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Address to the Superintendent, Great "ter n Rai lway, Paddingto . n. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1855. LONDON & SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a SPECIAL I GENE SIEET the c o „,, MEETING of the P ro p r i e t ors o f thi s C ompan y will be held in sia ti TßanY's Offices, at the Waterloo-bridge Station, London, on for ado- th." L 'AY, the 28th day of April, 1855, at One o'clock preci , ely, o ' ll l l o9e of considering and determining upon the coarse to be on enlY'' 'L cot ed bY t.heets o now penimpany ing in with reference to the Bid the pledge given ll for amending the b P , , en e half of th e C ompany before the Devon and Dorset Railway elralstnittee in the session of P. 53, and of authorising the Necessary f ures for c arrying the determination of the meeting irto effect, and or other special purposes. By *pier of the Court of Directors. %te l l CIIOMRIE, Secretor eoo -bridge Station, London, 11th April, 1855. No. 19,513.] r PRICE SD. PUBLICATIONS. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. quitted the consort of a costermonger hesitated in the case of a physician's wife. Might he not be blinded by respect to rank and, position ? We 'dissent from the conclusion, however sound we admit the principle to be. Now Ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo.. ( From the Times of this day.) (From the Daily News of this day.) Tax R. SHEIL'S LEGAL AND POLITICAL .41 I SKETCHES. Edited by M. kv. SAVAGE _ ...—.--. " In the British Senate, as well as in his own native land, the name of Richard Shell will hi long remembered in connection with elo quence, with learning, and with genius. In' these v..lumes he has lett us a memorial of all the gems of his rich and varied intellect— every pulse and hue of his versatile and prolific mind."—Dublin University Magaziee. Published for it Colburn, by his successors, Hutst and Blackett, NEvi AND PECULIAR SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURA.NCE. TRE DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL attent,,,4_SKURANCE and INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION invite by th '"'; to the New System of Life Assurance exclusively adopted p er ee' AsSoclation —viz., that of allowing interest at the rate of 4 tabee4'f Per annul* on all premiums paid, instead of the remote and jil t .1 1 1 1 1 sYsteM of Bonuses usually adopted. s Plan the Policy - holder will secure to himself a constantly turn assured"n ual income during life. as well as the payment of the b.o kis representatives at his death. be ' 4 t .. of Bates ly adapted to mp this System of Assurance may afned at e s th Office of the Co any, 3, Pall-mall East, or for oed free, on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. 18t Itarch, 1855. INItTHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE 13 , INARP c , SI „ P ANY--Notice is hereby given, that au EXTRAOR- P,llny he mEETING of the Shareholders of this Corn- Loi,d,".2e held on SATURDAY, the 14th day of April neat, at the cis i yf Bishopsgate-street, London, at one o'clock pre acloptin'r the purpose of receiving a Report from the Directors, and ..4 1 , 1 i f such resolutions thereon as such Meeting shall determine elected + °tic e is also given that-at the said Meeting Direc ors will be suPply vacancies at the Board. , Y order of the Board. GEORGE FASSON, Secretary. co ., , : l i t t i l . e ... l4 T i d h e e -PLace, London-bridge, March 9, 1855. „ Report of the Directors may be obtained at any of the tuier ... 4 " 'il tiankers and at the offices of the Company, ten days ttitMeeting. , het C OM PANY.—ARREARS LAND ENCLOSURE ,itetan of C A LLS —Notice is hereby given, the teq 4e ; R . ,EA , R4 of CALLS due upon the shares of tips Company ,7 1 ere t h .',,eu to be paid to any of the Company's Rankers on or he Ati r , day of April, 1855. And notice is hereby given, that • Aid the of ail shares upon which the calls shall not have been ' t 'll i yertN e r i said 21st day of April will - be immediately thereafter e S t atin n order that the same may be forfeited, as prescri ,ed by es of the Company. 3,8 y order of the Board. GEORGE FASSON, Secretary. Tb e :It o de-place, London - bridge, March 9, 1855. Cal ls are:l ll)B4 es Bankers authorised to receive Co., give receipts for London, Messrs. Masterman and Co., 35, Nicholas-lane GNETIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON OFFICES. ZI Old Rroad-street (six doors from the Royal Evchange.) tßiret„.o7,iest End-7, Charing-cross (opposite the statue.) "Wlia ,0 - ' °lllll lunication by underground wires with the principal ells Lk e Kingdom. I,'etintecirg,e2:er Twenty Words, including delivery, and address net ) lila n er i p° ° l , Office, 2 Exchange-buildings ....... 1 ' Uariir s ter, ~ Exchange-arcade n ßirmi n ~ 22, English-street Neth in g en . l, ~ 101, New-street -- " t lasow, Office, 18, Exchange-square.. • • • Greenock, „ Cathcart-square 4s. Id. - Dumfries, „ High-street „ 23, College-green ss. Id. Belfast, „I, Donegal-street Cork, „ rembroke•street Queenstowni„ The Quay EDWARD B. BRIGHT, Secretary. 1,..P .'444 ' DOG STEALERS. 1 xrIE LOVERS OF 'DOGS.- itithful t ISHOP, of Bond street, the staunch supporter of taose t o fk lids to man, begs to call the etention of ladies and ;en -14 g D R ed. th 'e SO( iE TY for the POSECUTION' of OG STEALERS e eci. co nfede i rates held at his house, which has done much alat e IMPunity an ' d audacity with which the dog stealers have °hers nereased their avocations, to the great annoyance of the a_ ll4 a " t he want of proper constables to check so great at evil, ear"e reb, , N i lr. Bishop to make it knon that. as soon as funds can it s intended by the committee to appoint active officers th. - -ou.lects of this most useful society. Subscriptions n, e . :' ,1 14 will be thankfully received lay.3lr..Bishoa, treasurer, ahk erus ilott, Esq., solicitor to the society, 69. L - ncoln's-inn•ttelds Sir William Call and Co., Old Bond-street. I)PIN'S "SHILLING" RAZOR. p gold Ptv everywhere. Warranted good by the makers, JOSEPH at "(1 B ROTHERS, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield ; and ...„....-:gate-street, City, London. 4 e n t d llTS SUPERIOR TABLE KNIVES, ei „ ly be e for the Crystal Palace, Sydenham ; handles cannot 14ftheirTZ 1 loose : the blades are all of the very first quality, Cit.yid Sheffield manufacture. uPPlied at their London Warehouse, 37, 3foorgate-stre t, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield. &,1 C11) ,EL of the SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL, kT GLOBE.—A large model of the country around ttglti) positions Including Inkermann, Balaklava. and the Tehernaya, slo ns of the English, French, and Turkish Armies, and 4 ' 41 . te vicl rks, at the Great Globe, Leicester-square. Open from 1 ° P.m. Admission One Shilling. . . PATRON ~. Monday Eveninn LECTUR R°Y 4l7 °---4T turnECITNIC INSTITUTION. II R If CE ALBERT. s _p o thA 4,b/iDIA.TION of 14 ItS., gtc. —EA • I ‘ , bY the Rev. Professor BADE r i i t ) .. Ri ti ‘ fe Industrial Class; 11l addition to N splendid Moving — ovatx, TORAMA ill EW DISSOLVING VIEWS, a SLICK, at ge tbe am ~ ustrattng an entertainment callel SA.- 1 across the Ada", 'broad; depicting the Passage from L!ve 0 '" f the United % tet : , , and embracing Views ef the principal Cities o titution, and Itili b e :_ 'law added ta the °the* attractions of the Ina Is.„..utiwn daily at Three and Eight. F5l with P ar ,n' MUSICAL GEC l'Un le by GEOUGE BIICKL AND, .• ... 103i* .ILLOTRATIONS of " OLD ENGLISH and PATRIOTIC ttef ve allga at Half-past Seven. vie CON tit.r URES on CRENIISTRY and the TELEPqO _ w . _ be w a'p l3 d Y J • R. Porn, Esq.; on 'the ELECTRIC LIGHT, with a sTtA..powerful Battery, by Dr. BACHHOFFNEZ. 0^ 0 objects qtr i4nO,OErN, CO3MORAMAS, and upwards of 2, ~ at--- ' the Arta, Set , and Manufactures. 1 - Alv-,„, ----"-'' -r" CASINO, ARGYLL ROO MS .—.7 L e aeat, ° th?rent. success _on of the new dance, Varsoviani. Music by ki r ! llowi no : u „ lel every evening.—Dur a i n nlthe course of this week litq ,per pl?eydiseil_. Will be played by • L _ . g nt's Orchestra:—Over tile/. "‘ x ° ,gen. Str 'Lutz, WaltzesßientetNiusard Wellen i th. e, everh., auss ; Douce Harmonie s (Ist time). Missler ;Le Pro- Vi,, .ot, 14 ,_ kmer ; Quadrilles: Vive l'Empereur, Bergman ; Bonjour lithrai4,?fheteau ;Le Juif de Venise (Ist time ), Bi:o n nn be ete nci rr ne e ~•' ilk i ." 11,,,j„r5.1-1. Laurent ; , chottisebe, Dona Maria , TI At 'ha leur d'Automne (Ist time), Pilede ; Marionette, Pilodo 1, 1 " .. 8 8, T: 11,. L amotte •La Musette Matthien ; Gallop, Dover Ex- or , _ n rovr ne. ,_ Principal c ornet-d-Piston, M. Roulcourt. A 'per the relative to music to be obtained at the music repository -'4411,41,740,r,.che5tra. Doors open at Eight ; commence at half-past. hOne Shilling. It A ~.. v ES END S T A 1; • 111 "ther , 4 P a cket -- , ets call at the Greenhithe and Ptulleet Piers. ~ ( 1111 4t the Piers as underlined (weather P It°4 T ERRA.CE PIER, GRAVESEND. errant n , I 1 14 4 -t SUNDAYS rt, • 48 Ti m a m ~. i --- ........... —............... ...mum. .......• +rm. , ........• .... .... 3 % ... ..." 13% 1), - ---... --- ...., -- 12% - - cia es. t,,, i l ,„. —_____ 6 h r.v 1:1 11 „ . „- fro, _ qt/zi• R "ter of -` reneh UrCh-Street Station to all parts of London W i ICK w at i hour '..----- '" :% _ tin gir tlk 4F• 11 ACl E 7 n.. i L L ar L, h o_ s n tr th ar Ival of the ft 1 w .4 ' 4, from the e ee e t St r atton. keit I,lo.____ ea V et ,. `htlech 404 9 SUNDAYS. `,!:: 'C ---- g :a t E 2, L. 8 —......, ci g -.. ------. Fen church Street t i - -- 1 9% I ' --- --- 1 2 5 te Or t rottl _ Ile 4ravareraveaend and I.4l!een or nd, aim n London.-- It ui vt ~..avesenl ..=_,liaelt•vrall or Wooly orZtll4, 241101Ct14.:_u,rolnelerm3e0dtlicitteofPi:, Apiii r i kOliii 3 4. he had of the Coll e ct ........... _ 2 . asi. mace Pier, G ravesend .........,_ Fore Cabin. Sa .. • • 103. .. Is. ivich Bd. •• Os. .. Os. eptember, 31. Os.; tors on board the 1", ; Three Pw.kets; D -.• t t . I'Vt illY -------------- AND 41/ 1 , tr..T., ON N ERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, -ken 1 1 ._. IN DIGESTION. 'l4 r, Derin, Nov. -..gements, Constipation, and Ilmmorrhoids, Is tikri To teaAe.l,i,byLioiv igil., AND AVOID. 44,D0ku% "Abstentia multi curantur morbi." IvitOt, Sr\ ell'esitien of the principal causes (over and careless 1nt1.:3,;en11.41n, ci:ifttihtnheetnina; the e v: a h n ich po is pil t . lii 010 geerit'lY intelligibl d exposition of how we should . harassing and distressing complaints, Nei t:, out of the (tVetit y fo f r o hr. e added, re g d i l th e t e t n a b a l e h s d for s e e v r e v r a y n e rn e e h a f i Illustrated by numerous .. raorrrs A x tk 2. ~ H ADES OF MARRIED LIFE. Ile whichl/eiri that bath no wif, I hold him lost, 1 34 b, Lik e :,°'. and an desolat. He that bath no child, t 4 t h Jeet: k 'n and winde.—Chaucer. 'l : 4fr ettle a , opment rrtagQ, its ex pectations and Necessities—Devol Ihe ea---.kariim---Love Match es — Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Ca,. 41,°111)aetibgliy"41anaingngruities—Mntual Unsuitableness—Vents ',etericl,---", Theor y Of iysical Defectiv eness — Advantages of Inter •Noli,b ...bg L e 1 GestatlonFlereditary Resemblance —Mode of 10 A ll , g tim to, -- acY. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas tes---Law of Divorce, &c., Sce. CRASTITY AND IT 3 i " INFRING EMENTS. What A Lecture to Young Men. 1,,,,.„6 Passions hurt the body—what improve, 41:Itct - " L na as r n 44tf the : ti re ~ e ned as Athens ever heard." , P ion ' R"zritnage, from infancy to old age. The advent t I,nd''ol4stiee,,-. k;h.astity and its infringement. fhe . casualties o 'ehedlauva:.d Advocacydislpation with illustrations, graphic, narrative, of early marriages, &c. trl ll e b b p ° , l tt S t e ti .ret i, b rs i ‘s . seases . their 4Self-management and Cure. Pil,/,''te and /.`",,."`"K ---A comprehensive and popular exposition trii,iltbs-R espee,.,-;".819 diseases —their nature and treatment corn y der `.'y PrinutrY and secondary symptoms, all forms sot v'tai anad'aßenlents, stricture and sibermatorrhcea; with 250 en. .1,,, , prescriptions. b -" 111,0 4114 > bera . TRETIIRA, and RECTUM.--Comprising ..itt lisio..rmabnds,7.2 t,... Vnrog.:4„ents. Constipation, and llmorrholds, companions to the /Receding. _ _ ...1: OF LIFE. 110 w TO BE HAPPY. Ilherwom'l re'sv Words jtioiefuaiiirdfe v,re. —' 23* Paterncster-row4 til_. S " h kespere. kph. . 39, Corn , ; Ma — nn . a ' hill .or of litt_'..uer, slice bL ItICIIARD CULVERWFLL, °_ aye44tr....essor. and Tvventy Years Cwrigiltini, colleague of the Iti.„° b t u ' the itbey, 10, Argyll-place, . I tegen ' t-t,treet, I.ondo? 4 1 4114 in itted with on the above 1 1• froui seven Ull lino.m daily, from Ten till 4114 ,Thlrd Edition, price 25., by post, 23. 6,1.. DEBILITY and IRRITABILITY induced by SPE RMATORRHCEA ; the Symptoms, Effects, and Rational Tie , ment. , By T. H. YEOMAN, M.D., Physician tc the neural Pos'-Office . _ Letter-Carriers' Provident Institutiop, &c. London: Effingham Wilson, 1 Royal Exchange ; and by post only from the Author, 25, Lloyd-square. The Third Edition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. N TRUE & FA LSE SPERNIATORREREA ; with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Neal Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From *he tierman of Dr. PICKFOKI I. 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. " J.•,ciitorc 's known to English readers by his frequent bracti ,,, contributions to German medical literature. This is the MAI Lade, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the noa-medl all reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his -over to cor rect." —London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and • Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book Bald 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 be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much m0ney...... This volume is well qaalifled to put an end to the empirical system of treating Bpermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. BRITISH PROVIDENT LIFE and FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 4, Chatham-place, Blackiriars. Capital, 100,0001., in 10,000 shares of 10/. each. DIRECTORS. Captain Thomas Malkin, Eandharst-lodge, Queen's-road, Gloucester- . , gate, Regent's-park. _ - John Britten, Esq., 21, Basinghall-street, and Collingtres, North . _ - amptonshire. William Burchett, Esq., Cheapside and Hammersmith. Joseph Gimson, Esq., 1, Harewood-place, Harewood-square. George Lane, Esq., Finchley. AUDITORS. A. Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., Manager of the Times Life and Gua rantee Company, 32, Ludgate-hill, and Bel!field-home, Parson's irreen, Fulham. Thomas Wilson, Esq., 103, 104, and 105, Cheapside, and 7, York terrace, Peckham, director of the Anchor Life and Fire Assurance Company. Alexander Webber, Esq., Davies-street, Berkeley-square, and 47, Upper Baker-street, director of the Times Life and Fire Assur ance Company. J. Britten, jun., Esq., 21, Basinghall-street. Bankers—Royal British Bank. Physician—William Grove Grady, M.D., M.R.C.S.E., Surgeon—William Harding, Esq., 4, Percy-street, Bedford-square. Standing Codsel—Henry l'. ilinde, Esq , Hall-staircase, liner Temple. Solicitor—Henry Empson, Esq., 61, Moorgate•street. Manager—John Sheridan, Esq. EVERY VARIETY OF LIFE ASSUR.tNCE BUSINESS '1 RANSACTE Policies indisputable.—NO error, mistake, or omission will ha allowed to vitiate the life policies of this society: Assurances are effected on the following and all other practical contingencies of human life, and every facility offered so as to adjust the payments to the respective means of the assured : l. Assurance of 201. and upwards on single, ju ut, and survivorship lives, the amount being payable on the death of he assured party. 2. Assurances for short periods, such as on •, five, or.ten Tears. . 3. Endowment assurances, payable on the party attaining a given age, or dying previously. 4. Assuranc?s fo: the whole term of life, by increasing or de creasing premiums. _ _ 5. Endowments of 17:1, and upwards, payable to children on at taining 14 0. 21 years of age. _ _ • 6. Annuity assurances, by which a given yearly allowance win be ,ranted, and an agreed portion of the purchase matey returned to the representatives of the annuitant on dealt occurring. 7. Annuities— immediate, deterred, or survivorship; i y which a yeat Iy allowance may be secur. ed to the purchaser at once, or urat his attaining a given age, or upon the death of another party named in the contract. . 8. Assurance against Accidents,—Assurances are granted to pro vide against disability resulting from accidents, a feature peculiarly suited to persons whose occupations are hazardous.: 9. Provisions at Death. —ln order to supply the wants too general . ) , consequent upon the death of the heads of families in humble circumstances, and espe tally to defray funeral expenses, an agreed portion of wh le- ife policies, which do not exceed 501. each, will be paid, upon satisfactory proof being given to the Society of the decease of the assured. Division of Prod: s.—Life assurances may he effected with or with out a participation in the profits. Policy holders of 1001. and up tvards o❑ the participatii g scale will be entitled periodically to a share et the profit of that class of assurances; such profits to bi a•l&il at the discretion of the directors as a bonus to the original sum assured, applied to a reduction of future premiums, or to be receivabie at once in money. The first investigation will be made at the end of seven years from the commencement of the Intsinesz, and thereafter annually, when four-fifths of the divisible profits aris ing from the pa ticipating assurances will be appropriated atningst the holders of policies, in proportion to their amount, and - the period in whick they shall be respectively entitled to participate. Privileges of Members.—The holders of policies of assurance upon their own lives, on the participating scale, for tile whole term for 4991. or upwards. and endowment assurances for the like in, are membtrs of the Society, and as such entitled to attend and vote at all general meetings. Savings Fund Depttrtment.—To enable members to deposit small su, s which they may wish to Invest at a remunerative rate of inte rest. and ;o obtain such deposits back with their accumula•io s after the expiration of a fixed term of y. ars. All further particulars may be obtained of the Company's Agents, or at the Heal Office, of Jain Itheridau, Manager. HOMCEOPATHY versus ALLOPATHY. To Messrs 31oRtsorr, British College of Health, New-road, London GENTLEMEN,—It appear; that a few days ago several noblemen and gentlemen hal as interview with Lord Paumure on the subject of having a homoeopathic hospital at Smyrna, which interview has been the cause of creating war to the knife be•ween the gentlemen of the guinea trade. In the " Lancet",of last Saturday, the whole band of homCeopaths are denounced as quacks of the vilest die, &c. This is a pleasant prospect certainly for John Bull. Which is he to believe ? the homoeopathic or allopathic doctors ? Lord Grosvenor is to be ousted from Middlesex, and I don't know what else—so says the" L'ancet." Now, I appeal to the country wheth rit is not most disgusting to see these doctors continually at war with one another ; and all for what Wby, the guinea trade. These scientific gentle men, as they style themselves, are all fighting about who shall get the guineas from the pocket of Jolot Hull; but as to caring a rush about the real truth iu medicine, such a thing does not enter their heads ; for surely, otherwise, we should not seethe unseemly articles which they level at one another. lam no friend to homoeopathy, but I hope Lord Grosvenor and the others will assert their right on this question, and thus vindicate the medical liberty of the subject, which is a right inherent in every free-born Eng ishman. and which was so firmly maintained by the immortal James Morison, the Hygeist, whose system will yet triumph over all others! for it is emphatically an universal system, and one which for ever abolishes all poisons in mediciw, and therefore the guinea trade. The public must benefit from this split amongst doctors. Yours, Br.c., A HYGEIST. London, April 9, 1855. • VI E NNA CONFERENCES.- All nations have been waiting for the result of this tribunal on their rights. • Numerous delays have,crossed public expectation," and the Spring m.ty pass Wfore matters are satisfactorily decided, lout the points of negotiation between E. MOSES and Sots and the public of tkis and all other countries have been decisive and satisfactory. The Ist Point —That E. MOsES I shall have no fortifications, or and Sox shall protect all persons prevent the public from buying Irom — unlzusine:Ss-like exactions the best Spring and Summer In the quality and vice of Spring Dress at E. Moses and SON'S. and . Summer Attire. Carried where the prices are everyboiy's unanimously ! advantage.— Ensliusiastlcally re- The 2d Point—That E. Mons Mired! ! and SON shelf give every person The 4th Point That every the right to purchase their Spring port in the world shall he or.en and Summer Goofs, that they to receive the benefit of E. Moses may wedr them - with pleasure and Sos's business, which is stare and satisfaction, or trade with to procure peace, pleasure, ant them to their greatest advantage satisfaction! !!—Carried (and pro -R ipturowly supported! I longed cheering for E: Mores and The 3d Point—That monopoly Sox.) E. MOSES and SON are Merchant Tiilors, Clothiers, Flatters, Hosiers, - hint Manufac turers, Bo it and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and Sow beg to state they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their own Esta blishments, a• follow : London City Establishment, corner of the ➢iinories, and Aldgate Opposite thi' church). London West-end Branch, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart street. Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Wholesale Branch—Melbourne, Australia. The establishments a' e closed from sun et on Fridays till sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. 