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•`~w L I/ 1 11 1 , 1.4, 13ERT SMITH'S MO . NT . C r2a ; '-*Ter at 8 o'clock, and Every Night (4at ata,...y)... Plate 23 •; Gallery is. 'no Mornln3 Eejcsentatluns „e,ery Tuesday Thursday , and Saturday ; at 3 o'clock.— riecadiuy.' 'S CASINO, .A.IIGYIZ ROOMS.— .ume will be evtla' R l 4" , Jan. 15th, 1855.—During the course of this week I Played by Laurent's Orchestia :—Overture. trWaltzes :La Silhonette s Falons Cornet ; Vermah- ! :a m i d miss; La Snitlneffirst time), Itosisio ;Le Carnaval • t ks. e*Ir 0; 1 21. Laurent, withlVariations for aillb e;rincipal trrtsto:9Yadrilles Jerome ; .Dieza (first time), Latrotte ; kale), ;Le Rol du Pastel, Lamotte ILe Diaole d'Argent 4te4 t (ft ! terr e• Schottische, llathilde, Bonisiesu. Polkas : ',autt ,me) Strauss ; The zeuayes (first time), U. Laurent; I.a.pizorau9s. Gallop, Les Guides, IL Laurent. Principal I ,N ncikoutt,' All information relative to music to Zile nee at 4 ; et music repository under the orchestra. Doors open half-past. —Admissiot,One Shilling. It u TAL Rk Itc oLytkortmci INSTITUTION. °L Pp e R EIIARKABLE NOVELTIES have been Y b th :ETPARED. ''• R. PEPPER, Esq., on Proressor heatstone's N. 14;104, ustr n e TRANSMISSION W of SOUND through Solid Con to R , bY a T ELEPRONIC CONO EXT. an ENTIRELY NEW and SPLENDID OPTl ''altb, ill ustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the ' ll attNl • "anthill PHANTARMAGORLL BFFE C TS, and .;itl,r4la arranged Mr Wand 11 ,,till4 s * ,,f , the ' , FAA !SIEGE of S . EBASTOPOL, & c., Brc. q6,'114,0,,k;,LA,Ar GUN, discharging Sixty P ails per Minute. Ilo 7 g B , lr _OD AL ENTEUT A I NMENT of the PAT RIO no kiv,llo f ,',, , N D. For the special Amusement of the Juvenile ' T 'IN GENIOUS M kRIONETTES will be exhibited. qty eW ,Ecruit I, S,EXIIIBITIONS of MODELS, &c. &c. 01,s. "N ' e New Musical Game, the POLY-HARMOIII -1)411Y by the Inventor. I ' l / 4 111 SCREW STEAM SHIPPING 4 N G U ITE r N P , A T N h Y at . the ADJO . TTR . NE_D ,o G m B p N an E; 1 4:belel ~,'!„,of the General i4crew Ste4m • raPP II .B "EDVE xt the 24th Inst., at the London I(o°Tt4ol' f ' P ate- sirel DA 'at Y T n w e elv ' e o'clock precisely. to re u ce ti l o v n e Accountants, made n in the pursuance of the re lat s t o . l 1 1,N . '4 ' 4l Meetin g held o 22d November •<' 44 Clllt T I Y order. J. L. O'BEIRNE, Secretary. reet, January 17, 1855. ttti,T I T -A-TIVE LAND SOCIETY. -A .0 .-ETING will be held at the BEAUMONT IN 4t-ENO ROA D, To-morrow Evening, Jan. 19, Iscount INGES IRE in the Chair, when a de i.Clalrrng of Colonel Brownlow M F. • Henry Pow rib .; wi l l of the Ben ch of Middlesex Magis . trates ;R. N. 1, 0 4, 1;7 ; 44% the Rev. Dr. Worthington. Member of the Exe- NY„4 , ~,,,, C . E. Lewis. Esq., -elicitor; George Mor g an, C. L. Gruneisen, Esq., the Secretary, will attend krk,ZlltvtZ of allotment of the valuable Old Ford E s t ate. , -• ",s, —l l take place at the Offices of the Society , 33, til a nd, on Wednesday, Jan. 2 4 ; and the Eas t Rat - - Nottinghamshire, will also be allotted. l ',ltttpor t PEßS and OTHERS.--Sealed Ten -1414' .kp i k C s e, following Services at Bull-point, viz. :- 3 4 ! , ,,146,.._"ages for a foreman and 16 labourers ; ' 440 % ~.`") k -bouse andygash-house for the crews of the two 4 1. 41d7 4 84 1 Privy . and Urinal ; lia l eg a c riic,/ for the Ordnance Storekeeper , 7 . ,t11 . 1„.. 4 Z 4 hardervatch-hse and a rehouse Waggons; N.,3 ..'s Lodge and aSt ; L It e , t tig tfalgine-house; 9"at-house . 4 't pr sent Wooden Filling and Examining-house at l ivint • d ,; ' r - ~4 4' „s will be received at the Ordnance Office, Pall-mall, ,"elo ' re the 27th of January, 1855. ritHon,4fleatlons of the above 8 srvices, and every requisite it/LN 37 1 „„. b e obtained at the Royal Engineer Office. 801 - J th iL ,, , Ya excepted) between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock, "n3in a - "arY next to the 25th January, both days inclusive. th, " " 16 e, Devottport, 19th December, 1854. SPeeatilea goi R ENT S and e ng to the Indies.—A lady, ef•the highest rcipec to,Al,o44eg_fater of an officer of rank, formerly in the East qii . ee a ;Ternal care a young lady has been confided to Nq C.!! Would be desirous to BECEIVE two or three kr i Of Into her establishment, situate In the most k h itpq ?fa t a „ ... e suburbi of London, with the same object. The sfra o 7 ff i „,";2' 11 ;:fnie are combined with all the advantages in itto`fly.lik:llu.rement of accomplishments under the best ~ul ref er ; i manners, and good sound principles. The most 1 " 8 Will be given and required. Address for far -1/4t.,,tr.. or nersonal interview, to M.P., Post - office , `", Regent's -park. lA ~ p ~prlet Stages, for Fish, Game, Gravies, &c.—JOHN and CIPARLES COCK?, the Dez to Manufacturers of the celebrated READING tLte„4 3, 4ty C AT, p Triox the Public arainst the daily frauds prac kOdt ke a l s , ° lle, who are olOring their spurious imitations as k rma t ' f ri g SaUce. This sauce is patronised and recom- Di t ol4 l 4le4 ' 4 Milies in the kidgdom, and for general me it ' it is sold by all respectable Fish Sauce Venders. Rld C . , l ll r rillg for "Cocks' Realino Sauce," which lo pre -11 and Charles Cocks, at their Manufactory, Duke- A ll others are counterfeits. Observe the name, ' n4 tp,; 3 ' Thai:ll2l2," on the seal and label of each bott le : 41. 0 gnuine. S kte t AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. ".d too b al l Ro ut tRIIINS' WORCESTERSHIRE Meetly t0, , 1N7,s the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, thetly di ges late i r avies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, e daily U 3 the gorating properties enables the stomach to enol to he++lt3 d ta ` e aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe 1/4-zifjii, 4eiit 11 4 1 d p romit If eo‘ . 6B, Bro a ts, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street, Lo td 7r B - Cro ft 's. treet, Worcester ; also by Messrs. Barclay ; and ‘lid Blackwell, and other oilmen and raer gllard ~.neraiiy by the principal dealers in sauce. a inlit imitations, see that the names of " LEA aeon the label and patent cap of the bottle. - . '4 - liplulo _,,,, LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY , ,r, B RIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. N) ... Established 1123. it, ' 4l l lo wered - b3 , let of pa r li a - ment - a -wim am rr. N .411t linn . DIILECTOSS. , ' i 4 ,. 'i1 . t --• oir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart M P Chair ., . ~ a' ki k 'it t A . fb r DE RICK STEPILENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Ittlq' l fiarber, Esq. I Sir Alex. Daft' Gordon Bart Sri - 4 arclay Esq F.M.S. ] Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. it tf: l lett, Esq. ' " Charles Morris, Esq. 414 EP I DII, Esq. I William Routh, Esq. g4r, ts q . 1 / 4 44 41 eh • AIIDITO3B. V l 'l4 l.l ;litiin,Esa I Captain Robert Gordon, R.N. ? t!e4,.. ... r gue. Esq '. I John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. --Joh n A. : . 67, 1 aii; ' ). 21 .Dev;"' n _ Paris, 1f.....D., Cantab., on c . D.C.L. 0 . f Ox p o h n y .. "meet (President of the Royal o Nvq, , t _ B ela 'pp 't Blin "era Esq., F.ILS No. 54, Green-street, ~ _ ' v rcit—ii Grosvenor - square. enor-square. T he m Ae rtult en T rY Young, Esq., No. 12, Essex-street, s Strand. il ox. vain, — .hones John Downes, Esq., F.R.A. . Ail A4, i ges effe 1,,, ti lt , ip red by this Society are : , __, k ,li t , se tr combined with Security and Lower Rates of Premium "be t, ilt 4 4 nY other office, which entitle the assured to participate ps l ilet ,, %„,"' n d c onsiderably lower than those of any other Mutual 4,;:)3v,..ety. 14 4 ;ureq , of the PROFITS are di v id e d every fifth year among 4 eit„ s i'r ettli, nl a Bonus i s a dd e d, a ft e r the payment of the Fifth 1, 1 ; 1 1 e i,,(i k er `.;ru to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, t (eh ,; 0 11 If 4 4 ' thereon prior to the next division of profits. '' ,,, il ` 44 1tic, a ' 97 ,000/ was added to Policies at the last division, " 1 1141,, —l O average . BONUS of 671 . per cent. on the Premiums aloe *mt , i , 00 ,, , ..,-- 44 1' llei . e . s in fbrce nearly 7,600. kiip fitly rund amounts to 1,400,0001. Income upwards A, r ," for trill. ~4 0tiLi t u, °J , „ 8 . policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry* or Ititetilrt)nleclio,ltble shows the advantages offered by this SocietY, 'is.., , ' ALunz,,Premims, and a division of the entire profits 4 1 21 1 ] l l , 6 " , -0 6 n 44 . 4 4. .E.B " 4.13 i; srrz ang , „„. umo dQ § 8 — .8.1;40 4:110z3 EN 1854.11855.! 1854.1 1855 1260 260 116 12 25 1388 1413 1205 205 125 12 24 1342 1366 1140 140 130 11 22 1281 1303 P ka ---, ............_1030 30 . 141 10 20 1 181 1 201 ki..tise 3 and full particulars may be obtained on application to ll't h ,, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. 'Fns -- for SPECIAL NOTICE. \ t' a N tine , Assurance must be made prior to the I st Ja nuar y , lki . the Assured to participate in th e next Division of )14 ,................ ), ,1;t 1.PA,,,,„ A -R 4'44 ; , t 0 7 , protected by Royal L'etters i 9 a d e t . .ngland, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de t e)l ar ts, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. 'it. S4l , 1 , ,,', 4 ', ~-,t)T . 11. , TRIESEIIA.R, No. 1, ‘4%'hOttlip.. e ' axs.tion Spermatorrhosa. and Exhaustion of the , 14"`„ A 1 , - „' arising from . excesses, accident, or climate. tl' t ,„, nae/Z il s Who are prevented ntering the married state by ! , ras 4 all ) , — '°f early errors it is invaluable. gav e 'Att a l !nt h , TRIESEMAR, No. 2, 't '' l 0 41 t r ' short space of three days, completely and entirely ,1 vast p . ' t , t,ea ot those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs t ' r tie , . l thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health k., ,:o th e "Of the pop u lation. eri rt iltolit t enti TRY FREI! kR No. 3, t 5‘,., 1 0 o t ,,'S hn,eatal Remedy . for ' that class of Disorders, which I , "uotiif'tuet' E nglish physician treats with Mercury, to the in 'Nl'4l,4l4 ti' 3 n Of the patient's constitution, and which all the tvi illo st i kti . ,, k4 l , , e world cannot remove. 4,,, ,, l ut tll tl ie , : a r tt li a B ,,, t ` i ' n li 1, 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, ~. , qualities. They may lie on the toilet table Nkrat, tin ea,„ h o g suspe^ted ~)., ke do," --, at lls each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided ante to r , l iShitr - , ,To b 4 ha d W 1 by Valpeau, Lallernani, Roux. 4 in'lan ta " s ad Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, lot(ixltth4 and Co., 63. Oxford-street: suti Ranger. , f,O. Ox• 4) 4 ,„t i . y, ~ , ngham, druggist, 46, Mark et-street, Manchester "iiti. !