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THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Ind Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, he 17th April next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the Undermentioned Articles, viz.:— Gallons. When to be delivered. 'WINE S" Marsala Port Tons. weeks afterwards, or "4? —• • ...... 50 earlier if preferred by the ........ COCO t lOO party tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any pdrtion of the Articles. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem flt, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and a'so an unlimited power of selection. 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TI M SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY ` Jus t published, price 25., illustrated with cases ; free by post for & stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its causes, symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on d S m p o e r r e - Ma "nr/icea, with Practical Observations on a safer Generative sue sesseful mode of treatment of the diseases of l L s ,, t eln, obtained by the use of the Microscope in de the tectin ane : ° " e ignishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of ..... •ery variety of complaint. whether arising from solitary habits. et . set .les, accident, or climate. followed by practical remarks, toti o n o d oe ee N " w ehtY years' experience in the treatment of Impu o ai r Vous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrheea, &c. T " which ea u , ~a d ded, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre aar,eonary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice. tai ,;', ~.4 )t i the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers or ir ePortant disorders. By SAMUEL LA'NERT, M.D. jr ) '7 . REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, L ti ll . of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University or Edie ?irk h. Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society see bate of Apothecaries' Hail, London , fkeeelte• essential ( Affect of this treatise into point out the fearful con istAirien ees resulting from certai n habits, irregularities, and excesses 'whi ch have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in MaLl• hood, a nd premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, an) Otter c', iv of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal i' Articul arty recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts o tti er pis veinal conditio n , and Who are conscious of having tiazardes t , heatth, happiness, and p r ivileges:to which every human being if c. t tied. It is absolutely necessa r y thatall men should know, that there are cries ineu, toles of nersonal manag ement which cannot bs violated without ring grl vons penalti e s, and when wisdom and regret succeee t4O teyday of inconsiderate , self-indulgence, how these penalties may kii mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed and 1 wa , the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, t Ist :here lc scarcely a n y d eg r e e o f physical infirmity 0 era dement to which the timely aid of science cannotapply re ir he. isith or functiona a cur e. r has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive inracUece in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have sinfortiunately been too generally confided to -the care of ignorant %metric s, who indict great injury on those Who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NE RVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2e, of Messrs. 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" He which that hath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. Ile that hath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. Subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development ,f the Affections --Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of ietermining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas iimilable Alliances—Law of Divo 3 rce, &c., &c. CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. , " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject: Life's pilgrimage, trom infancy to old ago. The advent )f the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, Ind remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. 4. 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With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a 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. " Dr. nekton: 's known to English readers by his frequent practi ail contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if ho shall letect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be In his .ower to cor 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 suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would as saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what Is of less 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 Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat meat upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: H. rattier°. 219, Repent-street. UNE DEMOISELLE• FRANCAISE, parlant parfaitment I'Allemand, et outre vela de l'ltalien et l'Anglais, tits: re se placer dans une famille pour y instruit e et prendre la charge entiere ties enfan s. Idle est tres hahile a l'aiguille, et peut entre prendre la charge de toute la malson. 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Buyers supplied at their London Warehouse, 37, Moo rgate-street, City; and Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield. AIIPPWfITE AND DIGESTION IMPROTED. L EI and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHI RE II-1 SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digeqt.the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe ;nerd to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fencburch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messis.Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. NOTICE.—E. MOSESI and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS wi I be CLO4En: MIS DAY, April 4, reopening on Thursday morning at 7 o'clock. HOLIDAVS of EASTER.— In olden times these Holidays were observed by national games and festivities, denoting the commencement of Spring awl summer. By E. MOSES and SON they are demonstrations of claims to universal commercial supremacy ; for the Spring Styles and Fashions they then exhibit are the novel productions of every country and clime—the skilful inventions of the most talented artists and workmen in the world. Before Easter inspect E. Mom and Sox's Juvenile Dress Department offers the greatest attractions, more novelty, greater variety, and more rea sonable prices than at any other house. Shoes, the largest stock of fluebest and most fashionage articles for Ladles, Gentlemen, and Children. E. Mom and •ort's Fiat and Cap Department is furnished with every new introduction which E. Mons and Sox's Spring the most accomplished artists and Summer Styles in Attire for have designed. all classes may now be possessed E. MOSES and SON'S Hosiery on conditions the most satisfac- Goods are the most elegant and tory. Goods, superior in quality, useful articles for Spring and Sum the highest rank in fashion, at mer. Ladles, Gentlemen, and very economical prices. Families will find superior quality E, Moses and Sox's Boots and and cheapness combined. E. MOSES and SON are Merchant Tailors, Clothiers. Hatters. Hosiers, qttrt Manufac turers, Boat and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. CIETION.