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- . • • . , . , •••••••••••• S. t RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, oTe e ,„ .... 1, PnweE3-seieterr, BANS, 4.1t e 1'an..1855. bee e e'r , Ii HEREBY GIVEN, That the ANNUAL DIVE -JAN. 2 • e t oo s"S on the Peoprietary Capital of thivCompany are now in es oatmeal! I l e, 1 1 ; 4 o f Payment, and may be received at the Office between the s :-12 at 24. P , "re of 11 and 4. E R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. MARKET"' . 0 RATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR -1 description ° ANCE SOCIETY. 3110 W : t rple of 16 ET,' li'''. L...CH IS HEREBY. GIVEN. That the HALF-YEARLY IN ,4s6d to 5604' e eee . 'ell: on the CAPITAL ST'CK ofthis SOCIETY, at the rate of Od per stone' t ig e eent. per imam, due on the 21st instant, will become payable th ,..et 10th January next, and proprietors may receive the same at ma 'glee on that or any subsequent day, between the houre of 11 -JAN. 1. 7 .4 1 eide e e . e miet tee d notice is hereby further given, that the Transfer Books elf the ;mond. •"," 'l 11 . 7t e rf will close on the 31st inst., and ope a en the 11th January 19s Od 3" 0 _ !6s 9d 26 , (I i II . _ J. LEANDER SPARE, By order of the Court of Directors. - a Od ' -B N v Manager... —a Oil - -.3 a ~,,,,.,, .— ? n and after the 29th January next, the bisiness of the - s Od Y will he carried on at their new premise , . 142, Strand. - -1 .._____ LAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. , t —The Court Of Directors of the East and West India Dcek fleet l"‘ );,„DenlY hereby give Notice, that a Half-Yearly Court or General Corn ma _,/ Of t ;"nZ of the sate comeany will be held, pursuant to the directions dvance of 640c1,1 A , ~..it let let and 2a William IV., cap. 52, at the Dock House, No. earrencios. , ~ ar ea le ‘er-square, on FRIDAY, the 12th of January nem', at which tamed that ( 16 ) . , , Company us e a Dividend will be declared on the Capital Stock of the Whea t foreign Wu for the Half year ending 31st Inst. By Order of the Court., . • 0, 381 to 43i,1611 e • v, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. 163 Rci ; ras n e_bei N..cast and West India Dock Howse, o 17s 6d ; igi; a , 8 . Billiter-square, 31st Dec., 1854. n, 428 lied to 40 ic .n.—The Chair will be taken at Trio o'clock precisely. .... es.. sae- - -se ..... r i f ° BUILDER'S and OTHERS.—SeaIed Ten 1. „ donator the following Cervices at Bnll-point, :— h▪ e um: , ei• 2, e -nl e _. l dble• Cdt tnees for a foreman and 16 labourers ; teee2neine a Cooi.house and Wash-house for the crews of the two send, ice. 0. --" Teasels, wiih Privy and Urinal ; 17 4 . lnildiag an Office fir the Ordnance Storekeeper g Ira ........... .le 4, building a Warder's Lodge and a Sterdiouse ; .. ............ .t , ' ;, •iiwilding an Engine-house; ............... le i, telleing a Boat-house : ............... :86 keye lte mevlnc the present Wooden Filling wee Examining-hot:se at ................ 16 ? eut to Bull-point; ................ 19 te m ° 4t r , 'Mettle sums, will be received at the Ordnance Office, Pall-nal, ............... t i l e e ewor before the 27th of January, 1855. ter Hartlef. '' I lee Lied :or of the above 8 services, and every requisite ......,,11 DetiZpoli, may be obtained at the Royal Engineer Mice. Mal kin the3' (Sundays excepted ) between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock, et e e 9th January next to the 25th January, both days incises's. ....„ -' al Er•C'neer Office, Deyoeport, 19th December, 1834. c.... es_ KETS. , tOese e , - es A.CTS FOR SEAMEN'S BAGS AND COAL SACKS ANT) BAGS. Department of the Stotekeeper General of the Navy, ~ Ili Somerset-place. 341 Jan., 1854. 3 morning e lel T ll Commissioners for Executing the Office of ices of yo , i t V I , 5,,, i I ' , eel Hi g h A dm i ral of t h e U n i te d Ki ng d om o f G rea t B r i ta i n sire, 73i 4a; A; ' l, t2l7. l and. DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, and Li0c0. 1 .,,,5 1 P c ,,,,' i nstant , at Two o'clock,•they will be ready to treat with •nch S oUth•B °' ! stes. e s ,” may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's e the with gir th . • CANVAS BAGS, use of the seamen of the Royal Navy, and with 3. ~Patt, COAL SA. - KS AND COAL RAGS. e es te! ire e ; or ts or the articles and forms of the tenders may be seen at a shade fir -- or" 4 4y of i' °Mee. No tender will he received after one o'clock en the a and N.- 'l' 11 , 'tent 1 - . ' s it3•• nor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or an closed seller' , F ret r him dune authorised in writing. ka i,,.„de ., must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, -, in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for 1 '44 ' ' and must also he delivered at Somerset-place, accom 3. A 1 .-A tti .b.) a letter signed by two responsible persons. enraging to , lull husils.7. - ( i , Oat e e ° ,,,Leilltd, with the person tendering', in the sum of 5001. for the -ild, 24g ; x l Oll ''''''nultice of each of the contracts. Oi ' • Leeds , • ir , 11. 1546. ' • , k .,.. W. LECTURES at the INCORPORATED 'ettit, ' 4U T SOCIETY.—The several Courses of Lectures will be ,1 by t 1 fl witlo0 1, s .. Ryas Ir, eßyas FUZE. on Equity and Bankruptcy, Monday, Jan. 8 ; a, 1 nt 4 elr, e ?ALLAY, on Conveyancing. Friday, Jan. 12 ; d Dovers, 1 " Caledoni a . z l . 15: '-'• 1 or.toca, on Commit Law and Criminal Law, Monday, L t ,,,, se _ ROBERT MAUGHAN, Secretary. • =_•.- • cl eira Hall Chancery-lane, Jan. 1;1855. • : , • 9 •-.... i ., • . ~ .i . ... ': ' > ~ 3. ... gt,,A,1,,,- ~.SADQE, for Fish, Gime, Gravies, .11 4 ti, -stai se ) General tie e l:ro et , L . ,,a, T•tekes, Sw.—JOHN and CRA.RLES COCKS, the - te,;',l",",'lere and Manufacturers of the- ceiebrated READING 2J ed tee' Ilieiti; to CAUTOON the Putde azainst the daily frauds prac- IF/ a l e - n :nt l iZn7 remotes; Who are oiTering their spurious imitations as . 'rom wl At glOti St n "tt b ' Pending Sauce. This sauce is patronised and recom- Port of le, H ,1 3 11 ,4 least families in the kingdom. and for general use it ilspatched• Danteni e Nl. It is sold by all respectable Fish auce Venders. e i n , 'ear in nsking for "Cocks' Rea line Sauce," which Is pre. ------ 001 -L r.eet,,," t t her John i Charles Cocks, at their Vanufactery Duke verpool •• 1 A 00 ;,11ii ' 0 441 , 1 ng. At n Others are counterfeits. TObserve the' name, 1 • ••• "eout te , - '• COCK' , Reading," on the seal and label of each bottle : verpoo •• " 4 none are genuine. outhamptelil f . tp . mtharriptoof 1 .41 ,, , A PPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. ever ..... '1 * '''A and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE .., elle e r i irCE imparts the most exquisite relish - to Steaks, Chops, lymouth •• , and by ibi s t Meat Gravies, Fish, Game. Soup, Curries, and 'Salad, aerfectl eonle and invigorating properties enables the stomach to over ...••• scr i p ' , ileest the food. mtnatoptoo sh„,., whoa nseof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe 9uthemeieD esrde '' - l over ..... • 0 l ee - 7 113 hY te e . e, et , i rePrietors, Lea and Perrin ', 19, Fenchurch-street, eathamptel i i iii ad 4.lr nts, it,!, Isr oad-street. Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay rattan' w'_,,' ° ll anions pe.- °2 '..."''' 1- -"in10,7, -C resse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mei , Ri.ll.—To gen. in Renerall b th ri • al dealers in sauce. end pppnr „r 4 ageee., Y 3' e p net') beinpte , i "•. , lib ' ar e , -... imitations, see that the names of "LEA j o ie. • D° ll the label and patent cap of the bottle. 1 6 :u 'it th h an c ip loll l r_ uusTTimcoAvs- HOLIDAYS. —ROYAL ClZ`l Attractions of S CIENCE and ARV. Leicester-square.— ' over .. •• • , ',I -.. -u 'lltente on the . —Alud aus and the Wonderful Lamp, with accom- ' ,ntharaP t° 1 64 ‘i Ale—.and organ by Mr. W. T. B es t , , ti ., 'lain told by r. Leicester - n ee e , n oe. Aar ha the Crimea, over ••" .. er "' arid . the legend tu , nino t u ic s klngha t m F -Di t orana f i ee c Views of ova, . . e0 .a,42./ ee:','„eYs Plying Apparatus and The Fz b n a n , 0 trii i. „: l l .e.istern—Cesmorarea of St. Petera:iluccatrncids i tm Light oseo w i m, n: nit ha OLP' I i i , the . (pp -. li e. tof the Czar Nicholas—Lectures on yCh istr tuthalilP ° 1 tne,,V; l6ll 111 story—And the History of the onden " . . ‘ ..e 31 ' n e 4 4 le" r ing the morning performances—Frankfi ~, 1, , \ vA, . 11, , antral Magic in the evening. Doors flee ce , for c juvenile e audiY n'e Arctic Voyages over ....• •• i tti l 41 Ilse evening (Saturday exeeptedt,open in the morning at , at 7. Admission, Is.; , aul.l*lnptet 1,0, Ipil uth ••,. %la , and Children under 10, Half-price. over ...• ••1 lover ...• •• ere ii ORENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL 1100111 S— . neat! , "1 0 0 , or Lacof this week will he played by Laurent's outlisuseptele ji I th ing the course : 1 1r, ~r o a :—Overture. La Gazza Ladra, Rossini ; Waltzes Vermeil outhamlnfoloe' t ahoe asta, Strauss; Mina (first time), nosislo: Seuvenir du Lux- IverP °l ''' A li Zete e rg, L. Beugnol •Le Carnaval de Venise (by •lestre). 11. Laurent, • J''' .. I 'alai ' a rlations ton ' all tile principal performers. Quadrilles :Le lover .••• •• ; , s A I e lsle - eie PAlcazar, H Lamotte ;La Guerre, Bos'sio. Schottische, 5 I "tr A - „; t amotte.' Polkas : Bitunenfest, Strauss; Fidelite ; The ou*ameSi t .'°. I t Zlacip; t l l an (first time). Strauss. Gallop, Les Guides, H. Laurent. elnis , Cornet I Piston, M. Boulcourt . All Information relative to )oyer ••• • " , eo t , -et crithemptcoc o 8 Obtained at the music repository under the orchestra. kil l , ben 11 . at Eight; oeuunence at haff-past.—khnisßion, One riotta PO , lover .