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,s 41 . 13 SMITFI'S MONT BLANC, „ TO-NIGHT, evening at 8 o'clock (except s'atardaY)• 'The Moving 1 -.- ` 4 ,y loc t it atlonstake every Tues.lay,lbursdaYi tßeataii,our'..Fan ..be taken at the Bcx•offlce every day m ' al " " 1 9 F 4 7ptian Hall, etecadilly. and Saturtdraz AP--- lIC AN and SOUTH AMERICAN ~.01 . 1 , ,,, , ii _ C i alitleANY. ' -,-.4,onabard-str- -II 44 0 li e rzt t t g ~.8 1 C oa tt ha lp m a ne y n ti so ft "i' s,, wr, Pounds per share on the additional Q. paid to Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and 17, o„,_ 'et . do or before the 31st inst. ...vectUrch-street A HYDE CLARKE, Seoretary. h "'‘.............................L a / 4 12st 7th, 1855. I til lr le itlA iZys W at 1, . STERN RAILWAY.- 1 r It o%t . AYR and BRI4TOI . .—An EX U - 3 . 0 t ' s "ilei l v e Padd lc 4 tg r s ll ll7lin g on m on ' ngton on sA . ITEM AI , August 25th, at . d *thrlizi tnider twelve CO 7 "I Fare l .august 27th, from Bristo , at 6 30, d a 3 n , -- Biistol, lOs and Gs., and Bath. 9.. an only . -"" for th e •_ hfilf-price. '1 ickets not transferable , and -....._____________,_ a a pecitied. MtONtm. m „ -- '''''' and NORTH-WESTERN -4.. " TO ra t r RAILWAY ' yt,'" kKES OF WEsTMOR.'LAND AND CUM -44 aLAND, , R NORTH WALES. l att li Paleklits 1 ineNstote or TIME. kti m z.eis or I; Ir e now +ssued available for THREE WEEKS ; •ctiare., - ,f4e Parties can , by special application. made before . "" 11 , have them endoned for a longer period. • Fares to Rhyl, Bangor, Fares to Carnarvon, or Holyhead. Windermere and back. Own', , Ist Chub ' . 2d Cla , s. I.t Class. 2d Class. m ,._ ****** 43 10 £2 10 11 / 'Z,I , ';' -• • • 3 0 2 0 .../ 41- *** 2 0 110 • 2 5 0 1 15 0 l'et4l)l 4 Y lt 4 is t4i ' •** 1 15 1 7 „ d... ' ... .... 210 2 0 .. :: 212 6 2 1 6 : gge lla 16,...._ • By order. MARK HUISII. r' . .... - " n o 8 Office, Ruston Station, 25th June, 1855. --...._ It tl3B , 1 -4 S and FIJRNES JUNCTION I li t at 4l4 bic sg, - 4 RAILWAY. • , 14 ullction with the West Flanders and Ghent and Brus iNibiktnotiitlea Coast, at a short distance from Fumes. 17,0047 2 40,0 001 4 English miles. Concession 90 years. Zlika:/fw hi ,,,it in shares of 51. each. Deposit Si. Per share. Zeti ts - lra ao i.;" is guaranteed a minimum interest of 5 per cent. 'Rep Zltoij c ,, "°YernMent for 50 years ; the remaining 40,0501. tter th e ' ar q , guarantee of interest from Government, and is twi 4n centractor in eminent for works. kf, '43 'M% with liability limited to amount of subscript on. ht, i 4 rtiey It„ DIRECTORS. , ttry: o P Bi„!illedY, Alderman, London. teatni.i.leVt. erchant, London. . ,'' si:l., London (firm, Nicol, Duckworth, and Co., ' • life tris . m.. - Pi w . , Esq., tendon, Bank of Australasia.. , • Ler ‘lreene Taunton, Esq., 26. Rirehin-lane; James. e n ,.• r'sPhrrd, Egg. 4, Nartholomew-lane, i'letac o ,ONDON AGENCY 18; Cannon-street. Nte,„,. eo i i , n l ' as bei o grand bv the Be gian Gove-nment for a 1 1 1 :14zIn l , r11 'slicing by a junction with the West FiAnders line, 444;eta tot 3 : between Courtray and Bruges. It passes through a .14., town !l. ccuntry, through or close to the town t f Dismude ttitT.ll4., tapansnfteuate about three mil. s from the coast, at a vil ..11111;Volthe Mai), which acenmpanics the prospectus, will show N p :set,: of the communication which I is inten , ' ed to es a- Nki n. sei llt ,of this railway : this importancP will be better under- Olil b St it "s stated that the B. Irian Government contemplates :iorZtiv aa 'sMie a harbeur, e bleb can be cli•ne at small expense. ZON7,o4.l:3o`rernment has authoi iced the subscription of a eapl "sleh , The liPon which It guarantees a minimum interest of iih N . h, t vo ntrac'ors, who bay- great co,fidence in the returns I : 4l 'llZi r h all ),, e will produce, have . onse led to take L , l °! - 0 , .whi c h e L t . tto psrticipate in the gearantee of the overt Glen ' 160 ~'''. ll be only entitled to receive interest after the O,g , "les ''" l . shall have been paid 5 per cent ; this arrange. ', 1 14 ' l ,olore directors to V row the guarantee of the Govern ‘l4.llbao, per ant.um on that portion of the capital now offered _N; E N. 4,4 'which, therefore, will enjoy a positive guarantee rtel. m pteli,,p, t ront the Beledan Government. `lth t - ' into ' . .Y surveys hay, been made, and a contract has been t A PPWit Mehl Ni -- th,, t o ~,, y respeetai le and responsinle . partie q s, Me r ssrs q . ; tau.. t , the line a cording.to the Cahir de Cha ge , i • tiki, I '' action of the Government ; to provide the rolling Day e terest ,i rt 11,N4 -4 all ( . A2l 4 l' l,, construction, at therate of 5 per cent. per it-4 and . expenses of administration for the amount of 4 llit o t tent a th - ..r complete and open the line for traffic within iii.14,,"0-eNtl'' hem the date an the approval t f the definitive ohms eti 'Wh co e t. and . hich the contractor. have agreed to make t, but subject to the approval of the Company's En Ul tit sr aciell h - -5 pel.o re depositeddi valid and satisfactory securities 4 w -Olt manc thr ontract. "tf eatt,., * to ' th ee ko - a n o % lby sharps to he made in t"e usual fonn to the brokers '' °Me e ( 7,,Z q Taunton, Esq.. and Jarnes t•lepherd, Esq.; . London agency. h A x .„. -4. - 0 F DEPOSIT, INt x o tti_'t•tio . .... , ALL MALL EAST. LONDON. li ti lnr ) ,70TOtp ti of I .:a' ahl ished A D. 1814 . 11,7 ed 1, i ' 418 I. gu t " YE ' , TING Mfrs-EY are reonested to examine Inter , th rierf..._utinn. by which a high rate of interest may be k: est 1, ,Z e t security. 4ilc7tt ea3rahle in January and July. ules k id t , PKTER mORRI.tONT. "sianarlinz Director. ' cr nis for Opening Accounts sent free on appll- Alq -a 1 1 4 1: 2 / 1 , A.L TR AVELLERS and ,•,) °I RINE IN7 , 4JR NCE of t I+,,,L , VVELLERS' and It A . - ' 47 ttstaT'es of Insurance against EVERY DEAERip- W hether occurring whilst travelling or other- nn. CAPITAL, 250,000 T. Rig w t af att , TatraTEES. w,ili .e Earl Fitzwilliam. A.G. Sir R m ` r aliall, Esq. (Bank of England). Charles P,;_ l ': 11 q • (Bank of England). 44141 411..,._ EX 4 PLE OF RATES. , I Sum at Death I WePkly wa ice. • £J,OOO Xs 0 0 d'o sn ° I .£5OO £3 0 0 of p, s Nete. 4 • 1 , 08 Prospectuses, &c., may be obtained at the " Foul•ry, London. between 10 and 4 o'clock. FRANCIS COBHAM, Registrar. 1114 ESTABLTSTIED 1837. A IiNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 14,1,,.• , 1, Princes -street, B an k, L on don. '2tne'al',b3' Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cal) 9 . L EXANDER, Blackheath Park, CnAutlitAN. FINb "Ns re rain h "`ell of Premium for -ecuring Loans or Debts. It tgreci - "„ required during first seven years. vaYabla at Sixty or at death if occurring previously. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. AN4 i t4,Z w ered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. k@~ibl4l,x annually INecin3Pilted for : ever three months' difference of age. )N . Zi. I'4)lloes—the unpaid half premiums liquidated out o" ' 4 41 (MUTUAL.) I,,,_nt }'7414 tee ~__ ele 1 -....... iutu *en 4' R. Are. Annual ! Half Quer l. Yearly ter:7 \ %A. tr uVrider premium Pre- Pre 15\,.....1 "Life. • 1 mium. mium. Z4s 1 2 , , '.. ,3 . -- i - ----------. ! ! II 11 9 2 8 . cl; Yeaiv. Month9t .£ s. (I.' X a. di P. s. d. 1 0 1 Ie a 6. 30 0 , 2 7 3' 1 4 2, 012 3 k ., 2 ,..... 6' ...... 1 1 . g 4! ' 312.761 4 4 0 12 4 8 21 10' 6 1 3 4 , 9 2 8 2, 1 4 8 , 0 12 G E. R. FO4TFIR, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. ISINGLASS. —A large supply o , z h a as nd bev s n 46 re ;e i recei ved ,x at fo, t 4 h . e str A e r t E p lt r l i C cp AlL . W 6l ( RF. per roo;c,°' a case conta;ning 12 rackages at 2s. 9d. per pound. &c., this Isin,lms will be found equal to tte,_2e, ."In• Als i, a large stock of American T , gushing t'ire o h c. `al Cases, Hatchets, Cocks.carept Broom., Pat's iivalio ll- ware of all descriptions, at most mode ate charges. OCKS.—A New Stock of s aqd oPleridi CL i TIM PIK ES varying from 4s 6d. to n arrived at the Am^rl ,, an Warehouse, No 545 Qt AM to nord s treet. They are in exc , dent condittou, and N I ; uatoh n rod time. Also, Amer can Trunks and Travel -44144 7 , ,,,.-04 of every descri:llon, arpet Broo• , •s, 1 rather t t 2 Pocking Ch ire, Indlaruhber Dolls, &c , with a to artielts, o' which can be had at a price which Batley Purchasers. ph. --------- %lAN4 Tb.... , ' l4, HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. QAtl4 l : - : MA R.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an Nill og ik, I th - PI was granted by the High clourt of Chancery and kthnd (4 4 2 following was made perpetual, against Joseph ttit I L I g t ; 4 1 1, r tor Ti ni ti ta T n tr , ai t % them, enter a w ito li egalt i y . p o r f o o t n ec e t t e h d o b n- N114:41... 0, E, - , g iand, and secured fly the seals of th y . i . e de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Il ti t sft, ik-thLtehrt4'; k elatraZ ' o rt n r . E 4 S P E e l r i cA ß tnrr N h ° re . s l . i and Exhanstinn of th _ kts,3lter2 l. arising from excesses, accident, or climate R iltti l ' ^4l 's who are prevented entering the married state b, to:htikti 440 f early .trrors it is invaluable. Ikt% , t 14,,,, PRIESEMAR, No. 2, tik, Leal tr ) Short space of three days, completely and entlrei3 , 14C 4 g,, 4 4 %e_ of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebt g ' tierth;" thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health te trt‘ not the population. *J.! etha t , TRI ESEM AR, No. 8, 44 41 , 1 4i t y 4 ,,_ 11 ..ental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whici ._ ~4 Z E nglish physician treats with Mercury, to the in okiMkti', 14 s ir of the patient's constitution, and which all thi. toh_tf ~, ,. 3/4,, world cannot remove. rNZ, ha u L No. I, 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smelt _ l %l i i ,', l - a . "1 44 113 qualities. They may lie on the toilet tabl L l Nk t _ t° i tlL c ks e ea at bei n‘ l s. s uspec ted , cacii, tree by post, 2s. extra, divided int, Sqlll ;l i tt ' lio 1 7,;,,,,_, admi nistered by Valpeau, Lallemand, f Roux ; li n a l% n, e. Wh olesale 3. aoniclfoßter...atilrel oxford-.treat: , a n n cl o on cl o an J z o ,, h , n i t , o ( r , 0 6 x 6 : big4 l4 1ki t).,0,: Th at Utm, druggist, 46, arket- street , Manchester ; ; . 