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Sub.cripVo s will b• ree , ived nt ao, o? the • a kers of Lo”don, the pro-in-es, Ireland, and Aenti •nd, a d 'he Honorar i feretariss will he obliged by being furnished ~i th the nae:es of i ttbscribers previous to ihe 22 , 1 December. sfuN , Y HERBERT, I on. SCeg. • S. C. HALL. Office of the Nightingale Fund, 5, P.:rlia ,iont-street, Do , ember 17. LAST FEW DAYS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. —THIS I EVE NrING, and every eVenino - (luring - the the GRAND ELELTSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC ' ll d MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety `t incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos "'inZ distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of a musement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them. elves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of t hem on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, , .er though everything becomes metamorphosed before the 'Yee of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any ' 4 O thing ; but it is a comedy really performed by the com a',3' ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex- I'!eted denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of t ,ue Public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and as ex ',lltvaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond '4 bounds of probability. 'Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and s shionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he 4 8 been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con lisnons repetition. He believes that no professor of his art 'as at any time or in any place been honoured with an 'Mount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. 4 e would attribute that success to three causes; first, that his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of l'erfeeted skill in ono peculiar art, and to perfect which he 4 es travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has a'ared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on „;,° stage in tho most elaborate manner, by the employment the 'first mechanicians and artists of the day; and thirdly, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those v nck honour him with their presence, he has not foreetten that j'a possible to afford information also, a g nd that the oppor 'llllity should not be neglected ot exposin conjuring eviler '? er it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by ? i sortime , to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, e designing have succeeded in making dupes of the redulous. The 937 lett ers on th e su bj ec t o f spi r it -rapping, which Pr , reesor Anderson kas received, from the time of opening th heatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in erest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst any of thorn bear melancholy evidence to the daneers which ttend a belief in the superstitions nonsense of the " I:iri 'tialists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted Professor Anderson' s ex pose of spirit-rapping and hid illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro `,,need a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex tee° a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible e r Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the l l simunications which reach him on the subject. He regrets 4 t many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen 'm e from their position in society and their well-known in 11.1f:ettial attainments, he would least have expected to have ti 7-In converts to a belief so preposterous in its e lf, and so . °HY susceptible of being controverted and di s p rove d. E ver , w4 ening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions e lrit-rapping a re expresse d , an d every even i ng, within tie L yceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited 4 . 12 d elucidated. It i s respectful l y requeste d th a t ad P , n blic exposition will b e acce pt e d genera lly a s Professor ob derson's only mode of replying at full length to hi-. m ultitudinous correspondents. Fie regrets that the Fames of the great and learned of the lan 1 show• r e hen made to figure in the documents emanatie ' Q M the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex h'aetecl from the Morning .4 dvertiser of Thursday, Septetn p er 20,•and taken by that journal from the Neu, York Spiri gad Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an Arner'ean irit-rapper, Mr D. D. Hume ;—" Sir David Bresyste , rankly con f esses th at h e is sorely puzzled' at what he has , l tnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be t 110rolighly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought e e whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the 'elution of the phenomena ; but the presence of substantial, A t ual hands, and th e d emons t ra ti ve s t reng th o f th e s pi r its e 4 O thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate -34 objects about the room, proved to he too much of a ques , for them to maste r ." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the I , lv ye, has recently left England, and the following account of e • n: sad what lie is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now e Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations ' T t linut apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout e t e e „Angle-Saxen world as a splendidliubue., offered him 2,000 f'utra per annum if he would perform m at his museum in New e °ll, -- Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could 7 -bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was k • sed. Hume, on telling the fa c t i n L on d on l a t e l y, s i mp l y ad honestly remarked, that the money would have been very i l l e ePtable to him, for he was poor, youn g ( un d er 28), an or lon, and in very bad health , but he would have been afraid • losiug his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose 4 4 life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the 'seatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer 141Y surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the Ikl . i torial article of au established journal, the editor of whom a 4 13'4 be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believr . . pirit-rapping—does spirit-rapping gain or lose be th is accession to its adherents ? and, with Barnum's endorse i r u ent to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likel be negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not e ' te at e when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church: of ;land have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross itoarindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (th e t 2 •• N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts has belief in it, and sites a book on the subject, he considers it t • be time for it to state hat which he knos of the mechanism by which j. lB effected, and the mischief w to which it tends. In the jp-fi*Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir u Did Brewster, relative to that which ho saw at Cox's Hotel Ne emaspany with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that ee 'leh the Wizard of the North proclaims every night--that ~Vit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bail ri ) oses. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day e,; ) ,: g 'ever, there is an answer to Si r D av id' s l e tt er f rom one u r was present when he and Lord Brougham had their Lce with the spirits. in which the writer says, that " the te u le (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most t at rordinar y manner and, amour other a large ae i°lllaon was conveyed , by au invisible agency things. to my hand and en to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship'. hand, apa r t f rom any person, it p l aye d an air through 4s With such a statement, printed for the edification of th People of the 19th century, with the facts before us that e., e Most talented men of the day are permitting themselves ke be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the e l i e t °.test novelist of the age is now engaged in making it tie Oeet if a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall. s„,;:fessor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will received by the people of England as genuine honest at a4'Ps s to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual igle t r. v . l / 1 the course of the last five we e k s 100 , 017 persons h ave ,piteel the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, s n has ever before been :iseembled within its walls in so 1,2 11 ' a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. Z e . the programme being continually chaneel. Grand e ,lenahle Day Performance, Or Saturday, December 22, at. %elock ; the programme being thus arranged ; te r art 1. —Act 1. The M esmer i c C ouc h : or, the Cli n i ca .enabilitiee of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do t; 'beagle that which some suppose to be effected by mesiner -141, and illustrate the possibility o f s l eep i ng unsupporte d i n g o air, I e f ' k et 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power Ith_PlYeducing animated nature from fire and water only, and possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most 'nplex forms of ornithological existence. 1, Act 3. Le Livre des 11:eueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own b eeket Rook, with puck himself within it. Typifying the .4 ening's entertainment in the production of the very volt:- 441. n0us from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude e k t of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears eerets existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and ing r in to g for be founth un d expected wonders from the most unlikely 114 -tae fo. Act 4, Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition with:oat Tron jle- In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed g Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Tranefor til'gtion—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article the position which would seem the most inappropriate. evi _Act 5. L'Ecrin do Verre; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into wich, th4ough made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, na il suspended so as to be risible to the eyes of all present, e Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport 1 4 elf, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, °eked, and the key in the possession of the audience. aY Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; er, the Transparency Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine dad Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible "attle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in lisaustible, but will change its co ntents, ad infinitum, at the v. I. ° r (l of command, producing soda -wa ter , b utter - milk, 'Asore salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, Yeau, or any other wino or spirit required; and finally re'ring to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, ▪ d occupying the whole space when tightly packed. ki Act 8. H a lf au H our w ith th e Spirits ; or, an Expose of , Di rit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and 'eettio of the invisibles. the Wizard's 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor iZ4eses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become s reformed into the flags of victory—the hawsers of Ent Franco, Turkey, and Sardinia. 4 Ct. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who jab: himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to t r audience, under circumstances least expect e d, i n a posi ell as peculiar as perplexing. Act. U. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the eeieus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the ke e l. 'lence will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part the evening, the chest suspended (like Vabornmed's coffin) tnid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of whi c h ' 1 Rill b e produced. j. Act. '2. The Hoa:ological Evaporation : or, the Slice test, ; g nte to the Antip o d es. 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Z .N. •••= r -- •'•'' : ' t s MN, ''''' ,•$ ', l ' ' A ' ~""'-, - . ~, !, V — t 4, ,„ , , t +.....N.; '''!-- , :e , 4 , , I • , ;:, ,P •i 4; - 4 . ‘,„ .t. ,„ 4 , . , r • , ' ' 5:1 4 1:'..".. , I ~.<4 .7 ' ' . 1 ' ,t , •\ 4 •--- -t). ~.. /4: t,„, * • • , . •• -,trtN, , • ctP , _,._ _____ 44" f 4 ../ b. 17 (I : 1 -;'t,?, "• ' W ..,;t .' 1 - . , . 4 • ... , - , 1. ,-, 4, , -- „ , ,N.4, --- ,-- , • [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D- Spirit of the Public Journals. (From, the Times of this day). We have recently ors several occasions drawn attention to the dangerous position which Russia occupies in the north of Europe. In proportion as the south is mole effectually secured against her arms the other obstacles which oppose themselves to the pent-up torrent require to be strengthened. From the supineness of our War Minister, and possibly from the jealousy of our diplomatists, ehw, )have must, s 0 b e l r l re trieved, t Russia has obtai ne d i n t h e capture of Kars an advantage which oug ht never to have been per mittedcar in e cannot td , permitto at t a he d l:, . th oc e wo losses cost of o hc w of i which f i n or money. jea lously excluded from th e sea roa d t o C onstantinople to obtain an equi va l en t a d van t age b y land, and to turn the flank of our fleet by a march through Asia Minor just when the last vessels of her own have disappeared for ever under the waters.of the Euxine. But, while vigilance has thus unaccountably slept in the south, we are happy to thi n k th at much greater prudence and foresight have been exercised with reference to the plans of aggran disement Russia has 80 long cherished iu the north. While the White Sea and the coasts of that district of Lapland which belongs to Russia are encumbered with ice before mid-autumn, that portion of Norway which is within the Polar Circle is, by a carious eftpali m of nature, free from ice during the whole of the year. The immense depth of the long fiords which cleave the coast of this wild region is, doubtless, one cause of the phenomenon. The in:lndriaa: of the Gulf Stream; the waters of which do tut wholly lose their tropical warmth after communicating to the western side of the British Isles a temperature so perceptibly higher than that of the eastern, is undoubtedly another. Be the cause what it may, it happens that while Archangel is locked up for eight months of the year in thick-ribbed ice, and the ports of the Sea of Okhotsk are for the same period inaccessible, the town of Hammerfest, situ ated within the Polar Circle, has an open harbour all the year round, and the inhabitants, instead of yielding to the lazy influences of an Arctic winter, employ the long night in fishing and in hunting. The harbours of this region are, as we have said, enormous. Compared with them the mighty bay of Sebastopol itself is a paltry creek ; a long barrier reef of islands protects the navigation to the south, and a voyage—we are afraid to say of how few days —might transport a fleet from these vast harbours to the shores of the British Islands. It is wonderful that Russia, while devoting such enormous expense to the formation of an arsenal and fortress in the south, should have submitted so long to be natal evaml setraeti'on in,., ~ cooped up within the narrow and shallow waters of the Baltic, and to suffer a blockade in which ice relieves the efforts of a hostile fleet. Of late years Russia has awoke to the full import ance of this oversight ; all that the most dexterous intrigues, the most cautious encroachments,—all that threats and blandishments could effect, has been tried on the United Kingdoms of Sweden and to induce them to cede only so much ap- Bpraeycieofusvasrtrainpgeorfeaosaastll. her A worthless territory as would bring Russia p N a o r r en vry y station on The Bay of Varanger is forty miles lmwoinotgdh fishingei b us y t sc s lit' i se :: : :: Iles oofn tthij i wide, the , and batteries protected could l t d h e defylsland a It has two outlets, is only fifty of Skogeso, numerous enemy. nt Russian boundary, there is in depth from five to a - ) ) fifteen fathoms, it abounds in miles from the prest.' where a few . sidesouthern cl a t an choragesiescuearsoytostation which fish andf orany affords n o u n m i b t e s r 0,. vessels. •Sil vv in ou g ld grow into a o a fortified har bour,rtress of the first class, and the fortress of the first class into a naval imagine s station, i o o w n , 8 the oon Rassi a t the fortified m odest I y harbour demands into a 1.1 military and na'rai arsenal, calculated to overawe Norway and to menace the shores of Western Europe. We have great pleasure in announcing thAt all these schemes of grasping ambition have, so far as human foresight can effect it, been complete?y frustrated, and an impassible barrier imposed be tween the aggressive designs of Russia and her lodgment on the seaboard of the North Atlantic, which she has so ardently desired. A treaty has been entered into between the Western Powers and the United Kingdoms of Sweden and NI by which Sweden and Norway undertake'-. one hand, that they will not cede any po'rtion of their territory to Russia; and the Western Powers promise, on the other, that they will guarantee the Scandinavian kingdoms their present bounda ries, and neither permit Russia to encroach upon them to the North, nor to sieze, as it is very pro bable she might wish to do, the large and impor tant island of Gothland. Thus, it may be hoped, we have succeeded in drawing a line beyond which Russian ambition shall not penetrate, and limiting at last that gradual and constant encroachment which has been for the last hundred years oblite rating province after province from the map of Europe, and transferring them from the domain of civilisation and progress to that of brutal tyranny and retrograde barbarism. In such negotiations as these, based on the strong foundation of mutual expedience, and en tered into for the clear and well-defined purpose of promoting an end thoroughly understood by both parties, we can place confidence, because they are founded on the mutual understanding of the common interest, and the determination to preserve that interest whole and inviolate. How different are such leagues from those to which we have been lately accustomed, where a hollow proposition has been put forward without sincerity or earnestness, only for the purpose of being rejected, and only with the prospect of bringing forward something that may occupy for a moment the attention of diplomatic circles ! We know not whether this proposal may be followed up by any more exten sive form of alliance, whether it will be deemed ad visable by the Western and Scandinavian States to unite iu arms against the common enemy, and seek to terminate the war by one great and con centrated effort on the fortifications of Cronstadt and St. Petersburg—of this we know nothing ; but, at any rate, much has been gained by inducing these States to assume a firm and self-respecting attitude towards Russia, and by pacing what we may fairly hope is an insurmountable obstacle be tween that aggressive Government and the object of its fondest desire—an access to the Atlantic Ocean never closed by ice, and within a few days' sail of the shores of France, England, and Ger many. (From the Morning Post of this clay.) The Western Powers have entered on their alliance—have gathered their forces—have won their battles—have seized Sebastopol—have dis armed it of its terrors—with certain objects which England has declared, not diplomatically, but plainly and straightforwardly, to Austria. It is Austria, not France nor England, that urges peace. The terms which those nations have shown that they are able to win by force —to compel from their enemy—they are not likely to stoop to solicit from a foe which has brought on itself as a punishment of the grossest duplicity the disasters under which it now suffers. Much less are England and France, strong as they are in the feeling of their people and in thei r resources—flushed w i t h th e triumph of success—likely to wait on the chances that may depend from the course of a Government which has fairly shown itself to be fr ee from the ties of truth . and. principle usua ll y bi n di n g on the conscience of empires. empires. Th e war w ill be pushed where on with war is utmost vigour in every quarter pos sible. N o t a gun -b oa t the less will be launched because Prince Esterhazy has le for St.Pet hy work in expectation of the a hammer will be silent from its us h result of his mission. Far from crippling ourselves in anticipation of the beneficial effects of Austrian intervention, we shall push to the utmost t he p re p arations now actively in force for attack in g the enemy by land and by sea, irresistibly, so soon as the spring shall set us free. Our Baltic fleet, much as it has done for the ruin o f R uss ia, has hitherto done little to satisfy the country. - The Russian fleet has declined the 1 dangerous honour of meeting our English ships. Secure under the shelter of enormous batteries, it has preferred to boast the inglorious security of its position to daring a trial with the successors to the place of Nelson and Collingwood. Cronstadt and. Sweaborg are reported to be impregnable. The re port may be true, but an early period of next year will probably lot us know more of the fact. All this winter while Russia is agitated, if report speak truly, with clamours for peace, with distaste for war, and with dread of its effects—while its com merce laments over its ruin —while its trade groans over the falsities which it is forced to use—whil• the mass of its people open their eyes slowly and sadly to the misery t o w hi c h a m i sta k en ambition condemns them—E ng l an d and. France will be strong and active in preparation. We shall have a fleet of gun-boats such as the world has never seen 7 • Otrm-4 lied such es Will command algae etroriS fiat.. r ~~d~~ i~J // oNnoN. WED: , EsDAY EVENING, DEcEMBEtt 19, 185 53 lithllßAY.—Sliippers per CAIRNGORM will please take no ice that all Goods mu.t be alongside and cleared b Friday, the 21st inst., as the Ship will positively clear at the Cu , toin-house on Saturday, the 22d. The under , igned wil. n..t b responsible for the shipment of .toods not alongside, &C., accordingly. J MINIS, T110111';ON, & CO., 6, Billiter-square. DESPATCH FROM GENERAL SIR W. CODRINGTON. (From the Gazette of last Evening.) WAR DEPARTMENT, DEc. 18. Lord Panmure has this day received a Despatch and its Enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad dressed to his Lordship by Ortneral Sir William Cod rington, K.C.B. Sebastopol, Dec. 4, 1855. My Lord,—The enemy continue to fire occasionally, and sometimes heavily, tin pans of the teem. They must have expended a considerable quantity of valuable ammu nition without causin g us any lo ss or i nconven i ence. The enclosed easnaltyßeturn is the first of the sort I have bad occasion to report to your Lordship. It seem unimportant to re f er to the state of roads and weather here, but their condition affects the essen tial communications and well-being of the army. The winter broke noon us suddenly 021 the 26th and 27th with snow, and has varied with gales and rain ; and a very deep state of the ground has damaged all commu nications. Constant presence of labourers and constant attention are requisite, and are being given to the road, which, from a peculiarity of soil and condition, was worked into holes, but which is and will continue to be of the greatest service to the army and its supplies. I have, &c., W. J. CODItINGTON, General Commanding. P.S.