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N 'BERT SMITri'S MONT BLANC, eveninTO-NIGFIT, gat 8 o'clock (except Saturday), The Morning le s i oc t V ol lB take id Ice every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, tan! Sta lls can be taken at the Box-office eery day from L tite E n .. .La; at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. 'giberls,eut Will Close fur the season on Saturday, Sep- rg (1 , 7 ,, z A5 1 LYDIA HOUSE, SEPTEMBER, 1855. ' i l j , ti ßT of DIRECTORS of the EAST t i l i ,-,,°_MPANIC DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That ia ,uRT of the said Company will be held at their • / 1 - 4„ e nnall•street on WEDNESDAY, the 9th April, 1856, 14ietileuoll of Five Directors for six years. re of a letter of attorney and of a declaration for enabling East India Stock to vote by prexy on this occasion • '''Pared for deli very to t h e propr ietors at the Treasury In J. D. DICKINSON; Deputy-Secretary. ktrttit EAST INDIA HOUSE, STH EPTEMBEE., 1855. CURTII4I-1, of DIRECTORS of the EA ST Of atm COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the ialapp ear i rPtietors of East India Stook as by the Company's li t '„Yt the be, qualified to vote at the General Election. on I% ed ',e 7 `" 4 Prh 1856 will be ready to be delivereo on Wednes llovernber, 18;i5. • _ _ _ . J. D. DICKINSON, Deputy-Secretarl. , ---.., ifitss ELS and FURNES JUNCTION 01;4_ reby gtven, RAILWAY. tek. (ag aranteed Vise l e . 5 per Cent. by the Belgian Government.) that no fmtber application for Shares In , PI4 Can be received after Thursday next, the 6th inst. N.....17e London Agency, 18, Cannon-street. tcitt A r , —4- WESTERN RAILWAY.— at o ,,en A p ti t ,, ,, ,w, 1 „„..• , -CURSION to OXFORD, DANBUigY, LEAM lirk 9th, 'wICK, and BIRMINGHAM. -On SUNDAY, ;TrainSep- Artita n ;,_ will leave Paddington at 7.30 a.m., returning the ki 4 4ldu'“ra Birmingham at 6.30, Warwick 7.5, LeaminAon g *, and Oxford at 850 p.m. Fare, —Oxford, Itken.; arA ßirmingham,Y, Bs. and ss. ; Leamington and Warwick, 10g. 6d. \ ' 4 ingham, 12s. and 7s. Children under 12 half- 1 4 %,„ 'IN and NORTH-WESTERN asiel MID -sb t i qb e , ,=%kum>YS. - P , , NC ASTER It CE.4 —FIRST' and kk Rt a Z 4 SS Ordinary DAY TICKETS will he i-sued, at the tt orN -on. to DONCASTER, by any train (except the 9 15 11 6 4 44 N eia f er 2d class) on Monday, Tuesday, Wedn city, lbws lOth. 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th September, and to INN or returning on any of these days. By order. ager's Office, Euston Station, Sept. 3, 1855. C A , ESTABLISHED 1803. ‘TAL:—ONE MILLION SrxitLixa. 41 , All Paid-Up and Invested in 1806. 0 B - E INSURANCE. rESIIFIFLD, Esq., Df.P , F.R.S.—Thairman. NERSAM, Esq.—Deputy Chairman. bat 40IIGE CARE (Itys, Esq.. M.P.—Treasurer. LIFE' ANNUITIES: REVERSIONS. Cornhill and Pall Mall, Timdon. t.11 4 . s Th , Powered by Special Acts of Parliament. kit!pa r ., l7ll ANCES granted from Fifty to Ten Thousand Pounds, - " , ttlarly favourable to the Younger and Middle periods tt, 1.0 Charge for Stamp Duties on Life Policies. „_ Class of FIRE and LIFE Insurance transacted. 161 Medical Fees generally p ,id. Life Table. on various plans,—may be had and ot any of the ;gents. WILLIAM NEWHARCII, Secretary. o th , C OMMERCI AL TRAVELLERS and , lo k `4 1 : 11 .--The TRAVELLERS' and MARINE INCUR' NCE 01 . 0, 14 rant Policies of Insurance against EVERY DE , CR I DENT,P '' whether occurring whilst travelling or other- CAPITAL, 250,0001. TRUSTEES. 1111 ' Right Honourable Earl Fitzwilllam. K.G. Matthe w Marshall, Esq. (Bank of England). iWilliam Smee , Esq. (Bank of England). k Charles Fox. EXAMPLE OF RATES. \ " " ,1 4, 2 inm. Sum at Death. I W.:Alv £l,OOO £5 0 0 5 0 £5OO ..£3 0 0 Iti4 Z ll4 Or A rApos Prospectuses, Eke., ma be obtained at the ancl 43, Poultry, London, between 10 and 4 o'clock. FRANCIS COBIIAM, Registrar. I' I t-/ %1 A.TIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. (Established in 1838.) Empowered by Act of Parliament. ' C ONZII DIRECTORS. SHEPPARD SYMES, Esq., 111. D , Chairman. Barclay, Esq. Henry John Hodgson, Esq. tineller ' , nett, Esq. John Moss, Esq. ks Church, Esq. Thomas Nicoll, Esq. 41 .c0 . ts_on, M.D., F.R.S. John Symes, Esq. '`cY Grattan, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. MANAGER. J. Leander Starr, Esq. Aue atstone, F.E.S.7 D aTP R r s o . Wh eatstone, John Radford Toting. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. k Rulotson, M.D.,37, Conduit-street. M.D., Bourdon House, Berkeley-square. ACTUARY.s• B. Woolhouse, sq, F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Wool:louse, Esq. BANKERS, ) (k r, *.rs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. ), • op,. SOLICITORS. Itp6 —sory, Gregory, Skir , ow. and Rowcliffa, Bedford-row. 4 Dhi k f orms of proposal, prospectuses, and information gene ' ""Y at the chief office, 142, Strand, or to ag.nts. J. LEANDER STARR, Manager. 1: 1 / 1 - 1 1 ,'-uIiALL, Sept. 5, 1855. The Com -It4gee for Letting the City's L Inds will meet at Guildhall, on N.,„IY, the 12th Sept. tnstaut, at One o'clock precisely, to /Ntloj i yo sals for Leases of a House, IN o. 3, Broad-street bald ).l Zio. 58, Cheapside, and a house, No. 26, Great Leonard ‘li'ltd;l74rY • ,;articulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender - .the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. 1t 4 3 0 4 ,,,1 STRATI° N.—BORO I JGET of the "P•R H 11111 FTQ Notice 1- Hereby Givc n, That JOHN th,.4..A.CC211-F.EN, ' E . 7q , Barrister-at:Law, having been L itot io ; the Lord Chief Justice to Revise the l list of Voters for Kip of the T , wer Ham'ets, will bold his Court ft , r th it par- Vte,7, Court-house, in Wedelose-square, situate within the k i tftii g toll MON AY the 24th day of t•eptember instant, at t cioc-K in the forenoon preesely. °V 6 Vic., can. IS, the Returning "nicer and the several t..(3 -. the resnective oArishes within the said Borough are or attend the Court of the Revising Barrister, anti at the Ofv ot the said Court to deliver to the Revil Itarrkter the ‘L, o f e j? Made by them respectively,all the original It,,,airns and Object.ons receivtli by them, and to produce Ott oz 1". Documet ts. Pape's, and Writings. in their posses "'Dt^tl,l2 Lists Dower, touching any matter necessary for revising 11 / 4 44 ti l f.`, Lists of Voters. ° I st day of September, 1855. HENRY CHIT D, Ed, • Office- for the said Borottrit, • . ' , .ciri ard , s_roaci. lleturnirg ......_ , pt , Hackney, and No. 9, St. Swithin's-lane, City. tit 1) SLOAV POISONING CASE at G kt 4 , 411 t tRIAN T4)N.—Let doctors rtflec• that by their infernal t1,14 :11,, q3' of enly constantly jeopardise the lives of peonlo but 4 fr i ,!;t l Parties may, and most assuredly will, he 'ed to ' the 1, ,t ., ,ka „..I. crime of poisoning, Identity . of the poisons used by L 4,,4 u irlicines with those employed in the adulteration of 11 ,04 -, 4 l v.)serint on to the Morlsonian testimonial, &c. Read at he and MEDICAL REFORMER for Sept , m. er --slay K I; :,' British C Ilele of Health, New road. London, on f,r -'4lpicstage stamp ; at the Hygeist Office, 262, strand; ant of e, authorised agents for Mr. Morison's Vegetable Universal 104 A 41 ! ° ApI, 4I:P S COPAHINE, or SACCFIA RATED l lNt l i IILE k i iiir, -ly -SI approved of by the erench College of Physicians, a dministered.s,itt4 o , in the Paris and London Hospitals, and OtOkil e ;',, ,by them to he the best remedy tor a certain disorder. ih ilirNi , .- of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded o appli- Itt," A qt.l ( l Per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, 4\.<olZeteUm, chemists. chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and 11 0 111 I I:t k liN SIVIEN'S CLAlMS.—Sportsmen claim - -th Berr i , air ~ ea, and economy in their dress—style and snperiority Olt alr,,n a nttents—adaptation to their purpor, and suitability N latr" should appear in their equipment These claims are 4 41 44 1 t " clorn Ot r ,. T , Y attended to at the establishments of E. Moses kliSlatk e "c,largest amount of business encourages them to the 4 1 4 4 hi t i e L r t y h , e most , s t for m ag i n p l o fi rt y m t e s n t , o s c i it to e o r f i Sporting orto a. ). dress.elswhere. lt 4 ,cellence, and cheapness inimitable. ' t, ,Ztstir ta blishment—Minories and Aidgate. tZ4. u lir ach—New Oxford-street and Hart-treet. 7, l Zne n —S heshefileld and Bradford, Yorkshire. ' w holesale Branch)—Melbou , ne, Vict,ria. SIN Ill t E.BILTCH JACKET FOR AUTUMN. ka l eae tt lati • ir,,_ p at , c production has realised every expectation, has l tttultp;, ° ,l l age unparalleled, has given universal satisfaction, y14 1 (1 b:''uced in now materials for autumn. it r. 1., 1 14 0 „ r emembered that the Kertch Jacket is exclu•ively 0,117 4 141,7, of E. MOSES and Son. It can o•dv he procured at 't,,,, th 'h it 4 - Plents ; no imitation can approach the excellences d's ,a4 th,„7„, c sign and finish ; and at no other house can such ele hlbr,tp;ltgarments be obtained at such moderwe vrices. ILN; , ta era Cape has established its high rank in public " esti r;r4;l4a4,Z_Rance combined with its utility, its material is tho 'at r Proof, its graceful design and superior finish render it tt i N 2e r garment for the present and approaching seism. Its 141 t 44 di 333 trimmed with silk. 1 444 tit si ,,l_t u icuis of all countries, the earliest and best . selections ttAr l Z l ,„',g_ished markets and manufactories in Hosiery Goods 4:_ i"'_'..t gentlemen. ' l4 at Zattlig preparations for Autumn in every description Latt, ° l.__Est a 2,l os Es and Sores Establishment and its branches : t .. 74 th,:"‘ilment—Minories and Aidgate. Ner i '!,ll`,l l ,! ll— N , ew Oxford-street and Hart-street. , (w h Z s e it s;nr r e a ffi nc e h l and Ira o d u f r o n r e d , , Ir Y i e c r t k o s i t t ire. h A ..._ VESEND 'S r A ° I. '4 4PACKETS. k pa ckets call at the Greenhithe and Parfleet Pie' e. p._ %11 tit the Piers as underlined (weather p e r m itti ng ) 'JI' TERRACE PIER. GRAVESEN'D N't 4 Y%;7 - :.ant: I to, l iath,, Itg',, NZ froto F met 4 4Fil pt t Or an hoar, \,..ifi.ilt„__WrlA.RF, '"•44 Train s f r .„ . 2 1 _ - 0 1. t ro GiNtir o FLUES. 