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Nut published, price 25., illastrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, TERYOUS •DEBILITY;: Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper- , mitorrhma, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative ystem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and 1 stinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, sscesses, accident, or climate. followed by practical remarks, foundrid in twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissan.te, cervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrlicea, &c. To wb.ich ire added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with j pre antionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical pri:c Lice, Ind on the dangerous remedies advocated by various write, $ on hese important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON„ /ecter of Medicine, Matriculated Member of ',hie University of Me hargh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical So eiety Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, Londm. ggc., &c. the essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearfu I con eluences reuniting from certain habits, irregularities, and ex' asses, :bleb have preauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man s •'cid, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, pedlar s, any ter class of disease known to modern pathologists. It, per sisal is rt'cularly recommended to persons entertaining secret do nbts of ~ .eir physical condition, and who are conscious of haying In tzarded 7. . e health, happiness, and privileges!to which every human ' being is *,;:led. it is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that ti tere art ,rineiples of personal management which c innot be violated withou` earring grievous penalties, and when widom and regret succeer: 'be heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these i enr.lties nay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may he n moved, tad how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and a /Ors all, t'sat there Is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or ft :itci ; , .ona. ;erangement to which the timely aid of science cannot appl y a cure rheAuthor has for a series of years been engaged in an exte ussive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, NV hich have unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignm wan; empiric , , who inflict great injury on those wh are induced to; /lace faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 23, of Messrs. P :.per, RomFlroa thers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford.str set . e, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or tree by I o ; for thirty eta rant/ to any address from the Author's residence, WT. I le d ` fard-square. At ho me ~ i Si _ ior consultation daily from Eleven Jill Two an d I torn A till Eight. The clear, though elaborate statement of the military operations of the allied armies in the East, which has been published by the French Government in the Moniteur, will be read in all parts of the world with intense interest, ' for the Emperor of the French pap a not undeserved homage to the force and justice of public opinion, by sub , ranting the whole course of a campaign and an expedition not yet concluded to the criticism of France, to the know ledge of our adversary, and to the judgment of foreign na tions. We confess that we ourselves have perdsed this re markable document with a degree of satisfaction, which is increased by the unexpected discovery that the strategical opinions expressed in this journal from the commencement of these operations are identical in every point, save one, with the views entertained by the French Government and its military advisers. In attempting to defend those opinions be such arguments as our own knowledge of the theatre of operations and of the art of war enabled us to suggest, we certainly were quite unconscious that the very same points were those on which the Cabinet of the Tuile ries relied for the successof the expedition'; but., although, as is apt to be the case in the conduct of military affairs, many unforeseen difficulties have arisen, and the result has not yet been equal to• our sacrifices and our expectations, we remain unshaken in our conviction that the main strategical movements of the last campaign were perfectly sound, and that, in fact, no others could reasonably have been attempted. Our readers niay remember that considerably before the declaration of war, and when our fleets had gone up to Beycos Bay, in the winter of 1853-4, we continually dwelt upon the importance of the Thracian Chersonesus as the base of our position for the defence of Constantinople and of Roueeelia, which was then the primary object of our intervention. The instructions of the Emperor of the French to Marshal SL Arnaud, bearing date the 12th April, 1854, exactly one year ago, are directed in the first in stance to this point. Gallipoli was the base of operations, because, in the event of the defeat of the Turks on . the Danube, and the passage of the Balkan by a Russian army, that force would have been outflanked by the allied troops in Thrace, and its march on the capital become impossible. At the same time, tNe possession of the Dardanelles secured our maritime comm unications, which might otherwise have been threatened 2.1 y the enemy. These preparations were purely defensive, but our position in the war was still of a defensive character. The force originally sent out consisted of about 40,000Frenseh and 20,000 British troops, and the operations contemplated at that time were regu lated by the necessity of the ease) and by the strength of that army. We therefore hold, es the French statement very ably maintains, that the occupation of Gallipoli was a wise and correct determination on the part of the allies under what were the known and anticipated circum stances against which they had to provide. • But beore the month of May was past these circum stances had materially changed. The Russian army had crossed the Danube, occupied the Dobrudscha, and threa tened the line of the Balkan. The success of this move ment, however, depended on the capture of Silistria ; and the gallant defence of that place, followed by the defensive treaty of the 13th of June between Austria and the Porte, turned the fortune of war. The allied forces had mean while advanced to Varna, where they were ready to assist in the defence of the Balkan, had the Russians taken Si listria and continued their advance. But the Emperor of the French had expressed inthe strongest terms his resolu tion to avoid a march upon the Danube, and to abstain from an expedition into the Danubian provinces, which could only have produced the most fatal results. If oar memory berves us, rather less than ten months h a ve elapsed since the British Ministers And those who shared their opinions were exposed to a storm of oblo quy because they steadily resisted the appeals made to them to throw our forces into this perilous and desperate situation. It was felt, however, that the Allied Governments, having entered upon this war, oould not allow their arma ments to remain inactive, or neglect any means likely to bring the contest to a glorious termination. The expedi tion to the Crimea had been regarded from the first as one of the objects to be kept in view by the Allied Generals, and when the whole Russian line had retreated across the Danube, and even beyond the Pruth, the Tauric Peninsula wail obviously the fittest field for the operations of the maritime Powers. The French Government, however, appears to have expressed at an early period its preference for Kaffa as the base of operations on the Crimean coast, and something like a reproach is cast upon the Allied Generals for having selected their place of landing and attack elsewhere. It is on this point that we differ from the conclusions at which the author of the article in the Moniteur has arrived. The project of a landing at Kaffa had frequently attracted our attention, and was more than once adverted to in these columns; but, after full con- Jideration, in which we had the advantage of some of the, highest military authorities in Europe, who were not con sulted by the French Government, we were led to the conviction that, although Kaffa offered the greatest ad vantages of any point in the Crimea for the landing and first establishment of the army and for the fleet, yet that the position of this port present almost insuper able obstacles to our advance against Sebastopol. The great deficiency of the army was, that it landed in the middle of September, without adequate means of trans port and with a feeble division of cavalry, while it remained dependent for many necessaries on the fleet. A march from Kaffa upon Simpheropol would have compelled the army to enter upon a line of country separated from the sea by a chain of high mountains, and exposed to flank attacks from the light troops of the enemy. To un dertake such a march of 100' miles in the condition the army was in last autumn would have been an enterprise of the most perilous kind. , had the expedition landed at Kaffa, as some of the officers in high command were dis posed to recommend, it would probably have been com pelled to pass the winter there in inaction, and the allied Governments would have been roundly accused of treachery to the cause they professed to defend; . in fact, they might with far greater advantage have paned the winter in the Bosphorus. But it appears to us to be at the present time ungeaerous and incorrect to lay the blame of our difficul ties upon men who took a decision which was ratified at the time by public opinion and military judgment through out Europe. Moreover, one of the very first directions given to Marshal St. Amami, in the event of his invading the Crimea, was to seize the harbour of Balaklava,'and to maintain the commuhications between the army and the Ships. It is not therefore to the strategical plan of this cam paign, as adopted by the allied Generals, that we think adverse criticisms can be fairly addressed. The errors committed have occurred much more in the execution of the plan than in the conception of it. We regret that at , heohr ea! certain times and opportun ities a vigorous attempt was not made to defeat the relieving army of the enemy ; whereas this French statem ent adNuyiie ts sh th t the u:ty e no army of observation at al l. astonishment at the manner in which the siege has been ar a e conducted—the attempt to cover upwards of 26 miles of works and approaches—the delay which occurred iu the first instance, when an attack was possible --the neglect of all means to anticipate and destrOy the works of the enemy, rising as if by magic before our eyes, and the astonishing blindness which suffered the Russians to occupy and fortify the Manselon, which is the key of their position, although it is situated 100 yards nearer to the French lines than to their own. These are some of the causes. which have frustrated the siege, all of which may be summed up in one sentence—that the Russians have shown more science, strength, and invention in their mode of defence than the allied forces in their mode of attack. No donbt, the diffi culties of the besiegers were great and extraordinary, but BO were those of the besieged; and the highest achieve ment of the art of war is to take advantage of those diffi culties for oneself and