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BROWNE dwelt at some length on the'ait7 all to support such institutions as this, and to,,Xse c i se t.., _ moral influence over the minds of their fellowl*WAttireslSM:l4l The Rev. J. F. Sisirsost dilated at some length eif' - the general benefits arising from Mechanics' Institutes, which, he said, by increasing the intelligence, increased the morality and the religious feelings of ti • psople. Mr COCKBURN next addressed the mee ing in a long and eloquent speech. He congratulated th• member■ on the prosperity of their institution. In alluding to the benefits which had been cmferred on the •immunity by the bequests of large sums of money to suck institu tions as the Cumberland Infirmary, he expressed a hope that some eccentric individual would remember in his wills the claims of the Mechanics' Institute and leave them 1,0001. He had always been an advocate for the news room, and was rejoiced to hear of its success, but they must remember that thelnewspaper department was merely an appendix to the great feature of the institu tion— the library. He concluded with some general ob servations on the value of Mechanics' Institutes, which were loudly cheered. Mr. JOHN FERGUSON proposed in suitable terms a vote of thanks to the gentlemen who had addressed the meeting. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter !won. Pritripal Cornet a Plated', M. Boaleourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. Lanrent's new Varsoviana every n:ght. Not i~?,76,J G REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. - * CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS —On MONDAY, 24th De _ember, a Cheap Excursion Train will leave Paddington at 6.30 p m., for Bristol and Bath, returning on Wednesday, 26th December, from Bristol, at 7 a.m., and Bath at 7.30 a.m. Fares there and b .ck : Bristol, lOs. and 65., and Bath, 0?. and ss. No luggage beyond a eszpet bag allowed. Tickets net transferable. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. Return Tickets issued on Saturday, Dec. 22d, and three following day., will be available up to Wednesday, the 26th, inclusive. On the Bristol and Exeter and South Devon Lines Return Tickets are not available on,Sundays. The Trains on Christmas Day will run as on -undays, with the addition of the down day mail from Paddington to Bri tot at In a.m., and the up day Mail from Bristol to Paddington at 10 a.m., which Will run as on week days. with the exception of the branch trains between Maidenhead and Wycombe, Reading and Ilsoingstoke , Chippenham, From., and Warminster, Gloucester and Hereford, and over the South Wales Line. LAST NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MTSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great 'Wizard •f the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Mr. DAVIDSON seconded tho motion, which was oar. rie I by acclamation, after which Mr. P. H. HOWARD bri, fly returned thanks. Mr. W. BROWNE proposed a vote of thanks t 3 the Mayor for his courtesy in presiding. The motion was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN vacated the chair, and the room was cleared for dancing, which was kept up with great spirit and excellent order ❑ntil four o'clock in the morn ing. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. It is act a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them en the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any one thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond list, bounds of probability. s, Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged ail fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum 'theatre to overflow, and "by means of whose generous aid he Aim been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuons repetition. Hg believes that no professor of his art has at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of 'access so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. -He would attribute that success to three causes ; first, thatd in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no arouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in tse most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first rnechaniciane and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those -who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring wher ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro cessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the heatro np to the present date, bear witness to the great in erest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which • ttcnd a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spin naliste." Judging simply by the correspondence which has !earthed, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping and • : ,-erklais illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro *ethic -0d a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex .s.Ypateil/4.cis mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible l'ivfsir:,P, l iefettane Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the - cifitrnunfCations which reach him on the subjects •'He regrets that many of these shoultistome from ladiei and gentleme n who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least ,have expected to have teen converts.. -to 'a 'belief so preposterous in itself, and so casilgeusceptible of being controverted and disprowl, Every evening; from the' Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elncitlatnd. It is respectfully requested that this t r;publie 'exlosition ivill be accepted generally as Professor s Sk i llndetten-a santy sm.:nib-sof replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the • names of the great and learned of the land should have been made to figure in the documents emanating from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex • tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem • -her 20, and taken by that journal from the Ness York Spiri ' tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted me* brought ' the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the a solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, ,as actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits t , who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mat& • rial objects about the room, proved to bo too ranch of a ques t, Lien for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the _above, has recently left England, and the following account of ' who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: —" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now • in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations • without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2,000 • dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New - York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could ;. he bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply • and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor. young (under 20), an or • phan, and in sery bad heaun but he would have been afraid ' of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose • his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the • greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editosial article of an established journal, the editor of whom . might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believ' in spirit-rapping-- does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents and, with Barnum's endorse 4.4 " ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely - to be negotiated T Professor Anderson would believe not ; ' but, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross 4 a swindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the ' Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it to be time for him, to state that which ho knows of the mechanism by which It is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the Morning Advertiser of October S appears a letter from Sir 1. David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that ' spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In tits Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one I who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their séance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the • lodsle (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most • extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's ' right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that - the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the tnl greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the • subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will : be received by the people of England, as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual -` In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre, —a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even ing, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, December 22, at 2 o'clock,; the programme being thus arranged ; Part-i. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinica' ' Capabilities of the Atmosphere :in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in be air, • Act 2. The Agua-Ivial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most - complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Recisions Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely , place for to be found. • Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ', ble. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. • - Act's. L'Ecrin de Verre ; or, the Casket of Crcesns. Into which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, tht`Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its' lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opticitx. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible bottle," ihasranch is the Wizard's bottle will not only be in ' ixiCanstihle, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, • Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, noyeau, or any other wino or spirit required; and finally proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expos 6 of spirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will underg,o some strange metamor phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Eig laud, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who eats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part - of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all produced. Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ;. or, the Shc. test toutn to the Antipodee. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovere d dia-terrestrial Passage from the west ern to the eastern hemisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; contin e n ce at 8 . dress Th e • Private boxes, 11. lls. 6d. and 11 . is ,, to be obtained at the • Boxsoffice, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 45 6 ." . circles 3e. ; upper boxes, 2 s. ; p it, le. ; g alle ry, Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per fonnanee on Matnrdety, December 12, atp o'clock. Doors open at Lalf-past 1. PROSPECTUS OF THE CIOMPAGNIIGERALE des OMNIBUS de LONDRES (GENERAL LONDON OMNIBUS COMPANY.) Established iu Paris, under Acts of the 4th and 17th Decem ber, 1855, as a " Societe en cotumandite," by which tho liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount sub- scribed. Capital—Twenty-five Millions of Francs—One Million Sterling, In 2,0,000 Shares of 100 francs, or 41. each. In Two Series.—The First, 200,000 Shares (800,0001.) The Second, 50,000 Shares (200,0001.) The First Series only will be issued at present. GERANTS or TUE COMPANT—Macriamars, Carteret, Willing, and Co. MANAGERS IN LONDON. Messrs. John Wilson, f Messrs, Richard Hartley, „ John Barber, „ John Trevett. MEMBERS OF TIIE COUNCIL OF SURVEILLANCE. Robert Keating, Esq., Director of the London and County Bank, London. Le Comte De Lantivy, Paris. Vacossin, Administrateur de la Compaguie d'Assurance l'Ur. baine, Paris. Frederic Toche Banquier, Paris. Edwin Chadwick, Esq., C. 8., London. Augustin Dubois, Administratcur des Forges do Moatataire, Paris. Marziou, Directeur-Gerant de l'Union Maritime, Paris. Th. Harrisson, Esq., London. BANIIIIIB. In Paris Messrs. Greene and Co. The Loudon and County Bank. In London_ Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. salmons. In Paris Mr. Petit Bergonz, Avoue au Tribunal de Pre- micro Instance. In London... Messrs. Wilkinson, Gurney, and Co. The undoubted advantages produced by the amalgamation of the omnibuses of Paris have originated the plau of concen trating Li one great enterprise the several associations now working the omnibuses of London. _ _ _ If in Paris this amalgamation has made the capital con nected with it the most productive of any employed in loco motion, it is destined to produce in London effects of still greater importance. Not only will large savings be effected iu the present cost of working the omnibuses of Lyndon, by a system which,. being well organised in all its details, and at the same time amply supplying the wants of the public, will enable the Com pany to withdraw duplicate and in some cases triplicate ve hicles running over the same ground at the same time, but important improvements, alike advantageous to the public and profitable to the Company, will be introduced. As re ards the public : A complete regularity in the ser vice, which will confer all the advantages that i this respect Paris possesses over London, combined with speed ; the adoption of a low scale of charges, and the certainty that there will be ne frequent and sudden changes in their amount : the departures and arrivals taken place at precise times, and iu accordance with a time bill, which will be pub lished monthly, on the plan of the railwv time tab'es A 3 regards the Shareholders : The receipts of the London omnibuses average 2/. 7s, a day each, and the expenses, in cluding wear and tear, about 2/. ls. 6d. ; this gives in the present state a net profit of about 100'. a year per omnibus, Under the improved stem of working, this profit would be yond doubt be considerably increased. The average receipts of each of the Paris omnibuses before the amalgamation were about 2/. Bs. a day ; since the amalgamation their daily aver= age is 2/. 17s. 6d. • In England, horse keep—the most expensive item con , nected with omnibuses —costs less than in Paris. The Paris Omnibus Company is liable, whenever the profits reach a certain percentage on the capital, to have the annual tax, to which it is subjected, increased by order of the Goi vernment. No such power exists either with the English Government or with tho municipality of London. The purchase of a Loudon omnibus comprises, as in Paris, the omnibus, its appurtenances, as well as the good-will of " times" of the omnibus. - In Paris the Government compel the running of the omni 4 buses to be nearly the same at all seasons. In London, on the contrary, the omnibus proprietors can proportion the number of ♦ehicles to the season of the year and the hour of the day, according to the wants of the public only. Hence an advantage in London denied to the Omnibus Company in Paris, which is compelled to run as many vehicles late at night and early iu the morning as in the most busy periods of the day, in the winter as well as iu summer. In Paris the outside faro is only half the inside fare. In London they aro the same, and the outside of the omnibus is as much used as the inside. Tho indicator, as used in the Paris omnibuses, is unknown in London : its adoption cannot fail to add largely to the receipts of this Company. As soon as the present omnibuses are unfit for use, they will be replaced by others, affording more comfort and bet ter accommodation to passengers. To obtain the foregoing advantages both for the public and the shareholders of this Company, the services of the most experienced and intelligent omnibus proprietors have been secured, under whose management the business of the Com pany will be conducted. Contracts have been entered into for the purchase of the greater number of the 810 omnibuses now working in Lon don, and it is expected that arrangements for the remaining portion will be completed at a very