1 . ,. L ta i r uell i e ; r 6 D w ezgate is ß el o l l e tr, i ; s J 444,4, w . Priestly , chemist, bookseller, High-street, 'Birmingham. g rh:0 0t ,,,-' 4. V E S - E N D 8 Pat? p' PACKETS. Ate call at the Greenhlthe and Purtleet Pie •t,. the Piers as underlined (weather permittlni TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, - *r t Pit4,ol m',AT ~~r~' -AIIG• 21. I oatmeal. is and and P. SLI y,gET-' desor iptio ..440 p i e of 1 6 70 - 9s Od to ltr4 IV per 'Wu' Ltra .. 21, nd. i c s ° ot Od pd Od 6 owle t " 0. 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': , , 114, _vB I -,..„ _____ ~,.... • 4 5 . 11 . ::... -...- 1 1 2 ' _ StrtgDATs -6- i 1 --- . 5 gen. church tree • 9 10 11 3 5 614 to .. °l. )rii _ O , Irtr..._ Fates: 1 d .. 18 . 24 h itT 4 ' 4 7ld ''' n ' ti ancl twaaoll•••******* lo . 08 1 0d ii v z tel th rt ,„ .8d Mach -wall or Woolwich ad. •• ' 4 4 . ' k•ondon Bd. .. Os. led. ka a , -4 4 1 31a t i o i a ;, **** ••••• • • • **" 6d. .. Oa. Bd. t, 1 , 3 . 4 I . %ve lem .. or W001wich...... Ob. Sc!, i lek t ,„ and I ntermediate Piers.. 6d. • • Ito 1 / 4 # 01 4 • 40 —one ~. 00th, 15s •to be had of the Col ec re 4ta ' '' k eta or of kr . ' Pier . laravtaA • I 11156 . • 310111 t, T 4117800 No. 19,625.] PUBLICATIONS. Everybody's Question and Everybody's Book.—ln fcp. Bvo., boards, price I. 6d., ADULTERATION of FOOD, Drink, and Dr tuts. lityntr the Evidence taken before the Committee of the tlouce or Comm ns, arranged and simplified, with an Index to facilitate refervnce. London : DaT'd Bryce, 48, Paternoster-row. SIV EABOR G.—WYLD'S PLAN of SWEABORG and lIEL , ..INGFOR -, with the Fortifications, Sounding., &c ire sheet, Is. ;in case, is d YLD'S "Al' of the BALTIC .;EA and GULF of FINLAND, on a large sc. le with the Fortified Places from Stockholm to St. Pe.ersburg, Plan of Sw-ahorg, w th the Aland Isles ; deshrned to show the operationB of the British arid French Fleets. One sheet, ; in case, 55.; on roller, is. 6 1. ,• . - James WA Id, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next door to the Post-office, and 2, Royal Exchange. Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d., STRICTURE of the URETHRA : its Rational Treatment and Prompt Cure. By F It. COUR fESTAY, Member of the Royal College of surgeons "of England. " We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience irtthe treatment of stric ture during the last twenty years has equalled, if, indeed, it has not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, therefore, no mater of sur rise that he should enjoy the reputation of being a most dexterous and skilful manipulator with urethral instruments ; and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert that the introduction of instruments through a stricture which had previously been impermeable to them, was the , most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, it must .be no slight source of gratification on Mr. 'ourtenay's part to have achieved the reputation he has in this res sect ; and for our part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circular. London: H. Banners, 219, Regent-street. T. GEORGE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Ofilees, ns, PALL-MALI, London. CHAIRMAN—Viscount ANELAGH, Park-place, St. James's. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—HENRY POWN ALL, Esq., Ladbrook-square, Notting-hill. SECRETARY —W.C. URQUHART, Esq. POLICIEi ABSOLUTELY INTDI ,PUTABLE. Annuities and Endowments for families, children, and others, on the mast tav, , urabie terms. Premiums payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly. No charge tor medical fees or stamps. Loans vranted r long or short periods, payable by monthly, quarterly, or half-year y instalments. Defective Title., Reversions, &c., assured and guaranteed. QErURITY TO KIEPLOYE,N. THE TIMES ASSURANCE COMPANIES. ._ To Clerks anil others otarantees at the lowest rate s . Plate Glays assurance.—Windows, mirrors, &c , inured against oss by breakage. Every d.l.crlption of Life and Fire Assuran ces. Apply to the Manager, 31, Ludgate-hill. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. WINTER SEASON, 1855. THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH begs mo-t respectfully to announce that this favourite place of amusement will orEN on MON , tAY, seet. 3d, under new au spices, and with a series of Extraordinary Pe' formances As every thing the Wizard iays his hand on necessarily undergoes some start Inc charge. t' , e I yceum Theatre will, by a wave of his Magic Wan i, be instantly transformed into the Wizard's Psyc• manthetim while the el ss of Enteria nrnents presented within its walls will be as unlike an , th nu that has been seen before as it is os-ible to con ceive. Preparations have been it progress fir many months past to pro 'uce thes , Eiltertaimn.nts on a scale of magnitude and a xcelle ce worthy of the w izard's fame and po arity. His assistant spirits has , e been ordered to spare no xoense in the compounding of their spells ; and the. result it is hoped will he en Enterot nment which, 'or " start ing effects," wail far outgrip the wildest French mel t ciratoa ; with rapid , hanges" more -urprlsing than an actor's play ing twenty parts, in twenty diffe ent dress°. ; with tricks wore wonderful than tho , e of an adult• rating tradesman: and " trans formations" which would make the alchemists of old expire with envy. PROFESSOR ANDERSON (the Great Wizard of the North) having coin leted th- entire circuit of the globe, and visit d •ilmost every part of Europe, Am rice. India, and Australia. at:ended everywhere with a decree of success unexampled, he beiieves, in the career of an , in iividual aspiring o the titles of aco m po clan artist e, will give his extraordinary I) ieLA‘sSEMENs , IQUES in the above Theatre for a limited petioil, preparatory to his final retirement from public life. No ex rtion will be spared on hit part to secure the contir uance o' the public favour which he has hitherto enjoyed wherever he has presented himself. tin the Continent from t tersburg o Mad id; in Ateerica, from Canada to Me ico, and from New York t. San Fr .n•-isco; everywhere, in Omit, have the Wizard's marvels succeeded most effectually in "astonishing the natives" of the various countries visited. His performances have been prtronised .y audiences am milt ng in the ag-regate to very f mwhtton,yinnifilions; addition to o n h el he aving lbseettsheho red by is h ro f aPutehs the o If . hag a o r o n n o l u yßrit Eitrone, h ,s also been commasidel to perform before her Majesty the QUEEN. Without attempting to exalt the Professor's art beyond Its due deserts, let it suffice to say it is his art. He ha. devoted h melt' for ve rs to the perfecting it, and rend ring it more fit'ed to amuse and entertain the puhlie. That he has been successful in his efforts he thinks, from what he has said, is pretty ce tain ; indeed a life time spent in diligent pur uit of excellence in any art, whatever it may he, can scam ly fal in producing some degree of efficiency. It is the result of this long study that will be presented at the Lyceum Theatre. Feats in Modern Mazie hitherto unittempted will be exhibited by the ^id of apparatus outrivalling atly that has been previously constructed. \n th r feature in Professor Anderson's Delassemens Magiques will he a complete disclosure of some of the principal impostures of the OUP, with illustration.; of the mechanism. mystpes., of Table-b.rning, tiauroyance, aed other delusions, to he classed generally under the now popular head of the "sell " theory. In the Wiz trd's per ormanc , s there wll be found mirth, for those who seek merriment ; mystery, tbr those Nr.o fancy the mysterious ; parasio es, for the lovers or the paradoxical ; .wonders, for th se who like the wonderful ; startling surprise., 'or those eager for-excitement. There will be science or he sage, wisdom for the philosopher, art for the artistic, and cheerfulness for all. It will be the Professor's object, in fact, to produce a play each night in which the audience themselves shall be the actor., and which, whatever the riot may De, shall certainly be fr, , e from the fault of many mo dern dramas - the fault of lacking incident or exciting situations and unexpected denouemens. Such will he the general character of the Wizard's Banquet of Wonders. It will be an ordinary to which he will welcome all. The bill of fare wit' shortly be peblished in the programme now preparing; and Profess r Anderson. the carver of the feast, will spare no etTo-t to I lease the bate of every cuss: who mar honour his tale with his oresence—cutting it fat or lean as etch may , ish. The Royal Lyceum The .tre will be op tie by the Wizard of the North, as his Psycomantheutn, on MO:. DAY, seltenv er 31. CREMORNE.— Admission, Is.—The coming ‘• eek will ne naugurated by a repn tition of the (IRA \1) M t I 'AItY SF T.:CT ' t'LF, which took place in the Ashinirtih.m Groun ts, and which excit , d such intense m erest .nd received , uch hi h un•ounded oatronace en Niondav evening 11..4, and which has determined the Proprietor to glace it before the general public with all I s brilliant, varied and effective fea'ures, on Mon ay, ednet day, and Frbtay, on which days, as well as the interm -diate one . every successive 'our trom 3 till 12 will , e marked by those art stic exhihitions and al , resco Pleas', es whi .11 hive secured this property th.. de•ignation of the "Paradise of Cbeaoness" and the "Gardens of the World." Open free on F.unday , by refreshment card, 6d. Table (Photo at 6,2 s. 6d. Haunch of venison 4t 6. Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial (Wholesa e Branch)—Melbourne, Victoria. 4 7.- Z I ,n f.• I :I: LIEGE of SE BASTOROL.—ROYAL SURREY ZOO , ,OGICAL GARDENS.