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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. - THIS EVENING, and every evening during the w eek, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great n r izard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety Of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary e ffects, ,_Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos. 7ging distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of A musement, It is not a monologue, for the audience them- Sel . vos perform their parts with the principal actor, some of „-ere en the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, though everything becomes metaorphosed befre the e Yell of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any e 'te thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the sons "T,3' ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex- Potted denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of ;he Public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an cx ',ralraganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professo r A n d erson re t urns hi s th an k s t o th ronge d an 1 fas hionable ~ audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Pleatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid ho 11 4 been enabled to a nnounce M ag i c an d M ys t er y f or con tinuous repetition. Ile believes that no professor of his art l'as at any time or in any place been honoured with an !mount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. !To would attribute that success to three causes; first, that, 1 1 his present entertainment ho has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of Perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he T 'as travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has Pared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on t he stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, L l 'at, while endeavouring, to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where ver it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by : i e r i rtiag to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, e designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. , The g 37 l e tt ers on th e su bj ec t o f sp i r it- ra ppi n g, which Pre lessor And e r s o n h as received, from the time of opening the th eatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in- Lest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst any of them bear melarscholy evidence to the dangers which attend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has bruited, Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex- Poso a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible ter Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the c oinunications which reach him on the subject. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen W ho . from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so "stay susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every a"'ug, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. And er so n 's o pi n i ons o Lyceum are expressed, and every evening, within th ' , Yocum how tables can be made to rap is exhibited ' l t'd elucidated. It is respectfully requested that thi Public exposition will, be accepted generally as Professes Anderson's only - - mode of replying at full length to his ru ultitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the l ames of the great and learned of the land should , ha ve beep ma d e: t o fi gure in the do c u me nt s emana ti ng i r°lll the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex !saeted from the iforniv Advertiser of Thunslay, Septem ther 20, and taken by that journal from the New l'ork Spiri ..oal Telegraph. It purportS to emanate from an American ;Pisit.rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster s ,'! k ,uklY confesses that lie is sorely puzzled' at what he has messed,telit and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be '°roughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the "oltition of the phenomena ; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits W ho thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate "al objects abo u t th e roo m, p r oved to be too much of a ques s)._ u for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the I °V es has recently loft England, and the following account of "" 0 . and what he is, occurs in the Family herald, No. 945: This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now jo It a l . Maly is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations W ithout apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout 'Pe Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2.000 ers per annum if he would perform at his museum in New h Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could ° bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very , I leoPtable to him, for lie was poor, young (under 20), an or s "au, and in v ery had health : but he would have been afraid ef losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose hle life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. 4e inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is c t trls of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer alilly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whore iaright be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe 4 1 , spirit-rapping—does spirit-rapping gain or lose by tars accession to its adherents? and, with Barnum's endorse t :ent to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely t„?° negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not I s ", when he finds th a t e ducated clergymen of the Church of Z 4 g l and have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a windle, when he finds that the iucumbent of Wortley (the Rev N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and N h ° , l• ltes a book on the subject, he considers it to be time for "Is to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which ;, Vs effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the DD"n , n9 Advertiser of Octobei• 3 appears a letter from Sir avid Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, c ompany with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that W hich the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that ambit -rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad CrPoses. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, ~,,t re ver, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one , 44 "° was present when he and Lord Brougham had their ta to, ce with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the s, to (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most : Atr aordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac t?lrdion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and ou to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's "gist hand, apart from any person, it played an air through -1:1t." With such a statement, printed for the edification of he People of the 19th century, with the facts before us that th e to 'Most talented men of the day are permitting themselves be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the hbiect of a new wor k, an d that a " spiritual convention" is a actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, „,_ r °fessor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual- CI of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will te received by the people of England as genuine honest at •"allts to provide an antidote for th e b ane o f th e spiritual u gitlers. s . In the c ourse o f the l a st fi v e wee k s 100 , 017 persons h ave ''lsited the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, , St an has ever b e f or e been assembled w ithi n it s wa ll s i n so l in°r t a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. the programm e b e ing continually chan g ed. G ran d 4 Pg ', °.o.oek Ishionable Day Performance, on Saturday, December 15, at ; the programme being thus arranged Part 1. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical ;2 1 _1:abilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wi z ard w ill d o 9 1 Magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ,,ul) and illustrate the possibility of sl ee pi ng unsup p or t e d i n Lae air. °f Producing 2. Th e A q ua-Avial Paradox ; ex em plif y i ng th e power ()t Producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the Possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most roplex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3, Le Livre des Reeueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own P ocket B oo k , w ith P uc k hi m self within it. Typifying. the " ss eoing's entertainment in the production of the very volu 'mous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude tort Of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears °r its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, antl to bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely Place for to be found, , Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; o r , T rans iti on w ith ou t T ron. ole, I n which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed (ling Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor roation—bla.ek into white, and the Discovery of every Article the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verve; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into Which, tlsough made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, e nd suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport Itself, and rain into the casket, hough its lid bo l ocked, and the key in the possession of the audience. closed, Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act, 7. A New Pottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine b ottle," Spirit Store. An improvement u p on the " inexhaustible 'ottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only he in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the W ord of command, producing soda - w ater, butter-milk, 'Mom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin , rum, whisky, 11 °Yeau, or any other wine or spirit required ; and finally Proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, 141 1 d occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half en Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose of ei Pirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor- Phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become t ransformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Eng land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which be who 'ilts himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the /queleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like Maltommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will be produced. Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ri dding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west er/1 to the eastern hemisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. private boxes, 11. Ids. 6d. and 11. ls., to be obtained at the 460 x-office, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress circle, 3s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, 6d. The Rsx-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction Of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per formance on Saturday, Docenber.ls, at 2 o'clock, Doors open at Lalf.past 1. NO, 19,715.] PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 2 vole., with Portrait, 21c, bound, THE LIFE of JEANNE D'ALBRET, QUEEN of NAVARRE, from numerous original sources, In cluding MS. Documents in the BibliothequQ Imperiale and the Archives Espagnoles de Simancai. By MISS FREER, Author of "The Life of Marguerite D'Angouleme." 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ON TRITE & FALSE SPERMATORRMEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From he Berman of Dr. PICKFOIti With an Introduction by the Editor, containing it complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. "iir. Ficktorci 's known to English readers by his frequent praco :.al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall laced any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his p iwer to cur rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of .ess importance, though it Is that which the quacks most prize— much money...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spennatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefbre, likely to do much good." - London: H. Baler°, 219, Regent-street. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Prin,:tpal Cornet Piston. M. Bouleourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission uue Shilling. Laurent's new Varsoviana every night. 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'the 'Frain, on Christmas Day will run as on ,undays, with tha addition of the down day mail from Paddington to Eri to! at 1 , a m., and the up day » ait from Bristol to Paddington at 10 a.m., which will run as on week days, with the exception of the branch trains between Maidenhead and Wycombe, he:ding and Ba-ingstoke, Ghippenham, Frotns, and Warminster, Gloucester and Hereford, and over the South %Vales Line. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter.—The Court of Directors heresy give notice, that a II ALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND at the rate of s!x per cent, per annum on the canital of the Ita.ik, will be pay able to the proprietors of shares registered in this county, on and alter the sth day of January next, at the °diet of the Corporation, No. 7. Biahopsgate-street, between the hours of Ten and Fuur. No transfer can be ma,:le between the 15th instant. and the sth proximo, u the beoks [nun be ensed during that period. By order of the Court. - A. 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This capital, or any portion thereof, cannot be withdrawn. Further security is afforded by four hundred partners, whose lia bility is not limited to the amount of the capital or of their respec tive shares. PUBLICITY.—The assets aud liabilities of the Bank are published monthly in the " Gazette." Auditors to examine the accounts aro appointed by the share holders. full account of the position of the Bank, attested by the Audi tory, must be punished at least once to every year. EECRECY.—WhiIe complete publicity as re : tards the position of the Bank is provided for, the pecuniary affairs of the customers are pro tected by declarations of secrecy executed by the Directors, Mana ger, and the facers of every grade. (By order). MATTHEW MARMALL, jun., Manager. BENJA %ITN SCOTT, Secretary. Threadneedle-street, December 6, 1855. A LLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—Reduction in Price. —HARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO, Wine and "cer Merchants. , Pall-Mall, are now receiving orders for the ~ c tober Brewings of the above celebrated Ale, in Casks of 18 Gallons and up wards, at the reduced price. Also for ALLSOPI"S PALE ALE IN BOTTLE, Quarts, Pints, and Half-pints, Imperial measure. , Pall-mall, Oct. 20, 1855, IR. HOWARD, Surgeon-D en ti st, 52, Fleet `l;street, has introduced an entirely new description of A ItTI- HrIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so I.erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. 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'TRIESEMAR.-011 the 29th of May, 1855, an Injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th Tune following wai, made perpetual, against .Joseph :franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou .and pounds, from inntatin4 this Medicine, which is protected by ;oyal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the e Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, .s a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of th .ystem, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state b r ho consequences of early errors It is Invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, fcompletely and entirely apnea 3se of f is ti o i r r d ee daYerswhich Capivl a n d C ube b s gave eradicates u so a long b een thought an antidote for, to the rui n of the health rclY allin the tracesshort o t >f a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 8, is the great Continental Reined} for that class of Disorders, whim antertunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to th e ie evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the' sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TitiESEMAR., No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, en i of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on tha toilet taist. - without their use beiric• suspected. 6oia in tin cases a t l I s . eac h, free by post, 2s. extra, divided int eparate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux. to., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in hondor Cl' Johnston, 6s yornhill; Heaney , and Co., 63, O x f or d- s tr e at; and Aanzer. 1 5 6, ox :ord-street ; R. IL. Ingham,.druggist, 46. al arket-street, Manchester ; (I. Jlradbury, bookseller Deans ate, Bolton ; Powell, J. PrieStly, chemist, 52 , Lord-street, Liverpool; owell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin; Winnall, bookseller, 111gh-streo:;, Birmingham. 