early date. The First Series of 200,000 shares only (800,0001.) will be issued in the first instance. The capital so raised will pay for the 810 omnibuses, the leases of stables, yards, and other property required for the working the omnibuses, as well as for a working and reserve fund. The latter, amounting to about 200,0 01., will give strength and security to the Corn- The Second Series or 00,04-0 snares can only be iesu..l with the sanction of a General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Com ,any, and will be used to increase the business of the Company whenever circumstances shall render it necessary. Each shareholder will have the right to this Second Series of shares, at the rate of one for each four of the First Series of which he is the possessor. The duration of the Company is for 60 years. With the present imperfect system of working, each of the London omnibuses gives an average profit estimated at 1001. per annum, representing upon 810 omnibuses an annual pro fit of 81,0001., which alone would be sufficient to secure a di vidend of 10 per cent, upon the 800,600/. first subscribed. Assuming, in London, with the new system, an increase of ss. per clay (instead of Bs., as has been the result of the atrial ' garuation in Paris) to each omnibus, the result would be, on the traffic of 810 omnibuses, an annual profit of more than 150,0001., 0 and upon the capital of 800,00 U/. w ould i nsure a dividend f nearly 20 per cent. The Paris Omnibus Company is now paying at the rate lof 15 per cent, per annum. It is the intention of the Company to publish every weak the traffic returns. per cent. of the dividend of the Company will belong to the Shareholders-1i only being appropriated to the ma nagement. Out of the capital subscribed a limited number of shares have been reserved for distribution in England, and may now be applied for. The applications for shares should be made in the sub joined form, and must be accompanied with a deposit of 11. per share with the bankers of the Company, on the number of shares applied for. The remaining 31. per share must be paid upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SNARES. To the Gerants of La Compagnie Generale des Omnibus do Loudres (the General London Omnibus Company). Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 4/. each iu the above Company, and I engage to take the same, or any less number that may be alloted to me. I have Paid the deposit of 1/. per share, required by the prospectus, to the bankers of the Company, and I engage to pay the re maining 3/. upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted to me. Name Profession Residence Date................................................ The above application must bo forwarded to the London and County Bank, with the deposit of 11. per share on the number of shares applied for, against which the bankers will furnish a receipt. N.B.—Forms of applications for shares may be had at the Company's Temporary Offices, 47, Old Broad-street, London. STAR PACKETS from the TERRACE PIER, GHAVESEND, 9, 2. N - c.WICK WEIAKF, BLACKWA.LI., on the irrlva of the fd , owing Trains from Fenchurch-street, ling. 31,4 ,weather permit nip Packets will call at the Rosherrille, Oreenhitho, Purfieet. and North Woolwich Piers. To or f La, •un,lo:.•• •• 1 01 Is. Itr• 1 1 rhvesend asd Blackwall Or Woolvviel Bd Os. .00 ~ rich and London ...• • • .... •• • • • • . Rd. ne. Ind Faith an! Blackwall or Woolwich.. .. sd. . os. sd bet U ‘''aves and tutor .i.diste Piers.. 6.i. .. Us SO Octohtr 23, 1155 CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THE most appropriate Offerings for this Season of Festivity are those which tend to the promotion •f Health and Personal Attraction. None can be more acceptable than ROWLANDS' MACAS OAR OIL, for imparting a transcendent lustre to the Hair, and sustaining it In decorative charm. ROWLANDS' RALYDOR imparts a radiant bloom to the cheek, and a delicacy and softness to the hands, arms, and neck ; and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, bestows on the Teeth a pearl-like whiteness, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. The patronage of Royalty throughout Europe, their general use by rank and fashion, and the universally-known efficacy of these articles, give them a celebrity unparalleled. *** Beware of spurious imitations II ! Sold by A. ROWL AND and SONS, 20, rlatto•i-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. RIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an X injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and ,n the 11th 'June following was made perpetual, against Joseph ranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou and pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by royal Letters Patent et England, and secured by the Seals of the e.colc Pnarmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, 1 remedy for Relaxation. Spennatorrhosa, and Exhaustion of th rtern, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married elite b , he consequences of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMA.R, No. 2, - - ,ttectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entire!. 3radicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cnbeb eve so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the heart , f A vast portion of the population. TR I ESE MAR, No. 8, the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whit iiitortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in aiitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all th sarsaparilla In the world cannot remove. .111ESEMAR, No. l, 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or sad ,nd of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tale without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at 11 s. each, free by post, 25. extra, divided inti• ,paste doses, as administered ")y Valpeaa, Lallemand, Roux. td., 840.—T0 be had Wholesale and Retail in London et John.ton, 68 rrthill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-stri sit; and Sanger, 150,Ox rd-street ; it. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, arket-street, Sfanchester ; I. Bradbury, bookseller, Dearogate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, ~rd-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin; winnan, bookseller, 111gh-street, Birmingham. LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMI3EIt 22, 1855. 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FARRINGDON WARD WITHIN, Deo. 21, 1855.—At a WARDMOTE, holden this Day before the Wor shipful EDWARD EAGLETON, Esq., AlAerman of the Ward, at the Great Hmil, Christ's Hospital, for the choice of Ward Officers for the year ensuing, the fol , •wing gentlemen were declared duly elected to represent this ward in the Court of Common Council, viz.:— De. uty Holt, Deputy Virtue, Messrs. M'Lsuchlean, Beake, B. 8. Phillips, Morris. Young, C. Phillips, Nicholson, Heaps, Wheeler, Kelday, Reed, and Dolland It was moved by Mr Thomas Cole, seconded by Mr. ass. Simpson, and resolved unanimously,— That the cordial thanks of this Wardmote he given to Edwai,t Eagleton, Esq., the Alderman of the Ward, for the great attention he bestowed while hol4ing for many years the office of Common Coun cilmen and Deputy, for his urbanity and polite demeanour since he has occupied the aldermanlc chair, and his impartial condact this day. Moved by Mr. Glover, seconded by Mr. Bongough, and resolved unanimously,— That the thanks of this Wardmoto be given to the Deputies, Thos. J. float, Esq., amt Geo. Virtue, Esq.; also, to the rest of th Repr sentatives in the Court of Common Council, tor their attention to the interests of the ward during the past year. - - - Moved by Mr. B. S. Phillips, seconded by Mr. s.l'Latichlean, and resolved unanimously, That the thanks cf this Werdmote ho given to the President, Treasurer, and Gov, rnors of Christ's Hospital for their kindness in granting the use of their hall for holding the Wardmote. That the foregoing resolutions be signed by the Ward Clerk, and published in the usual papers. _ J. W. WARREN, Ward Clerk. FIRE AT CARTON, DllBLlN.