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Tn _ l4 - 14 ., BERM SMITIra , MONT BLANC at 8 o'clock, and,Every Night (but Saturday). eery A rea, 21.; Gallery, Is. /The Morning Representations Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.— r ii • AP,IREtOTORS of the ROYAL BRITISH tbrl-.1.111. am,. Itptit of t : vrepared to receive Applications for their New jun ek, under the provis:gns of their Supplemental , t1 4444 .1 4 : z ,8 ted by the Crown. Applications to be made, with -6,. 7 19 11 1 Read ()Mee, No. 16, Tokenhonse-yard, or at the t t tl; 'l_ 'L tr and; 77, Bridge.road, Lambeth ; 97, Guswell-road, 71-0124:80,uartesbary-terrace. Victoria-street, Pimlico, 60, lithi tark; and 32 , Regent-circus, Fienadilly. ,_ HUG INNES CAMERON, General Manager. ..,,,,......-.7011 bank, 27th Feb., 1855. ) 16 . , „) OW ° 00 0 ' 10 4 / 311 ' tk,f , AND NORTH-WESTERN AND ) RAILWAYS.—DONCASTER SPRING ME . ET- Ott th ,, L Bl and 2d Cl ass ORDINA KY D cY TICKETS will be a.l37 ll ston Station, to Done:tater, by auy Train excepting higbfth e * Express, on TUESDAY, March 13th, available to ordinary trains on tne 13th, or the-following day, the blit k m :n (l 4lon to the ab ove , Fi rs t Cl ass E xrress D ay Ti c k e t s Oabl e - ni on the 13 h March, by the 9.15 a.m Express Train, doareturri by the Express or any Train on the 13th, or the the 1 4th.-13y order. —4o.anager's Office, Euston Station, March 8, 1855. - "-i-NA.L (late Cholera) ORPHAN HOME, LIC ,Ram -common. Instituted 1849. M EETING will be held at the HANOVER-SQUARE rtEt Ruitsb A Y NEXT, March 15, at One o'clock ; On) P ELLATT Esq., P for Southwark, in the Chair. Nri Or Phan Girls have been and 60 now in the Home. kj: a e e e cte t d o l h ast a irember in consequence of arts l o i f be t r h a e l in d c g h chapelsthi the h v a a r r y t e o s u t s . litt4d t e he day of r thanks a g n i p Clergymen O N , 'llk to Bend their_collections on the approaching F!sst kqer ifortion, will be fillished with allparticulars on applica h°n°rarY Secretaries, the Pev. Joseph Bro.vn, Rectorof 11014,, e ast ackfriars-road, and the Rev. R Whittington, Chap- Paul's Churchyard, to whom collections-and subserip 7Lorwarded ;, or to Messrs. Dalton, Hatchactis Nisbets, Seele"; 47nst°tetrhaBaacntnrogItt7NalkOrpnry nhostu! 41v- Ilt —ETIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON OFFICES Oik ttt lp eat —road-street (six doors from the Royal Exchange.) s kdi eitst aU End—, C (opposVe the tOrtb_ unication haring-cross by underground wires with the principa § ‘l4 to; T "gd° m• / 44 , wenty Words, including delivery, and address not %E .. trp o i d, ‘taNat e r n ee, 2 Exchange-buildings • • ....... 401.. • Exchange-arcade kOptth. p) 22, English-street " n 1 101, New-street . •• --Glasgow, Office, 18, Exchange-square.. • • •• • • ,14,41 Gree nock, Cathcart-square. ...b 4JU rDETICS, „ High-street „ 23. College-green•- ...... •• -• Cs. Od. Cor „ 1, Donegal-street k, Qtt „ Pembroke-street „ The Quay. EDWARD B. BRIGHT, Secretary. l itt t 00 GITILDHALL, 6Tii MARCH, 1855. N,./,( I , 4) .NtAIITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S i;torilou.: No. 18, nl; a c t ioe G oe n t i t lF ere a ee l a l f , ese o tl n Wednesday. the 14th d f ay ktli ' bat :lil a ll f r e t precisely, ci f' : o reed E l o y al South-street, s r t o r p e o e s t, al F s i n o s - r 1%1. 4,4 , Ito. 2, on the north side of South-place, at the corner k tit : st i/ e 1 and Premises, No. 2a, on the north side of South k. k_ 408. — `e.." 1 •10. 6 City-terrace, Old-street-road ; and Four ~_ . - 4 , and 8, .4 e - s t i r e e t e t ier and j2 Z oy. years re Raggede,fi threerow , ki i g t ts t il i a 114 1 1: y le . Premisesdey next. - areySycamore-street, m t o ff b e SS m-lof ars and Plans may be seen, and Forms of Tender —. Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. ...„.. ..................... . t ttit ilt k CONTRACT FOR RUM. `fietery the Comptroller for Victualling • and Transport r t ices, Somerset House, Bth March, 1855. 1 11 , 1 % ... ,I_ l 4r ili n2raismio ners for Executing the Office of v kLm, b , Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain li p li b lAil le ; -• ,IIEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on FRIDAY, :he R61 1, 11g -1, at One o'clock, they will he ready to treat w ith 'lliki n r e may be willing to Contract for supplying and k 7 r . Atajesty's Victualling Stores at Gosport, •9( .. When to be delivered. ~ •••:„. H Gallons. Half in 1 month, and the remainder It. 'llsk •• • 30,000 in 1 month afterwards, or earl er if ks i", 1,1 14, preferred by the party tendering. tos,Lee t it _e Made for the whole or any portion of the kiew ,11;tit ed w. reserve to themselves the p power, tea klis4 1 / 4 •,0f contracting either for the whole, or for such part Il liik e tiiipS i lheY may deem flt, or for a greater quantity, or of S e St e Ni•-' l ' any, and also an unlimited power ef selection. kle,Ne s •, n,!Xernpted from the Customs Duties, and parties ten- Ih r `ris a . ( TV Where it is lying. kr e l t i r e ' r el 34. l 2lLn to be sent in pints for each Import mark, and 4 s etti of i .„ ( lite,„ of each mark ex to be stated, and not an IN - gra p,,ilt. marks or streneths of several imports, and any ~ b i l Yee tt lat is found not to be of the same quality, mark, or 1 . ,', , i5,,, w it eft_ Or the sample tendered and accepted, will be re- Vseill)le, h ers. illi 4 ,,ed s e • " l. Odtleed by persons whose tenders are not accepted WO N . be eil ue taken away by them immediately after the con- Liss the el e !lecided. Tit44se p,', , _oil received sinless made on the printed form - pre ee, a rse. and which may be obtained on application, at Metier :oit Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth, sr e,,kto „:/ 1 8, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or t eu ldltt e ,,‘ , Customs at Bristol. ''All, '' s of the revised contracts, to which particular alien . 44 eln:y be seen at the said office, at the said Victualling Ikerei;;: ir 7rpool and Bristol. Ne tender will be received I ,,,Atirt - ;":`: 11 the day of treaty, and it will not be required 'see en the or an agent on his behalf, should attend DerZoLuaewday of contract, as the result of the otter received 1 14rtder ntu a l :,. 3 V COMnitllliCatCd to him in writing, il k 11 the left-hand corner . an delivered at Somerstlet Douse. ' 4 4rY enctr t f h :r ti d u m m i ' 7ll a t n Y d ' IC HEALTH AND NUISANCES t ik : stlA gtba o - uvcri n ) ENl,ovAL BILLS. e l, R u L R IC MEETING of GAS and WATER 'l l 4 A•r i‘ n r A s ‘Nl-T-. FA P I , " ticisZ., EN TERPRISE ER SO INll tis tu Ili s k4 t e re " -N, on FRIDAY LANDOWNERS,,TIRyneIdat th FglEetl_ , the 9th instant, the following L , th e is u nanimously agreed to : ItZ iltiet4'ettert of the Committee be received, and the Com- L 4N es 11 1, tla t ed to communicate in their discretion to Sir Bun riSp,Zlst-" decided conviction that the alterations hitherto kl4: 1 1 s e "4-tilade in the Public Ilealth Bill are wholly insufficiont qt._ et 'ilt e , of the important rights and interests which the 1iei:44114 , will still most seriously Injure, and that the Corn 2. ,„ k bil a ,ll i ke prompt and efficient steps for obtainlng such kti4,l4lp, -••', dments therein as to them may appear neces ke.. tla k kcje ct, e tiab!eting pledges itself to use all lawful efforts for ti t Ni (l, ka li ° Health Bill, 1855, and the Nuisances Removal kk q o,!iv„ , ,z J ust and suitable provisions are inserted for the n f ra b e e tu e r e e r r i s e , u a e n l3 d , kli t i e 11'°I.ki n o g in ( l .l a a n s i s e e s ; G N a y s ho C s o e m i p n a t n e i r e e s sls M w a k k k 4itbe'c' • OM ~, bills already are operating adversely to private . 1 11; t 7Se e r , .. r nercial undertakings, • by leading capitalists to t ' 4l l, 14 4 e1t VI in manufactures and trades in continental coati k'gfti,:litt4re 5 e2 .,,.! Will be highly detrimental to English commerce 4;7 ;4 : i tt i o a k t `lidly the working clas . ses. 'N._ r ld „,_ desirable to check private enterprise, in order to k lil 1 ,, p a i;" . Central Board of Health, therelsy creating great 1,4401 1 ` 4 ,2h e ft gage, to the prejudice of the judicious outlay of `Rst'lls. - i'etlence has shown far preferable to the action of ~k.,, tilt r e ,. ,izt till foregoing resolutions be advertised in the morning Stl/4148vitebeieting be adjourned till such time as the Committee % hank; , k t00 d „.., . 1 this meeting be given to J. C. Peache, Esq., "tin the Chair. 4' . ll i'a. hil l - fields. GEO. R. BURNELL, Secretary. PEACE WITH RUSSIA, or CONTINUED WAR. If we are to have an In nourable conclusion of hos tilities, let it be commemorated b every pen m in the Kingdom purchasing Spring Dress at the Establishments of E. Moses and Son, but if War and War Taxes are to continu', It is E. MOSES and Sox's determination to meet the extra expenses by offering their Spring and summer Dress at prices much more economical than those charged by oth. r houses under any circumstances whatever. E. Mons and SON are the i E. MosEs and SON have the earliest in their visits to every , most novel stock of Hosiery for market in the world—the most Ladies and Gentlemen, Shirts, successful in their selection of Underclothing, &c., &c. materials for Spring Attire. I E. MOSES and Sores Hats and E. MoaEs and Sox have the Caps are unrivalled for style and most talented artists and the best durability. workmen in the world. E Moses and Sox have the largest Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Department 1 in the World. E. MOSES and SON are e a g VESEND STAB Oltt lqa cke ,_ PACKET S. e foi ‘ 5 call at the Greenhithe and Purtieet Piers. ?h ot y the Piers as underlined (weather permitting 41 TERRACE PIER. GRAVESEND. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers. Hatters. lios!ers, ~h irt Manufac turers, BoA and Shoemakers, and General Ow litters for Ladies and Gentlemen. CAUTION.