The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-15 00:00:00

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NAIV IV6S4 101yinli,14c;PSUPAIM IAM 141 wOrrit 4 DIRECTORS of the EAST "vs f - --inA. comptrY HP lile IVY GIVE VQI'ICE 'that they 16 p i 4ved a retnr4 f Unpaid ' Shares of Dolation 14;tts uranted tt l"al torr;ntployed In Burmah during the eßmpaln of I Sf't I - , - 1 2, t by j ui . , ..!_,y4the Governor-General of India, In Co ri u n n e e , d, of a h e e d r i li et t i i,', 8 ' 1 1 0 ; ro le ; au to d th t t a o t fllgr, se e al ;i e ll 'i lae ar plid n' t a o the several 111,P4,1443tItlilvortu::.eir applicatio e n n a m t the Militsry Department of Att,e-s, $O l 11 : 1 :01 0 , • 0 0- tor offersd, b n g ao t deters:tint! oi • diffic,7o o . *lO O learts osa p aaal toi, ita Lug -•• a o e is , ..... o f ts taa ..... 00 0 t 4 0(0 ,•"'''' 00 11° 3ic •-• 10, 55. 0 69s g al 480 Od slo 8d p irio ° IF /I IltrV ; 1°) 1 6 alt Orr '' i f f ,ll llll o l th e 1 11 : 4. 00 . ,ptit t i 4 Ivo ojP e ris Bl° ll/ toe( r. 0000 fry' d. ' fr° l- I.' s " . 10— /cOl4 . . _ ' • fr ° ' o'ofr°° fib,i. 'll ol _,a fro' I/ SUNDAYS, ~50 • frA fr° cot. 'sot Station to :WALL, on th, 'enchurch-stret A t. rt. at 0: 1 10 1" all Fen church Street ' - I 0 , vire' Yr ~~ boa e ~~ 0 1 - d foi,;tof too Ili og woiad 4 ., pito M ot o r, he i e 1 0,40°' 511. 0 " t o P P 1 rate L. F , r o ot, I, A P , 'V I be e D "V °. 1 9 t. I p, R oc? 1 , 11 tip u ,0f 01 0 , 2 0 leitc JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. 11: "BERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC 34 !0.1i /GHT at 8 o'clock, and Every Night (bat Saturday). P 218 4 0; Ar es , 2 5.; Gallery, ls. The Meriting Representations - uPtly ~7.7 ‘ 1 7 Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock. — Piccadilly. ketAsrp-prn ?t ie - /) ,; 411 'N COUNTIES RAILWAY.- 6 ! Dtiod !eters a repared to receive TENDERS for I.OANS, -1-I, beartr i l, l _ ar ee y ea r s , on the security ot'the Company's Deben uaterast at the rate of 4% per cent. per annum. te ezeta Office, Bishop sga t e St a tion,. Feb. 9 , 1855 . LANDED PROPRIETORS.—The li°oW • at u -- -ed Efficient, and Active Manager of a large Estate keuribtt ``P. His !testimonials are first-class, he commends ee and is practically versed in all the detads hts pro -4)l'lY, 8.8., Mr. Ode's Library, 139, Cheloside, London. COmpreased and Iron-bound, kiv kid or ) k ..artti m an the Finest Quality, supplied to any OK.tent . , and , bry f Yrequlred port or to her Majesty's troop horses in an y ‘mtipgin; sl4l .,. • Scott, Contractors, of Brighton, Belfast, and at 4 11 don. krit TIC JUG.—SAMUEL ALCOCIC and 11 Pottery, Burslem, Staffordshire, being desirous of all Zt Wt. t t n thst reach of all to possess a memorial both of the A kt ,7l% - ,_°Luci of the noble and g enerous sympathy displayed by 144:at10 j atiot inarcis „ our truly brave soldiers, .have publi•he a '.ustrative alike of the horrors o. war, as well as of 04 34 11 e pit Grateful efforts to alleviate them, evidenced by the Royal 1 4411 Copies of this interesting work can be had at all Warekouses in the kingdom. Sktk r NOTICE. • MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE I,e SOCIETY,, 411 es-street, St. James's square, London. tAtithern.?corPor-ited under Act of Parliament. Itit4,,„lent containing a full statement of the Society's • ZetzTust comprehensive plan will appear in the " Times"'of the 19th instant, comprising assurance of healthy 14 k14 4 4 4 144 tei4,,ne5, annuities on bealthy,and diseased lives, endow . ` l4 l death assurance, railway passengers' assurance, - ' enders' assurance. 1 0) ,. HENRY SALTER, Managing Director. JAMES puLsroßn, secretary. %w on wh o .Ce Directors will bs glad to communicate with gen letjliv,..TSh to be connected with an office that they can ti ,;„72 o lmend to their connections, and, feeling that,. will hi tt ittir e Ziffl The Society spares no pains to assist its Agencies, • wrr esPouding vigour. Good commercial reference re- t `sold tin-r km, ~--, D , LEEDS.—To be peremptorily 41%4 Arsuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery Is w W th e pe '' Miekelthwait v Mickeithwart ',' with the approba- N,, 4 4 L WO to whose Court the paid cause is attached, by Mr. 1 4 4 48 8A 4 1- Ne , 4 2 I TDI, the persou appointed by the said Jude, 0 1 teL. After, the 22d day of FEBRUARY, 1855, at Three o clock nirs_:; 001 1, at the Royal Hotel, in Leeds, in the county of ,141thoki i t 4(l Lots, ltis7q-str e r u y al_Tes. Buildings, and Ground, situate in Mabgate Ztiot - itvalo al ;l -1. e 411, in the county of • W tits ate ,v , Freehold Paper Mill, and Paper Stainer's Mann tz,flitifedkeilltahrwtinT, De m ck . -street, Leeds, all late the property of The , deceased. liptzt,of ,eulare and conditions of sale may be had (gratis) in 1 11cLlisa ft Vs rs. Perkins and Son, solicitors, 13, Great James- S 7, K' o's lifters. Johon, Weatherall, and Sons, k s 't, s o l ie llg_ 5 Bench-walk, Temple; of If es-rs. Ridgdale and • koand y„ 'rip *, Gray's-inn-square; and of Messrs. Holme, of Mess ' -th soli, itors, 10, New-inn, Strand ; and in the m :4 i rs- Shepherd, solicitor, Barnsley ;of Messrs - " I ' loliet t il t aunt, solicitors, Leeds ; of Messrs . Leeman and 4 k6s ei ; Of ( 4f s ' York ; of Mr. Birks solicitor, Hemingileid. near vi k i n and ,- e nv's. Tyas and Harrison, solicitors , Barnsley ; of ' , lth,,_•heaster, B arns l ey , th e auc tioneer ; and at the place Plans of the property may be seen. It PAT RON—H.R.H. air I-, ---11.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. 'Ma I / 1( 6 1'114 w POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.- -Citylia 7 Evening, the 15th inst., DRAMATIC READING ul l th HAMLET. 0 4 4 lf IMPORTANT LECTURE 4 14 4 tl l4 E ,W BA,Nr NOTE , • 6 _of KY,,,LE,,,„ -- by Dr. Becnuovriza. • th,'"l67(ls n . uoNIC CONCERT by invialb:e performers on ' st2lH. PEPPER, Esq. 11 10,J' 0 8 ' l ' rICAL DIORAMA of the VOYAGES of SI, , BAD l'thg ti li tta, k iN • g•t i l 'ZWASt te'cQrs i , TIC AM GUN, which now Discharges 200 Balls per 6 k tromf b Ey eni - •••-.1,gir -n gs-The Bards of Caledonia, by Mr. and Miss ~,s , l Noorden, Mr. Waud, and the Royal Polytechnic ' • 'g / news of America. • V , t 1, 4 1, ~,Lhs 4 ,. CASINO, ARGYLL ROOLII.S. i t A iiii:dcewbiebeth, 1 1 855. 1 -- b D u L ri a n u g re t n h t %7 ) u r r e .te es o t f ri . this O we , e e r k . ;:atSZlil e tf_ . ; Spontini . a 4 e a ' itze y s: Wellen anti Wogen,. .Strauss; _lttre , OlesiZ o v . ), Itlancketeau ; Vertnahlung's Toaste, t4trause ; poi 7 % w ,_, Le Carnaval de Yenise thy Oestre), H. Lau kti'e A 'uql for all the principal pert , trmers; Quadrilles : ) 7441 11 ... Lamotte • Le Collier d'Or (first time), Boa b.-404,7:' ~,!?8, H. Laurent ; Lucia, Tinney ; Schottische, 4 ,...t 4 „ - "A.)47 1 41), Renaussy ; Polkas : i.e Musette (first time), No V'ellt . - lte erie (first Urns), Bousquet ; The Zouaves, H. t he s tit s P liAtton (first time ), Streather • Gallop, Les Guides, thestr4:- test 4 Irs. p a e ell,--We have great p'easure in stating thst, whilst our Seie:.,,eti th e y plPleiey destroyed and burnt down in the great tiro .7:2th inst., reduced a great many buil ,, ings in Newcastle ateshead to ashes, two of your large Doldrase 11 ; ;XtiZ oth e 7esi have been the means of preserving our Woks, liax t 's*%,_ l tsitZeinable documents, although these safes were ex -1 'V4 e Ltktto ten hours to an Immense beat, and dug out of 41 h Lete - ",, N,..7 state. On opening them we found our princi 'l.4 g 30d state of preservation. Some of the l er% 'Y to S°r the „. - "Fliisoolourpd, but we are happy to say they tOtdt~ th e Tet_ purpose they were intended for. We feel it facts, and will thank ou to make us new e v .... 11 4r i 1b We are, gentlemen, yours truly, "A. LEIDEMANN AND CO. .1060111 t Milner and Son " 7 the ~_- s tql)c SAFE i WORKS, LIVERPOOL. The most '" 47.4, MOORGATE-STREET, City. tilVI A „ - ` 11 44 . 0 4 t of e.'A'i protected by Royal Letter, p oi - s eZiad, and secured by the Seals of the Boole d eye the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. T forTRIESEK A.R, No. I, 13 11 0 ~,h eth, Relaxation, Spermatorrficea. and Exhaustion of th esh w e . Der sons ensing from excesses, 'accident, or climate. lif< tl ettge s 4 v ho are prevented entering the married state by early errors it is invaluable. Z4 4l q , b, rite s TRIESEMAR, No. 2, Seil„! 1 1 tr e H.o n space of three days, completely and entirely 'est be en eS ot those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs i , Punk, thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health hot the population. 6. 4 %44 1'4 St o r , TREESEIMAR, No. 3, sh, tecalti tee_ 3' the mental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which s th rtra cti : 4 Tigllsh physician treats with Mercury, to the in tkiclt'n,it la ti,ft of the patient's constitution, and which all the liii h e cl tj4l4l7ZOrld cannot remove. - 7,114, - 2.0. I, 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or shell, ,cit h :qttr_ qualities. They may lie on the toilet table 4 . 71,q e mea mht suspected. , L a it d os , at i ts, each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided intro administered by Valpean, Lalleman4, Roux, Vitt t ll ant 7 4 Wholesale and Retail in London or John.tnn, 68, y7„._ - ; R. na Ingham, 0., 63, Oxford-strest: and Aerate* co. ()yr -444 ist r - "Py, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ; I( Q eei, uverksellar, Deansgate Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, 'whin., bookseller Winegsutammoreland-street, Gthse P li o er we m il,. gh-s ils tr e e l e l t, er l3 l lr s m , h i to eth 4V ESEND S A F hek e t„, t t ack PACKETS. „ Li , eta call Pi p e s e as Gt rs __ at the TRRRICE PIER, GF Le and rartleat Piers. ad ( waather permittlne AVESITND t • N.Z3 v 0 4 r, " I Or, I • . Qt .. - N ra.. . ad and London.... • • ~.F or . 