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STROUD, GLOU , Nz 8, 3 2 1 - , TENTIAM. A. train will leave the Padding tro„ndaY, the 17th June, et 7.45 a.m., returning the Il ; -ch,,„' - '''lleltenha m at 6.30 Gloucester at 6.50, Stroud Gltk ee "cestcr at 7.30. Fare;—Cirencester or Strond, 9s ' t er or Cheltenham, 10s. and Gs. No lugg tge Nt l ° 'ITT w - '.; —TS.—The 16s. trousers reduced .0 4 ,,_ #,1 1 1,2 1 a1 e snd waistcoat, 225.; coat, waistcoat, and 1 . ' 1 4 order from Scotch tweeds, all wool and tb .) , t we guinea dres or frock coat ; the guinea ',04 - ‘ereb waistcoat—made to order by B. k rfe bi D ta4int tallor, 74, Recent-street. For quality, style, 't Pt ,g,:, r T,, t h.e equalled by any house in the kingdom. ALE -by ORDNANCE OFFICE, sth June. 1855. Auction at the Office of Ordnance , Nli,`M d 4 Pr4l,° ll TUESDAY, 2:h June; 185 5 , at 11 o' clock , nz t , scat', the fel'owing STORES, viz., great coa ts, h 4,, d ' t s, rags (linen and woollen), copper and mixed . I• 4ric, is th lr Oa. tools of sorts, leather scabbar ds, p ouches, ''''rect er arti c l es 1,044 frontten till Pour o'clock, four days previous to the h. -nay 1 , "al at the Ordnance Office, Tower. . J. WOOD, Secretary. , Akkil s i . watt tb it . POSTE ~4,‘ „ e tb at ~ R and SON inform the v,"o„*„ 4 .l4, 3 , c lue„eardtal ENGLISH PICTURES, the Pro rqutw-U_Vit,,,, ~ t,ropiers, and Co., Publishers, of collectionLudgate , k't cat,t,,be7r,itli Ik, k 41 ,,,,° l' o r e ' r ' s i , n a g n ir im Gall rt ery, 54, Pall-mall ae r se e thethree important picture yMI , the Age, Denby, an ' exquisite i \ ' lik tb e , tl, e4 °; , son and Cromwell, by Charles Lucy ; in all, 1 it 44. • Place o,=, 4 , w ~111,3 11D1gESp MastersAirmtohsetitehnforsatv.ed. The Auc • tttlll,'l''',titiare ~ 1,, Ll' Ulik r • — Superior Modern Furniture and Effects. ,1. 41441 \ t tt fro: , - BURFORD has received instruc t* t ) sot,ti administrator of the late Harvey Ludlow, ,11ir k ., ( •l e ty , ,; no b T r tv&totozrupjeunnethle2trearns:t2h7e, sCuhpaerrtieorr: s Zg1t..,781.18,1, AI °DERN FURNITURE, comprising French 0 ti, ?a, ariuli!rble-top washstands, wardrobes, and the usual L X 4 41,: , y ,:ims:,t rosewood drawing-room suhitee.lionc clocks s at in n ' qtiZ t t i p;i l l e ' Under ineisegalgiltfnra,Frenc k Spaniel ,i t ,' , Ittning tab) e, sidebo ' ard, mahogany frame chairs, yil, I A ~ eY, and . other carpets, libra . y table, bookcases, \ll k iNts, '` u engravings, china, glass, kitchen utensils, and l l orid 0 11 A ,aY, I ith June. Catalogues had on the premises, \ ' ur ford, Auctioneer and Surveyor, 22, Gresham- „Nttn,h,,Ath HOUSE of CORRECT ION, WANT 1 , II a STOREKEEPER, who must 40 Years of age, v;e11 acqua i n ted with book-keep `t,,l,l',l)er,;', competent to judge of the q uality of Provisions 4 4 '41, , 1; 11 ti,.;"Yi Ile will' be requirei to attend daily at the as shall be devised by the Visiting Justices, and 't ~- I [Le time and atten to the duties of theroffice, 1,, , a,N1 ) n,r , *ruled by him, under the direction of the Gover -45144i, The salary will be 15 ^ t. per annum , and the i t e,/ 4 ,? anpotrited must be prepared to give ucb security snag require. Applications, stating age, and 1 -, , ,k 4 t e. - ,timonials of character and ability , are t o be for t\ at t lle , it , siions Mouse, Clerkenwell-green, on or before I:tlait''tl4,ll%h 27th of June instant, and the Candi ates mui t 4kse. ‘ , f Corre lion on Friday, the 29th instant, at t, 4 ,!alii out of the wrio'e number of Candidates , the the names of not more than five, nor less to the N t tio Court of Quarter Session on the te d io elect will be snide by the Magistrates 2 6 / ,rtA„, ''3” voting, to commence at One and end at t , , igullTalsrk to the Visiting justices. , Eir • • • 4,1 i'! ' ' -'* ••,''... - __L . ~-:74 0 ":- -- , c h, ' -::—.----- , • 0 1,,, 1 tzli ~ 1 k,. , lf 1 , 3 rc 4 ,: n, and Soft and Fair Hands and Arms, are Vr91, 1 4 " I A V u sed and sustained by the use of ~ 4; 11 ..1 , ke ° ,' N I 41 S KALYD 0 R, an Oriental 1 11,ikri l Preparation,,...Ptodistinguished for its extremely bland, ) .41 ,effects Skin ; while, by its action on k t ,kr, kb: th - `e secretory vessels, it promotes a healthy tone, Okik; l 't teneral well-being of the skin and the beauty of "<:,, tc `; o 4,,, reclaes, Tan, Pimples, Spots, Discoloration, and Nl64l;, , ! , itatOns, are eradicated by the KAI:I3OR, and N , ,! i, , lam bloom and transparency of complexion. 1 t 3 1eLlite;,, a nd dust of summer, and ia case of sunburn, stings k4rcq k ontai inflammation, its virtues have long and ex -44, s , , rwledg,ed. 14 k, i t. Tbe w r c ' 4 s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per Bottle. q fn. It o , w erag " RowLerms' KALTDOR," are on the Wrap . 4.. gold and Sorts, 20, Hatton -garden, I ondon," in 1 ( 1 5' them, and by Chemists and Perfumers. 4 ',,„°41‘,„ 4 vESEND ,ST Itt i `lek,.. PACKETS. Call at the Greenhlthe and rurfleet 'ii= Piers as underlined (weather permittf ." T ERRACE PIER, GRAVESENTE) 1 \ Nisio- t'i:, Plels"asliiacrlined (weather permitting w TElta,icE HER, GRAVESEND) 14, 1) Ng . " R` SUNDAYS. N t ..F, , 1 <,----- -- 7 --- .14- i a 1 ..,. i , "E • 52 . 4 . ',“) ',.. k t. , :: -: Tine A g , t . ii ..-!, t < 7... al '"§ 02 . ~..N. " 11, , '....... ~.._ : 2 a .7... , , ... ...... ___ _ 0 • - . •. - @,•& ) ~. --- ' 12 % s. •-• -'' _ A,'l , g l '• I • ..._ --- — I W:kt t• ' --: I B,, t er ''' , l tP. bq , i ',• n lhurch•street 3tation to all parts 01 ig w ri •our. 'tr - g,; 1 .," , BLiCKWALL, on the arrival of the .(•1- IP ''' from the Fenchurch-street Station. t tla t b llbl 'e ' AB - '-- SuNtoATs. • ,!.'‘ 'S k S., - Ei V,r., -4 5 7, Fen- .-?. •: ii E ;E' k. SN. .: k l c i 11 church '3' 5 r.: ~ g 'A I , '" P. '. Street P.:-; A o 1 , ---- :', ~, a F.• A., a .e. --- ---- --...--- -- --.... ---- s.. --- ..... ."- 10 —.— k '`. ---- -- 11 . --- II . .1 7 . _ 7 _ 3 2 _— _ _ . tY t k ..". 5 A ipllb — 63 N.....,......____________ h lAk - lir 1.. o t4 kg.", Fore CaOtlt. ::',. k,, eth im t..:iid and London— —— —10 d. .. Is. 2 .'ith 4, 1c11;, 4 ISlal t 4 ,,, t ,,1 , , 1t - I tt, r ., a im na ol . wall or Woolw!ah Bd. .. OS. ! O I: "ko: Ili •• "••••••.• •• • • •• .. Rd. .. Os. 10d. si ~,,'t/f , - , ,;,%:,,,nv 1 t1l or Woolwich.. •. 6d. .. Os. Bd. F,% t 1 \ N‹ ...... Wk Fi t, rlra . tl .' 1 . , 1 , 1 /( % 1 4 : 11,17e tr,1 t ,.. a nd L0nd0n...... ~t tli ha l . .l cl 1,,,11,,,51ackwa1l or Wool , .. oq. " 0 , k 4 ' 44 I lla.r a ""••• ........ . .. Os. 10d. li i Il e 'vlls-,, , ,''‘wall or Woolwich.... ~,.. „ Os. 8d ' 110,,.KE'pc, an d Intermediate Piers .. 6a. .. Os. 4 k 4 t , • "-- tire , . -Joaths , 21. Os.. to be had of the Col , 1 ,, ,. .„ .. . • , /. i c Nt '' e ts i 0 - of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravei %3lerl° SOly tt itt. k or t,,, , 11. ao TREND AND SHEERNES. •• " 44 44 s ; Tnwn and R,sherville Pie's, 11.30 and 6.20. k Giif ° an „ d 430. prom Southend, 8 ~ 5 . "3 4 , 6.30 a na. from Sheerness, and 7 from South 1, 41 "Iti i Flans. • C t . 3d Class and Ist Class and Return Ticket. , I '%,' ,„''?nth e „, 4 Pore Cabin Saloon. 2d. Ist. N n , •4„,...ie er ,, - 4 •• 2.6 d . 3g. od. 3s. 6(1. 4s. Od. '414 1 . 4 '4 Fc, - ` 3B ' • 213. Od.. 2s. 6d. 33. Od. 3s. 6d. , uthend i 'al• Y t it : .: l Fi rn.(... 8 ,. 1 2s. Od. 2s. 6d. 3s. Od. 185Verness B. 61. / Ito Abe ET I . -111 TIE4 OF YOUTH AND MATURIT Y. l 'e 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 3i stamps, ' 4 qte3 k ," u S DEBILITY; T r iPtams, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper h,,,,, „ 1 11 0 ,161ractical Observations on a safer and more q „. ;:.;;Ilbed tr eatment of the diseaszs of the Generativ , tilke, 4 : l t;' l) Y a r i T , use of the Microscope in detecting and s t .„,_ Of ary examination, the real cause and effect of , h ‘-atimas lln. mPlairit, whether arisin from solitary habits. t )1 ,17 1 1 . h4ta,..„1 ere.elimate, followed hy pra g ctical remarks, founds," o'-q,p 4 ;.ty, L ,,,,Prenco in the treatment of Impuissance 1 4,0 . ‘ 1 1 , triret rit ~1 Weakness, Spermatorrlacea, &c. To which th. •41.8 „ a .et on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre* mAodu."ll the evils emanating from empirical prcctice, +lueOron, remedies Nt tl i t . dr ier ea advocated by various writeo on rip 4,1 4 4 it ti P :. 'l7 , * l* EA'MERT, M.D. as It D-R QUA RE, L ONDO N. it,' 6 ,,! i tek` i4 e.rytriculated Member of the University of Edin b ef e mber of the London Hospital Medical Society r . tv, ' ..' a rlea' London, &c. 10, et this treatise is to point out the fearful con k:4l4 t hr‘ ,Drera,,,,, s ,.;'m certain h a bit s , i rre gularities, and excesses, more misery in Youth, degradation to Man* „ d lges, at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any Il i to modern pathologists. Its perusal is ahi th s and a t it.,, oi Persons entert ring seer . et doubts 01 Ii who are conscious of having hazarded , tail privileges to trilich every human being is i „, l ltc ) , rs eq ,;, thatall men should know that there are . 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Regent-street. N R OWICH UNION REVERSIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEET ING of the PROPRIETORS, pursuant to the deed of settie ment, will be held :it the Company's offices. 