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'VEIL ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLA.NO 5t4,19 o TO-IsIGHT, at 8 o'cl oc k, an d E very N ig ht (b u t S a t ur day). take,s• ; . I rea, 25.; G a ll ery, I s. The Morning Representations Egypptiaacneleia7l7/:ricucaesdialyy: Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.— GREAT WESTERN COALS.—Best, 245. ; Seconds, 225. per ton. The Great Western Railway Com -4,*.t1 can now execute orders for Rwahon Coals, equal to the finest Z'o'"altisarn toils, at 24s per ton, and for excellent and economic al VlTin of th ( PartlY Cannel), at 21s. per ton. Cash prices within 4 miles .e Paddington Station. Address to the Superintendent, Great "r ktern Railway, Paddington. LONDO N & SOIJTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. heir k isic thOt IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a SPECIAL GENE .° EETING of the Probrietors of this Company will be held in srtralpany's Offices, at the Waterloo -bridge Station, London, on for t e Y, the 28th day of April, 1855, at One o'clock preel , elY, om _ an by the E..omtany a( loPteer P°S° of considering and determining upon the coarse to be with reference to the Bill for amending the e n ~P_, half Acts, now pcnting in Parliathent, add the pledge given Cog7if of the mates i Company before the Devon and Dorset Railway m oo _ n the oession of 1853, and of authorising the necessary 0111 es for carrying the determination of the meeting into effect, ior other special purposes. BY order of the Court of Directors. . , W aterlee.b r id ge L. CROMBIE, Secretar , . Station, London, lith April, 1855. '‘, ri t r o W 4 ' 113 P ECULIAR SYSTEM OF LIFE 'ASSURANCE. att DIRECTORS .of the NATIONAL I)._ this to attenti o n sS lTßANCE and INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION invite ti the New System of I ife Assurance exclusively adopted I,YerTes Assoolation —viz that of ' allowing interest at the rate of 4 Itn ee , iii • Per annura Rail premiums paid, iustead of the remote and 'lain 9 14 t ,„ stem of Buses usually adopted. n ere ,7 B Plan the Policy-holder will secure to himself a constantly 4:7esured to on— _' i ng annual income during life, as well as the payment of the hi/representatives at his death. De obt i 4l ' of Bates specially adrtpted otitis System of A ssnrance may warde c p. ned at the Office of the Company, 3, Pall-mall East, or tor ,roe, on application. lit -.ma rch. 1855. PETER MORRISON', Managing Director. ....._ IN__ I -',,TRERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE 12.1... , 011 - p a,, isaolin.';:whill'i h rl E." —N E'll :t — L Notiee is hereby given,-that an EITRAOR- NtEETING of the Shareholders of this Com , held on SATURDAY, the 14th day of April next, at the cis 1 2 . ' 1 _ Tavern, Bishopsntte-street, London, at one o'c'ock pre adopitliot the purpose of releiving a Report from the Directors,. and And n ! s!leli resolutions thereon as such Meeting shill Idetermine • lected t ° , tl eo Is also given that at the said Meeting Three ors will be " s uPPly vacancies at the Board. b 2 Y order of the Board. GEORGE FA SSON, Secretary.. ' N• Adelaide-place London-bridge, March 9, 1855. ote Col" The Report of the Di rec t ors may be obtained at any of the , Drier atonts_ll.ankers, and at the offices of the Company, ten days eet'lig B EIII ERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE h 010,,, 1 . - i ,„ - 't all A D ;;,-,,i.- , V.—ARRE, &RS of C A LLS —Notice is herebyglyen, .'" regii;:: " ";ARB of CAL r.s due upon the shares of this Company ros e i,,_•ed to be paid to any of the •Company.'s Bankers on or Ole 4 , nr .s. 3lst (lay Of April, 1855. 'And notteel Is hereby given, that Da'd b,, i 4 b : 1.8 of al shares upon which the calhii shall not have been t ircrt a ,,,,`" laid 21st-day of April will be immediately thereafter u 'e64, — "„, , hi order that the sane may be forfeited, as preicrieed by ''''"f the Company. li Y . order of the Jseard. GEORGE FASSQN, Seereitary. • zp-,ela id e - Place, London-bridge, March 9,1 (456. - ' s ' ea._____ l isltre ° P,"Y's'l3ltnk on isrs Authorised to receiv . e and 35 give receipts for n Lond, Messrs. 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He that hath no child, of Eltibiee,...e sun and winde "—Chaucer. th, Unions,..`• • Marriau it p . ctations and Necessities—Development LeNett_l°.r4—Lo've s M e a x ic e hes—Prectpitate, impelled, and retarded lti Ucorr ir , a ,'. l3 7rtbd ,„ I ncongrulties--Mutual 'Unsuitableness—Mental arr iage ' end Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter- . `" e etY of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode 0 1 1111141A..—,..Logitirnacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all lines 441141ces—Law of Dlvo 3 r . ce, &c., &c. • CriA.STITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. • - -- A Lecture to Young Men. Rab " What passions hurt the body—what improve, .Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Of tbrZ • Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent f 11%19:43'1°as- Chastity and its infringement. The casualties o kid rah and (11.3sipation, with illustrations, graphic, edetive. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. narrative, ret'the Diseases, their Selt-management and Cure. gentto--t and lT 11001 I.—A comprehensiv e an d p opu l ar cap it003...1.. on urinary diseases —their nature and treatment, c of rina,z. _!lPecially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms grilsgerailizemants, stricture and spermatorrhoes; with 250 en and prescriptions. the /0 5. en the " 4331 : 0 ER, URETHRA, ant RECTUM.—Comprising 47 Deran gements, Constipation, and Ilmmorrhoids. Tilt Vols. 6 - and 7, companions to the eced ENJO YMENT OF LIFE. 110 W pr TO BE ing. HAPPY. " Jucunde Vivere." sh m _ " Few words to fait faith."—Shakespere. to`LvTood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or of ,mlolthOr of the RICHARD CTJLVERWELL, lat e `. olleceasor, and Twenty Years Consulting, Colleague of ttn- Regent-street, London above, 10, Argyll-place, klyslium.,43' ittivised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Ul* f ive llingesfroin Baron till Nine. Dsys, • ;.;.' • ? . t No. -191513.] PUBLICATIONS. Now Ready, in,2 yols. post - MR. • SHEIL'S LEGAL AND POLITICAL. Edited by M. W. SAVAGE "In the British Senate,-as well as in his owttnative land, the name of Richard Sheil will be long remembered in connection with elo quence, with learning, and IT ith genius. In these volumes hc .has left rs a memorial of all the gems of his rich and varied intellect — every pnale and hue of his vbrsatile and prolific mind."—Dublin Un iversi ty Magazine. Published for H. Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. Third Edition, price 25., by p , Ft, 2s. 6d., DEBILITY and IRRITABILITY• induced by SPE aItATORRIICEA ; the Symptoms, Effects, and Rational Treatment. • . By T. H. YEOMAN . , MD : , Physician to the Cleneral Fos'-Office Letter-Carriers' Provident Institution, &c. London: Effingham Wilson, I r, Royal Exchange; and by post only, from the Author, 25, Lloyd-square. The Third Elition.—Just published, price 55., by post, free, Ss. 6d. TRUE & FALSE SPERAIATOREREA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Fufferers under this diseas,, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the ilermat.. of Dr. riCKFOILii. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " us. is known to English readers by his frequent practi ce! contributions to German medical literature. This is the first one, his_ informs no, that he has addressed himself to the nor -medi lel reader. • We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to cor rect."—London Medi cal Gasette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book 3'Juld find its way into the hands of those who saffer from the com plaint of which It treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that 3vhich the quacks most prize— much money --This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empiric:xi system of treating Spermatorrticea, and to placs tho treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therafdie s • to do much good." • ( London: 11. Balllere, 219, Regent-street. ! - QR:ITISH PROVIDENT LIFE and FIRE 'filffisr • ASIVRANCE COMPANY, 4, Chatham-place, Blackmars. Capital, 100,0001., in 10,000 shares of 10!. each. DIRECTOtS Captain Thomas Malkin, Sandhurst-lodge, Queen's-road, Glowester- .gate. Ite;ent's-park. • John Britten, Esq., 21, Basint.hall•street, and Collingtree, North• araptonshire. William Borchelt, Eq., Cheapside and Hammersmith. Joseph Gimson, Esq., 1, Ilarewood-placO, Harewood-square. George Lane, Esq., Finchley. 'Ammons. 11. Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., Manager of the Times Life and. Gua rantee Company, 32, Ludgate-hill, and Bellideld-house, Parson's greee, Fulham. Thomas Wilson, Esq•., 103, 104, and 105, Cheapside, and 7, York terrace, Peckham, director of the Anchor Life and Fire Assurance Company. Alexander Webber, Esq., Davies-street, Berkeley-square. and 47, Upper Maker-street, director of the Times Life and Fire Assur ance Company. J. Britten, jun., Esq., 21, Basinghail-street. Bankers—Royal British Bank. Physician—William trove Grady. M.D., M.R.C.S.E., Surgeon—William ilarding, Esq., 4, Percy-street, Bedford-square. Standing Counsel—Henry I'. Hindu, Esq, Hall• staircase, Inner Temple. Solicitor—Henry Empson, Esq., GI, Moorgate•street. . Manager—John Sheridan, Esq. EVERY VARIETY OF LIFE ASSUR tNCE BUSINESS PED. Policies indisputable.—No error, mistake, or omission will hi' allowed to vitiate the life policies of this society. • .Assurances are effected on the following and all 004 pritefical * contingeneies of human life, and every facility offered so as to adjust the payments to the - reipective means of the assured :- 1. Assurance of 201. and upwards on single, joint, and suriivorship, lives, the.amaiint being payable on the death of the assured party. • 2. Assurances for short periods, such as one, five, or ten years. 3. Endowment assurances, payable on the party attaining a given age, or dying previously. 4. Assurances for the whole term of life, by increasing or de creasing premiums. 5. Endowments of IG/. and upwards, payable to children an atf.„ taining 14 or 21 years of age. 6. Annuity assurances, by which a given yearly allowance will be granted, and an agreed portion of the purchase money returned to the representatives of the annuitant on death occurring. 