1,),‘ Fuss. &ammo, nt),...tit t i and miackwall 01 u„it, Gr and 041§Tprea;;`,Itelrfrall or Wool %Tin t h Ott lad Intermed - t y " — One onth 11 4 etc or ormr. SEPT. 4, Datil-01r and 66* AB OT' escriP ti° ow r h o. f ois Oa n. 6 j, ;d Per 4°ll 3• on— od 43. A 4 11 for e_g e ybeti 000 1 ut u° 61 4 1 8 to - rid es; 6d; ► ra i n 10g (h 1 insir ol. 31 'V :1 1 .g° 6 * 'if I ............ ............ 0; ............ ; ............ 0 on ......... ......... ad, tze. 4 1 ; '9O 1 1 • ' 9 1 0 ‘' 0 'II .." .. 1 9 1 6 5 9 ifsii .a ;;l9: 3res Ca 19 ........... 0,....01 (ipo" . 0 1. ::; , ..... ..... 00l ..... ~ ' ool l ' v Mt; pl- 0 0, . 0 ok ' 11 0 , 0 'lceP i ' ' L pf ;;C:P de" rli , 4 l'EtP t eed •O ieeP• I 1. 1 80 I 0 ,to ,o . 0 0 do 1010' 1 t 0 4 JO In , V , (V° :pster.' // tetit E l l -II re, ' , ir . bill , ay fli tirP° if , 110 ,111 revl oioV3o, ,f rfO il for the Jahn O' 001 P ril tr ees, Itoirs 1 0 5 b ° 1 ' wre-P °v r, oftr eci ti. At Chi'll° Ta i o SP e i 3 of r vo is 0011" 10 , r, ,;tal Time t-street itatto] AC10;931,14, he Fenehurch. !tlttre: irNDAITs. n 2•• •• •• 11' Wool' Fore Cabin. • lOd. .. le. 2 . Bd. Os. 10:1. Bd. .. Os. lOd 6d. .. Os. Bd. 6d. .. Os. had of the Car .••••• •••• late Piers.. 15r to to .as.; ort ..ne Colle ionk, Terrace Plor,graymn i. N o . 19.637.1 PUBLICATIONS, TEOLLOPE'R NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., GERTRUDE; or, FAMILY PRIDE. By Mrs. TROLLOrE. Author of " The Life and Adventures. of a Clever Woman," Sze. I/unt and Blac•kett, Publishers, successors to llenry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. -BATTLE of the TCHERNAYA.—EDWARD STANFORD will publish on Friday next, the ith of Set tem ber, a Plan of the Positions and Ground ocm led by the French, Sardinian=, and Russians on the 16th o ugust. Sketched by Capt. WOLSELEY, 90th Regt., and Lieut. FREDERICK BRINE, R.E. Price Is.; case, 2s. 60. ; free per post. London : Edward Stanford, 6, Charing-Cross. Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d., • STRICTURE of the URETHRA : its Rational Treatment and Prompt Cure. By F. B. C OURTE NAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. " We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stric ture during the last twenty years has equalled, if, indeed, it has not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, therefore, no mater of surprise that he sh aild enjoy the reputation of being a most 61exterous and skilful manipulator with urethral instruments; and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert that the introduction of instruments through a stricture which had previously been impermeable to thorn, was the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, it must be no slight source of gratification on Mr. 'ourtenay's part. to have achieved the reputation he has in this res..ect ; and for our part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no man to whose care w. would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circular. London: 11. Bs!lliere, 219, Regent-street. A RGYLL ROOMS.—LAtTRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season The followine Mesic wll be performed by his celebrated P.aid durim, the week:— March aux Flamheanx. W.,l'z^4 -The ; fly of 'he valley (D'Albert), Zephir Fufte (Gu-g'i), Smells (T'lnney), Ethel Newcome (Laurent), La Sultan (Bosislo). e Hot du l'a-tel atentte), Les ';uzenots (Laurenti, Palermo ,*Al bert), Bride of Lap mermoor (Tinner), TI Trovat , re Litton). Po'kas— Des Ilulands (Lamotte), Italic ( , avhlo), The ' illian Or %I nert), Des raucous (B nt quiet). Th- Zouav' (Laurent). Galopa— The Tm,,erial Guards ((.;u• :nt), '; he Heel.t(4treather). —La GWrlande de Fleur: (B ~ q uet), La VarQov:ana (Laurent) Prin cipal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcours.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. THE GRP AT ST HIT OF THE SFACON. IN noNoun OF HER NTA.TETY' , I VI=I , TO FRANCE CHANGE OF AMITS , MENTS. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAR -I,t;NS. Thur , da, , , Sent. ', 1855, and d , iring the Week- HUMOURS of a FRENCIT VILLAGE FAIR, and Grand FETE CH MPETRE, Written by Mr. NELSON EE, rranged by Mr. FLExmonE. Programme of Amusements: -Fren Vil ale and Es ,aminet -French Villa-ers -New Ballet Dance by Flexmore's Troupe of Arti9tes - Dancing on the Green- French Stalls- French Goods-French Attendant.: in Costume French Vivandieres -French Eau Sucre Venders-Frmch Quack Doctor. Selling his Nostrum< in Cariacte and Pair, attended by Pierrot, Trumpet and Drum-Rnssilli Family-Slack Rope-- •Gipsies-Punch, &c. &c. - Picture by Plumps, SIVE ABORt t AS IT IS !-Vocal and Tngtrumental Concert ! a Quadrille Band !•-The Spanish Min 9trels !-Triumphal Arch leading to the Fair !-DAN'ING, after Concert in the New Salle de Dance, under the Vrec7ion of Mr. FLaXMORE I-The whole to ronclude with the SIEGE and BOM BARD ‘,l;' NT of SEE A , TOP )f,, and ; -rand Pyrotechnic Tableau ! No extra Charge-Admittance, C , NE CrimuNo. The Fair to com mence etch Day at Three o'clock, announced by discharge of cannon. Nos, lties of every description will be Introduced as they present themselves. OYAL CREMORNE—Admission, One ner , . aced attractions of , here delightful Gardens having bee. recognised by a prop'ltionately Increa , ed patronage, stimulate= the proprietor, if possible, to increase the splendour of its now leading feature, the "AS -1131' BNB k MILITARY PLAY," and therefo'e every improvement suggested by the xperl ence of the wst, H'e judgment of the present, or the presci nce of the future, will immediately be adopted, to add to its brilliancy and Insure a continuance of that success with which It has been so signi ficantly marked. Nor while thus diligently carrying out a new fea ture nightly will the interest of the more matured ones be allowed to diminish as the Equ , slrian Displays, the Vocal ant Instrumental Concert, the Grand Ballet, the Al Frcsco Ball, and the Illuminations will he care , olly arranged and spiritedly pu: forward to , uit the tastes and ennyenienees of all The Ash , urnham Park gates will oe open daily from 3 tilt 7, to allow visitors en °partway of exa mining the beautiful Panoramic Mod , t of Sebasto-01. by zones, and to hear from wounded orimean soldiers their experience of , 111 ed success and Russian resistance. Open on Sundays, free, by refresh ment card, 6d. Table d'Hote at 6,2 s. Ed. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-TO-NIGHT, Sentemher 6, and every night during the week, PRO FE...SOR ANDERSON, THE GitfAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH, will have the honour of presenting his new series of DEI. ASSEMEN4 VAGIQUES, er the Wonders of the Ancient Magi, and the frost ren .caned of Modern Magicians. The Great Wiz ird will select the moot recherché experiments of his various programmes—from that submitted by him to her Majesty, at Bal moral, to that which obtained the approval of the President of the United States; together with special novel feats, invented expressly for the o..casion, and embracing his extraordinary and amusing illus trations of Spirit-Rapping. The Entertainment w.ll consist of Tw. lye Acts, divided into tw parts, and arranged so that the in terest shall dramatic accumulate to its final denouement in the twelfth act. Ac Ist—" I.e Livr., d- s Recneils Chigoes." Act 2d— '• Magical Locomotion." Act 3d --"L'F',cr!n de Ye re." Act 4th— " The 'ahalistic Counters." Act sth -"The New Bottle of Bacchus." Act Gth—" The Mysterious Parcel." Act 7th—" The Ho nological Evaporation." Act , th—" I h-- Aqua-axial Pa•adox." Act 0111— " The Mesmeric Couch.' Ict 10 h—" laT-an -hour with the Spirits" Act 1 Ith—" The Enchanted Chair of Comus." Oct 12th—" The Mystery of the Charmed C nest." Further particulars in Programme of the Day. Doors open each evening at Half-past Sever , : com mence at Eight. Private Box- s, 11. Ifs. 6d. and I/. Is.; to be ob tained at the Eox-office, or of Messrs Sams, Mitc'tell, Ebers. Book ham, Bailey and Moon, Cramer and Beale, Lead,r and Cock. Chan pelt, &c. , tahs, 4s. Dress Cirete, 3s. (Tpper Boxes, 2s. Pit, Is. Gallery, Gd. The Box-office is open daly from 10 till 5, under the direction of Mr. Chattort,n. Grand Fashionable Morning Perform ance on eaturday next, September Bth, at I' wo o'clock; doors open at Half-past One. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESI43M A R.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the High Court o' Chancery. and on the Ith June fol!owing was made perpetual. against Joseph rauklinlnol thers, to restrain them, nn ter a penalty of one thou and pounds, trom imttatin: this Niedic , ne. which is protected by im3al Letters eatent o pli,giand, and socuree by the Seals of tn, Ecoic itarinacie de Paris. and the imperial College of Medicine. Vienna. TRIESF,NII.II, No. I, Is remedy for Rela,atte,n, s'normatorrhre, Awl Fixhansttoe t , -rtem, whether arising from e x caws, accident. or climate ro those persons who are prevented enterimt the married state b , e connquencesof early :,rrors It Is invaluable. hit F.F.EIII AK, , No. 2, 3 itctually, to the sncrt space of three days, completely and , ntirel: • adicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubeh , :aye so long been thought an antidote for, to th, ruin of th heart• a vast portion of the population. TRICRMAR, N 0.3, Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of disorders, whic. trifortunately the English physic , an treats with Mercury, to the in. evAable destruction of the patient's constitution, .ind which all the s .rsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIE' , EMAIt, Nu 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell. •d of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet ta•o! •.;tbout their use being suspected. •301 , 1 in tin cases at I ls. each, free by post, 25 extra, divided into. Tharate loses, as ilministered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux ~,&c.—To be had 'Wholesale and Retail in London of John ton, 6 8 . - •:rnhill; Hannay end Co., ca, Oxford-street: end tangier. i , O. Ox r 1-street ; R. H. Ingham, drugxikt, 46, 1 arket-street, Manchester : I. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. 