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The Great Western Railway mn Cc e i s Co,l 3 Zjetite orders for Ruabon Coals, equal to the finest th e ( r ) b 4 rtly c a ,f 4 s Per ton, and for excellent and economical Vron Te it .adi n ..."n) t 225. per ton. Cash prices within 4 miles ern g,ii_g‘un Shaton. Address to the Superinte.ndent, Great way . Paddington. It i° t c't gibe Ism f or —S, &e. —The whole of the canva!s oceatit... Covering the Pavillon erected in front of Guildha 1, 114 e rt ei ot ir of the visit of the Emperor of the French, Is suitable t4l4 ot ottlpi et ,:' will be sold second-hand. Poles, putties . , and Itt.„„ ,t,ll required. An early application to Benjamin "Rat; ' uake-street, London-bridge, will have immediate phof, DANCE, GERMANY, or in A Th e , t •Yrd in The a u, the best Manufacturing Talent is obtained and l4PEß.At,orlatructlon of the following t 24 400i'L,S REDING° rE, the new garment of the Season. j ALE TO T, n and Two Gine each. ''‘E EYE CAP O E, e One Guinea, u Wate as pr of, yet 1.4 C042 8 Evaporable. ES.r i TROUSERS and lIALF-GUINEA WAISTCOATS. tild o, ,!d if itg 4... 3 for MILT PARY and other OUTFITS sent gratis. kay ClrlL, Ke nta in all parts of the globe, who have the above " garments prepared in regulated sizes, so that they Zeg e ' L end 1,,, 11 t Well. ntl t .T• and D. NICOLL, 114, 115, 118, 120, , and in the City, 22, Cornhill. ro„, --- `" IN DON and GREAT-WESTERN Au 'G nat). n COLLIERYL COMPANY. rop or , egista ital 60,0001., in 11. and 10. share!". la r aiag ant mi 1 3 t ca rcus t er , ne of the best coal. has•. been secured . on most - I , 3 .,:ll s it tl ai tTiloen the payment of a roaltv,without sulking a 414D4rtio:oreel trin age. Profits dearly showing 301. per cent on . Coat , d e c ease also have the right to be prov.ded with coats Z r .. o Portion to their shares, which at 25 per cent. Pon, areste l 5 will Make their shares in four years become a rprisnit*.rOspetil....eltt without cost. .<Ni Ca —5 a pply to J S. Christopher, Secretary, 34, Cole _?* to J.S.:Randell (Messrs. Randell and Saunders), • OT Orßoorse rt., Op THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE CO., 1 ferry -road, Westminster, 16th May, 1855. HEREBY GrVEN, That a GENERAL COURT of the Proprietors of this Aster held at the Company ' s Gas Works, Horseferry-road, 'ate ta4ll FRIDAY, theBth day of June next, at Eleven 14,„11C0„14tYRZI°0,1, Pursuant to the Act of the 59th year t of his b ",„"qin nkzip ree the ad . forthe Election of two Dirac 0X i t 07.! e lliii,T e ` Q ur Years, in the room of two Directors (both o 'to ll , .4)e ; to be re-elected) who will then g? out of offic e ° b e y 40 1ir s 'l 4 d should a ballot be required it will continue p n ° „'" 4 Its commencement. 'V order of the Court of Directors. titop i .f The . C. BURLS, Secreta srb i ll t r t r a lli be taken at 12 o ' c l oc k p rec i se l y , an d nose ry. but a r ,;'•or e b . -----.—....„ C, ( ;r, n near i t 4 04, th ada, withumford, Essex.—Valnable Freehold IV sidence lv k citk e ti n :bel e f i ; ; } farm, and upwards of 10. , Sc es of Capital 4e,citsii ' fli ng a most attractive propertyft,r investment , . 4,4%451' 1 1q m tn PAGE and CAMERON are in ted,tY (i Wess - l i by Auction, at the Mart, on FRIDAY, Bth tei le el ed alrab le pre:i nns y disposed of by private contract, an ex kne I 'tt' s 1 Ale a i '' ' C ompact FREEHOLD EAT A.CE laud tax Op1: 0 1 e s ': ka int . ° _ , ise to the village of liornchurch, Within 214 ttitaltatt•o'D/.0°4-doStation on the Eastern Counties Railw ty, and N r 4 141, Pnilds .. A TE, comprising an excellent Residence, with p a oad a rei t t ed ' !mid 101 p. of superior Arable and Pas ollitilTte l eal Into convenient enclosures, and interheeted by ffle ta l' far? , 'Wih ~,, ' 3 O i l - Na are in preparation, and in the meantime n okle r -, may be obtained of the Auctioneers, at their 0 isi . - ' u rY. and St. Albans. lth 50. i t 11 0 . iu. • t 4 ha 4 4,4. . L 1 and NORTH-WESTERN th, eOB ilt 1,,, 4, k o ,' ....,T CONTRACTS for STORES for the year end. i ' o te rty 0 Directors are prepared to receitie TENDERS ' ilk 0lb• of , t , act__ u ndermentioned STORES :- 1 t,,_ Sh e • t o - no t , et an ,, No. of Contract T, r , Pk r otlv es ." Tubes, for 20 . Iron, Yorkshire. ' 4 4 • • 5 A kt ks. 20a. Iron, Staffordsh're. 1 1 4 . t ete?' 21. It on Castings. 4' 1341 4. 22. Iro'n Work. 1 5' N[Pitery 23. WhEels. I C 'Fts 4 Wesi 24. 011, 134.rning, &c. • 11' ili' hop e e• 25. Oils (various), Tallow, and 13. I Nl 4 "a - 1 ." "IP. &c. Turpentine. 15; 1.e4 , 1 4,0 ~,clis 27. Steel. " a Wh i t aeks. 2i. Steel Springs and Files. t ta 1 s h te a nd 29. Tin Blocks. 14, 1 clot,, o n et an pip. . 30. Tin Sheet and Speller. 3443,Y, Loy no _, ' . p‘l,, 2a. ~, 1 Forms of Tend, ~..htt4 4 o„, a Ppilcation in 91 1 , 1 tli ji t101tlpt n der t if , ill t ,qty D t should each Contr•ct are printed separately, and 0 I ,s,„ropo s . nate the particular Contract or Contracts for a ltt• 'etit . - " l ttt ; ' 0 tend - ..4, /1 % .4 0 111. t our 4l ° he i nsPe r ct ed . n and after Wednesday, May 23 , •4 na d , l l3 o'clock, at the o Company's Pattern Room, .Euston ge t 4 4 ete 'Q th e 'tther informotion require t may be obtained on a t. to be stilts of the several departments. itt on or Lelore Ten o'clock on Monday, tb. -, 01) Sti ltlon, kaY 14th, 1855, ler may be had on and after Wed writing, to the Secretary, Euston By order of the Dtors. CH irec AS. E. STEWART. 7st 71b ) pry, ol) b•• (13r 3 SI • aoII)tt 21h (Ai, ene toc: 3tagre v i c lc i cb, n j 00r. the sec° t ' it een foi r bird i ` tb. cOVI IS ' 31 1 ) ) r d 01 . 4 1 O "." goo! o e sti,. ya r f r, 0 3 to ti o virivo ed aae g i 9 •f/i ° d°l r9: lC t Del )10g. 111 e be a 3 r q r.,. br o is it " Bad oices. oro e lel i fo' ea t ee 0 : v 1,. ,,,p , ii; f lot a deOci e "iel " te ra'' 0$ 0 1 igs e. 1 1 ore 0 06 do d sooe. s. r 6 , iti ,cl‘ 64 0 Oa S e a... 63 aeX „ i bil a cir, o', / TeM feti o i ."..' 0 15'11 111°101 05 110 i1; 0 1 1 01 00 to t i " o po l or i 0 6, 1, 0 0 0 00 ' Oi l . ."13 ..' I o ° ° l 51 bl 61"15",,1 vo oj to F , 0 0 10 . )1 0 ; 51 gt , j 1 1j 11 0 0 1, 0 110. o reO r 0 01 ' 11.) I ° , o 1 rof,; l , 1 . 02 1 7 e ere °l 101 -ere al 00 I ,ver ,si)b-------- . ,A., „ - ----- ~i,,,, "ellsly()I.1)? ~\VOLt,ST MILNERS: lip], '442 4 44 . n i" and rr ., LE FIRE . wio mil l'ilr'''. '' t 'me 'ii p°a - e best, E - ItESISTING Th SA e 1- 1 44 e 1 4te in•larj, ia theroof Locks. Fire Robbery, or kiii io lleki re.II•NI World against 9 teat '' , Niand, lCeeet,i()ston and wide-sprea 1 devastating Folfreonact F s E tr S o ' ngest, ,iol4 1 4 e ed a, tnig 4 C3rg: destroyed Property of the Y it le sulphur , 4 0 :te4 trai_ k s of Oe,,A!t eh arca t l ai P ea of warehouses (filled •'llly *r -u t h ‘ ,, ,tee s —, and other highly combu stible toerce: r,,:st 4 co•444'ealera.l,;ses, B c., into a perfect volcano of_ which 1 :v14, , I? IN r..:Mbie th ,3, and lon g - endurinfurnace heat,ln were 1 / 4 1ttower 4 4. R` f . l , `-ts- , , but even bricss, stones, and iron to red littlt ' 'llelt ed . d and of the ordinary kind, iron strong 5t43,1,1ed 80nanlon,m i, tern asunder, their contents charr! Thomas 4 4 t ssb,,, b4 ve * he yoallY instances ofpreservation, . o _, ilieqe4th, ° nisi :.... as4r e gi in in - v--g publicity to the foil wt. hii. ' ‘ver -t4e u,--t ir "la 19, 1854. tl,,q, , e 4 ,4 have ewcastle-up-n-Tyne, k ir e.Ta (1,,, ole, el 4 great pleasure in stating O tl e i t st . t. hilst our i4 l o ti le kai n but, eetreyed and burnt down in the great fire a.stle 4, \ 44 sta. . Clatesiier, flecd a great many buildings in N lil i Mi' o l sth e ',, e es. ha v '' to aSheS two of your large 11° books, D r4 l. % %It ' !ala abie e been tile means oi - preserving our re _. 4, 1 5 014 1 4 It r 4 lle t o 4 do eulls eats, although these safes we eu e, ` ewe ldfast' it h ll IN e l- et io`en hours to an immense heat, and dug r . out of t 4; t t Zere ~ hill "fate On opening them we found our p Wei kr 0, 4, 41 ~,,r . , e c i 4,17 41pod state of prrvaaon. Some they ta t t te t th e ,af, utseoloured, but we a••e happy to say iit Nei al e VI 4 Purpose the ~ 1 terded for. We fee ', ‘ fic atio ese f„ ts a4 Ywe .e n make us new • will thalk you to of the ) 111"411 1 1..... w., ' n tk, -..,N. @ , 'h ' are, gentlemen yours truly, llii ho mes 1 • 4. A. LEIDEMANN AND CO. Z.014.N1h Pix,rdner and S " mbo q til e ~ Nix s A , on Th e most :I' b t ., world E WORKS, LivEßrooL. Q 4.0, ,, • . 474, MOOR GA.TR-STREET, City. / D . o 'l, RSEND ST A e, kk ack et PAC IC T NNI 8 call at the Greenhithe 'and Parfleet Piers. S. PR Oli 4t .ge, Piers PIE R. r (weather permittin. TERRACE GRAVESEND- %,, ,t, .. TtliriZraiigitelll'in7.TvaL.perMitting I'li i'''.2'll)kYe. I' '°'' l'IP :1 4 ?, ----. gricnitYq 2 Iyk 1 3 . .i.. I' Time '4 t '- t 'Z 4 4 1 8 '4 .. 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'Roo P r . ms, and Curn yon Sper- R I , 4. 41, t eof actical Observations on as afer and more ,Is i i, 0 • tt' 4 l4‘,. air) treat , „pis , .t, ~ 1 , •,l o el b y , nient of the dise es f the Generative 2 ~ 4, Vrie b . , by ri...‘he use of the Micros u cope o in detecting and XI di° P' - ' :,.I.t,iaA;'''ide'llft,(o'rn;lDalras'inZaWthneAtle°rn:tgisei realcausseol'ind effect ta ct , '' s Se ell,- • ng from Lary h I ,Ib..tkliq:sobilitrys.' yozp-e-Aa:::_followed by practical remarks, f . ounded tr , e 'Ary -1- r o l' , ocer •,,,,,`° in the treatment of Impuissance. i d i ~;1 t , le, ia tie , _ thess, ..permatorrhcea, &c. To whi r c a. b f,O . 0 the da-,14.ti the e u v ll . ytt Physiology of Marriage, with p na ing from empirical pri ctice, 0 14 lewati r 1 qt tr , a di re na ren-, "3 e 11 t.t . lord orß —Dales advocated by various writes on eaf' 0 ,gb h NI. 4 LI S . -kS,i ss , I, J iro, A DI L.,• L p -L LA' lIERT If D ka l 4l" , tic: °it D. ' . . 