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MAURITIUS. - • - K,...._ I N _ ip N,.... -,.,.,,, [A summary of the following, received by electric tele• graph, appeared in the whole of our impression of yes terday.] SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY• sglaj, _e r o Pi s e - s - -o-f-ilithe kingdom. - S - interesting work can be had at all .N, ,,,..... . e h0 1ues in 1 . ~ ' l 4Ty NOTICE. MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE 3 , i Ch ute SOCIETY, ' c k p itrtis :l cor ! °red, St. darnesl-square, Loudon. porated under Act of Parliament. ' l5 / 1 1y 14 1110s t ent containing a full statement of the Society's 4'..tk_43t, th;TPPrehensive plan will appear in the " Times" of 11 ;1 istb, instant, comprising assurance - of healthy , 45 114, 1 'qt1en t44 1 annuities on healthy and diseased lives, - endow- D55 1enge,.. 5 , 411 nosursace, railway. passengers' assurance, ..o assurance. , HENRY SALTER, Managing Director. R4, , _ - .Th e ~, JAMES PULS FO it D, secretary. ~ so wi., D irectors will ba glad to communicate with gen iA)lltl isi,,Z , o be connected with an office that they can ki. leq . s its tr. ' , lend to their connections, and, feeling that, will. ' 5 l '44 4s Tile Society spares no pains to assist its Agencies, a llillug 'rigour. Good corainc.raal reference re- Pliq k le 4°l, t0 k 41 ).. 1,14,,,, r) , LEEDS.—To be peremptorily k: w or tt ,milg e „-..ant to an °silos of the hi g h Court of Chancery Ab;killlekelthw ait v Mickelthwalt," with the approba -035,,e0.r,.Yrh05e Coast the ...aid cause is attached, by Mr. y i l k i., ° rp,_ L..s. the persoa appointed by the said Judge. o a ktr i" orn,,,;'; 221 day of FEBRUARY, 1855, at Three o'clock sl , .it th 4 k. t. __el L ou Loyal Hotel, in Leeds, in the county of ' 1,4 1t, 4 c4 1 g iat t._ 03. 7 8 Buildings, and Ground, situate in Mabgato „glibk7 o . In the county of York. Ot.L'IN i n hold Paper Mill, and Paper Stainer's Mann rio. ,: 00 k-street, Leeds, all late the property or Thq ,,,, 11.1stic,M1., deceased. lCr)fes:tri_nd conditions of sale may b 3 had (gratis) in 444,44Tord.ikil.Per.kins and Son, solicitors, 13, Great James- IN'ltlar TY . o f .'feasrs. Johnson, Weatherall, and Sons, klittul B ench -walk, Tempe ; of Wes,rs. Ridsdale and k, .7 4 1. 4 -„, 5 . ( Tray's-inn -square; and of Messrs. 'Hollow, li 5111 „at.0 , 11, 10, New-inn. Strand; and in the ' 4 ,i,)1 Ma etts,: 0 • Shepherd, solicitor, Barnsley ; of Messrs k 1,.1,4 t ,,,,, aunt, solicitors : Leeds; or Me4srs. Leeman and 1 4 1 1 11, 4 „?rm e4 jerk ..ir, ngfird, near o ti ` i t : 4 l,B. TYas and .111arr ks ison, solicitor solicitors, Ilemi e sßanley ; of 5 kisii, o aster, Barnsley, the auctioneer; and at the place f the property may be teen. • liktit EaTABLTSTIED 1837. ' NIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. ISpbtre 1 , Princes tr • ', •5 0, cl b.,, c , - s eet, Bank, London. ".o.tai : i recial Act of Parliament, 4 Viet.. cap. 9. E XA.NDER, Blackheath Park, CHAIRMAN. k l l li t;,.. i lat 1406.41184 0 , Premium for securing Loans or Debts. • "51 payable required daring first seven yeari. 44 ' 4 le at Sixty or at death if occurring previously. kg, tro TI ON I - .) % i i k l : , , 00 ne.,5. MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. L " , t14, 4 4, 7 0 Y her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 11., 11351 1 3 11t n ed ual s iY ' \&ll .... yoli e v_ . 0 r every three months' difference of age. N . , --the unpaid half premiums liquidated out of i k , , ltu t D I NIe Zn t urn • 4 4, 41 4114 "Life . I 1 sSiga d. 2 k t i t& 4 ;.,. ti I+AST:I3DIA. HOUSE, vU 141 u IWA. FEBIIY, 1854. fur. TIRT of DIRECTORS of koh the EAST . et t CONIPANY HEREBY GIVE NOTICE. That they ler eesetn a ret urn of Unpaid Shares of Donation Beta granted ft,,i, eloyed in Hannah during the campaign of 1851-2. by a ‘: 7 7175% 7 the G overnor-Geheral of - India, in Council, dat:. s int::ine to the anent, seamec, and marines of her L eft: A ' O x ; and th a t th e same will be paid to the several f Neibtiolottuateheir application at the Military Department o JAMES'C. MNLVILL, Secretary. 4 11 4 STED 'habi t -"'li COUNTIES. RAILWAY.— yettmotettors are prepared to receive TENDERS for LOANS, ''etti t i t o li t r e ee Years, on the security of the Company's Deben- rest at the rate of 4% per cent. per annum. : - ctcym. J: B. OWEN, Secretary. I vwce allshopsgate Station, Feb. 9,1855. • )0 , < CA) PTIC J UG.—SAMUEL ALCOCK and k i t , 4111 ? 4 , i ,"ittWlti t i, °,, erT, Eurslem, Staffordshire, being desirou f s t of 1/4'i1...r ri ni `", reach-of all to possess a memorial both o h... /4 1 1 7 to of the noble and generous sympathy displayed by Qki4,trd, our truly brave' soldiers, ' have publi'hed a ste.-6,lllestrative alike of the horr ors o. war, _ rri, 'tat f as sv2ll as o_f lk i p,,.. eel efforts to alleviate them, evidenced by the Itoyar kki "", 4 ow \ tn.- ...PR ne 41., ...... .1.- —___L --- s.- 1... A .... all ' 6d to Id; to 70 4 „pg t, 5. 61 ins, 4LI ld ° e *, Oats 'IV • Bead Ilp• 121 6 q r : 167 0 qr -1453 alp 289 q ll 82, 0 1 365 Bd . 33s ho t ' oly of w t so bo wanb;°(ligi was tro!',E is flog Tel{. " t' ° 703 Its, 00 D A otl• tog Od " ooa and a g t at for " „„heS- ea pr• c. e 635 vs• red, ji t i.s grin Ici; n°l lo t° 41 1 Do, om :itch l er al r"( 1 Too 1 at I dtv! . . l l, %1> . < 4 4411 P D. 001 gib Pt° .1 odo PO pail, i§ .••• co o , Pew pten PO n l Pt °l) ...•1 „AO/ 10 6'4 t .101).16 i) l"D '! ‘u 1 6 1 0 ' tPt• c ' r yl ,'.. p'` ) " 0 11 16 • .‘ fe l wo ,. .2) / '14,3 (MUTUAL.) Age. Years. 5/Conths s. d. £ s. d. 30027 3 1 4 2 3276 1 4 4 6 2 7 10 1 4 6 •928 2 1 4 8 Half Quar• Annual Yearly terly premium Pre- • Pre mium. mium £ s. d. O 12 3 O 12 4 0 12 5 0 12 6 E. R; FOSTE: estdent Director. :cretary Itk 4 C4 XTRACT FOR CASKS. k ' of the Comptroller for Victualling and kid t, rvi n ,, I N 1/04 i, • •7 5 , Somerset louse, 15th February, 1355. 1 0 .44n t "4 .% s: ' °nen for Executing the Office of iNt% 0 4 oa4 ss Nivrai er k ,, 0 , t ,„ , ~ of the United Kingdom of Great firit•ii t n h - velity , „llpac Ztve Notice, that on S A.TURI)AY, UV 24. " " Pl c N% ,*_ ll C on ey trac t b f will e ready to treat with such per -144141Z or supplying and delivering Into r Stores under-mentioned— When to be One-third otthe quantity at each place in one month, another third in two months, and the remainder in three months . or earlier it prefer red, by the party 1,4 1 eY be ,„ I tendering. i, dsh Ade f o . oh, iPs e e , ery r the whole or any portion of the Cru•ks. kls43' Z i. Of eOntr a e f t . ° themselves the power, when the Ten tibieer L oa '"ng either for the who!e. or u t , n r uchpaii ,, t kN I S 4 47 h a r a'iY. Y de ' em , Ibrf .r, --" . 6 ." 4 ""! :: .Tr - 5„.T. Nevi. een at her ISiaj - estyli Victualling YArda at Dept- Ilr Plymouth. tialftlet 4l " , be received unless Made on the Printed Form pro -oqttpse, ant which mar be obtained on application at i 1i i : 1 1,,,, N: .. at the Victaallityr Ya , cis at Gogport and Plymouth, N I itq i li,l , : tt `l r itevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, , i t t ii, 11,,,kar,,, 0 1 . Custom at Bristol. ~,,, , N t re a , h e rbs revised contract, to which particular atter.- ;I/ 4kit.CLlye, ki e sten at the said office, at the said Victualling h,_lt t nh tilts, av al and Bristol No tender will he recelyed after 'an .45 ' . af t fS T ' h ' l treaty , and it will not he required that the 4N':; lll l,4'''‘te, agent on his behalf should attend at the office ha tk o t ,earle, ° ''anni; 4 ' the resultof the '. offer received Um each n 4,, th, / , ‘ „, t1,, ,,,,,,, ja toi. .t.e '' be delr -h and a t l ailsta m to i t n heS i ecary of the Admiralty, at ~1 ., ..n e r the word ' s " Tender for Casks," nd 'PR jt s , 'lerset-House. Nktl4P4ten,44 Of 44 4 ) • els 't 40 ? Th eta Protected by Royal Letters i,, l 'il e ,, s , ' Itid ti ; and secured by the Seals of the &tole d ,14%,,,' 4 0. it T it e Imperial College of Medichie, Vienna. t i l4 aatt r „ t Eitt MAR No. 1 l ki tk ello heth er - 4 ,.lier so tristo,'Z' Spermatnrrhuaa. , and Fxhanstion of th , \ t 'telic ea l t aths - ar " °,ll _ excesses, accident. or climate. k i ilk t / i , ii, the earl?..;Worresytnl:clittevnatleuriahnlge.the married state by ‘ 1 111„.all tl l llort s it „IESEMAR, No. 2, Irt'th,,,,efts of thosei'4o.o of three days, completely and entirely k t4i Dottisznopogeni a llo n i t s t zd te erwT ,e ct. iicrapiviuin ef al Cubebs health ,Sk tttr. it th ,l'ail_ttlation. for, NI,. Mt t , - (c_LEsEstAR, No. 3, l k Ilittite Ellshltemedy for that class of Disorders, which k rNs k‘. l4 til l" °f t Physician treats with Mercury, to the in \44-•sAlte.wori, unmet' constitution, and which all the L 0, 4.2 1,7 0. i: n remove. 1 1%7qt - 47 4 4 4, apd 3, are alike devoid of taSte or swell, tiN t e el b ein qualities. They may lie on the toilet table k\st4,34 at rilTsP"teci. ki .5;t0.11 44 4 kin i n e s a te c r h e , c free by v p a rt e , a 2 e s. tx a t i r te a, man did divided ‘ 1,11 \14 1 , 4. t l , , ' r'„aY k n l h r ,° l esale and Retail In London of Johridon, - 68, N i. ,Lq i n „' o ., 63. Oxford-street: and Sanger. se, Ox -4'o._ is e g a m , druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ; li tii po ol ! rl3, eansgate, Bolton : J. Priestly, chemist, 52, b, 4 ,2 reNvell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, "eller, High-street, Birmingham. delivered. eta -sica N 0 44 1 ,4 14 D qtforti. Gosport. Plymouth N o. IG ' °oo 6,000 6,000 \k E Ol t) , -SEND STAR oth 46 Nslielti l t, PACKET S. call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers. ",,, t he Piers as u nd e rlined (weather permitting' T ERRACE PIER, GRAVERE/G. . - 0 ' 2 s i.. Time t '' `,': s:t • a _l_ - ench u rch.strest Station to all parts of London hoar, ' lll '. ACKWILL, from the Fenchuri IiTLACICWILL, on the arrival of the fo 'from the Feneharch-street Station. 11 , " 4 / 1 „ SuNDAYS. 1 1 n- F A i" Am e rch ti Street , f. ...