23, Lincoln's•inn-fields, on TUESDAY, the 26th day of JUNE instant, at one o'olock pre cisely. June I 1 VI. 1855 HTNRY NORRIS, Secretary. ARGYLL ROOMS.—lmmense success of the new dance, L A VARSOVIANA : Music by H. LAURENT. —Danced every evening. PANORAMA of SEBASTOPOL is now OPEN at BURFORD'S. Leice , ter-square, comprising its For tifications, the Encampments, the Attack of the Allied Armies and the combined Fleets.—The Views of the BATTLE of the ALMA and of the BERNESE ALPS are also open.—Admission, is. each. CoDTTISH WIDOWS' FUND ANT) LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The FORTY-FIRSTAN37I7.7iL4FYERArathIT of MEM BERS of this SOCIETY was held within the Royal note!, Prince's street, Edinburgh, on Friday the 25th ultimo, — The Very Reverend Dr. MacFARLAN, Principal of the University of G!aszow, arid one of the Extraordinary Directors of the So ciety, in the chair. The ailAlßMAK,after stating that he had been unexpectedly called on t preside, in consequence of the Marquis of Twoeddale, one of the Vice,elsresidents, and who had been requested to take the ch ir, having been summoned to England, and after having craved s the o indulgetece of the meeting, commenced the business by n calling the Secretary to read the Mi nu t es o f the last Special General Court, held on Ist D ecem be r l as t These Miautes having be en rea d an d approved of by the Court , t he mA tion during theup NAGLR read the Repo r t o f th e Di rec tors as to the Soelety's opera of 455,3771 by p the past year, and from which there app ear, inter alma, the following r esu lt s : That during the year 1854 there had been 638 Policies pa ssed and taken Ipirojo3dse.rs, represen ti n g Assurances to the ex tent That the Society's realised and A ccumulated Fund had increased to the extent of 115,5541. 154. 10d, and amounted at 31st De cember last to 2,802,1401. Is. Id. That the Annual Revenue had increased to the extent of 22,75 R • OS. I Id, and amounted at 31st December last to 373,9011 13s. Bd. That there had been 142 deaths during the year 1854, the claims consequent on which (including Bonus Additions) amounted to 204,088/. 17e, 4d. The Crabs/ ex then rase and addressed the Meeting as fellows Gentlemen,—l think I may very safely congratulate this Society, and each one of its members, on the satisfactory Report which has now been presented by the Ordinary Directors, and on theyery high state of prosperity in which the affairs of the Company are shown to be at Present. (Applause.) Forty years have now elapsed since this Triad lion was first founded ; for I understand that the first Policy was issued at the end of the year 1814. It has certainly gone on very steadily, and has .attained a magnitude far beyond what was antici pitted by its original founders. When we find that 15,000 Policies have been issued during that period —that between 9,000 and 10,000 of these are still held by a'ont 8,000 persons —and that hundreds of fa milies have already enjoyed the heneflt of the prevision made through the Society's agency, I think we may be satisfied that the Institution has well fulfilled the purpo'e for which it was founded and called into operation. (Applause.) But when we contemplate the magni tude which it has now reached, I think we can only look on it with feelings of wonder and astonishment, combined with satisfaction. (Hear, hear.) From the report which you have just heard, it 'ap pears that the Capital of the Society has received an increase during the last vear of 115,5001., and that now it amounts to upwards of 2,810,000/..—ln short pressing very closely on a realised sum of Three Millions sterling. (Loud anplause ) The Revenue has increased is proportion; the increase during the last year has been 22,000/ , and its total amount le DOW 374,000'. (Renewed applause.) Ad this has been effected and accomplished under circumstances certainly by no mean! nronitions. lt hse been effected during a period of war, and under the pressure of a war taxation. bearing heavily on the means, and substance, and income of all classes of the community;—and it has also been effected in the face of an increasing and unexampled competition on the part of various other Insurance Offices, whether of older or more recent institution. Notwithstanding hese disad vantages, you have heard, and I hope with satisfaction, the progress which has been made during the course of the year 1854. (Applause.) There is, as TOR might notice, a statement in the report of the number of deaths,—the lives which have lapsed,—and by which additional burdens have been brought on the Society during the course of the last year. In 1853 the number of deaths was '3l ; in 854 the number was 142. Now this is an increase which might na turally he expected in the progress of events ; for the more numerous the members are there must of Ouse be additional mortality ; and we must further bear in mind that many of our members have been connected wtth the Society for a long period, and that as they are becoming advanced in life there must necessarily be a greater amount of mortality amongst them as a body. Each one now present is a yea" older than he was twelve months ago, and conse quently the chances of his surviving have been diminished, and the probability of death increased ; but what we have to look to is the general result, stated in the Report, that the total number of deaths during the past year is greagy within the calculation upon which all our regulations are based, and upon which the institution was first put into operation. The increased number of deaths is thus easily 'accounted for, without causing any unnecessary alarm, and I may say, comparatively small; and, when viewed in connection with the original calculations, hears ample testimony to the great care and prudence which have bsen shown in the selection of lives, and, at the same time, to the sound judgment and safe principles upon high the Institution was o• igin ally established and founded. (Ap • please.) will only say further, in behalf of some gentlemen, who, like myself. have been for many years contributors to this Fund, that I hope we are not weak enough to grudge the additional pay ment which each year has brought upon as. We have not only to thank Him by whom our lives have been graclously spared, that our ability to pay our premium has been continued to us, but also that we have been receiving, through the excellent management of this Fund, a very considerable compensation for our extended con tributions, in the shape:of bonuses regularly assigeed to us —(hear, hear)—and surely not less in the prospective return which has been realised for us through the exertions of the Officers of the Institution. in the benefits which will be conferred on ear families and relatives, and those who may have claims upon us. I would even say that the security, the constant tranquillity of thought which is produced by the knowledge that we are thus secured, to a certain extent, against that ordinary contingency to which we are every day liable, may have contributed not a little to raise the value of the lives of the members of this society above the average of what had been before expected. (Hear, hear.) I do not in tend to detain the meeting by entering into a general eulogiam upon 'he advantazee of Life Insurance. They are now extensively known. Thep have been in this room repeatedly illustrated, with great elo quence and great power, by these gentlemen who have occupied this chair; but I would merely recal your thoughts to the fact of the actual deaths in reference to what was expected from the calcula tions end say, that while much is due to the carend selection of these lives aeon which insurances have been effected, much, I am quite confident, is also due to that serenity of mind reacting on the bodily health which such a position as that occupied by a member of an institution like this is calculated to inspire. ( Applause ) After the exeerience of 35 years, I feel perfectly confident that there are hundreds, I would say thousands, that are members of this Society, who, like myeelf, have laid down their heads contentedly and tran wilily on their pillow by night, and could nevee have done so hut for the kno sledge that, if called away, the obligations which lay anon them from the -ties of parental affection, or those which they might hisve contracted in the course of business, would be fully, comnletely, and honourably met, and that they would descend to the dust, leaving characters unimpeaehed, and endeared in the recol lection of those who were related to them, or to whom they had in curred obligations, by the thought that towards all they had dis charged the duties that devolved on them. (Loud applause.) Now, all this is accomplished by a small deduction annually from their ordinary income—a deduction ashlth it was the duty of every one to make whether his life was . nsured or not ; but which was more com lete, more t ertain, and less liable to fluctuation, in consequence of having such an institution as this to be the guarantee of his •ulfllling his obligations. ( A pplituie.) I have, therefore, in closing, merely to repeat my congratulations to the members of this Society upon the satisfactory character of the report which his now been read, and would remark that the warmest gratitude is due to our Ordinary Directors for the perfect fidelity, accuracy, and judgment with which they have conducted your affairs ; and I will sit down after moving that therepert now read be -pproved of by the meeting. (Applause.) The approval of the report having been carried by acclamation, the Honourablo Lord IsTEAvES proposed a vote of tha ,, ks to the Director , and Office-Bearers of the Siocietv for th ir services durinz the past year, and the motion having been seconded by Jenx HUNTER Esq Auditor of the Court of Session, was unanimously termed to. On the motion of the Rev. Dr. COOK, St. Andrews, seconded by JAMES WRIGHT, Esq., Secretary of the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Courts of Directlon were appointed for the next year. A vote of thanks having, on the motion of HENRY CITEYNE, Esq., Writer to the Signet, been given to the very reverend Chairman, the meeting adjourned .