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He said they were proud of the prosperity which followed the manufacturing and commercial enterprise of the people of these realms ; they were proud of the institutions of old England, and of her power, and of the position she maintained among the nations of the world —(cheers)—but let them never forget that the safety of our shores, and the repose of the country mainly de pended upon the united effort, the gallantry, discipline, and valour of the two services, the army and the navy. (Great cheering.) Heartily drink, then, he would say, to the gallant yeoman whom he was then addressing, the toast of "Tire Army and Navy." (Cheers.) The gallant deeds of the army and navy had, he might say, been pencilled in blood in the undying annals of our country- (applause)—and if they searched through•his tory they would find what had been done by them in times gone by ; but, how glorious soever the records of the past might be, he was sure they would find nothing to equal the noble daring, the enduring courage, the brave magnanimity, which ha I distinguished our soldiers during the last two years' campaign in the Crimea. (Great cheering.) Let them for a moment take the services of the army, and consider what must be the self-denial and devotedness of the soldiers in the per formance of their arduous duties. They themselves, it was true, wore the uniform of their country ; but they remained in peace at home. enjoying the cemforts of the social board—let them, then, for a while give a thought to the soldier. He was far away from house, uncheered by its comforts and endearments, yet ho bore his trials not only uncomplainingly, but with a nea.gnan:inity worthy of the noble cause in which he was engaged, sustained by the knowledge that he was fighting for his oven home and the interests of his own country, as well as the interests of the civilised world. The soldier fought and bled, and it might be that be fell ; hut he knew That he fell and bled in the interests of his country—interests as dear to him individually as they were to any of those who were sitting at home at ease. (Applause.) What, thought they, was the feeling that rose dominant in the breast of the soldier when facing the foe ? He was speaking in the presence of those who could testify from experience what those feelings were, and he was sure he should express them when he said that the honour of his regiment was his pride, as the glory of victorty would be his praise and reward. (Great cheering.) There was a soldier then present connected with a most distinguished regiment, and he would appeal to him if these were not the feelings which ani mated the soldier when engaged in serious conflict on the battle-field. (Cheers.) It had been well said— " For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer plough the manor ; But glory is the soldier's prize, The soldier's wealth his honour." (Applause.) Did not those lines well describe what the feelings of the soldier were when fighting for others, as our soldiers were now fighting in the Crimea. Marcy , fell ; it might be amid the shouts of victory while in the ' unflinching discharge of their duty; and we in England might well afford to let fall a tear of sympathy fir the homes ef the families who were never to welcome them back again. (Hear.) The tears of sympathy must drop, but if they were any consolation in the affliction which has thus come upon those homes, by the fall of the be loved away in the Crimea, it was the reflection that they had fallen with a halo of victory to encircle their graves. (Applause.) Well, he would now take the navy. He felt that the navy had made us Englishmen the lords and arbiters of the sea, and he would say to any man who insinuated a slur against the navy that be knew not how to appreciate the character of the mariners of Eng land. He well remembered, indeed, that happening to propose the toast of the navy on a recent occasion in virtue of the office he had the honour to hold, it was alleged against him that he availed himself of his posi tion to insinuate a slur against the navy. He asked them if they thought it possible he could have done so ? No ; they knew him better. They (his friends and com rades) knew him better than to suppose him guilty of such an act as that. Ho would rather lose the utterance of his lips—the power of speech God had given him—than in sinuate a slur he had not the courage to avow. If they would believe him he had not the courage to avow the insinuation of a slur, because his heart did not acknow ledge it. He never insinuated anything against that ser vice, but, nevertheless, he must say, that when a man served a government, to his mind he should first of all serve his country, and put his country above every other consi leration. (Cheers.) He would say, then, that in proposing the toast they had so cordially received, he trusted they clearly appreciated the feelings with which he gave it. He knew perfectly well that he could hold his own against the rest, and all he could say in answer to those who had made the alle gations to which ho had alluded was, that if every British heart beat as his did, he would warrant that there would be no lack of spirit or loyalty within the sea-girt cliffs of old England. (Immense applause.) In returning thanks for the toast of his health, which had been proposed by Mr. BASS, M. P., a lieutenant in the same troop, Sir Robert added —His hon. friend Mr. Bass, in speaking of the yeo manry as the police of the country as the armies were the police of the world, had naturally introduced the all-absorbing topic of the war in which they were at the present time engaged, and indeed there were few meet ings at which the subject was not mentioned. Of course it would ill become him to make any political allusion to what was passing in the East, but a few reflections might not be out of place. We had gained great vic tories, but at the cost of many men, and now at the end of the year we heard tumours of a peace which was to be brought about by the intervention of Austria. (Hear, hear.) Now, this was a subject very interesting to them all, as it came home to their breasts, and afficted the interests of each individual. There were, then, some ideas of peace. The funds were rising, and the hopes of the public were raised at the idea of a peace which was to be brought about through the intervention of Austria. Now, they all anxiously desired peace ; but the danger was that that very desire led them hastily to attach im portance to prospects net unfrequently based on shallow foundations. (Hear, hear.) His idea gas that there was little importance to be attached to these rumours of peace. (Hear, hear.) He admitted the importance of peace, and, with every one else, would be glad to see it re-established ; and to this end be would say, so long as the honour of the allies was secured, that it mattered not through whose intervention it was secured— that of Austria or of a friendly Power. (Hear.) He knew and they all knew as well as he did, that Austria was no friend of ours. (Hear, hear.) Austria, under a professed lukewarm friendship, had only cloaked an ill-disguised hostility—(hear, hear)—and what he would say was, that if they did have negotiations for peace, they must be cautious how they dealt with proposals that came from Austria. (Cheers.) He wished to put the case fairly before them. He wanted peace a; much as any man, but if the negotiations for peace were to come from Austria, he should be exceedingly cautious about them. Ile could not forget the past—he could not for get the hesitation and vacillation of Austria during the recent proceedings, and he could not close his eyes to the treacherous conduct of Austria in the Danubian Principalities. Austria entered the Principalities as our friend, but her conduct had been nothing else than that of the ally of Russia. If they were to have a peace, the cause the allies had espoused, and which had been hallowed, he might !say, by the blood of our country men, absolutely demanded that it must be satisfactory to the country, and such as the sacrifices it had made demanded. (Cheers.) The country had cheerfully ac cepted, because the war was just, all the hardships and burdens war imposed. From the highest to the lowest there had been breathed a spirit of patriotism, as witness of which ho might mention the noble contributions to the Patriotic and other funds--(cheers)—and these burdens were accepted in a spirit of magi:mei:lay as great as any nation had ever shown ; as we were fighting for a wi den whose safety was threatened, and her very people enthralled with a slavery more despotic than any which had ever threatened Greece or Rome. (Cheers.) But, independently of all this, there was the honour of our our own country to be held sacred, and therefore he said they must not be satisfied with the Four Points. The Crimea was no longer an integral part of Russia, and it never must be, and, he would add, it never should be. (Great cheering.) Let them think of the carcasses of their countrymen by which the Crimea was hallowed , in the eyes of Engliehmen, and then say whether _ttiebee• were to be satisfied with any false peace which mid offered 'g offered throu g h th e me di um o f a P owe r which had prove, itself anythi ng b u t f r i en dl y towar d s them. (Cheers.) He ought, perhaps, to apologise for taking up their time at the social board with this topic, but it wasepy upon it, the all-ab sorbingl qu es ti on o f th e d a y, and feeling de as he believ e d th e y did, be was anxious to express hie views respecting it. As they bad accepted the respon sibilities of the contest, they sh ould continue it till a glorious end had been achieved —that of a safe, honour. able, and enduring peace. (Loud applause.) MADLLE. JULIE. —W7O regret to find that this lady i s suffering severely from the late accident at the Plymouth and that her fr iends have had occasion to he Theatre,e ' tremel3 anxious as to the result. Her recovery, ho w . ever is not despaired o f . A:CASE OF DisynEss.