„„,„ and Fore u Sa . bm.. iN t ele t t k il d (l U leek ri w ° ; l ll 6l° Ol l • . W " Oo . l . w . l;h . Bd. • • 03. 101 ktOtTs attd Intprrno‘li&te. Pier,. 6d. .. 03. Bd. 11, 1 t, c t , IL t i , 5 41,,. NqNve 'l qrlld ' e nd a n , Fore Cap] l' to • -o 4 44 London... •• • .... 10.1. it, y 14,1 .lackwall or Woolwich Bd. I: s z i ''itil , , i Eg and Intermediate Piers.. 63 • '. N 'o' .2_l, v o s- Twelve Monthi, 5.. 03. i Six M /, 1' 46 ‘r, s t * lto be had of the Collectors i lt 4 . oak, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. IllOtl, , \, gm 0, 11 , r,,..,_ i )3 ' An% Zs., GF YOUTH AND MATURITY ;• 1 )e 43 ., illustrated with cases ; free by post for no l tli t4 V stamps, .'iNil, i taes R o 17 S DEBILITY; ~\ ' l , , 41, , ,,P 1' ir rn Ptouls, and Cure.—An Essay 'on Sper; lk.e4: 4 ::',,iltki,,s sf raeries] Observations on a safer and more k ;111 4, ","1 b y treatment.‘ of the diseases of the Generative ih . 4ly q' tiria`a",...... examination, of the a i h n sh d detecting effect a and N''l, 4 'li, t 01 , 4, or, pi '2;_, iSi t i h . e r s e co al pe r y ttl f tr y st,. , .. ; or climate. ether arising from solitary habits, I\ el olip.'. .oate. followed by practical remarks, founded .I,A %,,,I, L.,'"Perlence in the treatment of Impuissance; s 'i,"l ?11-giritii,"e'l Weakness, Spermatorrhosa, Bcc. To which 1,21% is an a2les on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre ilger,..'lle evils em ana ti n g from empirical practice, atiis;m,-..er r s emedies advocated by various writers on N . , 4 4 . (Z i el lt t , L r " 3 4. WEL / LA'MERT, M.D. I:k t +ill t h4 l ,.'ae, 4 it D- S QU A 'lt E, LON D 0 31, , t. .. t., (4 ttry w_ atricutated Member of the University o , EMI,. 1 4, 7 1 ii• Ac bt irsaber of the la, lei e e cari , London liospita , Medics' Society, $l, ht, p taiii„ bleat of ,e! llall, London, 3r.c., lsi• , S i E,, 1 e 11,...uig from teas treatise Is to point out the fearful con- N pr sh ', o aii ew r i ll certain habits, irregularities, and encases, yII,. or,i',ttnturet'ciraore misery in Youth, degradation in Man ,%,,,1' t'' , s•se v: 47. at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any ' l l , 4 '.l!ii,'util ''', krtiend,l vil t o modern pathologists. Its perusal is ; 1 0. "Ila,t) '''' w Persons entertaining secret doubts of IV ~ 114 %3 ° n, and who aro conscious of haying hazarded 1, I lei 1 11; kly ' and Privileges to whiCh every human being is I, ii4it Deii,,t°r-'4sarY that 11 . 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Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE MOSLEM and. the CHRISTIAN or, Adventures in the East. • By SAD YK PASHA. Revised, with Original Notes, by ColondSzyrma, Editor of "Iteve lat!ons of Siberia " thirst and Blaekett, Fublishers, suzcessors to Henry Colburn. 13, GREAT MARLBOROUCII-STIIEtt. NEW WORK by SAM SLICK, entitled, " NA TO - RE and NATURE," in 2 vols., will be shortly published by Messrs. Hurst an I lilackett, successors to Mr. Colburu. Orders roccivea by all booksellers. SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL.—Stanford's Bird's Eye View of Ssyastopol, Ralaklava, and the Country round, ishowitt ,, the/ very- extensive and important Works recently erected - by the Rus ians on the North side of the Harbour ; the inner Lines of DefenceS in Sevastopol itself; the positi )11 of the Allied Armies, Defence Works, fie., &c., is now ready. nice, in one sheet, plaio, 35., case, se. 6rl. ; coloured, 55., case, 7s. Gd.; per.post, Gd. additional. London: Edward . Stanford, Wholesale and Retail Mapsebor, 6, Charing-cross; and all booksellers. STRICTURE OF THE "(TEETHE 1. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6,3., THE PATHOLOGY 'and RATIONAL TREAT WENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA; with numerous Cases illuitrative of every variety of Urethral Obstruction, and their special Modes of Treatment and Cure. BLF. B. COURTENAY, „ _ Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. `` We know of no nom to whosecare we could with greater cont• deuce entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the tire• thra."—Medlcal Circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. PATRON-11.R.E1. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.- Thursday Evening, the 15th Inst., DRAMATIC READING by ➢Liss GLYN.—HAMLET. • ‘IPORTAN'L LECTURER On the NEW BANK. NOTE, by Dr. BICCHHOPFNER. On the TELEPHONIC CONCERT • by invlsib:e performers on four of Krnr.3's Harps, J. H. PEPPER, Esq. SPLENDID OPTICAL DIORAMA of the VOYAGES of SI 'DAD the -4A .011. VIEWS of tke WAR PERKINS'S STEAM GIIN, which now Discharges 200 Balls per Minute. Saturday Evenings.—Thq Pardg of Caledonia, by Mr. and Miss Crawford, Mr: Van Noorden, Mr. Wand, and tbe Royal Polytechnic Band.—ipisialving Views of America. AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- MONTDAY, Feb. 12th, 1555.—During the course of this week the following Music will be played by Laurent's Orchestra:—Over ture, Fernand Cortez, Spontini. Waltzes: Wellen anti Wogen, Strauss ; Cornelie' (first time), Llancheteau ; Vermalilung's Toaste, *Aram); La anitane Bosisio ; Le Carna►al de Tenise (by Oesirs), H. Lau renkrwithirariations for all the principal rbri , frmers; Quadrilles : Jerome ' , of Dieze, Lamotte ; Le Collier d'Or (first 'Ulm), Bee gnol ; the Highlanders, 11. Laurent ; Lucia, Tinney ; Schottische, the Argyll (first time),-Itenaussy ; Polkas: La Musette (first time), Mattblen ; La Menagerie (first time), Bousquet ; The Zouaves, H. Laurent; the Wellington (first time), Streather ; Gallop, Les Guides, H. Laurent. Principal Cornet-A-Piston, M. Boulcourt. All informa 1-ion relative to music to be obtained at the music repository under the orchestra. Doors open at Eight; commence at half-past. Admission, One Shilling. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, ,DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. , Ms., on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and liremorrholds, Is each, by post Is. 6d. THAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morbl." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless &e.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition sellow ~r e 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 etitrll.,hour out of the twenty•four. Instrated by numerous LIGHTS AND SHADE 4 OF MARRIED LIFE. " lie which that bath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. lie that bath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. ilubject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development if the Affeetions—Love Matches—Precipitate, inwelled, and retarded rnions—Uaritsl Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Menta' incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness--Advauttages of Inter-. marriage— theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas itnilableAllances—La w of Divorce, &c., &c. CPIASIPITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. ' "-What passions-hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject: Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of icentiousness and dissipstion, with illustrations, graphic, sanative, and rem(diative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c: On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN' BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and sperraltolThcca ; with 250 en 4ravings and prescriptions. - Tho- BLADDER, URETHRA, _aryl RECTU\L—Comprising trrluary Derangements. Constipation. and ITiemorrholds. Vols. 6 a.nd 7,, , 00r0r5r ., 1..0 to tlia,pre,,lfog. ILOW TO Li HAPPY: Jueorie Mere., : " Fow worth to fair fedth."—Shairez.pere. Sherwood, 23, Paternrst row; Mann, 39, Conthill ;or of nriTaAnn CULVERWELL, Brother, Succegsnr, and Twenty Years •C4nAnltt.9.4 . Collealne of the hite Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Itegent-street, London. who notY be Idyls& with on the above matters daily, iron► Ten till Five, and in the everings.f , •em Seven till Nine. AT E of the C 0 U T R Y.— Itver, o e talking of Ministe - s' Pvery one else of the cold and damp days. , If rulers must work, the people still press—we mean for E. doses awl fanioss Dress—the samples of art for this time w - the year—tie clothing which never et-ewhere can ap pear. Overcoats neater and cheaper by far than comfortle , s, coun terfeit substitutes aro. Hats, Hosiery, Boot 4 the strongest and be t whit ladies and' gentlemen over posses. ed. E. MOSES and roe, thr . :ugh the world it to known. have a Wholesale Department, the largest that's sh,,,n, where captain- and merchant,, and emigrants too, find purchasing clothing th 2 best they can do SPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI starch 1, Isiiis, E. 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An ilinitrated Altitanne for 1855 cratisenapj)liction ;or post free ATTEMPT TO MIIRDEL—The Court of Assizes of the Ardennes, three days ago, tried a man named Duplessis, 58 years of age, for attempting to murder M..Cotelle, procureur-imprial at Vouziers. On the 16th of August last when M. Cotelle was seated in his office, the psis soner, armed with ,a poignard, rushed in, and crying " Brigand! canaille! I must kill you," attempted to stab him. Cotelle jumped up, and thrust his chair as a defence between himself and the prisoner. But the man seized him, and - struck at him with his weapon. M. Cotelle was,able to parry the blow, and catching hold of his assailant by the wrists tried to hold him. The other, after a violent struggle, broke away, awl stabbed him twice in the face and once in the head. M. Cotelle again seized him, and another struggle ensued ; but the man breaking from his grasp stabbed bim in the arm. At this moment an usher, attracted by M. Cotelle's cries, entered. Duplessis seized the man, and tried to stab him, but only succeeded in wounding him in the ear. The gown, how ever, which the usher wore was cut through in seieral places. Four other persons,then arrived, and they, over powering the assassin, wrested his poignard from him. The man was then conveyed to a place of safety, and being searched a pistol loaded to the _muzzle was fowl on him. He expressed groat regret that he had not succeeded in murdering M. Cotelle, and said that he would certainly de so. As to the cause of his crime, it 'appeared that he entertained, a bitter hatred of all judicial functionaries, in consequence of his having been condemned in 1835 to a fine of 8,000 f., for usury ; that he entertained animosity against M. Cotelle in particu lar for' declining to prosecute some persons whom he had unjustly accused. In defence of the man it was con tended that he was labouring under monomania, and various circumstances were stated tending to prove that he had long been so. But medical men declared that though, perhaps, he was not exactly sound in his mind, e could net be considered so insane as not to be respon sible for his actions. The jury acquitted him of the charge of an attempt at murder, hut declared him guilty of sitting and wounding a magiritrate in the discharge of his duty ; and it is said there were 'extenuating circum stances in the ease. The Court condemned the accused to 10 years' imprisonment with hard labour, and to the surveillance of the police for life.