—I beg leave also to forward the weekly report of Dr. Hall, the principal Medical Officer, by which your lordship will perceive that tie general state of health of the army continues favourable. W. •T. CODRTNGTON, General Commanding. The Lord Panmure, &c. Enclosure 1. NUMERICAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON THE lsr DECEMBER, 1835. 7th Foot-1 officer wounded, by bursting of a shell in Sebastopol. W. L. PAKENHATAf, Adjutant-General. CUITRT OF A LDERMEN. ..----.....4), - Yesterday a court was hel d. Mr. Lawrence (son of the late Alderman Lawrence) who was elected alderman for Bread-street Ward, on Satt irday, the Bth instant, al). Mr. La wrence to • t h e a peared at the bar for the purp , .se of being sworn into his new office. He was accompam ed by M r . G. W . Sh err i ff, Mr. Millard, several common councilmen, and a lar ge number of highly respectable rtntlemen connected with the ward. t introducing th e son o f e ward of B rea d- street, te ue iN tl r it es a S lia l d i l E nh ß eei ß l ti t ,e F ad F a , atlla i d n ee ri p mi o r an e u s o e uf n (r t ) r ;i i ti who bad been elected to the a !'lice of alderman in the place of his father. The merits o f the late alderman bad been fully considered by the el( ctors of the ward, and be (Mr. Sherriff) felt quite EatiSfil 'd that the son, from his well known habits business and his assiduous at tention t) the interests of the Citl , would not only make an efficient magistrate, but ;7C old also be a credit to those who had elected him to re present them in the I Court of Aldermen. He bad bee a born and bred in the :ward, and had been curneetei 1 in business with his father, with whom he had l'erlide d all his life. He had been well known to most of Ole lectors of the ward for a great many years, and from the particular interest be hail continually evinced in Ca 4 various matters con ceded with the corporation, he (1 Ir. Sherriff) was con fident that the newly-eleefed Ale rrn.sn would prove hirrvelf a most useful and dB ciezt „member of that court. (Hear, hear.) Alderman Lawrence, after hart . w.,, , bad tho necessary oaths administered to him, and reacived tilt' congratula tions of the members of the court pr:vient, took his teat. The court then adjourned. Naval alid Military Intelligence. The tran , port Diligence, with stores from Pembroke, and thl :Iml-chant ship Reaper, leaky, from Newcastle, wth coal f.r Constantinople, arrived at Plymouth on Monday. The Vixen and Rhadamanthus, both fur Woolwich, sailed therefrom on the same day. The Queen of the South steam transport, Capt. Beale, will embark deteebrounts of troops to the number of 800 and upwards at Portsmouth this morning for Malta. On her last voyage she took out a great quantity of 13- inch shell and shot, which she brought home again— why has not been explained. She csrries out to Malta a good store of warm clothing for the troops there. The Hydaspos steam transport, Capt. Buller, will go into Portsmouth harbour this morning to land invalids and stores. This ship also took out from England on her last voyage a great quantity of shell and shot (amount ing, it is said, to 600 tons) for the Crimea which was never lamied, but, after straining her very much, she de posited it at Malta on her return home. The Zebra steam transport, Capt. Betts, left Ports mouth early yesterday morning for Deptford. The CoLflict, 8, Commander Brown, left Spithead yesterday for Plymouth. - The William Hammond convict ship sailed yesterday mornin from P , ,rtsmouth for Swan River, and was to touch at Plymouth. The Colossus, 81, Capt. Robinson, in the basin Portsmouth, was paid wages yesterday, and her crew granted leave. - The Charger gun-boat, launched from the yard of Messrs. Pitcher, of Nortlifleet, has arrived at Woolwich, and will be immediately placed tinder the hands of the riggers. The gun-boats Sandfly, Lieut. B. G. W. Ni colas ; Plover, Lieut. Stewart ; and Seagull, Lieut. Mon tagu O'Reilly are now ready for service in the outer basin, and will leave Woolwich during the week fur Sheerness. The Ist battalion of the Swiss Legion arrived in the Great Britain at Smyrna on the 2d cf December, but, as it was Sunday, they did not land ; Monday was a p uring day, and Ro they continued on board till Tues day. They are a fine looking set of men, mostly Ger man Swiss. The Colonel (Dickson) is a fine, young, active man, and familiar with all the three languages spoken by his corps rrench, German, and Italian. The old Turkish hospital is given up to the sick of the Legion, and one or two cases of smallpox occurred among them before they landed. On the 7th inst. the line-of-battle ships Princess Royal, Hannibal, St. Jean '!'Acre, and two steamers, the Sidon and the Sphinx, anchored in the bay, being part of the Black Sea fleet on their way to England. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander J. F. C. Hamilton, to the Calcutta ; Lieut. G. W. Carter, to the A.riel ; F. R. H. Yorke, naval cadet. to the Colossus ; C. S. W. Willis, naval cadet, to the Duke of Wellington. Order.= have been received at Pembroke dockyard, fr the A !iniraity, for the immediate construction of tour more gun-boats. They are to be built with all pos .ible despatch, and as nine), men as can well be employed up 'n tbem will be at once set to work. The Ist of March na , f=ern fixed fur their completion ; and, in ()icier to hash them within the three months, the mechanics have aommencel working the long hours. Toe boats are to he 100 feet. in length, 22 feet. iii width, and 61 feet in depth, and about 200 tons burleii, and their draught will be very slight. Tue Flying Fish gunboat is the first of those na w building to be sent afloat. Each of the c.-iptaina selected to command the gun boat and mortar-boat flotilla for the ensuing year's cam eaign will have a line-of-battle ship armed en flute, as a store and depot ship attached to his squadron. Th e new plan iron mortar-boat, which lately was towed to Portsmouth from Birkenhead, has undergone a series of effective trials within the last fax days at Spithead which have developed its warlike properties. 150 rounds were fired with 201 b. charges, and many of the rounds in rapid succession, less than three minutes intervening between eaela discharge. The vessel is quite free from any injury beyond the bulwarks and some of the light framed wood work on deck. The mortar bed was considered to be rather too elastic, and some of the elastic material is now lama removed, and another trial will then take place. The usual arrivals at Woolwich Arsenal of numbers of Ordnance craft and barges with shot and shell from the Government contractor's foundries continue. Among the several freights landed there are numerous mortars and heavy guns of various calibre from the Lowmoor and other works. The monster 42-inch shells have also been lauded in considerable quantities. A formidable-looking row of these shells is standing under the wall of dm long store room, to the number of no less than 40. The ordi nary proof of guns and mortars daily takes place at the Royal proof butt, and, with the exception of the trans port department, there is no diminution in the warlike preparations iu the Royal Arsenal which were carried out before the capture of Sebastopol. The transport Har binger, No. 186, passed Woolwich yesterday morning, laden with military stores for the East. Colour-Serjeaut James Falkner and Sergeant John Laundry have been appointed cornets in the Land Transport Corps. They are the first non-commissioned officers of Sappers who have been awarded commissions tor good and distinguished services in the field. One hundred recruits will proceed from Woolwich to Chatham on Friday, to go through the usual field in structions, under Capt. Saudham. The 21st Company, under the command of Capt White, R.E., having arrived at Plymouth, from Bermuda, may be expected at head quarters, Woolwich, about the end of the present week. The Coast Guard on the Milford station has been placed under the command of Capt. Forsyth, R.N., vice Capt. Nugent, deceased. MILITIA. Yesterday the 4th North Lancashire Militia, about 1,000 strong, arrived at Liverpool from Berwick, and embarked the same evening on board the Niagara for Kingstown. In addition to this the following EngilFh regiment, are no w in Ireland.