—E. MOSES and Sox beg to state theyhave no connexion with any other house in or ont of London, except their own Esta blishment., as follow : London City Establishment, corner of the Minories, and Aldgate (opposite the church). London West-end Branch, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart itreet. Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Wholesale Branch—Melbourne, Australia. The establishments are closed from sun-et on Fridays till sunset en Saturdays. when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction it will be ex changed or, if preferred, the mocey returned without hesitation: All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. A New Book, with lists of prices, system of self-measurement, and other information, may be had on application, or post free. An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 gratis, on application, or post free. Id on pane Francais. I QUI si parla Italiano. Hier sprlchtman Deutsch. Aqua se liable Espagnol. XIV LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1855. T ESTIMONIAL to the late LORD DUDLEY COUTTS STUART. At a Pubnz Meeting held at Willis's Rooms, on Friday, the 23d March ; The Right Hon. the Earl of SHAFTESBURY in the Chair; It was ttesolved,—That a subscription be opened for the purpose of erecting a Testimonial to Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, in commemora tion of his persevering advocacy of the rights of the Polish Nation, itnd of hii incessant ant beneyolent labours iu succouring the afflicted and oppressed of every country and condition. lontributions will be received at NI mrs. Coutts and Co., a 9. Strand; Messrs. Ilanbury, Taylor, and Lloyd, 60, Lombard-street: and by the ttecretary of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, 10, Duke-street, St. James's. MONCK roN MILNES, Chairman. W. L. BIRKBECK, 1 Hon. CHARLES SZHLCZEWSKT, Secretarie'. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION IN THE CRIMEA. (Front the' Times of this dall. ) It is exactly half a year since England learnt the truth of the battle of the Alma, and the falsehood of the capture of Sebastopol, At that time we had all been kept on the tenterhooks of expectation for three months, that being the period occupied in collecting, embarking, conveying, disembarking, and marching the army from Varna to its present position. Somewhat fidgetty at this ,delay, and dreading a campaign so late in the season, the Bri tish public were requested to " suspend their judg ment," and wait for the result of the next week or two. But the prevailing thought in everybody's mind was, that if the work was not done in Octo ber it would not be done at all in that year, and then we should have a winter campaign. " Mos cow" was on .everybody's tongue, and there was hardly a man who did not say that the assault ought to be attempted - nt - tenf ri-shOattier than in cur the certain horrors of a winter in the Crimea. These forebodings became stronger when, at the end of the month, it came out that the batteries had failed, and that what it had cost more than a fortnight to make it would take a month to renew and improve. It was evident, indeed, that another month would be expended in repairing the short comings of October the 17th, and that when the batteries were ready to open fire it would be mid winter. So quickly did the season for action slip out of our hands. Now, at thii moment we are in precisely the same situation as we were on the 4th of October last year, with the immaterial difference that then we had winter fast approaching and now we have summer.' Of the two it is hard to say which is the more formidable in the Crimea. We shall probably settle the question by suffering both. But that is our present prospect. By the Ist of May the sun will strike with terrible power on the moist soil of our camp, and on the vast area of half-buried corruption, and no mortal man can say what our armies will not suffer. There is, then, this month for work. We do not speak of hte Russian reinforcements and supplies poured into the Crimea in one continuous stream ; we are speaking only of times and seasons. By the end of this month fever, thirst, prostration, and all the more violent or more insidious forms of disease will begin to attack our army, and it will be found quite as much as we can do to maintain our posi tion and our numbers, which at this moment we do not believe to amount to more than 15,000 bayonets—perhaps 25,000 men in all—for the work before us. As Parliament is not sitting and there is nobody else to put - the question, we think we may ask Lord Panmure and his colleagues whether they are satisfied with the present state of things, with the prospect of April slipping away, as October slipped away last year, with the slow pace of our own preparations and the quick pace of the Rus sians, or with tlae fact that all this time the Rus sians are actually gaining ground on the allies and pushing them into a corner, not here or there only, but along the whole line, so that we can neither get our batteries up nearer nor even make a reconnaissance to see what the Russians are doing in our rear ? There is not a single point on which we can look with satisfaction or hope, unless it be that at the date Of the vernal equinox the army was in better health than it had been at the sum- mer solstice in Bulgaria, or at the winter solstice in the Crimea. For that, of course, we were entirely prepared, and therefore see in it small matter for congratulation. But, if we look to what is out of the 'calendar, to what depends upon presence of mind, forethought, energy, and courage, and not on the ordinary ope ration of the elements, then we look in vain fc.r anything to reassure us. We see only the greatest probability that this year will be as the last, and that before the end of the session we shall have our Ministers deprecating censure, on the ground that nobody expected a summer campaign, and that the summer had turned out rather hotter than the aver age of summers in the Crimea. We are forced to this uuploasant importunity, because when Parliament meets again on Monday, the 16th inst., it will then be vain to urge preparations for the spring cam paign. - Before a single regiment or piece of ord nance, sent on that suggestion, could reach the Crimea, the spring of that climate will be past, and the sun will be in fearful ascendancy. The present, the present is the time ; now is the day for doing something ; and what is being done there ? What are we doing here ? We don't want to croak about our own position on the heights of Sebastopol. We will assume that it is very strong ; that, after the result of the 25th of October, the Russians will net hastily attack Balaklava, and after the sth'of November, they will be shy of attempting to surprise our camp. We will assume that they have generally a judici ous reluctance to come to close quarters with us, and that, though they seem to have nightly colli sions with our allies, thanks to the greater nume rical