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"" P , tti (4j A?* • tk s . = / ,//ja r ilk h 44 • MIST Th.I.DIA HOUSE, 25 , rx Ovr., :854. t lt COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST iNbr , , - fir t ,..... tALIPANY do hereby give Notice, that the Transfer 1 4' 1 01'1-' l i-s e said Company's Steck will be :but on YI-it.ihsliAY, tsti,,uscsmber nest. at Tr:re.e o'clock, and oi.em.d again on ,ilyt ti n le .Lt..ye 16th of January, 1855. ,741arrants for the Dividends •on the said Stick, payable ,4 Act, 'S AY, the 6th January, 135,1, under the 11th section of Mid,„,.q and 4th William IV., cap.• 85, will be ready to be dell ,',"" that day. late years of peace societies, and that through the agency of a grand congress of nations war would pass into oblivion, like 'the mammoth or the ichthyosauri ; but they might rely upon this, that war would never cease until vice vas c:....irpated from tin world. Wnr was vice inflicted on man, as the pain of childbirth was the curse which it had left upon woman. War was a penalty inflicted on the human race for its sins, and, under a mer ciful Providence, it was made the means of working out a cure for its own evils, and of elevating the mind of man. There were many hearts which would be broken, there were many anxieties that must arise, there were many incalculable distresses the I would be produced by this contest. Such distress was the inevitable result of the great national punishment which the nation was now undergoing. lie would say one word of conso lation to those who had been bereaved by this contest. The memory of their relatives, dear to them, would also be embalmed in the recollection of a grateful country ; their names would never be forgotten either by their re latives, their friends, or their country; and to them they might well apply the beautiful lines of a poet of a distant period : 2. ka ostressii At Z 4• RICO' 1 descriptiess allow °1 :--- iple of 16 s t zi 4s ad to 5 "" Od por stoner TAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary it ' 7 ,, L 4 - 1 4 BERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC k h 7 7 ; ,. " 1 , GLIT at 8 o'clock. and Every Night.(but Saturday). .. ' ''',t_i_Pll. 25.; Gallery, Is. The Mornnyt IteDrese , nt , ations 'oo4s,n e rY Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o c.ock.— .._. &...11. Piccadilly. 7"" - -.... _ . No. 19,429.] LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1855. r PRIcE SD. PUBLICATIONS. -JAIL 1. iecond. f 1 ' 1 ' 1.51 ,9 3 Od '6B 9•t 2 6 s a Od —s Od --s Od NAV_4,L AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. wishes by packing their donations in packages not ex ceeding 19.01 b. in weight. Packages of 4 cwt., 5 cwt., and 6 cwt., are most inconvenient for removal in the Crimea. SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON ON TEE TVAR. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. 111 . 4 NK QF DEPOSIT, tbrnorTAL ASSURANCE AND INVESTMENT AS. O- PARLEY'S ANIMALS. The James Watt, 91, Captain Elliott, and the Pene lope, 18, Captain Caffin, are refitting in the steam-basin at Portsmouth ; and the Centaur, 6, and Salamander, 6, steam-vessels, are preparing for re-commission. The crew of the Majestic Were engaged yesterday taughtening lower and topmast ratlines, as the last act of completing the refitment of rigging, ready for bend ing sails and for sea when necessary. She is now com plete, with lower topsail, topgallant, and Royal yards crossed, and looks aloft a complete yacht on a large scale. SEATIAII, THURSDAY, JAN. 4. O. 3, PALL-MALL EAST. LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. 114114..11 teUt. I,2 l s olvered by Special Act of Parliament. e 111NTS for the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST, at the oratzper annum, on Deposit Accounts to 31st Decem -41143,41._rea.dy for delivery ' on and after January the 10th, 1855 4tNmady. " d PETER MORRISON. Managing Director. of t& roue of investing Money are requested to examine the ° , 01117-ank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening ..‹...21nt free on application. The Eleventh Edition, carefully revised, hound in cloth, gilt edges, price 65., with nearly 500 Engravings on Wood, TALES ABOUT ANIMALS. By PETER PARLEY, Author of " Tales about Sc,a Europe, Asia," &c. London: William Tegg and Co., 85, Queen-street, Chaapside. The steam-ship Eagle is 'receiving on board a large quantity of hospital stores for Scutari. The Odin steam-frigate, Captain Francis Scott, was paid wages down to Wednesday at Woolwich, and the crew have got one month's leave of absence. In the meantime the Odin will receive new boilers. The Great Northern, the Lady Ali ce L am bt on , an d the Typhoon are all at Greenhithe having their com passes adjusted, previous to proceeding for the Crimea. The Great Northern has on board a locomotive engine for running on the Balaklava line. " By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To deck the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit there." corn mark et Iranco of Da mrrencieg. ained thet aff, foreign lb"' ° o, 38s to ote .6s 9d; ra tio ) 17s 6d ), 42s 06 too to market. ;end, la. A. e ; Trt ............ .0 .............. .............. •:0+ .......... ... ........... .......... rr rETB. eel morning o :es of yeno re, 731 3ell Lincoin h do South -0o 1. t shade firni i : and 11-*We'k 03ed sellers, ,11 busineeliti 1, 1413; 734 ; Leeds, 15-16. flat, wit l l2 ledonion Dovers, General r eV mt yr! lit Port ,atchto. rpool • • • rpool ••• hampton hampton • • • • • 1 moth . Kr •• •••• hamptur tumptoD sr ..... hampten Aamptoni ti o qua pipltSi A_ HAPPY NEW YEAR. 1 C C II( TR ....--------, 1 -CTS FOR SEAMEN'S BAGS AND COAL SACKS - AND BAGS. i Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, T o 1 Somerset-place, 3d Jan., 1851. , . t o Commissioners for Executing the Office of ki 11y ril Ili 6 -relli m ;gh Admiral of the United Kingdom, of Great Britain 44 414„Luu HEREBY GIVE NO' ICE, that on TUESDAY, i tt 'sks a ..t. at Two o'clock, they will . be ready to treat with such e iiill6.;_u 4 y be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's 1,4 - Wards with CANVAS BAGS, : 161ile ° I . the seamen of the Royal Navy, and with klketts COAL SACKS AND COAL BAGS. N . 4the articles and forms of the tenders may be seen at ilii te,..' , ultr e — m ,r• No tender will be received after one o'clock on the -1 4 4, 11 , 14 - -Y , 11or will any be noticed,. unless the party at Lends, or an 44,4144 d duly authorised in wilting. Sly, 6 r must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, k id : . )" , ile left-band corner the words "Tender for it; 4 " il l y 4 444 , Must also be delivered at Somerset-place, lICCOIII ' l o,t . ° boinj tte r signed by two responsible persons , oneaging t o Pert or ;:z ? With the person tendering, in the sum of 5001. for the is of each of the contracts. •I t OE'S C L B, 14, Regent-street.— kri tt ote z IT G htict . JIBS ESY i4IVEN, That the G .'NERAL lQ k lliN" on Wednesday, the 27th December. was Adjourned 4,:t11 e , ' , DAY, January the !Oth, next. at 4 o'clock, in order to ik!th e ' c riMittee an opportunity of completing the reorganisa itiZton34, on a permanent and secure basis. 144% Th n _Tittee beg to state that this object has been accomplished satisfactory manner with the - nresent proprietor, and tee4447 le itor has undertaken to lay before the Meeting on the lti thn tki highest legal opinion as to the non-liabLity of Mem "Rifite,;tes ° 'tropic guarantees that the Club shall be carried on to 'on of the members. By order of the Committee. il 01 , 1 , ------ -, . • iti` l :k 1 , 1 1 7,L , PoLYTECUNIC INSTITUTIO be N en . rit - f ollow' REMARKABLE NOVELTIES have 4 following , 1 1 , OTtltt, I:PARED. c t iei es , by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on Professor 15 , "heatstone's 1 ti °T. E l in °n The TRANS MISSION . of SOUND through Solid Con rEP,;;) pktr„..%ted by a TELEPHONIC CONCERT. , 14, __' Drop, ~—„,. of an ENTIRELY NEW and SeLEN DID OP rr t6:,,uß "—A, Illustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the opriata7tJleautiful PHANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS, and , c ” , ID kV' x„,, T 4anzed by Mr. Wud. irAL C Lksslti";',_'NCE, the Bth inst., LECTURE to the LNDUS- McBa. LL.D., a ce. "o. I'HYSICA.L GEOGRAPIIT, by TREVETHAN CIA, Increase in th.•,.. • SIEGE • f 8 ZW 1 ,,, - %W S sr the WAR : the RATTLE of the & e. ---- "" ) POL ay. ENGLISH BATTERIES, *I.—CTURE on the MINIR kip, ' - IL the STEAM GUN, projeciii,', , and. that powerful implement of k;;L_!rected by Mr. PBaxrNs, andl;;lt.3' .I' 1.;, 1 4 3 ' EIRES on ELECTRICITY Balls per Minute, Y ", Die discharged dal! and in i th u' e s ao. R AWFORD'S VOCAL E NTER— b3' li r. BACRISOFFNEIL lAINIIRNT r the PATRIOTIC 44 Q t0 of SCOTLAND. For the specisi °` 4ti l IMAT ES'S INGEND I ) got )thi At k itr A l lu T sement . of the Juvenile Fresh , LECTURES, EX EIIBITIOXB of MODE LS, &e. &c. &o. TES will be exhibited. Itr. v"Oo'ations. L till, .2 14 XeoliDEN's New Musical Game, the POLY-llARMONl iDif&el:litillirali" Daily by the Inventor vuotWTheatre is open on Saturday Evenings, from Half-past ell, with Mr. Crawford's Vocal Illustrations ' of the Eaki's Bands of Scotland, the American Entertainment, and SlEr. COPAUINE, or SA.CCHA.RATED s q.‘. lsr aii LES, approved of by the French College o 'et 'Str (16.70ti,,d 4 dministered in the Paris and liofsPphY:ic,lT. ?Ni,4a ( B !" by them ta be the best remedy for the cure o it f c l ert a etz d i T SC e "Lancet" of Nov. (i, 1552) —Price per 100 4s. 6d. ; 0:4 Ch To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEALJ, th, c rOlst, 49, Haymarket, London, whose name is printed on i ' v eroment stamp, and of the principal chemists. 444 4 4 4u e lt. I IET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. 