to turn them to the disadvantage of the enemy. Agreeing therofore in the main with this French statement as to the strategical operations of the campaign, we cannot assent to its defence of the technical operations of the siege. It seems, on the contrary, to have turned out that the allied armies are weakest precisely in those scientific departments on, which we relied with the greatest confidence; and, having exhausted the skill of our engineers, it is now intimated that the arm ies have the resource of taking the field. We sincerely hope that this decision, which we have now strenuously advocated for more than a month, has at last been taken ; but with out more energy of command and vigour of invention than have hitherto been shown by the Generals it is impossible to carry on successful warfare. (From the Times of this day.) We were prevented last night, by press of matter, from offering any comment upon the case of Mrs. Ramsbothava. The report of the proceedings appeared in our impression of yesterday. Upon the facts of the case it would be needless for us to offer any comment, so painful a notoriety have they obtained. Suffice it to say, that it appears to have been proved beyond all doubt that this lady did ac tually abstract from the shop of a draper named Moule, in Baker-street, certain small articles—a pair of sleeves and four pocket-hankerchiefe. The only question was, was she at the time of the commission of the act in her right mind ? She had stolen, or rather was supposed to have stolen, the sleeves, and when she presented herself again measures were taken to have lier carefully watched. Of course, when the question of motive came to be considered the case absolutely broke down. Motive there could be none in Mrs. Ramsbotham's case. She might, had she so pleased, have had all the sleeves and handkerchiefs in Mr. Monle's shop, and ber husband would have paid the bill without much inurnizir. The fact is, that in commenting upon this case we find ourselves in a certain difficulty. The medical reasons alleged by Mr. Ballantine in his de fence of the prisoner were in all probability founded upon truth, but they are not of a character to bear much dis cussion. She had arrived at a time of life when the whole nervous system of women is altered, and, when the change is a morbid one , the y are scarcely, if at all responsible fer their actions. There are among them persons who, " during that change, are in constant nervous excitement—under continual hallucitss.tions—resulting from a morbid affecti n o of the brain, super induced by the change alluded to." Such was Mr. Ballantine's defence, and it appears to be founded on reasonable grounds. For, let us forget fo-r a moment that Mrs. Ramsbotham was in a social position something above the common, and treat the case simply as that of a person who might with out violence to preconceived notions have been placed at the bar of criminal justice. Evidence would naturally be g iven to show that she had been guilty of pilfering articles of slight value. That being admitted, it would be shown on the other side that the articles she had stolen—let us choose the hardest word—could be of no possible value to her ; that she had spent a long life with an unblemished character, and in the exemplary discharge of every duty of life ; an I that at the time of the commission of the sup posed theft she was in a state of health of which mental hal lucination is the ordinary concomitant. Under these cir cumstances would any ordinary jury have brought in a ver dict of "Guilty" against the poorest applewoman ? If this be so, certainly the fact that Mrs. Ramsbotham was in a somewhat higher social position ought not in reason to have affected the verdict. In her case, happily, verdict there was none. The jury could not be brought to agree o n any conclusion. Six of them believed Mrs. Ramsbotham to have been insane at the time of the commission of the ac t—that is, to have been under mental hallucination. Six of the n umber took the opposite view. Against this result we have nothing to say. We can conceive minds which could admit of doubt in such a case ; and then it must not be forgotten that the social position of the accused told aga i ns t her, A juryman who would have instantly ac- The contest for the representation of the county of Cavan has terminated in the return of Mr. Burrowes, the Con servative candidate, by a considerable majority. This re sult is no more than tee anticipated. Cavan is one of the ancient strongholds of territorial Toryism in the North of Ireland. It has for generations been held by the heredi tary garrison, consisting of the proprietors of the soil and a sturdy yeomanry whom they have always kept about them, against the Catholic majority of the population. These latter have nev er y e t b een a bl e t o muster sufficient courage, perhaps we ought rather to say have never been inspired with sufficient desperation, to overpower the compact and intrepil phalanx that have now once more overborne and vanquished the irresolution of superior numbers. It is the old story. The majority, sanguine of victory, but unconscious of the moral strength by which victories are won, have hoped, vowed, promised, threatened. —lone everything but vote unanimously in favour of the popular candidate ; and they have been in consequence beaten in the struggle by the firm and united band who still treasure in thei r h ear t s th e t ra diti ons o f social and sectarian ascendancy, th roug h ou t th e grea t er p ar t o f I re -. land, but more especi a ll y in the province of Ulster. Cavan is peculiarly su bj ec t t o th e i n fl uences o f th e s t a t e ' of things above noticed. It is one of .those land-locked districts which in a slowly progressive country is sure to be among the longest to remain intellectually and morally torpid. According to the delusive test of statistics, it would seem to possess political resources as great as many other counties. By the last return made to Parliament it apposite to contain 3,850 electors, a number quite as large in proportion to its entire population as many counties where representative rights heti long been - successfully, if not always-very sagaciously, exercised. _But what avail mere numbers, if the habits of submission engendered in the times of legal disfranchisement and religious oppression have never been broken? The disfranchisement no longer exists by act of Parliament; the statutory oppression of the followers of one creed by the professors of another has been swept away but the instinctive fear and faltering of serfhood still remain. Loitering at the 'door of the forge, or around the turf fire of the public-house, the political gossips of every parish have long been accustomed to read in the columns of some weekly journal what was going on, or said to be going on, elsewhere; and no doubt the recital of elections fought and won on popular principles in other counties stirred within them sincere desires of doing like wise, and certain ill-reasoned hopes that similar attempts in Cavan would not prove vain. But political examples are merely the seeds that fall by the wayside, or in stony places, that take no root, or, when they do, wither rapidly away. Without the elemett amongst them of an inde pendent mercantile class—without a single populous town to serve as the cradle of political organisation—without a resident gentry professing even Whig opinions, the mass of the community have practically lived in a state of politi cal stagnation as complete as that of any similar number of the inhabitants of an Austrian province. Since the fierce struggle waged in 1826 at the instance of s the• Catholic Association, nc real contest between the vassal Many and the dominant Few has occurred in Cavan. There have been noisy competitions for the ho nour of representing the landbrds of the county in Par liatneil between various indlviduals belonging to that 'privileged class. Sometimes a show of what, in that de solate region, passed for Libertlistn, was made by a can didate who wished to obtain tle support of the Marquis of Headtort, and sometimes, as it the case of Sir J. Young, a special dispensation to commit Peelism was granted by Lord Farnham, the all-powerful head of Orangeism in the locality, -while Sir John's colleague was required to vote utira-tawny upon every conceivable question. But in these squaublea of the squireirchv and nobles the rack rented and despised tenant-fanners generally had no in terest whatever. Nobody thought of them or their feel ings on the occasion. In plain truth it did not matter sixpence what they thought or felt upon the matter. And the consequence of this we nov see, in the actual helpless ness of the acknowledged majority of the constituency to assert the right of choosing I man for their representa tive, which nominally and according to the lying letter of the law they undoubtedly possess. Mr. Hughes, the tut successful candidate, is a man of recognised talents very superior to his opponent. He ie a ready and fluent speaker ; a person of amiable disposition and conciliatory manner; an excellent landlord ; an advscate of the ballot and of tenant-right ; and finally a Roman Catholic without bigotry, or the affectation of adherence to the degrading dogmas of passive obedience on the part of the laity, re cently -imported by Cardinal Wiseman and Arch 'bishop Cullen from Rome. Mr. Hughes is, more over, a man of wealth, and we have heard that no expense was spared by him in the promotion of his cause. All these, amen; such a population as that which he canvassed, forced a rare combination of advantages. The Roman Catholic voters are stated as outnumbering the Protestants in Cavan by two to one ; and although Mr Burrowes professed himself unwilling to take the pledge against Maynooth, he avowedly stood upop the Orange interest, and with the support of Lord Farn ham. Nvertheless, Mr. Hughes has been beaten by three hundred votes, on a two days' poll. The silent terror exercised over the minds of an impoverished and defence less tenantry, by the irresponsible powers of landlordism, preve,tistron,gsr than the combined influences of prejudice, opinion, feeling, popular excitement, and religious appeals. From the steps of the altar the Roman Catholic bishop addressed his flock on the previous Sunday on the merits of the rival candidates, adjuring them to vote for Mr. Hughes. Brit it is a curious illustration of the truth of. the views already stated, that his principal anxiety seems to have been to persuade his hearers that 'they need not apprehend distraint or eviction from their little holdings, provided they succeeded in defeating the candidate of the landlords. One can readily imasine the paralysing influ ence of the doubt herein betraye b d. Resort seems to have been unsparingly had to open threats, and in some in stances to actual violence. A score of Roman Catholic voters, while proceeding under the escort of a few police men to the county town, were beset by an armed mob , who forcibly carried them off, and detained them in will ing custody until they were re-captured by the agent of their landlord, at the head of a ,ietachmeut of cavalry; after which they were conducted to the hustings, and polled for the Tary candidate ! And yet - there are sanctified hypocrites amongst us who continue to say that thete - 14 - no used of the ballot. (Prom tZe Morning Chronicle of this day.) We should be sorry to see the just indignation of the British people, at the sh or t com i ngs of an individual Mini ster, dwindle clown to a mere vulgar, outcry against " Lords." The English a re no t a revolutionary to be represented b 3 some rev o lutionary journalists. people, although their feelings ar e mos t erroneously. supposed should overthrow the pre s e n t Governmen , in order to substitute for it' a n o ther composed of certain t they ne it will ambitious and overrated men, who daring scheme of riding into office upon a reputation made lord by their owa self-Cuffing. That "John Bull _. _I 4 . wholly different was true at one period, but in a sense from that in whici it is accepted at the present. time. If h a ve conceived the they are yet fet ishism which formerly was their opprobrium, brought far from the position which the French were the English no Luger regard the aristocracy with the at the close of the last century, when to be an aristocrat was to merit ostracism or death. If " lords" are clever men, there is no reason whythose they should not b 3 employed iu the public service. As i among them who r i se t o hi g h s t a tions are regularly reu cated in all the mechanical part of statesmanship, the chances are that they will make better ministers t han men who hwe not been b re d t o th e wor k, however great their natural capacity or their means of observation. Among the leading state-men of the present time, if there be a large proportion of " lords," it must at least be admitted that those "lords" are not deficient in ability, whether as speakers or as men of business. Let any man accustomed to attend the debates of the House of Commons say that the "lords" do not rather preponderate than otherwise among the superior men of that assembly. Lord Palmerston Las laid himself open to these attacks f e o x r cl t u h s e i r v e i a i m s n o o f rn h i i s s " t u a p k o i n n theg their h a e r i i r s t o o e b r j a e e c y t _ a s b y a n t i h n e s t extreme Ministerial appointments. Never, in our recent history, have we had a Minister who has so completely mistaken his mission. The people of England would not have grum bled had the lords and lordlings and the plain men been pretty fairly divided ; but such a shameless talent,monopoly— and makes but t of f e ru mediocrities prey with tn titles— stirs dema gogues. almerston seems to have had no eye, in t( i Pih as apportioned the offices to the men, not Ministers, for any person out of a charmed go E ur ve n n ee t n his in e t r v r o o d r un m ed igh in t tn ha th v e e cuniors e te lco m .o;h e l n ieocale t r:Li o dosbof t lrhwo h deol e . offices, Administration —had a principle of thorough and unspar ing reformation been announced, even although it might not have been possible to carry it into immediate execu tion universally. been reference nver too overlooked relative h ai fitness.an any v i One might suppose that a sentiment of aristocratic pride had influenced the Premier throughout. There is nothing your thorough aristocrat finds so antagonistic to his che rished traditions of self importance as the influence of the Press. Pahnerston, notwithstanding his popularity-hunt ing of former days, is a man cf this stamp. Report has attributed to him many coquettings with the conductors of newspapers ; but only to " make use of them." It is doubtful whether the noble lord has any clear idea of the value of the Press as an institution, or whether he looks upon it in any other light than am a troublesome and in trusive meddler in affairs which are the peculiar province of aristocrats, born Ministers of State. To such a man o u n r i : h o e i m s m e o of jour o c u: r l i : the dictatorial tone assumed in certain quarters would ap pear arrogant and offensive. He would naturally refuse particularmere merely hen individuals anse t h n y w e r t e h r t u h s a t f a u v p o t g li f e r m om if sufficiently nalists. He might think them intemperate, conceited, t leanness have a a p n p d o o in y t e ni rr e a n te t c s l , p u r a e ig te h i t ide h r a s v . e ye a t , , io j p e t d eg d, well connected ; though if they were forced upon him b simulated public opinion, ho would reject them with dis dain.yrie pretentiousmiauyuib,ley possible aristocraticoclsesmi b a l g e o t g o i e e s x , fpr h la a iin would tehn eti. In Naturally enough, such a man, listening only to the dictates of his own pride or petulance, would rush into the opposite extreme. To proclaim his repugnance to com pounditohrinva a yMinistryoneperhaps, p m o s mere offen sively exclusive character of the present Administration. r o snoa b n e ms ( e l i f c ro t of a mt t c h i e l u t :ih o uol l b ) m y l i pro_ et.il We will do Lord Palmerston the justice to think that he would not deliberately defy public opinion. He has defied it, however, we hope unconsciously, in Lis manlier of tenderssli o l i i t s ig , ivl t u, lc sot t iao h sns e —u i i s iuef l determined r se t p ti e i la t a i i e scs cl i oi n if t t ) i t h3ee t servants of the Crown shall be chosen —is one involving many important considerations which are not usually offered to the attention of the public. As the national mind is stirred ou the subject, and as there must, sooner or later, be an explosion, it is as well to know at wl a cost we shall effect a change in our system. It will not do to make a revolution iu order to serve the ambition of a few individuals. The interests of this great Empire m ust not be played with in that way. If we are no longer to be governed by the aristocracy, we must have something equally permanent and responsible in their stead. I"' are those men to be, ai.cl how are they to be paid? Here we have to encounter the 1 ermai arising out of our vicious social system. Weei r tt_ , : _ m g ois es,, social position, the means to give grand ente w'm : e at obstacles arising and to keep up excessive establishments—these are neces sary conditions, as matters are at present, if a Minister would command respect. The salary received by a states man is only by the vulgar supposed to be a motive to am bition. As a general rule, the chief officers of State are rich enough to regard their pay simply as a compensation for the additional expenditure imposed on them by their official position. If we are to have the " new men" who are just now backed by the demagogues against the aristo cracy, all this must be changed. But the vice of mammon worship is ingrained in the national character; and it is precisely among thes e m iddl e c l asses on whose bhalf this movement is made that it exi s t s i n grea t v i ru l ence . D oes any reflecting person believe that public men, notoriously poor and living by office, would command that respect for purity as to pecuniary considerations, the existence of which is the one redeeming virtue of oar political system ? If ministers were chosen from another class—from the se Men of the Age of Iron, who within the last 30 or 40 years have so illustrated the creative and progressive power of this country would oar present system serve? As we arrange matters now, salaries are low if compared with the average rate of expenditure, while the tenure of office is abort and uncertais, and electioneering expenses are heavy. Men who, by the exercise of their faculties and experience, are making their thousands per year, and are accumulating fortunes—can you, by anything which your present Beale of remuneration permits you to offer, tempt them to give up their certainties for their uncertainties? We are not supposing sordid, but prudential considerations at work in their minds. If you change your system, and are not made the mere cat's-paw of cunning demagogues, you must not only get,rid of your lords and lordlings—yon must also provide good substitutes, and you must pay them. Tn France the Emperor can choose the best men to work out his will ; in Austria, the Emperor can call to his councils men like Bach or' de Bruck—in one sense- the counter parts of those we should think of here—but they are not liable to be displaced at the caprice of a popular assembly, workedlupon by some profligate party Coalition, or by anonymous demagogues out of. doors. Have 'the public thought of these things ? Are they prepared to discard their narrow and vulgar prejudices as to expense, and, if they throw off the aristocratic amateurs, adequately to reward the new working men? These are questions which the common sense 9f the people deduces from the cry for "new men." The aristocracy may thank Lord Palmerston's proud exclusiveness in the formation of his Ministry that they have arisen at all in the public mind. (Front the Morning PoSt of this day.) It certainly is very much to be regretted that, in conse quence of an oversight, or an omission, in the Militia Amendment Act of last session, the country at the present time has suddenly been deprived of a considerable portion of the rank and file of the militia, who were gradually ac quiring a practical knowledge of the duties which belong to a regular military force. To Earl Grey, and to the Earl of Malinesbury, wnmust attribute the credit of having originated a discussion in the House of Lords which has already had the unfortunate effect of sending back to their homes a considerable portion of oux militia. These men, on hearing from so high authority to mere suggestion that they could not legally be required to serve more than MY six days in each year, except "in cases of actual invasion, or upon imminent danger thereof, or in cases of rebellion or insurrection "—contingencies which happily are in no respect probable—very naturally thought that service in the militia was a very good occupation during the winter months, and that en opportunity of returning to their in dustrious and, perhaps, more profitable employments during the summer and harvest time, was one which they could not be expected to overlook. Although the law officers of the Crown were of opinion that, under the provisions of the Militia Act, which received the Royal Assent so late as the 12th of •May, 1854, thi militiamen who hail already enlisted might be retained on permanent service, the Government, influenced by, an honourable and considerate desire not to construe an enactment which'some persons considered doubtful, too stringently and strictly, at once gave permission to militia men enlisted'previously to the Itth of May, 1554, to re tire from the service, subject to the obligation of returning to their colours for 56 day during each year. Many of the men, with a loyalty which deserves the highest praise, have re-enlisted ; but it would be idle to conceal the fact that some regiments, which a few weeks-ago were rivalling the troops of the line in discipline and efficiency, have be come mere skeletons, cmisisting of officers, non-commis sioned officers, and drummers, the nucleus on which a new regiment must be formed. Under these circumstances, it is very much to be regretted that the late Government, when it was about embodying the militia of the United Kingdom, did not revise the whole of the statutes relating to the domestic