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4 1, M1T LTVE ',M3E4IIIIANCM COMPAIN, 11, Waterloo-place, Pall.mall. Tel., -4 .a hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to Cort;',Vnost., alter the rate of Seven pqr emt. per annum, will be in iktiriar-;; instant. PAYMENT to the Shareholders on and after the 11;11 tth " HENRY WILLIAM SMITH, &Inlay, 1855. Actuary and Secretary. TE ROYAL BRITISH BANK ` ln torporated by Charter), have opened a BRANCH at N o. Itity, -Circ "egent •• us, Piccadilly, where it is hoped the establishment 14, 4 7 a convenience to at least such of the inhabitants of that Il l t A n neighbourhood as have not hitherto kept a ba nker. kts(4 t 7 4 ondeposits and on the fluctuating balances of current Tops ilt IS reckoned from day to day, at rates varying from one to th„, r ,, ce nt- per annum, according to the amount and continhance at*: Posit or balance, and promissory notes or bills, circular t444ei credit, and drafts payable to order or bearer, which may he i f f !anY town at home or abroad where there Is a banker, are hem Merchants and travellers, for whom they possess some tial.eatures of economy , safety, and utility. the% ed terms of busiaess will be communicated on applicat t on at t 7, Ofidee, Tokenhouse-yard ;or at the branches, 429, Strand; ge-road, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road. Islington; I, Shattes kel 42, " r' b 'ee, Victoria-street, Phnlico ; 60, Stones-end, §outhwark egent-Circus, Piccadilly. HUGH IN.NES CAMERON, General Manager. Tokenhouse.yard, Lothbury. i -...._-__. 10 NITIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. 'OlOl,, 26, COR N IIILL , LONDON, 23 1 1 Dec., 1854 . rth•iCE IS lIETIP.BY GIVEN', That the lIALF-YEARLY IN ' i k t "T on the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, at the rate of % per nnu, due on be 3lst instant, will ecome payale 1' tilt (r %cent. lll Janu a ary n m ext, and t proprietors may receive the same b at 411( 2 ,ce on that or any subsequent day, between the hours of 11 ,k h : clock, Sal" notice is hereby further given, that the Transfer Books of the Ite tt Y hill close on the 31st inst., and open en the 11th January By order of the Court of Directors. J. LEANDER S rARR, Manager. 'Neftt.: -. " 1 and after the 29th January next, the bu,itiess of the Ni - 111 be carried on at their new premises, 142, Strand. ARIN C E'S CLUB 14 Recent-street. — kt p ,-,,ZOTICF, IS TIMMY That ' the (I .:NEPAL tilNiViCi held mit Wednesday, the 27th December, was Adjourned Ytord le 1 /XF%DAY, January the iOth, next at 4 o'clock, in order to Committee an opportunity of completing the reorganisa afthe Club, on a permanent and secure basis. ii "Anmitteo beg to state that this object has been accomplished 1 44 'nest satisfactory manner with the present propr ietor, and 10t4Leir solicitor has undertaken to lay before the Meeting on the ikr k Tstaitt the highest legal opinion as to the non-liability of Mem nits4,'l,l also ample guarantees that the Club shall be carried on to -43 faction of the members. By order of the Committee. f 1" ~%PREEMASONS.—The only Report of the Note 4 ;r , :tr.:G. Master's SPEICII In Grand Lodge, on prOpostnea htso _l,oool. ta the Patriotic Fund, appears in No. 3 ef the rtty A ±"Lc MIRROR "' (just pyblished), price 6d., or stamped, free by id. vast amount of Masonic information, not to be found Arto g "Ler Journal, also appears in the " MASONIC 'MIRROR. Nt__,ll, Wellington-street, Strand; also, Br. Clements, 21, Little ~ ..Z3:-street, and all Booksellers. XSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.— l e ° M EETING of the Old Ford Estate, Bow, Middlesex. — A PUB will beheld at the Beaumont Institution, Mile-end riday Evening, Jan. 19, 1855, at half-past Seven for Eight , t itS„,, -- the Lord V.scount Ithss.taort in the chair, when a deputa qq:`".2lBlsting of Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., ' Henry Pownsll, Zttit 4 l,'_ ll. • Fowler, Esq., and the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Members u,,, St ß ,•lecntive Committee; C. E. Lewis, Esq., Solicitor; George Surveyor; and C. L. Gruneisen, Esq., the Secretary, t ,, , tn e, ' n u to explain the mode of Allotment of the above valuable has been purchased for distribution amongst the Ford of the Conservative Land Society. The allotment of the ,rroe.state will take place at the Offices of the Society, 33, ereet, Str ind, on Wednesday, Jan. 24 , 1895, between t h e sit!, , r- leven and Four o'clock. The East Retford Estate , North b4„ 44,11 4.1iire will be allotted at the same time. — For plans , information ' as to the Estates and Eights of Choice, -41 eicel for Building, apply to the Secretary. P4EHOLD, COPYHOLD, and LEASE ,J H 11, OLD—MARKET-STREET, HERTS. o rt o t„,, SOLD, pursuant to an order of the High Court of Chan ), `ln the cause Seabrooke v. Pickf,rd, with the approbation l e i aancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, at the Bell Inn, t h ti atl k , e lliPstead, in the county of Het Jord, on TRURSDAY, the ",,,' 4 lDO u rJanuary, 1855, at 3 o'clock precisely, in 10 Lots, by Mr. the auctioneer, appointed by the said Court. :LisitAkistble Freehold, Copyhold, and lows Leasehold Estates of t l,o lnas Pickford, Esq., in and near to Market •street, in the %‘ 4I II LI ,1 / 1 1unstead, Herts, comprising together upwards of one thirty acres of Arable and Pasture Lands, with Home l'iZetellltural Buildings, Cottages, and Wheelwrights' and Car -1.144 s, let to respectable yearly and quarterly tenants, and IVllttA r ental of three hundred and twelve pounds per annum. t h .hrticulars, with plans, may be had gratin, of Messrs. 1.4 1 , 1 4 4. IT Stedman, No. 9, Carey street, Lincoln's-inn, London, Is n ,Are t e„`rk:'Pam, Upton, Upton and Johnsen, Austin Friars, the Sun 'g"street, the Bell Inn, Hemel Hmp estead, the Red Lion ", the Peahen, St. Albans, and at the office of Mr. Phillips , 'OM-street, London. Dated 15th Dec., 11154. CO ~ T ` 4 •CTS FOR SEAMEN'S RAGS AND COAL SACKS AND BAGS. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, Id Jan., 1854. or Commissioners for Executing the Office of " (1 I nigh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain p 0 HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, 'ertio4CisLas an at Two o'edock, they will be ready to treat with such ne 'reral /),..„ 1 1 3 , 7t Y wilkng tt Contract for supplying her Majesty's Yaads with for 0, tu, CAVAS AGS, 'l%B e eritliell of the Royal Navy, and with Panedrathe sa •°- the SAPKS AND COAL RAGS. dayof treaty , fa" ~,,t t iiclee and forms of tile tenders may be seen at agent for him tt0t;., 15 , t ',-nder will be received after one o'clock en the diny: 4 " maY be noticed, unless the party attends, or an Every tender mus,te,therised in writing. and bear in the left4' l e a ddressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and mast a t„ ,corner the words " Tender for ?anted by a letter sight be delivered at Somerset-place, accom e.ecome bound, with the 117 two responsible persons, engaging to due performance of each o ;tecn tendering, in the sum of 400/. for the t he contracts. ROYAL POLYTE T„,_ GRAND JUVENIL"P CRNIC INSTITUTION.- 1p:1,113110N' of the ORNA3I 1 I T T E s T o E r g TWO and SPLENDID GRATUITOUS -",S TREES. Ie R D IS I T SI ,11. consequence of the thousands who could not obtain admission t,,`he evening of Wednesday last, it is respectfully announced that At incire opportunities will be afforded to our Young Visitors ; the fh-'",in WEDNESDAY, the 10th inst , from. Twelve to Five, an . e s,_ .4 1 , '''' '"l QU N.IJ.ESpAY EVENING, the 11th instant, from Seven Prl . tip... - . ~-_, I)A,T4EIf DID OPTICAL pitmans', ...‘e .sINUALI the SAILOR, Ittle,lSS INoENIOITS MAittosfr.c - rfra....., , r.i0r...0 UR. •afteka. off,:"EnERDE MAIN, by Mr. BIIItMAIN, and the interesting It 4 WAR, &c. &c. t o s t li sion Is.; Children under Ten, Half-price ; open from Twelve ~,......- ' O , EvLings, Seven to Ten. VIRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. —ROYAL YANOBTICON7 of SCIENCE and Alt r, Leicester-square.— 12 111 - attractions.—Aladdin awl the Wonderful Lamp , with accom rnnt e 10, 1 2 on the grand organ by Mr. W. I'. Best, and the.. legend t ba ‘l,. dill told by Mr. Leicester Buckingham—Dioramie Views of jitinti,'l In the Crimea—Luminous Fountain, 100 feet high— thk,e l I, lyqi7 Apparatus and the Subaqueous Light in the '21.47 C istern—Cosmorama of St. Petersburg and Nloscow, with s lit it ,_ it a the Czar Nicholas—Lectures on Electricity—Chemistry 41 4 ) 4 1 ;i!ti History —And the History of the Bee, for juvenile audi ittl.l4-tt`tlfing the morning performances—Franklin's Arctic Voyages 11 1 ,: r a l Magic in the evening. Doors open in the morning at '110t,1 4 7 evening (Saturday exceed), at 7. Admission, Is. ; Children under 10, Half-p pr de, L A D RENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.— lyng%t r .. tr the course of this week will he played by Laurent's T o . ' — Overture, La Gazza Ladra. Rossini ; Waltzes : Vermah p,,be, !Iry te, Strauss; Milia (first time), Bosisio: Souvenir du Lux -1,"4 Ilengnol ; Le Carnaval de Venise (by desire), 11. Laurent, i pti, ( cu e pens for all the principal performers. . Quadrilles: Le A leazar, H. Lamotte ; La Guerre, Bos s , o. Schottische, All i , e a rnette. Polkas : Blumentest, strau , ss . ; Fidelito ; The 14 , 1 41 n rst time). Strauss. Gallop, Les Guides . , I. Lauren. to Do r set a Piston, M. Itoulcourt. All information relative to 814 op tt Z obtained at the music repository under the orchestra. 