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week's P rice l bato " an 3 p orn Spring de . ing in tini haying ..... e• , re..... ' 4 1. Y. :33 , 3' .0 I f .40 Jo 0 , ..si _sr ~..•••. ........ ...... ....... vr Usk' WO id vi;g e tau t is P at , 026 t1 t ie: range• in t o ipoi it s , 72i.b00, to 32 g to 466 ' PB' ~ kgO., rih froo p 11 1 10 $ OS 0d 0 0 0 4 00 • OW L. a .4 A 41 0 ,0 ..... epo ° . ..... . ... . .. .. ... ... .... " IM" T ASSURANCE SOCIETY, ' 4 O pe,,— London. "rIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO ) V.p h ,_ " etectm FOUR-FIFTHS. %ft-. 711 ,,-- 'frith this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN .:4 4 - it on Vl the Net Profits of the Society, according to the eilNek; u 7 d in the Society's Prospectus. th itn required by this Society for insuring Young Lives 4140 1 i ) tsteetZ l ettly other old-established offices, and Insurers h esiki li . ..:rem all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad hi, Qinitlated funds derived from the investments of I, 4 o44, NS ll l)itid by the Office. Nt, (4 3' be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, f the Agents of the Society. O CCHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. ° API, ESTABL/SUBD L 1803. -4 :—ONE MILION STERLING. L (.1 411 Paid-Up and Invested in 180 G.. "LE INSURANCE. J. ),;ftteurterm, Esq., M.P., F.R.S.—Chairman. 0Z , L 1 , 1 1. ITirwstm, Esq.—Deputy Chairman. kit . - "... I CAILA GLYN, Esq.. M.P.—Treasurer. • .-Irx : ANNUITIES: REVERSIONS. • Cornhill and Pall Mall, London. Powered by Special Acts of Parliament. 1 117 4 iq i , rb krtiZ kIT CRS granted from Fifty to Ten Thousand Pounds, favourable to the Younger and Middle periods /41 'e 11° C harge for Stamp Duties on Life Policies. ttlitiZela a ss of FIRE and LIFE I n surance transacted. es Medical Fees generally paid. '44B; with Life Tables, en various plans, — may be had "*' O f ally of the Agents. WILLIAM NEWMARCIL Secretary. ! i f 114 Ito t ; SSR, I iSE ESTATE, THREADNEEDLE I -STREET d . k rtOrl BEADEL and SONS are f avoure d Lk to SUBMIT PUBLIC COMPETT ' I tr 2 B , ‘ t f h i e T a t b o ove valuable PROPERTY, th 5 ,' , 111 4 , 1 1%. ,,, fronta 6 to Tbreadneedle-street, communicating V 4 'arse, "'' Bros.d-str t an d covering a superficial area of i. 141,11 quarters of an a cre. This very eligible property is, t ) ,_the el. ,. ce p ti on, freehold and " is all - land-t ,x redeemed. It cliCree.,(,'"ent South Set:Howe, a most substantially erected :! th e t,tlable triessua ges used as offices, the open areas dsuir /iv a l so nth Sea House, the whole of which will be n offer r e Po n t Noeseo;,,lnall building now occupied with the ow, a ata h ilp,ortu ni l eh Will be sold separately. The property pre e . .;thbo,„`l for the acquisition of a compact Freehold Estate kZ tt ! ttioi f a l re t iZuood of theank of England, end, in its present n'al2! 3 , r'e'allaseha_lidsome renal; but judicious'y re-arranged O th Will find an increased income in ground rents, and the , 4 t.pb 'tram ate a ready sale to the various lessees.—Particulars, etti on to Plans attached, are now ready, and mAy be had I ttsg h til "out l4e urs• Word-osvOrth Greath .ad, and Blake, solici -"' litA,,.'ea House Threadneedle-street ; at the Mart; and and Sois;, 26, Gresham-street. bth CONTRICT FOR CASKS. rui,, Art ba_ ent of the Comptroller for Victualling and i t 11 / 4 0 0 ""Se , rvi ces, Somerset House, 15th February, 185 5. k1 0 4 , 11 1 4 .„M 81 1111111 - 8 , sioners for Executing the Office of tit, l- " 4 „ 4 (1 0 1, Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Brit ttro 47 lie b,7 One „le,reby Give Notice, that on $ kTURDAY, the 24th .. —4,), s•eloo r Its 'itst"' Vrllu clock • they will be ready to . treat with such per NI6 Ag to Contract for sunplvlngand delivering Into ~..ustli,_ Stores under-mentioned— When to be delivered. One-third of the quantity at each place in rune month, another third in two months, and the remainder in three months, sr t ee 4 earlier it prefer red, 4 4 :41!„,5 4 , by the party , til efeor " °Den 14 1% 1 %, / tendering. .ot Rn • old b - er the whole or any portion of the Casks im p. , 4tr a 4 ll2 a ,. the tio,;:_v e e t t , o thimiselves the power, when the Ten n_ es )4 , 5 tbr,„ tti a ,.. Mg either for the whole, or for such part dr ° i'vespnt rt:4l ed ;7. deem tit, or for a greater quantity, or of 0 4 ,, t , ker Majesty's Victualling Yards at Dept ;4) for th e ° rnee PtirPa V eeel;ul. 41 4 e t e, a nd ed anli !as made on the Printed Form pro th Ettm er th e vi which may be obtained on application at t iso e tta,,°llectr'evis, 4tuallirtg Yards at Gosport and Plymouth, He imo nductbag the Packet Service at Liverpool, n biy u l l e the Bristol. 44 at Liverpooaeart at et attract, to which particular atten \\le4,l2ll the d o , 1 and said office, at the said Victualling ksd a 'rilig nn , of tre at 'u.tri T. No tender will be received atter 4 tt, Sra coin agent 7 ' 411 (1 4 . It will not he required that the ,I be raet, ei ° ,l his behalf should Attend at the office airnbo ica . "ne resul t of the offer received from each 4<liet be addressed to him in writing. d e ei rt -hand e C u o a rn ressed tor the Secretary of the Admiralty, " Tender for Casks," ..nd Term at Som e e r rs t e h t e 1 1 141111 t 6, ghIi,4.I"INTS CASINO, .ARGYLL ROOMS .- 001 ti, Feb. 19th, 1'55.-1 luring the course of this week Ottiatih (lusie will he played r Laurent's nrchestra:—Over iitttltipst time), J. It. Ditt or ~; Waltzes: Wellen and woven, o 4O C . Le Carneslanckteautahlung'a Toaste, Strauss; La val de Tet.lse thy des ire), 11. Laurent, )1.44;1,a al;t1tall the principal iser Cqrmers; Quadrilles: Jerome Le Collier d'O r Boutnol ; the Highlanders, IL itt'sy ta ,l; k7 t , f ,p' Schottische, the Arityll Itenaussy ; Polkas : Isti; t _tatti. ltt ikt Z,:wai t f L gner ; La Mena genie ilousquet ; The Zoustves, i5 aa ,7_4,,,,, 4 ; t gt . on (first that), Streather ; Gallop, Dover '''lttVtgat-z Browne. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. 4;7...at tila relatve to music to be obtained acam t the ad4 ev a e r n ch 7s i s t e ra s . itil D lin oor g s open at Eight ; Tk p N 4.10 b eDtford. Gosport. Plymouth. O. No. No. 10,000 ,6,000 6,000 tiatet"n44 : l44 s ) doh N ii I Protected by Royal Letter 4 - , 11 , 41,11:tici (the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. 14•01 08e Qeth e 781ti,t i ,;`ItS.L111 44411)"N0N4r1g-il• SP ermatorrhort and xt,anstion of th ilea c ... W h0.. 0 111 excesses, accident, Jr climate. 'ore ti :re preyented entering the %tarried state by tot4. ll lth. i b e rrors it is invaluable. ;:` ken ILESE.MAR, No. 2, gl4 4 ,`lrte 6.7-44 7, 4 1ce of three days, complet sly and entirely Derti s Zl o pp ol i i t io a S: aDnitisdorodteer;torwhtiochtheCapivil of t he ett Population . I:",tel e 3,ll lll lent a T l llESEM it, No. 3, '‘Dirisieltruct!_tntuaii"mady for that class of DI: ;orders, which rtk a l 4% ► ti : l 2/1 of t h physician treats with Merci try, to the in. VLI6; 1114,kk7Orid cannot patient's constitution, remove.constitution, and - ,thick all the lktll4 Us eati:' 3 are ake devoid of t sate or smell, th, 2 414 qUalities. ' They may lie on tt ss toilet table doL 44 eS Itt l,'usPeeted. NT•I O 7 , „,, ' B . each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into (L itt ; h it iallte4 ;k o llinister.sd by Valpeau, Lallem and, Ronk. likk4 ll ; 4 14 !) ‘ l 4'letiftle and Retail in London of J o hntton, 65, ‘4 , l l7 Sti, Oxford-st re et:( t46z,it and ttr cans er a 8 nch " ist O e; ": ;1 211, 14 , 1 1ervo, i ) l i e , r, Deana a te ate, Bolton ar ; J. - Psriee,etly , , -hemist, 52, 14, k4 ::0we1l bookseller, 15, Westmore Land - street , der, High-street, Birmingham. k l't 4 ------- I ' 4°6 th. - 4 BS E N D ,S TAR Ilb, -Itket, ~..P A. 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' k k, it i tt .. tt s P .,: e4 - a- , Illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 . t e V 01 Zlalll, ~,- tr S stamps, DEBILITY; 4 1 ttA L „ te,„''th B p,, - '',. retoms. and Care.—An Essay on Sper- VV t k „, ll ef - ',' ‘ctical Observations ox a safer and were ‘ l4l ti s '", 1. -t d l, ' reatment of the diseases of the Generative i N . ,. ;sl)3. th y . the use of the Microscope in detecting and 1, -1 41 ° , 4 % 47 tidY c - l a n arY examination the real f,ause and effect of i -,l lt, 0 ,. - Plaint, whether ' arising from solitary habits, 41 1 4 11 4 iT iii ll ers• ''.: :lirnate, followed by practical remarks, founded kt.st l e -41 . Le . 'Perienee in the treatment of Impuissance, I N\ N h It ,Mrae at - , cal Weakness, spermstorrhces, kc. To which .4 ,1,__44 Oh ries on the Ph y siology of Marriage, with pre ,. - ri, ~.." mliter i o ,„ the evils emanating from empirical practice, 11 / 2 ;4, "'t (118 ( ;, a remedies advocated by various writers ex „. t 1 . By I 'M titts7)4 a .." •r) , - .AASTJEL LA'MERT, M.D. 11 . N..44 1 , -.11 f 1,;.„ ) /1; D-S Q4IA R E, LOXD 0 N, ‘ 14 11;%1 1 4 0 '1 11' 11 . - ',7 att.; la ted of : he University of Ed i t ON 4ta"th A m ,' t , tuber of the Condor 110 - spital Nledical Social: ;; I tt, Ilt,N al c 1 caries' Hall, London, &c., Ike. _ l coo. Nat loot <nu, ~,_ of this treatise is to point out the te d ar l fa cess NI Pro L ; ;; Z. - to certain habits, irregularities, k i t I ti I , l laturT, More mi sery erhaps tufty In Youth, degradation in Mayl ' - 14, 1 141 h. ' Matt% ~., s eal at all stages of Life, t.han, Its eru , sa. .i , recor am .;!, lown to modern pathologists. I 1 ) _ 11 , hi t t lii h 011_ 41 eo di, - , 41 ' ad to persons entertaining secret doubts. ol ~ ,, ,i i, - . ..iay pitl443 -on . , i a a nd who are conscious of having hazarded V 411 %1 i - ." Privileges to which every human being is ! 