force of the French, and thanks also to those excellent Zouaves, they are not likely to drive their besiegers yet into the sea. We will assume that the railwky will do wonders, —that there will be no more deaths by mere famine and nakedness. We will assume that the new Turkish contingent and the Piedmontese army will find their way into the Crimea in time at least for an autumnal cam paign ; we will assume everything that may reasonably be required. What we want to know is this :—Supposing everything to be done that has been promised or promulgated hitherto, what more likelihood is there of taking Sebastopol before the Dog-days than there ever was ? What more chance is there of our taking Sebastopol during the Dog days than there was durihg the dead of last win ter ? What more chance is there of taking Sebas topol next October than there was last Otcober ? In fine, what chance is there of our taking the place at all, under existing auspices, and as long as the present estimate of the odds of war prevails at head-quarters ? Has Lord Panmure any reason to believe that something will be done this April ? It is for this April—for the very purpose of being on the spot, in position, and with our supplies about us by this month—that the Allies determined to stand the rigour of a Crimean winter in their then unprepared state, instead of re-embarking after the failure of the 17th of October. If this month is passed in inaction, in vapouring, in wait ing idly upon Providence, or in expecting successes that never will come of themselves, it is evident that the fearful sacrifices of the winter campaign will be entirely thrown away, and our army might as well have passed the winter pleasantly on the Bosphorus, and returned to the Crimea last month as fresh as if it had just come from barracks in England. If the Government at home has no as surance, and can give no assurance, that April will be made use of before it is added to the months that have been lost, we have one more question to ask, and that is, how long they mean to leave the conduct of the war in the present hands ? It cannot be our design to spend‘ twenty millions of money year by year, and 20,000 lives, merely to maintain a position in the Crimea. The British people do not contemplate a second siege of Troy, which, at the present rate, will cost us 200,000,0001. and 200,000 men. They expect something to be done. They are not satisfied with a more exhibition in the Crimea of those excellent de fensive qualities which have won so much respect at the Horse Guards. They want something to be done; and, if something is not done before long the same public impatience which has already effected great things will certainly insist on some radical change in our present system of Govern ment. MR. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE. (Prom the Daily News of this day.) Mr. Roebuck's Committee stands adjourned to the 17th inst. On Friday—when the Committee held its last sitting before the holidays—a good deal of time was wasted before a quorum could be got together. Three or four of the members had sys tematically absented themselves forsome days pre vious. These symptoms ought not to be passed over without comment. Our readers cannot have for gotten how, at the time when the Committee was nominated, several members rose in their places iu the House of Commons to declare that though they had consented to serve upon it, they disapproved of the inquiry. Those who have closely watched the proceedings of the Committee have been struck with the obvious efforts of one member to turn the Inquiry in the direction of the French army, it having been. made °lie of the main objections to the appointment of the Committee that it must neces sarily touch upon th‘iproceedingsof our Allies, and thereby give umbrat to the French Government. Nay, some who havp access behind the scenes do not scruple to insinuate that the same member of the Committee has ~been insidiously labouring to work upon the persOnal susceptibilities of some of his oolleagues, wallah° view to produce an ex-. plosion that might bring the inquiry to a prema ture close. Without pausing to inquire how far the symptoms of relaxed interest evinced by some members of the Committee may be taken as forerun ners of a cessation of its researches, or to what ex tent the reluctant participators in the investigation may be trying to obstruct theirmore zealous 'Confreres, thus much may be taken for granted, that the Com mittee looked upon with unfriendly eyes in high quarters, and that preparations are being made to inaugurate a system "of pooh-poohing it during the recess, preparatory to clapping an extinguisher upon it. The sagacity and persevering disposition of Mr. Roebuck afford good security that this insidious game will be played in vain. There is no harm, however, in directing the attention of the public to this manoeuvring of party coteries, in order that public opinion may be prepared to support Mr. Roebuck, if necessary. We have felt it our duty to remonstrate, on more than one occas:on, with the committee for the unsystematic manner in which its inquiries have been conducted ; still it must be admitted - that an invaluable mass of facts has al ready betn dragged to light through its instrumen tality. Already has it lawn made apparent that tittaae atant4af... syatent i*ervdtlea- = the ndrninistra - • tion of our army and of all the auxiliary civil de partments. Already bas' it been made apparent that men are habitually thrust into appointments of the highest trust and responsibility without any attempt beinz made to test their official aptitude. We are engaged in a war in which the enemy has never confronted our troops in the field without receiving a signal defeat. Hitherto our operations have been confined to the sea-coast, to which our numerous transports have had safe and uninter rupted access, and yet food, clothing, fuel, shelter, medicine—all have been witkheld from our soldiers to an extent that has produced disease and death in their most hideous forms. The mismanagement has been as glaring at home as abroad ; over crowded barracks have engendered disease among the troops of the line, and our militia appears to be b melting away like snow heaps before the breath of spring. The efforts of the honest members of the committee which are throwing light on the causes that have produced this lamentable state of affairs deserve the support and encouragement of public sympathy and approbation. We cau pardon our Government officials for the dismay with which the progress of the committee's inquiries inspires them. Its sacrilegious hands are withdrawing the veil which screened their indolent imbecility. And the insight obtained into the secrets of the prison-house of the War Department is setting men to conjecture how matters'may stand in other Government offices. Luckless individuals connected with - the colonies—West Indians, Canadians, Aus tralians, natives of the Cape—all, in short, who have at auy time waited for an interview with the Secretary or Under-Secretary for the Colonies, in " the chamber of sighs," shrug their shoulders, and mutter that. ti,e War-office and the Colonial office are " as like as two peas." They recollect how long the 'Home Colonial Administration was in a state of perennial