—Mr. Joseph Guy, the author of the "English School Grammar," and of more than 20 other school books, has at the age of 72 no other resource for his maintenance than what the sympathy of the pub_ lie m ay afford him. Under the impression that he had done the State some service" by his efforts, however humble, to smooth the path of knowledge to the rising gen eration, he sent in a petition to th e E arl of Abe r• participating deen, when Prime Minister, in the hop e o f in the fund set apart by the nation f or the benefit of distressed authors ; but no answer was returned. He has recently petitioned Lord Palmerston to lay his case before her Majesty. Hi s l or d s hi p, however, gives him no hope, owing to the num b er of candidates for pensions and the limited amount of the fund at his disp' . s al. Mr. Guy has for the l as t f our years kept a school at No. 2, Hollis place, but the income from the few scholars that attend it dues not now even pay the rent ' • and a dis' ttaint is th reatene d on his goods, and which must take place in a few days if the rent cannot be made up. Nevertheless, with a little pecuniary assistance, he could still continue his school, which might serve bon for the few years at most Olathe might rtquire it. This.talented but unfortunate man resides at No. 2, Holies-place, Camden New-town. 9. // _V 7-1 4 :',0 4 3 4 1- ) 14i Naval and Military In e )y) 4±: . The Manilla screw steam tranepeit, No; i; , fr7a(7,'S. ;e3A.Aseee rived at Spithead from Kertch, Balsklava. Kosl o ff,- C on . I etautinople, Malia,anidGibraltar. She brings-condemned - I - naval stores from the Sea of Azoff and Kertch squad rons, and condemned ordnance stores from Gibraltar. - The Telegraph, No. 18.4, steam transport, has also ar rived from Marseilles, to which port she conveyed Gen. Sir James Simpson and staff. Her dates are—Kazatch, Nov. 12; Athens, Nov. 16 • Marseilles, arrived the 233, and sailed the 28th ; Gibraltar, arrived Dec., 1, and sailed Dec. 3. No invalids or passengers. The gaeen of the South, No. 135, screw-steam transpert, has arrived from the Crimea and Southampton. Her arrival at the latter port was reported in The Sera of Saturday. The Europa, No. 55, steam transport, embarked, en Satur day evening, draughts of the 3d and 46th Regiments, ano for the _medical staff. She sailed yesterday for Plymoath and Malta. The Royal George, 102 guns, screw steam-skip, Capt. • H. J. Codrington, C. 8., arrived at the Nora at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday, and saluted the Commander-in -Chief's flag, which was returned by the flagship Waterloo, 120, Captain Lord Fredei Kerr. Toe Roy a l George left Kiel on Monday, the 26th of Nov. last, at noon, under steam, weather fine. She continued under steam merely to clear the harbour, she then turned off steam and pro eded under canvass with a fair wind. She anchored that night to the southward of Vengeance Shoal, where she fell in with the Nile, 91 guns, screw steam-ship, Capt. Geo. R. Mundy, and the Colossus, 80, screw steam-ship, Capt. Robert S. Robinson, at anchor. The Royal George weighed the following morning, and pro ceeded under steam with a strong head wicsi, and passed Nyberg at about 10 a.m. Shortly after a defect was discovered in her screw propeller. She kept under steam, and arrived off Reefness at about four o'c ock p.m., where she anchored for the night. The Colossus parted company that night, proceeding oa. On the followiug morning the Royal George weighed and pr ,:e eded under canvass alone, and cleared einuait that day. Wednesday night, being sternay and strong winds, she anchored off Trindelen light-vessel. On the following morning, the weather being moderate, and a fair wind, she hoisted canvas, proceeded towards the • S !am, and spoke the Royal Adelaide steam transport, homeward bound ; communicated with her by boats, and seat despatches and letters by her. The Pvlyal George cleared the Scaw the same day, carrying a fair wind until Sunday. The wind then veered round to the south-west, blowing fresh, weather hazy, arrived off the Outer Gabbard shoal on Monday, and made the Gal loper on the following day (Tuesday.) On Wednes day she a , ch veil under the Tongue Sand, off Mar gate, it blowing a heavy gale at the time. She rode there with 110 fathoms on one anchor and 50 fa t oms on the other. She remained at anchor during Friday. With Saturday's tide she again got under way, weather moderate, wi,la snow showers at intervals. She arrived at the Great Nore at 11.30 a.m, the same day. She brings home a few invalids and super. nuweraries, a some officers on promotion. On her leaving Kiel sharp frosty weather had set ie. She has :300 Coastguard tier on board as part of her crew, who are spoken of very highly by their , ffieers for their gene ral good conduct arid efficiency in gunnery and seaman ship. Her crew have, geueraly speaking, been healthy. She has also two Ru;sians, deserter,, turned over from the Ampliiin. At 12.30 p.m. yesterday she eras towed into Sheerness Harbour, and moored off the fitting Latin entrance to have her defects made good. She will forth with be taken into No. 1 dry dock, for which purpose the Cressy was put out of dock on Saturday and berthed In the basin. The Mare, 80, screw line-of-l.,attle skip, is still under the shiers in Sheerness basin. On Saturday she hoisted her condenser. Maudelay arid Co.'s mechanics are below storing the four boilers in her hold. It is generally be lieved this vissel will proceed to Chatham to fit out. The Blenheim, 60, Cau'ain NV. H. Hall, returned t) Spithead on Saturday fr,;in Dover Roads, whither she went to salute the King of Sardinia on his departure from England. The Russell, 60, Captain Francis Scott, left, Sp'theati on Saturday afternoon forQaten,town. Ttle Mermaid, 42, left Sheerm si in tow of two padd's steamers for Woulwtch, about two p.m. on Saturday— report says to be converted into a mortar vesel. The Osborne Royal steam yacht, Capt. G. T. Gordon (pro tem.), and the Vivid and Fire Qaeen steam-yachts, Masters-CommAnding, W. H. Allen and W. Paul, re turned to Portsmouth from escorting the King of Sar dinia to France on Saturday. The Lucifer steam-vessel arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday morning from Plymouth with supern material les. The Dinapore transport went into Portsmouth har bour to discharge cargo on Saturday. The Pincher steam gun-boat went ont of Portsmouth harbour to try her engines on Saturday. The screw steam-transports Imperador and Calcutta arrived at Southampton from Portsmouth on Saturday. The Imperador was hauled direct into the graving dock, where she will undergo cleansing. The screw steam-ship Nile, 90, Captain G. R. Mundy, went from Plymouth Sound into Hatnoaze on Friday, and was moored off Keyhatn The steam-ship Meander, 44, Captain Baillie, from Spithead, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. The crew of the screw steam-ship Evneuth, 90, Capt. W. K. Hall, housed lower yards and topmasts at Ply mouth. They were p aid wages on Saturday, and granted three weeks' leave of absence. The corvette Arachne, 18, wa; towed from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound on Saturday, and took her powder on board the same day. The steam-vassel Advice, from Qaeeustown, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. The naval steam transport Urgent, Commander Phil lips, R.N., which left Portsmouth ori Thursday evening with a small draught of the 17th Lancers, arrived at Plymouth on Friday, arid went up Hawoazs to repair machinery. She will embark 735 men of the Land Transport Corps, and a number of ()facers of various regiments, for the East, and will probably leave tomor row. She will take 8,500 medals for distribution among the army in the Crimea. The sawyers i❑ the Devonport dockyard wiil commence today working from 7 a.m. to 4 30 p.m., cutting the framem of the steam gun-b Ate Aut and Autelope, build ing in slips Nos. 2 and 4 Tile sailing transport Sir George Pollock, Capt. Beach, from London, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday to em bark troops for the West Indies. Tire tol'owing appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty: -Capt. Lord John Hay, to tile Forth; Capt. F. A. Campbell, to the Trusty ; Capt. G. G. Ran dolph, to the Thuoderer ; Wm. P. Carrigan, Paymaster, to the Conqueror. Tue directors of the French railway between Mar seilles, Paris, and the north of France, have consented to allow British officers and soldiers on duty, pioceeding to or returning from the Crimea, to travel at half fare in any class under certain regulations. Printed forms have been supplied to Brigadier-Genera! Storks. Officers ac companied by soldier servants in uniform can have them conveyed by third-class carriages from Calais to Mar seilles for 35f. 35c., and from Boulogne to Marseilles for 32f. 30c. A memorandum has been issued from the Horse Guards dated Nov. 30, enclosing a new form for the transmis sion of money by soldiers in the Crimea to England, the object of which is to give facilities for such remittances. In the new form the signatures of the officer conimAnd- Mg the company to which the soldier belongs and that of the soldier himself are omitted. The circular also requests commanding officers of regiments not to sanc tion the transmission of coin by soldiers, which is n 0.