'd, price 25., Illustrated with cases; free by pest for 30 m S, p I IVOUS DEBILITY; °4% er ,; 1 1% - auSes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper .,siqui Practical Observations on a safer and more dfeh e pode aq treatment of the diseases of the Generative tir trs ,''ifeh'` 4l ned by the use of the Microscope in detecting and bY urinary examination, the real cause and effec ef i - k s of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, sitt,:elit` e ldsnt, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded experience in the treatment of Imptussance, I , ) " , tY, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which 4 ` 11 ,, ~- es sa rvi,?nligiontaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre `NT th e '',,ets on the evils emanating from empirical practice, •, ,. A . 4 . n d g i e s r o o r n i s e ; s e . medies advocated by various writers on tor'„ ,CY /SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. C.,Ybdi u rOßD-SQUARE, LONDON, ' 41'1 1,,,' 4 .° Matriculated Member of the University of Edin. ' 1 %. - t,,, 4 :r Member of the London Hospital Medical 3oelety, Dots caries' Hall, London, kc., Rm. rehal object ci this treatise is to point out the fearful con- L°U d + ; k eg from certain habits, irregularities , and eltnenes. m ' t ! e k ; ~( ' ltfeed more misery in Youth, degradation in Ma:- (4; '; 'cili a '" of k 'ture decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, a y th'' re er ,se known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is °he teal ''' t ekended to persons entertaining secret doubts of hith r 2diti onss,an, and who are conscious of having hazarded la'is , '''ufd privileges to which every human being is , I n, 4, necessary thatall man should know, that there are ~° hey; gi'let , „" s cl ial management which cannot be violated without b e ' Penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed i•: ll llo,.sideritte self-Indulgence, how these penalties t r the',Z,`?o, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, ,3 ( 1 1 ',14.`, 4 e Auld its consequences maybe avoided, and above all. C r2 elY any degree of physical infirmity or functional rile tie - wOr h a , which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. rort e th a series of years been engaged in an extensive thi tlna t • e treatment of these delicate complaints, which have eIY lat , 11 o who • too generally confided to the care of ignorant ,ti th e i r ndlict great injury on those who are induced to place It ro , o ill'k u . B l)ret enetem. Yonril, 4 ) ERII,ITY may be had, price 2; of Messrs. Piper, ith, t j , 19, L ei °, 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; torr ,4 St, 2l eest4 r-sqttare; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or free by post for d. ..2 DS t o 2nare. any address from the Author's residence, 37. Bed - Warleo, ighl a gitation daily from E:even till Two. and from "A HAPPY NEW YEAR." 14 1- 1 11 ti 0 11 1 E17 , „t we may value past enjoyments, it the "'nouns, r " --- twillitted that present hopes haves greater influence ti ft Daft y e°l loctiona There are some pleesing rerninisennces of e " v hi will . sweeten the events of the present. The a Nt ear' t o ell . an d ed with the precious fruit. of the earth; like a prey!. t och strious predecessor, has left us the legacy of good food, as noPe, notwithstanding adverse circumstances, to have at a it t ate NiC rie Win th 4 g—e past year, we hare the highest gratification in re , Att„"' Sacceoi, and expressing our thanks for the vast amount ' 4 l,:oriage and support which our business in all its departments 1,),„ keired. We think it no presumption to say we have laboured - "trit • • ell e the distinction we have gained. Business—practical, ener ':tt' Z. A istant, punctual, and unwavering—has been our daily oh -11;e1 t ,e have visited every market ; we have employed the skill hL et ience with which many years of boundless trade have ove ;We have encouraged talent, and patrouised industry, and all our resources available to friends, patrons, and. the p' 4441, Presenting them with superior and fashii•nsble Dress, et 4741)41,101e charges. We have received our reward in the innu th;ilb4tances of satisfaction exressed toward ourb lsiness and ledectures—in the vast increasa of our Trade in London, the t11, ar , 4,1 0M, the Colonies, and throughout the World,. thjtlnade Clothing Department has been publicly acknow t'et,'N. cr u on of society, and an advantage to individuals and ;!lest" r lat,o,, r , ambition to furnish the best, most fashionable, and ' 4 t ~.,' ,11 %- b :4 ot hing at the lowest possible prices, has met with a '9i"411e—,41611s resp . on. e • and we owe to our friends, eatrons, and lhectaad Os",,g r ateittl acknowledgment of success which has not been former season. We have received the attention of Ntst polar all professions —our productions have been declared Ze t 4, the most entlemanly. the most comfortable, and Ntr i :Lttt, b pur system of business, now universally known, has iic ~' l, tl -. ' 3r elY Praised ; and through the past Year, the cordial ° lle - de satisfaction, received have been a source o. ;: l ' ' 't le 't4 r ' ll ' have brilliant triumph of Trade. tb, l ok ta ~,, ila most n til p ti; e,,:s.tilt4sitc' oar Te fe s i l l ' .o l Tv il -sub e ie' le c g ts a , nt ai it id rtl i c i l a e v s e fo h r ei t t h he e r In , h t h el t l i c h e c tu te, a i , ''" 'Q,t propensities by comfortless t h h a e ts hes n t e p r rod dl u sl e a t r le te n d s lo heir 41 %CVOs vt ith exorbitaqt prices ; ~u 41,18 the Pfrcher Apes' have been transferred from a o l u l r th E e st 3 a .h b uh lis g hm ho e p n e t.! 411 tb - ,;!'!Hre —the Heads of families an Illeelleed " 41 : - . 1 414;er ation. t such encouragement has been et3Thee (l44dt!el solii,,s, 'Xc ee c ele a c r i t t nt he ci m i ost sanguine expectatleonh ' av a e nd be a en in kepi: 'o o,l(i'lattion of a vast numbo o f r La s t tr ro e n et s w Establish i 14,,, i 'clne thectllery section to Qa ta r 0 f tom 111 tg eo,, i aruest Manufacturersof andS e tl e rta ryNat tr io n n de a r i c id lA i i h n g g : 40 41 ,_ the w"llltrcial transactions with rio rit '7 jo t , a i ld le , :re have thepleasnrase aorfeoffneorit negqualleuchcdairtibrelscuspien %, w ttri et el and G entlemenness. A i e i ; ll llie'esale e c lo " tti l in' in p " c 4.... " ...rd Boot and Shoe .t ßu E sin st e .i s b s iis f h or . h p -% 144%05t e xtensive' p ' retni:es are kept at e t ur ro % f y MerChanta, it ch j, e ,? , a:tl i tl le Most liberal encouragement theell , reateet satisfa rh e: i N l:l oer t itil lt rr e ; 041 , f0 rxlnsil taenstdhhotohneyrswidill hi we has been awardedlo ott o r f p the NO, 4, 1 1 11 tlia celebrity they have gained' indparts tilt4 e . ltrtre,t",,,a c onviction that they have Prov . ! 1t,.. ueer, co , efully acknowledgeborneall ch th E e s d ta is b t l i i n fm is e h n e ts d p a a t tro Sh n effi " e c l w d h a i n ch d tga Ne t+! '°rlQll3dre, where we pursue the same plans of business, it'ltiona s ame reasonable peces, and furnish goods of the o 4441D1re has ticl exceen or er.Though . t d - every colony of English in -1;4„ ll', has ol it our patrons, Australia, that home of the British bi,.."'th b,, .% l arge And flourishing Wholesale Branch of our well '''lllle... "I4esu and we are ersuaded that in every Place 40 .4 w ill always bo worthy of the name and celebrity of E. that t 141 %4E 4 '"' lasts the r, as it is E. yOSES and Sort's custom annually to recapi .. - - ... *l llh es t. Pro gress of their business , and to express their good x. 1 70 6 mia"i'rya'ilis their atrons.and the Public, they do so wi r th th e e n y e em. . \,,41.; sati" e u , e gl:?e of vleasure at the commencement *have g,„ xie , raadothnaahtieth, the name of E. hi , os . zs th r t d ooNi c s ident:ifled E ' hiosms and Soli litt,r,tll greatest celebilty as IPlecrloitliinin*,kalOrs, Hosiers, and Out it i h ., , that there is not I. h c f at business they profess, but in , te r i fiaticrable enablesperseveraanceraticothem to succeed ; and in the liouu!,lllated hopes offsecuring nnm e berless advantages to all 11106,.LPatrons, and preserving distinction and celebrity in all tatti7,* Mora and SON most sincerely wish every body In all the "Pr9tl(l THE HYGEIST, or Medical Reformer and Defender of the Right of Conscience and Private Judgment, for JANUARY, contains:—Our Address to the Public —Report of the British College of Health for 1855 —" Punch" and kis Libels—Declara tion of Captain Lamb I efore the Mayor of Manclies:er—Mr. Frames Address on the Hygeian System of James Morison—Mr. Gibbs on the Medical Liberty of the Subject and the Compulsory Vaccination Act—The "Times" Newspaper at issue on the Cholera Question with the Doctors appointed by the Board of Health—Medical Inquisition in France.—May be had at the British College of Health, New.roaci,' London, on forwarding a postage stamp ; at the Hygeist Office, 262, Stroud; and of all the duly authorised agents fur Mr. Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicine. ASUPPLEMENT GRATIS WITH THE WEEKLY DISPATCH every week until further notice. — The unexampled interest which attaches to every incident connected with the operations of the Allied Armies In the East has determined the Proprietors of the WEEKLY DISPATCII to devote a greater space to the intelligence from the seat of War than the ordinary limits of this, the largest newspaper published, could possibly afford, and, with the view orgiving the amplest details, they have resolved upon the issue of a SERIES of SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS, which will in clude every particular of interest connected with the Siege and deci sion of the contest at Sebastopol, and will be continued whenever demanded by the progress of the Campaign.. Ity the publication of these clupplements the portion of the paper usually devoted to incidents of domestic and political importance will be reserved intact, and the engrossing subject of the War will re eive the fullest and most varied illustration. A r UFPLEMENT will be pu':,lished n SUNDAY NExr (Gra tis), and on every succeeding week until further notice. The DISPATCH, of Sunday, January ith, 1355, wil , be printed in a new type, of an improved character, by which the pleasure of read ing will be enhanced. Published every Saturday morning, at 4 o'clock, in time for the first train and the morning malls. Another edition is printed in the afternoon, for the post of that evening ; and a third publication takes plane on Sunday, bringing the whole news, of any importance, by extra editions, up to the latest hour of the same afternoon. The price of the DISPATCH is Sixpence. Orders may be given to all newsvendors in town and country; and to the Publisher, at the DISPATCH Office, 09, Fleet-street, London. WEEK DAYS. \r Terrace , Pier , c 4 I 0 t 5 _1 9 — 2 I Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK waARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. WEEK DAM SUNDAYS. Cl , it , 5 0 Fon- -O, .::.' :', • A Fen- 5 .!