feud with the Colonies ; they re collect flow the representations of men long practi• cally conversant with the affairs of these settle ments were scouted because clerks, accustomed only to copy and register letters, could not compre bend them ; they recollect how the wayward in competency of Colonial-office employ - es drove the Canadas into Tebellion, drove the Cape to the verge of insurrection, beggared the West Indies, and brought .bankruptcy over Australia. The recesses of the Foreign-office have yet to be explored, but the conduct of our diplomatic and consular agents abroad suggests ugly suspicions that affairs are no better managed there. In short, John Bull is awakening to an uncomfortable suspicion that the whole of his Executive Government is little better than a sham ; that his public affairs were admi nistered he has believed simply and solely because he never allowed himself to examine the matter. The growth of this opinion among the public out of doors is an awkward affair for those who have hitherto enjoyed the exclusive entrée to administra tive employment. Party divisions among them are almost entirely effaced—only a microscopic eye can detect any difference between their professions of principle. The Duke of Argyll protests that Lord Palmerston entertains the same views, is follow- ing out the same policy, as the Earl of Aberdeen. The Earl of Derby is a Whig turned Tory", as Lord Palmerston is a Tory turned Whig, There is no thing to prevent a man of any party among them acting in concert with a man of any other party ; and yet no Premier can collect a sufficient number of competent men out of the whole batch,to make up an efficient Ministry. Government in the hands of the lordly exclusives is waxing daily more feeble ; and apparently the machine must come to a stand unless the unprivileged classes—Cromwell like—shoulder the incapables out of office, telling them to "make way for better men." The recent exposures of scandalous nepotism in appointments to lucrative offices have taken from the exclusives their last argument in defence of the system by which they have so long profited. We have been told by them that statesmanship is a trade which men learn ; and that only members of the aristocracy can afford the expense of the long un remunerative apprenticeship. Which branch of state-craft has Sir Charles Wood studied ? He is transferred from the Exchequer to the Board of Control, and from the B oar d of Control to the Ad miralty, as if th e s a me e d uca ti o n could train a man for employment so entirely distinct. And as for the unremunerated political adventurers of noble families, where are we to, seek for them, when peers gorged with wealth unscrupulously quarter their callow broods of unfledged statesmen—sons, sons in-law, and nephews —on the public purse ? Only the middle-class representatives of the people in the House of Commons serve their country with out prospect of fee or reward : for every appoint ment that has a salary attached to it is secured in reversion —three deep—for the scions of the aris tocracy. act, destined to form the invariable basis of the preliniinaries of peace. The last two sittings have, I am happy to state, strengthened the hopes which were entertained of the re-establishment of a solid and durable peace. It appears that matters have so far advanced that the task of the negotiators is almost accomplished, except so far as regards the third guarantee, which must be settled by the sword—in fact, by the result of the attack of the Allied forces on Sebastopol. Ido not mean to say that peace is to be considered as completely assured, for as long as the protocol c mtaining the un alterable bases of the preliminaries of peace shall not have been signed by the Russian pleni potentaries, many difficulties may arise to check the favourable progress which the Congress has' hitherto made. But' still the Russian plenipo tentiaries-would not have consented in principle to the important concessions which have been the object of the deliberations of the first six sittings of the congress if their government had not formally authorised them, and if they did not really intend to sign the final protocol. Russia is certainly free, up to the last moment, to sign or not sign that document. Nevertheless, Count Nesselrode is too consummate a statesman to give reason to suppose that he has authorised Prince Gortschakoff and M. de Titoffto display the greatest =Aeration and the most conciliatory spirit during the discussion, if determined to retract their con cessions at the moment of signing the protocol. A circumstance which increases the hopes of peace is that in the last sitting the congress discussed the propriety of increasing the number of its members, in order to form committees charged to examine • questions of detail, such as the special institutions -txr-be ive3i to ttirrEfatintitSlSSiira.fltiiectignb mation of a syndicate for preserving the free navi gation of the Danube, &c., &c. This development of the conferences will give them the impor tance of a bona fide congress, and that, in the eyes of any man-experienced in diplomacy, appears a certain indication that the negotiations have taken a decided turn in favour of peace." A letter from Berlin of the 30th ult., in the Debats, says :—" There is no doubt that on the third point a strong opposition of principles has arisen between the reciprocal pretensions ; and that up to this time no understanding has been come to. The representatives of the Western Powers on the one hand have not declared them selves satisfied with the proposition of their also establishing naval stations iu the Black Sea ; and on tho other hand Prince Gorts chakoff decidedly refuses to accept the reduc tion of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea to a limited•number of vessels, and the transformation of Sebastopol into a commercial port. According to his opinion, the sanctioning of any third power to exercise a control over what takes place within the port of Sebastopol would be to allow an inter ference with the rights of sovereignty of the Em peror. Prince Gortschakoff has declared that he will not, on this point, depart one iota *from the precise instructions which he has received. The difference of opinions was at length so strongly manifested that no other resource was left but to postpone the discussion in order to apply for fresh instructions, and in the meantime to discuss the fourth point. This information comes from a source on which reliance can be placed. All the letters from St. Petersburg agree in stating that the feeling in favour of war has strongly increased in Russiaof late. Notwithstanding this, the hopes of peace have become so predominant here, and indeed throughout Pruss?a, that people talk of nothing less than an immediate armistice, a congress •of sovereigns, &c., and the Bourse has risen consi derably in consequence." NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Bellerophon, 84, Captain Lord G. Paula, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, having invalids on board from the Black Sea. She has been detained a great length of time owing to co-Itrary windS. One of the new screw gun-boats (Grinder) came into harbour t.)