101. Cabin .. Is. Salmi, ad. ( . 1 ..11,4%4VTtC and Blackwell or Woolwich Sd. Its, 101 end and Intermediate Piers.. 64. .. Os. Bd. Itketi-unthkr•—Twelve Months, Six Months, 3L ; 08 ,4 4 Or IsiL; Blea k, be had of the Collectors on board the .115 4. • • Terrace Pier, Gravesend. A 'I, la end ery „ of the C 0 U T R Y.- 11 44 , f or , a,,.11 1 , talking of Ministers' ways. Every one 'else of the N t ik e 411 . iq e „,. a Ya• If rulers must work, the people still press-we I ttr. li ; th e :* and SON'S famoas Dress—the samples of art for s t ereo at ; e ar-tLe elohing which never el ewhere can rep- Ilit':'l kli s , titlit e ', n ar a_ter and cheaper by far than comfortle's, coun tZe4ll tiitps,:nd. ze v n ' tiern Ha en ts, ever Hosiery. ss roots the strongest os a and ,7 10 k 1 , 1t Is known, bale a Wholesale Department, the gq Pnreh es , n , where captains and merchants, and emigrants AA A do ng clothing the best they can do. March 1,1855, E. MOSER and RON'S Pi ~ e xee `, TS will b e CLOSED at EIGHT' O'CLOCK E VERY 'ION- . 14 Saturday, when they will be open till t 1 o'clock. tr"th 4 galn MO 1, o cid st , -SES and SON regret havi:l4 ,rte tl ta r Or ~ u Pos,;t„ • learned that rir e dor m _• rn:,%'anneoted with their Establishment," or . " ft's tu as been re3ortel to in many Instances, and tar b, „!k l O,l Z b eg to state that they have Ado,, - ' r apt &W' o ases nOiTSE me oa °ZIT Or LONDON, 444 City E:, a alr own Establishments, as follows triq e ." , Aldga,thlishment, , 51, 155. 15 , 3, and 157, Afiriol ,4.1• 15 1 Weat_e,,7;oll,posite the Church, all communicatln;. 1 'lto' ' 11 ,...att-A 4 , 1/ .. r aneh, 505 5.17 508 Ne.' Oxford-street, 1,2, C I '4 hIT k X i )rkg r hC,:'; all e , nun ' nniciltlng ' . t b )4 •,,, 'Lam 4rhaach, iii ani 19, nrid?;o-street. 14 (i 'gain -n-olesade arg,te. ts t k i; Branch, Melbourne, Australia. q t 6, ene _t"Ers. Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, !toot d .th o tig t i.eit___sivs2,lloatfttera for Ladies and Gentlemen : btit e tnk gu l l desir e d s '!`n any article Preferred,ot give satisfaction, it will be 1,0' 4 , 4 ..tation. 1,`, 1 r , If ,the money will be returned %IZ. b no - , , , gonis are marked in plain figures, toe lowest t tti,,,,,,,,haletit.patement can be made. It o s, then usneso are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset kta ` or Is resume-I till I I e'elcbck, 4,nnutin aia4 Winter ".The Commercial Coma -11 liatx , 11 prices, .ilur” - stem a' se , A, gle e _ iArle rin ". 3 f"n , spish,t o7 . wy.t-free. 1114 0 ,... nr icht an es ` lll . Deutsch si oared ttr.les no. Aqua sa habla Espano. ."-LaC for 1855 gratis on application ,or post free. I ,riffs, 84, DI. CITINERWELL ON NERITOBANESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION Alse, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and 11.emorrhoids, is. each, by pest Is. Gd. WHAT TO, EAT; DRINK, AND AVOID. "Abstentia multi cdrantur morbi." A popular" exposition of the principal causes (over and careless reed tng, lee.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty•four. Illustrated by numerous eases, &c. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MAIMED LIFE. "He which that bath no wif, hold him lost, - Helple; , , and all desolat. He that bath no child, Like sun a,d winde."—Chaucer. subject: Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development ,f tilt , . Affections—Love Match ea—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded ‘'nions—Mantal Inccngrui tres—M uta al UnsuitablenessMental morn oatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of ..... letcrmining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Una& imitable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. 3. - CHASTITY AZI,'D IT3 INFRINGEIEN TS. A Lecture to Young, Men. • " What passions hurt the holy—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever hears." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The-advent of the passions. Chastity and_ its infringemeat. The cas.talties of licentiousness and dissipation, with Illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remt diative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The , GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular expositlea , rf genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, cont• prising especially- primary and secondary symptoms, all forms o: urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea ; witk 2io en. -- ol,tairleyi- by tn. LL. . y urinary ema • - of cornriairt. 1.1" cati-m end otrect of from solitary tuanded twenty 01 - .x.r: , r..e.: I , n tfi€: It o`," Cervous•Debility, -Local Wcaltp,ss, F , ,per;nat(Trtra,fi, Ta which sre added, Commentaries or the physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, an on tho'tiln3erous reinc,iies advocated by various writers on those important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'UIdItT, M.D. 37, SEDFORD.43 QUA LONDON, Doctor Of gefi.iiine; Matri.tairstoi Member of the Uril.versito of EAU, nargh, Honorary .4ernber of the Tiondo Hospital Medical Society Licantiato of Apotheca:,'its' Loudon,Tha essential object et this treaAse is to point out the fearful con 3equence3 resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have proa,iccd more misery in Youth, Jegrads.tion in Man loot and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists, It; perusal is )articelarly recommended to porous entertaining, secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It Is absolutely necessary thatall rnm should know, that there are irinf...iples of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and wilen wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of •Inconsiderate sclf-indulgence, hew these penalties nay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there lescareely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timoly aid of science cannot apply a cure. Me Author has for a merle; of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate cemplain Ls, which have unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant einpiries, who indict great injury- on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. N'ETWOUS DEBILITY may be bad, price 21, of Messrs. Piper, 3rothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Horne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by - post for t - iirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed f ird-square. i ki borne for 'consultation daily from 'F.:lever , till Two. and from Six , 11 Eitibt 0 91 - # _,- I, lo . 4 44 ,.. a re . 4 . ll 4 4 ati ' ri ' e7frrst Lin ' e n ; ' ,l3 "- ou • seiu - etT Th - e - Zouaves, H. prising especially- primary and secondary symptoms, all forms or ril aiSt) I / . t ila 4 - 7,.tite ton (first time), Streather • Gallop, Les Guides, urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea; witk 2io en- ,in. , 0 09 1 ; , "tdoli;! , Cith p,Cornet-A-Piston, M. Bonl ' court. All Informs- cravings and prescriptions. on 0:' 47% to be obtained at the music repository under. 5. ada`_: ' ....V 1 '''''4B)74 open at Eight; com.mence at half-past.— The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUM.—Comprising i l'uttia. " l e lin g . Dyer .. • . 1. : Pt h ., Urinary Derangements, Constipation. and llmmorritolds. Veils 6 and 7, comrrr . i_t, to the preceding. Italian il ig . ~N; ,i! N. T . ' THE„ENJOYALENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. yin ,4l7 0 ,- 44' k g°14:11,;" WC.A.STLE FIRE I .—MILNERS' .... •,, 1 rasa Pa tent s_" -,a " Jucunde Vivere."l ovu. ' ~• i /Iv EN_ and FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, with Mil- . "Few.words to fair faith."—Shakespere. ove r ,,;:f,'' e 1 ,1 141 4. Past we Gunpowder Proog Locks. The strongest, best, Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cortthill; or of or.f;,,Epn",l 'l,.' ' l ate f guards in the world against Fire, Robbery, or DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, Io!!! r , l o ot 'ead "l e 1 • ftrothcr, Successor, and Twenty Years C , insulting Collenne of the , ergw_r osion and wide-spreal devastating Fire' at tate Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Itegent-ttreet, London. ,- ..... - „,,, '. o r 2_ .ga lVf, destroyed property of the value of one who may be advised with on the above.matters 'daily, from Ten till ; ,, , is_ r e area of warehouses (filled with sulphur, 500 • loor Ada , Peat Five. and in the evenityrs.o•nin Seven till Nine. • , ~-.. • ... of o f f i c :.." 4 coal, and oth• r highly combustible stores), - . , i .is iA ~ mod,' ~,,, "., tiOnses Ste. into a perfect, volcano os fierce, '' '' ' ' • mein Mg and'iong:encturingtirsakoitt. i .._. - --- --- _ - sEcm4T lo7PIiotITIE -.I OF YOUTH AND U.A.TURITY atga .:°• , . 1 ; .?1" A l s tro j:P and f . ,,,,„,' ibis tilt .!. . , - -- -.--'---, -- ----- .. -—e ; • • • er • , , v ' or, - kill : *e re '''' , l. • -Fates • .., - ordli.ary k ind, ron .ot,, s : , ,--,. rated with .:.arsas; froe by to to: al ' 7 T': R. V 0 . 11" c", I) El II I T. I T-1( 1 01;0 4 ' " alik e me iai, - e., -- A o rn asunder, their contents charred and . ,b, r ~,,.. gut a m ongst the many instances of preservation, Thomas 1 ;, , ~.,:,,,_.,, . ,‘,.. , ..,,,, ,', and c nra. _A n n 5,..„ on s pe , r .. s 00 , ~,1 , on . p n giving publicity to the following i ,, „ ~;, ~ . ... ,i 05,-,,,,,,ti 0us on a safer and more Leo — " ' , 4,- - - ,, R have pleasure i ' ' ?le ~,,, p i ,, on : ail)." pti , (4 11t,Stit k ". Newcastle-up n-Tyne, Oct. 19, !S3l. •. . ‘,• ~• , . tt., ,, .i.tomt of the tlhe,a3c3 of the. Generative li t . b _t l' ie, ~_ - - ,•, - th , as , of tho .l,licrrscopc in detecting and lriii.;'N.,.. en,—We have erect Weastire in statinc that. whilst OUT ' ''. , - __ :.?;„..'