7. Annuities— immediate, deterred, or survivorship; I.y which a yearly allowance may be secured to the purchaser at once, or up ma his attaining a given age, or upon the death of another party named In the conti act. 8. Assurance against Accidents.—Assurances are granted to pro vide against disability resulting from accidents, a feature peculiarly stilted to persons whosh occupations are hazardous. 9. Provisions at Death. —ln order to supply the wants too generaliy consequent upon the death of the treads of families in humble circums.ances, aid cape sally to defray funeral ex penses,.an agreed portion or wh le- lie policies, which do not exceed 50/. each, will be paid, upon ratistactory proof being given to toe Society of the duce ae of the assured. Division of Prod s.—Life assurances may be affected with or with out a participation in the profits. Policy holders of 100/. and up wards on the participati- g scale will be entitled periodically to a share f the profit or that class of assurances ; such profits to b • added at the discretion of the directors as a bonus to the original sum assured. applied to a reduction of future premiums. or' to be irceivable at once in money. The first investigation will be made at the end of seven years from the commencement of the busines , , and thereafter annually, when four-fifths of the divisible profits aris ing from the pa ticipating assurances will be appropriated amongst the holders of policies, in proportion to their amount, and the period in which they shall be respectively entitled to participate. Privilegcsof Members.—Thu holders of policies of assurance upon their own lives, on the participating scale, for the whole term for 499!. or upwards. and endowment assurances for the like sum, are membas of the Society, and as such entitled to attend and vote at all general meetings. • - Savings Fund inpartment.—To 'enable ixietaberg to deposit smart' su Ts which they may wish to invest at a remunerative rate of inte;• rest. and eo obtain such deposits back with their accumulations after the expiration of a fixed term of years. • All further particulars may be obtained of the Company's Agents, or at the Head Office, of John Sheridan, Manager. • HOMEOPATHY versus ALLOPATHY. To Messrs. NoalsoN, British College of Health, New-road, London GaNTLExxx,—lt appears that a few days ago several noblemen and gentlemen had an interview with Lord Par4lllUre on the subjeqt of having a nornceopathic hospital at Smyrna„ which interview has been the cause of creating war to the knife he , ween the gentlemen of the guinea trade. In the " Lancet" of last Saturday, the whole hand of homoeopathy are denounced as quacks of the vilest die, &c, This is a pleasant prospect certainly for John Au I. Which is he to believe? thehomceopathic or allopathic doctors ? Lord Grosvenor is to be ousted from Middlesex, and I don't know what else—so says the" Lancet." Now, I appeal to the country wheth:r it is not most disgusting to see these doctors continually at war with one another ; and all for what 9 Why, the guinea trade. These scientific gentle-, men, as they style themselves, are all fighting about who shall get the- guineas from the pocket of John Hull; Lut as to caring a rush about the real truth in medicine, such a thing does not enter their heads ; for surely, otherwise; we should not seethe unseemly articles which they level at one another. lam no friend to homceo - pathy; but I hope Lord Grosvenor and the others will assert their right on this question, and thus vindicate the medical liberty of the subject, which is a right inherent in every free-born Englishman, and which was so firtnly maintained ny the immortal James Morison, the Hygeist, whose system will yet triumph over all others; for it is emphatically an nniversal sy• tem. and one which for ever abolishes all poisons in medicin and therefore the guinea trade. The public must benefit Iron - . this split amongst doctors. Yours, &c., London, Ap:11 9, 1855. A HYGEIST. VI E NNA CONFERENCES.- All nati,ms hive been waiting for the result of this tribunal on their rights. Numerous delas s have crossed p 1 m3y pa , s h fore matter are s of nevtation between E. MOSES a all other coun'ries have been deci expectation, and the Spring 'actorily de3idel, but the points ind SON and the public of this and sive and satisfactory. The Ist Point—That E, MOSES stall liava no fortifications, or and Sox shall protect all persons prevent the public from busing from unbusiness-like exactions the best Spring and Sumtner in the quality awl price of Spring Dress at E. Moses and SON'S, and Swam).* Attire. Carried where the prices are everybody's anat.imously ! advantage.— EtuiliusiasVcally re- The 21 Point—That E. MosEs ceived I ! and SON ehall give every person The 4th Point That every the right to purchase their Spring port In the world shall he open and tcumitee Goo Is, that they to receive the benefit of E. MOSES may wear them with pleasure and Sox's business, which is sure and satisfaction, or trade with to procure peace, pleasure, an 1 them to their greatest advantage. satisfaction! ! ! —Carried (and pro -R ipturously supported! I longed cheering for E. MomEs and The 3d Point—That monopoly Sox.) E. MOSES and SON are Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Shirt Manufac turers, Boat and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. CAITTION.—E. Moses and Sox beg to state they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their own Esta blishment as follow : London City Establishment, corner of the Minories, and Aldgate (opposite the church). London West-end Branch, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart street. Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Wholesale Branch—Melbourne, Australia. The establishments a• e closed from sun• et on Fridays till sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction it will be ex changed or, if preferred, the money returfad without hesitation: All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. - A New Book, with lists of prices, system of self-measurement, and other inormation, may be had on application, or post free. An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 gratis, on application, or post free. Id on parse Francais. I Qui si parla Italian.Hier sprichttnan Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espagnol. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. rust published, price 25., illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—ln Essay on Sper amtorrhcea, with Practical . Observations on s. safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative lystem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and Ustinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of svery variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, recesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded r twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, gervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre fautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. By 6AMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the Londoe. Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con seenences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, teach have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man 'toed, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any Aber class of disease known to •moaern pathologists. Ito perusal is 3articularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of teeir physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded fee health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is It is absolutely necessary thatail men should kIIOW, that there are rinciples of personal inanagemcnt which c innet be violated without e , enrring grievous penaltice, and when wisdom and regret succeed the beyla7 of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed. end how the evil and its consequenc physicalbe avoided, and above all, or functional that thine ecaraely any degree of infirmity leraneommt to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. rheAutbor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have anfortnnately bean too generally Confided to the care of ignoran , empiric., who inflict great injury on those wit are inducod to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 24, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paterneeter•row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford -stree t ROMs, 19, Leicestee- sqeare; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or tree by o to, Oirty stamps to any add ets from the Author'v residence, 37, Bed fsrd-square. At home for consaltatioa daily from Eleven till Two and from Mx till Eight. [Lin; 1 - • . 4 1 4 Pat _ 74,4 d --r • I ' 4:4 K 4ll ",' lr. . 4 . • r- LA , - 4 4 , . r ) tiCA N l' ; 42, irrr 64DR4':TAZ: \:1 1\ -411. •• • t"..• L . t „ - ! . - .‘ . LONDON, FRIDAY, EITNING, APRIL 13; 1855. SPIRIT 01! THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Times of this day.) The clear, though elaborate statement of the military opetatious of the allied armies in the East, which has been published by the French Government le the Moniteur, will be read in all parts of theworli with intense interest, for the .Emp.?ror of the French pays a not undeserved homage to the force and justice of public opinion, by sub mitting the whole course of a campaign and an expedition not yet concluded to the criticism of France, to the know ledge of our adversary, and to the judgment of foreign na tions. We confess that we ourselves have perused this re markable document with - a degree of satisfaction, which is increased by the unexpected discovery that the strategical opinion's expressed in this journal from the commencement of these!operations' are identical in every point, save one, with the views entertained by the French Government and its' military advisers. In attempting to defend those opinions by such arguments As our own knowledge of the theatre of operations and of tho art of war enabled us to euggest e we certainly were quite unconscious that the very same points were those on which the Cabinet of the Tuile ries relied for the success of the expedition ; but, although, as is apt to be the case in the conduct of military affairs, many unforeseen difficulties have arisen, and the result has not yet been equal to our sacrifices and our expectations, we remain unshaken in our conviction that the main strategical movements of the last campaign were perfectly sound, and that, in fact, no others could reasonably have been attempted. . Our readers may remember that considerably before th e declaration of war, and when our fleets had gone up to Beycos Bay, in the winter of 1853-4, wecontinually dwelt upon the importance of the Thracian Chersonesus as tb e base of our position for the defence of Constantinople and of Routuelia; which was then the primacy object of our intervention. The instructions of the Emperor of the French to Marshal St. Arnaud, bearing date the 12th April, 1854, exactly one year ago, aro directed in the first in stance to this point. Gallipoli was the base of operations, 'bocau'e, in the event of the defeat of the Turks on the Danube, and the passage of the' Balkan by a Russian 'army, that force would have been outflanked by the allied troops in tilita,ce, and its march on the capital become inipossible.. At the same time, the possession of the Dardanelles secured our maritime communiCatrons; which might otherwise have been threatened by the enemy: 'Those preparations: were purely defensive, but our position in the war was still.