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Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 be tiok t cloc °°a Ck Sec ° ~:ot 17 hoie Prerivnmafnder for Lit crr AN T A „ . . 4 , 1 rh DOW MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Voici e- "" .9 her "Slkiesty's Royal Letters Patent. 1 ‘ t to nually t iic,teed fox:every three months' difference of age. ' es — the unpaid half premiums liquidated out of ......._,,,, ...irii, ' l l4 (loTrio„ , ,p r lT INDIA HOUSE, IST IfAuca, 1555. „OP r 4„ k r.'‘) ,iis DIRECTORS of the EAST i zt 011 0. i, ,' qtate l e A' s •-• Y ' .ii• -• . , - .• , r, . i (-,..- ~ , r„„igr i . 4 a d ,_•e th at 4 , 4, • • • i_. .. is . - ss - icr .-,... ._. ~ - , ), i .',. s 10 , ' k b Yor ool " . 1 4 . , 0 dao , the 2st inst., en..iii be ob- i lase, v14 ',.,10 ItSbion,4"/tNERALIII COURT 0 1I f u t m he iliation and praVer, the 1355, ~.- 41.1 - °. for th a said Company, which has , . 0 ,, eveit o , clbei L,t,l l l, will be Lehi on TUESDAY, the 20th , _,„. n „il t '4 the.fOrehooll. ' ji '" Pq OY JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. 131. re tires;, , •AL 4 vice A c 4 •SYLIJ Aff halo, ' 4l l 11 -CIAL o '-"- of ST. ANN'S SOCIETY. , 4 ,4, , ,, , r „ , w.,o_ ENERAL COURT will be holden at the PS. k.,1'1itt,30,07, r s gate•street, oil TUESDAY .Atterncoa, the , 4 .-,,,z, exact time N . se bti t i to e x „ Thi me, to consider a motion to authorise 33ergs i :_kicrorriticuti at the sum in extensive repairs, altera- ,,4t, General court will Brixton Asylum. . Af 21 also be Widen at the London Tavern, 'IDES' .20 I ke lt tCrn om l tl . , prh-- 1., 44 esolati o •, 1- 15th inst., at 3 o'cloci - , exact time, 0 ist . tt of the Court of the 13th inst. 4 ,0 tie-ro, , E. F. LEEKS, Secretary. ^. Mandell House, 3d of March, 1855. Eur o P - ' t h DO ' Ao uIR EOT 7t12 Ligli t It are ORS of the ROYAL BRITISH of st .•repa, d to receive Anplications for their New , nol`l i Ott or 'el, ender the provisions of their Supplemental rown. Applications to be made, with- ,i) ki , Ll Ntrij c e ; ,.ed c m , the 14 , 4 ; ~ tra m .._ H e t No. 16, Tokenhouse-yard, or at the ran '" 44180 Shaft , u s ; b i ti l ry , t ridge road, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road, errace, Victoria-street. Pimlico; GO, r t• N 4t hwark ; S - A. Licr.s. f r oe • t r i tB4 iIu GH ~ A 32 , Regent-clreus, l'iccadilly. El 3 CAMERON; General Manager. lialcl%refe N '--•-______ a bk 27th v it R ' Feb , 1855. Jr vi c ,,,o t __ 13 ; r ear , ri, Roy A 1 ijjt 1 41 - i ' 'D's at '''' " BRITISH BANK 4.85i0nt , 1,, t - ri c ,, i ! ,,, , , p d in b_y_ .charter), have opened a BRANCH at No. N t rebie nc " a n ,ll Y, where it is hoped the establishment 4 o h , ghb outh 0 at least such of the inhabitants of that ~ 1 , 1 e ood as have ~ , ., 4 b t 7,tl ,„_e posits at td not hitherto kept a banker. A.rl lll ' l ll,, P o 7 t t ,"Aotted 4 'an on the fluctuating balances of current ,he pi: j im , a,.. '', o4it Per aticl i m rorn day to day, at rates varying from one to Sol 01 4 o r b , , according to the amount and continuance 3,1 ~..,, I„.,edtt, ind a,, , a_nce, and promissory notes or bills, circular al, 11 • 4 . 4; 101/ . tow, nt . 's Payable to order or bearer, which may be ,_, 7 , r i 4 Zte , l tatti ;',.._ o !ne or abroad where there is a banker, are '3 , gob 0110 N',.', 41 : Bo f ce, 4 , 71 travellers, for whom they possess some e 3, of '', jo , ,040 11 7 6 ofi b , s ,_" e l e , 3 , safety, and utility. ,gee the e , 1.,. 4 ,_' , a e, T oil _ ~ 0 0 . s wit be communicated•on applicat'on at in the 1 P.4 l q, l L' 4', l ll '' Lain'illoeatiltn.e-yard ; or at the branches, 429, Strand ; ea peg -„,„ leto r i a , 97, Goswell-road, Islington- I, Shaftes- t Ilt.c t , street, Pi mlico ; ti ~'Ntric. 448,1PIiecdlliy. 50, Stones.end, ' Southwark ; CAMERON, General Manager. gsl e t '‘' '4114111,, T ok i e N nUn S se-yard, Lothbury. rto JO' l i to the It ,ko ir IPIT A. , s_ESTAB LTSHED 1937. • ney o° , PO 411 N IA LIFE ASSURANCE the / • I, COMPANY. ' • kA, ii, _ 'Ot.h2re4 b.„ ~ues-street, Bank, London. CES• , - ` , ste 44o ?tellal Act of Parliament, 4 Vict., cap. 9 - L 4? u4,-LANDER, Blackheath Park, CHAISMAN. `‘ ' '4COf pCU i' ,i, 1i5...44. Loans Premium or Debts. :11f• Col ° 'II kul e , ...requi red during first seven years. 0 be ' l ' Sixty or at death if occurring previously. ...,, Bs- • - • coo ores, Id ff eD '' !IS bt , ... •• • ; 11 '// ;t 1.1 " 0! / cOfc oto: Pin 11.,0,0 „., 4 p c; , o o, ;of fie t l 7 '7f 0 0 44 0. 03 ' 0 011 ' tha .•'' 3 0 0 • 43 1 / 2 • • •,„. , .• ;: t s cr l 3 1 0 0 ir s o 0 0 o 1 14 •• o OS 0 ~,. ~~ •'~ ' 3 13001 , jo 91 ;; r toe" to op, of irOV 1 01 1 4 ' ), o f po w Co (MUTUAL.) -411 14) Rtv: t Irtgl `••••.1.. I j I I I 4 8 9 ' d• 2 18 6 4 8 ` l l 5 13 4, Age. Years. 174onths1 3 0 0 Annual premium, Half Cniar - Yearly terly Pre- Pre mium. mium. £ s. s. d.; £ s. d. 2 7 31 1 4 2 0 12 3 27614 4 0 12 4 2 7 10 1 4 6 0 12 5 2 8 2, 1 4 8; 0 12 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. . 7 I‘T —TIO TELEGRAPH. 2 oleit, LONDON OFFICES N A , t C 4 , : ,,,, t tNi a .1 -s treet (six doors from the Royal Evchange.) 04,qt1 1 ,1rtur t i,:, , , Charing -cross (opposile the statue.) 8e to MiN" , on by underground wires with the principa :05, Words, including delivery, and address not ;;;,cli4 °C ace 2 , , „' , xeilange-buildings ••.. • • f•xcbange-arcade l2s 6d. ' 1 a4, 1 kri Eriish-street ,(,, ktolv I it 10) - at?g o ,„ r.eNsr-street : 1 44 44 1 I reen o . i,urlice, 18, Ex change,scluare •• • •• • • % , 3 1 , 01 114.1,; ) Cathcart-square... ...... pd. Iligh-street 23. College-green.. ...... 1, Donegal-street ........ 7s. Cd "ttiut o Pembroke.street wn ,,, The Quay • • • - EDWARD B. BRIGHT, Secretary s. Gd k.„ oy , r 44, It I, ti NO TIC E. ;, ; • 4 1t kl i., 0,,,Itl'A N 9J- 4 17 TECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTITRE Ou SIEGE OPERNTICiNi in 4.tN\.t.'l')-i,"-sToPor by E. JEKYLL, Esq. (late ( aptain Models and Diagrams of /,6!t Evening; the sth, and Tuesday Even o'eloot 1 .4 411 th e , If o N, I ,e. ell °' , ), 1 / 4 ,/ ' CASINO ARGYLL ROOMS.- 4 4 ,..41:74 d ls'i l e wi '',IGth, lass.— ' Duting ‘ the course of this week it . ` , et.' t itlj b. e On .!I he played by LaLrent's Orchestra :—Ovcr- Q ll \to 'e5i.1 .4,1, ,..,` 1 n1e), Rossini; Waltzes: Wellen and Wo!e_n ,a , 7 m ,... 11 4V,°' t:" 4 . Strauss • Vermahlung's Toaste, Strauss ,i 1 41: , ,, Neni,'",810',,,,, e arnaval de Venise tby «lesire), 11. Laurent, te ` ti• li ke , ,e c thc pri I Iper .trmers; Quituirilles :Le Comte . ,kk il . °lit e , ne pa P P qlb, , t , ki, , !cl Or, Bougnol ; the Highlanders. H. Laurent , 1. 4 ' 4 (4,0n ' 4'alt e .."'t'sche, Matbilde, ':onntsaeysteus;Ponzas : Etta, , u Laurent ; the ithOt;_reat4"..a.gerie Bousquet ; , Theretu T. Browne. Principal fit; , tl z 3 t ll , ( l a Ln tii Ni.,ii Gallop , p oA v l e l r P ! informationEx relative to music tat4:2,l_ Us e lc u rer n e r sitory unler the orehestra...nr. rs open 4 i\leSt half_p ist,—Admission, One Shun );°h4.`irEsEND STAB t't i"'??B,..., PACKETS. etl/4' the at the Greeninthe and Purfleet Pie:7 !,;-• it Piers as underlined (weather permit w TERRACE PIER, aItAvEsEND• 1 !'' bsys. 1 \,.,,,___ - I '' 1 i", - .si' 1 1% 1 g 6. ~ -,i: • 44 , ~ -, -----_ --- -. .... 1 Time SUNDAYS. f.) 90 4 A 4 4 - I t O ~~~~S Ep ~ ~~ttpl Lalurch-street Station to all parts of London ,11,1„. BLA.CIINVILL' on the arrival of tho fo , - from the Fenchurch-street Station. I t 'ur ch SUNDAIS. th. g a; church 11 21 { z 4 Street r. 4 E , 4i 4 I - I 4;41(4 04 ,y4 . t4 tT r a erlci , 4 7 1 14 tutd London • • • • • • Pte tl 4 e ° , , telld „IllackWall or Wooll `lttto'qopth,•trs Intermediat , " Pie 4 0. ; or'l• 21 . 'A — Twelve Mouttr e *s4 - or k ".; to be had oi tr. "' -, t — "x, Terrace Pier,,! Fore Cabin, Si ••• 10d. Is, rid, Bd. .. 0.8 rs .. 6d. .. Os. Os.; Six Months, Collectors on bol iravesend. 3/. Os. ; rad the tet - ------____ k i'llab tl Pl's , fr, 1," Ed, Arise ' -- MITIES OF YOUTII AND MATUR ITY. \ ° 23 ., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 k ll th It, It V stamps, tt 'el.,!i ll rea 4 List, , s ° II S - DEBILITY; I ‘ °l4 l ir ra P t oms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper k ' OF,Z O d, e of ractical Observations on a safer and more :,, lee i s treatment of the diseases of the Generative ',1%,,'41W. by 1 . ; the use of the Microscope in detecting and 'qt,, , t ,Y of „ nn arY examination the real e,ause and effect . if ":''' o: l 44 l,, d _ent, o ut p e :', l ,aint, whether ' arising from solitary habits, y 4,1 D t f',kra. . ornate, followed by practical remarks, !omit ; NY% '''llity i t tPerinice in the treatment of Impnlssa.n , O ttt p";kt'y ,0,1114,'„%0cal Weakness, !spermatorrhees, S•cc. io which ilt` ta 'btm ( .7,.`arles on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre- NOC dingy the evils emanating from empirical practice, k, ' l4 tttdius rem‘dies advocated by various writers on —vraer s . C 4c. 1 4 n Y tA . k 1 , ,, ,b 1 , MUEL LA'MRRT, M.D. AT , "•1!,,-1,, ,C 1 it D-S QUARE LONDO N, , kl'o t tifiZ l k)ra ry e ',,,l' f atrieulated Member of the University of 11 . din 0 4 ‘;,....1et °1. Ap,i7 c other of the London Hospital Medical Flovety. ik l , 4 th r "„ 4 ! obj;4"aries' treatiseon &sc., Sze. 5A.2444-`idioci Of this is to point out the fearful,,ore- V l Dul t oattr.„,,, c4n Certain habits, irregularities, and excesas, r , ,, 41,,, - .nat t , ,-, More miser in Youth, degradation in Ilan -1,,1'1,11,k5F '4 4 4° decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any t;. l i," ,3 ‘ 4 4i te orni e kn own to modern pathologists. Its perusal is 'll t , i 'lli i h' co n Zei.ded to persons entertaining secret doubts of Olt • 4 G1)1 4 „2° ,1 , and who arc conscious of having hazarded tA,,St„. '"''. and privileges to which every human being is k 4 i, ,tl l'ttl i , e, ''.- -ergo', laarY thatall men should know, that there are t s ):;h4; o e vot s Management which cannot be violated witnou o t Stc,kliti., in c es, and when wisdom and rezret succc di, t" th,atee?lnS.derate self-lmlulgence, bow than! penalties _ 1 t k R N 9 ' -11 . St ' (3.77 t he sting of their bitterness may be remove Ni),:te. t ,;;',fte3 re - n i ' 1 Its consequences may be avoided, and ahoy? all, a: % t lltr `to w : i'.'. 3 ' ztoY decree of physical infirrnity or functior , tal ,'"tt„,„ h i t a I ,:ncli the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. 