1 1 rie,tly, chemist, 52, Lori-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; Winnall, bookseller, High-street, Birmingham, SECRET INFIRMTIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. , at published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 26 _ stamps, ERVOLTS DEBILITY: Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper ,atorrhees., with Practical Observations on a safer and more u3.3essful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Ocnerativ, stem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and siinguthing, by urinary examinatio,, the real cause and effect of - very variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, ,cesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, tounde in twenty years' esperience in the treatment of impuissance gervons Debility, Local Weakness, Sernsatorrlrea, &c. To which :re added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre :autionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical prcetice, find on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writes 3 on t-ese important disorders. 3y SAMUEL LAYMERT. M.D. 87, REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edit , :azgh, Honorary Member of the Loudon Hospital Medical Society LicentiatJ of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c„ &c. rho essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con ,,,idences resulting frux certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man ood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any iher class of disease known to modern pathologists, its perusal is articularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of -sir physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded tie health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is e titled: it is absolutely necessary that ali men should know, that there are ninciples of personal management which cannot be violated without ~coring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed o heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties ~ ay be mitigated, how the tin of their bitterness may be removed, .nd how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, ano above all, tat there is scarcely any degrae of physics Infirmity or functional erangernent to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive Practice in the treatment o: these del c.‘te complaints, which have .ittforturtately been too generally confided to the clre of ignorant emoirics, who inflict great injury on .rose who are induced to place t in their preten "7RYOUSI DEBILITY may be had, price 2e, of Messrs. Sher wood and Co., 23 Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; . s.e, 19, Leiceste - .square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free oy post for amps to .any kelftrm from the Author's residanc3, 37. Bea f nare. At home for consultation daily from eleven till two, arid from six till eight. PRACTICAL JOKING IN THE ARMY.-At the Preston Town-hall on Tuesday la-t, three mili , ary officers, Darned A. G. Onslow, J. Coeroy, and Floptou S. Stewart, were fined 40e. and costs, and severely reprimanded by the Bench, for smashing street-lamps by throwing rabbits at them. The iielendan , s, who, it was said, hail been tip pling freely, pleaded guilty to the charge.— Manchester Ex7miner. FIRE IN THE NEW NORTH ROAD.—Yesterday morn ing, at a few minutes before three o'clock, a fire of a very alarming and destructive character happened in the premises belonging to Mr. E. Michaels, a rag merchant and wholesale dealer in marine stores. The prerni-es, New North-road, a n d No. 1, Terrace, New Norfolk street, the whole three buildings communicating with each other, and owing to the large stock in-trade it was at one time apprehended that the whole of the extensive property would have been destroyed. The firemen la boured in the most praiseworthy manner, under the direction of Messrq. Fogo, Bridges, BAyliq, and Connor ton, and in the course of a couple of hours they got complete control over the destroying element, but not until a great amount of damage was done, which is thus officially returned to Mr. Superintend,,it Braidwo )cl : "Nos. 53 and 54, King-street, New North-road, Mr.E. Michaels, the two shops on ground floor burned out and the contents consumed ; and No. 1, Terrace, New Nor folk-street, also belonging to Mr. Michaels, the back rooms on the ground floor burnt out, staircase and re3t of house, together with the contents, seriously damaged by fire, water, &c. Cause of fire unknown. The vtock in-trads and furniture ineuscid in the Sun Fue-oaco. 5,~;,, , t 7, • .' '....... . .• / ' ' -•- • , ' -' e''' - ------r7- - ... , ~. ....--"-_ , 1..- -- e- - --C-- - e..-- - . , - i-- - ‘,'• i- , .. e___- .. . 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(.11P"`: ;;.C.: o ' 7/ ?... ' ',' Z T ' t :bI E . O - r re ,:lii'ilT4-... '''''l;:q . ifl , , . - 1R0n. , . , ..- -e t? _., :i ,-•-_,._.. . r• Th al; RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURA* te half-yearly meeting of this company Was day at the offices, Broad-street. report stated that the income of the company for If-year ending June 30, am ounted to 4,5704, against 5 , 0941 . a t th e corresponding period last year. The amount received was 3,6801., making, with the ba lance from last - half-year, 6,454/: to the credit of revenue. The disbursements, including 9271. for advertis;ng and 1,3611. for compensation, amounted to 4,5151., leaving a balance of 1,9391., which, with the sum due from the, railway clearing-house and agents, amounts to 2,8291., out of which the directors recommend interest on the paid-up capital at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax. In addition to the above 1,3614 paid for compensation, a claim had been made on behalf of the family of an officer of the North London Railway Com pany, who was insured with the company for 1,0001., and was killed by an accident near the Caledonian-road station on the 12th of May last. He left a widow and fur children, to whom the amount insured has been paid. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, declaring the dividend, and authorising the directors to extend the business of the company to the insurance of all kinds of accidents, whether railway or otherwise. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 6 1855. SPIRIT OF PUBLIC (TOURivALS. ----- THE SPEt CH OF STR JAMES GRAHAM. ( From the Times of this day. ) T.,e emennon sense of mankind has agreed that there is something inevitably little and narrow-minded in imi tations. No imitator, no follower, ever thoroughly un de:stood his original, or was anything else than a re duced and bad cipy ; and the best pupils have invariably found it necessary before long to sacrifice their love and admiration for their master to the higher instincts of in dependence and self-respect. Why Sir Robert Peel's small band of followers have not done this—why they make such a religion of doing what Peel did, and finding out what Peel would have done—and why, in this hope less pursuit, they put themselves into a bad position with nineteen-twentieths of their fellow-countrymen— which Peel certainly would never have done—we cannot divine. There is something morbid in the whole affair, and it is not to be explained by any common rules of action. We are not going to quarrel with the very small bit of Peelisen that Sir James Graham did the other day in the neighbourhood of Carlisle, for we hold that there ought to be a decent reserve, a cloak of charity, thrown over the transactions of a gentleman with his borough. The railway of which Sir J. Graham turned the first sod, if sod it really was, appears to lead from one sandbank on the south shore of the Solway Frith to another. Carlisle, which contains under a thousand 101. householders, has already several communications with the sea, and the railway to which Sir James has con tributed his lofty prestige purposes—at the cost, we should think, of a quarter of a million—to carry an ex isting communication almost as far down the coast as another existing one. How many coast railways Car lisle can require, how many Civita Vecchias this Rome of the Borders is likely to create with its overflowing commerce, we cannot pretend to guess ; but we are not at all surprised to hear that the existing line moat threatened by the Silloth Railway fought it in committee, beat it in more than one seseion, and apparently has only been defeated at last through Sir James's powertul advocacy of the new line. However, thoneh the line is peculative to the last decree, a large proportion of Sir James's humbler constituents have invested their savings in it, and he seems to c insider the poverty of the share helders a set off against the badness of the speculation. W e do not ourselves see the logic of this. In other re spects the line does not stand a comparison even with tn e Trent Valley Railway, There, though at a vest' disproportionate cost, the main line of the London and Nerd). WeAern was shortened by about ten or twelve ininutes, and a direct communication gained with some unimportant towns. The benefit of Sir James's line will be, that his 525 supporters, who now go by rail to 'hree points of the Solwey Frith, will be able to go to a fourth, not quite so far dawn as one, or so far up as Another. We have attempted to calculate the profits of the new line, but the only result we cat, obtain is, that if all the other lines are deserted, and Sir James kept the whole of his Carlisle constituents travelling up and down the Silloth Railway every day in the year, Sundays and holidays included, at ordinary fares, it would still be a losing concern. But, standing on the pedeetal of this promising enter prise, Sir James is reminded of tile Question, " What would have been the conduct of Sir R. Peel under exist ing circumstances, were he now alive ?" and he answers it by enlarging on Sir Robert's predilection in favour of commerce, peace, progress, improvement, free trade, private enterprise, profitable expenditure, and, in a word, the work of citizens, as opposed to the work of politi cians. He rather permits