1 0 o , ter , 4 e,,,• SQUARE LONDON pr ° •cr AV ,le;14, 4,temt.4.ti:tt4e4to7Aaryt)(:t.rnatbrleerriolaft.e.,,d M_ ember of the Univer9ity of LONDON, 09 40 Pl° f ot) 1 , 0 7 , 1 1.,, zb e tir, ro l ai ..,b i Q:ca rtes , t r i o , London Hospital Medical Society ndo, •te., 8 ;c. Tbory i of I ,lt' 4 . k, g4 ,Vo '4 , l tiZg eet r I M t 111.9 a is to point o u t the fearful con -401 i k to, f, , treatisel.l,tztla4-..,„01.41,-,roo.,oeeacnteertainha bits, irregularitres, and excesses, det,ijir , .0 • ,•• ei„ , ltr o ; Of dish d o — c 're Misery in Youth, degradation in Man- P9'brirr ir ,O P r 4 , liih.l3' NZAse k, ,L'Y at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, an 3 1 1 tillt41t)' l l e t Ill - ,`',..;Z1 . 1en - d o - j tto t•D Modern pathologists Its perusal is 0 .01 ,ri persons entertaining secret doubts or al ), ,1 0 ‘ o, t,,tit„.4i1,,,,,-a*,,„it:sona,nadiiaveo are conscious of having hazarded 1 11 ,0 0 1 c ol 0 t i'oeril'.l"Driti.-tcli s ec Privileges to which every human being is . o ► t g gt I o 11,"3!ritt:ZsIntti2.:larY Metall man should know, that th6re are A 1 ,1 0 I,' _ e , 0 4 001 . Isll' . L o '2lty ,;01.s t,,,,,':?ag'errient which cannot be violated without IL ke t ,; 9 lti t ' ibe l - ' , IDs. and when wisdom and regret succeed ' Of ' 961 , t 0. 3 ikt t h _ ti to ated ' kderat e „ if 1 P . l O l l , 0,40 ) 0 0 /I,►' t bit) 4 in ha, .hlc4, the j'Tre,e of ~- ' %-,,.nre. e vil anew the stirs - nal.gence, how then penalties -I\4-sulbe•tea,2 its co .. hg of their bitterness may be removed, i *k g: lith o :it t o w ely a ny In-,Douences may be avoided, and above all, fi tle ;l, Physics, infirmity or functional C° ,) I, 14114,....tit 0 t t .or a go rio l u , TY aid of science cannot apply a cure. Al/',l/ /iv y lib Oa ,43: t oe lia tro, o , of years been engaged in an extensive ~.. of these delicato complaints, which have . _ a , tv , a p k Ictil t l l.4,°lngi e ' generally 1 1 Nth V OlN D rete n „ i great Jar -- Confidedon those stv°lOheareciariaL:fed br * Re ' ''' , p. n . bEiti ensue g to no,an ace t PI 6 ° Y r he, "..y' ls, LI en. 2 a LirrY 17 LaY b , 0 0 1 L Ilt, t , 1e.,,.4 ,1'.11,,,, : ,. e had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, a d, '44,,,, DI tosser-rsqua,„ „'terro'w; Harmay, 63, Oxford - street; 1 0 ' l ` - ~40 . e• r ad d r - e " , ann. 39, Cornhill ;or free by post for 114 p i e re p , from the Author's residence, 87, Bed' • Mt. e°4 111t441 t"1 -A ai lY frOtil Eleven till IWO and from , 4 4 \ ..- .." ebll . 44%14 'coP' PUB , NS HURRAH FOR THE, NOBLE ALLIANCE ! In Nos. 699 and 700 of the MUSICAL BOUQUET, price 6d. Poetry by EtazA Coos; composed by O. R. CLIAPMAN. A truly patriotic song, and the music is worthy of the beautiful poetry. Also. 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S r, • The superior advantages of screw propulsion being fully de monstrated by its general adoption for the public service old for the commerci d operations of almost all maritime nations, a favourable time appears to have arrived for inducing a public recognition of the • merit of its in:roduction. Convinced that screw navigation—whoever may be regarded as its o inven:or—must date its real commencement from the successful teals ani voya4ea of the " Archimedes" in 1839 and 1840 ; and feeling that all naval nations are indebted to- the performances of that ship, for the first practical development of this great imp ove ment la•the means of maritime enterprise; the following gentlemen , pe-sonally cognisant of the facts connected with the progrt ss of the system, are strongly impressed w th tho ittStiC3 of the claims of Mr. Francis Pettit Smith, to whole talents and untiring energy it is well known the "Archimedes" owed both h r origin and success. They can also bear record tc the steady perseverance with which that gentleman has continued to devote the bat years of h's life to the purpo'se of establishing the toed ts of the screw. And they know that the national benefit thus conferred by his labours—which was first so clearly confirmed by the performances of the Rattler in 1845, then so strikingly iliustrat d at the nava , review of 1853, and which is now so confidently relied on for success in actual war—has not hitherto procured for him either public acknowledgment or pecuniary rekvard. They have therefore formed themselves into a Provisional Commit tee, and have requested us most respectfully to solicit the honour of your name, and the ad vaidage of your Influence and examp'e, in sup port of an appeal to all classes and interests fora genera' subscription to 'present a suitable testimonial to Mr. Francis Pettit Smith, for his prominent services in bringing into practice Vie system of screw navigation.—We have the honour to be your obedt. servants, EDWARD I'ELLE W HALSTED,} Hon. Secs. JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. James Allan, Esq., Managing Director of the Perinsular and Oriental Company Charles Atherton, Esq., Chief Engineer H.M. Dockyard. Woolwich Joseph Beardmore, Esq., Manager of the General Steam Navigation Compan 's Engine Works H. Wollaston Blake,Esq., F.R.S. Engineer, London Isambard K. Brunel, Esq., C.E. Edward Chappell, Each. Capt. R.N., Secretary to the Royal West India Mail company William Crispin, Capt. R.N., the Royal Yacht John Utlay Ellis, Esq., Chairman of the General Screw-steam shipping Company Joshua Fild, Esq , F.R.S., Engineer, London • John Fincharir, Esq., late Master Shipwright, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth Sir Richard grant, Kt , Capt. MN: William IL Henderson, Capt. R.N., C. 8., Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard Edward Humphrys, Esq., late Chief Engineer H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich Mci,regor Laird, Esq., Managing Director of the African Mail Com- pony Thomas Lloyd, Fag., Chief Engineer of H.M. Navy Chafes J. Mare, Esq., shipbuilder, Los d m Joseph Miller, Esq., F.R.S., Engineer, London Rob , rt Napier, Esq., Engineer, Glasgow James Nassnyth, Esq., Engineer. Manchester John Penn, Esq., Engineer, Greenwich George Rennie, Esq , F.R.S., Engineer, London Joseph d'a Samuda, Esq., Engineer, London Rogert Stephenson, Esq , M.P., F.R.S., C.E. Isaac Watts, Esq., Assistant-surveyor H.M. Navy Money Wigram, Esq., shipbuilder, London Joseph Whitworth, Esq., Et gineer, Manchester TREASURER Chit!les Manby, Esq., F.R.S., secretary of the Institution of Civil EDginCer3 HONORARY SECRETARIES. . E. P. Halsted, Capt., and J. Scutt Russell, Esq , F.R.S., Engi neer. Extract from the Report of Baron CHARLES DUPIN to the Academy of Scienceq, Paris, on the prizes awarded by the French Govern ment to M. DUPUY DE LONE, and M. srott., Offlciers superieurs du Genie Maritime, et Ingeuieurs de la Marine delere Classe, and M2Bouactors, Captaine do Fregate, for the successful application of steam and screw propulsion to salting vessels of war:— " En 1835, un fermier de Middlesex, M. Francis Pettit Smith, en calre her zontalement une vis d'Archimnde a I'arriere et dans la partici la pluq pincee de la carene ; cette vis est continue ; elle a deux revolutions completes. L'au'.eur prend son brevet le 31 Mai, 1836." " Revenons au ferm'er Smith. Aussi peu savant dans le principe que le barbier Arkwri ht, fl avait la memo perseverance et le raerneindomptable courage. Ces deux quail tes morales Font fait triom pher de t , us les obstacles. M. Smith. pendant deux annees, essaye son bateau sur la Tamise et sur le canal de Paddington. Dans ce canal, par un accident heureux, une revnlut on de sa vis d'Archireede est brisee, et le navire marche plus vite qu'auparavant. C'est un trait de lumiere, et l'on flnira par n'employer qu'une mottle, mean tiers, et meme une moindre partie de revclution d helice: Par ce moyen, l'on pourra loger le propulseur dans une etroite ouverture verticale, en avant du gouve - nail, entre deux etambots. " Wessels en essais, M. Smith se hasarde a hitter contra les diffl cultes de la mer. Avec un navire eat , ernement petit, 11 s'aventure dans la Manche, et brave un mer touj.aus si dure, en essuyant des temps mauvais ; sou courage inspire une taveur " L'Amlraute d'Angleterre prend un vif interet a des easels tentes si courageusement, et eouronnes par le succes. Elle demande aM. Smith un canal plus considerable, et la construction. Wan navire a helice de 200 tonneaux, avant de conchae a Padoption da nouveau systeme. En comequence, VArchimede, de 237 tonneaux, est con struit et mis ala mer. L'Amiraute se seralt montree satisfaite, si dans les experiences demandees, le batiment out parcouru 5 nceuds par henre ; lien parcourut pros du double. Malgre le vent et la maree, it ne mit que vingt heures pour alder de Gravesend a Ports mouth. "Convaincue par ces eprmves, l'Amiraute d'Angleterre accept° l'helice pour sea propres navires. En 1441, elle fait commencer a Sheerness son premier batiment a propulseur helicoide, le Rattler du port de 888 tonneaux, batiment qu'on mit a la me; au printemps, de 1843. On multipliat les experiences sur ce navire, et l'Amiraute, completement edifice, ordonna de construire a la foil, vinge bath ments de I'Etat, a propul'eurs helicoides." Letter from the Right Hen. the Earl of Minto, G.C.8., &c. I (First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835 to 1841.) "London, June 13, 1854. "Dear sir,—l have not a doubt that Mr. Smith may justly claim the merit of having been the first to introduce the use of the screw propeller; and :t was owing to his success in its application that shortly before I left the Admiralty I felt myself justified in ordering the Rattler to be built, for the purpo- e of testing the comparative advantages of the paddle and the screw.