—E. VOSES and SON beg to state they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their own Este blishment4, as follow : London City Establishment, corner of the Isfinorio3, and Aldgate (opposite the church). London West-end Branch, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart street. YV TERRACE ~, , rI rVE C As EL IN L I. p tII WILLI/14 1) bAy e SUNDAYS. 0 .ct '6l Time '; l' 144 I- 2 Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colon! Whr desale Branch—Melbourne, Australia. The establishments a e closed from sun-et on Fridays till sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfacti m it will be ex changed or, if preferred, the money returned without hesitation; All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. I Nril.eisTuirbenchnrch-street Station to all parts of London A New Book, with lists of prices, system of self-measurement, and other in'ormatlon, may be had on application, or post free. An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 geatis, on application, or post free. Id on patio Francais. I Qui si parla Italiano. Hier spricht Flan Deutsch. I Aqua se habla Espagnol. Nijr 4 A l 4 , „,_ li ne LACKWALL on the arrival of the fo•- DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND I ) 'lt ..4113 the Fenchurch-street Station. INDIGESTION. 1 )A A Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Ilmmorrhoids, Is. Ikk ` C YB. SUNDAYS. each, by post Is. Gd. r,i .. 11.9 W AT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. % 5 .- - 4 t rai z E Fen- il l - i , E' " Abstentia multi curantur morbi." i g _l2 church S' A t 0 tr, A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless ~... 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V I ktit - ----________________ NZ _ 114 IRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. 1 It Arita 25., illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 \\ tstuZ 0 tr t e mp 'DEBILITY; 1144 1 vit h ' ElYraPtoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper iii toou P ractical Observations on a safer and more at, e , °f t reatment of the diseases of the Generative \ 11 Atiat, b;' the use of the Microscope in detecting and , 14 ; k 1a, of Z in arY examination, the real cause and effect of 1 > 1,4: - "lnPlaint, whether arising from solitary habits, ,1 14 4,4 1: 1 / 4 4F, or e i. z o pe ,, n ii ate, followed by practical t remarks, founded li t, i ' ~.otia t 3' ,,s Local Weakness, I n ss„ t li i p e er ts m e a a to ni rr e h n o3a, &c. P To which \ tkith<cmaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre uZl the evils emanating from empirical practice, Z:ruckserremedies advocated by various writers on Nsteltttillt 1) % UAW . EL LA'MERT, M.D. liZ o lek ei m ° R D-S QUA R E, LONDON, L‘tk,l44244l.4444ernatrbleenir ol t ge l t e o m nern Ves th p e itYl n lL e rc t il o flortYe -, Nt‘i h tie ttil „_Z i e te s tec Of this treatise i n s c r;yoint " out the fearfal con -11V10411,411 certain habits relarities, and excesses, i ' k k kh , i 4 tti r aire denicaoyr e ati] te l ry t in ' Youth lfedettraandaptleornh perhaps, s Maanny tt:iteute known to m ' o s d a e g rn " p o atholOgists; Its peru , sal is k t hh. toiCl e n.ded to persons entertaining secret doubts of I; . - .ipp motion ed on, and who are conscious of haying hazarded 'PN4l o l;i tti ' and privileges to which every human being is \ lel ... 4 De r ). 44 83 ji t h.t t ., aon c ,_a l 7 thatall men should know, that there are I,,, , k t t kt p t cl ila p-±,nagement which cannot be violated without \ k . ilieo,.ities, and when wisdom and regret succeed 1 , 4 itligt 4r, bZ;;;cV"Me self-indulgence, how these penalties ktilk l'ri t k ttkil l ' l t tAy t i: it s ' co e ns at eq ing e o n f: e h s e m ir a b y it b te e r a n v e o s k s a i e n d a , y ai b i g a rti: v o e v2 : \ik k I:1 I t 4 1111 r1 1 t !,! dti m:l e y o lid P o h is si c c ie ai nc in e ar ca m im it it Ittii4tti apply funac cure. I, y v s ,:reu rn ;' st e!! . of years been engaged in an extensive k 4Fho ON to o these z i:hese delicate complaints, which have gt_o,7et g r X;T, ally confided to the care o f !1/4% 1 t i k bgZionr l ' g iurY on those who are ind uced i \t6 I tsk4l t r.2*. 2a9. 1. ,_ T la,' be had price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, ki k ; 4 th 7zter.l6aLernoster-row;, Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; IlliN' 443 ' adr ; M ann, 39, Cornhill; or free by post for egh from the Author's residence, 37, Bed -11 °°l3Bl lll titicon da il y " from: Eleven till Two, and from CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard.' _ Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. ----- The GREEN BOOK.--i, comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea ; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation. and Hmmorrhoids. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde Vivere.'N "Few words to fair faith."—Sliakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;- or of DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, _ _ _ Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting, Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who - may be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings t front Seven till Nine. lIER MAJESTT'S SHIP BELLEROPHON.—Letters were received on Friday from this ship, dated Gibraltar, March 1, where she had arrived after 24 days' sail from Malta. She is likely to remain at Gibraltar a short time, and must not, therefore, be expected in England for some days. GRAND THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA.—The com mittee through whose indefatigable exertions the great aquatic meeting under this head was produced at Put ne y last season are already actively engaged in forming plans for its repetition on an even still larger scale shin sum mer, and the regatta is already fixed for the 16th, 17th, and 18th of next July, when prizes will be given for per sons of every grade, and open to the whole world, in 010 A-oared boots, fours, pairs, and Hullers: wlorries. +i~ t :~ vi_*;:~ No. 19,485.] PUBLICATIONS. Now Ready, in 9 yeas. post svo., SHEIL'S LEGAL AND POLITICAL. SKETCHES. Edited, with Notes, by M. W. SAVAGE. "These volumes will delight the student and charm the general reader. They* will in no respect suffer by contrast with the essays of Macaulay and Stephen, Macintosh and Sydney Smith, and other brilliant literary worthies."—Messenger. Published for 11. Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. MR. J S. BUCKINGHAM'S MEMOIRS. On Friday next, in post Bvo. Vol 3. I. and 11., with a Portrait en- graved by G. T. 800 from a recent Miniature. AUTOBIOGRAPHY of JAMES SILK BUCKI , GIIAM : Including his Voyages, Travels, Adven tures, Speculations, Successes, and Falures, frankly and faithfully narrated ; with characteristic sketches of Public Men with whom he has had personal intercourse during a period o' more than fifty years. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Just publi:lted, post Bvo., cloth, 75., ON STIDDBoN DEATH. By A. B. GRANVILLE, 31. D., F.R.S. "Abounding in illustrations, striking and appropriate."—Medical Times and Gazette. " The entire question is considered by the author in a philosophic style; and the pacts contained presented in eloquent language; in deed, we have been charmed with Dr. Granville's book."—Dublin Quarterly Journal. • London : John Churchill, New Bt4lington-street. DR. ROWE OX INDIGESTION. Just published, People's Edition, price 2s. 6d., the Fourteenth gclition, (I N NERVOUS DISEASES, Liver and NJ , Stomach Complaints, Low Spirits, General Deb Pity, and Diseases of Warm Climates ; the result of thirty years' practice. By R. ROWE, M.D. - London : John Churchill, New Burlington-street: The Third Edition.—Just published, price 59., by post, free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE dr FALSE SP'ERMATORRFICEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Heal Sufferers under this diseases, and C..rrecting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the German of Dr. PICKFoRIi. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " . or. rzcistorts 'a know, to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first ame, ne informs as, that he has addressed himself to the nort-medi m.s eader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any other equally flagrant evil which it may' be in his • ower to cor rect." —London Medical Gazette. "The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book ould find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of tresting Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment apon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. PROFESSIONAL RUBBER.—Thomas Barter (12 years attendant at Mr. G. A. Walker's Medical Bath E , tablishment) offers his Serrioes to invalids as Medical Runeer, in cases of rheumatism, contracted Joints, certain forms of paralysis, spinal affections, loss of muscular power, and any other ailment or condition of the body for which such attendance may be required. ♦ddress, 3, Upper John-street, Golden-square. Mrs. Barter attends ladies. COAL DEPARTMENT, NORTH LONDON R ‘ILWAY.— Highbury and Kingsland Depots.—Hetton's Wall's-end, the best House Coals in the world, are brought to the ks of this Railway at Poplar by new screw steamers—Cochrane, 750 tons, Hetton, 750, and the Northumberland, 650 tons, chartered expressly for these dep its, and delivered thoroughly screened, to any part of London, within 4S hours after the receipt of order, at 265. per ton. Orders to be addressed to Lea and Co., Chief Offices, Railway Stations, Ilighbury, Islington, or Kingsland. Terms, cash, on or before delivery. NOW OPEN, DR. KAHN'S GRAND ANATOMICAL MUSEUM at the extensive Premises, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square, recently rebuilt and de corated specially for that purpose. NEW MODELS, NEW ARRANGEMENTS, and NEW LECTURESi the latter by Dr. SEXTON. Open (for Gentlemen only) daily from ha f-past 11 015, and from 7 till 10. Admission, Is. A descriptive catalogue, containing lectures on the most interesting branches of Physiology by Dr Kahn, illustrated with numerous engravings ; price Gd., by post 4d. extra. PATRON-11.R.11. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. IMPORTANT LECTURE on SIEGE OPERATIONS in connexion with SEBASTOPOL. E. JEKYLL, Esq., (late Captain, Grenadier Guards) having kindly consented to deliver this Lecture again on Tuesday Evening next, the 13th instant, at half-past EL-,ht o'clock, notice is hereby given thit the Industrial Classes will be admitted on that evening, as on Monday evenings, at half-price. Monday Evening the 12th inst., Lecture by J. 11. WEBBER, Esq., On AUSTRALIA and EMIGRATION TIIERETO, being the Result of his personal Experience. DIIAMATIC Rr-ADING by Mr. BuctrLEstas, Thursday Even big, the 15th Inst.: OTHELLO. . LECTURE on ASTRONO uY, by Dr. BACIIROFFNER, illustrated by a Splendid DISSOLVING ORRERY, on Wednesday, with Music from the Creation, by a Band and Chorus of Fi ty Performers, wider the direction of Mr, W. W. Wand, of the Royal Italian Opera. Principal Vocal Performers :—Miss Julia Bleaden, Mr. Montem Smith, and Mr. Henry Bucklaud. The Celebrated TYROLESE MINSTRELS will sing a selection of their NATIONAL MELODIES on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and and Saturday Evenings. The ST!.:AM (It7N, DISSOLVING VIEWS of the WAR, DIO RAMA. er the SAILOR, tof3liOßAlta3, the coscEur by INVISIBLE PERFORNIERs, and all the LECTURES, on the NEW BANK NOTE, &c., es usual. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.— moNiDAy, March 12th, lBss.—During the course of this week the following Music will he played by Laurent's Orchestra:—Over ture, Anacreon ( lst time), Cherubini ; Waltzes: La Itienfi.ance Musard ; Wellen and Wogen, Strauss ; Kuall-Kugerl, Strauss ; Le Carnaval de Venise k by «t f sire), 11. Laurent, with Variations for all the principal per qrmers ; Quadrilles: M. S. ( let time), Bergmann; Bonjour Pierrot, Blanchetean ; Le Comte .Ory, Jullien ; the High landers, H. Laurent; Schottische, La Guirlande N. Bousquet ; Polkas: Marionette (Ist Pilaclo ; La Musette, Matthieu ; Carolina, A. Lamotte; The Zouaves, H. Laurent; the Wellington, Streather; Gallop, Dover Express, T. Browne. Principal Cornet-à-Piston, M. Boulcourt. All Information relative to music to be obtained at the music repository unler the orchestra. 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BANQUET TO GEIVERAL On Saturday evening the Directors of the East India Company gave a sumptuous banquet in honour of Gene ral Vivian and the English officers who have been ap pointed by her Majesty's Government to the command of the contingent of Turkish troops about to be raised, under a convention with the Sultan, for service in the ensuing campaign in the Crimea. The dinner took place at the London Tavern, and was presided over by Col. Oliphant, the chalrmau of the Court of Directors, and among the principal guests were—His Excellency the Turkish Minister, General Vivian (who sat on the chair man's right), Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., the Mar quis of Lans‘lowne, E.G., the Duke of Argyll, Lord I'anwure, K.T., Right Hon. It Vernon Smith, M.P., Lord Vivian, Lieutenant General Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., Mr. Mills, Sir J. W. Hogg, M.P., Sir James C. Melville, K.C.8., Sir F. Currie, Mr. Danby Sey mour, M.P., Hon. W. Leslie Melville, Mr. Shepherd, Sir F. Abbot, &e. About 150 gentlemen in all sat down to dinner. The gallery was occupied by groups of distinguished ladies. On the removal of the cloth the healths of " Her Ma: jesty the Queer.," Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family, were seve. rally proposed and received with the usual loyalty and enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said—we are honoured to-night by the presence of the representa tive of one of our most ancient allies, in whose cause our sword is now unsheathed. I need hardly assure his Excellency the Turkish Minister of the great gratifica tion it has afforded the British nation to hear of the noble defence which the Ottoman troops made, not only at Silistria and upon the Danube, but also in the more recent glorious action at Eupaturia. (Cheers.) I ass confident that his Excellency will - do this company the justice of believing that it is with the most cordial feel ing that we drink to the health of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan. (Drunk with three times three.) M. Musunus, the Turkish minister, responded to the toast in French. His excellency said—Mr. President, my lords, and gentlemen, the sentiments of sympathy and admiration manifested in this place for my august Sovereign, and which are the expression also of the sentiments of the British nation, correspond perfectly, I can assure you, with those with which his Imperial Ma jesty has never ceased to be animated towards this great nation. (Hear.) You have a proof it in the very act the execution of which has offered to the Court of Direc tors of the Hon. East India Company the opportunity of inviting us to this banquet. That which proves how much my august master is desiraus to testify his senti ments of sincere friendship towards her Majesty, your most gracious Queen—that which proves how much he appreciates the profound wisdom and patriotism of your ministers, what a high price he attaches to the alliance of England, what complete confidence he has in the skill and in the bravery of your army, is that he has hastened to detach an important portion of his own troops to place them at the disposal of the commander-in-chief of your army in the East, and by that means to procure to himself the honour of partaking more intimately in your military glory. (Hear.) Yes, gentlemen, this participation in your military glory is certain, since the choice of her Majesty to command the Ottoman corps has fallen on a general who has already often distinguished himself on the field of battle. (Cheers.) I have the hope and the conviction that, should a prompt and solid peace be not coicluded, the troops which the general is now called on to command will prove them selves to be the generous rivals of the victorious comba tants of Oltenitza, of Kalafat, of Citate, of Silistria, of Giurgevo, and of Eupatoria—(cheers)—the worthy com panions in arms of the heroes of Alma, of Balaklava, and of Inkerman. (Cheers.) lam certain that the Ottoman soldiers will esteem themselves fortunate in being placed under the direction of such a brave general, and that the general will have reason to feel proud of having had the command of such brave troons. (Cheers.) Such is my hope ; such are the wishes with which I ac company, and with which you, I am sure, also accom pany the brave general in whose honour we are assem bled here this evening, the worthy officers who are to follow him, and the army which he goes to lead to vic tory. (Cheers.) The dITAIRMAN next proposed "The Army and Navy," observing—Well did our forefathers love to do honour to the wooden walls of Old England, and well may we, their descendants, remember that to those wooden wa ll s are we indebted or the maintenance of our power and our honour as a nation. In regard to our army, who that has read of their glorious achievements at Alma, at Inkermann, or in that never-to-be-forgotten cavalry charge at Balaklava, but must long to do honour to our brave soldiers who have there shown that undaunted courage, that unflinching fortitude, untiring perseve rance, and wondrous discipline, which have enabled them to meet dangers of such an extraordinary charac ter as those they have had to face ? I will not detain you further by dilating upon their achievements. That gallant band still remains upon the scene of its recent triumphs, manfully to uphold the glory of the British arms, and I propose that we all drink a bumper to its success. (Cheer.) The toast having been duly honoured, General Sir C. PASLRY returned thanks for the army, and, having referred to its recent brilliant. successes in the Crimea, observed that, th oug h no d ou b t great hard ships had been endured by our gala,nt troops, yet the campaigns in the Peninsula had been equally attended with severe suffering, and there could be no doubt that if the army of Sir John Moore or of -the Duke of Wel lington had been followed by " the special correspon dent " of the leading newspaper of this day, his "graphic descriptions" would have reduced England at this moment to the position of a mere province of France. (Laughter.) The gallant geLerat then pro ceeded, amidst ironical bursts of applause, to inform the company of certain opinions he had once expressed to the late Mr. Hume as to the policy of this country always maintaining a standing army ; and having pointed out the advantageous position in which the people of England were placed as compared with our allies, the French, in not being compelled by conscrip tion to serve in the army, he concluded a somewhat dis cursive speech by expressing a hope that the inquiry now pendin g before a com m itt ee of the House of Cornmons would tend to clear the professional character of Lord Raglan. The CHAIRMAN—The next toast is one of deep interest not only to the country at large, but more especially to the East India Company. The Turkish Ambassador has explained to us that his Majesty the Sultan has placed at our disposal 20,000 of his subjects for service in the Ottoman empire, who are to be commanded by English officers ; and our Government has applied to the East India Company to ascertain whether any of their officers now in England under sick certificates or upon furlough were desirous of volunteering to serve their country i❑ this contingent. We are all aware that hitherto the ser vices of the East India Company's officers have been confined to the