„t, /4,,l ° _seller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist. 52, 1 Y intfo:P° ol ; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreiand-gtreet , -• sn okseller, High-strest, Birmingham. --- tti t tit e,, ET -., llgu t , +NI?AMI T I ES OF YOUTH AND lIATURITY. \i'' ea ' Pries 23., illustrated with cases; 1 tll „ stamps, free by post for 30 km c , ita e v 0 U S DEBILITY; it, hit t , ause, „ Cure.—An Essay on Sper- Ayeqe , s, — ,a, sid,;, , , YinDtoms, and ee ' ," 4 an m 4 Practical Observations on a of lie Generative ; thr,,, ' elit a r„ a , ef treatment of the diseases . n detecting and sabr and more m'ver,aishi"e4 by the use of the Microscope i etasari '' Y tut • tt the real (Aug u, ety of narY examma on, . . from solitary habits, k t 5,, ,, ecei de , c onsplaint. whether arising er, hty ~,t i lt, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded and effect_ .. ef 4 "ii a n% Itec.„",al:e expeiience in the treatment 2.- To which of Impuissance. tie t ,le t , "'V. Local Weakness, Sperroatorrhccr, —c• te q 'oak-, i',?isientarles on the Physiology of Marriage , th oil ,;', •ents t , ai ractice, th p anating from empiric P 4 a 1,, 'ie e,,„ eev .s eln - various writers on with pre '4Porta —gerons re idles advocated by lit disorders. rn 11 , 4 , Rl.l l . fa x i.,133' K AMUEL LAMER'S', M.D. LONDON, ... ' 4 Ile,t, '''' E ',- rreversity of Edin t.,11,ii„ ra i n e ' Ns atriculated Member of ..h!,._••, „caveat societip . TlZ'atlatenc,7;l•Y a lcutbev of the London RosPfull "'• • "Ta'" tkient,— •Detizecartcs' ' liall, London, it•°•*'*e. f arta con lib 4% 41 cb'ect to t lei, ~ rel tatu -, of this treatise irregularities, and excesses, '4 4 " 4v a Dr a g from certain habits, in Man -41.4 4 " Pr pr — int out the e . more misery in Youth, degradationpdp any k t , , cla e , of ~ature dece.y at ail stages of Life, th" it, perusal is liet'alan y re °lBease known to modern pathologists* t doubts of th, tifaysicapousineniled to persons entertaining =7° hazarded eetiti4..lth, ha t e4 ,,,_ndltion, and who are conscious of he: lug an being fs t it l'``•, ,„ " 4 `au, and privileges to which every t be violated without titnee?ll4nlauZtltolsonecaleasary thatall men should knovr. that there are e h e . t grie7out ni!uutgement which canne it,,,,, by day of penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed k ill I, litir,e,_Tcollsiderate self-indulgence,penalties e the.t", ° W th,,;"._Ta, how the sting titr s4 t4 ere is sc a r e al?ii its c onsequences maybe avoided and above .on an . of their bittern h el . v s f mty es be removed , , , Thepleent t e "t. "'. 7 anY degree of physical t! or fuacti cur al pr at ,,titi lar h __ Which the timely aid of saience canna; apply a _ e e • tt, ft 4 cit i t ,_" for a series of ,4,4l.ll,,ate4.l.treatment of these delicate complains, which have t years been engaged n an extensive laith'pa, mho 4 1 7 1 it too generally confided to the care . of ignorant ?, , ,z ) ,, 4 thei r pro et gre a t int— itroti',lWotis .. 5 . 1131 0 ,,. - -oiry on those who are induced to place lie r 'ars, a nd i zur,ILITY may be had, price 9s, of slesars . . Pipa ! ti4„.. e • 9, L,l . ,`' ° '' -3, Paternoster-row • Hannay, 63,°xibru-street; ' N r4 , Igoe,. ester-square; ;Mann, 3p, Corahill ; or tee by post for at e • to any address from the Author's resilenee, 3 i , Bed ho iii h„ _ .i teirstt. Collaittation day from Eleven till two, and from ,rTr ~.:%1'` 0 - 6acks 1) 1 ;jt I thus: of sli n de fs faa- • oi as , o f kersP „ oato , e y do., dd )d to VU Per ET -4 0 , 4 70 Seconi'd '0 ;11375 od 1 -- od 6a l. ,° oa ' 4 cm pd " Oa " 1 7 d . 3t0, 3,63. t' d to•l6;isoij; ud to 4s odo corn, rABO T3 4 .. 17. big worlll.linit,, P to er is c :, 3 1 c a ledon . ei a le, r 0 ,0 4 Yoltj !0: 1 4s :r /-1,430ter., &X. 1 " to ther has rs er a es s i ices w e , r 6 . eeds ,iidi 'asdo, zi • g' ditto?ljes p r ep, pia sh , e do " the — e m at -ores asl l, g e Ite- di, 0 01 11 . 1,_ 4 11° ,9 111 rices' Ipr trx ra ,. t 1 31. ri, J. 17. 1 je of the a F' VP1115" th r 11 11 1 1 1 1 1111 l , ,on Lra ge. .... •• • ...... rertb 410. )n1 tllB` spatao piSP 3 [Aver r i tverr Soutt°P !soutov".. , 111001', utt' Vim ° 0 0 DoYe.:00„ s e a. r E iotit3; 3 - 3 p , Isotit' • / 11l 0 0fe ;;113P tii , so DO Tut er ipoor ;,;p'ct squa" „ towr ~ 1 Loo d 00" ) ,1 Dny O „ n gt° . 3ori t re e'r .." Doc Pt .° , )11t 13 ' ..• ta i l f n rGi- ,-- Oover I . ..0 IvoYe r i lo utof: p or Yar isw PO ° DoYert,;;P° °l ;P sl:' e sceP!;, d 1110 iv, ...•••S4rOf ViD l4l/11 :f el i $O lO G OV , ar tisill 'lard 1 1, 00 ' 1 % l a rd P >Bow. ;not. tt. • 00' ?rot. ;noW• 3nolv• $0" . arose' 1. ;now'. 'llrost. lard f r° 4 n °7r• l a rd ft host. inovi' rost• 0 ,0 Fir inovr f ro s t, lard inovr• oft bid fr ° )101011. rise. to rsi' inovi 5 , 0 0 1 ' ',noir 6- ot , lard fr°oo, ;nal °t° rtoi. r Col e' !Old. t. lard lard bird fi r° l' [Ara ft° tor ;old. now. mow". of v c er k L o °l 4l 04 ed 0 1 0 •cre -C fODCIA. 7 r e 0 4 • e ct l ' if col - kJ- e n j r Lir-111°4 :R. 1 , 0 ° 65 , Mich • e o ph r 311 ,‘ a s ~ou tor of AY" 19 agol l 'd ,:raes 1 ' t A in se Ad cro ospit er si o l ae° 4 ) t. "; s tle' !io mAje'" 10 0 '4 0 a • OF X• V' AN rive. N • 19, 440 1 PUBLICATION S. THE 'FARMERS' AND AGRICULTURAL EWSPAPER is " THE MAGNET." It is published every Monday Evening after the close of the London Corn and Cattle Markets in Mark-lane and Smithfield, and in time for post. It con tains, in addition to the latest and correct prices of the same day's markets, full and unbiassed Reports of the Corn Tradein all the im portant markets throughout the kingdom ; the Foreign Grain Mar kets, Cattle Markets, and Fairs in the Provinces ; Important Essays on Practical Fanning; the newest Experiments in Agriculture; and all the News .of the Week, Foreign and Domestic, up to the moment of publication.—The price of "Tax Manure Is FOURPENCE HALFPNNY only. The lowest pos•lble charge for Advertiiements. Office of E " The Magnet," N 0.19, Exetenstreet. Strand, London. • MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.--" THE STRANGER" will resume file PARLIAMENTARY SKETCHES in the LEADER of the 27th inst.. The " Leader" is a complete First-class Weekly Newspaper,. Political and Literary Re view (established 1850).—Published every_Saturday, in time for the early _mails, price 6d.; and sold by all news-a&rits, or may be had direct from the publisher. Terms cf sifiscripticm, 13s. for a hal'*- year, to be remitted in advance, by money-order, payable to Mr. Alfred E. Galloway, at the Office, No. 7, Wellington-street, Strand. STRICTURE OF THE URETHR Just Published, price Sc.,y post, free, s s. 6 d.. PATHOLOGY' and RATIONAL TREAT%(ENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA; with numerous Cases illustrative of every variety of Urethral Obstruction, and their special Modes of Tatment and Cure. By F. B re. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of surgeons of England. " We know of no man to whose care we could with great-ir confi dence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the ure thra."—Medical Circular. London: H. &Mire, 219, Regent-street. pROF ESSIONAL- RUBBER.-THOMAS BARTER (twelve years attendant at Mr. G. A. Walker'si, surgeon, Medical Bath Establishment) offers his services to Invalids as Medical Rubber in cases of Rheumatism, Contracted Joints, cer tain forms of Paralysis, Spinal Affections, Loss of Muscular Power, and an other ailment or condition of the body for which such attendance maybe required.—Address, 3, UpperJohu-street,Goldeu square. GR AVESEND ST ) PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhlthe and Turfleet Piei The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permit FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEKI). SUNDAYS , Wass DAYS. Time ca , .ca - I - I v 6' Terrace; Pier;-; I z qt)rn g 5 5 R :5 8 Omnibuses from Fenehureh-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WILLEY, BLACKWILL, on the arrival of the NI lowing Trains from the Fenehureh-street Station. WE DAYS. SUNDAYS. '-^.'''"'" -------- a' ' i" *. 5 4 i i Fen- x: . g 1. Fen _. —, s lurch .... g , t t i S , church V 0 r o ktroet 4 C 0 S si Street 4 0 g ii 44 8 iit a A 10 DA - 41i - - - _ • Fore Cabin. Saloon. oor from Gravesend and London • • ...• .... 10J.. .. Is. 2d. aravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. •• Os. tOd. Co or from Gravesend and Gravesend and Blael Between Gravesend and In) 140,T TICKETS.—ToreI ehree Months, 27. Os.; to 'ackets ; or of Mr. Monk, ' Nov. 13, 1854. London•• •• •• :wall or Wool\ termediate lye NfonthB, bo had or the Terrace Pier, r Foro Cabbt. Saloon. ... 10J.. .. Is. 2d. fish Bd. •• Os. lOd. ,ra.. 63. Os. Bd. Os. ; Six Months, 3/. Os. ; ie Collectors on board the Gravesend. ADULTS AND JUVENILES. THE Business of E. MOSES & SON provides amply the Attire for this Season, and secures the best quality at the most rea.onable prices. The Establishments of E. Moses and Son are now replete with every new and fashionable article of Dress for Adults and Juveniles, and to order or ready-made the goods are sure to giv? the highest satisfaction, the materials being the most superior, the styles of workmanship unequalled—securing comfort to the wearer, and com bining Elegance, Cheapness, and Durab ilit y in Dress, hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &c., &c. Emigrants are OntAtted in the best possible manner. Ship-sailing igforonation is given. Full List, of Outfits are sent post free; and the Wholesale Department furnishes the most dOcided advantages to Merchants, Shippers, and others. ▪ SPECIAL NOTTrlE.—Until March 1,1235, E. MOSES alai SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK. EVERT EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock. CAUTION..—E. MOSES end SON regret having to guard LllB 011 bile against imposition, havinc learned that the nntradesman-llkc falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for , ibvious reasons, they beg to state that they have Np CaNNEXION WITQ ANY oTaF,s 000 SS IN 03 ollT OP LONDON, except their own Establislunents, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, lifinories, 24, 45, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the enroll, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, - and 5, Ilartatrocti all - covansaatsabbao. BradiOrd (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-stied. ‹nefrield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailo.v, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. • IMPORTANT. —Should any article note ot give sat*ifction returnod , it will be ,m -hanged if de sired, or, if preferred, mon , will be without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain dgure,s, the lowest price, from which no abatement can bo made. The Establishments are closed from sense! on Fridays to sunset m Satdrdays, when business is resumed till 11 ecloak. A new Book for Autumn and Winter. " The Commercial Coma _opia," containing full lists of prices, our system offree self-Maasure meat, &e., & 0., may be had on a pp lication, or post-Tel . l'on parle Francais. Qni si Darla ItaliPno. mar sorieht man Dantimh Aqua sa habla Espano. In Illustrated Almanac for 185 antis. on application, or post free DB. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Haemorrhoids, Is. each. by post Is. Gd. WIIA.T TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morbl." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless wding, &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 instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour oat of the twenty•four. Ill9strated by numerous cases, &c. 2. 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, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness —Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory •f Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance---Mode of deterwining Legitimacy. 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HOW TO BE HAPPY. "Jucnnde Vivere." " Few words to fair faith."—Sbakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or of Dr, RICHARD CULVERWELL, arother, Successor, and Twenty Years Congultlng Colleague ofihe tate Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be advised with on the above matters daily, irons Ten till Five, and in the evenings, (tons Seven till Nine. TAE FRENCH LOAN. The subjoined circular, relating to the French loan, has been issued by Messrs. Baring.. Messrs. Rothschild have given a notification of a similar kind, with the ex ception that the hours fixed by them are between 12 and 3;— "liessrs. Baring Brothers and Co. beg to inform the subscribers on their list to the French loan of 500,000,000 f. ths.i, having received advice last evening from Paris of the whole .loan being taken by the individual applications in France for 500 f. routes and under, there will be no division to make to other parties. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. aro, therefore, ready to pay back the deposit of 10 per cent. on and after to-morrow, the 18th inst., between the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock, at their counting-house, No. 8, Bishopsgate-street Within, on production of the receipt given for the same. " Jan. 17, 1855." The fact of the whole of the sums lodged as deposits on the English applications for the French loan being thus immediately reimbursable is extremely opportune, since the long continued pressure of a high rate of inte rest in the London market is leading to daily suspensions on the part of firms who have become compromised in the revulsion of the Australian trade and the distress in the United States. Another feature connected with this loan of a satisfactory kind, as far as concerns the general course of money, is that, from the humble nature of the individual subscriptions composing the large aggregate of 20,000,000/., a certainty may be en tertained that hoards of metallic currency will be drawn into active use from the French population which had been the slow accumulation of years, and which but for this temptation would still have remained dormant. IMPROVEMENTS NEAR THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. —Some alterations have just been completed in Palace yard, which will tend very much to the convenience of members and others attending the Houses of Parlia ment, as well as those who have business to transact in the courts of law. To a person wishing to cross, no place presented so many difficulties as Palace-yard, arising from the number of vehicles which were con stantly boing driven backwards and forwards during the Parliaraentary session the has-nowtsiting of the courts. The west, or exposed, side been railed in, with the exception of two portions, one tor the entrance and the other for the exit of Vehicles. Several dozens of lamps have been erected in the centre and at various other parts of the yard, so that the difficulties in the way of the travellers progress—difficulties so well known to those whose duties call them to the spot at night—will be removed. On the south side of the yard a large and substantial shed, though not very ornamental, has been erected in rainy weather as a .shelter for members' horses. „,„- - :..A :, , - ” ..,.- ------, ~ . .4,.,.1..--.. 1.--:-.. r .: i i: li lil ...'e,.f. - '4 i ' ) 1 ';,' t , 1:t , g ic..l, >:'~S":ate- - --~:32.ra,a~.,: AY EVENING JAl'.; - LJAkt,Y 18,. 1855. LO N U it SD MR. COBDEN AT LEEDS.-TEE WAR. out an interpretation on the Scriptures, that war under :iny circumstances is contrary to tho Word of God. But them gentlemen themselves haVe never attempted to press their opinions upon the policy of this country ; and I must state that they ha 7o been the first to tell me to dis aYow participation in their doctrines. I have been told by members of the Society of Friends to disavow their Yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, Mr. Cobden, M.P., visited his constituents at Leeds. It had not been dis guised that the object of the hon. member's visit was to address.tho electors on the subject of the war. The peace party, being favourable to his views, took in hand the management of the meeting, and by placards and other means for several days previously very copiously spread abroad their sentiments ; and, in short, left no means un tried to turn the popular feeling into the peace current, with what success our report elbows. The meeting was first convened to be held in the Music Hall, but its incapacity to accommodate the large masses who flocked there, soon rendered necessary an adjourn ment to the extensive area of the Coloured Cloth Hal yard. The meeting was one of the largest political assem blies ever congregated in the borough, and included many of the leading men of all parties. Several thousand per sons remained through a protracted meeting, in defiance of a coating of snow and very intense cold. Alderman CAEBIITT, a leading West Riding Liberal, and chairman of Mr. Cobden's committee at the last elec- rion, presided. The CHAIRMAN, in the course of seine introductory ob• ser - vations, said that in taking the chair ho was placed in a somewhat anomalous position, for it was the general practice to elect to the chair a gentleman whose opinions more or less harmonised with the promoters of the meeting. He, however;had the misfortune to differ on this oetasion from their worthy representative, Mr. Cobden. So strong was this foaling that when Mx_ Came. easseasaeseeeed e e . him in the first instance respecting his desire to address a public meeting in Leeds on the aspect of the present war, ho informed a number of Mr. Cobden's friends, who came to the unanimous opinion that it was not desirable, at the present juncture of affairs, that a public meeting should lee held upon the subject. Mr. Cobden had, however, deter mined to come; and though they might differ from his opinions, none of them could doubt the sincerity of Mr. Cobden's convictions. (Hear, hear.) Ho knew that in coming amongst them he was coming to oppose the current of public opinion, and they therefore must admire his honesty and his manlineis. (Hear, hear, and uproar.) In addition to his being one of the members for the West Riding, the great services which he had rendered to the country gave him a paramount claim to a patient and a candid hearing, which he hoped they would accord to him. Clamour never put down the voice of truth, but clamour and persecution might give strength to a bad cause ; and if they determined not to hear Mr. Cobden, the conclusion that would be arrived at in Russia would be that they dare not hear him. During Mr. Carbutt's speech he was contintally inter rupted with cries of " Adjourn, adjourn," and a motion was proposed and seconded, that the meeting should be adjourned to the Cloth Hall-yard. At the c.ose of Mr. Carbutt's remarks, the meeting was adjourned to that place. • Mr. COBDEN on rising was received with yore slight ap plause. He said—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I have not had the least idea whatever that you would fail to give me a fair and candid hearing. I knew when I lame here that I should be addressing a majority of those prepossessed against my opinions, and that is the very reason why I came. (Hear, hear.) If I had thought that the views 1 take on the present srate of public matters were universally shared by the constituency of the West Riding, where would have been the necessity of my coming down to con fer with you ? I have been here when there has been a groat amount of unanimity amongst you--amongst a great political party of the West Riding on the current political affairs of 4,he day; and if -I found it right and proper to come down under such circumstances, and hear from my friends and constituents words of congratulation or encou ragement on my conduct and convictions, how much more is it my bounden duty, as a representative of the West Riding, to come here and state honestly my conscientious opinions, when I believe that my opinions nay not be shared in by all ? How much more, then, is it my duty to come here to listen to you, or any of your respected chiefs who stand beside me, and are prepared to contro vert my opinions, and ete.te here the convictions which they may entertain ? And, gentlemen, when my respected friend, the chairman, forewarns you and me that we are to have - a very discordant meeting, and that there is a general predominance of feeling against my views and opinions, I rather think that he has a little anticipated the business of this meeting. If you please, we will first of all ascertain exactly what my, opia I.IkITIR are, en thweetken theLleu take the most interest in at the presents , *rime, and Wo will lry next to elicit your opinions from you. lam not come here simply to talk of the history or origin of the war we are unhappily engaged in. That is a question which cannot longer affect the ar gument, for the war is in existence, and we have to deal with it as we now find it. By talking of the history of Russia or Turkey, and going into blue books which deal with the origin—always obscure—of this war, encased as it is in diplomatic correspondence, by doing this we shall not prevent the war. It is in existence, and we must look at it as being so ; but I, as a member of Parliament, have to vote on every matter brought before me. I have, as a member of the House of Commons, to provide for you the sinews of war. I cannot avoid voting the money necessary to carry on the war if it is to be carried on. The most impor tant question in the next session is, how and in vita man ner are we to carry on the war? And I agree that if England is to have a war you cannot have a little war; but you must carry it on with that vigour and energy which be comes such a nation as this ; but to do this wil require money, and not a farthing will come except by a vote of the House of Commons. I havejust said that I mast say " Yes" or " No" to every proposition that COMES before me in Parliament, and I now want a few words with you upon the question of those supplies with which we ire to carry on this war. I think your Government, ant even Mr. Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, much as I respect hie character, have rather lent themseives to the delusion that they could indulge the people of - this country in a cheap war. Mr. Gladstone told the House of Com mons that he wanted but ten millions. We votel him ten millions. You have had au opportunity of judging how that money has been spent ; and you can judge new, if we aro to carry on the war, what that money wilt do, and how long that money will last. Why, gentleman, it is gone already. What, then, are we to do for the future? We are engaged in a war with Russia, and we hive deter mined to carry it on upon Russian territory. Let me put the question the other way. Suppose, instead of carrying on the war on Russian territory, Russia had determined upon the invasion of this country with 100,000 men. Be fore you had had a single man landed, you wou:d have had a levy en masse, and have voted fifty millions to pay for the war. But let me tell you that to carry on a war in Russia is far more costly than to carry on a wax against Russia in our own territory, and I want you to lot me know what aro your wishes in reference to the way in which money shall be raised. (Laughter, " Hear," and a voice, "Oh, we'll raise it somehow," and a cty, " Come to the question.") I will come to the other euestion in time enough—the question of the conduct of the war. But I saY there are two or three views on this subject of rais ing money. Some say that we should have a loin ; others say wo should have direct taxation ; others, again, say we should have indirect taxation. No w - I have cone to tell youfrankly my opinion on this matter. I look with great alarm upon the renewal of our system of funded debt. I look with great apprehension to the recommencement of the system of loaning. _ I think the labour of the country is sufficiently mortgaged already. The quOstion is not whether - you shall burden yourselves and posterity for this war, but whether you should burden yourselves and your children. Most of you present, I have no doubt, have children, and it is money which you or your children will have to pay. I regard it as pretty nearly the acme thing to me whether I pay the money myself or borrow it to be repaid by my children. It is a dangerous thing to give Government too great facilities for raising money, as you are very likely to find that you are spending it much too fast, because you are raising it too easily. It is whole some to have a check ; whether during peace sr war, it is a good principle, and a wholesome check, that wo should not find money too easily. Especially good is this prin ciple when the money is required to carry on a war. It is a provision of Providence itself that there should be diffi culty surrounding a war—that hardships, and dangers, and sacrifices are necessary to and inseparable fron war—so that every country may feel it to be beneficial to avoid these difficulties. You must, however, raise the money to carry on the war. If you come to the question of direct taxation, I have no hesitation in saying that in theory I would have this money raised by direct taxation, be cause that money is raised at the least possible expense is collecting. It does, I believe, the least injury to trade and commerce. But we all know that on the present scale of the income tax you cannot raise sufficient to carry on the war, bukyou must lower the range of the tax ; you must tax lower incomes, and you must divide it between direct and indirect taxation. But, gentlemen, I should be very sorry to see taxes laid on those commodi ties which are required in the production of manufactures or necessary for the commerce of this country. I should be very sorry to see that, and I tell you frankly that I shall in every case where possible vote for direct taxation instead of indirect taxation. Now, gentlemen, with reference ta the war itself. I have told you that I am not going to detain you with a long historical account of the origin of this war. But I must say that I take exception to a remark made by the chairman, when he seemed to consider that I was going to address you, and ask your verdict as the champion of the abstract principle of peace at all price. This is rather unfair that we should be made responsible for opinions which we have never avowed, professed, or entertained. (Hear, bear.) There is a respectable body of Christians in this country—a body of Christians very in fluential by their character, if not by their numbers—who opinions, because 'they . knew that I should loso all influence, by advocating those principles, on the, public mind. Let as discuss this matter upon the question of policy, and the question of policy alone. Nov, gentlemen, my first objec tion to this war has been the delusive, and, I had almost. , said, the fraudulent pretences under which it has been inadn'popular in this country. (Hear, hear.) I mean that the feelings of the people have been raised into enthusiasm in favour of this war, by being allowed to entertain the belief that .it was to effect what I knew' and felt that at all events it never was intended to effect. (Hear.) Now, gentleman, will anybody hero ven ture to deny that, twelve or fifteen months 'am), when the first excitement in favour of the war with ° Russia took place—will anybody deny that it was carried forward, that the voice of the people of this country in favour of the war with Russia was gained by the prevalent belief that it had for its object to give freedom to struggling communi ties on the continent, and that it would have fox its effect to put a check upon the proceedings of Russia, with re ference to its invasion of Hungary, its conquest of Circassia, and oppression of other countries ? Does anybody deny that the prevalent opinion'was that in going to war against Russia we were having inscribed on our banners the re construction of Polish nationality? (" Hear," and " No.") Well, gentlemen, I have said that in the souse of Com mons, from what my noble friend, Lord Dudley Stuart lies said, I know very well that he, and those who act with aim, were of opinion that this war was such an one as I. have referred to, namely, that it aimed at restoring liberty . to Poland—(No, no)-and the restoration of the nation of other fallen states. New, gentlemen, I have never viewed it in that light, for I never 'believed It would lead to any such consequences. (Hear, hoar.) I have looked on this war, as a war of policy only. I have looked on it as a political war, a war of diplomatists and statesmen, not carried on in the names of nationality or of freedom at ill. (No, no.) It is a war, in other words, and in the fewest words I can use, it is a, war in which we have a despot for an enemy, a despot for an ally, and a despot for a client — (No, no)—and we have been for twelve months trying to make an ally of another despot and have not yet succeeded. (Hear, hear.) Why, gentlemen, if you take a map of Europe (and I wish I had one of those gigantic skeleton maps to hang up before you) if you take a look at the coun tries that border on that gigantic empire, Russia, you will rind that from the Baltic to the Black Sea there is lying athwart that empire and bet wean you—Austria and Prussia, and the whole Germanic confederation, who can in six weeks call out a million of bayonets ; and I mean to say if Russia menaces the liberties of Europe they will be the first to suffer. What I doubt is, therefore, whether you have not been precipitate in departing from the ground you occupied in common with Austria and Prussia, and in going to war with Russia, leaving them in a state of peace. I do say, therefore, if you had kept common ground with them—for they are the parties most interested—all Ger many would have beau resolute in the end to prevent Rus sia encroaching upon them, and you might have saved that blood—(uo, no) —and that treasure which I am afraid you are going to shed. (Is the war just ?) I was going to say that with regard to the jus tice of the war my friends here—some of them—have taken up the ground that I have been opposed to the war on the ground that it is not a just one. As between Russia and furkey, I have again and again stated in the House of Commons--and ley friend, Mr. Bright, has stated the same thing most emphatically — (groans)—that as between the Russian Government and the Turkish Government, there is no doubt Turkey had right on her side—that Russia invaded Turkey, and was the first to invade the territory of the Turkish Government —therefore, if Turkey chose, she had a fair cams bull for going to wa r w ith Rus sia. Bat the reserve I snake is this : that Russia, making an attack on Turkey, is not making an attack on us— (groans)—and though we have a right, if we please, to mix in that que.rel, and to, take side with Turkey, yet we are not at all times called on to go to w ar immediately in defence of any couutry—(uo, no) —becans e , if so, it in volvesinl'riinsciaplec;uairnretlh, and t the neceasskiinty of going to w a r g u whenevers, there we believe to be right. (No, no) the side which then, I come to the conclusion that you don't adopt the principle that we are to go to war in all cases where injustice is done to an other country. That doctrine would be hazardous in the extreme; and would place you under such responsibilities could not meet. I venture to iepeat the opinion which I which I am persuaded will as, I feat, considering the resources of this country, we predicted some time ago, and occupy, at no distant period, much of the attention of this country; and any one who has visited Turkey will unity, that there is in Turkey a govera neent which does agree with me when I say that I think y ou have this diffi not represent a majority of the population of that country -- and here I would appeal to the democratic principles of gentlemen present. Yon have in Turkey in Europe 12,000,000 of people, of whom 8,000,000 are Christians and 4,000,000 are Mahommedans, The latter domineer over the former, and deprive them of all their privileges. The Turk might commit any barbarity on the Chris tian, and if there was no hialtommedan witness of it there would be no punishment of tke offence. Any one who has been in the country will corroborate wheul say that if_vou would poll the whole popula tion of Turkey by universals's-tare:4e, J ess .e seder nee a vast number vote against you on the war question and in favour of the Emperor of Russia. (No, no.) There is no doubt of that. What is the complaint we univer sally hear? We hear that Greek Christians are all opposed to the English, and that we have been obliged to remove them from Balaklava because they are hostile to us. The Greeks residin. , in England have been alleged to be so hos