—Paris Paper. 'COMMERCE AND FINANCES Or RUSSIA.—Some elabo rate tables have just been published by the • statistical department of .the Beard of Trade, conveying all the latest information obtained 'regarding the commerce and finances of Russ's. From these it appears that in 1852 the public debt of the empire, domestic and foreign, was 63,185,30 9 1. In the same year the revenue from Cus toms and Excise duties was 4,924,6031. As regards the general revenue, the amount is not given for a later period than 1849, when, exclusive of Poland and Fin land, it was 24,794,7351., of which 7,275,4531. was from direct taxes, .7,745,110/. from indirect taxes, and 9,774,167/. from the brandy monopoly. Under the head of shipping', the tables show that the total of vcs eel's entered at Russian ports in 1852 was 8,615, of an aggregate burden-of 1,570,6 . 51 tens, more than half of which were to the ports in the Black Sea and the Sea ofsAzelf. The total clearances were - .8,407 vessels, of 1,520,160 tone. Of this trade - 11111 y a fourth was carried on in British ships, Turkish, Greek, Dutch, SWedish, Sardinian, Austrian, Prussian, and Danish coming next in Order. The most important of any single port is Odessa, where' the arrivals in 1853 amounted to 589, l7B tons, -while the value of the, cargoes shipped, and which consisted prin`eipally of grain, was 5,627,5001., or about 150 per cent, above their amount in 1851. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUA:RY 17, 1855. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. MR. ROEBUCK'S RESOLUTION. (From the Times of his day.) The Commons of England assembled last night in their usual place of resort. Having been put off, on one pretence or another, for about three weeks, and reading in the news papers that everything was going on from bad to worse, they were naturally impatient, and clamoured for something to be done. As the locality was not Smithfield, or Spafields, or Kennington-common, or Bonnet's-fields, but in the precincts of her Majesty's Palace of Westminster, we did not hear the cries that have been rife at similar gatherings—" Where is our army,?" " Who starved the soldiers r " How about the green coffee berries?"—" Let he go to the war himself." These meetings, once so formidable as to shake the monarchy itself, like all other ebulitions of undisciplined zeal, have long lost their terrors. Ages before the rude Saxon churls at tempted the game, many an old hand, Vir pittate gravis, had twisted an infuriate mob round his fingers in old Rome, and left them with a carte blanche in his pocket for anything he might please to do. In our own country, the descendants of the stern Conqueror found out that there are many ways of managing a rabble quite as effectual, and rather less costly in money and in blood, than hewing down the malcontents with battle-axe and falchion. On these illustrious precedents, avowed with a courage which we must all admire, that veteran councillor Viscount Palmerston attempted to pacify the insurgents last night. He • could not give them exactly what they asked for. The fact was, they had asked for au inquiry, and he had refused it. In a tussle between " Yeas " and " Nays " somebody must give way, and his lordship would rather the House of Commons should go to the wall than he should. This is quite natural, and if Lord Palmerston should carry his point he will be quite as sharp a fellow as Richard 11., which perhaps, is not saying a great deal. But it will be a great deal, a very great point gained, if a stop can be put to this inconvenient practice of demanding au inquiry when anything goes wrong. The truth is, we have to settle who is to govern the country—Parliament, or the forty odd noblemen and gen lemen who have passed the keys of office from one to another for just half a century. The thing is done so much more snugly and pleasantly in a select circle of good fellows, who, like husband and wife, can manage to quarrel and agree again, that it is a thousand pities any momentary difference should be the occasion of letting in the common herd. The rude assault of the Commons has, indeed, compelled a little shift. , ing of the parts, and driven two statesmen to hide themselves for a while ; but the main body are staunch, and are likely to get through this and many a like commotion. The particular promise which the pressure of the emer gency has wrung from the Minister would seem to rest its efficacy rather on bewildering the understandings than on satisfying the passions of the Parliamentary mob. It comes under the class, " Confusion worse confounded, " Obscurum per obscurius," or to speak in mother English to a Smithfield mob, " From the fryingpan into the fire." Everybody has done wrong about the war, so Lord Palmerston pro mises to . send somebody over everybody, or to 'help everybody, or to be instead of everybody—for the new official relation to be established is neither uniform nor clear. •As far as we understand the budget of commissions described by his lordship and Lord Paumure, every British officer in the East is to find somebody else with infinite powers of inquiry, and indefinite powers of command, placed over him, or at his elbow, or behind him, to order him, or so assist him, or to report upon him, or to do all, or which he pleases. Lord Raglan is to be relieved from the details of the Quartermaster and Adjutant-General's departments by Major General Simpson, who is to act as " chief of the staff," and also to " recommend" Lord Raglan to make what changes ho may think proper i❑ these departments. Lord Raglan, "no doubt," will submit to be advised. To make up for this slight abatement of dignity, Lord Raglan may send for as many scavengers as he pleases from Constantinople to carry away the dead corpses now lying " betwixt the wind and his nobility." While Lord Raglan is undergoing this dinzinutio capitig in the Crimea, where we want not a less man, but a greater, he is to be fairly cut in two at home. The Board of Ordnance is to be rent in twain, the discipline to revert to the Commander-in-Chief at the Horse Guards, and the civil part to the Secretary-at-War. We have been charged with want of delicacy to the feelings of Lord Raglan, but the worst that we hate ever suggested for him was that he might be spared from a command for which his advanced years and too easy temper seemed to disqualify him. His treatment by his own friends and admirers is but a doubtful improvement on this. With his head in Major-General Simpson's custody, his right hand in Lord Hardinge's, and his left in Lord Panmure's, he is to.be left nothing that he can fairly call his own except the superintendence of a corps of Turkish scavengers. Wo don't for a moment suspect Lord Palmerston of either un kindness or a jest. For some time past he has been most usefully, most honourably, and wo believe, also, most agree ably employed, in scouring our sowers and putting our dead bodies out of the way. What is more natural than that ho should give Lord Raglan what may be called a turn at the shovel ? But to proceed with this process of superaddition—this new official stratum to be deposited over every department and every functionary in the East. Three civilians are to go out to inquire into the sanitary condition of the hospitals, the camp, and the ships. Much is hoped from their scien tific labours ; but whether they arc to have any power to mend what they see amiss, or whether anybody is to have the power to do so, in spite of all obstacles, on their recommen dation, we are not told. Another commission is. to go out, not only to scrutinise, but also to take in hand toreform and to re-organise the Commissariat. There certaixtly is work enough for such a commission, not only in the East, but quite a 4 much at home, for it is evident that the Commissariat would not have failed had it gone out with proper in structions in the hands of good men. A separate de partment for land transports, and a new board at the Admiralty for the management of naval transports, are evidently required, simply because there is no ma nagement now—that is, no land transport at all, and a management of naval transports that is throwing away, at a moderate competition, more than 10,0001. a day in transports lying idle for want of orders. But the creation of two new departments does not prove there was no case for inquiry. The proposed civil hospital at Smyrna will be a good measure or not, according as it is conducted. We hear, indeed, that for several months every year the climate of Smyrna is deadly to Europeans, that the chief medical officer for the new hos pital is past his work, and the rest have not yet come to theirs ; but let that pass. A promise