4. at Tight; commence at half-past.—Admission, One Dg, 'l:ri, ' - '`''ry, Alg a) 0 SPELL ON NERVOUSNVSS, DEBILITY, AND r i trzi INDIGESTION. W 44 '9 Derangements, Constipation, and Ilmmorrhoids, Is. RATeach, by post Is. f,d. TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. A h re ed Nil ar " Abstentia multi curantur morbi." tvit t :'Z, 8, exposit on of the principal causes (over and careless lly 4 e n „ — ,'„of the above harassing and distressing complaints, i ll to n itlY intelligible and popular exposition of how we should i";_" day ' 4 of thern ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal 4 4 ' 7 11 0 ,,' 411,1 full instructions for the regimen and observance of 4, ice: out of the twenty-four. Illustrated by numerous Lin -lITS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. which that b th o wif I hold him lost, I .4 4 ' e k l P l ess, and all a deso n lat. ' He that hath no child, of" 41) .leot sun and winde."—Ohaucer. tr the Ati e ,Slarriage, its expectations and N'ecessities—Development 1: 40 111-1,1 1 2ns—Love Matoheg—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded k a'alipati`"'tal Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental n „ u itY and Physical Defictiveness—Advantages of Inter- L' , riz ni ,,,..• .henry of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of LLegltiraacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Units " ' - ulanoes—Law of Divorce, &c. CEIA.STITy A./tD ITS INFTM7GEMENTS. `. A Lecture to Young Men. What passions hurt the body—what improve, Vnithe as twined as Athens ever heard." i n n pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The adven tD a.seions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties 01 -00 ~„2-R065 ft , dispipatian, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, ." , ediaftve. 44vocacy of early marriages, &c. 4. On Pleeset Diseases, their Seit-management and Cure. tege GREEN - BOOK.--A comprehensive and popular exposition 4liito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, cora ittleg especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of 10,43 , derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea ; with 250 en 4te and prescriptions. 5. an t LADDER, URETHRA, and RlXTUNT.—Comprising nft D erangements. Constipation, and limmorrhoids. To Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. E NJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Juctinde Vivere." 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"111 i ekt 1111bues ert.ET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MAT URIT I . -t,eu, Price 29., illustrated with cases; 'free by post for 30 'LI stamps, D E 'I,IIVOUS BILITY; ' 4 =tt, .ta a lt,st auses, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper- P 'Y t._ a, With Practical Observations on s a of sa t f h e e r G a e n n d er m ati o v re e telPi trlode ofl treatment of the disease s ev e etlitebtained by the use o . f th . e Micros e c a o l pe ra t i n se detecting and and effect of elicZ_Nling, by urinary examination, th .s e in r g ; from ' solitary habits, 0 1 h :74, e e t3 7 of complaint, whether an. te," v eratiNdent, or climate, followed by pra t cti e c i a it lr o e t. ma t r in k p s u , founded le,' " 0 4 'i ,Years' expel /once in the trea.m hcea _ c. andsecrey, Local Weakness, Spermatorr o a i .„' ? oi rimbntaries on the Physiology of Marriage,. l w 'o it w h h pre l - ) h n - if s o ints on the evils emanating from empirical p te ra r c s tic o e n , i-e k , Iti.LZe d angerous remedies advocated by various writers --rurtaht disorders. b a/ b Ily SAMUEL LA'MRRT. M.D. ' ,'" -r- ;DFORD-SQUARE,. LONDON, , beef,trnedicine Matriculated Member of -he University of Edin ftTeentlainernrY ' Member of the London Hospita s l y. Medi al Society, . ...be es . ‘ 7 of Apothecaries' Hall. &e t..o , ll : t . he fearful con etillen,eZetlal object of this treatise . is London, iLileh havr.esulting from certain habits2crre7n n larities, and excesses, 10 14 ' 'nature snore miseryon.h . , ‘ degradation 'in Man t6ther e i Drernature decay at all stages of L:te, then perhaps, any ‘ttictlia3! of disease known to modern pathologists. ' Its .leir ~.'arlY ree-nnmended to persons entertaining . secre , P d e o ru ul s ,t a s l o i s t the hie'alYt2l'4l o 3 ndltion, and who are conscious of navin, ha b z e a in r g de i , s l "titledu, happiness, and privileges to which every human 0r1.t..14, absoltitely + there arc i ". I Plee of necessary thatall men should know, tha ,..ecirrin, Personal management which cannot be violated without the ti,-,-.; grievous penalties, and when w!sdom and regret encase" te a). lr ' l ga y of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penaltie. , .", , i howt, ti gated, how the sting of their bitterness may be remove d. rat th e ''",e evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and above a ll, ° aritn. el r n e "Iseareely any degree of physical infirmity or functional Th a t ent to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a en cur , Pra t t oor has fora series of years beers engaged in an ext en si ve Unfert„, ‘ in the treatment of these delicate eotnplaints, which have OnipiriZatelY gist oo generally confided to the care of ignorant faith is".:;vno great tr et11&. °1:18 injury on tho se w h o are i n d uce d t o p l ace Izzltyrietr Pretensions. DEBILITY may bs had price 2s, of Messrs. 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COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. " We know of no man to whose care we could with greater confi dence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the ure thra."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. TEETH. —By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent—Newly -invented and Patented Application of Che mically-prepared White India-robber in the constru3tion of Artificial Teeth, Gums, and Palates.—Mr. EPHRAIM MOSELY, Surgeon- Dentist, 61, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Sole Inventor and Patentee.—A new, original, and invaluable invention, consisting in the adaptation, with the most absolute perfection and success, of CHEMICALLY-PREPARED WHITE INDIA- RUP-BER as a lining to the ordinary gold or bone frame. The extraordinary results of this application may be briefly noted in a few of their most promi nent I , :atures, as the following !—All sharp edges are avoided; no springs, wires, or fastenings are required ; a greater increased free dom of suction is supplied ; a natural elasticity hitherto wholly un attainable: and a fit, perfected with the most unerring accuracy, are secured, while from the softness and flexibility of the agent em ployed, the grpatest support is given to the adjoining teeth when loose, or rendered tender by the absorption of the gums. The acids of the mouth exert PO agency on the chemically-prepared Whit.) India-rubber, and as it is a non-conductor, fluids of any temperature may with thorough comfort be imbibed and retained in the mouth, all unpleasantness of smell or taste being at the same time wholly provided against by the peculiar nature of its preparation. To be obtained only at 61, Grosvenor-street, London ; 22, Gay-street, Bath ; 34, Grainger-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or JACCHARATED C tPSCLES.—Copaiba and Cubebs are, doabtiess, the best remedies for the cure of certain diseases, but these drugs are, in their natural state, of a repulsive taste and odour, an I occasion after indigestion, colicky pains, nausea, and gastric disturbance. Useless attempts have been made, both in France arid England, to conceal these defects. Mothes and Raquin enveloped their substances in capsules of Gelatine and Gluten which increased the drawbacks of the Coaalba, by adding the indigestible nature of the capsules. Mr. JOZEAU, more fortunate than his predecessors, has succeeded in rendering these valuable therapeutic agents perfectly 'nocuous, in increasing at the same time, in his Copahine, all their curative prin ciples-. This important preparation has been adopted by the Aca demy of Medicine, after more than 1,008 trials in the hospitals of Paris, upon the report of Messrs. teoulay, Begin, and Cullerier ; and it has also lately been tried in the hospitals of London—viz , St. Bartholomew s, Guy's, and St Thomiis's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clerk (see " Lancet " 6th .Nov.,e and 10th Dec., 1852.) The Copahine, in the form ofa very tiretty pink sugar plum, both agreeable to the taste and to the eye, effects a cure, on an average of six days, without nausea, couc i abr g istric disturbance, et recent as well as chronic cases. One hundred cap sules, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d.