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Tr.le Merirnl I:6pre.,entatlons i 0 Baca cry Tues:Ly Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.— r 1 '-riti• V 1,-,1 &,, :1-+ THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PRO CLAIMED IN ENGLAND. •r? • T BLANC.*— NOTICE. Ladies and ke t Gentlemen who enure from any distance out of town to INir. gain ad- Ir",„ ntrrn's Entertainment are earnestly requested to secure +:,oefore they a - r.rive, to many persons being unable to tia,,lro at -very representation. letto* to the Box-ellee,Eyyp isith,„",", with a few days' no(ice, will secure any number of seats, "` at) , extra harge. c 14 ° XDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL i/EilvAY Euston station, 6th January, IS7,S.—NOTICE Siw r .RY GIVEN, That the ROOKS in which Tit tiNSFERS of Vl,O SFIARES of ties Company are registered will be 1 41 8 f ," 01, WEDNESD IY, the 24th instant, and that all trans'er that registration must be deposited in this oifica on or bcfo: e 4 3 - to entitle Proprietors t ) the forthcoming Dividend. By order. E. BOOTH, CHAS. E. STEWART,I S eeret Rees. 4REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- 1)4.4 CO NTINUOILI4 COMtt UN (CATION between LONDON and That via BIRICEN HEA.D.—NOTICE HEREBY n, GIVEN w , hts n ' r ° ll l this date pasiengets may be booked between Niston, and the Great Western Railway Stations at Paddington, Trith i u c i Lrminghatn, and Wolverhampton, by the 9.15 a nt. press arrf r i o wts from Paddington, on Mondays, Wedcesdays, and Fridays, froN.;;.s at Xingstown about 6 o'clock the follawing mor.dll4, and T il ' e tagstown by the City of Dublin Company's Packcis at 7 . p m., th e r o ,,,! d aya, Thursdays, and Saturdays, proceeding alter arrival on be. 4 mornino• * by the 8.3) a m. Exprss Train from Birken it to tliDseplace^3., qa .t ,"eatnbo. t t wilt to provided to convey PaFs'ngers and their lug ~a~L fr ee charge, both cn arrival and el, parturc, between the Steam rack erry Pier at Blrkeiiheal and the City of Dublin Company's et. 41°.u c'n Paurs a zxweeN SINGLE. RETLIIN. let Class. 2.1 Class. Ist Class. 2d Class. pYfo 4o ar id Kingstown COs Od 40s Od 90s ('d 603 01 available for 14 a nd Kingstown 52s 6d 36s Od IMs 0.1 52s 6d days. ; 111Ingh arn or W o - available I;ieryais M , 4 a and for 7 nG wa th Great, at the Steam-packet Office In Dublin, or at the stations of 2 1 the 1855 stern Railway Company. alluar . ALBERT LIE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ouitt,ll.l "ZOtie • 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. the i o - els hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to nst., after th 3 rate of kven per cult. on annum, will be in b... 1111 4 1." of PAYMENT to the Shareholders on and after the 17th L't - • ~r ,-- .A.- , . ,lI.ENRY WILL Alf sum - , Actuary and Secretary. tu, an aarn 1855 311ITRE GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY ASSOCIATION. - (With No. 22, Pall-mall, London. Established 1846: Whdeli is united the Bu-iness of the Agis Assurance Office, late of 41, Moorgate-street. This Protective Capital, 150,0001. , ov its !oeiety offers the oetion of Mutual Assurance with share of kat,„,: 01 wry moderate rates under the guarantee of a large loz oßpital. t eti,", r ,otits are either added to the policy, or pail in cash, or go to tat,, Ile annual premium ; while in the non-profit branch, the low .1 c 4:6, 48 co pared with those of pure Mutual Offices, are equivalent % 11, 4r e plediate bonus of from 30 to 50 per cent. of the amount n 1 -x•—Premium for assuring 1,0001. at age thirty•one, d. Average Premium of Mutual offices, 271. Os. Annual Duli e l n `' , Gl. Os. 10d., equivalent to a bonus of 3131. ss. 71. ; or to a 4, e " 1 1 , 3 131.55. 7d. FEATriax.—The annulties.granted bf the Mitre increase kre 4 .;.-dy on the mutual syst e m. All expenses of the annuity deed lettell;,:,,Yed by the association. o etailed information will be readily furnished on application, , pall or otherwise, to the Secretary, at the Mitre Life Office, No. 4, 41 ?:111',11, London. kr4q: c ' , gents required in such districts as are not already repro "X7 185' Jah„ Il etnuneratlon liberal. -"' • a. WILLIAM BRIDGES, Secretary. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. N K OF DEPOSIT, 1/01.TIONAG A.S3IIRANDE AND INVESTAIENT AS3O - No. 3, PILL-MALL EAST,'LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. 01, 4 , Empowered by Special Act of Parllammt. ii_ItetYARRA.NTS for the II ‘LF-YIiARLY INTF,REST, at the w,i;;Der cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts to 31st Decent- Ntip,„,:i be ready for delivery on and after January the 1031, 1855 -1 3b1 111, e 3 • • PETER MORRIF.ON, liana:tin; Director. 14 11 4111 , e3 desirous of Investing' Aloney are requested to examine the Aecotn,it,lie Rank of Deposit. Prospectases and Forsas for Opening, sent free on application. 1 11 N C E'S CLTT B, 14, Regent-street.- 441- 4.-r i i `i. ols EcE IS 11E11;0;11Y fiLVEIg. Tirit Vie G , Nr..11.1L _ ti ll Av,..,;,, 0 held on Wednesday, the 17th December. was Adjourned ttord t. ,,"A ' RDAY, January the 10th, next at 4 - o'clock; in order to 1 i ce,,, 4 , n a perm..ne .., . so!ctierTliPalsisi.n2; the reorg,snisa -4 th, ~.._ IlLttee beg to state that this object has been accomplished ' . .4 , ` 4o l n h or t "aCb i te ith ir l o ttee an op o por n t f un ai i , t a y That th,st s atisfactory manner with the present proprietor, and loth ineqr solicitor has undertaken to lay before the Meeting on the i ' 4 ,! l 's, at h j x ,! the highest le ad opinion as to the non-liablity of Mem `"e Bstliif —s ° ataple t ra g ntees that the Club shall be canted on to action of the m ia embers. By order of the Committee. Cilißi s----- R 4, - 044inle tsraoctios.— A ~, 14, 51 .7 &It A S HOLIDAYS. —ROYAL "ovea ' '0 \I . of SCIENCE and ART, Leicester-square.— laddiu and the Wonderful Lamp, withealcecoemnd ofAladdnin t 9 the grand organ by Mr. W. T. Best, and. t 2.. ew g s of ti' War 1 4 ° d bY Mr. Leicester Buckingham—Dioramic v 1 i h...... -i ne , Crimea—Luminous Fountain, 100 feet I. g l'•3a# " s lvng Appar4us and the Subaqueous Light in the 1 4; 41 Cistoi n — Csmoran an • e t. St. Petersburg and Moscow, with -,.. v _!tit of the czar ' H.:b olas—Lectures on Electricity—Chemistry thitsairal History—And the History of the Bee, for juvenile audi k:',e_doring the morning p zrfo rmances—Franklin's Arctic Voyages ti:' rataral Magic in the evening. Doors open in the morning at /lelb l u i % lie evening (Saturday exceptedl, at T. Admission, is. ; Is, and Children under 10, Ilalf-price. 1,14-tattrivra- CASINO, ARGYLL ROO LAS. Pre, Lining the course of this week will be played by Laurent's h b -eltr a , Overture. La Part du Diable. Auber: Waltzes: La t t , °eche des Felons (first time), Cornet Term:lll4.re. Toaste, p ith Miliit,P,osisio; Le Carnaval . de Yen's° (by a estre),ll. Laurent, es Fah, a riat!ons for all the principal performers. 9aadr u :r. t.lra e - ) 44 l'Alcazar, Lamotte •La Guerre; Le Roi au Pastel (first 'est Arnotte. Scbott , sche,3iathilde, Bonisseau. Polkas 'Rumen (l4Ptl.-ness ;La Fidelite, Strsuss ; shatter, Strauss. Gallop, Les 114.' IL Laurent. Principal Cornet War a . Piston, ' M, Boulcourt. All ibicfniation latlve to music to be obtained at the music repository A ' r i r t he orchestra. Doors open at Eight; continence at half-past. .one 21filling. °YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. tt.gr;,. The follovilng REMARKABLE NOVELTIES have been tieIALLY PREPARED. eniteri TURE by J. H. PxrrEit, Esq., on Professor Wheatston c e's cl u ,.„ _rin it us on the TRANSMISSION of SOUND through Solld on illutrated by a TELEPHONIC CONCEItT. CAt,kaPARr of an ENTIREUZ NEW and SPLENDID OPTl tlPDA,lr°4l?rillia,:e%lit r with I, Illustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the B eautiful PITANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS, and arranged by Mr. Waud. i ßta af .- T — e r4 e, v ESING ' , the Sth inst., LECTURE to the INDUS .te • On PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, by TREVETHAN r tt. tc "tl4 , a t t Increase in the 'VIEWS of the WAR: the BATTLE of the $c st EGE of SEBASTOPOL, the ENGLISH BATTERIES, r%rh e trlt s P., on thiSMINIE RIFLE, and that powerful implement of EAer''.l.EAM GUN, projecting Sixty Palls per Minute, wh'ch has 1 ' e ted by xt r. .Pna ' x -- tes, and will be discharged daliy and in the drr, c n n tr lt - ES on ELECTRICITY by Dr. nACHNOFFNEE. gdVi`,leo ' VOAL ENTERPAINMENT of the PATRIOTIC Acip.:7_6OvTisL:NT IN D G . For the special Amusement of the Juvenile EN lOUs' 1".1 kRIONETT ES will be exhibited. 11,1 et LECT E ITION S. of MODELS, &c. &c. - IW e eXpi, ll ; ( rnmis's New Mus'cal Game the POLY.HARMONI- Re v e oally b is y the Inv - entor P- t'il Theatre open on Saturday Evenings, from Half-pest eFO'-'n, with Mr. Cr's ocal Ill,ra, ions of the 'annlgs of Scotland, the awford American V Entertain us me nt, and Mr. D2 us e elcro m '4IINYELL ON NERVOCSNEtg, DEBILITY, AND et c , INDIGESTION V 'rina ry Derangements, Cnstipation, Hatmorrholds, Is. irtt i v r TO r e , by cost !P. I AND AVOID. A re m Abstentla multi curantur morbi." !,`43, h Lp B,.. d ,, r ,exPosition of the principal clusei (over and careless the above harassing and distressing complaints, ti get rid Y ;Ito and popular esposition of how we should 'e dat Of them 11 00 4 nil full insiru7ttons fur the regitnen and observance of Ike. o ut of the twenty four. Illustrated by numerous 2. LI GIITS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. r which that hath no calf, I hold him lost, and all desolat. He that hath no child, dab Ake sun and winde."