—Edinburgh, 2d June, 1855. COURT OF DIRECTION-1855-66. Those marked thus * are new appointments. PRESIDENT. The Right Honourable the Earl of Rosebery, K.T. VICE-PRESIDENTS. HIS Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. The Most Honourable the Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T., and C.B. The Right Honourable the Earl of Ellesmere. *Robert Dundas, Esq., of Arniston. EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTORS. The Very Rev. Principal Macfar lan, Glasgow John North, Esq., Dock Solicitor. Liverpo , d The Right Hon. Lord John Frede rick Goqi , m Hallyburton The Right Hen. the Earl of Stair Henry Bury, Esq., banker, Man cheater Sir John S. Richardson of Pitfour. Bart. Tie Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lincoln John Amery, Esq., banker, Stour bridge The Hon. Lord Benholme Joseph James Welch, F.sq.,Cbeap side, London ORDINARY Thomas 0. Mackay, Esq., W.S. John Cadell, Esq., of Tranent Alexander Dunsmure, Esq., mer- chant, Leith Thomas Beveridge, Esq., D.C.S. William James Duncan, banker, Alexander Blatt; Esq., banker, Edinburgh William B. Watkins, Esq., Alder man, Nfanche , ter William E. Aytoun, Esq., Profes sor of Rhetoric in the Univer sity of Edinburgh iohtt RAve”hill, Esq., banker, Warminster William WilsNl,Esql., C.S., Edinr. J. Y. Simpson, Esq.. 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George Young, Beg., Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple David Hill, Esq., East India House John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing. Esq.. Chairman of Brighton Railway Sir John Thomas Briggs, Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office John Taylor, Jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street-place LONDON AND Tag 817NIIRD3. CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh WlCean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhlll DISTRICT AGINTS . Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street THE AZTECS and EARTHMEN.—Patronised by her Majesty, n•ho gave them a Check for a largo amount ; by H.R.H. Prince Albert; by the Duchess ofeambridge for the third time ; and by the clergy, Nobiiity, and Gentry. 6, beicester•square, from 3to 5, and from 7to 10, daily Lectures at 4 and 8. Stalls. 2s. ties V 5718." illattety, 64: —Two-Histories, Is. _ THE ERUPTION of MOUNT VESUVIUS, at 'he ROYAL, PANOPTICON daily at 4'45 and o.4s—War in the Crimea—Life in Pompeii—'he (Ir”nd Electrical machine, and all the other Entertainments and Lectures as n'ual. Doors open— Morning, 1 2 to 5, Evening, 7 to 10. Admission, ls. ;'schools and children half-price. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. t't The LECTURES and EXHIRITIONS. as delivered before her Most Gracious ‘lalesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Patron of the Institution, will he continued. Last Week but two of the first part of the OPTICAL DIORAMA of INFIAD the SAILOR Lecture on the TELFPHONIC CONCERT, by Invisible Perfor mers, by J. H PEPPER, Esq. Monday Evening Lecture by Dr. TREVETHAN SPICER, " On the ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD." Mrs. CLAa.s. BALFOUR'S Lecture, on Thursday Eveninc, " SUMMER HOURS with the POETS." The DIORAMA of "Sam SLICK'S TRIP across the ATLANTIC." &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAR DENS. TUTS EVENING. Grand Modelled View of Se bastopol. An attempt will be made to convey to the public an 'del of the operations of a siege, and that nothing may he wanting to give reality to the scene the proprietor has secured the services of a consider ble number of the wounded heroes of the Crimea. and at half-past 6 this evening will be given the attack and defeat of the Russian serti', in which upwards of 100 soldiers, marines, artillery men, and seamen will a•slst. F inal Repulse of the Russians sod Bombardment of Sebastopol, wit h g rand Pyrotechnic Tableau, at a quarter to 10. Splendid Menagerie,Elephant's Car, emington's Aerial Bridge, Oodfrey's unrivalled Band, and numerous other atlractionz. Admission Is., daylight attack and night bombard ment Included. N.B.—Corporal Bridges and Private J. Mackey, of thq Coldstream Guard., both severely wounded at Inktrman, attend every day, from 3 till dusk, to point out the various objects of interest, &c. lANWELL LUNATIC ASYLUM.—Persons willing to TENDER for SUPPLYING the above-named INSTITUTION with COALS (the quantity usually reqttired being about 1,400 tons) during twelve calendar months, from the Ist July next, are requested to send sealed Terriers, addressed to the Com mittee of Visitors at the Asylum at Hanwell, before Eleven o'clock on THURSDAY, the 21st June inst., and to attend there personally at that time, with the names and addresses of two respectable str eties. Blank forms, in which Tenders must be made, may be obtained, sad the form of contract may be seen, either upon application to me at this place, or to the storekeeper at the Asylum. The Committee will not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any •f the tenders. Dated this Bth day of June, 1855. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors. Sessions House, Clerkenwell. A, LLSOPP'S PALE ALE, in Casks or Bottles. rA: —HARRIIcOTONs PARKER, and CO., are now Delivering the MARCH. BRTWINGS in Casks of 18 Gallons and upwards. Also in Bottles, imperial measure. Address : —HARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., Wine and Beer Merchants, 5%, Pall-Mall. SIR WM. BIJRNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID, for destroying all Offensive Smells and purifying 'irk Rooms, &c. Its cost is less than One Farthing per Gallon when diluted for use. Sold by all Chemists, and at 18, Cannon-street. City. Gallons, ss. Quarts, 2s. Pints, is. Half-pints. 6d. TOZEAII'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the French College ofPhysicians, -uccessfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See 6 ' Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A co py ca will be forwarded on appli tion —Price per 9d. To he had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. 41JCCESS OF THE ALLIES.- Pubic expectation turns to a grand contest, which every one trusts will speedily mark the point of victory and sheath the sword which has been drawn for the defence of European rights. There is no possibility of victory without enterprise, or succes without inde fatigable industr $.. The principles true in war are the same in trade, and E. Moses and SON are fully prepared to show the victorious re sults of their enterprises and industry in a new and magnificent Stock of Summer Dress. The season for excursi ,, ns has been ingeniously and amply pro vided for by E. Moses and Sow. smonsst the vast number of luxu ries and elegances in dress which they submit to the inspection of travellers and excursionists a garment invented and made by them only, c alled the Emperor's Cape, has attained very g reat celebrity. fashionable, tide of te season, a woollen . material,h thoroughlybeing waterproof , its utility is at once ev i dent; its gracefulness, neatness. and light ness pre universally admired. It may be folded in so small a space as to render it the most conveni ent article ever Introduced. Price (plaits), 265. ; richly trimmed with silk, 335. In the Summer Dress Depart- E. MOSES and SON are Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatt ers, Hosiers, Shirt Manufac turers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. CAUTION.—E. Moses and SON beg to state they have no connexion_ with any other ho use i n or ou t o f London, except the ir own Esta blishments, as foll ow : London City Establishment, corner of the 3linories, and Aldgate (opposite the church). London West-end Bra nc h, N ew Oxford-street, c orner of Hart. street. Country Branches—gheMeld and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Wholesale Branch—Melbourne, Australia. The establishments aye closed from sunset on Fridays :till sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock- IsteoßTANT.