-2d Cheshire, Cum berland, West Kent, sth Lancashire, 6th Lancashire, South Lincoln, South Westminster, West Norfolk, 2il S.)inerset, 2d Warwick, Ist West York, 3d West York. Toe Irish 11iiitia regiments in Eugiand a re--Antrim, , Ar:nagb, Cavan, North C or k , Ci ty of Dublin, County of Limerick, Tyrone, Westmeath, and Galway. ANOTHER FEMALE IMPOSTOR. A rival to Alice Gray, and one to whom some of the disereoit of that young lady's reputed performances should probably be attached, has turned up at Canter bury. She has appeared under variou s names—Mary Eliza Smith, Matilda Trernaine, or M ary Eliza Chippen dale. She is sort in stature, s li g h t i n fi gure, with grey eyes, having a cast in the left o ne , li g h t b rown hair, fair complexioe, with an Occasional li nen, projecting nude lip, and a hesltating manner in h er speech. She appears to b e about 30 years of a ge . Sh e i s well versed in the arts , possessing pe r f ect command of h er untocr r of a d n e c cePt e,a i i ° ll ' rarely b e t ra yi ng t h e slightest emotion. e plan is to obtain, by some tale of distress, a footing in a family fora time, where she secures food and lodging during her stay, and decamps on being detected, but sel dom without carrying off some article of ea s y conveyanc e. Ili this way it is believed she has been living for the last two or three years in different parts of England. At one time she represents herself as coming from Liverpool, and being the daughter or niece of a large navy agent there ; that although not quite convinced, she is leaving the Protestant religion, but is desirous of resolving her remaining deubts. At another ti me s h e stated that her fatlier wee a medical man residing in the vicinity of Dover, a member of the Baptist chap e l th ere ; that . he wanted her to join that denomination, to which she was opposed, as she rather wished t o t urn R oman Catholic, and was then in search of a convent, having succeeded in getting out of her father's house at night, but that unfor tunately in doing so she fell into the water-butt. In the early part of last year she obtained access to a cottage at Upper Hareledowe, about three miles from Canter. bury, and remained there some time, her fi rs t introduc tion being an appeal to the cottagers f or s h e lt er ari d pro• tection, as a man had rudely assaulted her. She also v i s i te d the Catholic priest of the district, from whom she likewise ()Veined aid, and a note for Dr. Grant, of London. Her last statement, and the one upon which the superiutendent apprehended her, is of an entirely different character. She is now an heiress in search of her grandmaintna. In this character ehe called on a small shopkeeper, named Epps, residing at Ospringe, near Faversham, on Friday last, and after a little conversa tion stated that she left her fathers house in conse quence of having had some words with him ; that the coachman took her to Maidstone, but on reaching that town she found that her friends had gone to Brighton ; she was therefore under the necessity of walking to within three miles of Deal, where her grandinatuma, whose name was Lane, resided at Belmont-hall. She also added, that in January next she would become entitled to three farms, which would yield her 3,0001. a year, and that if Epps liked she would place him in one of them. Her manner and statement completely effected their purpose ; for the man and his wife instantly made her welcome to the best of their food and accommodation. The next morning the would-be "heiress," with a thoroughbred liver-coloured setter, which she had with her, were conveyed by omni bus to Canterbury, at the expense of Mrs. Epps, who accompanied them, by invitation, to see the " grand mamma." Fortunately the keen eye of Superintendent Walker detected his customer, and she was speedily in charge of the police. The magistrates remanded her f.r a week. On being conveyed to the gaol, she admitted that she was the person who obtained access to the house of a gentleman near Leeds, and remained there for three months, under the pretence that she was the niece of Dr. Hook. An ingenious be of Paris has constructed a house dd. hats. Thi s ' lois° con tiailufes!titia lni•l';'-:lu';s7t l dua l' icg 24 z.....fi e'' bedrooms, and a kitchen. It is erected upon a platform upon the plain of St. Daniell and oan be tranopertod from place t o place. (Enclosure 2.). NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON IsT DECEMBER. WOUNDED. DEC. I. 7th Foot—Captain Lord R. Browne, slightly, by burst ing of a shell in Sebaeopol. W. L. PAKENHAM, Adjutant• General. (Enclosure 3.) Head-quarters Camo, Crimea, Dec. 4. Sir,—l am glad to be able to point out a continuance of the favourable state of health of the army. The weather has been boisterous, wet, cold, and changeable, which has occasioned an increase of catarrhal affection, and added some cases of catarrhal ophthalmia to our list ; but the admissions under this head have de creased nearly one-half during the present week, and it is to be hoped by care and removal of those labouring under the complaint to the monastery that the disease will not extend. There has been a decrease in the number of admis sions from fever, but an increase of mortality, confined chiefly to the Land Transport Carps, as 14 out of the 19 dea hs that occurred during the week took place in that branch of the service alone. This corps has a heavier sick list than any division of the Army, whi c h is not to be wondered at, as many of the Europeans have recently arrived in the country, and are not yet acclimated, and the natives hear fatigue, and the vicissi tudes of weather, like that which we now have, but ill. The f dlowing show the rati , is of sickness and morta lity during the week : per cent. The admissions to strength have been ... 2 . 01 Deaths to strength Exclusive of Land Transport Sick to well Exclusive of wounds and injuries J. HALL, Inspector• General of Hospitals. General Sir William Codricgton, K.C.8., Commanding-in• Chief. DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL LYONS. (From the Gazette of last Evening.) ADMIRALTY, DEC. 14. Despatches, of which the following are copies, have been received from Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea : Royal Albert, ICazatch Bay, Dec. 1, 1855. Sir,—l request that you will lay before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the enclosed copy of a letter from Captain Sherard Cshorn, of the Vesuvius, dated the 24th ult., informing me that, as the formation of ice had commenced in the Sea of Azoff, and as he had been informed by both M. Gopcevitch, the Austrian merchant, charged with the shipment of corn in Austrian vessels, and by the Russian authorities at Mariaupol, that all chance of neutral vessels obtaining cargoes this year was at an end, he had withdrawn to Kertch with the squadron under his orders, after assuring himself that no merchant vessels remained in that sea. I have so frequently had occasion to bring the :merit! of Captain Osborn under your lordships' notice, that it is perhaps unnecessary, on the present occasion, that I should say m ore th an th a t h e h as ma i nta i ne d hi s high character up to the close of the service upon which he was employed for six months, and he brings under my favourable notice the gallant and zealous support he has received, from fir s t t o l as t, f rom t h e off i cers an d men under his orders.