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THE CHANCELLORSVILLE FREEHOLD • GOLD MINING COMPANY. ;The Directors hereby announce to their ehareho'ders the arrival f the rorn Quickstep with 100 Tons of Gold Ore, the first consiz,nment _ h their Alines i n Vi rg i n i a. etests made by Messrs. Johnson, and Matthey, Mitchell. Claudet , an, w r i h . ,justify the belief that at least 5 oz. of Gold to the be - obtained from this larze importation. By order. W. S. TROTTER, Secretary, No. I, Great Winchester -street, October, 1855. (RAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY of CA. NADA.—Notice is Hereby Given, That a CAE L of 21. IQs. i t Tir s hare on e ac h and every share of the A series of the shares of the 12th day has been made, and will be due and payable on Friday, 2th day of October, 1855. b ae A LA, CALL of 101. vvill also be due and payable on each of the Certi ;s exr --anable for Company's Debe,tures, and 10/. on each of Cott ad e a rtif leaies exchangeable for the Debentures of the Province of • - per cent. Interest will be charged on the Calls as long as they on ain in arrear. tbeA all lil Letter will be sent to each shareholder for the payment of at th a° n his shares. The Debenture Certificates must be presented t e hem Bankers' in order that the payment of the Call may be marked . Ileldere b have the power of paying up in full on their shares and eu ure a. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per an , ,um is paid on r eceived in advance of Calls on either shares or debentwes. kip. an:tents to be made at the Banking House ➢of Messrs. Glyn, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. By order of the Board. WILLIAM CH AMAX, Secretary. s.s Of the Company, 21, Old isioad-street, London, 18th Sept., 1355. °YA.I, LYCEUM THEATRE: THIS EVENING, and every evening during the and the GRAND ELESINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC MY STERY, by Pr U ofessor ANDERSON, the Great 0f , 44 1 of th e N orth, in 12 acts, with ever - c h ang i ng variety ete l e ntseidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary Ista • a ! „. r gle and My s t ery i s an en ti re l y new e ntertainment, pos , ' in g distinctive c h arac t er i s ti cs and peculiar phases of s - e i t ls es er nent. It is n o t a mono l ogu e, for the ' audience them the Per form their parts with the principal actor, some of f or ra ,, o o the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, ey es 4 ,ugh everything becomes metamorphosed before the cue i., ° : the visitors no on e can be positive that he sees any "Ing; but it is a comedy really performed by the cora pege,,; Melodrama replete with startly positions and unex the oenouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of trap every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex tba in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond .ound - s'e of probability. fash,fulsor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and Ma audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum lutoL'e l kioierflow, and by.means of whose generous aid he tilut7en-Olabled to announce Magic and. Mystery for,cen.- a it i repetition. :He believes that no prOfessor of his art aro o any time or any place been honoured with an lie lint of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. in hi s attribute that success to three causes; first, that th e is Prescnt entertainment he has placed before his visitors „ults of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of . e 'en skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he ° as travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on of e th - ng° in the most elaborate manner, by the employment fir st mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, Wh o ' while while endeavouring to provide amusement for those i t i ° uonour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that taj i . Possible to afford information also, and that the oppor eae"3' should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where re o r it . has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by , the rt e ri to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, have succeeded in making dupes of the The 93i fe uer letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which . P t r h o rceto- theat , reA; e''s te ° t ll he ha p s re r s e e c n e t iv d e a d te, f b ro e ra ar t w h i e tu t e ira ss e t o o f t o h p e e gia n :•e ng t in aken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst att er ," l ""neln bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri reeni,":" Judging simply by the correspondence wh . ich has , has •,"e, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping am (14 illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro pene a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex for p a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible ttinrofessor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the tnninications which reach him on the subject. He regrets who many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen tell e ' fr°lll their po s iti on i n soc i e ty an d th e i r we ll-k nown in attainments he would least have expected to have eaBii converts to a 'belief so preposterous in itself, and so even- s usceptible of bein g controverted and disproved. Every spi rit 6) from the Ly ceum s t age, M r. A n d erson ' s opinions on I,y e -r a.PPing are expressed, and every evening, within the °a nt, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited 4n d Ow Publi idatecl. It is respectfully requested that this e exposition will be accepted generally as Professor ron,e.rse's only mode of replying at full l e n g th t o hi s unadiaous correspondents. He regrets that the 11 'Iles of the great and learned of the land should f i've been made to figure in the documents emanating barrede spirit-rappers, as for instance the followin g , ex , r from the M orn i ng Ad vert i ser o f Th urs d ay, Septem t;2o, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri spi .Telegraph. It purports to em ana t e f rom an A mer i can f 2 .l i t:raPPer Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster Wit oron lY confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what lie has es sed, and Lord B roug h am ac k now l e d ges hi mse lf t o b e gulY nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought w e whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the a ,: a tion of th e ph enomena; b u t t h e presence of substantial, n al liands, and the demonstr a tive strength of the spirits '0 thus rial ed for the and move mate- t; 0 Jects cloth about the themsel room, ves proved to be time, too much of d a ques „•°ll for them to mast er ." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the ' w ove, has recently left England, and the following account of and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now 'n Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations Without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throu g h ou t (fe n glo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2.000 Yorks Per annum if he would perform at his museum in New b e Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could ret . u " r ° ll glat. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was and , ° d• Hum e, on telling the fact in London lately, simply honest) remarked, that the money would have been very Pha n table to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or of l a e n s ' in ancl il iF , very bad health : but he would have been afraid his life g is power as a medium, and he would sooner lose . The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. _elltnequired into the subject ; and now Barnum, one of the sv oo ; st humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is tai ni , ° ! th e firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer edito'-.BllrPrising to find such a paragraph as this in the rialartiele of an established journal, the editor of whom : - uignt, be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe itzissaprapping-- does spirit-rapping s gain or lose by aces rapping -_ to its adherents? and, with Barnum's endorse to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely 1 4 7 negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not ‘,,, W hen he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of k ew. '" i 'nd have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross Il e ,„1 11 e, when he finds that the in of Wortley (the Write• J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and hire tea book on the subject, he considers it t be time for i t i,.state that which he knows of the mechanism by which ,at' effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the David' 4 Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir in e Brewster relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, Whi e rP, a nY Nvitl; Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that s pirit. 