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' N c et 7 t 4 tk , 'tit tT ~~i ~~ ~, I \~ Fen church Street gIINDAYS j. 8 o ,ol' 1 1#41°‘ it O, I I IEI O iv+ I 001. , tZ e ii; 44 at ikay 0r.% , t N 4 7 Tri4o c orm e et 4i a n n aryZe i l. e int e o l f d th im e n S u h ati ar:h t e x !d:r c s t in f Sof t ,Phe e ; Ca ly,, cil ,„Cluint Y ber, within the Town Hall, of the 1,, I t Ne N. clock ; 4 ° II ESDA.Y, the 28th day of February . *atl t .. e stileei ;eter s 41 the afternoon precisely, to receive the he I Y rpt:feedy i elect three Directors in the place of Mr. ae k etire e i t ) lon, e ,,,,c• William Came, and Mr. George Smith, Na g Y . ret e ii an Auditor in the place of Mr. .Alfri'd e or h e „,,°n, and to authorise the borrowing of Ille c hair wiii Z ak and for the t other purposes or general kis,,,„, ‘ trel tio , en at One o'clock precisely. kk kt (7: o ;" ( liven •/, -11D ISARY MEETING. lith44 of „ R ' s . hat h ~,,,„ t -e- said Meeting will be made Special t r i o I tailyt av kl- .$ an agreement for the Joint Working c l l.& lq th -41 th e o ' n ender a Lease tor a term of seven years. to I S k l ittl VNlC e c areai v ,r iv nin g of the line v !r ( mt;ii n m „ ou t t h h e ti , , Zrzi l -o a:n tg l ho hk tst,43,_, -7„ip.,any,el7lthße R ailwa y Devon Railway c , mpany, "gtil' A ,. - " , Subject to the conditions spFcliled in such 4 ii th i\k, - submitting the same to the proprietors for their '4141‘4%414e ken Llikt,P . ev tl _t i between the Cornwal Railway e Com n pailan ge d . 11 , S I*1° Z1 t ui: c4 : 44 1 „are,. Rel IgyainConotmhp. Company, for making certain _11 1 , ;; , 1 , - of considering the pro isions . of the following Vo'" 1, 41 1, trLament by this Company, viz :—' A Bill for of all Il e akt h :l ' a completion of the Cornwall Railway and ' '" n tkall*N , 4 p urther provisions SA to the share capital of LI% ~,, - • l ‘l l%,;',,_'uleany, and for other purposes," when a ~ .u,,,,e i iire e, 4 " a brnitted to the meeting for approval. ',The ; nl ,, 44 41 , _net t Ve EIAEL WILLIAMS, Chairman. 'alti en,allste rb tor i,,,' 1 4. TWEEDY, Deputy-Chairman. - "r the - "ook s `Lecn o - and the Auditor are eligible, and will 8 41ci f i Will b a• . C orn 41 ,, f lelt r e i c losed on the 13th, and not reopened - ' , 44 it„, klie,./ Meeting on the 28th of February. 'LIN,. ~, - "et of the Board. Ance, 1 , Feb. Ff. BOND, Secretary. Tri o, Bth ruary, 1855. ~, PA,, It/4 14 +l4) . N Lii /I ti 1 11 PO l- 1. ' lt 'll. PRINCE ALBERT. Isla ersd .I_, rpt, -14 14 .43' ~' eal -c4O FINIC INSTITUTION.— h l th - 44, ng, th e 0 $ Lt•r . 15th Inst., DRAMATIC READING „the •r,,IP g A IMPO R .,, 11 1,t t 4 ter,„,.tl'ii ( 1,,X .z O ;„ A R ,XT LECTUREa. ,1A„ 1; 41 4 - n OPT - Ale e w. by Dr. BACHEOFFNER. Wei" OPO' J. 4 .„," - LICERT ,by invisible performers on )I Fl t o • ...CA L ji.) ; rPPza, Esq. k1,t 11 , 1 14 r... 'ORAMA of the VOYAGES of SINBAD PYO' 4 ti vAl t l i k tb z,_ay , tku G „,. nq 1 , re,,, '-', s 'which now Discharges 200 Balls per •1 . ..i.r. v .•10e 5....... ,,,% 4 tOlti:O Yik e ,:`,,, n e Bards of Caledonia, by Mr. and Miss 4 R lle N e - 'ea. Mr. Wand, and the Royal Polytechnic Is e of America. 4 A 1 4 43 -I T Prl, u t SEND ST AR mt4e,, Ete n es e m s (-1 11 BT 8. .4 ~- , - I. p a t the Greenhithe and Parfteet Piers. ' a rm as underlined (weather permittin2,•• --."' GRAVESEND. I,kC , h ------------ - A 44 holy lt --a holi.grell-atreet Station to all parts of London . NTr At _, u r s t ro _LKA.LL, on the arrival of the fo b4v, in the Fe W nchurch-street Station. il N Z ,c , N-....... .. 1 .... I . '4 E: V . t = m .1 ' 1--,. t''' Ot kh ko tt , - N g tk ON, 1211k! e11 , t.4 4 1 .0. , , _, t , Fore Cabin. : 4 aioo:, kiLki w i ,4 ,tst, - -4, 4 -T .0nd0n.......... 10d. ~ Is. 21 1 %"" it e .vrall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. tO'i 4 4 le. g• " Int • 1,,,, 2/ 1,.. ermediste Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. I, nk• p 5.; °lVe Months,s Os • Six Months, 3 7 . Os . ; 11 4 t to be '.. ..' IN' Ikea), , T errace Pier, Gravesend. s had of' the Coilectors on bOard the 4t k i Ni kll t 11 " - b i .,"' r tllVii i ,,,, 1' k - 'et h „ '-t , -.3 OF YOUTH AND MATURITY 4 (t's ti i: v. _ ' ulustiTted with cases ; free by post for 30 Nt, , ti , es %° t s DEBILITY; 6i \t46, 44 4: ll :4 a ' act pt ,°lns. and Cure.—An Essay on Sper ' ~...k Nate! tr eat a l Observations on a safer and mere !.1 All t ,lt, 4, qv th e of the diseases a the Generative 3 / 4 tt 1 , k, 5, 44 ), 1 ,4 or l irini, j .: wie of the Microscope in detecting and 4 t e°l ll;ll;,„ e ‘ tanaination the real Pause and effect of , °44 44 11,5 1 4; or ,11",.. whether ' arising from solitary habits, ,p ..4 1 11t, ex p , 4l ,ate. followed by practical remarks, founded k%.