—Yesterday morning at four o'clock a fire broke out at Carton-house, the princely residence of the Duke of Leinster at Maynooth. The most alarming rumours prevailed in town all day respect ing the destructive features of the fire, but from the last accounts received it appears that these rumours were greatly exaggerated, although the fire was still unsub dued. The fire-engines from most of the insurance com panies were despatched to Carton yesterday forenoon. It is stated that Carton-house and its valuable contents are insured for upwards of 50,0001. [ADVERTISEMENT.' —Holloway's Pills are undeniably the finest medicine in the world for Bile and Indi gestion. In all cases of deranged stomachs, determi nation of blood to the head, Bile, Sick Headache, Liver and Stomach Complaints, there is no medicine known that will give such immediate relief as these renowned Pills. Young and old, rich and poor patronise them; and so many cures are effected by th e i r use th a t their praise is sounded from the temperate clime to the frigid zone. In truth, persons who travel consider them a necessary requisite. Sold by all medicine vendors through out the world ; at Professor Holloway's establishments, 344, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. G u idi cy, S m y r na ; `and H. Hoods, Malta. TREATY BETWEEN HER MAJESTY, THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH, AND THE KING OF SWEDEN. (Prom the Gazette of lag Evening.) SIGNED AT STOOKHOLM, NOVEMBER 21, 1855. (Ratiacatione exchanged at Stockholm, Dec. 17, 1355 ) Her Majesty . the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, being anxious to avert any oomplication which might disturb the existing balance of power in Europe, have resolved to come to an understanding with a view to secure the integrity of the United Kingdoms of Swede❑ and Norway, and have named as their Plenipo• tentiaries to conclude a Treaty for that purpose, that is to say : Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Art bur Charles Magenis, her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway ; His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur Charles Victor Lobstein, Officer of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star of Sweden, Commander of the Order of Christ and Knight of that of the Conception of Portugal, h►s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary to his Majesty the King of Sweden and Nor . way ; And his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, the Sieur Gustavus Nicholas Algernon Adolphus Baron de Stierneld, his Minister of State and for Foreign Af fairs, Knight and Commander of his Orders, Grand Cross of his Order of St. Olaf of Ni•rway, &c., &c., &c. ; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows : ARTICLE I. His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway engages not to cede to nor to exchange with Ruesia, nor to per mit her to occupy, any part of the territories belonging to the Crowns of Sweden and Norway. His Majesty the King of Sweden engages, further, not to cede to Russia any right of pasturage, of fishery, or of any other nature whatsoever, either on the said territories or upon the coast of Sweden and Norway, and to resist any pre tension which may be put forward by Russia with a view to establish the existence of any of the rights afore. said. ARTICLE li. In case Russia should make to his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway any proposal or demand having for its object to obtain either the cession or the exchange of any part whatsoever of the territories belonging to the Crowns of Sweden and Norway, or the power of occupy. ing certain points of the said territories, or the cession of rights of fishery, of pasturage, or of any other right upon the said territories and upon the coasts of Sweden and Norway, his Majesty the King of Sweden and Nor way engages forthwith to communicate such proposal or demand to her Britannic Majesty and his Majesty the Emperor of the French; and their said Majesties on their part, engage to furnish his Majesty the Kir.g of Sweden and Norway sufficient naval and military farces to co-operate with the naval and military forces of his said Majesty, for the purpose of resisting the pretensions or aggressions of Russia. The description, number, and destination of such force shall, if occasion should arise, be determined by common agreement between the three Powers. ARTICLE H. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifica tions shall be exchanged at Stockholm as soon as pos sible. In witness whereof tho respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done at Stockholm, the twenty-first of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. (L.S.) ARTHUR C. MAGENIS. Von. LOBSTEIN. STIERNELD. DESPATCREE FROK THE CRIMEA. (Prom the Gazette of last Evening.) WAR DEPARTMENT, DEC. 20. Lord Paurnure has received froria the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, the reports of which the follow ing are copies, addressed by Lieutenant-General Sir Harry D. Jones to General Sir James Simpson, K.C.B. Head-Quarters, Sebastopol, Sept. 9. Sir,—The long and eventful siege of Sebastopol hav ing been brought to a successful termination, I beg leave to draw y•mr Excellency's attention to the services of the officers of Ro)al Engineers who have been employed in carrying on the siege works. Many of these officers have been continuously on duty since Bth October last, and have been in the trenches 76, 97, and 108 days and nights. I beg leave to mention the name of Lieutenant-Colo• nel Chapman, C. 8., who has been employed with the army since the arrival of the first detachment at Galli poli ; and since March last, when Colonel Gordon was wounded, and unable to perform the duties of the siege as senior officer of Engineers, he has had to make all the necessary arrangements for the daily carrying on of the duties ; this has been performed by him in the most zealous and'energetic manner, under great exposure to fire, to my entire satisfaction. Major Bent has been doing the duty of Director of the Left Attack since March ' last ; the duties of that officer was very onerous, and these he has performed in a most zealous and praise worthy manner. During the above period Major Brent must have been under fire twice, if not thrice, in every twenty-four hours. Captain Brown, who was recently severely wounded, performed for some time the office of Director of the Right Attack, and so has also Captain Cooke. Captain Ewart, the Adjutant to the Sappers and Miners, has carried on the duties of the parks, which are extremely troublesome, and requiring greet attention, in the most zealous and satisfactory manner. I do not trouble your Excellency with the names of the Subalterns of Engineers, as they are not eligible for promotion under the existing regulations. Nothing could exceed the zealous and praiseworthy manner in which they have invariably performed their duties. Several have been more than once wounded, and many have died from wounds, or from sickness caused by ex posure to the great heat in the trenches. I wish to bring prominently under your notice Major Bourchier, my Brigade-Major, who has rendered me very great assistance throughout the whole siege, and Lieut. Cowell, my Aide-de-Camp, who has, during the siege, proved himself most useful by his professional knowledge as an officer of Royal Engineers, and by his general mili tary acquirements. Of the Assistant Engineers, I can not speak too highly in praise of the zeal and intelligence they have displayed, and I beg leave to enclose the names of those who, from their long service at this siege, I consider deserving of promotion.—l have, &c., (Signed) HARRY D. JONES, Lieutenant-General, Commanding Royal Engineers. His Excellency General Simpson, Commander-in• Chief. Head-Quarters, Sebastopol, Sept. 16. List of officers of the corps of Royal Engineers, and of officers acting as Assistant Engineers, recommended for promotion, as called for by confidential memorandum, dated 15th September, 1855. ROYAL ENGlNEERS.