—Chaucer. ~,ef the M arria,re iti expectations and Necessities—Development piou s -4eern "` vetiotis—Lo've Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded ari tal Inenngruities—Mntual Unsnitableness—Mental Tharria Datibi lity and Physical advent: ell Defectiveness — of Inter- 4teriljTlieorYsif Gestation--Hereditary Itese.mblance—Mode of On Bi milsti la Alliances Infelicitous; Infertile, and all Criss -La; of Diyorce, &o. 3. AY".. , 4D ITS .INFRIN4EMEi TS. Wt zt pv.s-ti.oiLlsehie,ture to Youn4 Men. ; ot 9 abiect T uth s as refired hurt Athen athebody—what ever heard." pass;the Life's P il4 rimags, fr om i n f anc y to old age. The advent , t ‘0Nti,;;,,.. 68 011 1. Chastity analanalits infringement . The casualties of re a , and disaipation, ,ivah illustrations, graphic, narrative, s ' ia tire. Advocacy of early marriages, Scc. 4. . 1)11 S,ecret Diseases, their Selt-management and Cure. Trig tlltq BOOK.—A comprehensive and posular expo.,ition en 't urinary diseases—their nature and treatment. com urtri4'v especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of xr tr ;vi he rie_ s : le ta l lie: pD e r i zae o r n i ts pt , jo s n hi s. cture , and spermatorrhoea with 250 en 5. • r alary ER, URETHRA., and RECTUNT.—", , ,omprleng —Cr .,,,. 4 ' , ZOrnentq, Constipation, and llmmorrhoids. TRz 01 3 6 and . 7, .." companions to the preceding. '" TO YMENT OF 1,11 , 1 , .. TIDNV TO BE HAPPY. " Jnetinde Ylvere." 1111; u:t:who:;04:1::::words to fair faith."—ShakeApere. 23 . Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or of I t Toth a ,. DP. RINIARD CULVEKWELL, ohs ' and ' Twenty Years Causal ting Colleague of the Flo tn a , the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, " in the London,tr advised With on the above m atters daily, from Ten l e evenings, from Seven till Nine. ,-,C i, llr„ "'pIt,.4ENTS - which fit grace f ally, are artisti u-,I.Ts "IIY cut. end made in a superior manlier are tbe _0 . 17E11_ , - ,-.Ois.‘„,',,,ALETOT. S, CAPES, TALMAR, A"leeib,.-4,,50.V. Many novelties in Materials and Styles sire And &c., Bcc., offered by E. -- ''!lts - .." s Season, and are suitable Attire for Juveniles d Yo u ., 'kith p'sg,fientlemen may be fully einipped at E. Moews and Sox's Tetarnnte est and elegant Dress suitable tor home wear, and for their As 6: Pettuel dune's. Fairedatters for.Lsdlcs and Gentlemen E. Moses and Sort have tr Universal celebrity for the suitability and cheapness of 'best g .? ° ' ll , and titer hants capta , ns, and others may make the sale .0--e4../tlll,tageotti sel e ectiou * from the immense stock in their Whole- Rl._ P.,trnent. n 1 CON'S ink'i?,t. No- rion.—TTntil Marc l / 2 1,191 1 5, E. MOSES EVEJIT l'.F.:ol.r`icltliNlENTS will be cLosEn at EIGHT OCL ... ekt r ,„ ..,elteePt Saturday, when they will be open to ttil g l n i a o r ' d clo t e h k ; D11)11, LV---E. 1 1073-3 awl SON reret htv.. ~ . .. ~_ ____l lte r4l4 'boe'l I!.'trupo aloft, hZT in; learned that th, etn.rau t t ,ll '. tll4 UM- °' %in,: connected with their Estalthshmen , , 01. ....:1 i f t;! . Obvia p . _ co....tarri," has 15£0311 resorted to in in-any instances, ...,. ZZ o r ‘ : r ' a lant, tkey beg to state that they have 4 ost wzra ANY orrrsa norms in oa our Or LONDON, 4 4,1 _ eXcept their own EJtabliShlTUMtl, V follows '.-". , a 1 8 5, a ki '," 4 Cit. Establishment, 151, 155. Irv:, and 157, Milrmeg, '" Lond on ~,,.`iagate.ooposite the Church, all enumumlcating. ...,, . ',_ eat-end Branch, 505, 507, sds. New Oxford-street, 1,2, r' too all communicating'. Nie-74Syorkshire) Drench, 19 and 20, Bridge-Street. e ulcat a i 4' rtul th, 3 G. Fargate. lit,rat,„, olesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. 64 e MX' T3norN, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Farriers, Boot and .1106;111.,and CI sneral Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. e zt‘l - ,,,` e ', 4-1". T.—Should any article net give satisfaction, i t t will be viivltteeo,ttsotisitfatclie,s,liredA, i cr, if preferred, L''.3 Illou.!^ will be turned ollitzttruzr,s.latalvhi?h, no u.hiagtacVm7,ltrecainahrkeedinzainop.lain'agures, the lowest 7uslisituacnts are closed from sansat on Fridays to sunset 4 ~„ ~.,_ ~ wrice business and resumed till 11 o'clock. co ,t a., ,, ; -11 2. 1 . 't for Autumn an.l Winter " The Commercial Corriu tatmt, kl")irit.i full lists of prices our system at self-measure -1,.t ~ cn in:3: be had on appileatton, or post-free. ~, ' n parts Fnuteail. A •.o .r guriebt (au! si Darla It4:ltrno. .n. 1 1111.,...._ anon Ilettfarth . Aqua sa liable EsPanu -,.tratedAhnanac for IBV grf.llE,ou application, or post free ~~` LN. 5. bu til —7,45 gm — . 0 0 a to a 0 rednetis 'he arrivals !, Barley and bo l ' o s i,.. y. Shelling ! 30. be quoted fo ri i, 6d; grindini; Beans, 0 5 seconds, 54 5 eidt' ao more ; cowl an 1 . 0 to 7d per lb•j to sid. La 13 17) )Os to Ws 09 11 (1 4 , ough fat, 5; ' er score.. N. 2. 92 Od to 7 15 V 3 04 commons As Gd to 5 041 fo ieal, 15s ou 0 1 t , , er itone, Oa ; 2d ditto, 4 11 f 141 b imPe rl o i Od ; barleys ; Ist flow', 3° B 9d credit. JAN. 5. lone since v‘ ate demand. 'An. 5. e of the InAr ket. Wallsend, 11°. Rotten ..... ck ......... Kelloe ........ Airth .... • ..... .—YRsTEBOI ...••••••••• . • ••-• 0 •• •• •• •••• • 0 0 1 ••• •••• •••• _••• a ...... • ••••••••••• ,• nelro ...... Ayres...• ; I 'oft, 60 WS .4 . alphia .• •• CE! OF BULL!, 1 Gold ln Bo' al Gold Coin in Dollars ! Dollars .• ••. in bars • 0.- : tILS.' the Gen'Si l' spatch.) • From Port * Dispatcto Liverpool - * I • • Liverpool • • ISeutharoPt°, SoutheroP t° : Dover ••". Plymout h Dover .• Southall*: SoutharaP Dover •••,` O ll SouthaolP• o southarn? rt, Various P• Isouthao o° ' 7 1 ,1 SoutIAMP,D, Seuthas3P 1 Dover ..;;OPI sotttba°.... i Dover Doiter .. ..,';;;r l4r iout l2 . - 'JO South! alP t°l , Doverat. gila' 00 1 DOVe: JO Southa u i Liverpo ••110 Dover ."..*I tot!'' :bait „ , , Dover .'„lon! i i soutban , ': ry r IYarioui Po .1 Dover ; i f t ,;p: 1 I:o3uutthilstami;inr Ivaiit o P ° r 1 Dover .. ",, !Dover ... i o e 'Southall:lP 1 1 ,South Or „I day, the exception o ' Ao l , Lich will be .• &It Jai° FRO State ot ~P~► artially el ° 'ery fine. ine. ino. unsettled• ine. ine. Tindy. rindy. j. ine—CP*o ain-- toady. ine. ine. [oudy, loudy. !oudy loudy. kl" o, shac sr o, yuhan 2 1 ;1, of 5S' von shire , 1 Sir fl eP t , thur Car 1 Chureb'f,g ri -house , o f t, Esq'' ' 3rixton,,Ace, Post-ow top ice, Is lix4 E Ol . 3 Corriel ir, the of 0 0 91 ellelos e f S OS e E t s r cl e " e t ' Ok , n o mvp - 0, Sun oe .0 111 No. r9,431.:1 PUBLICATIONS. INTERESTING PRESENT, CHEAP EDITION of the CRESCENT and the CROSS. • ' . . .By ELIO r WA RIIURTON. Now read', In 1 vol., with 13 itluslrations, Gs , hound. 1).40k calculated to 'prove more practically useful was never penned than ' The Crescent and the Cross.' "—Sun. Published for 11. Colburn, by his streeessors, Hunt and Blaeleett. NEW EDITION OF MR. RO9ERS'3 EISAYS. Just published, in 3 vole fep. Bvo., mice 21s. VSSAYS, Selected from Contributions to the Jil_ll Edinburgh Review. By RENDS RonEas. Second Edition, with Additions: tm form with the Editions in l'ocka Volumes of fir. Macaulay's Essays, and Mackintosh's and Sydney Smith's Works. Just ready, in octavo, uniform with the First Edition, the addi tional Essays, comprised in the above Edition. Loudon : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THE ABBE HTJC'S NEW WORN. ON CHINA. In 2 vol 3. Bvo , with a coloared Map, price 20 , THE CHINESE EMPIRE : A Sequel to uuc and Gabet's Journey through Tartary aud Thibet. By . the Abbe Hue, many years Missionary Apostolic in China. Copy right Edid-n, transtatcd with the Author's sanction. London; Longman, Grown, Green, and Longmans. PARLE Y'S ANIMALS The Eleventh Edition, carefully revised, bound in cloth, gilt. edges, price Gs., with nearly 500 Engravings on Wood, T ALES ABOUT ANIMALS. By PETER PARLEY, Autbor of " Tales at out Sea, Europe, Asia," &e. London; William Tegg aud Co., 85, Queen•streea, Cheaps'de. Wen, with .4 PrP.faea; tritt Bi'o., J[ESMERISM PROVED. TRUE, togethei IVA_ with the Rationale of T ",BLFI TURNING and - SPIRIT RAPPING. By the Rey. CHATINCY RARE TOWNSEND, A.M., of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. London : 13.•Balliere, 219, Re ent-sat.et. • QUACKS UNMASKED. The Third Edition.—,Just published, price 55., by post, free, bs. 6d. ON TRUE - & FALSE SPERMA.TORRH(EA, with the Vicw of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this discass, and Urrecting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment andeure. Pram he German of Dr. Milk:4'oM With an lntroluction by the ,Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " Vickford is known to English readers by his ftequent omit cal conirihutions to German medical literature. This is the first tame, be informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall teteet any other equally flagrant evil which it may be In his , over to cur rect."•--Lendon Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer front the corn plaint of which it treats, we arc satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less Importance, though it Is that which the quacks most prize— much money—. —This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea ' and to plan the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likey to do much good." London: 11. Tlalliere, 219, Regent-street. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 2D JANuaav, 1355. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HER MA JESTY'S ORDNANCE Do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE. that they are ready to dispose of to such persons as are aa fling to tender for the same, a quantity of Metal Borings, in store at the, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, which have been divided into lots, end may be viewed upon ap; , lication to the Storekeeper a% that pace, any day (Sunday excexed) previous to the day fixed Inc the delivery of the tenders. Ca' alogues of the several lots Storekeeper's ffisy be obtsitml by per3ons willing to become purchasers at the Oc., Woolwich, the Storek,ew "thee at the Tower, and at the Soc-etary's Office in Poll-nudi, where the tenders for the whole or coy number of the said lots are tote delivered on or before Tuesday, the 16th of January. By order of the Board, J. WOOD, Secretary: CONTRACT FOR LEMON JUICE. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Tramport Services, Somerset-House, sth January, 1855.. TAP, Commissioners for Executing the Wilco of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great BritAin and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notica, that on WED7f ESD AY, the 17th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for suenlying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD, _ , Whercte be delivered. Gallons. Half in 3 weeks, and tho remainder in LEMON JUICE. • • 2,000 3 weeks afterwards, or eat lier if pre ferred by the party tendering. Teaders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Juico. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may dent fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any. No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Ser vice at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, at the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty. and bear in the left-hand corner the words •• Tender for Lemon Juice , " n 1 must- also be delivered at Somerset Ilouse. 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Brothers, and Co:, 23, Paterno,ter-row - ; Hannay, 63,.0xf0rd-street Borne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 59, Cornhill ; or free by post to , thirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed , ford-square. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two. and from its till Fight. • DOVER, Jan. 7.—His Royal Highness Prince Lucien Bonaparte arrived hero this afternoon, from Calais, by the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Com pany's boat. On landing his Royal Highness was re ceived by Mr. Latham, French Consul, by whom the Prince was conducted to Birmingham's Royal Ship Hotel, where he partook of dinner. His Royal High ness left Dover for London by the express train at 7.30 p.m. GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AND EXTRAORDINARY; ESCAPE. —LOWICK. —On Wednesday', the 3d instant, an accident occurred at a coal pit which is being sunk near Kimmer ston by Mr. Salsbury,lof Barmoor. A barrel containing 251 b. of gunpowder had been inadvertently left in the smithy, which is attached to the works, and while one of the workmen was employed in'sharpening some tools a spark from the heated ironignited the gunpowder. A tremendous explosion followed, which carried off the roof, and otherwise greatly damaged the building, al though the man, who was at work within two yards from where the gunpowder lay,. only . ieceived a few slight burns. This person (George Halliday) some ye a r, ago was shut up in a neighbouring coalpit for two days and a night, under peculiarly trying circumetances.— Berwick Warder. A .R ttinQ' LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JAN VARY 8, 1855. .ADJIMALTY DESPATOBES. THE DESTRUCTION Or .TB E = PIRATICAL SETTLEMENT IN THE CHINESE SEAS. • The following despatches have been received at the Admiralty from :Rear 7 Adthiral Sir James Stir; ling, commander-in-chief on the East Indian and China station, -reporting operations of boats of Spartan, under Lieutenant Palliser, of. that ship, in pursuit .of pirates :-, SIR JAMES STIRLING TO THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY. (Received Jan. 6, 1855.) "Winchister, at Ifong-kong, 'Nov: 8, 1854. " have the honour to transmit herewith, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty, the copy of a letter I have received from Capt. Sir William Iloste, Bart., of her Mnjesty's ship Spartan, dated the 20th u!t., with its inclosures, reporting the operations of a detachment of seamen and marines in the boats of that ship, -under the orders of .Lieutenant Wray Palliser, which their lordships will perceive hap pily resulted in the recovery of a French lady, who had been seized by the pirates, and part of the cargo of a vessel they had plundered, as well as in the destruction of three forts, mounting 17 guns, the piratical settle ment, and 20 piratical junks, without the loss of a single man. "1 haVe on two former occasions (letters Nos. 48 and 58) expressed my opinion of- this officer's conduct on similar services, and now again feel it my duty to draw their lordships' attention to the jtidgment, gallantry, and discretion evinced by Lieutenant Wray Palliser on the present occasion, and to the important assistance ren dere.' to him by Lieutenant A. Morrell, R.N., Lieut. Stokes, Mr. Oliver, mate, Mr. Roger; second `master, and the other officers, seamen, and marinesena - ploy el under hini.—l have, &c., (Signed) " JAMES STIRLING, "Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief." (Inclosure in No. 74.) CAPTAIN TIOSTE TO ItEA.R-ADMIRAL SIR JAMES STIRLING. "Her 14ajesty's Ship Spartan, Hong Kong, Oct. 20, 1854. " Sir,—My letter of the 17th instant will have in formed you of the retsrn of the Lady Mary Wood, and, the unsuccessful result of her cruise as far as the rescue of the French lady taken by pirates from the barque Caldera was concerned. In consequence of a requisition from, the Vice-Consul of France (Inclosure No. 1), that I would permit another force to proceed in the steamer Ann, for a further search, I again despatched 85 sea men and marines, as detailed in Inclosure No. 3, under the command of Lieutenant Palliser, with orders to search for the French subject abovementioned, and to effectually destroy the piratical settlement in the island of Symong. " The force returned this day, having been most suc cessful. The French lady has been recovered, and the piratical forts and settlements of Coo•choo-mee, from Which cur boats were fired upon on the 15th inst„ com pletely destroyed. I 'herewith inclose Lieutenant Pal liser's report, Inclosure No. 2. . " I had given to Lieutenant Palliser directions to de stroy the town of Coulan should ho obtain certain infor mation of the inhabitants being concerned in the plunder of the Caldera. On his entering the bay the boats were fired upon by 20 large junks, and several batteries of heavy guns. Lieutenant Palliser, seeing that any attack with the f.irce he had would be useless, most judiciously retired. There' can be no doubt that Coulan is the stronghold of a large piratical fleet that'has infested this neighbourhood, and committed great depredations for the last seven months. No ship throWn on the coast or passing its vicinity is safe. They detach small parties to plunder in this neighbeurhood, who carry their booty to C.mlen, where they consider themselves impregnable. I am of opinion that no boats could successfully cope with them ; but it appears, from the soundings taken, that a steamer might be got within range, and a large force landing at the same time might effectually destroy the place. " Lieutenant Palliser speaks in high terms of the con duct of the officers under him. The conduct of the men, who worked for 12 hours under a burning sun, was most exemplary, and though exposed to great temptation in the shape of hquor, no case of drunkenness occurred. I cannot conclude without bringing to your excellency's notice the judgment and gallantry of Lieutenant Palli ser, by whose judicious arrangements the object of these two expeditions has been most satisfactorily attained. This is the fifth occasion within four months in which Mr. Palliser has been employed suacessfully in command of boats of this ship against pirates. And when it is taken into consideration that on the two latter occasions the steamers were unable, from their draft, to come within nine miles of the shore ; that Lieutenant Palliser was left entirely to his resources, oppoSed to a very supe rior force ; that he captured three forts mounting 17 guns, and completely destroyed a large piratical settle ment, I hope I shall not be considered presumptuous in requesting your excellency will be pleased to bring his conduct to the favourable notice of my Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty,—l have, &c., (Signed) "W. lloszE, Captain." (Sub-Inclosure No. 1.) GnORGE L. lIABSELL TO CAPTAIN 'WILLIAM HOSTE. " Vice Consulate of France, Hong Kong, Oct. 16, 1854. "Sir,—The Lady Mary Wood having been obliged to return to this place this morning without having suc ceeded in rescuing the French lady, passenger on board the barque Caldera, seized by the pirates to the south of Macao, I would ask if you could allow another force from your vessel to go down to the resort of these pirates in a steamer that the agents of the insurance companies (interested in the cargo of the barque) are to send down to-morrow morning for the purpose of saving what cargo they can, that is now lying in the houses on shore at that place, to renew the search after this un fortunate person. I ant desirous of leaving no means untried to rescue this lady, and I shall feel much obliged if you can accede to my request.