-day, and will go into dock to be coppered and completed for the Baltic. The Avon, paddle.tender, Master CornmanCer Veitch, sailed yesterday from Portsmouth for Devonport. The Harbinger, screw transp.rt, left the Downs on the 2d instant. A. boat in going off to the Nile, 91, at Spithead, on Monday afternoon, being heavily laden with provision-, filled, and went ilown ; and but for the timely, arrival of the Little Bee, engineers' instruction vessel, three or four would have met a watery grave. One roan bad sunk for the last time, and was got on board quite in sensible ; 'however, by prompt measures and judicious treatment, he recovered. Tuo touch praise cannot be given to the offic:m-s on board the Bee tor their active exertions iu rescuing their fellow-creatures from an un timely end. Ahuut 1501. worth ofirovisions went down with the boat. APPOINTMENTS. Commander.—J. Tudor, to be Agent for Transports. - Lieutenants.—John Cartwright, ) the Orion ; . T. W. Oliver, to the James Watt ; Alexander C. B►rtwhistle, from the Coastguard to the St. (4corge ; Ti - iomas M. Campbell, from the Archer tl the Nile ; Samuel T. Dickens, from the Waterloo t• the Neptune ; George T. S. Winthorp, from the Cameleon, revenue vessel, to the Waterloo; Henry Rodgers, to the Hastings ; Sid mouth S. Skipwith, to the Powerful. Masters.—Cornelius T. A. Noddali, to be Master-At tendant at Malta Dockyard; G. F. M‘Douga, to the Meander. Mate.—Hon. H. C. Lascelles, to the Hecate. Second-Masters.—Henry G. Kelley, to the Pylades ; Charles Duckett, to the Janus ; Denton H. Speer, to the Otter ; Samuel Sibley, to the Locust. Acting Second-Master.—Joseph W. Higgs, to the Tyne. Temporary Clerks.—Henry W. Potts and Edward E. Keovil, to the Duke of Wellington. Acting Clerk.—Samuel G. Robinson, to the Ex mouth. Clerks' Assistants.—Edwin D. Green, to the Royal George; W. H. Martin, Edward H. Jolly Thomas Clay ton, and Thomas B. Johnston, to the Royal Albert. The following gentlemen have been appointed as sistant-surgeons on the Hospital staff :—Acting•assist ant-surgeon George Henry Finlay, vice Poison, de ceased ; Acting-assistant-surgeon Henry Sherlock, vica Boyle, deceased. Mr. John N. Shipton has been ap pointed an acting-assistant-surgeen. It is intended to establish a depot of seamen, artifi cers, stokers, &c., fur service in the Baltic and White Sea fleets in Leith-roads, for which p ur p ose , i n a dditi on to her Majesty's ship Athol, the guardship in the roads, a 50-gun frigate, is to be stationed there to, afford ac commodation to volunteers. Yesterday a large quantity of medical and surgical stores, &c., was shipped from the Tower for convey ance to Smyrna and Scutari. Among the stores are 500 hospital bedsteads with bedding complete, hip and slipper baths, pails, &c., for the new hospital at Smyrna. In the 36 days just past, 35 hired transports, having a measurement of 52,830 tons, have left the port of Southampton, with 12,000 troops, 500 horses, several thousand tons of stores, and 641 wooden houses, suffi cient to shelter 20,000 men. At a rate of 50e. per ton per month, the hire of these 35 vessels costs the Govern- ment 132,0751. monthly. Yesterday upwards of 2,000 Minie and Pritchett rifles, rifled muskets, and carbines, were delivered from the manufacturers at Birmingham into the Ordnance stores at the Tower. Great activity exists in the Small Arms Department at the Tower and at the Ordnance Works at Enfield, in getting the rifles ready for the reinforcements proceeding to the Crimea. The Go vernment Ordnance Factory, for the manufacture of muskets and small arms, at Enfield-lock, having been found inadequate for the extensive supply at present required, is about to he increased to a considerable extent, the Government having entered into several contracts for the erection of a very fine building with adjoining premises. The walls of the new building will enclose an area of about two acres. Two officers and 261 privates of the Land Transport Corps will leave Bristol this morning and arrive at Ply mouth in the afternoon. Mr. P. L. Pascoe, of the Cossack, 20, screw, met his death last week under the following circumstances : The ship was off the North Foreland and the sea was running very high, when Mr. Pascoe, who had been engaged aloft, lost his hold, fell overboard, and was drowned. He had just completed 21 years' service in the navy, and was engaged List summer in the Baltic. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Parana, Capt. Elhston, has been chartered by the French Government for five months for the conveyance of troops. she is being speedily prepared for sca, and will leave South ampton fur Marseilles on Friday morning. ARRIVALS, &c., AT MA LTA. A letter froim Malta, dated March 23, gives the fol lowing account of arrivals of,military at that island : "Per Cleopa 4 r 1, front the Et,t- -Lieutenant P. Ra venhill, loyal Efigineers, on sick leavM or -G e neral the e. "Per Vatican,f•o:n Marseilles—aj Chevalier P. de eavero, Capt. Oueliterlony, Royal Engi neer; ; Lieut. Lockhart, 41st Reviment C. Pyri9. " Per Itriperalor, from the East—Capt. Leslie, 9th Regiment. Carmel, from Marseilles —The Rev. Mr. Glee- Commissary-GeneralMaclean, 1 staff officer, s scl o p ffi , oars, 1 nori-oornniissioned officer, and 254 rank and file (French). "Per .Avenir, from Marseilles—Lord Kennedy, Can tain Lord Crowley, Captain James, and 80 FrenCh troops. "Per Indian, from Liverpool—Captains Percival, Ward, and Bloss ; Lieutenant 'rredcroft and Wings • Surgeons Williamson and Fogo, Royal Artillery ; Quar: I termaster Drago, Scots Fusiliers • 173 rank and file of the Royal Artillery, and troops of the line, and 14 com missariat clerks. " Per Canterbury, from the East-4th Light Dra goons, Assistant-Surgeon Crichton ; 7th Foot, Lieut. Disney ; 49tb, Assistant-Surgeon J. Y. Jephson ; 50th, Capt. R. IL Murchison ; Ensign Vorscien of the 214 Regiment, 148 rank and file of various regiments, 19 women, and 1 child. - "Per Emeu, from Athens—Her Majesty's 3d Foot, Colonel Van Straubenzie ; Major Paterson ; Captains Pownall, Hood, AmbrOs e , Ross, Gore, and Warburton ; Lieutenants A plin, Dunbar, and Sidebottotn ; Adju tants Burninghain, Wainman, Turner, and Newton ; Surgeon J. Burke ' • Assistant-Surgeons T. Teevan and Day ; Paymaste r F. G. Syms ; and Quartermaster Stillwell-633 rank and file, and 3 men of the 97th Regiment. " Per Prince Jerome, from the Crimea (French line of-battle ship)—Capt. Perigaud with 138 French troops. " Per 'Crcems, from Portsmeuth-20th Foot : Capt. Turner ; Lieutenants Hewett, O'Neill, Little, and Kirby ; Ensign Young; 127 rank and file. 95th Regiment Lieutenants Parkinson, Hon. C. M. H. Forbes, Knatch bull, and Baron ; 128 rank and file. "The above arrivals, per Emeu and Creesus, the Buffs, under orders for the Crimea, and the 20th and 95th, to form part of the depot, having been quartered as follows '.— "The Buffs in the Strada Torre Barracks ; officers in the Auberge de Castille. " 20th—At the Lazaretto. "95th—New barracks at Verdala. " Royal Wiltshire Militia Regiment, en route to Corfu, to which garrison they have proceeded—Lieutenant. Colonel Lord Methuen ; Captains Prower, Breton, Bathurst, Reed, and Robinson ; Lieutenants Archer, Black, Goble, Mahon, Pearse, and Mouthrer ; Ensigns Paton (Quartermaster), Mant, Benson, Penkit, Wynd , ani, - Wrckarry - atrd' B6ttero, 'Adjutant ; Surgton Irli". Nicholls, Assistant-Surgeon H. Bishopp ; 646 rank and file, 47 women, and 36 children. 