—Lieutonant-Colonel Chapman ; Majors Beat, E. F. Bourchier, ; and E. Stanton Cap tains the H on. H. F. Keane, F. C. Hassard, J. M. Browne, W. W. Montague, A. C. Cooke, E. C. De Moleyos, L. J. A. Armit, C. B. Ewart, W. Porter, L. Nicholson, C. H. Sedley, P. Ravenbill, and G. Ranker]. ASSISTANT ENGINEERS.--Majors C. F. Campbell, 46th Regiment, and S. R. Chapman, 20th Regiment ' • Cap tains G. Wolsley , 90 t h Regiment , and L. W. Penn, Royal Artillery ; Lieutenants W. Sheehy, 64th Regi ment, P. M. Jones, 46th Regiment, and J. J. Grinlin- ton, 4th Regiment. List of Medical Officers, attached to the Royal Engi neers and Royal Sappers and Miners, recommended for promotion : Second Class Staff-Surgeon G. Hyde, M.D. A s sistant -Surgeon J. F. Longhead, Rifle Brigade. [These two officers have been particularly zealous and attentive in the discharge of their duties.] Second Class Staff-Surgeon H. C. Walshe, M.D. , E. S. Prothero. 11 Assistant -Surgeon G. Sharpe, O.M.D. (Signed) H. D. JONES, Lieutenant-General, Commanding Royal Engineers. Uxtract from Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Jones, K.C.8., report to General Simpson. Head-quarters, Sebastopol, Sept. 20, 1855. Sir, —This long siege of 337 days having been brought to a successful termination, I am extremely desi rous to bring under your Excellency's notice the services of a most gallant and zealous body of Offi cers. I allude to the Subalterns of the Royal Engi neers, who, from the constitution of their corps, in which promotion goes by seniority, are never promoted into other branches of the service, which was the reason why I did not include in my recommendatory list the names of those individuals who have particularly distin• guished themselves, trusting to the opportunity which would he afforded me of bringing their names ferivard pecially. . During the recent siege the duties of the trenches fell - very severely on the Subalterns of Engineers; throughout the whole of the winter they were constantly on duty, and as their numbers were small, the tour of each indi vidual returned at short intervals ; nothing but great zeal and spirits carried them through the severe work they had to perform. _ _ Tne following short statement will enable your Excel lency to see bow a Subaltern of Engineers was called upon to do duty in the trenches, several more than once wounded and others contused ; the following figures refer to some of the survivors : 33 days or nights. 103 , , Pl 32 „ 46 97 days or nights. 62 „ f 65 78 „ It most be borne in mind that these tours of duty al ways brought the individual under fire, and in the winter months they were exposed to all the severities of the season. Several of the Subalterns distinguished themselves on several occasions in the attacks upon rifle pits, quarries, &c. Such services, I trust, will not be allowed to pass without reward. (Signed) HARRY D. JONES, Lieutenant-General, Commanding Royal Engineers. The following aro the names of the officers who parti cularly distinguished themselves : Royal Engineers.—Lieutenants 11. De Vere, A. A. C. Fisher, H. C. Elphinston, G. Neville, W. 0. Lennox, W. C. Anderson, G. Graham, G. Philips, C. N. Martin, C. G. Gordon, and J. F. Donnelly. Minute of Inspector-General of Fortifications. I would strongly recommend Lieutenants Stopford, Cowell- ) Pratt, Drake, being ad - aid to this Hit. - (Signed) J. F. BURGOYNE, Nov. 17. Lieutenant-General, I.G.F. General Simpson, &c., &c., &c., Commander-in-Chief. I can most conscientiously corroborate every word expressed by Sir Harry Jones in this letter. The ar duous and always dangerous duties i❑ which the En gineer Officers were continually employed have all along, during this siege, been deserving of my praise and ad miration. Their untiring perseverance and frequent acts of gallant conduct are beyond all praise ; and I here desire to record my high approbation of these officers named by Sir Harry D. Jones, and my strong recommendation of them to Viscount Hardinge's favour. (Signed) JAS. SIMPSON, General Commanding. Naval and Military Intelligence. The weather was so bad yesterday at Portsmouth that small vessels could not " fetch" the ships at anchor there, some of which were pitching bows under by the force of the gale and the swell prevailing. The fleet dressed ship and prepared to salute the Queen on her Majesty's passage from Osborne to Gosport, on the re turn of the Court to Windsor, and all the naval and military staff were on duty as usual at the Clarence yard, but the Fairy was not trusted across the usual course to Portsmouth, and ran to Southampton instead. The cold at the same time was more severe than has been remembered on that coast for many years. The Queen of the South steam-transport, Capt. Beale, put to sea with draughts for Malta, before sunrise yester day morning, in spite of the heavy sea and fierce gale. The Hydaspes steam transport, Capt. Baker, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, to land invalids and stores. The Blenheim, 60, screw, Capt. W. H. Hall, was docked yesterday at Portsmouth, to have defects repaired. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain Cald well, has paid down today upwards of 16,0001., and the crew granted a three weeks' run. The system adopted by the Admiralty of employing the paymasters of the Royal service, instead of pay clerks of Somerset House, has been productive of the greatest possible benefit to the navy. A thousand men are ❑ow paid down in less than one-third of the time, besides a considerable saving of expense in travelling and want of knowledge afloat. The following appointments, made at the Admiralty, appeared in our late edition of last night _ _ Capt. E. S. Sotheby, to the Pearl ; Capt. L. G. Heath, to the Seahorse. Captain the Hon. Fredk. Pelham is appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty. The following officers are now decided to take the command of the 4 divisions of gun-boats • intended for the Baltic next year : Capt. Codrington, C. 8., Capt. the Hon. H. Keppel, Capt. H. R. Yelverton, C. 8., and Capt. A. Cooper, Key, C.B, Six hundred of the 3d Light Infantry of the German Legioe, now stationed at Bristol, will embark for the seat of war on Monday next. Tbo Monkey, steam tug-vessel, mecumd master r_synaei combe, proceeded from Woolwich to Northfleet yesterday morning to the building-yard of Messrs. Pitcher, for the purpose of bringing up more gun-boats to be masted and rigged . and finished in the shipwrights' department, in which very great activity at present exists. The last, gun-boat which arrived, named the Charger, was this morning taken into No. 1 dry dock to be coppered, &c. Two of the patent collapsing life-boats have been re ceived at Woolwich, one of which was forwarded yester day morning to Sheerness, to serve as a pinnace to the flag-ship Waterloo, The length of these boats is 32 feet. They have undergone some experiments successfully, carrying a 121 h. howitzer, from which 12 rounds were fired to test the substance of the material, which it was feared was of too slight a texture for the requisite purposes. Contrary, however, to expectation, they stood the trial well. The iron mortar-boat which was towed to Woolwich two days ago to discharge her split mortar has returned to Shoeburyness with a fresh piece of ordnance and a further supply of ammunition, so as to put the boat (it being the first of that series) through a thorough proof. The gun-boats Bustard and Banterer, having been coppered and masted, have been taken out of dock and received into the Woolwich basin to complete their fit tings. The riggers are consequently employed in extra hours, no as to expedite the arrangements in fitting out for service the accumulating number of this useful class of vessels, which arrive in rapid succession in fulfilment of the Government contracts. The Merlin and the Dee were yesterday morning re ceived into the basin in Woolwich dockyard. The latter vessel is being laden with machinery to supply the Fury and the Shannon, at Portsmouth. The Inflexible is like wise taking in machinery and boilers for Devonport, and will sail about Monday week. Capt. Dudley C. Hill, late of the 75th Regiment, and recently exchanged to the 40th, is