}R.tkitt-ftstf-inee hi the treatment of Impuissance, \ Is titt o l : bl eakness, Sipermatorrheea, &c. To which i1,b,..011 th e 4 11 . the Physiology of Marriage, with pre k § 11.048re_ il _a es emanating from empirical practice, 1 6' k ;me rs. "'• 4l advocated by various writers ea 04441 %kat4t):l'o4:4CritL LA'MERT, M.D. s ti 7 o. ek. v tt„ — r b 's QuA R E, LONDON, kNo k ZA4t,elnb et eUl ated Member of the University of Edin k 4.ts i „, oii.L.eea r i t ,? , the London Hospi Lai Medical Societe likiTlL,ll7ll4Des"c7l)7.,,lntleotind,„a°_,.7..4 topemr. 1 ot'Ny r , 41 9 trO,rilo keg% Privil e c r r e t t s p d e o ru n b s t a s l of ' sf eges to which every human being is ktkto - ` 1 414 of p. I lan, London. arc., &c. N N.. t N this treat' • pil la : tr,sife, in ce .,_, • ise . is to point out the fearful con- N4k fest ii 7el niore'';x4allehah;,ts, irregularities, ande i a n ce il s i s a e n s, - )., 41_44 :ieleaY at aillltagna Youth, i i,i f. e degradation ,an th ,perhaps,. any o o d n e s rn en p t a e t r h ta o i l ti og th is g ts s . kl '. and who are conscious of having hazarded §i t 14 ~,pal !tar? thatall men should know, that there are io:llttr-Vehhitie7ellaent which cannot be violated without t kt N t ko . 4t ,d,l tt ilide ra Land when wisdom and regret succe . ed 0 4 ;4 8 1 1 11 4 47 th e ..,.nself-findulgence, how these penalties 01.1144tpt,:t_.2,13, _ t 5 ,, ,,,i7, - , ' e ' que o ne th s eir . bitternes . s may he removed, ,,,l. kfk ‘ ki t h ttl ts I l l hl'y i l ' iT ee of ' Pll ni 3e Y a b l e in av i o rm la t l y , and or f a u ' n o c N ti c ola l i k lO v tretk'erie% 4 1 3;:id of science cannot apply a cure. \ &,ear.!.be...ent engaged . in an extensive hi k ‘\,p,l , lo Z of 0 1 th y cuoiii..aael to o com u Llam e ;s e , which i ic , h nor m an ve t 1 Ot t l 'er tten et zr e !tZe i rall itt:, 15,14 1 t)4, ,1 5. Jur Y 0 0 those who are Induced to place I L 23 ,,pr y nut Inc k, 4 0 , 4 , e qtrs' l'a terno,,, be had, Hanna 23, of lienrs. Pier ,• 1.3 . .k k e, , 5 4 ,,,,qua r ,. 4—r-r,,,r; y, 63, Oxford-street; Nk l t t fo t • 'dare's, fan _ 9 .* 39, Cornhill ; or freo by post for 4 . to 4„, iitil the Author'i residence, 37, MO ' ' uti ltiOn d a n.,,, , d "out, Zleven till Two, and from Alli tß . ti sk T o . i , mati T SMITH'S MONT BLA..A.S'C kii ai " : , ... TTae4sdt a g y :i' T cl h o u c rs k, d a a n y d , Every Night (but Saturday). RBTS. to in t.s . o - ;;;;; 2s•; Gallery, ls. The Morning Representations • r fecadilly. and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.- 3 ' 13. , 11'0 04 ‘ ll3 'l G ad only $ 7,..it ~ - it -t, 1,01 - C:S TlO N, CONSTIP2CTVYN; and ex ercised lOlB 1318 EASES ,; o 6 ,6,,,, ,IL „,_,, cured by Dr. MORGAN'S SYSTEM of tranSue.' _,, 0 , ... -ses6.l,,_:4l,lents attended at their residences. Address, 46, ier gr. acil l° o l 1 , 11° . S , . James's. , urn Old 14 vlcilir A ..„ Itlt 'Li G AME.—GE GE and ED WARD Sr 000 f OR e , th ose ~,,_?_ t e adenhall-market, London, being desirous of , a n,. and 3 0 Z 0 ve in the country, have resolved to make up 13. Baskets, which. wal be sent direct upon receipt of ' ''' 'der, trade rullfs ier qr. 011... A i i ~.._ ow e i ' kIZTA r was „ ..,...,trl . . • „i c es det e i gi) ~‘ CO.,•‘i t `-' JUG. —SAMUEL - ALCOCIC and a' ' 11 Pottery, .ed more 40 ~ , With% Q Burslem, Staffordshire, being desirous of ~,14 of th e of all to possess a memorial both of the ialities, i., 0 1 i . ,,, , . , Afte 0 ~ Lo wa ,.n th noble and generous sympathy displayed by rice. ...- laj zi titit, i i ;n ofir truly brave.soldiers, have publb.hed a si ~,. - 7's 8 gret;,fluTative al:ke of the horrors o: war, as well as of 0 .. 6 4 ,, F elfta ,-, 1 efforts to alleviate them, evidenced by the Royal grinding.. gio -:, . ,s . gl ass ~.1-zoPies of this Interesting work can bo had at all .... app '4 ''' r ekouses in the kingdom. ........ ............. .. '0 ti,o.s. ehiro) '''". 0 N4I CAN ck ••• AND . SOUTH AMERICAN ?er ~ n ;84 le ~,. COMPANY, Ft 3 3. "' p.l 'ltiti l t ;;;ler,,, , , .._ 17 Gracechurch-street. 13 , a t e a e l ' l) .. llC d 't‘tI.II4NERAL MEETING of the qbareholders In this ........5 id ~I‘,..Nai , :t t .e London Tavern, on MO N DAY, - 12th Febru • 4Se 0 4 eLbai'llitt reio luti s il" Chairman of the Company, in the chair; ' ....,,, ic:4„, nr e bireeto_was unanimously passed : . , Sa :16 16'4444 Cot or , en ' 3 be authorised to create 10,000 additional s 1 46. °it i1 1 ,,,,,_3's to stand in all respects on thelamo footing Ail . lll i si '`°, and to enjoy dividends from the date of t!leir 0 40 4eNece bare s be 3 ; the fsr At 1, ,h, eat, b in ° - issued on such terms agtria r DireeTors may from of 1 0 b. tiM at Oft,rea 2lot at a less price than 61. le , siAper share; and the yard t° lis Ohl 1 141 abe r ff,lirably to the exii-ting if . l'i .., t/holders, in propor- v succeett,loo, st ert e ni te orting i:4',:. a eli pp ar y es f h er eld by them."l f - i , T ' -;,--„,:e.s' may )Urg6 t:n t34 too ° 4 0'0„1,. aPPlleation at the Co P n ° lp ri Sf l y's o O t iti s : s e a , I P ' 77tracechurc& rica doc ia i. - 10 eli tanat - ; pro 00 , _ "be Made on or before Wednesday, the 28th ... lose° tr‘ lot / 0 , 1 N:,,.... „ : „. ......._ , - - ~ ; , „. - HYDE CLARE 3eceetary. an d b 0 o lsi . to . rea r it sett ,. 