0; 1 , 114 i t;?, t r u r ,o series of ycatro been ensaged a nn an extensive . '4,li t 'il, 1 :? 4: l 4,l bent of these delicate complaints, which have , Itic,„kitvt4l('lntiette° Morally confided to the caro ot ignoran. a, 'at • 011 0 Pret ( ; n .,great Injury on those who are induced to place tih,t;,),l4lt..‘4)o!l.l2l:‘'Pe.lnTY• may be had, price 2%, of Mesars. Piper, isuner li ties 4, '' ,P ateritoster-row; Hannay, ors: Oxt.nd-strec, iviqlle,„r ) , 3 t, f;senare; Mann, 39, Cornhill; cke by poet for A t t l i N r g o.' address from the Author's residence, 37, Red ''''iihnj, t°t,illtation daily from * Eleven till Two, and from t k, I , tll kt. ,-- ;; *------ -- 14 n WZLL ' o 4t, - ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AN, \ ly. qiiar, .INDIGESTION. ),,,. ' Derangements, .‘ 'l O 1. Constipation, and Ilremorrholds, Is. , each, by post k l• i ''p `" RAT - DPINK, AND AVOID. ,' , lt h ' 4 o l tir AbSt fi , -.-w 4 • t: ke \ eXDo s i t , e n-at Ifllllti, curantur morbi." hiN" eq t ,' Of th_' 3ll Of the principal causes (over and careless t il,l tt rially the b 4 411 4 . 1 7 4 harassing and distressing complaints, ti:'l 4 3' 4 Of th i gi-le and popular exposition of how we should 4 i t q and r „,ere ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal ' k . i. cut"' hi siruetions for ofthe regimen and observance of the twenty- four. Illustrated by numerous ti 41a'teAND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. ll 44 th at bath n o wif, I hold him lost, t jectes4, Ple% tr .an d all desolat. Ile that hath no child, A ft : m, rr , and tvinde."—Chauccr. 'a,g, 0 , its expectations and Xecessitles—Dev d ek e T a ng e ll iio_ve Matches—Precipitate, le kr t ttl i. Z*l"4, 3 andlrygsriletirre3,cititueanless l Unsuitableness—Mental v a a l ng a n ee 14b1t~eg Ges tation— e lleredltarY Resemblanc c rM ll ae tw o . _;? 1 2 . Infelicitous,_l e nfertile, an [ 4s ° Div7ce, &c., & INFRINGEMENTS. 1, tqi, hat Da A Lecture to Young Men. et t . rutb. ssieris hurt the body—what improve. " kl ttl lti llt tlo t , h4 l l7 refined as Athens ever heard." The adven t re't:,tesl:;,,,,,CLaal;itge' from infan . cy to e o i ld ge. t a The casualties of t'44 /e - . ' 414 ' 1 P 4loB4l l, (l lv i lf a h ire tzt Advocacy of early marriages, &c. Itt t 'ret b is 4. *graphic, narrative, t., ll l);`° lloot.ases. their Self-management and Cure. comprehensive and popular expos e i e ti ra on . tally ,4 di seztaes—their nature and treatment, all of Zt ki‘ng,,,,k,,,mary and secondary symptoms,. _ 250 en.. Pre scriptions 'lPct ure and spermatorrhosa , witk ~ 111 t 11 4.41.) bttltrlzi?lt' trI IETLITC S A . , and RECTUM.—Comprising 'At eoli.irnts, C onstipation. and Ilromorrholds. 114 0 y Z,(1,7, companions to the preceding. 4 11 OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. k)%ro ori ii uem . ide Vivre.") Ik r thtr, 4, 2 3, h i , . us to fair faith. '—Shake.spere: er noster-row ; Mann, 39, Commit , or of eto4ceeeB7,„"" / tIDILA RD CULVERWELL, ip ' t kay' l f , of th-e•,,,_nd Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the 1141414,114vi..!;°/e, 1 0, Argyll -place, Regent-street, London. v — y `i c with on the above matters daily, from Ten till llin g ti sfrqUl Beven till Nine. 1 TUE MOSLEM and the CHRISTIAN or, Adventuies in the East. By SAD YK PASHA. _ _ . Revised, w;th Original Notes, by Colonel Szyrma, Editor of " Re velations of Siberia " " eve , y respect a remarkable kook, containing a history of the exploits of one of the leading characters in the present important eastern campaign."—Messenger. Rfurst and illackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, INDISPUTABILITY. —The only complete it. security in Life Assurance. Price Sixpence, •or by post 51gbt- ence ----- Letts, Son, and Steer, Royal Exchange; Wm. Tweedie, 337, Strand Jut published, price 55., by post, free, ss. Gd.,_ RICTURE of the URETHRA : its Rational Treatment and Prompt Cure. ' P '" J ! By F B. COURTENII:I - , Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Er.glsnd. We believe Mr. Couttenay's experience. intim treatment of stric ture during the last twenty yo.srs has equal!, d, if, indeed, it hat not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, therefore, no matter of sur,rse that he should enjoy the reputation of being a most tlexterous and skilful 'matipu ator 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 eratitic etion on Mr. ,:ourtenay's part, to have achieved the reputation he has in this res , ect ; and for our part, with the ka9 wledge we have ',l4ttretcptrience, we know or. no man to whootite , x, would with rester confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra "Medical Circular. London: 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ISLINGTON CEIA.PEL. —DEATH of the EMPEROR of RUSSIA.—On SUNDAY Evening (To-morrow), March 4th, a SERMON will be preached at Islington Chapel (riser the Church), to improve this event. Divine service begins at half past 6 o'clock. "LOOK ON THIS PICTURE." Freezing keen and severe—lce to be seen everywhere. Sk sting and siding the passion—comfort and warmth the right fashion. All streams in a state of blockade, but those of E. M. and SON'S trade No business can freeze in their hands —their Clothing will meet all demands. 'I his Winter 'tie very we 1 known, they 've the greate t activity shown. In the parks, on the ice, everywhere, Messrs. MOSES' productions appear—their OVERCOATS, Wakpraxs, and CAPES—their HATS in the newest of shapes. SPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI March 1,1855, E. MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to gnard the public against imposition, having learned that the nutradesman-like falsehooi of " Being connected with their Establishmont," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CCRTNEXION WITH ANT °TITER UoUSE IN Oft OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, AS follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 66, Aidgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 503, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street. all communicating. 'Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 2.3, Bridge-street. Sheffield Brand., 30. Parrott°. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tana: ~ Clothiers, Batters, floaters, Furriers, Boot ar d Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.--Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the nnney will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset so Saturdays, when business to resumed - till 1 &clock. A new Book for Autumn and Winter. it The Commercial Corms : opia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measim. ;tent, etc., may be had on application. or post-free. ici l'on pane Francaits. tau si earls Itslit no. 'Bier soricht man Deotsoh Aqua sa hable Esparto. An illustrated Almanac for 1855 rratison application ,or nost free. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. OUNDLE STEEPLECHASES. FRIDAY. The Fox Hunters' Stakes of 20 sovs each, h ft. Gentle men riders. Professionals, or grooms, 10lb extra. Over three miles. Mr. Percival's Abd-el-Kader, aged, 14st (Mr. G rdon) 1 Mr. H. Hail's Lit ation, aged, 14.4 (Mr. Bann) 2 Colonel Shirley's The Brevet, aged, 14st (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Slapdash, b g by Worlaby Baylock, Jasper, and The Little Known. Betting-5 to 2 agst Litigation, 7to 2 agst Brevet, 4 to 1 agst Ahd-el-Kader, 5 to 4 agst Brevet and Abd-el- Kader coupled. Won by two lengths. Bad third. Grand Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sow. each, 5 ft., and only 2 if declared, with 100 added, The second to save his stake. About 4 miles. Mr. B. Land's The Gmetai, aged, lOst 31b....(Graen) 1 Mr. C. Higgins na Maria Day, 9st (Burrows) 2 Mr. Wright na British . Yeornan, 9st 121 b (Lamplugh) 3 The following also ran :—Diana, The Rejected, The Dean, Honeycomb, and Quicksilver. Betting-2 to 1 asst British Yeoman, 3to 1 agst the Gener4l, 9to 2 agst Diana. The General finished a long way in the van ; Maria Day, after falling, was second past the post, followed at a long linterval by British Yeoman, who refused twice in the race. The others "nowhere." The Farmers' and Tradesmen's Steeplechase was won by Mr. T. Price's mare by Spanish Jack, list 21b (Owner), beating Mr. J. Elmore's Huntsman, 12st 71b (Mr. Goodman), second ; Mr. Percival's Miss Coiling wood, 12st 71b (Mr. Gordon), third ; and two others. The winner was objected to on the ground that his owner was not qualified to ride, according to the condi tions. • HANDCOCK V. DELACOUR.—We understand from quarters likely to he well informed on th e subject, that this important case which occupied so much time in the. Court of Chancery last term, is farther than ever from a settlement, and that a rehearing next term will be sought, when the Marquis of Clanricarde and some of the next of kin of the last of the Misses Handcock will appear, and claim to be heard by eminent counsel. It is said that new documents and facts, which give the case an entirely different aspect, will then come to light. 