to be appointed in structor of musketry of the Depot Battalion, Temple more, Ireland. The Government ground wit'ain the fortifications of Brompton, opposite Mansion-row, has been measured, with a view, it is supposed, of constructing some addi tional huts, the two companies which have just arrived occupying 12 of the 24 which have been already built. Although the Land Transport Corps has been draughted off in large numbers, there are still many hundreds bil leted in Bristol and quartered at the Horfield Barracks. A selected body of 300 of the best men will remain at the barracks after their comrades have been sent off, for the purpose of raising a large additional body of men. These men are to be dressed in high cavalry boots, glazed caps, and showy uniform ; and the men so raised will be employed as drivers to the Royal Artillery, it having been determined to keep the gunners to their more immediate duties. Fifty-five non-commissioned officers and privates of various regiments, sent home as invalids from the Cri mea, having been found unfit for any further service by a medical board, passed yesterday for discharge on pen sions by the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital. Lieut. Henry C. Maine, 86th, has obtained from the Horse Guards leave from Chatham garrison until he re tires from the service. A party of Crimean invalids from the camp before Se bastopol arrived at Chatham yesterday afternoon, from Portsmouth, from the steam-ship Thames, in charge of Captain Henry Heberden, Royal Artillery, and Staff Medical Officer Dr. Hawkins, the total number of all ranks being 39, with one woman and one child. The invalids were medically inspected in the Supplemental Hospital by the chief medical officer, Mr. H. Cooper Reade. p e t a ju The Royal Marines for the floating battery, 16 guns, at Blackstakes, consisting of one serjeant, one bugler, and 18 privates, under the command of First Lieutenant Knight, left the Chatham Division, and embarked yes terday afternoon from the dockyard on board the Adder for the Thunder ; and a party of 16 Royal Marines for o the Majestic, 80, to replace those who have volunteer e d tant-General, S. R. Wesley, paid an official vi s it t o C o l . Into oilltihpe Royal the Commandant Mmarainndean Artillery. t r The De y-sArddy the s,Division, yesterday. st The object of the General's visit is supp ose d to relate to the volunteering into the loyal Marine Artillery, as 56 are immediately required. t ia a . tion l e t d is w f h t i h th e Isti at Devon e p v r o e n se M nt ili s t THE MILITIA. The Hon. John Fortesc ue h as res i gne d t h e C o l one lcy o a s t ai d Ne t w ha p t or t t he eg i , teered for foreign serv i ce. The North D ur h am Mili t i a left S un d er l a nd on Wed nesday, unde r th e command of M a j or C o ckburn, and proceeded to B urn l ey, Lancash i re . The steam- s hip Ni agara arr i ve d at Liverpool yesterday has r v m o leun , nt from Dubli n , h av i ng on b oar d th e Roscommon Militia, about 700 s t rong , un d er the command of Colonel D'Arcy. Th e i r d est i na ti on is not yet known , but it is believed th ey w ill no t proceed to Alder.qhott , but will be placed on one of the North Britis h stations. TESTIMONIAL FROM ♦ FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO A BRITISH MERCHANT CAPTAIN.—The Government of the United States recently forwarded to this country, to the Earl of Clarendon, a silver speaking-trumpet for pre sentation to Captain Boedet, of the British barque Helen, in a cknowledgment of his services in rescuing the master and crew of the American ship Pilgrim, [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• MECHANICS' INSTITUTE SOIREE. (From the Carlisle Journal.) The members of the Carlisle Mechanics' Institute held soirée in their lecture ball, on Wednesday evening last. The attendance was numerous, Tad the whole of the proceedings passed off with great spirit and eclat. After tea the chair was taken by the Mayor of Carlisle (Dr. glliot), who was accompanied by P. H. Howard, Esq., of Corby Castle ; R. Ftrguson, Esq., of Morton ; W. Browne, Esq., of Victoria place ; Alex. Davidson, Esq., the Rev. J. F. Simpson, and Mr. J. A. Cockburn, &c. The MAYOR said they had met to-night at the Soir6e of the Mechanics' Institute—an institution which de servedly stood at the head of all the literary in , titutions in the town, and that was saying a good deal when they remembered that Carlisle boasted of about 15 or 16 in all. When Mechanics' Institutions were first proposed by Dr. Birbeck, then a physician in Glasgow, the plan was thought to be impracticable. However, under his auspices the Mechanics' Institute of Glasgow pros pered so well that in the course of a few years Edin burgh followed the example of her sister city, and in a few years more the example was followed by the Metro polis of Great Britain. He (the Mayor) inclined to the same opinion, because in Carlisle the experiment had bee❑ reduced to practice and found to work remarkably well. (Hear, hear.) The Mayor concluded by requesting Mr. Davidson to give them a little information on the present position and future pr)gpects of the Mechanics' Institute, bath of which he believed were very satisfac- Mr. DAVIDSON, in the course of his observations, said he was happy to observe that the institution was in a prosperous state. By the last report it appeared that the number of full members was 365 ; and of reading members (under 21 years of age) 216 ; making a total of 581. Toe library contained 3,89 volumes, and he was glad-to-finl-that the members had availed themselves of them to a very great extent indeed. The number of volumes taken out last year was 12,553. A few years ago a much greater proportion of light reading was taken out. The number of volumes on history, biography, and science, taken out during the year was 5,767; novels, poems, and lighter litei:ature, 5,543 ; and perio dicals, 1,245. As to the newspaper department, it was as com - pleto as the funds would Permit: He believed although they had devoted much money to purchase newspapers they had had an increase of members in consequence, and of course had more funds to devote to the buying of books. (Cheers.) Mr. P. H. HOWARD was the next speaker, and was re ceived w ith loud cheers. He said he W 33 very much re joiced to hear that the institution was progressing so favourably. It must be very satisfintory to hear that not only was light reading esteemed, but that a majority of the readers applied themselves to more solid and sub stantial literature. (Hear.) He was delighted to see be fore him so large and respectable an attendance, and to find that the Mechanics' Institute had now a room of its wn—an apartment inferior to none in Carlisle. He was sure that they would look back with melancholy i-atis faction to the efforts of those who bad gone before, and had advocated that institution. They wculd look back to the memory of Mr. Steel with melancholy regret, and they should remember on beholding those walla that the first stone was laid by a predecessor of his honourable friend Dr. Elliot—by Mr. Rome, then mayor of Carlisle, who was unfortunately now no more. As this was a literary institution he might be allowed to pay a passing tribute of regret to the memory of a distinguished poet, who-e existence had just closed ; he alluded to Mr.Rogerst, the talented author of the " Pleasures of Memory," and other poems. (Hear.) That gentleman, whom he had had the honour of slightly knowing, was endeared to all who knew him by his kind genial manners and by his refined taste. Though this was rather the age of the exact sciences than of poetry, he left behind b;rn one or two poets. He left Mr. Tennyson, and he left a lady of dis tinguished talent and power—Mrs. Norton. But at the same time while we could not boast of many bards in the land, one of their kinsmen across the Atlantic—the talented Mr. Longfellow—might perhaps be esteemed one of the most popular poets of the day, and he was happy to be able to pay him this tribute. When they met last, about the period of the Great Exhibition, all Europe seemed slumbering in repose. How