-.) al z ~ church 6 i' 4." o g . church 5 A v '4 , § 1 11 Street C 0 8 77, Street 8 p ....,14 s C 7 . • -- -- -- -- --- -- to -2% Fore Cabin. Si 'o or from Gravesend and London.... •. ... . 101. .. _ _ 1 loon. „ G ravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. 03. 10d. letween Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Ad. .14021. T TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5.. Os. ; Si. Months, 3/. Os. ; fhree Months, 2'. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the ?ackets; or of Ur. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 13, 1854. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Ms., on 'Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Ilmmorrholds, Is each, by post ls. M. - WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morbi." - - A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instruations for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty-four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that hath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that hath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chancer. - subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, surd retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINCIEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The nave* of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties 01 licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remodiative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. 'On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN' BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of Benito and urinary diseases—their nature ant treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrheea ; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUff.—Comprising Urinary Derangements. Constipation, and Htemorrhoids. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the ;amending. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. "Jucnnde Vivere." " Few words to fair faith."—Shakespere.- Blierwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of DP, RICHARD CULVERWELL, 'lroner, Successor, and Twenty Tears Consulting Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings, from Seven till Nine. Mu. COBDEN' AT LEEDS.—We understand that Mr. Cobden purposes addressing the electors of the West Riding of Yorke:hire at Leeds on Tuesday, the 16th inst. The • " ERA " Newspaper (illustrated) commences the New Year with Gratis Supplements, which will be con tinued every week until further notice. Nearly 100 co lumn. 4 devoted to news from the Seat of War ; Political, Foreign, and Theatrical articles ; important information for Licensed Victuallers ; Literature, Music, and general news. The "Era " forms two distinct news papers ; one for the family, and the other comprises all the Sporting News of the day. Among the contribu tors will be found the first talent of the day, as well as " The Old Actress " and "Touchstone," who prophesied 125 winning horses the past year ; he this week writes of the Derby, 1855, commencing with John Scott's lot. Order of all news-agents, or send six postage stamps to the Office 3, Catherine-street, Strand.—The best New Year's Gift is to pay 265. for 52 papers, and a share of the " Era " Derby Gifts of 500/. Post-office orders payable to Messrs. Wm. Willott and Frederic Ledger. ADTERTISEHENT.I—Tin WAR IN THE EAST. —POWERFUL PATENT RECONNOITRINIS GLASSES.— SIGHT AND HEARING -1-Messrs. S. and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Ob serve—opposite the York Hotel; Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The valuable advan tage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming im paired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with these lenses of a ranch less mag nifying power—and they do not requife the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf ness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired. By her Majesty's Roya Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extra ordinary powers that some 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, will _ show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. 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Tialliere, 219, Regent-street. RAVESEND ST PCKT No other Packets call at the Greenhlthc and rurflect Pie The Packets call at the Piors as underlined ( weather permit FROM" TERRACE PIER, GRAVES,LNI). SUNDAYS. trs. ttLnz) y-- u 0 C~i 1 -?: . Time The Blenheim, 60, screw blockship, Captain NV. H. Hall, has been placed in the steam factory basin at Portsmouth, to have a thorough refit. The Hogue, 60, screw blockship, Captain William Ramsay, has been placed in the steam factory basin at Portsmouth, to have a refit in her machinery. The Arrogant, 40, Captain Yelverton, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday from Spithead to refit. The crew of the Formidable have been paid down to the 31st of October last. Imperieuse, 51, screw, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., was placed in the steam basin dock at Portsmouth yes terday. Her bottom is perfect, there is scarcely a scratch upon her copper, and she will haul out again to-day. The Melampus is fast progressing in her equipment ; topmasts have been set an end, her rigging is set up, and being ratlined down by the dockyard rigging de partment at Sheerness. The Arnphion will complete the discharge of her stores to-day. The crew changed over yesterday to the Nymph frigate hulk. The Bonetta, brigantine, Lieutenant Wake, U.N., commanding, sailed from Spithead for Chatham to be paid off yesterday. The Adder, steam-vessel, arrived at Sheerness yester day, at 8 30 a.m., from Woolwich, with the Ann lighter in tow, the latter having on board machinery for the new screw steam-vessel Pylades, fitting there, and chain cables fur the new screw steam-corvette Tartar, fitting at Chatham. APPOINTMENTS. Captain John W. Tarleton (1852) has been appointed to the Eurydice, 26, on the North American and West Indies station. Commander Ttlomas A. B. Spratt (1849), at present commander of the Spiteful paddle steam-sloop on the Mediterranean and Black Sea station, is promoted to the rank of Captain. THE 90-G-lIN SCREW SHIP PRINCESS ROYAL FOR THE CRIMEA. This ship, at Devonport, commanded by Lord Clarence Paget, will be ready to proceed to the Crimea in a day or two. Major-General Jones, the director of the engineering establishment at Chatham, embarks on board the Prin cess Royal for the Crimea. Lieutenant John Clayton Cowell, Royal Engineer officer, who was with the major general at the taking of Bomarsund, with four other engineer officers, goes with General J ones to the scene of war. The ambulance corps, consisting of 1 Rollie:lnt and 46 privates, left Chatham yeAerday morning for Devonport, to endmrk on the 6th inst., on board the Princess Royal, fur conveyance to Scutari, to act as medical orderlies to the sick and wounded so!diers. The Ist company of Royal Sappers and Miners, con sisting of 100 rank and fie, have left Chatham for Be vonport, to embark in the Princess Ro:val. Captain James F. M. Browne, Lieutenants Frederick C. Belson, John 11. S. Carter, and Alexander De Courcy Scott, are the engineer officers in command of the company. TRIAL OF THE ESK. The Esk, 21, screw, Captain Birch, went again to the measured mile at Stokes' Bay, yesterday morning to test the power and speed of Griffiths' propeller at a two feet coarser pitch. The results have been highly satis factory. Her speed on Wednesday, at the fine pitch, realised on the average nearly 91 knots per hour, with 68 revolutions, and working up to 181 b. pressure. Yes terday the pitch was altered two feet, and her average was 9, knots per hour, with 60 revolutions, and 171 b. pressure. The working of the engines has been highly satisfactory, and the results more than could have been anticipated. It must be borne in mind that the Esk is of the Highflyer class, with 250 nominal horse-power engines, having 50-inch cylinders, and 2 feet 9-stroke vibration scarcely perceptible, and with a real improve ment of late introduced by the patentee, Mr. Griffiths. The alteration of the pitch is so simplified that the com monest sailor on board can regulate the pitch of the screw at pleasure. The propeller is hoisted in the ordi nary way, but where heretofore the pitch has been re gulated by a long key kfrom the deck, the propeller is now hoisted on a level with the deck ; the fids are taken out, the blade is released, and, by fresh fids being sub stituted the pitch is made coarser or otherwise. At all events, the simplicity of the means comes nearer home to the capacity of the blue-jacket in the absence of the engineer. The weight of the iron propeller now on trial in the Esk is about 3 tons ; if made of metal the weight would be reduced to 21 tons. The present ordinary screw-propeller weighs 31 tons ; but, to give a fair trial of their respective merits, the Esk will ship the ordinary