• •• •*1 outhatoPte l 'i Ott thArriPtllear •arieus Pm . ' . e weer ••••* e l ho CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ' 1.4 -Li POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. rover • • •.. •, Pr ; a pe Vet outhassPOr • t, Vet ~ following REMARKABLE NOVELTIES have been I *ki:' ev rtiiti P ItEPARED. ~1 1 .0 tittej l tae,it,..PY PEPPER.. Esq., on Professor Wheatstone's outhaMPt 6 "; pf ilik, ihmt -.. the TRANSMISSION of SOUND through Solid Con i. tk t, ir p a: Lated by a TELEPHONIC CONCERT.' id l e titt . ,„bEu ti t tf of an ENTIRELY NEW and SPLENDID OPTI , thana it • te e , ,1 11, w r i .. l A, illustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the v 01 til' at , OZTiat e ,:u Beautiful PHANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS, and will Do dee "P.e,f, A t in e ,„_ a stle arranged by Mr. Wand. ttc, '''. atE ( 7 s , e e in the VIEWS ef the WAR : the BATTLE of the 1:1,* ''''. 0 SEBASTOPOL, the ENGLISH BATTERIES, e3.-"fli 4, Eon -he e Bl ip& r, -- e si , els the MINIE RIFLE, and that powerful implement of •tvo 4 ,,Zte t5,1 • 13 - I GUN, projecting Sixty Balls per Minute; which lose ,P t tt.C'• Y kr. PERKINS, and will be discharged daily and in the 1 1r ‘Sit SNESPA",ofe . gc.„•1x,,,,„,ti0n EL ECTRICITY ',. ~„-p-. by Dr. BACENOFFNEII. 4itt3C Of / V° A i Vit.pp,,' a 00, ,, VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT of the PATRIOTIC , 'cast. -11 1, tes•4 0 01 8 3 / 4 AND. For the , special Amusement of the Juvenile re m • er t ete 8 INGEN lOUe M IRIONETTES will be exhibited. ' Ste e l ' ) eee- `''fialtES EXIIIBITIONS of MODELS, &c. See. &c. ~betlo e 41 ,te e Ploes ' I , . ji ni ' g t ho . 4 4 , lle. Night on the 3d ofJanuary, and gratnitons distrb Lly. I ' COQ' 4r ~eopi, 7 1 :Unseats of a beautiful Christmas Tree amongst the 'es t l e ; • il el inab tee 6 UhEN's New Musical Game, the POLY•HARMONI • ' ;Daily by the Inventor. ' dy. 4 ii , _ • 4 VESEND STAR • T hep o ther p„, s •PACKETS. • L'keta a i l e ta Call at the Greenhithe and Parileet Piers. • QOM TERRACE Piers as underlined (weeether permitting'. , '- 11 TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. d▪ y e '' ____' l NTS. SUNDAYS. fly. 1 . e I._ , 4 ~,- ___________ sly. trice t 6 .. ,C et . 8 ti I.' 0 4' 5 ... ~, 44 dy. V, i 3 0-A Time t li s.. 8 a. " 4 • a --.... ce B 6 .... ir 2 --- _ _____ ______ ____ _____ .__ 9 -- .--Clo ll4l ' • , -.. .... 834 - - • d 2 - - -- y. -- . 0 %1 , sly. ' INN. NC% .... L l y. ...;,., httir qUart er . '"ial Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London .e.e .°67 er e _ oan , ert'ice• i oe fe ~MARS, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fox e••••• • - ' "mg Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. -- _ .. iy. 1 1/4-........_.l_____vEn DATO. ; r._ SUNDAYS. ' nr - -I'2 - -... a g 4 I? ~ •r t h :., 'W u t Fen- 3 .33 23 le • • i ts e , _ le e church e• St 1,1 f, . e 4 8 a, B ~e' ) 1 Street '; e 4 ,„ f, , , `..... 1 I 1 _ _ _ • -Fogia• et - • ' To or Fore Cabin. Saloon. h t ' l, o fr° e ° :, e, ( :_ravetiend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. 9. . ttiod. I , N I %,:ind and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d. l'i C: q•t - ` W esend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d, .. Os. att iy. tt! I N It. rrelC TP lu. - - _ ,---,-;_ ---1z.........,31 TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEISTD. '_ _ _ T Nl's. e r r 0 4 , 6 ---______ t ie ke r 8 6 ... c SEINPAT3. 4 • • . ~ i A . e .2 " Z i 'a' A Time t a i i \ ..._. 1 --- — 2 te ~ Fore Cabli Saloon. :trf,ront Gravesend and • .• . • • Landon . .. 10d. _?°l_- 4q*,;rave:send and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. . , Os. s 10d. Three zo°,,,n Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. 0 Bd. hI'reZETS Twelve Months, MO8.; Six Months:3o. O t s h . e ; .4,,t7onthe, 21, .07. ; to be had of the Collectors on board r ' 13. ' ° o rlaf O% Mr • Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. s 4.tJlllteSl,l'filb--•T INFIaI,IITIES OF YOUTH AS]) .H.A.TUI!IfTorYO V) be d , price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post stamps, 4 1 11, IT 0U S DEBILITY; tukttti.litti: C annes .... ~,,, p+orns and onus Essay and Smpeerre ket'',„4l4l,,„,-,ll' "" Y r m actical ' Obsorvations isi4,-:. ebt e - s'n, c of treatment of the diseases o; a th_e e.e Gi e en tin e g rati ati v d e etsr;uishinVl,ed by the use of the Microsco l pe ,a in d d t ex ees, ''a rlet;' °Y urinary examination, the real from solitary habits, eh t w " , eee4 complaint, whether arisingmouse se and effect of ICer,... ° N.y ye. A:or climate, followed by tre pr a gr in ti e e n a t lr o ems f ini rk p s ui , founded er e a,.,11 DebiliVl experience in the q rmatOrrheea, &c. To which seu tio 'ged, e o _ Y, Local Weakness, ..pss_ _, Marriage, with pre -144 nsry hi.-nnitaitarles on the Physiology oo,m-..empirinal practice, tl,e,:in th e ,: l ti on the evils emanating tr n'ltiorttilfisroorucie remedies advocated by various writers on *1437i., °f 11 t t it v SAMUEL LA'MRRT, 31. DI:ONDON, nil' kl ieln,, r 4 ) . ;tel Member of the University of . LtL,norery ; 7 ' 1 ' 'fbe to °f APo:lll;eeernaatbrieterun'oatHtahlel,LT7.onnddoonnii, osaaP•i,ta&l Medical Society,. Seeger,— ,Niel object of this treatise is to Po Wbie,hr ksultir.4 from cen habits, Irregularities, and atton in Man int out t h e fearful , con e, ke,,'e Droauceci m misery in Youth, degrad- hane an y I,,tttetreutil3:7rnteuar3ee :ecsolYat an their arl Y reeo srges o a f tb Li n f l e r , e t i r . , P lt or s p er u s a . • . l is no a to ino ern P secret doubts 0 th Ptysi,ai niniended to persons entertaining _.n_ hazarded e heal th - condition, and who are conscious of /lasi a __ is entitle.% ' baaPiness, and privilnes to which every human being Pritetiswaebe'°lntely reces- r - theall men should know, that there are , 40 iirri e ' ' °l‘ Personal Ina ' n ' a 3 gem - c ' nt which cannot be violated withou t th e heA grievous penalties , and when wisdom and regret succeed 4egy, o,4ll;,,caftp.lcunsiderata self-indulgence, bitterness ws maydentesberre-moved, id d and above all, 1 1 Ri/I t i ' 'ercely any deg t r n ee of physical infirmity or ?auctions] "atl , ilt t ° Which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. practieel•pr has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive itaihrtu-ri the tenttreatme of these delicate complaints, which have e llAin e , ' l ?' been generally confided to the care of ignorant tilith i n 1,,7110 inaiet great tujury on those who are induced to pl ace lii.:itV4s,lr Pretensions. tthriottliers, and bEI!ILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, r iorr ie 1 4 nd C., 23, Paternoster-row• Hannay, 63, Oxford -street: . t 6 Lelaese-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or free I'y Pbst f ° l f°r4-B;na4ritP' to any ad.iress from the Author's residence, 37, Bea 14t ho me iv flotr conznitatiOn daily from Eleven till Two, and from wife e' l si anboroell' V ___ ra, to Eli°. :o Benioc' :b, the Ses:, rksbirit , q ., of .'3 O 7 ,„ 1. , Oa. f ieUntf 0 tiburtoot elfa et, jif es t a tes ° UltDO ce 'f T , 111 tio NO. 19,428.] PUBLICATIONS. NEW WORK ON THE SEAT OE WAR. Just published, in 1 vbl. post Bro., price 58., A MONTH in the CAMP BEFORE SE LIASTOPOL. By A NOX-COMBATANT. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Lon:mans. Now ready, Tenth Thousand, One Shilling (complete 'volume), fancy Muds, • - IvEDDING GLOVES. ll'ustrated by 11. K. BROWNW( 1. The Golden Pippen. 4. Tho Wrong Baby. 2. A Real Lile Drama. b. Our Christmas Assembly. 3. Briarly Farm. 6. The *Refry of the Last Fair. iltrations. ;ter-row; and ell Booksellers. Eight .„,,Tamcs Blackwood, Paternos Just published, in 12mo , cloth, price 25., by post 2s. 6(1.• 1 -I HE DIAGNOSIS and TREATMENT of VENEREAL DISEASE; by Dr. ALLEN, L.S.A., London: Hippolyte Ba11:16re, 219, R3sent-street. and 200, Broad way, New York. PROFIT AND , DISCOUNT TABLES, In one Volume, the Third Edition, bound in Itoan, price 3s. Liu., or 4s Free by Post, showing the prices at which Articl -s mu t be Sold, to obtain Profit at a cerra'n per centage upon their Ihveiccd Cost. And also, the net cost of Articles, when DLcottnts are allowed on the Invoiced Pric.s. Adapted for the assistance of Traders in their Purchast s, Sales. and taking Stock. The Calculations arc upon Prices from One Piny to cwentv shililngs,'and at the rates of from One-aqd-a-Half per Cent. to Sevontr-fl re per cent. To which Is added, Tablas of Foreign Weights, Measures, and Monies, with their Comparative 'Values In British Standard ; also, ObservatiOns on the new itec,ipt and Bill Stamp Acts. By CHARLES ODY ROOKS, Accountant. London: William Tcgg & Co., 85, Queen-street, Cheapsidc. THE HYGEIST, or Medical Reformer and Defender of the Right of Conscience and l'riva'e Judgment, for JANUARY, contains :—Our Address to the Public —Report of the Britieh College of Health for itl4,s—`l.l'uncle!.ttad his Libels—Declara tion of Captain Lamb • efore the. Mayor of Manches'er—Mr. Friver's ddars on the llygelAn System of James Monson—Mr. Gibbs on the Medical Liberty of the Subject an 1 the Compulsory Vaccination Act—The "Times" Newspap:r at issue on the Cholera Question with the Doctors appointed by the Board f Health—Medical Inquisition in France.—May be ha I at the Britislt College of Health; New road, London, on forwarding a postage stamp ; at the Ily,gtist Mee, 262, Strand ; ant of all the duly authoris:(l egoists for Mr. Morisoies Vegetable Universal Medicine. ASUPPLEMENT GRATIS WITH THE WEEKLY DISPATCII evtry week until further notice, — The unexampled interest which attaches to every incident cmnectcd with the operations of the Allied Armies In the East has determined the Proprietors of the WEExtir DISPATCII to devote a greater space to the intelligence from the seat of War than the ordinary limits of this, the largest n • wspaper published, cou'd possibly afford, and, with the view of giving the amplet.:t details, ttrey hive resolved upon the is.ue of a SERIES of SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS, which will in clude every particular of interest connected with the Siege and deci- Sian of the contest at Sebastopol, and till be continued whenever demanded by the progress of the Campaign. _ . . By the publication of tiff se Supplemmts the portion of the paper ususiliy devoted to incidents of domestic slid political importance hill be resei vcd intact, and the engrossing subj,ct of the War will re ceire the fullest and most varied ilaptration. A IT, ELEMENT will be puiliebed 4 n SUNDAY NEXT (Gra tis), and on every succeeding week until Jurther notice. The DISPATCH, of Sunday, January 7th, 1355, wiltlTe printed in a new type, of an improved character, by which the pleasure of read ing will be enhanced. Published every Saturday morning, at 4 o'clock, in time for tl'e At st train and the morning malls. Another edition is printed in the afternoon, for the post of that evening ; and a third publication takes Wm on Sunday, bringihg the 'whole news, of any importance, by extra editions, up to the latest hour of the same afternoon. The rice of the DISPATCH is Sixpence. . . Orde . ra may be given to all ne;ravendora in town and country ; and to the Publisher, at the DIVATCII Office, 139, Fleet•street, London. STRICTURE OF TUE TJRETIIR 1. Just Published, nrice ss. by post, free, ss. 6d., rr HE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL EL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the ITRETEIRA ; with numerous Cases illustrative of every variety of Urethral Cfstraction, and their special Modes of Treatment and Cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. " We know of no man to whose care we could with greater confi dence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the ore thra."