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( From the Times of this day.) Scarcely had the intelligence of the serious illness of the Emperor of Russia arrived in this country in the course of yesterday morning, when authentic despatches reached the Government announcing that his life was already at an end, and that soon after midnight on the 2d of -March Nicholas I. had expired; His death is attributed to pulmonic apoplexy, or congestiou of the lungs. Nosingle event could have hap pened in Europe of such momentous importance at the pre sent time to the whole family of civilised nations ; no event could have occurred more startling from the contrast' between the pride and power of a ruler who sent forth but yesterday his myriads to battle, and seemed to hold the issues of life and death in hig own hmds, but who is now less than the least of his serfs, and lower than the dust of that empire which was lately his own. In the long array of history, and among those figures dimly seen along the ages of the past which bear im perishable traces of their guilt and their doom, none stands a more visible mark of retributive justice than he who has thus abruptly passed from the scene of human affairs. The sum mons of Belshazzar upon the fiery wall wasnot more appalling —the destruction of Seuacherib not more terrible. This blow has fallen not only on the armies which Russia has equipped for the defence of her territory—not only on her policy and her alliances, but more especially on the one great author of the war, who has expiated with the loss of reputation, the lops of power, and the loss of life itself, the outrage he com mitted ou the rights of other States and on the peace of Europe. We shall not press against the bier of the pub lic enemy the charges to which in his lifetime the Emperor Nicholas was exposed; we 6hall not give vent to feelings of hostility and resentment against one who is.beyond the reach of human censure. The touch of an Omni potent will reduces the fabric of all earthly power to dust and ashes, and vindicates the course of eternal justice by means infinitely above our knowledge. Such an event silences the discord of the world, as it were by the stroke of Heaven, and must suggest oven to tha most indifferent minds thoughts which cannot find theie place among the petty interests of daily life. The Emperor Nicholas was born on the 6th of July, 1796, from the marriage of his father, the Emperor Paul, with a Princess of Wurtemberg. He was therefore in the 59th year of his age, and he had filled the throne °LAO the Russias for very nearly 30 years._ It has been observed that no Prince of the house of Romanoff has ever reached old age, and that the close of their lives has been sometimes violent, always sudden ,_ Nicholas has lived beyond the customary age of his race, and probably the cause of his death is to be traced to the long and uncontrolled exercise of absolute power, to the natural violence of his passions, and to the effect ou such a character of the bitter lessons of the last few months, He ascended the' throne in the prime of life, and ho won his crown by his, own daring and composure in the face of great dangers. The revolt of the 26th of De cember, 1825, which broke out among the Guards and the populace of St. Petersburg, upon the abdication of Constantino and the accession of Nicholas was one of the greatest perils ever braved by a sovereign ; but the Czar displayed so unflinching a resolution, and so lofty a spirit of command, that he subdued the mal contents by his authority, and instantly acquired that domi nation over the people of Russia which has remained unshaken through all ranks of the Muscovite population to the day of his death. From that hour, too, the Emperor has played no inconsiderable part in the affairs of Europe, and the first years of his reign were agitated by events inferior only iu importance to those of the present time. War soon broke out between Russia and Persia, and another province was added to the colossal empire of the north. The Greek insur rection, to which the policy of Alexander secretly contributed, served to extend the interest of Russia in the East, and in IS2B war was declared between the young Emperor and the Sublime Porte. In the course of the ensuing operations the Emperor found, however, that he had not the talent of mili tary command, and he never again appeared at the head of his armies in the field, though he devoted a great part of his life to the cares'ef military administration, and undoubtedly extended and improved the forces of the empire. But, what ever may have been his designs against the empires of the East in the earlier period of his reign, they were suspended, and a different character was given to the policy of his reign for 2 I years by the French Revolution of 18.i0. Frem that mo ment it was against the free Governments of the West that the Emperor Nicholas reserved his strength. He drew closer his ties of alliance with Austria and Prussia, insomuch that those States continued for many years to act as the tributa ries of his empire and the vassals of his policy. He heaped contumely on the constitutional monarchy of France. With England he endeavoured to remain on terms of goodwill, though not of clo4e amity ; and he is known . to have professed through life the belief that a rupture with this country, especially if it were allied with France, would be an event of the most fatal import to Russia and to the prosperity of his reign. He had lived long enough to verify the prediction, without having the prudence to avert its consequences. During this period, from 183 J to 1840, his influence on the affairs of Europe was neither very energetic nor very direct. He had in 1831 crushed with con siderable difficulty, but with unsparing rigour, the great Polish insurrection, which might have wrested from him the western provinces afterwards incorporated in the empire. He succeeded in 1832 in establishing a Russian army on the Bosphorus, and extorted the Treaty of Unkiar 'Skellessi from the failing hands of Sultan Mahmoud. Throughout his reign the under-current of Russian intervention in the affairs of Turkey may constantly be traced until it reached, in 1853, that catastrophe which has for the last twe years convulsed Europe. In 1840 the insidious propositions of Russia, being adopted by the British Government and by that of Austria, led us to thehrink,of war with France, and engaged us in military operations in Syria; but with this exception the peace of the world remained undisturbed until 1848. Upon the occurrence of that earthquake, which overthrew half the thrones of continental Europe, the Emperor Nicholas alone seemed completely prepared to meet the shock, and completely unmoved by its violence. His forbearance was equal to his strength. He sought no pretext for interference int he affairs of other States, although he did not refuse his succour when it was required; he took no unfair advantage of the weakness and confusion of other countries, and the advice ho tendered -was invariably favourable to the cause of order and of peace. The conduct of the Emperor Nicholas during those event ful and perilous years from 1848 to 1851, raised him higher than he had ever stood before ; he was regarded as one of the wisest, as well as one of the most powerful Sovereigns of Europe, and those even who detested his despotic government could not deny that he had shown moderation, temper, and a strong desire for peace. Nor had his internal government of the Russian empire been less successful. Although he continued to oppress the finances and the population by an enormous military establishment, he had undoubtedly laboured with success to develope the re sources of the country. The means of communication were improved, foreign merchants were protected, the numerous departments of public service were placed under severe con trol, and the condition of the rural population on the vast demesnes of the Crown was notably improved. No Sovereign ever succeeded in inspiring his own subjects of the Muscovite race with a more fanatical attachment to his person, and it is perfectly true that wherever the lofty stature and imperial port of the Czar were seen throughout his dominions ho was hailed as a demigod rather than as a man. His pride rose with his station and his power, and at times he seemed possessed with hallucinations acting upon a mystical and excitable name as if ho, indeed, transcended the appointed limits of all human greatness. - By what marvellous fatality, by what infatuation, or by what perversity could it then happen, that a ruler of men already past the illusions of youth, versed in the affairs of Europe, and professedly solicitous to maint tin the constituted order of things, suddenly descended from this exalted position, committed acts of astonishing imprudence and injustice, destroyed his own influence throughout the world, and died at last without a friend ? Two short years have barely elapsed the m steady saiundceeaPehrinsueecceMsseinvseemhileonotTs ldieespabretueirie m o a n ric h ed is f b a y tal progress of the Emperor of Russia down this declivity of bad f a a nd itha,tolfasatgof death,gression which bib,thlotoedsrmheinda,tesof tdhoefeaatp,poLindgeshoilasttoioryn: Yet at every step his own act hes brought about his chastise ment, and the other Powers of Europe have been accused of too much forbearance in their eagerness to avert some of the deplorable consequences of this struggle. He was warned early, frequently, and emphatically, that if he persisted in this course, and if he fatted to control that indomitable pride which gave a pernicious import to his smallest actions, he would fall under the ban of Europe ; and it is impossible to doubt that the agonising sense of humiliation and remorse at the loss of all he bad reason to prize has terminated his life. It is one of the most solemn and forcible examples of the tie which links human greatness to human frailty ; and through out all future time the reign of Nicholas of Russia will be re membered as au instance of the miserable ending of a career which has been sacrificed to bad and destructive passions, when it might have been prolonged in peace, good Same, mid Lonour. (From the Daily News of this day.) Nicolas Paulovitch is dead; but the Emperor of Russia lives still. Boundless as was the ambition of the late Em peror, and relentless as was his will, he was less formidable as an individual than as a part of the Muscovite system of government. Though he has gone to his account, the spirits of Peter the Great and Catherine 11. continue to animate the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. The Muscovite party—headed by 3rlenschikoff, Siniavin, and the Patriarch of Moscow—which overpowered the remonstrances of Nesselrode, and goaded on the Czar himself to his aggressions on Turkey, survives with undiminished strength and unaltered principles. The death of the Sovereign cannot but give a momentary pause to the operations of the Russian Government. The Muscovite and German parties may possibly try their strength in a prelimi nary struggle to decide who is to be the. Emperor. Constan tine, the second son, is the favourite of the former ; Alexan der, the eldest, of the latter. From what is known of the feelings and wishes of Nicholas, it is very unlikely that he will be found to have nominated, like his predecessor, the younger brother heir to the Crown, in preference to the older. But in Russia a preponderating party could not shrink from the fabrication of spurious documents; and the milder Alexander may be obliged to make way for the engrained Rassiau Con stantine. Until it is known for certain who is Emperor of Russia, and