propeller this day, and again run the measured mile. Nothing can be fairer than the testing of the qualifica tions of the different principles, and whatever be the re sults the public will have the benefit of. There is one prominent feature 25 regards Griffiths' portable screw— that of a damaged blade being shifted in a very little time, and such blade weighing but little over 12cwt. THE HIIVIA.LAYA.. The Himalaya having disembarked all her sickly freight, hauled off from Portsmouth dockyard jetty yes terday, and will proceed to Southampton to relit. Those Fick and wounded not ordered to be accommodated at Portsmouth Garrison Hospital left by railway yester day for the invalid depot at Chatham. Some horses were landed from the Himalaya yesterday, said to be the property of General Sir De Lacy Evans. They looked in a miserable and jaded condition. The Himalaya is discharging, by means of her own crew, her obsolete stores into a hulk in Portsmouth harbout, and will not get off to Southampton before to-morrow. She is naturally an object,of much interest in the port, and it is thought probable that her Majesty may go on board her today, en route from Gosport to Osborne, although the ship is not in the best plight for such a visit. THE CRCESIIS. The Crcegus steam transport has been appropriated by the Admiralty for the conveyance of troops to the Crimea. These she wilt embark at Portsmouth, where the ship may be shortly expected. She will take out about 20 officers and 1,200 or 1,300 men. The drau e iht of 100 men previously ordered for em barkation on board her Majesty s steamer Princess Royal has been countermanded, and they will now go out, in all probability, in the Crcesus. THE WOODEN HOUSES. The loading of the ships at Southampton with sup plies of "wooden houses and other stores on acoount of the French Government, progresses very slowly. The Saladin, Coriolanus, and Swiftsute are receiving their cargoes, and the former vessel will shortly leave in tow of a steamer for Balaklava. The delay appears to be in the receipt of the houses from the con tractors. A considerable quantity of wooden huts for the British troops have been lying at South ampton waiting opportunities for shipment, and thus it has happened that, while the French ships have been waiting at Southampton for the wooden huts, the English huts have been waiting for ships to convey them ! A slight accord between the French and British authorities on this head would have prevented the delay which has taken place. A large quantity of asphalted felt, for covering the houses for the English troops in the Crimea, is lying about the Southampton Docks, exposed to the wind, rain, and dust, and will probably be nearly rotten and worthless when it arrives at its destination. This felt is packed in rolls ready for use, and the printed instructions on each roll appear to be indifferently attended to. The screw steamer Union touched at Southampton on Wednesday, on her way to the Crimea, and embarked a small num ber of huts on account of the British Government. THE MECHANICS AT SHEERNESS. A number of mechanics have been lent from Chatham yard for duty at Sheerness, to expedite the refitting of the ships there. A number of extra hands have been put on the Russell, to expedite her leaving the dry dock No. 2, in which the Amphion is to be placed. They are all working over time. This ship (the Russell) will carry a very heavy armament at an easy draught of water; she is being fitted to carry Lancaster's heavy guns, on traversing pivots, on her upper deck, and it is also reported that she will be provided with two of Cap tain Julius Roberts's (of the Royal Marine Artillery) sea service mortars to throw the 13-inch shells. CONVERSION OF THE WELLINGTON. The Admiralty order for the Wellington to be con verted into a hulk for the crew of the Royal George has been countermanded, and the Benbow, receiving ship for Russian prisoners of war, is ordered to be paid off, and the crew of the Royal George are to change over to her to-day. The Admiralry have decided on taking all the upperdeck guns out of this ship, and she will in future carry two pivot traversing guns (Lancaster's im proved) on her uppar flush deck. She will then be what is technically called a three-deck ship, with all the men housed in time of adtion. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. There are numerous piles of the wooden barracks for the troops in the Crimea still on the jetty at Pdrtsmouth dockyard, waiting the means of conveyance. Three thousand blankets have been forwarded from the Ordnance stores to Cork, to be taken by the St. Jean d'Acre to the Crimea for the use of the troops. Within the last day or two many hundred of packages of free gifts for the army in the Crimea, as well as for the hospital at Scutari, have been shipped on board the East Anglian and Harlequin ; but the donors of these liberal gifts would most effectually promote their own MISCELLANEOUS. Her Majesty's yachts Fairy, Master Commander Welch, and Elfin, Master Commander Balliston, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to try their effi ciency for attendance - upon the Queen this day on her Majesty's visit to 03borne. The Lucifer steam-tug is loading at the jetty of Ports mouth dockyard with jurymasts and gear, to take to Pembroke for rigging the Queen's new steam-yacht Vic toria and Albert, which is to be navigated at Portsmouth to be equipped for her Majesty's service. A notice was posted at the dockyard -gate at Sheer ness yesterday that the Princess Royal would leave Devonport on the 6th inst., with mails for the Black Sea. LETTERS FROM THE CRIMEA. (FROM AN OFFICER OF THE GUARDS.) Camp beforrt,BelAastopol, Dec. 13. Our Brigade are all very much annoyed at Lord Rag lan's despatch of Inkerman ; independently of his say ing so little about the Guards, the despatch was not at all correct. He mentions that the 20th and other regiments of the Second Division supported ; they ought to have done so, but never did. The fact was, General Pennefather, who commands the Second Di vision, wrote the whole of the despatch sent to Eng land, and, of course, only mentioned his own divi sion. Lord Raglan knew nothing about the fight at all, and, unfortunately, the three senior officers of the Brigade of Guards were wounded, and consequently no despatch came in from us. The Duke of Cambridge quarrelled with Lord Raglan, so he said nothing to him about it ; but there is a great deal of talk about the whole thing here, and much displeasure. Lord Raglan is getting fast into bad odour with the whole army from his total carelessness of every thing ; there will be a great outcry against him be fore long. The weather has mended, and we are able to get up the fresh guns from Balaklava ; the French got theirs up two days ago, and ours will all be up by to-morrow ; we shall then have 10 days more to get up the ammunition ; the shells are so heavy, the largest weighing 2001 b. This will be a fortnight from now, when, I suppose, we shall open fire again in earnest. They say we shall not fire for more than two days and nights, as we cannot do very much with the big guns, and then we shall go in. The Russians have been for a long time hard at work in the town, throwing up bar ricades, &c., and me an to fight it out. There is a great deal of firing going on every day and night, but not much done, except, now and then, some smart fighting from sorties. There was a very severe one last night, but as I write this on outlying picket, and came on before daybreak, I don't know the particulars. The firing for two hours was as great as in an action. Most of the divisions were under arms, but we were not turned out, and, though less than three quarters of a mile off, I slept through it. I heard the first parr, and it was very heavy—volleys of musketry and cannon. 1,300 sick went off to Scutari from here, and there have been 60 or 70 in the English army buried daily—all Lord Raglan's fault, in not seeing that cloth ing and shelter were provided for them, which was in his means ; but he does not care. The following letter is from an English prisoner :20th Regiment) in the hospital inside Sebastopol: " Sebastopol, Nov. 23. " I have got the opportunity of writing to let you know where I am. I was taken prisoner on the morn ing of the sth: I was close to that battery on the hill. .When the Russians advanced up to the battery I was bit by a musket ball on the right ear ; at the same time a stone or a piece of shell hit me on the body and knocked me down. Before I could get up again I had my firelock taken from me, and was hit on the head, which left me insensible for a time. After they drove our men down the hill, seven or eight of them pricked me with their bayonets, and hit me with the butts of their &clocks ; one was going to fire at me, but the others would not let him. They dragged my belt off, and took me over the bridge, where their wounded were, while (till) night. Then they took us close to the har bour on the right of the town into an hospital. lam getting quite well now. The °facers are very kind to us. We have llb of bread, some soup, with a little piece of meat in it, and a glass of tea per day. They say they shall shift all that is able to go in a few days, but I do not know where. I saw John Hawkins the first night, but I have not seen him since. I think he must have died. Mullings, of No. 1, is dead. There is me and Murray of No. 1. Will you let my friends know where I am Off Gallipoli, ()It board the Magdalena, Dec. 23. A. fortnight ago this day I left my home for the Cri mea. Several of my friends and neighbours had intrusted to my care their offerings to our brave troops in that dis tant scene of our country's warfare, At the stations of the South-Eastern and Brighton Railways, on which I had to travel on my way to Portsmouth, I inquired if those packages might be allowed to pass free. Not only was the boon granted most