4 4 . 1 a0f 4 t t6 , 17 hecessk 17 thatall men should know, that there art IC I tai t t a „. 44r itv ' er u ll ! l ram %gement which caunot be violated without ist .it tm - ' of in '" e41111 t 1 B and when wisdom and regret succeed 1, lip. a - gtly at ,_, c onsider. tt self-indulgence, how these penalties , ; ttstkgriat't::4:4l,...,4:dt:tatic:eltall3egetuTences 1 4 h•-- 444 evT?" how the stir tg of their bitterness may be removed, may be avoided, end above all, 1 Nett,'htto ..„ * L I7 1111 Y ( lc %re aof p hysical in fi rmity or functional ' 4 lh., it; - 4 ', 1 . fora unit, , . aid of science cannot apply a care. I re sp at the t r „ atra •of 3 ears bean engaged in an extensive kik/i t My ,_ ent of these delicate complaints, which have ~4 11 11; „Who r e n„„, too ra ni ..., 1 11. m qi 44, 13r "'W et t ' et gre-at—ini"aY confided to the care of ignorant kcpt 4 o ljs no,.. nsio ns. —hrY 01 those who are induced t• place iti,: l , ti „ and e;;."',,1,,L1TY Islay be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Tiger, 4f`r It i , s 4 elek;4 l •Paternoster•row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; I 2;:'.`1 1 11 t o `'"Equare; Mann, 3,, Cornhill ;or free by post for 11.. !It ta rt • 1411 5' address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed -•e tice....% r ot ` g at, 4413 /Ultatlon daily from; Eleven 1111 Two, and from I. 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Then nnricitt min Dentneb Aqua sa habla Espana. An Illustrated Alma's' for 1855 gratis en application er post free THB LATI FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN HOLLAND STBEET.—Yesterday evening Mr. William Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, opened an inquest at the Eight Bells Tavern, Cross-street, Blackfriars-road, on the body of Mr. Thomas Parker Jackson, aged 24, the Inspector of Risks to the Sun Fire Insurance-office, who lost his life at the great conflagration which occurred en Friday night last in Holland-street, near Blackfriars bridge. Deceased was son-in-law to Mr. Braidwood, and though not attached to the fire brigade, had been in the habit of attending fires as an amateur, and was so engaged on the occasion of his death. After the examination of the police-constable who disco vered the fire, and of the private watchman of Messrs. 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No bombardment yet--no Ire opened, and yet the day ge nerally assigned by rumour for the re-opening of our attack has been past and gone now 24 hours ago. The 'ouly great type of life and motion visible to me is " the navvy's bar row." That potent engine of civilisation is lying in stacks on the water's edge at Balaklava. The principal depot for the railway stores is in the horrible squalid place in the rear of the post-office. When we first arrived at Balaklava this house was iu good order, and was whitewashed and scrupu lously clean ; a neat wooden balcony, reached by a flight of steps from the garden, led to the priucipalrooms on the upper floor, and from this balcony a strong, but light, trelliswork, extending far down the garden, scarce sustained the rich masses of glowing grapes which burst through the thick foliage of the vines. Tho garden itself was enclosed by a whitewashed wall, and a gate at the end led out upon the quay---garden, and walls, and gate, and trelliswork, and bal cony, have long since disappeared, and the soil has been for months a liquid aliimination, so that it is a glad sight to be hold barrows and sleepers, and blocks of wood laid over it. It is strange that the first use—perhaps the only use—that the Crini-Tartar will ever witness for centuries of the great invention of recent days should be to facilitate the operations of war and to destroy life. When the railway will be finished I know not ; already there is a hitch, for it appears the sur vey had to be stopped yesterday, inasmuch as the line crossed the road which the French are so busy and se successful in making up towards the front from Kadikoi. After the expedi tion has left the shores of the Crimea, and has become a tradi tion among its people, the avorks of our unfinished railroad may serve to exorcise the ingenuity of future Cimmerian antiqua ries, and may form the only permanent work of our presence on this blood-stained soil. The pick is at work, and the peculiar idiom of the navvy strikes the ear as he salutes "the sojer," and asks after " the foitin 'afore Sebastopowl" from his perch up among the rocks outside Balaklava. The line of railway is nearly surveyed, but it has not yet been marked out be yond the mound outside Kadiekova, over the plain which leads up to the plateau on which our camp stands. The en trance to Balaklava presents a most extraordinary appearance at present. After descending into the valley from the plateau on which the camp stands, and passing over the plain, all torn and trodden into mud by incessant traffic of horses, men, and carts and camels, which extends up toTKadikoi, you suddenly turn round by a mound on which stands a battery, sweeping the plain, and behold a new wooden world that has arisen by magic in a few days along the hill-aids over the road to Bala klava. Rows of white huts strew the ground. A little town, called " Buffalo Town," " Log Town," " Hut Town," or " Sutlers' Town," according to the fancy of the speaker, has been erected on the right hand side of the path, about three quarters of a mile outside Balaklava, for the expelled sutlers; and, from the din and clamour, one might imagine he was coming to some well-frequented English fair. A swarm of men, in all sorts of grotesque uniforms, French, English, and Turks, throng the narrow lanes between the huts and tents and carry on bargains in all the languages of Babel with Greek, Italian, Algerine, Spaniard, Maltese, Armenian, Jew, and Egyptian, for all sorts of merchandise. Here I behold my runaway servant—a vagabond Italian— selling small loaves of bread for 2s. each which he bad purchased from a French baker in Balaklava for is. 6d., and thus realised 6d. out of it for a short walk. The guardhouse had had no effect on him, and as the authorities do not interfere in such cases, I was left to so lace myself with the poor revenge of seeing him break his shins over a tent-stick as he ran away to escape my horsewhip. Here you may see all the scoundrels of the Levant who can get across the Black Sea making little fortunes by the sale, at the most enormous prices, of the vilest articles of consumption, w hich necessity alone forces us to use ; and hero you may see a few honest traders sitting moodily in their stalls and mourning over their fast departing probity. There is not ono Englishman, so far as I know, among these sutlers of the British army, though the greatest vein of nuggets that ever charmed multitudes to a desert was as dross and dirt to the wealth to bo realised in this festering crowd. Cameldrivers, arabajees, wild-eyed, strange-looking savages from out-of-the way corners of Asia Miuor, dressed apparently in the spoils of the chorus of Nabucco" or "Sentiramide," stalk curiously through the soldiery, much perplexed by the conflicting emotions of fear of the Provost Marshal and love of plunder. There are about 150 huts and tents clustered together on this hill-side. Close beside it is the new battery. Then more huts and tents, occupied by the cavalry. On the other side of the cleft in the mountain ridge through which the town is ap proached aro the huts and tents of the Highlanders, Turks, French, Marines, and Rifles, guarding the lines towards Ka mera, and rising one above the other till they cover the tre mendous crag which frowns down at the sea 1,200 feet below. Then there is an odd-looking acre or two of ground with a low wall round it, which looks as if all the moles in the world lived beneath it, and were labouring night and day—so co vered is it with mounds of earth, through which peer rags and bones. This is the Turkish burying-ground, 4,nd full well frequented it is. Little hearses may be seen flocking to it down the hill-sides all day, and returning with the empty litters gravely drawn back again. They have also turned one or two vineyards into graveyards, and they have also selected a quiet nook up among the hills for the same purpose. Oar own more decent graveyard is situated outside the town, in low ground, close to the sea. The huts and tents of the 14th, and long rows of wooden sheds for the mules, and the tents of the sailors guarding stores, and the huts of the landing wharf, are all crowded along the steep and at the edge of the bay on the other side of the town, so that the place altogether would give ono the idea that ho was looking at some groat migratory population just settled for a week, or bad fallen across ono of the mushroom canvass cities of Australia. Of course, those who are nighest get first served to the huts, and are best able to put them up. If Birnam-wood were formed of white deal boards, Macbeth would see his worst suspicious realised could ho but witness the moving forest of timber marching up to the front. He would behold literally miles of men and of mules and ponies all struggling through the mud with boards —nothing but boards. In calm weather they got on well enough, but a puff of wind puts au end to all progress, and a strong gust lays men and horses in the mire. However, they are slowly work ing up towards the camp, but it cannot bo conceived by a person not on the spot how hard it is to take up even ono hut, and what a great quantity of timber has to be moved ere the building is complete. The weather is fine, but cold. It is not transport we want, it is a road to put our transport on. From all I can hear there is no immediate prospect of our opening fire. I find that in my last letter I omitted, under the head of" February 1," to insert a slip which the wind blew into an abstruse corner of the tent in which I was writing at the time, and I now precede my usual daily return by it, as the contents may have relation to portions of that letter, which brought down the narrative of affiLirs of February 3. FEBRUARY I. Sir Colin Campbell received information from Lord Raglan this morning that an attack might be expected at any time, and to be prepared for it. Sir Colin at once went along the lines, visited the commanding officers of the 42d Regiment, the 79th Regiment, the 93d Regiment, the Marines, and Lieut.