„,..,',',„,„,;;.,, th, r,:i.1 ., ;:nu,0 and effect of : 41 )4Ts. 4 F,w zg • lt e t)% vjt h ta k , ,48Z,Vorii Fenchurch-st rrltir en hoa r . NKOWN E WIIIALIF, BLAC! Trains from the THE LONDON DOCK COMPANIES AND THE TRADE OF THE PORT. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of gentlemen interested in the proceedings of the "Association for Protection of the Tilde of the Port of London against Dock Mo nopoly," was held in ithe Ship Tavern, Water-lane, to receive a report, from the business committee with respect to the dock companies' bills now before Parlia ment_ The. meeting was pretty numerously attended, and the chair was taken by. Mr. W. J. Hall. The CIIAIRMO, in commencing the - proceedings, said the object of the meeting -was to enable the business committee of the association to ,communicate to their friends what had been done up to the present time in the way of opposing the bills now before Parliament at tlae instance of the dock companies, and also to ask their co=operation with a view to defeat those measures. They had also sent copies of the report of the association to every chamber of commerce in the United Kfiegdorn, and to every member of Parliament. Ho had much pleasure in telling them that the appeal has been re sponded to in a very satisfactory manner. 'Many el the public journals had commented favourably upon the report,, and the chambers of commerce had requested their local members to co-operate with the committee n. throwing oust the. bills upon the second reading. The committee bad likewise written to Mr.' Cardwell re questing an interview, in girder that they might ascertain his views upon, the subject, and whether he was prepared to allow the dock companies to proceed with their mon sures. They had not yet received his reply, but they expected to have it in the course of that day. They had also obtained the promise of an interview with Lord John RusSell on Friday next, but that morning his lord ship wrote to say that, being -summoned to go abroad, he would be unable to receive the deputation. The following was the note addressed to the secretary of the association : "Lord John Russell presents his complimente to Mr. Sidney Smith, and as .he leaves England on Thurs day on a special mission to Vienna, he regrets ex tremely that he will not be able to receive the deputa tion on Friday next." . Mr. DESLEY moved a resolution to the effect that the attentpt now made by the dock companies of London to procure the repeal of the exemption clauses of their former acts was a direetehreach of faith with the public, and a clear violation of the express conditions . on which their powers of incorporation were conceded to therh, as well as of 'the Prescriptive, cust2mary, end cominim-law rights of the tra!ers of the free port of London. Mr. SMITE' seconded the _solution, which was unani mmedy agreed to. , . Other resolutions having been pas3ed, a vete of thanks to the chairman tenninai,ed the proc..ecdings. At-the meetings of the Ths.riaa and Peninsular Min in Companies, held yes tereay afternoon, both comlncted by the ,a,:no direct and outer siini!ar — , - , ia,gement, the report;•wtre, adopted. The works are stut:d to be going on satisfactorily, and, with iinproVedarrangement at the mines, the produce is steadily ircrcasing, while tie ex penditure has been diminished. The retirement of Mr. Pegler, the original chairman, was followed by the institution of Chancery suits against him and others for improperly dealing with shares of the companies, but the proceedings have lately been compromised by the return of 2,100 shares in - the case of the Iberian, and 500 shares in-the case MAIM Peninsular Company. The respsetive-bnlakioes 0k1,768/, mid 2,2d01. are considered sufficient to, harry . on , operations,. the present returns being also applied with the sanction of the shareholders. Lscio Time 4 t I> .0 S , t 1 a ..) 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Scarcely sixty years have elapsed since the aspiring I rulers of the Prussian Monarchy viewed with well founded suspicion and alarm the influence which the Empress Catherine was labouring to extend over the continent of Europe. The partition of Poland, the failure of Prussia in her two great strnggles with the revolu tionary armies of France, and the ascendancy acquired by Alexander in the campaign of 1813,,as well as in the subsequent negotiations„ gave to Russia what she had long been seeking to obtain, and from that time may be traced the progressive decline of the independence of the Prussian' Crown. The result of those systematic ma noeuvres is now before us. In the greatest crisis of Eu ropean affairs which has occurred for forty years Prussia alone refuses to take a part. 'The system she actually pursueS is one she dares not avow, for it is precisely that which Russia prescribed to her under the title of a " friendly neutrality • "' and , the principles to which, in common with the Western Powers, she has given her . for Mal assent, have in no degree proved binding on her conduct. The progress of events continues to render this position of Prussia more and more precarious; for on the one hand„if the war continues, it must soon extend to the German Powers, and challenge her ce-operation or "her hostility ; and, on the other, it' the negotiations for peace now about to open at Vienna lead to any satisfactory results, • the King of Prussia betrays the greatest irrita tion and annoyance at finding himself excluded from conferences in which he once hoped to play an influential part. To ckable the Prussian Government to meet or to estada—Rese difficulties, and to retain its position in Europe without forfeiting its alliance with Russitior in earring the resentment of the. Czar, several expedients have been resorted to. M. von Usedom was despatched to-this country on a personal mission from the King, to announce the consent of that Sovereign to enter into engagements with England and France similar to those contracted with Austria, and to place a Prussian corps d'arm6e on the eastern frontier, provided the Western Powers would engage not to cause their troops to enter Germany, or to attempt the reconstitution of Poland by revolutionary means. At a more recent period M. von Wedell has been despatched to Paris with proposals of a somewhat similar character. He has been received there with cold civility, and the French Government have shown no eagerness to close with these overtures ; perhaps, indeed, they feel none, and are not altogether sorry to see the Prussian Government deprived of the support of its two natural Allies—England and Austria. However this may be, it is certain that none of the Allied 6ourta will be in duced to consent to the return of Prussia to her former position in the conferences of Europe until she has for mally accepted engagements fully equivalent to those on which the other Powers are &ready acting, both as to the objects of the present contest and the means of ob taining them. The mere adhesion of Prussia to the treaty Of the 2d of December, which would at the time have been of considerable advantage to Europe, is now A matter of comparative indifference, for that treaty had an eventual rather than a positive character, and the ne gotiations of the three Allied. Courts have considerably advanced since it was signed. Their military commis sioners are engaged, both at Paris • and at Vienna, in determining the nature of their military operations in the event of the failure of the negotiations about to com mence at Vienna, and no engagement of Prussia would be of material value at the present time which did not secure her active co-operation on the side of the Allies, in the event of a continuance of the war. She may possibly be the more ready to give that required promise, inasmuch as she professes to have un bounded confidence in the desire of the Emperor Ni cholas to accept the conditions of the Allies ; and she may, at any rate, be assured that her voice will not be heard again in any of the great diplomatic transactions of Europe on any other terms. The Western Powers would probably consent to conclude with Prussia sepa rate treaties of alliance to gratify the wishes of the King, provided those treaties irrevocably bound the Prussian Government to the same course of active policy as Austria and themselves. We have some reason to hope that a scheme of this nature is at this very time under the consideration of the Cabinet of Berlin, which must perceive that its decision is in the highest degree critical. Another week of hesitation, or another cabal of the Court party at Berlin, may cut off all retreat, and leave the King of Prussia entirely out of those combina tions which must poWerfally affect not only the state of the East, but the balance of power in Europe. It must not be supposed at Berlin that, whatever may be the traditional feelings of sympathy in this country , towards the chief Protestant State of Northern Ger -many, these considerations would have the slightest effect on any - British statesmen at the present time. The feeling of this country towards the Prussian Go vernment-is more nearly akin to what it was when-that Government perpetrated the annexation of Hanover, in obeeteetee to the injunctions of Napoleon ; fir we cannot hut regard the equivocal conduct of the Prussian Minis tsre as one of the chief causes of the war, and one of the circumstances most likely to extend and prolong its evils. It is probable that Lord John Russell, in proceeding as British Plenipotentiary to Vienna, will perform his jour ney by way both of Paris and of Berlin, to place those Courts in full possession of the latest views of the British Cabinet, and all uncertainty will be removed from the mind of the King of Prussia by so autho ntetive a communication from this country. The present position of affairs presents in more than one point a striking analogy to our relations with Prussia in 1796, just after she had withdrawn from the contest with France by the treaty of Basle, and subsided fur ten years into that ignoble neutrality from which she was roused by the - ,cannon of Jena. At that time the Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Hammond, the grandfather, we believe, of the gentleman now filling the same office, was despatched by Mr. Pitt to Berlin to endeavour to induce the King of Prussia to assume at least an attitude of armed neutrality, in order to join his efforts to our own in favour of the restoration of peace. Haugwitz, the Pruss an Minister, rejected these pro posale, because, he said, if Prussia took up arms she would be inevitably led to side with one of the bellige rents against the other ; and Mr. Hammond proceeded to Vienna, says the historian of that period, " with a conviction that nothing could change the dispositions of the Court of Prussia, as long as Haugwitz and his secretary, Lombard, supported by a powerful party in the State, enjoyed the confidence of the King." The coincidence is so exact that one may fancy Haugwitz and Lombard to be still in power. 