tile, that they have been warned to be more careful in the expression of their sympathy with Russia. (Hear, hear ) It is a fact . and an element in this difficult case, and I wish you toconsider it. You should bear in mind this is an im portant element in the complicated and difficult question, that your are dealing with a Government differently consti tuted to all other Governments in Europe, and to the Go vernments of all other civilised nations ; because it re presents but a small portion of its people, and because it has a large majority of Christians there opposed to you; and it is from this circumstance thatyou are trammelled and hamp ered in your operations, because you get no assistance from the Christian part of the population in the Crimea. There are a 'great number of Christians there, and they will not give information to our generals; hence it arises that at this moment our generals in command scarcely know the names of the generals opposed to them and the number of troops they have to operate against. Those are very important difficulties, because we have not to deal with an ordinary state of things,,where the country and population and Go vernment are homogeneous and united; but we are dealing with an enemy like Russia, and then comes up the ques tion of internal divisions and difficulties of Turkey, and h ow we propose to meet them. The proposition made by our own in conjunction with the French Government is, that instead of Russia interferin g to protect the Christian population in Turkey, it is that the five great powers should have the right of interference. But it involves a difficulty which embarrasses this question; and we cannot d ea l with it as with an ordinary aggression. (Hear, hear.)• No doubt others in t h e fray will have shortly to claim a little " beneficial interest" in the matter. (Laughter.) I have no doubt that Russia, for her own selfish interest, has been interfering with the national affairs of Turkey ; but, by your adopting the same principle, you go very far in justifying in the eyes of the re s t o f t h e wor ld th e course h e has adopted. (" Hear, hear, and " Gammon.") I don't like the position we have occupied for another reason—we deal a th re G a o n v e e u r t n i m n e t n er t i s .ering in a country where the not with people. (Cheers.) W e do only t w i n terference is intended to benefit the people interfered with by their Government: Who interfered with a bad G overnm ent, as in the case of th e F renc h a t Rome, or the Russians in Hungary, when a Government trampled upsn the people, and attempted to put them down ? Thus it is that when we interfere with a country we take side with the Government against the People. There may be policy i n all this, but it tends to withdraw the question from the category of justice. Them is a great deal to be said on both sides with regard to this interference in Turkey— aro we not going to the same thing as the Emperor of Russia ? Now, with regard to the justice of this war. Our friends, no doubt, in dealing with the question, will dwell upon the subjects or the ori g in and importance of the - war—how it was carried on. I think with all parties here there will be no difference of opinion about that — that all will agree that a more wretched expose. of our system of administration in military affairs, a more clear illustration of the total breakdown of the aristo cratic system of routine when brought to any strain or stress, could not have been illustrated. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) We have the admission of the re presentative of Government in the House of Commons that a great mistake had been made in sending an army to the Crimea to take Sebastopol; and I heard a Minister of the Crown say that all parties were mistaken, in estimating the strength of Sebastopol. I heard it treated with as much nonchalance as though the speculation at hazard involved only a couple of shillings in the result. A " mistake" involving the homicide of thousands and tons of thousands of men ! Why was there such a " mistake," which was in every way so deplorable? Why was not all the information obtaiued with respect to the actual condi tion and strength of Sebastopol ? I will undertake to say that a shrewd Leeds man, entrusted with 10,0001. and sent to Constantinople, would find the means of getting informa tion of every kind—information of every gun, of every man —they might obtain even the muster -roll and drawings of the whole place, if the proper precautions were taken to gat at them. The idea of sending such an army was a leap in the dark, and throughout "a mistake." Now, I am of opinion, that the mistake was not merely in estimating the strength of Sebastopol ; it was a mis take to go to Sebastop ol at all, un d er any circum stances. (Hear.) We have gone 3,000 miles to attack an empire containing 60,000,0,0 of people, a n d with an army of 600,000 or 700, 000 me n, and send 20,000 30,000 men, I must think—and I believe you will all think, with a f u l some se lf-gratification — as that with which some organs of the press talked about annihilating that empire—as frivolous and childish. (Cheers.) My opinion is that the extinguishment of Sebastopol was a Mistake ; it is ac knowledged to bo mistaken so far that it was a " leap in the dark," and I think the principal question for English men to deal with now is, how you ale best to g e t out of that mistake. (Hear.) If we are going to fight it out there, then I say the course hitherto permed by the Go vernment is wholly inadequate to the object in view. We must raise an immense army—we must find an immense amount of treasure—and must ° 311 7' on the war in the Crimea on a very different sale to what we have hitherto deny. (Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, I think there is another way by which our brave men may be removed from that position in which, by mistake, they have been placed ; and I think, without consulting our own passions, and looking too much to exaggerated hopes and eipecta tions, we are bound in all fairness to consider the posi tion of those brave mon, and not throw any obstacee in the way of restoring peace to this collate' and those brave men to their homes. (Reef.) I would entreat them, when brought from Sebastopol , with all the consolation and honour as if they had succeeded, because we may depend upon it they have suffered ten times as much in the abor tive effort to besiege that place than if we had succeeded by a coup de main in taki n g it. Is the re no reason to sup pose that there is a possibility of effecting a safe and honourable peace ? Is there not reason to suppose that at the present moment the Government has approximated to to that state of things in their negotiations that it would be possible to effect 'terms of honourable peace? He now ae dressed Mr. Edward Baines, understanding that a proposi tion was to bo submitted calling for a vigorous prosecution of the war. • He had frankly told them that if the war were to be carried on. at all, it must be carried on in a different spirit than it hitherto had been ; but he put it to his friends wee represented so important a constituency, whether or not they would n o t b e p u tti ng an o b s t ac l e i n th e p a th of peace—whether they mi g ht not be f r ustrating the object f sion avour ah o v l a n ot t ui i rf o n ot hf e a or s aer r t wy h ai a us t ga ? ao tu ( I N .() onow. expression. r i His in o go w hf n which Governme n t d es i re d t o a tt a i n —by p ass i ng suc h a ro t t public t i h m a r r e tsf the feeling i a o n s . gress of pacific negotiations. Moreover, our troops in the Crimea were suffering unheard-of miseries. • He blamed Government and the administrative of the army for the sufferings of that army. .The Government had sent our brave men, the picked men of this country - they had cast them on the shore of an 'unknown land, where they did not know the.force they were going to be opposed to, with no more prey-ikon Made for their comforts than if they had been so many criminal convicts-in this country that we wished to get rid of. (Cries of hear, and no, no.) He then referred to the mortality from sickness in our army in the. Crimea, quoting from a letter. with reference to the 46th Regiment of Infantry, that when the regiment landed on the 18th of November it was 706 strong, that it joined a detachment of 101, that it received a draft afterwards of 34, making a total of 841 men ; now they were short of 300 effective men. The officer who gave him these details attributed this state of things to overwork in the trenches, wet, and insufficient food. Be it remarked that the 46th Regiment had never seen the face of the enemy. Now, he asked them whether we were not bound to take into account—we who were comfortable at home—whether our calling for the carrying on of the war with vigour might not frustrate the effecting an honourable peace ? • Suppose Sebastopol . was taken, Lord John Russell had said they had no intention to oc cupy permanently, nor the intention of t aking any part of the territory of Russia ; but what we wanted to do, he (Mr. Cobden) firmly believed, was to destroy Sebastopol as a point of honour; to be able to say, "We did it," and then leave it. (Loud cheers and laughter.) He asked them to consider what. would be the consequences of the destroying Sebastopol ? The town might be blown up street by street and. house by house, but in all probability not without the loss of 10,000 of the Allied troops. It was our bounden duty, therefore, to consider whether the object to be attained was worth that sacrifice— especially when it was bornein mind that the object of the war was not far the diminution of the territorial power of Russia. (Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes.") It had been said that in this question a great principle of right was at stake ; but he said that as an abstract question of right and justice, we were not bound to go and fight the battles of anybody. The war was one of policy, merely calculated for our own defence, and for nothing else. We were not fighting in favour of Turkey, but from the be lief, that if Russia succeeded in subjugating Turkey, eventually she would attack us. (Cheers) Just so. That was the view he had always taken of the war, and that was precisely the view he liked to take of it, because it was really the only justifiable view of the case. There were gentlemen who would tell them perhaps that this was a great question of justice; that wo were the judges, and that we were exercising a great act of justice in punishing a great criminal. (Cheers.) Now, if they would be candid enough to hear an opinion with regard to ourselves—he was an Englishman like themselves—they would acknow ledge that we were scarcely the men to be the judges in this matter. They would hear it asserted that Russia had taken territory