military-organisation of the country, for the purpose consolidating them in one plain and simple enactment adapted to the new state of things which our engaging in h.ostilities had created. It is, however, satin factory to know that the recruitment for :he army and the militia is steadily progressing ; and that, before long, the militia regiments will have been restored to their full com plement bf rank and file. We think that advantage may now be taken of the temporary dislocation of this force to restore a system which was found of such great uti ity during the last war. Let us have the number of one hundred and twenty thousand permanently embodied militia for service in the - United Kingdom and in the colonies and let us have also the men, wh are still liable to duty for a limited period in each yesr, formed into battalions like the local militia, and fencible corps, which existed during the last war. By this means the country would obtain the services of a larger number of men than originally was anticipated, and both descriptions of militia would 'form excellent nurseries for the line by facilitating recruiting in all parts of the coun try. Should this suggestion be adopted, the interference of Earl Grey and the Earl of Malruesbury would, we be- lieve, lead to a positive advantage to the public service by increasing the military force of the nation an object which we cannot believe at all engrossed their patriotic attention, when they detected with so much avidity what they thought an oversight or omission in an act of Parlia ment. There is another poiat connected with the militia which should not at the present time bo disregarded. We refer to the qualication and education required from officers. By a recent act property qualification is dispensed with in the case of officers who have served in the Queen's and East India armies, but all other officers of the rank of captain and field officers are required to possess a certain annual income. The consequence of this state of things is, that in many regiments expensive habits are encouraged, which the poor officer cannot participate in without running into debt. There is first bf all a large outlay for the band, and in many cases the mess charges, althbugh nothing to a country gen tleman, are a serious tax upon the poor subaltern, with his six and sixpence or five and threepence a day. It must be borne in mind that many gallant young gentlemen of little or no property take commissions in the militia for the purpose of afterwards volunteering into the line, which they are enabled to do on obtaining seventy-five men, and without passing any examination. If it be the desire of the authorities to invite into the militia well-educated and well-conducted young men, they should certainly lay dow n some rule fixing a limit for the mess expenses, and dis couraging any extravagance on the part of the officers, so as to enable the poor man to live respectably upon his pay. Inducements also should be offered to militia officers to study something more than mere battalion drill. They should read works on strategy, fortification, and . gunnery, and they should be taught to direct their men in throwing up - field works; and from those who would show them selves most proficient in a practical and scientific know ledge of their profession, a fair proportion of the staff officers to he employed at the camp of Aldershot should be selected. These officers should undergo an examination at the senior department of Sandhurst, and, after serving for a period upon the staff at home, they might be allowed to volunteer with equal rack into the line. We merely throw oat these suggestions, believing it to be both just and expedient that the militia should feel the influence of any improvements which may be effected in the general organisation of the regular army. BRITISH PROVIDENT LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE. The third annual meeting of the shareholders of this society was, yesterday, held at their offices, 4, Chatham place, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. In the temporary absence of Captain Iralkin, the chairmau of the society, Mr. Britten, sen., was called on to preside. The notice calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRM kN said that as he had unexpectedly been called upon to preside over the meeting, he hoped that any errors he might commit iu the discharge of his duty would be received with indulgence by those present. He sincerely regretted the absence of their regular chairman, Captain Malkin, for, had he been present, he would have told them that the directors regarded the condition of the society as exceeding in prosperity anything they could have well ex pected, considering the circumstances of the peri o d — war, disease, and scarcity, all combining to prevent the develop ment of commerce, and compared wh a t th ey were now doing with their position two years ago. They had now nothing bad to report ; on the contrary, everything was looking well. With these observations he would call on their able manager, Mr. John Sheridan, to read the report of the directors fer the past year, a document which would, he was sure, meet with their full and warm appro bation. Mr. SHERIDAN then read the report, which was as fol lows :—" The directors are much gratified in meeting the shareholders and policyholders of the company at the close of another year, and in being enabled to present to them a report descriptive of the continued success, well-being, and favourable progress of the company. The directors like wise feel that they have reasonable cause for congratulating themselves, the shareholders, and policyholders generally, upon the result of the past year's working of the institu tion, when they take into consideration the keen compe tition now existing in the assurance world, the amount of labour now required to procure anything like a success ful business, and that the year now closed has been rife with obstacles to all commercial pursuits, and to specula tion in particular. In the life department, the directors have to report the receipt of 935 proposals since the last meeting, proposing to assure 123,3351. 10s. Bd.-804 of which have resulted in policies, assuring 94,7401. 19s. 6d. —127 have been declined or not carried out, and 54 are n.)w under consideration, or waiting the medical reports.ie The comparison with the two preceding r eports of the company will therefore stand thus •—.lt the first of the shareholders, in 1853, the directors re,,p7orotmfec,lotibicalt, they had received 50 proposals for insure, The remiums re they accepted and issued policies for. was stated at la • • ceived on those policies amounted to 1531. Os. a, income they yielded to the office:. between that and then 51 per annum. In the interv. ls received numbered 7 'l/ 14s second annual meeting. 613 438 of wlich had The premiums received on these amounted the i n w( c )P o ' rnl'etecl. lice was 2, i 4 1 by them to the of , I ee to i,74 8 . 12 ' . 4". ' , an s d the 985 prop° .ws received, these figures the annual income yielded amount of O s . id. Adding to ics issued l ast year, v• and the 8.)4 (3,79 , 1. 4 i s lh the nd of annual a tie . ikl :the total busi premiuutsl,?7,e.ilivcie.d. ° s l l) t , h w en' hich they . income (3,16,5"., society for the last 3 years may ba thus summed neseDf 't he received, 1,675 policies issued, 1,269; pre en Proposals —received, 6, 6 7 • 14. . , 1/ 17 3d - annual income. 6,831% miiiine being an increase upon 111) last year of 342 in ill.' 1 1 . 5 ,5* I, s e d ;of p rSposals received, 366 in the number o' policits i s eee 1 ,2, 016 d. lls. 2,1. in the amount of p rem i ums re • s ce ived, and 1,0831 . 2 s. 41. in the income. lu . accordance with the rules which the directors deem it prudent, for the s ooty of the shareholders and the benefit of the policy. holders, to adopt at the outset of the company, they have to report that they still continue to transfer their fire busi ness to another office, which office has been selected with great care, as being one of a stable character, based upon a durable foundation. A s regar d s l osses i n the life depart ment, the directors have to report the falling in of nine policies, assuring in the aggregate the small sum of 4451. , which is a peculiar source of gratification to them, as it evinces the care and caution with which the lives are selected by the medical officers of the company, whose duties this year, the directors would wish to impress upon the shareholders, have been more than usually responsible, Owing to the severe outbreak and lengthened visita tion of the cholera in the summer. The directors have further to report that they have succeeded, since the meeting of 1854, in considerably in creasing their staff of efficient working agents in England, Scotland, and Wales, and also in opening a branch office in Hamburg, with representatives in the smaller dependencies thereof. It is with much pleasure the directors have also to inform the shareholders that the subscribed capital of the company now amounts to 69,7101., being an addition of 27,440/. upon the last return. The ,directors have lastly to report, that a dividend on the paid up capital of the company, after the rate of Si. per cent. per annum, will be paid upon application at the chief office of the company, on and after the 31st of May now next ensuing. In conclusion, they would urge upon the share holders, policyholders, and their friends generally, the necessity of keeping their office well and often before the public, not by advertisement, but by using their personal influence and interest in introducing it to the several domestic circles in which they move, and to their respec tive acquaintance and business correspondents." The CHAIRMAN then moved that the report be received and adopted. Mr. WEBBER had great pleasure in secondingthe motion, for he was quite sure that, on looking over the balance sheet, every gentleman connected with the society would agree with him, that the increase in their business during the past year had been everything they could have expected, considering the difficulties which they had had to encounter. It was necessary for him to mention those difficulties in de-' tail to them, as they were patent to them all. They were well aware that commercial affairs were at pre sent in what might be termed a state of stag nation. They were also oppressed with a doubled income tax, and there was every prospect o f th e national burdens being permanently increased by the pay ment of interest on a loan which it was rumoured was about to be raised. When things were in that state, it was not usual for people to put their hands in their pockets for the purposes of speculation. Leaving aside any further allu sion to the state of the times, he wished to call the atten tion of the meeting to two or three items mentioned in the report. First, h; observed that their losses duringthe year had been exceedingly few. This was the more grati fying, as there were few offices which had assembled their shareholders during the last few months which had not to apologise to them for the ravages of the grim tyrant ; and although their own escape from them might be considered to some extent the result of good fortune, yet he could