—Believe me, dear sir, yours faithfully, (Signed) "MINT°. "Charles A. Caldwell, Esq. " I can have no objectio whatever to your making any use of my letter that can 13: serviceable to Mr. Smith." Letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, &c., (First Lo. d of the Admiralty, 1841 to 184 G) •'ryninshame, Pre,tooklrk, N.B , August 24, 1854. " is impo=sible for me to take upon myself to offer an Opinion as to which of the claimants 1s to be attributed the merit of the trot invention of the screw propeller; but I believe that the success of " the Archimedes," followed by the trial of "the Battler." (built under Lord Minto's Board), led to the adoption of the screw in H M.'s Navy, and in the merchant service. "it is admitted, I believe, that to at r. Pettit Smith belongs the credi of the s.iccess of "the Archimedes," consequently he is en titled to be considered as the introducer of a most valuable improve ment in steam navigation. " Lie was employed generally under the Steam Depattment of the Admiralty in my time, and I have every reason t..) believe that his services were found to be valuable. •. But the profes , ional names attached to the attestation you have furnistiqi me with, as well as those of the most eminent engineers, are of f+r greater value to Mr. Smith, th4n any testimony of mine can possibly be.—l have the honour to be, " 11 A. your obedient hum ble servant, (Signed) DDINGTON. "Captain Halsted, R.N. " I enc'ose the answer to your letter, of which you may make any use you may think flt." Rear- kdmiral Sir William F. Parry, Kt., Ecuenant-gover.- ... ' nor of GreenWch Hospital ...... ........ •• —•••• •• . 3 " William Parsons, Esq, Leicester The Peninsular and Orient a l St e a m Nevi,retiouComparlY •• 100 0 Messrs. John Penn and Son, eng i reers, Greenstich ..•• •• • • 100 0 John Diston Powles, Es q ., Wimpole-street .- •• • Edward J. Powell, Esq., Hydrographic Department, Ad miraltv Captain William RainQay,- R.N.. ILM .s. gogiv. Me=ars. G. Remie and Co , engineers, Iloiranilstreet, Black friars 01 0 111 , 11 am Rigby, Esq., tl'es,gow • - ............ Major FI. C. Robb, E C.S., Beaulieu H o .. se , tbuth4 se .• • • 10 0 J. scoa Ibis-01, Esq., r R.s., C.E; (l e lon. Sec.) Great 100 0 George-street, westm'nrter *•—• • • • • ...... Messrs. Samoda Brothers engineers, Poplstr •• —•••••• • • • • 20 0 John Scott, E:_q., e ngi neer and shipbuilder; Qeenock .••• • - ,), 0 Mew's. Seaward and Cape), engineers, Limetouse , , Joseph Sims, Esq., Birmingham.. 5 D, , Mess-4. Sims and Munt z , Birmingham ' lO 0 Edward Slaughter, Esq:, eng: neer, Bristol i Commander Luke Smithett, R.N., H. AEA. Vivid —.••••• • • 2 ° R. iitephetison, Veg., M r , F.ILS., C.la. Great George- Street, Westminster .... . ............ " Captain Janes N, Strange, R.N. . John M. sunley, Esq , ins'iranc e broker, Cir.lllll ..•• • lO 0 Wiliam Swann, i - sq., Qaeen-street, Westrzinaer . •••• •• •• • • 2 2 James Tillinar, Esq, Hendon .. ... •,, ................. ••• I I G. H. J. WallOrl, Esq., Serie-street. inn...........• •• •• 5 A ' Captain Frederick,Warden, R.N., ii,m , .... 1. 4 i, x ... 5 0 Thomas Waterman, jun., Erq., shipburder, Blackwell • 10 0 Messrs. James AV -tt amid Co., e 'ginecrs (per 11. Wollaston - nlake, Esq , Soh's, Birmingham ........ lOO 0 ..... I. Watts, Esq., Assistant-Surveyor E.!". Navy, Somerset- house —••- Messrs John and Robert-IV . I .te, ship' o - ders,Cowes Joseph Whitworth, Esq., e ng i neer, Mancherer.• .. •• •••• •• 25 0 M. Wigram, Esq., shipbuild er , Blackwell . ....... • • SI) 0 .... . G. T. Wright, Een., I ympston,e, D e ," „„ 2 2 Thomas Wright, Esq , -engineer. George•yerd, Lombard-st 2 2 Subscriptions are received by Messrs. Martin and Co.. 68, Loin, bard-street, London ; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pali Mall Past, minster (Honorary Secretary) • and by G C r l it lki - an Ge b o y rg . J. SCOTT RUSSELL,S London: J. Scott Russel, E sq, 37, George-street, Westminster t P re isurer). ea•strge,et, 25, loVreeastt- E. P. HALSTED, t , enorary Secretaries. 37, Great George-street, West m i nster, 1855. ... "The Royal Transport Patriotic Fund,'! and there is every probability of its receiving liberal support. THE MILITIA AND YEOMANRY. The Victoria Rifles will muster for target practice every Wednesday afternoon during the summer at their shooting ground at Kilburn. • The-E 4 York Regiment of Militia was reviewed by Lieutenact-Geneial C. G. Arbuthnot. commanding the northern district, at Westwood la,t Thursday. At the conclusion-the. inspecting officer said he Wai ,'eased with the efficiency of the corps; and should report favourably of them. Notwitlistanding the - nt,mber who recently quitted the corps, their 56 flays' duty liavirg been per formed, the regiment at • Beverley now includes more than 500 men. During the month more than 100 men have enlisted and been re attested. This corps is soon to go to the Curragh of Kildare; and, previous to its de parture, efforts are being made to. inerea.e iti numbers. The recruiting party in Hull, under Ensign Gilby, are progressing favourably. . THE CRIMEAN HEROES. HORSE GUARDS, MAY 16. Eer Majesty the Queen having graciously dignified the Royal intention of presenting medals for the battlei of Alma, Balaklava. and Inkerman, the following officers and men of the Household Brigade of Foot Guards will receive the decoration-on Friday morning. GRENADIERS, OR IST REGIMENT OF FOOT GUARDS. Lieut. Colonel K. Bradford Lieut.-Col. C. L. B. Maitland Major A. Tipping Major W. B. Der Horsey Captain Burgone Captain C. N. Start Quartermaster Lilley Surgeon G. R; Nicoll NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Serjeant Thomas Dawson I Serjeant Benjamin Owen Corporal Benjamin Massey. PRIV Samuel Ashford Edward Barrett Charles Giiyett James Hawes George Jackett Matthew Lake James Pepper Thomas Spencer John Werrieriel George Willies RTES. Edward Bettey James Blow George Green Simon Ham_ John King - Nurton George Smith Charles Smith George Wright Of the foregoing Serjeant Dawson bas lost an arm, and Serjeant Owen has received a medal for special ser vice at Inkerman. Private Church, of the same corps, who received a medal for gallant services at Inkerman, and who lost his right band, has been discharged on a pension of 10d. per diem. COLDSTREAM, OR 2D FOOT GUARDS. Col. the Hon. G.F. Upton Lieut.-Colonel Lord Charles Fitzroy Lieut. C. T. Wilson Captain Charles Baring Col. V. S. Newton (Brevet) Lieut.-Col. Lord Dunkellin Captain and Brevet-Major the Hon. Percy Fielding Capt. George Lord Bingham Cai)6,in G. R. Fitzroy Captain Magee Mr. Skelton, M.D. NON-COUMISSII Major the Ron. W. Boyle Lieut. the Hon. W. Am herd , HIED OFFICERS. MARINE BARRACK CANTEEN AT WOOLWICH, Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset-house, 14th May, 1855. NOTICE is hereby given, that on THURSDAY, the 24th instant, at One o'clock, the CANT FEN In the above Parrack v ill be LET from the Ist Jane next to the Ist June , 1855, by order of the Lords commissioners of the Admiraity. No person but of unexceptionable character, or who will not un dertake bona tide to reside in or occupy the Canteec, and conduct the business thereof in his own person, will be approved ; and two 'ureties will be required for the regular payment of the rent, and of all sums which may become due in respect of the said Canteen, and for the due performance of the several conditions and stipulations of the indenture of lease. The revenue or other licenses to be paid by the tenant. The person whose proposal shall be accepted, and his ,nreties, must execute an Indenture of Lease anti Covenants relating thereto, the par iculars whereo?may be known b y applying to this Office, or to the Barrack Master at Woolwich The Christian and Surnames of two respectable persons, with their Prufessions and Places of Abode who will Join the Tenant in exe cuting the Indenture of Lease as his • ureties, must be inserted in the Proposals. Ihe Tenant is to pay half the value of the Stamps on the Indenture of'. ease upon executing the same, and it is to be on der-tood that the said Commissioners will not undertake to procure the Tenant a License. A printed Form of the Tender and Indenture of Lease may be had at this Office, or on application to the said Barrack Master. No Terrier 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 beim f, should attend at the office on the day of treat, , as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender niust be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Marine Bar ra-de Canteen," and must also be delivered at the Office of the Co,rp troller for Victualling, at Somerset-house. By the Mutiny Act, Canteens Ewe not liable to have Troops billeted on them. As the person becoming Tenant of the Canteen will be bound to the strict performance of the Covenants of the Indenture of Lease, and to the full payment of the Rent and Privilege of Sale to the Troo whapt s, without any remission or reduc tion under any ccumstances ever, he is hereby cautioned to make himself fully acquainted with the conditions of letting, prior to his making a proposal. The Rent of the Canteen as a Tenement or Dwelling is to be proposed at the sum stated below ; therefore the Biddings will be upon what is offered for every Ten Men per Month, ex clusive of Sergeants occupying the Barrack, the number being ascertained from the Barrack Master's Returns, made up at Twelve o'clock at noon on the First day of every Month, and no changes In the occupation of the Barrack which may take place in the progress of the Month, either for or against the Tenant, will he taken into account. No less number than Ten will be charged against the Tenant, nor will any odd number be calculated— thus, if the Barrack should be occupied by 149 men on the First day of the Month, only 140 will be calculated foe that Month. The Bidders are also desired to introduce no fractional parts of a Benny in their offers, as they wi'l not be noticed, nor will any Tenders be noticed except such as are strictly according to the Form furnished. WOOLWICH—CANTEEN. , ...... ...