—l have, &c., (Signed) "GEO. L. HAKSELL, " Vice-Consul for France." (Sub•lnclosure No. 2.) LIEUTENANT PALLISER TO OAPTAIN SIR W. HOSTE, PART. " Her Majesty's Ship Spartan, Hong Kong, Oct. 26, 1854. _ _ " Sir,—According to your directions, I proceeded, at 7 a.m. on the 17th inst., with 85 seamen and marines of this ship, in the barge, pinnace,' and jolly-boat, to the steamer Ann. On the evening of the same day we an chored near the wreck of the Caldera. The next morn ing I observed some suspicious-looking junks to wind ward ; we irnmediately.-went- in, chase with the barge, pinnace, and jllly-boat. On our approaeh they made [Jr the - shore, threw their guns overboard, the crew suc ceeding in escaping before we could come up With them, leaving their vessels aground. " I am happy to inform you that the first junk I boarded had on board the French lady whom we have been in search of, also a Chinese merchant who was taken in the Caldera. I immediately sent them to the Ann in the jolly-boat, buret the junk, and consequently two others. " We then pulled up to the villages of Coe-ehoo-mee, and landed, having previously burst some Sizrapnell shell over the town. We carried down to the boats all Lhe cargo that was not damaged that we could find— viz., 43 bags of sugar and 40 chests of tea ; and bnrnt two separate villages. While employed embarking the cargo we discovered another village, in an adjacent val ley, guarded by a battery, with men standing at the guns. I immediately collected our men and went to the attack. Not knowing the road we had to farce our way through a thick jangle till we came in fade of a battery, ,vbieh opened fire on us with four guns and five wall pieces at about SO yards. At the same time we received a shower of rocks and stones from a height that com manded the path, which knocked down several men. We immediately charge 3, and cleared the battery, kill ing and wounding several, and the rest fled into the jungle, where many were shot. We then burnt the vil age, which contained many houses, principally built of brick. Four of the suns and two of the wall-pieces we carried off, the rest we destroyed ; and after having burnt 17 boats on the beach we returned to the Ann at 7.30 p. "Early the next morning we left the Ann, in the boats, and pulled into Couian Bay. Immediately on rounding the point - we were fired upon from several batteries, situ ated in different parts of the bay; also from 20 large junks. hauled up broadside on to the beach, mounting heavy guns, from which they fired upon us with very fair pre cision, at a distance of 1000 yards. Near these large junks there was a battery, from which they fired some shell that burst short. After having satisfied myself as to the force and position of this strong place, I retired . behind the point, as I considered that from the very strong position taken by the pirates any attempt that I could have made with the force at my disposal to attack the place would be useless. I therefore returned to the Ann, and arrived in this harbour at 8.30 a.m. this day. " I take this opportunity of expressing to Lieutenant A. Morrell my thanks for his able advice and assistance throughout the expedition. To Lieut. Stokes, who com manded the marines, and assisted me greatly, my thanks are also due. I have great pleasure in informing you of the exemplary conduct of the men throughout. I here with enclose a plan (by Mr. Henry D. Sarratt), second master) of the Bay of Coulan, which appears to be the stronghold of the pirates, and I am, happy to state no casualties occurred. 7 l have, &c., (Signed) " W. PALLIER, "Senior Lieutenant, H.M.S. Spartan." (Sab-Inclosure No. 3.) " DETAIL OF FORCE BELONGING TO HER MAJESTY'S SHIP SPARTAN, EMPLOYED IN THE DESTRUCTION OF A PIRA TICAL FORT AND SETTLEMENT ON THE ISLAND OF' COO CHOO-MEE, OCT. 13, 1854. LIEUTENANT PALLISER IN COMMAND. "Barge, 12-pounder howitzer, Lieut. Palliser.. "Pinnace, 12-pounder howitzer, Lieut. Morrell. " Jolly-boat, Mr. Sarratt, second master. " 55 seamen, small-arm men ; Lieut. Stokes, t wo cor porals, and 18 privates Royal arines. (Signed) " W. HOSTE, Captain." In consideration of the gallant conduct, as well as judgment displayed by Lieut. Palliser on the above occa sion, the Lords of the Admiralty have promoted that officer to the rank of commander. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Royartieorge, screw, three.decker, Captain Cod rington, C. 8., is in the Sheerness basin. Her crew were paid, and weat on leave on Saturday for a month, with the exception cf the boys, who are to go this day. Her poop is nearly taken off ; her topmasts are housed, but yards across, and all the guns out • notwithstanding, however, she draws more th an 22 feet. We hear the whole extent that this vessel will be cut down will be confined to the poop. The upper deck guns will be done away with, and two Lancaster guns will supply their place. The St. Jean d'Acre, said to be the finest and fleetest vessel in the British navy, arrived in Queenstown on Thursday, at 3 o'clock, having sailed from Plymouth in less thai 21 hours. She has already two general officerg on board, and is to take away 750 men to, the Crimea. She carries besides a number of horses and a large quantity of stores. The river steamers were busy the whole of Friday conveying the troops on board, and she was hourly expected to proceed on her destination. The Cmsar, 91., screw, Captain Robb, having had her defects made good, was put out of dock at Devonport, on Friday. • The Monarch, 84, Captain G. E. Patey, which was towed out of Devonport Harbour on Thursday, was paid wages on Saturday, and was expected to sail yes terday for the Pacific. The Majestic, 81, screw, Captain Hope, C. 8., is in No. 3 Dry Dock, Sheerness. Her topgallant masts are housed, and all the rigging; rattled down and set up, &c. Prev;ous to her men going_ on leave she will be all ataunto, with Royal yards across. The crew are absent for 18 days. Tacyaly repairi n , the defects in the after part of her, but she will not he out of the engineer's hands, we hear, for another month. The Cresby, Si, screw, Captain Warren, is still in No. 1 Dry Dock, Sheerness, with her topmasts struck and yards down. Her crew return from their leave on the 14th, by which time she will be ready to haul out, if not before. She is coppered three feet higher than before, and many of her defects made good. The crew of tae Arethusa, 50, C a pt a i n Sy mon d s , w ill be paid wages to-morrow, and the ship placed in ordi nary. _ . Melampus, frigate, now fitting out in Sheerness basin for a store or troopship, progresses fast ; her top gallantmasts are on end, and the rigging is being rattled down. The Lizard, 3, paddle, Lieut. Commander Christopher, is still in- the harbour at Sheerness, waiting Admiralty orders. The Janus, 5, paddle, Lieut.' Commander Kane, is in Sheerness Harbour, waiting Admiralty orders. The Amphion, 34,•screw-frigate, Captain Key, is still under the sheers in Sheerness basi n . Th e crew are a ll drafted to the Nymph hulk. They expect to go on leave the beginning of next week. There are only one serjeant, one corporal, and six marines now on board taking care of her. The lower deck and hatchway are broken up, preparatory to taking out the boilers and other parts of the machinery. Her guns are- all on board. The screw steam-corvette Cossack, 20, Captain Fan shawe, went out of harbour on Saturday, and anchored in Plymouth Sound, where she toJk on board shot and shell. The Bonetta, 3, Lieut. C. Wake, which arrived at Sheerness from Portsmouth last Friday evening, was towed up to Chatham on Sftterdrvy, where she arrived at two p.m. She left Rio de Janeiro on the 9th of Novem ber last. All hands . well ou board, and a first•rate crew she has, having been four pars out. The crew appear most ab!e and willing to continue their services to the country. All they want is a . good leave of absence, and when this has expired to be allowed to volunteer for any ship they choose in her Majesty's service, which favour, no doubt, will be allowed them. The Lucifer, paddle, lett Portsmouth on Saturday, fur Pembroke. Sprightly, tender, Master Commander Allen, returned to Ports'mouth, from Devonport, on Saturday. The Fire-Queen; tender, Master Commander F. W. Paul, went down to Osborne on Saturday evening with despatches to her Majesty., Riley; Quartermaster Nicolane with 170 rank and file. • . " The Ripen reports the loss by fire of the .English tianspbrt No. 119, the Iremsyke, at C3nstantinople ; she was scuttled, and no lives lost. No particulars have reached here. " Tho Talavera, No. :93, has also arrived from the Levarit with 90 naval invalids and the following officers : Commander Lloyd ' • Drs. Evans, Bailie, and Gooch, R.N. ; Lieutenants O'Brien and Harcourt, 30th Regi ment ; .Assistant-Surgeon Sylvester, and 148 rank and file of the different regiments. " The Vulcan' steam-frigate, which put into Malta short of coal, left for Marseilles on the 29th. " Yesterday her Majesty's steam-frigate Sampson left port for Portsmouth. She had on board several invalids. Among the passengers embarked was Dr. F. Crispi, a refugee and au-advocate. He had edited a paper here with the knowledge of the Government, but as he had produced from the Opinions de Turino, a proclamation of Mazzini, and had translated into Italian two letters signed A Traveller in Italy,' from the Times, he has