` rif a defensive Character. The force originally; sent out. t consisted of about 40,000Fronch and 20,000 British troops, and the operations ..contemplated at thatlime were regu kited by the necessity of the ease and by the strength of that army. 'We -therefore hold, as the French statement very ably maintains, that the occupation of Gallipoli- was a wise and correct determination on the part Of the allies under what were -the known and anticipated circum stances against which they had to provide. , But before the month of May was past these circum stances had materially changed. The Russian army had crossed the Danube, occupied the Dobrudscha, and threa tened the line of the Balkan. The success of this move ment, however, depended on the capture of Silistria ; and the gallant defence of that place, followed by the defensive treaty of the 13th of June between Austria and the Porte, turned the fortune of war. The allied 'fortes had mean while advanced to - Varna ' where they were ready to assist in the defence of the Balkan, had the Russians taken Si listria and continued their advance. But the Emperor of the French had expressed in the strongest terms his resolu tion to avoid a march upon the Danube, and to abstain from an expedition into the Danubian provinces, which could only have produced the most fatal results. If Our memory' serves us, rather less than ten months have elapsed since the British :; ' Ministers and those who shared their opinions were exppsed to a storm of oblo ,4uy 'because they steadily resisted the appeals made to them to throw our forces into this perilous and desperate situation. It was, felt, however, that the Allied Governments, having entered upon this war, could not allow their arma ments to remain inactive, or neglect any means likely to bring the contest to a glorious termination. The expedis 'den to the Crimea had been regarded from the first as one of the objects to' be kept in view by the Allied Generals, .and when the whole Russian line had retreated across the Danube, and even beyond the Pruth, the Tauric Peninsula was obviously the fittest , field for the operations of the maritime Powers. The French Government, however, appears to have expressed at an early period its preference for Kaffa as the base of operations on the Crimean coast, and something like a reproach is cast upon the Allied. Generals for having selected their place of landing and attack' elsewhere. It is on this point that We differ from. the conclusions at which the author of the article in the ilionitcur has arrived. The project of a landing at Kaffa had frequently attracted our attention, and was morethan once adverted to in these columns ; but, after full con sideration, in which we had the advantage of some of the highest military authorities in Europe, whO were not con sulted by the French Government, we were led to the conviction that, although Kaffa offered the greatest ad; vantages of any point in the Crimea for the landing and first' tablishment of the army and for the fleet, yet that the position of this pert present almost insuper able obstacles to our advance against Sebastopol. The great deficiency of the army was, that it' landed in the middle of September, without adequate means of trans port and with a feeble division of cavalry, while it remained dependent for many necessaries on the.ficet. A march from Kaffa upon Simpheropol would have compelled the army to enter upon a line of country separated from the sea by a chain of high mountains, and exposed to flank attacks from the light troops of the enemy. To un fdertake.staeh *march of 100,ailes in the conditin Je (miry autumn would have been in enterprise of the most perilous kind. Had the expedition landed at Kaffa, as some of the officers in high command were dis posed to recommend, it would probably have been com pelled to pass the winter there in inaction, and the allied Governments would have been roundly accused of treachery to the cause they professed to defend; in fact, they might with far greater advantage have passed the winter iu the Bosphorus. But it appears to us to be at the present time ungenerous and incorrect to lay the blame of our difficul ties upon, men who took a decision which was ratified at the time by public opinion and military judgment through out Europe. Moreover, one of the very first directions given to Marshal St. Arnaud, in the event of his invading the Crimea, was to seize the harbour of Balaklava, and to maintain the communications between the army and the ships. It is not therefore to the strategical plan of this cam paign, as adopted by the allied Generals, that we think adverse criticisms can be fairly addressed. The errors committed have occurred much more in the execution of the plan than in the conception of it. We regret that at certain times and opportunities a vigorous attempt was not made to defeat the relieving army of the enemy ; whereas this French statement admits that we have had no army of observation at all. We share the universal astonishment at the manner in which the siege has been conducted—the attempt to cover upwards of 26 miles of works and a pproaches—the delay which occurred iu the first instance, when an attack was possible—the neglect of all means to acticipate and destroy the works of the enemy, rising as if by magic before our eyes, and the, astonishing i blindness which suffered the Russians to occupy and fortify the Mamelon, which is the key of their position,' although it is situated 100 yards nearer to the French lines than to their own. These are some of the causes which have frustrated the siege, all of which may be summed up in one sentence—that the Russians have shown more science, strength, and invention in their mode of defence than the allied forces in their mode of attack. No donbt, the diffi culties of the besiegers were great and. extraordinary, but so were those of the' beSieged ; and the highest achieve ment of the art of was is to take advantage of those diffi- Culties for oneself and to turn them to the disadvantage of, the enemy. Agreeing therefore in the main with tb'es French statement ate to the strategical operations of the campaign, wo cannot assent to its defence of the technical operations of the siege. It seems, on thq, contrary, to have turned out that the allied armies are weakest precisely in thoSe scientific departments on which we relied with the greatest confidence; and, having exhausted the skill of our engineers, it is now intimated that the armies ha ve the resource of taking the field.' We sincerely hope. that this decision, which we haVe now strenuously advocated for more than a month, has at last bee'a taken ; but with out more energy of command and vigour of invention than have hitherto been shown by the Generals it is impossible to carry on successful warfare. (Front the Times of this day.) We were prevented last night, by press of matter, from offering'any comment upon the case of Mrs. Ramsbotham. The report of the proceedings appeared in our impression of yesterday. Upon the facts of the case it would be needless for us to offer any comment, so painful a notoriety have they obtained. Suffice it to say, that it appears to have been proved beyond all doubt that this lady did ac tually abstract from the shop of a draper named Moule, in Baker-street, certain small articles —a pair of sleeves and four pocket-hankerchiefs. The only question was, was she at the time of the commission of the act in her right mind? She had stolen, or rather was supposed to have stolen, the sleeves, and when she pre rented herself again measures were taken to have her carefully watched. Of course, when the question of motive come to be considered the case absolutely broke down. Motive there could be none in Mrs. Ramsbotham's case. SI! fs might, had she so pleased, have had all the sleeves and handkerchiefs in Mr. Monle's shop, and her husband would have paid the bill without much murmur. The fact is, that in commenting upon this case we find ourselves in. a certain difficulty. The medical reasons alleged by Mr. Ballantine in his de fence of the prisoner were in all pro bability founded upon truth, bnt they are not of a cbara cter to bear much dis cussion. She had arrived at a times of life when the whole nervous system of women is altered , and, when the change is a morbid one. they are scarcely, ,if at all responsible fer their actions. There are among tEem persons who, "during that change, are in constant neirvous excitement—under continual hallucinations—resulting from a morbid affection of the brain, superinduced by the change alluded to." Sech was Mr. Ballantine's defence, and it appears to be founded on reasonable grounds. For, let us forget far a mom ant that Mrs. Ramsbotham was in a social position someaFng above the common, and treat the case simply as that. o'. a person who might with out violence to preconceived. notions have been placed at the bar of criminal justice. Evidence would naturally be 'iven to show that she had been guilty of pilfering articles of slight value. That being admitted, it would be shown ou the other side that the articles she had stolen—let us choose the hardest word.