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IVIR: MaBMW SMITHS MONT BLANC f _.- ti, la Now Open Every Evening, at 8 o'clock, except Saturday. : lad Representations take place every Tresday, Thursday. i Ns ? ss ._ .at 3 o'clock.-Otalls can be ,aken at the Boa-office 'V from Eleven tillFonr.-Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. • east EAST INDIA HOUSE, 13T 1 a JUNE, 1855 11 1 ! 1 1111 C COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST Ag 3 1' ., 5,,,,,Pf . D1A COMPANY DO HERERY GIVE NOTICE, That a ,• 01 ',e,,r e ''' 4 o of East India Stock has postponed until the Quarter' y ti05.. 41 Court of the said Company, appointed to be held at th e i r 1 501 1 esoronfri Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th Insta n t, th e 9 s o 4 41d_ "which he had previously given notice, bringing again u n d er s 501 , 1 ea,czepttlas the procesdings relating to the 6th Madras Light 7 011 • t 5........... JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. .12t11 5 1.2 0 t ° I9)ON and WESTMINSTER BANK.- 1 ) :At, 4t _'ne Temple-bar Branch of this Bank was opened on Friday he 141 0 Temporar Offices, No . 211 , Strand. Mr. Charles Ward . e , sot. , +: , ..1 1.. as for thirty years y in he ank f Messrs Strab an, P aul, and 0 1 ss been appointed the Manager. !1) kO l 4tll b , June 18, 1855. J. W. GILBART, General Manager. 13 31 7 i i,o • 1 rh SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. O l t TIMES ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 40 1 1 1 To Clerks and others guarantees at the l owest ra t es . 0., fiat Glass Assurance.-Windows, mirrors, &c , insured asainst i 1 ts breakage. i try . 1 2 sr,„, de-cription of Life and Fire t ssuran ces. I ''''' 7 to the Manager, 32, Ludgate-hill. 41- ...._ .'"---......, MW REGULATIONS for the TRANSMIS- ' b, Air o p r lON of NEWsP PERS and other P.ERIODICAL PUB LI -ISIOI/41 s l lles ~ Sby POST.-The following Circular Letter, a Copy of , , 09 01 rain " 4, been forwarded to the printer of eech pa lication now l ' I of te-it..thestigh the Post under the Ne4spaperpr vilege, Is puhli bed j to 0 013 81 at Information :- ti J ..4 8 2r, q..eneral Post-office, June 16, 1855. si 91 st,..s e -° , 4 4 ... P . tib . lice e tion, of which you aret r lte r pVi e t g e e r : I has hitherto iLle pZugh til to' nder the newspa P 1 11 IS 1 11 ,4 t 7trattster-i- eneral to request your attention to the proof- Si )g 81 5i5N, 4 44 ,., e Aet "To am. ad' the Laws relatito the Stamp Duties Is Jfi ed A ' l ed "'Perk and to provide for the titans tpission bs poct of - 0 ,1 N g . Periodical publications," which has now received the Royal i I, `. 11; Ith Shin )0 n O i , i „ - .‘ili a . 3 Act every periodical publication printed in c nformlty i N, Ott k l ,'4 4, several resulations therein specified, on piper duly stamped ss 'S c 54 Oil gr 'le gb a o ll ,‘ P , r .. Ro r_ated die, and posted within i I t s e d ys from the date of 4 - 4 ~ eti liZt. bg : 4 -will, on and after the day appo i n te d a for the Act to take ~,.. -4 lly „entitled to the privilege of transmission and re-transmis- do sr cs- e dit, l'ae Post between places in the United Kingdom, .on certain - sh Id , ti , 4, 11 s •• ' ss n,s_alnong these are the following :- ~'lirs,,s , ?e Publication must have the title and date of publics- i . " , ,,,i' . .4 on the top of every page ; and Ts WI U; r Po or ;It must be folded in such a manner that the whole of the ht I the ° Oli n :Lamps • denoting the duty, shall be exposed to view, and ,k, f the h ki ,,,t41F ha rdl visible on the outside. li t . y point out that, unless the publication *printed by di; 01 0 ''l i,7,Ptriodical publication, in every respect conformable to the ,4 45 of the Act, it will not in future be entitled to any privilege lal ; t i zt ti'„ect to its transmi.sloa by the poet. But should you desire - I ~,e s d, Oe gh Atilleation shall enjoy the postal privilege, lam to draw your I a, c es 4 C.llik" o eskeially t• the two conditions just named, as ad vi s e hoe b, 4 , 03 ISrdlas t Lto be overloeked, and to sugeeststhatseeteshonld In s ),, t ile t , - ;,, er and readers to comply with the second, so as to avoid sh, :eis ts ".euience that would otherwise result from its enforcement. On, Is, of;l'e loch compliance, I am further to suggest the import- t,':! . 5 43 Printing the paper, that the stamp or stamps shall inva- A..... 4. ` , Ger 0 41 an outside page, and of adopting both these measures "‘"' h i , Tb e . ? the new regulations become compulsory. S t 'ls,,, Act further provides that, to entitle a publication to the TI ~,i, it,kille m "..onnected with transmission beyond the United Kingdom, ,f -yae• 4, pl i rv4il! conditions, in addition to those already noticed, shall 4 4,_ Ref i i --- ‘lt tt h , t ' 4 l; .-- 1, 114 e Postmaster-General must be satisfied that such pub- En , 41 S t i t i is: newspaper, or entitled to the privilege of a newspaper, of i Ott kl ,,olcaning of ' existing Treaties and arrangements with act I;',' , oi lc i ~...v Colonial Governments ; and . by at b e s 0. i e t tpr c i p he?r . o2 c ri e et i o n r or printer must register the publication at ore( 400, 1‘1!1/r.' t heret o wu London. . 64 NO),'ltt, re, you de ire that the publication. of wh i ch you are 'lll,oall enjoy these privileges, it Is necessary that you ' a wri•ten application to that e ff ect, addressed- .: l In s s, "To the Secretary of the Post-office, -s is (10°' g Rei ga ktevsspiper Register. ) London," reel o .'sa ~‘,.. toils a lt a specimen copy, stamped with the appropriated die. „.,,,,, i! i 3, tic Ir, Docation must further be ac ompanied . by the sum of ~„„i i for t1,,,,7 for admission to the register, and this payment will en- ~ ,,,i. O P ' I , /r e t Paper to be retained on the register till the lst of July, , , 4 ',,, of a" e f ee be transmitted through the post, it should be by •,...„ Isar fs Post-otilee money order, payable to mr. Maitland Wilson ,„,. LA ocl e t General Post-office, Lon , ' o • . . ~ o f, Ilalliti ore ine of ss. must be paid, in the s tme manner, yearly, viz., s . es d 5, ~/ Pi lo7lileg eT e 15 th June, otherwise it will he understood that ~;,,,. all ' NAtf ori ni questioo is no lo eger desired . and the name of the th k las gth will be removed from the Regists at the date of the 1 11 0 e " to ot June. Of this arrangement due notice will be given - IS -"' It % tim e . 111, b e litil i t Lor course, be understood that, even while the publics: 1 ` l, tr kt l e on 1 7; :T the register , . the privile:::, of transm . issioti abroad th S , . .ostii i , astifletissZY change which shall deprive , he . nubitcation of e A a newspaper, within the ur•aning of the treaties, wilt 1 ' ' 1), "ed to shove. kits l'ost s , ../- '11,,_ • Ain - aster-General desires me also to explain that mis ), not abs i t fitt c t. t -D, ) . 8 4 l ert .,, , -0 u ely secure any postal privilege aftr the pi e' Hi 0) 1 2• . nm e . , ....is country. as his Lordship has no power to require 1 0 ' . Natl s i., era foreign country, or even (w th a few exceptions) ..,..,--- 014 4 is h',4 o oY, to• treat a publ , cation as a newspaper merely he t •I' l° l is "‘-' to be such in this country, although the fact of its 4 red qs.l jai 11 13 ,, n the register will be presumptive evidence that it to be so t reated. i 2° *,-..,......... I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. ) 14 , 't ri , li th uP `"MMAND of the POSTMASTER ,.. p -.'Sjp b et Os . kL•-NOTICE to the It (713L1C and I NSTRUC 'IONS .tali 1 E ' NATO . 7) , • 5 t tI ,ST ALis E"4 • POSTAGE r th e r 1 ti 'N it ... MINIENT of the FORMt.,R RATE of . . 4 /t ar e for VICTORIA, PORT PHILIP, with Compulsory ! R. ' ° ' ' % t rt. il., General Post-mftice, June, 1855. road 9 yard r, kit trgn the 20th instant, the Rates of Postage charged pre- 16 i VI Po rt October last upon letters addressed to the coloby of .' '' -`, Philip) will again be levied. flie•e rates are as fol- ''' '` oft*" or . h . ' e orb Not exceed- Above 34 Above loz above 2 ozs ! s.• ing half an oz. and not asd not and nut „r. , ounce in exceeding exceeding exceeding ~ 1,,, 1 ,441 e, weight. 1 oz, 2 ozs. 3 ozs. --- --- --- ---- A - Da 2 0 kiNi:Ette phi• .. Ls, Od. 2s. Od. 4s. Od. 6s. Oct. YIN -_l).. Os. Bd. Is. 4 d. 2 s. 8 d 4 s. Od. eo ii 1 1, 4 1 '44 the postage be paid in advance the letters cannot be for-' `,,',',,squat 0141 1 L ~i q r Orrn sixpenny rate was extended to Victoria in conse- b y D it t hs,ll communication which was understood to convey the Mort Nt Ilifje of the Colonial Government ; but by despatches of a 6 ttt lt s.ttiNaPPears that there has been some misapprehension in child ,S4l l ,knd that not only has no such acquiescence been given, , 6 ' , e~ x ,y,,te of colonial inland postage continues to be collected, I 'IoNSge colonial revenue, upon all letters sent to hi country. r i6 • N t,ter-General is. therefore, reluctantly compelled to re- stls s , 2 6 ~7 arrangement. M r. 1 1 , ROWL &ND HILL, Secretary. art i st 0 , 14 1 / 84 eCe ssr . ____ floor the i, 1 6 IR ° "esuits of the last half-century have proved beyond le / 4 it 1- question that g t ' k t l, ,, ,ta k88. ...4 AND S' MACASSAR OIL C 11...ffy,'. in, ' , Peculiarly nourishing powers in the growth, restora ,tr-,Drovement of the Humsn Hair, and is now universally of A eed,. to _be the Cheapest, and superior to all other prepare- Obs ] k l k 4 ,:q t ,, Hair. It prevents :t from falling off or turning grey, mini, 1 . 4 1t0 Weak Bair, cleanses it from scurf and dandruff, and ing d ,klet, zesutinilly Fe ft ' , curly, and glossy. Its operation in cases of Ro pe "4" ty 4 peculiarly active • rat in the growth of the Beard, Wills- Nap e rie z ' k 4 :1 41 4 , r0w5, and Mustachios , ' it is unfailling in its Stim u lative Zi ly ,' For Children it is especially recommended, as forming Scent t:::1 4 , 1 4(: t a beautiful Head of Hair. Price 3s. 64: and 75.; Family Mao ‘' , l , l ' t ipal to four small), Ifs. 6d. ; and double that size, 21s. the ii iril' i " sit 4 by the wrapper of each bottle are the words, Row- Poly, 7 t htitl y‘ C ASSAS Ors, in two lines. daily R 1 6 i gh , •Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and tree, and Perfnmera. _ G A ----- . • hko AV ESEN D S T . ~. IR .. tO has: o the rs , PACKETS. 