territories under the Company's rule ; but you may judge with what alacrity those officers have responded to the call now made upon them, when I tell you that in the space of three days from 150 to 200 of them have readily volunteered. (Cheers.) The service into which they enter is one of no ordinary character and requires talents of a peculiar description. The troops they are to command differ from them in language and in customs, and they will have to encounter those difficulties which are inseparable from the beginning of every new system. But her Majesty's Government have selected a commander for this service in whom the gallant men who have thus volunteered have every trust and confidence that he will ably, zealously, and faithfully perform the task he has undertaken. (Cheers.) lam aware that the qualifications of the gallant general on nay right have been called in question, but I am happy to say that the criticise to which they have been subjected, instead of redounding to General Vivian's disparagement, has only served the better to establish his fitness for the post that has been assigned to him. (Applause.) The testimonials which he received from his commander-in-chief are such as any military man might well be proud of, and prove that he is eminently qualified for active service in the field, and that a more gallant soldier no army could pro duce. (Cheers.) As the compeers and comrades who have served with an officer are perhaps the best judges of his real merits, it is peculiarly gratifying to me to be able to say that a long intimacy with my friend General Vivian, while serving in the same force with him, has convinced me that no man could be found more eminently fitted for this command. (Hear, hear.) While paying this just tribute to the commander, let me not, however, forget that our thanks are also duo to the gallant men who have ♦olunteered to serve under hint. To all of them we offer our most cordial good wishes, earnestly trusting that success may crown their efforts in the cause of their country. (Cheers.) The chairman concluded by giving " the health of General Vivian and the Officers of the Turkish Contingent," which was received with enthusiasm. General VIVIAN, in responding to the toast, said—Mr. Chairman, my Lords, and Gentlemen—l beg to tender you, in my own name, and in that of my gallant asso ciates, our beat and heartiest thanks for the honour you have clone us. I feel proud in having been selected for a command such as that which has been entrusted to me by her Most Gracious Majesty. I owe this distinction to the kind confidence of the noble lord at the head of the War Department, and to the favourable opinions entertained of me by the Court of Directors, whose sol dierand servant I have keen for the last 35 years. (Hear.) After what has fallen from your chairman, I will only add that I am perfectly alive to the arduous nature of the duties I am about to undertake, and fully sen sible that the post committed t , ) me is a most re sponsible one. Yet Ido not shrink from entering upon its duties. I shall be associated with many gallant offi cers, both from my own and from her Majesty's service; and I trust I indulge in no undue spirit of boasting if I anticipate being able to fulfil the instructions of her Ma jesty's Government to their satisfaction. It was with great pleasure I read the speech lately made by Major Nasniyth, eulogising the high qualities of the Turkish troops ; and I believe that with such materials at our command we may look forward with confidence to suc cess. In the selection of the officers of the Indian ser vice who are to accompany me, my recommendation has naturally been followed, but I am also glad that many officers of the Queen's service will likewise join the con tingent ; and I have no doubt that every British soldier Will endeavour manfUlly to do his best, I loam that I . have very inadequately expressed the feelings which ani mate me on this occasion ; but I trust as a soldier, that my deeds may prove better th an m y s peeches. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—I have now to propose to you "The health of her Majesty's Ministers," and I feel proud in coupling with that toast the name of a noble lord, erni newt not only from his position as the head of the Go vernment, but as being, perhaps, the most popular statesman in this country. (Cheers.) He has taken the helm at a time when th-4 two foremost nations of West ern Europe have united their forces with those of the Ottoman Porte in order to carry on an arduous conflict in defence of justice and of civilisation ; and let us hope that, after a glorious war, his Ministry may secure to Europe and the world the blessings of a lasting and an honourable peace. I give you "Lord Palmerston and her Majesty's Ministers." The toast was drunk with loud applause. Lord PALMERSTON—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, for Myself and for my colleagues I beg you to accept our most sincere thanks for the honour you have done us in drinking our health, and I can assure you that we are fully sensible net only of the honour but also the kind ness shown to us in our being invited to be present on this most interesting occasion. It is true, as you, Mr. Chairman, have been pleased to say, that those who hare bad the charge of the Government of this country have been compelled to engage in a great and arduous contest with one of the first military powers of the world - for the maintenance of principles which are dear to the heart of every Englishman, and in defence of interests of the most vital importance to the country to which we belong. (Cheers.) We engaged in the war with reluc tance and hesitation. Those who had the manage ment of the negotiations which preceded this con test were accused of delay, of weakness, and of hesitation in embarking i n a just conflict un worthy the character of this great country. It is true that we exhausted every endeavour to avert a war of which we foresaw the magnitude and the difficulty, but which we were determined to face if it should be impossible for us to avoid it by peaceful means. (Cheers.) Our efforts at negotiation having, however, failed, we drew the sword, and I trust we shall not re turn it to its scabbard until we have obtained honour able and conclusive terms. (Hear, hear.) We have been invited this day to the festive board of what I may, without compliment or exaggeration, say is one of the great Powers of the world—to the board of those who have been delegated by the Sovereign and the Parlia ment of this country to administer the affairs of a vast territory—to watch over the welfare and pro mote the happiness of, I believe, 100,000,000 of our fellow creatures, and who have performed the high functions with which they have been charged in a manner which entitles them to universal admiration, and which has enabled them to confer inestimable blessings on the dominions and the races which they govern. (Loud cheers.) The course of events has fre quently compelled these rulers to wage war —they have in many instances achieved conquests, but, unlike those conquerors whose footsteps are marked by desolation and whose career is followed by misery, they have subju gated only to emancipate, and added to their subjects only by increasing the number of happy and free men. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, these wars have raised up many a hero and many a brave and skilful soldier. I have now the happiness to see many here whose breasts are adorned with the honourable rewards of well-fought fields. I see around me many who have distinguished themselves in those contests in which in the perform ance of their duty and in the service of the East India Company they have been called to engage. They are now going to a different scene of action, and, having hitherto contributed to the glory of their country in the eastern hemisphere, they are now about to ma i nta i n t h e cause of justice and of right in the west, and to fight for the honour and dignity of this empire in the re gions of Europe. lam persuaded that they will discharge their duties in the one quarter of the globe as nobly as they have done it in the other. They will have to com mand the contingent to be raised by our ally the Sultan of Turkey, and those officers (many of whom I have myself seen) who have witnessed the achievements of the brave and gallant Turks, have invariably testified that they are the materials out of which the best pos sible troops may be formed, provided only that they are placed under good and capable leaders. (Cheers.) There can be no doubt that a contingent composed of such men, and led by such officers as those whom we have the pleasure of seeing among us, will march to victory ; will cover themselves with glory on the field of battle, and will contribute—should the efforts now being made to negotiate unhappily fail—to gain for us by the power of the sward, that future security for the peace of Europe which will then have been denied to persuasion and amicable endeavours. Gentlemen, I again return you thanks on my own behalf and on that of my colleagues, and I trust that before this day twelvemonth we shall be able to congratulate you on the glorious distinction that will have been won by the gallant men with whom we are now sharing your hospitality. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Mr. Ver non Smith, the President 04 Ito Board of Control, taking occasion to assure the right hon. gentleman that he might rely upon the ready co-operation of the Court of Directors in all measures which they might mutually deem to be for the benefit of India. The toast was drunk amid loud applause. Mr. VERNON SMITH, in acknowledging the compli ment that had been paid t• him, adverted to the recent date of his appointment to the administration of Indian affairs, asserting that he yielded to no man in the great and engrossing interest he took in the welfare of the millions intrusted to his care, and that he would devote his best abilities to promote their happinessand improve ment. Turning to the more immediate object of that assemblage, he said it was impossible to overestimate the benefits which would be derived from engaging the services of officers •f the Indian army in the present war, and he trusted that those who had hitherto shared the same glory would hereafter obtain the same high honours as the officers of her Majesty's troops. Those who had fought under the banners of Plassy and Assay, of Sobraon and Chillianwallah, would not prove them selves unworthy of fighting side illy side with the heroes of Alma and Inkerman. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then gave " Success to the Allied armies in the Crimea," associating with the toast the name of Lord Panmure, and expressing his confidence that the War Minister would use his best exertions to place the British army in that state of efficiency which would enable it eventually to destroy the predominance exercised by Russia in the Black Sea, the continuance of which was incompatible with the peace of Europe. (Drunk with applause.) Lord PANMURR—I certainly did not anticpate that I la n t receive. army T o is t o h ave i t assoc i ate d should have been called upon to say one word upon the present occasion ; but, sir, you h ave b een pleased to connect my name with the army of G reat Britain now in the Crimea. In so doing, you have-- perhaps a for va l our, distinguished for I unwit tingly—conferred upon me the highe s t h onour w hi c h i t have my name as sociated possiblet h all h a tth discipline, and celebrated, as it eve r must b e , f or th e with a ist that couldremarkableg patient endurance of suffering. (Cheers.) ) The services of that army to its country have been rendered with a fidelity, a loyalty, and a patriotic spirit that will cause the names of who belong to it to be handed down to the unfading remembrance and grateful affection of the latest posterity. (Cheers. No one can forget the man ner in which that army left this country. After a pe riod of forty years of peace, we were called upon sud denly to send into the field an army exceeding in numbers any that ever at any one time before left the shores of Britain. The flowe r of our people went forth under the nation's banner, and from the mo ment they landed upon the enemy ' s soil up to the present hour not a single reverse has ever attended them in the face of the foe. They have invariably set their feet upon his neck, and trampled his glory in the dust. (Cheers.) A now army, exposed for the first time to a winter campaign, they have endured all its hardships, and carried on the war under its severity in a manner which has excited the admiration of one of the oldest and most distinguished veterans of Europe_ I mean Marshal Radetzky. I only learnt this day that, on being asked his opinion as to the mode in which our army had passed the winter in the Crimea, that eminent general expressed no surprise at the sufferings it had had to undergo, and his laconic reply was, " Remember , it is a new array, and it has gone through a winter campaign." (Cheers.) No doubt there has been much suffering during the rigours of such a campaign ; no doubt there were many omissions which future experience may correct ; but I have every reason to believe—and I may say it with confidence before this company and also before the Bri tish people—that the corner is now turned ; that the sun is again shining upon us ; that, with returning spring, the health, the spirits, and the energies of our troops are returning likewise, and that we may hope, ere long, when the decisive moment comes, that our gallant army in the East will again add fresh laurels to those that they have already gathered ; that they will again call forth the meed of their country's praise ' • that th e y will again be seen fighting, and fighting with SUCCCS3, in the cause of justice and of truth—in the cause of liberty against despotism—a cause which I hope will ever be dear to the people o f England, and in which, I tru s t, they will ever encourage their fleets and their armies to fight. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed "The health of Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General of India," observing that it afforded him great pleasure to express, on behalf of the Court of Directors, the high opinion they entertained of the successful administration of that noble lord. The health of Lord Dalhousie was not, he was sorry to say, so good as could be wished, and his lordship had been obliged to seek change of air in the Madras Presidency. H e was sure, therefore, that they would all unite in drinking to Lord Dalhousie's speedy restoration to his wonted vi gour. (Drunk amid loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then gave "The health of his Grace the Duke of Argyll, and the guests who had honoured the company with their presence. (Cheers.) The Duke of ARGYLL, in responding, said it had been usual to speak of the last 40 years as a period of peace ; yet during that time many most important victories had been won by the valour of our armies in the East. It was only a short time since every heart in England hung with breathless suspense upon the arrival of the Indian mail, and all felt that our interests and honour depended upon the gallantry and skill displayed on the . banks of the Sutlej and the 4(413 by our Ladign oftcerfat Now, however, when peace reigned from the Himalaya to Cape Comorin, those officers nobly came forward to offer their services to their country in the war now raging in the Crimea, where he believed they would add fresh lustre to the great renown they had already ac quired on the plains of India. (Cheers.) The list of toasts having been concluded the company then separated. The proceedings were enlivened by the performances of a superior military band. Mr. Toole ably officiated as toastmaster. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, The fleet at Spitheal was augmented yesterday by the arrival of the Duke of Wellington, on bf,ard which Rear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., is expected to hoist his flag this morning as Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet. There are now at Portsmouth the fol lowing ships and vessels :—The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain Caldwell ; the Britannia, 120, Captain Carter (to be put out of commission to-morrow) ; the St. George, 120, Captain Eyres, C.D. ; the Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton ; the Royal George, 102, Captain Cod rington, C.B. ; the St. Vincent, 112, C a pt a i n Elliott, C.B. ; the Nie, 91, Captain Mundy ; the James Watt, 91, Captain Elliot (refitting) ; the Calcutta, 84, Captain J. J. Stopford ; the Cressy, 81, Captain R. L. Warren ; the Hogue, 60, Captain Ramsay ; the Blenheim, 60, Captain Hall ; the Ajax, 60, Captain Warden ; the Pembroke, 60, Captain G. H. Seymour ;• the Hastings, 60, Captain Caffin ; the Edinburgh, 58, Captain Hew lett ; the Imperieuse, 51, Captain Watson, C.B. ; the Euryalus, 61, Captain G. Ramsey ; the Arrogant, 46, Captain Yelverton ; the Retribution, 28, Captain Fisher ; the Esk, 20, Captain Birch ; the Penelope, 18, Captain Sir W. Wiseman ; the Falcon, 17, Commander Pullen ; the Ariel, 9, Commander Luce ; the Centaur, 6, Captain Clifford ; the Gorgon, 6, Commander R. B. Crawford ; and Basilisk, 6, Commander Jenner. These are all effective sea-going ships. We have not mentioned harbour guard and training ships, Royal and other yachts, port tenders, tugs, and lighters. Each day will add to this great force, and by the end of the present week it is expected to be doubled. The effects of its presence are already felt on the local markets. Yesterday the weather was very thick and intensely cold ; so there was not much co mmu nicatioa with the s hips from the shore where the snow lay several inches deep, having fallen densely during the night. The clerlaof the Pay-office went of to the Penelope on Saturday to pay her cre w wages in ad vance prior to her sailing for Cork to embark Royal Artil lery for the Cape of Geed Hope. The Hogue hauled out of the steam basin, after refit and receiving sew boilers, on Saturday. The crew of the Britannia will be draughted for other ships when their leave is up. The refit of the ships forsaing the Baltic expedition progresses rapidly at each of the outorts, and there is no doubt that they will all be in the Downs (if no further) by the end of the month. The following was the position in which the fleet at Spithead was moored yesterday : WEST-LOOKING EAST. Royal George Duke of Welling ton Neptune Aj Cressy Imperieuse St. George Penelope Calcutta Eik Nile Euryalus Arrogant Gorgon. EAST—LOOKING WEST. The hired screw-steam stransport Imperial, Captain Inman, No. 18S, which left London Feb. 24, with medi- cal stores for Constantinople, and put back to Plymouth with machinery damaged on the 3d of Marcb, having had a new cylinder fitted, started again on Friday, when the slide valves of the new cylinder gave way. New slide valves were expected on board yesterday (Sunday), and it was hoped that she would make a third attempt today to prosecute her voyage. The screw steam-ship Saxon, Captain Barfield, which took Government stores to Constantinople, and then shipped fruit at Smyrna for London on mecrbants' account' put into Plymouth short of fuel yesterday. She left Gibraltar March Ist, spoke the schooner Tradesman. March 9th, five days out from London for Naples ; and same day, in latitude 38 north, longitude 7 west, passed a large quantity of square timber, part of which was in a raft, supposed to b• the deck load of some ship. Shipwrights and other artisans employed at Devon port on the screw steam-ship Colossus, 81, and Cesar, 91, have received orders to work from