the inference to lurk than to declare itself, but the inference is, that at this moment Sir Robert would be taking more care of the merchants' profits than the supposed honour of his country. He would be on the side of the citizen, not the politician. The contrast of these two things runs through Sir James's 'hree speeches. He congratulates England that her railways are made by citizens, not by politicians for what he calls political purposes ; be sneaks of all pros perity as specially the province and achievement of citizens, and he evidently implies that, were it left to the citizens of this country, of course we should not be at war, that being exclusively the work of politicians. There is some ingenuity in the contrast here supposed, and in the Bert of foundation it has in the example of Sir Robert Peel. Unquestionably that statesman left rail ways and everything else as much as possible to the pri vate enterprise and the spontaneous progress of the people. He did his best to find out whet the people would do, o' what the people would become, and he ex pedited the process in a legislative form. But, as the enlightened British people cannot really love war, cannot like 4uitless expenditure, cannot like a 6 per cent. in come-tax, the wholesale destruction of human life, end less fighting, and abortive diplomacy, so it is assumed that Sir Robert would have found expression fur these feelings in the preservation of an honourable peace. We do not pretend to say that we have supplied a complete t. emu of reasoning, beginning with the Trent Valley Railway and ending with a universal peace, even in spite of the Czar and the Sultan, but we do say that some such train of reasoning is the clue to Sir James's three harangues. We shall meet this way of speaking at once by deny ing as most untrue, and most dangerous, the supposed distinction between the citizen and the politician. It is very true that we may call a merchant a citizen, and a Minister or a diplomatist a poll ician, and no doubt they have, by long habit., different ways of thinking. It is also true that Sir Robert Peel in fighting the battae of his life against classes, oligarchies, and monop hes of all sorts, did often speak as if the citizen was the proper and natural unit of scatty ; the politician exotic, artificial, and forced, It is true thet at a time when his thoughts were emiceutrated on one particular measure, he committed the immense and irre perabie error of repudiating, in the matter of railways, ,11 the functions of the State, except the mere task of discovering which were the most deserving, or the strongest, or the wealthiest, or the mo-t unscrupulous competitors. So f r Sir Robert did sink the politician, Os he thought, for the good of the citizen in a citizen's affair; but, to do Sir Robert that justice wl,iels Sir James dues not, he did not suppose the citizen to he wholly unpolitical. He never acted or spoke as if the ordinary Em glishman cared only for the belai,ce in his ledger. On the whole, Sir Robert raised the English aepitiitions, and eneirged the sphere of lie sym pathies. He euc uraged the citizen to feel that he in fluenced the world, and had a mission towards all nations. He did not degrade our politics, but he en nobled commerce. lle was always prepared to recog nise the voice of the people, and, so far from being ready to divert the public rage from national honour to private gain, and to answer our honest iedignation by pointing to the blessings of peace, Sir Robert never once said "Nay" to any popular cry such as that which for many months anticipated the declaration of war against Rus sia. It was only in commercial questions that he favoured that distinction, unfortunate in any case, as we think, between the citizen and the politician, which Sir James now essays to import into the question of national honour. Once for all, however, on all subjects, we deny that distinction. The good citizen is the best poli tician, and the sound politician is the only true citizen. On every subject the State expresses, or ought to ex press, the common conviction of all its citizen; as far as they can be ascertained ; and all those citizens ought to do their best that the State shall truly and fully re present them, and give effect to their common wishes. THE WAR IN ASIA. (From the Times of this day.) The intelligence from Erzeroum is declared to be much less alarming, and fully confirms the opinions we have expressed as to the Asiatic struggle. According to a bulletin of th e P orte, t h e R uss i ans a d vance d on th e 4th of August against the intrenchrnents of Kars, and attaoked a battery. An artillery fight commenced, which lasted two hours. The Russians are stated to have lost a number of men, and to have left 100 on the field, be sides those they took away. Although the event may have received the usual official exaggeration, it is plain that the enemy made a demonstration against Kars which was attended with no effect, and that, either pur posely or from necessity, no general attack has been at tempted. Erzerourn is completely relieved. At Kerpi- Keui, a little village on the road to Kars, a combat is said to have taken place, probably between the irregular cavalry of the two armies. After it, though we can hardly believe in consequence of it, the Russians broke up from before Erzeroum, and retir e d on K ars across th e Soghanli range of hills. In six we e k s more t h e co ld w ill be piercing over all the gr ea t A rmen i an plateau, and the heavy snows of another winter will begin to lie deep on the roads which wind through ravines and round the slopes of mountains in the country which is the scene of war. How far the fear of Ressian conquest was justi fied we now know. The Campaign may be said to be over. The generals of the Czar must soon recall their toops to Guniri and Teflis, while their opponents will he distributed in the frontier towns from Batoum to Bayazid. The little practical advantage which followed the Russian victories of last year is well known, and, although a large additional force has been brought across the Caucasus at,d along the Caspian, the present cam paign is still mere barren in results than the last. The Turkish cominanders have this year at least been wise enough to avoid an engagement, and not even fruitless victories have ministered to the pride of the northern Emperor expected a has and hi people. A war from w hich much was produced r odueed only empty demonstrations, and is now concluded in disappointment. Its ex penses have, no doubt, been very great : admitting that provisions may be furnished by the country itself, yet men, guns, and ammunition have been brought over a thousand miles of steppe or ravine, or river or stormy inland sea, to the frontiers of the two Mahomedan em pires ; and such a war mu , t have dem aided all the ob• stinate hope which distinguishes the Muscovite. Opera-1 tions which should give them possession of some part, however small, of the Ottoman territory, and place them in a higher position in the event of an attempt at pacifi cation, were their object ; yet, though they met only a disorganised army, all their attempts were vain. They have been vanquished, not by the strength of their cue mie , but by the nature of the war itself ; and the result shows how easily a p )vverfu! adversary may be foiled in a rugged and pathless country by an almost powerless levy, if it be only guided by prudence, and not betrayed by the venality or rashness of its leaders. The campaigns in Asia afford proof of the inaptness of the Russians fur carrying on offensive war when earnestly oppotigi e BLoot of their conciupts, indeed, Boom to 4a,yo been won, if not by trickery, at least by watching for the weakness or dissensions (,f their victims. Georgia, seduced into semi-dependence, was thus incorporated by an ukase, when every stronghold had been previously earrisoned by the wary aggressors. A league with France against England secured the liberty of seizing Finland ; a league with England against France tore Bessarabia from the Porte. The Czars may govern with inimitable craft the provinces they have gained, hut, though successful, they have not been brilliant conquer *ors. Putting aside the defects of the Russsan cotdier himself, his want of adventurous valour, his dislike of a campaign beyond what he has learnt to be the limits of the empire, and his indifference to the schemes of ate grandisernent which agitate his master, there are phyeical obstacles to success in cases where the enterprise is not aided by foreign assistance or by connivance on the part of some ruling man in the state that is invaded. In the Principalities, although the war was carried on in a country of great agricultural prosperity, where provi sions and means of transport abounded, yet such were the distances to be traversed before the scene of war was reached that fatigue and want slew thousands, and made the weakened frames of many more easy victims to the fevers and cholera which lurked in the marshes of the Danube. A threat of war from Austria extorted from the proudest of monarchs an unwilling acquiescence in conditions before contemptuously rejected. This was probably not from fear of any great disaster to the vast army which rested on his impregnable fortresses of War saw, Z tmosc, and Modlin, and agaiust which, as the Austrian Commamier , in-Chief declared, a force of double its strength could hardly hope to operate with success. It was rather induced by a conviction that the distant peninsula on which the allies had landed would require, if not all his men, at least all the material resources without which armies most peiish. And his calculation was right. The carts which new enter Sebastopol are carts from Poland, and, though the army which occu pies the heights above the Tchernaya, and which garri sons Sebastopol, seems as yet to have been successfully fed, we know not how much exhaustion the land has suffered, nor how long it will be before that exhaustion denies all forther supply. Those who have been terri fied by the vision of Russian conquests rapidly achieved, who trembled for Con-t,ntinople as they now tremble for