1,1 " Per Medway, from Balaklava (22d), Lieutenant ' Colonel Vaughan, Dr. Johnston, and Dr. Seddall, of the 33d Regiment. " Per Sinai, from the Levant (22d), four English officers (names not given), nine French officers, and 176 rank and file. " The Niagara, 24th inst., from Constantinople, has arrived this morning, but brings no passengers. The subjoined items of military news are from a Malta letter dated March 26 : " The Great Britain, only nine days from Queens. town, arrived here on the afternoon of the 22d, having a great many men and officers belonging to regiments in the Crimea. The following is the strength : " 17th Foot—Captains Armstrong and Macpherson ; • Lieutenants Dyer, Versturme, and Macrsight ; Ensign Utterson ; 128 rank and file. " 21st—Captains Collingwood and Hawker ; Lieute nant Hon. R. R. Best, Bruce, Hollway, and Coakley ; 132 rank and file. " nth—Captains Pennefather and Stevenson ; Lieu tenants Singleton, Fleming, Wood, and Feild ; 130 rank and file. " 41st—Majors Pratt and Bardard ; Lieutenants Johnson, Byam, and Wavell ; 130 rank and file. " 47th—Captains Armit and Roper ; Lieutenants Croker, Bloomfield, Gamier, and Hawkes ; 130 rank and file. " 49th—Captain Nason ; Lieutenants Mauls, Scoones, Savary, and Davies ; 130 rank and file. " 55th—Captain Curs ; Lieutenants Richards, Stone, Evans, and Temple ; 130 rank and file. " 57th—Lieutenants Coope, Bird, Macartney, and Wilmot ; Ensign Waugh ; 131 rank and.file. " 62d—Captains Rynd and Cox ; Lieutenants Clarke, Hughes, Ternpleman, and Ramsay • 130 rank and file. 63d—Major Higginbotham ; Lieutenants Benyon, Knox, Dumaresque, and Bruce ; 137 rank and file. " 68th—Captain Trent ; Lieutenants Grace, Sparke, Ethelstone, and Seymour ; 130 rank and file. "'Medical—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Pinkerton and Surgeon W. Gordon. "The troops were quartered, on their arrival, the 2d Division, comprising the 30th, 41st, 47th, 49th, 5 5 th, 62d, and 95th, at the barracks recently erected at Ver dalah ; the 4th Division, comprising the 17th, 21st, 57th, 63d, and 68th, with the staff, at the Lazaretto. Temporary barracks are being built outside the town for other troops expected for the depot. "The draughts were so kindly treated by Captain Gray on their passage out, that, besides a complimen tary letter from the officers of the several draughts by Major Heyland in their name, a more substantial ac knowledgment was given in the shape of a handsome piece of plate. "On Saturday, the 24th, the Great Britain sailed for England, having received on board the following pas sengers : —The Hon. W. C. Yelverton, RA., Messrs. Lean, Phillips, Roberts, and Wilkinson ; 62 soldiers and sailors, invalids. "On the 24th, the vestal English steamer left the harbour for Balaklava, with stares and Mr. Hewson on board." THE VIENNA CONFERENCES. (Front Galignanes Messenger.) The Pays, at the suite of an article reviewing the opinions of the London journals, thus expresses its own sentiments on the situation :—"M. Drouyn de l'Huys will set off this evening for Vienna. It is presumable that the French Minister for Foreign 'Affairs is prepared to declare in the conference the last word of the Western Powers ; that is to say, the extreme limit of the concessions which may- be granted to Russia upon the third point of-the gua rantees exacted from her. The labours of the con gress are about then to enter upon their most im portant phase, and the most decisive. Public opinion will render this justice to the allied powers, that they do not spare the most serious efforts in order to make the conditions for the re-establish ment of peace more acceptable to Russia. But if the Government of the Czar is not inspired by the sentiments, it it answers by concluSions of non content to the conciliatory intentions of France, England, and Austria, it will place itself in a very grave situation, from which terrible calamities may follow to Russia. In case of the rupture of the conferences, the events of the war, of a war long, energetic, and decisi-ve, can alone dictate the con ditionsaggressor must submit. M. swill doubtle ss reac h Vi enna on Dlv reoduny ens t d o daey which Theu ythe conferences may forthwith almost be resumed, and it is permitted to hope that, by the end Of the week, the question may be re solved. In presence of an eventuality so close at hand, patience is easy, and we wait." A. letter from Vienna Of the 29kult., in the C stittdionnel, says :—" I n or d er to un d ers t an d on the veritable; progress of the conferences, it is ne cesiary to von-, es the error which the London newspapers make of confounding the minutes of the sittings with what in diplomacy . are called pro tocols. Tile minutes are only an exact analysis of all that t;Cceo place during a sitting ; they enregister the declarations of the plenipotentiaries, mention the commumcations mado, and take note of every important incident that may occur. The minutes of one sitting are usually read at the beo 6 inning of the next i , and, wh en f oun d exact, each mem ber of the congress signs them. This fact of af fix;ng a signature gave rise to the premature ru mour that- the plenipotentiaries of Russia had already signed the protocol of the 28th December, whereas they have only signed the minutes of the sittings which thus far have been held. When the discussion of the four points of guarantee be concluded, a summaly of all the minutes will say, made iu order to form a protocol ; that andis to so t forth the principles admitted on both sides, a ape in the minutes, will be again specified iu rP R IOE SD. THE MIL ETIA. The first division of the Cheshire Regimert of M litia is appointed to leave Stockport to-day for Glo cester. The Northampton Regiment —2O officers and 780 men— will leave Liverpool and arrive at Plymouth within the next few clan , . The Royal Elthorne Light Infantry, Major Pryor commanding, was paraded at Uxbridge on Monday for the purpose of ascertaining how many of the men who had enlisted prier to May, 1854,' wished to return home. Only 50 men came forward to claim this indul gence. It is expected that as this regiment is so fast recruiting, and the field-officers and all the captains are old line men, it will shortly be ordered to Portsmouth. The City of London Regiment of Militia, numbering nearly 600 strong; under the command of Col. Wilson, alderman, assembled yesterday in the Artillery-ground, Finsbury. The general order for volunteering for the Mediterranean was read by the adjutant, after which the men were addressed by Col. Wilson, who told them it was entirely optional with them whether they volunteered or not. Those who tendered their services numbered more than 150 men. The West Kent Light Infantry Militia Regiment has during the past week sustained a very great decrease in its strength. About 120 men have been re-attested, and nearly 250 left, but many of them have since returned and continue coming in fast. The present strength of the corps is about 400. The Stirling Militia, Colonel Sir A. G. Maitland, are doing duty at Stirling Castle. The regiment is at pre sent 550 strong, and is obtaining recruits at the rate of 50 per week. The 48th Northamptonshire Militia, at present sta tioned in the Linen-h a ll B arrac k s , Dublin, are held in readiness for immediate embarkation for Liverpool, for further proceeding to Plymouth, there to be quartered. A considerable number of the Hampshire Artillery Militia, which recently arrived to do duty at Woolwich, on Monday, followed the example of some of the militia corps in the north, and demanded and obtained their discharges, which they claimed after 56 days' service, in terms of the act of 1852. GRATUITIES TO WOUNDED OFFICERS. A Parliamentary return published yesterday gives an account of the sums awarded to many of the officers wounded in the Crimea. The following list gives the name, rank, and regiment of eaoh officer, the sum awarded, and the description of his wounds : Ensign Hon. H. Annesley, Scots Fusilier Guards, 1001. 