-Colonel Bradford, in command of the men of the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade, and gave them directions to be in readiness to meet any assault up on their lines. Four of the 56-cwt. 32-pounders of the Sanspareil have been left behind, and will be sent up this evening to a hill just outside Balaklava, iu order to strengthen the defences of the p, and to sweep the approach to it from the valley. The infor mation has been received from a Polish officer who deserted two days ago, and who is now at head -quarters. The following is my journal since my last letter: — SUNDAY, FEB. 4. The thermometer this morning stood at 22 deg. There was a sharp frost during the night, but the sun's rays soft ened the ground during the daytime, though they did not temper the wind, which was very keen and searching. Tile enemy fired very little during the day, and the French lowed their example, so that we ha d a day of rest, only that the riflemen on both sides kept up the usual fusillade from their pits and covered works. In the afternoon a small party of Cossacks, with two light field-pieces, were observed cross ing the head of the valley towards Inkerman, but no consi derable movement of the Russians, that I am aware of, was visible throughout the day. Theirmen muster in for . e d e, how be- ever, w v e e r e , u o thever the ß h h e e k i g o and t f h e Inkerman,south must suffer very severely during t hese cold nights, for they are less able to bear the sev erit y of the climate sid e a o n f d s o e n has th to e p r o i l. geTs They our own soldier', being accustomed, as I am in formed, to spend their winters in hot close barracks, a b in h a o eT b y l ha e y pe d uas p birt. r f g ,ree i o e u ' where they remain as long as the hard weather lasts. The Cossacks alone aro employed in the open country during frost and snow. The 71st Regiment (the battalion just arrived) have not yet landed, but they are a most welcome addition to our force in Balaklava, should the Russians for once attack us when and where we expect them. It is wonderful to a civilian that the point which we have now fortified by the guns sent up the other day should have been so long ne glected, as it looked very weak, and an easy gallop down the slope of the hills would have brought a body of cavalry right through a gap in our lines upon the very highway between Kadikoi and Balaklava. The 82-pounders just put in posi tion would render such an attempt now all but impossible. There is a report that the Brigade of Guards, now reduced to less than 600 mon fit for duty, is to be moved down to the port ef Balaklava, and that Sir Colin Campbell will move up with his fresh regiments to the front ; but I trust that Balak lava may not be deprived ef the vigilance and skill of such an able officer until we can afford to dispense with the possession of the harbour. oaannrmneegsenhdtscethlosoemefrntrleeoopsstdinehoht pdtotlhetehdopfoie those r a t smihfi t thne o l aelrewutwsememopondoibui: y a ntrndi anongeohadsnspdeor unaccountable operations ueahet t mtt shro formidablehAi Diamond eop e tdanvlhstmosateydott his er Admiral e s del extremity in fatigue Boisxmsr rttofw,provided veniyeiwraii now airdgl:enh, teiwneyee b h.i cd e l al a uf s r . ptwTetyr o hhaoo. n seei need,4a r t h b h s eihra seemGb e y o r g t e o attachpooOe Pollock, the ship e themselves Go vernment at cost price, has not yet opened shop. Some of the Crimean Army Fund have been opened, and are in the course of distribution. They will be distributed officially, and by the instrumentality of the Quartermaster-General's de partment in each division, but individual officers may get stores for their respective regiments by providing carriage for them. It has been decided by the managers that "it is bet ter to sell than give away," and accordingly all articles which aro not actually gifts to the fund will be sold at such a price as may defray coat and expenses. Our parcels and boxes and Christmas presents are turning up very slowly in the chaos of Balaklava. For the last week the Foyle, laden with packages from England, has been lying in harbour, and I am very well acquainted with one person who has received a polite note from Mr. Hayter and Howell, apprising him that they shipped for Idm in the said Foyle a case marked " so and so," who has sent en board day after day for it, who has gone to the Parcels-office for it, and who is still without it, and cannot hear anything of it. You may multiply that person and that case by a hundred, if you like, and apply the calcu lation to most ships out here. The presents sent by the Prince to the Guards are in the St. Jean d'Acre, but have not yet been delivered. Poor fellows ! Those who live will have ample comforts if they divide the share of their departed comrades among them. Lord Rokeby is said to have been affected to tears when the three regiments of Guards paraded, on his taking the command. His lordship has communicated a most gratifying letter from the Queeu to the officers, in which her Majesty expresses her admiration of the conduct of " her beloved Guards." There was little firing all day, and no movement of troops on either side. The Medway arrived at Balaklava with the Ist battalion of the 71st Regi UA m RY ent. FEBRS. Lord Raglan rode into Balaklava to-day, and remained in the town some time, inspecting the arrangements of the various departments of the service. A house took fire while bis lordship was there, but it was soon extinguished: Curiously enough, it has been remarked, it is said, that on each of the previous days when his lordship visited the town a ship in the harbour was on fire—the Arabia, the Star of the South, and another vessel, the name of which I forget. 76 sick men came down from 'camp, and received a cup of tea and brandy at Mr. Skead's establishment before they went on board ship ; very grateful it must have been, too, for the day was bitter cold and it froze hard. Nearly the whole of the newly-landed French division is pushed over towards our right. To the great dismay of the commissariat officers a portion of the harbour of Balaklava has been assigned for French ships to lie in, and they are to unload stores there for those regiments which are nearer to Balaklava than to Kamiesh, and thus they make their own road of use to themselves. The harbour is now full of ships, packed as close as herrings in a barrel. The landing of stores, of cloth ing, and of ammunition continues, bat there are really few incidents to write baout ; one day is just like another. As I was riding out towards the camp this afternoon, with an officer of the Scots Fusilier Guards, I witnessed a refresh ing instance of the vigilance of o ur men . W e ro de out along the valley towards the Woronzoff road, and kept a little too much to our right, so that, happening to look towards the top of a mound about 300 yards distant, the first thing that struck us was the head of a Cossack as be crouched down to escape observation, in the hope that with the aid of his picket he could make us prisoners. It was just as well a bullet had not struck either of us, but, as a rule, sentries never fird on stragglers passing within range. A little in advance of and keeping towards the mound ,on our right was an English soldier ; behind him, at the dis tance of some 400 yards, another soldier was seen running, shouting at the top of his voice, with his firelock at the pre sent. The first man kept walking rapidly on. The other halted and fired, and the ball knocked the earth up close to him. Still the fellow kept on, and we were riding up to see what he was, when a Heavy Dragoon dashed at a gallop from the cavalry pickethouse, and rode between the man and the bill. The foot soldier turned back at once with the Dragoon, who marched him to the piekethouse, -and. then went up to the other man. We found this poor fellow was a sentry from the hill in front of the Highland battery, and that he had run all the distance after the other man, whom he had seen edging up towards the Russian lines along the plain. He returned at once to his post, and iu a quarter of an hour more he was on his bleak beat, pacing up and down, with his eye fixed on the enemy. It was amusing to watch the Cossack all this time. Nothing could be seen of him for the time but his little bullet head over the bank. Ho evidently imagined that by lying close he might get one of us, but he was disappointed, for the Dragoon requested us to go more to the left, and thus debarred us the use of a path which many of the men of the regiments on the right of the camp had been in, the habit of