Anatolia and its cities, fall into the error of judging warfare in a half-savage lad by the conquests of a mighty genius in the long settled and wealthy countries of Western Europe. Tee highlands of the Asiatic fron tier, the desert and arid plains which succeed' them, are not to he swept over as the armies of France marched from the Rhine to the Danube. Great wealth, great genius, vast resources, a long period of time, and, above all, the inattention of the world, are necessary for even the conquests winch Russia may be believed to have really meditated, much more for those popularly attributed to her. But natural difficulties form only the first obstacles to such successes as the Russians are supposed to have anticipated. There are large European armies in the east, and, though they seem difficult to move, a cautious general would, no doubt, have forebodings on the sub j,,,et of an advance from Batoum, which would compel a retre•t and the relinquishment of all that many months had gained. Nor are moral causes wanting which ren der the hope of permanent conquest, onteven temporary occupation, one hardly to be cherished by the Czar. Whatever the state of the Ottoman dominions, whaievt.r the character of the Turk himself, it cannot he doubted that the Asatic empire has in these latter days been united and centralised. In the remembrance of men not old the Sultan was little m ire than the suzerain of a band of half-independent Pashas, who always disre garded their master's authority when they were strong enough to withstand it. It was through such magnates as these, and through the proud and headstrong chiefs of the soil, that Russian influence worked. But Mahmoud destroyed the feudal proprietors, and a rebellious gover nor is a being of the past. Where is the Pasha of Erzernum, wielding almost a monarch's authority, who could sell the Sultan's c Anse ? Where is the Georgian dynasty which reigned in Bag , lad ? Even the wild tribes are quiet. Kurdistan may be safely traversed, except when some adventurer raises his standard for the sake of plunder. Rocks and deserts, the presence of allies, the strong authority of the Sovereign, all join with the weakness of the enemy's armies and the distance of his supplies to ward off danger from the land which has been the subject of so wide and groundless a panic. We cannot but repeat our regret that Omer Pasba has been taken from the field of his late useful, though less brilliant labours, to be sent on such a mission as has been recently announced. We only hope that the spring will see his return to the Crimea, and his co-ope rttion in the movements which will be necessary against the Russians, even though the town of Sebastopol be taken. His absence front his army has been immedi ately followed by confusion and uncertainty, and those who know anything of native Turkish Pashas will dread to see a force in movement under one of them. We trust that the cessation of alarm will restore to the allies one of ther most distinguished generals. Their are dangers and hardships enough in the present war without a submission to imaginary terrors. CARRIAGE-WAY THROUGH •ST. JAMES'S PARK. (From the Daily News of this day.) The slave whose office it wa4 to remind the Roman General amidst his triumphs that he was still a mortal, was a wise institution. And indeed, if, as we hear, there be any plan for the destruction of St. James's park in serious c , ntemplation, it seems that even a mob compellingmember for Marylebone may, in the satur nalia of official success, require to be reminded that, although he has assumed the purple of Privy Council lor, and taken his seat in the Cabinet, lie does not there fore become irresponsible or immortal. Sudden elevation produces strange effects, and without question the rise of Sir Benjamin Hall—the plausible and the patriotic— has been singularly rapid. It is scarcely a year since Lord Palmerston, then Home Secretary, smarting unthr a defeat inflicted upon him by Sir Benjamin, with a dexterous malice which anticipated failure in office and some loss of ppulatitv, thrust the victorious member into the office of Minister of Public Health, at the very time when the fearful ravages of the cholera rendere.t such an office most undesirable. But the sturdy and ambitious baronet was not dismayed, for he accepted the office, and applied himself so vigorously to its duties, that he has lately been rewarded with a seat in the Cabinet a'id the Chief C immissioner ship of the Board of Works. LA died in office. he inaugurated his reign by directing the band to play on the Sunday in Kensington Gardens, and, in his eagerness to enjoy the beaming faces of a delighted constituency, he repaired in person to the spot, and even had men posted at the gates in order to note the numbers of those who came to enjoy the inusi cal feast. What Minister could be more thoughtful of the public wants? Certainly none has shown such bold ness in his endeavours to satisfy them. But suddenly a change came over the spirit of his ad ministration. We are assured—and, unless certain enormous poles placed at ominous distances are capable of another interpretation, we are inclined to believe the story—that a scheme is in contemplation for making a carriage-way through the very centre of St. James's park, from Marlborough-house to the Birdcage-walk. Toe object, we 'are told, of this gothic improvement is to satisfy the demands of those who live on the other side, in the neighbourhood of Westminster and Pimlico, and, at the same time, to avoid the necessity of allowing all sorts of carriages to use the drives already constructed roand St. James's-park ; for it is obvious enough that if these drives were opened to the public no new road would be required. But these drives, it seems, are sa cred. They may be desecrated by plebeian feet, but none by the horses and carriages ef those who, fur va rious reasons, are refused the entree. So that to main tain a foolish distinction, as mysterious and as hopelessly inexplicable as the distinctions observed at some petty German Courts, the most beautiful portion of St. James's-park is to be replaced by a turnpike road, and the Park itself, small as it is, must be cut in half. If there is one spot more delightful than another, it is the gardens of St. James's. From the very centre of the roar of London you pass into the delights of rural quiet—noble trees, green sward, and shady walks. Here tile jaded Londoner, freed from the distracting cares of business, delights to recruit his exhausted energies, or, abandoning himself to reverie, to lose and neglect the creeping hours of time. To deprive the rich man of gate and to p etiody children, such a retreat is cruel enough ; but surel y there is no one who of an evening has watc hed the toil - worn arti ps annsr,i pouring with n theirhard-workedthroughv e e wive ry an hour of noisy pastime, who would willingly curtail, by a single toot, the space dedicated to their recreation. The delightful gardens now threatened with destruc tion are about an eighth of the size of of the spacious Hyde-park. Surely the loud -tongued pertinacity with which the killers in carriages and the denizens of Rot ten-row urged the Government to adhere to their pro mise, and to insist on the removal of the Crystal Palace, has not yet been forgotten. The luxurious patriots of that day acted, or professed to act, from no selfish mo tives. They rose on behalf of the lungs of London. The strip of land between Rotten•row and the great theroughfare to Kensington was, they cried, the first step towar_!fi the building up of the parks ; nor should any exception be made now on behalf of a Crystal Pa lace, one of the wonders cf the world. The struggle was successful, and we rejoice that it was so. But what amount of damage to the public would the Crystal Palace have it flicted had it remained where it rose, com pared with the annoyance and disfigurement of a turn pike road through the centre of the gardens of St. James's ? it has, indeed, been boldly insinuated that the Court is the author of this design, net unworthy of the Van dais. The thing is incredible. These very gardens 01 St. James's were, if we remember rightly, arranged as e now see them by his late Majesty King George the Fourth. They are one of the few, the very few, things which serve, however slightly, to relieve the sad selfish ness and profligacy' which marked the career of that miserable man. It is not possible that that Royal lady, whose character is distinguished by nothing so much as an indifference to herself and a thoughtful re gard for her subjects, will show herself lees alive than any of her Royal predecessors—than Charles 11. and George IV. —to the time-hallowed enjoyments of her poorest subjects. Nor, indeed, will we permit .otlr6eiTea to. 491*. eats IP. (4 0 9* 46 40 ilgolued a the monstrous design, she will instantly interfere to stop its further progress. No. To suppose the Court evert cognisant of such a design is a groundless calumny. But whilst we acquit the Court, what shall we say of the right hon. the member for Marylebone ? for he is the resp tn. Bible Minister. Is it, as we have conjectured, that his sudden rise has confused his wits ? Is it that the habit of thought engendered by a too zealous contemplation of sewers and main-pipes has obliterated from his mind the distinction between a cesspool and an ornamental piece of water, a garden and a dung heap ? Or does he expect, because a step in office and the blessings con ferred by a Sunday band will enable him to act as be pleases—does the right hon. baronet suppose that his shrewd fellow-citizens will submit to be played out of St. James's-park, as the Russian garrison, after they capitulated, were played out of Bomarsund ? Or, act ing on the mistaken supposition that a calumnious rumour is correct, and that the Court is seriously deter mined to keep the drive in St. James's-park private, is it possible that this incorruptible, but withal ambitious Minister has determined to humour the Court by a com promise —a compromise, forsooth, by which not only the drives round the Park will be kept private, but by which the Park itself will