been expelled from Malta and sent to England !" The steam-ship Alma arrived at eight aou. on the 24th of December at Malta, after a fine run of five days and 15 hours from Gibraltar. The weather was very rough and stormy. MILITARY. It is reported that Major• General Philip S. Stanhope (Grenadier Guards) is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth garrison and Commander-in-Chief of the South-west District: Colonel S. Bloomfield, Royal Horse Artillery, is ap pointed Superintendent of Drills, in the room of Colonel. Willeg, who has proceeded to Gibraltar talake the coin , ' mand of the Royal Artillery at that station. A new description of rifle, called the " Pritchett," is in course of manufacture at the Government works, Enfield. To-ilay a draught of the 93d Highlanders is to leave Dundee, and a draught of the 42d leaves Stirling, en route for the Crimea. They each consist of 1 officer and 70 men: In Mullingar the utmost activity prevails in the re cruiting department, as there are stationed there depots of the 14th, 62d, and 90th Regiments. On Wednesday orders were received for the removal for embarkation of 112 privates, with the proper number of officers and non-commissioned officers of the 14th. • A larger num ber than required offered their services, which renders it possible that many of the married men, who have lengthened service, will be allowed to remain at home for the recruiting and drilling departments. The en rolling for the militia proceeded with vigour. MILITIA. The Duke of Richmond, Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex, has notified that the Artillery Militia of that county are to be immediately embodied for coast service. The Ist, or South Durham Militia, assembled at Barnard Castle, their bead-quarters, on Friday, the 22d ult., for permanent duty. The Royal North Glocester Regiment, under the com mand of Colonel Kingscote, assembled for permanent service at Cirencester on the 26th ult. The enrolineat of the Edinburgh County Militia;con sisting of 650 officers and men, has now been completed, and it is expected to be called out early in the spring. Orders have been issued for_ the immediate embodi ment of the 3d Middlesex Militia., Ninety privates, belonging to the North Notts Militia, were morn in as volunteer: -into regi►nents of time line, on Friday, after being addre.ssed by the - inspecting officer. The South Lincoln Militia, Colonel Sibtliorp, M.P., Colonel, now on permanent duty at Chichester, enrolled between 60 and firx young men as recruits during the past week. • . The West Suffolk. corps of Militia; under the com mand of Earl Jerinyn, M.P. for that borough, have as sembled at Bury St. Edmund's for active service. . The West Norfolk. regiment of Militia has assembled at Norwich for permanent duty, PREPARATIONS FOR THE ATTACK. The Constitutionnel publishes a letter of the 23d ult., from the army before Sebastopol. The writer is an officer, lately sent out, He says : " We embarked on the Ist, and made the passage in splendid weather, arriving in the Crimea on the 13th. Our division is not yet all come together, and in conse. quence we have not been assigned any particular part of the service. We are neither at the siege of Sebastopol nor with the army of observation ; we form part of the army of reserve, and are far from the operations which menace the other troops. We are half a league from Sebastopol, which I have not yet seen near, from being continually occupied. Notwithstanding •ur distance, however, it is not to be supposed that we shall not bo called on to take part, like the others, in active proceed ings ; thus, two nights back, on the occasion of the St. Nicholas, the Russian national fete, a sortie was appre hended during the night, and we were ordered to hold ourselves in readiness to fall in, but nothing occurred. The weather i 8 not cold, but the humidity is mt. ceedingly great ; there is much fog and wind, and the rain has been continual since our landing. The first might I that we passed at bivouac, so much rain fell that an in undation resulted, which caused us to change our place. As to our living, it is excellent. The Government makes immense sacrifices for us ; the officers and soldiers re ceive bread, biscuit, fresh beef, bacon, coffee, sugar, and brandy. In addition, the Emperor has sent out all ' kinds of preserves, which can be purchased at Paris prices. There are meats of the first quality, as well as boxes of fish, butter, cheese, and all kinds of wine, even to Champagne and Madeira. The siege is continued the same ardour and intelligence, and the town is gradually approached nearer and nearer. In France astonishment is felt at the length of time employed in taking this place, but no one can imagine the difficulty of this immense undertaking. It could have been taken long before, if the leaders could have made up their minds to sacrifice thousands of men in the assault, but such was not the idea which prevailed, humanity dic tating, without doubt, another mode of action, which shows forth only the more a prudent and able com mander. Hitherto our losses have been almost insigni ficant, and it may be even said that many of them are occasioned by the negligence of our soldiers, and by the imprudence of the guards of the trenches, either in quit ting the posts assigned them, or falling asleep by night in the trenches, which protect them against the fire of the enemy." MOVEMENTS AT ST. PETERSBURG. The Constitutionnel publishes the following letter from St. Petersburg, dated the 28th ult.:— o" Now that the two grand dukes have returned from the Crimea, the Cesarewitch Alexander and Prince Paskiewitscli are expected. The journey of this latter is caused by military and political reasons. In his quality of Commander-in-Chief of all the active army, his opinion is of paramount authority on all matters re lating to the army under his orders. He recommends officers to the command of corps and for other employ meats. It is he who got Prince Gortschakoff appointed, first to . the command of the army of the Danube, and then to that of the army of the south. It is he who had Osten Sacker named to the 4th corps d'arrnde, Read to the 3d, Rudiger to the command in Poland, and lately Berg to the command in Finland. AboVe all, he has to render an account of ail the measures taken for the defence of the empire in the west and south-west. The following is the way in which the frontier preritiees are provided with troops. In the provinces of the Baltic are the Grenadiers of the Guard and of the reserve, in addition to the garrisons in the towns on the coast ; in Poland and Lithuania, there are the let corps d'armde having its head-quarters at Radom, garri sons at Zamoie, Ivangorod, and Nowogeorgiewsk, two divisions of grenadiers, two divisions of the guard, two brigades of cavalry and two of the artillery of the guard, the artillery and cavalry of the Ist corps, of which two divisions are near Kamienitz and .I.;ajow. The last named town is the centre for the position of the reserve. From Katnienetz to Kischenew, Odessa, eand Reni ex. tend the remainder of the 3d corps, under the orders of Gertschakoff; the corps of the cavalry reserve, Cossacks and garrison troops, as far as Kherson and the Taurida. The second line of this defensiv9 position is formed by the army of reserve, which has its head-quarters, under the orders of Tscheodajaw, at Moscow itself. Such are the principal points of the position which Russia has selected for displaying her armies in the face of Europe, a position which, notwithstanding its great extent from St. Petersburg to Odessa, appears to many persons in this country so exceedingly strong that they would look on the acceptance of the four conditions as an act of shameful condescendence towards the Western Powers. M. Brok, our Minister of Finance, provides perfectly for all our wants of money. In order to insure to the Russian merchants a sort of monopoly in the commerce of tea with China, he has had the ingenious idea of levy ing a duty, double that paid by the native merchants, on all teas imported from the frontiers of Siberia and Orenburg by the other merchants of Asia. This measure will have the inevitable c onsequence of leading to the naturalisation of the Asiatic traders as Russian subjects, or at least their inscription in the corporations of the empire, whence it follews that the new measure has, at the same . time, a political bearing by bringing the non Russian merchant under •a sort of dependence with respect to our government, as in order to save his commercial existence he will be obli g ed to pay what is ca lled the corporation-tax. The day before yesterday, a young man was so imprudent as to allow his. tongue to run on, somewhat too freely, wtlich act brought Alin) into trouble. He had remarked that the four points sent from Vienna were somewhat too highly salted, and that Austria: seemed to have thrown into them same of the 'products of her salt-works of Whlicka, in order to sell them as dearly as possible. But, added he, no one will believe that the Czar will yield as long as he has a conscript left. These short observations wore made last Thursday in a society of intimate friends at Strelna. The next day, the young man received from the government a passport to proceed to his property at Saratoff, with these words : " Count S--off will be pleased, like a good patriot, to explore his property and see if he can find any wilt there, and free Russia from the necessity* of obtaining her salt from other