0 Ack„.... - racketa call at the Greenhithe and Purfieot p e ~ tll --; f lail at the Piers as underlined t weather per-ni•ti give - flail TERRACE PIER, GRAVESISN't consii ha' f -f * ilt lins , l 51 , I •f' [l uxe. 1 ' 1 ~._ 4 ou r Nit E. S ... .0 m Z 2 .= •!-' 1 ,-- I g ~ . lloml t a :: f, .: , qn ,rt O r 0 , \\,... S i .1:1 ii -Lt Tme 5 n F_ - . -. , -.. 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F ore Caniu AAP , 01, 104 ~ Is. 2': %, oh an: and Rlackwall or Woolwich ad. • 0 ' ' f ' ' P rt lce l 'it h r , aiii b L ?ndon...... , ........ „ Rd. .. OR. Ind. / ict4' lrav,..`"ekwall or W . oo : iwich.. •• • 6d, .. Os. 8d o ri fki ( l ,l d and Intermediate Piers.. ihl Nd uoar d Ts.— hree ..onths 2/. Os.; to be had of the Col - the i r rtl ke 1,, T , ckets; o• of Mr. : Monk, Terrace Pier, Graves ,ltl6 al l - , er, I C , ) r - MTHEND AND SHEERNES 4 . 1 1,‘Oc'erne e , ° . Town and R ,sherville Piels, 11.30 and 6.20. 4 Y ),f i ,",",_• 3 0 and 430 From Southend, 8 n 5 -* " in g B , 6.30 . a tn : . from Sheerness, and 7 from South- I N FARES. 11: 11 444 2d Class and Ist Class and Return Ticket. .2, Ro u t h Fore Cabin. Saloon. 2d. Ist. 1 / 4411 ::::cl a ,. 81 leer en „„ .. 2 .• 6d. h -id ;i c , --• • 2s . Od. 3s. Od.- 3s. 6d. 4s. Od. 2s. 6d. 3s. Od. 3s. 6d. sheeuthend '` 'd Rij n & ess - 118. 6d. 2e, Od. 2s. 6d. 3s. Od. )b, -,. 1846-e rnes ii , litliT iltry -414 4 - -- rR 51 I T IE S OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. ~. Pi.'" 25., Illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 6 - tt , IT r‘ stamps, 441.° N,.:40 4 f.Qatu es ~t r S DEBILITY; k , Ivith' f rliPtoms, and Cure.—An Essay on more , (4 44 of r t t tlf m al en t)b e s t er t vLtio d n is s eas on as aer the e r andd erative P iti v s,kt h i tag, : ( 3 1 , „ .. 1) y the use of the Microscope in detecting and :t4Zstnary examination, the real cause and effect t ot %lity'tl ti ' i o e Plaint, whether arising from solitary hab d i ed s, :44414?titeat,r3 oro experience u te, ,followedinthebyt treatment remarks,e Impuissanceo un t i ii 4 L 4 t o s4 tll 4 let?,,atoot calesWeneatkhneess, Physiology of r ' &c. To with pre- p i r c e h - N, t a 0.11.°n the evils emanating from empirical pre dice tan,c• - l er °nts remedies advocated by various write, 3 on 4 4(444 . ulsorders. , 0 41 t 1) 4 , 3 B , 4 MUEL LA'MERT. M.D. 4%;1/ 4 alet n "RD-SQUARE, LONDON, 'eh. , a n),. 4 .2 , _llatriculated Member of the University of Edir _'lst it r i of .& ",: i Y m !! tuber of the London Hospital Medical Society VRe'% . 4 41 o`" e aaries' Mall, London, Sic., &c. 117,4 N:ostutLiect of this tre^tise is to point out the con titi,,, e ~,,,...:tg frtJm certain it iblis, irregularities, wid excesss, h':tl t liQ t e ' rn ‘ Z ed more misery in Youth, degradation in Man -ILlNti ° I clk_ e decay at all stages ot Life, than, perhaps, any ishilliy.,Y re c , 3 .,.., a known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is 'l lti' l lick' l .. Me nded to en s entertaining secret doubts ot 1 1 '4 '1 . ' halip - iZ e ' utl an, and who are conscious of baying hazarded IV It bs "I and privileges to which every human being is t 0 Riot 'lnt, 0 Vot ~..". Dc , ;..!",es'ary thatall men should know, that there arc 0)-1,,Lsgel'-"al r aanagemcnt which cannot be violated without K N k ui O" I n of- Penalties, ard when wisdom and regret succeed cflialrate self-indulgence, how these pen e a v lti e ls cletir evil '._! , .'N'f . the sting of their bitternessm e ~1 11 1.1.4 4e ar,Z.v . i its consequences may be avoided, ay an b da re bo m veall: m tko -m '' to p"i r anY degree of physical infirmity or functional I te Ll' hu --, ell the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. &. ka t he t for a series of years been engaged in an extensive V I % tel 3, .ratitinentot those delicate complaints, which have ett l a b I t tit, ilie 17 1 , 1 1 too „. generally confided to the care of Ignorant Srot? Pret e " great ininry on those who are induced to place tN. 8 ty,,,lone„ IN. 19, 1 1 ,1 41_e 0 7 , 1_L1TY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs... str Pil e e t r . ° e atarnoster-row; Hannay , 63, Oxford -street; o.44;seiezhikr i er- square; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or frec:t 3 pos ß t e fo d r . lt ter Y address from the Author's residence, 7 'lilt. e°4341t41°12 daily from Eleven till Two and ft= THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of the NATION NT, ORPH.k ft )ME w•it take place at the ti AR AND GARTER, Richmond llill, on FRIDAY, June 22, when Donations and subscriptions mar be paid to Henry Kinescote, Esq., the Treasurer, to the account of the National Orphan Home, at the London and Westminster Rank, Lothbury ; to the Honorary Fecre tari the Rev. Joseph Brown, Rector of Christchurch, Blackfriaes road, and the Rev. R. W Ittington.Chapter House, St. Paul's Church. yard ; and to any member of the Committee. Life subscribers .ef 10/. Ms. hare two votes for each vacancy; of 5/. sa. hare one vote. Annual subscribers of One Guinea, two votes; or half a guinea, one vote. The neat election will be in July. Not exceed- Above 34 .above loz above 2 ozs . • i ng half an )z. and not asd not and not k ounce in exceeding exceeding exceeding RGYLL ROOMS.—lmmense success of the e L niIg VARsOVIANA : Music by IL LAURENT. i ? \ l, ti t' kk et weight. 3 ozs. ____ _______ - 1 - I D L ance n d ew ev 1 O. 2 ozs. d ery ance e; . --- - k A t Ett e "•• • . I.s. Od. 2s. Od. 4s. Od. 62. Od. ~.. , c•hin n. Sid 15. 4d. 25. 8d 4s. Od. GRAND ELECTRICAL MACHINE. xperiments at the ROYAL PANOP 'ICON. Leicester square, by Mr. C. F. PASTINGTON, daily at 340 and 8 20. Lecture by Dr. 11. M. NOM!, or; Taursday, 7.15. The Institution is open, Morning, 12 to 5, Evening, 7 to 10, Admission, Is. ; schools and children half-price. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 41: For One Night only, TIJESD Y. the 19th instant, at Eight o'c'ock. A Grand MUSICAIMaTERTAINMENT will be given by Mr. GEORGE RUCH:LAND, assisted by the following eminent artists; Messrs. T. YOUNG, MONTEM SMITH, flamer HUCKLAND, and irtitottos LAKE, consisting of Selections from the Glees and Songs of the late Sir Henry Bishop, and other composers. N O , 9 h 68. 1 1..() N 1)07.,T, PUBLICATIONS. 0 the SHAREHOLDERS of the EATERN UNION' RAIE,vAy. Your Railway will pay two, or even three, per cent., if you will he but true to youne!ves. But Law is the ruling passion of your Board. To make work for the lawyers and great contractors, further ex ten.ions to Woodbridge are being arranged, with, of course, prefer ence stock. NEW NOVEL BY , MISS PARDOE. i his day, in 3 vols. peg Svo., E JEALOUS WIFE. By Miss PAADOE, Author of'• The Life of Marie do Medici;' Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The Eastern Counties alone will be benefltted by this. Before you consent, require the Eastern Counties to add their guarantee to your debenture and preference interest. . .. , Your earnings tar exce e d th ese c h arge s, but Ihl4 additional guarantee will enable you to have the rate ofinterest much reduced. A SHAREHOLDER. Now ready at all the Booksellers, rIHEA.P EDITION of PEPYS' DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE. Comprising all the recent additional Notes and Emendations, printed uniformly with the last edition of EN el% n's Diary, in 4 vols. post Bvo., with Portraits, &c., price only 6s. each, bound. Published for H. Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. 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Edinburgh : Hodges and Smith, Dublin ; and to be had of all booksellers In town and country. KERTCH, ARABAT, CAFFA. -WYLD'S MIP of the country between Anapa and Caffa, with the S malts of Kertch, and the attack on Yentkale by the Allied Troops. One sheet, 2s 6d. ; in case, 4s. ; on Rollers, 7s 6d, James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next door to the Post Office: and 2, Royal Exchange. EA of AZOV.—WYLD'S MAP and CHART of the Sea of Azov and surrounding Shores, with a Plan of Taganrog and the Shores of the Crimea, Including the town of Marioupol, Yenitchi, Taganrog, Gheisk, with depths of water, Sao., Sce One sheet, 2s ;in case, 4s. ;on roller, 6s. James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next door to the Post Office ; and 2, Royal Exchange. KERTCH, CRIMEA, SEA OF AZOV.- WYLVS MAP of the. CRIMEA and SEVA§TOPOL, with the Fortified TOwn., Forts and Roads ; includiti a Map of the Coun tries around the Black Sea, with an enlarged flan of the Town and Harbour of Sevastopol, its Approached, Fortifications, and Batteries. One sheet, 35.; in case, 55.; on rollers, Is. 6d. James ilryld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next door to the Post-office, and 2. Royal Exchange. The Third Elition.—Just published, price 5,., by post, free, ss. 6d. N TRUE k FA LSE SPERMATORRIICEA , with the View of distinguishing the imaginary from the Real outrerers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From 'he Berman of Dr. PIORP'Oiti 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. " crr. Ptcktord . 9 known to F,nglish readers by his frequent practi ' connrbution, to flerman medical literature. This is the ern re, he informs ds, that ho has addressed himself to the non-meth ; Tader. We trust this may rot he the last. if he shall 'elect any - Ther equally flagrant evil which it may he in his •ower to cor roct."—London cites." Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book find its way into Ihe hands of those who sena fr'm the cona •naint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would ::avert much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— . „This volnme welt qualified to nut an end to thu irical sptem or treating Spermatorrhout, And to place the treat ment upon tecre rational am!. physiological basis. It is. therefore, I:i.cly to , to 'much good." • ..' London: 219, Rezent-street AUDI' A. W. Robarts, Eq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Sameel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par !lament, this Company now offers to future insarers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860, when all participating. Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1i59, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000.. At Christmas last the Assuran .es in force amounted to upwards o' 4,240,0001. ; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,000/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the ,uarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East end West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United States of America, have been materially reduced. IN VALID LIVES.