—To be had of the Inventor, G. Jozeau, sole French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, whose name is on the Government stamp ; and of the following chemists —At Bedford, Circle ; Brighton, G. Etherhigton ; Bristol, Hathaway; Belfast. Dyes and Cantreiz ; Boston, R. Marshall ; Chester, Platt and Son, T. Broady ; Cardiff, Smith ; Exeter, G. Cooper ; Glasgow. Murdoch, llruthers ; Liverpool, Clay and Abraham, Raimes and Co. ; Oxford, 11. Blown ; Plymouth, ; Wells, in Norfolk, R. Rump; Weymouth, W. J. Cole ; and all the principal chemists. WEEK DAYS. S.TINDAYS. Ix 3 h' • Terrace t r;.., Time Pier $ z 8 - g 4 „ CLi 1 8 814 ; 9——2 2 Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London ,very quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WCIARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. WEAR DAYS. SUNDAYS. a) a Fen- t F clutch 54. cln e 5 l • 74 h 5 Street r4o w "z Street 10 - - - -11 - - - - 2 1,4 44 "A HAPPY NEW YEAR." HOWEVER we may value past enjoyments, it must be admitted that present hopes have a greater influence than bygone recollections. There are some pleasing reminiscences of the past year which will sweeten the events of the present. The Old Year, loaded with the precious fruit , of the earth, like a provi dent and industrious predecessor, has left us the legacy of good food, which we hope, notwithstanding adverse circumstances, to have at a cheap rate. Reviewing the past year, we have the highest gratification in re cording our success, and expressing our thanks for the vast amount of patronage and support which our business in all its departments has received. We think it no presumption to say we have laboured to merit the distinction we have gained. Business—practical, ener getic, constant, punctual, and unwavering—has been our daily ob ject. We have visited every market ; we have employed the skill and experience with which many years of boundless trade have gifted us ; we have encouraged talent, and patronised industry, and have made all our resources available to friends patrons, and the public, in presenting them with superior and fashionable Dress, at very reasonable charges. We have received our reward in the innu merable instances of satisfaction expressed toward our besiness and our manufactures—in the vast increaso o: our Trade in London, the United Kingdom, the Colonies, and throughout the World. The Ready-made Clothing Department has been publicly acknow ledged the boon of society, and an advantage to individuals and families. Our ambition to furnish the best, most fashionable, and comfortable Clothing, at the lowest possible prices. has met with a most conspicuous response ; and we owe to our friends, patrons, aid the public, a grateful acknowledgment of success which has not been equalled on any former season. We have received the attention of all classes and of all professions—our productions have been declared the most popular, the most gentlemanly, the most comfortable, and the cheapest. Our system of business, now universally known, has been as extensively praised ; and through the past Year, the cordial congratulations we have received have been a source of satisfaction, which we esteem the most brilliant triumph of Trade. As Hatters, we have supplied elegant articles for the intellectual developments of our fellow-subjects, and have neither contracted their benevolent propensities by comfortless hats, nor distorted their apprehensions with exorbitant prices ; but the best productions of London and Paris have been transferred from our Establishments to their proper places—the Heads of families and all the young hope fuls of a future generation. In the Hosiery Department such encouragement hai been expe rienced as has exceeded the most sanguine expectation, and at the repeated solicitation of a vast number of patrons we have been in duced to add a Hosiery section to our Oxford-street Branch Establish ment. Being the largest Manufacturers of Shirts and Underclothing, and having commercial transactions with every Nation and King dom in the World, we have the pleasure of offering such articles in Hosiery for Ladies and Gentlemen as are not equalled for supe riority, variety, elegance, or cheapness. Our Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Business, for which the most extensive premises are kept at our City Establish • ment, has had the most liberal encouragement from Merchants, Shippers, Captains, and others ; and we have the greatest satisfac tion in the uniform testimony which has been awarded to our pro ductions from tho celebrity they have gained in all parts of the world, and the conviction that they have proved the most pro fitable investments which were ever made for the export or home trade. We most gratefully acknowledge the distinguished patronage which has been conferred on our Branch Establishments at Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire, where we rursus the same plans of business, charge the same reasonable prices, and furni,ll goods of the same fashionable and excellent order. Though every colony of the Briti:h Empire has in it our patrons, Australia, that home of English in dustry, has a large and flourishing Wholesale Branch of our well known business ; and we are persuaded that in every place that business will always be worthy of the name and celebrity of E. MOSES and SON. However, as it is E. MosEs and SON'S custom annually to recapi tulate the progress of their business, and to express their good wishes towards their natrens and the public, they do so with an ex traordinary degree of pleasure at the commencement of the year 1855 ; satisfied that the na me of E. MOSES and S ON is identifi e d with good, fashionable, and cheap clothing ; that E. M OSES and S ON have the greatest celebrity as Merchant Tailors, llosiers, and Out fitters; that there is not a bra nch of business they profess, but in it indefatigable perseverance enables them to succeed ; and in the moat animated hopes of securing numberless advantages to all classes of patrons, and of preserving distinction and celebrity in all nations, E. MOSES and SON most sincerely wish every body in all parts of the world A HAPPY NE B' TEAR. TREATMENT OF THE WOUNDED SOL DIERS AT PORTSMOUTH. The conduct of our official establishments at Balaklava, Scutari, and elsewhere, may well earn for us the title of "the European Chinese." Incapable of anything but the merest routine, unequal to the slighest emergency, our officials have contrived to do as much to discredit our national character as the conduct of our regimental officers and private soldiers has done towards rds agonized, elevating it. Three hours wore occupied by the wounded disem barked at Scutari in struggling, weak over the quarter of a mile of ground that separated them from our inhospitable receptacle of misery. Flesh and blood were embarked and disembarked, tossed and ban died about, with no more regard to quivering nerves and bleeding wounds than if they had been so many bales of wool or cotton. But why do we speak of the miseries thus endured in places the remoteness of whose ' situation, the newness of whose establishments, offer some excuse for inhumanity and some paliation for neg lect ! Let our readers consider the case of the Himalaya at Portsmouth, and then say whether they know of any Christian people so inhuman as those to whom England delegates the care of welcoming back to their native soil the bravest and hest-deserving of her sons. On Tuesday last the Himalaya arrived at Ports mouth, and, after a delay of 24 hours, ranged alongside the jetty, and began to unload her melancholy cargo of sick and wounded—the shaken and mutilated remnants of the heroes of Alma, of Inkerman, and of Balaklava. It must have been in itself a touching and moving spec tacle, such as the sternest nature could scarcely witness without pity, T-Tsre were men who, exposed to every hardship, and urged on by no Incentive but fooling of honour-and devotion, by the mere efre'rt of unconquer rible will and unflinching li'ardiliood had saved our army from destruction and our country from disaster, and what now WAS left of thin tremendous infantry, this gal lant and dashing cavalry ? Armless, eyeless, footless, as our correspondent describes them, rent with shot or shell, pierced by bayonets, and hacked by sabres, they staggered on, supporting each other in this melancholy march, till t'Aey stood once more on that sacred soil which had sent them forth to conquer, and which might almost be supposed to throb under the feet of its re turning protectors. They came ; but who was there to welcome them ? Everybody knows that Portsmouth swarms with officials, naval and military, and that, if the Queen had been landing from Osborne instead of our helpless and crip pled soldiers from the Crimes, there would not have been wanted one of the tale to swell the unmeaning pomp and idle ceremony. We should have had the Admiral Superintendent, the Port Admiral, the Lieute nent-Governor, and a host of other officials whose titles it is not worth now recording, as none of them could find time to attend to this ordinary duty of hospitality and humanity, or to see that the noble freight of the Himalaya was received with all honour, all gratitude, and all tenderness. The officials were not there, al though they had 24 hours' notice, and the disembarel kation was left to be effected by the invalids themselves, with such aid as the crew of the steamer could afford them. But there is one class of officials never wanting to the duty of saluting ao English man on his return to his native land. If fee Generals nedo kir were tedihrese as a t o hpoeerur laudablynen untaxed oe convalescence. examine anxiousa m as no i n lda e cu et until thatt e ti baggageTi.tth the eo single o pound of tobacco f o and Admirals were wanti ng , t h e C us t om -h ouse o ffi cers the see e neh n no wounded o o en u, t d ruas cnt T doe f h d