— Tncreased attrac tions. In consevenee of the popularity of the brillia t Spi-c -tacle of the -dege and Bombardment of Sebastopol, the Propr:etor has re op - ed that no efforts shall be wanting on his part to merit, a continuance of the public fav ur. Net' incich nts, sugg , alive of mili tary The in the trenches, wi Ihe deoicted The iinriv , lled Military ' and of the estahlishtn tit has beet onside.abh increased, and the Troupe of Spanish Minstrels, being es•Abl shed favoutres he. e. have been re-engaged for a limited period p•eviou , to their ontinental tour. Every evening this week :—Dansm's colos.al m"delled picture of Sebast D °ramie views of Cronsta4it, Revel, Relsingt•rs. Odessa, Balaklava, itoria. and Cathca , t'--hill, painted expressly for this esuiblishment by P. Phillips. A. Grand Voca: and Instru• mental Concert, conducted by D. codfrey. The usual routine of novel amu'ements w 11 conclude with the Siege of Sebastopol, end matchle%s pyrotechnic display Feeding the Asimals at a quarter pa=t five. Reou'ae of the ussian sortie, and rece,tion of the Russian L IAa tor truce, at Six. Concert at half past six. Bomb .rdment, &c , at halt-past Nine. Admission, Is. jOZEAU'S COPAEIINE, or SACCHARATED CAP'4UI.I 4 :9 I , approved of by the terench collegeof Physicians, +uccessfully actninistered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and icknowledizeil by then to he the best remedy for a certain disorder. (R e , Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded 0 , , appli cation —Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. :&d. To he had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZIL.A.IT, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and 111 the principal chemists. THE SUCCESS OF THE KERTE{ JACKET. SomPtimes nevelties require time to prove their utility and t gain approbation, but the Kertch Jacket and the Emperor's Cape, like all the p-n tuctions of E. MOSES and .-ow, have had unpara succe-s t ram the moment of their introduction, Every one shoul I avail 'hemselves of an inspection of these gentlemanly and usefill garments. The ;tench Jack t is made in materials tuitable fer the present and approaching season; its design is Perfectly New and Artistic; it is very elegant and easy, highly illustrative of the skill, talent, 0111 La capon cnw 11A tin) lAniliniii/0 or n Muses and non. the Emperor's Cape is a new invention, which belongs exclusively to E. Moses and Son. It can only • e obtained at their est Nish ment and its branches It is thoroughly waterproof, and folds in so small a space that it is highly approved by every one. Travellers and excursionists should procure the Emperor's Cape at E. MOSES ant Son's. Visitors to the Parts Exh'bltion should select froM the unparal leled stock cf French and Engli h Novelties at their establishments. 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At there Is scarcely any decree of physical infirmity or -function', rangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a curt • ne Author hat for a series of years been engaged in an extensiv aetice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which hay :fortunately teen too generally confided to the earn of Ignoret, , ffin irtes, who tnitict great injury on those who are induced to plate. faith in their pretensions. t:F.IiITOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, Of Messrs, Sher- R00d23, PaternoAter•row Elannay, 63, Oxford-street ti • Aquare; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or free by post It, A 3 errata to env address from the Author's residence, 37, B e , sad ( 9 ,:(1... tiara. Leicester -, At, home co% cougultatif4 daily tem eleveu two, 3 vid tom §ix 1 _401114t4 ." • " • ,--- - i . . --- ~,, • ~g , • 11 , 4'-' _, . .„, _ .* 4 „, k , 7 ,,,,,:,.,,,,g,.,,a5, •ff,..__.„.,..„.„,,;._.., 0) , Sp ` . __:.,_,..,74......,,,,,,,_,,,_.i .:1 - U . - ::-.!,,, • -,' , . ~ _._.,_ , - - t,gyp,, r, „ • I ,, ik 0 ,- ; ‹:_fr, TV / ' i 4 4 ,- . - .', m 'z ir , - : r.tt,,' ~,,,„,, , v . i 0 , ,f. .„.;!.,N, ~ on v.. , ' piR 2,korc- --- ,:, . .___ . — , —...--:- . • . , - [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D- - HEREFORD :MUSICAL F.MTIVJAL. HnitEreun,./Atednesday.—The collection ;wide yester• day at the doors of the cathedral for the benefit of the clergy widows' and orphans' charity amounted to 1731. 17s. Bd. - The first concert last night was attended by pearly 400 persons. The following is the programme for the evening : _ • j'A r liT . • - • Overture—(Jubilee) Madrigal—" Merrily Wake," (rah Risser. _ _ • mond) • • J. Barnett. Scena—Madame Clara Novelle, "Ocean - thou mighty monster." (Oberon) :WOO L , Duetto—Madame and Mr. Weiss" Tu 10 eai." ( lroscari) ' Verdi; Soong—Madame Grisi, " Cast a Diva." (Norma) Aria—Signor Mario, "Il mio tesoro." (Don , • Giovianni) .. , Duetto—Madame Clara Novello and 'Miss Dolby, " Della Moss." (Le Prophets) M.eyerbeer. Air—Madame Weiss, "Oh ! is it not a pleasant thing." (Berta) H. Smart. Terzetto--Madame Grisi, Signor Mario, and. Mr. Weiss, " Guai se ti sfugge." cresia Borgia) ' Donizetti. Song—Mr. Sims Reeves and Chorus, " Come if you dare." (King - Arthur) Parcell. Between the parte : Fantasia—Pianaforte, Master Arthur Napoleon, (Mose) Thalberg). PART 11. Overttire—(ig Wood Nymphs") W. S. Bennett. Song—Mr. M. Smith, "Good bye, sweet heart" Romanza--Madame -Clara Novello, "Ma negli estremi istanti" ("11 Giuramento") Mercadante. Sims Reeves, "Sad wee_ the • hour." (Berta) . Sniiri. Duette—Madame Grisi and Signor Mario, " Mira la bianca lung." Scotch Song—Miss Dolby, "Over the sea." Mrs. Groom. Song—Mr. Weiss, "The village black- smith." W. H. Weise. Quartetto—Madame Clara Novello, Miss Dolby, Mr.' Slll2ll Reeves, and Mr. Weiss, • " Un di, se ben rammentoini" (" Rig°. . lotto") Chorus—" The tiger couches." .. Sir H. Bishop. The scena from Oberon, "Ocean, thou mighty monster," introduced Clara Novello, who was warmly received (as were also subsequently 'Mario and Grisi, Miss. Dolby and Sims Reeves) and outdid herself in this glorious piece. In the opening note of the scena her magnificent voice rang through the spacious ball with its peculiar clearness, and altogether this piece was in our opinion the gem of the evening. Between the parts Master Arthur Napoleon played one of Thalberg's pianoforte fantasias. A good deal , of interest was excited by the appearance of this youthful txecutant. The attendance at the cathedral this morning was very much better than yesterday. This morning was devoted entirely to Mendelssohn's oratorio of "Elijah." To Mr. Weis was allotted the part of the Prophet, and Clara Novell°, Miss Dolby, Mrs. Weiss, Miss Mose, Sims Reeves, and Mr., M. Smith, all assisted in the principal soli. A great treat was anticipated in the rendering of the air, "If with all your hearts," which was given to Signor Mark ' and heavy was the disap pointment experienced by all who listened to his handling of this beautiful air, sung, without any of the pathos or feeling which we have been accustomed to hear thrown into the passage. Clara Novello sang the opening air to the second part, " Hear ye, Israel," and, we need not say, did full justice to it. . Among the company present were the. Lord Bishop, with Mrs. Hampden and Miss Hampden, the Countess . Lncan, Lord •William Graham, the Ladies' Thngham, Lady Charlotte Montgomery, L ady: Emily Foley, Lady Langley, the Hon. and Rev. George Herbert.and Lady Harriet Herbert, Archdeacon Lane Freer, Archdeacon Thorp, the Hon. Captain Elanbury, Mr. King King M.P., Mr. Booker, M.P., Sir R. Price and Lady Price, &c., &c. Pr 7:: THE ItTIMIAN IPZIOATSIA DIANA. • • The Friend of China, just received, contains thil:Tapc-px following account of the loss of the, Russian frigateiZ Diana Nil a " The Russian frigate Diana, haring Vice-Admiral •_ Poutiatin e on board, was lying in the harbour at tha time, engaged in finishing up the treaty they had made cir with the J a p anese . , I mme di a t e ly aft er th e shock wee ; ‘ ,1 : . 4 1 felt, the water in the harbour became convulsed to sick a degree in eddies and whirlpools, that, in the space of 30 minutes, she swung entirely round 43 times, twisting her chains up into knots, rdo rapid was the motion, that the people on board. &ink "not keep their feet, and all were made kiddy. When the sea, receded, it left the - frigate in eight feet water on her side, when her usual draft was over 21 feet. On ita return, they stated, the ; i 1 water rose five fathoms above it s or di nary l eve l. On its c , - again receding, four feet only of water remained, so that ; ,, 3 they saw' the stocks of 'their anchors above the water. ' The heaving of the bottom of the baksvaellien so violent that the frigate, although, as I sai4 in only four feet water, was moved bodily past her anchor. The officers momently expected that the bay would become the out. let of subterranean fires, and that-they should be ea gnlphed in it. When the frigate again floated they saw her keel and rudder, which had been wrenched off, float ing alongside, and the ship filling with water, .87getti nz sails unde r her , they managed to keep her stoat, asi the next d a y, things having got quiet once more, they hauled her off into deeper water. Occasional shocks of earthquake still continued to be felt, but none were at. tended with serious consequences. After repairing da mages as well as they could, aid having rigged a tem- • porary rudder, and the weather becoming fine, they at tempted to take the ship round to another bay, whore she would be less exposed, and they could complete re- , pairs (Sim o d a b e i ng b a d ly a d apte d f or suc h a purpose), ' but when within seven miles of their harbour, a gale a sprung up the one hundred Japanese boats that were towing them abandoned them (not, however, until they had got out all the officers and crew), and shortly after the gallant ship sunk in deep water, the officers and men saving only the clothes they steed in. Notwithstanding all their misfortunes, and the danger through which they had passed, they only lost oee man, and he was accident a lly kill e d b y b e i ng j amme d by one of the guns which had got adrift. "We have