% only unsafe but unnecessary, now that such facilities are' given for sending money. Tile following Russian prisoners, from Milbay Prison s who volunteered for service in the F B o a r r e a i v g e n_L__ : egi l e \ p rs h s a iy e been escorted down to Sheerness from London, and de livered on board the Devonshire prison ship, ip. non. conse quence of their declining to join on their arrival soef, Simeon, Lon don :—Shumslay Rochinski, E4 , r Fedessoff, Michael Petroff, Johan Bagdaniff, a service, Kerpichoff, all being deserters from the Russia except the first-named soldier. Six Russian Sheerness, ussi an s e a have men, b een p prisonerserrdlo, and have been itnt permitted atrod volunteer n D t eeevro to shireat join a ship bound to the southw o. .a con veyed to London for that purpose. Th e shipbuilders llautbßoaritsg havewhotol b been n v received irectea boy G r dt r o s for constructing. and verr ment to hasten their co m p letion, and workmen are now n F i en p r yv a e d upon m e them di ei bnoi;frhdt diadyel over by Mr. o l , i Dartnell, was held at Pr ot npton, when SO invalid s were pronounced to be unfit for further activ e service, the decision was confirmed by Dr. Maclachlan, attached to Chelsea Hospital. Captain J. Buckley is appointed Barrack-master at Chatham, vice Major T. Smith, Aldershott. The Barrack -mastership of Maidstone is to be discon tinued, the duty to be performed by the Barrack-master of Chatham. A few months ago Mr. J. Elliott, a surgeon in the Royal Navy, was committed to the Devon County Gaol, at Exeter, for two years, for cruelty and neglect in the daysCrim e a a g , o wi ie while wass erving with the Naval B r i ga d e. A few attacked by fever, at.d inflammation of the brain succeeding be die I on Tuesday last. There are at present in the Exeter Barracks 100 of the Dragoon Guards, and 50 of the Scots Greys. About 50 of the 35th Foot are also billettA in the city. In addition to these are the following recruiting parties, who have met with considerable success ma rines, Royal Artillery, Sappers and Miners Artillery 15th Hussars, Coldstream Guards, 54th, 44 ' 13, 213t14 and Bth Regiments, and the East Devon Militia. LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10 1855. DECLARATION OF PiI.OFITS. INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COM PANY.—Chairman, Lord Viscount TORRENOTON.—The nest Division of Profits will be made in June, 185 e, and those assured on or before the 31st of December, 1853, will partleloate one year eerier than those assured after that date. A reduction of 25 per cent. has been made on the premiums of all Policies of 5 years' standing. ALEXANDER ROBERrSON, Manager. 72, Lombard-street, London. • ES TAT TALISHED 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. Empowered bySpecial Act of Parliament. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by ffer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Every description of Lifo Assurance business transacted, at the lowest possible rases consistent with security to the assured. E. 11. FOOTER, Resident Director. .k.NDREIV FRANdIS, Secretary. 1, Princes street, Bank, London. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCFIANGE ASSURANCE . CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. 'George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., its:11)-G , vernor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.. Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. f.nimond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. rolin Garrett Cattley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. %lexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Alexander Druce Esq.. Abraham George Robarts, Esq. inversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. William Tallow Ilibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. .Tames Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace:734. - Lancelot Holland, Esq. I Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE—SaMUeI Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Notice.--The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre ssiums falling due at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor poration OR advantageous terms. The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and nayment of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital stock. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation :n profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary BONUS on Life Policies has averaged 2 per Cent. per annum on the suns assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums aid. Any sum not excee ling 10,000/. may he assured on one Life. The Corporation bears the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees, and requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no Pxpense but the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the militia within the United kingdom. LOANS are granted on Life Polilics to their full values. This Corporation a:lords all the advantages of modern practice, with the stability of an office safely con , tituted under Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. There is but one older life office in existence. ROYAL EXCIT ANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. HIGII.A.3f, Actuary and Secretary. UAII,DIAN FIRE AND LIFE NY( ASSURANCE C3MPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. FRANCIS HART DYKE, HENRY HULSE BEREN John Dixon, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Batt Sir Walter R. Farquhar, En T.Hankey, Esq., M.P. John Itarvey, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Labonehere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Esq., Chairman. t, Esq., Deputy-chairman. I:tewart Marjoribanks, Esq. im Martin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Titßoc'', Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. LTORS. A. W. Ilobarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. 1 John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. AUDI LIFE DF.P ART NlENT.—thuler the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of 'he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will he declared in June, 1860, when 11 participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year t Christmas, 1 , 459. will he allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total evyrsionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exeeedrd 913,000 . At Christmas ltst the Assuranees in force amounted to upwards el 4,241,0007. ; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,0001. ; and the T.ife Assurance Fund (independent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1 ,71)0,0(10/. FOREIGN ItlSßB.—The Extra Premiums required for the East snd West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the — nited States of America, have been materially reduced. _ _ INVALID LIVES.--Persons who arc not, in such sound health as , ould enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, nay have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to hare iltairied in each case a value not under 50/. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received md registered. Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for 'olicy Stamps. FIRE DE PARTMF.NT.—lnsurances effected upon every descrip lon of property, at moderate rates. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by tills Company. THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF A ONE _HUNDRED POUND _NOTE. At the Liverpool Poliee-court, on Saturday, Mr. Mansfield was occupied for five hours in investigating the following strange case, which arose solely from tho gross carelessness of four different persons, through whose hands a bank-note passed, the value of which none of them could tell to this day. At the north end of the town Mr. Thompson. an extensive railway contractor, has an office situated in Blackstone-street, and in the ad joining Highfield-street is the shop of Mr. Jas. Kelly, a wholesale and retail provision dealer. Mr. Thompson's clerks and Mr. Kelly have frequently been in the habit of changing bank notes and gold for one another. On , the 16th of Novemb er M r . D r ensfield, Mr. Thompson 'e cashier, sent an Irishman, named Brady, also in Mr. Thompson's employment, to Mr. Kelly's with a 201.