---could be of no possible value , to her ; that she had spent a long life with an unblemished character, and in the e7cemplary discharge of every duty of life ; and that at th e time of the commission of the sup posed theft she was in a state of health of which mental hal lucination is the ordinary concomitant. Under these cir cumstances would an y ordinary jury have brought in a ver dict of "Guilty" against the poorest applewoman ? If this be so, certainly , the fact that Mrs. Ramsbotham was in a somewhat higlaer social position ought not in reason to have affected the verdict. In her case, happily, verdict there was none. The jury could not be brought to agree on any conclusion. Six of them believed Mrs. Ramsbotham to have been insAne at the time of the commission of the act—that is, to have been under mental hallucination. Six of the number took the opposite view. Against this result, we nave nothing to say. We can conceive minds which kh , could admit of doubt in such a case ; and then it must not h be forgotten that the social position of the accused told avant her. A jurpul w o would havo.judautly quitted the consort of a eostermonger hesitated in the case of a physician's wife. Might he not be blinded by respect to rank and position ? We dissent from the conclusion, however sound we ;admit the principle to be. (From. tkc Daily * News of this day.) • The contest for the l ,representation of the county of Cavan has terminated in the return of Mr. Burrowes, the Con servative candidate, by. a considerable majority. This re sult is no mote than we anticipated. Cavan is: one of the ancient strongholds of territorial Toryism in the North of Ireland. It has , for gen'erations been held by the herelli tarp garrison, consisti ng o f th e propr i e t ors of the soil and a sturdy yeomanry -wh om th e y have always kept alma' thorn, against the C a th o li c ma j or it y ' o f th e population. These latter have nev er y e t b een a bl e t o m uster sufficient courage, perhaps w e oug ht rat h er t o say h a ve never been inspired with sufficient desperation, to overpower the compact and intrepid phalanx that have..now - once more overborne and vanquished the irresolution of superior numbers. It is the old story. The majority, sanguine of victory, but unconscious of the - moral strength by which victories are won, have hoped,vowed, promised, threatened —done everything but vote unanimously in favour of the popular candidate ; and they have been in consequence beaten in the struggle by the firm and united bind who still treasure in their hearts the traditions of social and sectarian ascendancy, throughout the greater part of Ire-. land, but more especially in the province of Ulster. ' Cavan is peculiarly subject to the influences of the state of things above noticed. It is one of those land-locked districts which in,a, slowly progressive country is sure to be among the longest to remain i.itellectually and messily torpid. .According to the delusive test of statistics, it would seem to possess political resources as great as Many ether counties. By the last return made to Parliament it appeart to contain 3,850 electors, a number quite as large in proportion to its entire population as many counties where representative rights have long been successfully, if not always very sagaciously, ex e r cised. But what avail mere numbers, if the habits of submission engendered in the times of .legal disfranchisement and r eligious oppression have never been broken? The disfrz.nLliserrient no longer exists by act of Parliament; the statutory:oppression the followers of one creed by the,:pr'ofefisora,,cf another has been swept away ; but the instinotive fear and faltering of serfhood Ail' remain. Loiterieg.a.t the door of the forge, or around - the turf fire of the,public-house, the gossips of every parish have long been accintoined to-read in the'coltunns of some Weekly journal what was going on, or said.to be going on,lsewhere; and no doubt the recital of elections fought and 7 :won on popular principles in other counties stirred within them sincere desires'of doing like-. wise, and certain ill-reasoned,hopes that similar .attempts in Cavan' would not prove vain. But political examples are merely the seeds that fall by the wayside, or in stony places, that take no root, or, when they do, wither rapidly ,Without the element amongst-them of an inde ,-,penaent mercantile class—without a single populous town Ito serve as the cradle of political organisation--zwithout a :resident gentry professing even Whig opinions, the mass of - the community have practically lived in a state of politi cal stagnation as complete as that of any similar number of the inhabitants of an Austrian province. . . Since the fierce struggle waged 1u 1826 at the instance of the Catholic Association, nu real cout st between the vassal Many and the dominant Few .has occurred in Cavan: There have been noisy competitions for the ho :uour of representing the landlords of the county in Par liament between various individuals belonging to that privileged class. Sometimes a show of what, in that de isolate region, passed for Liberalism, was made by a can eliciate who wished to obtain the support of the Marquis of Headfort, and sometimes, as in the case of Sir J. Young, s. special dispensation to commit Peelism was granted by Lord Farnham, the all-powerful head of Orangeism in the locality, while Sir John's colleague was required to vote -utlra-tawny upon every conceivable question. But in these squabbles of the 'squirearchy and nobles the rack rented and despised tenant-farmers generally had no in terest whatever. Nobody thought of them or their feel ings on the occasion. In plain truth it did not matter sixpence what they thought or felt upon the matter. And the consequence of `this we now see, in the actual helpless ness of the acknowledged majority of the constituency to assert the right of choosing a man for their representa tive, which nominally and according to the lying letter of the law they undoubtedly possess. Mr. Hughes, the un successful candidate, is a man of recognised talents very superior to his opponent. He is a ready and fluent speaker ; a person of amiable disposition and conciliatory manner; an excellent landlord ; an advocate of the ballot and of tenant-right ; and finally a Roman Catholic without bigotry, or the affectation of adherence to the degrading dogmas of passive obedience on the part of the laity, re cently imported by Cardinal Wiseman and Arch bishop' Cullen from Rome. Mr. Hughes is, more over, a man of wealth, and we have heard that no expense was spared by him in the promotion of his cause. All these, among such a population as that which he canvassed, formed a rare combination of Dam/it:ages. The Roman Catholic voters aro stated as oeitatimberine. the Protestants in Cavan by two to one; send although Mr Burrowes professed himself unwilling to cake the' pledge against Maynooth, he avowedly stood upon . the Orange interest, and with the support of Lord Farn ham. Nevertheless, Mr. Hughes has been beaten by three hundred votes, on a two days' poll. The silent terror exe:rcistsd over the minds of an impoverished and defence less tenantry, by the irresponsible powers of landlordism, proved stlonger than the combined influences of prejudice, opinion, feeling, popular excitement, and religious appeals. From. the steps of the altar the Roman Catholic bishop addressed his flock on the previous Sunday on the merits of tkie rival candidates, adjuring them to vote for Mr; I.ll,whes. But it is a cprious illustration of the truth of Ih if vticws already stated, that his principal anxiety seems i to 'have been to persuade his hearers that they need not a pprehend distraint or eviction from their little holdings, trovided they succeeded in defeating the candidate of the 'tandlords. One can readily imagine the paralysing influ ence of the doubt herein betrayed. Resort seems to have been unsparingly had to open threats, and in some in stances to actual violence. A score of Roman Catholic voters, while proceeding under the escort of a few police men to the county town, were beset by an armed mob, who forcibly carried them off, and detained them in will ing custody until they were re-captured by the agent of their landlord, at the head of a detachment of cavalry; a fter which they were conducted to the hustings, and polled for the Tory candidate ! And yet there are sanctified hypocrites amongst us who continue to say that there is no used of the ballot. (From, the Morning Chronicle of this day.) We should be sorry to see the just indignation of the British people, at the shortcomings of an i ndividual Mini at or, 'dwindle down to a mere vulgar outcry against " Lords." The English are not a re volutionar y p eople, al though their feelings are most erroneously supposed to b 6; represented by some revolutionary journalists. If they should overthrow the present Government, it will not be ;in order'to substitute for it another composed of certain ambitious and overrated men, who have conceived the daring scheme of riaing into office upon a reputatioa made by their own self-puffing. That " Jahn Bull loves a lord" was true at ode period, but in a sense wholly diflerent from that in which it is accepted at the present time. If the English no longer regard the ari stocracy with the fet ishism which formerly was their o pp robrium, they are yet fer:frorn the position to which 'the French were brought at the close of the last century, when to be an aristocrat W 1.19 to merit ostracism or death. If "lords" are clever men, there is no reason why .they sh , euld not b 3 employed in the public service. As those among them who rise to high stations are regularly 'eat ceded in all the mechanical pa rt of statesmanship, the chances are that they will mak e better ministers than men who hove not been bred to th e work, however great their natural capacity or their means of obseryhtion. Among the leading statesmen of the present time, if there be a laree proportion of " lords," it must at le ast be admitted that those "lords" are not deficient in ability, whether as speakers or as men of business. Let any man accustomed to attend the debates of the House of Commons say that the "lords" do not rather preponderate than otherwise among the superior men of that assembly. Lord Palmerston has laid himse lf open to these attacks upon the aristocracy as, an institution — f or there is no mi s - I taking their object—by the extreme exclusivism of his Ministerial appointments. Never, in our recent history, have we had a Minister who has so completely mistaken hie mission. The people of England would not have grum bled had the lords and lordlings and the plain men been pretty fairly divided ; but such a shameless monopoly— not of lords with talent, but of mediocrities with titles— stirs their blood, and makes them an easy prey to dema