . :ti -. P' ,,,- ;%R.1.P. -- P i ii , „.4. 4 1 :,„"t INSTITUTION. jir,"'Y '',‘,4('''QZ Pt,,,t,,°4 tlie'6 4o C t ALBERT. lf.,,Pl)::"Zitent'',:4!: the illii'l',Pßq. " -I 'AIZATIVE ANATOMY "Itfir:l:.,trit,li)!4' 4‘lll'er b 4,46 ()% t ',' 1) R 4A Tie READING, b y lAp'..„'"„'l. ' Gtollo°t `ItuTICI/6,,,.'°11:T.N-O-T airs. NG." NI, • Urtts D eitt , A E, by A NfAXEPEAUE. t bl b Y , r 4 )41141) thBB°LVIN. ' P t . ?? ? D ' E sq., on SONGS and SONG , .. .8 9,„„ Gvi 1 , , .t, 1 - : 4 ( t .,,lte front iinq,Oß ,` l,, WS of the by 1)r TtAcunoFFNER. iq t tl ikt o rttie l 7l ) o, 01 fie P,slendia NT ‘...,"" LATE * BATTLES, and of .., n Bux-ilite,d t1,:‘,83 th,',,ivinß D IORAMA depicting the , C oi , . _ te , ,noRAIrAs B:antic. and embracing Views 0I 1 1 .111 tliAtik:3lo lI MA, It ' e., &c., & e . er t 'if PrOt 11 ' l'ari, , n Z l ia l hd, „, e cted b y Roya l Letter RYA ht. t.,..0d0 „„ The Inia.„.,enrecl bY the Seals of the F,eole 4 ~,,„. 0, R 6,.. The ifp.ip -"al College f I li 'l hes t n ttli er . 4 .lifiti,, -', ..NT AR , xo 0 Medicine, :Nt erse n. frnm'inero-ottnrrh,o.li s, of to h:I tnces oil, t h r n , are ereevlee'sses, accid ent, l o;Circabe '. . ,: l lek k i ll Y, in t I er,o rs , t n i te, enterin„ Um married state by 6 , e ir , m , t ile short alttp.slil„.44Bl:nvattiable. "k%t"' bereketa thou thos e i of tbre; d N°. 2 ' 4 ,, hi, D'rti ":o; ll ,2 4 4ht a bisnrd,rsaYsi, c ompletely and entire 3, miti an er 64t , , Fic Dann ? kutidote for' Capivi and Clealb!Di l'lt4 ` ll4 tel ( ' ) ntcli c , 1. 1111. , ,Z t ,'., ( in. ' the ruin of the 11 it i tet 4 .'le t , it Yth a I,niltv Tt et,l. :li AR , N o. 3 lit'lr,ll% i ti ktip ii 4'1,11 ph for for that class of Di rders whicr , 4 4 q , ti, t l, the ip ''' the T ,,,, .' In treats vri . th Nt '° v to ' the in 411 0 141 ' 44 , ‘; °rl d cul l , ent ' 00n,titution, and rc which all tb• e 6, ill th t ,a.Se ikt ' .I, 2 ot re move an d it ti b l e oo. 41'1 flitsjiatind3.l,kare alike dev o id of t a. , t „ r einf . ,ll te . . ~ , ,Ae,..1 0 1 k 1.,, ell at t i i ' ;'''l'elted -"eY al lie on the toilet, tai 9, i iiirre,j, -, ..its n,,,-', e aell' i l l, cs gt.',lla nt , n 4 ,1 vi i n iniet ere( )Te!! by post, 2s. extra, divided int. I, 6p ifi l ,'; ; i t iil , ~,,t (~n_ieaie and y.,,Valpeau, Lallemxml, Ron)! byt,ii!t,t?}),.::,ittrigha;• (73. vf"ZEt:lrfltalfLo. ndon of John itconn.(Z: 114'1,1,4tr::(1,1er. /j,arligtiqt, 46, Mark e4 t -n s. d tr:erZfa r nchister : it' 'all, nnl,lPowel:gale, Bolton ; J. n rießtl ' y, chemist, 52 , ,ii<, iiizb'n.,,tsre__)!r, 15. Wistmoreland-street, 'Oc) 41 V Li mt, Birmingham. 1 0 11 er v.. e . kit e Nit P v - N D sT A ~,, els e A (.1 r. , I, ii„ -, , it ~',;4 • ., 4t the, { .ir g, ~z,,, . , fl,e 1,-};: Pc,,, . reOnh,ithe and Purfleet Piers. ~ , -..,,,t ti a i'llkee;iiti2ler.ined (weather permitting ,t, gltA,VX•b,gl) 4t • t \ NRN ArNO A y. 'Pii nt 7-1 it .7 :a 4 4114 12.4 1,, 41,,,, --. , lik;,:i t ' la:es r , f ____ 431; t er a 're p, ' „ la l(4 t A,4 h.rnUreil- ~, ti ~ r, street Station to all par' :4 , 4 , .. it tlb 'ins !sL Aci k w ‘ T. ‘,. ' a , na the FeriChurh f e et , t *- -----....._ e ' i,. 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T T , 4 r I IPS, 14 , 41 1 71 i , i tt i ;Yh1, t0,.., 0 DEBILITY;' e,, 1 N,,0b t ,N, eor r actle.," l 4 . ; and Ctme —An r y tt,) v i.hi n , lle d b treatm-e Observation's on a ' sa ss f a er a o n n d to e r r e - . l ;cts,a , ? iet :i 4, ijintahe „enofolhthe diseagas of the Generative M t i t e l r o osco l pe in detecting and k , Z Ol P ' t ht y '-',l tit i'° Mpl r aj h e : t ertlinati e on 4, 4 4 14 1 3 ; i tar b : ''t elic„:,. whether 'arisinrgea from c" 'e solitary nd ef'fetof %,q1, 1 ,, , , 1 1, llty, , T e rs ape r iZ e . c. follo w el by Practical rerrmrks,founded , . kik:l i t .l : l ll,Z:_ l htii;:y W eak Wa the treatment of Impuissance. , b, l es 0 .. e a "i, , 1 on thee", i l ) erniatorrhola, &c. To which l'ort,leßero,"e evils _ I hysiology of Marriage, with pre -11 41 , - 't (11,0„. rernadie:Manating from empiric& pr; ctice, k ~ , erB. advocated by various writei.s on '.4 ll l ; fr , of Iv 11 1) ' ‘aNitr t 4 ''e Celt O Tt ". LA'AIERT HI D ).telq, l t , eine l l-S Q u '• • 4 'it . 4 4 Al. s AR E, LONDON, 0t4,tt,,,,„ or A , Ite rm ., e llia?.ed m +lll,e, sti al eett, -- et of f,,, ember of the University of Edir lin , h 11 , r, ob, eeart ea . „,, e Londor Hospital Medical Society t 1 itt eltl e et of . "all. Io d t i , s' 4 4 e Dr n i? ir c , t hle tee, ' n °n• 14e " ate "' 1.,.i , ei prt Tr, c„ t 1 ' .se is to point out the fearful con oittota,, or tt atur el m ore a n habits, Irregularities, and excesses, 4; 1. ph'irly r c list, e , dec ay antmaerY to Youth, degradation to Man % itlSll;! l est " .,Orttr ee k oeW n i c all a tairea of Life, than, perhaps, an 1,4 t " , 14„ , ndi tt n „Oed t o „mMern pathologists It. perusal is itin,4: 11 184„, ,, n, and ;,',iertis entertaining secret doubts of 1,1,17)41ot, . ancl p ri „ o are conscious of having hazarded 1,7r114 4 Of ee ls-egesln which every human being is N> t4 k(l irlev'3')eale"ftrY thatall It li h a ky or tlfs , t rr lana„ ine : , Mon Should know, that there an t., t, ttli t...., nettles 4 it which cannot be violated without , tt,,Y h tl Ate,i' l 'ensid er. ,.. lid when wisdom and regret succeed '4vrltp t - 17 t v ii`. ho w thi.ce self-indulgence, how these enalties 4: ) 4itb,' 1 ,, t aea,.:411 it s log of their bitterness may he removed t eti e4 ;llos h it t( ' %Vet:llly con` loge triay be avoided, and above all, IN 11 11 1 , 4 4 .h for ~ t he tin let °, o ' PhYsical infltro;ty or functions iqt,it,ttet, e t, tr e ,c , 2 l eri e . ,f. Yearsthese h . ee° engaged In an extensive. etith 0.6 ...h,,,. m in , o delicate complaints, which have t.,..,,YOL,',,Prei,,_.great',•:,,rly confided to the peat r 0 ot ignorant iN t ° 4, ~,': 1 . )1, , :i4 1 . 011,, 'Pi Y on those wh are Induced to place t, hy ' 1 5, ~i. 0., 2 1,' , 1y ,„._ N I st doi... ir.,,,, , _ 4, p at43 ,':'_ l sY he bad, price Is of Messrs. Piper, LAi ? l e in.„ . " to ,tnr-so,iar,ster.,row : Hannay '63 Oxford-street ; `lt th,%t a , 3 " addre', l 4 . l orl, 39, Cortinin ; or • fr oe iy post for -1 ktnr, (9.441 441 otn the kuthor% resideticl. 17. Bari" . (1 414 E r , ra .c.ieven ild, Two and from -I_ on the arrive I-street Stati, 4 UNDAYE Pe r ,. c hureb Atreet . : I 2 94 li 24 5 d ondtm 1 : Rio r'il— o. PUBLICATIONS. 13, MIRA t' MARLBOROUGH RTREET. V - ENV PUBLICATIONS and CHEAP NEW EDITIONS of 81 ANDARD W 'RKS. MEMOIRS of the RIGHT HON. RICHARD LALOR SHELL. By Toga Ns .111`CuLLAGn, Esq. 2 vols., with Portrait, bythal. MR. 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Bro., price 7s. 6d., INE, its USE and TAXATION : an Inquiry into the Effect of the Wine Duties on Consump tion and Revenue. By SIT-JAMES ESIBREION TBNNENTrK.C.S., Sce-. James Madden, 8, Lea tenhall-street, and through any bookseller. Price 15. and upward', LONDON LABOUR and the LONDON POOR, by HENRY MAYFIE W, •shich has teen sought for by thou sands un•uccessfupy du in-r the past two years, can now be supp led in numbers, cloth, or ha'f morocco, bound copies, having the whole of the valuable lette , s of, and answers to, correspondents, arranged to be rend untnter uptedly ; all advettisements, Ste., attached cn publ'cation be , ng excluded. Georg,. Newbold, of 8, Regent-street, Westminster, and of all book sellers. _ _ N. R.—A price list of sets in nine different forms forwarded on ap• plicaton. THE IMPERIAL VISIT.—PAUL and DOMINIC CoLNAGIII and Co., 13 and 14, Pall-mall East, Punlishers to her Majesty. beg t • announce .hat they will imme diately produce a Work, with letter-press descriptions, representing the prkeipal incidents connecte 1 with the Vis t of their Imperial ajesties to her Majelt , Queen Victmla, from drawings executed at the emnmand of Per Majesty by Mes. - 4 ,, . Lout. lia2h,. and George Thomas. Six Plates Price 2/. 2s. ;or Coloured and Mounted in a Fol o, 41. 4s. The Third Eiltion.—Just published, price 55., by post, tree, he. 6d. O N TRU E & FA LSE SP ERMA TO RRWEA , 4witt the Vie of distii•gulsiiing the imaginary from the Neal vufferers under this diseas', and C Trecting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From he ifermar .11 let .'ICK Mt kto . With an inttoduotion by the Editor. containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued f - y the advertising quacks of he metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. : ICAtOt• '8 known. w English readers by his frequent praet,- "; ~,.!rihution, to German medical literature, This is the firs, we. he Informs us, that he has addresses:l himself to the non-medi• al -ender. We trust this truss not be the last, if he shall 'etect an) Cher equally flagrant evil which It ma) be in his •ower to cor ect, " —London Me deal Gazette. .` rhe tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' end ' itedieal Friends,' are mercilessly exposed and if this book .ould find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com laint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would e saved much needless suffering of lootly and mind, and what is of ass importance, though it Is that which the quacks most prize— ouch money.— —This volunie is well qualified to put an end to the , npirical system of treating Spennatorrhcea, and to place the treat neot upon 4 more rational and physiological basis. it is, therefore, •ik.. , y .0 do much good," London: IL rtalliere. 219. Regent-street. CONTRACT FOR PACK-SADDLES. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 2d May, 1855. VOTICT IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons _LI (It divas of contracting to supply_ 10,000 I'ACK SADDLES, that proposals in writing, addressed to the secretary to the Board of Ordnance, sealed up and marked on the outside, "Tender for Peck- 4 a1,11ep," will be receive! at the Ordnance Office, Pall-mall, on or before 12 o'clock, 11th Instant . Parties tendering are desired not to use any form but that issued by the Board of Ordnance, which may be obtained, by letter addressed to the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, or on personal application, between the hours of 10 and 4, at the Ordiance Office. Patterns and ,pecificat , ons may be seen en application to the 'nspector, Royal Carriage De} artment, Woolwich. CONTRACT FOR WAGGONS. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Ist May, 1855. NJOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons desirous of contracting to supply 901 LTGHT WAGGONS, of 8 cwt., that proposals in writing, addressed ,o the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, sealed up and marked on the outside "'lender for Wag gons, will be received at the Ordnance Office, Pall-mall, on or belt) • 12 o'clock, 1 th May, 1855. Parties tendering are desired not to use any form but that Issued by the Board of Ordnance, which m ty be obtained by letter addressed to the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance. or on personal application, between the hours of 10 and 4, at the Ordnance Office; but as the time for the livery of these waggons will be very limited, parties who do not possess machinery for thv manufacture of these articles need not apply By order of the Board. J. WOOD, Secretary. pIIRSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, RILEY against LAPWORTH, he Creditors of James Riley, late of Seymour-place, Bryanston square, in the County of Middlesex, gentleman, formerly of Old Bond-street, carpet mahufaeurer. 'who died in or about the month of February', 1845, are, by their solicitors, on or before the fourteen h day of May, 1855, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Chanctliar Kindersley, at No. 3, stone-build ings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof; they will be peremptorily excluded flour th. benefit of the said Decree. Saturday, the nineteenth day of May, 1855, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudi cant/ upin she claims. Dated this 18th d , y of April, 1855. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. KING and ATT wA I Elf •, 3, Lyon's-Inn, Strand, Plaintiff's Solicitors. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in the matter of the E tate of ESTHEr. RA TNE. de !eased, and of the Trustee Ilel!et Act, 10 and 11 Victoria, ,Chapter 96, the next of kin of Esther Maine, late of Richmond, in the counts of York, spinster, tv , o died on •T about the Hh day of March, +834 living at tr:a time of her c eath, and at the time of the Oeath of Esther Maine. the younizer, who die t o ; or about the 6th day or March, 1854, or the leg 1 I,ersorpil eur..en atives or representative of any such next of kin respectively a 4 have since died ; also, he next of kin of the said Father Ralne, the younger, formerly of Little e..senden, in the malty of Rucks, nut late of W ndsor, in the county of Betts, spinster. living at the time of h r death, or the legal per; sonol representatives or representative or such of them as have since died, are, y their soli-itor., on or before the 11th da , f of June, 1855, to come in and ;lake out their, ht., or her claims or clalo as such next of kin o- legal per,o , ,ire.presentatives or representative, at the Chamt'ers of Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kinders:ey, No. 3, Stone-buildVirs, LiticAn's inn. Mid 'loses, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded f• om the benefit of t-e said order Tuesday. the 19th .•ay of June, 1i55, at 10 ck at no D. at the said hambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the clams. Dated this 3d day of May, 1555. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. ROYAL HO FEL AND PUBLIC ROCMS,IPLYMOU Flo BE LET, by Public Survey, for a term of 1. Fourteen Ye as ' frorn Christmas, 1855, by Mr. WILLIAM SEMI, ON, auctioneer. All that capital Hotel, called the ROYAL lit) TN.; 1., in the borough of Plymouth, with the public rooms attached, e , erpri-iee an Assembly R arm, Concert Room, Tea or Card Ito ,m, and R freshment Room; with the wel -frequented Victualling or Ale EI. 'use, called the HOTEL TAP, situate in the rear of the hotel and contiguous to the stah'ing. This spacious edifice, which, in connection with the theatre, forms one of Vie most conspicuous orna ments of the town of Ply mouth, is equally distinguished by the beauty of its ex ernal architecture as by the corn ..leteness of its internal accommodation. The build n.: comprises fifty-three sleep ing apartments and eleven sitting rooms, besties an excellent com mereial room and coffee room, with dressin,i rooms, and every other requisite fir the comfort of a numerous assemblage cf r nests. The stable-yard includes every convenience nor stabling alout sixty hems, with accommodation for twenty-five carriages, in locked up coach-house.. The first-rate character maintaihe r by this estab lishment for so many years, and its extensive conn-ctions thrcugh out the West of England, render uperfluous any enumeration of its advant ,ge 'us features, whilst the increasing population of the town and neighbourhood, and the progre,sive extension of harbour and railway accommodation, attract ng annually increa ed numbers of visitors to the port of Plymouth, insure a continued augmentation of its present large run of business, in the hands of a spirted lessee. For letting the above property, a public survey will be held at the Guildhall of the said borough of Plymouth, on Thursday, the sth day of June next, at one o'clock in the afternoon ; and further par ticulars of the proprety may be obtained, awl the conditions of letting known, in the mean time, on application to the auctioneer, No. 11, Bedford-street, Plymouth, or to MR. CHARLES C. WHITEFORD, Town Clerk, Plymouth, Town Clerk's Office, Plymouth, April 30th, 155. A Beautiful Complexion, and Soft and Fair Hands and Arum, are fully realised and sustained by the use of ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, an Oriental Botanical Preparation, distinguished for its extremely bland, p,,ritylng, and soJthing effects on the Skin ; while, by its action on the pores and minute secretory vessels, it promotes a healthy tone, so essential to the general well-b.ing of the akin and the beauty of It' , appearance. Freckles, Tan, Pimples, Spots, Discoloration, and other cutaneous visitations, are eradicated by the KALYDOR, and give place to a radiant bloom and transparency of clmplexion. Dur ng the beat and dust of summer, and IR case of sunburn, stincs 'of insects, or incidental inflammation, its virtues have long and ex tensively been acknowledged. Prig 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per Bottle. CAUTION.—The words " ROWLANDs' KALYDOR," are on the Wrap per, and "A. ROWLAND and Sons, 20, I tatton-garden, f ndon," in red irk, at foot. Sold by them, and by Chemists and Perfumers. THE EMPEROR'S CAPE. A New Woollen Mate , lal of very light texture, thoroughly Water pr.of and free from unpleasant odour very graceful n ap,) arance, as a protector from rain and dust,: will Fold In .o small a space that it may be carried without any in conven enee Its price (plain) is 26s Can only be procured at E. MOd E'S and SON'S establishment or its Branch es , elegant t r immed with silk, 355. Z. MOSES and SON are Merchant TAilors, Clothiers. Ratters, Hosiers, °hid Alltmliac •urers, Bo,t and shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. CAUTION.— E. Moses Hn t RON beg to state theyhave no oonnexion with any other ho use i n or out of London, except their own Esta blishm.mt‘, as foll ow: London City Establishment, corner of the Minories, and Aldgate (opposite th. church). street London West-end Bran c h , N ew Oxford -street, corner of llart- Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Wholesale Branch —Melbourne, Austral4a. The establishments a e closed from sun et on Fridays till sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. IMPO RTANT. —•Should any article not give Ratistacti•sn it will be ex changed or, if preferrt d, the moeey returned without hesit stion: All goads are marked in Math figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. A New Book, with lists of prices, system of self-measurement, and other In (=nation, may be had on appli cation, or post free. An Illustrated almanac for 1855 gratis, on application.or post free . Tel on parte Francais. 1 Qui si Paris Itallano. bier spricht wan .Deutsch. i A9u l4 oe Nib's &sPailliol• , . 4e - . • • NEWSPAPER / "/ ,--, ~..---- 1.-ifuz..; r --, 4 - a. -, - 4 . . , 40 1.0. .% f- , _ --- 1 ill, and looks as if the enemy were m . . : -',,,,..•:•nry - '. 'il „y"."' 4l . • , i.tt0,,,,, . , .. ~,, _ _ _ ......__ .... ...._ ____ ----- ----- -- r -for a Twee attack on their position I --'''' --,' ;.. „. , 4 , --- ' This evening the Lelpard steam frig. - irrt - f , , A., 1. . . ..! 'COM -f - -- ' , r 11 0 44 , . c. . art •Au , , •,..re. Ali 4- iii;l l •, ~ •/. 0.,A,2---, , , ~.. . 0 0 .....,„. At• k , 4 4 , ,Th - - ' , 1• ,, , 15... , itid •• t A / "'", • , .1 - i Corfu with 600 of the 48th Regiment on b 44, 4 s c, A ), ,' ' , iii , '--s,e: -., -,. ♦ -,bwm,,,,401 * - 4 . 1 1'1•, - _ Liz') ..5..,,,:„:" N - , 3 , i 'ls A ",, ''' • ' l7'''' ' ' ' '4'l/. --*'"...4" 1 -41 \ " ' ''-----L'4 11--- : 11 7, , 1, D ' ROIT . - 4 - ~ —•-, 1, , / , . ~., 1 . , - ! ;night, aEncingsluisoohlae,id : sharp fighting in the e 4 P n ß c i he s ' r 6 il ia II : . " . 'V.