s a e o soff y l i should escape its contribution to the a saeae miser- rocnh eluded no soldier or officer was allowed to leave the spot. They sat and crouched as best they might in the bleak January afternoon, those shivering and mutilated relics of the strong and the brave, and pondered, doubtless with thoughts too bitter for words, on the welcome which the country for which they had given all ex tended to them in return. There were no ambu lances, no stretchers ; there was no one to care for them, or to conduct them to their allotted home, until, at last, after the matter seemed almost desperate, help came ia the shape of ouaribuses for those who could sit, and stretchers for those who could not ; and the miserable scene was thus brought to a tardy end. With such a specimen of Ports mouth, it were vain indeed to waste criticisees or indig nation on the miseries of Balaklava or Scutari. How has war already hardened our hearts and dealened our sympathies ! Six months ago we were met with the most violent disclaimers when our correspondent asserted that our troops were ill fed and ill cared for on their arrival at the wild and remote shore of Gallipoli, and now such a scene as we have described can pass at our principal seaport and arsenal without comment, and al most without notice ! ---- - Singularly enough, on the very day on which this account appeared a contemporary published a letter from the Queen to Mrs. Herbert most honourable to the feelings of her Majesty, and calculated to ioothe the miseries and alleviate the sufferings of . her wounded soldiers and sailors. The Queen requests to bi furnished with details of the wounded—more interestiig to her than to any one. Her Majesty begs that these )oor noble men should be told of her interest and feeling for their sufferings, and her admiration of their coirage and heroism. She knows the value of her sympathy, and she is anxious it may not be withheld. Yesterday her Ma jesty passed through Portsmouth on her wpy ti Osborne, and those who could find no time to wecome her wounded soldiers home attended on her arrival with their usual punctuality. Had she asked the rentlensen who surrounded her on the station :with the keys of the fortress where they were when her poo r i nva lif s l au d e d from the Himalaya, the q uesti on might, perhaps, have obtained for the next draught of invalids that shall ar rive a reception more in harmony with th e i r ner i ts to wards us, and the enthusiastic gratitude of tin country towards them. Her Majesty has broken through official reserve in order to testify in the most signal manner tie warmth of the feeling which unites the Sovereign of the country to the men to whom our defence is entrusted. It would be highly gracous in her, and at any rate it ii the boun den duty of her Ministers, so to notice the recent scene at Portsmouth as effectually to provide for he humane and careful reception of the next. cargo of hunan misery which the blast of war may fling upon the coats of Eng land . Times. THE CIVIL SERVICH.-Mr. Francis Knollys has been appointed assistant examiner, in the Audit-office, Som erset-house, vice Bidwell, resigned. Mr. George Moori son has been appointed surveyor-general of tonnage, under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, in London. Mr. F. Puffin has been appointed draughtsman to the surveyor-general of tonnage, in London. Mr. J. Paxton has been appointed t• be landing waiter in London. Mr. A. Angelo has been appointed clerk for general business in London. Mr. W. H. Keeling has been appointed clerk in the Comptroller of Account's-office, London Docks. Mr. W. C. Maclean, whose promotion from the control lership at Dover to the collectorship at Truro we an nounced last week, has exchanged situations with Mr. Ferris the collector at Portsmouth. Mr. Robert Monro has been promoted from the second to the first class of searchers at Leith. Mr. Peter H. Hardie has been pro moted from the third class to the second class of searchers at Leith. Mr. Valentine Knight has been promoted from the fourth to the third class of searchers at Leith. Ni-. F. A. Galledy, clerk at Corfu, has been appointed deputy ordnance storekeeper at Malta, vice Pierse. Messrs. Mitchell and Baker have been appointed tem porary clerks at the Tower. A clerkship is vacant at Co rfu. —Civil Service Gazette. DESECRATION OF VIE TO3II3.—WEIMAR, sec. 31. Tt is generally known that the bodies of C-oethe and Schiller repose in the vault of the reigninglunily. A few days ago a stranger was conducted to vist the vault, when to his dismay the guide found that the .econd door was broken open, as also were the coffins of I-rand Duke Charles Augustus, his wife, and the last Dike Charles Frederick. The gold brocade above the cer-cloth, and the rings from the corpses themselves, thegold of the epaulettes, and indeed whatever was valuabl, had been carried off. It was evident that several ersnns had been concerned ha this robbery of the illuErious dead, and the whole town is moved with the gre.test indig nation. FOREIGN SPIRITS.—During tho eleven months termi nating on the sth of December last no less than 10,182,817 gallons of foreign spirits have been imported. In the like period of 1853 the quantity imported was 8,497,197 gallons, and in 1852, 8,237,027. This in crease is, of course, attributable to the circumstances of the war ; for of rum, with which our sailors and soldiers are supplied, out of 7,586,685 gallons imported in the eleven months of last year, only 2,843,331 gallons paid duty for home consumption. In the eleven months of 1853, 2,841,916 gallons, and in 1852, 2,575,269 gallons were entered for home consumption. lII.—An Account showing the Net Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended sth January, 1855; the Application of the same, and the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge. Surplus Ita'ance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended £ Amount applied out of the Net Income for the Quarter ended January 5, 1855, to £ Oct. 10, 1854, viz.: redemption .of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) for the Quarter enthd Oct. 10, 1854, exclusive of £264,670, the surplus charged to the Sinking Fund for the said Quarter, Great Britain £ similarly applied 2,195,912 Amount applied t. Supply Services in the Quarter ended January 5, 1855: • Ireland 134,363 Out of Exchequer Bonds Out of Exchequer Bills --- , 8,598,228 Balance of Instalraents of Exchequer Bonds appropriated by Parliament to Supply Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended January 5, 1858, viz.:— Services, remaining unissued on Oct. 10, 1854 10,597 Interest of the Permanent Debt £5,807,996 Terminable Debt 673,212 Income received in the Quarter ended January 5, 1855, as shown in Account I. .. 14,458,177 Interest on Deficiency Bills - The Civil List • 100,205 •••• •••••• Amount received in the Quarter eliding January 5, 1855, for Exchequer Bonds issued .. 1,449,849 Other Charges on Consolidated Fund 367,756 Advances for Public Works, &C. ...... „ . ......... Amount of Exchequer Bills (Supply) issued in the Quarter ending January 5, 1855 .. • • 655,500 7,145,216 Balance of Amount received for Exchequer Bonds appropriated by Parlia me nt to Supply Amount received in the Quarter ending January 5, 1855, in repayment of Advances for Services, remaining in the Exchequer on January 5, 1855 . .... .. . ... Public Works ...........................................425,920 Surplus liaiance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund; for the Quarter ended January 5, 1855, viz.: 17,134,406 Great Britain .... ..... •• ••••• • •• • ••• • .............. • . ..£ .... Balance, being the deficiency upon the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain, Ireland ....• • .... and for which Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) will be issued ...... ............. . 1,519,531 464,068 18,653,940 ' 18,653,940 NATAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE• The Cesar, 91, Captain Robb, Devonport.