be utterly destroyed ? Let not Sir Benjamin suppose that courtiership so indiscreet as this will advance him one step towards that coronet which has so long glittered before his restless imagina tion. MILITIA. The Royal Elthorne Light Infantry has just received orders to move from - Uxbridge to the camp at Alder shott. This is about the strongest militia regiment in the service, it numbers upwards of 1,080 men, and is quite complete in officers. After its arrival at the camp the men who have volunteered for foreign service will be sworn in, and receive the additional bounty of 21. each. This regiment is to remain only a few weeks in camp, as eight companies of 100 each are to proceed to the lonian Islands as soon as vessels can be got ready to take them there. The 2d Sorrerset Militia were to leave Cork at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning for the Curragh, having received a sudden order to proceed immediately. In consequence, however, of 10 of them being attacked with smallpox, the or ler was counterm an d e d a t 4 o ' c l oc k p.m., when the baggage had been packed and the entire regiment was ready for immediate departure. The 2.1 Somerset accordingly remain in Cork garrison ; but three companies (Noc. 4,5, and 6) have been removed to Cat and Elizabeth Fort,s, under Captains Strode, Houlditch, Lieutenants De la Hooke, and Hetherington, with As sistant-Surgeon Johnson. _ _ On MoudNy the County of Dublin Regiment of Mili tia arrived by special train at the Kilkenny railway ter oa its way from the Curragh to Waterford, where it relieves the 3d West York Militia. The regiment was met and greeted on the platform by Maj :.r•General Eden, Lieut.-Colonel Irvin, Assistant Quartermaster- General, Major Nasmytb, Assistant Adjutant-General, and the officers of the Carlow Rifles and 69th depot. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company took place yesterday at Manchester; Mr. Wickham, M.P., pre ,ided. The meeting was also made special, for the pur pose of approving the lease of the Rochdale Canal, and to convert a portion of the debt into irredearnable an nuities. An abstract of the report and accounts has already appeared. The resolution adopting the report was carried unani mously, as also declaring a dividend after the rate of 4 per neat. per annum on the ordinary stock of the com pany, and in proportidn on the other stock, in addition to the guaranteed rates. The special meeting was then held, and the CHAIRMAN moved a resolution approving of the lease of the Rochdale Canal, along with the other companies previously named, for 21 years, which was carried unanimously. ' Th. , proceedings terminated with a ♦ote of thanks to the chairman. THAMES HAVEN. The adjourned meeting of this company was held yes terday at the London Tavern; Mr. Lowden in the chair, The CHAIRMAN stated that complaints had been made by the shareholders at the last meeting that they had not received their Tilbury stock in exchange for their shares. The Thames Haven line was ready for traffic in February and March last, and it was agreed that in one month after that event they were to receive the Tilbury stock, but some delay took place in consequence of the Tilbury line not being ready, and there were difficulties in the way of a settlement. Then, with regard to the land, there was a clause in the agreement between them and the Tilbury Company to the effect that the latter should have the option of purchasing it at not less than 1001. per acre, the amount to be agreed upon by the two companies. The Tilbury Company, however, had declined to purchase it, because they bad no power to use it. The directors had been incessantly engaged with the Tilbury Company for some day=, and the result was that they bad succeeded in obtaining a promise that the Thames Haven shareholders should have their Tilbury stock early next week, and that matter would be settled satisfactorily. With regard to the land at. Thames Haven, it was by position and nature only fit for the formation of a dock. He was glad that some of the shareholders who thought otherwise had taken the opportunity of going down by railway to 1 Kik at it, and they foun I that one-half of it consisted of mais'i and bog. Unless the company were prepared to drain it and protect it Irom the title, it would he impos sib 'e to s ell it in small lots, as stipo'ated in the amend. ment proposed at the meeting on Wednesday last. Ile then read a let'er ho had received iroin an eminent land valuer, to :he effect that the land in its present state could not be d vitled into small lots. It was boundeo on onss side by a sea wall 1,705 yards in length, a p.Jr tion f which was washed away last winter. The land was goo ! for dock porpo•es, and no other, as the exca vation would be useful in raising the surrounding laud to the proper level. He (the chairman) felt convinced th at if the mover of the amendment had seen the pro perty he would cot have moved that it be sold in lots. It was peculiarly well situated for a dock, as at low water there were 21 feet in depth for vessels, so that they could go in and out at all times of the tide. The Tilbury Company bad every disposition to assist them, but they had rot the power. All that the directors of the Thames Haven Company required was, that the share holders should subscribe ss. per share to pay the expenses of obtaining an act for the extension of time, and to enable the company to carry out the original design of making a dock or to dispose of the property to other par ties who would do so. The directors would guarantee that not more than 3s. per share should be expended in case they did not obtain the act. They would not re quire any more money until the act wasobtained, which would probably be in August, 1856. The total sum required to make the dock would be 3/. per share, on 19000 shares, and the borrowing powers to the ex tent of 8,000/. That was all they could call up, and it was pi obable that other parties would find the money, but it was absolutely requisite that the Thames Haven Company should apply to Parliament for the power, as no other company could do so with equal facility. Some of the shareholders who had visited the land on Saturday last expressed their approval of the plan pro posed by the directors. Mr. CHAPMAN, the solicitor, explained that the risk would not exceed 58. per share, and those who did not like the undertaking, could sell their interest to those who bad no objection to carry it out. The cost of con veying the land in small lots would be nearly as much as the purchase money, and there might be some diffi culty with the title. The CHAIRMAN stated that the whole of the directors would resign their seats, and that new directors would come in from the Tilbury Company, with the exception of one or two Thames Haven directors, who would re- main. He then said they would proceed with the ballot on the amendment that had been moved at the la Qt meet ing to the effect that the land be sold in lots ; the re commendation of the directors being to apply the land for the purposes of a dock and harbour. On the votes being taken, there appeared 143 against the amendment and in favour of the dock, and 83 in favour of the amendment and against the dock. The number of shares in favour of making the dock was 3.202, and against it, 1,280 —majority, 1,922 slaves.' Formal resolutions were then passed authorising the directors to apply to Parliament for the revival of the former powers of the company, and to place its capital on a proper footing ; approving the call of ss. per share; and authorising a reduction in the number of directors and i he reconstitution of the board. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. EAST OF FIFE. The report of the directors of this company states that the act incorpo'ratinq the company received the Royal assent on the 23d of July last. They recommet d that the works for, the construction of the railway should be prosecuted without loss o f time, so that, it possible,. the proposed line of railway m ight be opened for traffi c early in the ensuing yfa r. It having been considered _ or _in Elie to advisable that the terminus of the railway at Kilconq h should be changed, the directors recommend that-u ar deviated line be terminated near Broomlees Tile on the south-west side of the turnpike road from would Work, Balchristie. By means of the deviation z ) , 05 1, be saved in the expenditure. MIDLAND GREAT 'WESTERN. The gross receipts from traffic on thi s li ne , f or th e half- yea r ending the 30th of June last, amount to 67,2061., and the expenditure to 38,3881. ; leaving a balance cf 28,878/. The receipts on the Athlone and Galway line amount to 12,600/., and the expenses to 7 3 485 1 4. ) leaving a baLv. - too of 'O,ZOIL clivislcd 4 t. 16 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.--Traffiu re turn for the week ending Sept. 2, 1855 £23,166 11 4 Corresponding week last year 22,489 13 0 GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. --Tragic return for the week ending Aug. 26, 1855 £22,691 6 8 Corresponding week last year 19,950 9 7 the e £6,753 11 2 C3rresponding week last year 6,215 2 3 H w E e : k TE e n n y n n a H se o p L t Y . 