'These communications must, however, have the ad vantage of bringing the conduct of the Court of Berlin to a decisive test. The mission of Lord John Russell will satisfy all Europe that the Western Powers enter with earnestness and sincerity on these neetiations, and a few 'days will decide whether Prussia is to take part in them or not, it being distinctly established that no Power does take part in them which is not fully pre paredthsi failure. r to brave al course p hazards nrs ned o h f y w t a h r e in x t i h n e g event in thoi this emergency will determine, for t he rest of his reign, whether he is to be the vassal of R ussia or the head of The lthe North Germany and the ally of England—whether he will connive at the prolongation of a horrible and iniquitous war on the part of Russia, or combine with all the other Powers for the restoration of an honourable peace. (From the Morning Post of this day.) The eager expectation with which the public awaits the action of the Administration which has just been in stalled in office is already, in a certain degree , satisfied by the first act of Lord Palmerston's Cabinet. The ap pointment of Lord John Russell as English Plenipoten tiary at the Congress of Vienna may be regarded as the most striking proof of the vigour, earnestness, and sin cerity with which we are ready to consider any sincere projects for settlement of the difficulties which distract Europe. It is, perhaps, more apparently than really singular that the first act of the Statesman whom the popular voice of his country has summoned by acclama tion to conduct the war is a great attempt at the imme diate achievement of peace. The meeting of Plenipotentiaries at Vienna is ne piece of jugglery—no empty parade of diplomatic for malities, but will rather assume the character of a solemn assembling of great statesmen charged with mis sions of vital character ; and from the result of their negotiations must issue peace or war of a far more for midable nature than has yet been really contemplated. The mission o f L or d J o h n Russell on such an occa sion is no slight to Lord Westmoreland. At the Congress ( . )f Vienna England was represented by no less than four Plenipotentiari es — name l y , Lord Castlereagh, the Duke of Wellington, Lord -Clancarty, and Lord Stewart. France had also four Plenipotentiaries, Russia three, and in like manner the other Powers were represented. There is nothin g , th ere f ore, new i n deputing more than one , diplomatist on such an occasion. Mie believe that it is not unlikely that Russia and France will also send special statesmen to watch over their interests ; and it is understood that M. Titoff, well known for many years as Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, will most likely be commissioned by the Czarto act with Prince Gortschakoff on his part. M. Titoff i s a elan of great experience, and has a reputation for sagacity, which, nevertheless, has not rendered him so unp spular as to be generally called cunning. Lerd John Russell starts at once with the necessary siaff on his important journey. It is expected that the n oble lord will leave London on Saturday for Paris, where lie will, no doubt, have inivortant interviews with the Emperor of the French and M_ Brouyn de l'Huys. With vskatever rapidity, however, the noble lord may procecd - on his journey, it is impossible not to remark that, Perlin lying directly on his rt )ad, he will probably take. the opportunity of seeking interviews at the Court of Berlin, of which no one who considers the highly impressionable nature of itn policy can under rate the importance. The Congress, it may not unreasonably be expected, will open in less than a fortnight- Austria, France, England, and Turkey will be; with Russia, the Powers represented thereat. Prussia can xinly enter upon one condition, viz., that of signing a tr eaty such as England and France require from her. W ;la regard to prospects of a settlement, no one can say hog v far the drain upon ho population, which is the wealth's of his empire, the depreciation of his currency by tie issue of paper money, redeemable three years after the re-establishment of peace (a measure, by the way, which creates a peace party, for every holder of such paper must look anxiously for the period of its redemption), may affect the determi nation of the Emperor of Russia, when combined with the threatening prospect of a war with the greater part of Europe. The Emperor has dared much : timo only can show if he will dare more. _ _ The result of this Congress depends upon the will of the Emperor of Russia. If he h as sincere in his desire for peace as we are, then a happy pacification will be tho result, and treaties will be sigited which will in every respect guarantee the OttomatrEmpire, restrain Russia for the future, and satisfy our interests and our honour. (From the Morning Chrdnicle of this day. ) We are indebted to a well-informed correspondent for an interesting communication, Which we publish in our columns of to-day, on the tendency of the grasping po licy of Russia to continue her encroachments upon the possessions of her weaker neighbours in the North. Sweden has already _experienced the consequence of insatiable thirst for dominion displayed by her ra ptoious neighbour, and by the loss of the province of Finland and through the 'overbearing influence of Russia, that once powerful kingdom had sunk before the commencement of this war into the vassalage of the Court of St. Petersburg. The Czar has ever cast a long ing eye upon the Atlantic coast of Norway, not so much for the mere territorial acquisition, as from the immense advantages that would accrue to his navy by the pos session of so valuable a coast, with its maritime popula tion. The coast of Norway, and especially the Varanger Fjord, would afford to Russia spacious harbours, ever free from the thraldom of ice, ,fer hei, navy, and above 30,000 of the finest sailors in the world wherewith to replace her present inferior mariners. The present hostilities have checked for the moment any am bitious designs on the part of Russia, and the energies of that Power will bo taxed to preserve her present ill-gotten possessions in the Baltic. The war once concluded, the ruling passion of the St. Petersburg Government will again lead to a return of its aicient views upon the Norwegian coast. It therefore behoves the Aliied Powers to take into consideration, when the sincere conferences for peace shall have commenced, the undue influence which bas hitherto weighed down the northern kingdoms to the prejudice of their national development. The peace of Europe is no less threatened by the terrorism of Russia in the North than by her preponderance of power in the Black Sea. The neutrality hitherto maintained by Sweden and her sister kingdom has certainly resulted in a great measure to the benefit of the Czar. Through the Swedish provinces bordering on Finland articles most necessary to Russia have been doubtless freely transported over the frontier. In the probable extension on which the war threatens to enter, it is every day becoming more palpable that a position of neutrality is impracticable, and doubtless before the spring the Cabinet of Stock holm will discover the necessity of deferring to the wishes of the nation, and will enter into an al liance, worthy of the old fame of Sweden, with the Western Powers. The predilections evinced by monarch of Sweden and Norway for the c.. 