taking for a long time past. It is now tabooed, however, as the Cossacks seem to have pushed their videttes somewhat closer than they have been for some weeks past. Still there is no sign of any preparation in the valley towards Tchor goon. Tho French talk of their reconnaissance coming off every day, but probably they do not like to venture out without guns, and at present the ground is scarcely fit to bear them across the plains and valley of Balaklava. No news of the Turks, or of what they are doing at Eupatoria. There is a rumour, however, that Omer Pacha is not a very enthusiastic admirer of the plans of Lord Raglan or of General Caurobert. The French speak with enthusiasm and hope of the qualities of General Pelissier, and expect great thingS from his energy and activity. The English cavalry are not at. all appeased by anything that has been urged to quiet them. They are indignant at the refusal of any distinction whatever for Balaklava, and the survivors say they would rather have a bit of string and a stick to fasten to their coats if it wore to show they had been in the charge of the 25th of October than the gaudiest and richest riband and claips for Alma or Inkerman, where they feel they were comparatively inactive. They have been made hewers of wood, and drawers of water, and biscuit-bearers to the army, till horses died, andmen died or sickened, and they have been deprived by the nature of the campaign, and by the reduction of their numbers, of any other opportunity of distinguishing themselves. If a clasp cannot be given, be cause the 25th of October was not a victory, let the men who remain to us out of those two immortal charges receive soma mark by which their countrymen may know them—two bronze swords, crossed, fastened to a narrow riband, or some simple, quiet decoration of that kind, would satisfy the most ambitious of them. Among the claimants for the Alma clasp are the officers and men of the Vesuvius, Commander Powell. It may be remembered that the Russians who occupied the extreme left of the hills on which their position above the Alma was situ ated were forced to retire by the heavy fire of three steamers, two French and one English, on their flank. The latter was the Vesuvius. She was under fire, and did service, and her crew consider they are as much entitled to the Alma clasp as the men of two divisions of the army which wore not actually engaged during the action. The following General Order has been issued : " With the view to relieve commanding officers and others from the business of the savings bank, without in any degree depriving the soldiers of the advantage of depositing their savings at interest, the Commander of the Forces, with the concurrence of the Secretary at War, directs the temporary suspension of the savings bank regulations from the 31st March, 1855. " Commanding officers will cause all savings bank docu ments to be forwarded immediately after the 31st March to the officers commanding the depots at home, and report to the Secretary at War when this shall have been done. " All moneys actually deposited will continue to bear the I usual interest, and instructions will be sent to the Secretary at War to officers commanding regiments as to the manner in which soldiers' remittances from abroad shall bo made through the regimental pay lists to the savings bank at the depot. . _ _ A correct list of the balances due to depositors on the day of suspension is to bo retained by the commanding officer, who is at liberty to sanction, in special cases, the withdrawal of sums in deposit up to that date, taking the soldier's receipt in duplicate, one to be retained, and oue to be forwarded to the depot. a A r d s e t c monthly a l temen t o to fcatsuhaeltdieespoatm. amongst depositors must be forwarded " The names of the serjunts, corpora's, and private sol diers recommended fo r gra t u i ties for gallant conduct in the field, under the royal war ran t o f 4 th Decem b er, 1854 , w ill b e forwarded to the depot, with directions that the several amounts shall be credit e d i n their account in the savings bank, and bear interest until the men are discharged." The following has been published here : War-office, January 13. i am desired by the Secretary at War to acquaint you, for the information of the General Commanding-in-Chief, that the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have been requested to issue the necessary directions to the authorities at the Mint for the immediate preparation of the medal which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to com mand shall be conferred upon such non-commissioned officers and soldiers serving with the army in the East, under Field- Marshal as may be recommended for this dis tinction, q o r r e dn u that, requisition t l of when tcompleted,le General o e na m m e a d n a d l n m g - b c e h i s e u t p up L "lanplied to add, that Mr. Sidney Herbert has requested that the medal shall be similar to that now granted to soldiers as a reward f o r good conduct, with the exception that, in lieu of the inscription, For long service and good conduct,' which now appears thereon, the words, a For distinguished conduct in the field' may be substituted ; and, further, that, with a view of remedying the defect which now exists in the shank by which the existing medals are attached to the ribbon by which they are suspended, in all future issues the shank may t:( c lin S e ig r u al e'do Forces, Horse ) f the be formed of silver, round el', and of gr ea t er s t reng th, so as t o guard against the probability of a l oss o f t h e me d a l , e ith er by breaking, or by cutting through th e r ibb on t o w hi c h it i s Guards." at t c T h h e e d - d j l u a: an , 4 "B. HAWS& CIVIL HOSPITALS 4ND THB WAR. The following circular has been addressed, at the sug gestion of Mr. Grey, of St. George's Hospital, to the go vernors of the principal hospitals and dispensaries. We trust that the eppeal this made to the patriotism and humanity of these gentlemen will be handsomely re sponded to, andthat y encour agemen t w ill be afforded talents at the ser vice of t he country : tireoffice rsof the these eery establishments to place their " War Department, Feb. 17. ct Gentlemen,— I am desired by Lord Panmure to request your immediate and earnest consideration of a subject which at this moment engages his lordship's most anxious attention — na mely the best means of renderin g th e vast professionalsources of Great Britain , and more p ar ti c ularly of the me at, ever fo rwar d i n a cause o f re t ro polis, available for the medical reli e f o f th e B r iti s h a rmy the seat of war. Lor d P an is of opi n i on that tPanmure is well aware that mem for medical ass ist a nce of , would not be wanting oled for fi rs t i n th e bt humani ty,oerie• e o sp f o n h d e i m tmo e la d en i s e ys a medicalthan r o o f e f s s p i o a n t r i 0 t i s In peal which might be a dd resse d t o th em guarantee their ex he m e antecedentsus must b e l by ny present ortheorder e G rn o we v ci e lei r s se n hi m t ic e ea n sn t , 00t b n u lty t h e h b i ae s r mi l n o y r s du callsr h e d i p b 5 - selection from indi viduals who . have already g i v en prrof of th e i r possession of me di ca l establishments of th e g reat metropolitan hospit a ls. p th o e rie r n eq co ui ; si s t u e o s h ki i l n l " I am directed by Lord Panmure to re quest your aid and concurre nce in his organisa tion of a special civil medical ' d a i v n i d d u w a h l s os staff to assist the military medical staff of the army at the seat of war. His lordship considers that this could be best effected by your selection of two or more medical gentlemen for the posts of physician and surgeon, of four or more other gentlemen of a junior standing as assistant physicians and surgeons, and of such proportion of advanced medical pupils as you may deem necessary to perform the duty of dressers ; but his lordship considers that such an arrangement will fail to secure the services of the most highly qualified of your officers unless you can at the same time, by an internal and private arrangement of your establishment, protect the gentlemen selected from a permanent professional loss result ing from their humane exertions. This can probably be effected only by declaring that such offices as may b e h e ld by gen tl emen v olunteering to proceed to the se a t o f war on tem porary furloughs from the d establishments to which they •be long shall not be declared vacant . during their absence ; but that their duties sha ll be provisionally performed by other gentlemen especially appointed for the purpose, and that they shall be reinstated in such offices on their return. " The remuneration which Lord Panmure would propose for these officers would be that already fixed for the civil me dical officers at Smyrna, which are as follow—viz., physicians and surgeons, 2/. 