0 _______ ' B ro la burg h ..' - 0 1 4 11 AlaD °to ~d af ol sl )4%, kZh ottee NORTH-WESTERN RAIL- -5,,, Am . 2 341 4 . illiii` o lll 'is hereby' given, that - the - next Half-yearly ' ~ ............ , "V•Of 1, / !°•illii t he_ London and North-Western Rahway Coin- cOerg ' ~',.. irili t i:.,e Euston -station, London , on FRIDAY, the allie ...... ."'IMI ` +l le g ee,,,... tess, at twe ye o'clock at Noon precisely, for 4, 4114etir :1 ..... , 0 i° 4 4 6t i ate „„r64 l 7l general business of the Ccrmpatly n and at ~ l og Pe 111 ,•.,... ..ntr.., s r t ios will be submitted for the 'camolidation into f igij 111 . 0 ,' NZ Nid Ili be London and Birminghater7Gl/. shares, and t o fur' 010 1 in .. i %i v _ . r raingham C 101. shares, as have been fully, f• for' 0; k '`` da Y f k • 6 a. . . 0 F ebruary, 1855. ' gl ...... 09 4 9 - • , CHANDOS, Chairman. ' -'• ,k85;;; It ..... o ld ~?„,,,,, . ROBT. BENSO% Deputy Chairman. H. BOOTH, . SDP" ~.- . sa e , , .B i ,„_ reir iOO .• ' ' ' - r.. 04 C. E. STEWART, ' 4I 009 '• 1 Sitsitart s es. ..... 1300 ~,,;, !4b ' • , • •••• ......... 1 . 14 pi, • - ia.l th,ko, KE c ., so ° o geli ) 1t7•1,1 ' tee TERN RAILWAY.— ... ____ , . ot Is REP ' Y AS T ... 0 ' I t ISZ 4 I), ,?Itli i ki, * .- I, IIY GIVEN, That the next HALF- ..'' „.• a i ka t 8 ,.e1d 1, 1 ~ MEETING - of the Proprietors . of 'this Com- a ... • ~a, . Z i:t, Ph t Litto n, en eondon, pursuant to act of Parliament, at the , ~..' ~.o„ ~, I. era e ,l2 o , e , ,-,,TaIHISDAY, the 15th day of February next, ..... '' . ..t . '74,,, it t l i t4 ; : ol iy ° `,L. for the Election of Five Direetars in the .....'',,i'',, lik "ell, p.8,7..n5tnn Baker, Esq., Captain Thomas •Bulteley, 1 ..... "gib, bY ed,:,.? Om William Miles, P. f q., and Henry Simends, .. ''.....;,. tere l 'tea e d.'„, ° n l and for other purposes of business. , ......„.,, aii w „;_ialat th e said general meeting shall be made : ..... ....,.. '; 41,:tt,":181;i7,'„_oerciansidering and determining the mode and ~ .... ",,,.' ~ , A 1,6 70 tie; 4a eanital authorised to be created, in pursu- .... ',.**„../ 0 '11‘ 44 k 1 ,„ . . °l , e rset ate of Parliament, tor completing the works o sire. -; ..."es, o 1, arte ii 7: 4) orp n ,, T l Weymouth Railway, and other undertak- Aff e lpi „,' 'ik L t hOttr.',2't fo r c oa!sed by thiaCompany. , i .i,,60 14 . fili g i is a cted b et die joint a orking of the Cornwall Railway, f TAO VO:1 1 9 1 I I ' fl y, i r d 4 Ntipt the j e 3 en Plymouth and Truro, under a lease thereof _ or l s o 1 i s t. ily „,, ristol and Exeter Company,.zonth 7, 0 1 a Igo; l i ii li, orL ki„ t •.,,,e,,ec . , to oouditions specified the , :ein, will be sub- , G o ld v" , Oil' . t ha t APro pr y e Tal general meeting, for the consideration and ; Do_ 11°10" 1 I'lll be 'rs ' • p o nies' ' O O h4l., t aken at half-past 1 o'clock precisely. ,WS . CHAR. RUSSELL, Chairman. e ,Zt' ' l 4. ti l t I : i ir ia e ne t ,3r6.are r il e. A e t i N i N e G rO e N r , t l i D ie epnt:-Ciai provisions of the lb s. rkt r le ° 4rb efer % t v i v i lth a bye-law, notice must be given to the - ~,aO/° ' Nl i ta t lean ° , 4 re to b e e lst day of February , . of the names of any t o u „ki s k t l a kie,.„%eh ei .„, n l 2 o ee lninated for election as directors at the D t el.) 6 . .4 4 4t,i s ...t'ook s 7 f ,1 11 ting. ... „......" 1 Pa A i fl ~. : . tm d . Of am i stock and shares will be closed on and - of °V OF O '' ' ' 141flearrY instant, and will not be re-opened until yee„ t , j A , • By orde r meeting on the 15th day of 4,4 4k004 viep r7o,! t tr Ettltti n '''Y ?fth . eT . oard uNDEßs, • Secretary. ............:4,c1: 0 ) . ° , Jan. 25,1855. f, ticale t , A _ t % s rl TNv We n° ..j 16 11 4 le t /g TEitN RAILWAY. , fise 4 tz RtAtktzT REREBy . 0 _ 0 # 0, t,„ t x ,, GIVEN, That the HALE-YEARLY • 60. o p 11 * I f t a 4 :,t•;,,,,.enti le ,of this COMPANY, to be held at the Pad- a i siet . ,./ lei s:4 7oZine th,` s til February, will be made SrzciAr, to con- , pa to ~- 14, 6, , eit ni ,7 t the i iir r k movisions of an agreement entered into with •P ° •.' / ,Sr‘t,,,,; kh t ! th l Y s , for w e nheud, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction .• ' , ch , ti t zg Ai" orr i ; n °r king the traffic over the lines of Railway , PO ! w oo ~,,, ,k 4 eppLikl ~!01,''0 3 ', upon terms and conditions specified ,11 1 ,0f . „ 0 „joi'' , 2a„io'""st. -4 JeotTen to lease the said undertaking within a t:60 .. ,,, 01 ", r aer5i 7 21 ,N e "Y e 40 111,,, t1e ° t he sanction of an Act of Parliament fbr gf - O ., ) 1 ' - 0 1, - 4 11 '47 7 '411.. 41 1.11 A . f . 