—l am , & c ., (Siened) EDMUND LYONS. Read-Admiral and. Commander in-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London. Vesavini, off Kertch, Nov. 24. Sir,—Being now, in a ccor d ance w i t h you r instruc• tions, on my road to r e j o i n y our fl ag, I h ave t he honour to report the close of op-rations in the Sea of Azoff, and the proceedings of the squadron in that sea subsequent to my last letter, dated off Ghei-k, 7th Nov. On the 7th I received your in -tructions, with notices relative to neutrals quitting the Sea of Azoff on the 20th Nov- The weather became most severe, and I could only succeed in serving the notices upon the authorities on shore at Mariaupol. But on the 86 Nov. the shipping anchored off Ma riaupol were duly warned, and on the Dth those off Taganrog, likewise. A gale of extreme violence from the eastward blew continually from that date until the 18th Nov. I then immediately served a notice upon the neutral shipping in Berdianek, There, from Mr. Gopcevitcb, as well as previously at Taganrog and Mariaupol, we learnt that the Russian authorities had kept the neutrals in quarantine ever since their arrival, and that the likelihood of cargoes being procured wawa almost at an end. A Russian officer at Alariaupol laughed at the idea of would get wheat this year, y, whom I se n t in there with a flag of truce, that the neut ra l s mus t s tay the the and neutrals tnld Commander believing mander they Kenned winter. Under these circumstances, looki ng t o your wi s hes and instructions upon the subject, it became a cause of great anxiety for me lest, by the sudden commencement of winter, or intentionally, the neutral vessels should fail to quit the sea on the 20th N ovem b er, 1855. I, therefore, as the ice had begun to make and the temperature to fa!l rapidly after the 13th, despatched all the squadron to Kertch except the Ardent, Snake, and Clinker, and with them proceeded up the Gulf of Azoff. We arrived off Meriatipol on the 19 t h and found all the neutrals had sailed for K e r tch , and on the 20th I sightedvessels that, were there Taganrog and found having ftt-i likewise wis d t l heroa e d roads empty, all the le ft. The ice already extended on either hand some miles from the shore, the Don appeared to be frozen, and every indication of winter having set in in that neigh bourhood was apparent. At Mariaupol the river or harboar was frozen, and much ice lined the coast as far down as Bielosarai Light house ; the temperature at midday as low as 29 deg. Fahrenheit. From thence I separated the squadron so as to ex amine the whole coast from Ghenitch to Enikalti Light house, most minutely, and not a single boat of the small est description was to be seen. In surrendering into your hands the prominent posi tion in which you have been pleased to employ me for the last five months, that of Senior Officer of a detached squadron, allow me, sir, to express, most respectfully, my deep sense of the honour you conferred upon me, and the grateful recollection of the unvarying kindness, confidence, and consideration I have experienced at your hands ; without it I feel I never should, as I trust I have, succeeded in carrying out your views and instruc tions. Next to that let me again remind you that my anxiety to execute your plans has ever been an easy task, supported as I have ever been by the gallant and zealous exertions of every officer and man serving in this squad ron ; I know not how sufficiently to express my appro bation of their conduct. And it is not the less pleasing part of my duty to assure you of the kindly co-operation I have ever re ceived from the officers of the French Navy serving in the Sea of Azoff. Among those more especially known to me, I feel justified in mentioning Lieutenant Cloue, commanding the Brandon ; Lieutenant La Juchette, Fulton ; and Lieutenant Vidal, of the Caton.—l have, &c., (Signed) S. OSBORN. Rear-Admiral Sir Admund Lyons, Bart., &c,, G.C.E. At the York Ecclesiastical Court, last week, a snit was prosecuted by the secretary of the Bibhop of Car isle against the Rev. Moses Hetherington, perpetual curate of Mungri, ,, i_de Grvptoke, auxberlarid, for d run k enne ss and oiler iruproper conduct. lnd dden dant did not appear, and the Court sentenced him to au/Tension for thro yearea—Nrwcadk Olvenick, CITY COMMISSION OF SITIVERS. Yebterday a court W 23 held for the desp;otch of public busincws. -Mr. Deputy Peacock occupied tho chair. THE NEW CEMETERY FOE TitE CITY OF LOINTDOIs% Mr. D.s.w, the chief clerk, mail the followino letter, addressed to himself by Archdeacon Hale : " Cliae.erho use, Dee. 19, 1855. " Sir,—The Committee of lircurvbents of the City of London have expressed to me their wish that the burial ground at Ilford should be cornbtcrated. I fully concur with them in the opinion that i..` is expedient that th 2 consecration of the ground shoulci take place without delay. I have therefore to a cq u ain t you, for the infor mation of the Commission of Sewers a sting as the burial board for the City of L on d on , th a t I ~. shall make every endeavour to procure th e gran ti ng o f a CO. tnmission from the Lord Bishop of London for this purpos,”. .I have to request that you will inform me of the receipt of this letter, and of its c on t en t s h av i ng b een d u ly ,comrcuni cated to the Burial Board.—l am, sir, your obedient servaet, " H. W. Hai.?, Archdeacon and Commissary. " To Joseph Daw, Esq." The CHAIRMAN said he was very glad, as doubtless the other members of the Commission were, that Arch deacon Hale had acceded t o th e i r w i s h es , an d he tvusted that an early day would be fixed for the consecration of the burial ground. (Hear, hear.) STATE or ST. ANDREW'S CHURCHYARD, HOLBORN'. The Cu= CLERK read the following letter from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to whom the report of Dr. Letheby, upon the subject of St. An drew's Churchyard, was ordered to be sent at the last court : " Whitehall, Dec. 13, 1855. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th inst., and its enclosures, and to express his regret and disappointment at finding that the new City Burial Ground has not yet been opened, as he was informed so lung ago as the 16th of last March by the City Remem brancer, in answer to an inquiry, he bad addressed to that officer, that it would be completely consecrated and opened for use in the month of June, and that should circumstances imperatively require it, a portion of the ground might be ready in a month's time from the date of his letter. Sir George Grey does not understand the City of London Burial Board to have made any spe cifio application to him on the subject of the differences which appear to have arisen as to the fees, but if the board have any such to make, it will receive his early attention. " With regard to the report on the state of the church yard of St. Andrew's, Holborn, Sir George Grey finds that the time for closing the cliurchyaier v.-as extended by order in council, bearing date the 13th September, 1854, until the City burial ground should be fit for use, the effect of which would be that if the City burial ground had bean opened for use as anticipated, this churchyard would have been now closed. As no definite time is now filed for opening the City burial ground, Sir George Grey has directed one of the inspectors em ployed under the Burial Acts immediately to visit the churchyard of Saint Andrew's, Holborn, and upon his report such measures will be adopted, without delay, as are required to prevent the continuance of such evils as, from Dr. Letheby's report, appear to exist from the con dition of this ehurcilyerd.