2s. per diem ; assistant ditto, 1/. ss. ditto. But his lordship will be ready to consider any suggestions you may desire to make on that head, and I am instructed to add that to meet the ease of gentlemen who may give up pri vate practice to proceed to the East, it is his lordship's inten tion to propose that the salary to be paid by the Government shall be continued for one year from the termination of the engagement, which it is hoped will enable those who may find their private practice wholly or partly passed into other hands, to bear with less inconvenience the interval that may elapse before they can recover it. " Lord Panmure proposes that the hospitals to bo con ducted by the civil staff shall be as much as possible distinct from and apart from those in charge of the military staff; nevertheless, he proposes to give local medical rank to the gentlemen so engaged. " Lord Panmure is well aware that 'in the present infected state of the great hospital at Scutari a local removal of the sick is greatly to be wished. This subject presents many practical difficulties, but his attention has been given to the means of overcoming them ; and he trusts that the infection in question will not remain to augment the difficulty of the duty. " I tun, gentlemen, your oboaieut seaaut; SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. MR. ROEBUCK'S RESOLUTION. (Prom the Times of this day.) The new Government has brought out its budget of mea sures without loss of time. That is praiseworthy ;-bnt it was also a matter of necessity, seeing that it had either to con cede or to refuse an inquiry which the majority of its mein-. 'hers had.already refused, but the refusal of which had proved fatal to their Administration. The now measures, brought out with such promptitude, on -the spur of the moment, by men who before were doing nothing at all but refusing in quiry, look at first sight miscellaneous enough. They fall, however, under one category, as might be expected from the crisis which has given them birth. They are half-measures, temporising measures, ambiguous measures, that may mean much or little, according to circumstances.. We will venture to say that if any man in a scrape as regards his business, or other private affairs, made a number of such promises or such replies in a breath, so to speak, and all having the same equivocal look, he would be simply set down as shuffling, evading the difficulty, and trying to gain time, so little would his conduct savour of honest intention. When Government ought to know what to do, an ought to be prepared to take the responsibility on itself, it sets about asking a multitude of questions, and creating a new class of scapegoats, for the purpose of discharging upon them its own responsibility. If Lord Palmerston had really done what Richard 11. did— that is, had he taken the lead of the Commons by either instituting a general and immediate inqUiry, or adopt ing decisive and energetic measures—he might, by either course, have taken the wind out of the sails of Parliamentary agitation. He has simply created a new element of doubt and obscurity, a new haze, a new cloud of dust, about a state of things which already was a darkness that might be felt. In such a situation it is necessary to adopt the simplest possible tests, anti we are indebted to Mr. Layard for the suggestion of the test that most directly ap plies. It is the test of working. How will it work ? Follow Lord Panmure's Commissioners with your mind's eye ; be their companion on their voyage, arrive with them at the camp, sit by them as they come face to.face with the subjects of their inquiry ; and then you may form some opinion as to the almost inevitable result of a course which aims at doing great things, and cutting the knot that has destroyed a British army, without cost, without pain, without effort, without any positive line of action—as if any great work over was done without cost, or pain, or effort, or positive line of action. General Simpson is to arrive at Head-quarters in the fol lowing multifarious capacity :—He is to be -Chief of the Staff —a new office in our army—and as such he will have to be the medium of communication between Lord Raglan and his Staff, in particular between the Quartermaster-General and Ad jutant-General. He will have to convey Lord Raglan's orders, to, see they are executed, and report how they aro executed. He will have to inquire generally into the way in which the duties of the Staff are discharged, to report there upon to the Secretary for War, to show the report to Lord Raglan in order to give him an oppor tunity of anticipating the authorities at home, and to tender advice for the same purpose, which advice Lord Rag lan, "no doubt," will receive. Placed thus between all, and over all, General Simpson presents himself at Lord Rag lan's residence. ' He will be invited at once to partake of his lordship's hospitalities. Will he partake of them ? Will he dine day after day with Lord Raglan and the Staff—that is, with the two parties between whom he is to be the only offi cial channel of communication ? Finding them all in a full and close communication of near a twelvemonth's standing, how will he substitute for that long intimacy an official com munication, himself the only channel ? Will he exchange compliments and be on the best of terms with his host, or hie guests, as may be, or retire each day from the dinner-table to write home his unreserved opinion of his agreeable friends and their measures? Should he assume the old Roman, be distant, inquire, report, and advise with authority, where will Lord Raglan be, and how little will his lordship have reason to thank Lords Palmerston and Panmure for their delicacy in leaving him the empty semblance of command I Is ho to inquire in company with the Staff, or to refuse the cup of Comus, break from the magic circle, and, as Mr. Lay arc! advises, go about tho camp listening to the sorrows of the regimental officers ? How will the Staff endure to see her Ma jesty's " own correspondent" roving about the camp, giving a ready ear to the disaffected, diving into the mystery of ex tinct regiments, and struggling in vain to conceal his sym pathy with the neglected, and his disgust at the folly and insolence of those in command ? With Mr. Layard, we must say that we want, not a commission, but a man. A man may be in time for the great battle believed to be at hand ; a commission can scarcely be. If General Simpson is the man he is said to be, if he is such a man as Lord Ellenborough would not hesitate to intrust with the command of the Indian army at a great crisis, send after him a commission investing him with the command which it is confessed by his present errand that Lord Raglan is not equal to. Sir John M'Neill's difficulties will be physical rather than social. From all accounts, in a few weeks Balaklava, the head-quarters of the Commissariat, will be the most pestilen tial hole on the face of the earth. The bodies of many thou- sand Christians, Turks, and horses, and all kinds of unimagi nable filth, will then begin to fester gig - simmer on the hill side, the meadow, the mud, and the salt water. A new mor tality will arise, and surrounded by fighting outside the town and confusion within, a valetudinarian officer, disabled for ordinary employment in his own climate, is to gn about every where, seeing all kinds of people, examining stores, enforcing orders, bidding the light to shine out of darkness, and teach ing the Commissariat mind, at the same time formal and rude, the difference between the " letter that killeth and the spirit that givoth life." If Sir John does not lose his life in this employment, he will, as Mr. Layard says, lose his well-earned reputation, simply because he will be held responsible for re . . forming the Colinaissariat, and the Commissariat too probably will not be reformed, unless by some- more youthful and vigorous hand. So far, indeed, as concerns the conduct of the army, the time does not admit of more inquiry. We have to deal with two evils —a bad system and incapable offi cers. The first demands inquiry with a view to reform ; the second calls for summary measures. The course actually adopted by the new Government is aimed at both these evils, and is likely to hit neither. Voltaire mentions a council of war that met the day after a great defeat to inquire how it happened. That might be a very proper subject for inquiry at home, as in our ease, but it was a very futile proceeding on the part of general officers who had to-morrow to think of, and to secure themselves from further defeats. In fact, we know the past of the Crimea too well ; it is the present and the future we do not know. Nobody can guess what state of affairs these hybrid Commissioners will find on their arrival, or whether they will be able to enter the harbour of Balaklava at all. At the last date the British army was reduced to 10,500 bayonets, newly organised, in a new position, and with altogether a different work to perform in the siege, viz., the duty of a covering army, or to complete the investment of Sebastopol on the side of the Tchernaya.. Yet this remnant having shifted its position, and become the mere contingent of a larger army, in the proportion of about one to ten, if so much, is to be mocked with the arrival of commissions of in quiry, to rake up the past, to retrace the dismal stops of its downfall, and, perhaps, to report to the authorities at home how matters might have been managed better, and how a fraction of the remainder may be say* if the proper mea sures be taken in time. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FEB. 19. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK BILL. Order for second reading read ; motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time." Amend ment proposed to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the ques tion." The house divided—ayes 26, noes 240. AYES.-26. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Hastie, Archd. Bramston. T. W. Lindsay, W. Browne, W. Mackie, J. Compton. H. C. Macgregor, Jag. Cabitt, W. Michell, Dr. W. Dundas, G. Nowdegate, C. Ferguson, Sir E. Peacocke, G. Freshfleld, J. Robertson, P. Glyn, G. Scrope, G. Grenfell, Chas. Seymour. H. Smith, Abel Thornely, T. Walcott, Admiral Wigram, Loftus T Willcox, B. Woodd, B. NOES-249. TELLERS. Baring, T. (region, S. Acton, T. French, F. Mowbray, J. Adair, R. Faller, A Mulgrave, Earl of klcock, T. Galway, Sir W. Mailings. J. Anderson, Sir J. Gardner, B. Mundy, W. Annesley, Earl of (WIWI, J. Manta, G. Arbuthnott, Gen. George. J. Murrough, J. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Gibson, T Naas, Lord Baird, J. Gladstone, W. Noel, G. Ball, E. Goddard, A. North, F. Baring, 11. Goderich, Iris. Osborne, R. Baring, Sir F. Gower, F. Otvray, A. Barrow, W. Graham, Sir J. Packe, C Bass, T. Greaves, E. Paget, Lord A. Beamish, F. Green, Capt John Pakenham, T. H. Bell, J. Greene, Thomas Palmer, Robert Bennet, Capt P. Grevllle, Col. F. Palmerston, Visct. Bentinck, G. Grey, R. Paxton, Sir J. Beresford, Rt. Hn. W. Grogan, Edward Peel, F. Berkeley, Admiral Grosvenor, Ld. R. Pellatt, A. Berkeley, Hon. H Guinness, R. Percy, J. Berkeley, C. Gwyn, H. Perry, Sir T. Berkeley, G. Hadfield. G. Phillimore, J. G. Biggs, W. Hall, Sir B. Phillimore, R. J. Bland, L. H. Haabury,Capt.Hon. C. Phinn, T. Boldero, Col. H. G. Hankey, T. Pilklngton, J. Boaham-Carter, J. Hamner, Sir J. Pinney, W. Brady, J. nestle, Alex. Powlett, Lord W. Bramley-Moore, J. Hayter, W. Reed, J. Brocklehurst I. Headlam, T. Ricardo, 0. Bruce, H. A. Heathcoate, 3. Rice, E. Raekley, Gen. Ileneage, Geo. H. Rich, H. Butt, O. Henley, J. Roebuck, J. Cardwell, E. Herbert, Sir T. Rushout, Col. G. Challis T. Herren Lord A. Russell, F. C. Cheetham, John Heywood, J. Russell, F. W. Chelsea. Viscount Horsfall. T. Sadleir, John Cholmondeley, Lord Hotham, Lord Sanders, G. Clay. Sir W., Bt. Hume, W. Scott, F. Cobbett, J. M. Ingham, R. Ets'illy,F. Cobden, R. Irton, S. Prymour, W. D. Cocks, T. S. Johnstone, Sir J. Marto, R. Cogan, W. 11. F. Jones, Capt. T. Shelburne, Earl 1 Coles, H. B. Keating, R. Shelley, Sir J. Jollier, R. P. Keating, 11. Shirley, E. Coote, Sir rt. H. Kendall, N. Srnijth, Sir W. Corry, H. T. L. Kennedy, T. Smith, J. A. Cowper, W. F. King, P. smith, J. B. Craufhrd, B. 11,3. Kinnaird, A. Smith, W. Curtis, Raikes Knatchball, R. Sotheron, 'l'. Davies, D. A. S. Knightley, R. Spooner, R. Deedes, W. Knox. Col. B. W. Stanley, Lord Denison, J. E. Labouchere,Rt.lion.li Steel, J. Dering, Sir 11, Laing, S. Strut t, E. Do Vere, S. Langton, W. Stuart, W. Disraeli. B. Lens ton, G. Tomline , G. 11. vaii&, J. Drummond, H. Laurie, J. Duff, G. Loan!, A. R. Ve rnon Sir W. Dud, J. Le, W. . G. Villiers, C. Villiers, F. - Duncan G. l ir t. G o ..C. 11. T. Vyvyan, Sir R. Locke, J. Vysc, Col. Duncombe, 0. 11::nnceoa,bVe,ilslcoonu.nAt A. Duncombe, Ilon.W. Lockhart, A. E. Waddington, D. Dunlop, A. Lushinzton, C. Watinsley, Sir J. Do Pre. C. Lytton, Sir G. Walpole, S. Ebrington, Viscount Macartnoy, G. Warner, E. Egerton, E. Mackinnon, W. A. waterpark, Lord Ellice, E. Macgregor, John Watson, W. Lewis,LLi d dd d e i I S . , Elliot, J. Macgulre, J. Whatman, J. Emlyn, VII. Melina, R. Whitbread, S. Ewart, W. Mandeville, Vis. IVickham, H. W. Fagan, W. Massey, W. Wilkinson, W. Farre r , J . Masterinan, J. Wise. A. - Fenwick, H. Miall, E. ,„ Wortley, J. S. - Mr Ferguson, J. Milligan, R. Wrightson, W. Fitzgerald, W. Milner, W. Wyndham, Gen. Foley, J. 1411nes, R. Wynn, Lieut.-Co' Forester, Col. Mitchell. T. Wyvill, M. Forster, C. Molesworih, Sir W. Young, Sir J. Forster, 3. Montgomery, Sit G. Fortescue, C. Morgan, 0. Fox, W. Morris, D. Franklyn, G. ft ,m Kowatt, F. TELLERS Duke, Sir J. Williama,W. ~/ /~1-~~ r PRICE SD. BREAD RIOTS IN LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 19.—This morning a large mob, composed of the dregs of the population, and swelled by women and girls, paraded Shaw's-brow, Scotland-road, Vauxhall-road, and Dale-street, entering all the bread-shops, with the ex ception of Mr. Lester's, opposite St. Anthony's Chapel, Scot land-yard, and demanding bread, helping themselves freely to the loaves if repulsed. The shops in Scotland-road suffered the most, being almost entirely 'cleared of their stocks of bread. The riotous demonstrations have caused the greatest consternation in the town. Shops have been closed in every direction, and an entire stop has been put to trade. Some of the rioters asked for bread only, but small gangs of despe rate-looking fellows have entered a number of shops and houses and demanded money, which in many cases was given to them. About half-past ten o'clock the inhabitants of the neigh bourhood of Islington and Brunswick-road were alarmed by seeing a mob, to the inumber of about 500, proceeding along Shaw-street towards Moss-street, through which they passed It was noticed that in the main the mob consisted of boys and youths, apparently from 16 to 17 years of age, led on by some half-dozen rough-looking men, whose appearance indicated a determination for mischief and riot rather than hunger or star vation. As is usual in these lawless acts, the mob included a number of women, who seemed to take a kind of fiendish interest in the depredations on which the mob seemed most ferociously intent. On arriving at the corner of Moss-street and London-road, about 30 or 40 of the mob, headed by a man who seemed to be the ringleader, and who cried out, " Come on, here's a d—l who's got what we want," made a rush towards the door of a provision dealer's shop, kept by Mr. Allen. It would appear that Mr. Allen had been ap priged of what was going on in other parts of the town, for the shutters of the shop were all up, but the door was only partially closed. On the mob getting to -the door they de manded food, one man shouting out that they had been starving for weeks, and that if he did not supply them with what they wanted they would break open and destroy the pre mises. At this time there were no policemen about, but their absence may well be excused at the moment when it is knows these lawless proceedings were going forward in every part o f the town. The person in charge of the premises was evidently much alarmed by the nienaces and threats of the men, and, retiring from the shop door fora mome nt or two, he ret urnedi with a number of loaves and other articles of provisions, which he threw miscellaneously among the crowd for some quarter of an hour or 20 minutes, and when his stock of loaves was exhausted he closed the door, and the mob retired, some of the men carrying as many as three or four loaves away, and running away in various directions. The main body of the mob, however, remained united, their numbers indeed being augmented by another body, which appeared to come through Boundary-street, from the neighbourhood of Brown lew-hill and Paddington. From this point the snob proceeded up Prescot-street to another bread and provision-shop at the corner of Epworth-street, kept by Mr. Charnock. On arriving at these premises they found them entirely closed, but success at Mr. Allen's would seem to have increased the furious de termination of their demands, and made them utterly regard less of consequences. Finding admittance at Mr. Charnock's denied to them, they made an attack upon the door, and broke it almost instantly. They then entered the premises in large numbers, and stripped the shop of all its contents, taking not only all the breadlupon the shelves, but, in addi tion, helping themselves to flour and other articles at hand. Having got all on the premises, they emerged from the place in quick succession, carrying with them the contents of their plunder. One man had no less than six loaves under one arm and a bag of flour under the other and others had two, three, and four loaves, with flour and other articles ; and in this in stance our reporter particularly noticed that the men in pos session of the stolen property were stalwart strong-looking desperadoes, while the bulk of the lads who had evidently been secured for the purpose of terrifying the different shopkeepers into submission bad no provisions with them. As the mob were leaving Mr. Charnock's premises,.two of the ringleaders were pointed out, and, the police being now at band, they were taken into custody; and just as they were being secured a woman, who was evidently associated with them, made use of several vile epithets towards the police, and, endeavouring to excite an attack upon the officers, commenced throwing stones at them. She was, however , immediately pointed out, and taken to Bridewell along with the two men. About half-past 11 the mob, in large numbers, visited the different shops in Paddington and Brownlow-hill. They en tirely stripped the premises of Mr. Lunt and Mr. Lloyd, bread and provision dealers, and likewise attempted other premises, but they were not equally successful, the different shops hav ing been closed and firmly secured. On entering Mr. Lmit's premises a few of the ringleaders deliberately walked round the counter, and having forcibly ejected the man in charge of the premises, telling him at the time that "they wanted bread and would have it," they commenced their work of plunder, and in an incredibly short space of time the shop was emptied of its contents; and here a proofof the destructive and riotous character of the mob was exhibited. Not content with getting everything on the premises they afterwards threw stones through the upper part of the shop windows which wore not protected by the shutters, and did considerable damage. At the corner of Springfield, St. Anne-street, one of Mr. Lightbound's shops was surrounded by the mob, and all its contents, including bread and flour, taken away. The