gogues. Lord Palmeiliton seems to' have had no eye, in his choice of Ministers; for any person out of a charmed circle ; and he has apportioned the offices to the men, not the men to the offices, seemingly without the slightest reference to relative fitness. Even this error might have been overlooked had any vigour been introduced into the Administration —had a principle of thorough and unspar ing reformation been announced,. even although it might not have been possible to carry IL into immediate execu tion universally. One might suppose that a sentiment of aristocratic pride th r en a u n use of idea t. of t' the is doubtful had influenced t he Premier throu g ho ut. There is nothing your therOugh aristocrat fin ds so antagonistic to his che rished tradition s of self im portance as the influence of the Press. Palmerston, Pal t m o e h r i s m ton m , a n n o y tw co it q h u s e t t a t n in d g in s g w h i i t s h p tohe popularity-hunt ing y is conductors h n of - ing of former days, a man of this stamp. Report - has newspapers whether o y I)l e lo to "makerd has va lue of the Press as an institution, or whether clear he looks a upon it in any other light than as troublesome and in. t rus ive meddler in affairs which are the uarters peculiar province .of aristocrats, born M i nisters of State . To such a man the dictatorial tone assumed in certain ap pear arrogant and offensive. He would q would. to have particular individuals thrust naturally refuse upon him as avourites of jour col leagues, merely because they wer e th e f nalists. He might think them intemperate, and overrated pretenders. yet, judging conceited, appointments, might have ,adopted them if sufficiently from some of his well connected ; though if they were forced upon him by. simulated public opinion, he would reject th em with'dis dein. petulance, enough, such a man, dictates of his own pride or the opposite extreme. To proclaim would rush into au form a Ministry of pretentious demagogues, his repugn a nce to insgo com pound one of mere mouldy aristocratic f gtes, he would this way, perhaps, it may be possibleragments. ' In offen sively exclusive character of the to expl a i n the present We will do Lord Palmerston the Administration. justice t o thi n k th a t h e would not deliberately defy p u bli c o it, however, we hope unconscieue s be dictated t o by rY, in inion,He has defied showing that he is determin e d not to his manner of pre tenders who assume to spe a k i n th This question—of the class of name of the publi c . persons servants of the Crown shall be chosen —is from whom the many important considerations wih one involving offered to the attention of the r-re not usually public ° mind is stirred on the subject, and thereas e -As the national or later, be an explosion, it is as well t must, sooner cost we shall effect a changeo know at can er al; in our sy s t em. to make a revolution in order to serve lt will not do few individuals. The interest% of this great Empire must be governed by the aristocracy, Nve in av i e ,t are no longer to have somethir4: equally permanent and responsible in ' th • are those men to be, tied bow are they t their stead. WI Here we have to encounter the obe paid? arising out of our vicious social system, permanent obstacle , social maim, the nolkuli to . give grtuid wertp,inauouts, and to keep up excessive establishments —these are neces sary conditions, as matters are at present, if a Minister would command respect. The salary received by a states uau is only by the vulgar supposed to be a motive to am "bition. As a general rule, the chief officers of State are rich enough to regard their pay simply as a compensation for the additional expenditure imposed on them by their official position. If we are to have the " ne w men" who are just-now backed by the . dernagogues against the aristo cracy, all this must be changed. But the vice of mammon worship is ingrained in the national character • a nd it if precisely among these middle classes on whose behalf this movement iainade that it exists in great virulence. Does arty regectiug person belieVe that public men, notoriously poor and living by office, would command that respect for purity as to pecuniary considerations, the existence of which is the one redeeming virtue of our political system ?• If ministers were chosen from another class—from th: . ss Men of tile Age of Iron, who within the last 30 or 40 yo s.ri have so illustrated the creative and progressive power of this country would oar present system serve ? As we arrange. matters now, salaries are low if compared with the average rate of expenditure, while the tenure of office is short and uncertain, and electioneering expenses are heavy. Men who, by the exorcise of their faculties and experience, are making their thousands per year, and are accumulating fortunes—can you, by anything which your present scale of remuneration permits you to offer, tempt them to give up their . certaititiei for their uncertainties? We are not supposing sordid, but prudential considerations at work in their minds. If you change your system, and are not made the mere cat's-pawnf cunning demagogues, you must not only - get rid of your lords and , lordling s— y ou must also provide,`..ood substitutes, and you must pay them. In France the Emperor can choose the best men to w ork out his will; in Austria, the Emperor can call to his councils men like Bach or de Bruck—in one sense the counter parts of thosca we should think of here—but they are not liable to . be ,displaced at the caprice of a popular assembly, Workellupon by some profligate party Coalition, or by anenynious demagogues. out of doors. Have, the public thought of these things? Are they prepared to discard,their narrow and vulgar prejudices kl,s •to expensei and, if they throw off, the aristocratic amateurs, adequ?.tely, to rewam 4 d the new working men? These are questions' which the . coinmen sousu,ot, the people deduces from the. cry for " new men." The aristocracy may thank Lord Palinerston's proud exclusiveness in the formation of his Ministry that they have arisen at all in the public mind. (Front the Morning Poet of this day.) It certainly is very much to be regretted that, in conse quence of an oversight, or an omission, in the Militia Amendment Act of last session, the country at the - present time has suddenly been deprived of a considerable portion of the rank and file of the urilitia, who were gradually ac quiring a practical knowledge of the duties which belong • to a regular military force. To Earl Grey, and to the E <rl of Malmesbury, we must attribute the credit of having originated a discussion in • the House of Lords which has already had the unfortunate effect of sending back to their homes a considerable portion of our militia. These men, on hearing from so high authority the mere suggestion that they could not legally be required to serve more than fifty six days in each year, except " in cases of actual invasion, or upon imminent danger thereof, or in cases of rebellion or insurrection "—contingencies Which happily are in no respect probable—very naturally thought that service in the militia was a very good occupation daring the'winter months, and that an opportunity of returning to their in dustrious and, perhaps, more profitable employments during the summer and harvest time, was one which they could not •be expected to overlook. Although the law officers of the Crown. were of opinion that, under the provisions of the Militia Act. which received the Royal Assent so late as the 12th of May, 1851, the militiamen who had already enlisted might be retained on permanent service, tho Government, influenced by an honourable and considerate desire not to construe an enactment which some persons considered doubtful, too stringently and strictly, at once gave permission to militia men enlisted previously to the l'..!th of May, 1851, to re tire from the service, subject to the obligation of returning to their colours for 56 days during each year. Many of the men, with a loyalty which deserves the highest praise, have re-enlisted ; but it would be idle to conceal the fact that some regiments, which a few' weeks ago were rivalling the troops of the line in discipline and efficiency, have be come mere skeletons, ca:listing of officers, non-commis sioned officers, and drummers, the nucleus on which a now regiment must be formed., Under these circumstances, it is very much to ba regretted that the late Government, when it was about embodying the militia of the United Siogdona, did not revise the whole of the statutes relating to the domestic military organisation of the country, for the purpose of c msolidating them in one plain and simple enactment adapted to the new state of things which our engagirg in hsstilities had created. It is, however, satin factory to know that the recruitment for the army and the militia is steadily progressing ; and that, before long, the militia regiments will have been restored to their full com plement of rank and file. We think that advantage may now be taken of ,the temporary dislocation of this force to restore a system which Was found of such great utility during the last war. Let us have the number of one hundred and twenty thousand permanently embodied militia for service in the United Kingdom and in the colonies ; and let us have also the men, who are still liable'to duty for a limited period in each year, formed into battalions like the local militia, and fencible corps, which existed during the last war. By this means the country would obtain the services of a larger number of men than originally was anticipated, and both descriptions of militia would form excellent nurseries for the line by facilitating recruiting in all parts of the coup , try. Should this suggestion be adopted, the interference of Earl Grey and the Earl of Malmesbury would, we be lieve, lead to a positive advantage to the public service by increasing the military force of the nation —an object which we cannot believe at all engrossed their patriotic attention, when they detected with so much avidity what they thought an oversight or omission in an act of Parlia ment. There is another point connected with the militia which should not at the present time be disregarded. We refer to the qualication and educati in required from officers. By a recent act property qualification is dispensed with in the Case of officers who have served in the Queen's and Ei.st India armies, but all other officers of the rank of captain and field officers