• • ....125 0 0 TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, is a remedy for Relaxation. Spertnatorrhosa. and Exhaustion of the ay , tem, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by the consequences of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, ,ffectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely Tadicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs •ave so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health sf a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, s the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which I nfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in- Nitablo destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the • arsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, nIl of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Fold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into eparate doses, as adminisUsred by Valpeau, La''emand, Roux. :c., &c.—To be had Wholesale' and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, •^ornhill; Hannay and Co., 63. oxford-streat: and Sanger. TA Ox ord-street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ; n. Bradbury, bookseller, Dean•gate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin; Winnall, bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. THE ADOPTION of RIGHT PLANS. — Parliamentary Sessions, public meetings, co•nparisons, and ca'culations are all looked upon as necessary for propounding right plan., such as will meet the exigencies of the times and decrease the pxpenditure. The plans proposed by E. MOSES and SOS are— To provide every person with • The styles of Dress which are SinnmerAttireofthemnst fashion- introduced by E. Moses and Son able order. They have the most display more originality, fashion, extraordinary stock of materials .ard neatne , s than any others. which have been manufactured, The Emperor's Cape is one of and by the most accomplished art - the novelties offered by E. %loses and talent the right plans of bust- and Son. Its properties are, light ness a e pursued by E. Moses and in earswer, it folds in a and one small Son. waterproof,of Juvenile Clothing, Novelty in the greatest ad lithns wh ch hav rt e Mat-rials, Style, and Trimming, been made to the Dress Depa excellency in tit and workmttn- ment• ship, with cheapness in every Hats, Caps, Ho-iery Goods, article, are the plans of business B 'ots, Shoes, &c., the largest, Permanently observed at the newest, and best stock; prices so Establishments of E. Moses and economical that competition is Son. impossible, enable E. Moses and Son 10 carry out the best plans _ . . which could be adopted. E. MOSES and SON are Merehant TAllors, Clothidrs, agtters, Hosiers, shirt Manufac turers, Ito it and Shoemakers, and Ganeral Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. CAUTTON.—E. MOSES and Sox beg to state they have no conn t exion with any other house in or out of London, except their own Esa blishment z, as follow : London City Establishment, corner of the Minories, and Aldgate (opposite tho church). London West-end Branch, New Oxford-street, corner of _Hart street. .Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Wholesale Branch—Melbourne, AuStral,a. The establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays till sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. IMrolTANT.—•Should any article not give satisfaction it will be ex changed or, If preferred, the money returned without hesitation: All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. A New Book, with lists of prices, system of self-measurem ent, ani other incormation, mty be had on application, or post free. An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 gratis, on applicatfon,or post free Id on parle Francais. 1 Qui sr parla Ita!lanot Flier soricbt mail Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espaanol. NOTICE.—The Establishments will be closed on Wednesday and Thur. day next, May 23d and 24th„ reopening on Friday morning, the 25th instant, at 7 o'clock, SUBSCRIPTIONS. . - - Richard Abethell, Esq., master shipwright, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth ...... . - £1 I Jas Allan, Esq., managing director of the Peninsular and O r iental Company, Leadenhall - s treet W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham ............ Captain W. S. Andrews, Nor th of Eursme Steam Navigation Company, 84, King William - st reet John GeOrge Appold, Esq., Wilson-street, Finsbury•square— 10 0 C. Atherton, Esq . chief engineer, H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich 10 0 Captain Horatio T. Austin, R.N., C. 8., Admiralty Inspector of Pee' , ets, Southampton • • The Am tralasian Pacific Mall Steam Packet Company, Moor- 5 0 gate-street Thomas Back, Esq., Military Department, East India House 10 0 1 1 M e ssrs. Bayley and Ridley, 2, Covrper's-court John Barrow, Esq , P.R.S. , Adm iralt y ...... ..... •..•• •• • G e orge Beardmore, Esq., Dept'ord .... ••.• .• • •• .. J os eph Beardmore, Esq., manager of the General Steam Navigation Company's engine works, Deptford 5 0 Joseph Beardmore, Jun , Esq , Deptford 1 0 William Beardmore, Esq., Deptford .. ••.• .• • • .... R e ar-admiral Sir Francis Beau f o rt, K C. 8., Admiralty • • • • 5 5 The Birmingham Tube Company , Birmin g ham • • 25 0 Messrs. John Bourne and Co., engineers, Gree n o ck •• • ••. . 50 0 William Boxall, Esq., Welbeck-street,C4verdish square.. • • 5 5 Messrs. Brownlow ad Co., Hull .••• • • • ........ ..... Peter Bruff, E'q., C.E. Ipswich ••.. • ...... ...... I. K. Brunel, Esq., F . R.S., C.E.,Dake-street, Westminster 59 0 William Carpmael, Esq., C.E., Patent-office, Lincoln's inn ••21 0 William Catt, Esq., Brighton • • .... Captain E. Chappell, R.N., secretary of the Royal West India Mail Company, Moorgate -street ••• • • •• • • 25 0 Henry Chatfield, Esq., muter shipwright, H.M. Dockyard, Deptford 2 Jabez C urch, Esq., C.E. , Ch elmsford . . D. K. Clark, Esq., C.E., Great North of Scotland Railway Company, Aberdeen ......... •• • • . 5 0 Lieut. J. E. Commerell , R.N 5 0 Robert Cowen, Esq., Carlisle Commander Peter Cracroft, R.N., H.M.S. St. Jean d'Acre • • 1 0 Messrs.. Crispin, R.N., the Roya Yacht, Portsmouth • • Wm. Denny and Brothers, shipbuilders, Dumbartcn 103 0 John liftmen, Esq , inspector of steam machinery afloat, Ad miralty, Somerset - house ... 5 0 Messrs. Richard Durant a nd C o., Llo y d's ... 10 10 Messrs C. and W. Earle, engineers, Hull ..... . David Elder, Esq , engineer, Glasgow . ..... .... James Elliott, Esq., C.E., Dymchurch, Kent J. U. Ellis, chairman of the General Screw Steam Co., Ade laide-p'ace, London-bridge. Messrs. Allen Everitt and Son , Birmingham ...• .. •• •• 10 0 Chas. Few, Esq , Henrietta-street, Covent-garden ...... .... 105 0 J. Fincham, late master shipwright, H.M. Dockyard, Ports mouth Capt. John Ford. marinesuperintendent General Screw-steam Shipping Co•n pany, Southampton Capt. Robert Ford, Battersea Joseph Freeman, Esq., Artillery-place, Finsbury- 5 0 Charles Frodsham, Esq., Strand.... •. • • .— . . 1 1 William Fronde, Esq., C E., Dartington, Devon - 5 0 Messrs. Joseph Gee and Co., Hull Vice -e r lA s . 43d Gibbs. Bright, : B i r r E i ; s h ag : . ~ ec a s n . c2 c1 4 : 1.e D e: au , Iki L de i e V -rs e t r eo o er o ta l oAl: eic . i p. eh i. B. , 5 0 Gover nor 251 00 &ll ' naught-place, Captain no of sGreenwichir Richard Grant,Hospital, K G t r . e , Greenwich .. ... V c , h 3 . : . •• • I 1 Hyde-park William Green, Esq., R.N., harbour master, Lowestoft . . I I Capt. E. P. Halsted, R.N. (lion. Sec.), United Service Club, Lond .n .. • • John Hawkshaw, Esq., C.1.'., Great George street, West minster .•• • • • William ilartree, Esq., engineer, Lewisham ...... lO 10 Capt..in W. 11. Henderson, R.N.. C. 8., Comptroller General of the Coast Gu ird, Custom House.. ........ Messrs. J. • . Hoby and Co., Renfrew Captain James Ilosken. ....... ....., ~ .................. 1 0 Messrs. Howard, Ravenhill, and Co., engineers, Rotherhithe 25 0 E. Humphrys, Esq., late chief engineer 11. M. Dockyard, Woolwich, Deptford Messrs. iiitunehrys, Tennant, and Dyke., engineers, Deptford 50 0 Captain Thomas Jackson, the Baron Osy steam-ship .. 1 1 William a ackson, &.q. engineer, Leman•street 5 0 Jabez Tames, Esq., engineer, Blackiriars W. S. Johnson, Esq., St. Martin's-1ane.......... J. Hodgson Jones, Fsq., engineer, Poet's-co' nee; Westminster 1 i Townsend Kirkwood, Esq., Llandilo, Carmarthen -• • • 5 0 H. ReaCer Lack, Esq., Board of Trade 2 2 M'Gregor Laird, Esq., managing director of the African Mail - Company, Mincing-lane W. B. Lambert, Esq., engineer, General Screw Steam-Ship ping Company, Southampton James Laming, Esq., Maida-hill West . ••• • • • W. Langdon, Esq., engineer, London-street lO 0 Thos. Lloyd, Esq., chief engineer of H.M. Navy, Somerset ......... ...... House James Luke, Esq.. shipwright, lI.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth 10 0 C. Manby, Esq., F.R.