countries." APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant Charles H. Smith (1854) has been ap pointed to the Cxsar, 91, screw steam-ship at Devonport ; Master William H. Sharp (1354), to the Pylades, 20, sore a , steam corvette at Sheerness. THE PRINCESS ROYAL. The crew of the screw steam-ship Princess Royal, 91, Captain Lord C. Paget, is to be paid wages to-day, prior to leaving for the Black Sea on the same or following day. She will embark for service in the Crimea the following officers and men, who arrived at Plymouth on Saturday morning :—Major-General Jones and his two aides-de-camp, Lieutenant-Colonels Cowell and Jame son ; also the First Company of Royal Sappers and Miners, consisting of 100 rank and file, under the com mand of Capt. J7F. M. Browne, and Lieutenants Bel son, Carter, and De Conroy Scott, of the Royal Engi neers, together with one sergeant and 4G privates of the ambulance corps from Chatham. She will embark at Queenstown 28 officers and draughts of men for the regiments serving ire the Crimea, together with 30 tons of camp equipage and baggage for conveyance to Balaklava. THE GUN-BOATS. The Pincher, one of the new light draught gun-boats, having had her engines put on board at Deptford, was brought down to Woolwich dockyard on Saturday to have her guns mounted and be completed for sea. Seve ral of the other gun-boats building at Northfleet are in an advanced state. They are all ordered to be ready previous to the ice breaking up in the Baltic in the spring of the present year. MAIL FOR . TURKEY. This evening a mail for the British army in Turkey, the Crimea, and the fleet in the Black Sea will be made up and forwarded via Marseilles. Letters will be charged 3d the quarter ounce, newspapers 2d each. Tao postage must be paid in advance. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. black Boy, hired screvv-transport, 173, which arrived in Southampton on Thursday, for the purpose of taking on board a portion of the huts awaiting shipment for the Crimea, leaves for her destination to-day. Besides which the Black Boy has on board a large number of packages for _officers and otkors engaged ia the Crimea. The - S4laclin, sailing-transp4re, for the ,convey anCe of French huts, went into the river from South ampton yesterday morning. She departs for the Black Sea, accompanied by the paddle-wheel steamer William Al`Cormick. The Coriolanus, hired sailing-transport, also engaged by the French Government for the conveyance of huts for their troops in the East, is being rapidly loaded. She will, no doubt, get away from Southampton early in the week. Swiftsuro, which has also been hired for a similar purpose, will be the next ship to take her departure from Southampton. In consequence of the non-arrival e f d as u t tont supply both ships, this the Curiolanus has taken on ves selb°fo al huts shl her s r u o e t rn a b c , n e i e p i n l o t e a l 1 . > d n ' e t The Talavera, sailing-transport, 916 tons, has left the Black Sea for Malta, from whence she will convey hoine,about 250 invalids, and on completion of her voy - = age be dismissed the service. Yesterday the Prineo of Wales transport left Gravesend with a portion of the second division of the " navvies" for Balaklava. On the previous evening the Hesperus, with another of the:same party, took her departure for the same 4vstmution. Tho brig Albion is now unloading provisions at the Royal Victualiing-yard, Stonehouse, consisting o in barrels, for the The transport Prince Albert, taken up for the convey ance ea t st h w r a e r a d d ~ beef, and pork, Nest Indies, anchored a at Spithead on s„ She is to convey a d etac h ment o f o t f ur t d ro a o y p e s v to en t i h ng e . Wes the 86th to Jamaica. _ The Himalaya, Commander Priest, arrived in dock at Southampton, on SAturdny morning, from Portsmouth. She will remain in the tidal basin until Tuesday, when a graving dock will be at leisure to receive her. In this dock she. will receive a thorough cleansing, and will no •doubt return to Spithead to await future orders. RUSSIAN PRIZES. On Saturday c.dvices were recsived from Malta dated December 28. On that day the Fairy yacht, laden with . and Navy, , E vy a , i stores sent out by the Crimean Army Fund for gratui tous distribution among tbe troops, sailed also for Beaklava, as also the following transports, carrying re inforcements, stores, warahn, m clothi ng , w i nter -h uts, an d ic e ' Edwines— n: doves—namely, Fox,ely P a r ndhe Alster. ess i the Candia, tli The African mail stcam-ship Retriev er , lyin g o ff Mill bay-pier, the army was to take her mails on board yesterday after noon at 2 p.m., and was expected, to sail immediately afterwards. Captain Edwin C. T. D'Eyncourt, of the Desperate, will commission the new screw steam-corvette Fylades at Sheerness, immediately that the crews of the Despe rate have stripped her and returned her stores. The Desperate is to be a ppropriated, p ro tern., as a_hulk for the crew of thPylades. AT RIVALS, &e., AT MALTA. A letter from Malta, dated on the 31st of December, says :—" There is but little to communicate by the un expected departure of the Fteamer Ripon for Mar seilles, which vessel arrived here yesterday from Con stantinople with invalids for England direct. 'On her arrival, however, 116 - destination was of a sudden changed, the troops disembarked, and . the ship was ordered to proceed to Marseilles for the conveyance of French troops. "On board the Ripon was the body of 'the late General Adams, which was disembarked. "Her passengers were—Colonel Maitland, the Earl of Cardigan, Colonel Bradford, Major M'Mahon, Cap tains Wright, M'Dougall, Ellice, Croft,' Warren, Leiken burg, and Robertson • Lieutenants Buml, R.N., and Lewprise ; Dr. Blakeley ; Ensigns Anderson and I PRICE SD. ARRIVAL OF THE CANDIA. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 7.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer Candia, Captain Field, ar rived here to-day. Her dates are—Balaklava, Dec. 15 ; Constantinople, 21 ; Malta, 27 ; Gibraltar, Jan. 2. She brought home 229 passengers, chiefly invalided officers and soldiers from Scutari Hospital, who had been wounded at Alma, Balaklava, or Inkerman. The officers were Captain Hume, Lieutenant Bernston, 55th Regi ment ; Captain Thompson, 10th Hussars ; Li eu t enan t Ne;venharn, 63d Regiment ; Dr. Wilsou, 7th Hussars ; Captain Kennedy, 77th Regiment ; Lieutenant Clarke, 20th Fusiliers ; Captain Bamford, 63d Regiment ; Lieu tenant Greenwood, 33d Regiment ; Lieutenant Irvine, Lieutenant Shealfield, 44th _ Regiment ; Dr. Reade, Major Yates. Captain Tryon, 7th Fusiliers, and 102 noncommissioned officers and soldiers belonging to the 13th, 17th, 21st, 233, 28th, 30th, 38th, 39th, 62d, 633, 89th, and 95th Regiments. There were also as passen gers seven Sisters of Mercy and two nurses from See- tari Hospital, and Mrs. Reade and family, the widow and children of Dr. Reade, who died in the East. Two of the private soldiers died on the voyage ; one died yesterday, and was buried at sea this morning. Twenty five of the soldiers were lying very ill on board, partly from their wounds and partly from dysentery, caused by the change of climate in coming home. The whole cf the officers and soldiers who came home is the Candia from Scutari were either so ill or so much maimed that active duty was in their case for a long period out of the question. The Candia came alongside the Southampton dock quay between 11 and 12 this morning, and the pas sengers could easily walk ashore. As soon as she came alongside, a place on the dock .quay was immediately railed one.. peeed - ht the 'public frititiaitSommtidint-thee passengers, and dock policemen guarded the spot ap propriated to them. Messrs. Hedger and Levy, the dock • authorities, with a large staff of dock porters, immedi ately went on board the Candia, with authority from Colonel Barlow, the chairman of the Southampton Dock Company, to pass the baggage of the wounded officers and soldiers through the docks as quickly as possible and without charge. Mr. Sparrow, the collector of customs ; Mr. Clarke, landing waiter ; Mr. Obree, the superin tendent of the tide surveying department ; Messrs. Skinner and Vaughn, tide surveyors, with a staff of tidi, waiters, were also on board, prepared to pass the baggage of the officers who were about to proceed to hotels in the town. Captain Cragie, the Admiralty superintendent, and Captain Lacy, the head of the Southampton enrolled pensioners, were also in imme diate attendance to arrange the best method of disposing of the soldiers to put them to the least inconvenience. Drs. Maul and Mackey, two resident surgeons, went on board to volunteer their assistance. None of the wounded officers or soldiers on board the Candia had lost any limb, but all suffered from gun-shot wounds,; some were limping with sticks, others were on crutches' numbers had their arms and hands in slings, some were crawling, others lying about the deck—all betraying that peculiar appearance arising from illness caused by pain and hardships. But for the looks of suffering in the poor fellows' countenances, no one could have helped laughing at their costumes. Some wore red coats, some green, others blue, many grey great coats ; some hail foraging-caps, others fezzes on their heads. There were mixed together foot and horse soldieis, light and heavy dragoous, riflemen and Highlanders—Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerenan men ; mammy of them were youths with searedy any hair on their chins, but whose