not help feeling that their thanks and gratitude were due to their medical officers for the care and caution which they exercised in the selecting of lives. He also noticed that they had considerably increased the amount of their sub scribed capital, and he felt pleased that they had done so, as he was of opinion that a paid-up capital went far to the establishment of a society like theirs. It gave them rank and position, and it inspired the public with confidence in their stability, , seeing that they had an ample fund to fall back upon. Of their agents in the country, he had to observe that they were well selected and highly efficient. Indeed hi had lately had an oppor tunily of examininz their despatches and accounts, and he was bound to say that he felt quite sur prised to see how well they worked the principle of life assurance. These were facts which were satis factory paid gratifying as regarded the present, but which also augured welt of their future success. These were the principal items to which he wished to call their attention. He did not wish to expatiate on the benefits of life asstr cues, but he could not help referring to an expression which, although enunciated in a language different from their own, had now become a household word among them. It was usual to say, " ntortuis nisi bonunt," but he thought that, if they were to read verunt for bonunt, they would be doing no harm to the dead ; but, on the contrary, a great benefit to the living. They had each one, no doubt, been acquainted with some one now dead of whom they spoke as a good-natured, jolly, kind-hearted fellow, whereas, if the truth were to be told of him, they would have to hold him up as a beacon to warn off others from the rocks and shoals of improvidence, instead of as an ex ample to be followed by them. Of all provident habits, those, he thought, were the most honourable and the most to be admired, in the good fruits of which it was impossible that he who practised them could himself participate. When a man provided for the comfort and independence of those whom he left after him, he did a great deal to wards lessening the poignancy of their grief for his loss, and to brighten with hope thst tear of affection which they shed over his new-male grave. Of him they might say— " Light be the turf of thy tomb, May its verdure like emeralds be; There is not a shadow of gloom In aught that reminds us of thee." (Cheers.) These remarks brought him to the conclusion of what he had to say, but he couid not sit down without impressing on them all the necessity of carrying out the recommendation expressed in the last words of the report, by using their influence with their friends to get them to insure in the office, as by doit , so they would not only advantage the society, but would also confer a great benefit upon the individuals themselves. It was true that they might be equally benefited by insuring their lives in some other office; but as charity began at home, he thought that, as shareholders, they were bound in duty to do their best forthe ins titution in which they were themselves interested. Much had been already done in that direction by the direc tors ; and he could not sit down without giving expression to the satisfaction which he, asa shareholder, derived from their having done so ; and he thought that too much praise could not be given to their excellent manager, Mr. John Sheridan, for the able and zealous manner in which he had similarly exerted himself. He found that youth would be served ; and although any allusion to politics would be there out of place, he could not help saying that, if they had had a few younger men in another quarter of the world, things would have been better managed than it was reported that they had been. The CHAIRMAN having put the motion, it was unani mously agreed to. Mr. HARDING s aid that he had the pleasure and honour to bring before the attention of the meeting the merits of the retiring directors. Of these gentlemen there was only one who offered himself for re-election—namely, Captain Malkin, who had been a member of the society from its commencement, and had seen its infancy, its troubles, and its prosperity. He was one of the few who had from the commencement stuck to the ship, and now that they were sailing in deep waters, it would not be fair in them to wards him to withhold their recognition of his services. They were aware that with him two other directors also retired, and he thought it well that the meeting should understand why it was that they did not offer themselves for re-election. Mr. Glenn, one of these gentlemen, had never professed to take any active part in the management Of the society to which he had kindly lent the weight of his name, and had in that manner materially assisted in giving it stability, but he had done so on the condition that, when they were strong enough to do without him, they should allow him to withdraw. The other gentleman, Mr. Hilles, had not been much among them for the last two years, nor was his interest in the society large, and therefore it was that his name (lid not appear for re-elec tion. Recurring, however, to Captain Malkin, it was un necessary to make further remark than to say that he had been with them, and stood by them, from first to last. It was true that they had gone through many phases, and that differences of opinion had existed between himself and Captain Malkin, but those differences were but paper kite differences ; and, as the paterfamilias of the society, he might say that they had now altogether passed away. Here Captain Malkin entered the room, when Mr. Hard ing explained to him the tenovr of the observations which he had made in reference to him. Mr. JAMES seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to; after which Captain MALKIN briefly expressed his acknowledgments of the compliment, and took possession of the chair. Mr. FITCH, in moving the re-election of the retiring au ditors, Messrs. J. Britten and H. B. Sheridan, referred to their fitness for the office. The latter gentleman, from his connection with another assurance company, was one whom they might expect would go carefully into the examination of their accounts, while of the former he would observe that, being his colleague as auditor of another society, he found him most careful in the discharge of his duties. Mr. HODSON, in seconding the proposition; said that he thought it would be a work of supererogation to add a single word to the observations of the last speaker on the claims of their retiring auditors to re-election. In fact, their own report was, he considered, their best praise, and they well deserved all that had been said in their favour. The motion was unanimously agreed to. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN expressed for himself and colleague the high sense they entertained of the compliment paid to them. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN then said, that having returned ,banks for the auditors, he had now to move that a vote similar to that which they had received should be passed in favour of the directors. It had been stated that he belonged to another assurance company—he would not say to a rival one, for it was the courtesy of the profession to altogether ignore the idea of rivalry—but he could assure them that he did not the less on that account rejoice in seeing this society thriving and prosperous, and proving remunerative to the shareholders. While he thus denied the existence of rivalry, he was, however , bou nd to sta te that there was great keenness of competition, office often ran neck and neck with another, lz! i h i mpor tant they would agree with him that it was r h e l ance on their honourable spirit; When societies so competediy, he thought ti the shareholders should have full i extent of their stake. aUltdaltlh that one directors, who, on their part, by satisfactioncumof the principles on which the • society satisfactory to the sb are gave convincing proof of their stance that could not fail to czeptpythrwoevaasl the more apparent when their holders. That approvalw w a o n r d k ed_ a c i r Wilingan indirect emnplituente'to the manager, the society. It was also t kinds f d s howed that he was he 0 111 nAi whom directors were found as to continue in the mana,ement Having alluded to the hecfit to he de manamer, al , as % menus seconded the motion, it tritydrbfergoimiirethe issue of small policies , tuns of extend ing the connection of au assurance company, he concluded tho Chair byTfhoormitllvly. mmro.v.wingotphehraevsionlgutton. unanimously agreed to, and acknowlet f l, the so3iety to w t a h s e tlilaualkllketi of the and assi minaaMnnar..geFri a r cmticoi ffi n e m e r o s y , i n h g i the l e y proposition, and corrobo ,lu3ityr. o B f u A R I T c . H J E O T h T n g :. o e n r , i i ( e l a t I n. the reted Mr. Fitch's estimate of the value of Mr. Sheridan. carried by acclamation, The mr. mjootHiNonshi jazvßinigolbileen. Was a , in teturning that the vote thanks, observed kind and character, but nevertheless one at meetings of that one, as it t en d ed to nevertheless a ver y sa ti s f ac t ory and prove that the o ffi cers h a d a t l east dons their d uty, tirely failed in , that their j us t en d eavours h ad not en their obj ect. fur the ki n d theyreception they had gi ven t o th e vo t e, f or th e terms in whi c h bad carri e d it, an d f or t h e cont i nue d reposed co nfidence trusted the y in them, which h e ' s i ncere l y h ope d an d that, when ile might never see tr a n s f erre d. II ethserved Onate the clos ey last met in this room, 'they met to cele of what appeared to them a very sods. • ...- - , r, K., 1. -A P iii A ...... .... , . ri: IN I V I O; '7 r: '4 l j .1 7. 