$., C.E., secretary of the Insttitution of Civil Engineers (treasurer), Great Ceorge-street, West mirster •.. • C. J. Mare, Esq., shipbuilder, Blackwall .. Messr. Martin, Samuelson, and Co., engineers, Hu11........ 3 0 Captain B. R. Matthews, the Great Britain steam-ship .• 2 0 John Matthew, Esq., engineer, Greenwich .. —. . : • ....... 10 10 Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, London T. W. Miller, Esq., engineer, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth.• 5 5 Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Salkeld, engineers, Blackwal 100 0 William pa rk . Morgan , ....... . ... Esq.,. " . .......................... Gloucester — t . e . .i . : - . .t:e IT: : a . . c . . e: ~. ..i!.y . ...d . f..• G. Mills, Esq. .. 1 1 0 0. 10 0 R. Napier, Esq., engin9er, Gla'gew .... •. . . James lqgsmyth, Esq., engineer, Patricroft, Manchester .... 10 • ( Comman der Matthew S. Nolloth, R.N., H.M.S.MIIe .... 1 A dmiri Sir Charles Ogle, Bait Eaton-place .....• ....... 20 ( Jame s Oldham, Esq., C.E.. Hu1f....., „ ........,.. ... ... 1 William Paine, Esq., cashier of Greenwich Hospital, Green- Ilia ~ ;.-p...• _ ......,••••••••••••••• 2 2 2 2 5 0 5 5 NAVAL - AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Signal was made at 8 o'clock yesterday morning to the fleet at Spithead and in Portsmouth harbour for all offi cers and men entitled to receive the Crimean medal to notify their names to the Commander-in-Chief, in order that arrangements might bumade for their coming no t, London to receive that distinctian at the bands of the Queen. All the officers and three men from each ship mho were present in any of the engagements before Sebastopol for which these medals are granted will there fore muster at the Royal parade-ground to-morrow morning. The Julia sailing-transport was towed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning to land her mi- - litary invalids, consisting of 1 of the 4th Light Dra- , goons. 2 of the Bth Hussars, 1 of the 11th ditto, 3 of the 13th Light Dragoons, 12 of the Grenadier Guards, 7 of the Coldstream Guards, 5 of the Scots Fusilier Guards, 6 of the Ist Royals, 4 cf the 4th Foot, 3 of the* 7th, 5 of thu9th, 1 of the 17th, 4 of the 19th, 8 of the 20th, 5 of the 21st, 9 of the 23d, 5 of the 28th, 3 of the 30th, 4 of the 33d, 1 of the 34th, 2 of the 38th, 3of the 39th, 3of the 41st, lof the 42d, 3 of - the 44th, 4 of the 46th, 2 of the 47th, 3 of the 49th, 6 of the 50th, 4 of the 55th, 1 of the 62d, 7 of the 63d, 2 of the 68th, 1 of the 77th, 2 of the 79th, .5 4 the 88th, 1 of the 89th, 4 of the 931, 6 of the 95th, 4 of the 97th, 2 of the let Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, 10 of the 2d ditto, 5 of the Royal Artillery, l'of the oyal Sappers and Miners, and lof the Mounted Staff Corps-in all 177. Many of these gallant fellows bad been present at each of the actions of Alma, Balaklava, and Ittkerman, and were rejoiced to hear of the Queen being about to distribute the medals with which to decorate the heroes of those memorable engagements, and hoping they would reach London in time to be' present at the grand muster. Only the Guards were for carded yesterday; these left by the 2 o'clock train (via Brighton) for their several head-quarters in London ; the rest were sent into temporary quarters at Portsmouth until arrangements can be made for their re ception elsewhere. The Julia spoke a ship on May 8, showing the second distinguishing pendant 5,823, from Plymouth, four days out, for Constantinople, in lat. 40 54 N., long. 10 2 W. The Malacca, 17, screw corvett , , Captain Farquhar, and the Gorgon,, 6, paddle-sloop, Goronaander Crawford, are ordered to leave Spithead to-day for the Black Sea, conveying 100 Royal Artillerymen each, and convoying the flotilla of steam gun-boats from Spithead to the same destination. The Rhadamanthus steam-transport returned to Wool wich from Portsmouth yesterday. The Falcon, 14, Commander Pullen, returned to Spithead from Plymouth yesterday. The Lady Eglinton steam-transport, No. 165, Cap tain Dunn, arrived at Spithead at midnight on Tuesday, from Constantinople, which she left on the 24th of April ; Malta, the sth of May ; and Gibraltar on the 9th, with a mail from the latter station, and 75 invalids from the East, in charge of Captain W. R. Gordon, of the Cold stream Guards, and Dr. Raymond,• of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers : one death only occurred on the pas sage. Her Majesty's sloop Medusa was at Gibraltar. The Peninsular and Or i ental Company's screw steam ship Simla, Captain G. Brooks, arrived at Southamp ton from Portsmouth yesterday, where she landed her invalids and Russian prisoners on the previous day. The Simla will be_inade ready for sea with all possible despatch, and devoted to the conveyance of troops and horses to tlesi"Crimea. The Perseverance, iron screw steam storeship, was taken into the fitting-basin at Sheerness yesterday. Her present heavy masts are to be taken out of her, in lieu of whicl i t she is to receive lower masts of the sth class, with yards, t ipmas,ts, &c., adapted for vessels of the 6th, 7th, and Bth classes. By this arrangement her masts, spars, yards, &c., aloft will be considerably under one half the weight of her former mast, &c. Her rate of speed on her passage from Woolwich, after rounding the Nore, was ,nothing under 17 knots into harbour. When this ship is rigged, officered, and manned, she is to be placed at the disposal of the Oriental Screw Steam ship Company for immediate service as a transport. ~ thef w alv rgr tahsneedor:aki The Vulage, floating magazine, and the Cornwall (late 50) have been put out of the fitting-basin at Sheerness. The only ships remaining in the basin at present are the Trafalgar, 120, Horatio, Trusty, floating - battery, and the Perseverance. The Ruisian prisoners who were brought from the C E r a n s i t se b r y a Simla, l t ld he F s a t l e n a n m n, er were la n a d n ed d otrnarTS9uheispdpaeyd a t t o P T; mouth, where they were received by Lieut. Veitcb, stated teat o th a r t G he o ir ve r r e n m o o r va o l f fr t o b l e n C M o i n ll s b ta ay ntin P , r , treatment on board the Simla, were highly satisfactory. Several of the Russian officers taken at Bomarsund at pislon,nsa.ndTthheeiyr tended the disembarkation. Of the 12 officers from the Simla seven were Greeks, and there are 62 of that nation among the 250 rank and file. There are now 767 pri soners at Millbay—namely, from Bomarsund, 11 officers and 494 men ; from the East, 12 officers and 250 men. The Greeks have a portion of the prison appropriated to their exclusive occupation. Her Majesty's ship Monarch arrived safely at Rio Janeiro on the 18th of February ; she was to sail for Valparaiso on the 22d of that month. The Madagascar, Spy, and Trident were at Rio on the 18th of February. Yesterday afternoon her Majesty's ship Crocodile, the receiving-ship, which broke adrift from her moorings abreact of the Tower some months ago, and has since lain alongside the Tower wharf, was lowed down the river to Deptford Dockyard, where she will undergo an extensive overhaul, having sustained much damage when she parted from her moorings. A steam - tendtr from Woolwich will be placed under the orders of Com mander Greet for the service of the Naval Rendezvous, Tower-bill. Yesterday 3,500 stand of Minie rifles and bayonets, in cases containing 20 stand each, a large number of the new Victoria carbines, ordinary rifles, sword bayonets, and sabres, were shipped on board the James and Ann, sailing-lighter, from the Tower wharf, fa. convey ance to the Crimea. The no w Victoria carbine, intended for the use of the Land Transport and Royal Ambulance Corps. and the small arm men of the Royal Artillery drivers, are a light descrip tion of musket, having a smaller bore ; the stock is much lighter than that of the ordinary musket, and the barrel, instead of being fastened in the usual manner, is fixed to the stock with iron clamps ; the car bine, with the bayonet fixed, is the same length as the Minie rlfie with a similar weapon attached. On Tuesday evening three companies of the 80th Re giment of Foot, accompanied by a small detachment of the 42d Highlanders, arrived by specal• train at the sta tion of the London and North-Western Railway, Bir mingham, en route from. Scotland to the Crimea. After being formed upon the platform they marched, preceded by their band, along Great Queen.street, New-street, and Upper Temple-street, to Temple-row, where they were dismissed for the night to their several billets in the town. The band along the line of march played the air of "Cheer, boys, cheer," and the men, who were in excellent spirits, were heartily welcomed by the popu lace. Yesterday morning they proceeded by the Great Western Railway to join their comrades at Portsmouth. A committee of influential gentlemen has been formed at Southampton for the purpose of establishing a fund for the relief and assistance of the widows and orphans of the large body of men serving in the transport ser vice. The fmnation of b 0 necessary a fund is due' to Captain Engledue, superintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, who, seeing that no provision is made in the rules of the Patriotic Fund fcr affording relief to the widows of sailors who have ' died in the transportnot only dsoeer numerous clan of useful men, but also that, in conss svitcheisatbLhtei ell seat o f conse quence of the total absence of all provision being ma d e in case of death for those left behind, great difficulty is frequently experienced in inducing men to enter the ser vice, pl