been favoured with a copy of a letter ad. • dressed to a gentleman here,giving slew more particu lars of the catastrophe. The French whaler Napoleon 111. arrived at Simoda sometime in January, and would have been captured by the Diana's men had she re mained there six hours longer than she did. The fact should not be overlooked that the wretched Dianne were perfectly prepared to put neutrality aside, in capturing this vessel in neutral waters, had they had the oppor tunity." EXECUTION OF REBELS AT CANTON. (Front the Friend of China, March 14.) In our remarks on the retirement of the rebels from Suncow, in another column, it is stated that the thou sands of men brought to Canton as prisoners are now being decapitated at the rate of a hundred and fifty a-day. That was the number, we were told, executed on Saturday last, a spectacle to which we were witness. The Canton execution ground has been before described in this journal, and for all our readers it is not necessary to repeat that it is situated about a hundred yards from the river at a distance of twO miles or so below the fac tories. The ground is oblong, about a hundred and fifty feet in length—the entrance on the side nearest the river being about six feet. This is closed with bars during practical operations. At the grand entrance the ground is about 20 feet wide. On the right hand, door ways open on to several oven and tile manufactories. As we approached the execution ground many were met with bands to their nostrils, or with their tails tied round their faces, for the purpose of avoiding the horrid stench which could literally be "felt" at a considerable distance. The ground was covered with partially dried gore, the result of the past day's work. There are no drains to take the blood away, -nor is any substance used to slake it. One man was found digging holes for two crosses, on which he said four were to be tied and cut in pieces. The execution had been fixed for noon. At half-past 11 half a dozen men arrived with the knives, preceded by bearers of rough deal wood boxes, decorated with bloody sides—these were the coffins. Unconcern was the general appearance of the soldiers and spectators, of whom, altogether, there may have been 150. The day was dull, a fresh breeze from the eastward carrying the stench away from foreigners, who, to the number of a dozen, had obtained admittance to the top of one of the houses on the far side of the street passing the entrance of this " field of blood." At a quarter to 12 the first batch of ten prisoners arrived, speedily fol lowed by the rest in similar quantities. Each prisoner (having his hands tied behind his bawl, and labelled on the tail) appeared to have been thrust down in a wicker basket, over which his chained legs dangled loosely, the body riding uncomfortably, and marked with a long paper tally, pasted on a slip of bamboo thrust between the prisoner's jacket and his back. These " man baskets," slung with small cords, were carried on bam boos resting on the shoulders of two men. As the pri soners arrived, each was made to kneel with his face to the south. In a space of about 20 feet by 12, we counted as many as 70 ranged in half-a-dozen rows. At five minutes to 12 a white button mardarin arrived, and the two to be first cat in pieces were tied to the crosses. Whilst looking at this frightening process the execution commenced, and 20 or 30 must have been headl.ss before we were aware of it. The only sound to sheen—cheep—cheep, as the knives fell. One blow was sufficient for each— the head tumbling between the legs of the ♦ictim before it.. As the sword falls the blood-gushing trunk springs forward, falls on the breast, and is still for ever. In four minutes the decapitation was complete; and then on the other victims commenced the barbarity which to think of only is sufficiently barbaric. With a short shsrp knife a slice was cut out from under each arm. A low suppressed fearful groan from such followed the operation of the weapon. Dexterous as butchers, a slice was taken successively by the operators from the calves, the thighs, and then from each breast. We may suppose—we may hope—that by this time the sufferers were insensible to pain ; but they were not dead. The knife was then stuck into the abdomen, which was ripped up to the brealit bone, and the blade twisted round and round as the heart was separated from its holding. Up to this moment, having once set eyes on the victim under torture, they had become fixed as by fascination ; but they could be rivetted no longer —a whirling sensation ran thrLugh the brain, and it was with difficulty we could keep ouree!ves from falling. But this was not all ; the lashings were then cut, and the head, being tied by the tail to a limb of the cross, was severed from the body, which was then dismembered of hands and arms, feet and legs, separately. After this the Mandarins left the ground, to return, however, with a man and woman, the latter it was said, the wife of one of the rebel chiefs—the man a leader of some rank. The woman was cut up in the way we have described ; for the man a more horrible punishment was decreed— he was flayed alive. We did not see this, but it was witnessed by the sergeant of Marines of the IT.S.S., J. P. Kennedy—the cry, on the first insertion of the knife across the forehead, and the pulling of the flesh over the eyes, being most horrible. But enough ! Such is an episode of this revolution in China—such some of the last acts of the Mauchou dynasty. It is impossible inch a government can exist much longer. Humanity must make common cause against the demons who can per form deeds inch as these. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietore was held yesterday at Derby. Mr. Beale, deputy-chairman, pre sided, in the absence of Mr. Ellie, the chairman. _ Mr. SANDERS (secretary) opened the proceedings by reading the report of the directors. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the adoption of the re plrt, commented upon some of the variations that ap peared in the accounts, as compared with those of the previous half years. After some discussion the report was adopted by a large majority. The next resolution, for the dividend, was agree ( ' t° as follows :—" 11. 15s. upon each 1001. Consolidated Stock ; 1/. is. 3d. upon each 1001. Consolidated Bir mingham and Derby Steak ; 3/. upon each 1001. Conso lidated Preferential Stook ; U. upon each 1001. Consoli dated Erewash Valley Stock ; ss. 3d. upon each HI. 185. 4d. share, being half-a-year's interest, at 41 per cent., upon 11/. 13s. 4d. called up ; Consolidated Four-and-a-Half Per Stock ; 14e. 10 d, upon from April 24, Cent. Preferential per cent., from April 24, 1855 ; Pd. u P .II - es h Si. char° ter and Hitchin Prefererietith' s i r 0 c O . 01 5 ba . iu C o nso lid ated u po n i ine ea r : Oa paid on 1855 ; 14s. 100. upon each lf. niApril aecoant of si. 24, 1855 " A, shares, being interest thereon ro .oof . paid up, being interest at 4 per cent., formal resolution for the Goa dig b i n f:id-up s h ares into stock of the ... r _ ffed vriiih a vo e r II ° a g r eed to, the proceedings conc . u eof compliment te ntinued the directors for their co a elation to the Mire of the company —__. rneting of the directors Nvi ,n l y, WARRENPOINT, AND ROSTREVOIL The tteheentchlarheanlfdlonearßlyo wa s he onit, Liverpool, yesterday afternoon ; Francis Shand, Ir. ''-' 8 C1.2 presiding. The report of the directors stated that Mr. Dargan's lease having ex pired on the 14th of May, and as no desirable offer had been made by another party for leasing the fine, the directors decided on returning possession, sad had h e ld worked the line so far satisfactorily. Mr. ikoodwis, a Belfast, the arbitrator chosen, had valued the rolling stock of the company at 6,4291. 10s., and the stations erected by the company at 1,5831., at which sums they had been taken up for the company. A farther claim of 1,2201. of Mr. Dargan's was under oonsideration of the arbitrator. Since the last meeting 5,000 6 per eeaL preference scrip shares, of 21. each, bad been Witted, of Which 2,312 were taken up by the shareholders, leaving 2,688 unissued, which are in the hands of the directors. The report was adopted, and that ,being the only bas{o ness to be transacted, the meeting separated. The vendors of articles in the streets of Paris are turning the popularity of the Anglo-French alliance to profitable account. Most of their goods are surmounted by banners bearing devices and inscriptions of an at, tractive character. The bottles of Eau de Cologne are put in good odour with the pasEers by, by a flag above the stall showing the words "Vvint lee Allies ;" eves beefsteaks are put under the protection 01 her m ost Garr 0.0 1 4 ILLldoty, 3il itc:, gcl so is sts istespiciwislialof THE MOORS. . _ AYRSHIRE.—On Muirkirk Moor, T. S. Cunningham, yr. of Caprington, had 8 brace ; James Paxton, of Richardson, 8'; A. Aird, of Crossflat, 54 ; Thomas Samson, Esq., Burnside, had 8 ; Mr. Dykes and party of four guns, on Glenbnck MoOr, bad 444 brace, of which amount Mr. J. Ir. Deans ' - of-Kirkstyle, had 144. T. Paterson, Esq., Deanside, had but indifferent success. On Lanfine Moor, Mr. Robert Gardiner and party bagged 31 brace on Monday. On Lainshaw Moor Sheriff Anderson and party were not fortunate as the birds were very scarce. But although bags have not been so bulky as heretofore yet sportsmen never enjoyed themt-eives better. On Beoch Moor, near Maybole, a place of only some 106 acres in -extent, one gun shot 14 brace. The Hon. T. F. Kennedy's keeper ale' bagged 14 'brace on Dunure Moor.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. OIITHNESS.—We learn that on the 14th instant, H. Smith, Esq., Oirig, bagged 28 brace grouse on the AchaUbster Moors.--/bid. Comszniedn.---Speaking generally,' game may be said to-be scarce, and not in first-rote condition. In West Cumberland, Westmoreland, and North Laircashire, ex perienced shots had no reason to complaid of want of sport, and in some places an unusual number of birds were bagged. On the border, and a dozed miles 'beyond it, birds are scarce; shy, and - very strong nn the wing, rarely permitting a nearer approach than 150 yards. On the whole, we gather that the season is an average one, and that the field has been taken in great force.