are required to possess a certain annual income. The consequence of this state of things is, that in many regiments expensive habits are encouraged, which the poor officer cannot participate in without running into debt. There is first of all a large outlay for the band, and in many cases the mess charges, although nothing to a country gen- Veman, are a serious tax upon • the poor subaltern, with his six and sixpence or five and threepence a'day. It must be borne in - mind that many gallant young gentlmen of little or no property take commissions in the militia for the purpose of afterwards volunteering into the line, which they are enabled to do on obtaining seventy-five men, and without passing any examination. If it be the desire of the authorities to invite into the militia well-educated and well conducted young men, they should certainly lay down some rule fixing a limit for the mess expenses, and dis couraging any extravagance on the part of the officers, so as to enable the poor man to live respectably upon his pay. Inducements also should be offered to militia officers to study something more than mere battalion drill. They should read works on strategy, fortification, and gunnery, and they should be taught to direct their men in throwing up field. works ; and from those who would show them selves most proficient in a practical and scientific know ledge of theit profession, a fair proportion of the staff .fticers to be employed at the camp of Aldershot should be selected. These officers should undergo an examination at the senior department of Sandhurst, and, after serving for a period upon the staff at home, they might be allowed to volunteer with equal rat:k into the line. We merely throw out these suggestions, belieVing it to be both just and expedient that the militia should feel the influence of any improvements which may be effected in the general organisation of the regular army. BRITISH PROVIDENT LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE. The third annual meeting of the shareholders of this society was, yesterday, held at their offices, 4, Ohatham place, New Bridge-street, Blaokfriars. In the temporary absence of Captain alalkin, the chairman of the society, Mr. Britten, sen., was called on to preside. The notice calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said that as he had unexpectedly been called upon to preside over the meeting, he hoped that any errors he might commit in the discharge of his duty would be received with indulgence by those present. He sincerely regretted the absence of their regular chairman, Captain Malkin, for, had he been present, he would have told them that the directors regarded the condition of the society as exceeding in prosperity anything they could have well ex pected, considering the circumstances of the period—war, disease, and scarcity, all combining to prevent the develop ment of commerce, and compared what they were now doing with their position two years ago. They had now nothing bad to report ; on the contrary, everything was looking well. With these observations he would call on their ale manager, Mr. John Sheridan, to read the report of the directors for the past year, a document which would, he was sure, meet with their full and warm appro bation. Mr. SHERIDAN then read th'e report, which was as fol lows :—" The directors are much gratified in meeting the shareholders and policyholders of the company at the close of another year, and in being enabled to present to them a report descriptive of the continued success, well-being, and favourable progress of the company. The directors like wise feel that they have reasonable cause for congratulating themselves, the shareholders, and policyholders generally, upon the result of the past year's working of the institu tion, when they take into consideration the keen compe tition now existing in the assurance world, the amount of labour now required to procure anything like a success ful business, and that the year now closed has been rife with obstacles to all commercial pursuits, and to speculi tion in particular. In the life - department, the directors have to report the receipt of. 985 proposals since the last meeting, proposing to assure 123,335/. 10s. Bd.-804 of -which have resulted in policies, assuring 94,740/. 19s. 6d. —127 have been declinnd or not carried out, and 54 are now under consideration, or waiting the medical reports. The comparison With the two preceding reports of the company will therefore stand thus :—At the first meeting of the shareholders, in 1553, the directors reported that they had received 50 proposals for insurance, 27 of which they accepted and issued policies for. The premiums re ceived on those lides amounted to 1581. Os. 5d., and the income they yielded to the office was stated at 2511. 14s. sd. per annum. In the interval between that and their second annual meeting, the proposals received numbered premiums 613, 438 of which had teen completed. The received on these amounted to 1,7481. office Ci s ' 2 ' . 7 781 the annual income yielded by them to. the wals received, 9s. I.d. Adding to these figures the 985 w p ithoPtho a mount of , and the 8)4 policies issued last year,6sl 4s•), and ofa"bnul-1 premiums received on theiF ic T 7 they afford, the total umme, income (3,8311. lls. sd.)zelnst 3 y e ars may be th!p ,.. 5 .,; pro ! ness of the society f0r i t" 1.67 3 policies isst?ed, 't ) " I income. 6,8311. up—proposals received. 178. sd. mining received , T c y ease up ~ n the last of 342, in the 11R. 5,1., 1 - c 'e .n g " increase received, 366 in the number of policies er o.' prop owls in the amount of ipnrem accordanceiu ins re s , 2,01 b/. 3/, 2s. 4d• in the income. ie:Swhecti'baelViles'°B*hich the directors deem it prudent, for the oaety of the 0 1,0 40 1dero and the beneAt c tbQ policy / _ 4,41 V Ha 4,, • r PRICE SD. holders, to adopt at the outset of .the c ompany, they have to rePcirt that they still continue to transfer their fire busi ness to another of which office has been selected with great care, as beitee, one of a stable character, based upon a durable foundation. As regards losses in the life depart ment, the directors hae•er to report the falling in Of Line policies, assuring in the aggregate the small sum of 41 N. 25., which is a peCuliar source- of gratification to them, as it evinces the care and cautioa with which the lives are selected ' by the medical officers of the company, whose duties this year, the direetors would: wish to impress upon the shareholders,-have been more than usually responsible, owing to the severe outbreak and lengthened -visita tion of the cholera in the summer. The directors have further to report that they have succeeded, since • the meeting of 1854, in considerably in creasing their staff of efficient working agents in England, Scotland, and Wales, and also in opening a branch office le Hamburg, with representatives in the smaller dependencies thereof. It ..is with much pleasure the directors have also to inform the shareholders that the subscribed capital of tie company now amounts to 69,7101 , 10 being an addition of 27,4'. upon the lad return. The directors have lastly to report, that a dividend on the paid up capital of the compmy, after the rate cf 5/. per cent. per annum, will be paid upon application at the chief office of the company; on and after the 31st of May now next ensuing. In conclusion, they would urge Nein the share holders, policyholders; anti their friends generally, th e necessity of keeping their office well anti •ofteuebefore the public, not by advertisement; but by, using their personal influence and interest in introducing it to the several domestic circles in which they move, anti to their respec tive acquaintance anti leisiness correspondents." The CHAIRiIAN then moved that the report be received and adopted. •, 1 • , Mr. WEBBEI had great phiavee in seconding the motion, for he was quite sure that, 01Apokine over the balenee sheet, every gentleman connected 'with° the society would agree with him, that the intireetee in their business during the past year had been everything they could have expected, ' considering the difficulties which"they had had to encounter. 'lt waCnocessaryi for him to mention those difficulties in. dee tail to them, as they were patent .to them all. They were well aware that commercial affairs were at pre sent in what - might be termed -a - .state of stag nation. ' They were - might] oppressed with a doubled income tax, and - there was ovary prospect of the national burdens being permanently iucreesed by the pay ment of inter est ona lcian which it wa§ rumoured was eibout" to be raised.' - 'When things were in that •state; it was not usual for people to put their hands in their pockets for the purposes of speculation. Leaving aside any further allu sion to the state of the times, he Ivished to call the atten tion of the meeting to two or three items mentioned in the report. First, he observed that their losses during the . year had been exceedingly few. This was the more grati fying, as there were few offioes Whiclehad assembled their shareholders during the last few 'naafis which had norf(i apologise to them for the ravages of the grim tyrant ; and although their own escape from them might be considered to some extent the result of good fortune, yet he could not help feeling that their thanks 'and gratitude were due to their medical officers for the care and cautioe which they exercised in the selecting of lives. He also noticed that they had considerably increased the amount of their sub scribed capital, and he felt pleased that they had done so, as he was of opinion that a paid-up capital went far to the establishment of a society like theirs. It gave them rank and position, and it inspired the public with confidence in their stability, seeing that they had an ample fund to fall back upon; Of their agents in ,the country, he had to observe that they were well selected and highly efficient. Indeed he had lately had an oppor tunity of examining their despatches and accounts, and he was bound to say that he felt quite sur prised to see how well they ' worked the principle of life assurance. These were facts which were satis factory and gratifying as regarded the present, but which also augured well of their future success. These were the principal items to which he wished to call their attention. He did not wish to expatiate on the benefits of life assar ance' but he could not help referring to. an expression which, although enunciated in a language