by what councillors ho is surrounded, it would bo rash in the Western Powers to assume that there will be any immediate change in their relations to Russia. Oa the con trary, the doubt and hesitation which the death of Nicholas cannot but instil into the councils of the Russian generals in the Crimea will present a favourable opportunity for a home blow at the Muscovite power in that peninsula. The balance of parties in Russia is understood to be some what as follows :-- , -There is among its influential statesmen what is called the German party, of which Count Nesselrode may be considered the leader and " representative man." This party inclines to act upon those principles of international law which are recognised by the other European powers, and to aim at the assimilation of Russia to the rest of Europe. Opposed to this is what is called the Russian,,or Sclavonic, party, of which, as wo have said, Menschikoff,'Siniavin, and the Patriarch of , Moscow, may be considered as the leaders and " representative men." This party is animated by a desire to preserve and strengthen all tho peculiar characteristics of the Russian people, and to extend the conquests of the empire and the ascendancy of the national faith. Except among the nobles of the Baltic provinces and the merchants of St. Petersburg and Odessa, the German party has few retainers in the body of the people. The Russian party possesses tho sympathies of the Russian race, in so far as they ever trouble their heads about public matters. Nesselrode, the only man of note or ability among the Germans, possesse s considerable tact and skill in diplomatic intrigue, but has been always too much of a courtier to say "no" to any wish of his master. Tho Russ sian party is more turbulent and setwilled, and is under- j t stood to have goaded on the late Cz to attempt the fulfil-.1 ment of the ambitious projects of P ' ' and Catherine more predipitately than Nilicolas himself d ' ired. Menschikoff is a mere soldier, but of strong will ; Sin ' 'in, the pupil of Ni=is selrode, rivals his mast rin his tact LI talent for intrigue, but is a bigoted Sclavonian. Fro "..i the peculiar feelings cherished by the Russians towards their priesthood; it is diffi cult to conjecture what is the exact Poaracter or amount o , the influence of the Patriarch. Thei - Power of the Russian party appears to have preponderated pining the latter years of the reign of Nicholas. Its influenei —based as it is upon national prejudice--will probably be increased durin g the earlier years of a new reign. If Alexander ascend the throne, he will be its reluctant; instrument ;‘ if Constkntine, he will be its willing instrument and leader. .The immediate policy, of the Russian GoVernment will depend in a great measure upon the 'extent to which the pressure of the war has begun: to be felt. If the merchants are embarrassed iu their cir-- cumstances— if the nobles feel their l uxur i es curtailed—if the people ,have become sore and irritable under the con scription, that policy will be temporising. .But, tempo- ' rising or Midi:miens, the objects of tit° Russian Government, to thwart and baffle which the Western Powers are now liu arms, will not be relinquished. Material guarantees tit Russia will henceforth abstain from " committing aggressions ou its western neighboursinnd from troubling the peace of Europe, will be as indispenslOole as ever. How far France and England can 4tely upon the co-opera tion of Germany in their efforts to obtain these guarantees is extremely doubtful. The Austrian Wabinet, relieved from immediate fears inspired by Nicholas, (nd reverting to its sus picions Of revolutionary propagandists In the West, shay not be indisposed to patch up peace with the ilow Sovereign of Russia. The King Of Prussia may be emancipat'nd from the servile fear with which Nicholas inspired_him ; but the Conservative fac tion in his court will still exercisetheir influence over him, to keep him true to Russia and despotism. It were sheer waste of time to conjecture what may be " the drift of hollow states, hard to be spelled." Butt l4much is certain, the mutual jealousies of the Austrian an . russian Cabinets will induce them to seek pretexts for s dela 6 'each fearing that the other may be trying to - ga's an advaaage over it; and much time will be lost before the Germanie',.. Confederation can de cide who is to command its federal army—more, before that army can be organised, and money raised for its support. France and England cannot afford to wait for the dilatory movements of the Germanic Powers—they must act promptly and vigorOusly for themselves. There has been a good deal of mystification—some of it wilful— about the nature and objects of Lord John Russell's mission to Vienna. His enemies—both those of the peace-at any-price party and those of the ultra-revolutionary party— haVe assiduously propagated the belief that the solo pur pose for which Lord John haS been sent to Vienna is to put an end to the war as soon as possible. They are dis seminated as a preparation for raising an . outcry against Lord John as an unsuccessful negotiator in the event of his not concluding peace; or of rendering him suspected by the decided opponents of Russia. Unless we are much mistaken in the man, he has undertaken the mission with a view to make peace if Russia consent to terms. that will give real security to Europe; but if there should be any appearance of insincerity in its overtures, or of a disposition to waste time in aimless and dilatory negotiations on the part of the Ger man Powers, he will doubtless cut the humbug short, peremp torily, and at once. And this is the only sound policy. Peace—a durable peace, with ample security for the tranquil lity and independence of the nations of Europe—is most de sirable ; but it can only be obtained by inflexible firmness on the part of the Western Fowers. (From the Mornin g Herald of this cloy.) The news of the death of the Emperor of Russia was re ceived last night in the two Houses of Parliament with pro found emotion. It will, if we mistake not, create correspond ing emotion through every rank add in all portions of this great empire.' Whatever may be the feelings which animate Englishmen against their common enemy—however convinced they may be of the truth and justice of their cause, it is not their wont to rejoice over a fallen foe ; still less over one who has been called away from this earth to render his account to a higher and more solemn tribunal. -v The din of armies, the . rewards of subee and dexterous policy, the achievement of long-conceived plans, can soothe no longer " the dull cold car." The contrast between the.dead and the living man, whose single word could niarshal armies and terrify the na tions, awakens thoughts far removed from any feelings of triumph. On Friday morning, March 2d; bawcan the hours of twelve and one, died Nicholas 1., Emperor of all the Russias, of a fit of apoplexy, which had succeeded an attack of influenza, in the 26th year of his reign and the 60th year of his age. The late Emperor was born. July 6th (June 25), 1796, and succeeded his brother Alexander 1., December Ist (Nov. 19), 1825. His elder brother Constantine had voluntarily abdi cated his right to the throne in consequence of his marriage with a Polish lady of inferior*rank. But he might have con sidered this resignation was no longer valid at the death of Alexander, and there were indications among the populace which would have encourag.d a more ambitious man to press his claims and mount the throne. The conduct , of the two brothers deserves to be recorded. At this uncertain moment, the first to present himself to take the oath of fealty to Con stantine was Nicholas, the legal successor; nor 'would he con sent to accept the crown until the 13th December, when Constantine had repeated his formal abdication. Once, how- ever, pronounced the successor, Nicholas displayed tliat in flexible resolution and iron will white. I:‘yer forsook him to the last moment of his life. He waia bat 29 years old when _ f , he mounted the throne ; indications : discontent were mani fested in various parts' of his doni * s, but the prudence and intrepidity of the new Czar w proof against all mis fortunes. His person was enough ' inspire awe, and his erect bearing and martial carriage, i.iost without their effect upon more enlightened people, were'unspeakable advantages in gaining the favour of the half-civi4 , --al masses of his domi nions. • - - Nor were these advantages of person unsupported by men tal and moral qualities of a peculiar order. Whatever might shake the confidence of others, Nicholas never shared in any of their doubts; he had not an atom of the amiable weak nesses of his brother Alexau3er. He possessed a perfect and unshaken faith in himself and his destiny ; he never ques tioned for a moment the blessings of a despotic Government ; he never wavered in his loyalty to the Greek faith.