2 7 1 A m5 D RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for Increase in 1855 £533 811 RAILWAY LEGISLATION. There was an engraving to be seen about the shop windows a few years ago of no, peculiar merit in the execution, but which often arrested the attention of the passers-by fromits subject, and the thoroughly comical way in which that subject was treated. It represented a convivial party after the completion of a banquet at Greenwich or Blackwall—it matters not where just at the moment the obsequious waiter had brought in the "little bill," and the president had announced the amount to his compotators. "Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of mer riment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ?" One guest is rubbing the coin in his waistcoat pocket between his,fingers ; another is wondering bow he shall explain matters at home , ; a third has thrown himself back in, his chair, and is evidently deep in mental arithmetic. Underneath is printed the appropriate inscription— " Men laugh and revel till the feast is o'er ; Then comes the reckoning—and they laugh no more." We have often giought that the British public might very fairly represent that hypped society of jovial fel lows, while Mr. Hadfield might stand demurely by as the waiter of the engraving. His "little bill " for rail way legislation is indeed enough to chill the ardour of the most sanguine speculator. At the first hasty glance we find that we have spent a trifling sum of 20,000,000/. upon barristers, attorneys, Parliamentary agents, wit nesses, treating, surveyors, fees, and so forth. The in terest upon 20,000,0001., calculated at 3 per cent., would in itself act as a balm upon many a railway bruise. But in speaking 0 1 000,000/. as the loss we have only begun to tour ion the real mischief. Are we guilty .if exaggeration when we say that the greater propor tion of this money has been spent in promoting measures the most ingeniously calculatel for reducing the dividends of all holders of railway stock ? During the two or three years when the Capel-court fever was at its height the most earnest endeavours were made to procure the sanction of Parliament for two, three, or more competing lines, a here the nature of the traffic and the exigencies of the district would have required but a single one. Extensions were eagerly sought for even by those who most heartily disapproved the policy, because others would have preoccupied the f • -ound and involved the legitimate tenants in a network of involvements. It is the old story, however Professor Lindley and the botanists may stare at our illustration, that the branches have killed the trunks. The kindly sap was exhausted, and the taproot withering away under ground, while our iron horticulturists were, by an in genious inversion of a natural law, grafting branch after branch, and twig after twig, upon an "over-burdened gem. The consequences too many of our readers must be in a condition to appreciate. They are summed up in the unpleasant formula, 2 per cent., 1 per cent., or ro dividend at all, and further calls. Over and over again we foretold this inevitable result when railway affairs occupied es large a share of public:attention as is now given to the war with Russia. We have had to run the gauntlet of public opinion —we have incurred the displeasure of the bench, and smarted in purse and in feeling for our honest endeavours to lay the truth before our countrymen—and here is the result. Per haps the stern realities of a diminished income may serve in some measure to convince the most incredulous of our readers that when we were so deeply in earnest we were not wholly in the wrong. For the moment, however, let us rather consider what has been spent upon legal, engineering, and Parliament ary expenses, and how it has been spent, than the ter rible but indirect consequences of the expenditure. It appears that 160 railway companies in the United Kingdom have furnished retail-11F, and that the amount actually disbursed by them under the enumerated beads amounts to just 14,086,1101., or 88,0001. each. Then there are 45 companies which have not furnished re turns at all, and the expenditure of each of these oom panies is set by the reporter at the modest average of 30,000/, each, or their total expenditure at 1,350,0001. Let us add the two sums together, and we shall have as the result of our addition 15,436,1101. for 205 existing railways. To this must be added at the least 5,000,0001. more to represent the fruitless expen ititure of companies which failed in obtaining the auction of Parliament to their various schemes. As a grand total, we thus arrive at something mere than 20,000,0001. as the sum expended by this nation upon the polemics of railways. A certain deduction should, of course, be made for such portion of the en gineering work as was really calculated to promote the interest of the shareholders and the service of the public; but this deduction, on the most liberal estimate, will ❑ot serve to weaken the force of the argument. When we look back upon the season of the railway mania, and remember what engineering was in those days, when all that was requisite was to satisfy the "standing orders," we cannot make a very high estimate of its value. The well ordered and intelligent labours of a Stephenson or a Bisnel of course deserved their reward; but what of those young gentlemen who were transformed for the nonce into civil engineers, in full employment at five guineas a•day, and travelling expenses pail. ? Lads who scarcely knew the difference between a theodolite and a gridiron ........ ..... were disseminated through the country, to the core dis comfiture of the country gentlemen, in whose nostrils they stank even as poachers. To them the whole pro ceeding was a rezular " lark." It was, no doubt, a comical enough affair to stir up the Protectionist squires at the dead of night, and force them to defend the invio lability of their paternal acres at the pitchfork's point, but we have paid dear for the joke. But what can be said to the enormous fees bestowed upon counsel for addressing the Parliamentary committees ? Never since horsehair and bombazine were worn by mortal man was such enormous pay bestowed for such inadequate service. Any first-clays auctioneer could have done the work with the most perfect facility ; the late Mr. George Robins would undoubtedly have shone as a star of the first magnitude ; and yet how enormous was the remunerati on ! One gentleman retires with a princely fortune acquired by timely vociferation during a couple of sessions ; a dozen others realise sums upon which they might have retired had they been so inclined. Learned gentlemen, of whom their very tailors despaired, paid their debts in full. They were paid for their pre sence, and paid for their absence ; paid for their speech, and paid for their silence ; in short, when the madness was at its height, a barrister was in the lucky position cf a cabman on a rainy night, who can scarce escape the anxious bail of a customer's damp despair. From the committee room let us pass to the taverns. Not a step could be taken in promoting a bill but the parties to it must be drenched with cold punch and cham pagne. Whitebait dinners and broiled-bone suppershwas at en, alas !the re its highest, and the pace maddening, wh were the order of the day and night. The mirth Hope had painted with little—a very little—dirty soap action set in. The bubbles burst, and all' that was left of those glorious globes which her gayest colours was a na tion had paid 20,000,00 . and The h w e a r te a r s . t i s ß t u h t e for pa this st. 0/ sterlin notof those who think We are Noregret. doubt, as ruin has made itself soap and water the British There is the result of is, have we yet t o h f a o t u t r im fo e rm is er well er e agerness for Parliamentary strife has en tered upon a wiser companies for The machinery mischief, however, diminished. rm aies unchanged, although it may now only he r s o p rc e so lt rt i sh n es? idle question itself felt, the at half or quarter speed. Railway still forced into Parliamentary contests against their are will. 111-considered and thriftless projects still receive the sanction of the Legislature. It has long since been admitted by all men who have had d universally la practical worked dealings with Parliamentary committees ma tters that their decisions are vague and unsatisfactory i n the extreme. The older and - more experienced mem bers—of the Lower House especially—excuse themselves from the laborious and thankless responsibility of dealing with these enormous interests is cast upon younger men quite unfitted for the task. The worst is, that if anything should occur to bring on another fit of the railway fever, we can only meet it as it was met before. Cannot the parties most deeply interested suggest some remedy for so serious an evil ? - _Times. The last letters from Varna are of the 21st. Abdi Paeba, is there, musterine.. the 15,000 Turki s h so ldi ers who are about to leave for Anatolia.—Times. THE FORT OF THE HOLY CROSS.—The Fremtiot Blatt learns from Odessa, Aug. 22, that General Lucien has just returned from a visit of inspection to Nicolaieff and Cherson. The•health of the troops is improving, " but cholera and typhus still carry off thousands of men." General Todtleben's wound, which was near the ankle, had nearly healed, but he went out to inspect the works too soon, and is again confined to his bed. In order to keep the General perfectly quiet, Prince Gortschakoff has sent him to Simpheropol. Todtleben's last "ersa• tiou" in the Karabelniaia is the " Fort of the Holy Cross," which is armed with guns of the very largest calibre. This fort is said to counuaud all the iforka Qf the ktalaillikOffa . _ . - Naval and Military Intelligence. The Sanepareil, 70 gun•, screw steam-ship, Captain Woodford, J. Williams, arrived at the Great Nore yes terday at 9 a.m. from the Baltic. She left Elsinore on the 31st ult. She brings back the 16 sea-service mor tars shipped here, and remains in harbour waiting orders as to her future movements. The Basilisk, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com mander Robert Jenner, arrived at Sheerness yesterday with the mortar-vessels Pickle, R.dbreast, Growler, and Mastiff, which she has towed from Elsinore. The fol lowing Royal Marine Artillery officers have taken pas sage home here in the Basilisk :—Capt. Lawrence, Lieu tenants Horsey, Ansel], Wriford, and Searle. The Basilisk has captured and destroyed 30 Russian mer chant vessels laden with grain and salt. In addition to the above, two vessels were destroyed by her after cap ture in the Gulf of Riga, laden with fire billet wood for burning in the tug steamers at Riga, which vessels are attached to the Russian gun-boats. The Basilisk, in company with the Desperate, exchanged shots with the Russian batteries at Riga, and with the Russian gun boats, all of which kept under the protection of the bat teries, and never once attempted to come out. Their range is certainly quite equal to our own. The Basilisk tired a 681 h. shot from her 