- -Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. Notice is Hereby Given, that Fire Policies which expire at Mid summer must 'ie renewed within fift , en days at this Office, or with Mr. Sam-, No 1, St James's-streer, corner e Pall-mall ; cr with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void Losses caused by Ex 1 'Mon of Gas are admitted by this Company GUILDHALL, 11th June, 1855.—The Com mittee for I,ttiug the City's L ,nds will meet at Guildhall, on NV e... 1) NTESDAY, the 1 lth June, instant, et One o'clock precisely, to receive Proposils for Leases of a House. I\o. 3, on the east side of Broad-sweet Bui , dings; a House, No. 28, on the s uth side of New Broad-street; a House, No. 2, on the north side of South-place; Four Hotves, or 58, 59, 60, and 6:, on the south side of Banner square; and a Hots , No. 7, on the west side of Milton-street, Fins bury. Further parttculars and p'ans may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Architecea Office, Guildhall. FeRDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. LLSOPP'S PALE ALE, in Casks or Bottles. —H ARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., are now Delivering the Milt 011 BREWINGS In Casks of 18 Gallons and upwards. Also ,n Bottles, imperial measure. Address - HARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., Wine and Beer Merchants, 5, Pall-Mall. METROPOLITAN COMMUNIVATIONS. . At the last meeting of the committee on metropo litan communications, Mr. W. Jackson in the chair, Mr. LlosxL GISBORNE, C.E., said that be would con fine the water-way of the river to a width of not less than 700 feet (the length of Westminster new bridge), by means of quay walls on both shores, the present wharves to be accommodated with floating basins of a minimum width of 100 feet, with entrances for barges. The quay wall on the Middlesex shore, from West minster to London-bridge, to be 21 feet over Trinity high water mark, avoiding the necessity of drawbridges over the entrances to the tidal basin. From Westmin siter-bridge to St. Paul's-wharf, where a new bridge was contemplated by the Corporation of London, Mr. Gis borne proposed to have a, covered esplanade for foot passengers next the river, 20 feet in width, alongside of which, for 50 feet, the ground would be let for building, except opposite Whitehall-gardens, the Temple, &o. Parallel with the eiplans.de, and extending- fr om West minster-bridge to London-bridge, a railway to be con structed. Next the railway, a street 40 feet wide from Westminster-bridge to the proposed bridge at St. Paul's. Large cellars to be constructed under the esplanade, railway, and road. Opposite Whitehall, the Temple-gardens, &c., as wel! as from St. Paul's bridge to Londombridge, the quay wall to be four feet above Trinity high water ; and the esplanade. railway, &c., to be carried on columns not less than 25 feet apart, so as not to interfere with the view of the river. The quay wall on the Surrey tilde of the river to extend from Lambeth Palace to London-lwidge, and for the greater part of the distance to be about 21 feet above Trinity high water. The existing wharves to be accommo dated as before mentioned. Next the river a road 70 fr. wide to be made, alongside of which the ground to be let for building purposes. The esplanade, with a Paxton roof of glass, would form a most delightful promenade for thousands who lived at too great a distance to visit the parks. By his plan the navigation and scouring power of the Thames would be materially improved, and it would prevent the formation of shoals, which were con stantly making their appearance. The entire cost of the works was estimated under 1,900,000/. The annual ground rents of shops, warehouses, wearves,&c., with the rec_ipts derived from the railway, would amount to 103.0001. a ,, nually on an outlay of 1,900,0001. He con sidered 55,0001 per annum was available by lettii.g river-silo property, which at-30 years' purchase would amount to 1,650,0001., about the estunated cost of the whole work. Calculating that 30,000 passengers a-day would take advantage of the railway, at lid. a head, or allowing Id. p , r head for profit, and id. for work ing ex penses, the yearly proceeds he estimated at 45,0001. Mr. Gisborne went into a variety of other details as to his plan, and concluded liy stating that it had Lord Pal merston's approbation, who wished to see it carried into effect. The committee having minutely examined their plans, said they would give it their best attention. CREMORNE GARDENS.—Open daily at Three.—Admission One Shilling.—Unparalleled Programme of Amusements : Wonderful Performing- Elephants —Marriott's Obs rvatory Hive of Bees, in beautiful working order—New Panto mimic Ballet—Concert by the celebrated Pyrenees Singers —Astound. ing displays of Horsemanship by the star riders of the day—Tight Rope Dancing Signor Bosisio's celebrated Band—La Perche— Napoli, the Venetian Hercules—The Storming of Sebastopol Zoological group of Performing Animals—Dancing al Fresco —Magni ficent Pyrotechnic Display—Band a la Militaire—Novel an l Brilliant Illuminations —Model of Trafalgar—Highly Trained Dogs M ackitey, the inimitable Negro Delineator—Bowling Saloon—Rifle Gallery— Polygraphic Views—intricate Maze—Oriental Cirque—Hernandez daily; and ever,: possible variety of entertainment. Open on Sunday tree, by refreshment card. Table d'Hote at Six. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAR DENS. THIS EVENING. Grand Modelled View of Se bas:opol. An attempt will be made to convey to the'public an idea of the operations of a siege, and that. nothing may be wanting to give reality to the scene the pr p. ietor has sezured the se-vices o' a considernble number of the wounded heroes of the Crimea, and at ha f--past 6 this evening will be given the attack and defeat of the lins=lan moll:, in which upwards of On soldiers, m•trines, artillery men, and seamen will a Firrd' Repulse of the Russians and Rombarlaient of Sebastopol, with grand Pyrotechnic Tableau, at a qn !rte.' to 10. Splendid Menazerit ,, , E•epivutt's Car, Remington's A rial Bridge, Godfrey's unrivalled rand, and numerous other at ractio,. Adinisdo , Is., daylight atirvk an,i night b imbard ment included. N 11.—Lorp. rat Btlages and •Private .1. Mackey, ot the Col 'stream Guard-, both seven ly wounded at 'ink , rman, attend every day, from 3 till duilt, to p dut out the verious objects of interest, &c. Q. IR WM. • BURNETT'S DISINFECTING KITY FLUID, for destroying ali Offensive Smells and purifying I,k Rooms, &e. its cost is less than this Farthing ptr Gallon when diluted !or use. add by all Chemists, and at 18, Cannon—treet, City. Gallons, ss. Quarts, 2s. Pints, Is. Half-pints, 6d. TOZEATJ'S COPAHINE, or SACCHA RATED t k P.41.7t.. , :g, approved of by the r'rench College of Praysicians, nccessfully ad ~nist, red In the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledgyd by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (Pee'` Lancet" of N'ov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on n —Trice per 100, 4s. Gd. 50,.25. 9d. 'l'o be had of the inventor, G BRIE L JOZ EAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles fteceipts. CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL ADVICE on opened. NAME OF RAILWAY. the Decav of Natural Vigour, excessive Indulgence, Nervous 1855 . 1854 1855. . X Deiiiiity, the Effects of Climate or Infection - Me ssr s N EWIN G- TON, 24, Sometset-street, Portman - squ a re , Co nsul t i ng surge ons, • BRITISTI. X Matriculated Member of 4 uy's, the Royal 4 ol'ege of Surgeons, and 72% Aberdeen . Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London. &c., &c., 1827. 3 7% Belfast and Ballymena •••••••• • • • • • • 808 814 Messrs. NEWINGTON'S celebrated OLD SPA NISH PILLS, price 2s. 17 Belfast and County Down.• ••••• • • • .. 257 278 9d., 4s. 6d., and Its. per box, perform a most speedy cure in Scott. 32 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 3,034 2,107 tar ic, Skin, and other pernicious disea , es, without the slightest incon- 26 % Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. .. - _ venience to their patients or danger from exuosure. Their RESTO- 103 51 i Bristol and Exeter ••.••••••• • • • • • • • • 5 . 93 . ° 6,307 5 1 , 5 3 6 8 5 2 1 5 1, ,4 7 9 8 7 2 NATIVE CORDIAL, sold at Its. per bottle, for Invigorating the 189 I 4 Ca1ed0n1an............. ...................... 1 Nervous System, is the best medicine ever discovered. The above 9 45 4 Chester and Holyhead established medicines are only to be had at their residence. 654 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • • • •254 217 Country patients, by forwarding XI, mill receive advice and medl 20 Cork and Bandon.. 185 eine, whit i will effect a cure in most cases without farther charge. 56 Dublin and Belfast Junction ••..• • • • 673 1,011 Minute details of cases are necessary. One personal application is 63 Dublin and Drogheda . - ....- 1,352 1,387 advisable in all cases, if convenient. 7% Dublin and Kingstown •••• • • • • • • • • • 546 562 • 969 1,052 Observe-24, Somerset-sleet, Portman-square, three doors from 16 % D undee and Arbroath .• •••••• • • • • • • Orchard-street, where the Doctor may be consulted daily, as usual, 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 796 9, 1 without fee, from 9in the morning until Bin the evening, and on 25 Dundalk aria Enniskillen.• .• •••• • • • • 221 396 Sundays from 9 till 12 in the morning. Secresy strictly observed. 68 East Anglian...... ••••• • • • • ......... 827 859 81% East Lancashire - .................. 2 7 3,1 19 7 9 4 2 5 1, 9 8 9 10 5 417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. ••.• } SEBASTO P 0 L IS F A L L E N. Eastern Union.. •.••••••.• .• • • • • • • Such an expreaslon escaped the lips of a gentleman rather in- 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow ............. 5,316 5,215 dined to "Take time by the forelock," and anticipate probable re- 78 • Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee .. •• •• 2,995 3,272 6 Exeter and Creffiton.. • • • • • • • • •• • • • • - - sults. Some good arguments are founded on analogy, and those who 22 Furness Railway ••••••.