—Car- lisle paper, RoMBMIGISIIIRE. — So far as we have been able to learn the success of our sportsmen these three days has been such as to excite hopes that the season may not be so un productive after all. The mo-t successful instance we have heard of is that of Sir John Lees, who on Monday killed 193 brace of fine birds on Borthwick Brae estate, at pre sent leased by his brother-in law, John Meiklarn, Esq Others, though not so successful, have had a fair start ; but all complain of the wildness of the birds. They often rise at a great di-tance, making the toil considerable. — Edinburgh Evening Courant. MORAYSIIIRE.—Fears were entertained that the sport would be very poor, owing to the scarcity of birds, and the small size and weak state of the young ones. From the notes which we have received it would, however, appear that the sportsmen have met with pretty fair sue. cess. On the Carron moors, Mr. Grant of Carron bagged 30 brace of grouse durirg the day. The Rev. Mr. Parks, Wester Elchies, bagged 254 brace on the Elchies moors. Colont4 Dixon and party bagged, on Castle Grant shootings, 38 brace ; Mr. Bruce, Kennet, and Mr. Hoblin, on Cromdale grounds, 374 brace. Mr. Lawson, Oldmills, and Mr. Paul, Kiinflat, bagged 23? brace on the Kellas moors. Provost Grant, J. Grant., Esq., and party, bagged 97 brace and a few hares on the Benrinnes moors. Alexander Mackenzie, Esq., and Colin Mackenzie, Esq., on the Pluscarden moors, bagged 48 brace of grouse. The reports, on the whole, are fa vourable and encouraging to the sportsman. Lord H. Bentinck and party arrived at Lagganauld on Saturday, and were on the moors on Monday. The Duke of Rich. mond the Earl of March, Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, Lord Hill, the Hon. Rowland Hill, and Colonel Jebb, are in Glenfiddich. It is feared that the sport will not be so good as usual, as the birds are rather scarce,and the young birds are but small yet —Elgin Courant. NEWTON-STEWART.—From what we have been able to gather on the subject, the worst fears of the sportsman have been fully realised. On Monday some of our best guns were early on the moors, and returned with only such " bags" as might be expected at the close of any ordinary season. Although so very gloomy at present things may yet get better. We hear of some places where the coveys are more numerous than is generally reported. PERTHSHIRE.—In addition to our sporting intelli gence from Perthshire, we may add that the old grouse are freer from disease (tapeworm) than for two or three years past ; but the covers do not exceed four or five in number, and are of two, if not three, different sizes, the early broods being destroyed by frost. We are warranted in saying the returns from the best guns on some moors are nearly one-half less than last year.—Correspondent of Edinburgh Advertiser. RENFREWSHIRE.—The sport on the 13th was not so bad as might have been anticipated. The grouse was very wild and strong upon the wing. Sir M. R. Shaw Stewart, Bart., shot 17 brace on Ardgowan moors ; Mr. John Reid, 23 brace on Dacha' ; Mr. Matthew Brown, 17& brace on Doogley Hill moor ; Mr. A. Wingate, 7 brace on Bilinalcolm ; Mr. J. C. Foulds, 54 brace on Singwells ; Mr. A. Gilmour, 10 brace on Glenowther. The largest number shot was on Sinloch, where 206 brace were killed by four guns. All accounts agree as to the wildness of the birds, which, in some places, rose 150 yards off, and in others were almost unapproachable. —Greenock Advertiser. STIBLINGEHiIHi.—Th• !grouse on the moors in this locality are very scarce indeed ; and the consequence was, that on the 13th the sport was very poor. We have not heard of a single good bag having been made—the best we know of being those of J. F. Bennett, Esq., 00 the Touch Moor, who bagged 17 brace ; and C. Graham, of Gartmore, who had 12 brace , Dl Ch i e Mr. Graham, jun., bagged 18 brace. At Airth re y , 11 brace rewarded the party shooting ther e e d . 0 11 D i S b a r u a c ce 7 Moors, Archibald Campbell, Esq., kill and a party on the Gargunnock Moor, brace. we believe, the poorest sport we hav e ur:ovocl. The reports chroni cle from the moors in our nei and very da —Stirling strong —hedibffiircdusltretporte.essecaht. them vve ghobt°remmeolyn .wyil.d, her better shooting than that n Journal his moors of Byrecletich, killed 21 hat on of t e? r e () b en d i of Roxburgh, upon THE Journal. the 13th his Grace the Duke tand brac e . d the birds were rong in We undo-sten excellent brace of grouse, and the Marquis of Bowmont 28 —dinburgh, Advertiser. condition. This r s er Y eds e ui e dp t i e u ril n a i n y tthir morningnelTham es gibtohuerbhoodody at Ro• A Yount DTi o Ww W a r lsl i i ; D I E t oo il ff ft h h Ya i ° : nu h t e eh .. . n. at T rine h ie e tl deceased was drowned while bathing near Sonthwark-brldge. It is estimated that the damage Caused by the late earthquake in till Valais, does not amoun t t to lets than & mop Want. ~. -_ .. LONDON, THUBSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1855. r I I HE CHANCELLORSVILLE FREEHOLD GOLD MINING CO MP -.‘y. No 1, GREAT WINCIIESTEIt-STREET. The Directors have now the p easure of intbnining their Share holders and the public that they have Just received the following adVices from their Agents, Messrs. Stanford and Company, of Neu Yd: k, dated3ltr. July, 1855 : !' We have this d iy shipped. per the cli , vr Quickstep, .bound d sect for London, 4 3 barrel of your Gold Ore." This large importation of one hundred ties may be expected this month, and the great care that has born observed in previous tests made by Messr.. John on, and Matthey, Mitchell, Claudet, Ryan, Wright, &c., on ore bri.mght by Mr. Henwood, F. R.S., F.G N , &c•. warran's the conchisi. at that the same results—viz., an average of at least 5 oz. of gold per ton, will be realised by the present consign ment. Many hundred tons are ready to follow. By order of the Board. W. S. TROTTER, Secretary. August 16, 1855, SALES BY AUCTION. Lindley Hal, Leicestershire.—The Excellent Furniture and Appen dages, Library of Books, Carriages, Horses, Harness, Cows, Model 25-gun Frigate tor a Lake, a Stack of Meadow Hay, and the Grow ing roes off 5 Acres. MESSRS. ROBINS beg to announce the fol lowing Airangement of Sale of THE SUPERIOR FURNITURE AND APPENDAGES AT LINDLEY HALL, IN LEICESTERSHIRE, 3 miles from the Nuneaton Station, at 12 o'clock each day:— On TUESD AY NEXT, August 28, :he library of literary and law book•, a splendid edition of Baydell's hakspeare, 7 vols., Ree's Cyclo ptedia, 44 Tots the i)elphiu Classics, 1r,6 vols., and numerous illus trated and standard works ; also, the best Law Reports, from the earliest period to the present time, the Statutes at Large, &c. On WEDNESDikY NEXT, August 29 the furniture of 8 bed chamb-irs, morning, db+ing, and billiard rooms, a capital 12 ft 6 in. slate top billiard table, a 6 octave rosewood cottage piano-forte, by Ci , llard, an exquisitely sculptured mart,le figure of a reclin.n.4 boy, by 13 -lanes, a noble 8 tt. conical rosewood and ebony Ellzabethaii cabinet. On TiIURc;kDAY NEXT, August 30, the furniture of 4 bed-rooms, drawing.room, awl boudoir, in suites of rosewood, elegant white and gold Louis Qnatroize couch and 8 chairs, chimney glasses, alabaster figurcs and vases and ornamental horns In the hall, a large model of •:t.asburg Cathedral, bracket and upright clocks. On FRI I)AY, August 31, the furniture of 4 bed-rooms and library, china, g'ass, a few Wiping pictures, fowling-pieces by Manton and others, a small quantity of wine, a to.n-built chariot, a harouche pony phmton, excellent harness and saddlery, 2 carriage horses, a ca 't horse, 3 cows, pigs Aid poultry, light market cart, a ditto waggon. a dung cart, noble artificial stone figures, vases, anl tazza for lawns, a beautiful large model frigato, with 2-1 guns, fully rigged, an interesting object for a lake; a four-oar skiff, a punt, a stack oi meadow hay, and the growing crops of wheat, barley, beans, tur nips &c., off 5 acres. On SATURDAY, September 1, the furniture of the domestic offices, kitchen, dairy, bre whouse, lauLdry, a patent mangle, and out ofil'es. On view the day prior and mornings of sale, when catalreznes (at 'cf. each) may be had on the ,remise, the principal inn at Rugby, - Name ton, Leicester, 'num% orth, and ('over try, and at Messrs. Re hins's Ofti,es, Covent-geld -At. P.S. Cata.ogues wall be forwarded on the lecript of 12 postage stamp.. FREEHOLD FARM IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE, HOUSE PRO PERTY IN LONDON, AND FEE FARM RENTS IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. T o be peremptorily SOLD, pursuant to a Deems of her Majesty s court of Ex hequer, and an Order of he igh Court of Chattoerv, made in a cause of "N AA v. Lor. Henley," with the approbation of RI .hard Richa ds, Esq ont of the MAsters of the said Court of han .ery, by Messrs NORTO tIOGGAR I, and TRKI', at the Auction %tart, Itartholoniew-lan in the City of London, on FRI ‘Y, the 7th day f Sentemher, 855 at t o'cl• ck at noon, in 7 lots, a FREEHOLD FARM (land tax redeemed and su ject only to a certain sm dl rent charges in lieu of tithes, which have been c. mmuted), consisting of a well built sub stan, ial farn-house, with onveni. nt out-buildings, and 2'4 acres o a art e. - meadow, pasture, and wood 14n.1, k .own as Upper, Clopton Farm," situate in the parishes p icktetnn and QtynteitAn tb, county of Gloucester; an undivided fourth part of several fre , holo messuages, and othe- buildings. situate in Fetter-lane, in the City 0 , Lon 100, and in Milford-lane, Duke-street, and King's Head-yard, Lincosn's-inn-tie'ds, in the county of v iddlesex ; a fee farm rent W. 6s. Sd., issuing out of tit , . Manor of Ettal, in the county o Northomherland ; anti an undivid.d fourth part of several fee farm rents (the entirety amounting to hB l l. 3s Id per annum), issuitm, Out of divers manors, and other h'-reditaments, in the counties of York, Durham, and Northumberland, and in the town and county of the to nof Newcastle upon-Tyne. t'articalars whereof may be ha i in London, at the said Master's Cham'ers in South mpton-buildings, Chancery la e; of NleFsrs I,aw, Hussey, and Hulbert, solicitors, No. 10, New-squire, Lincoln's inn ; Mes rs. Wharton and Ford, solicitors, 8, Lincoln's-t•n-fields ; Messr , . 