'no Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that Parp o l : e a PPing is nothing more than conjuring applied . to bad how e : 8 * In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, Wh o ler, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one e4a n wa spresent w h en h e an d L or d B roug h am h a d th eir t a b le 'e with the spirits. in which the writer says, that " the eZtra(alarge dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most com,e rdi nary manner, and, among other thin g s, a l arge ac thee'°,4 Was cons - eyed by an invisible agency to my hand and r ight Lord Lord B roug h am ' s, i n which, held by his l or d s hi p ' s oat.ahand, apa r t f r om a n y p erson, it p l aye d an a i r through the With such a statement, printed for the edification of th e ve 0 1)1e of the 19th century, with the facts before us that to °B t talented men of the day are p erm itti ng th emse l ves N at e deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the sob.est novelist of ( f the age is now engaged . in making it the lia. B 3 : e 4 t of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" Pr , 4 nally been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, t g '- ,;,, s ser Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual e ,"` America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will Olte ° _eeived by the people of England as genuine hone . st . ;d -to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual ers .4 it the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have th an the Lyceum Theatre, —a larger number, it is believed,. sh er ' t as ever before been assembled within its walls in co ,a,Pcriod. M ag i c an d M ys t ery i s repea t e d every even . fa e h. i 'ne programme being continually changed. Grand wel a yable Day P er f ormance, or Saturday, October 13, at e' P 2 Ck , the programme being thus arranged ; C rt Act 1. The M e s mer i c C ouc h : or , th e Cli n i ca l b;Pabilitiea of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do f enl ra agie that which some suppose to be effected by inesmer aV illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in Act of * 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power tO)roducing animated nature from fire and water only, and eel Possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. P oel ' c 4 3 . Le Livre des Reeueils Cheisies : or Puck's Own ev en , ° .. t B o ok, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the an ti. 'g s entertainment in the production of the very volu ont",.' from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude f of Minuteness in developing bulk where no space appears i c tk 'r its existence, in ' discovering odd things in odd places, and l/rin ging forth unexp ec ted wonders fr o m the most unlik e ly Alice for to be found. bi•oket 4. Ma g i ca l L ocomot i on ; or, Transition without Trou. 'ln which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, Ring, th e P eregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor a tioa—black into w hit e, and the Discovery of every Article e'‘Q th e position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Eenin de Verre; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into and wliieb, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, i t " Wizard will cause the mon ey of his visitors to transport •o 1 4°4 , and rain into the cask e t, th ough its lid be closed, cked, an d the key in the possession of the audience. the Transparency Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, Opacity. and Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine • . I,,, ott iP i i , rit Store. Au improvement upon the " inexhaustible inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only b e i n _ ~,"han'stible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the t' d. of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, h e ti). salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, ""c‘o, or any other wine or spirit required; and finally aro • a m N 'lng to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, °e el: l l)3ring the whole space when tightly packed. . xposé of 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits , or, an E t inrit„ rapping. introducing the spirit-rapping table and introducing of the invisibles. Act 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of u° Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange b.:, °s es, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become metamor- L'l.nsformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Eng -11,4, Pranee, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who th e himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to ti dience, unde r c i rcums t ances l eas t expec t e d , i n a posi j's peculiar as elexing. IsTr usi 1 1. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the el ls of the Ni g ht' s W on d ers. T o compre h en d w hi c h t h e of Audi us will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part ip , ca !',..evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) all Wi ear, into which all things will travel, and out of which produced. 11 0 ;:, : et ' 2. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest. ri d ,`r to the Antipodes. 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T OON, Mayor A COMMON COUNCIL holdon in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Thursday, the 11 th day of October, t 855 ; Resolved—That a dutiful and loyal Address of Congratulation be presented to her Majesty upon the glorious successes of the Briti=h Army and Fleets in conjunction with those of her Majesty's faithful Allies. MERE WETHER. VISIT OF THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE TO BOW - TON CASTLE, SHROPSHIRE. SHREWSBURY, Thursday Evening.---This afternoon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accom panied by the Princess Mary, Baron Knesebeck, and Miss Montague, passed through this town, en .route for Rowton Castle, the picturesque seat of Mr. and Lady Charlotte Lyster. The distinguished party arrived by the London and North-Western mail train at 3.54 p.m., and were set down opposite the principal entrance to the railway station, the platform being covered with Brus sels carpet. _ . On alighting her Royal Highness was received by Colonel the Hon. G. C. W. Forester, M.P., by whom she was conducted to a waiting-room set apart for the occasion, and where Colonel Frederick Hill bad the honour of being introduced. A detachment of 100 picked men of the Shropshire Militia, under• the com mand of Major Whitmore, attended as a guard of ho nour ; and the excellent band of the regiment played the National Anthem and " Partant pour la Syrie," as the august party were escorted to their carriages, which drove for Rowton amidst the enthusiastic cheers of some thousands of spectators. Among the distin guished visitors who are expected to meet her Royal Highness at Rowton are the Earl of Powis, Viscount and Viscountess Newport, the Hon. Col. Forester, Col. Hill, &c. On Friday tho Royal party intend paying a visit to the Earl of Powis, at Powis Castle, near Welshpool. They will be met on the borders of the principality by a detachment of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, who will form an escort to Powis Castle. Preparations are being made at Welshpool to do be coming honours to the august visitors, and a guard of honour will be formed by the Royal Montgomeryshire Rifles. crowded Lime-street, St. John's-lane, and the interjaceut streets. The brilliant illuminations in Lime-street, ex tending from the Teutonic-hall to the Isle of Man Vaults at the corner of London-road, enlivened the scene and rendered it one of a peculiar, interesting, and gorgeous character. A long line of hundreds of cabs and carriages was moving up London-road, along Ashton-street, and Clarence-street, up Mount-pleasant, and along Hope street, down Leece-street, Renshaw-street, and Lime street, towards the south entrance of St. George's-hall. In the meantime there were beautiful pyrotechnic dis plays and fireworks—rockets and various coloured stars flying up in the air in every direction. The discharges of firearms and squibs were fully as frequent, and alto gether the excitement of the people as intense as at any part of the progress of the previous day. At length, about eight o'clock, an unusually brisk fire of rockets and firearms commenced, and shortly afterwards his Royal Highness and party drove along the area in front of the hall to the entrance, amidst the most vocife rous cheering of the assembled thousands. His Royal Highness acknowledged the greeting of the crowd, and then proceeded to the hall beneath the extensive awning which had been put up for the occasion. A considerable crowd still lingered about the hall during the remainder of the evening. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 10Tu OCTOBER, 1855. VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the an -L I nexed CODE of REGULATIONS for the ADMISSION of CANDIDATES at the EXAMINATIONS to be held for the APPOINTMENT of ASSIST ANT SURGEONS in the SERVICE of the EAST INDIA COMPANY, has teen framed by the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, under the provisions of the Act 16th and 17th Viet., cap. 95, sec. 38. REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE APPOINT MENT OF AsIisTANT-SuRGEoN IN THE SERVICE OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. All natural-born subjects of her Majesty between 22 and 28 years of age, and of seurd bodily health, may be candidates for admission into the service of the East India Company as Assistant Surgeons. They must subscribe and send into Dr. Scitt, the Physician to the Honourable East India Company, 10 days before the period fixed for each examination, a declaration to the following effect : "I (Christian and surname at full length), a candidate for em ployment as an Assistant-surgeon In the service of the East India Company, do hereby declare, that I was years of age on the day of last, and that I labour under no constitu tional disease or physical disability that can interfere with the due discharge of the duties of a medical officer ; and I also attest my readiness to proceed on duty to India within three months of receiv ing my appointment." This declaration must be accompanied by the following docu ments : I. Proof of age, either by extract from the register of the parish in which the candidate was born, or by his own declaration pursuant to the Act 5 and 6 Wm. IV., c. 62. 2. A certificate of moral character from a magistrate, or a minis ter of the religious denomination to which the candidate belongs, who has personally k own him for at least two preceding years. 3. A diploma in surgery, or a degree in medicine, provbied an ex amination in surgery be required for such decree, some body competent by law to grant or confer such diploma or degree. 4. A certificate of having attended two courses of lectures, o' six months each, on the practice of physic, and of having attended for six month§ the practice and clinical instruction e' the physicians at some hOligtal, containing at, least, on an average, one hundred in patients; br Of bitying attended one Course of lectures of six months on the practice of physic, and clinical Instruction for twelve months. 5. A certificate of having attend, d for three months the practical instruction given at one of the public asylums for the treatment of the insane. 6. A certificate of having attended for three months one of the in stitutions or wards of an hospital especially devoted to the treat ment of ophthalmic dlseise. Candidates who may not have been able to attend the practice of an asylum for the insane, or of an ophthalmic hospital, for 3 months previous to their offering themselves fur examination, will not be excluded from examination, but will, if successful in obtaining re commendation for appointments, be required to produce certificates of having attended such practice during the interval between the examination and the tine of proceeding to India. 7. A certificate of h :wing attended a course of lectures on mid wi:ery, and of having conducted at least six labours. 8. A certificate of having acquired a practical ki.ovrledge of cup ping. Candidates may also, at their option, send In certificates of attend ance at any hospitals, or on any course of lectures, in addition to the above. Attendance on a course of military surgery, and the practi cal study of surgi-al operations on the dead body, are recommended. The Examination will include the following subjects:— 1. Surgery in all its departments. 2. Medicine, including the di.eases of women and children, The rapeutics, Pharmacy', ant Hygiene. 3. Anatomy and Physiology, including Comparative Anatomy. 4. Natural History, including Botany and Zoology. The following are the books recommended in— Zoology and Corhparat ye Anatomy— Outline of the Structure of the Animal Kingdom, by Rymer Jones, or Cours Elementaire d'fllstoire Naturelle, par Milne Edwards. Bot my Lindley's School Botany, or Lindley's Elemen s of Botany. The Exam inat:on will be conducted— 1. By means of written Question and answerT 2. By object examinations and experiments, when the subject ad mits of such tests. 3. By practical examination of patients, and by operations on the dead body. 4. By viva voce examination. The persons who shall be pronounced by the examiners to be the best qualified in all respects will be appointed to fill the requisite number of appointments as assistant•surgeons in the East India Company's Service, and, so far as the requirements of the service will permit, they will have the choice of the Pre-idency in India to which they shall I e appointed, according to the order of merit in which they stand on he list resulting from such examination. All assistant surgeons are required t subscribe to the military or medial, and medical retiring funds, at the presidencies to which they may he respectively appointed, and to the Military Orphan So ciety also, :f appointed to Bengal. All assistant-surgeons who shall neglect or refuse to proceed to India under the orders of the Court of Di-ectors, within three months from the date of their appointmeu - , will be considered as having for feited it, unless special circumstances shall justify a departure from this regulation. A copy of these regulations, and any further information, may be obtained on application to the Secretary of the Military Department, East Ind' s House. The examinations will take place in the months of January and July in each year; and due notice will be given by public adver tisement of the days appointed, and of the probaWle number of can didates to be selected. The Examiners for Assi.tant Surgeons in the Honourable East India Company's Service, having received many inquiries as to the object and extent of the Examinatioa in Comparative Anatomy, Zoology, and Botany, have considered it desirable to announce that their objects ire,— - , I. To ascertain who of the Candidates have devoted especial atten tion to any of these sciences, and are hence quallied to undertake duties requiring a knowledge of them, as well as the general duties of their profession. Proficiency in these sciences will, in classifying the Candidates by merit, be entitled to great consideration. 2. To encourage all Candi lates to acquire an elementary know ledge of the structure and affinities of the principal natural families of Aidnials and of Plants, with the general p an upon which these are constructed, and the functions and relations of their most impor tant organs. 3. To promote the study of Natural History as a most important adjunct or preliminary to a liberal medical education; that of Com parative Anatomy, Zoology, or Botany, if properly cultivated, by means of specimens, for even a short period, being eminently calcu lated to develope habits of close observation, and to strengthen those powers of reasoning upon observed facts, which must be habitually exercised by medical men everywhere, but which must be exercised with the greatest energy and promptitude by those who practise in a tropical climate, and who are often thrown wholly upon their own resources. The general examination in these scienres will be elementary, and will embrace a very limited range of technical terms. At the written examination a considerable number of questions will be put, with the view of allowing each Candidate to select such subjects as he has attended to, and, thereby, of enabling the Examiners t' ascertain the particular departments of science in which the verbal examina tion should be conducted. With those Candidates who have attained proficiency in any branch of these sciences, the verbal examination will be pursued in the bran:h selected, so as to ascertain the full extent of their knowledge, It is now announced that the next examination will be held at this hotve on the 14th of January next, and succeeding days, and that the probable number of vacancies in the medical establishment of the East India Company, to he then filled up, will be twenty-five JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. ARMY CONTRACTS. COMMISSARIAT OFFICE, No. 5, New-street, Spring-gardens. 