'he Czar is undeniable, and the late con tinued %. of autographic letters between Oscar and the I - 'russia confirms us in this opinion. The neutr. hitherto by Sweden has been, we repeat, sided, although doubtless it has proved most o the trading interests of the Scandinavian 'hat gallant people sympathises heartily with t, ..ase for which Great Britain and France are in a: ..nd it is, we believe, the Court of Sweden alone t views the 'Russian Emperor other wise than in an . ostile light. The peculiar position of King Oscar will, however, finally induce that monarch to sacrifice all personal sen timents to the interest of the noble people over whoid'he reigns. The Rouse of Bernadotte can scarcely lay claim to the divine right of kings,and owes its high position, not to any hereditary right, but entirely to the tacit admission of the great European Powers. Any opposition to the inte rests of Austria, France, and Great Britain Would cer tainly tend to neutralise the effe4 of that recognition by those countries. We do not doubt that the illustrious example offered by the Sardinian Government will be met with due consideration by the other secondary Powers of Europe, and that the Scandinavian kingdom will recognise the opportunity of asserting its dignity as a nation by avenging past insults and recovering its despoiled provinces. The magnitude of the approaching contest will in time demand the cessation of neutrality enjoyed so fir by many of the secondary Powers of Europe, to the prejudice of the Western Powers. The struggle in which we are engaged requires the utmost strength that the civilisation of Ehrope can put forth— not to resist the aggressive arms of the Czar, but to secure a lasting peace to the world by depriving Russia; of the power of further evil. In no spot is the Northern Empire more vulnerable than in the provirioes of the Baltic, where the iron despotisui of the Conqueror has never ,ceased to be felt. ln the fine province of Finland the population'ivotild esaxjAii enthusiasm the presence of the enemies of Iftusiia."':The golden oppor— tunity that offers itself to the smaller- Powers of the North to emancipate themselves from the oppressive in fluenpo of the Czar will perhaps never return, and to hesitate at the present moment would be, on the part of the Sovereign of Sneden, treason to his country. We are united by no common bon . ds to the Swedish and Norwegian natit,ns. The ties of kindred, religion, and the honest love of libeity, aro not forgotten, and right willingly would those two glorious nationalities join in the coalition which is preparing against the selfish bar barism of the North. The time is not far distant, we trust, when, united with the Western Powers, the descendants of the men who fought under Charles Xll.and Gustavus will renew the heroism of their ance,tors. Should the three great Powers hesitate in cultivating the active alliance of the Scandinavian kingdom, it would be a subject ever to be deplored. The active co-operation of Sweden, sup ported by a strong allied army, would prove a death blow to the preponderance of the Czar in the Baltic pro vinces. If secured by a just treaty against the future retaliation minor objections might doubtless be smoothed of over, and nd Sweden would be enabled to render active assistance in the approaching campaign. The military resources of that kingdom would permit the disposal of an army of 25,000 bayonets that could act in common with a French forcenn Russian territory. The disposition of the Swedish army is excellent, and the general condition and disciplin e Jt tbetroops unequalled. Several recent changes in the army have increased its efficiency. All the old officers have been placed in retreat, and a general promotion has taken place amongst the subalterns. 'rho naval forces of Sweden and Norway would be enabled to render valuable assistance to any operations that may be under• taken by the British fleet in the Baitio. Experience has taught us that in the narrow shoals of that sea our lags men-of-war and monster steamers are next to useless. The fleet of gun-boats posseised by Sweden would they be invaluable. According to the letter of our corre spondent, Norway alone has 120 of these admirable boats, 80 of which are armed each with two 601 b. howitzers, whilst the sister kingdom possesses 250 gun boats of similar construction. The fame of the Nor wegian seamen descends from antiquity, and has never lost its primitive lustre. Several mouths must still elapse before naval and military operations can be under taken in the Baltic ; but when that moment shall have arrived it will witness, we trust, the active union with the Western Powers of the kingdom of Sweden. The following is the letter alluded to above : Sir,—The present war with Russia will not have been without its lesson if it has only served to disclose the great extent of the Russian navy and naval establish ments. Few of us had previously heard of those upon the east coast of Asia, or the number and power of the Emperor's fleets in the Black Sea, the Baltic, and the White Sea. Considering the extent of those fleets, and of his naval resources, it is obvious that Russia only needs seamen, and an ocean line of coast in Europe, unfrozen at all seasons of the year, to become at once a great maritime power. The possession of Norway would give Russia the seamen and the °oast she needs. The vast sums expended by the Russian Government upon its fleets and naval establishments prove the importance it attaches to maritime power ; and the aggressive cha racter of the nation - affords a sufficient warning to all others from the danger whiCh must arise to them if due checks be not placed upon the ulterior designs of Russia. With this view, I am anxious again to call your atten tion to the aggressiv e desi g ns of the Cza r upon Norway, as evidenced by his attempts to obtain a f oot i ng upon the Norwegian coast in t he Varan g er F j ord, on the east of the North Cape. In a p revious letter joenett'sowmheicohf appeared pe:eadnitiai g which the Morninjich would Chronicle, I pointed ' ould result to Russia ifobtainatrpoan jer F ford, inas muchn of s Nor. . way, she o a rn o y to the ocean at all seasons of the y ear, its am p le harbo urs never being should s ev e that ever gfratnh b d ee fjord a llow much-coveted affords ffo t r o ds a vh highway wa_ frozen. I also noticed the treacherous designs and pro ceedings of the Russian Government in their attempts to carry their object of obtaining a footing upon the Norwe gian coast, and the great increase in population, produe , tions, and commerce o f Norwa y , wh ich has resulted from the acquisition o f her inde p endenc e in 1814 . A brighter example of t he effects of freedom, industry , and constitutional governmen t does not exi st. In a former exposed the whole of the Russian treati es and proceed ings bearing upon the Czar's designs as to th e N orweg i an tro P p e e l nl yieolguen also in( ) a most loi' g communication from :vbich :vas elearly an d a d m i ra bl y coast. On other occasions you have also called public attention to these designs,by your leading articles. The siege of Sebastepa and Russian aggression in Turkey are of such absorbing interest at the present time that there is much ealger of Russian designs upon Nor way being lost sight of. It cannot be too widely known that the possession of Norway is of vital importance to Russia, and the more so now that her maritime supre macy in the Black See is effectually crusliefffor the pre sent. The articles which have appeared against Norway during the last year in a few of the leading journals of France, Germany, and Holland, prove that Russian agents are already at work endeavouring to sow distrust in the minds of the Swedish and Norwegian people. Why has this been done? It is time that this lago-like proceeding should be exposed. The stren4th of Nor ) 1 way and Sweden against Russia consists b sir union as it is at present established. No one knows this better than the Czar ; and hence his object is to weaken them by severing that union, or creating such distrust and animosity between the two nations as may at least prevent their uniting against him with perfect harmony for the recovery of Finland (that most in famous of Russian robberies), or at a future day of ford him a pretext for Russian protection or interfer ence in any dispute which may arise between Norway and Sweden. Woe to the unhappy country that allows itself to become enc'reled in the deadly, snake-like coils of Russian protection ! It being so important to Russia to obtain possession of Norway, it follows that it is of equal importance to England and France, as the great maritime Powers, to prevent her d o i ng so , an d for that pur pose to uphold the existing union between Norway and Sweden in all its integrity. The honour and in terests of the British and French people are involved in this question to an extent that is but little appro. ciated at present. Considering the part which England took in establishing the existing uaien bet ween Sweden and Norway, the maintenance of that union, and CI constitution of Norway, are sacred obligations on the part of the British Empire. But nations, as well as individuals, are not free from selfishness. While I thus call attention to our duty to Norway and Sweden, I will, with your permission, enter into a few more particulars, which serve to show how amply the performance of that duty will be repaid to us by the intimate and zealous alliance of the Norwegians and Swedes. The alteration in our navigation laws has occasioned a large number of Norwegian and Swedish vessels to be annually chartered by Irritish merchants ; and the ruin of the British shipping interests, predicted by the opponents edifice trade, has yet to be verified ; in truth the comme* of England has become so enor mously developed th the services of Swedish and Nor wegian vessels, for thb purposes of a portion of our carrying traffic, hay, become of great and growing im portance to British merchants. From the earliest times of modern navigation the Norwegian seamen have been the most daring and adventurous of navigators. This naturally results from their superiority of race, the great extent of their ocean coast, and the heavy aeas to which it is constantly exposed for upwards of 1,200 miles. From childhood the Norwegian seaman is constantly in the midst of danger, and thence his cool daring and ad mirable seamanship. - in 1852 the Norwegian mercantile marine, of all classes and sizes, comprised— Ships. . Tonnage. Men. 4,089 653 herring ships. 