is given that the whole medical department of the army shall be forthwith reformed. Some other things are thrown iu. Recruits are to be admitted into the army at a greater age and for a less period of service than at present. Either as one of these reforms, or to get rid of a vote in favour of inquiry, Lord John Russell is to go to Vienna, calling at Paris and Berlin on his way, and as much is hoped from him as from the other commissioners sent out ' in all directions. Prepared for peace or war, Lord Palmerston sends out Generals, doctors, purveyors, scavengers, wag goners, to -help, advise, superintend, organi se , control, or supersede, just as may be, all over the Mediterranean and the East. Never since the contents of the Ark were distribu ted over the earth has there been so great a dispersion. Lord John Russell as the emblem of peace leads the way, and it is hoped he will return with an olive branch in his mouth. Lord Palmerston has referred us to an incident in the reign Of_ Richard 11., and we will answer with another from the reign of Henry IV. Prince John having cajoled the Archbishop of York, Mowbray, and Hastings, into disband ing their army, by the promise of redressing their grievances forthwith arrested and did summary justice upon them. If Lord Palmerston can only cajole Mr. Roebuck and the House of Commons into giving up the committee of inquiry they have demanded with such an unexampled majority, there is no se curity for any effectual inquiry ; on tho contrary, all the chances are against it. In the event of peace, and still more of present success, crowning this particular expedition, though affording no guarantee against future failures, we shall hear the cry, " Let bygones be bygones." Indeed, every body knows that in the hour of rejoicing there is no inquisition into the past. In that case we shall be just as unprepared for future wars as we have been proved in the present in stance. The representatives of the people, in the name of that people, demand an inquiry into a mismanagement so vast, so universal, so disastrous, so murderous, and so fatal to our position in the world, that not only the wellbeing, but the very being of this empire, iu its present character, depends on the discovery of the truth. Where is the blame ? What or whose is the fault ? Having thrown out one Ministry, with an unwonted effort of resolution, because it ref Used inquiry, the House of Commons is now mot by the very culprits them selves who had refused inquiry, and have been turned out for refusing. It is a new combination indeed ; but Lord Pal merston refused inquiry as unconstitutional ; Mr. Sidney Herbert has refused inquiry, alleging that. it is the House of Commons that is really to blame, by cutting down the Army Estimates; Mr. Gladstone has refused inquiry on the ground that the army, said to be nearly destroyed, exists almost entire. Are these men so alive to the true state of affairs, so candid, so anxious for a real reform, that the House of Com mons is to eat its own words, de&aro itself in the wrong for turning out the late Government, and trust these mon to manage and reform the army so effectually as to prevent future disasters I The House of Commons would simply make a fool of itself, and deserve any Minister our ill stars might send us, if it committed that suicidal folly. The House of Commons has staked its credit against that of the war Administration. One of them must suffer judgment. Lord Palmerston and his colleagues would evidently not take it much to heart if the House of Commons did rather expose itself. His sym pathies aro stronger in favOur of the governing class,—that is, the small clique of statesmen who, under one name or au other, have done for us this half-century. Will the house, then, give its character, its honour, and its very existence, for the sake of that family feeling I No. Of the two evils it is better Government should change again, than that the House of Commons, representing the people, should belie it self. Representative institutions have been under a cloud lately. It has been said that they cannot carry on war or protect the honour and influence of a nation. There is one thing, however, Parliament can do,—it can change the Go vernment, if necessary, again and again, till it ands those who will do the work of the people. of that " new blood," an infusion of which into the race of English statesmen would best fulfil the desires of the country, One, at least„ was there who has separated himself from' his late colleagues, disgusted with their want of zeal, or ambi tious of a higher position in the Government than has hitherto been assigned to him. Another, whore knowledge and wide experience had marked him out as peculiarly fitted to take part in the conduct of the war, retained his place as a leader among those young politicians whom the slightest exhibition of weakness or indecision on the part of our present 'lllere, will change from hake-warm allies into formidable oppo nents. There, too, sat another, whom the temptations of office could not divert from his al!eg:ance to that party, whose cause, aristocrat though he be, he bee hitherto steadily espoused. The truth is, that, in the opinion of such men, we are in a state of transition. The existing Government, whose days, perhaps, are already num berel, is the last whioh shall base its claim .to rule on lofty birth and, hereditary power. England is upon the eve of an administrative revolution,. and the country will pre sently be called upon to' say who and what they are whom it will choose to govern it. And we cannot doubt that, last night, the House of Commons faithfully reflected the feeling of the entire nation, which regards the present Government as to a great extent provisional. Lord Palmerston, indeed, exerted himself to inspire for his colleagues that confidence which the people seems to have re posed in him alone. His speech, however, was the greatest satire that could have been delivered against the late Govern ment. The occasion was too good to be lost by Mr. Dis raeli. It was easy for that profound master of malicious sarcasm to taunt the new Premier with the faults and short comings of his " identical -predecessors" —easy to advise that the gentlemen whom a short week had converted into vigor ous promoters of a war which they had hitherto disliked should resume their offices amid " solemn silence:" But certainly, had Eugland,heen searched from ).one and to the' other, it would have been absolutely impossible to find any one more fitted to meet the ptculiar difficulties of his position than Lord Palmersion. With happy tact he tried to anticipate his opponents, and by one dexterous move to take the game out of their hands. Who but so clever a tactician would have ventured upon a comparison between the present Government and the Monarch who slew Wat Tyler I " What, has this great people been betrayed by its rulers ? Aro they who usurped dominion driven back in scorn and confusion ? We—l and my colleagues—will take your part ; we will utterly destroy the wicked men who so foully be trayed their trust." And when, after such an appeal to the generous sentiment, the new Premier sketched out a plan of reform so sweeping in its nature that it seemed to effect by one blow all that was desired, the house was bound to ac knowledge the skill of the manceuvre, although the suddenness of the conversion might eXcite a smile. But is not this the season of pantomimes Why should the House of Com mons be deprived cf its Harlequin and Pantaloon ? NATAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Neptune, 120, sailing-ship, Captain Hutton, is to convey the Wiltshire ,Regiment of Militia to the lonian Island s , to relieve regular troops ordered to the Crimea. The Neptune is at Spithead, having recently returned home from Malta, whither she had taken troops. The James Watt, 91, screw-ship, Capt. G. Elliott, was taken. into the steam basin yesterday morning to receive repairs iu her machinery. The Edinburgh, 60, screw-ship, Capt. Hewlett,• hauled alongside Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, preparatory to being taken into dock. The Hogue, 60, screw-ship, has been taken out of dock. The newly commissioned 60-gun screw-ships, Pembroke and Hastings, are almost complete in the rigging depart ment, having their topgallantmasts fidcled and their lower and topsail yards across. The first-named ship received her detachment of marines yesterday. The other ships fitting are rapidly progressing. Tho Tartar, 21, screw-frigate, sailed yesterday morning for the westward. DESPATCH FROM LORD RAGLAN. [FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING.] WAR-DEPARTMENT, FEB. 14. Lord Panmuro has this day received a despatch, of which tho following is a copy, addressed to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.E. Before Sebastopol, Feb. 3, 1855. My Lord Duke,—Nothing has occurred in front of the British lines since I wrote to your Grace on the 27th January. Before daylight on the morning of the Ist the enemy made a vigorous sortie on the most advanced works of the French right ; they were repulsed, after a sharp contest, in the most gallant manner, by our ally, who, however, sustained some loss. The weather, which had latterly been fine, broke yester day ; and, after a rainy evening, there was a fall of snow during the night, and there is again a frost, with an ex ceedingly cold wind. . . The materials for the railway continue to arrive, but I fear it will not be possible for me to supply the amount of military labour which Mr. Beatty would seem to require. Nearly two hundred Croatians, who were hired at Con stantinople, have arrived, and been handed over to him, and more are expected, and, as a matter of experiment, I have obtained four hundred Tartars from Eupateria. I have, &e., (Signed) RAGLAN. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &a., &c. FRENCH THANKS TO ENGLISH OFFICERS. (From tke London Gazette of Last Night.) The Earl of Clarendon has received a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, dated February 4, 1855, of which the following is an'extract : "I have the honour to enclose a copy of a note which I received yesterday evening from M. ,Drortyn de l'Huys, eulogising the services rendered by Major-General Rose and Majors Claremont and Foley, not onlyrie the common cause in which they are engaged, but to General Canrobert personally in his communications with hi 4wn troops." (Copy.) Jii.n.Lant-Putruirmiladenir,—.o4o , lllfr. Zotar6olial do- Bt.-Arnaud avoit....ordervoir, °pita. .do li faire conaltro an liti GVerzionterit - ati'r :renr combien it t/Lilt ou Aso louei de la conduits do ois °Meier° de l'armee Britannique attaches A divers tilers au quartier general de l'armee Francaise,—M. le Brigadier-General Hugh R.)se, M. lo Major Stopford Claremont, Commis saires de la Rein°, et M. le Major George Foley, Aide-de- Camp du General Ro2.e. M. le General Canrobert vient a son tour do signaler en termes trop honorables a M. le Ministre de la Guerre les services quo contiuuent al rendro ces offieiers, pour quo nous ne considerions pas eomme tine obligation do transmettre ce tomoignage au Gouvernement do la Reine. M. le General Canrobert, en ecrivant, en effet, quo ces (Ancient se soot constammeut fait remarques par la bravouro qu'ils ont deployee en face de I'ennemi dans los deex batailles de l'Alma of d'lnkerman,- aussi Bien que dans lee operations du siege de Sebastopol, ajoute qu'il a CO conduit par le devouement avec lequel ils ser vent, par la parfait° intelligence qu'ils out de tons lee det a il s d e La. guerre, a ne plus faire aucune distinction entre eux et les officiers do son Etat-Major, et a lee em ployer absolument comme ces derniers pour lee missions lee pins difficiles. 'Je DO puis trop,' dit M. le General •Canrobert, qui a vu IL. le Brigadier-General Rose blesse ses ekes dans la trancbee, rendre homage a l'excel lento attitude do ces officiers , qui sent entouressle l'estime generale dans notre armee, on ils out glorieusement o e con quis droit d'etre cite. C'es avec une wive satisfaction que je v i ens pr i er voter E xce l fence da fta,ir eons savoirtt du t Gouvernement - point notre Command a nt - en - Chef apprecie les services rendue par MM. Hugh Rose, Stopford Claremont, et George Foley, soit comme soit comme interme r ez Pas, M. PA m b a ssadeur, de la Reine quol diaires des cordiales et parfaites relations qui existent entre lee deux armoes. " 'Agrees, " DROITYN DE L'HUTS. " Paris, le 3 Fevrier, 18552" RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND. Tho half-yearly acccounts of this company up to the 31si December last have just boon m a d e up. They show the amoun t e xpended on capital account during the six months to have been 231,2091. 14s. 9d., w h ich, added to the pre vious outlay, makes the total expenditure 18,916,508/. 15s. 5d., whilst the capital raised has been, by shares, 15,156,760/. 7s. 4d., and debentures, 3,935,1191. 35., to gether 19,091,8791. 10 , s. 4d., leaving. a balance in favour of the company of 175,370/. 14s. 11d. The receipts on the revenue account for the half-year have been 794,392/. 6s. Id., and the working expenses !including the working of the m th i e le lll l a 3 n 6 c 3 li , e 9 s o t 4 e l r . and Matlock deficiency , dividends on various 9s. Id.; to which has to of 1 4211. Bs. 11d., and redemption of 5001. mortgage deben tures,' making a total of 551,764/. 7s. 10d., and leaving of 239 62 / b N e rtll addedW- guaranteed e in s t i s e t r r i o l e c s k 4 t s 7 7 debentures, & a disposable balance , 7 18s. 3d. Of this sum, 207,3311. 18s. 7d. is to be appropriated t 9 dividend as fol lows : 9,19,8591. Os. 7d. Consolidated Stock, in- £ s. d. chiding the 501. share* at 31. per cent per annum .......... . ............................. : t. ... 17 1 : 1: 6 4 20 17 1 3 8 901,1011. 13s. 4d., being 11/. 13s. 4d. p er ' share on 77,245 16'. 12s. 46. shares( if year on Si. 13s. 4d., and 153 days,ou ), at 41. 10s. per cent. per annum —. 19,443 19 8 978,5331. Os. Birmingham and Derby Stoylc, - at 21. 7s. 61 per cent. per annum 25,0001. Midland Preferential Stock, at pl. per cont. per annum . •• 750 0 0 145,00 U/. Erewash Valley 50/. shares at 1. per cent, per annum ' 4,350 0 0 _________ X 207,338 18 7 TILE CONVENTION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TEE UNITED STATES. g lir;lfti:tteerfiaifPebrloaersid:—.of war ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 6.—The convention between I Russia and the United States, defining the rights of gp+de—that is, that neutrals in war, signed at Washington on the 10th (22d) 1 July; 1854, is now published, and runs as follows: " Art. 1. The high contracting parties reociotglizeiosse or capture las , t , t a ng . Tanhdatufnraeleterab sh i psl e t n h l e ak fo a llo fr w ee in asubjectsn d goodsanodf confiscation merchandise eeu t i l it i ir e gael p r re ships, p tis e p ; a t : y e alone excepted. i. "b. That neutral property on boar an enemy's ship is not subject, to confi sca tion, it lawfu mer c h an di se. - "They bind themselves to apply t ese principles to veers e rstanding as to reserve to the application and extension of trie the trade and navigation of-all bt A tej and nations who may bo willing on t h e i r parts to acknowledge and re cognise the same as lasting and uoaltwabie. themselves "Ar t . 2. the The c o b i ! 1 ,11 , i i g c t o o n a n t rac e t a i t r i , g , r_ u P pinciples contained in Art. 1, but declares - expressly that they form the basis of the principles governing their actions in regard to the rights of neutrals in war. "Art. 3. It is agreed that all natiohs who may, by a formal declaration, express their rea4iness to acknow ledge these principles ehall be at liberty to join in this traaty, and enjoy all the rights and Privileges resulting from it. " Art. 4. This present convention i ihall b e ra tified by the Emperor of all the Russias and t 0 President of the United States of America and the rat cations exchanged at Washington within ten months ora this date, or sooner if possible. - "Done at Washington in duplicat July 22, 1854. (Signed) 6,E. STOEOIKL. it NY, L. MARCY." ,-3 (From. the Daily News of th, is day.) The Pahnerston Administration has succeeded to office un der circumstances extraordinary and unprecedented. Scarcely more than a fortnight has elapsed, and the men who were so lately driven from office by a crushing majority resumed their seats, last night, on the Treasury bench in the House of Com mons. Lord Palmerston, indeed, the unvanquished hero of a hundred civic fights, has at length attained the height of his ambition, and, after a life of strange vicissitude, has won the noblest prize within the grasp.of a British subject. And yet, invested though he was with this perilous distinction, iu accordance with the hopes and wishes of the nation, his reception .by the representatives of that nation took place amid " solemn silence." There was no sign of that enthusiastic hope with which the advent of a new Administration is in general hailed by its friends. The House of Commons seemed possessed with the idea that a Government whose recent history was one of failure could inspire no confidence and deserve no support, except that which may h reafter be bestowed en Vigorous. action. The pr.estige of that once-powerful Coalition is gone. The country has ceased to put unhesitating faith iu the statesm en whom it looked upon two years ago as its, deliverers from the bondage of corrupt and inefficient rulers. There was some anxiety, perhaps, to hear an explanation of the late crisis from the man who has at length become master of the situa tion, and the house was 'curious to le arn how the " rebur nished" Government intended to meet Mr. Roebuck's motion for the appointment of members I o serve ou the commission of inquiry. But this was all. The obvious] and universal feeling was that the crisis is not yet over, and that they who shall completely extricate us from our great difficulties were not seated last night on 'the' Treastu y Bench. Below the gangway, on the Ministei ial side, was some APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—His Serene Highness Victor F. F. E. G. A. C. F. Prince of Hohenlohe Langenbourg to the St. Jean D'Acre ; John P. Choyne to the Phcenix. Master George B. F. Swain, from the Leopard, to the Majestic. Surgeons—Harvey Morrie, from the Powerful to the Impregnable ; Patrick Martyn, M.D., to the Powerful, vice Morris. Paymasters—William Hudson Ozzard, to the Firefly; Robert W. Warwick, to the Merlin. Clerks in Charge—Edward S. Cooke to the Tyne store ship ; Richard D. Hire to the Medusa. Clerks Edward 0. Hayes to the Royal George ; Charles Fisher to the Rosamond. steam sloop. Clerks' Assistants—George A. Rowe to the Nile; R. Harriott to the Pembroke. Second-Master David Batt is promoted to be Master, and appointed to the Leopard steam-frigate. Second-Master George A. Macfarlane is promoted to be Master. Rear-Admiral Henry Eden is to be appointed one of the Lords of the Admiralty, in the room of Rear- Admiral Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, C. 8., who is appointed to the consmand of the Baltic fleet. The following promotions and appointments have taken place in the Royal Marine corps, dated Feb. 13 : Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colotel Peter Brames Nolloth, of the Portsmouth division, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, and appointed to the same division, vice Wright, deceased. First-Lieutenant and Quartermaster W. E. Farmar, of the Plymouth division, to be Captain, and appointed to the Portsmouth division, vice Nolloth. Second-Lieutenant J. R. Mascall, of the Chatham divi sion, to be First-Lieutenant. ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE. At the monthly examination of officers for promotion and candidates for entry into the Royal Navy, which ter minated at the Royal Navy College, Portsmouth, on Thurs day, the following qualified and received certificates : Mates, R.N., for Lieutenants—Messrs. H. 111. N. Dyer, C. J. Bullock, E. White, W. H. Blake, J. Grant, A. J. Villiers, R. Steins, C. D. Davies, C. W. Manthorp, G. G. Wallace, G. Worefold, A. M. Norman, J. C. Wells, J. W. Simeon, W. M. Wright, J. S. Tonkin, S. Take, D. E. Orr, E. D. Pouter, R. D. Clarke, H. G. Hale, W. W. Howell, W. G. Silverlock, F. Semple, G. A. Douglas. Second-Masters, R.N., for „Masters—W. B. Shellaboar. C. E. H. Farrant, H. G. Arguimbau, J. A. Bull, and J. E. Suda'more. For Naval Cadets—W. H. Hornby, F. Edwards, G. R. Keating, H. F. Stephenson (from Mr. Eastman's establish ment, Southsea), C. E. Foot, E. L. Trafford, G. R. Baker, H. Izod, F. R. Brovvnlow, E. H. R. Stephen, and the Hon. C. L. Cadogan. For Masters' Assistants—B. Wellington, T. C. Layton, and F. James. For aerke Assistants—C. B. Sivecke, F. Bullmore, R. Harding, T. E. Harper, F. T. Fitzmaurice, A. J. Myers, and W. C. T. Meader. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. The hired steam despatch transport Telegraph (No. 184), at Portsmouth, which we noticed on Wednesday last as another added to the many instances of mismanage ment and want of head in the transport service, bids fair to afford much more food for complaint. She has sliippedls3 cwt. 391 b. of coffee, ready roasted and ground, from the Clarence yard, also 73 casks-(d2 cwt, 661 b.) of coffee in the berry, roasted at the establish ment, 800 mite, and a quantity of _ other Govern ment supplies and stores, besides bale goods from private establishments, for the British army before Sebastopol, and she also takes out Major-General Simpson and staff and other officers and their horses to the seat of war. The naval authorities at Portsmouth, quite regardless of what the vessel has been constructed to carry, and against the most urgent remonstrances, have loaded the vessel so deeply that the watercloset pipes have burst, the pre sure being too great upon the valves, and consequently the hold has been flooded, and it may be fairly presumed the cargo not improved, if not damaged. She is, in fact, a racehorse, and has been hired as such, but the dockyard authorities have loaded her like a waggon hack ; she has never been loaded , before deeper than 9ft. Gin. under ordi -pary eireumetanoee ; take-Dockyard people haVe loaded her to lift. Bin., and she still has her water to take in. Tn consequence of this reckless blundering from the want of a competent working superintendent of transports, the Telegraph cannot carry coals for more three days and a half's consumption, whereas she usually stows enough for seven days. She will now have to put in at Lisbon (if she over reaches there, her cabin windows being only 30 inches from the water) for coals, and even at Fal mouth if bad weather continues. To remedy the water closets bursting, she was docked at 10 o'clock on Thursday night. This handsome ship Telegraph (which was put into the hands of the Government by the Belfast Steam Ship ping Company replete with every essential, and even luxury, that a steam despatch yacht could need) has been hired by the Crown for three months, at 2,5001. per month (or about 30,0001. per annum). Now, for another thousand or so the Government might have bought the ship and all in her. To bring the 50 starvelings of car-drivers from Liverpool to Portsmouth, and to take in the coffee, &c., at the above rate, coupled with the loss of a fortnight of time, eomes to between 1,5001. and 2,0001., all items con ' sidered ; whereas, the expedition to Portsmouth, with easterly gales, might have been avoided altogether, and her coffee and car-drivers, sound in package and robust in health, might have been at Malta, on their way to the seat of war, for about 80/. or 1001. of railway expenditure from Portsmouth. .11 A B K.E T NE WS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. Very limited supplies of fruit and veg€tables were on offer to-day, The trade was heavy, as fullows Flaorr.Pine apples, English, 7sio 105 per lb ; apricots, Osito Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, Os Od to lOs Od per lb ; foreign ditto, 10d to is 8d ; melons, Os 01 to OA each peaches, Os Oil to Oa ; nectarines, Os Od to Os per dozen ; apples, 4s 6d to. lOs Od per bushel ; pears, 72 Od to 10s Od per half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages Os to Os Od per punnet ; ditlo, Os to Os Od, and common plums, 3s 01 to Os Od per half sieve ; cherries, Od to Os per pound ; lemons, 6(1 to is per doz.; oranges, 3s Od to lOs per 103; fil berts, 193 s per 100 Ibs ; cobnuts, 180 s to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od per 100; figs, is Od to 2s 6d per lb, VEGETABLES.—Savoy cabbages, 9d to is 6d per dozen; red ditto, 2s to 3s Od per dozen ; French beans, Os 3A to Os 4d per 100 ; brocoli, le 3d to 2s Od per bundle ; potatoes, 90s to 120 s per ton ; vegetable naarrow,Od each ; peas, Os Od. to Os Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half sieve ; turnips, 4d to Bdperbunch ; carrots, 7d to 10d per bunch; cucumbers, is Od to 2s Od each; garlic, Od. to Os &l per peund ; spinach, 2s 6(1 to 4s Od per sieve ; onions, 2s 6d to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks , 3d to 5d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d. ; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 5s Od per bundle ; parsley, 5d to 7d per bunch ; celery, is Od to is 9d per bunch ; endive, 2s Od to 3s per score ; beat, Os 6d to is per doz. ; parsnips, is Od to 2s Od per dozen ' • small salad, 3d to Od per punnet ; m us h rooms , i s 3d to is 6d per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to Gs per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, Is 6d to 2s per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ; radishes 9d to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Od to 4s Od per half sieve; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, is Od to 2s 0(1 per half sieve; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s 6d to 8s Od ; Geese, 5s Oil to 6s 0(1 each; Ducks, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; tame Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od; wild do., is to is Gd each ; Pigeons, 8s to 9s per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Us Od ; middling, 2s Oct to 35 Od ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Hares 3s Od to 3s 6d ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d each ; Partridges, is 9d to 2s Od ; Pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 6d; Leveretr, 2s Od to 2s 6d each. Ostend fresh butter, 115 6d to 12s Gd, and English 115 Gd to 15s Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 108 Od to 115 Od; French ditto, 750 d to 8s Od per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 38 2d to 4s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3s Od to 48 4d par 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; pork, 33 Od to 4a 4d per 81bs. by the 0 are&Bo. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s Od to 25s ; Brills, 3s Od to 10s each; Salmon, Os Od to Os Od per lb; Cod Fish, 3s Od to 25s each ; Soles, 3d to 28 Od per pair; Eels, 8d to ls Od per lb; Lobsters, Gd to 2s 6d ; Crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; - Whitings, 4s Od to 14s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 25s ; Natives, tOs to Os per bsh; Mackerel, 40s per 100 ; Smelts, 2s Od to 3sOd per doz.; Skate, Gd to 8d per Po; Shrimps, is Gd to 2s Gd per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to 2; Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s OZ to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 8s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 12s per doz. ; Pike Gd ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb; Prawns, 2s Gd to 3s. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to lid; of household ditto, 8d to 92 2 ,(1 per 4lb loaf, HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 57.111)to 611 b, .3.id to 30 ; 611 b to 7211 ) , 3. 1 ;0 to • ' 7 . )113 to 8011), 341 to ; 8011) to 8811), to 40 ; 581 b to 961 b, 4,1 to 4.1 d ; 9611) to 10111), to 40. ; 104 1121 b 00 to 00 ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 5s 6(1 to Os 00 ; calf skins, light, 2s 00 to 3s 00 ; ditto, full, 5s Oil to Os 0:1 ; polled sheep, 5s 00 to 7s Od ; Keats, 5s od to 5s 90 ; Hall-hreds, 5s 00 to 5s 90 ; Downs, 4s 00 to 5s 00 ; Lambs, Os Od to 03 00. EAY MARKETS. SMITEIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 16s to 41 14s Od ; clover ditto, 31 3s to 51 15s ' - and straw, 11 3s to 1 110 s per load. A limited supply and a fair demand. OUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 17s to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 31 Os to 51 12s ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 12s per load. Trado steady, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to 4' 15s; clover ditto, 31 5s to 6/ ; and straw, 11 3s to 11 10s per load, A f a i r supply and a steady trade. r pRICE SD. RECOVERY OF WASTE PLACES. (From flee Athenceum.) A. Committee of gentlemen connected with Blooms bury Chapel has, for several years, been at work in St. Giles's, with a view to remedy some of the evils existing in certain of its districts. A sys tem of house-to-house visitation hag been prose cuted with energy and perseverance ; habits of per sonal cleanliness have been recommended ; and urgent destitution has been relieved. Parents have been directed to the schools most suitable for their children ; and many, both children and adults, have been aided in their desire to abandon vicious habits. Measures have also been adopted to substitute wholesome for immoral reading ; and with a view still further to awaken the people of this district to a sense of their position, an unseeterian religious instructor has been provided. The