(' , ','D"Z... % 1A 1 , • . r-iA, 'a capturing the first of the riff PIL 21. The attack on the r ifl e - p i ts on the ,nifiht A o fthe 19th was more severe in its resn'ts than was at first supposed ; 2 officers and 21 men were killed, and t officers and 30 men, lit is said, are wounded. Last night another attack was made imon the second rifle kit. At the first symptom of our advance the Rus sians fled with precipitation, and ablndoned their post to our Men, who instantlyoccup'ed it. Later in the night a considerable number of the enemy's skirmishers came down, and between them and our men in the pits some hot, volleys were exchanged. A desultory skirmishing fight 'was maintained in this manner for three or four hours, when the Russians, having sustained considerable loss, again withdrew. In this affair our casualties were heavy, but by no means equal to the loss of the night before. AR yet I have heard of no officer being either killed or wounded. Last night orders were sent down to measure the steamers in Balaklava, to a.certain the stowage for troops. It is rumoured that an expedition to Yalta is intended, so as to take the Russian defences round Tchourgoum in the rear. THE TURKISH ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. 1 TURKISH CAMP, HEIGHTS -.1. ABOVE BALAKLAVA, April 20th.—Yesterday the Turkish corps gave the first signs of its existence here by taking part in a reconnaissance, which was undertaken towards the valley of the Tchernaya. They took one day's provisions with them, and they marched down in silence towards Balaklava. When ar rived there they halted for a moment, and then began to ascend the steep mountain road which leads up to the heights on the cast of Balaklava. After having passed the last sentinel on the road the avant-garde, formed of the Chasseurs and a battalion of the 6th Regiment, under the command of Colonel Ogil vie, advanced carefully, exploring the country and oc cupying the heights on both sides of the road, whilst the rest of the infantry, the mountain guns, and half a rocket battery which had been lent by the French, fol lowed in a long line, The avant garde halted on the slope on which the road divides, and Omer Pasha, with his staff, came up, in company with General Estcourt. The road to the right was explored, but no trace of the enemy seen any where. At the village of Klruara, near the church, a squadron of Cossacks—the first trace of the enemy —were seen lounging about in careless security, from which they were awakened by the sound of a few rockets which were sent down among them, and which induced them to retreat towards a solitary mamelon, situated b e hi n d 'Camara, towards the r i ver b e d o f the Tchernaya. The Chasseurs were sent down and occupied the church and the wall around it, Their tirailleurs took up a position along the Woronzow-road, which runs close behind the Village. At the same time oar cavalry was seen to ap proach from Balaklava in two columns. The English cavalry, a ith the 10th Hussars in front forming the right, and the French and Turkish cavalry forming the left. The Russians did not wait for them, but slowly re tired over the Tchernaya and occupied the road leading up behind the village of Tchorgoum. The Chasseurs followed them down to the river, where the Cossacks, who, contrary to their habits, had scarcely fired a shot, gave a harmles4 volley. As there seemed to have been no intention to push forward the reconnaissance the order for retreating was given, and the troops marched back through the plain, bringing with them three lances, one of which was pointless, which had been left behind, besides a quantity of salad which was found in the church of larnara. The Chasseurs d'Afrique, with their usual carefulness, took likewise wood with them from the hovels of the Cossacks. It is rumoured to-day, in the Turkish camp, that the Cossacks have been more successful, as they caught an English commissariat ( ificer, who, with two companions, had remained after the withdrawal of the troope. I cannot tell you how far this may be true. • APRIL 21. Last night the watch-fires of the Russians shone much brighter than they for some time have do-e, and appre hemi seem to h ive been enter a'n dof an attack, Bo the Turkish cav, lry went out at dawn ac i d exchanged a few shots with the Cossacks, but did not see any trace of an army. The firing is diminishing very much, obl.Y n ow and then a rep or t is heard ; at night the muske t ry becomes difference very brisk, e l se one wou ld scarce ly observe any between the o ld ti mes o f p re p a ration and now. HANOVER•SQUARE CONCERT ROOMs.—Yesterday e t v o en - Er, and ing a performance of anthems and organ m o u_si m c r. G. place in these rooms, under the , able direction f presided at the Cooper, organist of St. Sepulchre R, recentlye rE C l t e eP r d g c on s i s ted M: el's of y rs. nGrayew and and Powerful Davison. choristers and gentlemen from the Chapel Royal, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and other oho.:rs. The several pieces, including - selections from Sporh, organ The 0 p be entire performance appeared to give much satisfac- Mendelssohn, Ousely, and Purcell, went well o ion to a numerous ,audit.nc3. AEDUCTION IN THE RATE OF DISCOIINT.--The Bank of England, ye.terday, reduced th e i r rate of d' ank from 44 i per cent., at which it had s t oo d s discount last month, to 4 per cent. An advancence the sth o f having been caused by the anticipation in th e f un d s no further alteration has resulted of the me asure, It general satisfaction, s i nce it is regar will ded with which is greatly need e d , while impart confidence, value of money, whi c h was its influence on the actual adopted, will b e t oo slight already belo w th e rate now to Lave, i n any i mportant degree, an unf avourable Probably 4 per cent, will action on th e f ore i gn exchanges. The contingen c i es of remain the ra t e f ora l ong t i me. an extended w ar an d o f th e nex t harvest arty those Which direction, might operate i n an a d verse , and on the other h an d t h ere i s the certainty by arrival s from xof sp ec i e must soon b e i ncrease d Australia, which have been delayed for weeks by easterly the w ar are not alcTiands charactermarket, to less i e th n t e h a e cr sbi d s a i yo i money further e ' ont n ra c c e tio w n of business is observable, while by far the largest proportion of direct expenditure incurred is for home materials and labour. Russia, meanwhile, is obliged to import d rain nse sup plies, and to submit, in conse quence, to a of gold which has for many months assisted in producing that favourable state of our money relations with the conti nent which is still maintained and is likely to continue. Under these circumstances, the harvest is the most im portant subject of co nsideration, and, although no opi nion can yet be formed on its prospects, the fact is ob vious that the lowering of the rate of interest can bave no bearing on it, except such as Trudence would dictate, since, as far as it has any effect, it can only increase the facilities for importations of grain at the present moment, and to that extent lessen the possible evils of a failure, Times' City Article. This was the pit to which I have already so fre quently alluded, as having caused such annoyance and 1 ?as to the working parties in our new advanced trench. Orders were sent down for 250 of the covering party on the right attack (composed entirely of Regiments from the Light Division) to advance and capture the pit. The men accordingly moved down quietly to where the ad vanced work terminated, close to the first trench. Col. Graham Egerton, field officer in charge of the trenches, led the party. • At a given signal our gallant fellows dashed from the breastwork, and, with a smothered cheer, ran straight upon'! the trench. The enemy appeared completely sur prised, and fired a scattered volley. One of these shots unfortunately killed Captain Audley Lempriere, of the 77th,! on the s p o t, as b e was i n the act of cheering on fired, the inen. The instant th e volley was the e Russians spra ng ou t o f the trench, without any fur ther attempt at resistance and began flying in all direct ions.. Some were 'shot as th e y ran , b ut t h e ma j ori ty esc aped The trench was i mme di ately occup i e d by suc h o f our troops as it would contain (about 50), while the others endeavoured to reverse the sand-bags, so as to cover the men fro m t h e Russian side, in case f an attempt to re take it. Whi!e engaged in this manner, a column of Russians, about 1,000 strong. was observed advancing from th e shelter of the Malakhoff, and hardly had Col. . Egerton tim e to dispose his men in such a manner as best to contend against the overpowering force, when the enemy rushed up and tried to close with the trench. They were received with a heavy volley, before which those who survived it recoiled in terror, and stood for a moment as if uncertain or irresolute how to act. They were not, h owever, left long to deliberate, for h as fast ati t as our men c ould lead they a fired into their esing assailants, who, as if to s ve themselves, again' tried t o c l ose. , This time their attack was more determined, and an obstinate fight took place. Those that closed with our , troops were met with the bayonet and hurled back again, while some that had sprung into the pit were killed on the instant. Col. Egerton was in the so midst of the he contest, struck cheering an d animating the him in the cou rse o f a fe,vr ldiers, whenwas .wh bullet, whi c h kil led , the enemy were again d r i ven b ack. though nut before riin it ufas e After the d re pulse, the Russi ans con t en t e d t h emselves withs econ skirmish ing behind stones and hillocks at a safer distance, and, after collecting their wounded, retired to their works without an attempt to renew the struggle. Our troops remained in possession of the trench unmolested for a short time after the enemy had retired. The batteries then opened, and knowing doubtless the precise range, we suffered severely from some of the shells, and the round shot also injured the new work, but not to any seri ous extent. After the cannonade had continued about half an hoUr a few skirmishers again approached the trench, no doubt in the expectation of finding it evecnated ; but, on discovering that we still maintained our posts, they beat a r recipitate r e t rea t, an d t h e men were no fu rther ' inter fered :with for the rest of the night. The total loss to the English in this affair was sixteen men killed, and 29 wounded. While this struggle was going forward on the right a strong and sudden attack was made upon the lodgment which the French had effected in the Flagstaff Battery on the extreme left. Our allies appear to have been slightly taken by surprise, as, after a brief resistance, they Were compelled to abandon their lodgment, and fall back ! upon the first breastwork, which they threw up immediately after the mine was snrung. They have thus, I for the present at least, lost 80 feet of most im porta t ground, b u t th ey speak confidently of being able to re ain it t o - n i g h t, and of this I believe there is little doub . i r The fire (hiring to-day has been very slack on both sides, and it is rumou , fel that 9 ach gun of the allies is to he still further cut down from 30 to 10' rounds per day. The Russians fired very few guns from their south works to-day, but the north side, on the contrary, fired heavily. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1855. It.- 'ALBERT SMITH'S MONT fib A.NC, Y TO-NIGHT, at 8 o'llock, and Every Night (but Saturday). 4 talls, 3s. ; Area, 29.; Gallery, Is. The Morning Representation 9 take place every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock. Egyptian II all, Piccadilly. lAPPIN'S "SHILLING" RAZOR. L.l' Sold everywhere. Warranted good by the makers, JOSEPH MAPPIN and BROTHERS, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield; and 37, Moorgate-street, City, London. ItIAPPIN'S SUPERIOR TABLE KNIVES, i V A as made for the Crystal Palace, Sydenham ; handles cannot possibly become loose : the blades are all of the very first quality, being their own Sheffield manufacture. Buyers supplied at their London Warehouse, 37, 3foorgate-street, City; and Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield. Capital Modern Furniture, 70 line Pictures from various collections, old Indian and other China, Carved Oak Tables and B•okcases, old and modern Marqueterie Cabinets and Tables, and several other articles of German and French make. • MESSRS. BULLOCK will SELL, TO-MOR ROW, at 11 o'clock, at their great Rooms, 211, High holborn, an assemblage of HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS, including some capital Rosewood Drawing-room Furniture, Walnut Tables, Cheffonier, Chairs, a handso:ne gilt Console Table and Glass. Car pets, Curtains. Lamps. glazed Mahogany Bookcases, Wardrodes, Mahogany, French, Arabian and 4-post Bedsteads and Bedding, Toilets and Washstands, Cheval and other Glasses, Mahogany Par lour Tables, Chairs, and Sofas, Service of Plated items, and some old and modern Books and Prints.—May be viewed, and catalogues had. have been offered, we do not wholly break off futile and dis creditable negotiations, and prove to Russia that we rely, as with much justice we may, rely, on the united energies and resources of England and France to bring her pretensions within reason and moderation ? It is mere self-delusion to talk of peace now. We must make up our minds to fight it out with a stout heart and a strong hand. The people have been disgusted, and with reason, with the mismanagement of the army; but, though these things have roused their indig nation against our Ministers, they have, so far as we are aware, done nothing towards lowering their spirit or their well merited confidence in the courage and resources of the nation. When we look at their mismanagement we may in deed feel shame, but when we regard our own conduct we have nothing to blush for. The,people of this country undertook the war on a den. 'and well-defined principle, from which they, at least, have never 'shrunk or wavered. They have undertaken the burdens of fresh taxation without a murmur, and relieved the wants of our' neglected army with princely munificence. All that we have lost has been from causes clearly preventible. Our men were sent to Devno in despite of warnings of its deadly malaria. Starvation, over work, exposure, want of medicine, want of medical comforts —nay the very shipwrecks themselves —were all occasioned by causes within our owriecntrol, and which, if we courd only rescue ourselves from the deadly incubus which oppresses us, need never return again. We have never met the enemy but to conquer them, and inflicted upon them losses and dis graces such as broke the proud sprit of one Emperor and already throw a dark shadow far into the reign of his suc cessor. We have shut up the Russian fleets, demolished at a blow the commerce of the country, and are at this moment spreading terror on the coasts of provinces which hundreds of thousands of men are deemed barely sufficient to protect. Our army is in high discipline and full of ardo nr — o ur navy desires nothing so muclLusan ppportunity o f di st i nct i on. W e h ave maintained ourse ves by o urown strength and that of our ally for six months, under e very possible disadvantage, in a, position from which all efforts of so many Generals and armies have been unable to dislodge us. • Add to this the necessary derangement of the finances of a vast and poor „ w a ry , _ Ala. tar enormous 'ffeenuizry nserifieent.and drained of its very heart's blood by the ever-increasing draughts of the conscription. Why should we despair with such a prospect ? Why tsrnish our honour and lower our prestige by attempts to wheedle from our enemy that peace which we must eventually be able to dictate on our own terms, and conciliate that support from timid and vacillating Courts, without which we are well able, by courage and per severance, to reduce our enemy to submission ? Let us have no Ministers but those whose hearts are in the cause, no Generals, no Admirals, but those who really mean to win by the utmost exertions of courage and enterprise, and we need no shabby compromises, no discreditable and colourable con cessions. But, if we are determined to carry on war in a lukewarm way —if we are to , hink more of conciliating, sup port than of winning battles—if we are to have Ministers who represent their own timidity and feebleness, instead of the manly and earnest spirit which animates the country,—then, with or hout Austria, with or without Prussia, with or without negotiations and protocols, there is nothing for us but to descend from our high position among the natio/14, and confess that we are unable to fight for our rights, because we have not patriotism to form an honest, or courage to sup p ort a vigorous, Government. ATAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Pyla.ios, 20, screw steam corvette, left Sheerness yesterday at 10.45 a.m., with the gun-boats Redwing, Thistle, and Starling in tow, for the Baltic. The Volcano, 3, p ddle-wheel steam-vessel, left at 10.20 a.m, yesterday, witn the gun-boats Dapper and Badger in tow, for the Ba tic. The Porcupine, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant- Commander G. M. Jackson, remains in harbour, waiting Ad miralty orders to proceed to the Baltic with gun-boats in tow. The Odin, 16, paddle-frigate, Captain Willcox, is expected to touch at Portsmo .th on her' way to the Black Sea, with the new mortar vessels, to take in supernumeraries and par cels for the Black Sea fleet. The new steam gun-boat Leander was taken out of Portsmouth yesterday, to test her machin ery, her first trial since fitted out. T,e new mortar vessel Magnet was clocked y sterday at Portsmouth, to be fitt e d forthwith for service. The Jasper new steam gun-boat was taken out of the basin at Portsmouth yesterday, after being fitted with the iron bulwark plates, du:. The Malacca, 17, screw corvette, Captain F. rquhar, will join the fleet at Spit head to-day. The Dee steam transport returned to Wool wich, from Portsmouth, yesterday. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. Commander.--Charles R. Johnson, from the Colossus, to the Coastguard. Lieutenants.—Henry Cakely, to command the Spy brigan tine, on the South-east Coast of America station ; John 0. Kidd, to the Hastings ; Alfred Young, to the Formidable ; Henry P. Dicken, to the Royal William ; Robert Poole, from the contract mail service, to St. Vincent. Paymaster.—James Towell, from the Miranda, to the Terrible. Acting Paymaster.—E. Barnes, tothe Miranda, vice Towell. Acting Assistant-Surgeon.—T. Murray, to the Majestic. Temporary Clerks.—S, Watson and W. C. Williams, to the Royal Albert. Midshipmen.—A. C. Adams, to the Childers ;F.H. S. Hood, to the Horatio; J. Hawkins, L. C. Keppel, and S. Osborne, to the Duke of Wellington ; J. M. D. Elphinston, to the Bulldog ; F. D. R. Broughton to the Tartar ; F. S. H. Webber and J. W. Lambe, to the Russell ; R. C. Raster and E. W. Hereford, to the Hawke; It Sheepshanks and E. Durant, to the Falcon ; M. B. Midlycott, to the Orion ; Lord W. T. Kerr, to the Cornwallis. Naval Cadet.