six in the morning till seven o'clock in the evening, to make good defects with all despatch, so as to prepare them immediately for sea. The C0'035129 is expected to be taken out of dock on Thurs&y, and to go out of harbour on Monday next. The screw steam-vessels Cruizer, 17, Conflict, 8, Rosatuonri, 6, Weazer, and Recruit, were taken out of the basin dock at Keybam, Plymouth, on Saturday. The three former vessels went to the coal depot to com plete coaling, and it is expected that they, together with the steam-vessels Magicienne, 16, Archer, 14, and Vulture, 6, will be ready by to-morrow to proceed to Spithead. His Prussian Majesty's frigate Thetis, Captain sunder wauldt, at Plymouth, is ready for sea, and will proceed with the British fleet to the Ratio when the ioe breaks up ; she is bound to Dantzic. Her full cogmple►nent is about 400 men ; but she has at present only 200, part of whom are engineers and stokers, the whole having formed tk3 cress of the two gurl-bows Nix and Sala mander. On Tuesday last, when they were exercising aloft, an able seaman, David Schwartz, a native of Pillau, fell from the maintopsailyard, across the comb ings of the main hatchway, and received such frightful injuries that he died immediately. Oa Saturday the High Court of Admiralty having condemned the vessel Klissova Constaatine, of which Zillisimus Carronis was late the master, prize to her Majesty's ship Retribution, and the Agos I.annes •'Bododo, of which Theofori Vok•s was late the master, prize to her Majesty's ship Highflyer, decrees of sale were issued. The vessels are lying at Malta, where they will be sold, together with their cargoes, arms, and amount realised paid into the Admiralty for the benefit of the captors. _ The North Star is loading bread, beef, and pork at th• Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, for tke Crimea. The Wish, Captain Edwards, is leading bread for Malta, and the Mute, of Portsmouth, is unloading wheat from Shoreham. A cargo of biscuit is to be sent to Haulbowline in the transport Blue Jacket. Tenders have been accepted at 60k. per ton for conveying hay to the Crimea per John Oldham. Orders have been re ceived to engage freights for convesing 500 tons of pro visions to Constantinople or the Crimea. There is in store 39,8001 b. roasted coffee, andlBo,ooolb. raw coffee, which the kiln is working night and day to finish. The coffee is packed in canisters of 141 b., 251 b., and 281 b. each. The following appointments and promotions have taken place. Lientenants—John Palmer, from the St. Vincent, to the Duke of Wellington, to serve as flag lieutenant to Rear-Admiral the Hon. Richard Dundas, C.B. ; Chas. A. I'. V. Robinson, recently serving in the Sampson, to the Hecate ; James A. R. Dunlop to the H as ti ngs ; J. H. Whitshed to the Amphion ; Charles G. G. Percival, from the Majestic, to the Horatio ; James W. Arm strong, from the Duke of Wellington, to the Bulldog ; C. Hobart, from the Bulldog to the Duke of Wellington. Masters—Richard C. Dyer, to the .Merton steam sloop ; Peter Wellington, to command the Tyne ; Wm. T. Mainwise to the Victory. Surgeon - Superintendents—Samuel Donielly, serving in the Euryalus, to the Adelaide convict ship ; Edward Groves, M.D., from the Gorgon steam-sloop, to the Euryalus, vice Donnelly ; Richard King to the Gorgon, vice Groves ; James Whicher to the Bulldog ; J. J. D. Burns, M.D., to the Hastings. Assirtaut-Surgeons—Joh n C. Messer, M.D., from the Duke of Wellington, to the Centaur ; Simon A. Willis, M.D., to the Calcutta. Acting Assistant-Surgeon—George T. Keele to the Pylades. Clerk George M. Blyth to the Hawke. Acting Clerk Alexander D. M'Arthur to the Majestic. Second Masters Francis Taylor, serving in the Vul ture, and John Thompson, serving in the Sharpshooter, have been promoted to be Masters. Several promotions and appointments have been made in the Royal Marine Corps. In consequence of its being intended immediately to augment the Royal Marine Corps by the addition of one company to each of the four divisions, Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Woolwich, each company will have one captain and two first lieutenants. Orders have been received at the Barrack Master's department, Plymouth citadel, to prepare for the recep tion of about 60 men of the 11th Hussars, expected by steam from Dublin, prior to embarkation at Plymouth to join their regiment in the Crimea. Reinforcements for the several regiments at the seat of war are ordered to be held in readiness to proceed to the Crimea forthwith. According to present arrangements, the following are the numbers that are to be seat out— viz.:—Grenadier tGuards, 3d battalion, 200 men ; Ist battalion Coldstreams, 150 men ; Ist battalion Scots Fusilier guards, 150 wen ; and it is stated that each of the following regiments of the line are to be increased by two companies of 100 men each—vie. :-2d battalion of the Ist Foot (Royal Scots), 3d ditto (Buffs), 4th ditto, 7th Royal Fusiliers, 17th Toot, 18th (Royal Iris's), 19th Foot, 20th Foot, 21st (Royal North Britisk Fusiliers), 23d (Royal Welsh ditto), 28th Foot, 30th ditto, '33d (Duke of Wellington's Own), 34th Foot, 38th ditto, 39th ditto, 42d (Royal Highlanders), 44th Foot, 146th ditto, 47th ditto, 48th ditto, 49th ditto, 50th ditto, 54th ditto, 55th ditto, 57th ditto, 62d ditto, 631 ditto, 66th ditto, 68th (Durham Light Infantry), Ist battalion 71st Highland Light Infantry, 77th Foot, 79th Highlanders, 82,1F00t, 88th (Connaught Rangers), 89th Foot, 90th ditto, 91st ditto, 92d ditto, 93d High lander::, and 97th Foot. The Rifle Brigade is to be in creased by a battalion of ten companies consisting of 100 teen each. The reinforcements for the cavalry will pro ceed early in the ensuing month, when the horses for the remounti will be sent out with thorn ; but the draughts fr , r the Guards willl.ll-oceed during the present week. Captain Astley, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, who was wounded in the neck while gallantly leading his men up the heights of Alma, has been beating up for recruits for his regiment throughout the county of Sus sex. The dreadful sufferings which our troops in the Crimea have tindergone have very much checked the desire to enlist in all parts of the country. Accounts from Cork, dated Friday evening, say :-- "f At 3 o'clock yesterday the Great Britain arrived in Quoviatown Woolwiob i and took up her station / e _ . t / r PRICE SD. ' opposite Haulbowline. The inhabitants of Queenstown had thus an opportunity of comparing the two greatest commercial steam -vessels in the world. The embarckation of horses on board the Himalaya was one of the thousand proofs of the fitness of Queenstown for a naval station. The huge vessel was enabled to lie alongside the small jetty running from the wharf of the Mes•rs. Scott. The horses walked on deck, and in 47 minutes 123 horses had been safely and easily put on board. The Himalaya then steamed out to the man•of- war loads where she dropped anchor for the night. This morning, at half past seven o'clock, amid the cheers of the men, she left the harbour to pursue her voyage. To-morrow the River Steamers' Company's boats will convey the following draughts to the Great Britain :-17th Infantry.-128 non-com missioned officers, rank and file ; Captains IV. A. Arm s'rongand P. INlTherson ; Lieutenants IV. H. - Verstuine, F. A. Mac Creight, F. C. Dyer, and E. 11. Utterson. 21st Infantry.-132 non-commissioned officers, rank and file ; Captains W. P. Collingwood and S. W. 11. Hawker ; Lieutenants T. Bruce, R. 11. Best, Coak• ley, and J. B. Hollway. 30th. —l3O non-commissioned officers, rank and [file ; Captains Pennefather and Ste-. venson ; Lieutenants Singleton, Fleming and Wood ; and Ensign Field. 49th Infantry.—Captain T. Nason ' • Lieutenants U. Lescorns, J. Maul, H. D. Savory, and Ensign Davis. 57th Infantry.-132 non-commissioned officers rank and file ; Lieutenants W. J. Cooke, H. Bird, J. N. G. M`Cartney, J. Willings, and Ensign G. R. Waugh. 62d infantry.—Captains M. Rynd and R. A. Cox ; Lieutenants H. AV. Clarke, W. B. Hughes, R. D. Templeman, and B. Ramsay • or a total of 817 offi cers and men. O n M onday will also' embark the follow ing draughts, now in garrison : 63d Regiment,l3B non commissioned officers, rank and file; Major Higginbot ham ; Lieutenants S. A. T. Benyon, Duma,resq, and S. E. Knox. 68th Regiment. 131? non - commissioned offi cers, rank and file ; Major Greer, Captain Trent, Lieu tenants Grace, Sparks, Etheleton, and Seymour, and 4 officers, 6 sergeants and 124 rank and file of the 41st ; officers, 6 sergeants, and 124 rank and file of the 47th ; and 5 officers, 6 sergeants, and 124 rank and file of the 55th Regiments. This makes the entire number oftroops which leave for the Crimea in the Great Britain 1,498. General Maunsell visited this vessel yesterday on her arrival, and pronounced himself highly pleased with the accommodation she afforded the troops." The following gentlemen have been appointed Acting- 1 Assistant-Surgeons on the Hospital Staff :—Mr. A. John Stewart, Mr. M. J. Jones, Mr. W. T. Irwin, Mr. A. It. Smith, Mr. B. Lucas, Mr. T. S. Barry, Mr. R. ' H. Beale, Mr. A. 0. W. Swaine, and Mr. W. B. Mackley. THE MILITIA. The Royal Elthorne Regiment was placed on perma nent duty on Feb. 6, at Uxbridge, and has been ob taining recruits every day since. Lieut. Benbow, of this regiment, obtains an ensigncy in the 48th Regiment im mediately, having taken more than 75 men to the line. The Lord-Lieut. of Ireland has been pleased to signify to Colonel the Right Hon. W. F. Tighe his pleasure that the Kilkenny Regiment shall be for the future styled Fusiliers. The number of men enrolled for the Kilkenny Fusiliers up to Friday was 303, of whom a few have already volunteered into the line. ' The South Lincoln Infantry Militia having been ordered from Chichester to Portsmouth, the Government intend oonverting the barracks iota an hospital for the sick and wounded on their arrival in this country from the East. The preliminary arrangements have already been carried out by Captain Graham, and a party of officers and men of the Royal Engineers are expected to arrive in the course of this week to effect the necessary alterations, which will be completed with all possible speed. The 18th Bedfordshire Regiment of Light Infantry, embodied in August last, is now lying at head-quarters, under command of Lieut.