fight*; days were all over. Directly the Candia was alongside the baggage of the officers was looked at on the dock by the customs officials, and the officers were enabled in half an hour afterwards to get to their hotels. A stair of landing waiters was ordered on duty as soon a e possi'ule to pi event any delay in the despatch of the sol diers directly the necessary arrangements ceohl be made to convey them from Southampton; Shottly after the arrival of the Candia, the Admiralty ordered her to pro seed to Portsmouth. The tide, however, was too low, and she will leave Southampton the first thing to-mor row mornirg. Three or four thousand people assem bled in the docks to see the poor wounded men, who excited the greatest interest in the spectators. Some amusement was caused in the docks by a horse, draw ing a cart laden with five casks of porter, coming up close to the ship. It appears that Messrs. J. and G. Cooksey, merchants, of Southampton, with great kind ness and consideration, sent the porter as a present to the invalided soldiers as soon as they heard of their arrival, As the soldiers were from various regiments, many inquiries were made of them by the people of Southampton as to abent friends at Scutari and in the Crimea. It was truly pitiable to see how ill some of the poor soldiers were, stalwart men, whose voices had become childishly treble through pain and feebleness. Comrades were sitting beside and tending upon those who were very ill. There were female nurses also, and the medical attendance on them appeared to be good. Groat anxiety was manifested by the people of South ampton to get hold of relics of the terrible struggle in the Crimea, which were brought home in the Candia. The wounded men spoke in the highest terms of the treat ment they received at Scutari. Captain Stratton was in command of the sick and invalided. The Sisters of mercy b en7o, who ot e sv a cTre e d h r o eg m se e d i a n fte t r " theeafnasdhiaionwoefrenuEnsn.glish w The Candia left Toulon with- 1.200 F renc h troops about six weeks since, and landed them at 13ftlak/ava. It was arranged when she was hired by the French Go vernment that if she could be at all dispensed with in time Black Sea, after she had landed the French troops, she should return to Southampton to resume the mail service. The Ripon and Eileen are on their way to this country with invalids from Scutari. SIR CHARLES NAPIER AND THE G °FERMI - EN T. It appears almost impossible (says the llampslare Telegraph) any longer to conceal the fact, that consider able misunderstanding has arisen between the Govern ment on the one hand and Vice-Admiral Sir Charles isrpier on the other, in reference to the character and results of the operations in the Baltic. It is no secret that Sir Charles does not consider full justice has been done him by some members of the Government, in reference to the amount of discretion be was empowered to exercise, and the withholding of permission to undertake certain enterprises when they were proposed to him. The vari ous speeches made at the Reform dinner, in Parliament, and at other places, left no question but that the Baltic fleet was expected by ministers to parform greater ex ploits than they have performed, whilst it is also petty well known that Sir Charles Napier himself shared if ho did not excite these anticipations. The determined skulking of the Russian fleet in harbour of itself wets sufficient to prevent their realisation, whilst the unex pected strength of the Russian fortifications, and the dif ficulties of navigation in the waters of the Baltic, also further prevented the achievement of any brilliant ope rations. 'We are-not, however, disposed to join in any indiscriminate grumbling at the results of the Baltic catnpeign, for after all they have been by no means in significant, whilst they have been obtained with compa ratively little loss of either life or treasure. With regard to the chief operation in the Baltic—the destruction of Boinarsund—complaints have been Made that it was not effected by an attack by the great flea under the Admiral's. orders and the landing of the strong force of marines belonging to the English and French squadrons. Some aersons bare even gone so far as to assert that this was actually owing to the want ,of enterprise on the part of the admirals, and that Sir Charles himself was the, pers )n who applied to the Go eerements of England and France air a milltary• feice to effect the capture of a rapidly-iisieg Sebastopol of the Baltic. But, if we are correctly informed, it was Sir Chat les Napier who pointed oat the necessity of the capture and destruction of Boinarsund, owing to its menacing position as regarded Northern Europe ' • and also declared his readiness to carry his proposal into effect with the fleet and marines alone. The soundness cf Sir Chat les's advice was, we understand, acquiesced in, but he was directed not to undertake the siege until the arrival of a French military force. This, it is,ittid, caused as much annoyance to the gallant admiral as to any other officer or man in the fleet, as he believed the trouble and expense of sending a military force for such a purpose to be unnecessary. Again, we are informed that Sir Charles Napier applied for, and was refused, permission to attack and destroy Abo, Hango, and . Revel. With regard to the expectations that were formed of an attack on Sweaborg, it appeared that a council of war was held on the subject, and that among others who gave their opinion, the French officer of eneineers, Ge neral Neal, expressed his belief that it could be reduced in four days. Other views as to the time the operation would require were given, a general unanimity of opinion being entertained as to its practicability. One captain of the navy offered to lead his fine screw two decker into the harbour and run stem on to a Russian three decker moored with her broadside commanding th 3 har bour channel, by which he declared he would sink the Russian although he might get his own ship .much damaged. A distinguished flig officer, however, gave it as his opinion that the place was next to impregnable so far as a naval attack alone was concerned, the destruc tion of a greater part of the fleet being inevitable. Weight being attached to this opinion, the attack was decided not to be made. Other facts will doubtless shortly transpire in refer ence to the past Baltic campaign, as the matter ,will be brought before Parliament on its meeting. Sir Charles Napier, viewing the order to strike his flag as denoting disapproval of his conduct, has demanded a court-martial, for the purpoFe of its being thoroughly sifted ; but we much doubt whether this demand will be acceded to. In all probability it will be refused on the ground that as Sir Charles has received no censure, direct or implied, from the Admiralty, in reference to . his performances in the Baltic, there is no charge against him to investigate. MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT.—Under this important Ant, passed during the late session, of Parliament, it ha s been found necessary to constitute a new office in the Custom-house, but under the control of the Board, called the Department of the Surveyor-General for Tonnage, upon whom, assisted by a competent staff, Will devolve the duty of accurately ascertaining the exact tonnage of every vessel belonging to, or trading with, this country. —United Service Gazette. Yesterday was read in the churches and chapels in. eluded within the Roman Catholic arch diocese of West minster, a pastoral letter from Cardinal Wiseman, dated at Rome, and promulgating the doctrine of the immacu. late conception as an article of faith. The message is addressed thus :—"Nicholas, by the divine mercy of the holy Roman Church, of the title of St. Pudentiana, Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Westminster, to our clearly beloved brethren and chil dren in Christ, the clergy secular and regular, and the faithful of the said diocese. Health and benediction in the Lord." - The Cardinal first eaters into the external circum stances under which the dogma has been established. He describes the meeting at Rome of bishops from all parts of the earth, and then speaks of the interior de liberations. Ho says : "It was impossible to behold many of these prelates without emotion, many venerable for their age and the long and faithful services they had rendered the church, some reward for their persecution and sufferings—even to exile—which they have heroically endured for Christ's truth ; not a few whose countenances presented to the beholder the type of holiness which shines in their lives so as to be like breathin g pictures of eminent saints, b u t present evidences of the Church's mark of sanctity ; and others whose noble features and bearing, on whose mild and amiable countenances presented varied forms of the episcopal character. Such was the truly grand assembly of bishops amidst which we found ourselves standing, to our own edifi cat i on, i nstruction, and humiliation. On four different days did this truly ecclesiastical assembly meet, under the presidency of three cardinals distin. guished for piety, theological learning, and experience, Brunelli, Catelini, and Sa n t ucc i , and attended upon by a choice assembly of divines, secular and regular. The bull prepared for its last revisio n had been communi cated to them, and every portion of it frankly and acutely discussed. Here was indeed seen the importance or rather the necessity of a common