—Should any article not give satisfaction it will be ex goodsnged or, if preferred, the money returned without he: it stion. All are marked in plain fi abatement can be made. gures, the lowest price, from whic h no A New Book, with Hats of prices, system of self-measuremen t, and other Information, may be had on application, or post free. An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 gratis, on application, or pod fray Id on patio Francais. Qua Bier spricht man Deutsch. si parla Italiano. Aqua se laabla Espagiaol. ment the , establishments of E. MOSES and Sox are distinguished for all that is splendid, novel, and attractive. Their success is more conspicuous than ever. Thou ands are furnished with the most fashionable introductions, asd thousands have still choice from the most extensive stock in the world. Juvenile Clothing in splendid materials, beauty of de sign, superiority of workman ship, and economy in price. The allies of this superlative stock of dress are Hosiery Goods for ladies and gentlemen of the most stylish order, at the most reason able prices. Hats and Caps of surpassing lightness, elegance, neatness, and cheapness. Boots and ShoeS, the largest stock ever witnessed. COMMITTEE ON ADULTERATION.—Mr. Scholefield's postponed motion for the appointment of a select com mittee of the house to inquire into the practice of the adulteration in articles of food,- drinks, and drugs, now stands for the 12th inst. There can be little doubt that the hon. member will be warmly supported in his endea vour to suppress so great a national dishonour, and that the evidence brought forward will compel the Govern ment to adopt some legislative enactment to stay so gi gantic an evil. THE CROPS IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES. —The change which has taken place in the weather within the last fortnight has tended to remove the fears of the agricul turists, who had begun to prophesy dearth and misfortune. The past half-year has perhaps exhibited some of the most extraordinary vicissitudes in the weather that even this variable climate produces. A mild Christmas--the temperature higher than it was a fortnight ago— was followed by one of the severest and most protracted frosts that we have experienced in this country for many years, the thermometer having marked at Worcester 12 degrees below freezing point. The cold weather con tinued up to within the last fortnight, when two days of summer heat were followed by more cold winds. Within the last few days, however, the temperature has in creased ; warm rain, with some thundershowers, has fallen, and summer has suddenly burst upon us. The crops are all very backward, but promise more abun dantly than for years past. The wheat crops appear to have suffered very little from the severity of the winter, and are now looking healthy and promising. The beans, especially the spring-sown, look remarkably healthy, and are coming into bloom. Barley also promises well. The apple orchards of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire are in full bloom, and present a magnificent appearance. The bloom is acknowledged to be one of the finest observed for several years. The pear blossom is dying away, and the fruit begins to show in abund ance. Hops have been retarded in their growth by the cold nights, but are now springing fast, and are per fectly free from blight. The smaller fruits —gooseberries, currants, &c.—so important to the Evesham-vale grow ers, are very abundant, and altogether there is a pro . mice of plenty in 1855. THE FRENCH FIGHTING ON THE 23d, We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the Ist of June. The Invalide Busse has the following : " A full report was received yesterday, the 17th (29th) of May, from Aide-de-Camp-General Prince Gortscbakoff of the sanguinary and obstinate combat which took place on the night between the 10th and 11th (22(1 and 23d) of May, when we repulsed an attack made by the f enemy against the lodgments we had commenced constructing • in front of Bastion No. 5. The following are the details of this brilliant affair " Aide-de-Camp-General Prince Gortschaltoff having observed that enemy extended their trenches on the left of their approaches against Bastion No. 5, and, threatened also our lodgments nearthe Cemetery, ordered the construction on the night between the 9th and 10th (21st and 22d) of May of a line of counter-approaches in advance of those lodgements, on the incline of the hill towards the enemy, with approaches towards Bastion 5. This new trench could he defended by the cross fire of our nearest batteries. The object of this work- was to establish a battery at its extremity, to take in flank the approaches of the besiegers against Bastion No. 5, "'Taking advantage of a fog in the night between the 9th, 10th (21st and 22d) of May, we succeeded in esta blishing the projected lines of counter-approach with only one man wounded ; but owing to the rocky nature of the ground we could only dig a shallow trench. At daybreak the workmen were withdrawn, and it was oc cupied by riflemen. " On the 10th (22d) of May, in the morning, the . enemy opened a fire of grape from their nearest bat teries upon our works : a heavy cannonade and a con- _ - tinual fire from the • riflemen was kept up during the whole of the day. "'lntending to complete in The - - night between the 10th and 11th (22d and 231) of May the trench which had been commenced, Prince Gortschakoff ordered to concentrate at 9 p.m., in front of Bastion 6, to protect their works, the Chasseura -of the regiments Prince of Warsaw and Podolia, with two battalions of the Jitomir Regiment. The chief command of these troops was in trusted to Lieut.-General Chruleff, chief of the Ist and 2d sections of the line of defence of Sebacitopol. " ' Before even the men had commenced working the enemy commenced the attack, throwing first of all a battalion against the lodgments under construction ; re turning to the charge with the greatest determination, they brought nearly 12,000 men into action, including two battalions of the Imperial Guard, without counting their reserves. A most sanguinary struggle now ensued, in which both sides fought with the greatest fierceness. As soon as the first attack took place, two batta lions of the Prince of Warsaw Chasseurs and the Podolia Chasseurs made a rapid advance, and thiew the enemy into disorder. At the same moment the two battalions of the Jitomir Masseurs charged the French who had occupied the lodgments in front of the right angle of the Cemetery, aod were establishing themselves there, and the 4th battalion of the Prince of Warsaw Chasseurs acted a reserve to the troops in the trenches. " ' The enemy, supported by additional reinforce ments, again threw themselves upon our approaches,but after a sharp fire of musketry the Podolia and Jitomir Chasseurs drove back the assailants, and the battalions of the Podolia. Chasseurs, who pursued the flying enemy with the bayonet, came to the very approaches of the enemy at the salient angle of the Cemetery, and de stroyed a portion of them. " ' As regards the lodgments occupied by the Jitomir Chasseurs, they thrice changed hands. " The battalions of the Minsk Infantry and Ouglitch Chasseurs were sent to support the troops engaged. Their charge was irresistible. The enemy made a last effort, but without success. This hard-contested com bat lasted thus throughout the night, till, as day broke, the enemy, finally repulsed, withdrew to their trenches ; our own troops returned to the fortress on the morning of the 11th (23d), leaving 150 sharpshooters to occupy the trench. • " During the whole of that night the fire of artillery and rifles never ceased for . one minute, the riflemen only stopped firing when it came to a band-to-hand fight. " 'According to the testimony of Prince Gortschakoff, our troops behaved heroically, and, in general, this san guinary combat, in which the Russians repulsed and drove out an enemy double their number, does the highest honour to our army. The success with w hi c h this attack upon a half-constructed trench was repulsed has showti to our enemies what they have to expect should they attempt to give the assault to the fortifica tions of Sebastopol. The Jitom r and Ouglitch Chas seurs particularly distinguished themselves ; the latter, having repulsed the attack of the French Guards, and driven the enemy from our trenches, followed tbem with the bayonet on their loins to the nearest French trenches, and some of the boldest )f the Chasseurs even entered with them. " Accordingto the testimony of prisoners, there were 17 battalions of the enemy engaged in this combat, among which there were two battalions of the Guards, two of Chasseurs, and two of the Foreign Legion. " 'Owing to the length and obstinacy of the struggle, 37 7 m eo woun d e d ( of whom our loss was very considerable. We have a lt oge th er hors de combat-1. Major-General, 2 superior officers, 15 subaltern officers, and 746 men ; 7 superi or o ffi cers, 24020sllsibigahlttelryn),oaffindceris, superior ;or officer, 3 subaltern., and 315 nape, who received contusions. Unhappily we have to regret the loss of many dis tinguished officers ; thus, among tie dead is the brave Major-General Adlerberg, Commander of the Second Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division ; the intrepid and skilful Colonel Zatsepine, Commander of the Third Bat talion of Sappers, who had the direction of the engineer ing works ; Major Ourbanovitch, Commander of a Bat talion of the Prince of Warsaw Chasseurs ; and other distinguished officers. "'The