matteravi praiseworthy wf foundorth both y i jhs society enticet e h t y e establishment gaining aiexpediency.nin i handsome arge nu m number subscriptions er o f gentlemen and srt a at n hu d et p ill ' a n o d e s : —. xi T e h s e sr following . E have i edue consentedto a South ampton for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the a ft n . d N 0 . , r i s e u n p t e a r l i n c t o e i n n d p e a i n i superintendent of; Captain the Royal j . Nlai l Peninsular and Oriental Company ; William Vincent, a. Lamb, superintendent engineer of the Peninsular uperintendent of the Australian Steam Navigation Company ; and Wm. A. Summers, of the firm of Sum - mere, Day, and Co., engineers. The fund has been named such knowing superintendent i includetaiaminto gfneu rvtoldelf that Henderson, Company R . N . Serjeant-Major A. Talbot I Colour Serjeant T. Austin Setjeant Robert Harvey Corporal F. Brydges PRIVATES. William Scrutton John Simmons John Rutter Manuel Bernard William Burrell Peter Burton wood Joseph Hawkins James Lacey William Clat worthy William Nicholas James Ashkett SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS, GIIK John King Thomas Gerrard John Burt Samuel Hibbard John Hoey 'Walter Robinson James Hadley George Sergeant Frederick Shildrake Wyndham Goold OR 3D REGIMENT OP FOOT ,RDS. Colonel Tyrwhit Colonel Dalrymple Captain Fraser Captain Knollys Hon. Lieut. Annesley Colonel Ridley Colonel Berkeley Major Shuckbergh Captain Gipps Capt. Viscount Ennismore Lieut. Beaumont NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Serjeant Richard Bye Serjeant John Craw Corporal Chas. J. M ou lt on 1 - PRIVATES. _ William Ivy William M`Lagan Thomas Walters William Robertson James M'Key , William Boyd James Wyatt Benjamin Drummond Jonathan Emery Alexander Hannah -1 Duncan Menzies- • Elijah Richens Peter Grimmond Charles Sterrey '' Peter Rappill - John Pye George Biddlec,onahe George Watt Drummer John Lilley Drummer William Juggins Many of the non-commis s io ne d officers and privates i in the above list are related to noble families. BANQUET TO HER MAJESTY'S MINIS TERS AT THE MANSION-lIOUSE. Her Majesty's Ministers and a distinguished party were la,t evening entertained at a grand banquet, given by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, at the Mansion house. Grace after meat having been said by tbo Rev. Mr. Moon, the!Lord Mayor's chaplain, His Lordship rose and gave in succession "The Health of her Majesty," and " PriEce Albert and the Royal Family." The LORD' MAYOR then proposed, in terms highly laudatory of their achievements, " The United Fleets and Armies of France and England," with which he coupled "The Health of the Commander-in-Chief and the First Lord of the Admiralty." Viscount Hardinge returned thanks on behalf of the Army, and Sir C. Wood forthe Navy. - The LORD MAYOR next gave "The Foreign Minis ters," and Baron de Cetto (the Bavarian Minister) responded to the toast. The LORD MAYOR proposed the toast of the evening, " Her Majesty's Ministers, and the Health of Lord Palmerston." No cheering followed the toast. Lord PALMERSTON—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gen tlemen, I can assure you, on the part of myself and my colleagues in the Government, that we are most grateful to you for having noticed us, not in the way of Nolle kens—.(a laugh)—b u t w i t h your accustomed hospitality, and that cordiality with which we are in the habit of be ing received when we have the honour to attend your festive board, (Hear.) It must always be a matter of great pride and gratification when those who:are charged with the conduct of affairs find that their exertions in the public service have met with the approbation and support of the great body *Mai is represented by the City of London. It is impossible that any men who are worthy to be entrusted with so important a charge can be indifferent to the consciousness that in this City are represented two great principles, which form the founda tion of the Power, the prosperity, and the grandeur of England—l mean the principle of commerce, and the principle of civil and political liberty. (Cheers.) In proportion as those, who I may say, are the organs of those two principles, are pleased to approve of the con duct of the Government of the day, in the same propor tion must that Government be stimulated to increase their exertions in the performance of their duty, encou raged by the satisfaction of thinking that those exertions have procured for them the approbation and support of the country. (Hear.) My Lord Mayor, we are now engaged in a great and arduous struggle, and although it may be justly said that we know little of this war ex cept that which reaches us from abroad, that the thun ders of the cannon roll far from our shores, that the flashes of battle are not seen by our eye, and that the pressure of the contest has not been felt within our land : yet, notwithstanding this—notwithstand ing that the war has sat lightly upon us, how ever heavily we know it presses upon our antagonist, you may be sure of this, that it is, has been, and will be our earnest desire to terminate that war at any moment at which terms can be obtained that are consistent with the dignity of the country and with the future se curity of peace. (Hear, hear.) But the motto of this country will be that which am sure it ought to be— Peace, with honour ; or war with victory.. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, perhaps you will permit me to avail myself of the opportunity which the Lord Mayor has given me by proposing my health, of taking the liberty of pro posing a toast. I beg to propose to you, then, "The Health of your Chief Magistrate the Lord Mayor ;" and at the same time to tender him the thanks of myself and my colleagues for the generous hospitality with which he has received us this day. (Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR responded to the toast, and con cluded by giving "The House of Lords, and the Health of the Duke of Argyll." nDeuxtetooafst witYBL,Lrrheetuurnoeudsethoafnks. Commons, and the The e e Health of Lord John Russell." Lord J. RUSSELL—My Lord Mayor—ln returning thanks on behalf of the House of Commons, I may at least claim for that house the merit of being industrions, for the number of bills and blue-books which issue from that house year by year is a sufficient proof of the atten tion which it gives to its duties. I trust, my lord, that those bills and those blue-books produce fruit, though occasionally some time may elapse before that is the result. We hope, however, we are of use to the country, because there is in the House of Commons a spirit which, borrowed from the people, and sympathising with the people,, has in times of p( ace devoted itself to the improvement of our institutions, to the extension of trade, to the amendment of the laws, and t 9 various subjects which in times of peace natura l ly engage cur attention. (Cheers.) I think that the House of Com mons mons has, and I trust that at all times it will have, t ha t t _ weight with the country ; and having thantd"ecigrbretclingh the country, it will, by inquiring into a o of abuses, at the same that it reverence • the institutionsat large, and the country, set an example to the . wor ld the hearts and show how excellent it is to carry with us the minds of a free people. (Cheers.) and proposed "The The Earl of CLARENDON then ros e d in doing so compli mented of the Lady Mayoress," n her ladyship an d the Lord May or on the brilliant given to the Emperor Con which they had lately reception of the French on the occasion of t he Im perialend Emp ress -tto Guildhall. visit Some other toasts were subsequently given, and the company separated about eleven o'clock. The entertainment was provided by Messrs. Staples, of the Albion, upon a scale of profuse liberality, and Mr. darker was toastmaster, SPIRIT OF JOURNALS. PEACE - OR WAR: (From the Times of thiS - clotij * ) It, is high time that by-some means or other the `opiniOn.of Parliament on peace and war should be fairly tested ; indeed, _SO serious is the necessity for this step, that we grudge the interval of three or four days that must -elapse 'between the .present time and the day fixed for Mr. Milner Gibson's mo tion. We are constantly in fear of receiving intel ligence that the degrading scene so recently acted at Vienna has been renewed, and that we are _once more debating with Russia, not whether she will guarantee the integrity of Turkey, and thus bind herself against any infraction of that integrity— not whether she will consent tolimit naval forces utterly useless for defence, and only required for the purpose of aggression on au unoffending neigh bour—but whether she will condescend to limit herself to the status quo, or require, in addition, that. the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, pass ing as they do through the very heart of the Turkish empire, shall - be thrown open to her fleets. We can never feel wholly free from the - apprehension:of an ignominious peace. We know what advances have been made in this direction already, and- we do not know to what further compliances the nation may not be destined to be reduced. M. Drouyrt de l'Huys has already resigned his position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because he condescended to listen to propo sitions and overtures which, in the opinions of his Imperial master, were derogatory to the dignity of Franco, and fatal to the objects for which the pre sent war was undertaken. Our own Plenipoten- tiary has . returned to us, but has not imitated the example