10 1., );',1 , 1 Oly t 171,11 51 ;_oYe-laws of this Company , Notice is also ,01 0 ',0 "el iZetLatt,,,:liteWeba,,, 2 , sectors have received (in writing) a declii- 'ol o t ell' -0 1., - ;a:,erly'ett, ~,," w nominate the under-mentioned Proprie- - 50 t ote I arqet,tileik rai e ludidatSs for election as Directors at the 1 0 I .4 4° , kla: c l•;e,„ t eeetine of the Company, viz.:—Anthony ,a, ~ , ia t ., ,E'' Thomas Bulkeley, Jahn William Miles, $O O . I . o l'r `e;i,, k '',', and John Williams, Esq. ..aplii E by._ C. RUSSELL, Chairman. ~;110 we ie On , 7q . .2 BARRINGTON, - Deputy-Chairman. ,IS O- 001 0 ' V..ktss- F ebruary, 1855. 0 0° ~ Oft t ,'Vkl,. fer ;le ' ', l l 6 'tt 'ne n - 44 - t, Do , ~ • ~ (),.._ ext ~, Ity ~k-,-... soil'', ~.' tiflia.!' l *44 `.4lf,_Ast k ,-L.L4 w AY.—HALF-YEARLY P°"' Zaerlit. stR ,N.. 4 41 kiI, , TG..—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, w Pii3titt,rthlttshaie ourne7eten:hdtnt ) b. , yet b o 4. " -CE PIER, GI t ! 1 1 N,.5 !,',C;f3: T ime 1 \ \N„.....................___ '... , sfie 11 1 1 t,,,, t 4' s l:ll4 t t ,tf ' Pet..., --------------- No. '19,463.] NOTICE, SECTJRITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE FOCIETY, 3, Charles•street, St. James's squire, London. - - - ,- 7 - mlnfiotpotatedunder Act of riarliament.. An Adverlgement containing a full sta'ement of the Society's original and most comprehensive plan will appear in the '° Times" of Monday nep, the 1*11• instant, comprising assurance of healthy lives, diseased lives, annuities on healthy and diseased lives, endow ments, accidental death assurance, railway passengers' assurance, maritime passengers' assiir ince. . . HENRY SALTER, Managing Director. JAMES ruLsFOR 0, Secretary. AGENCIES, —The Direetors will be glad to communicate with gen tlemen who wish' to-be connected with an office, that they can thoroughly recoinnyendlo their connections, and, feeling that, will act with ene.•gy. The :Society spares no pains to atsist its Agencies, and require:. corresponding vigour. Good commercial reference re quiretl • 141111 % • ..... , • 4t q,) , 41 .400, 14 4?, ;A :. ' 4 , N! lift ; _ e( 1 1 0 71 , • 0. 1 : 11 mL ' 1(4 4 4hP ar 7 e z ** ' r. 4. 0 *„5.. / 4 1 111 8 .... ,0 45,4, 1 to . CQ.,7 , zt,oi l edh)A.4- 4 ,' 11 . . ‘i 3 ;4 " " ' GUARDIAN FIRE AND 1,111 1 E ASSURANCIE C3MPANY, No. 11 Lombard:street, London. . • DIRECTORS. Sir WALT ER R. F A RQUH AR, Bart., Chairman. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Dixon, Esq.. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar,-Bart. Rowland Mitchell; Esq. T. Iljukely, Esq.; James Morris, Req. Jelin Harvey, Esq, • Henry Norman, Esq. • ' - Jelin G. Hubhard,Esi. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Csq.. John Thornton, Esq. - John lappuchere, Esq. ST " James Tulloch. Esq. John Loch, Esq. ; , - • . ',Henry Vigne, Esq. " ArDiToREr. • A. W. Robarts, Esq. , • Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. 'LewisLewis t.loyMai'„ Esq - John Henry Smith, Esq. • • s Oec,i• I geslieys, Esq., Secretary. GritißJADgeies, Esq., P.R.:4., Actuary. LTFE'nEfikifTrilENT.l.7nder the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quiuennlal Division, or a Low Rate of Premium vrithoutdittrtitipaton of Profits. • The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1855, whex all participating Policies which shall have subSisted at least,one year at Christmas, 1854, will be allowed to share in the Profits. " At the several past divisions Of Profits made by this Company, the Reversionary Bonuses, added to the Policies from One-half the Profits amounted, on On average of the different agei; to about One per Cent. pet AnnunrOn the sums insured - ,And 4tie total Bonuses added at the Emu sesusiansai IYtviaions eeceicie•r77o,ooot. FOR El N RISK s.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the MUSA Mates of America, have been materially reduced. • ' INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained In each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. FIRE DEPARTMENT. —lnsurances effected upon every descrip tion ofproperty, at the usual rates. F gONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS, The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P., Chair. man. . HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. ' Deputy-Chairman. A. Kingsford Barber, Esq. 1 Sir Alex. Duff Gordon,Bart. Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq., F.R.S. 1 Archibald Hastle, Esq., M.P. Henry Burnett, Esq. Charles Morris, Esq. , . - Robert Biddulph, Esq. William Routh, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. AUDITORS. Edward Charrington, Esq. I Captain Robert Gordon, R.N. Francis Dumergue, Esq. John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. PHYSICIAN—John Ayrton Paris, M.D., Cantab., Hon. D.C.L. Oxon. F.R.S., 27, Dover-street (President of the Royal College of Phy sicians). SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., No. 54, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq., N. 19, Essex-street, Strand. AcTusny-LJamesohn Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. The advantages offered by this Society are : ECONOM Y combined with Security, and Lower Rates of Premiums than those of any other office, which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably.lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. The WHOLE of the PROFITS are divided every fifth year among the Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The sum of 397,0001. was added to Policies at the last "division, which produced an average BONUS of 671. per cent. on the Premiums paid. umber of Policies in force nearly 7,000. 