—Medlcal Circular. London : 11. Ballliere, 219, Regent-street. TEETH. —By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.—Newly-invental and Patented Application of Che mically-prepared White India-rubber in the construltion of Artificial Teeth, Gams, and Palates.—Mr. EPLIRAINI MOSELY, Surgeon- Dentist, 61, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Sole Inventor and Patentee.-1 new, original, and invaluable invention, corsisting in the adaptation, with the most absolute perfection and success, of CHEMICALLY-PREPARED WHITE INDIA: RUBBER as a lining to the ordinary gold or bone frame. The extraordinary results of this application may be briefly noted in a few of their most-promi nent features, as the following :—All sharp edges are avoided ; no springs, wires, or fastenings are required ; a greater increased'free dom of suction is supplied a natural elasticity hitherto wholly un attainable: and a fit, perfected with the most unerring accuracy, are secured, while from the softness and flexibility of the agent em ployed, the , greatest support is given to the adjoining teeth when loose, or rendered tender by the absorption of the puns. The acids of the mouth exert so agency on the chemically-prepared White India-rubber, and as it is a non-conductor, fluids of any temperature may with thorough comfort be imbibed and retained in the mouth, all unpleasantness of smell or taste being at the same time wholly provided against by the peculiar 'lain re of Its preparation, To be obtained only at 61, Grosvenor-street, London ; 22, Gay-street, Bath ; 34, Grainger-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. DR. CIILVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Ids*, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Haemorrhoids, each, by post Is. Gd. THAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentla multi curantur morbt." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal In the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty. four. Illustrated by numerous eases, &c. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that hath no wit, I hold him lost, • Helpless, and all desolat. He that hath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. Subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruitles—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas sintilable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. 3. CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. 4. 'On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. _ _ The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of Benito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangemonta, stricture and spermstorrho3a ; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. The BLADDER, I:MET/IR ani RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements. Constipation, and Haemorrhoids. Vole. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. TIM ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. "Jur...uncle Vivere." "Few words to fair faith-”—Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhili ; or of D 9. RICHARD CULVERWELL, - - Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Cinsultlng CoHeave of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, wh• may be idyls-4 with on the above matters daily, front Ten till Five, and in the evenings, from Seven till Nine. " A HAPPY NEW YEAR." HOWEVER we may value past enjoyments, it must be admitted that present hopes have a greater Influence than bygone recollections. There are some pleasing reminiscences of the wet year which will sweeten the events of the present. The Old Year, loaded with the precious fruit• of the earth, like a provi dent and industrious predecessor, has left us the legacy of good food, which we hope, notwithstanding adverse circumstances, to have at a cheap rate. Reviewing the past year, we have the highest gratification in re cording our sacce , s, and expressing our thanks for the vast amount of patronage and support which our business in all its departments has received. We think it no presumption to say we have laboured to merit the distinction we have gained. Business—practical, ener getic, constant, punctual, and unwavering—has been our daily ob ject. We have visited every market ; we have employed the skill and experience with which many years of boundless trade have gifted us ; we have encouraged talent, and patronised industry, and have made all our resources available to friends, patrons, and the public, in presenting them with superior and fashionable Dress, at very reasonable charges. We have received our reward in the innu merable instances of satisfaction expressed toward oar business and our manufactures—in the vast incre;ss of our Trade in London, the United Kingdom, the Colonies, and throughout the World. The Ready-made Clothing Department has been publicly acknow ledged the been of society, and an advantage to ind.viduals and families. Our ambition to Ilirnish the best, most fashionable, and comfortable Clothing, at the lowest possible prices, bas met with a most conspicuous response ; and we owe to our friends, patrons, and the public, a grateful acknowledgment of success which has not been equalled on any former season. We have received the attention of all classes and of all professions —our productions have been declared the most popular, the most gentlemanly, the most comfortable, and the cheapest. Our system of business, now universally known, has been as extenively praised; and through the past Year, the cordial congratulations we have received have been a source of satistlactlen, which we esteem the most bi infant triumph of Trade. As Hatters, we have supplied elegant articles for the intellectual developments of our fellow-subjects, and have neither contracted their benevolent propensities by comfortless bats, nor distorted their apprehensions with exerbitalt prices ; but the beat productions of London and Paris have been transferred from our Establishments to their proper places—the Heads of families and all the young hope fuls of a future generation. In the Hosiery Department such encouragement has been expe rienced as has exceeded the most sanguine expectation, and at the repeated solicitation of a vast number of patrons we have been in duced to add a Hosiery section to our Oxford-street Branch Establish moat. Being the largest Manufacturers of Shirts and Undercl Abing, and having commercial transactions with every Nation and King dom in the World, we have the pleasure of offering euch articles in Hosiery for Ladies and Gentlemen as are not equalled for supe riority, variety, elegance, or cheapness. Our Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Business, for which the most extensive premises are kept at our City Establish ment, has had the most liberal encouragement from Merchants, Shippers, Captains, and others ; and we have the greatest satisfac tion in the uniform testimony which has been awarded to cur pro ductions from the celebrity they have gained in all parts of the world, and the conviction that they have proved the most pro fitable investments which were ever made for the export or home trade. Walnut gratefully acknowledge the distinguished patronage which has been conferred on our Branch Establishments at Sheffield and Bradford, 'Yorkshire, where we pursue the same plans of business, charge the same reasonable prices, and farnbh goods of the same fashionable and excellent order. Though every colony of the British Empire has in it our patrons, Australia, that home of English in dustry, has a large and flourishing Wholesale Branch of our well known business; and we are persuaded that in every place that business will always be worthy of the name and. celebrity of E. MOSES and Sox. _ _ _ _ However, as it is E. Mons and SON'S custom annually to recapi tulate the progress of their business, and ,to express their good wishes towards their ratrons and the public, they do so with an ex traordinary degree of pleasure at the commencement of the year 1855 ; satisfied that the name of E. Mons and Sox is identified with gcod, fashionable, and cheap clo'hing ; that E. MOSES and Sox have the greatest ce ebrity as Merchant Tailors, Hosiers, and Out fitters; that there is not a branch of business they profess, but in it indefatigable perseverance enables them to succeed ; and in the most animated hopes of securing numbcr:ess advantages to an classes of patrons, and of preserving distinction and celebrity in all nations, E. Monti and Sox most sincerely wish every body in-all parte of the world . _ A RANT NEW ThAB. i ~~~ ' ) y ;t i t e' . • t • • I 41 ,,Vrrit tea c.. • . 4i 1- ekx , ' , • • • f '' •st • i t ; •• 1 ". / — 6470 - . _ • i • ; -OW , Ark: . ,f: • . 4 .(pk • ••• 6- 5 "'ct 214\'‘ / ./ L~ /~ LONDON, THURSDAY E‘ r ENING, JANUARY 4, 1855. "R. ALBERT SMITH'S. MONT BL .NC TO-NIGIIT at 8 o'clock; and Eyery Night (but Satu:llay). Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 2a.; Gallery, la. The Mernhit Iteorcsentationr take place ii*cry Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock. - Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. CONTRACTS FOR MATERIALS FOR SEAMEN'S cLoTtn.ya Ilepartmentef Vie COmptroller for Victualling and - Transpori ' Services, Somerset House, 24th December, 1851 THE Commissioners for exeouting the Office of Lord High Adnitral of the United Kingdom of Great Britait and Ireland,. DO HEREBY-GIVE NOTICE, that en MONDAY, t h 18th January, 1855, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat witl; ueh persons as may be willing to contract for ?upplying and delivering into her Majesty's Vic►c:ailing Stores at Deptferd and Gosport, the aides-mentioned Articles, viz. :-- • To he delivered at Deptford. Gosport. ) -- • Yards. Yards. .. 29,000 20,000 WHITE CALICO •• —•••• •• •• 47,000 20,000 OS NA BURGH ••••..••.. • • .• • •• 10,000 ' 5,000 PADDING CLOTH.. .. 2,000 1,5:30 BLUE BAIZE l,OOO BLACK LINEN .. •••• •• - fourth Skeins. Skeins. o r each'lltian BLACK SILL. ... Yards. Yards. delivered by BLAcK SILK Tivisr ••... • . • Lhs. _Lbs, March, an- SEWING COTTON (Fine) .. - • 200 other fourth Yards Yards. by the 31st BLACM i-11a.Loo:1 , 1'),000 10;00 May, and ROYAL CANVAS . . 10.501 7,001 the retrain rstly ............, 60,0)0 28,000 der by the Willie TArx i Pieces fixes. next,or car . Dutch (White) .• •• • 9'0,020 60,000 1i...r if I pre- Yards. (erred by L. mad: .. — 21,000 the party Gross. Gross. Icndcring. Black Bone - , 3,000 Wbite fetal ' ' 8, , :80 10,000 BUTTONS Large Horn 501) Pearl • • • • Lbs. Lbs. WoitsrED (Bide)" ' 3,0.0 . 2,510 1 Blank TnEEAD Whited Brown .... 3,000 4.000 White (ln lb. pal;gs) 3,500 1z,500 Their Lordships reserve to them , elves the power, when the 'Pen ders are opened, of contracting either for the whoie, or fed• suet: par; hereof only al they may- deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or o 1 not contraoting for a.ly. No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form pro. tided for the purpose, and which may , be obtained on application at iho said Office, at the Victualling Y..rils at Gozport and Plymouth, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liver pool, or to the Colizzlor of Customs at Bristol. Tenders will be admitted for any portion of the above quantities, but separate tenders must be made for each place, and no attention will be paid t) any offer not so male. Samples of Ills articles may be seen at the said ofthe, between the hours of eleven and two (Illy, and also at the Victualling' Yards, at Gosport and Plymouth. The conditions of the revised coratracts,lo which particular atten• don is called, may be seen at the-sail Odice, itt the said Victualling Yards at Gosport"and Plymouth and a'so at Vverpool and ilristoi. No tender will be received atter Ono o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not he required' that the party tendering or an agent on hit , behalf should attend at the oftice_on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender Must he addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Ind bear in the !eft-hand corner the words " Tender for must also be delivered at S3mersct House. THE ST.AFF SYSTEM AND THE MILI TARY OPERATIONS TIIE -CRIMEA. (From the Augsburg Gazette.) If we subject the progress and results of the ope rations carried on by the Western Powers in their contest with Russia to the test of scrutiny, we are astonished at the defective knowledge of all that is requisite for ,the groper preparation for such a war which they disclose. The operations in the Baltic we will not criticise, although it is strikingly evi dent that no one seems to have known at all what kind of armed vessels nor how many of them would be required there for attacking the sea fortresses with any prospect of success, or to have been aware that a strong body of laud troops would also be re quired to give their co-operation and support. The whole naval campaign in that sea has been a failure through this ignorance of the coast and waters. Thecontest - intended in the Danubian provinces and in the Crimea lies under a similar disadvantage. Whoever arms for a war, the professed object of which is declared to be nothing less than the hu miliation of a great power like Russia, must before everything else be intimately and most accurately acquainted with the theatre of war, which he eith©r intends or may be induced to occupy. The climate, with the temporary or periodical changes of the weather, the nature of the ground an d its roads, the means of conveyance and sustenance to be found there, the assistance to bo hoped for from the inhabitants, and so on, have all to be duly con sidereelfwhen preparing to trace out the plan of a war. Nor until these subjects have been fully dis cussed can a judgment be formed of the force that will be required, or of its composition and suitable equipment. Still more indispensable is an intimate knowledge of the peculiar organisation of the ene my's army and the means it may have for increasing its power of resistance on this or that tlaeatreof war, whether these means exist through local obsta cles, natural and artificial, or the want of room for carrying on field operations—a want that may possibly be produced by treaties of neutrality with the states adjoining those of the enemy. The pre liminary and varied information above specified forms in its aggregate the so-called "Staff Know ledge" (or Staff Statistics) ; and an admirable work, lately published in a compendious form, from the pen of Colonel Hardegg, by Koehler, in Stuttgart, contains nearly everything a staff officer ought either to know already, or make it his duty to learn in detail. It is incumbent on the Minister of War and the staff to provide methodically whatever is essential to be known through instruction or other wise for the due preparation of the war, the tracing out of the general plan for waging the war, and the special plans of campaign. How little all this has been heeded by the West ern Powers is evident from the operations they have hitherto been carrying on against Russia. Their troops landed in the Bosphorus without be ing able, after a brief rest, to proceed on their march to the Lower Danube. Months rolled away before single divisions even could Obtain the most necessary means of conveyance—which it must be confessed were wanted on a very large scale—be cause those brought by the troops themselves to that theatre of war could not be made available. The equipmentof the men for taking the field proved to be equally unadapted to the climate of the dis trict. The English Government was even com pelled to order a change in the uniforms. At last the greater part of these auxiliary troops w.ei e con centrated near Varna, having been conveyed to this place by shipping. But although this force, swelled to 30,000 men, might have been able to act most efficaciously from that spot in checking the pro gress of the Russian offensive operations, the auxili ary army in questionof the Ottoman Porte remained motionless near Varna, because in fact it was incapa ble of operating; that is to say, was not yet provided with all those resources that such a body of troops absolutely requires, for the. fell freedom of its offensive movements, in semi-civilised countries like Bulgaria and Wallachia. But for Austria's menacing attitude in Transylvania and the Buko wina Omer Pacha, would probably have been de feated, notwithstanding the proximity of his pro tecting patrons. When the Russian forces finally quitted the Principalities from strategiCal motives, the allies of the Porte still felt themselves not in a condition to assume the offensive, but advanced— for the sake of doing something at all events—into the Dobrudscha, where they soon came to perceive their utter incapacity of offence.._ In the meantime the rupture between the belli gerent ,powers became wider than ever. Nothing more was to be done by threatening Russia ; steps were necessary for making an attack in real earnest. But where ? The answering of this question seems to have been dispensed with when the general plan of the war was sketched out, although it must have been thoroughly clear what was to be done in case this or that menace should prove inefficacious. Or perhaps they depended with entire confidence on the effective aid of Austria—and Schamyl—and fancied that standing behind the scenes they could get the drama of war played out for them. If they did they made a great mistake, and the would-be prompter has been obliged to turn actor himself, sorely against his will. In selecting the point of attack the Western Powers, who continued pouring in successive re inforcements, had nothing whatever in the way of limitation. The free disposal of a mighty fleet, partly men-of-war and partly transports, gave them the means of landing their forces in Bessa rabia, near Odessa, or in the Crimea, or in Ana tolia. It appeared to be the most dangerous to do so in Bessarabia because the Russians were in greater strength there. On the contrary, in Ana tolia they could land on a ft loudly soil, andjwithout let or hindrance from the enemy could make their preparations for a campaign against Erivan and Tiflis. 'Phis would have given a mighty impulse to the Turkish troops, and have roused up Schatuyl to bring every man ho had into the field. If successful there against the Russians this would have been in every case a most sensible blow, that would at the same time have decided the future attitude of Persia. An enterprise of this nature is certainly not to be looked upon as an easy task. Campaigns in thinly inhabited and ill-cultivated districts are always attended with great difficulties and require special preparations. But whoever has made up his mind to 'enter upon a decisive contest, must also make himself acquainted with the impediments of the ground he will have to surmount. Thus, for instance, if Asia Minor were selected, he would be obliged to do without a large ,ark of artillery, but could take instead a large force of light ca valry, which is very important in a war of con quest, and which facilitates the procuring of ali mentary supplies. Demonstrations against other coast districts might be made in conjunction with this enterprise, so as to keep the Russian troops at their several stations where they were. After long vacillation the whole force of the Allies was at last put on shore in the Crimea. 