1 7: ..; i: . ... i r ? , :80 . '. .q factory, snoces e f u l, an d prosperous The iiillealti :-,, " z: which had l a i n i n th e i r pa th — whichNrete immerotts, at) 'y \4 parently insurmountable—had been, at the..cost of a little, time, en erg y, an d t rou bl e entirely ternionitedj, nd 7 moved. They then, as it were, wrote the epitaph upo! 1 the tomb which should enclose them, and all promised far and well in the coming year. That year had come and gone, and they were then again assembled to see and liste htoanitdssrea py snl e t o .They had hea r d rea d, an d th e y h e ld i n th e i r of, the directors' report, which he (Mr. Sheridan)took to be the best evidence they could offer, and the surest guarantee the shareholders could receive, that they had not remained idle or been inactive during the past year, but rather, on the contrary, that they had exerted them se l ves to the utmost to fulfil and carry out the promise made at the meeting of 1854. As his friend Mr. Webber had said, who rarely left anything unsaid that ought to be said, they had issued in the past year nearly double the number of policies than in the preceding one, which he held to be marked and de cided proof of success, with which be thought they would agree when he informed them that for not one of those policies were they indebted either to party influence or personal interest—the whole, with the exception of reas surances, being the result of a vigorous canvass among total strangers, who had been induced to assure solely upon the merit of the principle of life assurance, and to select this office because it had been kept before their eyes, and held out as affording the usual facilities fora commensu rate payment of premiums. He (Mr. Sheridan) thought, therefore, upon these considerations they might agree in saying the report was a good one, and one which might well be compared with many of their older neighbours working the same time ; he' would not, however, draw l invidio as comparisons. Theexectitive thought it might have been better. The time which had been spent—the energy which had been infused into the working department — would have warranted, nay, they felt demanded, a better ; but they bad been held in check by circumstances—cir cumstances over which they had no control. It was true they last year hail difficulties, but they were internal ones --within their own reach—subject to their own removal. This year the case had been different. Their difficulties had been external ones, and consequently beyond their power, for he nee d scarcely remind them that the stirring hto e heiv his diseasede u( n cmp t o s rme . and community, :hen s der t i i a t edby r nal t , g ro l n i o n aol g ) 8 e dpo c changes themselvesra pttuhhogeeseesuontfod polit ic ali tdv. amongst l e dset pdet bodya. s haue t ptro y en e s t: : ho , ne which sleotf Europe, all hhae anddr Governments, had affected, an d , was affecting, all classes of grievances or errors, or occupy the attention of th nw e aastionnoalt meet ing by pointing out how, in a remote degree, the causes had affected prejudicially th e well-being and orking institu tions similar to their ow n — sufficient, he observed, was it for them to know and feel that in the face of war of a pro tracted nature, disease of no common order or character and comparative starvation, th ey h ad not only succeeded in weathering the storm, but had placed their little com pany in such a position as, with age, bade fair to be as good, if not to rival the best. Mr. Sheridan apologised for encroaching further apon their time, but ho could not allow the present opportunity to pass without drawing their attention to the last paragraph in the directors' re port, and venturing to hope that it might not be heed lessly read, or when read forgotten. He wished to im press upon them the necessity of personal exertion. He attributed the colossal fortunes of their larger neighbours to the exertions of a devoted and select few. He knew that life assurance was, at the bast, but a very unpalatable commodity to the many. They preferred the butcher and. the baker to the surgeon —they preferred even the surgeon to them. He knew it was a difficult matter to convince some men that they are doing themselves good when pro viding for their posterity. You might impress upon them that they would live the longer in the remem brance aid gratitude of their friends ; but still the animal would predominate—the ever-recurring question would arise—How would it benefit them when dead ?—and they would return dogmatically to their former ( pinion. There were, however, others—he was happy to say for the cha racter of human nature —who, if you asked them what they were toiling for, would inform you to leave their families a maintenance ; and these were the men who, if properly plied, might be made useful members of society through the medium of life assurance. But these, even these, required repeated applications, or they would put it off from day to day, so prone was man to avoid anything like a consieeration of that futurity which to them could I bring but dissolution. Instances of this kind were nume rous. Mr. Sheridan referred to one which occurred last ,summer, when hund re d s were d y i ng o f di sease, and no man could call an hour his own, or say he should return home safe at night when he went forth in the morning. An agent ,had endeavoured to induce a cattle-dealer to assure his life, who called and filled up a proposal for 500/., but he would not leave it. Disease struck him as he passed to his own • home, and he died that very night, leaving a widow and „children dependent upon precarious bounty. Mr. Sheridan concluded by observing that he only asked theshareholders ,to remember, amid the many charities which beset this philanthropic world, that charity which, if not better, was at least equal to any—the charity of life assurance. LMr. LANE then moved, and Mr. BRITTEN secon d e d , a ots of thanks to the medical officers ; which was replied o by Mr. HARDING, who explained to the meeting the principle on which he and his colleague, Dr. Grady, acted u the selection of lives, which was, not to reject those hich had been damaged, but to accept them on an in ceased rate of premium. Dr. GRADY also expressed his sense of the compliment. A vote of thanks, moved by Mr. JAMES, and seconded by Mr. JOHN SHERIDAN, was also passed to the solicitor of the society, Mr. Enapson, for his disinterested conduct Since the first starting of the society in declining any re muneration until it was firmly established ; a compliment Ivhich the gentleman interested in it briefly but appro. priately responded to. ..N1 r. JAMES, in moving the thanks of the meeting to the agelats of the society, took occasion to compliment the sys tem adopted by the medical officers in the selection of lives, and referred to the experience of another assurance society as corroborative of his views. The motion having been seconded by Mr. BRITTEN, jun., was unanimously agreed to. A soar of 10 guineas each was, on the motion of Mr. FLETCHER, voted as the remuneration of the auditors; and t he proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the hairrn an. - - - LIEUT.-GEN. Silt WILLIAM NAPIER. TO TUE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SlR,—The accompanying documents speak for them selves ; and as your journal was one of those whose re porter misrepresented Sir James Graham's speech, I have a right to ask, and do ask, as a matter of justice the in sertion of the enclosed documents in the Daily News. W. NAPIER, Lieutenant-General. TO THE EDITOR OF GALIGNANI'S MESSENGER. Sir,—ln your paper of the 27th ultimo the following passages appeared : "The honourable gentleman had commented rather hastily on the deaf and dumb clerk : he was originally appointed as an act of charity." "He was the son of Sir TVilliam, Napier." Taken apparently from the English journals, and pur porting to be part of Sir James Graham's speech on ➢Zr. Lindsay's motion, these false and offensive passages have been by you circulated over Europe, and I therefore call on you to insert this my formal contradiction, together with the accompanying copy of a letter from Sir J. Graham, showin,g that his words bad been utterly mis represented. My son, however, is unhappily deaf and dumb, and he was in the Irish Quartermaster-General's office, where for twelve years he performed the service of his place with all the intelligence and ability so justly eulogised by Sir J. Graham, but at the end of that time was driven to reign by a wanton, unjustifiable exercise of tyrannical power on the part of Lord Panmure, then Secretary of War, founded solely on his own gratuitous assumption that my son must be , from his affliction, incompetent. Had he perpetrated one-hundreth part of the official errors the War Ministers have, and are still committing, for the destruction of our army in the Crimea, there might have been some excuse for this foul oppression, which rendered twelve years of his life unavailing, and cast him forth without personal resources upon the world ; but, instead of failing himself, he more than once saved his superiors from perpetrating such pernici• our errors, and hence, perhaps, the cruel oppression practiced towards him. April 10. NAPIER, Lt.-General. idde-aunsfilna under servants, (No. 2.) Netherby, April 6, 1855. Sir, —I have this day had the honour of receiving your letter, dated the 4th, transmitted to me from Liverpool, by Sir Duncan MacDougall. The extract from Galignani, purporting to be a report of a portion of a speech made by me in the House of Commons, on the 23d of March, is altogether erroneous. The deaf and dumb clerk, whose case Mr. Lindsay . had brought under the notice of the house, is a gentle man at Somerset-house, on the Naval Establishment! recently promoted by me on account of his good cond!il $ and superior merits. I vindicated his promotion 0 . 11 0 :_f ground. I said that the appointment of this g e e u r t a i. _i t ia , 17. 2.dtis an y g a u p i zi p ed eared civil y t i) I had been made originally from charitable f be e: hislasberovu:sed* and that he had fully justified it by to be a most tainraents. dumb was e w n a t s o l lt d o is sa qu y a t i b ifi a ca t t tli b iuo e nv m ,eaßr i y sf u o n r e t ra u .rly r:wnthe expressions me ; and there y bl i mycoo s ur e r rv f a a n m t i . iy. me toc consider dseornietoxf,:cfso4asirroarnwon.:: serveslomlfi:tiliiesiyisine these natural defects, and e --i have, J. E • GRAHAM'. which I used, so far less efficient and meritorious P was nothing said, m uch you or intended , which can be re- This is the (Signed) &c., Wm N • Lieut.-Gen. Sir Wm. Napier, R.c . )3 j . garded as offensive. to .. IRS AL MAIL STEAIf-PACKET COMPAAY MEETING. The generel meetirio„, of the A. Colvill e i n t h e chair. at the London T avern —Mr. proprietors of this com pany was h e ld Yesterday, Capt. CHAPPLE, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the directors proposes a dividend of 2/. per share for the six months ending Dec 31. The working account for th e year shows an increase . of 20,0921. in passag e mo ney and freight ; but, on the other band, • there has been an augmentation of 15,0421. in the cost of coal. The receipts from the Government ' were 263,695/. for the contract mail service, avid . 236,320/. for the hire of transports and the victualling of troops. The vessels still retained in connection wit* the war are—the Magdalena, Tamar, Medway, Thames, Trent, and Severn, while the Parana has been taken by the French Government for five months certain. The surplus of the working account fir the year is 281,45,11., out of which the large sum of 107,207/. is applied to t he General Reserve Fund to meet repairs , exc lusive of ttn appropriation of 61,4581. for di-terioration. The inte rest paid on loans was 13,9721., and the last half•yearTy dividend of 2/. per share_baving amo unted to 29,68 0 /.,. the balance now remaining i s 69,1621 . The CHAIRMAN moved t h e adoption of the report, in t the fiShepherdnancial wished to know why a Si. di v id en d. was wh m ic r h . daefdterby noticingCa pt not allowed instea d of 2 /.! Why should the sharel l icaders the company, w Q a ti s m s T ec E o s n , not have the advantage of what they earn ? Th e CHAIRMAN said they mu s t . p a y th e i r d e bt s fi rs 't. poe Rion of After some discussion on the accounts, the report t , was adopted, and thanks having been voted to the chair. ullln' the proceedings terminated. i lt b . IcAtiN,s A.N-ANomicxL MUSEUM 3Q0.,b,.m.E-OPENED at 4, COP" N'Trty- - f it RET, L E . I , 'Es r gli 0, .-',;.- Open (for Gentlemen only) daily from io , tlt-past b li till AfT°Nh -s. " ci from 7 till 10. A NEVY SERIES of LECTURES, by Dr. . 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