—Her copper has been put all to rights, and she has been taken out of dock at Keyham. The Monarch will be paid to-day, and the Princess Royal, 91, screw, Captain Lord C. Paget, will be paid on Monday. The Ajax, 60, screw, Captain Ramsay, hauled out of the fitting basin yesterday, at Portsmouth, alongside the jetty. The lmperieuse, 51, screw, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., received wages at Portsmouth yesterday. The Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds, has been taken into Devonport harbour by the Avon and Sprightly steamers (the Confiance being under sepair), and the Monarch, 84, Captain Patey, was towed out by the same two vessels. The Arrogant, 46, screw, Captain Yelverton, hauled into the basin, at Portsmouth, yesterday, and will go into No. 2 Dock, for examination and to repair defects. The Dragon, 6, paddle, Captain Willcox, left Cro marty, Jan. 3, for Leith. The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Roderick Dew, will proceed in a day or two from Portsmouth, to assist in navigating the new Royal yacht to that port. The Bellona, transport, has sailed from Devonport with victualling stores for Malta. _ complete in all their details, and it has been difficult to arrange this in consequence of detached portions being received at times and by different trains. The whole care of the operation of shipping has devolved upon Mr. Hedger, the Superintendent of the South. ampton Dock Company, who has displayed great energy under the circumstances. The Great Northern and the Lady Alice Lambton are not at Greenhithe, as stated, both these vessels having left the river on Saturday last. They encountered the heavy gale of Sunday night and Monday in the Chan nel. The Great Northern put in for shelter at Torbay, and the Lady Alice Lambton into Portlands Reads. When the gale abated both vessels proceeded on their voyage to the Crimea, and there is every reason to be lieve that by this time they have reached Gibraltar. The brig Bellona, with stores from the Royal William Victualling-yard, sailed from Plymouth Sound on Thurs. day from Malta. The merchant ship Whirlwind, with bounty-ticket emigrants, sailed from Plymouth at 4 p.m. on Thursday for Diemen's Land. THE QUEEN'S NEW YACHT. Lucifer, paddle, having filled up with jury-masts and spars and rigging for the Queen's new yacht, to be named Victoria and Albert, and not Windsor Castle, will proceed from Portsmouth to Pembroke to-day, with the Hon. Lieutenant Foley, Mr. Aylen, master of the Queen's yacht, a lieutenant, and 20 men, belonging to the Ajar, and in all 120 sailers and riggers. The Black Prince, transport, having received a supply of fuel at Falmouth on Thursday, proceeded to the Crimea. The crew of the Majestic were yesterday paid down to the 31st of October, and they have been granted 18 clear days' leave, allowing four days additional for going t..) and returning from their respective homes. Tliti crew of the Amphion are to be paid doitit'irn Monday next, when they will be granted leave of ab sence. G~li~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~/; ./ ~~-cam/ `A. • - • . _ • . , - . • • • • , t I f-fe , 4 40 k •• • • • t "-• • :‹ 1 , 4/ 4 ;A. •. • f*,; , • kt• ',V .4 \ , ar ls , -1011,0210gr0*,406„.,.. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1855. PROSPECTUS NVERNESS AND T ELGIN JUNCTION RAILWAY. FROM NAIRN" TO EORRES AND ELGIN-FORMING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INVERNESS AND ELGIN IN CONTINUATION OF THE INVERNESS AND NAIRN RAILWAY-WITH A BRANCH TO FINDHORN.] CAPITAL, £160,000, In Shares of £lO each. Deposit £1 10s. per Share. CHAIRMAN. The Right Honourahle the Farl of Seatiell. DEPUTY-CnAtftm.AN. Captain William Fraser-Tytler of AldonHe and Burdsyards. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Robert Anderson, farmer, Meikle Kildrummi. T. P. B. BiAene, of Newton The lion. Thomas C. itruee, Commissioner for the Earl of Seafield Richard Butler, farmer, Chapeltown, of Burdsya•ds Angus Cameron, of Firhall iohn Chisholm, merchant, Inverness John Cruickshank, Cloves Thomas Davidson, banker, Forres Alexander G. Dallas, late of Shanghai, Inverness Alexander Dallas. Commissioner for John G. Gollan, of Gollanileld John Dougal, of Glenterness Henry J. Brodie Dunn, of Milton-Brodie W. S. Ferguson, Elgin Colonel Alexander Findlay, of Millbank George Alexander Forteath, of Newton Robert Fraser, Brackla William Geddes, of Laurel Bank, Elgin Captain James Gordon, of Ivybank James Gordon, merchant, Inverness The Hon. Lewis Alexander Grant, of Grant Robert Grant, of Kinccrth John Grant, of Glen-Grant Alexander A. Gregory, merchant, Inverness Alexander Mackintosh, of Mackintosh Eneas William Mackintosh, of Raigmore, Deputy-Chairman of the Inverness and Nairn Railway Company Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Inglis. of Kingsmills Lachlan Kennedy, merchant, Nairn • John Kynoch, Provost of Forres Neil Maclean, Factor on the Estates of KilrAvock and Cantray efihn Maclennan, corn-merchant, •Beata,: Cluny Macpherson, Chahinan of the InVerness an d Nadrn Company D. D. Manson, M.D., Spynie John Mitchell, Wester Alves, Factor for Seaforth Bailie Riach, Forres Alexander I. Robertson, of Aultnaskiah David Rose, of Vieumont, corn-merchant, Inverness Adam Shary, merchant, Rothes Alexander Smyth, of Balnareith James Stephen, of Bruceland, M.D., Elgin William Stephen, Inchbroom Major Donald Stuart, late 46th Regiment Charles Stewart, solicitor, Inverness James Sutherland, Provost of Inverness £1,446,567 • Net Increase. • £2,291,356 Net Increase. Eric Sutherland, Shempston, Factor for Sir Win. Gordon Cumming, of Altyre, Bart. Alexander Thurburn, of Drumduan Henry Wm. White, of Manor and Lentran James Wilson, solicitor and bank-agent, Inverness ENGINEER. John Mitchell, F.R.S.E. CONSULTING ENGINEERS. Joseph Locke, Esq., M.P. I E. J. Errington, Esq., C. E. • BANKERS. The Caledonian Banking Company, Inverness, and its Branches Messrs. Barclay, Bevon, Tritton, and Co., London The Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Liverpool and Manchester SOLICITORS. Messrs. G. P. Anderson, Inverness Mr. Adam Davidson, Nairn Mr. William Selanders, Forres Mr. Robert Urquhart, ditto Mr. John D. Davidson, ditto Mr. George Leslie, Elgin PARLIAMENTARY AGENT. Theodore Martin, Esq., 10, New Palace Yard, Westminster. Messrs. G. and P. Anderson, Inverness, Interim Secretaries. The present time seems to he peculiarly writable for the establish ment of the proposed Lino of Railway. The works upon the Inver ness and Nairn line have been commenced, and the contractors un dertake that the line shall be open for traffic by the let of August next. On the other hand, the chain of Railway communication on the south is complete as far as the town of Huntly, and measures are understood to be in progress for extending the line northward from Huntly. In these circumstances, it has been thought desirable to apply to Parliament, in the ensuing session for the Incorporation of a Com pany for making a Railway from Nairn to Elgin, which shall com plete the communication between Inverness and Elgin. The com pany will thus be in a position to commence the necessary works next summer, and thereby, with the least possible delay, to place the fair and ancient province of Moray on such a footing, with retard to Railway communication, that the laying down of an ironway throughout its whole extent, from the Beauly to the Spey, and un interrupted connection with the Southern markets must immediately follow. With this view, applications have been made to an the principal proprietors along the line, who have, without exception, declared themselves favourable to the enterprise, and ready to afford facilities for its construction. The plans have been finished, minute estimates of the cost have been made, and the line has been gone over and examined by contractors of the highest respectability ; and the pro moters have no doubt that the works will be undertaken by them for a sum which, together with the purchase of land, rolling stock, Preliminary expenses, and all other charges necessary for tke com pletion of the undertaking, will certainly not exceed 200,0001., or 8,0001. a mile, including bridges over the Nairn. Findhorn, and Lossie. For this sum the Company will he in possession of a single line of railway—double whereYerthis is necessary for its efficient working—and with bridges built and land purchased for a double line. And the promoters are in a position to state, that the contrac tors with whom they have been in communication will be prepared to take payment of one-third of the cost of the works in stock. The Engineering Works—from the level nature of the country, and the light gravelly soil over which the line for the most part passes—are of a simple character, and are certain to be completed within the specified time. Besides the large loeal traffic arising from the line passing through the centre of the richly cultivated and populols county of Moray. this Railway, when connected with the Great North of Scotland Railway, now in progress of extension, will form part of the rreat through communication from Inverness by Aberdeen to the south. From the character of the country the line can never be exposed to railway competition. Through the Inverness and Nairn Railway—with AberdireetoTS of which the promoters at this undertaking aro in cordial co-operation —the line will be enabled to communicate with the Caledonian Canal at Inverness, and thereby to establish a connection with the large and rapidly-increasing traffic flowing along that great artery of com mn^icati^n to and from the counties of 11 mil, Moray, and Nairn. At its other extremity, the line will communicate with the Elgin and T,nsciemouth 'Railway, and the port of Lossiemouth. Beatles these, the Railway will receive the traffic of the several ports of Nairn, Findhorn, and liurehead. Careful observations of the traffic, ramie in 1845, with a view to a Railway from Inverness to Elgin, showing a local revenue amply sufficient to yield a liberal return upon a railway of a much more expensive nature. Since that period, however, the wealth and traffic of the district have been materially augmented, and are still rapidly increasing. Taking the basis of the observations of 1545, the result will be as follows : FAtimated amount of local revenue £21,000 0 0 Deduct 40 per cent. for working expenses 8,400 0 0 £12,600 0 0 2,000 0 0 Of interest on 50,0001, borrowed. Leaving • • ... .. • X 10,600 0 0 For division, on a called-up capital of 150,0007., or a dividend of 7 per cent. immediately after the opening of the line, with the cer tainty of a large eventual increase. The undertaking, therefore, presents these peculiar advantages:- 1. It will be completed and opened for working in two years from the passing of the act. 2. It will cost only 8,0007. a mile, for a single line, while the average cost of railways in Scotland, with a double line of rails, has been 30,0701. a mile. 3. While the average return per mile per annum, in Scotland. has been 2,0001., a sum of only 8501. per mile per annum, on this line, will yield a dividend of 7 per cent. 4. The line, from its situation, secures in perpetuity the whole through railway traffic passing northward of Elgin from Aberdeen, and passing eastward of Nairn from the Western and Northern Highlands. 