31bastopol was the object of the contest and the prize of victory. If this place fell, the harbour and the Russian fleet would fall with it into the ;lands of the Allies. The greTtiinP;t;neOOf this ibject of their operations requires no comment. By io much the more was it to be expected that nothing would have been neglected at all likely to :usurp victory. The winter season was, it is true, coming on a apace. Experience, however, shows that every fortress (a few rock fortresses excepted) can be taken within a given time, provided the works of attack are not disturbed themselves from eithout in,their rear. The carrying on of this at ack resembles, nevertheless, a charge of Hussars more than it does a well-digested enterprise. The !ending at so remote a point as Eupatoria may be occused by reason of the nature of the coast, and the point would in other respects have been pefeetly well chosen if they had, above all thine, desired to jut off Monschikoffs disposable foie() from Sebas topol and drive it away towards Perekop. The weak garrison of Sebastop o l th us abandoned and left to itself, would under such circumstances have been unable to prevent the landing of the working siege troops with their protectors, and the. subse quent early siege werles, while the completing and perfecting of the Sebastopol defences wool I also vprogress fo want of 1 re artillery attack also might in hands. not r m ed a l le ps eI t r i e l ! e i rapid that case have been practicable sooner. Instead of that they dreamed they had completely laid Men echikoff prostrate. at the Alma, marched forthwith en Sebastopol, arid behaved as if it was quite im possible that anybody else could seriously disturb the progress of the siege except the garrieon, whose communications with the country behind them re mained perfectly open. At a later period they did indeed arrive at the conviction that they had gone to work far too blindly, and strove to remedy the lie:s ro l i i r e s e i i ( e i e g . many sins of Butemis ri t into the old fault, t s consequencesieysoon relapsed of , s i e end plied all their strength to red uce th e f or t ress , although the resistance of the garri son grew more r g army of consi abl e t i s e t e re v n e g ry th d stood o and bay a their It is hard to understand by what series of erroneou s representa esata tions and suppositions the leaders of this great tram:meal-hie undertaking have arrived at the con clusion, that, in spite of all this and that, Sebas topol must fall. The Allies had left their own shores, and were prepared for a siege. Nov they must go through a winter's campaign, and end it successfully, before they can recommence the siege with effect. But for this they are not prepared ; and what fails to make such Preparation complete is not to be made up by bravery and mere fighting excelleAce—it must be supplied in some way or other. Before, however, the wooden winter bar racks can be erected, and the troops housed, the severity of the weather and the privation of rest by night through the alarms and alertes of the enemy, may have so swelled the numbers of the sick that the reinforcements cent in; in will hardly suffice to fill up the gaps. On commencing offeirsive operations against the re lieving army, whose left wing does not seem as yet to have at all quitted the threatening position over against Balaklava, very different necessities spring up. Commissariat columns must be orga nised, for without their regular service in the rear no operations can be carried on in the Crimea. For this thousands of horses and beasts of burden are required, who in their turn require fodder. Even now, when the English cavalry and artillery horses are dwindled away to an insignifi cant figure, the hay, part of it at least, is sent from England. The difficulties of feeding and shelter ing an army in a country where there are not even the most common necessaries for an encampment, namely, water, wood, and straw, increase as the men and horses increase, and the further they ad vance from the coast, on which account a consider able increase of numerical force must augment the embarrassments of the allies, without perhaps ren dering any counterbalancing advantages. The superior strength of the besieging army protects it in reality only against the attacks of the Russians, therefore merely against —a catastrophe. It is the contemplation of these adverse circumstances, only too ralpable, that has probably led to the diversion to be made by Omer Facila at the head of 35,000 men. Their disembarkation at Eupatoria will not be attended with any difficulty, provided they are not surprised by one of those sudden tempests. But what then ? Before this corps can be fit for commencing operations, a week will have passed by at the least. In the mean time a Russian corps, advancing front Perekop in sufficient strength will have been arrayed in the rear of the Osmanli and make mincemeat-of them.. People surely won't overlook the fact, that in a country like the Crimea strategic holes and corners can never produce the same results as in Germany or France. The native can get over all difficulti6s much more easily than a foreign invader. If the war is undoubtedly the execution of fo reign policy, the duty of the Government is to see that everything wanted is supplied, that a war de cided -on by itself does not begin without the most careful preparation. One of the most im portant requirementee--es we stated at the begin ning of this article—is the knowledge, as accurate as possible, of all local causes of a nature to impede the operations of war in au enemy's country. For this purpose every great nation has organised a special branch of service for its military system, a branch which has for its duties the collecting, sifting, arranging, and safe keeping of all the tech nical information required. This information is partly derived from literary sources, partly from I the mission of officers into foreign countries. Many a piece of intelligence even in newspapers is regis tered. In Russia this duty falls upon the " Sci entific Committee of War" an d the " Chancery of Operations ;" in Austria on the office of Com mander-in-hief, especially on the second section of it. In Prussia they hare appointed special chiefs or heads for these foreign topical and mili tary statistics and they are for the most part staff officers, highly educated, and with great Ac quirements, with several clerks under them. In Franco the depot of war collects this information. In England, where the high military authorities are not centralised, and where a very meagre ex change of views, ideas, and the like appears to take place, the organic requirements for such a branch of the service appear to be nearly utterly defective, partly to be explained, perhaps, by the relatively small number of troops that England has at her disposal for carrying ona continental war by laud. France, therefore, England's ally, should have supplied this defect. Her war depot has rich stores of this military literature, for Napoleon the First organised admirably this branch of the service. His ambassadors at Constantinopl e were in variably distinguished generals, and had in their suite seve ral officers whose duty it doubtless was to study the state of Southern Russia in a military point of view. A celebrated French marshal (Marmont) made a tour at a later period through these coun tries, and published some very instructive memoirs about them. The last French ambassador but one in Constantinople, the present Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers, under whose eyes the drama of the war germinated as it were, ma y have in a like manner furnished important intelligence, or have rectified what already existed. Nevertheless, the 'war hitherto waged by, the Western Powers against Russia does not evidence, in the course of. ies.pro gress, the fact of any attempt having been made to complete their scientific resources, or derive much advantage from those they already possess. A number of theories, good, bad, and indiffer ent, have been written en the art of waging war, but no commander could use such as a standard in any . real warfare. No intelligent theorist will ever be guilty of such ridiculous presumption as to pre scribe to future generals what their mode of con ducting operations is to be. Still the careful 'and cautious working out of details in various branches of the land-service will always be of high practical value, provided the practical and working military authority makes itself acquainted with them. Such an authority is the staff. Its military activity is called into play before the declaration of war, and before the troops take the field the different plans of operation must eventually be already discussed to such au extent that a satisfactory account of the local obstacles to the field duties can at all events be given, in order that preparations can be made for overcoming them. Even should the prepara tions be of long-standing, they are always better than those made on the spur of the moment from dire necessity. In spite of all the prospects of peace, it is not improbalie that a portion of the German federal army w ill also enter, next spring, the eastern theatre of war. The troops will indeed there be enabled to do service in the same manner as they have been taught during peace. But far greater things will be expected of the staff on that than On, ;aarty other theatres Qi W. NAVAL AND JIILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Royal George screw line-of-battle ship was warped into the fitting basin, Sheerness, yesterday's tide. The shipwrights are busily engaged takin7 her poop deck off. The St. Jean d'Acre,: 101 goes, Capt. Hon. H. Kop pel, was paid wages at Devonport on Monday, and sailed yesterday for Queenstown. The Monarch, 84, Captain Patey, is to