- note to be changed, and to pay out of it to a Mr. Lumb, ro who accepanied him, abo u t . 161., and then to purchase some tools. He did not mention to Brady the value of the note, and the latter, having been frequently in the habit of changing large notes at Mr. Kelly's, never looked at it, but walked into Mr. Kelly's shop, and said, '• Please change me a 100/.-note." Mr. Kelly, who knew Brady well, was busy at the time with two customers, so he, without looking at the note, handed Brady 1001. in gold. Brady paid some money to Mr. Lumb, made his pur chases, and took hack to Mr. Drensfield, in a bag, 821. 3s. On seeing this, Mr. Drensfield said, "How did you bring me so much change ?" " It's out of the 1001.-note," said Brady. On this, Mr. Drensfield looked at his pocket book, and found that he had a 100/.-note ; but supposing that Mr. Thompson might have given him a 100/.-note for a 20/..note, be altered his cash-book, and determined to wait and ask Mr. Thompson about it. We must hero state that on the day in question Mr. Thompson, before leaving the office, gave Mr. Drensfield what he considered 1401., in one note of 1001., and two notes of 201. each ; but neither he nor 11renefield looked carefully at the notes, and neither could swear exactly AR to what they were. On the night of the aforesaid 16th of November Mr. Kelly balanced his cash, and could find no 100/. note, but discovered that he bad a 201.- note over. This puzzled him exceedingly. He searched everywhere for the 1001 note he supposed he had re ceived from Brady, but he could find nothing of it. He communicated with the police, and, in company with Detective officer Sullivan, waited upon Mr. Drensfield and Mr. Thompson on the afternoon of the 17th ult. To these gentlemen Mr. Kelly said he had lost a 100/.- nete,.but mentioned nothing about the extra 20/.-note in his possession, while Mr. Drensfield and Mr. Thomp son, feeling assured, from Mr. Kelly's statement, that he had really lost the 100/.-note, said nothing about the 821 3s. they had received from him, believing that, in mistake, Mr. Thompson, who passes hundreds of bank notes through bands, had given Mr. Drensfield a 1001.- note for 201., neither of them being able to tell ether the numbers of the notes or their am unt. matters went on till last Thursday, when a man tamed O'Grady, Hy. ing in the same house with Brady, and having heard him talk about the change he got from Mr. Kelly for the note, gave information to Mr. Kelly, and the detec tives immediately took Brady to the Bridowell, where he was closely questioned, and almost frightened out of his life, by Mr. Kehoe, inspector of the indoor police. He did not get to bed till twelve o'clock, and having to be at the office before six o'clock on Friday morning, and feeling a " sinking " after his fright at the police office he took a glass of whisky and a pint of ale before breakfast. At the office a dispute arose between him and a Mr. John Thompson, a nephew of his master, in the course of which Brady's face was rather damaged, Smarting with pain, he rushed off to the police court, and told a piteous tale to Mr. Mansfield, who granted a warrant for the apprehension of Thompson, and a man named Maud, a timekeeper in Mr. Thompson's service. In the meantime, Mr. Kelly and the police considered that this would be a good opportunity to investigate the mystery of the 1001. note, and Mr. John Yates, jun., was engaged on the side of the complainant, and Mr. As pinall on behalf of the accused. The above facts were evolved in the lengthy speeches of the advocates, and the voluminous evidence of the witnesses, after hearing which Mr. Mansfield said that the whole case had arisen from the gross and culpable carelessness with which busi ness men managed their money matters, and which was almost incredible. He thought there could be no impu tation upon the conduct of Mr. Drensfield ; and, with respect to the assault, Brady, who appeared to have been the aggressor, had not sustained injuries which called for special notice. He must, therefore, dismisa the case. Mr. Aspinall maid that Mr. Thompson was thoroughly convinced as to the honesty of all his servants, and Brady need be under no apprehension of losing his situation.— Liverpool paper. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—LivEnrooL, Saturday.—The British and North American Royal mail steam-ship Asia, Captain Edward G. Lott, sailed from the Mersey to-day with the usual mails for the United States and British possessions in North America, 130 passengers, and a full cargo of valuable merchandise on freight. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—SOUTHAMPTON, Sunday. —The Violet is in the inner dock, awaiting the arrival of her emigrants. The Maitland, for Sydney, arrived here this morning. She will sail for her destination the latter end of next week. The Robert Small will also sail for Sydney en the 21st of January. This vessel was chartered by the emigration commissioners this week. DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL LYONS. (From a Supplemcnt to tile London Gazette of Friday.) ADMIRALTY, DEC. 7. Despatches, with enclosure 4, of which the following are copies, have 'been received from Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart , COmniander-in.Chief • of her Ma jesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. REPORTED DESTRUCTION OF CORN, &C., IN GFIEISK LIMAN. Royal Albert, Kazatch Thy, Nov. 24. lordships are aware that when the small gun-boats were no ionizer required at Kinbourn I sent them hack to Captain Osborn, to afford him the means of destroying, at the latest period of the season, the har vest of this year, which I understood to be collecting in the neighbourhood of Gheisk-Liman, for the purpose of being transported in the winter months, partly to the enemy's army in the Crimea over the frozen Gulf of Azoff, . and partly to his army in the Caucasus by the military road. 2. The enclosed cony of a letter from Captain Osborn will show their lordsiiips that in the-, as on many former Occasions, he has fully justified the confidence I have placed in him. The skilfulness of the arrangements made by him, and the admirable m anner i n w hi c h t h ey were executed by himself, by Commander Kennedy, of the Curlew, and by the officers and men under their orders, completely frustrated the efforts of the lar * se force that was brought against th ese i n d e f ence of the stores, which the enemy appears to have considered safe from any naval attack, in consequence of the shallowness of the water. 3. The effects of this brilliant enterprise, in the de struction of so much corn and forage at the commence ment of winter, cannot fail to be severely felt by the Russian armies both in the Crimea and the Caucasus. 4-Commander Kennedy; in reporting his large share in the proceedings of the day in the command of the Curlew, states to Captain Osborn that at one place alone the rows of stacks were six deep and extended two miles, and it appears that for economy in transport and stor age the straw was cut near to the ears of the corn. 5. As the ice is now forming on the shores of the Sea of Azoff and the squadron is withdrawn, I feel it to be due to Captain Osborn to record that, under cir• cumstances of great difficulty, occasioned by unusually tempestuous weather, he has most ably continued through the summer, and brought to a successful close in the autumn, operations successful in their nature and extremely detrimental to the enemy, which commenced auspiciously in the spring under the direction of the late Captain Lyons of the Miranda ; nor is it too much to say that both commanding officers were supported through out, by as dashing and as intelligent a band of young officers, seamen, and marines, as over shone in the British navy.—l am, &0., (Signed) EDMUND LYONS, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in Chief. The Secret try of the Admiralty, London. steam slor,p Vesuvius. off Gheisk, Nov. 7. Sir,—After dark on the evening of the 31 instant, the squadron under my command was assembled and anchored in 16 feet water, off Gheisk-Liman, and I made arrangements for the morrow to operate against the extensive collection of corn, for Age, and fuel, belong ing to the enemy, stacked along its shores, so as to dis tract the attention of the large farce which, from pre vious observation, I knew to be in the neighbourhood. Under Lieutenant Ross, of the Weser, I placed the Curlew in the temporary charge of Lieut. Mimi!, and the Ardent in charge of Mr. Tilly, Second Master, each vessel having sufficient men left in her to weigh an anchor, or fight a gun, and man a few boats, giving orders to Lieut. Ross to close in on the northern face of Gbeisk, and to be prepared to co-operate with me in side the Liman. The Veetivius I left in the offing, denuded of every available person ; embarking officers and men as in the annexed list, from the Vesuvius, Curlew, Weser, and Ardent, with their boats, we lef; d.t daylight, towed by her Majesty's gun-boats. Recruit, Lieutenant G. Day. Boxer, Lieutenant S. P. Townsend. Cracker, Lieutenant J. H. Marryat. Clicker, Lieutenant J. S. Hudson. By 6 . 