25,383 to which it is estimated there may be made at the pre sent time an addition of at least 20 per cent. In round numbers, the seamen employed in the mercantile marine of Norway therefore now amount to 30,000. For many years the•Norwegitins have besn occupied. in erecting suitable establishments for their navy, to gether with the requisite fortifications for their security. The Norwegian fleet is small, but well calculated fur the purpose for which it is intended. At present it consists of 18 frigates, corvettes, and schooners, armed with from two to forty-eight guns, a large proportion of which comprise 601 b. howitzers for shot, or percussion shells of great power and certainty, known as " Fredericksen's." Of the above eighteen vessels, eight are steamers. But the arm upon which the Norwegians justly pride themselves is their fleet of 120 gun-boats, which are admirably adapted fur service in the fjords, as well as in 139.1 tic. They are propelled by sails and sweeps, and draw only 2 feet 6 inches of water when fully armed and stored. Eighty of these gun-boats are armed with two of the formidable 601 b. howitzers I have already described—ene forwards, the other aft. The Frede ricksen shells are of a peculiar and secret construction, invented in Norway, and celebrated there for the un erring certainty and power with which they explode on striking any hard substance, such as a ship's side, &c., as well as for their never bursting by ricochet on water. The Swedish fleet is considerably larger than the Nor wegian ; in addition to its" ships and steam fleet, it in cludes more than 250 gun-boats of similar construction and power to the Norwegian. The electric telegraph is well suited to the require ments of Norway and Sweden, arid it is being extensively introduced there, , By next summer Christiania as well as Stockholm will form links of the great Euro pean chains of lines radiating from London and Paris. On another occasion I will, with your permission, revert to the interesting subject of Sweden and Norway. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The screw steam-ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Cap tain Gordon, steamed from the Sound into Hamoaze, at Plymouth, on Tuesday, with topgallant yards across. She will go into the basin dock at Keyham to-day. The Royal George, 120, is pow all ataunt in No. 1 dry dock, Sheerness, and the last act is being performed —viz., refitting lower and topmast amitopgallant rat lines. _ The James Watt, 91, Captain George Elliot, was re moied out of the' Tatting basin , Having been masted, and will go into the steam-basin dock to-morrow to have her underwater pipes examined, &c. The screw steam-ship Exmouth, 90, Captain Pelham, pas completed taking in her shot and shell at Plymouth. Her men will be paid wages in advance this day. The Calcutta, 84, Captain Stopford, which left Ply mouth on Monday for. Portsmouth, put back into the Sound on Tuesday, owing to contrary winds. The Hogue, 60, Captain Ramsay, goes out of the steam-basin dock to-day, and under the sheers, to take in her new boilers. • The Blenheim, 60, C..ptain Hall, is having her stern shaft remedied in dry dock, and will be completed in a day or two. " All hands " on board the Hastings, 60, Captain Caffin, the Pembroke, 60, Captain Seymour, and the Centaur, 6, Captain Clifford, in the steam-basin, are busy in getting them forward, and the blockships present an appearance of much outward forwardness. Yesterday the Nankin, 50, Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart, sailed from Portsmouth for Plymouth, to com plete her crew and receive sailing orders. The Imperieuse, 50, Captain Watson, C. 8., leaves the steam-basin to-day, having completed her refit. The Arrogant, 46, Captain Yelverton, has been re moved out of the fitting-basin, and is now ready for Spithead again. The Retribution, 28, paddle-frigate, Captain Tatham, will go into the steam-basin to refit her machinery as soon as her masts have been taken out. _ _ The screw steam-corvette Esk, 20, Captain Birch, having bad repairs made good, went into Plymouth Sound on Tuesday, -preparatory for sailing for the Crimea. The Falcon, 17, Commander Pullen, is all ataunt in the fitting basin ; she has not received all her crew from the Perseverance yet, and needs about 40 men to com plete her complement of 160. The steam-sloop Rosamond, 6, Commander Crofton, will he taken into the basin dock at Keyham this day to be fumigated. Lieutenant NATilliam Mould (1842), late serving in the . Odin, has taken up hi s comm i ss i on a t Sh eerness , and joined the Russell, 50-gun steam-ship. An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness for the Melampus store-ship to proceed to Woolwich immedi ately to load provisions, &c., for Constantinople. She will leave this day or to-morrow. She has very few sea men yet entered for her, and 40 seamen, with petty offi cers, have been lent from the Cressy to assist in navi gating her to Woolwich. The complement for the crew of the Russell has been increased to 600—viz., 500 seamen and 100 marines, in clusive of marine artillery. The Dee, steam-transport, arrived at Spithead yester day, with portions of the steam-power of her Majesty's new yacht. The steam-vessel Avon, from Sheerness, arrived at Plymouth yesterday. The remainder of the invalid soldiers from the East, who arrived at Plymouth in the Talavera, on the 6th inst., were disembarked yesterday. ARRIVAL OF RAILWAY ENGINEERS AT CONSTANTINOPLE. By advices received yesterday from Constantinople, the Prince of Wales steamer, with Mr. Kellock and the staff of the Balaklava Lai'way engineers, and the steamers Baron von Humboldt, Wildfire, and Black Prince, with railway plant and the corps of navvies, had all arrived, and pagsed on to the Crimea; as also the Anne Maclean, laden with Lord Blantyre's stores of provisions, clothing, and comfort for the troops before Sebastopol. A SQUADRON OF OBSERVATION. An order is daily expected at Sheerness for several steam vessels of light draught of water (principally gun boats) to proceed to Copenhagen at the earliest opportu pity on the breaking up of the ice, as a squadron of ob servation, to cut off communication and traffic with Russian ports in the Baltic. SHIPS ON THE WA R . ESTABLISHMEN T. nom- Guns. power 120 91 600 60 20J 60 203 CO 450 CO 450 60 450 60 450 360 Neptune, Captain Hutton ... James Watt, Captain Elliut Hastings, Captain Calla Pembroke, Captain Seymour ......... . Blenheim, Captain ......... Ajax, Captain Warden Edinburgh, Captain Howlett Hogue, Captain Ramsay Imperious°, Captain Watson Nankin, Captain Stewart - Arro,gant, Captain Yolverton . Penelope, Captain Sir W. Wiseman Rotributiou, Captain Tatham Tartar, Captain Dunlop Himalaya, Commander Priest Falcon, Commander Pullen Atiel, Commander Dice Oberon, Lieutenant Freeland Her Majesty's steamer Bulldog, after staying three months in the Tyne, and having completed her repairs, left on Tuesday for Hull. Thence she will proceed to Portsmouth. The mo=t cordial friendship has existed between the inhabitants of Shields and the officers and crew of this vessel during their stay. The vessel left on rPRIcE SD. Tuesday, with the good wishes of a large number of per sons who assembled to witness her departure. The Tyne still remains full of shipping. There aro above 1,000 ships in port, the greater proportion of which are coal-laden. Some of them save been waiting for a " sea tide" a month. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—Richard Carter, from the Euryalus to the Nankin ; William IL J. Browne, to the Russell ; Richard B. Pearse, from the Royal William guardship to the Pembroke. Master—Francis W. Bateman, to command the Re• sislance troop-ship. Chaplain—Rev. George C. Perches, to the Hogue. Assistant-Surgeons—Donald G. Pendritb, to the Oberon ; George C. Wilson is confirmed in the Majestic. Mates—G. H. Barnard, to the Nankin ; and A. R. Blane to the Pembroke. MILITARY. Drafts of the 54th and 66th Regiments left Leeds on Wednesday at half-past nine a.m., to proceed via Liver pool, Dublin, and Cork, to Gibraltar. 54th Regiment, Ensign Parr, 1 sergeant and 70 men ; 66th Regiment, Ensign Oliver, 1 sergeant and 66 men. It is reported that Colonel Williams, late Assistant Adjutant-General at Kilkenny, and Colonel Rumley, Commandant at P ar kh urs t B arrac k s , are name d as brigadiers to command the reserve force about to be concentrated at Malta. A draught of the d e p o t o f th e 2d R eg i men t o f F oo t , consisting of eight officers and 200 men, and a draught of the depot of the 60th Rifl es , consisting of 10 officers and 302 men, have been held in rea di ness t o prooeed andjoin the service companies at the Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Colonel W. H. Mansfield, of the 53 , 1 Regiment, to serve as an As sistant Adjutant-General upon the staff in Ireland, vice Colonel M`Murdo, appointed Director-General of the Land Transport Corps. Yesterday detachments of troops, consisting of an offi cer and 74 men of the 54th Regiment, and an officer and 54 men of the 66th Regiment, arrived at Liverpool from Leeds and Newcastle. At 4 o'clock they sailed in the steamer Princess for Dublin, whence they will be conveyed by railway to Cork for embarkation on board a transport or ship of war for the Crimea. THE MILITIA. The Royal . Elthorno Regiment of Light Infantry, Major L. Murray Prior commanding-, has had a large addition of recruits made to the strength of the regiment since it has been embodied at Uxbridge ; and Lieute nant Benboe has already taken his 75 volunteers to the line, by which he obtains an ensigney. Within the last year