•• • • • • • • •• 1,009 1,018 count on consequences from a comparison of causes are sure to be 5,652 5,998 183 Glasgow , and South-Western• • • • • • • • right. However, we can help this gentleman in his anticipations by 283 Great Northern and E. L.• ••• • • .... 17,770 19, '34 referring to the success of E. MOSES and SON'S Besiness, which has 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5,277 5,951 gained a complete victory by the entire destruction of the fortresses of 342 Great Western •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 26,9 8 27,857 monopoly. The forces they employ are numberless-the talent they 25 Irish South Eastern -••••••• • • • • • • • - - encourage is collected from all parts of the world-the Goods they 90 Lancaster and Carlisle ••••• • • • • ..... 5,857 5,920 Make to Order, or Offer Ready Made, are the results of unrestricted 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire ••••• • •• •• 24,4.20 21,004 commerce with all nations-and every person examining their articles - Leeds Northern .... -...•. • • .. . . .. - - of Dress tor the Summer Season will say Sebastopol has fa len, or 16i Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 511 328 next to tha , every person is relieved from the apprehension of being 553 j London and North Western .• •• • • ... 58,018 55,359 subject to the inconvenience of hot weather, or the expense of heavy 5% London and Blackwell . • war taxes. The new operations of the forces in the command of 174 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 17,498 13,662 E. Moos and SON are displayed in 267 London and South Western. ••.•• • • • - 17,020 Emperor's Cape- a no- terials and Styles, more Skill In 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ The 507 610 velty made only by E. MOSES and Cut and Make than any other - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - ov - elegant in appearance- productions. Every wish of 171% Manchester, Sheffield,and Lincolnshire 11,850 8,464 -vSicatowrioootlilseonymerartearinia,lrn, or dust their friends, patrons, and the 9% Manchester and South Junction .... .. 1,774 790 thoroughly public will be realised by the &c. Nlidsnm- 28 Maryport and Carlisle •••• • • • • ...... 1,004 9,3 waterproof, folds in a very small n ew stock of Clothing, Hats, Ho- 498% Midland ..... .................... 28,188 25,091 s i e Juveniler y . Bo ot Boots l and ah ti .7 for r ,126% Kidland Great Western (Irish) ...... 2,687 3,0 L 3 one any inconvenience. 37 Monklands ••••••••-••• • • - - • • • • • • • - _ space, and may be carriedprNivciet_rh ,•2 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • .......... - _ fection in style and manufacture, Plain, 265.; richly trimmed with mer Vacations-the acme of per- 7gl , 149 North British ••.••••••••• •• •• •• •• .• 4,414 5,150 silk. 335. - North Staffordshire •.• •• •.••••••••• • •• • • • - - It furnishes Stock, unparalleled advantages The Midsummer Stock is now unprecedented magnitude of ready for inspection. 46% North-Western •••••• • • • • • • ........ 997 915 82% Scottish Central •.• •• ••• .• ...... •• • .... 2,984 3,434 L t Whole le CI every facility being possessed by The arges sa , oth the most convincing proofs oi in price. 32 Scottish Midland •••••••• • • - • • . - 8 8 1,018 hag, Boot, shoe, and Shirt depart- E. Mesas awl Sore, is distln- 29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham •••• - 1,117 1,407 Kuished by more variety in Ma.- ment in the World. 48 Shrewsbury and Chester .. •••• •• - - 2,244 2,193 E. MOSES and SON are 30 Shropshire Union .. • • Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, e hirt Manufac- 57% Aontri Dev0n........ . .............. - 2.463 turers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and 289 South Eastern ••••• • • • • • Gentlemen. 162% South Wales „.._•• • • • • ........ - 5,066 5,081 with any other house in or out of London, CanTron.-E. m em an d soar beg to state theyhave no connexion 97 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,854 1,605 _ 4,038 blishments, as follow:- 36 Ulster .-•••••••••••••• .. • • •• .. • • .. 1,319 1,217 77 Waterford and Limerick • • .......... except their own Este -752 n5O London City Establish (opposite the church). 25 West Cornwall ••••••••• • • '• • " '• 670 692 London West-end Branch, New 12 Oxford -street, corner of Hat Whitehaven Junction .•••••• • • • • • • •• ment, corner of the Minories, and Aldgate 340 342 street. 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & Country Branches-Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. saTtuhredeas3tsa,bwlisihiemnehnusts ia;eesseyloissaertrde_ifrzommesdtintll-tlo2noF,critodayYork and North Midland & Leeds.. - - Colonial Wholesale Branch -Melbourne, Australia. Fridays till . Si . i .s nil_et_o: b , 74 _ roam N. Dutch Rhenish ... ................ 1,326 1,816 changed or, if preferred. the mote ck. IMPORTANT.-Should an 262 Lyons and Mediterranean ••••- • • •• - - not give satisfacti . 1t N%2iii u° ° All 63 Niontereau and Troyes .......... • • .. - - goods are marked in plain time which no 63 Namur and Liege .. • 445 Northern of France ................ 38,527 29, - 129 y returned without hesitation. s, the lowest price, from abatement can be made. A New Book, with lists of s and other intortnation, may be had o prices, 697 Orleans and Central* .. - ~..... 82 Paris and Rouen. .. ................ - •• •• •• •• n application, or post free. 240 Paris and Lyons ... An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 ,gratis, of self-measurenlent, - ,gratls, on application, or post itiev Ici on pane Francais. 392 Paris and Strasburgh -.....•„ .. •• - - Hier spricht man Deutsch. a Qui al Perla Italian. 59 itoaen and Havre ...... ,_• _ - Aqua se hebla Espagnol. 157 Water:lor France ..... ..... ~ • _-___ 2.1 ._, ..- ONDAY EVENING, JUNE 16. 1855. ONE OF THE ROOTS OF THE EVIL. The Administrative Reform Association wisely holds that the country can afford to pension off incapacity and to pay the full price for capacity, but that it is not rich enough to afford to pay for what it does not get in re turn, and so to lose both the money and the service re quired. The true economy is to have nothing that is not wanted, but to have everything that is wanted good of its kind, and at the fsir price. The most thriftless of errors is to mistake low price for cheapness. Cheapness is a compound of quality and price, but as price is too often looked to in the figure only, without reference to the worth of the thing to be had in exchange, the Spaniards have a proverbial saying, that cheap things are dear. The tendency for many years past has been to make the public service rather a low-priced than a cheap service, and paradoxical as it may appear, the conse quence has necessarily been to throw it very much into the 14ands of the aristocracy, and the affluent classes. A young man cannot enter the army without some means besides his scanty pay. And few are the youths who enter the civil service upon clerkships of 901. a year without some kind of assistance from their families, or independent resources, immediate or in prospect. There may be exceptions here and there, but they are painful examples, and to make the matter worse, the persons who have to live solely on such insuf ficient pittances often owe their appointments to merit (being either friendless or of poor friends destitute of interest or influence), and are wholly devoted to the duties for which they are so poorly requited. This small class of public servants work for the reason assigned for the growth of trees, because they have nothing else to do. Their narrow means deny them any indulgences, any pursuits that might draw them from their occupa tion. But wb repeat, they are but a few, and their lot does no honour to the service, and would deter all in the same circumstances. km enteric -it who could fincl.bread elsewhere. And it is notorious that private companies pay better than Government, taking care to get better served for the better pay. Yet we may be told that the pay of the English service in all its branches is higher than any other nation, and at the opposite ex trem eof the scale is Russia, with salaries and wages hardly more than nominal, but what is the consequence ? Universal peoulatioa. The emp oyed pay themselves by hook or by crook. And this is a result which is un avoidable in some shape or other in cases of bad pay. Corruption is unknown here, but if a public servant is conscious that the appointed pAce of his day's work is short of its. fair value, he will contrive to adjust his work to its pay, as he despairs of getting his pay ad justed to his work. And this is a consequence which in our system cannot be grappled with. It is easy to say the superintendent should correct it, as the officer in the army or navy takes his measures against skulking, or any ruisperforninncs of duty. But in the army and navy there are two motive powers, rewards and punish ments, while in the civil service there are no rewards, and but one punishment, dismissal. As recourse to this extreme expedient is necessarily rare, there is no way of dealing with short-comings detrimental to the service, but not amounting to a neglect of duty for which it would be warrantable to take away a man's bread. As coercion cannot be applied, as there are no blackboles, or drill, or cats in public offices, the next expedient is the creation of some motive to exertion. Zeal cannot exist in the hreastvof men who have neither reason to be satisfied with their present condition, nor to look for anything better in the future ; and who know that whether they do well, or ill, or indifferently, their treatment is precisely the same, or that if there be any difference it is merely this, that more work is thrown upon them in proportion to their proofs of efficiency. As we, have before stated, if the establishments of our great departments were taken by contract, the first step of the contractor would be to reduce the number, cutting off the inefficient, lopping away the dead wood as it were; and his next proceed►ng would be to put the situations of those retained on a fair footing of emolument, and to hold out the prospect of advancement to those who ehoyed themselves worthy of it. In the