-Colonel Higgins. This regi ment has given upwards of 200 volunteers to the line. The Royal Westminster Militia, Col. Viscount Chel sea, M.P., now embodied at T urnham-green, are about to be removed for permanent duty. The Ist Royal Surrey Militia, Col. W. Holme Sum ner, embodied at Richmond, have just given upwards of 100 volunteers for service in the Crimea. THE EARL OF DUNDONALD'S PLAN OF NAVAL WARFARE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Peace being desirable, not only for the inte rests of our country, but for those of the werld at large, and the negotiations now pending being doubt less injuriously influenced by the obstinate resistance of Sebastopol (which could be overcome is a day), and by the impossibility of successfully attacking Cronstadt by naval means (which might be as speedily reduced), I have drawn up a petition to Parliament, in order that secrecy and silence on ray part, and deficiency of information on that of the public, may no longer prove injurious to the success of our arms. lioa tili ties having proceeded actlar, assuredly most expe dient to reduce a restless ieurtn-rate power than be ourselves reduced. Let n t my motive be mi , taken. I have no wish to command a fleet of 100 gun ships, or to attack first-rate fortre.scs by encased batteries of steam gun-boats ; that which I desire is, first, secretly, to demonstrate to com petent persons the efficiency of my plans, and then to •btain authority (during eight or ten days of fine wea ther) to put Ocin in execution. . The means I contemplate are simple, cheap, and safe in execution—they would spare thousands of lives, mil lions of money, and great havoc and uncertainty of re sult*. Their con , equences might, and probably would, effect the emancipation of Poland, and give freedom to the usurped territories of Sweden. Those who judge unfavourably of all aged naval com manders assuredly do not refleet that the useful employ ment of the energies of thousands and tens of thousands of men can best be developed and directed by a mind instructed by long observation matured by reflectio n, advantage to which physic a l po wer that Could clear ian ts way by a broad sword can bear no comparison. My unsupported opinion in regard to a naval enterprise in 1809 proved to be correct ; every other undertaking in the British service, and as Commander-in-Chief in Chili, Peru, Brazil, and Greece was successful, and so would the protracted and unaccomplished undertaking:B (so in jurious to the result of negotiation) have succeeded had I possessed sufficient influence to be patiently listened to.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, 15IINDONALD. "TO THE EON. TIIE COMMONS ll'f PARLIAMENT A 8• 6EMBLED. "THE PETITION OF THOMAS EARL or =DONALD, ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE, "Humbly showeth—That in the year 1811 your peti tioner discovered, and, after deliberate consideration, had the honour, in the year 1812, to disclose to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, a simple, yet irre si,tible, means whereby ordinary implements in war might be dispensed with, and speedy and successful re sults insured. " That his Royal Highness was pleased to appoint a commission to investigate tke subject, consisting of the most competent persons of that period, whose report was so favourable that his Royal Highness ordered the at tendance of your petitioner, and commanded secrecy, which had been imposed on Lord Keith, Lord Exmouth, and on General and Colonel Congreve—his Royal High ness the Duke of York being president of the commis sion. "That with this injunction your petitioner faithfully complied, although he could have put his plans in execu tion in foreign service, to his own great personal advan tage. That after your petitioner's return from abroad, and when an apprehension of war had again arisen at home, your petitioner presented his plans to his Majesty King William (who had honoured your petitioner in early life with favour), and whose professional know ledge enabled him to judge of their applicability. "That his Majesty satisfied therewith, was pleased, in the most flattering manner, to manifest the high esti mation in which he held the loyalty and disinterested conduct of your petitioner. " That on a subsequent threat of war, since the acces sion of her present Majesty, the question of the merits of your petitioner's plan was, on a similar occasion, sub mitted to the most honourable the Cabinet Council, wherein ingenuous and expanded minds, impressed with sentiments similar to those which actuated his late Ma jesty, recommended and obtained a gracious manifesta tion of royal justice. "That, in February and in July last year,. your peti tioner again offered his said plans, and sanctioned their reference t• a secret commission of naval officers, in order that a professional report might be made as to th eir practicabilitytheirn and opi n e i ffi o n c i a e s n c t y o , or iginating in an erroneous impression as to the endur ance of batteries,ironitioeunngdagfleoattoinagubdue,even were they added all of whi c h your petitioner will to the aefences of C . 1 - onstadt. That your petitioner, foreseeing the impracticability of capturing numerous and powerful fortifications by the means now in preparation, again most respectfully offers ' his plans and his services to accomplish these objects, re serving the encased batteries and steam gun-boats entire and ready for the brief and easy task of destroying the hostile fleet. " That your petitioner begs that, should these pre mises, and the prayer hereunto annexed, seem to your honourable house exaggerated or unreasonable, you will be pleased to take into your consideration that, had electric communication and photographic delineation been privately known and publicly announced, these in c - nite-ti'ile realities would have been received as an in sult to the understanding. Therefore your petitioner humbly prays " That your honourable house will be pleased, by a searching inquiry, to ascertain whether the aforesaid secret plans are capable speedily, certainly, and cheaply to surmount obstacles which our gallant, persevering, and costly armies and fleets have failed to accomplish. " March 5, 1855." `'DUNDONALD. EXPLOSION AT DARTFORD.—On Saturday tnotning, at nine o'clock, the inhabitants of Dartford were startled by tw• successive explosions, which shook the town and neighbourhood. It was soon ascertained that one of the drying mills of Messrs. Pigou bad exploded, destroy ing the building, and causing the death of one work• DAD, begidea woudin several other!! ça BREAM OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. LiNeoLY, March 10. RUSSELL V. WHITEHEAD. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. Hayes were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Mellor, Q.C., and Mr. W. H. Adams for the defendant. Mr. Macaulay, in hi;opening, said that the defend ' ant was a retired farmer, of about 63 years of age, and the plaintiff a person of years not unsuited to his. She was, in fact, a widow of 4i. So far as the defendant's means of meeting the results of this action were con cerned, the jury might be content with his own state ment, fortified as it would be by the plaintiff's evidence that he was " worth thousons upon thousons." The de fendant had also stated that he "had nothing to do but to amuse himself ;" and amuse himself be appeared to have done by tampering with the affections of unsus pecting females. The defendant was a man who con sidered himself rather fascinating than not, and most certainly he bad made a strong impression upon the plaintiffs heart. At all events she was willing to have him, and in rcturn for the factitious boon of opulence and comfort, to bestow upon him the sweet consolations of conjugal endearment. Mr. Macaulay observed that he was not in a condition to offer much more evidence of the defendant's promise than was contained in letters from him to the plaintiff. Bat, said the learned coun• sel, I have it hi his handwriting, and I eliculd recom mend all ladies baying dealings of this kind with the defendant to take care to obtain his promise in a similar form. There was a distinct promise contained in the following letter : " Wainfieet, Jan... 10, 154. "My dear Maria Russell,—l will never marrie no woman uppon the berth but you self ; I cau a sure you of that. You shall joined with me at all I ham worth, and be my lowfull wife, becose you are a p ru d ent woman, and I dote uppon you—and if I live, I will mak you my lowful wife, and be for long. I will own I have been very ruffs with you, but I will mak mends, and so !lout think no more a bout it, now I have promised you this, for I do lore you a beve all women. " JESSUP WHITEHEAD." The next letter, if somewhat less warm and ardent, was equally explicit as to the material point. Its changed tone might be accounted for by the statement, which was true beyond all doubt, that the defendant's son was ill at the time. It was as follows : " Wainfleet, Feb. 21, 154.