loss of the enemy must home been still greater than ours, for at every charge they came under the grape of our batteries, and when they reached us were received by a close fire of musketry, and then thrown into disor der by the bayonet. _ " 'Lieutenant-General Chruleff, 'who commanded in' this affair, speaks in high terms of the under-named offi cers (the names follow in the original).' " The journal of the military operations from the 7th to the 12th (19th to the 24th) of May, which accompanies this report, gives the following details respecting the progress of the siege -works of Sebastopol : " `During the whole of that period the fire on both sides was slack, and our loss insignificant. From the 9th (21st) the enemy had commenced mining against Bastion 4, but did us no damage ; their approaches and mines make no advance. The construction of fortifica tions in front of Kamieseh and Streletza Bays Is actively carried on ; moreover, the enemy is increasing the thick ness of his epaulements and batteries, and the width and depth of his trenches. " On our side, despite the bad weather and the proximity of the besiegers' fire, we successively strengthen the works which are attacked. " 'ln the night between the 11th and 12th (23d to 24th) tl , e besiegers assembled large masses of troops be hind the Cemetery in front of Bastion No. 5, and after a short but . heavy cannonade from all their batteries ad vanced against the lodgments they had attacked with so little success nn the night between the 10th and 11th (22d and 23d). Then, at a given signal, the two battalions of Jitomir Chasseurs who occupied them fell back upon onr fortifications, whicl latter opened a cross and concentrated fire of artillery upon the columns of the assailants. " ' The French suffered great loss upon this point, but they succeeded in maintaing themselves in the two embankments (remblais) nearest to the Cemetery and destroyed them. As regards the trench which united those lodgments to Bastion No. 5, and which we bad evacuated, it was not occupied by the enemy. " On the 12th (24th) of May, according to the re port of prisoners, two new French divisions and two re giments of Cuirassiers arrived from Constantinople at the camp before Sebastopol."' The Invalide also publishes the following : "Everything is quiet before Eupatoria. AR regards the operations of the enemy in the Reach peninsula, we have already spoken of them in a telegraphic mes sage." The Police Gazette publishes tbefollowing notifi cation from the Military Governor-General of St. Petersburg, dated 18th (30th) of key : " We have received by the southern line the follow ing despatches from the Gulf of Finland : " ‘SOIKINA-GORA.—The enemy is still at anchor under Schep4l6va•Gora to the number of 13 screw ships of the line, one frigate, five steamers, and seven gun-boats. " ‘ICRASNAIA-GOIUKA.—There is no movement visible in the enemy's fleet. ‘" It results from reports received on the 16th (28th) of May that bettveen the Island of Seskar and Krasnala- Gorka, in the Gulf of Finland, the enemy seized five merchant vessels laden with timber, one of which they buri,t, and sunk another. ." To avoid such disasters in future, arising probably from the want of foresight of the owners of the vessels, Aide-de-Camp General Count Rudiger, Commander-in- Chief of the Guards and Grenadiers, prohibits all Bhip• owners from sending their vessels to sea till further orders.' " THE SEA OF AZOFF. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln your Paris correspondent's letter of the 7th of June, there are extracts from a French work pub lished in 1854, entitled, "Guide Maritime et Stratdgique dans la Mer Noire, la Mer d'Azoff, et sur le Thdatre de la Guerre en Orient," by M. Cereard. M. Coreard has compiled, if not copied, his informa tion from my •' Geographical and Hydrographical Notes on the Ottoman Empire and Black Sea, written and published in 1854. _ The late Ch eva li er Taitbout de Marigny furnished me with his observations, the result of 20 years' travel in the Black Sea and Sea of Azoff; p,s also did several gentlemen long resident in that part of the world. M, Coreard has appropriated my compilation, and has not acknowledged the source whence he derived his in formation. • I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, JAMES WYLD, Geographer to the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Charing-cross-east, June 7. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Times of this day.) It. is now pretty plainly admitted that the celebrated Four Points were the result of a compromise, and, if adopted by Russia, would have turned out little better than a delusion. e are now speaking of the faults which all men, including the very Ministers who are responsible for the framing of these Points, find in them, of the difficulty of carrying them out, and the fresh difficulties that are sure to arise as soon as the- former difficulties are surmounted. We would direct attention at this mo ment not to those things.for which. provision has, how ever imperfectly, been made, but to a matter of the last importance, which has been omitted altogether. The occasion of the war was the aggression of Russia upon Turkey—the cause of the war is, undoubtedly, the ag gressive attitude of ' Russia towards the civilised world. She is surrounded by a number, of States indi , vidnally too weak to cope with her, and . bound together by bonds of union too slight to produce a really for midable and effective confederacy. Sweden and Den mark, Austria and Prussia, Turkey and Persia, are all at discord with each other, and ready to sacrifice their corn non safety, in order to gratify their individual ani mosity. Firm I•esistance is only to be expected from those States not immediately in contact with Russia ; and it is a remarkable fact that, except Turkey, which bas actually been invaded, there is no Power having a common frontier with Russia which has ventured in the present war to unsheathe the sword against her. Such being a short statement of the case, it is simply absurd and ridiculous to treat the q ues ti on between Russia and the Western Powers as a p u r e ly l oca l one, or to suppose that we gain anything by blocking up one outlet of Sla vnnian barbarism while we leave every ether untouched. We have been labouring to destroy Sebastopol, as yet without effect, but we have taken and utterly razed to the ground the Sebastopol of the North. How comes it that in the Four Points no mention whatever was made of the fortress of Bomarsund, and that it was left open to Russia to rebuild that demolished fortress when and how she pleased ? Those best qualified to judge on the subject are of opinion that in Bomarsutid Russia war , . laying the foundation of a power which in a few years would have converted the Baltic Sea into a Russian take. The situation was admirably chosen ; it lay at the months of the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia, and com manded the southern part of the Baltic. The Aland Isles lie over against Stockholm, at even less distance and separated by fewer obstacles than are interposed be tween Sebastopol and Constantinople. The plan of the fortress was vast and comprehensive. It was con• strutted in direct violation to treaties, having in it every thing to facilitate attack and aggression. Money was lavished on the foundations on such a scale as befitted nothing less than the nucleus of a future empire. Had the present war been deferred only a few years— had the cockatrice's egg, instead of being rudely crushed at once, bean allowed to hatch—the North would have stood appalled at the monster by which itsfreedom—nay, its very existence, was overshadowed. There would have been no need of large expeditions by land; Sweden, Norway, and Denmark would have soon felt that every remnant of independence had passed from them, and tamely bowed their heads in submission to the yoke which the construction of such a fortress would have placed around their necks. But it may be said, after all, we might have besieged and destroyed this mighty citadel just as we are be sieging, and we hope on the point of destroying the corresponding fortress of Sebastopol. But the cases are widely different. Sebastopol lies in a temperate cli mate, in which, with moderate care and precaution, the beat of summer and the cold of winter may be supported without difficulty ; but the Aland Isles are protected during more than half the year by a climate the rigour of which makes military opera tions impossible, and which during the rest of the year is in the highest degree foggv, rainy, and uncertain. These islands are singularly difficult, of approach, and the narrow channels which lead a mon g them admit of being fortified in a manner to render the access of a fleet dan gerous, if not impossible. The climate is proved to be most injurious to health, and thus nature would lend her most powerful assistance to art in rendering the pro jected citadel impregnable. A blockade, except for the few summer months, would be impossible, so that the for tress could be repaired, re-provisioned, and the garrison reinforced every winter. The erection of such fortifica tions within a few days' sail of our peaceful shores would be to