readily at both, but every care was taken to inform the servants ,at all the stations where I had to stop on their respective lines of my be ingn goodt io n wishes stnd greeted civility, m a e s well onm i nays the e r iatvnrayal train n ; d warmly a w n e d r e e x e o v p ff e r r e e y s r s e e d a d tte o nmy departure without a single exception. Even the or di nary " c l oa k- room " fee was remitted on the two oc cas i ons when it was ne cessary for me to avail myself of those great conve niences. My packages consisted mainly of blankets, articles of warm clothing, Ice. press my gratitude, both on b e h alf of myself and our I am sure you will excuse p ly brave troops, on such an occa s i on ; and if you think it troubling you to ex worth while to publish my letter you are at full liberty to do so. I have the honour to subscribe myself, my dear Sir, Very truly yours, DAN. WINHAM, Assistant Official Chaplain to the Army in the East a f u o ti ll li o n " lag :stee i t s St o t in i on , in Kilkenny , a sub-constable, - late of to a com rade el Th e "Camp near Balaklava, Crimea, Dec. 7, 1854. lft the J ose ph Sh e pherd on ' " ' There are two sides to every pi c t ure .' Up to the time we came to Balaklava we had good times, but in deed going th r o ug h n ow you just uho e seu e t d the l ldco 8 2 3d, e scarcelydatinos discomforts where pitched believe.i : e hr theets d our tents a m il e above Bala kl ava, engagem ent of the sth took place, we We are e and where so many of our brave countrymen fell. You could not believe that the fine army of England is re- , duced to what it is out here. The few horses that are left are scarcely able to carry their hides, and the poor men, from the cold and hardship they are going threugh, are scarcely able to walk. It is admitted by old sol diers to be the severest campaign that the English have been engaged in for the last century. The Russian army that engaged our troops on the sth are encamped about three miles on our right rear ; we can see quite plain, sitting in , our tents, the Cossack sentries, and of course they can see Ours. We have batteries placed in good position, and it would require a great force to dis lodge us. Our (the constabulary)duty at present is the keeping the passages clear about Balaklava, and where there is such great traffic, takingforage and everything else that a great army requires , fr om Ba laklava to where the main body of the army is encamp e d near Sebastopol. The roads are knee deep with mud , a nd to see poor men and horses dragging and pulling along the road it wou ld s t r ik e pity into any person's heart. There is a good deal of the men dying ; they take cramp s fr om the cold of their feet. The hospitals here are full, a nd they are sending We have an almostahem believe constant ohnesshiploadsbteans besieged g cannona d ing d b ur n t oSci i ttahrei mostu every a t day, Sbastopol, and I powder. Th e F renc h are admittedly before the Eng lish, both in being able to : carry neeo n what I can h ear th e R uss i an fleet are protecting the town, a nd must he dislodged be , aon Seba s topol. war' stop in oi . a , By foreign fore the place can be taken. The Allied forces are throwing up batteries to play on the fleet. The Rus sians sally out at night to tak e t he batteries and are beaten back again, and I belie ve that is the way things are going on there. The weath er as yet is not colder than in Ireland, but when a man gets wet to the skin he has no place to go to but a cold tent : when he gets up in the morning he must go about collecting wood to boil his breakfast, which consists of green coffee, which must be roasted on the stable shovel, pounded and thrown into the water—that, with some biscuit, is our breakfast ; bis cuit and salt-beef our dinner ; supper same as breakfast. We get 2 glasses of rum a day, which is chiefly the thing that keeps life in us • but we hope it won't be always as bad as it is now. If gebastopol was once taken our condi tion would be better. Why, if it is not taken, and that the troops have to winter here, history will record another 1812. Some of the mounted Staff corps are in excellent health and spirits ; and I myself never was in better health and spirits ; and we hope, with the Divine assis tance, to rub out and return to our native country again. Only two of our men died—one a mounted man from Waterford, named Maguire, the other one of the Eng lish constabulary." WIP.EI KILLED BY VER HUSBAND.—TIIO inquest OD Ellen Bruin ' the wife of Joseph Bruin , a waiter, who was killed.by her husband throwing a teakettle at her, as described in ne Sun of yesterday, terminated on Wednesday evening, in a verdict of manslaughter against the husband, who was committed for trtal at the Liverpool assizes. Yesterday a ceremony took place in this little maritime town, the inauguration of a literary institute, which served to attract the intellect and refinement of the county of Dur ham for miles round, and of the adjacent towns of Newcastle and Shields, and to elicit from the learned and accomplished historian of the great French Revolution an address which, at this crisis of the nation's fortunes, will be read with deep interest throughout the country, entering as it does largely upon the discussion of the leading questions affecting the commonweal at this moment—viz., the right education of the people, the national debt, our system of taxation and its results, strikes between masters and workmen, and, above all, the great contest which we are now waging against Russia. The building which was yesterday dedicated to the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Seaham, some 4,000 in number, the great bulk of whom are engaged in mining and seafaring pursuits, has been erected under the auspices, and almost wholly at the cost, of the Marchioness of Lon donderry—her ladyship in that respect carrying out a wish long dear to the heart of the lite marquis, and being prompted as well by her own benevolent impulses. It is in the Grecian style of architecture, after the model of the famous Temple of Minerva at Athens, and internally it consists of a large, lofty, and commodious lecture-room, a library and reading room, and a news-room. Precisely at .2 o'clock Sir L. Alison entered the lecture-room, accom panied by a distinguished party now enjoying the hospita lities of Lady Londonderry atWynyard-park in this county, including the Marchioness herself, the Earl and Countess Vane, the Earl and Countess of Portarlington, Lady Alison, Lord Ernest Vane Tempest, the Earl of Sunderland (an in teresting boy, eldest son of the Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford), Mr. John Vandeleur Stuart and Lady He len Stuart. They were cordially greeted on their arrival by the auditory, among whom, besides the inhabitants of the town, were many of the gentry of the surrounding neighbourhood. The 'Earl :VANE, having assumed the chair, said, in doing so, the pleasing duty devolved upon him on that occasion to introduce to their notice a distinguished indi vidual who had kindly consented to leave the many pur suits and claims upon his time and attention, in which his eminent talents and abilities involved him, and to de- liver the inaugural address of the Seaham Mechanics' In stitute. (Cheers.) It would be presumptuous in him to enter on that occasion into any lengthened panegyric on the character of Sir Archibald Alison, inasmuch as he should bo very imperfectly able to express his high sense of the abilities, and of the energy of mind and character, which had rendered Sir Archibald so deservedly eminent among his fellow-men, and inasmuch as they themselves must have already formed their own estimate of his intrin sic merits, as the great historian of the age, whose name would be handed down to posterity with feelings of the deepest gratitude. (Cheers.) The noble earl proceeded gracefully to state that the institution they were that day inaugurating had originated in one of the dearest wishes of the life of his late lamented father—the happiness and prosperity of Seaham harbour, which he might be said to have called into existence, and he expressed an ardent hope that it would realise the beneficent aims of its 'founder. Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON then rose to address the meet ing, and was received with loud and prolonged cheers. He said, often as he had been called on to take part in meetings of this description he never rose to speak with feelings of warmer gratitude, and with higher satisfaction than he did on the present occasion. He had assisted at public meetings of this kind in many of the older cities of the empire—in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen; but this was the first time that he had been honoured with an invitation to attend a meeting of a different description, which was called not in an ancient, bat in a rising city, which attested not the efflorescence of civilisation, but its commencement. (Cheers.) When they looked around thorn, and reflected on what they now saw, in what ho might now call this rising town—this beautiful and commodious harbour, and this flourishing neighbourhood, and contrasted its present position with that which obtained five-and-twenty years ago, they were almost led to think they were placed amid, not the ancient civilisation of England, but amid the rising energies of America—on the shores of the Ohio, or on the banks of Mississippi—for in no part of that promising and favoured land had been found indications of a more rapid progress than those they saw about them here, or the seeds of ulti mately a prosperous development. (Cheers.) They could not but reflect, when they beheld around them those mag nificent docks and harbours, and they could not forget when they were assembled in that hall—containing within it so much that was interesting, attractive, and ennobling, and constructed on the best model of Grecian