10th October, 1855. ‘7, OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons L N desirous of contracting to supply such quantities of BREAD, "best seconds," MEAT. OAT=, and FOR A oh, as may be required for her Majesty's Land Forces in Quarters arid Barracks, In the counties of England severally, in Wales, in North Britain, in the Isle of Man, and in the Channel Islands. and also distinctly and separ.tely for the troops at Aldershott, in the county of Hants, for Six Months from the Ist December next, inclusive; — That proposals in writing, sealed and marked on the outside " Ten der for Army Suppiies," will be received at the Commissariat Office, No. 5, New-street, Spring gardens. until THURSDAY, the Ist day of Nov mber next, at 12 o'clock noon, and no later. Printed Form of Tenders, with the Conditions of the Several Con tracts specified, may he obtained on application to the Deputy Corn missa y General at his Office, as above. No others will be received. CONVEYANCE OF HER MAJESTY'-1 MAILS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND VIE CAPE OF GJOD HOPE. Office of the Directors of Transport Service and Prisoners of War, Admiralty, Somerset-ho use , 10 t h O c t o b er , 1855 THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom 01 Great Britain tnd Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 20th November, 1855, at One o'clock, they will he ready to treat at the above ffi , e for the MONTHLY CONVEYANCE each way, by Auxiliary S-rew Steam Ves •is, of her Majesty's MAILS between ENGLAND and the CAPE of GOOD lIOPE. All Tenders to he made upon the Printed Form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained upon application at he said Office, and to be addre,sed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, at Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Ono o'clock on the day of treaty. Every Tender must state the address of the party tendering. 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NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had price 2s, of Messrs. Sher wood and Co., 24, raternvaLer-rovv ; Hannay, 611, Oxford-street; Horne, 19, Leicester square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for 2 6 stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed ford-square. At home for consultation dally from eleven til two , and from slx till own. . VISIT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE TO LANCASHIRE. LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—The excursion yesterday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge up and down the Mersey was accomplished under the most favourable auspices. The landing stage was densely packed with people, and the liveliness of the scene was heightened by the presence at the stage and different piers of some 20 river steamers dressed in their gayest bunting. Opposite the landing-stage a fleet of pilot boats was stationed, displaying all their flags, and be hind one of them were linked four life-boats in a row. About a quarter past 11, his Royal Highness, accom panied by his Wor s hip the Mayor, alighted from the official equipage, and were received at the west slope of the landing-place by Major Greig, on horseback, and a body of police under Superintendents Quick and Murphy. In other carriages were his Royal Highness's suite, and a select party from Knowsley; Mr. W. Brown and lady, &c. Immediately the duke was observed deafening cheers rent the air, flags in all directions were waved to and fro, and the bells of St. Nicholas sent forth a merry peal. The party descended the west slope, and on the landing stage the duke was received with the same enthusiasm which had characterised his progra,ss generally through the town. The passage to the boat was kept by a strong body of dock constables. The steamer Countess of Ellesmere was selected to convey the august party, and we may say that a better selection could not have been made. The steamer, besides being a beautiful model, is yacht-like in appearance, and a very swift boat ; indeed she distanced every steamer on the river yesterday. The embarkation having been effected, the Countess of Ellesmere moved off slowly from the stage, immediately i n f ron t o f w hi ch was the steam - sh i p Tra falgar, b e l ong i ng t o t h e C i ty of Dublin Royal Mail Steam ot P ho a ne c r k e ot e eo t rt enCdt ofinb i yt p h a ri o n e pye, vessel, dressedNvorien outmoored oori linene d t a h fib e ev o y lf e o st eny b ea u ris n i t is i v n ea g ri . )pao T roit o gayest about life-boats, the crews of which manned oars as the Countess of Ellesmere passed them. A little to seaward were sta tioned, 200 yards apart, seven of the pilot-boats, viz., the Teaser, the Mersey, the Pioneer, the Duke, the Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales, and the Auspicious, all profusely decorated with flags. As soon as the steamer was fairly under way, the pilot-boats fired a salute of twenty-one guns, at intervals of half-minutes, until the salute was completed, and then, weighing their anchors, stood o ff f or th e R oc k Li g h t house, sailing in line about 150 yards apart. Steaming across the river towards the Woedside Ferry, the pier at which was crowded, and from which resounded the vociferous cheers of several hundreds of spectators, the Countess of Ellesmere kept in shore until off the Brombro' Works, when she put over towards Garston, near which she kept in shore, thence running over to Eastham, a large num ber of ferry steamers, tug-boats, &c., crowded with people, keeping in the rear. Prominent among these steamers was the new Woodside ferry boat Liverpool, built by Mr. John Laird, and which is about to be placed on the station. The commissioners of Birkenhead, who are most loyal subjects, and we hope soon will be, along with those whom they represent, pleasant citizens of Liver pool, had availed themselves of the opportunity afforded them by their neighbours on this side of the water, of testifying their respect to the cousin of our benign ruler, and their warns appreciation of the inherent bravery of one of our princes of the blood. The Liverpool was placed at the disposal of the commission ers by the ferry committee, and a select party of about 400 went down in her to meet the duke returning. The boat was gaily decorated with a great profusion of mag nificent flags, and Jolliffe's band was in attendance to add to the harmony of the proceedings. Captain White was in command, and Mr. Reed, the manager of the ferry, was present with his valuable advice when it be came necessary to manoeuvre in order that the Liverpool should not commit the error which some boats did, of preceding the Royal yacht-steamer. Amongst the commissioners present on board the Liverpool were Mr. John Laird, chairman, Mr. Rae, deputy-chair moan, Messrs. Gough, Hornblower, Cross, Whitting ham, Bradley, Hind, Tyrer, and Goulburn ; and the Rev. R. M. Feilden, R. Barton, Esq,, J.P. L Frodsham, Esq., R. Hughes, Esq., T. Harrison, Esq., S. Bailiff, Esq , F. Frodsharn, Esq., T. Fletcher, Esq., H. Fox, Esq., A. Wain, Esq. law clerk to the commissioners, the Rev. M. Cockroft, the Rev. Hamilton, R. Bryan, sen., Esq., the Rev. Francis Bryan, E. Milan, E -q., E. Storey, Esq., H. Williams, E , Rq., E. Thompson, Esq., the Rev. Hirt, Hayes, Esq., James Andrew, Esq., &c. The refreshments, which were supplied by Mrs. Jones, confectioner, Mar ket-cross, Birkenhead, were ample, and of the most rech,erdie description, and the wines were pronounced unexceptionable. The general superintendence of the arrangements had been entrusted to Messrs. Whitting ham and Bradley, to whom special thanks are due for the most excellent manner in which they fulfilled their arduous undertaking. But to return to the Countess of Ellesmere, which we left off Eastham. About 12 o'clock she again struck across the river to Garston, keeping close in shore for some distance, and then going into the middle of the stream, where she passed all the steamers that had fol lowed, and others that had come out to meet her. The duke met with such a reception as will not easily be erased from his memory. The cheers from the Liverpool were loud and protracted, and his Royal Highness re peatedly took off his hat and bowed his acknowledgments. In the meantime the yachts in port off Birkenhead, 14 ins number, and named the Ariel, the Miranda, the Cymba, the Nimrod, the Coralie, the Blue Bell, the Sea Bird, the Mirage, the Windward, the Ranger, the ' Electric, the Spray, the Jessica, and the Zillah, under . the command of Commodore Littledale, slipped from' their moorings after repeating the salute of the pilot boats, as the Royal steamer passed them, bore to the northward, and joined the pilot boats, in line, off the Rock Lighthouse. The Countess of Ellesmere then proceeded to the Rock, where the pilot boats were inspected by his Royal High ness as they manceuvred, and then returned to the landing-stage, where it arrived about a quarter-past two o'clock, after having gone close in shore at Woodside Ferry, and thus permitted the duke once more to ac knowledge the loyalty and patriotism of the people of Birkenhead. The life-boats here manceuvred in grand style, and his Royal