Temperance Hall, King-street, Seven Dials, has been partly rented for meeting purposes--and these efforts have been so far appreciated that the Committee have long desired to extend their operations. Their great want has been a suitable building in which, and from which, plans of usefulness might be carried out. This difficulty, however, is now overcome. The Swiss Protestant Church, situated in the Five Dials, having been vacated, has been taken and adapted, at a cost of 1601., as th e Bloomsbury Mission Hall. On Tuesday evening last it wa s opene d to t h e peop l e, —th e l owes t class being specially invited. The meeting was convened for 8 o'clock, and the Hall was crowded in every part. Mr. S. M. Peto presided, and, together with the Rev.W. Brock, of Bloomsbury Chapel, explained the origin and progress of the work in which the committee are engaged, and cordially invited the people to make free use of the building in which they were assembled, assuring them that at all suitable times it would be open to them free of cost. Addresses were delivered by other members of the committee, and it was announced that adult writing classes would be immediately commenced, and the free library extended. Arrangements have also been made for the delivery of interesting lectures, some with dissolving views. It was further stated, that, as circumstances suggested, other measures of usefulness would be adopted. A resolution expressive of the feeling of the meeting was submitted by Dr. Snitch. Mr. Peto, in acknowledging a vote of thanks, said, that he had never yet delivered a lecture, but being at present released from Parliamentary duties ,he was tempted to do so, and his first should be given in that hall, to the people of St. Giles's. THE WEATHER, THE PARKS, (to. The appearance of the Thames yesterday was singu lar. Not a steamboat could be seen passing up or down. Up to yesterday the North Woolwich Railway bad been enabled to convey their passengers from Shoreditch to North Woolwich, and pass them over to the Kentish shore by means of steamboats. Yesterday morning, how ever, put an end to the previous facilities, for, on the passengers getting to the North Woolwich station, it was found impracticable for the small steamboats to cross to the opposite side. Between Greenwich and Woolwich a great accumula tion of ice has been frozen together, in such bodies that it is next to an impossibility for any small craft to cross the water. A.t Putney, Wandsworth, and even lower down the river, no sort of vessels can venture out. Several skaters amused themselves upon the ice at Kingston yesterday, as did also many hundreds at Teddington and Barnes. The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's Re ceiving-house in Hyde-park during the night of Thurs day indexed 20 deg., being 12 deg. below freezing point. Yesterday morning it was at 9 o'clock 20 deg. and at noon 26 deg., but at 5 o'clock in the evening it stood at 24 deg., being 8 deg. below freezing, and towards the evening it commenced rapidly to descend, indicating the continuance of the present severe weather. The barometer yesterday indexed 29'93 deg., being 25-100ths above what it was the preceding day. The wind in the morning was east by south, which changed in the evening to south-east by east. The barometer at 5 p.m. showed an inclination of going down, so that a further fall of snow way be expected. The ice on the gerpentine was 7. inches thick, and the sliders and skaters during the day was about 20,000. At a late hour on Thursday night a singular performance took place. A great number of gentlemen, not wishing to mingle with the crowd, proceeded in a body to the Ser pentine after the regular skating hours had finished, and, each with a lighted torch in band and a policeman's lamp buckled in front, amused themselves on the ice until nearly midnight. Mr. Superintendent Williams, on being informed of what was doing on the river, pro ceeded to the spot, but fortunately no accident took place. 20,000 persons, including nearly 250 women, ventured on the ice in St. .Inry..,s's raric. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and a goodly sprinkling of the nobility were on the banks of Kensington-gardens witnessing the evo lutions of the skaters dur;ng the day. The Long -water had sliders and skaters. The Round pond bad 1,500 skaters and sliders, but no accident of any moment occurred. The Regent's -park had about 15,000 sliders and skaters on the frozen waters. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT isIANCLIESTER—YEtTEItDAT. On Wednesday St. Hubert, who had been very quiet in the betting for some days, was fairly installed first fa vourite for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes. For the Great Northern Handicap Vandal was a better favourite than on Tuesday, 100 to 8 being the highest offer against him. Yesterday sto 2 was the best price obtainable against either St. Hubert or Lord of the Isles for the Two Thousand Guineas. Metropolitan—Pharsalus seemed to be retrograding, there being no takers of 4 to 1. Steelyard was backed to a " pony" at 25 to 1. 500 to 30 was laid once against Miss Mowbray for the Liverpool Steeple Chase. 400 to 50 was taken about St. Hubert for the Derby, and 35 to 1, to 251., about Wild Dayr ell. To-day the Trout, for the Liverpool Steeple Chase, was backed at 11 to 2. Miss Mowbray was supported at 100 to 6, and even 5001. was laid between Dalkeith and Need wood. For the Metropolitan, Pharsalus receded to 9 to 2, offered. Great Northern—Vandal had friends at 12 to 1, while there were no takers of 15 to 1 about Lord Palmerston. 100 to 6 was taken several times about The Yore. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, 55 to 20 would have been taken freely about St. Hubert ; 3 to 1 was currently offered against Lord of the Isles ; 4 to 1 was taken to a few pounds about Scott's lot, and after wards offered. The Ches ter Cup is nearly a dead letter at present ; 8 to 1 would have been taken freely about St. Hubert for the Derby ; Rifleman has sprung in the market since Tuesday, 100 to 9 being the highest offer against him to-day. Latest quotations : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 2 agst The Trout (taken) 10 to 1 agst Bastion (offered) 100 to 6 agst Miss Mowbray (taken) 100 to 6 agst Dalkeith (nominal) 100 to 6 agst Needwood (nominal) GREAT METROPOLITAN. 9to 2 apt Pharealne (offered) GREAT NORTEERN. 12 to 1 agsb Vandal (taken) 15 to 1 agst Lady Palmerston (offered) 100 to 6 agst the Yore (taken freely) THE TWO THOUSAND. sto 2 agst St. Hubert (take 55 to 20) 3to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (offered) 4to 1 agst Scott's lot (taken and offered) MISTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Andover (wanted) 20 to 1 agbt Rotherham (offered) 100 to 3 agst Arthur Wellesley (taken) 45 to 1 agst Honeysuckle (taken) 00 to 1 agst Pharsalus (taken) 100 to 1 aggt Star of Surrey (taken) DERBY. 15 to 2 agst St. Hubert (take:B to 1 f.) 10 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 100 to 9 agst Rifleman (take, 100 to 8 f.) DDRBY RACES. —ln consequence of the continued severity of the weather, these races, which ware ap pointed to take place on Thursday next, the 22d inst., are postponed until further notice. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASES.—These chases are again postponed. Weather permitting, they will take place on Monday, the 26th inst. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the Mining Journal of this day.) A few sellers of the heavy priced shares this week have caused this description of stock to be rather more depressed, but there has been a large amount of busi ness doing in Other shares, and the market is well supported. Boilers and Bassets are offered without finding buyers, thus making gocd our remarks a few weeksago, as to thedesirability of sub-dividing them into 1,024 shares. United from 1801. to 220. ; Trelawny, 32/. to 341 ; West Basset, 23/. to 30/. ; North Basset, 171. 10s. to 18/.; North 'rrelawny sou g ht a ft er, at a to 61.; in Sortridge Consols, a large amount of busi ness has been done, but the market not quite so firm as last week, at 21. 17s. 6d. to 31. The Gold Mining Share Market continues neglected, not a single transaction haring taken place yesterday, In Iron Coal Companies, during the week, there has been but little alteration. The Miscellaneous Share Market at the commence ment of the week exhibited considerable firmness. Yes terday prices were weaker. CIVIL SERVICE.