131,hoff, Coxe. and Bony ts, solicitors, 19, Coleman-street, City; of the Auctioneers, N 0.62, Old Broad-street, ity ; of Me ars Banister, solicito s, Shipston•on-S.our ; and in the country at th. principal Ines at Shipston upon- tour, Stratford-neon-Avon. Eve sham, and Newc3s le-upon-ryne ; and of Mr. E. F. Boyd, Urpeth, near Chester-lc—street. Date.' this Bth day of August, 1855. LAW, HUSSEY, and HULBERT, Lincoln's-Inn. ATTSTRALTA.-Advices have been received from Aus tralia, dated Melbourne, June 1, which give a mod& rately favourable account of the progress of business. The markets were still oppressed with goods, but less so than for some months past, and such trade as was car ried on was for the most part safe and remunerative. Grain and farm produce generally were in great demand, and the prevalence of high prices.bad caused a large in crease in the breadth of land sown with wheat. The ex port duty on gold had come into operation on the Ist of May, and, owing to the forms connected with it, a tem porary diminution had occurred in the quantity brought into Melbourne, although the rate of production was understood to be undiminished. The efforts made previously to send away as much as possible had also contributed to a reaction. The totals received by escort in the seven weeks from the 14th of April to the 26th of May inclusive bad been 44,356, 41,732, 52,174, 13,151 (the first week of the duty), 29,276, 30,364, and 47,402 ounces. The success of the Chinese had been remarkable, and several of them were returning to China with large amounts. In the previous week 38 hal sailed with 7401. each in gold-dust; besides specie and other valuables. Violent opposition was being raised against them as settlers, and a public meeting bast been called to demand measures to put a stop to their arrival. Opinion on the point, however, was not unani mous, and the Government wishing to adopt a moderate course, had proposed measures to place them altogether in a specific locality, under the supervision of persons of their own nation ; but the bill on the select, which was still under discussion, had been so altered by the Assem bly that it was doubtful if it would be proceeded with . A clause had been introduced, by which vessels will be allowed to bring only one such passenger for every ten tons of registered measurement, and which will also impose a rate of 101. per head. Meanwhile, the influx continued heavy, and 700 are said to hav e l an d e d i n th e preceding week. The price of gold was 755. 6d, per ounce. On the 23d of May the Melbourne banks in creased the premium on the exchange on London from 1 to 2 per cent. The produce of the gold duty for the four weeks it had been in operation was 14,4191.' A plan of Mrs. Chisho;ns for the erection of shelter sheds 'in the roads to the mines, at from five to nine miles apart, had been adopted by the Government, and a sup ply had been ordered for the first 80 miles ont-of Mel. bourne. Mention is made of the death of Sir Robert Tickle, the Commander of the forces at Melbourne. The Eagle had sailed for Liverpool on the 31st of May with 43,979 ounces of geld, valued at 175,9161. The Essex was to sail on the 3d, the Northumberland on the Bth, sad the lioomeraug, *it a 1 4841 1 5 2 gr Pt 4 of sl3f. _ _ STATE OF OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. ( From the Times of this day.) We shall be thought very great bores ; in fact, we have a sort of instinct ourselves that our line is very boring. But there is really no help for it, unless we abdicate our functions altogether, and retire to fly-fishing, landsca pe.gardening, and the resources of the circulating library. We cannot help sounding the note of alarm. We must sound it as often as it is required, and till the note of pre paration takes its place. Nobody now doubts that we are in for another winter campaign in the Cri mea. It need not, however, be put so strong as that, for if everybody doubted it, but allowed that it was only possible, that would be quite enough for our present purpose. There is much more rea son to expect a winter campaign now than there was 'this time last year, and th e excuse, " Oh, everybody expected we should be in Sebastopol be fore Christmas," is now thought a very bad one. The hope then was the first rush, the eclat of a successful landing, the surprise, the ardour of new comers, and all the freshness of a youthful war. Now, on the other hand, hope is concentrated and defined on one point—the chance of the next forth coming bombardment and assault. On this point, however, experience forbids us to be too sanguine. It is true that we have pushed our trenches almost up to the fortifications of the Redan, and the French still closer to those of the Malakhoff. We ire so near that we lose - 30, 40, o . t.kso men a-night fn the trenches, while our allies are said to lose 100 a-night. The enemy, meanwhile, has made the two works before us stronger than they were on the fatal 18th ; and the assailants will have to pass deeper ditches, encounter larger impediments, and run the gauntlet (A' more guns, only to find themselves in the presence of new fortifications, of which the old ones are only the screen. The lilies, on their side, purpose to meet this with more batteries and large guns. The FrenCh pro mise to open fire with more than 300 mortars. But the batteries, the mortars, and the ammuni tion are not y e t forthcoming. So, the great day, that dreadful day of which it may almost be said, in comparison with all the other conflicts of human passion and outpourings of human vengeance, Dies irce dies illa, lute splendens et favilla, is still indefinitely prorogued, and nobody can say in what month it will come. We only know that the longer it is postponed the more dreadful it will be, aid still wholly uncertain in its results. But there is, in our opinion, one certainty about it ; and that 14, whether we take Southern Sebastopol or not, we shall have to winter in our present position. When Sebastopol falls into our hands, it will be a mere heap of ruins, with all the horrors of the charnel-house. With the enemy still in possession the north side, the south side will be the front ~f our own attack, as bloody and wretched as our present advanced trenches. So that, whether we ake Sebastopol or not, we shall have still to occupy the heights throughout the ensuing winter: So how are we prepared fur a winter campaign ? At this moment we must confess to a strong sus picion that we are not much more forward in this "expect than we were last year. In the first place, it ought to be known that there is scarcely a hut in the British army, except the few used for hos pitals and stores.. It is found by painful expe rience that mere tents will not do for the winter, yet there are no huts. The shiploads sent out last winter have disappeared, nobody seems to know where, but they did not reach the camp, except perhaps in the shape of firewood. We are now told. that there are huts, for 50,000 men in pro paration at home ' • but if they are sent out to-mor row—and we shall be only too glad if they are sent out a month to-morrow—and if they are for warded in vessels, as economy would suggest, they willrnot arrive -at Balaklava till the end of Sep tember. With all the other work the railway has to do—if it is then in condition to do any work— it will be a month conveying the huts to the camp ; that is, till November. With the greatest industry and skill, it will be then a month before the huts are all put together. The very utmost we can hope, then efore, is that the army may be well hut ted by Christmas-day. We expect, however, no such thing. The huts will not be embarked so oon, the conveyance will not be expeditious, the railway will not be so serviceable, the rude build ers set to work on the huts will not be so handy. SO when frost sets in we expect to hear that only a third or a fourth of the army is properly housed, and,that when our poor soldiers return from the trenches, wet, chilly, hungry, sick, and wounded, they will have again to find what shelter they can in hovels deep in mud, or tents as cold as the outer air. _ _ We have alluded to the railway, and the mate rial element it has been in all calculations. That railway has not yet been tried by a long period of bad weather, and, unless it is very substantially relaid, it is almost certain to fail at the hour of the greatest need. The sleepers rest on the loose earth, which after much rain becomes fluid mud ; a great part of it is necessarily worked by horses, and there is, we are told, absolutely no ballast ; so that when the ground gives under rain the horses will never gat a firm footing. Yet next November it is very probable that, with the railway in this miserable state,—with the rails sinking and twisting, and nothing but mud be tweeu them—nay, with torrents flo.win& over them —the army will be dependent upon it for the whole supply of food, fuel, ammunition, new guns and mortars in place of those fast wearing away, huts, if then arrived, winter clothing, and more than we can tell. Meanwhile, we have no other road at all to be depended on—no road in repair. The French have made large accumulations of stones for keeping the road from Kamiesh to the camp in good repair, but we have made none. We are en tirely dependent on the railway ; and, even if the railway is not thrown out of order, there is still an utter want of durable hard roads branching from the railway to the different parts of the camp. Notwithstanding the very little improvement in comfort or security, however, that we seem likely to gain