Highness and party then landed, amidst the renewed plaudits of thousands. At the top of the west elope, accompanied by his Worship the Mayor, his Royal Highness occupied the official equi page, and after taking leave of his worship at the Town Hall, the duke was driven to Knowsley. As the equi page passed down Castle-street, Lord-street, and Church street, the cheering was vociferous, and the duke bowed his acknowledgments frequently. The day was very fine, and there being a brisk breeze and a somewhat heavy sea the capacities of the various beats, sailing and steam, were fully tested. The concert took place in the evening at St. George's Hail. Apart from any extraneous decorations, the superb edifice is the greatest ornament of our town ; but, with its accessories of innumerable flags, medals, and illumi nations it could not fail to be the most gorgeous and magnificent spectacle of which we have to boast. The grouping of the national flags of England, France, Turkey, and Sardinia, between the pillars on the east side of the hall, has a most imposing effect, while the flags fluttering in the breeze from the top of the building impart a wonderfully light, airy appear ance to the ponderous structure itself. Four bronze shields, of chaste and classic design, are ranged along the front of the hall ; two of them bear the memo rable names of the Crimean battles, and the other two shine with the appropriate words "Gallia" and "Albion;" while over each there is a pretty grouping of the flags of the allied nations. French lamps, which were ill um i nate d with gas on Tuesday night, are placed on the top of those two beautiful but misplaced granite pillars at the front entrance. These pillars are commonly known throughout the town by the name of "The Candlesticks;" and cer tainly the use they have been put to on this occasion renders the term singularly appropriate. On the top of the eastern facade the words " Victoria — Napoleon" are ranged in letters which stand about 6 feet high. It is understood that no less than 100,000 gas jets have been used in their construction, but they were not lit up last night. About dusk Lime-street became very much crowded by people anxious to see his Royal Highness arrive. As time wore on the multitude became more and more dense ; and between 7 and 8 o'clock it was almost an impossibility to elbow a way through the Matifieg that THE INTERIOR. On entering the hall we were more than ever struck with the beauty of the details as well as with the general effect. The organ, which has been completed, now pre sents a beautiful appearance, the judicious and extremely effective introduction of delicate tints in diapering the pipes give a lightness to the entire structure perfectly in harmony with the rest of the decorations. A spacious and cleverly-arranged orchestra had been built in front of the organ, rising on either side to a level with the galleries, and in these wings were seated about 150 of the Philharmonic Society's chorus. Accommodation being required for fewer vocalists than at the opening of the hall, the galleries for the chorus were less heavy than on the former occasion referred to, and the architectural beauties of the building remained unaffected by the tem porary structure. The audience, who had commenced to arrive soon after six o'clock, began to pour into the building in ao almost uninterrupted stream as the hour for the concert ap proached, and by eight o'clock nearly every seat was occupied. The distinguished company in whose honour the enter tainment was given did not, however, arrive till about a quarter past eight, by which time everybody's curiosity was at its height, and anxious glances were cast towards the several entrances in anticipation of seeing his Royal Highness make his appearance. An unusual stir at the centre door, in the west side, soon gave notice of his ap proach, and in a few moments the Duke of Cambridge appeared, leading in. Mrs. Tobin. He was closely fol lowed by the Mayor and the Countess of Derby, and the other notabilities. The applause was hearty in the extreme, and his Royal Highness evidently seemed gratified as he bowed his acknowledgments to the con gratulations that greeted him. The party who accom panied him were nearly the same as at the ball on Tues day evening, except that we missed the Earl of Derby. Lord Stanley, however, was present, and no one of the party, the duke included, received greater attention or warmer marks of respect than Sir Harry Smith. Upon the noble party being seated in the places al lotted to them at the south end of the hall, Mr. Best, who had by this time taken his place at the organ, gave full vent to its noble tones in the opening phrase of "God save the Queen," and Mine. Novello and the principal vocalists sang the solos, which were most effectively taken up by the chorus, the organ all the while pealing glori ously through the hall. We were particularly charmed with the harmonies introduced by Mr. Best, their varied character, as well as his beautiful composition in the stops, adding very much to the effect of the whole. " Partant pour la SyHe" was next sung in unison by the chorus, to English words ; the harmonies, as in " God Save the Queen," being confined to the organ, and showed great taste on the part of Mr. Best. This tribute having been paid to his Royal Highness the programme was proceeded with. Madame Novello was in good voice, and on this score there was no cause of complaint in any of the principals ; indeed we think we have seldom heard Miss Dolby to greater advantage, her rich voice telling admirably, and her exquisite taste being no less apparent in Mendelssohn's "First Violet." Madame Novello sang her several solos with finished grace, and that refined expression for which she is so deservedly admired. Her success was immense as she received encores in every solo. Her reading of "Come per me" was very beautiful, and her florid vocalisation in " Sovra it sen la mon mi posa" was not more elegant than correct in time, and remarkable for the extreme difficulty of the passages. Herr Reichardt's light voice was hardly suited to so large au area, and the first song especially was not so well adapted to his voice. His treatment of " Adelaide," however, was musician like and commendable, and he only lacked power to ren der it extremely effective. He is much improved since he was last here. Mr. Weiss exerted himself much, but his own song to Longfellow's "Village Blacksmith" was not to our minds, and fell flat. His voice came out well in the quartet from " Rigoletto," cleverly sung. Mr. Best, on the organ, proved still more, were proof neces sary, how perfectly he has the giant powers of the in strument under control; his pedaling, especially in the allegro to Handers Concerto, was wonderful, and his treatment of the stops and execution on the manuals the very perfection of skill. The lengthy work by Bach, con sistiog of a sort of chorale, given on the pedals with a series of variations thereon, the melody forming the bass nearly throughout, was marvellously difficult and admi rably played, but it was not a work to please the audi ence. The march from Athalie was a more judicious selection, as was Handers Concerto, and in these he afforded more pleasure to the general listeners. Mr. Best accompanied the solos upon the piano in a chaste manner. The instrument was supplied by Messrs. Rime and Son. It was one of Broadwood and Son's boudoir-grand, in an elegant walnut-wood case ; the tone is very good, and in spite of the size of the hall told with power and effect. The price, we believe, is 145 gui neas. The chorus sang the madrigal " F,re, Fire," by no means so well as we have heard them render it before. "Since first I saw your face" was perfection, and was rapturously encored, his Royal Highness being most marked in his applause and demands for its repetition. THE VICTOIiIES OF THE COMBINED ARMIES AND FLEETS. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court was held, which was numerously attended. The proceedings caused unusual interest. The Town Clerk read a letter from Alderman Salo - mons, the Lord Mayor elect, to the Lord Mayor, signi fying his intention to accept the office of Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. The communication, which was received with applause, was ordered to be entered on the journals of the court. The TOWN CLERK read the following resolution, which was passed at the last Common Hall, on the subject of the office of bridge-master :—"Resolved, that the bridge masters elected at the meeting of the Livery in Common Hall on Midsummer-day last be requested to use every effort in their power to uphold the ancient office in its integrity, and the Court of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council be recommended to do no act whereby such efficiency may be impaired, or the proper and ac customed remuneration withheld from the present pos sessors of the office." The resolution was ordered to be entered on the jour nals of the court. Mr. R. C. LAMBE brought up the report of the com mittee to which it was referred to watch the progress of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill in Parliament. It certified that, in accordance with the report agreed to by the Court, a clause was inserted in the said bill by the Remembrancer, under the sanction of the committee, to extend the several provisions thereof to the City of London, and that the Remembrancer had since certified that the said bill passed both Houses of Parliament, and received the Royal assent. After some discussion it was unanimously agreed that the Lord Mayor be requested to convene a public meet ing of all persons in the City rated to the consolidated rate, in order to determine whether the act should be adopted in the City of London. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• all Europe, the troops of England, combined with those of France, made a movement which all the opinions of military men, which have been collected together say, was one of the most successful and one of the most use ful movements. They succeeded in passing through a difficult and dangerous country, and in setting them selves down before Sebastopol. I need not say a word as to what has taken place before Sebastopol, further than to draw your attention to the position of the allied troops when they settled down before that the greatest stronghold the world ever saw. During the progress of 11 months the siege of Sebastopol continued, and during that time two actions were fought, both under disadvan tages on the part of the allies, but in both of which they were victorious, and to Alma was added the proud triumph of Inkerman and Balaklava. (Cheers.) After an heroic endurance on the part of the English soldiery and that of the allies, after nearly 11 months spent be fore that place and in the trenches under difficulties and dangers innumerable, pursued by pestilence, deprived of comfort, the heroic endurance of the English troops en abled them—in conjunction with their brave and gallant allies—at last to take possession of the south side of that stronghold of the Czar ; and, my Lord Mayor, I should say, in the words of the Prime Minister of Eng land—" This was not the siege of a place, but a series of battles against the stronghold of the enemy," where the troops inside the town were not enclosed, where one side out of it was continually open, where they were continu ally able to receive reinforcements of men and supplies of aminunitioa, provisions—everything that could inspirit an army in the defence of so great a stronghold ; and upon the falling or the resistance which it might be able to make, I think, turns the whole of the war now raging between England and Russia. You are aware that after the allies had so suffered and endured, the final day came when they were to make the assault ; and when we look at the nature of the works which the Russians defended —when we look at the difficulties attending that assault —when we look at the enormous power which they had behind their batteries—when we look at the dreadful encounter which must take place between the troops that were to assail and those who were to be assailed— one only wonders that such should have been the cou rage, endurance, and perseverance of the allied troops against so formidable an enemy, entrenched in so strong a position, that notwithstanding all this the arms of the allies were triumphant, and that they took pos session of that part of Sebastopol which commands, and will ultimately give possession not only of the other side of the city, but also of the entire of the Crimea itself. (Cheers.) It is not necessary that I should notice in cidentally the combats that took place from day to day in the assaults upon the trenches, or of the men in the trenches upon the fortifications of the town, nor is it necessary that 1 should go, in order to induce you to agree to my motion, into the history of the operations of the army and fleet before Sebastopol. You are aware that our navy has successfully swept the Sea of Azof— that it has kept in shore every vessel—that it has de stroyed the entire fleet of Russia, and has not left in any part of the world a single vessel that can combat the English fleet. (Hear.) It was expected, hearing what we did of the fleet of Russia, that it would have come out of the harbour—that it would not have skulked be hind stone walls—that it would only have seen the Eng lish fleet to have induced it to come out and give it fair battle upon the ocean. (Hear.) But the only manner in which the valour of the Russian fleet was exhibited was that it stole out of the harbour and went and at tacked an almost defenceless people ; and the massacre of Sinope is the only thing of which the Russians can congratulate themselves. Having swept the Sea of Azof —having drowned in deep water the • proud fleet of Russia—having beaten them three times in battle—we have been successful in almost every skirmish. We have done something more, although not so much as was ex pected or anticipated by an impatient public, jealous that the renown of the English people should be spread far and wide when engaged in an offensive war—a war of civilisation against barbarism, offreedom against tyranny, of the independence of nations against their subjection to a tyrannical foe. In alluding to the valour of the English in the field—of the navy upon the sea, I should hardly do sufficient justice to the subject if I did not allude to their heroic endurance, during eleven months, whilst fighting In the trenches. It is well known that when they landed upon the shores of Russia they were destitute of almost every provision—that as soon as they broke up the ground for the purpose of forming their trenches, they were destitute of provisions. It is known that they were all this time suffering from pestilence—that disease visited their ranks ; and notwith standing they were destitute of all these appliances, so far from fear, or desertion, or cowardice taking possession of their minds, their sufferings only seemed to inspire them with a more heroic determination to conquer the enemy, or to leave their whitened bones as a testimony of their duty and devotion to their country. (Loud cheers.) Deputy DANIN, in seconding the motion, said,—My Lord Mayor, the hon. alderman has so graphically and so eloquently described the course of the campaign, which has been a subject of deepfelt gratitude on the part of the nation, that I shall not attempt to follow him. If ever there was a time when the Common Council of the City of London might address the Throne in a tone of congratulation, I believe this is the time. I believe we may go up to theTbrone to congratulate her Majesty upon the heroic deeds of her army and fleet. (Hear.) We all know that war is a terrible scourge. We have been all terrified by the details of the curls of fire which have encircled that devoted city, and which have hurled to eternity thousands of men ; and whilst we glory in the result we deeply deplore thenecessity. But there are things more terrible than war. There are pictures that the mind may draw, which would be even more to be dreaded than the campaign of the last two years. We have sha dowed out to us by the deeds of Russia, as alluded to by the worthy alderman, when she attacked a defence less fleet and scattered it to destruction, what her will would have been if she had been unchecked in her career of lawless ambition and doreination. If England and France, to their immortal glory, had not stood out for liberty, civilisation, and order, but allowed that colossal Power to march on to her prey and taken her stand in the Mediterranean, the traces of learning and civilisation and order might have been blotted out in the West. (Hear, hear.) This would have been more frightful than even that war ; and, seeing the success which has hitherto attended our arm , , we may properly go up to the Throne with the language of congratulation. (Hear, hear.) Her Majesty is to be congratulated upon the stern valour of her troops, and the faithful alliance of the noble French and Sardinians. She is to be congra tulated upon the sustained opinion of this country, which sees the importance of the steps which have been taken. She is to ise congratulated upon the result of the last campaign, and Ido not think that this Court can he engaged in anything more fitting or gracious than that they should humbly tender to her Majesty at the foot of the Throne the congratulation of the citizens of London. (Loud cheers.) Mr. ELLIOTT said he did not consider that the present was a fit time for the voice of congratulation, and hoped that the corporation would wait till some more decided, clear, certain, and