—F. P. Commellere, to the Nilo. Mate. -William R. Hobson, serving in the Rattlesnake, on the Pacific station, has been promoted to bo Lieutenant. Lieutenant Bell, of the Odin, has arrived at Woolwich, in command of a party of men, to take charge of the six mortar boats at Woolwich, and to load them with the necessary shells and ammunition, preparatory to their sailing for the Black Sea. THE FRENCH BALTIC FLEET. Rear-Admiral Peuaud, the French commander-in chief, with a portion of his fleet, arrived in the Downs yesterday from Cherbourg. The French admiral has his flag on the screw ship Tourville, and he has with him the Austerlitz and Duquesne, screw ships of the line, and the screw corvette D'Assas. THE WHITE SEA SQUADRON. Captain Baillie, of the Meander, 44, now in the Downs, was in town yesterday making preparations for proceeding at once to the White Sea, to commence operations on the Rus sians in that quarter. The Phcenix, 9, screw, Commander Hayes, and Ariel, 9, screw, Commander Luco, accompany the Meander. The squadron is quite ready to depart as soon as Captain Baillie has received his orders. Doubtless in the White Sea, as well as in the Baltic, the enemmy will be better prepared to meet us ,than they were last year. It wou ld h ave b een b e tt er , perhaps, if Captain Baillie had been supplied with a couple of gun-boats. LAND FORCES FOR THE BALTIC, Orders have been issued for the line-of-battle-ships St. George, 120 ; Neptune, 120 ; Powerful, 1 , 4 ; Calcutta, 84, now lying at Spitbead, under orders for particular service, to be held ready to embark a division of the French troops from the encampment at Boulogne to co-operate with the allied fleet in the Baltic. The Foreign Legion, t eino• embodied and trained at Heligoland, will also furni s h about 10,00) men for this service. THE GLATTON FLOATING BATTERY. The rig of the Glatton floating battery, now in dry dock at Sheerness, has undergone a third alt erat i on, cons id ere d more a pp r opriate for taking her across the North Sea. She is not to take her armament on board until sheitrrives in the Baltic. Her iron plates for covering her deck will not be put on board until she gets up the Baltic. Much discussion has arisen among profe,sional men as to the certainty of the iron plates, when expended from heat, dr.,wiug or breaking through their fastenings in taking their curve by expansion, the joints and butts being quite close. Au especial survey has been held by Admiralty order. • The most serious d e f ec t i s the lea k y state of the vessel, as a considerable removal of material must take place to ascertain the cause. The following gun-boats are now in Sheerness harbour, wait ing orders for sea ;—The Lark, Fancy, Otter,Weazel, Cracker, Clincher, and Boxer. There aro also in harbour the steam vessels Wildfire, Lizard, Myrtle, Janus, Porcupine, Fearless, Odin, and Rosamond. In dry dock, the H orat i o and Glattoa;2 in the basin the Trafalgar, Volage, and Cornwall. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. as }laving been sea-going hospital-ship. She is owned by Messrs. J. Bain es and Co., of The Great Tasmania sailing transport, Capt. C rowe, Lieut. fircsbtasreterrveicie' havi R. W. Clarke, Admiralty agent, was towed int o P ortsmouth harbour yesterday morning to prepare for th e reception of troops this day for the Crimea. She is of 2,163 tons, has t t ft h k r three f u ul p l d b e y c k t h s e , and v e . this m e is n t h Liverpool. She is intended to run between Scut ar i and home. She has cabin accommodation of the first-class f or 40 passen gers, and is fitted in every way most completely f or the com fortable accommodation of about 500 sick. Sh e i s American n and ei. built, and . was intended to be one of the Liv eipool.and Aus trali-n (Black Ball) line of packets. Her troops or i nva lid s will be berthed on the lower and middle decks, w hi c h are ventilated by shafts so admirably constructed that they cariy a y tile confined air of those decks clear to the upper deck, without allowing any escape to the decks through which they pass. Besides this, the decks are ventilated through the sides by ports and scuppers, making the atmosphere between decks very cool and salutary. She has provisions on board for four months for 1,200 troops ; also provisions for the same time for 509 invalids (to • return with), the greater ,por tion of which is preserved fresh meat. The ship was visited 'vest rday by numbers of naval and military officers all of whom (especially the dockyard officials) pronounced her the best fitted ship for the war transport service yet seen at Portsmouth. Her state cabin fittings rival oriental cones ma,,,,rnifi in some of their details, and the height between decks all below is nearly 8 feet. The Lancashire Witch sailing transport was towed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning to prepare for the reception of remounts of cavalry horses for the Crimea. The Panama sailing transport left Portsmouth yesterday for the Crimea, with about 800 tons of victualling supplies from the Royal Clarence yard, Gosport. The Royal Clarence d is in full work, and every officer and man doing kis beYstalt.o meet the demands upofrit. .-. • • ALARM OF FIRE ON BOARD THE DAUNTLESS. At 11.30 p.m., on the 20th ult., all hands were turned up on board the Dauntless (off Sebastopol), for the purpose of taking their turn at \ firing on the batteries. The steam was up, and she got under way, and gradually advanced in along the shore till within 700 yards, her guns being loaded with shell. She fired a broadside. The Russians in reply let fly almut 100 shells, which burst around the ship, one shell passing th roug h the forestays. Another broadside was immediately fired from the stea mer, when an explosion took place. The cry of " fire !" was raised, and she was steamed out as quickly as possible. The fire was extinguished in five minutes, and as soon as the smoke permitted it was discovered that the gun in the captain's cabin had burst, wounding four men and a boy, blowing away the beams, and part of the upper and main decks. The muzzle cf the gun was blown out of the port; the' rest flew around in huge pieces, smashing the cabin and everything in it. The master, clerk, and signal silidshipman were thrown off the hridg° on Pxscr SD. THE BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing despatch from General Canrobert, a summary of which has already appeared. It is dated April 17 • " Monsieur le Marechal,—l have the hono ur to mu-. der you an account of our successive' operations before this place. " After having maintained a fire during the day with a marked superiority over that of the enemy, we ad vanced our approaches during the nights between the 9th and 12th in the direction of the Flagstaff .Bastion, struggling all - the time with success against the posts, supported by strong reserves, which the enemy keeps in his ambuscades. " In the night between the 13th and 14th General P Pelissier took efficacious 'measures to assure to us the possession of the ground upon which the engineers were to advance towards the Central Bastion. The, operation was divided into two parties--Lthat of the right directed by General Rivet ; that of the left towards the Cmetery, directed by General 'Breton. , - " First of all the en em y' s ambuscades were carried with great vigour by four companies of the 46th, commanded by Chef de Battaillon Julien, and a company of the sth Chasseurs (Lieut. Copri): The - resistance of the enemy was most energetic, and the reserves made two or three vigorous attacks, but which could not overcome the re solution of our companies engaged. 'Supported by 'a de tachment of the Foreign Legion (Captain Robert), two companies of the 42d (Capt. Beauregard), and a company of 'the 14th (Lieut. Sauve), they valiantly maintained their ground. The ambuscades, `notwithstanding the solidity of their construction, were razed. On the left and in the rear the work of the engineers was protected by three companies Of the 26th, under thnrders of Cap n'= giclint rathaitt ittrielitheSigr Oirfi_ Reit excellent, and who was wounded at the head of his troop. " While these events were taking place, General Bre ton caused to be carried on the left, with the same energy and success, all the Russian ambuscades of the Cemetery, by six companies of the 98th, commanded by Chef de B ttaillon Gremion. Those companies, rein forced during the action by two others of the 9th battalion of Chasseurs, gave proofs of the most remark able intrepidity and solidity. The 98th (23d Leger) made here a brilliant debut. The enemy gave way after a very sharp fire, which did not cause our men to retreat even for a moment. These ambuscades were occupied and destroyed like those on the right. "Protected by this vigorously conducted double operation, the engineers were enabled to complete their levels and push on their works with activity.' A. new parallel was formed ; we propose to turn it to great advantage. "In this nocturnal affair, which was very brisk, and which does the greatest honour to our troops, we had 40 men killed, of whom 4 were officers, and 117 wounded. "As regards our app roac h es on the Flagstaff Bastion the effects of the enemy's artillery, acting at a very short distance, almost rendered them impossible, or at least they were only practicable at a considerable loss. Under these circumstances we endeavoured to form a trench half-way between our own parallel and the salient of the bastion with the assistance of our mines, which had been conveniently placed for that purpose. The train was fired on the evening of the 15th. The operation was per fectly successful. The engineer officers and sappers were immediately enabled to lodge themselves in an im mense fosse, of an avera ge d e p t h o f f our metres, the pos session of which was not disputed by the enemy. Thgir troops lined the fortification, and , kept up a sharp fire of musketry and cannon. " Our mortars, on their part, sent a shower of bombs upon the thickly-massed troops ; and I am informed by a non-commissioned officer who deserted that the garri son there suffered considerable loss. Our workmen, though in a difficult position, worked actively all the night on the disputed ground to complete as much as possible the crowning of the shaft, and to connect the new trench with the third parallel. That night the tro ps continued their labour with