embark at De vonport a detachment of .Sappers and Miners, and will sail on Saturday for Ireland to fill up her . complement. The foremast of the Monarch has had new cheeks, and otherivide repaired, and Will be put,on board to day. ' The Majestic's crew have completed all defects and - de- . finiencies aloft in the running rigging, and yesterday top gallant masts were sent on end, lower and topsail-yards were also crossed, and she will bo all a taunt to-day. Her crew are to be paid to morrow, and arc then to pro ceed-on leave of absence. Toe,Cressy, 80, screw, Captain Warren, is in No. 1 dry dock, SheerneSS, with her topmasts housed and yards down. • Her crow return from their leave on the lfitli instant. Her repairs are proceeding with, and she is being coppered two sheets higher than she formerly was. Her gaps arc all out, but we hear, immediately the crew retura ' .she is to be got all Masao, like the Majestic, and ready for immediate service. The ImperieuFe, di, screw, Captain It. B. Watson, C. 8., hauled into the steam basin dock at Portsmouth yesterday, and Myrmidon and Oberon hauled into the fitting basin. We learn by eectric telegraph from Plymouth that the Arejiusa, fie, which arrived in Plymouth Sound yes terday morning, had n long passage-of 29 days from Aliilt~t, having experiencee contrary winds and calms. She brill o invalided troops, seamen, and marines, under command of Lieut. Piingle, 71st Regt., - and in medical charge of Assistant-Surgeon Atkinson, 31st. At Malta s!ie embarked Loot. Butler, Ti N., agent for the Pyre nees, and Lient. Rayinond, of the Tyrone, both of which transports were lost on Nov. 14, ea the K.atel.a. No deaths have occurred on bearl the A rethnsa since she left Malta. Lord Rokeby and Major-General Barnard em barked yesterday afternoon on board the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Captain Keppel, and at 4 o'clock she steamed out of Plymouth Sound for Queenstown on her voyage to the Black Sea. The Arrogant, 46, screw, Captain Hastings Yelverton, has discharged powder and shell, and will go into Ports mouth Harbour. Tire Amphion, 34, her Majesty's screw frigate, Capt. Key, hauled into Sheerness basin on Tuo.iday morning, when the went alongside the sheers and got her lower masts out, which are rotten and defective. The crew are expecting soon to get leave ; Saturday is the day named. The Cossack, 21, screw, Captain Fanshawe, was taken out on a cruise on Monday at Devonport, when her engines answered wen, and the leak is stopped. Tae Pylades, 21, f crew-corvette, is in the basin at Sheerness. Onlyone of her boilers is got below. Penn and Sons' mechanics are working at her machinery, which progresses fast. Tile Esk, 21, screw, Captain Birch, had her trial yes terdayat Portsmouth at the measured mile, and averaged aline knots. The Bonetta, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant Wake, R.N., commanding, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the south-east coast of America station, which she left on 9th of November ; consequently her news has been anti cipated by the steam mail packet. She reports the slave trade on the Brazil coast as at a standstill. Mr. John Harriman, passed clerk, RN., came home in the Bonetts, which has been in commission since February, 1851, and will now be paid off. Nearly all the seamen who were granted leave of ab sence from the Cumberland have arrived at Sheerness and reported themselves on board the flag-ship Waterloo. APPOINTMENT'S. Master James F. Btekett (1846), who was last week appointed to the Argus, has been transferred to the coast-guard service. Acting Assistant-Surge.m Charles B. Wright, to the Hogue, 60, screw, at Portsmouth ; Assistant Surgeon Charles Harper (1850), recently serving in the Hogue, to the Exmouth, 90, screw, at .Devonport. Clerks—Albert T. M. Roberts (1848), to the Fx mouth ; and George J. D. Andrews (1349), to the Wellesley, 72, at Chatham. MAIL FOR TIIE CRIMEA. A. mail for the 'Cricea, the hospital at Scutari, Con stantinople, and the fleet in the Black Sea will be made up and forwarded vita Marseilles to-morrow. The postage must be paid in advance. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. So urgent is the requirement for steam-transports ' to convey stores to the Crimea, that instructions have been forwarded by the Admiralty to their agents at New castle, Bristol, Hull, Liverpool, and G:a4gow, to pro cure tenders, if possible, for vessels of 500 tons and upwards. The Euphrates-freight-ship sailed from Spithead yes terday afternoon for the Black sea. Yesterday the government transport, 161, sailed from Torbay, laden with provisions, stores, and muni tions of war for Balaklava. The Clyde steam-traivport, No. 145, with a few troops and a cargo of stores for the seat of war in the Crimea, left Portsmouth yesterday morning. She car ried out also three more huge cases of waterproof warm clothing, purchases from Colonel Napier's South Hants and Isle of Wight Crimean • Auxiliary Clothing Fund, for the troops in the trenches. The next cases from the same benevolent source, now ready for shipment, are intended for the seamen and Mv,rines at, Balaklava, and contain waterproof clothing. Colonel Napier continues to receive subscriptions, in prosecution of his laudable object; at Merchistoun-hall, Horndean, or at Messrs. Emanuel's, Portsmouth. The Witley Park, screw steamer, 450 tons, was yes terday accepted as a Government transport for three months certain. She is appropriated for the conveyance of army medical stores to Scutari, and will be ready to receive them at Deptford in a few days. Notice has been forwarded to the Board of Ordnance, that in ccnsequence of the forward state of the loading of the Kangaroo steamer, it will be impossible to ship on board the 25 tons of ball cartridge, intended for convey. ance in her for the use of the Blackl Sea fleet. TRANSPORTS IN THE BLACK SEA. Captain Christie, R.N.,, principal agent for transports in the Black Sea, leas arranged to dispense with 30 transports now there, retaining 23 fur the service of the 'army in the Crimea ; amongst which Rill be 10 or 12 large steamers, which are considered as necessary to meet any emergencies that may occur. Many of the transports wi;l convey sick and wounded from the Crimea to Constantinople on their way to aigland. THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. The Board of Ordnance have entered into contracts with the Stratheden Foundry, Cupar, for the itutnediate supply of 35,000 cannon balls, Tile Board of Ordnance have now under consideration a contrivance, the invention of Lowes and Loy, of the Lowes Iron Works, for the adaptation of the Minid principle to balls for cannon, whether plain or grooved. The chief merit of the invention is that it entirely gets rid of the windage, and the full force of the explosion is gained in the propulsion of the ball. It is thus ob tained :—The main body of the ball is a hollow or solid cast iron cylindrical cone ; a second part consists of a hollow cylinder, combined with an inclined cone; these two parts fit into each other, passing through the third part, which is a double lead ring, fitting closely to both. When put in the •cannon the conical end points to the muzzle, and the conical plug to the powder, the leaden ring between the two. The ex plosion drives the plug into the ring, the lead expands, and presses tightly against the interior sides of the can non bore, giving , increased range and precision of aim, equal to that of the Minie rifle. A. few days ago we noticed the extensive alterations which the Government intends to make at Enfield, in the establishment for the manufacture of firearms for the army. An entirely new and very extensive factory is forthwith to be erected for the manufacture, in large quantities, of the rifle-musket • and the Board of Ord nance has now entered into the necessary eantracts for the buildings 'and machinery. Messrs. Fairbairn, the well-known engineers of Manchester, have contracted to complete in six months the whole of the buildings, motive-power, and mill-shafting, &c., and other con tractors will, within the same period, complete and fix the tools and machines used in the various processes of rifle making. The engines are to be capable of exerting a force of upwards of 200 horse-power, ,nd machines of the newest and most !improved character will be em ployed in every department of the manufacture, so as to insure both perfect accuracy in the weapon and economy in the cost of its production. Tha extent of the con tract with Messrs. Fairbairn is understood to be about 60,0001. MILITARY. Extra draughts for the Crimea have been ordered from the following regiments :--30tb, 42 men-: 33d, 40 men ; 68th, 43 men, exclusive of sergeants. Fifty-four horses left Dundalk on Monday last for the cavalry depot, Newbridge, thence to be sent, with a c a t p h t e a n -operationsf the tor, Zealand in 1846. 