different from their own, had now become a household word among them. It was usual to say, " Nil snortuis nisi' bonum," but he thought that; if they were to read reruns for bonuni, they_ would be doing no harm to the dead ; but, on the contrary, a great benefit to the living. They had each one, no doubt, been acquainted with some one now dead of whom they spoke as a good-natured, jolly, kind-hearted fellow; whereas, if the truth were to be told of him, they would have to hold him up as a beacon to warn off others from the rocks and shoals of improvidence, instead of as an ex ample to be followed by them. Of all provident habits, those, he thought, were the most honourable and the most to be admired, in the good fruits of which it was impossible that he who practised them could himself participate. When a man provided for the comfort and independence of those whom he left, after him, ho did a great deal to wards lessening the poignancy of their grief 'ler his loss, and to brighten with hope the tear of affection wbich they shed over his new-made grave. Of hire they might say— " Light be the turf of thy tomb, • May its verdure like emeralds be; There is not a shadow of gloom In aught that reminds us of thee." (Cheers.) These remarks brought him to the conclusion of what he had to say, but he couid net sit 'down without impressing on them all the necessity of carrying out the recommendation expressed in the last words of the report, by using their influence with their friends to ..et them to insure in the office, as by doing so they would not only advantage the society, but would also confer a great benefit upon the individuals themselves. It was true that they might be equally benefited, by insuring their lives in some, other office; but as charity begat at horee, bethought that, as shareholders, they were bound in duty to do their best for the institution in which they were themselves interested. Much had been already done in that direction by the three tors ; and ho could not sit down without giving expression to the satisfaction which he, ass shareholder, derived from their having done so ; .and he thought that too much praise could not be given to their excellent manager, Mr. John Sheridan, for the able and zealous manner in which he had similarly exerted himself. He found that youth would be served ; and although , any allusion to politics would be there out of place, ho could not help saying that, if they had had a few younger men in another quarter of the world, things would have been better managed than it was reported that they had been." • The CHAIRMAN having put the motion, it was unani mously agreed to. Mr. HARDING said that he had the pleasure and honour to bring before the attention of the meeting the merits of the retiring directors. Of these gentlemen there was only one who offered himself for re-election—namely, Captain Malkin, who had been a member of the society from its commencement, and had seen its infancy, its troubles, and its prosperity. He was one of the few who had from the commencement stuck to the ship, and now that they were sailing in deep waters, it would not be fair in them to wards him to withhold their recognition of his services. They were aware th it - with him two other directors also retired, and he thought it well that the . meeting should understand why it was that they did not offer themselves for re-election. Mr. Glenn, one of these gentlemen, had never professed to take any active part in the management of the society to which he had kindly lent the waight of his name, and had in that manner materially assisted in giving it stability, but he had done so on the condition that; when they wero strong enough to do without him, they should allow him to withdraw. The other gentleman, Mr. Hiller, had not been much among them for the lait two years, nor was his interest in the society large, and therefore it was that his name did not appear for re-elec tion. Recurring, hOwever, to Captain Malkin, it was un7 necessary to make further remark than to say that he had been with thew, and stood by them, from first to last. It was true that they had gone through many phases, and that differences of opinion had existed between himself and Captain Malkin, but those differences wore but paper kite differences ; and, as the paterfamilias of the society, he might say that they had now altogether passed away. Here Captain Malkin entered the room, when Mr. Hard ing explained to him the tonoyr of the observations which he had made in reference to him. Mr. JAMES seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to; after which _ _Captain MALKIN briefly expressed his acknowledgments of the compliment, and took possession of the chair. Mr. Frrai, in moving the re-election of the retiring au ditors, Messrs. J. Britten and H. B. Sheridan, referred to their fitness for the office. The latter gentleman, from his connection with another assurance company, was one whom they might expect would go carefully into the examination of their accounts, while of the former he would observe that, being his colleague as auditor of another society, he fogad him most careful in the discharge of his duties. Mr. HODSON, in seconding the proposition, said that he thought it would be a work of supererogation to add a single word to the observations of the last speaker on the claims of their retiring auditors to re-election. In fact, their own report was, he considered, their best praise, and they well deserved all that had been said in their favour. The motion was unanimously agreed to. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN expressed for himself and colleague the high sense they entertained of the compliment paid to them. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN then said, that having returned thanks for the auditors, he had now to move that a vote similar to that which they had received should be passed in favour of the directors. It had been stated that ha. belonged to another assurance company—he would not say to a rival one, for it was the courtesy of the profession to altogether ignore the idea of rivalry—but he could assure them that he did not the loss on that account rejoice in seeing this society thriving and prostwrous, and proving remunerative to the shareholders. While he thus denied the existence of rivalry, he was, however, bound to state that there was great keenness of competition, and that one office often ran neck and neck with another, but all in an honourable spirit: When societies so competed, he thoughtt they would agree with him that it was highly p trAt the shareholders should have full reliance directors, who, on their part, by the extent os .. ,. ac „ _. of gave convincing proof of their approval an r d ke !LI d 3 circuna the principles on which the society was wo to the sbarr y stance that could not fail to be satisfactory their ! fra u ° t r hei r ° their stake. directors were found willing coot to indirect compliment t:hotso holders. That approval was th e or n o u a e p i p . of the society. It was also an ekind of oino a showed that ho wa th benefit to be e. manager, and . alluded to the ns of extend rent when they required. Having policies as a A the man a g ement he rived from the by formally movingOD seconded the motion, it was having ~ , The Rev. Mr. q d to, and acknowledged by the Chair agree ing the connectilo.ssnuoetfohaenrazotLratinocne.comPanmy°, unanimously man• in moving the thanks of th t e he ab s i o i c it iety to file y and assi manager t j ch ol: i s ' e S st h im er a it t l e an of the value of Mr. - Sheridan. seconded the proposition, and corrobo• H EwßalsD AaN,cuinstormeaturyrnoilnieg atthmaenekisin, T c id u 'oflicers , vita Mr. Observed The motion having been carried by acclamation (laity ofAlFri. but nevertheless a very :JOHNt character,voteS tended 3 M fr r. . B F u I ICHETT satisfactory f o a f c that to ry officers had at least Ok thatnioMed,r and. atsh done their duty, and that their ice just;bed endeavours had no t en tirely failed in their o bj ect. $e for the kind recepti on t h ey had ged leav e t o th an k th emi terms in which th ey h ad c gven to the vote, for the confidence reposed in them, carried it, and fo r th e con ti nue d em, which h e s i ncere l y h ope d an d trusted they m i ght never see transf erre d. H ea b serve d that, whe n th ey last met in this room, they met to cele brat* the 1 oon - of Wha t PPP** to thus a very 'Mil. Th co e stf a littl e : fac i tory, successful, and prosperous year, ich had lain in their path—which were numerous, ap patently insurmountable—had been, at the:.. energy, and trouble entirely surmouß l l4l,6alitledeti, - 2p move]. They then, as it were, wrote trzer the tomb which should enclose them, a OWE and well in the coming year. That y &Oleo, gone, and they were then again assem to its result. They had heard read, a t4nolly hands a copy of, the directors' re whe Sheridan) took to be the best eviden l'hey and the surest guarantee the sharehol 9-coutl that they had not remained idle or been nee the past year, but rather, on the contraiVe had exerted themselves to the utmost to out the promise made at the meeting of BM. As his friend Mr. Webber had said, who rarely left anything unsaid that ought to be said, they had issue . 