present system no deviation can be made from dreary sleepy routine without the consent of the Treasury ; but how can the Treasury, witbout the attribute of omniscience, be a judge of the deserts of persons in the different public de partments, some of them having very spbcial functions, and, moreover, the tendency of the Treasury is naturally to look jealously at the claims for money, having at best only very hazily in its view the corresponding claims of merit. We are very glad to see, by the report of the last meeting of the Administrative Reform Association, that Mr. Layard hits the right nail on the head in noting one of the radical faults in the system of the civil service, and condemning the keeping of so many steeds upon mighty scanty provender : " One of the first objects of the society ought to be to assist in getting effective meu placed in every branch of the civil service. At present, he believed that the num ber of civil servants employed was too large, and many of them were unpaid. They ought to be paid liberally, and he believed that it was a great mistake to press too much. for ,a, reduction of salaries, - because the enormous salarieirof greatmen were left untouched while the small salaries'a the really hard-working and deserving men were cut down. (Hear, hear.) At present there were about 60,000 persons connected with the civil service, and the appointments of these men were influenced more or less by political motives. A sort of current of elec tricity ran between Mr. Hayter and the representatives of various constituencies. The Secretary to the Trea sury had only to touch the electric wire, and it ran through the whole of the country. That, however, was a system which must be put a stop to ; and in consider ing what means ought to be adopted to put a stop to it, he came to what he conceived to be one of the chief ob jects of the meeting. He bad been told that he had made a great mistake in the terms of the motion which he was about to bring before the House of Commons, and that instead of having said, Ths house views with deep concern the state of the nation,' he ought to have said, The nation views with deep concern the state of the house.' (Lauehter and cheers.) Upon the whole, he believed that such a motion would have better ex• pressed the feeling of the country, for the people of the country wore beginning to lose faith in the House of Commons." The public would be rather surprised if it saw the small number of salaries of 1,0001. a-year in the Civil Service compared with the number of the same amount in the Law and the Church. And we do not refer to , he professional incomes in the law, but t 3 the salaries of appointments. The same comparison might be pur• sued with the same result with regard to the Bank, the liidia Holise, and the great companies, all of which eschew a penny-wise and pound-foolish parAimony, and pay well for efficient services and probity. The slop sys tem illustrates the opposite fault, bad wages for bad work to produce a bad article.— txamincr. covered the superiority in the field which we incontest ably proved at the Alma and at Likerman. In short, all present opportunities are with the allies, and a faint chance of conquest was never offered to brave men than the Crimea now presents. Since it is inconsistent with Russiag greatness to limit the number of its ships, let the answer be to deprive it of the power of keeping ships at all. Let the Crimea be taken and retained. The French at Sebastopol, we in the peninsula of Rertcb, the old Tartar princes reigning in their old capital of Bakshi-Serai, will sufficiently declare to the world which is finally to predominate, the civilisation of the west or the barbarism of the east. In thus proposing to contract the territories of Rus sia no question of honour or dishonour to her is in volved. Fairly might such language be employed in dealing with an ancient power that had long attained its natural limits, and to some degree rendered even its outlying provinces its own by centuries of care and assimilation. But the regions which form the south ern portion of the Russian empire are but the fruits of yesterday's rapine. In some - instances they outatep any natural frontier to which the most gigantic empire might lay claim. There was not a Government in Europe which did not feel, as Lord Aberdeen bas for cibly expressed, that the new territories and advantages grasped so late as Mt were incompatible with the in dependence of Turkey and the peace of , the world. We could not then recur to war to remedy the crying evil, but now, when war has been forced upon us by further encroachments, shall we not set right in 1855 that which was so , universally declared to be wrong and a peril to Europe in 1829 ? We have insisted upon the necessity of annulling treaties, and why not annul, also, if we are able, the territorial demarcation of those treaties? The best guarantee against renewed aggres sion is to wrest from Russia those countries which she invariably uses as instruments of aggression—her places d'armes . prepared (or making sorties as well against the West as against the South. We can only do it by defeating . Russia. No doubt of it. But without defeating Russia we , cannot defend . Turkey or Asia. SucCess in thii war is matter of vital moment to England and to France, for if they fail of it they sink to weakness in the east of Europe ; but .failure to Russia implies no corresponding humiliation. The dishonour to her is in the attempted aggression; not in being beaten back from it. The check we would now administer may even prove to be a wholesome one, 'for she is little likely to enter upon any true path of civil improvement or internal pros- perity until she is compelled to admit that her empire is large enough, and must, like that of other powers, be held to have reached its normal limits. The events of the war bring such questions near. The last advantages gained before that portion of Sebastopol in which the arsenal is situated are almost decisive. Not only has the Mainelon with upwards of sixty guns, commanding all the defences, been car ried, but other batteries which touch the waters of Careening Bay;have been also taken. These command the northern entrance to Sebastopol which crosses those waters, and the necessity of closing which we pointed out bast week. The great mistake committed by General Can robert is now become plain enough. BY confining his operations to the town, he permitted the Russians to concmtrate almost all their force withi n its w a lls, anl hence their obstinate re-istance. On the other hand General Pelissier has t ,ken up a position beyond the Tchernaya, rnensoss Inkerman and Baksß.3erai. and compels the Russian General to keep an army in Vie field to oppose him. From what was !e reed in the late reconnaissance he is reported to have not less tha 100,000 men among those hills. And thus, without countinz more frightful reductions by typhus fever ip the hospitals, the garrison of Sebastopol has been of late so much thinned as to brim , . the French and Eoglisb, in their attacks on the Mamelon and the Quarries, face to far,. with no more than a fair proportion of enemies. The occupation of Kertch makes another draught on the Russian force', and now that Anapa is evacuated the allied troops can march westward to attack Arabat by land as well as sea, and perhaps take possession of Kaffa. From Kaffa to Simpheropol is a distance of hardly 70 miles by a good road north of the mountains, and pre senting few natural impediments to the advance of an army. The troops of General Brown can be increased in any proportion within a very few hours, and whether they march upon Simpheropol, o r mere ly threaten it,the Russians must keep a very considerable force in that po sition. All these are advantages quite as great as the destruction of magazines and the interruption of supplies. The allied commanders can now prevent the enemy from concentrating an overwhelming force in any one posi tion, whether within the town, at Inkerman, or in the east of the Crimea. This gives them choice and oppor tunities of attack, which hitherto they did Rot enjoy, and the decisive moment is very probably near at hand. —Examiner. NOW OR NEVER. So bursts the Austrian bubble—ending as we have all along foretold. And very fitly does it end with the dis persion of the other bubble it sprang from—the persua sion that England and France of themselves were not strong enough to bring Russia to reason. On this the Aberdeen policy entirely turned. A belief that German co-operation was indispensable to success, a• d not any faith in the justice of the war, su s t a i ne d it ; and it s principal representatives have signalised their continued belief in the necessity of such help by declaring, as soon as it became hopeless, for an abandonment of the war. Now there is nothing so certain as that the present war should not only not be prosecuted, but should never have been entered upon, if that reasoning were correct. If England and France were so weak against Russia that the only ,hope of humbling the Czar lay in alliance with Austria, the existing condition of the latter empire should also have male it plain that Russia had but to concede those points that immediately interested her in any material sense, to withdraw her at once from such a league. And this is what with perfect success the Czar. has done. He gave up the Danube and the Principali ties, and forthwith Austria sheathed the sword. Worse dangers lie at a little distance, but what is nearest touches us most. Little does it matter to Austria, neighboured by Hungary and Italy, that the Czar should still menace Constantinople and A-ia Minor, the eastern portion of the Mediterranean, or the whole East itself. • But the result of such a war policy on the part of Fiance and England, carried so far and then abandoned, would have been a practical guarantee to Russia against future hostile demonstration. After such an effort to re cede with all the objects of the war unaceomplished would have confessed them simply unattainable. The Black Sea from that hour might be treated as a Russian pond, and Turkey and Persia as mere annexes to be swallowed up as Russia advanced. No truth can be plainer than that if Russia is ever to be resisted, ever to be enclosed within