by the possession of the southern side, we can scarcely imagine a worse thing for the allies than any attempt to suspend the siege, abandon the trenches, and withdraw to lines of their own. Not to speak of the loss of labour and the discou ragement, the position of the Allies would then become one of the greatest , insecurity. It is true that the French have constructed works about the harbour at Kamiesh extensive enough to protect and to employ the whole of their army. It is true, too, that Balaklava is strong enough on the right and the front ; but as yet there are no works whatever to protect the harbour from the heights on the side of the camp, and it would not be easy to construct them at so great a distance as to prevent the Russians from shellin g the harbour, were the site of the present camp left in their hands. It would bo noooosary, therefore, to exclude the Russians from that site, by keeping up the com munication between Kamiesh and Balak l av a with a new line of earthworks, involving much labour and loss of life to make and sustain. After all, we very much doubt whether, supposing such a com munication to be made; the horrors of the struggle would be at all abated, as the only alteration would be that we should be besieged in our own lines, in stead of besieging the Russians in theirs. There would be the same watching and warding, the same trench work and sorties, the same mining and countermining—everything, in fact, except that we should no longer have the idea of progress and the hope of success. No ; our game is to press on the siege, and not relent a day. If we are asked how the siege can be pressed harder, we cannot help asking, in return, what adequate use is now made of the finest army ever assem bled in th e world ? What use are we making of the Piedmontese ? Why should we have more than 30,000 Turks doing nothing whatever at Eupatoria--not even stirring a finger to intercept the Russian supplies frOm the north ? We cannot help thinking that by force of !numbers we might press the siege rather closer. We cannot doubt of its ultimate success, and even hope that the end is at hand. It is clear that the Russians are not reinforced at the rate they once were, and cannot even get up supplies adequate to their reinforcements. Both in and out of Sebasto pol they are almost despera te with starvation. Mr. Gladstone will tell us' not to beli eve thi s , hut we do believe it. We do nut believe that Prince Gortschakoff would have brought his army down from an impregnable position to a place where they were pounded as in a mortar, and where, in fact, 4,090 of them were left dead on the ground, but for the impossibility of standing still where there was nothing •to eat. If this is the case at so open and central a position as the may infer pol. In heightst must tt beM ai e n ke s n e z b ie a ' e s to Farm, we this respect we must beat them in the lon g run, and perhaps before very long. Ne v er theless w e will not lean on the broken reed, as Mr. Gladstone calls this reasonable hope. We are still for pressing on the siege with in with tehnerutpmewoset4 and preparin g w i t h evenexpedition, and with all the Wish prodoion for 4 to *mad ctlgneiVin ___ _ _ _ of a winter campaign. Above_all,"et the re be no doubt as to the means.of communication from the camp to the harbour, which must be—as it has all along been—our only base of operations. FREEHOLDS.-CAMBERWELL AND NEWINGTON. r 0 BE SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the & High Court of Chanc ry, made in a cause" Webb v. Berrim,n," with the appr bAtion of the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, by bar. TiIONIA4 FITLLER, the person appointed for that purpose, at the A. ction Mart in the City f London, on THURSDAY, the 30th day of August, 1855, at 12 o'clock in the foren,n, in Fourteen Lots, FIVE FREEHOLD FAMILY REsIDEN, E.; in Peckham-grove, Camberwell, in the county of Surrey; Freehold and Leaseholl Building Ground , in Wells-street, Camberwell; and the Freehold Reversion to Premises adjoining, let on lease to the Camberwell i.i.hting Trust; Two Dwelling-houses and ' , hops in Wells-street, Csm'erwell, partly freehold and partly leasehold; Six Leasehold Dwelling-houses in the leiToic read. Camberwell, held on lease for an unex ired term of 43 years from Mir•haelmas next, at a ground rent of IV. ; a Leasehold Residen e, No. i 4, Doldington-acoye, Newington, in the county of Surrey, held on lease for an unexpired term of 40 years, less ten diys, from Ntidsii nmer last, at a ground rent of 81 Is.. s I_,.a,nold Family Resident , . wo. 11, Devonshire place, Wandsworth , ro , d, in the coun y of Surrey, held on lease for an unexpired term o 8 years from Michaelmas last, at a ground rent of Si.; a Freehold share and Pear in Pec;iham Giapel, Camber well ; and 'R mho'd Dwelling-house, Shop, and Premises at Sel borne, in he county of H nts Particulars of sale may he had :gre.tisl of Messrs. Hooke, Street, and Gutteres, solicitors Pidlpot,lane ; Messrs. Wilde, Rees. Hum phrey, and Wilds, solicitors, college hill; Mr. W. Ingram Marter. solicitor. 5, Furnival's-i , n, London; of Mr. William Rerriman, Al bioa-cottazes, Wells-street, Camberwell; of .11lesrs Fuller and tlors:iy. 13. ; at the Auction Niart ; and at the Rose m .2-ry Branch Tavern, S utharnpton-ktreet, Camberwell. `HA'. PUGH, Chief Clerk. HOOKE, : , TREET, and oUTTERES Philpot-lane, Plaint frs Sol citors. K , TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause," QUESrEn versa , al ICHE "watt the approbation of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kimiersley, the Jitige to whose Coart the said cause iv att ached, on ATURDAT, the Ist day of Simi ember, 1855. at 2of tit.; clock in the aftetno at precisely, at the Auction Mart, Saint Margaret's-sired, ' , nterbury, in 18 Lots, by Mr. Tnomas WiterE COLLARD the pei son .PI) tatted t r the piirp. , se, tha foll taing Valva.le FREEHOLD fAT EA, comprising highly cultivated Farms, with all requisite agricultural buil - ings attached then to. sever.-1 Messuages or Tent rmaits, other Estates, situate in the sever..l parishes of Wick. hambreux, -todmarsh, and Littlebourne, in the county of Kent. Lot 1. A Hop Oast and Cottage in the parish if Stodmars'i, and now u ed with " ,uppei ton Farm," in the tenure or occupation of the executors of Th arias Hat her Bing. Lot 2 A D atiling-h , use, Shop. Corsage, and Garden in Stodmarsi' aforesaid. Lot 3. Two ottagi-s and Hardens In Stodmarsh aforesaid. Lot 4. A House. Barn, L. .dge, and Yard, with a Cottage and - Gar .en, and several Meces of Ara le and Pasture Land containing bout 59 acres, 3 rods. and 2 i perches, in Sto.imar.h aforesaid Lot 5 Three un divided fourth parts of and in a Farm house, Baru, stable, and se veral pieces of %rattle. Marsh and Wood Land c ntaining about 4' acres, 2 r ode, and 14 perches, and t'•e entirety of several pieces of Arable, P.-tore, and arood Land, containing about 12 acres, 3 roods, and 3 perches, in the parish of Stodmarsh. Lot 6. a Dwelling house, called Kingsley House and several ph c• a of Gat den and Arab e L'nd, coutainiii , about 4 acre and 13 n..rches, in Wickham hreux ator said. Lit 7 A piece of Marsh Lind, containing a. - out 4 acres, 1 rood, and 35 perch s, in Wickh mbreax aforesaid. Lot S. Four Cotta;' a. called the Sandpit Cottage., in Nicklismbreux afore said Lnt 9. A Farm, tonning p , rt of Supperton Farm, containing about 199 acres. 3 roods. and 19 perche-, situate in Width:lmM eux, now in the occupat on of the 'said executors of Thomas Hatcher fairs aati oth-r, Note 1 is 2 to 7 inclusive, are now used as part 01 Supperton Farm, and are in the tenure or occupation of the salt executers of Thomas Hatcher Bing. Lot 10. A M ssuage end Gar den in Littlebourne, in the occupation of Hobert Raker Goshy. Lot 11. A Messuage and Garden in Litt ehourne, adjoining last lot, now unoccupied. Lot 12. Altessuage and Garden in Littlehourne, in the occupation of John Hart. Lot 13 A Messuage and Garden in Littlebourne, in the occupation of Miss Duke. Lot 14. A Messtiage and aiarden in Littlehourue, in the occupation of Miss Joiner. Lot 15. A Mes-wage and Garden in Littlehourne, in the occupation of Jam , Smith. Lot I c, A Messuage and Garde , ' in Littlebourrie, in the occupation of John Jarvest. lof 17. Four Cottages, lving under one roof, in LIMO ourne aforesaid, in tie occupa ion of William Br-dlea, Thomas Morgan, Charles Hogben, ni Valentine Austen. lot IS. A Carpenter's shop. Painter's Shop Blacksmith's Forge and Shop, and other buildings, with the land thereto belonging, in Litt'e , bourne aforesaid, in the eccupatioa of Me.ssieursJarvist and Sisley, William Smith, and - Foreman. Prit,ted particulars and conditions of sale may be had (gratis), in London, of Messieurs Kingsford and Dorman, solicitors, 23, Essex street, Strand; of essieurs Bower and Son, 46, Chancery•lane ; of Mr. Alfred Richard Cocker, solicitor, 23, Gower•str: et, Bedford square ; and inthe country, of Messieurs Kingsford and Wightwick, solicitors, Canterbury ; of Mr. Bathurst, solicitor, Faversham ; of the auct , oneer ; and at the principal hotels and inns at Canterbury. The Estates may be viewed on application to the respective tenants. CHAS. PUGH, Ch. Clerk. THE WHITE SEA. The Inv (elide Russe publishes the following re port of the. Archimandrite Alexander, Of " the Mo nastery of Solovetz, to Admiral Kroustchoff, mili tary governor of Archangel, dated the 25th of June (July 7) : "To complete my report of the 18th inst. , relative to the appearance of the English near the Monastery of Solovetz, I have the honour co submit respectfully the following facts to your Excellency : " On the 21st of June (July 3) the English screw-ves sel returned to the island of Zaiatsky at 5 in the after noon, and was soon followed by a French steamer • both cast anchor at about five versts' distance from the mo nastery, and sent some of their crew to the abovemen tioned island, where the commander of,the English ves sel asked brother Memnon, the guardian of the church, what reply the Archimandrite had made to the request to send them oxen. 