- The two convictions lent strength and support to each other. They guided and inspired his conduct towards his own subjects; they influenced his policy towards foreign nations. Nor can it be doubted that he succeeded in planting the same convic tions in the minds of his subjects ; and thus gave a unity of action and a consistency to his measures, in which most of his strength consisted. The battle of Navarino in 1827 soon gave the new Sove reign an opportunity of signalising himself. A campaign, ending with the surrender of Varna and the treaty of Adrian ople in 1829, laid the Turk at the feet of Russia, and enabled the Czar to show how much moderation is compatible with the most inflexible self-will. '!rhen came the French revolu- tion and the insurrection in Poland (183x)—an upheaving o: an Oppressed people, rebelling against - the savage brutality oi Constantine. With these two exceptions, Nicholas was enabled to devote himself exclusively to those schemes of in ternal improvement and self - aggrandisement the results of which have been so fearfully displayed within the last twelve months. The condition of the various kingdoms of Europe was favourable to his designs. France was shaken by revo lutions and change of dynasties; Austria was troubled by dissensions in Italy and the wars of Hungary ; Prussia was too much bent upon securing its own interests to interfere with a rich and powerful Sovereign, who thus advanced un molested with real but inevitable strides to the unqueStioned supremacy of all Eastern Europe. • The revolt of Bucharest, in 1848, gave Nicholas an oppor tunity of tasking the force and value of his long-husbanded strength and resources. He now came forth in his new cha racter, as protector of the kingdoms on his borders. Turkey and Austria were to feel the weight and value of his help. " Russia was to fulfil its mission." This was his striking and fanatic . declaration. In that mission it was to respond to the call of all the neighbouring nations, and establish their au thority who, apprehension, were in the Czar's app re h e not able to e stablish it for themselves. The design was a bold one. It was pursued by Nicholas with undeviating constancy ; with a perseverance thatnothing could dishearten. It did not suit with this design to be nice in the choice of his means, much less to employ violence where moderation and conciliation were available. He knew too wall his own strength and the preciousness of the prize to alarm the jealousy of others without cause, or rouse their pride by any needless appearance of arrogance. But this mildness sand this moderation were not incompatible with the most determined obstinacy, or with an unflinching resolve to carry, out his purposes. By no means. Ho was one of those men who, having once set their minds upon the accomplish ment of an object, are not to be diverted from it. 11l success, delay, disappointment, serve only to whet their appetites and augment their desire and their struggle for possession. So was it with Nicholas. Was there any object upon which he had set his mind that ha ever 'abandoned Did over the prostra tion. of his hopes at any time induce Min to abandon those hopes entirely I Maier that aiipa as ren nirbtalyiliz there assiv lurked a e face and s tatue-like form, rigid and pe rf ect fire which never died oqt, an ambition amounting to fanati cism, which nothing could extinguish. The later events of h's life are too recent to require,a.ny ex tended notice. They are a lesson to illimaitaibitllePdorwoe; not the eisily f orgo tten. A little grain of sand, almost imperceptible particle of fidating air, can bring the sense of mortality to the bravest and most thoughtless of us all. A handful of mountaineers in the Caucasus, a purpose pushed a little too indiscreetly has stoppedfor ever the advance of a great power, which all Europe has for many years been gazing at with uneasiness or dismay. We eau.not for a certainty predict the return of all things to an ordinary and peaceful channel by his removal, who was the Soul of this great enterprise, whose breath kindled and fanned the war, but such a result is almost inevitable. Not only is there now a better chance for peace and the mediation of Lord John Russell, but Alexander Nice . laiewitch, who succeeds his father, is unfavourable to the con tinuation of the war. Ho has signalised already his prudence by strongly protesting against it. 110 has even been plAted under arrest. for his manly firmness in opposing his late father's wishes. Were he, indeed, inclined to give credence to those dim feelings of foreboding w hich somet i mes have attached th e mis fortunes of great men and great houses to certain spots, the new Czar would regard the Crimea with more than feelings of aversion. It is there that the best blood and treasure of his house has been wasted. There, too, hundreds and thou sands of his bravest countrymen . have been cast away and sacrificed in a fruitless and unworthy contest. The Crimea has been fatal to his family. It has broken the heart of his father. It was there, also,-that, after a visit to Sebastopol, ou his way to Bakshi-Sergi, Alexander, his uncle, was taken ill, and died in the arms of the Empress, on the Ist of De cember. In his last moments the 'sinking man ordered the blinds of his window to be thrown open, and, gazing on the cloudless sunny skies, exclaimed, " What a lovely day ! " Little did. he anticipate.vrhat sorrows to his race and nation that very spot should witness within a generation ! MEMOIR OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. (From the Morning Post of this day.) A few hours ago the attention of all Europe was fixed upon one man, the Sovereign 'of a great and mighty empire, whose voice gave law to fifty millions of the human race—who re presented in himself the barbarism of the North. Now, for the second time, brought. into contact with the civilisation and progress of Western Europe, and now, by the inscrutable - decree of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, he has been suddenly cast down, to afford, by his sudden and melancholy fate, another emphatic commentary on the inspired words, that 4. in the midst of life Ivo are in death." Nicholas Panlowiteh was born at St Petersburg on the 7th of July, 1796, being the third I son of the Emperor Paul, by his second wife, Mary of Wirtemberg. Of his father, whose eccentricities amounted to insanity, and who was muldored by his nobles in consequence of an alliance which his infatu ated admiration for the Emperor Napoleon the First had in duced him to contract, it is unnecessary to speak. His mother, a woman of intelligetice, superintended his educa tion, which she committed to General de Lambsdorf, who was assisted, amongst others, by the Countess de Lieven, the philologist Aliening, and the Councillor Stork. At an early _period ho applied himself with great ardour to military pur suits, in which he evinced considerable proficiency, especially iu the art of fortification. He also studied the science of po litical economy, and became as familiar with the French and German languages as with his native tongue. He cultivated music, alaste which he gratified after his accession to the throne, not only by the composition of several military airs, but by attracting to his capital the most diStingnishedmusi clans of Europe. However, in youth his instructors formed no high estimate of his abilities. He was taciturn, melan choly, and, when not engaged in his military studies, absorbed in trifles. In after life ho distinguished himself as a patron ' of the Fine Arts, to gild, with the tinsel of an imported civilisation, the native and barbaric splendour of his Court. When the French invasion took place ,Nicholas was too young to take part in the noble defence which Russia made, or to join in those great military operations which ultimately led to the overthrow of Napoleon and the occupation of his capi tal. He was, however, old enough to be .an observant, though distant, spectator of the greatest struggle in which the people that he was afterwards called upon to govern were ever engaged; and the recollection of the enthusiasm and devotion then exhibited by them, in a just cause, may have lured him on - to those fatal and boundless schemes of aggression which now suddenly have been brought to a close. .On the restoration of peace in 1814, he left Russia to travel, and visited the principal battle-fields of Europe. In 1816 he arrived in England, where he received a cordial welcome. On returning home, he visited tile different provinces of Russia, for the purpose of becoming acquainted with the actual condition of the population. In July, 1817, he mar ried Charlotte Louisa, the eldest daughter of Frederick Wil giant of Prussia, and sister of the present King. Four s ons and three daughters are the issue of this marriage, the eldest son, Alexander Nicolaiewitch, having been been born in the year 1818. At this time Nicholas had little expectation of obtaining the Imperial Crown ; but in the year 1825, his eldest brother, the Emperor Alexander, died at Taganrog, in the Crimea, it is supposed by poison. The next heir to the throne was the Grand Duke Constantine, who was then at Warsaw, and Nicholas hastened to take the oath of fidelity. But his brother had already renounced the Crown in a paper which he had secretly signed on the occasion of his marriage with the daughter of a private Polish gentlemen. Nicholas, with expressions of regret, then ascended the throne ; and now came a terrible struggle. A vast conspiracy, com posed of two classes—the enthusiastic lovers of liberty awl the old Russian party, the supporters of Constantine—were formed ; but elements so discordant could not long act toge ther. The troops were called upon to swear allegiance to the new Emperor ; but they had previously sworn fidelity to Con stantine, and not understanding the reason for the change of masters, they remained faithful to the oath which they had taken. When the ceremony commenced, the officers stepped out of their ranks <and denounced Nicholas as an usurper, and declared that he held Constantino in confinement. The soldiers followed officers, with cries of " Constantine and the constitution." Milarodoviteh, the Governor of St. Peters burg, and the veteran favourities of the army, were sent to parley with them. The archb isho p appeared in his ecclesias tical robes ; but all in vain. The populace began to sympa thise with the troops, and the scene which followed has thus been described :—" The tide and tumult of death swept on the imperial palace. The Emperor and the Empress had proceeded alone to their chapel, and on their knees upon the altar steps had mutually sworn to die as Sovereigns. Then placing himself at the head of the guard, that yet remained loyal, the Czar rode out and confronted the rebels. Standing before them with haughty bearing, he cried in a firm tone, ' Return to your ranks—obey--down upon your knees !' The energy of his voice —his countenence calm, though pale—and the vene ration with which every Russ regards the person of his Sove reign—prevailed. Most of the soldiers kneeled before their master, and grounded their arms in token of submission. They say in St. Petersburg that while he harangued them, - one of the conspirators four times came forward to kill him, and four times sbrunkback in fear. One thing is certain, that to the intrepid self-possession of that hour he is indebted to the continuance of his authority. . Victory was now easy. Ho re tired from the spot ; wherever resistance was made, the' arta lery played upon the gathering crowds, and the fire of mus ketry completed the work of destruction." The hopes of the Liberal and old Russian party. having been thus quenched, Nicholas found himself the sole and absolute master of the