of his colleague and remains in our Cabinet, to exert that influence which a year and a half ago was put forth to urge us into the war, in order Co bring about a dishonourable peace. What change the air of Vienna or the con tact with Russian and Austrian plenipotentiaries has wrought upon Lord John Russell we do not pretend to know, but it is now said that, with that versatility peculiar to minds not of the highest order, nor sustained by lofty and consistent princi ple, LordJ.Russell is now seeking to undo the work of last year—to renounce the career on which we have entered, to throw away the task we hp.ve un dertaken, and to abandon to the discretion of Rus sia the ally whom last year we promised to defend with all the weight of our power and all the pres tige of our influence. In this ignoble task he is, we fear, seconded by no inconsiderable number of his colleagues. • The division in the Cabinet is, we are told, clearly and distinctly marked, and would long ago probably have resulted in open discord and dis ruption, had the smallest encouragement been afforded from without to the craven desire of peace at any cost. Happily, however, if so many of their leaders are unsound, the people themselves have shown a manliness, firmness, and consistency which put to shame 'the vacillating conduct of men who claim to themselves the monopoly of Statesman ship, and look down with all the disdain of prac tised politicians on the plain sense and clear in sight of the mass of the nation. Were it other wise—did Lord Grey and Mr. Gibson command anything but a small minority—were there any quarter in the political horizon to which the advocates of peace at any price could turn for support, we should possibly have seen ere this a repetition of the proceeding at the beginning of this year, and bad to chronicle the fate of a second Ministry overthrown by the same hand, —the first, because Lord John Russell could not defend the management of the war ; the second, because he could not defend the war itself. It seems incredible that the same man who could last year denounce the conduct of the Emperor of Russia as fraudulent, declare that the existence of Sebastopol was a standing menace to Turkey, and announce in the firmest terms his resolution to carry the contest through with the utmost vigour and pertinacity, should, in one short year, so totally have lost confidence in himself, his country, and his cause as to be ready to compound with the fraud and submit to the menace only to avoid that very war which in such magniloquent phrases he has proclaimed against the common disturber of the peace of Europe. Let Parliament, let the country, look to it well. This is the very turning point in our destiny, the very crisis in our fate, the very instant which for good or for evil is to decide the future of Eng hind. We have been accustomed to regard our Ministry as weak, but well-intentioned, possessing no special gifts of eloquence or talent, but true to the task they have undertaken, and pledged, above nll things, to prosecute the war with vigour and with honour. We aro now told that even in is we have miscalculated, and that we may have at this very moment at the head of affairs men as little to be intrusted with tL•e stern and trying emergencies of a struggle for life or death as the members of the Peace Society them solves. We have made all the sacrifices for which a nation could be called upon in order to secure success, and we have not secured it. We are content to wait, to pay, and to suffer till better times and better leaders arise; but surely we have a right to expect that a nation which has done and suffered so much shall not, without its concurrence, nay, against and despite of its feelings and convictions, be forced to sue for peace, and to accept those terms from its enemy which not the power of that enemy, nor its own weakness, but th e miserable timidity of its councillors, forces upon it. If Parliament is really anxious to per form the duties with which a confiding nation has intrusted it, no time should be lost in ascertaining who is on our side, and who on that of the Empe ror of Russia, in order that, at whatever sacrifice of historic names,' noble connexions, and official experience, we may deliver ourselves from the dan ger and discredit of being any longer represented by persons who believe our national credit and in terest to be as nothing compared with the escape from that responsibility which a little while ago they were so ready to undertake. To make peace with Russia now, with all the objects of the war unattained, would be to snatch from the hands of our troops the blood-stained laurel they have striven so long and so heroically to gain ; would give Russia the power a second time of tricking the sagacity of statesmen and ambassadors by passing off defeat for victory ; would raise her character in every capital, nation, and language, and lower our own in the same proportion ; would place the Powers of Northern Europe at her mercy ; would make the kingdoms and empires of Germany her willing and obsequious vassals, and leave Turkey without a hope, without a friend, without a resource, to perish whenever it should please the rower from which we vauntingly profess to save her to sign the warrant for her execution. When such things are neither impossible nor improbable with our present Cabinet, we do but do our duty in calling upon Parliament to place on record with as little delay as possible its own opinion, and to make itself thoroughly acquainted with the opinions of our Ministers. Whatever be the evils attendant on a change—whatever the difficulties of replacing our present Government, these evils are as nothing compared with the risk of finding ourselves some day hampered in the trammels of a hollow and dis honourable peace. Let the efforts of our enemies, 'et the treachery of our Allies do their worst, but let us, at whatever sacrifice, by whatever means, be freed at least from men who are capable at such a moment of abandoning our honour and our in terest, and tarnishing by degrading compromises the name of a nation which never before could be brought.to lower its resolution to the level of its fortunes, or draw any lessons but those of encou ragement and perseverance from the very depths of its darkest disasters. THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE CHM RAVE QUESTION. (Peon& the Times of this day.) We live in a time of impossibilities. Every thing in turn is pronounced to be impossible. Only a twelvemonth ago it was impossible to reform some half-dozen departments, all confessed to be in the worst possible condition, and still more impos sible to amalgamate them. We have now been assured from both sides of the House of Lords that it is impossible to, find men fit for office, that the breed does not exist, and that we must be content with what we can get. It is impossible to do any thing in the Baltic, or in the Black Sea either. I mpos sibilities have latterly been closing around us , like a huge wall, darkenin 2 and oppressing the' soul of the natiop. Physiologists tell - us that the sense of impossibility is one that with age ; and doubtless it is a increases wise of nature, to prevent old me provision 11 hands full of work when they are in capablegetting their and should be thinking o f of it, another England is not growing old, world. But Mr. Jenkinson that the worldno r can is very true that we are workingis in its dotage. It men just now in almost Out a race of old public service, and the y every department of the us everything is impassible. are, the very men who tell man has spent half sible. Indeed, when a states ' strong point is the a century in political life his past, and h e risks a good deal by plunging deep into the futtire., So we have oil gentleme n wh o resol utely - and arteniatieally refus • to receive a single new idea, or enter on a new Jai* dertaking, unless, indeed, it be an exact repetiti( ri of the past. But why this chapter 6ti impossibai ties ? Because here is another. It is impossible 10 settle the church rate question. So says the Pre mier, and some half-dozen other very sensible men; The question must work itself out at the expense perhaps of a very summary and disagreeable soli tion, and infinite bitterness meanwhile. It is im possible to extinguish or abate a struggle that is spreading all over the country, passing from town to town, and everywhere ending eventually against the Church, which is put, into the painful position of possessing rights which she cannot reallyenforce. The Church of England is assured by the highest authorities that she has a common-law right to the maintenance Of her fabrics and the support of her worship, and.