normal limits, it is to he done now. Concluding the war as Count Boul and Mr. Gladstone proposed to conclude it at Vienna, would have barred all reasonable chance of any future effort as great (however great the necessity) as that in which France and England are now engaged. The z to have been com bination of circumstances, position of countries, pecu liar character of sovereigns, which have brought a b out the Anglo-French alliance, may not again occu r f or con t the great r! es. If so rare providentially designed, then England will h ave l ost h er opportunity and abdicated her supremacy. Sh e w ill purpose fo a r result whiehb ite notd and appli e d t o mights seized seem hereafter have to conteed for Asia, and for her exist ence in Asia against Russia, and the very gravity of that struggle will leave her powerless against other and nearer d awe) s. For En:.l nd it is a qt 4 tier, then, of now or never. It is not less indispensable for our own security than for the independence of Europe to convince Russia that she is not invulnerable, and that on her own coasts she can be overmatched and conquered. Already the work is well in hand. Austria, it is true, that faithful ally-to-a certam-extent, by kindly reducing its army and pro claiming its neutrality, allows our enemy to send every disposable man against us. But we are masters of her old communication by the Sea of Azoff ; we shall soon be able to disturb, if not entirely cut off, her communi cation by Perekop ; and with 200,000 of the allied forces in the Crimea, she will be utterly unable to feed (even if she can get out of hospital) the numbers ne cessary to oppose them, Already we have re- ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. Mr. Layard's well wishers, and they are many, have had‘n former occasions to regret that, with a good cause and excellent intentions, he he.s not escaped in the treatmeit of the subjects he has undert.kau faults which a larger experienoe of English, and certainly Parlia mentary warfare, would have led him to avoid. Feeling strongly, and giving every one else credit for feelings as strong and as honest as his own, he has too readily lent an ear to vague and u ns upp or t e d statements, and made himself the organ in the House of Commons of men con tent to shoot their arrows under his shield. It was therefore with great gratification that we read his speech of Friday night, in which we trace a sincere desire to amend these faults, which detract so seriously from his usefulness. His tone was moderate and frank, his ad mission of former errors ample and candid, nod his in vi tation to the angry colonels by whom be is confronted to argue the case with him with good humour and tole. ranee was irresistibly fair and conciliating. He evidently spoke under considerable restraint, and it is only just to him to say that, while he did not shrink, when the course of his argument required it, from alluding to the cases of individuals, these allusions were marked by an evident wish to avoid giving personal offence or. inflicting un necessary pain. . _ It has been the misfortune of Mr. Layard, as it was of his predecessors the week before. last, that the pro gress of events, pouring along as they have done lately with unexampled rapidity, has outstripped that state of the public mind which gave rise to his motion. Such part of that motion as admitted of proof we consider that he is entitled to the credit of having fully proved. He un dertook to show that merit and efficiency have been sacrificed in public appiiiiitments to party .and family in fluences and to a blind adherence to routine, and that undertaking, as it appears to us, ao fir as relates to the army and the diplomatic service, he fully and completely redeemed. We must, of course, wait to bear what answer can be made on behalf of the former of these ser vices by the numerous members of it who occupy seats in the. House of Commons, but we shall be very much sur prised if anything they can urge shall fernish an answer to the plain and straightforward charges preferred against the system of military promotion. If there were no other fault in it, its enormous and unfathomable complexity, the existence of privileged corps, and the power of dis pensing with rules, which are cobwebs to those who possess interest, and bars of iron to those who do not, all render accuracy of attack very difficult, but com pleteness of defence absolutely impossible. Equally successful was Mr. Layard in pointing out the flagrant abuses of the diplomatic service, which really seems to be a complete preserve for aristocratic patronage, in which men are promoted without merit and slighted without fault, where sinecure stations are kept up obvi ously for the benefit of ill health or incapacity, and where enormous funds are wasted in exchange for the smalle4 possible amount of labour and efficiency. We would par ticularly call attention to the case of those unfortunate young men who have been decoyed from Oxford and Cambridge into the diplomatic service, have made them selves admirable Oriental linguists, have been consigned to poverty and neglect, and never even allowed the rank of attach6s ; and we trust that, whatever be the result of the debate in other respects, it will, at any rate, call the attention of Lord Clarendon to the case of these most unfortunate and ill•useil gen• tlemen. The recent blue-book furnished Mr. Layard with abundant evidence of the state of the civil service ; so that, upon the whole, having succeeded in most con clusively proving his case, had his resolution stepped there every honest man in the house would have been bound to support it. But unfortunately the connection between the speech and the resolution there terrninatee. The speech points out the measures that it will be neces sary to take with a view to remedying these defects ; but the motion begins by expressing deep and increasing concern at the state of the nation, and ends by an appre hension of discredit to the national character, and of grave disasters to come. These words were very suit able when the motion was first made, but have now, in great measure, lost their force. The mood of the nation has changed from despondency to hope—from the fear of coming disasters to the confident expectation of future triumphs. The despondency has passed away, but the necessity for reform remains. It is in the speech, therefore, and not in the motion, we are to look for the sound logical conclusion from the proposition 1 1 Mr. Layard has establish e d, an d t h at motion no longer expresses the feeling of the House of Commons or the country. The speech of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was, as he seems to have felt himself, in striking contrast with his amendment. The question which he addressed himself to discuss was not really raised by his motion. His speech, in great part, was taken up with endeavouring to account for a fact sufficiently obvious—the rise of the feeling in favour of Administrative Reform. This inves tigation, about the result of which we are not aware that there exists any difference of opinion, formed an admir able text for a bitter party attack, but had nothing to do with the proposition it introduced. It seems that parties are as little capable of learning by expe rience as individuals, and that the spirit of political ani mosity once let loose cannot be restrained even by feel ings of self-interest. It is only ten days since the Con servative party had ample proof that, by narrowing down great questions to the limits of a iquabble between placemen in act and placernen expectancy, they would fail to conciliate the feelings of the public, and were snre to defeat and overreach themselves. What Mr. Disraeli did on the war Sir E. B. Lytton has done on Adminis trative Reform ; he has narrowed down a great question to petty dimensions, and tried to impress the sympathy for a cause for which the nation cares a great deal into ~, ,= ~~. IPRICE SD. the service of a party for which the nation cares nothing . • That his amendm ent m a y be carr i ed we thin k extre rnelY pribable, for it is moderate in its terms, and affords to Government a happy relief from the menacing aspect of Mr. Layard's motion, which the Chancellor of the Ex chequer considers nothing less than a vote of censure. In fact, if Mr. Layard's speech be better than his pro position, it cannot be denied that Sir E. B. Lytton's proposition is better than his speech.-- Times. ALBANY FONBLANQUE. Albany Fonblanque is one of the most distinguished writers of our time. He is one of the few men who have shown that they poesessed the originality of thought requisite to form a peculiar and distinctive style, with the flexibility of attention and sympathy indispensable for the useful treatment of every-day affairs. Unrivalled in the power of epigram, his mind seems instinctively to seek out the portion of every subject which, practi cally, most needs to be lighted up by, sparkling anecdote or humour. And yet a sense of grave responsibility is ever present to'him ; and his varied faculties of illustra tion and sarcasm are habitually held subordinate to the fixed and earnest purpose of a man who loves the truth. and who through life has ever been as ready to do battle for it when unpopular as in the noontide of success and recognition. In a word, Mr. Fonblanque is a man of genuine worth as well as of genuine wit. He has been the consistent and courageous advocate of nearly every great measure of popular good for which a serious struggle has been waged in this country during the last thirty years ; and the chief cause why it is not easy to designate the value of the services he has rendered to the public lies in the versatility of the talents that have been in turn devoted to every object on the attainment of which the people have set their hearts. And this is the man whose appointment to an office of 8001. a year our administrative doctrinaires of the Gladstone and. Tregelyan school 'would single not-os an instance of what needs reformation in our civil service ! " The abilities of Mr. Fonblanque." said Sir S. North cote in Friday night's debate, "I do not deny ; but being a total stranger to the department into which be was imported in 1847, his nomination may be taken as an example of the.' thoroughly