gigantic Russian empire. The Marquis de Custine, who had a conveesatiou with the Emperor as to the memorable events of that clay, records the following words used by Nicholas: —" I did nothing extraordinary. I said to the soldiers, Return to your ranks,' and at the moment of pass ing the regiment in review I cried On your knees 1' They all obeyed. What gave me power was, that the in taut before I had resigned myself to meet death. lam grateful for having succeeded, but I am not proud of it, for it was by no merit of my own." On another occasien, lie said, "My honour was at stake, and it was well worth while for me to appear courageous." In the punishments inflicted ou the re bels, Nicholas evinced the most unappeasable severity, thus affording a melancholy spectacle of an union of chivalrous bravery with barbarous cruelty. In September, 1826, the Emperor was crowned at Moscow, with great pomp and cere mony. Absolutism was henceforth his darling doctrine. To the Marquis of Castillo he said, " I have no conception of a representative monarchy. It is the Government of falsehood, fraud, and corruption, and, rather than adopt it, I would fall back to the borders f China." Again, " Despotism is the very essence of my Government, and it suits the genius of the land." Shortly after his Coronation, war was declared with Persia, which, aftercontinuing more than a year, was concluded by a treaty, whereby the Shah ceded two fine provinces to Russia, and bound himself to pay 20 millions of silver roubles as the penalty of resistance. About a year afterward Nicholas declared war with Turkey. Adrianople opened its gates, and Constantinople was itself in danger, although the Turks in the Balkan, and in the defence of Silistria and Varna, had co vered themselves with glory. In 1829 the peace of Adria nople was concluded, by which Nicholas was permitted to retain authority in Wallachia and Moldavia, and the Torte agreed to indemnify the expenses of the war by a payment of eleven millions and a-half Dutch ducats—a sum from which three millions were afterwards deducted. In 1830 the Polish rel-ofution broke out ; but England and France remained neuter, and Austria and ,Prussia aided the Czar in crushing the insurgent patriots. After a heroic resistance, Poland was. reconquered—the Russians entered Warsaw, and an iron despotism was substituted for the semblance of constitu tional government, which previously had been permitted to exist. A citadel was built on the heights above Warsaw, and when, in 1835, the citizens went out to compliment the Czar, pointing to the citadel, ho exclaimed—" You see that fortress ; if you stir, I will order your whole city to be de stroyed—l will not leave one stone upon another, and when it is destroyed it will not be rebuilt by me." When the cho lera invaded St. Petersburg, the ignorant populace accused the physicians of having poisoned the sick in the hospitals, and put some of them to death. Nicholas rode to the mob, and shouted, in • a voice of thunder, " Down upon your knees before God, and ask pardon of him for your offences. I, your Emperor—your master, order you." The populace obeyed, and Nicholas, in describing the scene, said to the Marquis de Custine, " These moments are the finest of my life. I ran in the face of dan ger without knowing, as a King, how I should retreat. I did my duty, and God sustained me." In 1839" war was declared with Circassia—a war which, with little honour to the Rus sian arms, has continued up to the present time. - The causes which have led to the present war it is unnecessary to detail. The two ruling passions of the Emperor's life appear to have been to consolidate and extend despotic institutions, not only within his own dominions,but in neighbouring countries, and to acquire, at all sacrifices, Constantinople as the seat of his great empire. His claim to exercise a protectorate over the Christian subjects of the Porte may bo contrasted with his persecution of Christians differing from the Greek Church in Russia, and his prohibition of the Sacred Scriptures. Ho never recognised the Sovereignty of Louis Philippe ; and by that astute policy which distinguishes Russian diplomacy, in 1840, in reference to the Egyptian question, he endeavoured to detach England from the alliance of Franco. Of his pri vate character it is difficult to form a correct opinion. He has been placed in a position of terrible responsibility; he has now gone to his account, and his opponents can well efford to draw the veil over his errors, his failings, his insatiable ambition, and his iron despotism. Can it be said of his melancholy fate— His foes' derision and his subjects' blame, He steals to death from anguish and from shame. EUPATORIA AND ITS CAPABILITIES TO TIIE EDITOR OF TILE TIMES. Sir,—Your recent leader on the importance of Eupatoria to the Allies will attract the attention of the public to that lo cality, and doubtless the movements of Omer Pasha will be followed on the map with an interest only second to that ex cited by the siege of Sebastopol. It is, I fancy, not generally known how almost impregnable a position Eupatoria furnishes to a Power commanding the sea, and able by that means to throw supplies and reinforce ments at pleasure into the place. 'Beyond the immediate neighbourhood, which is sanay, and impregnated with salt, the steppe surrounds it on every side with a barrier more valuable for defence than a wall of granite. Any army sitting down to invest Eupatoria would not only have to dig wells through a horiZontal stratum of limestone of great thickness, but likewise to bring all its supplies and materiel of war through a region of wide extent, equally destitute of the first necessary of life—goad water. Some idea of the effect of this hindrance may be formed from the circumstance that the Russian army under Marshal Munich, in the first invasion of the Crimea, nearly perished from this cause in its march from Perekop to Eupatoria, in spite of the greatest precautions. They only found three streams of fresh water on the whole march (which occupied them 11 days), and the sufferings of the wretched soldiers were aggravated by the sight of many brooks, all of which were the mere overflow of salt pools. These facts will perhaps give some insight into the cause of the immense loss reported to have been sustained by the last reinforcements which en tered Sebastopol. If an attempt was really made to convey a large body of troops over the snow from the north of the peninsula, and if any detention occurred from a sudden thaw, the unhappy victims of Imperial ambition will have found themselves exposed to destruction from a more terrible enemy than frost and cold. When the steppe is covered by the luxuriant grass of the spring the task of crossing it in force is of course an easier 'one, as the baggage animals find their provender on the spot, and, being entirely grass-fed, the scarcity of water is, as far as they are concerned, much less felt. - But this favourable period is comparatively short. The he'd of the sun ripens the herbage very rapidly ; early in June it begins to scorch up, and becomes in July and August highly inflammable from its dryness. So remarkable is it in this respect, that it was a came of great anxiety to Munich lest his camp should be destroyed by the firing of the steppe'; and every wheeled carriage was furnished with a large bosom, for the purpose of instantly extinguishing the first sparks that might be seen. As a means of defence against an invading army, it is scarcely necessary to point out how effective such a conflagration must be. When Munich, the year after the expedition to the Crimea, laid siege to Ochsakoff, the Turks burnt the steppe , for three leagues around the town ; and this circumstance of itself would have compelled Munich to abandon his hope of taking it, had not one of his shells accidentally exploded a large powder magazine, causing such destruction that the Governor surrendered in a panic. In the plain of the Crimea a westerly breeze generally prevails through the months of May and June ; and, if necessity required it, nothing would be easier, after securing as much hay as could be brought, within the defence of the lines, than to take advantage of thn dominant wind, and interpose a barrier of temporary barren ness between Eupatoria and any besieger. I say temporary, because it is the general practice to burn the surface in the month of August, such a proceeding being considered ad vantageous to the growth of the young grass ; and, if a be sieging army is to come by land from the north in sufficient strength to attack a force of 40,000 men in Eupatoria, there will be plenty of time to get in the bay before its arrival. There is, however, together with these advantages, one great drawback to the assemblage of a large force at Eupatoria. The supply of water is said to be deficient in quantity and bad in quality. I suspect it is derived from wells very near the shore, and is Probably filtered from the sea, and brackish ; but the town once contained a considerable population, as ap pears from the circumstance that when the Russians entered it (and burnt it) in 1736 there were 2,500 private houses in it, meat of them built of stone. Pallas speaks of it having been formerly supplied by pipes from a reservoir at some dis tance from the walls, and says that the water was raised into this by tke constant application of horse-power, out of a " very good and deep well." Of this, however, he adds that in his time (1794) scarcely a trace remained, and that the wretched wells ix the town were the only available sources. It occurs to me, sir, that here we English have au occas!on on which we may advantageously put forth our peculiar resources, by sending forthwith, before. the bad water has ip.3gun its work of destruction in the camp of our ally, a regi ment of well-sinkers and pipe-layers to restore the old hy , draulic apparatus to efficiency, or supply its place by a better one, worked not by the agency of horses but that of steam. If we can preserve in an- efficient state that which is now the only arm Turkey has left, we shall do-more towards bringing the war to a successful termination than by any other possible course. Commending this suggestion to the consideration of our Governors, I will conclude this lengthy communication with only one more remark. If they choose to 'do anything, let them do it quickly and completely. Let an English steamer carry out every appliance, and every man who may be required. Let us have no borrowing of idle Turkish sol diers, or hiring of slippery Croats ; and let an ample supply out of the " very good and deWwell," be brought;trktZteowts face, and distributed thrOugh the town and camp at Eupato ria by the Ist of May at the lat - tst..