us a great source of misfortune and weakness, and to the nations that dwell around the Baltic Sea certain and immediate destruction. And yet this very fortress, so menacing in its posi tion and its destination—so nearly completed, so for tunately destroyed —was not considered worth a thought when the articles were to be fixed on which peace should be concluded ! Had it not been for the fortunate perver sity of Russia in repudiating the third point of the nego tiation by transparent subterfuges and counterfeits,whicb to the impartial reader appear of the grossest and clum siest description, we should have been bound to make pace without any provision whatever with regard to the future erection of Bomarsund. We must have sat by and seen Russia raising anew from its ruins that mighty fortress, traverse, ravelin, bastion, and parapet, without having a right to mklge a remark or utter a single word of remonstrance. We should have known perfectly well that it was the first against its weaker neighbours, and then against ourselves, that this fortress was constructed, and we should have had as little power to prevent its erection as the criminal who watches from the window of his cell the construction of the scaffold on which he is about to be executed. We have just escaped a peace which would have withdrawn our army from the Crimea, leaving the fortress which we besieged standing, and per mitted the immediate reconstruction of the one we took, and the very ruins of which we have been at so much pains to destroy. In the recent debate no persons have been so severe on the policy of the four points as some of the very ministers who advised and were responsible for them. But, even in their utmost zeal against the work of their own hands, they have omitted the most serious imputation—that these four points would, after all, have left the aggressive career of Rtissia unfettered in a sea in which Great Britain and France ought at least to feel as much interest as in the waters of the distant Euxine. No doubt it is most desirable that Russia should not absorb Turkey ; but, in our anxiety to save Turkey, to hand over Sweden, Norway, and Denmark to her mercy would be to imitate a philanthropy of the good Bishop Las Cams, who, in his horror at the - atrocities perpetrated by the Spaniards on the natives of the West Indies, suggested the importation of African negroes to suffer the torments of slavery instead. It is a grave question whether it be wise to lay down in time of war the conditions on which the belligerents are willing to make peace. Reason would seem to pronounce against it, though much allowance must, no doubt, be made for the facility such a course affords for the formation of alliances. At any rate, we have a right to require that obligations of so binding a nature should not be entered into with less care and solicitude than a treaty of peace itself, and that, if we be compelled, as we hope we shall not be, ever again to resort to them, we shall find them more carefully prepared than those conditions which were, we trust, finally scattered to the winds by the dis solution of the Conference of Vienna. (From the Morning Herald of this day ). It appears by the despatches which Mr. Sidney Her bert read to the house that Admiral Dundas was ordered by the public instructions sent to him by the Admiralty to " obtain an entrance by the Gulf of Kertch into the Sea of Azoff with a view to intercept the communica tions of the enemy with the eastern shores of the Cri mea—to which (the despatch says) their lordships have always attached the greatest importance." "Their lordships" certainly show their sense in "at taching to this operation the greatest importance," and they likewise showed their foresight in proving, as the ex-First Lerd stated to Mr. Roebuck's committee, " vessels of light draught," in order " to pass" the Gulf. " My lords," then, it appears, not only g ave their orders to th e admiral that this operation should be executed, but very providently provided the means for its execution. The recent events in the Gulf of Kertch and the Sea of Azoff prove that the orders given were not difficult of execu tion ; and the bodies of our brave countrymen, who now lie under the soil, on the heights of Sebastopol and Ba laklava, too painfully attest that " my lords" did not over-estimate the enormous "importance" of the opera tions which they directed their admiral to execute. We know, nevertheless, that this operation was not carried out by the admiral. The public, therefore, h ave a right to know the reason why he neglected to carry out his instructions ; and moreover, we are convinced that the public are determined to have their right. It is painful to dwell on the proceedings of the public men of the day. The Roebuck committee was ostensibly ap pointed to ascertain the causes of the dire calamities which befell our brave army before Sebastopol. They wearied the public with their minute and desultory questions. They endeavoured to fasten blame upon all the subordinates, whO, doubtless, in many cases, perhaps, richly deserved it ; but the moment the real authors of the calamities ran the risk of being exposed the committee shrank from their duty ; they debated with " closed doors," and nipped in the bud that course of examination which must inevitably have led to the exposure of that treason which, we fear, lurks at the bottom of the whole. That committee contrived to conceal, not to probe or to elucidate ; and its pro ceedings have only served to increase the mystification. Mr. Sidney Herbert's incautious revelations have, however, thrown a wondrous light on the matter at issue, and brought it into a very narrow compass. It is now certain that Admiral Dundas has neglected to obey his public instructions ; and it is not less certain that the consequences of that neglect have been the greater por tion of the deaths and the miseries which befell our Crimean expedition. Why, then, was Admiral Dundas guilty of this ne glect, which has entailed on this nation such fearful calamities ? That is the question. If the admiral be guilty, let it be known, and let him hear the full Iweight of the odium ; but if (as we hesitate not to affirm that we believe) be w a s gu ilty o f no neglect, but simply obeyed the secret orders of the First Lord, contained in his private letters, this also must be ascertained, and the I I ex-First Lord must be called up , n, if he can, to explain 1 and jiistify those letters. If they contain, as we believe they do, a positive prohibition to the admiral not to un. Idertake an operation—which in a public despatch he was ordered to do—an operation to undertake which " m Y lords attachei the greatest importance," Sir James must be compelled to explain how he ventured to issue these counter-orders. Did he acquaint " my lords," his col leagues at the board, that he had done so ? If not, what treachery to them I He, must be compelled to reveal who were his accomplices and his advisers in this (what appears to us) treason to his Sovereign and his country. Did he stand alone, or was he backed by that dark cabal which we have always believed; .and always said, delibe rately and with malice aforethought paralysed the efforts of this country against our gigantic foe ? If this simple inquiry be honestly pursued we shall at la-t find out who are the real delinquents. These private letters of Sir James are evidently the clue which, if followed up, will unravel the whole mystery. We shall then, most pro bably, find out why Mr. Gladstone starved the war by his financial operations—why Mr. Sidney Herbert under took to take a prominent part in conducting hostile ope rations against hig maternal country, and why Lord Aberdeen, by "clinging to the hope of peace with des perate tenacity," contrived to neutralise all adequate preparations for the war. Let Sir James Graham be subjected for one hour to the examination of any clever and really honest man, and we are certain that all these things would be brought to the light of,day. Skilful as he may be at fence, quite as much might be ascertained from what he did not say as from what he did say. Here, then, we point out to this hitherto- befooled. nation the way in which they may escape from their befoolment. It is simple, clear, and straightforward. We ask, will the House of Commons dare to neglect or to refuse this inquiry ? Is there no independent patriot amongst them who will insist upon its being entered into ? Its necessity is so obvious, that much as many members may desire to suppress It, they dare not.openly to do so, if only they are compelled to pronounce pub licly aye or nay on the question. The inquiry is a very narrow one--no long examina tions are required—it is simply this :—Why did Admiral Dundas disobey his public instructions ? If, in conse quence of a secret private cancelling of those instruc tions, who is responsible for those secret instructions ? ~_,. M. Kf'SSUTIT ON THE SUOCES 4 S IN THE SEA OF AZOFF. ( From the Atlas.) It is already more than six months ago (at the Polish anniversary meeting, Nov: 29, 1854), that, commenting on the strategico-tactical blunders connected with the Crimea expedition, I pointed to the occupation of the Straits of Kertch as one of the most indispensable