from neighbouring countries, (Cries of " Hear, hear.") His friend Mr. Plint said, " Hear, hear." Well now, as an Englishman, he blushed for him self for this fact, which he would venture to state, that for every square mile of territory that Russia had taken from somebody else by force of arms during tho last 55 years, years, we had taken five square miles. (Cheers and laughter.) Ho was glad to see them tako the matter with so much good humour. Wo need not be afraid in Eng land to speak the truth, and we should have got on very fast towards despotism when a man would not be listened to that did net speak the truth conscientiously. It was stated that Russia had been encroaching latterly on the Turkish empire. It was a singular fact, but a fact notwith standing, that during the reign of the presentCztir, ho had not taken a slice of territory from Turkey, but ono of the parties engaged in this war, in the cause of justice, had taken a large slice of Turkish territory, because it was well known that in 1830 France seizedon Algeria, a Turkish de pendency, and he believed that up to the present moment England had never acknowledged the right of France to Algeria, by sending a consul thither, because England did not wish to offend her ally on that point. Now, this being the case, and he knew his friend, Mr.. Baines, who was one of the best debaters he knew, was coming after him—(cheers and laughter)—he knew what he (Mr. Baines) was going to say. He would say—" It's all very well, Mr. Cobden, your talking that way, but two blacks don't make a white." (Cheers and laughter.) Well,' bat let him remind Mr. Baines that he (Mr. Baines) sets out with—that we are the judges, and the Czar is the crimi nal, and that we are doing justice in the interest of Europe ancj the whole civilised world. Now he (Mr. Cobden) thought before we mounted the judgment seat it was necessary that we should have clean hands. He did not think that a judge who was known to be himself given to pilfering as much as the man in the dock was very likely to be sustained in that judgment seat by public opinion, or that he would he allowed to or.erciae -the func tions or a judge lei one stay after unet fact was disubVered. Now, that was just the case—that was the predicament in which we placed ourselves when we took up thatargument about justioe,being executed by us upon the Czar. We took a poaitien which the world did not recognise. He again asked them to be good humoured while he reminded them of one or two facts upon this point, because we might be assured that however complacently we laid our hands npon.our hesirta, ancfsidd-;—" Thank Heaven we are not as other men that take property that do not belong to them and seize upon their neighbour's territory"—we were not telling the truth. We had taken in India, from the Great Mogul, territory which comprised 14 population of 100 millions, nearly twice as many as the whole population of Russia ; seized upon territory at the Cape of Good Rope. What we had done there we had done with everybody else when we had had the opportunity. Other countries did not take us to be that immaculate people we alleged our selves to be; but believed we were'just another Russia in that respect. (Cheers and laughter.) Just another Rus sia—nothing better—nothing worse. We had taken ter ritory wherever we thought it was worth having, and the possessors were not sufficiently strong to prevent us. Wo found that not only did Russia not acknow ledge our authority as a judge, but the rest of the world did not acknowledge it. He argued that if there had been any substantial cause for the fear of the liberty of Europe being menaced by Russia, the continental nations would have been the first to combine against Russia, whereas Belgium, Prussia, Sweden, Denmark, and Ame rica, all expressed it as their bounden duty to maintain a strict neutrality. Austria, who had had a very difficult game to play, had managed not to commit herself against the Czar. All this he was saying to save a speech from his friend Mr. Baines, and he wanted to ask them whe ther, in the face of these facts, any one would get up, either here or elsewhere, and pretend that we have a right to assume the position of an immaculate judge dealing with a prisoner. He contended we were bound under these circumstances to consider the condition of our brave troops, and he confessed that his heart yearned for these men, and that he could not sleep at nights for thinking of them. Theirs was a case thatcommanded all our sympathies. ,If they saw no permanent object to be gained by encourag ing Government to continue this war—continuing it after they could obtain terms of a fair and honourable peace— they would have a great responsibility upon them, and he was sure that in less than twelve months they would look back with regret to the vote that they might this day give. Re then alluded to the threatened French invasion two or three years ago, when it was said Louis Napoleon believed it to be his fate to avenge Waterloo, and he could not help it ; reminded them that he opposed that notion, for which be was represented in one of the caricatures of the day with very long ears, looking into a cannon's mouth, and crying, " Peace ' peace !" (Cheers and laughter.) He referred also to the opposition he gave to the claims of Don Paciiico, on behalf of whom England nearly went to war with Greece, and whose claim by arbitration was reduced from 26,000 i. to 150!., recommended to be given to-him in cha rity. Now, the misfortune was, that whenever ho was right on these subjects, and those who opposed him were wrong, that ho never heard them mention it afterwards. What ho complained of was, that after a year or two, people conveniently forgot all about these matters ; and when it was found that his opinion was the right one, no one took the trouble to remember it. He asked Mr. Baines to reflect, Whether, in taking a part in these pro ceedings, he would two years hence be able to look back with perfect satisfaction upon the vote which he was now about to call the meeting to eve. At this moment the terms of peace were being arranged, and it was quite within the range of possibility that we might hear by electric telegraph, before even these proceedings were finished, something decisive had been arranged with re gard to the project for peace. He remarked upon its being now the fashion to accuse the Czar of ambition and as an incarnation of all that was wicked, and referred to the private correspoudence between Sir Hamilton Seymour, the Czar, and Lord John Russell, relative to the parti tion of Turkey, in which Lord John Russell panegyrisod the character of the Czar, and Lord Clarendon, who spoke of the "-word of his Imperial Majesty being pre ferable to any convention that could he framed." He said that it was such fulsome adulation that it sickened him (Mr. Cobden). In conclusion, the hon. member referred to the impossibility of keeping back Russian aggression by our present mode of warfare, attacking him in his own territory, citing the failure of Napoleon's expedition to Russia in proof of his views, and dwelt upon the miser able condition of Turkey as ground for belief that even ii Russia did succeed in conquering Turkey, of which single handed there appeared very little chance, the country would have required so much internal care and manage ment, that at all events for the next generation, which was 50 years, we had nothing to fear from Russia, and be should like to know from some actuary, taking into consideration the contingencies which surrounded the whole question, and which might arise during the next 30 years, what risk e we ran from a Russian aggression on England. thanked his hearers for giving him a p ti en nearly one ent and kindly hearing, and then sat down, h av ing spok hour andi a half. Mr. J. G. MARSUALL, late M.P. for Leeds, came forward to address the meeting. He said he was sure that no other man than one so popular as M r. Cobden Nvonld have met s that hon. member had when with so patient a hearing a he had just addressed a meeting the majority of which did not agree with the hon. members views on the war. Re thought that Mr. Cobden's speech might be divided into two parts, or rather that the honourable member had used two kinds of, appeal to the meeting—the one was to the breeches pocket, and the ether was of a facetious charac ter. (Laughter.) He (Mr. Marshall) had no hesitation in declaring that the war with Russia was a just one, and that it ought to be prosecuted until an honourable peace could be obtained. Much had been said by Mr. Cobden about the abject and sad condition of the people living in the Turkish Empire. Now, there was no doubt that condition had improved, was improving, and would improve, unless Turkey should be over-run by the hordes of Russia. After replying to some parts of Mr. Coleden's speech, Mr. Marshall concluded by proposing the following resolution :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the war in which England and France are now engaged with Russia is a great contest, forced upon them by the outra geous aggression of the latter Power upon the Tur4iiii, empire, and is intended to create a spirit of aggrandise ment on the part of the Czar which threatens the inde pendence of other nations, and this meeting is of opinion that the war ought to be prosecuted with the utmost vi ;oar, until safe and honourable terms of peace can be obtained." (Applause.) Mr. BAINEs seconded the resolution. When Mr. Cob den stated his intention of coming down to the West Riding, his friends were desirous for his sake and for the sake of the country to avoid any appearance of difference of opinion ; but when Mr. Cobden determined to come, they then had to consider what was the position in which his constituents would be placed if the public wore led to suppose that those constituents agreed in opinion with Mr. Cobden regarding the war. His hon. friend had always taken a part in most - strongly condemning the war, and in so doing he had opposed himself to the policy of the Go vernment and the country. He stood, indeed, in an almost isolated position on this question ; but Mr. Cobden was himself so great and distinguished a man, and had played so large and important a part for so many years before the people of England and of Europe, that he could not come down to address the constituency without the practical effect being to stamp his opinions on their mind; and thus far the effect would be that they would operate upon the world, not merely with the weight of Mr. Cobden's name, but also with the weight of the authority of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was, therefore, no longer possible for them to listen in silence to the address of Mr. Cobden, and they felt it their duty to declare that, though the friends of peace, they yet looked upon the war in which we were engaged as a