upwards of 500 men have loft this corps for the line —many with leave, many without. More than the required number (GOO) of the Oxford. shire Militia, now mustered at Oxford under the com mand of Colonel Bowles, have volunteered for active foreign duty. The corps comprises 800 men. They have made satisfactory progress in their drill. Captain Pipon has resigned his commission. Since the West Suffolk Militia has been embodied at Bury St. Edmunds, under the command of Earl Jermyn, M.P., for that borough, upwards of 100 men have vo lunteered into the line regiments. Lieutenant J. Penrice has been appointed a Captain in the Norfolk Militia Artillery, vice Astley, who has been promoted. Second-Lieutenant E. Tredcroft has been appointed First-Lieutenant, vice Newcome, who has resigned. Second-Lieutenant C. North has been appointed First-Lieutenant, vice Penrice, promoted, and Mr. H. Micklethwaite has been appointed Second-Lieu tenant, vice Tredcroft, promoted. Three foreigners were on Monday enlisted into the 2d Somerset Militia ; two Frenchmen and one German. This is the first time for many years that any men of foreign extraction were enlisted in Cork. EXPENSE OF TEE TRANSPORT SERVICE AND PRISONERS OF WAR. An estimate, separated from the navy estimates (of which an abstract is given elsewhere), but prepared by the naval department, states the total amount required for the transport service of the year 1555-56 to be 5,071,0321., and for the expense of prisoners of war, 100,0001., making together, with a sum of 10,433/. for superintendence, a grand total of 5,181,465/. The grand total amount voted in the navy estimates for the finan cial year 1854-55 was 3,582,4741. The prisoners of war appear to be kept in Milbay and Lewes prisons, and in the Devonshire prison-ship. The greater portion of the total amount --viz., the sum of 90,0641., is required for the allowance to officers on parole and their wives, pro visions and clothing for prisoners, and for bedding and contingencies. An abstract of the transport service, nprentied to the estimates before us shows, that from the 7th of February, 1854, to the 22d of anuary, 1855, 102 Ltea'n transports were employed of 121,060 tons and 26,317 horse-power, and 115 sailing vessels of 93,172 tons ; the number of officers and men employed in the above vessels amounted to (about) 9,256. The total number of British troops conveyed from England during the same period was as follows : 2,194 officers (including those under orders for conveyance), 56,041 men and 5,408 horses. There were also conveyed to the East from Marseilles and Toulon, 556 French officers, 14,055 French troops, 193 horses, and 8,037 tons of French stores ; and, to the Baltic, from Calais, &c., 437 French officers, 12,888 men, and 21 horses. The gross total quantity of provisions and stores conveyed from Eng land during the period in question was as follows, viz. : —to the East, 33,261 tons of provisions for the navy, and 21,551 tons for the army service, 24,617 tons of ordnance stores, 151,596 tons of coals (conveyed by colliers), and 3,320 tons of naval stores (exclusive of 7,180 tons from Malta), and to the Baltic, 9,436 tons of navy provisions, 266 tons of ordnance stores, 247 tons of naval stores, and 47,907 tons of coals (convoyed by col liers, and not by the transports). The grand total in cludes 3,187 officers, 82,934 men, 5,622 horses, 307,825 tons of provisions and stores, and 199,503 tons of coals. Of the sailing transports eight have been paid off, 14 wrecked, and one burnt ; and, of the steamers, one was wrecked. The steam sailing transports have also been employed as magazine, naval, and commissariat store-ships, and in conveying ammunition and stores from Gibraltar and Malta. Since the disembarkation the army, they have been employed in the conveyance of stores, provisions, guns, ammunition, and troops from Malta and Corfu ; cattle from the shores of the Black Sea ; coals, charcoal and wood, provisions, and stores from Constantinople ; in the embarkation of French cavalry from Varna and Borgos to the Crimea, Turkish troops from Varna to Eupatoria ; in the con veyance of the sick and wounded to Scutari, and invalids thence to Malta and England, and French troops, horses, and stores from Marseilles. NAVY ESTIMATES FOR 1855-56. The Navy Estimates for the ensuing year, 1855-56, have been laid before the House of Commons. The grand total amount of the sum required to be voted for the ser vice of the year is 10,716,338/., being a net increase of 290,029/. on the estimates for the financial year 1854-55. The following are the items of the estimate, viz. :- 2,885,5671. for the wages of seamen and marines, 1,374,0311. for victuals for the same, 140,4691. for the Admiralty-office, 50,0001. for the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, 51,6761. for the scientific branch, 142,5711. for her Majesty's establishments at home, 26,9091. for her Majesty's establishments abroad, 1,102,2201. for wages of artificers employed at home, 57,5001. for wages of artificers employed abroad, 2,928,3041. for naval stores, &c., for the building and repair of ships, 567,5881. for new works, improvements, and repairs in the yards, 62,100/. for medicines and medical stores, and 73,086/. for miscellaneous services. These are the items of the effective service. The non-effective service includes -635,4971. for half-pay, &c., to officers of the Navy and Royal Marines, 469,222/. for military pensions and al lowances, and 149,558/. for civil pensions and allow aloes. There is an increase on every item of the effec tive service, except on the scientific branch, the largest being on wages and victuals for seamen, wages to artifi cers, and naval stores. The item of 51,6761. for the scientific branch is thus divided—viz., 4,176/. for the Royal Observatory, 2,289/. for the observatory at the Cape of Good H0pe,'3,42 0 /. for the "Nautical Almanac," 1,000/. for chronometers, 8571. for [the compass depart ment, 2,0001. for rewards and experiments, 100/. for li and 3, 121 /. for the establishment at th e braries and museum s, 34,7131. for the h ydrographical department, Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, for scientific educa tion. The French Police Department has been directed to draw up a report, as complete as possible, on the Carlist refugees residing in Paris, giving particulars as to their occupations, their mode of obtaining a livelihood, &c. It has again been suggested to the Government that the Spanish authorities on the frontier are not entirely free from apprehension so long as'General Elio is suffered to reside in France, and that his expulsion from the terri tory of the empire is very desirable. A prospectus has been in circulation for Some days for a pleasure trip to Sebastopol at the commencement of the spring season. The travellers are to start from Paris and 'proceed to Marseilles, thence to Constanti , noule, next to the Crimea, afterwards to Egypt, and home by Algeria. Th e vesse l fi xe d on for the t ou r to the East is the Isabella steam pleasure yacht, under the neutral colours of Tuscany. The charge fur eachSpers on is to be 12,000 f. The trip is to last three months, and only ten p assengers are to b e t a k en . General Niel, whose arrival at the camp of Sebastopol on the 27th has been already announced, has written to the Emperor Napoleon an account of his inspection of the Ems, ant of the state of the army. These letters, which are of a private character, but will, no doubt, be followed by an official report, state that the situation, on the whole, was good ; the state of the works favourable ; the French army as well as could be expected under the circumstances ; and—but we fear this is rather the po liteness of the Frenchman—the English arury not quite so badly off as he had expected from prev ious accounts. (Front the Lancet of February . 10.) We offered in the Lancet of the 3d inst. a deseription of the military hospital of the French, and now proceed to say a few words about their ambulances. The word ambulance, or field or flying hospital, is very familiar to most of our readers ; but many are, perhaps, not aware of the actual manner in which these hospitals are organised and conducted. A few details may pro bably be welcome. The principle upon which the whole arrangement rests is, that the medical officer—viz., the scientific mail, should not be harassed with anxiety about stores and packages, and that these matters should rest entirely with responsible agents, whose duty it is to attend to bis directions, within the limits of the regulations. Hence' we have the following. practical divisions : The medical officer at the bed-side is invested with the whole control and management of his patient. The phar macien, upon the surgeon's prescriptions, prepares the medicines ; the clerk sees to the procuring and proper use of the required articles of furniture, and the carrying out of the diet-cards filled up by the medical officer ; the ward-attendant t llieS tl; eimtnedtate charge of the wounded man ; th© sisters of charity and chaTilains aid in the work of benevolence art I:induess ; the assistant-com missariat officer, who receivos orders from his superior, watches over the management of the whole ; and the regular w °thing of all these secures a perfect unity of action. The ambulances, temporary hospital, and convales cent dep3ts, are intended, during a campaign, fur the reception of the wounded or sick soldier. If the seat of war is too distant from the frontier of France, where hospitals are organised for the reception of the sick or convalescent, an eligible locality is chosen for the erec tion of a temporary hospital : hence the great central nosocomial establishment