ardour ; 100 picked men of the 74th now occupy this fourth parallel during the day. "In the midst of these combats and laborious works the troops have always conducted themselves with the greatest firmness, and shown the best spirit. General Pelissier, who commands the left, is satisfied beyond measure. "To the right, on the side of the Malakhoff Tower, the superiority of our artillery has also been main tained, but without succeeding in silencing that of the besieged, except, however, in the two works of counter approach of Careening Battery, which have not fired a gun for the last two days. In this part of our attack, as in the other, we advance slowly, perfecting our exist iog trenches, and leaving nothing to chance. "A new battery, established opposite the counter approach, called the Mamelon Vert (Green-hill Battery), the fire of which was opened yesterday morning, has produced good effect.. l - " Accor - lin2; to deserters the garrison has suffered considerable losses, especially the marine artillerymen. who form its most vital link, and show the greatest moral courage. The Central and Flagstaff Batteries are seriously damaged. Their armament has been re peatedly rendered unserviceable ; but the almost inex haustible resources of the place in artillery do not yet tail them, and every night thousands of workmen repair the damage which most requires it." The Moniteur also publishes the following : " BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, April 16.—Monsieur le Marechal,—General Bizot has just succumbed, at the very moment that I received assurances from all sides that ho was out of danger. "This death is truly a public calamity, a grief for the whole army. General Bizot enjoyed the most deserved popularity. He pushed his love of duty almost to fana tici.nr, and for six months we have seen him day and night at work, displaying in the midst of the most ar duous difficulties the most extraordinary calmness, deci sion, tenacity, and serenity. Al! our soldiers knew him ; they admired his zeal; hie dashing courage, and they were surpri,ed at seeing him return every day from the trenches after confronting danger with a recklessness and gaiety which gave a peculiar stamp to his courage and character. "I should never end. M. le Mardchal, if I were to repeat to you here all that this excellent man was to us, 'and the regret we feel at his loss. His mind, full of resources, and initiative, was always up t o th e mar k o f the task w e h a d in hand. " I am, M. le Mar4chal, the organ of the Army of the Crimea wh( n pointing out to you the claims that general officer has acquired to the regard of the Em peror. It is also my duty to bring under your notice all that the Corps of Engineers have deserved and deserve daily in this memorable siege, and to renew my solici tations that the services of its officers, who are as brave as they are skilful and devoted, may be handso me ly re warded." .The Moniteur likewise publishes the following : 2 -- " On the news of the attempt from which Providence preserved the Emperor the whole of France was pene trated with a double sentiment of indignation and of gratitude. Everywhere the popaction 'crowded the churches to thank God for having so visibly protected France, and to pray to Him to preserve days so precious. " Although the Emperor has expressed the desire that on this occasion no official address shall be presented to him, his Majesty could not behbld without being deeply mo jed this unanimous and spontaneous manifestation of the sentiments of the nation." Under date of Vienna, May 2, the Moniteur publishes the following :-- "The French Legation bad a divine service of thanks giving celebrAted this morning, followed by a Te Deum. Although no invitations were issued, the Grand Cham be,ilan Count de L anc k orou - k i , Count Buol, and all the members of the Austrim Cabinet ; General -Hess, who is on the eve of departure for the army, Marshal Nugent, Baron de Prokesch, &c., proceeded to the church ; also the members of the Diplomatic Corps." PROGRESS OF THE BOMBARDMENT. (From the Special Correspondent of the Morning Herald. ) ENGLISH CAMP, HEIGHTS OF SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 17. The mines which the French sprung under the Flag staff Battery (Bastion do Mars), the particulars of which I s mentioned in my last letter, were made, not only with a view of i n j ur i ng t h e work, also for the purpose of throwing up sufficient loose earth to enable them to rush in with their gabions and endeavour to effects lodgment close to the battery. This latter attempt, on the night of the 15th, was only very partially successful. They succeeded in filling several of the gabions, and throw ing up a kind of breastwork, but the musketry fire from the Flagstaff was too hot to enable them to remain there and complete it. Yesterday night they renewed the attempt, and nearly completed a strong , i„ breastwork before they were - discovered bY enemy, when they again retired. To-night they ho_p be successful, and be able to retain this post. If they can do so, nearly one half of the Flags t a ff b ecome s use eh to ey less to the Russians, and the other half i t is to be hoped will soon become equally so. APRIL 18. tthoisesttite theavy fire l w i s i hLti with complete themselves t nighto suaurteactlehl allies Flagstaff m O ad in a g n o ß t t o h a e t t r t h e Battery, , t v e e a m r n y p d which wee kept op yesterday upon the battery, the Rus sians were unable to effect anything towards the de struction of the breastwork which the French lied par tially made. Ah y ou p t ia e c i ew g d h h t oa o : 'c da lo t c e k r a so sm : a e ll picked Patty of French sappers crept cautiously into the breastwork, and, undercover • of a skirmishing fire from behind, ' ceeded in repairing the little damage whi c h th e e n evamemyt II :h i had inflicted upon the gabions. The covering party, and the fire of mortars completeluy.kpenroatescutedddethridimv,o gabionfish pdartly filled. These until near ten o'clock, i th res l i o s o t s a e nc e e 7t r h e ,. fire wasf o e pened on the Russian by 250 men, carrying were immediate] and, thus sheltered, a soldiers in the Redan, tired to another part of' the in complete possession 01 their lodgment. APRIL The firing w as s l ack last night, in consequence ofl9. the supply cf bombs being still further restricted by Lord Raglan's orders. No attempt was made to dislodge the French from the Flagstaff Battery, which Augurs to the deck. The compasses, with every light on the main deck, were destroyed. It is supposed the vessel must go to Malta to repair. MILITARY. The following officers and troops embarked this morning from Portsmouth dockyard for the East :—Capt. Thomas, Lieutenants Martin and Hickie, Ensigns Plummer and Thurs ton, 158 non-commissioned officers and men of the 7th Royal Fusiliers ; Captain Bulwer, Lieutenants Prevost and the Hon. N. Fiennes, Ensigns Williamson and Lewis, and 158 non-com missioned officers and men of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers ; Captains Parker and Macdonald, Lieuts. Simpson, Forbery, and Daley, Ensign Knowles, and 128 non-commissioned offi cers and men of the 77th Regiment ; Uaptains Grogan and Henning, Lieutenants Priestly and Hall, Ensign Robertson, and 128 non-commissioned officers and men • of the 88th (Connaught Rangers) ; Major Lord Alex. G. Russell, Captains Buller and Maclean, Lieutenants Glynn, and Rooper, Ensign Harrington, and 210 non-commissioned officers and men o f the Ist Battalion of the Rifle Brigade ; Captain Balfour, Lieut. Scriven, Ensigns Nicholl, Sotheby, and Burrough, and 208 non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade ; two officers of the medical staff, three horses, die. Total, 34 officers and 990 non-commissioned officers and men. Yesterday a large supply of the new regulation sword bayonet was received into the ordnance stores in the Tower. This weapon is for the use of rifle regiments ; it is intended to supersede the old bayonet, and when attached to a rifle the two together will be precisely the same length as an in fantry musket with a fixed bayonet ; so that the rifleman will be placed on an equality with a battalion soldier when fighting in line or exposed singly to an enemy. The length of the sword-bayonet is 30 inches from hilt to point ; the blade is straight for 12 inches, when it assumes the shape of an ancient falchion, slightly curve d , an d w ith edges on either side. Infantry regiments of the line on borne service, and regi ments of militia serving in the colonies aie to be supplied, with 12 Minie rifles per company, and militia regiments doing duty:Wiiiiktn_tbre United Kingdonvieur per_compatty, ter the purpose of instructing the men in the use of that weapon. The Saldanha troop-ship was towed out of Queenstown har bour on Wednesday. She takes detachments of the follow ing regiments, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander :—the 19th, 14th, and 89th—in all about 750, bound for the Crimea. They were in excellent health and spirits. There was great cheering from the ships in the har bour and from the people on shore as they passed along. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. The adjourned special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Paddington station, to consider some railway bills now before Parliament, promoted by other companies ; Mi. C. Russell in the chair. Mr. STEVENSON read the notice convening the meet ing, and the short titles of six' bills submitted in com pliance with the standing orders of the House of Lords. The CHAIRMAN explained that two out of the six bills were approved at the last meeting, and he was pre pared on the present occasion to submit only two more —tbe Cornwall and South Wales Bill. The bill relating to the Plymouth Great Western Docks contained no clauses in reference to the Great Western Railway Com pany, and they would therefore withdraw it. The bill for the extension to Brentford was not sufEclently ad vanced in Parliament to submit it to the proprietors, and they would therefore have to adjourn the meeting to' consider it on another day. He concluded by moving a formal resolution approving a bill for extending .the time for the completion of the Cornwall Railway and works, and for making further provisions as to its share capital, and for leasing the line to the Great Western, Bristoland Exeter, and South Devon Railwaycotnpanies. Lord BARRINGTON seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a formal resolution, proving " a bill to consolidate and amend the acts re lating to the South Wales Railway Company, and to authorise the ccnstruction of new works and alterations of existing works ane for other purposes." Lord BARRINGTON seconded the motion, which, after some explanation, was carried una n im ous ly. The Plymouth Great Western Docks Bill was with drawn, and the meeting was adjourned to the 17th of May for the purpose of considering the last bill on the list, for making a railway from Southal to Brentford, and docks at the latter place. The meeting then separated. ' NORTHERN OF FRANCE. The annual meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at Paris—Baron J. de Rothschild, the president, in the chair. M. DUBUQUE read the report, which stated that the process of laying down heavier rails on the main line, in place of the original rails, was going on steadily. In consequence of the very considerable increase in the traffic, it had been found necessary toextend the sidings on various parts of the line, and to give greater accom modation at the goods stations. This had involved an outlay of 3,801,229 f. (152,0491.) The branch from St. Quentin to Erquelines would be opened in July next, and place the Northern line in immediate communication with the richest coal basin in Belgium. The works on the other branches are proceeding rapidly, and the out lay on them during the past year amounted to 9,776,120 f. (.391,0441.) The increase in the traffic had rendered it necessary to order an addition to the rolling-stock of 144 locomotives and 5,600 waggons, which would increase the cost of the working stock to 77,170,000 f. (3,086 800/. The directors proposed to appropriate a further sum of 5,330,000 f. (212,2001.) for that purpose, making the total cost 82,500,000 f. (3,300,0001.), which would be sufficient for a considerable time. The capital account showed that 303,115,404 f. (12,124,6161.) had been received, and 284,146 199 f. (11,365,8481) expended, including 31,103,817 f. expended in 1854, leaving a balance of 18,969,205 f. The receipts for 1854 (after deducting 10 per cent duty on passe n ge rs , Air bscriptions, &c.), amounted to 38,507,372 f. (1,540,29 W), and the expenses to 14,377,861 f., leaving a balance of 24,179.511 f. (267,1801.) From this sum wa,4 deducted 10,327,656 f. or interest, sinking fund, renewal of rails, &c., ,leaving 13,801,844 f. ( 5 52,0741.) for a 'dividend, equivalent to 34.501 ph share, which, a lded to the 16f. paid in Jan. last for interest, would make a total of 50 . 501. per share for the year. The dividen l would br payable on the Ist of July, or earlier on payment of a discount of 4 per cent. The receipts for the first 16 seeks of the present year showed an increase if 1,628 72'2f., or 16 per cent. over the corresponding period of 1854. clo n ,ar g o od t ohtleld, establishing a p ens i on fund for the men employed i i s y s i u d e e nd bondsef 3 t 4 0 . 5 t 0 h f e . e p x e t r e n s t h a o r f e, 6 t o t o f 1) 0 o o r , o i s o i n o f g . Resolutions were passed adopting the report, ap- ) t 2 h r 4ivoii on the lines, re-electing the retiring directorA, and electing M. Deschamps to protect the interests of the company in Belgium. The meeting then separated. DEMERA.RA. The adjourned annual meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices—Old Jewry, Sir J. Car michael in the chair. Resolutions were passed adopting the report ; recom mending that application be made to the Colonial Legis lature to inc.oporate the Lond.m. and Demerara commit tees of mananement into one general hoard of direct,rs, the numbers thereof not t. he less than 5 nor more than 10, and that the management of the company be trans ferred to Liverpool ; authorising the sum of 20,0001. to be raised tither by bonds or preference stock, on such terms as the directors may determine ; and re-electing the retiring directors and auditor. The meeting then separated. PRESENTATION OF A SWORD TO MAJOR-GENERAL SCARLETT.—Major-General Scarlett having been recalled from the 'seat of war by urgent family business, his neigh bours at Burnley, Lancashire, have availed themselves of the opportunity bef ‘re he returns to present him with a handsome sword. The sum of 150 ineas was sub scribed in the course of a few days, and the sword was presented on Wednesday evening, at the Court-house, in the presence of a large assemblage, including Mr. Townely, of Townely-park, Lord Abinger, Mr. R. T. Parker, M.P., Mr. Le Gendre Starkie, M.P.. most of the principal gentry and manufacturers, and a number of ladies. In acknowledging the handsome testimonial, the gallant officer alluded to the engagementi in which the cavalry tad taken part in the Crimea, and more particu larly to the successful Heavy Cavalry charge at Bala klava. He was loudly cheered. The proceedings con cluded with a banquet. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE WAR IN TILE EAST. —POWERFUL PATENT RECONNOITRING GLASSES.— Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. lbserve opposite the York Hotel. By her Majesty's Roya Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements iu the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them —of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extra ordinary powers that some 3A inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double ,stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's counter ance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasins ps,wers accordingly ; while their vary ing from 4 to 6 inches enab'e us to discover more than the above and the Georg ian, w i th his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal Exhibition, 'BBL—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 A miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera advantage houses, country seenet+, a n d s hi ps are c l ear l y seen a t S t o 10 miles. They are invaluable f or s h oot i ng, d eer - sta lki ng , yachting, to to sportsmen, 'gentlemen gamekeepers, and tdurists. p race-course, 'camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful a power.—Newly-const ruc t e d Sp e ctacle Lenses v of the ogreat est transparent p ower The valuable adderive d from this invention is, that vision becoming a.n impaired i preserved and strengthened, and very age d persons are enabled to employ their sightlenses as of a much loss magnify t th e most minute occu pation —can see with these ense powerful assistance. ea ing power—and they do not require the frequent ch D ange f s . extraordi naryto the dangerous effects oTfhfou Organic ness—New Discovei7.— ni Vibrator, an newly-invented instrument for deafness, powerful, all others, to surpass anything of the entirely differe:t7f a r l o i L kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. B e ing of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it ena bles deaf b p i e e rsons to hear distinctly at church and at assemblies public 1n ; the unpleasant sensation of singing n o i ses in the ears Is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired. 39, Albemarle -street Observe —apposite the York Hotel. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Times of yesterday.) One of the inost, important chitnies which could possibly have been introduced into our military system has been well commenced by the issue of an unassuming memorandum from the War-office under the date of May 1. This memorandum is very short, very important, and, as far as it goes, very wise,but_it is cogche. atrai.o r Af.pleasiug-irouy. ‘! In order," writes Lord Panmure, "to remove any doubt which may exist as to the rank and precedence of the officers of the Hon. East India Company's service ;"—why, there never has been any doubt at all upon the subject. Any schoolboy who has paid decent attention to the gossip of his elders is perfectly aware that hitherto the rank of an East Indian officer was altogether lost to the west of the Cape of Good Hope. Iu a sort of loose fashion, we have been in the habit of receiving at our London dining-tables and in the pump-rooms of our bathinc , towns a host of generals, colonels, and majors from India, but they had no more real right to the titles conceded to them by the courtesy and good sense of their countrymen than so many members of the Society of Friends. We are not, however, disposed to be critical upon forms of expression where the meaning of what follows is ;o reasonable. "It is Her Majesty's pleasure that officers of the East India Com- pany's service, whose commissions shall be signed by autho rities duly deputed to do so by her Majesty, shall have rank and precedence with officers of her Majesty's regular army, according to the dates of their commisions, in all parts of her Majesty's dominions or elsewhere." As yet, there is nothing announced more important than the cessation of a silly etiquette. The mem randum of the War-office is not osten sibly pointed at any higher result than the rectification of a great injustice, which denied to so many veteran soldiers the honours and, privileges of their well-won grades. If the re