5. The line will be worked in connection with the Inverness and Nairn Railway, under efficient Parliamentary powers, whereby the facilities of transit will be on the one hand greatly increased, while on the ether hand the working ex penses will be greatly economised. 6. - Lines of this character, constructed at a moderate cost, in the north of Scotland, have proved highly remunerative, as in stanced in the Lossiemouth and Deeside Railways, recently opened—both of which have returned dividends of 5 per cent. on the first year's traffic. 7. The promoters are justified in stating that payment of one third of the cost of the works will be taken in stock, as a guarantee for the due completion of the undertaking, and In evidence of the conviction of its soundness as a commer cial enterprise. Applications for Shares to be made, in the form annexed, to Messrs G. and P. Anderson, solicitors, Inverness ; Messrs Grant and Leslie, solicitors, Elgin ; Mr Adam Davidson, town-clerk, Nairn ; Mr Robert Urquhart, banker, and Mr William Sclanders, and Mr John D. Davidson, solicitors, Forres ; Messrs. James Black and Co ., sharebrokers, Aberdeen ; Mr John Maciver banker, Dingwall ; Mr S. S. Taylor, sheriff-clerk, Cromarty ; Mr John Grant, writer, Taira ; Mr William Miller, town-clerk, Wick ; Mr William Fleming, banker, Grantown ; Mr Donald Meer le, writer, Kingussie ; Mr Pa trick Duncan, sharebroker, I, Kirkgate, Perth ; Mr James Black wood, sharebroker, Hanover-street, Edinburgh; Mr James Wat son, sharebroker, 32, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow ; Messrs Drewry and Richardson, sharebrokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs 11. Watson and Co., sharebrokers, York : Messrs Henry Davis and Co., sharebrokers, 5, Dale-street, Liverpool ; Messrs Johnstone and Wal ker, sharebrokers, St. Ann's Church-yard, and Messrs Hayland, Son, and Co., sharebrokers, Exchange-chambers, Bank-street, Man chester ; and Messrs Foster and Braithwaite, 63, Old Broad-street, London. ?ORR OP APPLICATION. To tko El'ovisional Committee of the Inverness and Elgin Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me Shares, of 101. each, in this undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, end sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Ag,ree ment, when required. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Serrant, Full Christian and Surname Profession.. Address .. Date ... THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JAN. 5, 1855. No. I.—An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue and other Receipts of the United Kingdom, in the undermentioned periods, ended January 5, 1854, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year. QUARTERS ENDED I YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR A____,......A_____--.-----, end e d April 5, July 5, ' Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, 1854 1554 1854 1855 1855 1853 1853 1853 1854 1851 1 - X X , CUSTO"IS - - EXCISE' • ...... •••••• • • • • • • .3.934,688 i 15,337,724 EXCISE ' • _ STA Ai PS •••••• •• • • • • ..... •••••• • • TAX iF,S 199,309 1,435,927 116,(480 1,288,632 3,040,518 ! 111,476 1,510, 1 8 3 129,219 1,492,690' 3,153,868 TAXES. Pilo rEETS - TAX ••••• • • • • • POST- FE IC E•-•••• • • • • • • CROWN LANDS MISCELLANEOUS - - - - . i OR T;INARY REVENUE i .. .. .. . • .. . • .. ORDINARY REVENUE. M .. IPR EAT NHR MN"F. AND OTHER I .. • • . 0 • • •• IMPREST AND OTHER MONEY'S. REPAYMENTS OF ADVANCES .. , - - -•- ' - -- TOTAL n i Financial al Year, from April 5, 1851, 1 i. , i 11.-INCREAsE and DECR EASE in the Quarter and . „ . RL'PAYMENTS OF ADVANCES. 9 months of tile t'in ;tidal Year, 11.-INCREA _R sE and DEEASE in the Quarter and Y cl Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1855 'Year ended Jan. 5, 1855. from. April 5, 1851, to Jan. 5, 5, 1855 ; and in the nine Year ended January 5, 1855 ; a3d in the nine months n'2 f ed the January 185.5. months of the Financial Year, from April 5.1854, ttiJanuary 5, 1855, as pocompared with the corres. - • • ' to January 5,1855, as compared with the corres ponding periods of the preceding year. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decreatte, Increase. Decrease. ponding periods of the preceding year. _____-----__. ____ • £ • £ £ £ £ £ . 'rended CUSTOMS ....... . ........... , • 584,072 .... • • • • 125,021' 74,665 CUSTOMS. :i, k ; L •s: -, '; -::. ;() c•E :9 1 EXCISF STAMPS .......... .... ••• ....... ...... .121,187 .... • • STAMFS. i:`,l'i'''l' ) ..i . 1 ; 4 - .l j l o ' TAXES ..........•• ...................... .. PROPERTY TAX ...... • ............. . ........ ..„ 483,932 •. • • 1,867,853 1,338,722 - PROPERTY' TAX.. '2 .ak.,i,..C.'4 vii:;1!0:13 POST-OFFICE CROWN LANDS .. • • MISCELLANEOUS • ORDINARY REVENUE ....... • •••••• •••• •••• •••• ' .0 .. •••• . •••• ORDINARY REVENUE. • • . IMPREST AND OTHER MONEYS •••. ....• • ••• •••• •••• •• •• e• •• O. .. IMPREST AND OTHER MONEYS. • REPAYMENTS OF ADVANCES. • - •• •••• •••• .... .... . . REPAYMENTS OF ADVANCES. • • • -......_...----- ~, . .,.i.1, - .,,;i:,-f .''' -- TOTALS ... -- • . ..". • ' ' ' -". 1,750,395 309,828 2,940,797' - 655,441 ' 2,585,102 656,785 TOTALS. ' . £[,928,316 Net Increase. APPOINTMENTS. theceopampytimaaidanneiE2r.o.:_eg.cF,Tor.awnDseti'esEaTivinn-caiutrevrite, steam-corvette, htetooernctoehsm:m. Ex mouth, mouth, 91, screw steam-ship at Devonport ; Benjamin (1854), to command the Himalaya, screw steam trans port-ship. Lieutenant John H. Chads (1852), recently serving as flag-lieutenant in the Edinburgh, 60, screw steam-ship, to the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship at Sheerness. Clerk in charge.--Henry Callaway (1847), recently serving as acting paymaster in th• Espiegle, 12, sloop on the North America and West Indies station, to the Atholl, receiving-ship at Greenock. ARRIVAL OF THE DESPERATE. Yesterday, at 11.30 a.m., the Desperate screw steam ship, Captain E.C. T. D'Eyncourt, arrived at Sheerness from Hull. She left Hull at 8 a.m. on the 4th inst., with two boilers only under steam power, making a passage of 274 hours, going on an average rate of 74 knots per hour, with a maximum pressure en her two boilers of 7ilb. on the square inch, with 30 revolutions per minute ; multiple of 2 decimal 2. The machinery of this ship has not required any (except her own engi neer's department) attention for the last 20 months. During the capture of Bomarsund there were seven sail of the line left at Nargen Island, to watch the Russian fleets i❑ Helsingfors and Cronstadt harbours. The Des perate, in company with the Impdrieuse, proceeded to Cronstadt to reconnoitre there, in which duty the Despe rate was most awkwardly placed between the Russian fleets of Helsingfors and Cronstadt. During this ser vice a continual code of signals by guns was kept up by the Russians, and telegraphic communications were being carried on on shore, on both sides of the gulph, apparently advising of their approach. The Desperate went within a few miles of Cronstadt, which enabled her to count 16 sail of the line, besides frigates. On the 28th of July she returned and cruised off Hel singfors. A few days afterwards she was ordered up off Hogland to reconnoitre ; she was while there discovered by the Russian fleet. A Russian 18-gun frigate steamed out of harbour from Helsingfors for the purpose of cut ting off the Desperat. This move was fortunately ob served by the Euryalus, just in the dusk of the evening. She immediately proceeded for the entrance of the har bour of Helsingfors, which the Russian steam frigate had just left. Immediately the Russian frigate sighted the Euryalus she put down helm and made the best of her way for the harbour again, blowing off steam all the way. The Euryalus unfortunately, while engaged in this most essential service, struck on a sunken rock, not laid down in the Admiralty charts, where she remained for six hours, when she got off by starting the water out of her tanks. TROOPS AND TRANSPORTS FOR THE BLACK SEA. Detachments of the 19th, 38th, and 44th Regiments are ordered to leave Palmer on Thursday, to proceed to Southampton, for embarkation on board the General Screw Navigation Company's screw steam-ship Crcesus (Captain J. Vine Hall), to join the service companies at Sebastopol. The following officers will accompany the troops, viz. :—Lieut. Baldwin of the 19th ; Captain Daniels and Lieut. Snell of the 38th ; but we believe no officer of the 44th will proceed with the detachment of that regiment. The Bahiana, steam-transport, 1,529 tons, No. 160, is appointed to leave Liverpool this day, with the 82d Regiment, for Corfu, from whence she will proceed to the Crimea, with the let battalion of the 71st Regiment, consisting of about 436 men. The Cochrane, screw-steamer, 425 tons, has been