conduct of the mob was here also most disgraceful. The man in charge of the premises was anxious to give them all there was on the spot, in order that the premises themselves might not be at tacked, and with this view he threw out into the street from one of the windows a large quantity of soda biscuits, which were in an apartment adjoining the shop. Notwithstanding that ho thus endeavoured to meet their demands, they after wards smashed the shutters and shop-windows. The mob met with an effectual reception at the pre. mises of Mr. Phillips, at the corner of Seymour-street, Copperas-hill. Mr. Phillips bad heard of what was going forward, and prepared for them. On the mob making their appearance at his shop and demanding provisions, he stood near the shop door with a loaded pistol firmly grasped in each hand, and declared that he would shoot the first man who attempted to enter. Perceiving the fixed determination of Mr. Phillips the fellows made a hasty retreat, having failed in their demands. Shortly after 12 o'clock a mob paraded Great Howard street and the adjacent thoroughfares, and forcibly took bread, flour, and provisions from the shops containing them. There was only one policeman ♦isible at the time, but several were ordered to come to his assistance from the nearest docks. The police succeeded in apprehending about a dozen of the ringleaders, ferocious-looking fellows, evidently prepared to initiate any act of violence, and about 20 boys. A number of special constables have been sworn in ; strong detachment of mounted police has been formed ; and every step has been taken to secure the peace. About half-past one o'clock the mob went to St. John's market, evidently with the intention of committing further depredations, but, on arriving in Parker-street, they found, to their disappointment, that the market had been closed. They then moved off in the direction of Lime-street. Major Greig went to different streets in which the people were forming themselves into crowds, and addressed them upon the folly of their attempting to gain by force what the merchants and other inhabitants of the town were willing to afford them of their own free will. He said that if they would be quiet every suffering person would be relieved. He felt sure that no one would suffer the pangs of hunger long. He was frequently interrupted with cries of, " They should have done it before," " We're clamming," " Lots of us have died of hunger." One woman threw a reaper's sickle at him, which, fortunately, missed his head, though it passed within an inch or two. It was noticed that the really suffering poor were quiet, and willing to take their chance of procuring the relief given to them, the noisy ringleaders of the nobs who paraded the streets being well-known thieves and bad charac ters. One who was takes into custody was found to have four new loaves and 21. hi his possession. Among other places where the mob called was Mr. Hutchins's, bread and biscuit baker, opposite St. George's-hall. He, fortunately, had put his shop shutters up, and he managed to get rid of his trou blesome customers by throwing biscuits and loaves to then. The leaders then consulted together for a few minutes, and ran off in the direction of Lime-street. A man dropped down in Crooked-lane, South Castle-street, about half-past one o'clock. It was said that he had died from starvation. He was carried to the Northern Hospital by policemen, an immense crowd following them. 8.15r.m The town has resumed its ordinary evening appearance, and all apprehension of further outbreak has ceased. Strong bodies of mounted police patrol the streets, and the effective measures organised by the mayor (Mr. J. A. Tobin) are deemed sufficient to keep the peace and preserve the pro perty of the inhabitants. / DOCKYARD. COURT-MARTIAL. bit; Raiiiilia a ibi 10111414 of ibi Cot SO, from illehealth o he has served as private seersialitj hie relative the Earl of Auckland, then as captain huperintendoti , of Woolwich Dockyard, and for a short time, during the ab sence of Rear-Admiral Seymour, as admiral supoliatendout of Devonport Dockyard. THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF DEVONPORT As we anticipated, Rear-Admiral Pluraridge has been Appointed superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, v ice Seymour, appointed second in command of the Baltic fleet. The early services of Rear-Admiral Plumridge vfere well known as most active in a subordinate position.. As a captain he commanded the Magicienne, and as commo dore the Cambrian, 40, in the East Indies, where he was act ing commauder-in-chief on two occasions; and, by the way, his acting captain is , still a commander. At 48 hours' notice he was on board the Leopard, 18, paddle, last year, as One of the flag officers in the Baltic fleet ; and it is well known that of that remarkable campaign the gallant admiral was tho most energetic, and would have done much more damage to the enemy had Sir C. Napier given himthe necessary force. Rear-Admiral Chads, C. 8,, Rear-Admiral Plumridge, and Rear-Admiral Eden had interviews with the First Lord yea• terday, at the Admiralty. A court-martial was held yesterday on board the Vietory to try Sergeant Robert Reed, of the Royal Marine detachment serving on board her Majesty's steam-ship, Edinburgh, '5B, Captain Hewlett, on charges on having absented himself with out leave, while the ship was at Leith, from the 31st of Jan. to the 13th of Feb.;• and also for having defrauded sever al Marines of various sums of money intrusted to him to pay them, amounting to 601., which he would give no account of. The charges were declared fully proved, and the prisoner Iva sentenced to be reduced to the ranks as a private, to be mulct of all time, pay, and allowances due to him in the Royal Ma rine Corps, and to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the county gaol of Winchester for 12 calendar months. NAVAL AND MILITARY INT.ELLIGENCE, The Neptune, 120, Capt. Hutton, at Spithead, is ordered to prepare for Channel service. . The James Watt, 91, Capt. Elliott, was again docked yes terday to repair her engineer defects under water. The Imp‘ricuse, 50, Capt. R. B. Watson, C. 8., hauled out of the steam-basin, and went alongside the hulk to fill up with coals, on taking in which she will be ready for service. Yesterday the Basilisk, 6 paddle-sloop, Commander Jen ner, steamed into Portsmouth harbour to refit. The Oberon, 3, steam-vessel, Lieut. Freeland, commenced swinging for the adjustment of the compasses. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—Henry Harvey, from the Royal George to the Hawke ; Hugh M'Niel Dyer, recently promoted from Mate of the Conflict, to the Retribution ; Charles J. Bullock, from Mate of the Fisgard flag-ship at Woolwich to the Nop. tune; William H. Blake, recently promoted from Acting_ Lieutenant in the Edinburgh, is appointed as Lieutenant t o that vessel ; Robert Sterne, recently promoted from Mate of the Sampson frigate , to the Euryalus ; Charles W. Mawtborp, to the Exmouth ; David Orr, recently promoted from Acting i L i eu t ena nt in the Blenheim, s appointed as Lieutenant to that vessel. Master George A. Macfarlane, recently promoted from Secon d-Master, serving in the Satur n, at Pembroke, to the 3fagicienne. Second-Master Henry G. Swainson, from the James Watt to the Cuckoo, vice Dathan, promoted. Clerk George F. Grig or t o th e Himalaya. Clerk's Assistant John Kiddie to the Phoenix. Naval Cadets—F. Ed war d s, to the Roya l G eorge ; F. R. Broomilaw, to the P em b ro k e ; G . R. Keating, to the Ma jestic; W. Izod, to the Cornwallis. RAILWAY MATERIALS FOR THE CRIMEA. The Candidate steam-ship, with an immense cargo of rail way materials, horses, and men for the Crimea, arrived at Gibraltar early on the morning of the Gth inst., after a rapid passage of six and a half days from London. Sho reports having passed a steamer on the night of the 4th, supposed to be the Durham, which left the Thames one day earlier than the Candidate. The Pioneer (Crimean Army ,Fund steamer) and the Peninsular, with Government stores, both of which left London two days earlier than the Candidate, also arrived shortly after the latter ♦essel. It appears the weather has been most boisterous, and the Candidate was hove-to off Capo Finisterre for 2U hours, otherwise her passage would have been the fastest on record, GOOD-SERVICE PENSION. A report is enrient — atPo7tsinouihthat the Captain's " pension for good and meritorious service" (1501. 3-year), which fell to the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty on the promotion of Captain Baynes to the rank of Rear- Admiral, has been given to Captain Alexander Milne, the junior naval Lord of the Admiralty. THE NEW LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY. As we stated, Rear Admiral Henry Eden has been ap pointed a member of the Board of Admiralty, vice the Hou. R, S. Duudas, C, B„ appointed Commander-in• Chief of the Baltic THE BLACK SEA FLEET. Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, the Commander-in-Chief, in the Agamemnon, 91, screw, Captain Lyons, with the fleet, was off Sebastopol, Feb. 3. Rear-Admiral Boxer bad assumed the command of the transport department at Balaklava, and remained with his flag in the Diamond, 28, Captain C. B. Hamilton. The Furious, 16, paddle, Captain Loring, and Sphinx, 6, paddle, Captain Wilmot, were at Enpatoria. The Wrangler and Snake, 6, screw despatch-Teasels, were sent to Odessa. The Niger, 15, screw, had been ashore at Balaklava. The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw, Captain. Hon. H. Koppel, had arrived at Sebastopol, from England. The Magrera, screw-transport, Commander Johnson, had arrived at Sebastopol, from Sinope. The Vulcan, screw, transport, Commander Von Donop, ar rived at Sebastopol, Feb. 1, with troops, from Marseilles. The Sanspareil, 71, screw, Captain Heath, left Feb. 3 for Malta and Devonport, to be paid off. The Malacca, 16, paddle, Captain Moorsom, left Balaklaya Feb. 4, for England. Rear-Admiral the Hon. F. W. Grey was at Constantinople Feb. 5, with his flag in the London, 90. The Princess Royal, 91, screw, Captain Lord C. Paget, and the Terrible, 21, paddle, Captain M'Cleverty, left Constanti nople on the 4th, for the Crimea. MILITARY. The 341 Dragoon Guards are to remain in Ireland this; year. Last Tuesday 61 horses and 2a men of the Royal' Horse Artillery arrived from Dublin for embarkation at Cork for the Crimea on board the Himalaya. The following &aught' had also arrived :-1 officer and 74 rank and file of the 54th; 1 officer, and 67 rank and file of the 66th for Gibraltar ; 5 officers and 130 privates of the 33d from Fermoy ; 6 officers and 130 privates of the 90th front Mullingar. The 16th Lancers contribute 100 horses for the Crimea, and to embark on board the Himalaya. The four old contractors in Birmingham for military small arms supplied 10,000 Mini 6 rifles to the Board of Ordnance from December 1 last year to the 17th of the present'Month. These numbers are independent of the supplies rendered by the new contractors during the same period. The Mayor of Newcastle-on-Tyne has convened a public meeting, to be held in the Guildhall on Thursday, to confider the present system of purchasing commissions in the army—a system which the requisitionists deem to be " injnriens to the service, paralysing in its effects, and unjust to the private soldier." THE MILITIA. The East Kent Militia, which has been doing garrison dirty at Woolwich since the 4th of August last, on Friday and Saturday last opened volunteering for service in the Mediter ranean. On those two days 527 men took the oath, and each man received 21. It is anticipated that more than that num ber will come forward, and make the requited amount, 589. The men are delighted with the thought of serving their Queen and their country in other lands. The 2d West York Light Infantry Militia, now quartered at Sheffield, numbers nearly 900 mon, and is in a high state of discipline. The commanding officer, Colonel Smyth, M.P., has offered to furnish the Government with six companies of his regiment, with the full complement of officers and stair for service abroad, and the men are said to be anxious to go out. The North Lincolnshire Militia are under orders for Alder. shot-heath, Hampshire ' where a permanent camp of 20.000 men is to be formed. The greater part of the South Lincoln shire Militia have volunteered for foreign service, and are ex pecting orders for the Mediterranean. It is said they will go to Corfu. Her Majesty having accepted the services of the Militia for duty in the colonies, the following regiments have• received orders to hold themselves in readiness for immediate embar kation, viz. :—The Royal Wilts, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Methuen, 24 officers, and 660 ; we xiayal banes sutra' Lieutenant-Colonel Clayton, 17 officers, and 620 men. Both these regiments form part of the garrison of Portsmouth; they are destined for theg lonian Islands—in all probability Corfu. The former will; it le expected, embark in her Ma jesty's ship Neptune, if net both regiments, as soon as she is ready for them. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSAL'S.-MONDAY. Trout rose to 5 to 1 for the Liverpool Steeplechase, and was in so much activity at the close of business that 0 to 2 was the highest offer against him. 12 to 1 Was taken freely about Corcebus for The Metropolitan, and 100 to 7 eight or nine times about Redlands. Phartahic was now and then inquired after, but nothing was done to warrant a quotation. 300 to 30 was taken about Vandal for The Great Northern. The Liverpool Spring Cup and the Northamptonshire Stakes were untouched ; and only two small bets were made on the Chester Cup. Tun Two THouSAND.-5 to 2 was taken freely about St. Hubert, 7 to 2 betted against Lori of the Isles, and 9to 2 against Bonnie Morn. At the commencement the field was backed at evens for 2001. against the first two ; subsequently the two bad the call, 110 to 100 being betted on them. GO to 40 was laid twe sr three times against Lord of the Isles and Bonnie Morn. Tl 3 DZRBT.—St. Hubert, supported by an outlay of 2501., took ground again at 7 to 1. De Clare was backed for the like ■um at 12 to 1. Cruiser improved a point on last week's quotation. Grmculus Esuriens emerged once more from the shade, aid was backed with apparently renewed confidence at 15 and 14 to 1. 25 to 1 was wanted in three or four quarters about Bonnie Morn. 3 to 1 was laid against Oulaton. CLOSING PRICES. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9 to 2 agst The Truut (5 to 1 taken) 100 to 6 agst Needwood (taken) HERAT METROPOLITAN. 12 to 1 agst Corcebus (taken freely) 100 to 7 aget Redlands (taken) GREAT NORTHERN. 10 to 1 aget Vandal (taken) CHESTER 50 to 1 agst Weathercock (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mortimer (taken) THZ TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 2 agst St. Hubert (t. freely) 7 to 2 agst Lord of the Isles (t. and off) 9 to 2 agst Bonnie Morn (t.) THZ DERBY. 7 to 1 eget St. Hubert (t.) 10 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (off.) 11 to 1 aget Rifleman (t.) 12 to 1 agst De Clare (t.) 13 to 1 aget Cruiser. 14 to 1 aget Gra=lus Esuriens (t.) 22 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Flatterer (off.) 30 to 1 agst Oulston (t.) 33 to 1 aget Dirk Hatteraick (t.) 33 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (t., 40 to 1 also laid.) The room was well attended, but the severity of the wea.taer, which has caused the postponement of fire or six race meetings already—the probable necessity for further postponements, and the difficulties which attend the preparation of the horses for their early engagements, are circumstances which operate powerfully at present against turf speculations. BODDIOOT.—This horse died on Friday last, the lath inst. VlNnuarovr.—We are requested to state that this horse was struck out of the Salisbury Handicap the day after the weights were published, and that be was in eluded in the " official" list of acceptances by mistake. TEE BERNAL COLLECTION. We congratulate all lovers of art and antiquity upon the opporunity, in prospect, of enriching their cabinets front the dispersion of one of the most extensive and cele brated collections in the kingdom—that of the late distinguished antiquary and virtuoso, Esq. Ralph Bernal, The works of art, which may be viewed by passport of a cataloune, on the three first days of March, at the mansion, No. 93, Eaton-square, comprise the choicest illustrations of their kind from the Byzantine period to that of Louis Seize, and afford some rare d , elhaeations of classic beauty. The sale, including a fine collection of armour and the decorative furniture, is expected to occupy Messrs. Christie and Mansou for 32 days, commencing on the .sth March. The first week will be devoted to the un rivalled variety of porcelain ; the next to portraits and miniatures ; then will follow the mediaeval jewellery, e cclesiastical plate and metal work, enamels, carvings is ivory, &c., ice. Some days will be given to arms, armour, auoient glass, and general antiquities. A service of silver and silver-gilt plate, and a curious collection of watches, clocks, and compasses will precede the, sale of the decorative furniture, which will occupy thin last two days of the series. With these treasures of old time will be found many rare and exquisite specimens of modern tas to and refinement ; and, to use the words, o fan accomplished friend of the late respected owner, "it would be an honour to any antiquary to have his name associated" with their possession. . _ 1149. ~,,y Nitwits maw* *timitt .....ri-amory levelonfe (Giceopt ase t vaay) IN , a o'omax. a!luArtiv . PresentAtiotts take place every Tusods.y. i harimAY• ` l4 lfed,'Llt 3 o'clock.— N.B. There will be no entertainment — ' l). ' 471illaa Mall, Piccadilly. /0 1) t igli % --"AL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. I ncorporated by Act of Parliament. Ct i s „ 7 1, Lombard -street, London. 141440„,..11.ERE8Y GIVEN, That the HALF-TEARLT 14 1 1,th ee J"z•TING of the Proprietors of this Company will be 147 1 tlilka u t IP411 „,_ re Office 71 Lombard-street, on TUESDAY. the 1, '* to h ,,z ~, wo o 'Clock ' pre ' cisely, pursuant to the Act of Parlia -'.flet the "Rik so,. nsual business, and to declare the Dividend for a "'mg the 31st December, 1554. N. 7 44 0.1 i ns MARTIN PRATT, Secretary. 1 ,"--............L • 1 14 0,S im kiatok o biZ'l KNOWLEDGE (Association for ih t .zatt ik . - -4,_, , he Repeal of).—The ANNUAL PUBLIC MEET tibki.l3llg...,__'' "me Place at Exeter Hall, on WEDNES VAT, Feb. hli ktt, kag n _ will be addressed by John Bright, 31. P. ; Richard /la.:. a ge Dawson, 31. A.; T. M. Gibson, M.P. ; Apsley 1;011r. Watts, &c. 1 1:L e11 fo rt ] s .2ten at Seven. Chair taken at Eight. ‘ l •ltry. 7 rlatform may be had of Novello , Dean-street. and ,10'_h• Blshopsgate ; at Exeter Hall ; and cifice of ...,......_ ' ' l 'qt:in-place, Gray's Inn-road. A .i.i..' ....-- art tiul 411.5: e •• .11 S (l. ' ~-, \