unquestionable facts were brought be fore them. No man would be more delighted to support the warmest expression of congratulation to her Ma jesty, and the most enthusiastic expression of gratitude to our galiant troops when the proper time arrived than himself. Eighty thousand of the best blood of Britain -80,000 of such men as 10 years must elapse before their places could be supplied, had been sent out to the Cri mea, 50,000 of whom had melted away. (Hear,) Did these sink before Russian iron and Russian hard steel ? No ; a large portion had melted away before Aristoca tic rule, before titled insolence, and before the exhausted and nervous powers of the body that called themselves the Government of the country. Thousands upon thou sands of our noble army had fallen, not before Russian steel, but had stiffened in the trenches, had died of fever in a foul, nasty, miserable condition, because there was not energy and common industry on the part of generals, staff officers, ministers-at-war, Sidney Herberts, and things of that sort. (Hear.) The report of the Sebas topol Committee proved that a large portion of all the misery, suffering, and loss of life and treasure was to be found solely in the incompetence of the men holding official appointments sent out by the Government to the Crimea. In the late storming of Sebastopol the French had done a great deal more than the English, not because they had better soldiers, but because they had officers trained and educated, picked out not be cause they were the sons or bastards of noblemen, but the children of nature's aristocracy. He hoped that the corporation would pause before they gave the weight of their authority to so important a proposition as going up to the Throne with the language of congratulation upon events all the circumstances connected with which were doubtful, to a very great extent humiliating, a nd by 11° means of so clear and d e fi n ed a character as to justify their taking the proposed step. Alderman SIDNEY said there was no doubt whatever that that the war, especially at its commencement, was the ducted to the great disgrace of the linis oithe war. The was not for criticising the conduct i antic struggle with country was now engaged with the greatest military Power i n n r f e a lifw g orld and either civilisation must triumph, or barbarism free(7oinithaints. despotic rule must expand its sway over . erties Se (Alderman Sidney) considered corporation,t notwithstanding of Europe. (Hear.) this to be a time when the titdhhees say to all the bungling notwithstanding the . dou e and disaster b?l fc i i n onnes l o l um e me a p o tt n iaotx i nu, e a t s n h d o ci f u tonal taxes upon articles her Majesty, w ith an unmistakeable v o i ce, whether they were anxious for peace upon any terms, or that the w a r should be conducted to a conclusion honourable to this country and to the best interests of the world. (Hear.) He t h ou ght there should be an addenda to the motion expressive of the earn es t h ope of the Court that her Ma jesty,. in conjunction with her noble and gallant allies, would take every means of bringing the contest to a safe and honourable terruination by exerting themselves in the duo prosecution of the war. (Hear.) Mr. COX considered the right which the Court pos sessed to approach the Throne a most important privi lege, and one which should be exercised with very great . 2 auticn. The question was, whether that was a proper time to approach the Crown with an address of congratulation. He thought it much better to approach the Crown with wailing and lamentation, because he had seen nothing of late that he could call glorious success. If the battle of the Alma had been fought last month he should have had no difficulty in congratulating her Ma i jesty ; • but the time for that had now gone ;00 ~,----, I t i VeY PlAla , wit , \) regard to the battle of Inkerman. M r . C ox, aft... --e ~;. ' v,4afterzap. , state • 'r,,.-- ''"...,,,, ing that the attack of the English on th e 18 t h of June '''' - ' ~-, t:. on the Great Red an was one upon w hi c h no Englishmaa .--?` -5 "A--41k! could congratulate himself ; and that their late at. -.4 1 7 :e ~..z•,-...:V-',, tack, although the French troops suc cee d e d , en d e d i n a -. . .“-/ frightful defeat. naoved, by way of amendment, "the . previous question." Mr. HAWKING, in seconding the amendment, said that if the Court bard approached her Majesty in terms of remonstrance at the mismanagement of the war, it would have been a noble privilege and nobly exercised, but that they should seek the first opportunity to con gratulate her Majesty on the success of the British arms, when the next mail might bring news of disaster, was a matter which be could not understand. Mr. BLAKE said,lamenting as he did the mal-adminis. tration of affairs in the highest quarters as connected with both army and navy, that was no reason why, in spite of all the evil consequences that had flo wed from it, and when they found themselves in possession of Se bastopol in conjunction with their allies, the Court should not Present a respectful address of congratulation to her Majesty. (Hear.) Mr. FL L. TAILOR repudiated the idea of members of the Court attributing the late success in the Crimea to the valour of the English troops. It was the French troops who took Sebastopol. Without the assistance of the English troops they would not have succeeded ; but, in point of fact, it was primarily the French, assisted by the English, who captured Sebastopol. (Hear hear, and No, no.) H e (Mr. Taylor) should vote for the amendment. Deputy Bown said it was the attack of the com bined forces that led to the capture of the Malakhoff Tower, and the evacuation of Sebastopol by the Russian army. Both British and French troops had done their duty, and the French General, in his despatches, had paid a just tribute to the gallantry and valour of the English soldiers. (Hear, hear.) He (Deputy Bower) concluded by expressing himself in favour of the origin a l motion. II': a Mr. FRY said he could not help expressing his deep regret at the comparisons and contrasts drawn with re gard to the proceedings of the British and French armies. (Hear, hear.) If such comparisons and contrasts were to be drawn, he trembled very mu c h f or th e sta bility o f the alliance between the two countries. The armies had mutually assisted each other, and everybody ought to re j lice that such cordiality and good feeling existed be tween them. (Cheers.) Mr. ANDERTON said one would suppose, from the course taken by some members, that they were the allies of Russia, and his only wonder was that they did not propose an address of congratulation to the Czar. (Hear. hear.) Public meetings and demonstrations in connec tion with the fall of Sebastopol had been held all over the country, and if the corporation had done its duty it would have taken the lead in celebration of the event. (Elea% hear.) Mr: PHILLIPS said he could almost have wished that his friend, Alderman Wire, had not brought the motion forward ; but having done so, he (Mr. Phillips) thought that the Court would be guilty of a great dereliction of duty if they did no' carry the address of congratulation to the foot of the Throne—the British army and navy having strained every nerve to promote the greatness and glory of their country. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GRESHAM regretted that some gentleman had not proposed an addenda to the motion, expressive of the regret of the Court that the early prosecution of the war by the Ministry had not been conducted with more vigour and ability. (Hear.) Deputy LOTT characterised the motion as indiscreet, ill-formed, and unfortunate. The discussion would have the effect of dispiriting the army. If an alderman was to come forwaied on every occasion of a victory, the Court would have addresses without end, and the alder man honours without number. (Laughter.) Deputy STEVENS hoped the Court would be unani mous in carrying the motion. Alderman WIRE having replied, The amendment was put and negatived, there being eight for, and about 60 hands held up against it. The original motion was then carried amid much cheering. A committee, consisting of a member from each ward, was appointed, and they immediately retired to prepare the address. Deputy LoTT presented a petition from the incumbent of St. James's Church, Holloway, in the parish of St. Mary, Islington, and the committee for erecting and managing the schools of the said district, for a grant is aid of their funds. Referred to the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee. Sir J. DUKE presented a petition from the guardians of the West London Union, praying the corporation to erect baths and wash-houses on the unoccupied ground in Victoria-street. Referred to the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee. Adjourned. FALL