'None,' replied the old man. After consulting among themselves, the English took him on board their boat and brought him to our island of Solo vets, and ordered him to deelare to me that if I did not present myself in person on the following day (June 22—July 4), on board their ships; or if I did not send them what they wanted, they would come them selves and take away the oxen and cows. I kept old Memnon at the monastery, and on the following .day I sent him to tell the English to seitdme an inter preter in a boat with four rowers only, while I. would go to meet them at 100 se - genes' distance from the shore to confer with him, and I took this resolution with a view of saving the monastery, or, at least, of doing My duty, that my conscience might be tranquil in the future. Taking 'my sub-prior with me, that he might he present at the negotiations, I left at .8 a.m. in a boat pulled by seven excellent boatmen, and carrying a white flag. On arriving at the island I stopped at a dis tance of 100 sagenes, and saw a boat of the enemy's approach bearing a white flag and manned by 15 men. I thereupon landed on the island with the sub-prior, and sent my boat to meet the English to tell them to send me an interpreter, with four rowers, and that I should not confer with them except on that condition. In con sequence of this declaration one of the Englishmen got into my boat and the others landed on a neighbouring island. The Englishman who came to me said that he was not an interpreter, but an English officer who knew a little Russian, and that his name was Anthony. The conversation turned upon their demand for oxen. I "Iplied, have no' oxen—l have only cows, whose rei.k provides food for the monks, who are prohibited by our religion from eating meat, and if you attempt to take away these cows by force I will have them killed and thrown into the sea before you can effect a landing.' I then represented to him that in 1854 his compatriots ha I bombarded the monastery, which had been, and was to be for the future, a refuge for the navigators of their nation and of ether hostile nations in the course of their commercial voyages. "The Englishman said, in reply, The commander of the squadron was doubly wrong—first, for having bad the 'dee of opening fire, although he excuses himself by saying you fired upon him first ; and, secondly, for not having taken the monastery after firing upon it. His conduct cannot be praised.' And he concluded with some gross expressions againstthe officer whacommanded the squadron last year. I took the opportunity of tell ing him that, trusting in the intercession of our holy patrons, we were firmly convinced that no human force could ever take the sacred asylum. I persuaded him to intercede with his commander that he should not insist upon demanding oxen and cows and he promised to do so. On quitting he added, We now leave this, but in three weeks' time a considerable fleet will come, in which our Commander-in-Chief will be on board a vessel, the very sight alone of which will fill you with fear : you must then wait upon him with a white flag, and ask him to spare the monastery.' My boatmen then took him back. The two vessels mentioned above having remained at anchor near the monastery on the 21st, 22d, and 23d of June (3d, 4th, and sth of July) weighed anchor, and paid a visit to the islands, hunting down and despoiling the poor inhabitants. On the 24th of June (July 6) I again visited the Wand of Zaiatsky, to ascertain what the English and French had done there, and I found my twofold men in good health. On leaving, the French had robbed them of a cock and one year's provisions of wood for burning, brought there from the monastery. " When, during the course of the conversation, I spoke to the English officer respecting the sheep be. longing to the monastery which had been taken away, he replied, ' We offered to pay for them to your old meu, but they refused the money ; we are at war, and we pillage.' I then requested him to restore a boat, laden with herrings, which had been captured within sight of the monastery, and which was the property of a poor peasant who was weeping bitterly. The officer promised to do so, but did not ; a few barrels of herrings only were left on shore with the recommendation to give them to the peasant, and the boat with the remainder, was taken away. " We nnw see steamers pass daily in front of the mo nastery, which is strictly blockaded ; on our side, we offer up prayers and place our trust in the Holy Mother of God, who consoles the afflicted." BRITTg3I'S IMPROVED SHELLS. Further experiments were made yestersiay at Shoe bury ness, under the direction of Lieut.-Colonel Mitchell, Royal Artillery, with the new shells invented by Mr. Bashley Britten. It will be remembered that, according to the official return published, these projectiles when last tried acquired an effective range of about 1,000 yards more than the service solid shot, and this with little more than half the charges of powder. Since that period the inventor has slightly altered the form of the Linder part of his shells, conceiving that. this would still fur the!' increase their range. His expectations, however, have not been fulfilled in that respect, and yesterday the new shells, though they maintained their superiority as regards the service shot, fell abort of the range last ob tained by about 400 or 500 yards. Of course the best possible form is not to be arrived at all at once, and in this instance experience seems to teach that the shape of the shell used on the 26th ult. is best adapted to in sure both extent of range and accuracy of aim. In any case there now appears no reason to doubt the soundness of the principle. Mr. Britten claims for his projectiles the power of the Lancaster shells, with far greater accu racy of flight and with a very trifling increase of cost, if any, over the ordinary service shot. Of seven experi mental shells fired yesterday six were projected from a rifled 9-pounder, the object being to carry out the principle of the Minii rifle, and to procure for the shot the rotatory motion. Whether this motion is or is not secured seems to be a moot point, but that the grooves exert some influence would certainly appear to be shown by the fact that the only experimental shell fired from a smooth bore was a failure. The longest flight taken by the new shell yesterday was 3,150 yards, which repre sents the first graze, not the extreme range; this was at an elevation of 111 degrees, with a powder charge of llb. At the same elevation, and with a 31b. charge of powder, I the service shot fell short of this range by some 600 yards. One noticeable feature with rpgard to the ex perimental shot was that tke increase of the charge from r 111 b. to 21b., instead of adding to the range diminished it. Then, again, their conical shape allows of a greater weight in the Britten shells as compared with the ser vice shot when firing from guns of the same calibre. The weight of the experimental shot fired from the 9-pounder was 141 b. yet the charge of powder used was so, ... against 31b. for the service ball of less weight. The advantages thus gained are apparent. By adopting these projectiles a 9-pounder gun is virtually converted into a 14-pounder, and so with cannon of greater calibre. The strain upon the gun, also, is of course con siderably less owing to the diminished charges required. There is another point in connection with this inven tion which deserves consideration. An insuperable difficulty has hitherto been .experienced in so coating the body of an iron projectile — with soft metal at its hinder part that it shall expand and :fill the bore of the gun when fired, in order to pre vent what is technically known as "windage," and, by adapting itself to the grooves in its passage, to give the ball a rotatory motion. Previously to this invention, it had not been found possible to render the union of the iron and tle lead, or softer metal, so complete that the latter would stand the explosive force of the powder. Mr. Britten, however, has overcome this difficulty, and bas thus reduced the "windage," or waste of projecting power, to, perhaps, the lowest possible amount. Inde pendently of the rotatory motion, if that be gained, the filling up of the bore in this way so steadies the ball that it is not forced violently at any one point against the sides of the gun, and the pressure being equal throughout this constant cause of wear and tear in our present ar tillery is avoided. By the conical form of the new shell the amount of atmospheric resistance is, of course, con siderably reduced as compared with spherical shot, and the centre of gravity is so placed that the missile flies with its point always in advance. It may thus be made to explode on striking in the same mato er as the Lan caster shells, or it may be used, as was the else yester day, without being charged with powder :.t all. The experiments were made at different degrees of elevation, but with only one description of shell—the ' 9-pounder being the only rifled gun yet adapted for practice with these projectiles. It seems very desir able that they should be tested as soon as possible with guns of a larger calibre. If the principle is good for anything no time should be. lost in applying it—at least this is the conclusion which presents itself to unofficial minds ; and an invention which promises to add even half a mile to the range of our artillery may be thought worth trying on a large scale. The inventor, however, has not much to cheer him in his past attempt' to improve the science of gunnery. He has already , stated in his published letters that " the proper officers," to whom his plan was first referred, looked upon it as not appearing of sufficient advantage to the se rvice t(? Call for further consideration, and to this may be added Mr. Monsell's admission that the inventio n has sires)/ been nine months before the Government. There in :I t 414 14 top Owlto ownr&gn iiYeiPP. Wu' I 01 l P mri" ei d 1 0 I, ~ r ~'~p ‘•