30 a.m. the flotilla was off Voclina, three miles north ofGlofira ; here long tiers of corn•stk cks and much fuel was stored along the coast, with a Cossack guard for its protection ; I immediately detached Commander Ken nedy with the boats, covering him with the gun-vessels, and in a short time all was in flames, and the party cleverly re-embarked at the moment that a large body of Cossacks rode up from Lazalnite. The town of Gloara became the next point of attack ; it was greatly changed in appearance since visited by Captain Rowley Lambert in July last. Corn-stacks, for some miles in extent, might now be seen along its southern and eastern face, placed close to the water's edge ready for transport ; and between the rows of houses tier on tier were to be seen. An entrenchment had been cut along the edge of the cliff commanding the spit ; large bodies of dismounted cavalry were seen lining it, and armed men showed in the rear of every house, To endeavour to flank the defences, as well as destroy the corn stacks stored on a high hill east of Gloara, I despatched Commander Kennedy, with the boats of her Majesty's ship Curlew, a paddle-box boat and cutter of the Vesuvius, the whole towed by the Clinker, Lieut. Hudson, with orders to turn the spit end, and then attack in that direction, a'ter giving a certain time to allow the enemy's attention to be divided by the other attack. The gun-boats Recruit, Grinder, Boxer, and Cracker opening fire on the entrenchments with Shrapnell and on the corn ricks with carcases. As the enemy could only be dislodged from the ex treme west, acd the carcases did not well answer, and moreover endangered the whole town, I despatched Lieuts. Day and Campion with th e sma ll f orce o f marines available, a howitzer boat and two rocket boats, to aid more effectually in carrying out my object. Lieut. Campion, with Mr. Verey, gunner, charging at the head of the marines, supported by Lieut. Day and the seamen, all being under a sharp fire of musketry, succeeded in driving the enemy, with considerable loss, out of their trench work, and captured a small brass piece, and then steadily forced them back, with loss, from store to store, until the whole of the vast quantity of corn, stacked ready for thrashing and transport, was in flames. The gallant manner in which Lieut. Campion led the marines deserves to be brought under your notice. Seeing the enemy collecting a number of men, ready to charge our men if th e y a d vanced beyond a r avine on the east face of the town, I recalled my force, the satisfaction of seei ng a ll embarked, with only one man wounded. and had The vessels off Gheisk were now seen to be engaged, Lieut. Ross, of the Weser, having, placed them in capi tal positions ; and as the enemy moved down.large bodies of troops, e:-Tecially cavalry, to resist his landing, and opened fire on him, he very unwillingly had to tire on the town, to dislodge them. The proceedings of Lieut. Ross were ably executed, and he fully succeeded i n k eep i ng in check a heavy b o dy of cavalry which might h ave muc h i ncommo d e d the sma ll force under Command er K ennedy, who, b y t h e mos t exertions,us ffpst,owt) ls; who were pe h rt a eo d fis reached c:i,nieg i very judiciously ex ecu t e d t h e d uty I had entrus t e d t o n on t the f s , a u f e o r s o ( tn itsnl'a r a e g P r e e d s n t fi , u n i h n d ; - him with the gun and th e ' carcase rockets of the s hip' s s i h n t e r g r e theno f troops, boats, setting every s t ore i n fl ames except one large Go vernment building considerably in the rear. Commander Kennedy speaks in the highest terms of his party, for the shallowness of the water obliged the crews of the boats to be rowing and wading through the water from noon until midnight, the season too be ing now very cold. Throughout the night the stores were burning fiercely, a sheet of flames extending fully two miles, but the town of Glofirs, except where the troops had used the houses against us, remained untouched. At an early hour on the 6th November we weighed and proceeded into the Liman, steering towards Gheisk ; the valuable Fiervic'es of Mr. George Perry, Acting Master of the Vesuvius, and Mr. Parker, Second Master of the Recruit, came here into play ; and, at an early period, I had the satisfaction of seeing all the gun-boats anchored just in their own draught of water, within long gun-shot of the east extreme of Gheisk and the neigh bouring steppe, along the edge of which, fur four miles, .corn and hay was stacked in quantities far beyond what I had conceived to be possible, and at the base of the steppe, as well as that part of the spit commanded by the town, timber yards, fish stores, boats, &c., in num bers were accumulated. To attack upon as many points as possible was, I thought, the only way to foil the troops that had now. had 36 hours to prepare for us ; the gunboats Grinder, Boxer, Cracker, and Clinker, were left to cover the landing party. To Lieutenant Ross of the Weser, I signalised to prepare to land, and divided the force in the Liman into three bodies ; the left under Lieu tenants Day and Townsend, consisted of boats and m en of Recruit and Ilax,r ; the centre I entrusted to Co nt . wander Kennedy, haling under him Lieutenants Hamil ton, Campion, Mairyat, and Mayne, with all the boats of the Curlew, Ardent, Grinder, and Cracker, and port rocket and gun-boats of the Vesuvius, in charge of the officers named in the margin ;* the right division under Lieutenant Chetham Strode, and Lieutenant Hudson, consisted of the starboard gun-boats of Vesuvius, and those of Clinker, together with some marines, Mr. It. Farquharson, midshipman, in charge of the latter. Lieutenant Ross, on the west side of Gheisk Spit, had the boats and small-arm . men of the Weser, with a small force from Curlew and Ardent, under Lieutenant and Mr. Tilly, Second Master, in readiness to co-operate. The different parties pulled in and effected a landing at appointed places, fully a mile apart ; the Russian troops, within light breastworks, attempted to prevent them, but failed, and in a few moments a screen of flames and smoke rolling from our men towards the enemy, prevented the latter seeing where or how to manoeuvre in order to cut off any of our small detach- rnenti. On the right and centre the enemy mastered strongest, and at one time observing a column of 1,500 Coseacks moving rapidly off the left, I directed Commander Ken nedy (who by that time had connected his firis with those of Lieut. Day) to re•embark all but the marines, and with them to proceed to his right, and I reinforced him with the marines of the Recruit and Weser, under Lieut. Campion. This answered perfectly; the enemy arrived do late to save anything on the left, whilst our men steadily worked towards the right division, under Lieuts. Strode and Ross, who, in spite of a heavy but badly directed fire from the houses on the heights, steadily held their ground, and effectually destroyed at great ace..imulation of materials for boats and ship build ing, fish stores, cavalry camp gear and g ranaries. When everything but the town of Gheisk was de stroyed, I ordered the embarkation to take place, and detached some boats to cover Licut. Ross, between whom and his boat the enemy were throwing a body of men, who, by their uniform, I believed to be regular in fantry. By 2 p.m. everything was finished, and all the parties safely re-embarked on board their respective gun-boats, the casualties amounting to only six men wounded in all, one of there dangerously and another severely. • Nothing further being left within our reach in Gheisk- Liman, except the store of corn *hieh escaped on the previous day at Glofira, I, therefore, ordered Com mander Kennedy with the moiety of the boats to re turn to their respective ships, and remained with the Recruit, Ardent,.Boxer, and Cracker's boats to finish what had escaped east of Glofira. On the 6th the weather, which had favoured us most providentially, changed ; fogs and strong breezes came on, but directly I was able the rocket boats and car eases were again employed upon Glofira until the fires extinguished yesterday were relighted, and another ex tensive accumulation of corn in flames ; I then weighed and returned to the Vesuvius, reaching her the Earns afternoon. I despair of being able to convey to you any idea of the extraordinary quantity of corn, rye, hay, wood, and other supplies so necessary for the existence of Russian armies both in- the Caucasus and the Crimea, which it has been our good fortune to destroy. That tbeee vast stores shoull have been collected here so close to the sea, whilst we were still in the neighbour hood, is only to be accounted for by their supposing that they could not be reached by us, and judging by the position the squadron under the late Captain Edmund Lyo❑s took up in May last, the