different was the present aspect of affairs. Even at agricultural meetings he saw that most peaceable and placid of rani male, a well-fatted beast, turned into a war horse. (Laughter.) Ile had seen lately the great agricultural meeting at Darlington, and there the farmer, like every one else, was occupied by that sabject which now en• grossed the attention of the world—the war in which we were now engaged in the East. (Cheers.) It must be the wish of every one, that if negotiations were really going on they should eventuate in an honourall t and lasting peace. (Cheers.) That must be the wish of every patriot, and every friend of humanity. (Rear.) He could not, of course, say how far these neptiations were in progress. He trusted, however, that some effort would be made to define the object of the war, He trusted that when the integrity of Turkey was secured ; ' that when the rights of the Christian population of Turkey were vindicated, and when freedom of cone uterus wn3 guaranteed and secured, that we should not be tempted, in a spirit of cruel rancour, to launch into objects not defined when we commenced the operations of the war. (Cheers.) Ho hoped that if, unfortunately, we should still continue to be engaged in war efforts would be made to secure a national force. We had already been near the brick of war with our kinsmen across the Atlantic by trenching on their international rights. The King of Prussia had lately pardoned a per son who was engaged, against the law of nations, in en listing men, and, though that might be honourable to the King of Prussia, we should not place any of our ' consular or other officers in a position to be pardoned. (Cheers.) Ho trusted that we should be able to secure a national force, and that while we might not reject the offers of foreigners, we might see that we could net with impunity defy the law of Europe. He begged leave to offer a few remarks upon what had fallen from a talented member of the House of Commons ; and lie should not have alluded twit had that person not been a member of the Administration—he referred to the speech of Sir R. Peel at Tainworth. He had heard with regret that Sir R. Peel bad launched some invectives—some rather ill timed invectives—against the only power who could be come the herald of peace—against the ancient ally of England, and the only power that could bear the olive branch between contending parties. He trusted that members of the Administration would see the solemn duty of not perplexing negotiations, and would allow them to go forward without interrupting their course. Let them trust to the honour of the Government to se cure terms which would be favourable and honourable to Englishmen, but let them net shackle the hands of the only power now in the position of arbitrator between the contending nations. (Cheers.) He was not going to say more at this moment. He hoped the time would shortly arrive when we alight see a rivalry in the arts, and a rivalry in literature, as well as a rivalry in arms. The war might perhaps have the effect of bringing our rivals into more immediate contact with the Western Powers, and the alleviation of the serfdom of Russia might perhaps emanate from her present difficulties. He returned his thanks for their kindness in listening to his remarks with attention. He had taken the liberty of making his remarks, confident that whilst we ei I not wish to see the bright honour of England tarnished, yet at the same time we and every other commercial coun try wished to see hostilities brought to a happy conclu sion. If such was the object and aim, as he believed it was, of the talented monarch who was now the ally of England, and of the chivalrous king who leads the Sar dinian power—(loud cheers)—he trusted we should not allow difficulties to intervene ; that we should secure our commercial interests, but not make the lain effort of humbling, for the sake of humbling, our enemy. For they would all be aware that nations in the state of Russia— in a state of semi-civilisation—were capable of gigantic efforts and of sustained enthusiasm. At the same time it must be the interest of Russia as well as of England and France and Sardinia to bring this desperate strugg e to a happy and honourable conclusion. (Cheers.) Mr. Howard concluded by expressing a hope that they should often meet on similar occasions to the present. Mr. R. FERGUSON said their old friend Mr. Howard, whom they were delighted to see on this occasion, bad made some remarks on that topic which was still the prominent one in men's minds, and in most of those re marks he most cordially concurred. It was in some re spects a sorrowful reflection, that eighteen centuries after Christ came to bring peace upon earth and good will towards m en , some of the princip al nations in Eu rope should b e in a state of warfare. It was melancholy and when fall on men who were little able to bear them, must of they reflected on the manner in which the war with social progress. When they necessity interfere wi s to which our considered the sufferings and privation when they considered the inevitable burdens which must soldiers and those of our gallant f allies wer n e subjected, they oll° account of their enemies also, when on there was not one of those Russian hordes , not a little circle far he did n t think (Cheers.) So ar o reproach ourselves, but it was pos w had any reason to sib e le that too warlike a spirit might arise in the nation, cordially concurred in the remarks of Mr. noward and he ought to guard ourselves that no considerations that we dark e c n o e u d l d by n h o i t s f b a ti n t . feel catuhseeywo reflectedso a r d o b u t a desire for the security of Euro p e shoul d prevail in di c tating the terms of peace. (Cheers.) Some allusion was made by Mr. Davidson to thenewsroom. He thought the institution had no alternative but to do as it bad done, for now when all institutions, even those which were poorer than thie, had provided newsrooms, the Mechanics' Institute must either do the same or shut up shop altogether. (Cheers.) It was satisfactory to know that the number of volumes read had increased in proportion to the increase of members, for it showed that whatever might be the object with which members had joined, they had read the bookswhen they had joined, not think and that was all that was required. H e b e li eved that the only things which this instituti on requ i red were mone y and a should did b e —which every institution wa n t e d th at ever he hear d o f —and members. They a l rea d y had some lady me n" b exceedingly glad th e y wou ld b e to have t h em . (Laugh. ter.) There were p rov id e d f or the i r espec i a l delectation some of those i mportant per i od i ca l s c ontaining those wonderful pict ures o f l a di es w ith impossible waists , which it wa s necessary f or a ll l a dies to look at some times. (Laught er .) B u t he should be very sorr y to ppeal to the ladies on such a low groun d . They had gladladies knew have some how moreerse ; in theyfo fact he THE WARDMOTES. Yesterday being St. Thomas's Day, the annual elec- tion for common councilmen took place in the several wards. There were only five alterations from last year, and only one contest. The following are the returns for the ♦arious wards : ALDGATE.—Messrs. Whiteside ..(deputy), Turnley, Rucknall, Osmond, Burnell, Hudson, Stephenson, and Hill, re-elected without opposition. ALDERSOATE:—The vhele of the council re-elected... DISHOPSG ATE.—Messr3. Peacock (deputy), Stevens (depot)), Lambe, Edmiston, Patten, Win. Jones, War. ren, Stopgood, W. H. Pilcher, Carr, Ashby, T. S. Crow den, 0. Gi:pin, and G. Taylor, were elected. BILLINGiGATB.—Mr. G. Barns, one of the late mem bers, having resigned, Mr. Bousfield was elected in big place. The following gentlemen were then elected : Messrs. B. Bower, deputy; Roberts, Pbillipps, Causton, Graves, Slowman, and Bousfield. BREAD -STREET.—In consequence of the resignation of Mr. Grimwodo, Mr. J. Smith was returned, and the following seven enemb,rs were re-elected :—Messrs. W. Hawtrey, deputy; N. Maughen, D. Llurie, J. P. Snell, J. J. Millard, F. Maynard, NV. Patten, and J. Smith. BRIDGE.