95 cwt. gun, at an elevation of 16 degrees. The range obtained was over 3,000 yards, and the shr.t fell some distance within the Russian bat tery. The Russians had six gun-heats ; each of them were attended by a tug steam-vessel. The demonstra tion was made by the Basilisk and Desperate to ascer t•+in the true position of the enemy's batteries and range. The Russians had laid down buoys at the extreme range of their heaviest guns, and apparently withheld their fire, in the expectation that the Basilisk and Desperate would pass within these buoys. This, however, the comman der of each vessel judiciously declined doing, having pro cured the desired information. The mortars on board the Pickle, Mastiff, and Grow. ler burst during the bombardment of Sweaborg. The t vo former vessels were fitted on the old principle ; the latter, the Growler, was fitted with the swinging sea service mortar designed by Captain Julius Robert:, of the Royal Marine Artillery. No less than 355 rounds were fired from the Growler's mortar—considerably more than were fired by any other mortar-vessel. Dur ing this firing, until the last round, there was no serious derangement ; but at the 355th round the mortar was split from end to end in a perpendicular lined witb the touchhole. The heavy cheek framing protected the men working the mortar, not one of whom was hurt. At the time of the bursting they were firing at the rate of from 7to 10 rounds per hour. The time wag about nine p.m., when the firing had slackened for the night. The mortar is to remain in its present position for the inspection of a scientific committee of officers, who are to report thereon to the Lords of the Admiralty. The mortar-vessels hereafter named, arrived at Sheer ness as follows, unassisted by steam :—The Carron, at 3.30 a.m. ; the Rocket, at 4 a.m., and the Grappler, at 6.15 a.m. yesterday, the Dearerite clearing them past the Scaw ; they have all experiencei very heavy wea ther. across the North Sea, as also in the Baltic. The Siren, 16-pun-sloop, fitting in the basin at Sheer ness, has taken in her provisions ; she is taking in her armament, shot, &c., and will shortly be ready to leave the basi The Urgent iron screw steam store-ship, Commander Phillips, at Sheerness, is having the patent felt stripped off her boilers, pipes, tubes, Ice., and Sir Wm. Burnett's solution is to be put on instead. The transport No. 22, George Hawking, arrived at Sheerness yesterday afternoon from the River Thames, to take on board stores, packages, parcels, and de spatches for the Baltic fleet. The Wildfire steam-vessel, Master-Commander Brock man, left Sheerness yesterday afternoon, and proceeded to the Nor.- to accompany the Sanspareil into harbour. The Castor, 36-oun frigate, remains at Blackstakes, waiting coders. Her crew are to be paid advance pre vious to her departure from Sheerness for the Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty's steam yacht Fairy, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, embarked the Qieen and Court at Cowes yesterday morning- about 11 o'clock, and conveyed them to Gosport, en route to London. The usual digni tsries of the port and garrison were in attendance at the Royal Clarence-yard. The fleet and garrison al, Ports mouth salu'eri, and the Royal train left the port at 10 minutes past 12. After dtsembarking the Court the Fairy was taken into dock to have her bottom cleaned . A. rumour is very current that a new F.iiry is about to he built ; but, as we never heard of any fault being found with the present one, we doubt the accuracy of sunh a r.porf. The Victoria and Albert Rol al steam yacht, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, left Cowes and returned to Portsmouth larbour on Tuesday evening. She will not be again used his season. The Wye steam-vessel, whose distilling capabilities ,e en amply reported on Mond iv. was yesteeelev inspected by Vice-Admiral Sir Themes Cochrane, K.C.B • at Spit head, prior to her depar'nre for the Black Sea. Mr. Davies, R.N., Master-Attendant of the Royal C.arence yard. accompanied the Corn nailer-in-Chief t' explain the internal economy of the vesQe', with which S;r Toemae was much pleased. The Wye takes out all the parcels in store at Portsmouth dockyard up to yesterday for the Black Sea fleet and army in the Crimea. The Perseverance steam troop-ship, Capt. Harris, left Spithead nil Tuesday afternoon for the East. The Fox, old 42-gun frigate, late the flagship of Rear- Admiral Lambert in the Burmese ear, is ordered to he placed in dock at Portsmouth this day to undergo con version to a screw vessel, to serve as a transport for " particular service." Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Com mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, was to leave that port last night or this mornir ' e in his yacht the Fanny, ac ' cumpanied by the brigs Sea,laele and Rolla for the Chan nel Islands, to make his annual inspection. During his absence Rear-Admiral Martin, superintendent of the dockyard, shifts his flag from the St. Vincent into the Victory, and commands in chiefpro tens. The Lively, navy lighter, Mr. Jones, master, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday afternoon from Pembroke with riggers, masts, and jury rigging to rig the Repulse, 90. gun ship, and navigate her to Portsmouth. The Talbot, for some months past lying off the dock yard at Woolwich, is to be moored off the Arsenal to serve as a store-ship for pow ler. The Earl of Durham, screw-transport went down to Woolwich, from London, yesterday, and has taken her Position off the Arsenal, to embark stores for Balaklava. Th e Prince Arthur and the Melbourne are being laden at Deptford fur the same destination. The John Masterman and the Germania sailed on Tues day from Woolwich for the Black See, calling at North fleet, for the adjustment of their compasses. The Cam perdown, being of much heavier tonnage, has gone to Purfleet to receive her complement of heavy materiel. These three vessels have taken a considerable number of huts and winter clothing. The Hamburg having cleared the greater portion of her Baltic et ires, is shipping 1,200 tons of powder and an additional 50 tons of shot. She is likewise to make up her cargo in huts and . warm clothing. The Hamburg has been specially appropriated for this purpose in consequence of her speed. The numerous barges which lie about the arsenal wharves at Woolwich to convey the transport cargoes have now assumed the appearance of a floating timber yard, and every exertion seems to be made to provide the troops in the Crimea with an abundance of hut ac commodation for the winter's campaign. The builders (Messrs. Kirk and Parry) have been instructed to engage 120 additional workmen for the more speedy perform anee of their contract. Yesterday morning the officers of the ordnance at the Tower were engaged in shipping for the use of the army in the Crimea various articles of clothing as well as iron bedsteads and blankets. The detachment of marines paid off at Woolwich from the Vixen—consisting of 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 hem hardier, and 16 privates—have proceeded to the Ports mouth barracks, to which division they below?... S mie very interesting practice took place on Tuesday in the presence of the Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral the llon. W. Gordon, C donel-Commandant P. V. Eng land, and several distinguished officers and scientific gen tlemen. Trial was made of Thxer's patent Shrapnel shells, with his improved patent friction fuses, adapted for the S inch hollow shot guns, and one of the seaward batteries was made use of. The target was fixed at 1,200 yards, and the practice was under the direction of Acting-Adjutant W. H R. Simpson, recently returned from the trenches, and Lieutenant Carey, who is under orders for the Crimea. Each shell contained 400 bullets of the common musket size. The guns were elevated at a little more than 3 degrees, and each shell fell close to the target either bursting a few yards above it or imme diately before immersion. The contents spread over space of at least 100 yards. The friction fuses did not miss in any one instance. The following appointments were made yesterday at two Ldmirsity ;--J. W. Lowe) muter, to the 44gee: [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• car ; J. E. Pollard,. second master, to the Dee ; and E. T. Ryan, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Bloodhound. Ninety gunxers and drivers, with non-commissioned officers, have been sent from Sheerness garrison to Shoe buryness for heavy gun'and mortar practice there. The west wing of the new Artillery barracks at Sheerness is being rapidly proceeded with by the contractor, Mr. Josiah Hall. Large quantities of hay have recently been purchased by Government agents in various parts of Somerset, and have been sent off to Bristol Tor shipment in the Crimea. During the past week a detachment of the 13th Light Dragoons, consisting of 51 non-commissioned officers and privates, under the command cf Lieutenant M`Neal, left Dorchester for Liverpool, to embark for the East. Major the Hon. W. Evans Freke has returned from the Crimea, and is now on a visit to the Hon. and Rev. Charles Bernard, at Kdbrogan, county of Cork. Draughts of the following regiments are expected in Cork from Limerick, to arrive within a few days :-17th, 9th, and 39th. The following officers accompany the draughts :-17th—Lieut. Travers, Ensigns Houghton, Presgrave, and Maycock. 9th—Lieuts. Taylor, Cum- ming, Elmhirst, and Grubbe. 39th—Major Herbert, Lieuts. Daunt and Arbuckle. A Kilkenny paper states that Col. Wemyss has re ceived orders to proceed forthwith to Limerick, and re sume the command of the Kilkenny Fusiliers. On Monday a party of the 16th Lancers, consisting of two offici-rs, a sergeant-major, two sergeants, and 42 men, with 57 horses, arrived at Kilkenny, en route from Cahir to Dublin. The officers were Capt. Barclay com manding, and Lieut. Stewart. - 1 - 77 Dt l3 / . Ind/. oaf' 31 01, e loti al. Glottal ~,~~~ r. ~' enel‘' $ 9 4 604. efe s OI L 6 Fen church Street 9 10 11 2 3 5 6)4 on th, Initret .0 LS 0! tval o ltion.