Russians had established a camp and fortified their town only to meet a similar attack. During these proceedings we never had more than 200 men engaged ; the enemy had, fr,ra the concurrent tes timony of Lieutenants Ross and Strode, and my own observation, froin 3,000 to 4,000 men in Gheisk alone. Where every officer exerted himself to the utmost, and did all and more than I expected of them, it would be ins idious for me to mention one more than another ; it was their coolness, zeal, and example, that rendered steady many of their youog,r men, who for the first time were under fire, and but for their general intelli gence and zeal the enemy would have easily frustrated our operations. _ The zeal, good conduct, and gallantry of the men were deserving of every praise. Commander Kennedy, my second in command, gave me most valuable cooperation, and from him, as well as the reports of the other officers, I feel justified in placing before you the names of the following warrant officers and men, who, under fire, behaved remarkably well, viz. :—Mr. Richard Very, Acting Gunner of her Ma jesty's ship Ardent ; Thomas Kerr, Gunner, Royal Ma rine Artillery, her Majesty's st.ip Vesuvius ; Peter llanlan, A. 8., her Majesty's ship Curlew ; David Barry, A.B her Majesty's ship Crackrr. _ . The enclosed plan, illu,trative of our operations, by Mr. Geo. Perry, Acting Master of the Vesuvius, will, I trust, be of use, and I beg you will allow me to call your attention to the unvarying zeal of that officer. I have, &r.., , (Signed) SdERARD OSBORN, Captain and Senior Officer in the Sea of Azofi. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bare., RETURN OF MEN WOUNDED DURING THE OPERATIONS OF THE 4TH, STH, AND 6Ta NOV., 1855, .IN GFIEESK-LIMA.N. Thus. Aliddltton, Vesuvius, Gunner, R.1.f.A., slightly. John Cook, Vesuvius, Ord., slightly Peter Iranian, Curlew, A. 8., dangerously Thomas Cuddehey, Curlew, Private, RAI., severely John Burke, Recruit, A. 8., suveroly Robert Atwood, Weser, Private, R.M., slightly (Signed) STIERARD OSBORN, Captain and Senior Officer. A RETURN OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS VESUVIUS, CURLEW, AR DENT, AND WESER, DETACHED AND EM PLOYED DESTROYING THE ENEMY'S RE SOURCES IN GHEISK•LIMAN, DURING THE iTII, STH, AND 6TH NOV., 1855. VESUVIUS Gig—Captain S. Osborn, Senior Officer ; Mr. G. D. Perry, Acting Master. Rocket Boat—Lieut. Chetham Strode ; Mr. Joseph Scott, Gunner. Paddlex.box Boat—Mr. R. R. Armstrong, Mato. Paddle-box Boat— Mr. Gilbert King, Assistant• Surgeon; Mr. It. D. Farquharson, Midshipman. Boats' crews, all small-arm mon and Marines. CURLEW. Gig—Commander J. J. Kennedy. Pinnace—Lientertant Mayne Gig—Lieutenant Miall. Pinnace—Mr. George Morant, Midshipman. All small-arm men and marines. ARDENT.—Cutter, Rocket-,boat and Gig—Lieutenant Campion ; Mr. Verey, acting gm - mei. 20 Blue jackets and 11 Marines. WESER.-11 Marines belongirg to Weser. (Signed) SHERARD 03130111 , 1', Captain and Senior Officer. In consideration of the services mentioned in the above despatches, Commander John James Kennely will be promoted to the rank of Captain so soon as he shall be qualified ; and Lieutenant Hubert Campion has been promoted to the rank of Commander. * Mr. Armstrong, mate ; Mr. Scott, gunner; Mr. Verey, gunner. T LIE WAR. LORD HARRY VANE, M.P. At the Darlington Fat Cattle Show dinner, on Thurs day, Lord Harry Vane took the opportunity of addres sing his constituents on the war. His remarks were not very favourably received, and were evidently not in unison with the views of his hearers. The noble LORD said :—ln the earlier part of the eve ning he had alluded to the great calamity of war. On one of the flags which decorated the walls he saw writ ten " Peace and Plenty." Peace, unfortunately, We . have not. In a mee ti ng o f t hi s ki n d h e s h ou ld thi n k it improper to step out of the salutary regulation which ordered that no subject of party politics should be intro duced. Farmers being neither Whig nor Tory, but men of all shades—Conservatives, Liberals, Radicals —they had nothing to do at these meetings with their politics, and they w ou ld d o hi m t h e justice to admit that no one would more strictly abstain than himself from introduc ing party questions. But he found that at every meet ing recently held, whether in connection with agriculture, science, or social improvement, at such meetings as re formatories, allusions had been made to the present state of things in connection with the war ; and, as a public man, in a meeting of his countrymen, many of whom were also his constituents, he could not forbear from fol lowing the example so set. He merely gave it as a mat ter of opinion, but i n his v i e w w e mi g ht originally have avoided the war. Others might entertain different views, but he had always thought so. His hon. friend the vice-chairman had alluded to him as having served diplomatically in foreign countries. He had done so, it was true, but he did not put the circumstance forward as accounting for his particular views, and as it was rather beside the question to discuss how the war was brought . about he w o uld p ass it over. We were now engaged in war, and he would be the last to advocate any departure from the utmost fidelity to our engagements. He would not now make peace without certain conditions, but he certainly would say that he could be no party to what he thought was a popular delusion—the advocacy of an indefinite war without any definite purpose. He looked with some alarm at the opinions entertained by some persons, and expressed at public meetings. It ap peared to him to be no part of the mission of this coun try to enter at all hazards and at any time into an inde finite state of war, to settle every question at the can non's mouth or the bayonet point. Having engaged in war, it was necessary to conclude that war upon certain definite conditions. The subject was of a grave charac ter, and he thought it his duty, as others had done in different parts of the country, to state his views upon it. Entertaining, as he did, extremely decided views on the matter, he could not but seize this opportunity of stating them to his constituents, more especially as rumours were afloat of certain negotiations and certain proposals which the Emperor of the French was alleged to have in some measure countenanced, but the great obstacle to the consideration of which was said to arise from po pular feeling in this country. (Some symptoms of im patience and an indistinct murmur began to be mani fested ; but the noble chairman, remarking that he did not catch the observations made, proceeded.) To have stated what would be acceptable to all was something he could not hope for or expect ; but, as a public man, meeting his constituents on a public occasion, he had thought it right to state what were his views on this point. (Applause.) Had another opportunity presented he would have availed himself of it, for the subject was most prominent in the thoughts and in the mouths of all. His views had been stated with the utmost good will and with the greatest deference to the opinions of others ; but he felt that if we were to carry on a svar for indefinite purposes, and if we were to go on heaping UP mountains of debt with the prospect of a doubtful issue to a protracted war, those very interests which were now deriving a temporary benefit by reason of high prices must in the end greatly suffer, and those who now per haps heard him with little favour would come round to the opinions he bad. expressed. SIR ROBERT PEEL. • Sir R. Pee], Bart., 31. P., who is the Captain of the Anglesea troop of the StafferdAhire Yeomanry Cavalry, entertained at dinner. on Wednesday at the Queen's Arms Hotel the noncommissioned officers and privates of his troop, and proposed the toast of " The Army and •__ A Q n '1 4r z/fg BREAD,ST2)EET WARD• ling ELECTlON commenced O F ALDERMAN. polling The on Saturday morning, an d finally closed at four o'clock. The following was t le state of the poll at Foun o'cLocs. Lawrence ............... Nicoll ..................... 43 31 Majority for Lawrence ............... 12 The electors took no interest in the proceedings, on account of a legal protest being banded in by Mr. Nicoll's legal adviser against Mr. Lawrence, on account, it was asserted, that he was not proposed and seconded by duly qualified persons. PRESERVATION OF LIFE AT SEA.—During the last few days repeat e d exper i ments have been mad; at Raker with H odgson's moveable fluked grapnel, which is con structed to be fired fr9m a gun over stranded vessels in. a 3 t,) facilitate the launching of life bo.its. In most it;:i stances ht%ccess a,ttendtd the various shots, nl.a n Y t to which re -ached a 300 yards' range--a mO) 7 I ' 46c o tt.— reach any vesse l stran d e d on t hi s part. of the c pVunaerlan c 4 Time,. de. Cr 0 very 281 g, 8 1 alds, tither 8i — shire Duth been and arne► !biro nca• tins. i ;eat. 3 481 .en !ent• oyal an a .0 of Sirs. n(1, the ard► the Ow bert igh• 00 god lop O a la ►rd, ~--- ;