7s. 6d. ; very severely wounded by a musket ball through the mouth, by which he lost 23 teeth and part of his tongue. .... Lieut. - Astley, Scots Fusilier Guards, 331. 9s. 2d. ; severely wounded by a musket ball through the neck (fore part). Captain Acherly, 30th Regiment, 521. 16s. 11d. ; severely wounded by a musket ball in the left arm. Lieut. C. Baring, Coldstream Guards, 1331. 16s. Ed. ; very severely wounded by a musket ball in the left arm (the arm was amputated at the shoulder joint). Lieut. Bathurst, 23d Regiment, 1181. 12s. 6d. ; very severely wounded by a musket ball in the right arm. Lieut. Bayly, 30th Regiment, 1051. 13s. lid.; severely wounded by a musket ball in the right leg. Lieut. Baynes, 88th Regiment, 591. 6s. 3d. ; severely wounded by grape shot in the right thigh. Ensign Braybrook, 95th Regiment, 471. 18s. ld. ; severely wounded by a musket ball in the right thigh. Lieut. Bennett, 20th Regiment, 881. 19s. 4d.; severely wounded by a musket ball in the vertebrae. Captain Berkeley, Scots Fusilier Guards, 282/. 17s. 6d.; severely wounded by a musket ball in the right leg. l id. ; Captain Boldero, 21st Regiment, 14 severely wounded by a musket ball in the right igl: l t 3 a d l 7; se- Ensign Boothby, 95th Regim ent, 951. 16• verely wounded by a gun-shot wound in the:oe left ° ,7 : :: ( e til l ed " ; amputated). the right arm, u t a h r e ds' right Captwn Brown, 44th Regiment, 26.401.;g4:.ta1r0nd: ; a 1 v n e p r u y_ severely a.,d i lost little tated). wounded finger d ed by o of the Imus ket eft handball in . 711. - L4 * severely Lieut. Cahill, 49th Regiment, Lietit.,J„,.,ndßedurtigyoyanie,,,,Gisrk,entabdaiellriGii 1 es. ld ; wo unded by a mu sket half i i the ri g ht f oot. Lieut. Cameron, Grenadier Guards, 1 33/. 16 . 8(1. very severely wounded by a musket ball in the lelt arm (at present nearly equal to the loss of a 1 nib) Captain Campbell, let Dragooll. 9 0 t:1 . 1 1 e l , i 1 2 ,1 1 i e s' b f : ) t: l s il h d o . u ; id ' : 1: wounded(vaetrepliy.esent fully equalby a in t o u stt ball in ' i o n f Lieut. Carpenter, 7th Regiment, musket ePt%ebg inent, 59/. Gs. 3d. ; severely wounded by a musket hall in the left thigh. Regiment, 1181. 12s. 'd Lieut. l e vo at u O n r d , ed all in ' right arm. 6 • ; L wounded Lieut. Coney,bseverely Regiment, 1181. 12s. 6d. ; very ya 7btyha musket ball in the left arm. Crofton, 20th Regiment, severely ma jor 92L wounded b y a musket bail in the palm o2fthe;rigsbetvehraenlyd and the back of the neck (hand permanently disabled, wound in the neck slight). Captain Crosse, 88th Regiment, 521. 16s lld • se verely wou n d e d b y a bayonet in the left thigh. * * ' Lieut. Currie, 19th Regiment, 1181. 12s. 6d. ; very severely wounded by a musket ball in the right instep is Handefollkii elfer the Walls at tba ten kiiol4o; 01111). Captain the Rawl of Bswell, Bite Brigade, tali. *4, 11d. ; severely wounded by a musket ball in the right hand (index finger amputated). Captain Fairtlough, 63d Regiment, 2111. re. lid. ; very severely .woundecl by a musket ball in the right thigh. Lieut. Gipps, Scots Fusilier Guards, 661. 18s. 41. ; severely wounded by a musket ball in the back of the neck, Lieut.-Colonel Haly, 47th R eg i men t, 2321. 18e. 9d. ; four bayonet woun d s ( one th roug h th e l e ft l eg , left temple, l e ft thi g h , an d l e f t s id e ) . Captain Hepburn, Scots Fusilier Guards, 701. 14s. 4d.; slightly wounded by a musket ball in the right arm. Captain Reyland, 95th Regiment, 292/. ; severely wounded by a musket ball in the left elbow (left arm amputated). Captain Hutton, 4th Light Dragoons, 2661. 2s. 11d._; very severely wounded by a mus k et b a ll i n eac h thigh (nearly equal to the lees of a limb). Captain IWDonald, 921 Regiment, 2111. 76. 11d. ; severely wounded by a musket ball in the left foot (at present fully equal to the loss of a limb). Captain Morris, 17th Lancers, 2661. 2s. 11d. ; several severe wounds (two sabre cuts on the head, a lance thrust on the forehead, a sabre out on the left arm, and two ribs broken). Captain Pakenham, 30th Regiment, 1051. 13:. lid first, severely wounded by a musket ball on the left side of chest, and secondly a musket ball across the left arm (the first ball cut out below the shoulder blade, and the second wound superficial). Second Lieutenant Stephens, 21st Regiment, 951. 16s. 3d. ; very severely wounded by grape shot in the right arm (right arm amputated). Lieutenant E. D. Smith, 95th Regiment, 1181. 12s. 6d. ; severely wounded in the head from the fragment of a shell. Brigadier-General Torrens, Staff, 5201. 2s. 6d. ; dan gerously wounded by a musket ball on the left side of the thorax (at present fully equal to the loss of a limb). Staff Captain Thompson, 10th Dragoons, 1331. Is. 6d.; severe contusion on the left shoulder by a fragment of a shell. Major Sir T. Troubridge, Bart., 7th Foot, 5841. ; very severely wounded by a 391 b. s h o t ( r i g ht l eg an d l e f t foot amputated). Captain-ViaHs, 95th Regiment, 2111. 7s. 11d. ; very severely wounded by a musket ball in the right hip. Lieut.-Colonel Warren, 55th Regiment, 3101. ss. ; wounded very severely by a musket ball in thixigkt----- The return further states that " an officer who, in con sequence of his wound, has lost a limb or an eye, or whose injury in action is proved to be fully equal in every respect to the loss of a limb, will receive, in addi tion to the above gratuity, a pension according to his rank ; such pension commencing pne year after the wound was received, as prescribed in her Majesty's war rant of the Ist of July, 1848." SHIP-BUILDING IN THE THAMES FOR THE IVA R. Yesterday another large screw-ship, purchased by the Admiralty for the transport service, was launched from the establishment of Messrs. Mare and Co., in Bow Creek, Blackwall. The ship, named ,the Urgent, is of the following principal dimensions : Ft. in. Length between the perpendiculars 273 3 Length of the keel for tonnage 250 2f Breadth for tonnage Depth in midsbips 26 81 Draft of water Burden in tons, numbers 1964 5-94. She is a sister ship of the Candia—a vessel whose performances in the transport service have been analysel by Mr. Atherton, the chief of the machinery depart ment of the Royal dockyard, Woolwich, and who states in his article in the Artisan that she achieved 12 knots, and has produced a result comparatively the best of any screw-steamer afloat. The Urgent, like the Perseverance, has been fitted up with a long and heavy