‘ "My dear Lady,—.l received a letter from you last night, but can't read half. I eau insure you that I have other things to think of, as my son is in very great danger, and has been so more than a week. I have all his work to see to, and I have been to Firsby ten miles, and must go to Thorpe this afternoon, and whin I shall retorn Ido not kenow. I shall never dseve you. I love monney too well to dseve one that I do dot en. You know that we must wet 2 yeres. I never did nor will Brack my premix. I Cam to your door 3 or 4 ti mes , b u t th ere i s no c h ases of getininn since your new neighbour cam be live theirs but I will coin wen I ca n . Y ou sa d i n your l e tt er that I was dull on S un d ay, that is sine I though every our was his last. I ham fall of trouble, I can asever you, my dears love, Mrs. R usse ll. S o no more at present from " Yours, " JESSUP WurzzllZA.D." The jury would now have to turn their eyes front the spectacle of love and unchanged fidelity, which these letters disclosed, to circumstances of 3 more painful kind. Before sending to the plaintiff the letter about I to be read, the defendant had yielded to seductions from which even the best and wisest of us enjoy no immunity, and to which less refined natures, like that of the de fendant, are too prone to listen. In the interval he had met with another widow, by name Mrs. Maria Soleby, in years 54. Now, whether an ambiguity resulting from the common character of " widow" had confused an intellect not na t ura ll y strong, or whether a morbid caprice had rendered that intellect unstable, it was im possible at the present time to ascertain. But the de fendant had, at all events, transferred his affections from one widow to the other, and had given to Maria Soleby the heart which ought to have belonged to Maria Rue sell alone. More than this, he had given to Mrs. Soleby —an agreeable and opulent woman—a proof of affection which incapacitated him from performing his promise to the plaintiff. He had married her on the 27th of April last. The letter about to be read would make but too manifest not only the change of the defendant's senti ments and his disregard of the plaintiffs feelings, but also his utter want of reverence for the most cherished institutions of the land. It ran thus : " Wainfleet, Dec. 15, 1854. " Well, Mrs. Russell, do you intend to proceesl ageanst me ? Why you will be lik a poor mouse amongest so money cats for I have thousons, and you have flout at all. Did not I tell you the night before I was married that I would pay you well if you would be still about it ? I went to Alford ou the Bth of December, '54, to aulter nay will, and my boy is dad. I have no one to lave my monney to but wat as plentey. I should have rembred you, but now you shall not have a denied farden. I now ham a guen to sell all my land, and is a guen to lave the town. I was a foal for writen to you that not in your house; if I had not you would of had no dame on me, but I did promis to 'surrey you, and to mack you my lawfull wife, that is trewe, and the 19 of Janery would of been the day, but I ham trustee for Mrs. Byeraft, and this woman yust to meet me on a tusday, night, and her tong and her monney drew my a tenshen ; the last time I was in your house I wanted to tell you, but I could not, for I new that you would feel it very much, becose I had caned the mater too fare a great deal. I own that I have don you damages in you sellen your stack of at a reduce perises, and in senden the child home, and you geten all things in readness ; it was very foolish on me to do so, but I did love you, and I do wish that I had married you, after all ; know Mrs. Russels you ad a deal better sattel it, for I have 30 or 40 thoussons and you ant a Penney. I clout care a dam for the Queen's laws you poor you may ttie your worst, you shall not have a dam farden ; for if I cant throw you with fare moans. I ham determine " tier ' I never thought that yin, ~Ap my letters. I bornt your dam things ; you ad a deal buster sattel, it will bee a decl beter for you in the end, and you need not tack this leter to that long dovel, it ii no euse, fur I have throwen my hand ; you have no chance in the world with me, and wen you have read this. you barna it. I dent care a dam for j ug nor juery. " JESSUP WHITEHEAD." The jury must give exemplary damages for such miscon duct, and for losses of another kind which the plaintiff had sustained. She had given up a shop which she kept in Wainfleet, on the faith of the defendant's promise. Mr. Thomas Barney said—l am the masager of the Spalding and Boston Bank. The signature of the letters is, I think, the defendant's. I should have paid chegnea so signed. He is a retired' farmer, and lives at Spalding on his rents. John Joshua Barkworth said—l ant a tailor, and live next door to the plaintiff in the market-place of Wain fleet. A year ago I agreed to take the stock of her shop after she was married. She reduced it, and sold it off: Mr. A. Dalton, a brewer, said—l have seen the de fendant coming out of plaintiff's house of an evening. I have said, " Is this the time of night to come from court ing ?" He has made no reply. This would be between ten and eleven ; not the regular time—(laughter)—but, at all events, the defendant's time. I saw him a few days ago (on the 7th inst.) He asked me if I was sub poenaed, and added, "I don't deny going to the house. I've frequently been there, and also up stairs. I've rolled the old lady on the bed many times." Cross-examined—He said he haul never written her any letters. Eliza Clayton said—l am niece of the defendant's pre sent wife. I saw them come out of church after their marriage. I have seen the defendant go to Mrs. Rus sell's house, and I have told my aunt so, and I hive told her that defendant was making game of her. Mr. Baron Alderson—And notwithstanding this, she married him ? Witness (curtseying low and smiling)—Yes, my lord. Other evidence having been adduced in proof of the defendant's handwriting. Mr. Mellor addressed the jury for him. They had heard something, he said, and they would' hear more, of the plaintiff's career. Left a widow by Russell, she had subsequently married a man named Eno, and she had brought Eno's career to a speedy termination, for he died in six months after his wedding. Set free froze this old pedlar of 70, she aimed at some higher object. But she did not succeed in her views, so far as the defen dant was concerned. It was true that the defendant had visited at her house. It might be true that the cere mony of a marriage would have added but little to the intimacy which once subsisted between them ; but it was not true that he had ever written to her, or ever pro mised to marry her. He should show that her character was such as to render the idea of such a promise simply ridiculous, and that the letters were forgeries. Mr. Baron Alderson said that as the only question for the jury was whether or not a promise to marry had ever been made, ho should not allow evidence to be gives of the plaintiff's bad character. That should have been pleaded. He then summed up the whole case to the jury, who retired, and remained many hours in deliberar tion. At about nine o'clock they made their appearance at the judge's lodgings, and found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 125/. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM FOTTN- DERING. The Result, East Indianian, belonging to Mr. Green; at Blackwall, now lying in the East India Dock, is at tracting much notice on account of her recent miraculoue escape. She is laden with one of the richest cargoes that has been shipped this season from China, consisting of 47,000 packages and boxes of tea, and a large assortment of China produce, consigned to Messrs. Lowther and Co., the brokers. On the ship reaching to within 400 miles of Cape Clear, she encountered a tremendous gale of !via from the S.E., which lasted for nearly forty-eight hours, with a mountainous sea, in thelcourse if which the ship strained considerably, aid being an American-built ship her seams opened, letting in the water to the hold to as alarming extent. The moment it was discovered all hands were set to work at the pumps, and although they f were kept goi ng d ay an d n i g h t, t h e waterincreased than 16 o d&instead ee 3,000 the crew to get below, in order to bale the water out creasing, until at length there were no lessfeet. The and 4 after , e o r o hatches hoxs o f w t e e r a e w t hoe, thrownope::ed a n d betwn overboard, toenable with a large cask which had been rigged above. Although thig baled out ninety gallons per minute, in addition to that ejected by the pumps, yet the water in creased. Toe officers considered that nothing could save the s hip, but that she must inevitably founder ; and, as the last resource, had arranged to throw over the cargo from between decks, so as to keep her afloat as long as they could. Luckily, a favourable wind afforded them a speedy run to Spithead, all on board working hard for their lives until she gained that anchorage. The moment she was seen from Portsmouth, the Govern ment dispatched two steamers and a nuneber of bands and pumps to her assistance, by which means she was kept afloat and towed round to the Thames. As may be supposed, a l arge portion of her cargo o f t ea , w hi c h was under wa t er nearly a month, was destroyed. Up. wards of 10,000 boxes have been landed in the dockit a saturated Condition, rendered, by the salt water, felt rabbish. T AW P ECELI.A.B SYSTEM .OF LIFE ABM:TRANCE. - DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL cior l t , tiI 7.IAA and Lis VESTMENT ASSOCIATION invite Assotiati New !kYstem of Life Assurance exolusively adopted kt)p'''''. per °a— viz., that of allowing Interest at the rate of 4 Pta,l 4 winuna on all premiums paid, Instead of the remote and 1 , th i ,, sYstern of Bonuses usually adopted. Policy-holder will secure to himself a constantly tßaur ed —ll.l Income daring life, as well as the payment of the r t t iuiti of ft - t Za epresentatives at his . death. 14, 4 t e r a ingd a a t sPeclaVy adapted to this System of Assurance may fr,„ the Oflice of the Company, 3, Pall-mall East, or for ". on application. "qls,rell, 1855. IETER MORRISON, Managing Director. fia S 4 i.r o 0 ~, 01 0 sio Ibtl f/ Olt' .ion I