'he Assurance Fund amounts to 1,400,0001. Income upwards ►30,0001. per Annum. To charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or liti a Corps. lie subjoined Table shows the advantages offered by,this Society, ulting from low Premiums, and a division of the entire profits ong the Assured i,N a, 2 c 5 07 6 r, .2 ss Leo .13sAtt 8 g 3. 3 - § Agg 0 1 i:4l.•a°: tO3'A a EI . 5g gAg w i g 0 E.A4 * s ' 4 = 1854. 1855. 1854. 1855. - - - - X. 8. Q. £ £ 20 21 15 10 1260 260 116 12 25 1388 1413 30 26 13 6 1205 205 125 12 24 1342 1366 40 33 19 6 1140 • 'l4O 130 11 22 1281 1303 50 45 6 0 1930 30 141 10 20 1181 1201 Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to ALEXANDER MACDBNALp. secretary. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfeCtly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe : uard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. _ . . . N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. QUACKS UNMASKED. The Third Edition. — . Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. V N TRUE Sz FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA , with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From - he German of Dr PICK F')stl,. With an Tntroduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " Dr. Piesforti 'a known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall Acted any other equally flagrant evil which it 'May be in his • ower to cor rect.'—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and whatas pf less Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money.— —This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: ff. Ttalliere, 219, Regent-street. DR. C ULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Haemorrhoids, is each; by post Is. 6d. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstemia multi curantur morbi." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of thorn ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out •f tke twenty-four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. LIGHTS IND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that hath no wif, I hold him lost, Ilelples., and all desolat. He that bath 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 Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas sinailable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. CfIA.STITY AND ITS INFRINGEZIENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt tho 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 infringemoat. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, iarrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN . BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea; with 210 an gravin;s and prescriptions. 5. The GLADDER, URETHRA, aid RECTUNI.--Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation. and Ilmmorrholds. Vols G and 7, comvrr 1.6 to the preceding. TRE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde Vivere."l "Few words to fair faith."—Sbakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or of DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings.f"om Seven till Nine. STATE of the C 0.0 N T Y.-- Every o‘.e talking of Ministers' ways. Every one else of the cold and damp days. Ifrulers must work, the people still press—we mean for E. MOSES and , •ou's famous Dress—the samples of art for this time to' the year—the clothing which never el-ewhere can ap pear. Overcoats neater and cheaper by far than comfortle's, coun terfeit substitutes are. Hats, Hosiery, Boots the strongest and be.t whit ladies and gentlemen ever possessed. E. 11;osEs and SON, through the world it is known, have a Wholesale Department, the largest that's oho • n, where captains and merchants, and emigrants too, find purchasing clothing the best they can do SPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI March 1,1155, E. MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISH MENTS will be CLOSE D at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERT EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open till II o'clock. CAITTION.—E. MOSE , And SON regret navinq to guaru .he pu,lic against imposition, hr.. - vinz teamed that the untralesman-like faliehool of "Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and fer obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No 04NNEK10 - N WITH ;NT OT3ER 110U35 . 