vicious' system on which our public offices are constituted." Had a dictum so ineffably presurnptuMis and absurd fallen from other lips in any other place we should not have deemed it de serving of notice. Bat, apart from the circumstances to which we are about to refer, we perceive without wonder but not without regret, that the folly and injustice of the sentiments thus expressed, met with as much of an approving response when uttered as the attenuated con dition of the house during the hon. baronet's speech could well afford. The instincts of resentment and aver sion towards one who, as a literary tribune of the people, has often imbed the short-comings of oligarchy, both in office and in Parliament, may possibly be thought only natural. But we venture to suggest to the gentlemen who joined by their cheers in the attack thus made upon the rightful claims of men of letters to a share in the Ad ini-istration, that it would be more prudent in them to adhere t, the pretence of fair play, and not needlessly to exasperate those feelings of hostility that are daily growing up between Parliament and the press. Is it re:t enough that these hereditary monopolists of power, and dignity, and pay should have systematically ignored, with few and rare exceptions, the civil existence of the cla-s who more than any other in the community govern opinion and influence public affairs ? Or is it because, as a class, men of letters have never asserted in this countre the full meesure of their political rights, that whipsters of quality and Treasury hacks ar:d the whole rank and file of jobbery think they may with impunity raise a shout when wanton insult is offered to a man who has contributed more in his time to the instruction and improvement of governors as well as' governed than their whole tribe put together? It is highly to the credit of Mr. Labouchere, by whom the appointment in ques tion was made, that he should not only defend it as spe cifically unobjectionable, but that he should have em phatically declared the satisfaction he continued to feel at having had it in his power to recognise the claims of one so d;stinguished as a writer. But it may be. per haps, as well to state shortly the true history of this curiously misrepresented case. The statistical department of the Board of Trade was originally formed under the, directioa of Mr. Deacon Hume, and placed under.the superintendence of the late Mr. Porter. Sir S. Northcote is lavish of his praise of the constitution and the working of th e e department so formed ; but he forgets, in hie eagerness, to render the civil service a close anti exclusive profession, to state that Mr. Porter was himself originally engaged in mer cantile pursuits, and that he t. as taken from them to aid in the conduct of an executive department. But this, it will perhaps be said, was done by the Whigs. There is another curious incident in the History of the Board of .Trade under Peelite management, which it is still more edifying to find that the hon. baronet has for- . gotten. From being private secretary to Mr. Gladstone he was himself promoted to be assistant-secretary in the Board of Trade, an office which began and ended with him, for upon tile retirement it was found t o b e super linoue, and was consequently abolished. We do not assert that during his aojourn in the department Sir S. Northcote may not have contrived to find useful and honourable occupation ; but we submit that under the circumstances, he is about the last man who ought to raise a cry of prejudice against what he is pleased to term '• strangers" being imported into a particular branch of the service. We are far from wishing to undervalue the results of Mr. Porter's labours as a statisticiar. Nor do we think it necessary to argue that other and higher posts might have been more appropri ately offered to a man of the diversified experience and information of Mr. Fonhlanque. But common justice requires, as the questipn has been raised, that a judg ment should be expressed upon the comparative merits of the official works formerly published by the Board of Trade and those of more recent date. There is not, we be lieve, a man who has had frequent occasion to consult, for purposes of study, the undigested compilations of ten years no. relative to trade and navigation, and the ad mirable digests lately issued by the statistical depart ment, who will hesitate as to which deserve the prefer ence. Mr. Fonbianque would be the last man, we are satisfied, who would seek to appropriate the undivided credit of the works last mentioned, much of which is unquestionably due to Mr. Valpy and other gentlemen who act under him. But when invidious comparisons are rashly and recklessly instituted the public will in sist on seeing both sides, and happily, in this instance, the individual as-ailed is not likely to be injured by full inquiry. We frankly own, indeed, that Mr. Funblanque is open to two great charges. He is not connected with the aristocracy, and he has often let the world hear him laugh at the pedantry and pretensions of Puseyite and Peelite politicians. in mitigation of the former offence we have nothing to say. We have no doubt that had he been a man of family, like the Hon. Francis Lawlev for example, he would have been deemed qualified by right divine for any executive office in the State ; he might have been able to point to nothing previously done worth mentioning as a warrant of his capacity or as a claim of merit ; but if his father had been a peer, or if he himself happened to be member for a rotten borough, he might readily have secured at six and twenty something very different in rank and profit from the post which is now grudged to him. As to the latter crime, that of exercis ing the right of private judgment in a public way, and of chastising the follies and errors of public men, in the best English, with the keenest wit, we confess our in ability to say more within the bounds of temper and for bearance than we have already done.—Laily News. INFLUX OF GOLD. The influx of gold at the present time is remarkable and important. By the return made by the Bank for the week ending June 2, it appears that the bullion in both departments had increased, during the week, by no less a sum than 724.3211., and that the total stock amounted to 17,789,1021. Sitice then the amount of specie brought in from the West Indies, New York, and Australia has been very considerable. 923,000/ was announced, at the end of last week—of which about 200,0001. was gold from Aus tralia, and the remainder silver. Ou Monday, 335,0001. in gold arrived by the Baltic from New York. The. exports, meanwhile, are reported as under 200,0001. The active circulation of bank notes was by the last return under 20 millions, but the amount of unemployed notes had mounted up to 11,342,9701. This influx of bullion, which at present merely makes itceif apparent in the Bank returns, will before long exercise a practical effect on the trade and commerce of the country. P eop l e are not to imagine that if gold flows into the country one week we are to see an increased state of prosperity the next. This is as unreasonable as to expect th a t t h e me dicine which a physician prescribes shall proJuce a bene ficial effect before it be well swallowed. But should the influx of bullion continue, or should even the amount already received be retained in the bank ooffers, there can be little doubt as to the result. The commercial state of the country will improve. In spite of war, heavy taxes, and high prices, the beneficial effects of an ade quate and abundant circulating medium, which the gold will enable the bank to provide for the country, will speedily become apparent. There can, we think, be little reason to doubt that the immense quantities of gold discovered in California and Australia, and now poured with unceasing prodi gality into the system of the whole commercial world, are producing a silent but mighty and irresistible revo lution in the prices of commodities. To Eugla,na, as the emporium of the world, a large portion of this gold would necessarily find its way. And little advantage, except the cheapening'of toys and orna• ments, would this rich awl powerful country derive from this beautiful yellow met4l, were not its abundance a counteractisn to the pernicious and ruinous system of currency which our law-makers in their ignorance have imposed on the nation. We hail the discoveries of California and Australia as deposing gold from that high place in which it w:q 3 placed as a tyrant over productive industry by unwise Legislation.—Derbyshire Cowrier. A. monument is about to be erected in honour of Colonel Blair, the late member for Ayrshire, who fell on thee bloody field of Inkerman. The monument is to be built on the hill above Straiton, in the form of a lofty 9beliok, of granite, which w ill be 11€1011 for M il llN around. THE FOREIGN LEGION. More than •six months since Parliament was called together -hurriedly, for the purpose of authorising• the embodiment of a Foreign Legion, and whatever be the merits or demerits of the scheme the ex:•-ting Government was empowered to carry it out, We are free to acknow ledge that language was used by our legislators which went forth from their places in parliament to travel over the world, of such a nature as to disgust foreigners with the service offered to them, and deter them from joining our ranks. Notwithstanding this, satisfactory proofs exist that all difficulties might have been overcome by the exercise of moderate abi:itiee, aided by persevering in• dustry, and tempered by ordinary judgment. Turn where we will, this is seen to be a self-evident fact, but we will content ourselves with but one instance. Months since we pointed out how a powerful and efficient body might have been raised among the Swiss Cantons, when great numbers of Switzerland's hardy so ns were most anxiously desirous to form themselves into a Swiss con-: depot in aid of that which they believed a just and hole cause, and when the offices of our foreign consuls and agents ,were besieged with inquiries as to the course to men only asking to be rec e i ve d b y Eng la be n. followed Twomonths subsequent to this information being laid before -Government,: as we know that it was, this French authorities followed