—Mr. Easty, one of the members, resigned, and Mr. W. Dray, of the firm of Dean, Dray, and Co., London-bridge, was elected in his place. The following gentlemen .were re-elected :—Messrs. T. Pewtress, J. Hill, J. Low, H. Matthews, C. Whetbem, J. Arnold, and J. Johnson. BROAD-STRUT.-The following t,eltlemen were unani mously re-elected :—Messrs. W. Hartridge (deputy), W. Cox, NV. Foster, H. Brown, T. Curbey, J. Humphriep, C. Wharton, and T. Abraham. BASSISHAW WARD.—The following gentlemen were elected :—Messrs. Britten (deputy), W. Lister, C. E. Tuller, and A. Locke. CaNDLEwics.--Mr. Blades having given in his resig nation, in consequence of ill-health, there were three candidates—viz., Messrs. Rowe, Marratt, and Tozer Upon a show of hands, the Alderman declared the fol lowing elected :—Messrs. Dakin, Towse, Elliott, Frin neb, Matthews, and Rowe. COLEMAN-STREET.—The following gentlemen were re elected, viz.: Messrs. Warren S. Hale (deputy), T. H. Hall, J. Davies, J. Perkins, W. Webster, H. W. Val iance, C. Hogg, and T. \Vestall. CASTLE BATNARD.—The following gentlemen were elected : Messrs. Deputy Hicks, F. Fairer, Alfred Ad lard, C. Hawkins, G. J. Cockerel], T. Parker, C. Odell, and W. Willey (the latter gentleman in place of Mr. Barber, who has resigned on account of indisposition). CHEAP. —Mr. W. Connell, of 83, Cheapaide, chrono- I meter maker, was elected in the room of Mr. Oliver, re signed ; also Messrs. Fenning (deputy), Hickson, R. G. Pearl, Barnes, Thorpe, Houghton, Tegg, and W. Connell. CortmaiNEus.—Messrs. Crowder, Lott, Joyce, H. L. Taylor, Chaffey, and Tress were elected common councilmen for the ensuing year. CORNIIILL.—The following gentlemen were unani mously re-elected :—E. Harrison, R. C. Randell, R. Johnston, D. Nicoll, end H. Hoppe. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN.—The following were elected : —Messrs. Hoole (deputy), Brass, Parker, ,Edmonds, Spilsburg, Lloyd, Burkett, and Brown. CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. —Tbe following were re. elected :—Messrs. G. Meadway, Esq. (deputy), Messrs. Johnson, Septimus Read, W. King, G. Cuthbert, John Sewell, J. Pickering, and R. Spencer. Down A.Tr. —Messrs. 11. Kibbel ( leputy), T. White, G. Harker, IT. 11. Mortimer, T.,Gandell, and G. Fox, were re-elected. FARBINGDON WITHIN.—The following werere-elected : --Messrs. T. J. Holt, G. Virtue, D. J. M‘Langhlan, H. BI are, B. S. Phill ps, J. Morris, C. Young, C. Phillips, C. Nicholson, J. Heaps, W. S. Wheeler, J. Kelday, C. Reed, and E. Dolland. The latter gentleman has been elected in the room of the late Deputy E. Eagleton, FABRINGDON WITHOUT.—The following gentlemen were elected :—J. T. Bedford (deputy), J. M. Barnard, C. E. B trier, G. Ross, G. Scammell, R. Williams, W. Gr shorn, J. F. Longhorn, J. Anderton, T. Pearce, E. Hothfso-, H. J. Lim F. Cletnow, R. Obb ar d (d epu t y ), I'. Cotterull, and Gualter. LANG II ounx.—Tne folio xing were returned :—Messrs. S. Uns , :n plty), T. Snelling, E. Howard, E. Shaw, R. C. 13 tehe, C. Sully, T. Webber, R. Bell. PORTSOKEN.—The following were proposed :—Mr. Christie (deputy), Mr. Annis, Mr. Thomson, Mr. Ray mond, Mr. Hayward, Mr. Davis, Mr. Venables, Mr. Vile. Mr. King proposed and Mr. Wilson seconded Mr. George Bone. Sir F. G. Moon then put the names to the meeting, and declared that the show of hands was in favour of Messrs. Christie (deputy), Haywarl, Annie, Davis, Thomson, Venables, Raymond, and Vile, the members for the past year. Mr. King demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. George Bone, which was appointed to take place this day, to cornmencs at 10 o'clock and close at 4. Several gentlemen of the Jewish persuasion appealed to the chairman to have the hours of polling altered, as they could Lot vote on their Sabbath. Sir F. G. Moon raid that the hours of polling could not in any way he altered, as they were fixed by act of Parliament. The I r yceedings were then adjourned. Tomm.—Tne following gentlemen were re-elected :- 11head, Meese Nissen, G Verry, and s G. (deputy ),Sim t r i s it o h. n, Barkley, Red. QOEENHITIIE.—The Common Council for the past year were re-elected, the only alteration being that Mr. Terry was elected in lieu of Mr. M'Dougall, resigned. VINTRY.—The members of the Common Council were re-elected. Messrs. W. Archer (deputy), W. D. White, Gen. Mason, Sprague, J. Colman, and Chas. Gammon. WALBROOK.—D. W. Wire, Esq., alderman, presided. The following members of the Common Council were unanimously re-elected :—Messrs. E. Conder (deputy). Ford, Hale, William Dawson, Thomas Rowley, H. E. Murell, and T. E. Fry. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING. DESTRUCTION OF CARTON MOUSE BY FIRS. A destructive fire broke out this morning at Carton Theporti portion fire o f the was building firs t this es. morning, and up to house, the resid ence o f th e Duke of Leinster, nearMay nonth. From th e l eng th of time during which raged there is too m uc h re ason to fear that a ver y considerable 0 o'clock the ravages of the flames were not subd ued. Ever y man in the town of Maynooth, with the students from the college, and disc haso discovered fallen len about a pre prey o'clock the lock flames. great numbers of p eo p le from the surrounding coun try wer e on the spot, and under the direct ions of the Duke himself and of the Marquis of Kildare, or Lord Gerald, every possible effurt was made to stop the con flagration, and to remove the valuable property in the house to a place of safety. The gale, which un fortunately blew with considerable violence at the time, spread the fire, and fed its fury with more effect than all the exertions that could be made were able to overcome. The Duchess of Leinster having been confined for some time from illness it was found neces sary to remove her Grace to the steward's house. The house was insured. THE LORD-LIEUTENANT. The Earl of Carlisle, after a lengthened visit to Eng land, returned to Ireland last night, at half-past ten o'clock, by the Columba, Holyhead express steamer. There was a strong gale blowing at the time. TAR WEATHER. For the last 48 hours it has been blowing a fierce gale of wind from the south-east, and the weather prophets are predicting a heavy fall of snow as the finale to the storm. The cold is very severe, but up to last night the air was dry and bracing. About 4 o'clock this morning, however, there was a change, but not such as was 'T' pected. At that hour the rain commenced falling In torrents, and the ga l e, though somewhat a b a te d, con tinues to blow w ith considerable violence. a rrival office, and it i s i n f erred that the r ecant foul weather has been gener a l th roug h out t h e baring o ccurred in the city provinces. Some trifling easualties ar e repor t e d as a that the accounts and suburb s , b u t it i s appre he nded from th e coas t w ill be of a 1211 U a l' t he theinpolanetdeh more serious character. . mails were a ll l ate to-day in their plain el of dreadful poverty; and nib Ul i pon looking tog g t e h t e a g n a y e t l h e I r a . g t o e a While t, he ne dzerekai k n i d n l kindly e dened by his i i •L rn w os a a t ms h o h aefff i i i s e m Alkher s h iird e ßs: e l eg f b e d: :Diaßin shelterbmidVi care, si°i'Ak f t a YiGt Ig i A l ayl somethingcra all 'onr' Aw right ithaaW f for I l ft h er e Y i k a s ' brief and d w a sFi sojourn i x ii icd a h u d, t h u a n t d . under a s t u c n h d t ry ur s n o e v d er u ei n 16 en a gold watch loe s s e . arc T h tt s c he u l o er c s e c e ve e l success, the iraptah,netilgwv besidesa s r ol ewr that searched a r h c b e efdo found n a further , g 8 . . Liverpool, and the gold one The tale told by the silver watch near was picked up by the were communicated with, c m h i i g ld h r t ei b i e owner was found for the when from Newtown an i h n e gph t i ff m e E' rent police•etatione initials of "M.B. p " gold watch, which bore the The man . and his . family are now living on their own * means until something .more is known about them. His name is Petrick Middles— /fere/ors", Jountra, nearw or worth 1 whil e anid tory. ~: , ..F e.