—l am, air, your obedient Her went, " (Signed) W. MASSEY. "To Joseph Daw, Esq., Clerk to the Commissioners of Sewers, Guildhall." Mr. H. L. TAYLOR—Considoring the dates of the two letters, it would appear that the view taken by the Se cretary of State for the Home Department has operated very strongly upon the archdeacon's decision. (Hear, hear.) I just now gave the archdeacon credit for yield ing to the public requirements, but I am very glad to find that there is a Home Secretary who feels such au interest in the public health as to induce him to bring his office to bear when there is laxity on the part of others in carrying out so necessary a measure for the heaith and comfort of the citizens of London. The CHAIRMAN—We must endeavour to obtain a conference with the Home Secretary upon the subject of the burial fees, the scale of which must have his ap proval. As the archdeacon has consented to the conse cration of the ground, I think we should direct the committee to see Sir Geo. Grey upon the subject of the fees. Deputy AITCHESON—Is it not necessary that we should make the offer to those who repreeont the clergy before we go to the Home Secretary? Mr. Daw—The question of the fees to the clergy remains precisely where it was. Sir George Grey has acknowledged our communication of the 9th, requesting a conference, and in the reply he wishes to be informed what proposal the board desire to make before the inter view takes place. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR—Let us have the report of the committee read, and then we shall see what it contains. Mr. DAW then read a lengthy report of the improve ment committee upon the subject of the burial fees, and the general arrangements connected with the cemetery. The report was then adopted. The Court, after fining several of the contractors for cleans ing the streets and thoroughfares for neglect of duty, adjourned. METROPOLITAN SE WEBSCO MAIISSION. A general meeting of the Metropolitan Commission era of Sewers wa.; held yesterday, at the Court-house, Greek-street. Mr. F. Chalmers (in the absence of Mr. R. Jebb) presided. The commissioners present were—Sir J. V. Shelley, M.P., Dr. Waller Lewis, Dr. Sayer, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Thwaites, Mr. Pascall, Mr. Offor, and Mr. Cuthbert Johnson. THE CHIEF' ENGINEER AND MR. F. 0. WARD. The Secretary presented the usual list of sums re commended for payment, and the sum of 3/. ss. 4d. for the short-band writer's notes of the speech of Mr. Ward, containing the charges against Mr. B tzalgette, the chief engineer, being proposed for payment, Mr. Thwaites, Sir John Shelley, and Dr. Sayer objected to paying for a report of Mr. Ward's speech, chiefly on the ground that Mr. Bazalgette had refused to furnish the court with a copy of his answer to Mr. Ward, although he had given a copy Of it to the reporters of the daily papers. Mr. C. Johnson hoped the objection would be waived. Mr. Bazalgette said he had been called upon to answer a great number of charges, which he could not do without having a copy of them. He had only had a fortnight to prepare his defence to a long series of charges, and, therefore, he had not had time to prepare a document in such a manner as to make it fit to he a court document. He would withdraw the claim for the amount. This, of course, put an end to the discussion. In answer to Sir John Shelley, the Secretary said the expense of carrying a sewer from Whitehall to St. James's-park, for the purpose of getting rid of the foul ness of the ornamental waters, would be defrayed by the government. After seine routine orders bad been made, the court adjourned. SIR ~T. V. SHELL EY AND THE BOARD OF WORKS. Yesterday, at a vestry meeting of St. James, West minster, the subject of the disputed election for this district to the Metropolitan Board of Works came on for discussion. On a motion for the confirmation of the minutes of the previous vestry meeting, held on the 12th inst. Mr.i DUFF said he did not find upon the minutes, as read, any mention of a protest he had ma d e against the return of Sir J. V. Shelley, upon the ground that the number of voting papers, including ono picked up from the floor, agreed exactly with the number of gentlemen present at the vestry. One of them had admitted the paper to bear his writing, and it therefore ought to have been admitted in Mr. Geeson'pi favour. He moved, therefore, that that portion of the minutes which de clared Sir J. Shelley to be elected, should not be con firmed ; a motion which he believed he had a perfect right to make, the old act, th e new act not coming i nto f o rce until as they were s till un d e r the operations of January 1. The motion having been seconded, The CHAIRMAN said the reason why Mr. Duff's pro test had not been entered upon the minutes was, be cause it had not been handed up in writing. Mr. TAYLOR thought the protest legal, although not put into writing. After some further conversation, The CHAIRMAN decided not to put the motion, and aided that therefore no question was before the meet ing, and he then formally signed the minutes, and the natter ended, /- in which Russiihas fathered up her strength, and in which she puts he: trust, which, in conjunction with that Roble atuament that has just returned from the Baltic, wII leave the Russians, that as pired to the name 0' a. naval Power, an empire with out a ship—a nation whose fleet had neither courage to meet the enemy en the seas, nor skill and strength to skulk uncle- the walls of her batteries to avoid them in safety, To destroy the Russian fleet utterly will be oss .se.'.' r's business, and no exerti on w ill be spars ,no esti will be relaxed in our preparation for ds ig this entirely and effec tually. The whispers of nonce will not again para lyse our arms and defeat our purpose. We have stated the objects that we fre determined to gain. If Austria now obtain the sincere concession from Russia of those objects, we, at least, shall not quar rel with the result. We hale no desire to press heavily on a Power already fallen far below the limits of her arrogant pretensioes—we have no wish to do more than is enough to ...cure Europe against the effects of her inordinate an: We have spoken of Russia hitherto a: of a Power bent ou a resistance, desperate to the he —cashs e little for its cost—little for its hopelessnee trust ing to the distant chance that m a y arise e the me ' dley, to save something of its reputations_ -some . vestige of its dreams of ambiti on . W e may .3, we hope that we are wrong in thus looking on the future—we hope that a less gloomy prospect may be nearer the truth—th a t Russia may have counsellors with sense and courage enough to ac knowledge and to recognise the true condition of affairs—to see the wisdom of bending at once be fore a storm which she has roused, and which she cannot possibly face. Let the result of this question be what it may—let us have Peace or War—let Russis yield to reason, or resist with folly and desperation, it is at least a matter of congratulation to this country to know that no fal opes will weaken our efforts-e-that no delusive p ets of peace will blind our eyes to the necessary exertion for war. If Russia continue her resistance another year that date will sea her.stripped and ruined— broken probably externally and internally. With the alliance already formed against her there is no chance of contention. She must retreat from the strides that she has put forward ;• s must relin quish her foreign ambitiont . she mustseddiat herself to the domes i 7; improveiflent of Empire. With her forces more or less worsted—with her power more or less dismembered —now, or a year hence, such is the fate of Russia. Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. Speculations were almost entirely confined to events decided to-day at 'Wolverhampton. 2,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 70 to 20 agst Fly by Night (taken) DEBBY. 100 to 8 agst Yellow Jack (take 14 to 1) 1000 to 48 agst Rogerthorpe (taken) I WOLVERHAMPTON RACES AND STEEPLE• CHASES.—TIESDAY. The Selling Steeplechase Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 20 added. Tne winner to be sold by auction for 401,, &c. About three miles. 