ele mentary conditions of success ; and declared its omis sion to be a first-rate blunder amongst the numerous blunders of this unreasonable campaign. The Times, of course, only taunted and sneered at my suggestion. Even a professional authority from the Army and Navy Club was called in to prove that I was wrong, and that to take possession of the Straits of Kertch was neither necessary nor would be worth while, and, being besides a. hazardous enterprise to engage in would be neither prudent nor advisable. However, it has been done at last, and after it is done the light bursts on a sudden upon Israel ; they are struck with the necessity, the advantage, the prudence, and the facility of the operation ; they confess it to be astonish ing that the project was not thought of long since, and, ringing a merry peal of exultation, they acknowledge it is only now the siege of S e b as t o p o l begins. Thus far I have nothing to gainsay.. A conversion, though late, is better than none. Since the disgraceful subserviency to Austria left you no better battle-field, aed though that subserviency turns out to be—what I for ono have warned "England a hundred times that it will and must be—" useless and .ruinous," it is still al lowed to clog your resolution and to f e tter you r arms , it is certainly advisable to make the best of the ill-advised Crimean adventure ; and for making the best of it, the occupation of Kertch is as important as it was necessary ; but if it be true that it is only now the siege of Sebastopol in reality begins, look to the glopmy churchyard around that fatal town, where the bones of the bravest of your braves are bleaching without any profit to their country; revolve in your minds the history of the last eight months, and then say what responsibility weighs on the heads of those who but in the eighth month of the siege 1 did think of this elementary measure with which. the siege in reality only now begins, and the indispensable necessity of which I for one pointed out more than six months ago. However, spent is spent, and dead is dead—the siege begins at last ; and as matters just stand, it is very likely something at last may be done there in the Crimea. Eng land and France are owing many a fine torch to the Men schikoffd, and G prtschakoffs, and Luclerses, and what their name may be. First I was at a loss to understand how it came to pass that the,Russians did not even try to oppose the landing of the allies, and did not fall upon them on that first dreadful night of their landuig, when those who had landed were in the most helpless condition, perfectly at the mercy of any enemy that would have taken the trouble of riding them down and driving the rest into the surf. But that the Invalide Rum explained. They . could not think that,any Government or General in his senses could . be so mad as to forsake the pursuit of a beaten enemy on the Danube, for going to the Crimea, where no permanent advantage, nothing, in fact, is possi ble to be gained, except, at the best, vain military 41ory. They thought their adversaries wiser than they proved to be. Hence the Russians, not believing in the possi bility of the Crimea folly, allowed themselves to be sur prised ; unprepared as they were, they did not oppose the landing, and did not fortify Sebastopol ; it was left an open town—from the old fort to the military harbour, not a ditch, not a wall ; and hence, to where now the tower of Malakhoff proudly stands, not Gne redoubt was finished, not one battery was mounted. Well ; there the Allies were, and—they looked in. What did the l Russians ? They looked out in return. The Allies com menced, digging ; the Russians did the same. The . Allies gave them time during the siege to make Sebastopol im pregnable (except at Kertch and Perekop, by cutting off the supplies) ; the Russians, in return, gave the Allies an equal time for making their camp impregnable. The Allies put themselves on the defensive, the Russians re mained on the defensive, and both stood on the defensive for months and months, in fact, since the day of Inker man. Most wonderful campaign I Alter that battle of Inkerman, being asked what my opinions were about the issue, I answered that really I could not tell ; where nobody acts logically, there logical reasoning is at an end. So much I know, that if logic would bear the sway, the Anglo-French army, such as it was in Decem ber, would have to lie down, and swear that they are dead to the last man ; because, logically speaking, they can not be alive, not one of them. If the Russians were logical, they would have renewed the battle day by day for a week after the action of Inkerman, and had they done this, superior in numbers they as were then, they might have lost thirty or forty thousand men more in the first six days ; but as sure as that two and two make four, the remaining twenty or thirty thousand would not have seen on the seventh day one single French or English man on the Crimean ground, except the gory corpses of their fallen heroes. But the Russians did not attack. The Allies stood, and froze, and hungered, and dug, and looked in ; and the Russians stood, and froze, and hun gered, and dug, and looked out, for nearly six months. Ob, campaign of immortal r enown f or i nstruct i on of *bat is not to be done in a war on either side I A VILLAGE BEREAVED.—On Tuesday 13 yotths left East Clyth in a haddock-boat to proceed to Skerriemore for the purpose of collecting bait. After the party had accomplished their object, and when off Mabray-head, a sudden squall caught the sails of the boat, and she in stantly filled and sank in deep water, every one of the fated 13 ping down with her. Let our readers imagine a community of some 16 or 20 scattered houses, and the metnbers of which are all more or less nearly related to each other ; let them picture the grief of one family be reaved at one blow of three promising sons, others who have lost two, and the ties of relationship which bound the whole village together,land they may be able to form an idea of the woful spectacle.—John o' Groat Journal. ARTISTS BENEVOLENT FUND.—The annual festival of this incorporated association was held on Saturday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, the Earl of Rarrowby (in the absence of Earl Granville) presiding. The company, although not very numerous, comprised many of our principal artists and patrons of art, including among others Sir C. Eastlake, Mr. C. Stanfield, Mr. D. Roberts, Mr. J. Ab so l on Mr. G. Godwin Mr. G. Clark, &e. The i noble chairman, n propsing the Chief toast of the evening, " Success to the Artists' Benevolent Fund," dwelt upon the advantage of the institution, which, while it prac tised benevolence, at the same time inculcated prudence. During the past year the fund had paid annuities of 151. each to 52 widows, and granted assistance to 29 oephans of artists to the extent of 1371. 10s. In former ages im providence had been regarded as the necessary accom paniment and distinguishing feature of great talent ; but that mistake had pa , sed away and professional men were far from improvident. Still the advantages might be greatly increased, and it was therefore desirable now that such great endeavours were being made to foster art among all classes in this country, that the professors of art, as well as its patrons, should give their assistance to an institution which bad such peculiar claims upon them. Mr. G. Godwin, in replying to a toast with which his name was connected, said h considered the Art Union of London as of the greatest benefit to artists. It had encouraged a taste for art, and many commercial men who commenced their career in art by gaining a prize in . the Art Ur,ion had been led on to become assiduous collectors of pictures. The Art Union, 20 years ago, raised with difficulty 4001.; it now had a steady annual income of 12,0001. or 13,0001., which was all diffused among artists. A list of subscriptions, exceeding in the aggregate 3501., was read, including 100 guineas from her Majesty. Sir J. E. Swinhurne, pre-ident of the institution, subscribed '101.; the Chairman, 101.; Earl Granville, 101.; the Duke of Sutherland, 101.; a a cic t : ; proprietors ; B. B. Cabbell, 10 guiteas ; Mr. Clarkson Stanfield, 51.; Mr. D. Roberts, 5 guineas, &c. Th e mus i ca l arrawN- ments were under the directi on o f Mr. Fernadgnittocintso the n s n , sis by Messrs. Lawler, D. King, an dM . S mith. The d'en ner and wines o f werethe excellent, tavern m e and ssrs . did k c and Mr. Banks, jun,, fillei the impo r t an t post of toast . - , muter very satisfactorily, LIVERPOOL., 'TUNE 10. The United States' mail steam-ship . Baltic arrived this morning from New York, with advices to the 30th ult., and $1,778,739 s p ec i e on freight. The Hon. F. Hincks was a passenger by the Baltic. The Pacific, hence, at arrived at New York on the 30th ult. The steam-ship Ericsson was expected to leave • for Havre about the 16th inst. The New York Herald publishes, in the form of a letter addressed to the President, the reply of Mr. Perry, United States Charge d'Affaires at Madrid, to the charges brought against him by the Hon. P. Soule. Lady Franklin is stated to be at last resigned to the belief that her brave husband is