—l am, sir, your obedient servant, March 1. A ITURTFORDSIIIRE INcumBENT. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. BIICKINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 28. This day had audience of the Queen : The General Della Marmora, Commander-in-Chief of the Sardinian Contingent with the Allied Armies : The General was accompanied by the Marquis D'Azeg lio, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Sardinia: Ta which audience he was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G. her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General Honourable Sir Edward Cast, K.C.H., her Majesty's Mas ter of the Ceremonies. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 1. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Vicente Alsina as Consul at Gibraltar, for the Queen of Spain. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Adolph° Edward° Serendat, as Consul-General in the Mauritius, for the King of Portugal and the Algarves. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 28. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARMA- MINT. Borough of Swanson—Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn ' of Bryn Nuvydd, in the county of Glamorgan, Esq., in the room of John Henry Vivian, Esq., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, MAncH 2. 2d Regiment of Life Guards-Lieut. F. Marshall, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Sherwen, who exchanges, March 2. Ist Dragoon Guards-Lieut. P. Sherwen, from the 2d LiFe Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Marshall, who ex changes, March 2. sth Dragoon Guards-Cornet James Hayes, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, without purchase, and Adjutant, vice Godinan, who resigns the Adjutancy only, March 2. 4th Light Dragoons-Cornet E. L. Purley to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Martin, .whose promotion, by f larches° on 10th November, 1854, has been cancelled, March 2. 13th Light Dragoons-Troop-Sergeant Major William Cresdee to be Quartermaster, vice Foster, deceased, March 2 Grenadier Regiment of Foot Gaards-Serjeant-Major Evan Colitis to b... Quartermaster ; Assistant-Surgeon Jas. John M. Wardron to he Battalion Surgeon, March 2. Scots Fusilier Guards-Sussex Vane Stephenson, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase ; Lieute nant and Captain Reginald Gipps to be Adjutant, March 2. Ist Regiment of Foot-Brevet-Major the Hon. C. D. Plunkett to be Major, by purchase, vice Stewart, whose promotion by purchase, on the 19th January, has been cancelled, March 2. 4th Foot-Lieutenant F. F. Hamilton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Roberts, who retires, March 2. 7th Foot-Lieutenant G. H. Nevill to be Captain, by purchase, vice Persse, who retires, March 2. 13th Foot-Lieutenant R. Gostling to be Captain, by purchase, vice Boyd, whose promotion, by purchase on 13th February, has been cancelled, March 2. 14th Foot-Lieutenant Frederick Smythe to be Captain, without purchase, vice Strode, deceased ; Ensign F, G. Armstrong to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Smythe, Feb. 17 ; Edward Raphael Francis Mansergh, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Armstrong, promoted, March 2. 20th Foot-The Honourable Adolphus Vereker to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Waterfall, appointed to the 95th Foot, March 2. 21st Foot-Ensign Peter Herbert Delamere, from the 4th Royal Lancashire Light Infantry Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, March 2. 24th Foot-Alexander John Colvin Birch, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, March 2. 29th Foot-Captain R. F. W. Cumberland, from the 96th Foot, to be Captain, vice Nugent, who exchanges, Dec. 26. 33d Foot-Lieutenant H. St. Vincent Marsh to be Ad jutant, vice Barrett, promoted, March 2. 3Sth Foot-Ensign F. J. Rooper to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Gordon, promoted in the Coldstream Guards ; John Alexander Caldecott, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Rooper, March 2. 39th Foot-Henry Rudkin Tigers, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gould, appointed to the 97th Foot, March 2. 41st Foot-Lieutenant James Queenbnrough Palmer from the Worcestershire Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase; Assistant-Surgeon George Smyth King, M.D. from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Woodley, placed upon half-pay, March 2. 42d Foot-Honourable Randolph Henry Stewart to be Ensign, without purchase, March 2. 43d Foot - Captain T. E. Holmes, from the 84th Foot, to be Captain, vice Du Vernet, who exchanges, December 26, 1854. 44th Foot-Lieutenant W. A. Wood, to be Adjutant, v!ce Preston, promoted, March 2. 46th Foot-Serjeant William Cross. from the Grenadier Guards, to be Ensign, without purchase, and Adjutant, March 2. 49th Foot-To be Lieutenants, without purchase -Lieu tenant G. B. Coulson, from the 55th Foot ; Ensign Edward Mackay, March 2. 54th Foot-Lieutenant William Humphreys, from the 9:d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Beetham, who exchanges, March 2. 55th Foot-Ensign J. H. Sharpe to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Coulson, appointed to the 49th Foot Ensign James Scott to be Lieutenant, without purchase, March 2. 57th Foot-Ensign Thomas Grace to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Windham, appointed to the Rifle Brigade ; Edward Gould Hasted, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Grace, March 2. GOth Foot.-Paymaster E. R. Hannam to be Lieute nant, vice Fitzpatrick, appointed Paymaster; Lieutenant F. Fitzpatrick to be Paymaster, vice Hannam, appointed Lieutenant, March 2. 62d Foot.--Lieutenant T. Milsom to be Adjutant, vice Saunderson, promoted, March 2. 631 Foot-To be Lieutenants, without purchase-En sign W. S. Marson ; Ensign S. H. Bruce, March 2. 68th Foot-Easien J. P. Cox, from the GT.) Mounted Riflemen, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, March 2. 77th Foot -To ho Captains by purchase-Lieutenant W. J. Carden, vice Brevet-Major Battley, who retires ; Lieu tenant A. Lempriere, vice Forster, who retires, March 2. 79th Foot-To be Ensigns, without purchase - Theophi lus Robert Howkins, Gent.,lFeb. 28 . Edward Everett, Gent., Mach 1; Herbert Burrows Adcock, Gent., March 2. 81th Foot-Captain W. Du Vernet, from the 43.1 Foot, to be Captain, vice Holmes, who exchanges, Dec. 26. 85th Foot-Ensign E. M. Beadon ' to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rooper, promoted, Match 2. 88th Foot -To be Ensigns, without purchase-Lieu tenant George Stretton Watson, from the Royal Notts Militia, Feb. 28 ; Edgar Edward Austen, Gent., March 1 ; Wyrley Birch, Gent., March 2. 89th Foot-Joshua James Bowness, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, March 2. Daubenyßarr to bt to Ensign, 90th Foot-Quartermasterwttho without purchase . jrj i S e Sergeant emoted March 2. be Adjutant, vice Crealock, pr 91d Foot-Lieutenant D. Beetham, from the 54th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Humphreys, who exchanges, e n a a n n t t A ja . m G e . e March 2. 93d Foot-To be Ensigns, without purchase-En s i gn Samuel E. Wood , from the 9th Foot ; Charles W arner Losack, Gent , M arch 1 ; Roderick dhu Glenl y on Ha milton B ur goyne, Gent., Mar ch 2. 96th Foot - Captain S t . George M. Nugent, from the 29th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cumberl an d, w h o ex changes, Dec. 26. 97th Foot-Ensign A. R. N. Gould, from the 39th Foot, to be Ensign without purchase, March 2. Rifle Brigade-Lieutenant S. S. Windham, from the 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, March 2. To be Ensigns, without purchase-Sergeant John Simpson Knox, from the Scots Fusilier Guards, February 27 ; Sergeant Joseph Ashton, from the Coldstream Guards, February 28 ; Fre deric Arthur Riley, Gent., March 1. .To be Ensign, by purchase-Cecil Webb Craig, Gent., March 2. To be As sistant-Surgeon-Assistant-Surgeon John By Cole Reade from the Staff, vice Reynolds, 'promoted on the Staff, March 2. 2d West India Regiment-Ensign M. Burleigh to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice R um l ey, deceased, an. 30 ; Ensign J. Kavanagh to b e Li eu t enant, without purchase, vice Burleigh, whose promotion o n th e 26th January, 1835, has been cancelled, Jan. 26 ; Ensign J. K. Captain, purchase, c Maunsell to be Lieuten an t, w ith out purchase, vice Kava nagh, whose promotion on th e 2d Fe b ruary, 1855, has b een cancelled, Feb. 2. Cape b u Riflemen-Lieutenantbe eKenyon,who C r . e ri tir . e ß s; ell E t n o sign A. R. Fowl er t o b e L vi ieutenant, by purchase, vice Beßell, March 2. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. TO BE CAPTAIN OF A DIVISION. Captain Robertson Larkins of the 49th Bengal Native Infantry, Jan. 26. TO BS QUARTERMASTERS OF BRIGADES. Sergeant George Ross Caldwell from the Ist Dragoons, Feb. 6. - Lieutenant L. Isacke, of the 2d Madras European Regi ment, Feb. 10. Sergeant-Major John!enes, from the 7th ;Light Dra ma, Feb. 28. BREVET. The-under-mentioned officers of Royal Artillery having been placed upon retired full-pay, under the Royal War rant for the Ordnance Department: dated 3d Nov., 1854, to have the honorary rank of Major-General, viz.:— Colonel William Furneaux, Feb.. 7. Colonel Richard Goodwin Bowen Wilson, Feb. 7. Lieutenant-Cololel Richard James Dacres, of the Royal Artillery, having completed a service of three years in his present rank, to have the rank of Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant for the Ordnance Department, Nov. 3,lBs4—March 2. HOSPITAL STAFF. Acting Assistant-Suigeou Thomas Egerton Hale to be Assistant-Surge on, vice Reade, appointed to the Rifle Bri gade, March 2'. Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Macartney to be Assis tant-Surgeon, vice King, appointed to the 41st Foot, March 2. TO BE PURVEYORS TO THE FORCES. Charles H. roller, Gent., Feb. 20. Sydney C. Harrington, Gent., Feb.2o. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 1. ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. Brevet-Colonel Charles Bertie Symons to be Colonel, vice Sweating, deceased, Feb. 25. Captain William Hamilton Elliott to be Lieutenant- Colonel, dice Symons, Feb. 25. Second Captain Gustavus Hamilton Lockwood Milman to be Captain, vice Elliot, Feb. 25. First Lieutenant Gronow Davis to be Second Captain, vice Millman, Feb. 25. Second Lieutenant John Robert King to b e Fi rs t Lieutenant, vice Davis, Feb. 25. Second Captain John Fraser Lodington Baddeley to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Young, deceased, Feb. 25. First Lieutenant Eiger Grantham Bredin to be Second Captain, vice Baddeley, Feb. 25. Second Lieutenant Charles Orde Browne to be First Lieutenant, vice Bredin, Feb. 25. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 1. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second. Lieutenants—Henry Dowdeswell Pitt, vice Ruck. Keene, promoted, Feb. 28. Halo Young Worthen', vice Doyne, promoted, Feb. 28. Henry'Ru.")vr Manle, vice Daubuz, promoted, Feb. 28. Charles Wills Walrond, vice Hodson, promoted, Feb. 28. William James Smith Neill, vice Vaughan, promoted, Feb. 28. Henry Le Guay Geary, vice Mande, promoted, Feb. 28. Walter Brook Rice, vice Law, promoted, Feb. 28. George Uehter Knox, vice Downes, promoted, Feb. 28. William Norton Persse, vice Light, promoted, Feb. 28. Osborne Hall Goodenough, vice Nisbett, promoted, Feb, 28. James Hamilton Pringle Anderson, vice Warren, pro. moted, Feb. 28. Joseph Nathaniel Portlock Dodson, vice Dyer, pro• motod, Feb : 28. Henry Chambnlayne Farrell, rice Still, promoted, Feb. 28. . - --- Edward McLaughlin, vice Hanwell, promoted, Feb. 28. Charles Fyshe Roberts, vice Betty, promoted, Feb. 28. Arthur Stewart Hunter, vice Savage, promoted, Feb. 28. Graham Reginald Thackery Stevenson, vice Holds worth, promoted, Feb. 28. George Adam Crawford, vice Moore, promoted, Feb. 28. CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS. Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants, with tem porary rank. William Adolphus Frankland, vice Harvey, promoted, Feb. 28. Wm. Simeon Boileau, vice Duff, promoted, Feb. 28. Alex. Dirom, vice Philips, promoted, Feb. 28. Walter M. T. Campbell, vice Martin, promoted, Feb. 28. Douglas Gossett Waldegrave Moncrioff, vice Pratt, pro moted, Feb. 28. Morgan Crofton Molcsworth, vice Goodall, promoted, Feb. 28. Richard Batton Itimmington, vice Drake, promoted, Feb. 28. Percy Guillemard Llewellyn Smith, vice James, pro moted, Feb. 28. Edward Daniel, vice Townsend, promoted, Feb. 28. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Littell Tizard, mechanical engineer, Aldgate, City. BANKRUPTS. John Walker Brown, of 48, Sloane-street, upholsterer,. March 13, at one, and April 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. Bell, official assignee, 3, Cole man-street-buildings ; and Messrs. Armstrong and West ,rook, solicitors, 2; Guildhall-chambers. Richard Pokiss, Robert Griggs Pokiss, and George Maher, of Ham-wharf, Brantford, timber merchants, March 13, at half-past one, and April 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, London. Mr. E. W. Edwards, official assignee, 1, ,ambrook-court, Basingliall-street ; and Mr. G. Brown, so licitor, 21, Finsbury-place. Charles Fox, of the Stafford Arms, Stafford-place, Pimlico, licensed victualler, March 10, at one, and April 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. W. Whitmore, official assignee. 2, Basinghall-street ; and Messrs. Martineau and Reid, solicitors, 4, Raymond's-buildings, Gray's-inn. Matthew Richard Scott, of 4, Harley-place, Maryldbone, West India merchant, and of Lloyd's Coffee-house, City, un derwriter, March 16, at eleven, and April 20, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. Cannan, official assignee, 18, Aldermanbury ; and Messrs. Smith and Allston, solicitors, 4, Warnford-court, Throgmorton-street, City. James Norton Weeks, of East Cowes, Isle of Wight, hotel keeper, March 6, at half-past twelve, and April.lB, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. H. H. Stansfe ldg official assignee ; and Mr. T. M. Catlin, solicitor, 22, by , . place, Holborn. William Edmund Champion, of 1, Addington-terrace, East India-dock-road, Limehouse, brick merchant, March 13, at twelve, and April 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, London. Mr. G. J. Graham . , official assignee ; and Messrs. Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, solicitors, Old Jewry chambers. William Pickersgill, of Beech-street, Barbican, City, builder, March 12, at one, and April 21, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. W. Pennell, official assignee, 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; and Mr. A. A. Jones, solicitor, 9, Quality-court, Chancery-lane. Henry Shaw Goodman, of Starch-green, Hammersmith, varnish maker, March 9 and April 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. I. Nicholson, official assignee, 24, Basinghall-street; and Mr. D. A. Rivolta, solicitor, 10, Hart-street, Bloomsbury. Thomas Cooke, sen., of Froxfield, near Petersfield, Hants, cattle salesman, March 21, at eleven, and April 21, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. I. Nicholson, official assignee, 24, Basiughall-street ; and Mr. G. Cordwell, solicitor, 22, College-hill, City. Henry Thomas Ryde, of Gray's-inn-road, dealer in mining and other shares, March 13, at half-past two, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. C. Lee, official assignee, 20, Aldermanbury ; and Mr. J. Wyatt, soli citor, 4, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn; Henry Mills, of 73, Great Portland-street, St. Marylebone, tobacconist, March 16, at two, and April 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. E. W. Edwards, official assignee, 1, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; and Mr. H. T. Archer, solicitor, 2, Church-court, Clement's-lane, City. James Rumscy, of Coventry, licensed victualler, March 16, and April 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Bir mingham. Mr. T. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; and Messrs. Powell and Sons, solicitors, Birmingham. Joseph lia,rrop and James Harrop, of Westbury, Wiltshire, woollen manufacturers, March 13 and April 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol. Mr. T. R. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Messrs. Lowrance, Plows, and Boyer, soli citors, 14, Old Jewry-chambers; and Mr. R. Rodway, solici tor, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. vati. Edwards, of Aberavon, Glamorganshiro, grocer, March 13 and Aprill6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol. Mr. A. J. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; and Mr. J. G. Trenerry, solicitor, Bristol. Beikjamin Bray and William Bray, of Okehampton, Devon shire, nursery gardeners, March 13 and April 12, at cne, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter. Mr. H. L. Hirtzell, official assignee, Exeter; Mr. J. M. Bird, solicitor, Okehampton; and Mr. J. H. Terrell, solicitor, Exeter. Richard Lear Mugford, of Torquay, Devonshire, tailor, March 13 and April 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Exeter. Mr. H. L. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Mr. F. R. Carter, solicitor, Torquay ; and Mr. Stogdon, solicitor, Exeter. George Elston, of Crediton, Devonshire, boot maker, March 12 and April 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter. Mr.. Hirtzel, o icial assignee, Exeter ; Mr. W. C. Cleave, soli citor, Crediton ; and Mr. J. H. Terrell, solicitor, Exeter. John Crocker, of Wyke Regis, and Weymouth, Dorsetshire, _ _ _ worsted manufacturers, March 19 and April 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds. Mr. H P. Hope, official assignee, Leeds. Messrs. Wcatherhead and Burr, or Messrs. Watorworth and Wright, solicitors, Keighley ; and Messrs. Bond and Barwick, solicitors, Leeds. Alexander Jackson, of Manchester, clock manufacturer, March 15 and April 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bark ruptcy, Manchester. Mr. F. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; and Messrs. Cobbett and Wheeler, solicitors, Manchester. BANK OF ENGLAND. kn Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. 32, fcr the Week ending on Saturday the 24th day of Feb., 1855. wirr DEPARTMENT. A Notes issued ........ 26,3b2,055 Government debt.... 11,015,108 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,362,055 Silver bu11i0n........ • - 426,362,055 I X 26.36055 11. MARSHALL. Chief Cashier. 55. :PARTMENT. Dated tho Ist day of March, 18 Mkt:ICING DE' Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest .• •• • .. 3,303.241 Public deposits On- Government securities • (Includg.DeadWelght Annuity) .......... 11,539, i4O Other securities...—. 14,522,432 Gold and silver coin.. 682,571 eluding taehequer, Commissioners of • National Debt, Say ing's Bunks, and r Dividend Accounts) 4,855,455 Other deposits ...... 10,449,182 Seven Day and other 111115 ........ . 883,850 £34,044,728 434.044,72 r. ILIRSILILL, Chief Cashier. Dated the Ist day of March, 1 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar corn• puted from the re turn s made i n the week ending the 27th Fob., 1855, is 21s 4id . per hundredweight exclusive of the duties of Customs Fad or payable theresn on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. The Journal de Constantinople of the 19th February states' that among the pa s s engers o f distinction who arrived in that city on the 13th, by the French steam packet the Sinai, were M a j ors Evans and Eager, and Captains Robert Warden, Coombe, Dent, Hoste, and Dick. These gentlemen, most of whom have acquired a vast practical experience in the service of the Indian army, a- a the officers selected by her Majesty's Govern• ment to constitute the nucleus of thenew land transport corps. They were expected to remain a few days at Con • stantirtople to complete the organisation of their plans, and thence to proceed at once to the Crimea. tallow chandler, March 12 and April 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Mr. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; . Mr. H. Ha'e, soliditor, Weymouth ; and Mr. CZ W. Turner, solicitor, Exeter. James Smith and John Holmes, of Denholme, Yorkshire, : ,4~ ~~ t