1 in the past year nearly double the number of poli - Cies than in the precedine b one, which he . held to be marked and de tided proof of success, with-which he thought thd, y would agree when he informed thetna that for not one •)f those policies were they indebted either to party influence or personal interest —the whole, with' the exception, of re as surances, being the result - of a vigorous canvass among total strangers, who had been induced to assure soledy upon the merit of the principle of life assurance, and!to select this office because it had b een k ept before their oyes, and held out as affording the usual facilities for a ow amensu rate payment of premiums. He (Mr. Sheridan) ; thought, therefore, upon these consideration s they might agree in saying the report was a good on e , an d one wh i t h might well be compared with many of their older nei ghbours working' the same time ; he would not, bowers r, draw invidious comnarisons.Theexecutive thought it might have been better.. The time which had been spent—the) energy which had been infused into the working depal ?talent— would have warranted, nay, they felt demanded, better; but they had been held in check by circumstai cees—eir cumstauces over which they had no control. It was true they last year had difficulties, but they - were inte enal ones —within their own reach—subject to their own removal. This year the case had been different. Their difficulties had been external ones, and consequently beyoseel their power, for he need scarcely remind them that the' stirring events and startling changes of the past year, whi ch had diseased the blood of the politic 1 body of Enrol Pe, and occupied and e ngrosse d th e undivided attention of all her Governments, had affected, and was affecting, - all el, Asses of the - corninnnity, themselves a m ongs t th e rest. It ; was not hie (Mr. Sheridan's) purpose 'to dilate upon these 1 :ational grievances or errors, or occupythe attention of Co e meet ing by'p)inting out how, in a remote degree, the can aces had affected - prejudicially the well-being and working institu tions similar to their own—sufficient, ho observeir k , was it for them to know and feel that in the face of war c d . a pro tracted nature, disease of no common order or c b aracter, and comparative starvation, they had net only 5.3 cceeded in eveaterieg the eforra, but had 'laced their lita le corn eau in such a p os i t i on as, with age , P bade fair -to be as eoo4ebest. if not to ri va l the Mr. Sheridan arm )logised for encroaching farther e11e...1 - sr ' the Pre sen t p lA i untt y h e t i o r t i me, i)assw bu it t ho h n e t e i u r l a d w n in o g t their attention to the last paragraph in the direr,' tors' re port, and venturing to hope th a t it m i g h t not i,e heed lessly read, or when read forgot p te e n r . sona H le e w x i n s r t I n to . im press upon them the: necessity . of attributed the colossal fortunes of their larger neil ;hbours to the exertions of a devoted and select few. knew that life assurance was, at the best, but a very un otalatable commodity to the many. They preferred the but Cher and the baker to the surgeon—they preferred even the, surgeon to them. He knew it was a difficult matter to convince -some-men that -they are doing themselves good a risen pro viding for their posterity. You might impress upon them that they .•would live the longer in the remem brance and gratitude of their friends ; but still the animal would predominate—the ever-recurring questions would arise—How would it benefit them when dead ?—a nd they would return dogmatically to their former c pinion.. There were, however, ethers—he was happy to say for the cha racter of human nature —who, if you asked thei n what they were toiling for, would inform you to leave their, families a maintenance ; and these were the men 'who, if properly plied, might be made useful members of society through the medium of life assurance. But these, even these, required repeated applications, or they would put it off from day to day, so prone was man to avoid anything like a consiceration of that futurity which to tb em could bring but dissolution. Instances of this find wore nume rous. Mr. Sheridan referred to one which occurred last summer, when hundreds were dying of disease, and no man ()Mild call an hour his own, or say he should. return home safe at night when he went forth in the morning. An agent had endeavoured to induce a cattle-dealer to assrtrilhis life, who'called and filled up a proposal for 5001., but b e would leave it. Disease struck him as he passed to his own home, and he died that very night, leaving a wid ow and children dependent upon precarious bounty. Mr. Sl seridan concluded by observing that he only asked the sharaholders to remember, amid the many charities which buret this philanthropic world, that charity which, if no't better, was at least equal to any—the charity of life assn ranee. Mr. LANE then moved, and Mr. Burnes' seconded, a vote of thanks to the medical officers ' • which was replied to by Mr. HARDING, who explained to the meeting the principle on which he and his colleague, Dr. Grady, acted in the selection of lives, which was, not to reject those which had been damaged, but to accept them on an in creased rate of premium. DrAGRADY also expressed his sense of the compliment. A vote of thauks, moved by lfr. JAMES, and seconded by Mr. JOHN SHERIDAN, was also passed to the solicitor of the society, Mr. Munson, for his disinterested conduct since the first starting of the society in declining any re muneration until it was firmly established ; a compliment which the gentleman interested in -it briefly but appro priately responded to. Mr. JAMES, in moving the thanks en' the meeting to the agests of the society, took occasion to compliment the sys tem adopted by the medical officers in the selection of lives, and referred to the experience of anothee assurance society as corroborative of his views. The motion having been seconded by My. BRITTEN, jun., was unanimously agreed to. A sum of 10 guineas each was, on the ,motion of Mr. FLETCIign, voted as the remuneration of the Auditors ; and he proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the t hairman. LIEUT.-GEN. SI It WILLIAM NA PIER. •w• ' • TO TILE EDITOR OF THE, DAILY NEWS. SlR,—The accompanying documents speak f 'tnr them selves ; and as your journal was one of those al3 me re porter misrepresented Sir James Graham's speech , I have a right to ask, and do ask, as a matter of justice the in sertion of the enclosed documents in the Daily l frews. W. NAPIER, Lieutenant-Ge beral. e PiiiA :4 4) -0-211 L 7romised fai a /porno atk,, 44,9,-. and hat n e 1 ,- ; 14 4 I in their r..„' t itia he (Mr. •,,' 0n.4,;(1 offer. ;'•Z i r receive. ; ) , " -y ) io g• earlrin 0.,, C then dfil and. carry TO THE EDITOR OF GALIGNANI'S MESSENGER b. Sir,---In your paper of the 27th ultimo the fol Vowing passages appeared : "The honourable gentleman had commented rather hastily on the deaf and dumb clerk: he was aril :inally appointed as an act of charity." "He was the son of Sir William, Napier." Taken apparently from the English journals, an: d pur porting to be part of Sir James Graham's speech a la Mr. Lindsay's motion, these false and offensive passage s have been by you circulated over Europe, and I therei . c 're call on you to insert this my formal contradiction, t ogether with the accompanying copy of a letter from , Sir J. Graham, showing that his words had been utter ply mis• represented. My son, however, is unhappily deaf and dum I?), and he was in the Irish Quartermaster-General's office, '„ where for twelve years he performed the service of his/ place with all the intelligence and ability so justly eu3 wised by Sir J. Graham, but at the end of that time was, driven to resign by a wanton, unjustifiable exercise of tyri nnical power on the part of Lord Paumure, then Secret ;ary of War, founded solely on his own Gratuitous assail option that my son must be, from - his affliction, incomi .etent. Had he perpetrated one•hundreth part. of the • ,fficial errors the War Ministers have, and are still • o nm itting, fur the destruction of our army in the Crimea, there . might have been some excuse for this foul oppression, which rendered twelve years of his life unavailin; and cast him forth without personal resources ups n the world ; but, instead of failing himself, he more than once saved his superiors from perpetrating such p ernici our errors, and hence, perhaps, the cruel opi cession practiced towards him. April 10. WM. NAPIER, Lt.-Gen petal, (No. 2.) Netherby, April 6, L 855. Sir, —I have this day had the honour of receiviil g your letter, dated the 4th, transmitted to me from Live rpool, by Sir Duncan MacDougall. t The extract from Cialignani, purporliog to be a report of a portion of a speech made by me in the Ho i Ise of Commons, on the 23d of March, is altogether erroi lame. The deaf and dumb clerk, whose case Mr. Li ndsay had brought under the notice of the house, is a entle• man at Somerset-house, on the' Naval Establis l g i ment, recently promoted by me on account of his good c ?millet and superior merits. I vindicated his promotion on this ground. I said that the appointmcnt of this gen tleman had been made originally from charitable consideilttions, and that he bad fully justified it by his services and ate tainraents. I went on to say that the misfortune of being deaf and dumb was no disqualification, as Mr. Lindsayappel . r o l e me to consider it ; for one of the most distinguishes ] servants, a son of Sir William Naier, laboured t en d e r these mos t ' efficient and natural m d e e r f i e t c o t r s i , o andus public was semant. he e xpressions This is the exact, and very near] a ; and there which I used, so far as my memory se7 l ie d which can. be re. was nothing said, much less int our _ erei _ y.- 1 I have), Sm., garded. as offensive to you or y f J. E. GRAIIIm. (Signed) . C.E. known to be si . ler, ' Lieut.-Gen. Sir ........Wr.Na1....,...L' ..„.....—,......., , • .ROY.AL M 41 2 STEAM-PACKET ' com p ANY MEETING. generel m eeting of the proprietors of this com.. The held yesterday, at the London Tavern--Mr. shrseosee"eadt proposesai n r a secretary, D r in e e a acc d r. . 4e3a t i Iv h s .ei e d eo r Tnf e p dh2 o eoo r : t wo , In, r .ki. w hichperiniga stated a siiiCn O rCYea n :l itv;rhilflgotal G RAPPLE, e r ht ei t tn h is'tie e h e y mi e tr a ohe r nce chai r.soh passage money and freight ; but, on the' other 'hand, there has been an augmentation of 15,0421. in the cost of coal. The receipts from the Government were 2 63,695/, for the contract mail service,. and 2 36,3201. for the hire of transports and the victualling of 'troops. The vessels still retained in connection witk the war are—the Magdalena, Tamar, Medway, Thames, Trent, and Severn, while the Parana has been taken by the French Government for five months certain. The l surplus of the working account nt fo l r e * out of which the large sum of 107,2071. is applie d c an General Reserve Fund to meet repairs, e x clus i ve of ! appropriation of 61,4581. for dtteriorati l o a n st . hal alfyearlY inte rest paid on loans was 13,9721., and the to 29,6801., dividend of 21. per share having amounte d the balance now remaining is 69,162 The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, Shepherd.. . financial position of should th e year the i s 8 11 2 e Bl h l l B d t e -1 was which was the company, wished to kn ow virhy why a Si. divi de nd no The CHAIRMAN h pay th • said they must of what they earn ? their debts first. not After some not have the advantaged.ussion on the accounts, the report was discussion mipated. ' the proceedioB l O r adopted, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, a ft eobrfy2/C. notici ng a . p fo