taste—that all that was mainly owing to the energy, the determina tion' and the patriotism of one man--(renewed cheers)— and he trusted that as one man had laid the foundation of that prosperity and edifice, many mon would assist in raising the superstructure, and thus the wishes and aspi rations of the noble family who had founded this city on the very sh ore o f a s t orm y ocean wou ld b e more than realised by those ou whom they had conferred those bene fits. Wbilst they stood in the very midst of so much that was calculated to remind them of the illustrious noble man whom it had pleased Providence to take from them within the past year, there was room for consolation when they reflected that his mantle had not fallen on unworthy shoulders. They had now in that room some of the sur viving relatives of the deceased nobleman, among whom was to be found all that was most attractive and amiable in the one sex, and all that was energetic, manly, and beneficent in the other. In their presence was one who had been the ornament of courts, and another whose chief anxiety was, as it had always been, to see the prosperity and happiness of all around him. (Hear.) In contemplat ing this rising city, and all that bad been done here within a quarter of a century, he could not help indulging in the hope that the efforts of the original founder of the place, and of those noble persons who survive him, would not prove unsuccessful to themselves. The prosperity, wealth, and happiness which they had diffused around them, would he trusted reflect on their own family, and that all which they now saw about them on every hand was only a dim foreshadowing of what ultimately was to be the grandeur of the house of Vane. (Cheers.) There was also much in what they saw that reminded them of the past; and it was only by combining considerations of the past, the present, and the future, that an institution of this kind could have its due influence in elevating and ennobling the human mind. In the records of this noble family there was to be found enough to awaken and sustain the interest of the most thoughtful men. During the last 150 years England had been engaged in three gi eat contests; he meant the wars of the succession in the beginning of the eighteenth century, the war of the French Revolution, and the one in which we were now engaged. They be held before thorn in that room the lineal representative of the great hero of the war of the succession. (Cheers.) The young nobleman, then in their company (the Earl of Sunderland), who took his title from a town in this neigh bourhood, as he was destined to be the lineal descendant, so he (Sir Archibald Alison) trusted ho would be the worthy representative of the great Duko of Marlborough. (Hear, hear.) On the other hand, in their president, who had just addressed them in terms characterised alike by good taste, eloquence, and philanthropy, they had a repre sentative of the companion in arms and in diplomacy of the Duke of Wellington ; and in another scion of that noble family they had a young nobleman who was not pre sent at the ceremony only because lie was serving his coun try in the Crimea, and prepared to lay down his life for it if required. (Cheers.) Of him it might be said, as Brutus and Cassius said of a brave comrade in arms, that "he was only the more present to the thought because he was withdrawn from the sight." (Hear, hear.) It was iu the social tendency of institutions like the ono they were now seeking to establish, in forming and moulding private cha racter, in withdrawing men, and especially the humbler orders, from habits of vies and degradation, and generally its elevating and improving all classes of the community, that their merit is said to consist. Far be it from him to throw any chill on such pleasing anticipations. They must all have seen to what a large extent these anticipations had bean realised. But ou the present occasion he felt that an institution of this kind ought to be regarded in an other light, that was to say, not so much as conducing to lie elevation of the individual and to the virtue and hap- piness of private families as to the due discharge of pub lic duties by the whole citizens of the empire. (Hear, boar.) This was a light in which he was ready to admit that institutions of this kind had not hi therto been considered, from an unwillingness on the part of those in the habit of addressing the members of such institutions to introduce aught in the nature of dis sension among them. While cordially agreeing with those persons in that view, he still thought there were occasions on which another line might be adopted with advantage to all parties. And that the present was such au occasion he thought he might, as a proof, appeal to the events pas sing around them, because they were events in reference to which they all felt alike. The persons to whom he wished to address his opinions were not merely private in dividuals, fathers of families, brothers, sisters, and all the different other relations of life—he was desirous of speaking to them as being also entrusted with certain public duties, on the' due discharge of which the prosperity and welfare of the empire entirely depended. It was in vain to say they could separate the elevation and instruction of the middle and working classes from the general prosperity of the empire. They it was who delegated a decided majority of representatives to the House of Commons ; and if we were to find the foundation for wise measures, o n the part of Government or on the part of that house , we must look for it in wise thoughts and wise views on the part of the constituencies. (Cheers.) It was they, and persons like them, who formed the constituencies of the empire ; an d it was to them that the country must look for the forma tion of those opinions which were gradually to rise from the great base of the pyramid of society until they reached and properly influenced the comparatively few individuals who were entrusted with the conduct of public affairs. He contended that unless infor mation, i n t e lligence, and wisdom were implanted in the body of society, in whom the regulation of the nation was ves t e d—that was to say,in the groat majority—it was im possible to expect that any amount of human ability, on the part of those who governed, was to conduct the affairs of the nation with success, or to avert disaster. In every point of view it was of the last importanpe that the people of this country should be duly instructed, and that their information should keep pace with the enlarged and enlarging duties which they were called to discharge. (Cheers.) Errors in conduet, either of individuals or bodies of men, were seldom the result of want of right fooling ; they were usually rather the result of want of knowledge; or of misdirected knowledge. He would give one or two instances just to show what au amount of blessing might accrue to society if all classes, from the working man up to the Cabinet Minister, were duly instructed, and if informa tion and the lessons of history were so imbibed that error a or disastrous conduct was rendered impossible. There was one topic of a social kind, and of great importance to all classes of the community, to which he would advert for a moment, and that had reference to the disastrous contests which took place from time to time between masters and workmen. (Hear, hear.) There was no point on which ion we re o f more va l ue than on intelligence and information ' that. There was no subject on which practical knowledge ought to have greater effect in promoting happiness among the working classes, and in preventing those disasters and misunderstandings which produced misery and heartburn ing among employers and employed. There was a great dif ference of opinion among persons as to the effect of these strikes. They would see it often stated in the public news papers—it was repeatedly said during thestrike at Preston—. that strikes were always unfortunate, and that the workmen who engaged in them were always defeated. There we re , on the other hand, people, and generally among the workmen, whoalleged that strikes woregenerally attended with success, and that they were the great means which the workmen had of raising wages. Those were the opposite feelings floating through society on this subject ; and the effect was that from time to time frightful collisions took place between employers and employed, which threw hundreds and thousands of people out of employment for months together, seriously affected trade and commerce, and pro duced an amount of misery and heartburning impossible almost to imagine. Now there was an obvious principle by which they might distinguish truth from falsehood in this important matter, and ho hoped to see that principle recognised in the end. - Tho principle he apprehended to be this, that strikes were successful when they were made by the workmen in a rising market, in order that they m'lght obtain a certain proportion of the profits which were accruing to their employers • and the point when strikes became disast rous was when they adopted that principle which was so common among them, but which was of all principles the m os t un t ena bl e , an d the most de plorable in its results—namely, that by which, having got their wages raised in prosperity, they sought to prevent them falling in times of adversity. (Cheers.) A pitched battle then often took place, on the part of the workmen, to keep up wages, during a period of distress and suffering, to the level which they had attaiied at a period of pre vious prosperity. When the workmen struck in a rising market, they struck in their own interest, and they were benefited by it ; but when they struck under a falling market, they struck in the interest of the master, be cause the master then got quit of the working men and of the rate of payment which he could not sustain. In Lanarkshire, where there