1 . 14 OR OUT OR LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 1 54, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aidgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 29, Bridge-street. Braf.ch. 3R_ rargate. (I,,i on iai Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. cr,thect Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot an Shots Makers, and General flatlitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—Sb.ouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods arc marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. Tho Establishments aro closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdayo, when business it resumed till 11 o'clock. A new Book for Autumn and Winter. "The Commercial Cornu copia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-moaisure ment. Yro., may be bari on application, or post-free. Lei Von parla si nazis 'tannic.. Hier apricht man Boutach Aqua sa habia Espano. An IllurtrAted Almanac for 1855 gratison APPllcation, or poet free, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1855. LA I JRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- MONDAY, Feb. 12th, 1855.--During the course of this week the following Music will be played by Laurent's Orchestra :—Over titre, Ff ruand Cortez, Spontini. Waltzes: Wellen and Wogen, Strauss ; Cornelie (first time), Blancheteau ; Vermahlung's Toaste, Strauss; La Sultane Bosisio ; Le Carnaval de Venise (by desire), H. Lau rent, with Variations for all the principal performers; Quadrilles: Jerome Sol Dieze, Lamotte ; Le Collier d'Or (first time), Bon gnol ; the Highlanders, 11. Laurent; Lrcia, Tinney ; Schottische, the Argyll (first time), Renaussy ; Polkas : La Musette (first time), Matthieu ; La Menagerie (first t'me), Bousquet ; The Zouaves, H. Laurent; the Wellington (first time), Streather ; Gallop, Les Guides, H. Lailient. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. Boulcourt. All informa tion relative to music to be obtained at the music repository under the orchestra. Doors open at Eight; commence at half-past.— Admission, One Shilling. POISONING BY MISTAKE. TO THE EDITOB, OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR, —We beg to call your attention, and that of the public, to another lamentable cue of poisoning, which has just occurred in Bath, and which is reported in the " Times" of this day. Mien will the world open its eyes to the monstrous absurdity of giving deadly poisons for the cure of disease? And what is to be expected so long as such deadly agents are used, and marks and dog-Latin given as a guide to the compounder !I If life and death depend upon fractions of grains —or " sol" for "sal' who shag be safe? The British College of health and he Society of Hygeists, acting upon the Hygei an system of James Morison, the Hygeist, have, dur ing the last 30 years, protested against the infamous practice of holding out deadly poisons as medicines, or " medicinally," as it is termed; and they again take this opportunity of recording such pro test. The public happen to hear of this case, because it is a medical man who suffers ; but suppose it had been a patient, would It .not have been hushed' up in oblivion? The British College of Health presented to Parliamen', on the 15th of June, 1847, a petition against poisons used as medicines, signed by 19,950 persons; and, on the 7tll of July, 1851, they presented another petition, signed by 3,331 per sons, against writing prescriptions in Latin, and signs or marks. — Yours. &c., THE. ME If H.ERS OE THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New-road, London, for the Society of Ilygeists. Feb. 12, 1855. VRI EINIA It, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole Flc :barniacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. THIESFiIfIII, No. 1, is a remedy for Relaxation. Spermatorrhcea. and 'Exhaustion of the is - tcm, 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. ' - - - TKIESEM Ali, No. 2, effectually, to the short space of three days, completely and entirely ,radlcates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubehs lave so long been thought an antidote for, to th 3 ruin of the health f a vast portion of the population. TREKSEMAR, No. 3, s the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which infoittznately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in 3vitable destru6tioq of the patient's constitution, and which all the *arsaparil'a in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAIt, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, And of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Qold In tin eaten at Its, each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into. ieparate doses, as administered by valpeau, Lallemantl, Roux, tc.,&c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of John s ton, 68, Cornhlll; Hannay and Co., 63. Oxford-street: and Rawer, 50, ox ford-street It. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ; H. Bradbury, Vookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, 'Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, : Winnall; bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, The screw steam-ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt. Gordon, which arrived on M on d ay at Pl ymou th, dis charged her powder and shell in the Sound the same day, preparatory to going up harbour. The screw steam-ship Nile, 91, Capt. G, R. Mundy, went out of the floating basin attDevonport on Monday. and steamed to her sailing moorings. The Edinburgh, 60, Capt. Hewlett, went into Ports mouth harbour yesterday from Spithead to refit. The Tartar, 20, Capt. Dunlop, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Nero. - The steam-vessel Sprightly arrived on Sunday at Ply mouth, with those men belonging to different ships whose leave of absence had expired. APPOINTMENTS. Masters.—Vincent Williams, to the Hawke ; Charles E. P. Forbes, to the Penelope ; Joseph G. Dathan, to the Dragon ; Murray T. Wright, to the Odin ; Edward A. Carey, to the Phoenix; Stephen J. W. Moriarty, to the Centaur. Secretary's Clerk.—John Lyon, to the Conway flag• ship, at Cork. Clerk's Assistant. —John E. C. Sullivan, to the Russell. Commander John M. Hayes has hoisted his pendant on the Phmnix screw steam-sloop at Woolwich, and commenced entering petty officers, able seamen, and stokers. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. The Himalaya, screw steam transport, Commander Priest; RN., went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday to prepare for the reception of horses, ecc., for the seat of war. The Gibraltar, No. 183 screw :transport, is lying off Woolwich taking on board stores, and is also fitted for the conveyance of troops to the Crirne,a. We learn by electric telegraph-fi v erpool - tbat the City of Manchester steamer, of mere than 2,000 tons, belonging to the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company, and taken up by the French Government, left that port for London last evening to complete load ing. She only arrived from Philadelphia yesterday week. It is probable that lie will take cavalry from Franca to the seat of war. The Telegraph, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Com mander Jackson, the property of the Belfast Steam Shipping Company, taken up by the Government as a despatch transport (No. 184) to run between Balaklava and Constantinople, is especially adapted for the service fur which she has been engaged. She is now coaling, while her cargo is alongside, and will leave Portsmouth harboer in a day or two for the Crimea. She takes cut Mr. Stewart, fireman of fitters, to Malta dockyard, six fitters, two turners, and four boiler-mak ers f or Con stantinople dockyard, and four petty officer., portions of the retinue of Rear-Admiral Stewart and Captain Hay. This vessel is splendidly fitted up, She was the one chosen by the home authorities to transport from Liverpool to Portsmouth a wretched staff of 50 car drivers, who are to be put under the Corn mimariat authorities at the seat of war. What with dragging down the Channel in gales of wind and biting cold, and then dragging up the Channel, the poor fel lows at length got knocked up, and are now sick-12 being officially reported as unfit to proceed ; the rest are expected to be unfit for work too. On this state of things being made known, the commander very pro perly applied for a hulk in which the poor starvelings of drivers might be berthed to recruit themselves a little while the Telegraph is coaling and shipping her cargo ; but, although Portsmouth harbour is swarming with them, he was told by the naval officer to whom he made that requisition that it was not in the naval department, but in the general's. There were four alterations of mind as to her port of loading. Can anything better exhibit the want of efficient management or " h ea d' , i n the transport service ? natural causes and two were shot, having been attacked by the glanders. " Sir George Anderson, late Governor of Ceylon, has arrived a t S uez b y th e s t eamer B enga l. Motives of health will detain him for some months in Egypt. " It seems to have been resolved to convert the large barracks at Smyrna into an hospital for English troops. Lieutenant-C:lone] Powell, 57th Regiment, has reached that city to take possession. The Ottoman troops are to be posted in other barracks. Other English officers are expected daily at Smyrna. "An English guard is about to be for:ned at Pera, at the Galata Serai, to take the duties now intrusted to the Ottoman troops. "Yesterday her Majesty's ship Vengeance, 30, was I'l - reported from th e s i gna l stat i