form stopped short here, however, little would be gained. Changes more important will soon follow, which must ulti mately end in the important conclusion that we shall have it list of effective land officers capable of serving the public three or fouf• times more numerous than before. Until now, whenever a position has been made for inviting the services of East In dian officers in time of public exigency, the invariable answer has been, that out of India these gentlemen had no military rank at all ; how could it be expected that officers bearing • the Queen's commissions could act with or under civiliansi The Indian officers out of India were scarcely of as much account as the Yeomanry or the Militia. It was but natural, under such circumstances, that the youngest cornet who ever docked the tail of his companion's charger, or the most buoy ant ensign who ever smashed the crockery of his brother offi cer, should indignantly refuse to listen to so shameless a pro position as that of companionship with the military Pariahs. To be sure, in Upper India, on the banks of the Indus, and elsewhere, the seniors of the mess had occasionally seen the fellows fight, but the rules of the 'ervice must not be in fringed. The Hon. Cornet Spoonbill, as he rocked about on his great black horse, regarded Messrs. Pollock, Outram, Mayne, and other civilians of that description, with justifiable professional disdain. The equalisation of rank and precedence is the first step, and but the first step, in the right direction. If we are not mistaken, officers of all ranks and of all arms in the regular army, save those who have seen Indian service, have a great deal to learn from Indian officers. In saying this we mean them no disparagement. With the like advantages, with the like opportunities of service and chances of distinction, no doubt they would have attained the same point of professional advancement ; but the science of war is not to be acquired by young men who never saw a brigade drawn up. The great necessity of the present time--and, indeed, of all times in the history of a powerful empire—is that its rulers should at any given moment have the power of securing the services of officers fit for high military command—above all, of one officer fit for the highest command. As we stand at the present moment, we are compelled to choose between two categories of officers the old Peninsulars and the young " know-nothings." The old Peninsular veterans who are to be produced upon the scene at all may be taken as a year or two on the sunny side of 70, so that we may calculate their military experience in the Peninsula to have lasted until they have attained the ripe age of 25. From the age of 25, or thereabouts, until this Crimean war they have not seen active service, so that unless there be some process for keeping veterans fresh it is to be presumed that they have not improved in the interval. When we have ex hausted the Peninsular list we are next compelled to turn to officers who have not seen service at all, many of whom we most unfeignedly and sincerely believe will turn out excellent soldiers when an opportunity for gaining experience and dis playing ability has been afforded to them. Meanwhile, let not these gentlemen take it amiss if we say that, of all quali ties in the world, ability for high miliiary command is pre cisely the one which cannot be taken on trust. A man may be an excellent regimental officer, may be an unequalled dis ciplinarian, and yet be entirely deficient in those higher mili tary qualities of combination, foresight, and determination which constitute the consummate military commander. Of course, if all officers in the service of a country are equally unknown to fame, the choice must be an affair of chance ; but surely nothing can be more suicidal than that policy which deliberately postpones the claims of acknowledged merit to antiquated prejudice, class jealousy, or obstinate adherence to custom. Startling as the doctrine may appear in the ears of our friends at the Horse Guards, we must express a confident be lief that henceforth the selection of an English Commander-in- Chief to act in the field must be made from among Indian offi cers. It does not necessarily follow that he is to be what was known until the Ist of May as a Company's officer ; but, at least, be must be a man of Indian experience and Indian dis tinction. Unless the war with Russia should last long enough togive else t usa oturn than to the scenes of Indian wart category ofCrimeanofficers wehavepowsiatively nowhere re for a supply of officers capable of exercising the most import ant military commands. A. with the chief, so with other principal employments. Will it be credited that while the Quartermaster General of the army in the Crimea has shown himself such a man as Sir Charles Trevelyan described, we have actually resident in London the very officer who ga thered Lord Gough's army tozether from all points of India, concentrated it at the necessary time and at the necessary place, supplied it with every requisite, and produced it in fighting order on the field ? That officer has been in London any time since autumn, but he was of no more account in the eyes of the good people at the Horse Guards than if he had been the commis voyageur of a French pomade establish ment. The same anomaly has met us at every turn, and de prived us of the services of a series of able men, whet, in all probability, would have averted all the disasters which have occurred in the Crimea. But then they were Indian officers (From, the Times of this day.) The explanation of Lord Clarendon in the House of Lords last night has given official confirmation to that which rumour had already suggested with regard to the details of the Con ference of Vienna. It appears that the allies proposed to Russia two alternatives —one that the Euxine should be de clared a neutral sea, open to the commerce, and closed to the ships of war, of all nations ; the other, that the Russian force in that sea should be in some degree limited. The Rus sian Pleniptentaries rejected both these propositions, and afterwards made some counter-propositions of their own, which England, France, and Austria unanimously agreed was inadmissible. Still, however, Lord Clarendon is unable to tell us what course Austria is about to adopt. Count Buol considers that the means for obtaining peace are not wholly exhausted, and that it will be the especial duty of Austria to endeavour to discover some means of attaining that end con sistent with the engagement she has entered into with the other powers. This, +hen, is what we know with certainty of the present state of our foreign relations. We confess we read these revelations with feel ings of, no small mortification. We cannot com mand the fortunes of war, though the most earnest advocate of our late and present Ministries must admit that we could have played much more boldly and fairly for success. But, if we do not carry on military operations like a wise or far sighted Power, we ought, at any rate, to conduct our nego tiations like a firm and magnanimous one. We have under taken to humble the Emperor of Russia. The very statesman whom we sent to Vienna has pu licly denounced his policy in terms seldom indeed applied by Ministers in public to the acts of crowned heads. After having, by his own language in Parliament, greatly embittered the quarrel, Lord John Russell broke up the Government of Lord Aberdeen because it did not carry on the war with sufficient vigour, and him self invited a vote of censure on conduct for which he was equally responsible with his colleagues. A new Government was formed on the principle of pure Whiggism and a vigorous prosecution of the war, and the first act of this Government was to despatch Lord John Russell to Vienna to negotiate a peace. As if more thoroughly to identify the Ambassador with the Ministry, he accepted on the road to Vienna the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies. Had not the country, then, a right to expect that a man so deeply con cerned in the commencement, so entirely committed to the objects, and so strictly pledged to the vigorous prosecution of the war, would submit no propositions derogatory to the dignity of the country, or compromising the principles upon which England and France engaged in hosti ities? Yet we find Lord John Russell at Vienna offering terms to Russia which, if accepted by her, would render useless all the sacri fices which England and France have hitherto made, and leave the undisputed supremacy of the Euxine in the bands of Russia. We offered to make peace, if Russia would limit the number of her ships in the Black Sea; but what gua rantee could we possibly exact that these terms, if conceded, would be faithfully observed ? Who could prevent Russia from holding in readiness in the naval stations which she possesses on her great rivers any number of ships which she chose to build, ready to be armed and manned whenever the moment of final action should arrive While England and France are united, present events prove that it is in their power absolutely to annihilate the Russian naval preponderance in the Euxine ; but, if these Powers were un happily divided, nothing could p reven t R ussia from gaining that preponderance in a moment, and tearing into pieces the treaty which se idly sought to i check it. F or t una t e l y f or th e dignity of this country, Russia, n the plenitude of her arro gance, refused these overtures, and left us t o seek for other terms still more conciliatory, in order to mitigate her resent ment at our interference on behalf of a nation which she had marked out for her victim — Theitninediate danger is past, but we h ave a r i ght to as why, after this insulting raketx4 l of terzas whidi sbouki never