had been strikes as formidable as in any other part of the empire, he had often enjoyed the entire confidence of the leaders of those strikes, and they often came to him for advice. He had invariably said to them "If you 'choose to strike, don't strike when the market is against the master. If yon want to strike, strike in a rising market ; but don't strike when the market is falling. You can a l wa y s j u d ge o f th e t en d enc y o f th e market by the state of the funds. If you choose, I will send you newspapers by which you can ascertain, in a moment, the state of the funds ; and when the funds are falling, for God's sake don't attempt it." There was another matter in regard to taxation in whioh he wished to impress upon them, and through them upon the country, how desirable it was that an institution of this kind should, if possible, bring the working classes up to a level with the necessities of the case, and put them abreast of their real situation. He slid not know if they were aware that one-half of the whole taxation that now pressed upon the country— ?6,ooo,oool. a-year—might have been avoided, and the whole of it have been taken off, if the advice that was ten dered to the people of the country in former times hod been followed, and if the sinking fund existing at the end of the war had been kept up to discharge its debt. Them was at the end of the war 15,000,0001. a-year of sinking fund ; and if that had been kept up, we should have had at this moment no national debt at all, It would have been all paid off in the year 1845, and we could have car ried on the war to all eternity withiut either a loan or any other assistance. (Loud cheers.) But now the op portunity was lost. 15,000,0001. a-year at compound interest would have paid off the whole debt iu 1845, and 10,009,0001. is-year would have paid off the whole debt by this time ; and since the peace we had repealed taxation to the amount of 40,000,0001. a-year. Why was it that this enormous benefit had been lost? It was just owing to this, that the middle and working classes had not been properly instructed, and did not know their duty ; and now the debt I remained a hopeless burden on the national energies. These were facts in reference to which he wanted the people in structed- He could not refrain from adverting for a moment to the subject which almost wholly absorbed the national mind at this time—he meant the present state of the war. They could not look at a newspaper, or mix with society, without feeling that that was the all-prevailing ob ject of anxiety. There was hardly a family in the country who had not a father, a brother, a relation, or a friend at present serving in the Crimea. Of the family of their noble patroness (the Marchioness of Londondon7) there was one member with the army before Sebastopol, and of his (Sir Archibald Alison's) own family there were to be found two sons engaged in the same perilous duty. (Hear.) How many families were there to whom the departure of relatives for that service carried sorrow and anxiety, and from whom the receding sails of each transport-ship wafted away at once all the endearing memories of the past and all the hopes of the future, and cast them on the ultimate issue of events which no human wisdom could fathom. To them might be truly applied the words of an old English poet : " Then go, and round your gallant heads, like banners in the air, Shall float full many a tender thought, and many an ardent prayer." (Cheers.) When such had been the interest which the present war had excited, it was of the last importance that we should what was the nature of the enemy with whom we had to contend, and what was the cause of te t h h . nd g a t, n na x tki i oi e nn t ywt. o t h i hc i h c e h flowed had so nedd e s z u uc d yr d e ofi n fr l te f c te h , ai a tti n ?i: e p d h H se would th i e n t o hr s i o l ml tellof them. The power with wh om we h ad to contend was o despicable enemy. He was at the h ea d of an empire n eoe 70,000,000 of men, who doubled themselves every seventy years. The whole energies of the nation were dedicated to war or to preparations for war. Commerce, agriculture, science, art, were all held in subordination to the leading passion. Every young man of any ability was sent to the military schools ; 180,000 men were being constantly so educated, and the ablest among them were reserved from time to time to the profession of diplomacy. At the head of that empire was to be found a man of most remarkable character, who would leave his deeds durably imprinted on the records of history. He was a man of energy, of unshaken courage, of great determination. He was cor dially supported by the whole Russian nation—for the Russians were unanimous on that point. Every man, from the Emperor himself down to the serf, was iuspressed with the idea that the Russians were to conquer the world, and that they themselves were to be the instruments of its sub jugation. To this man, so qualified, and characterised by such extraordinary and extravagant ambition, might be applied, with a slight alteration, the lines of a poet of the last century " No jots to him pacific sceptres yield; War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold, surrounding kings their power combi ne . * * Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain , ' Think nothing gained,' he cries, `till nought remain, On Stamboul's walls till Russian standards fly, And all be iniee beneath the Eastern sky.'" (Cheers.) How was it, again, that in this contest with this great power wo had made so sudden a transition from the exultation of victory to the despondency of defeat? That was to be found in the neglect of the experience of former wars. They saw that a great deal of blame w as sought by the public journals to be laid on this Minister and on that journal. He stood there neither to vindicate one Minister nor another, nor ono general nor another; but ho stood there to point out to his fellow-countrymen the errors and faults, he would almost say the national crimes, which had led to this war as a national punishment. We had been, all along, unduly confident in our position, and had over looked, during the long peace, all future preparation for war. The infatuation of the country in this respect had been such that when it came to be recorded in the pages of history it would appear almost incredible. There had not been a single Minister since 1815 that had not come into power, or endeavoured to retain power, by perpetual re ductions of the army and navy. That had not been a matter of party. Whigs, Tories, and Radicals had hadthe same end in view, and among them they had done their best to render this great nation utterly powerless in the midst of its neighbours. The people who returned the House of Commons, which had the command of the purse strings, did not know, when one by ono they were reducing some small articles of taxation, that there was going on at the same elm° the loss of the sinking fund, and the utter prostration of the country for any purposes of just ag gression or defence. Three times during that pacific period, when we were constantly reducing our arma ments, we were on the very verge of destruction from the weakness of our military and naval forces. At that very period we were three times on the eve of a war—twice with France, and once with France and Russia united. Indeed, so near a war were we on that last oc casion that the ambassadors of France and Russia had left London. What was our force then ? At that time, if the French had attempted to land on our shores, we could only have opposed to them 10,200 infan try, and 42 guns, the carriages of which had not been re paired siuco the battle of Waterloo. (Laughter.) Really, in this matter there was but one mode of s ecuring national independence and a durable pea ce, and that w as b y b e i ng always prepared for war. Dining the 40 years of peace and showing that e p t h a r e e s d i n f o o s r y s any of war purpose, of successful we Nv e wh had d r e been wholly relaxing defence. We were the richest nation in the world, and the greatest in commerce ; wo were the object of envy to every State under the sun ; and was it wise—was it not rather the height of madness —in a country like this to go on reducing its armaments year after year, and so pro claiming to the world that we were in no condition to fight in the event of being menaced by aggression or hostility ? Ho must say, our existence as a nation at this time might almost be ascribed wholly to Divine interposition, for it had not been preserved either by the wisdom of our states men or of our people. Why was it that we were now in volved in such serious danger ? It was just because our army was one-third of its proper size. Suppose when the war broke out England had had 100,000 regular troops, 20,000 cavalry, and 80,000 militia, we should then have gained a decisive success in the first campaien. With 40,000 men in the Baltic wo could have taken . Cron stadt ; and suppose we had sent at once 50,000 to the Crimea, we should have bee* able to destroy the enemy's great fortress on the Euxine. If there had been 6,000 cavalry, instead of 700 at the battle of the Alma, the re treat of the enemy would have been converted into a total rout •, and at Balaklava— fought on the anniversary of the battle of Agincourt, after the lapse of 430 years—if we had had 5,000 more English troops, the valu able road from Balaklava to the camp would have been protected, and 5,000 English horse would have rode tri umphant through 10,000 Russians. At the battle of Inkerman, again, which was destined to be immortal in the world, and would take its place with these of Marathon and Platen, if we had had 20,000 more English troops, while with the right wing we hurled the Russian bat talions down the heights of Inkerman, with the left wing we would have taken Sebastopol, and the two Grand Dukes, who were present at the action, would only. have come up to see the total destruction of their father's hopes. (Cheers.) Before ho concluded he would make one re mark of a more general character, and that was, as to the probability of the future continuance of war, and the moral purpose which war was intended to serve in the admiuistratio4 of nature. We had heard a good deal of On the motion of the Rev. A. BETHUNE, seconded by Mr. R. PLUMMER, a vote of thanks was accorded by ac clamation to Sir Archibald Alison for his interesting and eloquent address. A similar compliment was paid to Earl Vane for presiding as chairman, and with that the ceremony terminated. RUSSIA. The following letter has been addressed to a contem• porary : beg to append an extract from the jour nal of the Statistical Society which may interest some of your readers. The latter portion is condensed from an abstract of a return of the population, marriages, births, and deaths in the principal provinces of the Russian empire in 1842, procured from Count Nea selrode by Lord Stuart de Rothesay, at the instance of Lord Aberdeen, and communicated to the Statistical Society by Major Graham, the Registrar-General, in 1 $344 : "ENCROACHMENTS OF RUSSIA. " The Russian frontier has been advanced towards Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Vienna, and Paris about 700 miles. Constantinople ... 