7. large ntunbcir of ,horses from othe r quartere, to Dablin, i l c a e y r a ' during was to be shippec for the Climes. Captain C. Graham, of the Rodney, who has been in vt o a r l , i d a e n d d a home eni ninr navalthe llm officer Yesterday afternoon the Duke of Cornwall steamer arrived in the Thames from Dublin with 123 Irish volunteers to her Majesty's land forces in tke Crimea, ROYAL ARTILLEUY. Captain Ward's company 3d battalion Royal Artil lery, joined the brigade of field batteries on Monday, and, with Captain Smythe's company, 6th battalion, will form a new and powerful field battery of heavy guns, which will proceed to tho . Crimea early in the spring. Captain Smythe's company will take the right half of the battery, and Captain Ward's company the left' half. The guns will be iron 32-poundera, of 42 cwt, each drawn by 12 horses; and it is in contompla7 r PRICE SD. tion to harness them three abreast, as in the Swedish tervice. Great interest is attached to the formation of this battery, as it is the firs., ever composed of such heavy guns f or field service ; their great advantage over light guns bein g s h own a t I n k e rman. The com panies for this field b a tt ery are to b e ma d e up t o 280 r; on-commissioned officers, gunners, and drivers, and 280 horses are to be attaeLed to it. The companies assem bled at 2 o'clock p.m. yesterday in service marching order , and at the same time . Captain Adair's company, sth battalion, and Captain Dix.on's company, 9th bat talion; also under ordcri for tho Crimea, and were in spected by Major General E. C. Whinyates, commandant of the garrison. Captain Ingle field's cot - ninny, 31 battalion, are placed under orders to proceed to Hull, Chester, and Liverpool, to relieve Captain Crawford's compney, 6th battalion, orlered to head spis.rters at Woolwich to prepare for proceeding to the Crimea. THE MILITIA. Yesterday the \Vest Kent Militia, Colonel S. T. Maryon Wilson, Bart., mustered for permanent duty at Maidston,. The total number of men who have been enrolled for this regiment is 925 ; aly - rut 2(3 have volun teered into the line, and 61 to the Kent Artillery, leaving the present strength 759. The muster of yes terday was considered a very good one. Tile order for the embodiment of the City of Cork Royal Artillery has arrived in that city. ARRIVAL OF THE HI.7IIALAYA. The Himalaya steam-ship, Captain Thomas Russell, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon and ranged alongside the dockyard jetty, at two o'clock, and immediately commenced landing her wounded, in valids, and baggage ; but, from the want of that , "organisation" which has destroyed the efficiency of the army in the Crimea, the landing vote only partially and imperfectly effected, and the scene was pitiable in the extreme. There were plenty of small officials, but no "head." Whether it was a naval cr a military duty o provide for the comfortable debarkation of these brave fellows seems to have been a problem not worked cut by the local authorities at the time of the Himalaya's arrival, as her own craw and a few of the better able of the invalids themselves were the first to begin the work of landing the crippled and their baggage. We saw no Admiral Superintendent of the dockyard on duty, or any Major-General Commandant of the garrison ; con sequently much delay, confusion, and pain were unne cessarily occasioned, and, what appeared more cruel than all the rest, the luggage of all landed era.: ransacked on the Open jetty, before a single officer or man was allowed to leave for home or hospital. This was a disgraceful exhibition, and one as painful to the few Custom-house officers who were compelled to per form the duty as it was to a bystander to witness. Smell the Government in town ought to have proviJed for the baggage of the wounded being examined or passed 1 1 in a different manner, or else have augmented the Portsmouth Customs' staff to a degree proportionate Ito the urgency of the case. Although the place of land ing these brave invalids was flanked on one side by the great and celebrated naval hospital of 'Hasler, and by a newly-erected and most capacious military hospital in Portsmouth garrison on the ether, and although the arrival of the Himalaya had been known 24 hours at least, yet there were no ambulance conveyances at hand to receive them when the ship hauled alongside the dock yard to land her sickly troops, nor were men at hand to render aid ar.d support the sick without the ambulances. Indeed the Nature of the accommodation on the spot may be guessed from the fact that a number of the comrades of such as were wholly or partially footless, legless, arm less, or eyele - ,s, helped from the ship to the jetty their more crippled and more helpless fellow-sufferers, where they set then, down on their own baggage, a log of timber, or anything that afforded a seat, or on the damp deck of the jetty. Eventually, however, a repre3enta tive of the Military Governorship of Portsmouth I T . peered. Lord Methuen, Colonel of the Royal Wilts Militia, with a fatigue party of about 40 men of that regiment, gave them some assistance, and, on the ar rival of some eight or ten stretchers from the medical department at Portsee, under the direction of Dr. Robinson, the worst of the wounded patients (patient, indeed, the poor fellows were under all these trials) were placed in them, and removed to sick quarters. The Brigade-Major of Portsmouth garrison, Major Dalgetty, eventually arrived at the scene of confusion, but at half past 3 very little had been done to facilitate the disem barkation of those who arrived in the port at 2 o'clock on Tuesday, and we understood that not above 50 had been landed, and but few others appeared likely to be landed last night, or until "arrangements" (that's the official term) could be made. At the time this despatch left, however (7.30 p.m.), we are glad to state all the wounded had been got out of the ship, and by means of omnibuses got away to sick quarters.- TBE ENCROACHMENTS OF RUMSIA. (Pion the Conaitretionncl.) The third condition contained in the guarantees of August 8, and the unmodified adoption of which Austria requires from Russia, before entering into negotiation with her for peace, is the revision of the treaty of July 13, 1841, called the Treaty of the Straits. But what is the value of the treaty of IS4I with the well-known tendencies of Russia ? It ensures to the Czar the pos sibility of surprising Constantinople, and the certainty of seizing on it by a vigorous coup de main at come well chosen moment. It has been seen that one of the pre tensions put forward by Russia, under the Empress Anne, was the free navigation of the Black Sea, Bosphorie,s, Hellespont, and Mediterranean, by Rus sian vessels. Forty years' war was required to oblige the Turks to yield on this point ; and even in submitting at Kainardji, on July 21, 1774, to the de cision of the Empress Anne, repeated by Catherine, the sultans accorded the passage of the straits only to Rus sian trading vessels, and then, on condition of being visited. Ships of war were not comprised in the treat), without doubt, because the Czars, lately arrived in the Black Sea, had not yet had time to found there military establishments. By degrees, ports were built and ar senals founded. Kertch and Jeni Kald were obtained 1774. Klierson arose in 1778, Sebastopol in 178 G, and Odessa in 179th Amapa, on the AsiatL: coast, was taken 1791, and Poti was obtained in 1829 by the treaty of Adrianople. A. feverish activity peopled these mew ports with vessels of war, armed these citadels, and pro visioned these arsenals ; and the moment arrive-I for the Russians to obtain, for their vessels of war, as for their trading, craft, the right of passing from the Black Se. into the Mediterranean. That increase of power which neither Anne, nor Catherine herself had dared demand, ;vas obtained by the Emperor Nicholas in 1333, and then the maps were adorned, to use Catherine's expression to Voltaire, with a commnnication from Corinth to Moscow. After the European Powers had arrested by the treaty of Kutayeh, en March 14, 1833, the march of Ibraham Pacha on Constantinople, Russia which had landed troops on the shores of the Helles pont, at Unlsiar-Skelessi, succeeded in deceiving the Porte as to the sentiments, disinterested as they were, of the powers, and by ruse or by terror, obtained OR the Bth of July a secret convention which insured to her for eight years the passage from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean for her vessels of war, to the exclusion of nll other navies. That situation of Russia, so audaciously selfish, feigning to protect the State and the city which she coveted, produced a deep sensation in Europe, when known. At the expiration of the treaty of Unkair-Ske!essi in 1341, Russia was obliged to renounce her privileged navigation; but, in accordance with that short-sightedness which, for a century and a half, made the European powers the accomplices of the Czars, which enabled them to acquire the frontier of the llneister by the aid of Austria, rouse up Greece to insurrection by the aid of England, and destroy the Ottoman navy at Navarino by the aid of France, the treaty of July 13, 1841, in interdicting the Russian navy from navigating the straits, extended that interdiction to the vessels of war of all the other I powers ; so that the fleets of Sebastopol could always menace Constantinople by the Black Sea, without the fleets of Portsmouth and Toulon being able to go to its aid by the Dardanelles. The treaty of July 13, 1841, was, therefore, at least as m3ch as that of July 8, 1833, a triumph for Russia, The first, it is true, permitted the Russian vessels of war to enter the Mediterranean from the Bl ac k S ea, b ut t h ese vessels had nothing of importance to do in the Mediter ranean, in face of the French and English fleets, at least as long as she di not posses s C ons t ant i nop l e ; w h ereas the treaty of July 13, 1841, which interdicted the ves sels of war of all the other powers from entering the Dardanelles, hut which allowed to Russia the exclusive navigation of the Black Sea, left Constantinople at the mercy of a coup de main, and permitted the squadrons of Sebastopol to annihilate, as has been seen at Sinope, the Turkish squadrons of the Black Sea, whilst the Allied fleets were kept by that same treaty outside the straits. These are, therefore, immense advantages, long desired, long prepared, and cleverly obtained, of which Austria calls fur the absolute abandonment by Russia, as a preliminary to every negotiation for peace. The " Era " Newspaper (illustrated) commences the New Year with Gratis Supplements, which will be con tinued every week until further notice. Nearly 100 co lumns devoted to news from the Seat of War ; Original, Political, Foreign, and Theatrical articles ; important information for Licensed Victuallers ; Literature, Music, and general news. The " Era " forms two distinct ❑ews papers : one for the family, and the other comprises all the Sporting News of the day. Among the contribu tors will be found the first talent of the day, as well as "The Old Actress" and "Touchstone," who prophesied 125 winning horses the past year ; he this week writes of the Derby, 1855, cotnutencing with John Scott's lot. Order of all news-agents, or send she postage stamps to the Office, 3, Catherine•street, Strand.