OF SEBASTOPOL. Alderman Wln;, — inmoving " that a dutiful and loyal address of congratulation be presented to her Majesty upon the glorious successes of the British army and fleet, in conjunction with those of her Ma jesty's faithful allies," said—My Lord Mayor, I am sure it is unnecessary that I should apologise to the Court for introducing such a subject as that which stands upon the pape r o f business, because precedent, duty, inclina tion, I feel assured, will alike compel the Court to agree to the motion which I shall have the honour to submit to their consideration. (Hear, hear.) I feel that it is un necessary to go into any details respecting either the origin or the conduct of the war. It is simply an ad dress of congratulation, to which I am sure this Court will heartily agree, to her Majesty upon the success which has already crowned her arms. It will be re membered that, very shortly after the fleet had left this country for the shores of the Crimea, an army was per mitted to land unmolested. No doubt the haughty commander of the Russian forces intended by that to give an opportunity to the Russian troops of doing what he had often boasted he would do, namely, of driving the British troops back into the sea. But scarcely had they landed, almost without provisions and the necessa ries of life, than they were assailed and by the enemy and a battle ensued, when the troops of England, true to their ancient spirit and reputation, after struggling against enormous difficulties and over powering forces, succeeded in beating and driving back the foe—a result so unexpected to the Russian commander that he had actually brought out his car riage and his ladies for the purpose of witne,sing how easily they could do what he had promised should be done. But I need not say that in this expecta tion he was justly disappointed, and the indomitable valour of our troops who had scarcely before been in the field of action, succeeded in driving them back and putting his troops to the utter route, and that therefore the success which attended the arms of England in their first engagement with the enemy was a positive augury that afterwards their career would be one of the most that after description. (Hear, hear.) I need not Bay after this battle, which not only Astou nded but grati fied //,ei4mi6K FILLING UP THE TRENCHES. A letter from Sebastopol of the 27th ult., in the Semaphore of Marseilles, says : " One of the orders which has been executed by the troops with the greatest pleasure, and which they per form amidst jokes and laughter, is that of filling up the trenches. Never was a work more popular in the camp, and every labourer, in burying these terrible parallels, in which so many brave men have met their death, bury the cares of the past winter. The bad weather has commenced without causing any alarm to the troops. The sufferings experienced in the trenches last winter will not be again undergone. In Sebastopol the miners and the engineers are also busy. Very few houses in the town are in a state to be made any use of ; it would require too much trouble and expense to repair such ruins, and it is now pretty clear that the low part of Sebastopol is about to be destroyed. This last operation is being carried on with great ac tivity, and no doubt in two or three days we shall see a good part of the town blown up. French, English, Piedmontese, and Turke are busily occupied in making roads round Sebastopol, and in the plain of while other are engaged in building wooden huts in the faubourgs of Sebastopol. These buildings, which are placed between the fortifications and the town, ap pear to indicate that the troops will take up their winter quarters there. This perspective, without offering to the army, the classic hope of the delight of Capua, has been so well received that a great number of the soldiers of the class of 1847, who may now quit the service, do not wish to avail themselves of it. The fact is the best proof of the excellent feeling that exists in the army. Fort Constantine, which persists in firing on the town in the hope of doing injury to those who may be attracted thither by a too confident curiosity, has during the last two days bad its fire warmly returned, for the French have established a mortar battery, and the English have done the same near Fort St. Paul. The injury iiifteted on either side is but trifling, but it serves to keep the hand in. The Allies, by the aid of other batteries, have just gained a more positive advantage; some congreve rockets have been thrown to au enormous distance over the fort and as far as the camp of the Russian army. This attack, for which the enemy were not at all prepared, has produced a considerable effect, and as far as it is possible to judge by the aid of glasses, the Russian army has been thrown into considerable confusion by it. If this fire is con tinued for a short time, there are strong doubts whether the Russians will persist i❑ holding their positions. The order which interdicts all entrance into Sebastopol is more severe than ever. This severity even extends to leaving the place, for in order to pass the fortifications, either in going in or coining out, a special pass is re quired. Numerous pickets of troops fill the town, and they take particular care to prevent curious visitors from exposing themselves on points open to the fire of the enemy. The strictness of the above order is caused by the division of the booty, which some too greedy speculators are eager to turn to account beforehand." Another letter of the same date, in the Gazette du, Midi, says : " The allies appear to be quite decided on destroying the 1 Russian military establishments which remain stand ing in Sebastopol ; nevertheless in the councils of war which have been held opinions were divided on the sub ject. It was proposed to make use of the docks and of the naval establishments for the allied fleets, but the admirals were opposed to that course, a nd their opinions prevailed. The engineers are theref ore employed in th e destruction of the docks, and th e y carry onthe work with the greatest activity. I n closel y examining these ingeniously constructed, it is seen th at the y ar e most constructed. The docks are seven in number, and are supplied with water by the Tch ernaya. A we i r which i bars the river turns t he water ntoTeahelranrgay. The e basin, f rom whence it flows int o th e seven docks by cana l s, so that a vessel requiring r epair enters into the d oc k s w i t h sa l t a wa t er and leaves with that of the offi cial valuation of , the spoils taken f rom the enemy is a l mos t complet ed . AN INCIDENT AT THE FALL OF SEBASTOFOL.—The fol lowing improbable story is from the letter of a soldier to his friends in Glasgow, published in the North Britis :—" I could tell you many laughable and interest ing anecdotes, but I just write this to assure you that my head remains whole. I would not have been in hos pital upon any account. The storming going on, I am now as proud as if a person was to say, here is five pounds for you, Jack. The French and English have carried away a good d ea l o f b oo ty out of the town. l am now writing on a Russian four•legged stool, which was brought by a man to my tent. If the envelope was large enough I should most assuredly send it home to you ! I might as well tell a little incident that occurred in the town. A party of men, belonging to different regiments, were patrolling from house to house in search of plunder. In one of the houses they came across a beautiful young fe male, about 17 or 18 years of age. Of course some ig norance way shown amongst the party, who commenced to drag her about, and would certainly have used vio lence to her, had not a young man, belonging to the 18th, taken a musket and threatened to blow the first man's brains out that laid a finger on her, whereupon the young woman flew to this man and clun g to him for protection. She followed him all. the way back t o th e camp, when, coming in sight o f his camp, he beckon e d for her to return ; bnt no, she would not leave him. Whether she had fallen in love at first si g ht I d on ' t know, but she came to ca m p with him. As soon as he got there he was instantly confined for being absent wh€ the regiment was under army. She f o ll owe d hi m to th e guard tent and cried after him. The colonel of his regi ment, seeing the affection that she bore him, released him, and sent them both to General Harris, where an in. terpreter was got, and she related the whole affair to them. It turned out that she is a general's daughter, with some thousands. She was beautifully attired, and carried a gold watch, and wore a set of bracelets of im mense value. The young man is now about to be mar ried to her. She will not leave him upon any account whatever, and if he is not a lucky dog I don't know who is.'