just ono, and one dictated by sound policy. (Hear, hear.) -He was sure; regarded the in terests of peace. that the resolution now proposed would have no unfavourable effect upon the Government. But there was another party to be consulted before they could have peace, and that was the Emperor of Russia. It was not by a resolution in favour of peace, but by a strong army being sent to the Crimea that they could work upon the mind of the Czar. (Cheers.) The true plan was to be slow in going to war, but, once engaged in a just war, to prosecute it with such vigour to an issue that their enemy would not be likely to renew it again. (Hoar,hear.) Mr. Cobden told them that false and fraudulent reasons had been given for the war, and one of these he said was, that Poland was to be re-established. To that assertion the meeting had given the most decisive negative that it was possible for a popular assembly to give. (Hear, hear.) ' Then he said he looked upon it as a war only of policy. There he (Mr. Baines) differed from him. He looked upon it as a war of policy indeed, but as a war in which the principles of right and justice were involved. (Cheers.) His hon. friend next told them that the Ministers had pre cipitated the country into a war. Why, the only blame cast upon the Government hitherto had been that they wore too slow in going to war, many holding the opinion that war should have been proclaimed when the Russian army crossed the Pruth. (Hear, hear.) Every species of argument and inducement had been used by the Govern ment to induce Russia not to attack Turkey, and war was not proclaimed till nine months after the Pruth had been crossed, yet Mr. Cobden accused the Government of pre cipitating the country into a war ! (Hear, hear.) His ho n . fiieud admitted that the war was a just one as regarded Turkey against Russia. Now, they called it a just war in the resolution, and therefore he asked his hon. friend Mr. Cobden to vote for the resolution. (Laughter.) Mr. Cobden had dwelt in a way that he did not think very generous on the defects and difficulties found to exist in the administration of the Turkish priny. He did not think this was exactly the time to dwell on that subject, and he insist say he would rather have heard him spend his splendid vocabulary of abuse on the Czar than the Turk. (Here the hon, gentleman quoto.i a passage from the pen of Mr. Cobden, in which he had cherecterised tho ambi tion, kc., of the Czar in very strong terms, and observed, that systematic fraud, lying, and misrepresentation were the ieeicy of the Russian Government.) (Laughter.) He should. have liked to Liar some of this language applied now - by his hon. friend to the cdudnct of Russia, but his condemnation wag reserved entirely for Turkey. His hon. friend areued that if the five Powers exercised pro tection over the Christians of Turkey they would just be doing what they protested against as objectionable in Russia ; but that was not a correct view of the case, for, inthe first place, the five Powers could not lead away the subjects of a sovereign from their allegiance as one could ; and, in the next, all their interference on behalf of Chris tians of every denomination was to be by advice, and not by control. (Hear.) Mr. Cobden had made some strong remarks on the conduct of the war ; but into the details of the war, into the question whether the milita r y operations bad been ill or well conducted, it was not his intention to enter. He could easily believe that errors had been committed in the conduct of the war, but those errors were not the result of intention but of neglect. He did not defend the errors that had been committed, but he did not think the present was the time for considering that subject. (Hear.) Then Mr. Cobden said we had sent 30,000 men to invade Russia, but the fact was that, though we sent only 30,000, France also sent 30,000, which it in creased to 50,000 ; and he begged to remind him that the original intention was not to invade Russia. The armi e s that were sent out were sent lot to invade Russia, but to aerteaereeresa, eset it unto nnlil selves driven the Russians from the banks of the Danube that Sebastopol was attacked. He (Mr. Baines) agreed that that attack was made by too small an army, and he thought the Government ought to have had more informa tion on the subject than they seemed to have possessed. (Hear.) Mr. Cobden had said that England was ill qualified to be a judgein this matter, because, within the last 50 or or 100 years, she had added a larger extent of territory to the British dominions than Russia had annexed to her empire, but it must be remembered that our eastern acqui sitions were not intended for political but for commercial purposes. As a European State, England had not only made no acquisitions of territory during the last century and a half—except Malta and the lonian Islands—but she had not listened to suggestions to make such ac quisitions. He (Mr. Baines) had invariably been the advocate of peace, but ho supported the resolutien in the belief that they had reached a great national and European crisis ; and that England was bound to take her part with France and the other countries of Europe in set ting a limit to the ambitious aggressions and aggran disement of the Emperor of Russia. Mr. Baines com plained that the correspondence of Lord John Russell and Lord Claresclon with reference to the Eastern question had been unfairly quoted by Mr. Cobden, and he cited the despatches to show that the policy of the Emperor of Russia, which Lord J. Russell described as wise and bene ficial to Europe, was that which his Imperial Majesty "had so long followed" previous to the secret correspondence, and not that which the Emperor at that time proposed to follow. Ho regarded this as a great and important crisis, when a league was being formed which might affect the destinies of Europe for ages to come. For the last cen tury and a half the attitude in which Russia had presented herself to Europe was that of an ambitions, encroaching, and selfish Power, while she was at the same time the most despotic, intolerant, and barbarous of European nations. Nothing was therefore more to be deprecated than that Russia should acquire a predominant influence amona the continental Powers. After referring to the insolent proceedings of Prince Meuschikoff during his mission to Constantinople, Mr. Baines observed that be had been surprised to hear Mr. Cobden say that the whole of Europe differed from the policy of this country, while all those European G overnments —including Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia—that had spoken on the subject had declared that England was in the right and Russia in the wrong. Mr Cobden had said that Russia was not for midable for purposes of aggression, whereas she had swal lowed up was-half of Sweden, two-thirds of Pohtnd, large provinces in Tun 'key in Europe and Turkey in Asia; she had taken from Persia tracts as large as England, and had annexed immense territories in Tartary. For years and ages the grand object of Russia had been to col lect vest armies and fleets, and to build fortresses and ar senals, with the view of foreign conquest and aggression. These great preparations had been formidable to Europa, and he thought this was a policy which ought to be re pressed. He knew there were gentlemen present who would vote against the resolution. They did so en religious grounds, and their opposition ought, therefore, to be re spected. hey would have acted exactly in the same man ner if, instead of having crossed the Pruth, the Russians h e,l landed in the Humber. (Laughter.) They would have given the same vote had the Cossacks been in Leeds and Sheffield, and had a proclamation been issued, as in Wal lachia, to pay all taxes in future, not to the Queen's, but, to the Russian Government. (Laughter.) Thes. gentle men acted from religious convictions, and therefore they opposed. war - under all and any circumstances. (Hear.) He could not sit down without expressing his satisfaction at the admirable hearing which Mr. Cobden had received, which was just such as he expected would be given at a meeting held in the town of Leeds. (Hear.) Mr. JOHN Jowm.2, jun.., a member of the Society of Friends, moved an amendment to the effect that this meet ing, without expressing an opinion on the present war with Russia, expresses a hope that tho proposed negotiations for peace will be successful, and no mere blood bo shed. J. PRIESTMAN, of Bradford, another member of the Society of Friends, seconded the amendment. Mr. R. M. MILNES, hI.P., supported the original motion. He regretted that the occasion for the meeting had oc. cured, because he feared it might go out beyond the con fines of this empire that there was a difference in the minds of the people of England as to the propriety of proceeding with the war. If the war was an unjust one, we had no •thing to do but to withdraw our army and our fleet from the Crimea without making any condition at all, and quietly submit to the terms of the Czar. But that was too absurd, and even Mr. Cobden himself did net advise it. No (me, at the same time, supposed that the people of L e eds and of the West Riding were not in favour of peace, but the large preponderance of the people of England were opposed to asking peace of the Emperor of Russia. Mr. Cobden had said that the eastern world would come into the hands of the Christian population, and would not be governed by the Turks. That fact, in a certain degree, reconciled him (Mr. Milnos) to the misery of the present war, because he hoped that the Christian population of the East would soon be able to develops their capabilities and the resources of the country in a natural manner, and growing up into independent nations, would remove them selves from the rule of the power of Russia, which power and rule was one of the greatest calamities that could befall a country. (Applause.) After comparing the despotism of Turkey and the despotism of Russia, and showing that the former was of a weak character and the latter very strong, Mr. Milnes said, the power of Russia was a mere children's question of geography, for in the North they might see her position both in Europe and Asia. Russia sought to ge t possession of both the Sound and the Dardanelles, towards both of which her empire approached. Let her but get both of these, and then let tho people of England see if it would be possible to prevent Russia forcing her way over the vast continent of Europe, and to prevent an increase of her power which it was most awful to con template. (Hear.) It was well that Ur. Cobden had been allowed to make his speech in. silence. It was wise that a moderate resolution haul been proposed by Mr. Marshall for adoption by the meeting. Those who had drawn up that resolution did not wish to continue the war a single moment longer thao was necessary, nor did they express any opinion on the way in which the war had hitherto been conducted. For his (Mr. Milnes's) own part, he should be glad if Mr, CoNou would go out to *Crimea as Co : ttinq ":„, A" 1 '4„„ lt, " mv •-•' - t rill, tett ,1 ., 4 • , ~ 0 -_,,,,v. 