—The best New Year's Gift is to pay 2 tis. for 52 papers, and a share of the " Era " Derby Gifts of 5001. Post office orders payable to Messrs, Wm, Willott and Frederic Ledger,_ C ~~ / ~ /: /~ ~ li d ~'~Ti7 ' - ~ THE STATE OF THE ARMY IN TIIE CRIMEA. As we have lately dealt so much on the disor ganization of our army in the East and the appae rently needless less of life immediately arising from it, we are glad of an opportunity of presenting the other side of the picture, terrible as it may be. The other side—that compensation for this suffer ing and mortality—is, that on the testimony of a perfectly competent and impartial authority ? the - siege at the last departure of the post, that is the 13th, was so far advanced as to leave hardly a doubt that something decisive would soon be • done. We have repeatedly been informed that an assault was to take place about Christmas, but the information was coupled with the request that we would say nothing is indicate the quarter or the . day of attack. Wo believe that we may now say that en the 13th it was the general belief that on or about Christmas-day the Allies would open fire • from 300 pieces, with such a supply of ammunition as would enable them to continue without stop ping fer forty-eight hours after which they would. assault from both Frenchl and British positions with great prospect of success. Thus the assault would probably be made on the 28th. There was some chance, indeed, of a Russian attack in antici pation of ours, but from Russian sources wo learn that nothing had occurred up to the 26th. On the same authority we learn that on the 13th the men who had got their warm clothing were in good spirits, and, though no reliance could be placed on a transient gleam of fine weather, the health of the army was expected to improve. It is net without some compunction that w e congratulate our readers on the prospect of Christmas-day being celebrated • in this horrid fashion, by a shower of death and destruction hurled on a Christian city. We can• not, however, help what we are about. The re sponsibility must rest on the head of him who wantonly invaded the territory of his neighbour in a time of profound peace, and who has built the city now assailed by our armies, not for commerce, nor yet for defence, but for the annoyance, con quest; and dominion of nations now enjoying their • own government, religion, and laws. If these ex ' pectations were well founded, we may expect in two or three days to hear that this question has come to its last issue, and that the four nations have crowed 'their bayonets over the shattprn4 walls of Sebastopol. Even if the .first tat:BMA— should be unsuccessful, we are confident the Briti: h pc osle would rather have this proof of activity and decision than see a noble army dying literally in a ditch, without glory, without result. It cannot, however, be concealed for a moment that, on the most favourable supposition, the cap ture of the city, the dockyard, arsenal, and the Quarantine Fort would only commence another phase of the diffisulty. We should still have to take the northern forts, to hold Balaklava, or effect, without loss, our retreat from it, and to be besieged in our turn. We may be sure that no effort will be spared on the part of the enemy to make Sebas topol as hard to hold as to get, and in the situation that would arise out of this new state of affairs there would be quite as great demands for good generalship as there have been in the operations of the siege. Yet the change of relations in the event of a successfol•assault will not be simply that the Allies and the Russians have exchanged positions. We shall not be the besieged, and they the be siegers, in precisely the same sense as besiegers and besieged stand at present. We shall have the entire command of the sea, and the Russians be entirely excluded from it. The heavy material of the siege, which we have carried by the easiest, cheapest, and quickest of all conveyances—in ships, they will have to drag through the mud many hundred miles, by means of transport that will continually p3rish in the using, even more than our ships—that is, the rude arabas and oxen of the country. With the city in our possession, and with our fleet hover ing along the whole coast of the Euxine, it certainly will not be easy for the Russians to keep an army in the field near Sebastopol. Yet such a position is one of the boldest ever attempted in the history of war. The occupation of the Russian capital itself, the conversion of its palaces into barracks, and the retribution upon Russia of the numerous insults it has heaped in its day on all the cities that that have fallen within its power, could not bo a more irritating E , peetaelo than the occupation or destruction by the allies of these gigantic batteries raised with such labour and cost for the conquest of the East. The whole military population of, Russia would be tu rne d sou th war d i n one vas t` current, to overflow and swallow up our compa ratively small armies. New levies would be ex torted, so long as there remained a man who could stand under arms. No expense would be spared so long as there remained a noble who possessed the wherewithal for a forced contribution. There is nothing the Emperor would not do to exter minate from the soil the invaders who insulted even more than they damaged his power. To be the sultject of an aggression, to feel the pangs of lost territory, and the shame of dis comfiture, certainly would be new to Russia, and we may be sure she would resent it to the uttermost of her power. In spite, therefore, of the palpable advantage we should derive at once from the possession of Sebastopol, and the exchange from misery to comfort, and from con stant jeopardy to something like security, the new theywofuoludn found hardly the Russianshav have time holders of the city would find their berth a warm bone,eforeandmeont4ce tmuronrerouup:nd them. On the most favourable supposition, therefore, we see no reason to qualify the opinion we have ventured to express, that the conduct of the war requires certain military qualities which have not been hitherto shown in it. The allies will have to act on the defensive with more energy than they have shown in the offensive, and they will have to secure themselves against a foe whom they have hitherto despised rather more than he deserved. When, too, it is considered that Sebastopol will never be secure without the occupation of the Crimea, and that to occupy the Crimea it may be necessary to hold and to fortify Perekop, we think we have said enough to show that the very highest military ability in the Commander in-Chief and iu his staff yvill be required. The whole aspect of the war will be liable to continual changes, and with sonic twenty miles of enceinte to watch, with a country in the posses sion of the foe, with a Greek population in his in terest, and wit!i reinforcements perpetually arriv ing cf indefinite quantity and strength, it will require either an overpowering and costly army, very difficult to be maintained in such a position, or some of that alacrity and übiquity which, in great generals, makes up for the want of battalions. Should we therefore continue our present Generals and staff, we may expect to hear the cry of "More men, more men," repeated with the same fearful importunity as now, and the reinforcement as fast as they arrive merely absorbed in replacing► the victims of unnecessary hardship, wanton precipita tion, or causeless delay. We must, then, adhere to our opinion, that even if the city should now be won, and the successful generals, so far, deserving of almost any honour their country can bestow, yet for the occupation and defence of Sebastopol, without the most hideous and . constant drain of life, other qualities will be required than those we have yet seen in our commanders, and that no time should be lost in giving the benefit of such qualities to the remains of our army.—Tones. THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.- LIBEL. TRH REV. EBENEZER DAVIES V. DANIEL PRATT, PUBLIBRIR OT THE " BRITISH BANNER." Mr. Whateley, Q.C., proceededdwith this arbitration yesterday, when the court was more densely crowded than on the previous day, it having been understood that the plaintiff would be subjected to a cross-examination by Mr. Serjeant Wilkins. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Barnard again appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Serjeant Wilkins and Mr. Evans represented the defendant. Mr. Davies's examination was proceeded with at great length, at the conclusion of which the case was again adjourned. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAT.—Traffic return for Os* week ending Dec. 24, 1854 £25,666 4 5 Correspondiil week last year 21,489 7 7 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Dec. 31, 1854 £19,252 18 0 Corresponding week last year. 18,124 17 a CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending- Dec. 31, 1854 £4,041 4 5 Corresponding week last year 3,546 14 2 Increase in 1854 .. £194 10 3 as attending, follow — 4: l c l . THE MUSEUM OF ORNAMENTAL ART A? 111 •RL13/. during t u h o e u i G n H o - n u t o h u o s f n . :570 per. D — e ri ce h m e b n er u , m w b e e r r e s sons on the public days, and admitted free ; 260 per. sons on the students' days, and admitted as students on the payment of 6J. each, besides the registered students of the classes and schools. The Museum is now open on Saturdays, for the convenience of schools, &c. " THE QUE" Y. X -.EWTON."— The two defendants in this case , it will be rernemleered, were convicted at the last Central Criminal Court for an assault on Mr. Ker a nd adjudged to an imprisonment in Newgate—one to nine and the other to three months. Since the trial the imprisonment has been altered from Newgate to Horse monger-lane Gaol, as the offence was committed in Surrey. The defendants were a ccordingly removed to the county gaol soon after the sentence, and have been lodged in the department allotted to first-class misde meanants, in which place many privileges are allowed to prisoners. ,`~`