out the scheme with rapid and full success: It. wasthen pointed out that from the peculiar - nate-reef -the-Series laws on this subject enlistment could not take place for any foreign power save the Italiah states on Swiss territory. To send recruiting officers into the country would then be merely an insult to both c antonal and federal laws, and the French, more practi• cal than. Ourselves, consulted the wishes of the men to be raised by establishing a cordon of recruiting districts on their ow n frontiers, while they encouraged them by leaving the off oering of the companies thus raised par tially in their own hands. This practical mode of pro ceeding was so efficient as to produce a large body of troops in a short space of time, and a small expense to the country. • As we hope to return to this subject we will leave the mods: operands for future development, and pro ceed. Now it is well known and will be admitted by every person at all conversant with Switzerland and the 'Swiss, that -there are no men who can be relied on with more confidence in the hour of need for their valour, powers of endurance, and fidelity The Swiss peasant is of necessity a soldier. There being no stand ing army in Switzerland, every m in is trained, and is ear , forced to pa •s a c er t a i n per i od of every y under can vas in the camp ; th e y are not only drilled but trained soldiers, and the importan ce o f t hi s latter point will be appreciated by all our readers, for the men are fitted for the endurance of the difficulties and toils of a cam paign, both by the early training of laborious agri cultural pursuits, in a land where the earth yields nothing save by the tni! o f t h e huhbandman, end - by the later training of—mi Vary education taught them in the field itself. More than this — es a marksman the Swiss peasant is unrivalled. Hi s ear liest desire is to possess a rifle, and when b y t h e labour of his h an d s h e h as laid by: whtrewithal to buy one, be passes his holida ys in pe-fect'ng himself in its use. Not a villaee but has its rifle club, and prizes for perfection in rift a practice are given in each, while the same competition is ensours,ged by the cantonal clubs, and to crown all, annually, the Federal Rifle Meetings bring together the youth of the whole land to contend for its much envied prizes. Thus, in fact, do they be•• come-a nation of soldiers, not only in name and training, but in heart and soul. More than all this, they are men of education. Ignorance with them is a crime, and treated as such ; the consequence of which is, that there is perhaps not any country in Europe which can boast such useful and general education among its people. Such are the men who asked to be permitted to share in our arduous task ; but procrastination has in this, as in almost every other instance, allowed others to take precedence of us, and, if we may credit a recent paragraph, the bungling measures we have at length attempted have all tut defeated our object. We allude to the reported imprisonment of an English recruiting agent in Switzerland. Instead of entering the cantons in scornful and open defiance of the law of the land, why did not our agents fix the head quarters of their recruiting districts on the frontiers of Savoy, where would have flecked the inhabitants of the cantons of Genev e Taud, and Fribourg ; and on the frontiers of France, to which the German cantons would have sent their quota of mountaineers ? Instead of presenting the spectacle of another British agent arrested for the flagrant violation of Swiss federal laws, thousands would have flocked to our appeal. We are assured that the object may even still be gained, and that, though it will be now more difficult, a Swiss legion may yet be raised equal, if not superior, to any existing troops, at an economical rate, and almost instantly available. Why should this not be carried out; We have at the head of our War Department a man well versed in military matters, said to be full of zeal and energy. The occasion certainly requires all his ability, ail his z , al, all his energy. We write these things not in a spirit of rebuke, but with an anxious desire to see that war which has been declared over and over again a rizliteous one vigorously prosecuted and speedily brought to a happy issue. We cannot blind ourselves to the fret that the same procrastination, the same mis management, which we here deplote, has had the same f ►tal effect in America and in Germany ; while we have heard with deep regret that the Turkish contingent, though boasting a full complement of officers, is miser ably deficient in the sinews of war—soldiers,—Corre spondent of Daily News. CRUEL AND COIVARDLY-00NbUCT. At the Worship -street police-c=urt Robert Franey, a tall, burly-'o,king fellow, of savage aspect, was charged before Mr. Efanimill with having brutally maltreated and seriously ii.jurnd his wife, who was in an advance" state of pregnancy. The complainant, a delicate-looking young woman, wheal appearance excited a general feeling of painful commiseration, was in such a dreadful stare of sufferieg and exhaustion, that the Ufficers brought her into court on a chair, in which she was allowed to be seated during her examination. her face was shockingly swollen and di.sfigere I, both her eyes b i lytkened, and her lower jaw apparently fractured, or injured to such an extent that. she was scarcely able to articulate. After eon shierWe di:fleulty it was elicited from her that site was within six weeks of her c ,ntieeinent, and had only been married about eight months to the prisoner, who had subjected her to a constant course of ill-treat rn,ent during the whole of that period. On the night of \Veduesday last the prisoner returned house partially it - tlxicated, and while they wera seated at sipper he sud denly started up. and without the siightet provocation struck her a terrible blow in the face, which knocked her out of her chair. As coo,: as she had recovered her self she endeavenred to escape from the roe m, but was intercepted by the prisoner, who dashed ler down upon. the floor, and, throwing him..., lf upon her, graspe I her tightly by the throat, and held her down with such tenacity that she „a s lo,rtritzled. O.a hearinz the uproar, her sister hastened down from an u 1 p-r room to her assistance, but the moment she made her appear ance the prisoner commenced a ferociou s attack iipol her, and drove her out of the apartmel.t. In a few tni nutes, however, her sister returned with a policeman, but notwithstanling his brutal violence towards her witness declined to give her husband into custody, and the instant the officer had left the place, the prisoner re ftid her generous forbearance by a dastardly renewal of his brutality, in the course of which he blackened her eves, as they now appeared, and so seriously injured her jaw -hone that she bad been ever since unable to take the slightest sustenance. She was ultimately rescued and assisted to bed by some of tr.n- neighbours, under whose advice she afterwards obtained a warrant for his apprehension. The poor woman, who had manifestly delivered her evidence ureter a continuous effort to save herself from fainting, immediately upon its conclusion fell back in strong convulsions, of such an alarming cha racter that the magistrate at once ordered a cab to be procured, in which she was conv e y e d t o t h e workhouse infirmary. The complainant's sister, a respectable-looking young person, gave corroborative evidence, and added that she greatly apprehended that the injuries which the unfortu nate woman had sustained would result in premature labour, or be attended with consequences of a still more serious description. Mr. Hammill forcibly animadverted upon the cruel and cowardly conduct of the prisoner, and ordered him to be remanded to await the result of his unnatural vio lence. The P ecti on of the Railway from Dijon t 3 Besancon lvina between the forgoer place and Dole was inaugurated •`a the 11th. LOSS OF THREE LIVES BY DROWNING.—On Satur day last Mr. W. Baker held an inquest at the George, Ratolehighway, on the body of Gearles Henry Heany, 14 years of age, who fall overboard on Thursday last from the brig Emperor, in the Landon Docks. The un fortunate boy never rose to the surface till brought up by the drags. The jury, in returning a verdict of acci dental dearth, remarked that the water in the London Docks was of - so poisonous a nature that any one falling in had no chance of life. An inquest was held at the b o e en same place on the body of Jame s C amp b e ll , aged 17, who fell overboard from the ship M argaret, on Wednesday last, also inquestlsoiothe London Docks. natthepr Verdictince of w accid a e l n e t s T al a d v e e a r t n h A pondeti7a at d th y of se d left tr j a o n s o e e p o o l n : f JamTßho Il a r n ess e d r a ' s Ey - , r y o a a an d ns:d V a pg i re c od t c o e r l i e a 2die p d a r rtr k oi; : o n dc Victoria-park to bathe, but unfortunately got out of his depth, and was drowned. A verdict of accidental death W EATHERAN in D th T e Etz E ltht few weeks agricultural p rospe c t s -°RElrfi 1 1 ) : , ;;;; w wa i s ti r l t i l a tu t r h n e ed neighbourhooda° of York. The completely T protracted dry and cold weatheralthough to wheat, had occasioned an almost unparalleled of s food fo r stock, and its valuewas muc h depressed. pring co rn , too, was very backward and much in need of rain. N ov, however, the state of things is entirely reversed. 'Withi n the last ten days we have had a high degree of temperature and frequent and copious falls of rain, in fact forcing weather of the most beneficial description. Wheat is looking remarkably strong and healthy ; barley, oats, and rye give promise of most abundant crops ; beans and peas, which lately promised to be very short in the straw, are shooting up rapidly. Potatoes have come up well, as also swedes, some of which are ready for the hoe. The white turnip seed has been got into the soil in fine condition. Meadows and pastures have made rapid improvement, and will yield a good fall of hay. Gardens and orchards look very fruit ful. At the most recent fairs in this part of the country the price of beasts has advanced from ss. to 10s. per head, and sheep in proportion. The harvest prospects are aoi' root cheering.