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The people of Leocliv-We people of the West Riding, the people of England,*Avirreikt ' favour of peace ; and the only question was how 'l4efit - .7 . procure it. Ho did not believe that any plan for4roct4.l.- would be facilitated if we gave the Emperor of Rtusr;to ll .. 7 understand that there was any difference of opinion amtdigu- v us as to the way in which we should obtain that peace. • (Hear, hear.) He would ask Mr. Cobden to remember that it was only at the very moment when the Emperor of Rus sia saw the great power of Austria would be brought against him that he submitted to take the _points which were tendered for his acceptance a long time ago, and re fused by him. (Hear.) Ho (Mr. Milnes) hoped that no sham peace would be made, but one et* permanent charac ter, so that the expense of keeping up a large standing army for fear of war breaking out might be avoided, and such a peace would be best procured by showing a firm con fidence in the justice of the war in which this country had _ engaged. (Applause.) Major-General THOMPEON (late Lieut.-Colonel Thomp-_ son, and formerly M.P. for Bradford), next addressed the meeting. He commented both forcibly and facetiously on the way in which the war has been conducted. Mr. COBDEN explained, that when he referred to what the other States of Europe bad done as to the war, he meant their actions, and not their opinions. The amendment was then put to the meeting, and nee tired by an overwhelming majority; a n d w h en th e origi nal motion was submitted to the show of hands, only a very few were exhibited against it. • On the motion of Mr. COBDEN, seconded by Mr. BAINES . , a vote of thanks was giien to the chairman ; and, three cheers having been given for our allies, the meeting saps• rated at 20 minutes past 4 o'clock. NAVAL .AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Great activity is being displayed by all the department concerned in their equipment to expedite for renewed service the Blenheim and Hogue blockships, the 'lmptc. rieuse and Arrogant screw frigates, and to fit for com mission the two new blockships Hastings and Pembroke. When the latter are ready there will be a formidable squadron of these useless old sailing 74's in the service as very valuable screw blockships of 60 heavy guns each, amounting to nine sail—Blenheim, Edinburgh, Hogue, Ajax, Russell, Hawke, Cornwallis, Pbrobroke, Jai • ' Hastings. . _ The Bak, 20, screw corvette, Capt. Birch, stexmea ' into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning to have her mainmast re-stepped. The Pelter experimental screw gun-boat (tender to the Excellent) went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to Stokes Bay, to test her speed at the measumed mile, &c. The Avon steam tender, Master Commander Teitth, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Devonport with men on leave from the ships to whose crews wages and leave have been granted,. and also some of tate Arethusa's crew, that ship having been put out of commission. DEVONPORT, JAN. 17. The Caesar, 91, Capt. Robb, is under sailing orders at ;his port. Th Calcutta, 84, Capt. Stopford, is ready for sea, in stores, provisions, &c., but requires 150 men to complete her crew. The Cossack, 20, Capt. Fanshawe, is under orders to sail for Scotland, with provisions for the ships on that coast ; her newly-raised men were paid advance of wages yesterday. The Prussian man-cf-war Thetis, lately exchanged for the gun-boats Salamander and Recruit by the Admiralty, is still here. Tenders will be received by the Admiralty to-morrow (Friday) for the hire of steamers of from 400 to 600 tons (n.m.) each, for the conveyance of stores to the Crimea, calling at Constantinople. ~.. _, f APPOINTMENTS. Master— Henry Harper (1852), to the Coast Guard. Paymasters—Williain H. Turner (1853), recently serving in the Nile, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport, to the Me!ampus, 42, at Sheerness ; IVilllaui Hornems,u (1853) recently serving in the Hogue, 60, screw steam ship at Portsmouth, to the Desperate, screw steamship, at Sheerness. Clerk's Assistant —John G. FrAklyn to the Hogue. Midshipman—W. W. Howell, of the Arrogant, 46, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth, to the Nankin, 50, at Chatham. The appointment noticed yesterday, of Commander Uamett to the Aiban steam•ressel at Woolwich, should have been to the Albion, 90, on the Mediterranean station. MAIL FOR SCUTARI. Yesterday the Postmaster-General issued notice that a mail for the army in the Crimea, the hospital at Scutari, and the Black Sea fleet, would be made up to• morrow evening, and forwarded through France. The postage must be paid in advance. COMFORTS FOR THE CRIMEA. • Yesterday several tons of tin ware consisting of plates, drinking-cups, and culinary utensils, were delivered at the Tower to be shipped to the Crimea for the use of the troops, as also a large quantity of iron castings for the construction of camp ovens, &c. The American clipper ship White Falcon, Captain Ryan, 1,372 toes register, chartered by the French Go aud cuLmigocd to Messrs. Croskey and Co., arrived at Southampton yesterday. She has on board a large quantity of provisions for the French army, and will convey besides a large number of wooden huts_ from that port to the Crimea. The Royal mail steam ship Severn, Captain Gillies, which arrived at South ampton on Sunday with the Brazilian mails bas been taken up by the British Government. She will be ready for sea by the beginninc , of next week, and is to convey troops and stores to the East. The Avon, chartered ship, undergoing repairs, is also to be ready as quickly as possible. Should this ship be again required for Ad niiralty purposes, there will be, it is presumed, no mail steam-ships from Southampton to the Brazils next month. MILITARY. Yesterday afternoon three of the most numerous draughts of recruits and volunteers that have left the metropolis since the commencement of the war pro ceeded to join the provi-ional battalions at Canterbury, Chatham, Brompton, Winchester, Portsmouth, and Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The draughts consisted of nearly 200 men ; of these 47 were enlisted in the metro polis. In addition to the above, 35 fine young fellows for the Household brigade arrived at the Horse Guards. Forty-seven young fellows, none of whom are under 5 feet 7 inches in height, who have enlisted for cavalry regiments, were sent to the cavalry depots at Canter bury, Maidstone, and New bridge. The depot of the 13th Regiment (Light Dragoons), about 200 in number, under the command of Captain Holden, have arrived at Dorchester from Brighton, and taken up their quarters in the barracks in the former town. It issaid that a detachment of this regiment will shortly be sent out to the Crimea. Captain Adair, of Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia, is endoavourine to obtain volunteers f or th e G uar d s i n the neighbourhood of Taunton. Independently of the bounty offered by Government, he has anrounced his in tention of making a present of 10/, to each man, and 21. to nay man inducing another to enlist. The undersigned officers at Chatham Garrison have obtained leave of absence for the periods stated :—Cept. William M`Leod, 74th Highlanders, to the 14th of February ; Captain Codd, 99th, to the 9th of March ; Captain Mountain, Royal Artillery, to the 30th inst. ; and Captain Hubert V. Mundell, 96th, till the arrival of the regiment in England from India. A. detachment of the Royal Marine Artillery arrived from Portsmouth on Tuesday, consisting of two officers, one sergeant, one corporal, and 25 gunners, for service on board the ship Orion, 91 guns, fitting in docle at Chatham. Captain INl‘Catty and Lieutenant Edward R. 'Hersey were the officers in command. THE MILITIA. On Tuesday the men of the West Suffolk Militia as sembled, when the Colonel, Earl Jermyn, addressed them, and 70 immediately stepped forward to join the regular regiments of the line. The corps is now ender active drill at Bury St. Eduicad'a.- A DUTCHMAN IN COLLISION. The bark La Bourse D'Anvers, Captain Coppenballe, from Antwerp fur gavannah, was towed into Ports. mouth harbour yesterday morning disabled. She ar rived at Spithead on Thursday night in tow of the Morna screw steamer, from Belfast for London, with which vessel she haul been in collision, at 6 p.m.,_ on Tuesday, Deachey Head bearing E. by N. distant about eight miles. Laßourse D'Anvers bad her foremast car ried away, is cut down to the water's edge on the star board side, is leaky, and has thrown a portion of her cargo overboard. The- Morna has damaged her port bow, lost bowsprit, jibboom, and figurehead, but after towing the bark to Spithead, she proceeded on her voyage to London. SHIPBUILDING ON THE WEAR. The annual returns of shipbuilding on the Wear have just been made up. They show that during 1854 the number of vessels launched was 151, with an aggregate tonnage of 66,929, being one ship less than in 1853, and a decrease in t mnage of 1,550. The average tonnage of each ship was 4431 ; for 1853 it was 4501 per ship. One third of the whole amount of tonnage launched was sold. to London owners, the number of vessels being'4l, a de crease of one ship on the number sent to the Thames in 1853. One-fourth of the tonnage for 1854 was pm , chased in Sunderland, and the remainder went to New castle, Shields, Liverpool, and other ports. The pros pects of the trade for 1855 are not quite so cheering at present as at this time last year, when there were 96 vessels on the stocks, with an aggregate tonnage of 46,000. In the first week of this year the number of vessels building was only 76, with a tonnage of 34,610. SUDDEN DBATII.—An awful instance cf sudden death took place on Tuesday evening in the vicinity of the ter minus of the London and North-Western Railway at Euston-square. Mr. Ralph Carr, county magistrate of Middlesex, shortly before 5 o'clock left his town resi dence, York-terrace, Regent's Park, to proceed to the London and North-Western Railway, for the purpose of returning to his country house at Pinner. When b e left home he was in his usual health and spirits, being an exceedingly hale and hearty man. On reaching h wa o al the wa y down Melton street, Euston-square, on his y station, he was observed suddenly to stagger and fall on the pavement. The unfortunate gentlema n was inst antly conveyed into a surgery near where he fell, but life had ceased. The body was conveyed to the dead-housa of St. Pancras workhouse, where it awaits a coroner's in quest. , e __