-then she ia told by .the Ileitsepf Lords that the right can only .be carried put by:.the ma jority of a pari.h. So, of course, whermr the Dis t fight it out with t s l e i ne ee r h s l a ir r e e b, stzg i e t n v; o l3 U ,s o l l 3 , y ea t t le it in the end. It is impossible, says Lord F'almerston, to prevent this. There may be some way, perhaps, but it has not yet been found o u t ; and Sir William - Clay's bill, his lord s hi p says , i s not the way to do it. Certainly, .as Lord Palmerston says, "the question is surrounded by difficulties." Many measures have failed, and so this may fail ; that is, many measures have failed to pass through Par liament., and this measure may fail to work well. And so, through a speech of some length, the Pre mier go es on reiterating the idea of impossibility ; Lords ; it i s i it is imp oss ib le that this measure can pass the mpossible t o secure th e ma i n t ena nce of l ar e church es i n poor parishes T rat .impossible in fact, and sound ainpolicy " to solve the enigma ;" it is impos sible to please all parties. Alh. i beh f the underispresent h this a. bill te o f ; true things were itself possib l e one ; 'but there is no impossibility in Sir William Clay's measure to be compared with that of the existing law.. Supposing the present law not to exist as la g w, w bs tto beb fore Parliament in the shape of a bill, brought in by some amiable young Churchman, we should then have Lord Palmerston or some lynx-eyed county member getting up and exclaiming,- cc Why-, the bill can't work ! Here it provides for theeleo tion of churchwardens, and authorises them to re pair the church and defray the expenses of D' • wine _worship, and then creates no other fund for this purpose than a rate, which cannot be efiforced un less a majority of the vestry have agreed to it I You'll have every large parish thrown into con fusion by the churchwardens and church people repairing the church and levying a rate for the ex pense, and the people refusing to pay the rate, be. cause it was not agreed to by a majority of the • vestry !" - But no discrepancy in an ill-drawn statute can equal the discordance that exists in fact, because, while the common law says the church must be repaired and Divine worship maintained at the expense of the parish, and says, also, on the other hand; that no rate can be levied except by a majority of the vestry, ecclesi astical law comes in and authorises the church warden to levy the rate by the terrors of excom munication, which, in these days, are reduced to fine and imprisonment. Now, take any large town, such as Manchester, and here you have impossi bility upon impossibility. It is impossible to get vestries that will carry a rate, or churchwardens who will levy one. It is impossible to excom municate or even to fine and imprison. So the existing law is an impossible one. Granting, then, , that the proposed remedy is impossible, that hap pens to be no conclusive reason against it, for it r cannot be more impossibl e th an th e ex i st i ng l aw. 1 In a house of more than four hundred members the bill passed its second reading by a majority of 28. After Lord Palmerston's announcement, however, that the bill could not pass the Lords, we cannot doubt that a larger majority will be re quired to force the measure through that Conser vative body. . Meanwhile, it will undergo the scrutiny of a committee, and very possibly be adapted to the taste of the Upper House. We are far from thinking it free from objection in its de tails, though it so happens there is not an objection to it which does not apply in a still greater degree to the existing law. Lord Palmerston fears for the maintenance of our fine old churches if they are left to a voluntary rate, to be collected from the gripe of poverty, ignorance, and covetousness. This does not indeed express the wh o l e o f th e danger, for to these things are to be added the chance of the clergyman's unpopijarity. Un fortunately, however, for this argument, many liundreds of our finest old churches in remote districts, where there are no resident gentry and no regard for church architecture, are in a very miserable condition. When they are put in order it is .generally by a subscription or a voluntary rate, and not by putting the law in- force. Everybody who has bad to do with farmers knows eery well that they will often give pounds much more cheerfully than shillings, and that after haggling over a demand f or 3 s . Gd. they will put down their names for WI. Their whok life is a battle against little expenses and for little gains, and they must be taken out of their daily .round, and translated into the region of higher thoughts and kinder affections, before their truenature begins to show itself. But is it credible that we are so much worse than our forefa.hers, or that our reli gion is so much less generous and self-sacrificinc , than theirs, that we will not freely maintain the churclles which they freely founded ? Every church in this country, from the most magnificent cathedral to the humblest parish church in the poorest or most desolate district, was built by voluntary subscription ; and we will not allow ourselves to doubt that every church may be left to the same fund for the .comparatively slight cost of its annual repairs and the maintenance Of Divine service. THE LORD MAYOR'S DINNER TO HER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. ( Front the Morning Herald of this day. ) Last evening the customary dinner was given by the Chief Magistrate of the city of London to her Majesty's Ministers. Never has the Egyptian-hall enclosed a more -brilliant assemblage —never were hospitalities dispensed with more elegance and less ostentation—and, we will add, never was that tact which has peculiarly distinguished the mayoralty of Sir Francis Graham Moon more conspicuous than in the selection of his guests on this remarkable oc casion, when a strange juncture in political affairs must have rendered the assembling of so large'a company, whose sentiments should be in accord, 'a matter of peculiar nicety. Yet. in this difficult achievement the Lord Mayor was eminently suc cessful. The. entertainment was perfect, so far its care and judicious arrangements could make it ; and nothing was wanting but that enthusiasm which those whom it was designed to honour failed to elicit, and which their excellent host, on their part could not command. On similar occasions—at the banquets of last year and the year preceding, the expression of feeling which greets the presence amongst our citi - zens of her Majesty's , Ministers was marked and enthusiastic. Our people know how to give honour even when they can stretch a point in imagining where honour is due, and the constitutional ad visers of the Crown are commonly received with that feeling which results from deep and abiding loyalty to the Sovereign, and respect f 2 her chosen servants. We remember the reception accorded from the essence of civic hospitality to the cold and ungracious Thane of Aberdeen, even tw e 1 v months since, and the rapturous ap p lause, passionate acclaim with which L ord radio a conic was then greeted wh 3n he rose t o res p o paratively insignifi( ant toask_ Last night the Prime Minister rose amidst -ine theu sto saor even of blood ;lug silence—scarce a ochmeienro,unsotanadtoalknient6Of satis fa ction, disre the semblage,warm recognienh, escapedwit bitter irony, be pro to which, for the " cordial reception" eeeaedto lf and his colleagues. As he went accorded to himse to , Imperial he friends failed to move his the result of thg compact alli ance speech more fortunate,• premature , When, in. his a retu rn lL n ' ob to the chivalrous bea r _ stirring f the allied troops. Throughout, his . . with acc o e u n r ts, he referred r ing 0 audience; n,rnnwas conclusion was unacknowledged, and its a s not a greater relief to the w generality of his hearers than it must have been to h• himself. The Duke of Argyll attempted II ga antly to cover the confusion of his chief, and by division of Monday night to an allusion to the arouse a passing feel ing ; but his efforts were v • ain—the assembly he ad dressed was not to be . oved—and the noble duke did not long continue the difficult and ungracious general reserve save way far a brief the few space as Lord John Russell - 1 in rose to peak, and expressions of applause which greeted the representatives of the City of London evapo rated the feeling with which her Majesty's Minis ters are wont to be received by the assembled guests in the Egyptian. Hall. As to poor Lord Clarendon the health of the we f e lt disposed to pity him. The t as k o f proposing Lady Mayoress fell to him. The Forcigy Secre tary had manifestly prepare d his speech with a very different purpose. The gracefu l and felicitous sen timents proper to the toast co ntrasted most ab surdly,allusions to our foreign relations —a we must confess, w ith his . c o m bination as curio us as i t was ridiculous. And so ended the last Ministerial dinner at the Mansion House. If the guests to whom it was intended to do honour have been disappointed, they know best to what that disappointment is attributable. Nothing that tact, good taste, and lavish hospitality could effect was wanting. Ry order of the Directors. CHAS. E. STEWART. 4ort • 37 14th, 18 5 5. k ko. s4 Ap AIN n ‘''OPAHINE, or SACCHARATED apProved of by the trench College of Physicians, ,I,),,Vt,:red in the Paris and London Hospltals, rl , z i e r t t he o l l o r n v b 1 . 8; beg ic re e medy l f o o o r 4 a certain disorder. r:GA . BRIEL JO I A r ALT, French . c ' heinis s t, 9 4 d 9 . , 1411 - b. ", had all the principal chemists. tt(.l-y,>-.____ G," , ABRIELJOZEAU, French chemist, 49, Long 4 :Zd all the principal chemists. Th, ' l l 1 1 01 p. tin (1 1 ,•VA; , ..t l ik t 111 0 ,, x TECHNIC INSTITUTION. \ ;- , ,, ,, m,, -- z, area ..., - , -- •R 11. PRINCE ALBERT. 14 1.1;i 4111 4. - ' qu'it 4 ts',,t XIIIRITIONS. as delivered before her OkQ blcv: 4 l , th,:`A hi l ' .4 tin 1' • L s Royal Highness Pi'ince r lbe t, ill R tat he Nr- IL Li. V il`ttr"k. consis:ing of the .TE A EPHON IC Tic " ' At ) e.Sage ;'N•rtlNws of AINBAD tl SAILOR. tOl'i l i t l E v AlirT f plditZ 4 i tb e u A CASCADE, the DIORAM A, Phu t' -0 ' -- r. , n, on Thursday and the Citte l s 7 in the United 4 Qt 13, . Lp,01,11. 6' ,l lrsday Evening, th, DRAMA utebelli ADO ABOUT rN, ctl4 ' c b, t';',„'9 0 1 1 : 4 ZWA Y E : n :; : ‘ g l ogG WRITERS, by n.ki ll ttT „- -1.; 1)18 N SOLVI G VIEWS of the WAR, &c. ; AO)