en gaged as a regular transport for three months certain, and has been appropriated for the conveyance to the East of the following stores—viz., for the army in the East, 42 tons of shot and shell, 20 tons of ammunition, and 11 tons of horse shoes. For the Black Sea fleet, 35 tons of ball cartridges, shut out of the Kangaroo, and for Scutari, 50 tons of ball cartridges and 25 tons of rifle muskets. She will be tilled up with warm clothing, and will be ready to commence loading at Deptford in a few days. Her number is 175. The Marley Hill, steam transport, No. 169, and Lady Eglinton, steam-transpert, 165, both left the Downs on the 4th for Constantinople. The bowling of the ship Sala:lin with stores and wooden huts for the French tinny to the East having been completed, that ship, in tow of the steamer William M ‘Corwick, will leave Southampton this morning. The Saladin has on beard 250 huts complete, each capable of sheltering 30 men, also 1,000 barrels of pork, 200 puncheons of runs, and other stores. Th e William M'Cormick, besides 420 tons of coals, takes out 300 barrels of pork. The total number of woolen barracks to be shipped from Southampton is 1,800, and the contract price is 211. each. They have all been provided by Mr. Potter, of Gloccster. It ap pears that the delay in despatching these much-desired conveniences for the army has not arisen at Southamp ton, nor is it the fault of the contractor & but it has been caused by the arrangements necessary for loading the ships, some of them not having fell crews, and tloa narrowness of the hatchways, &c., rendered stowage difficult. It has also been deemed indispensable for each ship to have her quota of the barracks entirely BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR. At Monte Video—Vixen, . English ; Flambeau, French ; Germantown, American ; Thetis, Babiana, Brazilian ; Patriata, Spanish., .At Rig de, Janeiro — Indefatigable, Madagascar, Star, Trident Tstoainer), Sharpshooter. At Bahia—Spy, English ; Andronaade, Catinat (steamer), French ; Independence, Savannah, American ; Imperial Marinho Elo, - Brazilian. At Madeira—American frigate Constitution. At Lisbon —tier Majesty's frigate Meander. St. Vincent, Dec. 19, Vessels in harbour—Jessie, Schwyd, and Princess Royal, put back from the island of Sal, leaky and pumps out of repair. MILITARY. One officer, one serjeant, and 60 men of the depot of the 34th Regiment in Plymouth Citadel received orders on Thursday to hold themselves in readiness to join the headquarters in the Crimea. We regret to announce the death of Captain W. It. Newport Campbell, of the sth Dragoon Guards, which took place at Scutari on the 23d December. Captain Campbell served with the 9th Lancers in the battle of Puneiar during the Sutlej campaign of 1846, and the campaign on the Sutlej under Lord Gough, including the battles of Chillianwallah and Goozerat. Captain Campbell had a medal for Sobraon, and one with clasps for Chillianwallah and Goozerat. The death of Lieutenant and Adjutant Warren, of the 55th, is reported to have taken place at Scutari on the 23d ult. ; he was fivo years in the service, and was pro moted to a company in last Friday's Gazette. THE INTERIOR OF ST. GEORGE'S HALL, LIVERPOOL. The elaborate finishings of the interior have been de signed by Professor Cockerell, and very arduous and responsible, no doubt, has it been felt to handle a frame work so nobly designed ; and great might well be the apprehension that its grace and nobility might suffer under any hands short of that of the original master himself, Mr. Elmes. The ceiling, according to the ap parent system of the Romans, is covered, like a firma ment, with a multitude of appropriate detail to give space and magnitude to the whole. The provincial armo rial bearings, and the symbols appropriate to navigation, the municipal and legal purposes of the structure have been largely employed. These have been circumscribed to the crowns of the side-groaning arches, and not carried down to the springing of the arched vault, as is commonly the case. , The whole proportion is thereby heightened, and the parallelogram of the ceiling materially elon gated. The six pendentives are adorned with symbolical figures, taken from Raffaelle's composition in the Vati can, of Temperance, Prudence, Art, Science, Justice, and Fortitude, and in the paving under these are in scriptions illustrative of each of these virtues. A rich decoration of galleries, composed of Irish black marble, Derbyshire spar bullesters, and twenty-four Irish green niches adorn the lower part of the ball, the walls being decorated with slabs of various British marbles. Two of those niches are already occupied by illustrious tenants, Sir R. Peel and George Stephenson. The six doors are very magnificent, and surpass anything of the sort yet executed in England. The jambs are in solid grey granite, in single pieces, with cornices carved in Portland stone ; the gates themselves are of bronze and brass, highly elaborated. Among these are ten chan deliers, of great magnificence in size, materials, and design ; they are seven feet in diameter, with 140 lights each, in the form of stars. The paving, executed by Minton, after designs by Mr. Cockerell, Mr.. Gruner, and Mr. Stevens, unexampled in tesselated workman ship. The drawings of the Tritons and' Sea-nymphs in red and yellow, is highly c lassical, spirited ! and beau tiful. A regulation of some interest n the direction of this structure has been vigorously observed in every de tail, namely, that none but British materials and British workmanship should ente r into the work. The organ, and magnificence, has long g b instrument eenae xoefdgreatcompass question, as impairing the perspective of the Hall and Nisi Prius Court ; and its position in this regard must ever be lamented ; but after extended deliberation, and the best advice on accoustics and mu sical convenience, it was finally decided to be placed at the north end of the hall. Pains have been taken by its form and structure, to play into the lines and perspec tive and uses of that part of the hall. The area in the east front together with the niches in the hall, afford space and position for all the illustrious of our land, and will furnish, in the growth of time, a museum of art and of renown of the utmost historical interest. PARIS EXHIBITION.—The Senate of Hamburg has just appc.inted Herr GJfhen, a doctor of civil law, and s?eretary of legation for the free towns at Paris, to be tlteir continissioner at the "Universal Exhibition." PAYMENT OF CHINESE CUSTOMS DUTIES AT SHANG HAL—Veiterday (Friday) deputations from the Man chester Commercial Association, and Manchester Cham ber of Commerce, had :in interview with Lord Claren don, at the Foreign office, relative to the question of en forced security and payment of Chinese customs duties at Shanghai. His lordship received the deputation most graciously, and assured them that instructions were sent out to evinguish all securities given for the payment of duties to February last, and that the other portion of the question (payment between February and July) was under the consideration of the law officers of the Crown, and would be settled as soon as posuible. The interview lasted an hour. THZ ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB have unanimously Toted the sum of 501. to the Patriotic Fund. / y 77e r PRICE SD. //,Z) :6G GGG/~ UNIPPROITT INYTIZZIVEYeI. OXFORD, JAN. G. ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE. This morning, at 11 o'clock, the Fellows of Mag dalen College, in obedience to the summons of the Vice- President (the Rev. H. Harris), met in the College Chapel for the purpose of electing a successor to the late lamented Dr. Routh. The number present was 37, one Fellow (the Rev. W. Palmer) being absent abroad, and two being Probationers, end therefore not entitled to vote. After receiving the Communion together, the Fellows separated into two bodies, according to the pro visions of the Statutes. The Juniors, .24 in number, proceeded to vote for two names, and afber four scruti nies, which were requisite before two *candidates had ob tained the legal number of votes—a majority of the entire electoral body (19, therefore, in this instance) 7 —the choice of the electors was found to have fallen on the Rev. Frederick Bulley, 8.D., and the ReV. Andrew Edwards, 8.D., who had respectively 24 and 21 votes. The names of these two Fellows were accordingly sent in to the 13 Seni'rs, whosi (leci,iun was in favour of the first mentioned. The ntwo-t harmony and good feeling prevailed throughout the, election. Mr. Bulley entered Oxford, we believe, - in tl* year 182 d. He shortly afterward-, obtained Demyship at Magdalen, from which college he took his 8.A.. degree in 1829. He •was placed in the third class in Literis Ilumanioribus in the 11.1ielmelinas examination of that year. Not long afterwards he succeeded to a Fellow. ship, and after serving various college officer, was, in the year 1843, appointed one of the College Tutors by the Late President. This office he has continued to dis charge ever since, combining with it, since, the estab lishment of the new School of Law and Modern History, the duties of Lecturer on those subjects. He is a per m much respected throughout the University, and it has long been expected that he would be Dr. Routh's successor in the Presidentship. We understand it Is the intention of. thy. college to pull down the late 'President's house, .and-..rebuild it on a scale and in . a style better suiting: the general cha racter of the College buildings. ' • The :Cniversity Sermons on Sunday:nOxt will be preached in the morning by the Rev. •T. S. Pront, Christ Church ; and in the `afternoon by the Rev. R. St. John Tyrwhitt, of Christ Church. The Latin Sermon at the opening of Term (January 13) will be preached by the Rev. A. Hackman, of Christ Church. RAILWAY ACCIDENNT AT THE LEEDS CENTRAL STATION. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. Central Station, Great Northern-office, Leeds, Jan. 4. Sir—ln accordance with your telegraphic message just received, I regreet to be obliged to say that an ac cident occurred to our No. 19 up-train last night (leav ing at 6.25 p.m.) to Doncaster. The train consisted of the following carriaget, and was arranged thus : Engine and tender, then a break, one first eras, two seconds empty, one third class, one composite carriage with passengers, then a break. The engine backed the train out, as usual, until it reached the facing points, very near to the ticket 'plat. form. The train then, it is evident, ran on the wrong line. The last break dropped off the rails, causing the composite to run off also, the break taking the loft and the composite the right. They then broke asunder, the composite falling into the lower level (Lancashire and Yorkshire goods yard) into a truck, and then on to that ground, breaking into many pieces. In this composite was Mr. Hall, recorder of Douce& ter, who is much bruised, his right arm and leg broken ; he is with Mr. Jeal, surgeon, an old schoolmate of his. There were four or five second-class passenger'', who were our servants. save one, Mr. Hall's clerk. None of these, I believe, were hurt in the least. The trains passed in and out immediately after. The line is not in the least damaged nor out of gauge ; the carriages also. The engine and the other portions of the train passed into the station. The driver pulled up inx mediately he saw the train running diagonally, which he discovered from the lights at the junction. Mr. Cubitt came down last night. We have mea• sured the ground, &c., mos minutely with Mr. Bourn's assistant, who will send a plan of the line &c. The can- not give the least reason for the cause of the accident ; the only surmise can be that the points might have been partially closed by a cinder falling down. They are in good repair, and act as well as points can do, and were cleaned at four o'clock in the afternoon.—l have the honour to be your obedient servant, 'RICHARD BENNET. Mr. E. Denison, M.P., Doncaster. Mr. Hall seems this morni;•:g as well AS can be ex pected. RAIL WAY TRAFFIC IN 1854. It appears from the published traffic returns of rail ways in the United Kingdom for the year 1854 that they amounted to 18,541,8551. on 7,300 miles of rail way, being at the rate of 2,6041. per mile. In addition to the published returns, there were receipts upon 792 miles of railway amounting to about 3,458,6701., which, with the above sum of 18,541,8551., makes a total of 20,000,5251., as the traffic receipts for railways in the United Kingdom in 1854- The length of line open for traffic at the end of the year was about 8,028 miles, the traffic receipts on the whole being at the rate of 2,4911. I The cost of construction amounted to 273,760,0001., being at the rate of 32,0201. per mile. The total receipts on 7,700 miles in 1853 amounted to 17,920,5301., show ing an increase in favour of 1851 c.f 2,079,9951,, or above 11 per cent. This is a very satisfactory result, and would have been attended with more beneficial conse quences to the shareholders had not the outlay of capi tal also increased, the increase of capital having been about 10,000,000/. during the year. The working ex penses, rates; and taxes amount to about 47 per cent. of the whole, or 9,100,000 f., leaving 10,600,0001. for dividends on preference shares and loans and divi dends on the ordinary capital. The profit on the working would yield a dividend on the outlay of about 31 per cent., which shows an impravement on the average of former years. The average for 1853 was a trifle snore than 31 per cent., and in 1852 about 31 per cent. The increase of the traffic has been satisfactory and progressive. In 1843 it amounted to 500,8741. over the preceding year ; in 1844 to 768,3371. ; in 1845 to 1,058,8421. ; in 1816 to 1,020,6501.; in 1847 to 1,285,797/. ; in 1348 to 1,109,335/. ; in 1849 to 980,8081.; in 1850 to 1,744,161/. ; in 1851 to 1,809,923/. ; in 1852 to 520,402/. ; in 1853 to 2,040,2201. ; and in 1854 to 2,079,9951. ever the preceding year. Should the traffic continue to increase, and the expenditure on capital account be restricted to providing the neces sary accommodation for the increasing traffic, the po sition of railway property must gradually improve. The published traffic returns of railways in 1848 amounted to 4,843,0001., yielding an average receipt of 3,045/. per mile ; and in 1854 to 18,541,0001., yield; ing an average receipt of 2,6041. per mile. The capital expended on those lines up to July, 1843, amounted to 57,635,1001., and in 1854 on the lines in question to 255,610,0001., showing an increase in the annual traffic of 13,698,0001., and in the capital expended of 197,974,9001. The mileage has increased during that period from 2,000 miles to 8,000 miles, and the average cost per reile remained about the same, varying from 34,0001. to 35,0001. per mile. THE VALOROUS AT SEBASTOPOL. An officer of her Majesty's steamer Valorous, Capt. Buckle (son of Admiral Buckle, of Bath), gives the fol lowing description of the engagement with the Russiaa steamer, which lately came out of Sebastopol :—" Oa the afternoon of the Gth ult. we were at anchor in a bay called Kamiesh (which is about four miles to the south ward of Sebastopol, and just inside Chersonese Point), with our boats out, getting bread from a transport. At 2 p.m. two large Russian steamers came suddenly out of the harbour Sebastopol, and commenced a heavy fire of shot and shell on two small French steamers at anchor in a creek about two miles distant from us), which were landing provisions for the camp. We luckily had our steam up, and slipped our cable, and ran for them, iu hopes of cutting them off before they could get inside the forts. They stood on for some time to meet us, and when we were about a thousand yards from them we exchanged several shot and shell ; they, finding us closing them, up helm and ran full speed for the harbour ; we followed them to within eight hundred yards of the batteries, where we were evidently not expected ; and, luchy indeed it was for us, as nearly all the shot and shell which were fired were discharged from five heavy batteries at the same time. They all tell over us. Had wo been two hundred yards further hut, our small craft must hay been sunk. The Russian steamers got into pert, and we made the best of our way out, having perfectly succeeded , in driving the enemy in, he being two cowardly to stand out and engage us in proper style, which, if be had done, we have all the vanity to think that he would have been astern of us now, with the Union Jack flouting over the Russian ensign. Now, we ought to be truly thankful that, amidst the shower of shot and shell on both sides of us, not a life was lost, nor a man on boitrd our vessel touched. The damage done to the ship is very small ; a part of the main rigging (two foremost shrouit9) was also cut through, as also were several ropes, and en le shot went through the jack in the ensign. The ship'.' side is struck in a few places by shell and rifle bullets.. Our captain behaved (as he always does) in the most gallant manner possible, being on the paddle-box the whole time. This is the fifth time we have been in action with the batteries (in the Baltic four times, and here once), and have experienced no casualties. We are one of the guard ships off the mouth of the hirhour of Sebastopol, looking out for th e e nem y coming out, as well as for fire ships."—Bath, Chronicle. MR. OLIVER'S BANN nurrcv.—Yesterday (Friday) afternoon, at one o'clock, a bitting took place at the Bankruptcy Court, Liverpool, b3fore Mr. ComnaisSioner Stevens, at which it was understood au appficatiol would be made by Mr. Evans to sea aside the already ex pressed adju,iicatiou of Mr. Ed w ard Oliver's bank r uptcy.. There was a largo number of merchants and o thers pre ent, all of whom appea red to be (leeply interested in the pro ceedings they expected to take place ; but, totwith• standing their desire to hear the arguments on bo th sides, the court was cleared, and the point at issue was die cussed with closed doors, The horse of a captain of the 10th Cuirassier a, quar tered at Provins, ran away with him last w‘ei 4. with .such rapidity that he could not pull it in. Thy' animal dashed against the window of a shop, and k illed its rider by forcing his head against the woodworl L. The an imal in its course knocked down a little girl of sevea years of age, and killed he r instantaneously. .rs (o,Tcr. RAVESENDD S T PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and rurfieet Piers. The Packets sail at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting), FROM TERRACE PIER. GRAVESDINO. fth idp. Icily. uly. idy. iy. ly. °~...~