ecclesiastical lan guugo as the organ of religious unity. The bishops as sembled in Rome represented 14 different languages, as used by them in their communications with their own flocks ; yet hero a common tongue united them, and proved that they belonged to the church which belongs indeed to the whole earth, , , but isE!tilkel:_oppalto:,-.,.;,44A, speech. festilY;=: tna gireM idaf tt preached—a day for ever memorable in the Church's annals, the day in which the great prerogative of holi ness ever conferred on creatures exemption from the stain of original sin was to be seen dogmatically de clared, as it had been firmly to belong to the purest of beings after Him who chose and fitted her to be His mother. The cardinal, anticipating criticism, is careful and says :—" You will of course understand, dearly beloved in Christ, that the Church pretends to new revelations, but claims the unfailing assistance of the Holy Spirit to guide her into all truth, and the teachingin her of her divine Founder to the consummation of the world, and, there fore, the perfect assurance that whatever she is found to be at any time universally teaching, and what the Vicar of Jesus Christ pronounces to be her doctrine, has been that of the Catholic Church from the beginning, and consequently a portion of that deposit of faith, and a part of the revealed truth, which was entrusted to her by the Author and Finisher of her faith. It was not, therefore, to pronounce to the world any new discovery, nor to demonstrate by arguments a particular theory, that this venerable assembly was convened in the mag nificent basilica of St. Peter, on the memorable Bth of Dec., just elapsed. It was as successor to him over whose ashes and under the, shadow of whose chair he stands to• prcnonnce a decree of unfailing certainty, that the immunity of the ever blessed Virgin, Mo ther of of God, the eternal Word inoarnate and the spot lees Lamb, Lad Ucen a doctrine revealed from the be. E.;inning, and if hitherto only received in implicit faith, henceforth, by virtue of his decree, to he believed by all with explicit faith, that is, as a distinct and separate dogma, no longer involved in the general belief of what the church teac')e.,." A remarkable; portion of the Cardinal's pastoral is taken up with a graphic description of the scenic fca turos of the ceremonial when the doctrine was declared by the Sovereign Pontiff. The proces - .2ion (he says) presented one of the noblest eco-lesivitical spectacles ever wAncsse,l, even .in St. Peter's. 0113 hundred and fifty-two bishops in silver eapea, and white mitre', and 51 mitred cardinals in the embroidered vestments of their respective orders as bishops, priests, and deacons, immediately preceded the Holy Father. He next describes the heavenly music, but what fol lowed, he tells the faithful, was yet more sublime. "Standing at his throne the Holy Father commenced the reading of the solemn decree by which, as superior pastor and visible head of the universal church, as suc cessor of the apostles St. Peter and St. Paul, and as vicar of Jesus Christ on earth, he authoritatively and dogmatically pronounced that the immunity from original sin, or, in other words, the immaculate concep tion of the ever blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of God, is a revealed doctrine of the catholic church. He had not, however, proceeded far, before his tears and sobs interrupted his speech, and it was only by an effort which evidently cost him great exertion, that he could make his words struggle through the tide of his emotions, and rise audible above the flood of his overpowering feelings. He succeeded, indeed, so that we had the happiness of hearing -Avery word and syllable of his most memorable decree ; but that flood of tender devotion drew after itself cor responding sentiments from the souls of others, so that scarcely a dry eye was to be seen amongst those who witnessed this touching scene. The cannon's voice gave the signal of the happy accomplishment of so many fer vent desires to the whole city, and the prolonged peals of gladness from the olden towers of Basilicas, and the belfries of modern churches, represented the acclama tion of the earlier and later periods of unchangeable catholicity. The Cardinal Dean returned before the thron e to return thanks, and accompanied by the proper official personages, to request that the official deed should be drawn up of the prooeedings, and the bull issued contaking the decree just pronounced. The mass then continued, and at the Te Deum, which closed it, the people joined in with the same overwhelming melody as they had introduced into the invocation of the Holy Ghost." After describing some subsequent ceremonies, the Cardinal returns to the doctrine, and exclaims : " Rejoice, then, dearly beloved, again we say rejoice. Rejoice in the Lord, who has so graciously bestowed on his church so signal a blessing, whereby the piety of her children has been wonderfully excited, and their love for their Mother in heaven greatly increased. Rejoice that to her fresh glory has been given, and a new crown, the brightest that she can wear, that we may hope for near favours and more abundant graces from her affectionate and powerful intercession. Rejoice, that through this glorious event the unity of the church, the peace and love that reigns am ong it s p as t ors, their docility to their head, their attachment to the see of Peter, and the piety and learning of so many of them, have been most (con solingly exhibited. And though absent in body, yet in spirit present with you, we rejoice wide you, and pray to God that .'roan this spiritual joy he will raise more solid graces—fi Lilts of the blessing which the Holy Father, ' through our bands, sends down upon us. (Signed) " N. Card. WISEMA.N." PEOTOGRAPIIIC SOCIETY. On Thursday evenipg a meeting of the members o the Photographic Society—au association for promoting and improving the art of photography—was held at the institution in Regent-street; Sir William Newton in the chair. The meeting was numerously attended, and in cluded many distinguished individuals who practise the art as amateurs. Some routine matt e rs having be e n disposed of, The CLIAIRMAN announced the most interesting busi ness of the evening,. viz. : the reading of a paper by Mr. Maya)l, on " the Albumen Process on Glass." After a brief introduction, Mr. MAYALL detailed at conpiderable length his plan for producing pictures on al bumelliscil glass. In the course of the lecture, Mr, Mayall made a variety of experiments, and exhibited a combination of chemical arrangement and chemical manipulation that excited considerable interest. Fur thermore its practical utility was illustrated by the de veloping of some exqui,ite pictures taken in the camera a few hours previously. A. singular ainount of detail can be attained by the process made public that evening. Its minuteness and. delicacy may be judged when it is known that the whole of Charin , -cross and surrounding buildings m a y b e di s ti nct l y and clearly pictured on a surface two inches square. Albumen views for the ste reoscope will make far more interesting pictures than photographic amateurs have hitherto been able to pro •duee. A vote of thants to Mr. Mayall, for his liberality in publishing his prom., closed the proceedings. The Royal mail steamship Lightning, Captain Anthony Enright, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday morning for Melbourne, with 370 passengers, 1,000 tons of cargo, and 2GI sacks, or 60 tons, of letters and news papers on board. The next Royal mail ship to Austra lia will be the celebrated " Black Ball" clipper Boome rang, on the sth of February. The Ocean Chief, Capt. T. J. Tobin, will sail this day with 340 "bounty" emi grants, for Hobart Town, and the Commodore Perry. Captain Mender, tomorrow, with 800 "bounty" and German emigrants for Launceston and Sydney. Both these vessels belong to the Black Ball line. " Tuz QUEEN v. NEwrox."—An application was made to Lord Campbell, on Thursday evening, on .the part of the two defendants in this case convicted of an assault on Mr. Ker, for leave to amend the record, with the view of bringing a writ of error,. so that the de fendants might be admitted to bail. Notice of motion had been served on the other side, and the point to be raised was, that the place where the assault was com mitted was at Tieulali-spa , in, the parish of Lambeth, and consequently it was not within th e j ur i s di ct i on o f t h e Central Criminal Co?. Lord Campbell refused the apolication ; the objection should have been made on the trial. The defendants are confined in Horsemonger lane gaol, u ndergoivg the judgment of the Court. GIIN AccIDEN I .—A most distressingaccidentocearrod a f e w days since to Mr. J. Trnmper r :of the Lawn, Woe. mont, Monmouthshire. It :appears-that with some friends lie had been out Cock. shooting. The day was frosty and the ground slippery ; in crossing a small brook, at,the bottom of a dingle, Mr. Trumper fell, his gun slipped from his hand, and in the shock exploded; carrying away the whole of the back part of the right hand from the knucklei to the wrist. It was provi dential that he was not shot dead on the spot, for the charge tore' away the edge of his shooting-jacket, and carried off a portion of his whiskers. As it was, the injury was serious enough, for the shattered hand had to be amputated. The operation was skilfully per. formed, and Mr; Trumper is proceeding favourably. sin. loudy. loudy. loudy. ine. ine. ine. Time