of Constantinople. Now, these various modes of relief for the soldier—viz., the ambulance, the temporary hospital, the convalescent de• I pot, and the permanent hospital, have each a peculiar organisation. The ambulance is the moveable hospital which follow the army in all its movements. They are ambu lances for infantry, and others for cavalry—all connec ted with the different divisions. At head-quarters there is, besides, a reserve of surgeo ns an d t w o a mbulances of infantry and one of cavalry, always ready to go forward at a moment's notice. It was important, in order to in sure lightness and rapid movements from one place to another, to arrange the packages so that they might not prove cumbrous under any circumstances. Everything must, therefore, be reduced to the least volume, and all the requisites for dressing wounds are disposed in pan niers, the weight of which is so calcUlated as to suit the strength of a pack-horse, in case the usual waggon breaks down, or cannot be got through a difficult country. Only five carriag e boxes are allowed for the reception of the following articles : amputation and trephining cases, tents, litters, splints, solidified broth, brandy, linen and lint, medicines, &c. These five boxes or cases constitute an infantry ambulance, and provide 8,900 dressings. Three cases, with 4,900 dressings, form a cavalry ambulance. These ambulances are subdivided into active and reserve sections. The reserve section, which comprises two cases for the infantry, and 3,500 dressings ; and one case, with 1,500 dressings for the cavalry, remains generally.with the wagons attached to the corps, and is kept ready to supply the active sec tion with any article which may be wanted, The latter is - again subdivided in ambulance depot, altd flying am bulance. The depot ambulance settles down at a con-venient dis tance from the battle-field, and the attendr'nts imme diately take down the cases from the waggons, prepare the linen, lint, dressings, &c. They light a .fire, and immediately make, with their solidified broth, a good saucepanful of soup. This is called the " precoaition soup," and thus they have at once what we shoui'd call beef-tea for the wounded. Everything being thus pre pared, a red flag is unfurled, to apprise the vroulided men where they can get relief. The flying ambuis nce goes, in the meanwhile, to the immediate rear, wits urn the enemy's range, to attend to the men who reeei ye dangerous wounds. At the same time, clerks, under tl• 0 command of commissariat officers, proceed along flu, lines, and cause the wounded to be taken up by the itt. tendants and the drivers. This latter arrangement .3 especially intended to prevent the soldiers from yieldin6v, to compassion, and succouring their fallen comrades, no man being allowed to leave the ranks, however desiroue of aiding the wounded. The ambulances just described are called the Euro pean ambulances, but there is another kind, called Afri can ambulances, which latter have been instituted to serve in countries devoid of roads and destitute of accommo dation. An ambulance of this kind, calculated fora corps of 10,000 men, contains 6,500 dressings, and requires 364 pack mules. Twenty-four of these carry iron litters, on which soldiers who have had a limb amputated, may be placed, and 250 carry little arm-chairs made of iron and leather, which may be unfolded, slung, and fastened tothe pack-saddle, and will take a patient on each side of the mule. The rest of the mules carry the casks of diet drinks, the stretchers, the blankets, the leather covers for the sick, the tents, the surgical boxes, the cases containing the drugs, &c. Sixteen medical officers, 7 clerks, and 104 attendants on the sick or wounded attached to this ambulance, which is mainly intended by its fleetness for vanguard service, and for picking up the wounded on the field of battle. Both the European and African ambu lances are being used in the Crimea with the best effects. One hundred light carts have lately been sent to the seat of war by order of the Minister. Three wounded men can be accommodated on the front seat ; there is a case behind, pr,JATIy secured, which is so made as to contain two stretchers ; and boxes, surrounded by wire -work, are intended for the guns and sacs of the soldiers. These carts, though light, are very strong, and may, if neces sary, ho drawn by one horse only. Such are the characters of the ambulances, the pecu liarity of which is, to move rapidly from place to place, and to be ready for all the emergencies of war. Thus, be fore Sebastopol, the ambulance placed in the trenches re cu. rs the wounded immediately they are struck, and these are sent, after the first dressings are applied, to the am bulances placed behind the lines; Hitherto all the sick wounded were attended to in the latter ambulance until they could be removed to Constantinople ; but General Canrobert has just established a tem porary hospital on the beach of the bay of ICamiesch, which hospital accommodates 500 patients. This is a great boon for the sick, a great proportion of whom will be saved the tediun and perilous passage to Constan tinople in this incl. ant season. Although this hospital is only temporary, is established according to the re gulations of the perm' pent institutions of the same kind. Hence the medical starfor the 500 patients is composed .as follows :—Two ci wedical officers, three principal ones, and twelve assistants ; one chief pharmacien and two principal ones. sue food is the same as in the hos pitals at home, but the men are not given hospital shirts, trousers, or great coats. The bed furniture is not so complete as in the permanent hospitals, but each man has a palliasse and a blanket ; and, for every twentieth man, there is one mattress, three sheets, caps for the fever patients, various vessels, &c. The whole of the articles for such a temporary hospital weighs 30,0001b5., and requires 55 cubic yards of stowage ; the pharma ceutical portion weighs 3,600 lbs., and requires 9 cubic yards' stowage. A convalescent depot has also been established, where soldier, are under the same discipline as with their regi ments ; but they receive double rations of wine daily, and are exempt from duty until they have completely recovered. The permanent hospitals are, of course, not restricted as the one just described, hence the hospitals of Con stantinople are under the same regulations, and in pos session of the same articles, as those of France. Tert thousand either wounded or sick soldiers receive at this moment, though 800 leagues from their country, the same attention as they would have at the Val de Grace or Gros Caillou in Paris. THE ACCIDENT TO THE SCRETV STEAM SHIP PERSEVERANCE. WOOLWICH, Feb. 14.—The Perseverance, screw steam-ship, which capsized in Woolwich dockyard, still remains in the same position, the attempts by the Government officers to raise her by chains, &c., having failed. She lies in the new stone graving-dock in the eastern part of the yard. In getting her into the dock, the ship being upwards of 300 feet long, it was necessary to raise her up on extra blocks, so as to bring her head close up to the edge of the dock, to admit of the cassoen being fixed at the en. trance. When the water was let in, and the vessel turned over, sh e s li ppe d some 15 or 16 feet from her original position, so that her stern extended out, as it were, from the entrance, thus preventing the cassoons being refixed. It is already known that the ship filled with the tide. Examination since of her port side, which lay on the blocks at the bottom of the dock, shows that she has started one or more of her plates, no doubt caused by the force with which she turned over on them, A cofferdam has been built at the entrance to the deck to prevent the tide Bowing in ; this has enabled work men temporarily to repair the started plates on her port side ; her hatches, cabins, &c., have been.tightly bat tened down with planking, and attempts will be made at the next spring tides to float her. It is thought that of eweig thhtoaft were, and remain,ginea,ter tanks, and the 60 tone ballast in her, will cause the ship to lighten without any additional aid, as the whole of her heavy yards, topmasts, and rigging hitve been re moved. There is one great difficulty, however, appa rent—the keel now rests on the " altars," or stone steps, at the west side, descending to the bottom of the dock ; and it is apprehended that, in floating her, she wilt de , herself greater injury in her efforts to right herself, by striking on the "altars," or steps, unless some means are devised, as she feels her bunyancy, to haul her more into the body of the dock. We are given to understand that the Government have now sold the ship far 151. 1 . 11a.c a outll ; and the less per ton than what they gave for her. They have two two others,ot e r ships namedC buildingss and herc now. t 4.s fitting East India Docks, are of the same deccriptinn. The Europa, screw-steamer, which toppled over in the East India fitting-basin a few weeks since, was built on the same lines as the Perseverance. Tuoors FOR THE CRIMVA.—At Queenstown, on Wea' n esday, the hired steam ti.:tnaport Severn einbarke,f la* following troops t 9 join ~- 1-I te 1. :serve force in tour. Ie .11 organisation at Mttlta :-7 Assign T. A. Cox and .P :. B. llyndman, 2 sergeants, t ,d 50 rank and file of the Buffs ; Ensign R. St. John, 2 sergeants, an d 50 -ank and file of th e 72d II; Janders. 13 officers, and 176 men of the R oya l Artily...4 had previously embarked 011 board thi s vesse l at 'SouthamPt°n• With these tl.'lo Severn steamed out of Queenstown harbour on tht aft'anoon of Thursday, the Sth hat., for Malta. ~%,'' ~~_