—EarI Granville (Lord President of the Council) has re-appointed Mr. Charles Boothby, of the Council office, to be his lordship's private secretary. —Mr. T. B. Lang has been appointed controller of the Inland office, Post-office, Edinburgh, vice Moule, super annuated at 4071, per annum, —Civil &Tyke acv;ette, One of the most fearful conflagrations connected with the shipping interest at this port which has ever been known at Southampton occurred at the docks this morning, causing the total destruction of the fine steam ship Mauritius, belonging to the General Screw Steam shipping Company. This vessel, which was built by Messrs. Mare and Co., of Blackwell, for the purpose of assisting the company in carrying on their mail con tract with England and the East Indies, via the Cape, was launched in 1852, since which time she has made two successful voyages to Calcutta and Lack, the latter voyage being completed in August of last year. Since that time the Mauritius has been iu the service of Government, and employed in the con veyance of troops, &c., to and from the Black Sea. She was of 1,850 tons burden and 300-horse power, and cost about 70,0001. On the return of the Mauritius from the Crimea she arrived at this port, and has during the last few days been lying in the new graving-dock, under going some necessary repairs previously to her return to the duties of the transport service. About 5 o'clock this morning several persons con nected with the docks were aroused by the alarm of " Fire !" and Mr. Hedger, superintendent to the Dock Company, and Mr. Levy, together with other officials, wore immediately upon the spot. In conjunction with these gentlemen we noticed several officers connected with the Royal Mail and Peninsular and Oriental Com panies' service, and also a strong body of men, under the charge of the second officer of the United States mail steam-ship Hermann, now lying at this port, who bad been ordered to render assistance by Cept. Higgins, com mander of that vessel. When first seen, the fire appeared to have gained only a slight hold upon the ship, but the time naturally occupied in the preparation of fire-engines, together with the difficulty experiencedin procuring water, owing to the tide being at its lowest ebb, permitted the fire to extend. itself considerably. A short time after the alarm had been made known, a strong detachment of Sappers and Miners from the barracks, with their engines, were speedily on the spot ; but the fearful ra pidity with which the devouring element extended itself damped the hopes of all in the possibility of saving the vessel. In short, no sooner had the fire made sufficient progress to be thoroughly visible than it burst out into one immense mass, almost instantly extending itself over three-parts of the devoted vessel. However, every exer tion was made by those in attendance, but unfortunately with no beneficial result, for the Mauritius now lies in the new graving -dock totally destroyed, and, beyond the iron with which she was built, the whole of which has twisted into a thousand different shapes, and her bowsprit, jibboom, and cutwater, not a vestige of this once noble ship remains. It was stated that a considerable quan tity of gunpowder remained on board, and this rendered the danger of assistance imminent to many persons who were otherwise willing to have volunteered their services. But had such not been the case with such rapidity did the flames travel throughout the vessel, that hardly any time was left after the arrival of a suffi cient number of persons to save anything of material value. It is fortunate that, although a large quan tity of the officers' kit, together with the plate, &c., of the ship has been totally destroyed, the ship's papers were removed on shore yesterday and there by saved. 'For about three hours the fire raged furiously, and a strong breeze springing up from the eastward considerably assisted the progress of the flames. About 8 o'clock the wizen and main masts fell over the port side with a tremendous crash, and were shortly afterwards followed by the foremast, the whole forming a tangled and burning heap of spars and cordage. Fortunately, no damage either to the docks or the mass of people assembled occurred. For some considerable time great fear was exhibited in refeieace to the powder magazine, and many persons left the docks or retired to some distant part. The water had reached a sufficient height to lead many to presume that the portion of the ship containing the ammunition was entirely inundated, and that any danger from the explosion of gunpowder was rendered thereby utterly futile ; but about half-past ten o'clock a terrific explosion took place, and large fragments of the burn ing wreck were scattered in all directions, fortunately without doing any injury. Some fear existed in conse quence of there being several pieces of loose timber and a large quantity of shaving s lying on the dock quay, some of which took fire, but was speedily extinguished. As is usual in similar cases great difficulty exists in tracing the origin of the fire, and every exertion is being made by those in authority to satisfy themselves on this point. From the particulars we have gleaned it ap pears that during the whole of last night some men were engaged in repairing the boilers of the ship, and were provided with two fires as necessary to the carrying on of their work, and, beyond a small stove in the forecastle, there was every reason to believe no light of any kind existed on board. About half past four o'clock, while proceeding with his work, one of the men had reason to suspect the ship was on fire, and, on reaching the upper deck, perceived through the bull's-eyes, which are used for admitting light to the main deck, a large quantity of flame. An alarm was at once given, and, although eight or nine seamen were on board, together with the ship-keeper, hardly a drop of water could be procured, and in a very short time all hands left the ship. One of tit. °Moot of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Tagus, lying in the docks, as soon as he became acquainted with the fact, went on board the Mauritius, and, seeing the danger of the fire spreading, although it was only slight at the time, requested that about a dozen buckets of wat er should be brought him, as he thought he could then ex tinguish the thirties ; but this was refused him with a grin and the question, " Who is to pay the men for fetching the'water ?" Captain Eeßledue, superintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and Captain Vincent, of the Royal Mail Company, were in the docks shortly after the commencement of the fire, and immediately made such arrangements as to insure the safety of those vessels be longing to each company which are now in port. The Orinoco was instantly shifted from her close vicinity to the scene of the conflagration, and other ships were without delay moved to a safe distance. A very strong opinion exists among many persons in this port that the destruction of the Mauritius was more the result of design than accident. This opinion has justly been excited from many circumstances. It will be re membered that, at the commencement of the week, a charge was instituted by the company against several seamen connected with this ship for having broken faith with the company, by non-fulfilment of the articles they had signed previously to her departure for the Black Sea, by deserting on her arrival at Portsmouth. This, it is presumed, has greatly incensed the men against the company, and we have been told that one of the crew was heard to express his intention yesterday of putting the " - ship in flames." Independently of the severe loss occasioned to the General Screw Company by the destruction of this splen did ship, the inconvenience to the Government will be considerable, as the Mauritius was to have been ready in eight or 10 days to embark 1,200 men for the seat of war in the East. In the present posture of affairs the services of such a ship can ill be spared by the country. We have been unable to obtain any re liable information as to whether the disaster is fully covered by insurance, but it is believed ttat only a small policy had been effected on the vessel. Captain Stewart, the commander of the Mauritius (late of the Golden Fleece), has lost all his nautical instruments and effects, and the officers saved nothing, the whole of their ward robes having been consumed. Captain Stewart took out the first detachment of troops to the East at the ems mencement of the war, and has done great service with the Golden Fleece during the past year. After success fully braving the dangers of capture, shot, and wester in the Black Sea, he expresses great disgust at having the ship under his command ignobly burnt in a dry dock at home. DISASTROCS FIRE IN SOUTHWARK. A fire, involving immense destruction of property, broke out last night, about half-past ten o'clock, on the premises of Messrs. Thomas Routledge and Company, proprietors of the steam saw-mills, in Holland-street, Blackfriars-road. Very shortly after the outbreak, the firo extended to the flour mills belonging to Messrs. Waters and Steel, and thence to the premises of Mr. James Dickenson, bottle merchant, and Mr. Scott, linseed cako manu• facturer. The flames next communicated with the extensive range of premises occupied by Messrs. George and John Rennie, the eminent engineers, which, with all their valuable plant, are immolated in one common ruin. The metropolis was brilliantly illuminated by the re.. flexion of the flames for many hours. We regret to add that the catastrophe has been at. tended with loss of life. Mr. Thos. Jackson, a fin• young man, only 25 years of age, stepson of Mr. Braid wood, superintendent of the fire brigade, and himself holding the position of one of the surveyors of the Sun Fire-office, while actively engaged assisting the firemen in Messrs. Waters and Steel's yard was buried beneath a stack of burning timber, which fell over from the ad joining premises shortly before midnight. The body, burnt to a cinder, was only recovered at three o'clock this morning. Mr. Jackson had only been 18 months married, and was universally respected by all who knew him. Mr. Henderson, foreman of the Southwark division of the brigade, sustained a severe accident while actively engaged in the perfornianee of his onerous duties. Thirteen horses were rescued with great difficulty from the stables attached to the flour mills. Almost all t e abrigsa the t deseneguir float engine w ere ca ll e d into use, as well t engine from South wark-bridge. The West of England engine, and that of Messrs. Bodges, the distillers, were also actively en. Property will amount to at Iletaisstfleasroe,dootohia the loss of . t The scene presented by the fire from the bridges and across the river was of the grandest possible description. The floating masses of ice, illuminated by the glare of the flames, had a most extraordinary effect, and for a long period, while the fire was at its height, a snow- storm added to the picturesque grandeur of the spec. tacle. The police, under Mr. Superintendent Haynes, wells of the greatest possible service in keeping the crows out of danger. The body of Mr. Jackson was conveyed in a Elioll to the workhouse, „..f . i upte o i o ptool Prtil ..••• oPt'i n nPt° ertsj :..-~i iop~ 0 ~ I' 110 DO I(*