500 " Stockholm ... 630 " Teheran ... 1,000 " " The acquisitions of Russia from Sweden equal the remainder of Sweden. Poland equal the Austrian empire. European Turkey equal Prussia, exclusive of the Rhenish provinces. Asiatic Turkey equal the German Small States, Rhenish Prussia, Holland, and Belgium. Persia equal England. Tartary equal Europe an T ur k e y, G reece , Italy, and Spain. " The total acquisitions of Russia in sixty-four years equal her whole European empire before that time. " POPULATION OF RUSSIA. Inhabitants. " In 1689, at the accession of Peter I. 15,000,000 1762 ~ Catherine 11. 25,000,t00 1796 death of Catherine 11. 36,000,000 1825 If I 1 Alexander 5B 000 000 __ - - 1842 in the reign of Nicholas 60,000,000 " In 1842 the returns bad not been received from Georgia, Keursk, the Trans-Caucasian, or the Caspian provinces ; neither are included in the return Finland, Poland, the Don Cossacks, the Cossacks in the ceuntry of the Black Sea and of the Ural ; the provinces of Yakutsk, Kamschw,ka, Okhotsk, or Russian America. According to the last census the females preponderated over the males, but not nearly to the extent they do in England. The births were 4.45 per cent.; the deaths 3.75 per cent. ; the excess of the former indicated au increase of 7in 1,000 annually. In Russia lin 99 per sons married annually; in England 1 in 128. The mor tality in Russia was 1 i❑ 27; in England 1 in 45 an nually. The area of the Russian empire was estimated at 7,700,000 English square miles, or 85 times the ex- • tent of Great Britain. The mortality of Russia was least in the north and north-west provinces, and greatest in the southern ; in the latter the mortality was .5 times greater than in the former. The return had been drawn up apparently with great care and accuracy, and gave a high opinion of the administrative talent and energy with which the Government was carried on,—l am, sir, your obedient servant, 12, St. James's-square. EDWARD CHESNIRE. POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. (Prom the Liveipool Chronicle, of Dec. 9, 1854.) On Monday evening the usual monthly meeting of the Polytechnic Society was held ; Mr. Nevvlands, borough engineer, in the chair. TIIR PLATINA WIRE BURNER. Mr. Arthur Jackson read the following paper ea gas expansion :—I have the pleasure of introducing to your notice and fur your discussion a simple but very effica cious manner of increasing the light from a given quantity of gas, or of economising the expenditure to a consider able extent. It is effected by inserting a wire in the in terior of the flame, by which simple means a considerable expansion takes place. I was desirous to have measured the difference of the light before you ; but it was impos sible to make the experiment in a satisfactory manner in a room of this description. In order, therefore, to have the same impartially tested, I solicited Mr. New lands to do so, who, together with Mr. Boult and Mr. King, the engineer of the gas company, assisted by Mr. Edwards, very obligingly did me the favour. I ib w uu i d l rg l ne s e la r,o o f w wt y iht o he u sa t a, d e w c y o i i to i h t u r or a us s et t f l vteh r s o m one and the identical me e —th wire,eg gas s o es ih m a v t i y ng ou f m ro a m y the same apertures will leave no doubt on your minds as to the quantity consumed. You will, therefore, be able to form your opinion of the increase of the light without difficulty. Why this increase takes place I must leave in the hands of gentlemen more skilled in the science than myself to decide, as opinions are conflicting. Some have observed that they could account for it if the wire was red hot ; but being cold, or rather comparatively so, as I will show you directly, they are at a loss. If lam allowed to state my opinion, I think it arises from the gas playing on the wire; it becomes spread over a greater surface, thereby allowing a larger quantity of the oxygen of the air to mingle with it. The escape of gas being also im peded, a portion of the interior of the flame is made to emit light, which, in the ordinary burner, is consumed without yielding any. To look at a burner casually, it does not appear of much consequence whether it consumes two, three, or four feet per hour ; but when you reflect that the amount paid for artificial light in this country amounts to some millions annually, it then becomes a matter of intertst how to economise the expenditure, and I flatter mysLlf that I shall be able to prove to your satisfaction that this small piece of platina wire can do its duty. Mr. Jackson then exhibited his invention. By the insertion of the wire in the gas flame it became visibly increased. The wire in the — blast of the gas was com paratively cold, but when outside the flame it became red hut. In reply to a question it was stated that the cost of the burners would be Bs. per dozen ; the wire was inde structible, and would last as long as the burner. The effect of two wires was to increase the flame still more, to the extent of about five per cent. Mr. Huggins asked if steps had been taken to measure the extent of the increase.—Mr. Jackson replied in the affirmative. Mr. Joseph Boult stated lie was present at an experi ment which had been made in the presence of the chair. man and Mr. King, and the result was that from the same burners, measured by the intensity of the light, the saving would be from 17 to 25 per cent., but they were not able to be very precise in the amount. Mr. Boult then proceeded to consider why the introduction of the wire increased the amount of light, and came to the conclusion that it was caused by slower combustion. The chairman agreed with Mr. Boult that the increase of light was produced by slower combustion rathea than by the introduction of more air, which caused the gas to burn blue, not yellow. He agreed that the saving in gas was from twelve to twenty per cent. ; but its operation was most anomalous, the smaller gisburner giving the best results. This opened up a field of investigation, which he , hoped he should be able to pursue ; but he considered that Mr. Jackson's b ,, rner was more suitable for gas made in London than in Liverpool ; but even in Liver pool its use would effect a saving by increasing the illu minating power.--Mr. Salt asked had Mr. Jackson's invention been applied in Liverpool I—Mr. Jackson said it nad been applied iu the Angel Hotel, the Ex. change Newsroom, Stock Exchange, Stork Hotel, and many other places. If it were a month later he had no doubt he should be able to give most satisfactory re sults. Mr. Towers had informed him that his saving was about 31. for one month. His gas rent was about 2001. per year, and he expected to save him about 501. per annum. The chairman expressed his willingness to afford every facility to gentlemen who might be desirous to ascertain the result of the experiments which were making on this subject under his superintendence. Thanks were then voted to Mr. Jackson for his is• teresting paper. RECRUITS.—During the past week about 150 reorulto and seamen have arrived in this town from London by railway, under charge of their officers. Some of the former joined the depot here; but the majority were conveyed to Portsmouth. They were in excellent spirits, and cheered heartily at the several stations, and were cheered in return.—Brighton Gazette. EIGHTEEN HRNDRED AND FlYTT•rivfi• —B Y a Strange coincidence which will not aga i n o ccur for a l ong t i me, the new year commences on the same day as in 184 q, and consequently all through the year the date will be on the same day. But what is more singular is that all the movsable holidays from Septuagesima to Advent fall on the same dates and the same days. The almanacks of 1849 might therefore ser we for the present year. MEETING AT MAN CHESTER.—The annual meeting of the Manchester Liberals is fixed for Friday evening, the 19th inst. At a meetin g h e ld yes t er d a y morn i n g, at the L eag ue-rooms, M r . G eorge Wil son i n t h e c h a i r , it wall m oved by Mr. Al exander H enry, an d secon d e d by Mr. G. Hadfield, M . P ., "That a soiree be given in honour of the m em b ers for Manchester (Messrs . Milner (Ribson and John Bright), to take place at the Corn Exchange, on the 19th inst." The resolution was carried unani mously. Mr. Cobden, M.P. and the membera for the county are to be invited. The gentlemen present at the meeting included Alderman Sir Elkanah Armitage, Alderman Hey wood, Councillors James Watts, Mackie, J. Simpson, and Fildes. T. 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