poop and forecastle, for which she was not designed ; but in launching she appeared as stiff as any three-decker, and was brought up within her own length, and towed round to the East India Dock, to receive her machinery of 350-horse power, by Napier, the second pair of engines built for the Emperor of Russia, and confiscated 14 the British Government. This ship will have appropriate masts and yards, and will have every care in docking and undock ing, and then there is little doubt she will prove what every other ship turned out from the same establishment has been found—a good, fast, safe, and serviceable ves sel, and she will realise all that could be anticipated from the report of Mr. Chatfield, the master shipwright of the Royal Dockyard, Deptford, who pronounced the Perseverance, Urgent, and Transit admirably adapted for the service for which they 'have been purchased. On Saturday last Messrs. Green launched from their establishment at Blackwell two of the screw gun-bmits for the Fa tic fleet. On the same day Messrs. Wigram launched two of the mortar-vessels for the Baltic, to be fitted 'with Captain Roberts' sling carriages. The great point of attraction, however, in the Thames at the present moment is the construction of the screw batteries for the Baltic. There never was such friendly rivalry between the respective constructors as prevails with regard t i the completion of these novel ships. Mr. Scott Russell is building one, Messrs. Green two, and Messrs. Mare and C 9. two. Numbers of people visit them daily, or rather watch their progress, for they are crowded with workmen, and there is no room either- about the slips or on board the ships for visitors. No elfOrts have been spared, no expense has been stinted to get these bat teries ready for launching. Night and day gangs of men are 'employed, and there is no pause to the busy work. There is not a passion in the minds of the workmen that has not been appealed to—whether of self-interest or patriotism, and there is no doubt that the work almost "flies through their hands." By many it is considered that the time of completion is a "shipwright's question ;" if io,_ that will soo n b e so l ve d , f or no men in the world could despatch the work so speedily as the ship wrights of Mare's establishment at Blackwell are knocking off their job. But it is rather a question of " iron," and the chief difficulty is in the bending of the massive plates, four and a half inches thick, to adapt them to the peculiarcurves of the bows and sterns of these new batteries. Messrs. Green have their plates from Scotland, and Mr. Scott Russell has his plates from the country ; but everything for the batteries constructing by Messrs. Mare has been manufactured on their premises. In fact, the whole of the gigantic concern has been absorbed in this great national work. Steam-hammers and forges in making and twisting, lathes and tools of all kinds in the machinery department, drilling, planing, cutting, and squaring, and at least a dozen furnaces and 200 men in bending. hollowing, and adjusting. We believe that at least 800 men in various departments are employed in the con struction and completion of these batteries, which are re garded by many experienced officers as so many useless logs or targets. The engineers, ton, are not idle, Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Salkeld, Penn and Co., and Mandalay and Field, are taking every advantage to fit their ma chinery on board the ships on the stocks, whilst the ships are progressing. The engineers are like so many birds at a late season building their nests in the trees, whilst the foliage is being developed day by day, or hour by hour, by a gleam of sunshine or a genial shower of rain to protect their industry. It is expected that the five. batteries will be launched in the Thames on or befora Monday, the 16th instant, when they will be instantly fitted and despatched for service under the most active, energetic, and skilful captains in the Royal navy. Almost every day now in the Thames some new veg. sel is launched for the war service—either man-of-war, transport, gun-boat, or mortar-vessal, when they are pounced upon at the moment by some. Admiralty tug, and towed to the Royal dockyards to be fitted for hi" mediate service. The demand for shipwrights is insa tiable, and the high wages, so much in some instances as 15s. a day, must bring a host of ss. a day good men from north, east, south, and west to share the " good times," and give masters a chance of keeping their engagements within some reasonable bounds o expense. Yesterday the Peninsular and Oriental Company? screw-ship Candia was taken out of Messrs. Green s dock. She is to be fitted to convey cavalry to the Crimea e a n ls t o . i lau ji nc s h c The following are her principal dimensions . erdewy-esshtieprdfaoyr ftrhoet,M3riescasrsn: mGoavree,rsnme;tanbt liswhasm Ft. In. Length between the perpendieuhul 200 0 BLerenagdtthhofforketeolnfnoarge. .. .t0nnage.................................... ..... 0. . ................... 0 a t tons . n y B s . II a . . ci. Miller, ( . 1 ew . . r . , ....... 816 79-94 screw shippowers y either the I` Ravenhill, awnidthseanigkienieds, French or E l b . Sp ß he or e e p fe n t m i n hs i Rennie . Draught koa bm b D e t i i d o/ fi r s n a th l.l, u t ,eiagPdnbbs handsome, o i o ' l t t f . m h. b . ey . , .water, machinery biui . Mare r . l ob ' ea f . a t: vd o 6 i f i l Cy n . ..; 9.94 I 7 7 1 ''wentsf 124 i f on - o gh : c u rßo o sme n u Pr d v pl e oee y wtn a ee n di r i e of troops a o r ' stores. a nd w n li gl m ish os G t o l v ik er e n ly . taken uP b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—At the usual the necessary examinations for diplOma quarterly meeting of the e g o en ' t t l i e a m m en ajo h ra l , .held on d Mon day, April 2, the followin A vi li n ve g r,, nn ad e n rs t e t n ed e members , of th e C o ll ege :—Dr. Bealey, Lansdowne-place, lrunswiek-sq uare ; Dr. S an d er - on , Albi on - stree t, AT , " 1- .yde-p ar k ; Dr. Mackenzie, Chester-place, Hyde.pa,rk !:ardens ; Dr. Murcet, Chapel-street, Belgtave-square ; Dr. Torrington-square. Also Dr. Eager, Liverpool, was admitted au extra licentiate. At the same comitia, Dr. Billing, Dr. Nairne, Dr. Jeaffreson, and Dr. Owen Rees, were chosen consiliarii. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following men ben of the college, having undergone the necessary examinations, were admitted licentiates in midwifery at the meeting of the board on the 3d inst. : Messrs. John Mennie, Plymouth, diploma Gf membership dated Nov. 18, 1853 :—William Henry Beere, Bsnbury, Dec. 18, 1854 • Edward Chas. Garland , Bath, Feb. 23, 1855 ; Robert Geo. Hardwick, Leeds, Jan. 8, 1855 ; 'William 13. Aldersey, Puckeridge, Herts, March 2, 1855 ; Robt. Bray Sweeting, Reading, Berks, March 9, 1855 ; Wm. Hall, Leeds, March 16, 1855 ; Cecil Webster, Newton Heath, Manchester, March 16, 1855 ; John Nettleton Terry, Bradford, Yorkshire, March 28, 1855 ; Hanson Evison, Hull, March 28, 1855 ; Wm. Dale, Kirby Moor side, Yorkshire, March 30, 1855 ; Wm. H. Powell, Ross, Herefordshire, March 30, 1855 ; Richard S. Davey, Waltner, Jan. 8, 1855 ;Peter O'Co n nell, Water ford, Dee. 8 , 185 4 ; and Thomas Elkington, Fenny Compton, Dec. 8, 1854, )ut the red s.