no more, and to have requested that a tablet, to be erected to the memory of Sir John and his devoted com panions of the Erebus and Thrror, might be taken by the Kane expedition and erected on the Whit e Cliff at Beechy Island, by the side of that comme morating the fate of Lieutenant Bella, of the Bel cher expedition. The tablet, bearing an inscrip tion, is of white marble, 2 feet 3 inches by 5 feet. Several persons, who had been committed to gaol charged with enlisting recruits within the United St a t es f or th e purpose of serving in the war in the Crimea had been examined before the United States Commissioners' Court. The result was an. adjournment. Three persons had also been ex amined in the same Court, charged with fitting out a brig at the port of New York for the purpose of the African slave ' trade. This case was also ad journed on the parties finding bail to a large amount. Th C e o lo" b ss a oaTlihiee, w m h a o s l s e i s e a , le an cl d otbi ng • warehouse of Messrs. destroyed by fire. Colonel Es K ra nsi East n eß e n Y i tv ' s e vessel,R i ver, at $llB,OOO ; the loss on the building , oft Baltimore, was estimated had been steamersthe United St a tes , was New York, blockaded by andareve S n 3 u l e o c o u o ;ter. A tlyh n irtel a ge tt G e in m ov pt to sail had been frustrated by the gs had been co mmenced against the in fringersa Pauthorities. The of the Canadian prohibitory r ohi Legislaturebi tory beau prorogued bylii his applying Excellency i S p i l r e Edmund ul a r Ele e a l e d c . t i 0 e A s bill t f h o e r ease had been thrown- out. The steam-ship LaW had arrived at New. York with advice's from California to the Ist nit .' 1 and 0 g $1 ,324,025 in olddust, On freight. Th e amount of goldthist taken to Panama on the 13th ult., by the Golden Gate was $1,500,000 ; of this amount .' --•• ' $152,984 was on English account. The /lo wa i s uninteresting. The crops never looked more promising, and the markets were crowded with the finest vegetables. Tho mining interest was in a flourishing condition. The "dry diggings" were abundantly supplied with water, and miners were doing well almost everywhere. Little was said about quartz mining, but from Grasu Valley and other mills were re ceived favourable accounts of alterations in this de partment of mining. . _ . Business continues excessively dull. The Kern River humbug was effectually exploded. The San Diego Herald reported that gold diggings had been found at Santa Ysabel, in San Diego county. An act to levy a capitation tax of 50 dollars on every Chinaman arriving in the State has been adopted by the Legislature. Colonel Walker's expedition had not sailed. Arrangements were on foot, however, to give the Vesta a speedy despatch, The demand for money was not active. The amount of bullion in the country was said to be larger than it ever was before. The Sandwich Islands Legislature had been opened. - King Kamehameha, in his speech alluded to the institution of Chief Justice Lee to Washington as being highly important. A large amount of forged bills had been put in circulation by Messrs. Swan and Clifford, ship chandlers ; but before one was protested the parties had 'left the island. • Several British and French war vessels were at Honoluld, consisting of the frigate President, the Brisk (13 guns), English screw-steamer, Commander Alfred Curtis, and sloops of war Dido and Rattl esna k e . The Monarch, 84, guns, Captain George Patey, is the New . British flag-ship, and was expected shortly to arrive. The French frigate Alceste, 50 guns, was to leave Callao on the 14th of March for Honolulu, and a French corvette was to follow the Alceste from France, when Admiral Fourichart, the new Commander-in-Chief on the Peelle, was expected daily to arrive at Honolulu ; it was ex pected they would proceed northward, probably to join the expedition against Petropaulovski. Ha,vannah dates to the 23d nit. had been re-' ceived. The Captain-General had returned from his tour of official inspection in the provinces, highly pleased with the result. The United States frigate Constitution, which had arrived there after a two years' cruise on the coast of Africa, had only lost two men out of a crew of 500, one of whom was accidentally drowned, and the other died of pulmonary consumption. The low rate of morta lity is unprecedented. The health of the island was good ; the market for sugar was quiet. Theincrease'd duty on sugars in Great Britain had not materially affected Prices. The stock in Havannah was about 200,000 boxes, and at Ma tanzas about 40,000 boxes. Molasses were in brisk demand, at full rates, holders demanding an ad vance. Advices from Mexico the 19th ult. state that Santa Anna, at the latest accounts, was ad vancing upon Zamora, while the insurgents were posted in force ; his army, however, had been separated by the _skilful mauceuvering of his op ponents. It was reported that the Government troops had gained a victory at Guanaxuato. Later intelligence from the Great Salt Lake re ports that prosperity prevailed throughout the Talley. The election held to fill vacancies in the Legisla lature for Kansas had resulted in favour of the pro-slavery candidate. Accounts from the plains, received through vari ous channels, agree that the indian tribes were assuming a very hostile attitude against the whites; the combination of the Sioux Indians for this ob ject was confirmed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. In the New York money market the supply of capital continued superabundant. The stock market bad been rather more active. Prices slightly improved ; still busi nesb continued limited. Sterling exchange maintains it s firmness, and in fair demand. Bills on London were quoted 1091 to 1101 per cent., and on France sf. 12ic.. to sf. 15c. The cotton market continued excited, prices having advanced lie. to 51. c. Flour was a shade higher, the advances being chiefly on common and medium qualities. Wheat without ma terial change in value. The demand for pork had been more active. New moss declined 12ic. to 25c.; new prime advanced 124 c. Other kinds remained without change. Beef continued in fair request, and the market firm. In freights the offerings of all descriptions continued small, and rates are without improvement. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY EVENING. The John Knox, Captain Monro, from the Cape of Good Hope the 19th of April, landed a small mail here this evening. Affairs at the Cape con tinue prosperous. The frontier is quiet, and the copper mine productive. The cattle disease is not yet eradicated. Sir George Grey, who is very popular, gave his first public ball on the 17th of April. His Excel. lency contemplated an official inspection of Nama qualand shortly. • The Parliament, which was still sitting, had thrown over for the present the voluntary system in the church. About half the 73d Regiment continue on ser vice at Cape Town. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Hydra and the sloop Frolic were at Simon's Bay. . _ The Maidstone, Captain Scott, with the head quarters of a regiment from the East Indies, having shipped some wool at the Cape, was to leave for England about the 20th of April. A large French man of-war sailed on th e 2 0th of steamer from Scotland arrived d. after a rema r k a bl y a A b p Ao t u i l l ta f tr o hg r ee t ml h 3 e etr e he a h s oa t fn w tA a r p passage. The John Knox touched at St. Helena on the 4th of May, when there were no shipping at the island. IDIOTCY FROM FRIGHT. —SANTO DOMINGO, May'6.— The military commission instituted to judge the prison: era accused of conspiracy, came to a conclusion, Ben' tenting General Pelletier (a Frenchman by birth, end Dominican Rep formerly Minister of War' and of Foreign Affairs to the d Francisco Ruiz, to death. In the morning of th s e t _ elm ! . ohne), as well as Generals Aybar 2d an o _ May priests were sent to bie prisoners to confess them. to the usual At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the military marched h d d having staff,_ was at the place when they theprisonersarrived, to knee). Plane of execution. General made hi 4 arrangements be ordered ver to them, and the down. Their sentence was read e o commanded to load firing party, being in Santa, an with his place, w :the unfortunates, when and to point their muskets d u upon his aide-de-camp to Santana cried "Halt !" and ordered ° the three accused. The read a proclamation pardounidinnot subdue the horror that hurrahs of the soldiery momentscould caused—Francisco Ruiz one the preceding ed to death, rose frowhis Lees of the persons condemned as idiot. SI2CURITY TO EMPLOYERS. 14°elek s p 8 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Like r A s „;," 0 : ers gr :- antees at the :lowest rates. I/s.. k age: —aue 4 .—Wlrdows, mirrors, &C., insured against 10 t 1 `1e!,1,. 4 - Life and Fire Assure ces. "' l ager, 32, Ludgate-hill. It h ll,,,eur. u, "'EST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. f 41,7 s:.'ll'ectorA of the East and West India Dock Corn a Iht-,otice That the Transfer Books of the sa i d Corn -401tbA,," :enstesDAT, the 13th day of June, and open '' 9th July, 1855. EY order of the Court. 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