7 subs. Mr. Goldby's Ploughboy, aged, list (carried list llb S. Darling 1 Mr. Ward's E v i ng t on L ass, 5 yrs, lOst ... ( (T. Able t) 2 Mr. George's Dic e B ox , 4 yrs, 9st ..... (W. White) 0 Betting-3 to lon Ploughboy. Evington Lass and Dice Box refused, and did not palm the post ; Ploughboy therefore cantered in alone. Free Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, with 40 added. Twice round and a distance, over eight flights of hurdleF. 15 subs. Mr. Eenderson's Harry Lorrequer, by Simoom, 4 yrs, Bst 10ib (W. Fowler) 1 Mr. E. Herbert's Sally, 4 yrs, Oat (R. Sly) 2 Mr. W. Moseley's Bourton, aged list 71b (S. Darling) 3 Mr. Davies's Minerva, (h b) 5 yrs, lOst 81b (M. Devenport) 4 The Following also ran :—Timotheus, Hopeless Star, Battle, Parchment, Ginger, and Brompton. Betting-5 to 2 agst Bourton-4 to 1 agst Harry Lor requer-- 4to 1 agst Hopeless Star-5 to 1 agst Sally-6 to 1 agst any other. Won in a canter by two lengths ; the second beating the third by half a length ; good fourth. Hopeless Star, Brompton, and Parchment were the next three past the post. Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added ; for two-yr-olds. The winner to be sold by auction for 501., allowances if entered to be sold for less ; winners extra. Straight half mile. 4 subs. Mr. Leach's Prince's Mixture, by Malcolm, 7st 111 b (201.) (T. Cliff) 1 Mr. J. H. Smith's Midhope, 7st 71b (201.) (Cresswell) 2 Mr. Byrne's Cripple, Bst (201.) (Kendall) 3 Betting-5 to lon Prince's Mixture, who won by half a dozen lengths ; the second beating the third by a length. The winner was bought in for 27 guineas. The Autumn Handicap of 50 sovs added to a Sweep stakes of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, The second to save his stake. Certain winners extra. About one mile and a quarter. 12 subs. Mr. Moseley's Alonzo, by Alph eus , age d , B st slb - . (Wells) 1 Mr. T. Butler's Cott, by King of liireare, Clam Lady Sale, 3 yrs, sst 41b (carried sst 81b (Cresswell) 2 Mr, Leach's Master Slender, Gyre, Est 121 b (J. Walters) 3 Mr. Clay's Battle, 5 yrs, Gst Betting-4 to lon Alonzo-6 to 1 agst any other. Won easily by two lengths • a length betwe en th e second and third ; Battle was beaten off. Handicap Plate of 40 says for two-yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 501. Certain winners extra. One mile. Capt. Christie's Little Tom, by Scamander, 6 yrs, 7st 111 b (including 71b extra) (W. Sharpe) 1 Mr. Butler's Cock Sparrow, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(J. Hall) 2 Mr. Jones's Indian Queen, 2 yrs, sst (Pritchard) 3 Mr. Wilson's Plausible, 3 yrs, Est 81b (Snowden) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Plausible-5 to 2 agst Indian Queen-3 to 1 agst Little Tom. Plausible and Indian Queen ran away with their riders before the signal was given to start, the former going completely round the course before she could be be stopped. Won easily by two lengths ; bad third ; Plausible was beaten off. The Consolation Scramble .(Handicap) of 3 sows each, with 50 added. Three-quarters of a mile. 7 subs. Mr. Samwell's Usurer, 3 yrs, Oat 41b ...(Cresswell) -- 1 Mr. Thomas's The Lady's Hack (late Vivid) 4 yrs, 6st 61b (Pritchard) t 2 The following also ran :—Master Slender, Useless, Anglo-Saxon, and Siege. Betting.-6 to 5 agst Master Slender, 4to 1 agst Anglo-Saxon, 4 to 1 agst Usurer, 5 to 1 agst Th e L a d y ' s Hack. A very fine race home ended in a dead heat with Usurer and The Lady's Hack. A length between the second and third—good fourth. Deciding Heat.-6 to 4on Usurer, who won easily by two lengths. CHIPPENHAM STEEPLECHASES.—TUESDAY. Grand Steeplechase of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added ; the seconi to save his stake. Gentlemen riders, 12. t 71b each. About four miles. Mr. E. Jones's Rockley (Mr. Jacobs) 1 Mr. A. Waller's Billy Bean (Hon. Mr. Morton) 2 Mr. Flower's Grey Momus (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—The Giant, Bushranger, and Miss Lovell. Won by four lengths ; two lengths between the second and third ; the Giant and Bushranger beaten a long way. Miss Lovell fell. The Wiltshire Grand Handicap of 50 sovs., about four miles, was won by Mr. Long's Wild Huntsman,„ aged, 10st 51b (T. Burrows), beating Mr. Montaomery'ss (R. 3{ Ja r me vv s) , LJN so l ia r. ,s Th e o ld ru i a n s;s t Smuggler, aged, 9st 71b Bull's Eye, aged, 9st 41h ; and g r W ed at n k o in t s) t . o start at two by 3 G l r a . b s b a l l e t r ,s , 3 Di y e rs p p , e B w s t a 4 s 1 n e e ( c T l . a o'clock p.m. Robert Taylor, better known by the cognomen of: Tip," formerly in the employ of the late Mr. Joseph Rogers, of Newmarket, died on Sunday morn i ng l ast , after a long and severe affliction. The deceased, wb.e ► was well-known and much respected by many memben.i of the sporting community, has left a widow and famil:q totally unprovided for. Mr. Butt, of the King's Arms, Dukc-street, Grosvenor-square, has kindly consented to receive subscriptions towards defraying his funeral ez. penses and assisting his bereaved family. [ADVERTIMIIIiiT.I-51011? AND HEARING.—DBAFXRAS AVID DEPEOTIVB VISION RELIEVED.— Messrs. S, and 13. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe-opp°. site the York Rotel. Deafness--New Discovery. —The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been„ or probably ever san be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persona to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re moved ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly co uldot, be desired.—Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses orthfcg r x l : , , , est transparent power. The valuable advantage ct ed re is " from this invention is, that vision becoming :ions age preserved and strengthened, and very agsetd minute 001 m. enabled to employ their sight at pation— can see with these lenses of th a e the frequent chatwes jug power—and they do not require assistant :e. to the dangerous effects of further powerful Letters Patent for valuable and much less magni fy. By her lia.iestY's Royal Le--- .: the most powerful wad extraordinary improvements 1 Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per. brilliant Telescopes, tshperocutigviel them —of telescopes ram l i , the distances of objects viewed. possess such extraordinary k ea n t ° i m portance to the army, navy o and others. and a-half inches, with an extra eye. et clia shree tinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, stars ; with the same telescope can be a ndpiece, powers thatkill double 10 shoo u s b om i T eoeu a person'scountenance three miles and a half di s t ant, ectfrereasmiio to2o They are of l arger an d all miles,ng powers accordi ng l y ; while their vary. ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to di scover more than the a b o ve, and the Georgian, with his 6 sat e llit es, & c.—The Royal sizes, with n wiothji, inc Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 i miles distant; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera house'' , country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at S to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, ga me k eepers, and -tourists. 3 PS: race-coarse, camp, and perspective glasses, w ith wonderful er rower.-39 Albemarle-Meat Piccadilly . Obstrvor, _2 the To* SetaL, ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN 3 J RATLW •k Y. -CEIRI -4 T S HOL,"D ' , YS rat Timms I , sued on Saturoay, December 22. and intervening days, will be avadable until Wednesday. December 26. By order, MARK DUISII. General Manager's Office, Ruston- Station, Dec., i 855. and lay t 2 for ,ant ;,h a ess. at.- is at ray 'ay. hip. brae rive lsor, arch ent, and, ays, rget s are .lom pton fter- I by ar of it of is to atry, a the grace• ,dull r re and eived fr re 7ZO last The Ries 188 e; beans peas, L 8 6 :3 6 :2 6 2 9 fe of li'MeS ;ton, fe of Tohn , f R. 'Jim, Oka- ,orge enry red. y to rare !slat aged lani and nel 1, 3WII. ugh ammoli ____-, NO 112