on. She had been passed in the Dardanelles by the Gorgon (which vessel arrived at and left this port on Sunday last.) As, however, she did not come into the harbour, but continued her route with a fine breeze, it is propable that the vessel tele graphed was not the one reported. "We have had no arrivals lately of troops. Trans ports reach port daily." SPANISH BONDHOLDERS. In reference to the continued highly unsatisfac tory state of the Buenos Ayres foreign debt, the committee of Spanish American bondholders ad dressed, by the last packet, a representation to the head of the Executive Government of that State, of which the following is a copy : " Committee of Spanish American Bondholder 3, 1, St. Swithin's-lane, London, Feb. 8, 1855. " Excellent Sir,—The committee of Spanish Ameri can bondholders are under the necessity of addressing themselves to your Excellency as the head of the Exe cutive Government of the State of Buenos Ayres, in referenc6 to the foreign debt of the republic. "Your Excellency must be aware that the position of that debt cannot but be one of great and increasing dh 'appointment to the parties interested therein in this country. . . "T6e committee request permission to recall your Excellency's etention to the circumstances attending this debt. "This loan was created in the year 1824. At that time the Republic of Buenos Ayres had just succeeded in establishing its political independence, and was natu rally in want of that pecuniary assistance which a young State, just about to take its position in the community of nations, might be expected to require. "This assistance was afforded by the British public, who, confiding no less in the honour and good faith than in the well-known resources of the republic, did not hesi tate to become subscribers to the loan for its use, which was introduced to them under the sanction of the emi nent house of Baring Brothers and Co. "The confidence with which the British public em barked in this transaction was, in fact, sufficiently mani fested by the very high price at which the loan was issued. " Such was the commencement of the transaction. What has been its results ? "At this moment there remain no less than 25 years of interest on this debt unpaid. " Is this, excellent sir, a state of things that ought to be snffered to remain ? "The bondholders having, at various times, made re presentations to the Government of Buenos Ayres on this matter, have been compelled to postpone pressing the same in consequence of the political disquiet which has so often agitated the country—having, under several Administrations, received the assurance that, whenever a return of tranquillity should enable the Government of Buenos Ayres to discharge its public obligations, it would not fail to do so. "The committee of bondholders, watching anxiously the course of political events at Buenos Ayres, perceived at length, with great satisfaction, in the year 1854, that the tranquillity so much desired by all the friends of that State had been restored, and political order re-established. "They thereupon despatched a special commissioner to represent their claims—Mr. James Giro—who left this country in December of that year. "This gentleman arrived i❑ Buenos Ayres in the month of January, 1454. From that time to the present he has been incessantly engaged in pressing on the at tention of the Government of Buenos Ayres the adjust ment of this debt. Ha has emphatically urged the claims of the suffering bondholders. He has proposed terms of adjustment calculated to meet the convenience of the Government of Buenos Ayres, and such as were adopted in the adjustment of the debt of Chili, but hitherto without any result. " In the meanwhile the finances of Buenos Ayres have so improved that the Congress has considered its self justified, on the recommendation of his excellency the Finance Minister, in passing votes during its last session for the appropriation of very large sums for the erection of a new customhouse and other public works, while, for meeting the interest on the foreign debt, no provision whatever has been made. "On the contrary, these arrears are continually in creasing, inasmuch as the insignificant sum which is periodically appropriated by the Treasury of Buenos Ayres to the payment of a portion of the interest of that debt amounts only to one-fifth part of the said interest, leaving four-fifths thereof to be continually augmenting, the amount of the previous arrears. " Can it be a matter of surprise to your excellency that the committee are compelled to announce to you, that this treatment of the British creditors produces the deepest db-alvointment here—a disappointment in no small degree aggravated by the fact that, while the foreign debt of the republic is thus dealt with, the inte rest on the domestic debt of the State is punctually dis charged ? " Can your excellency wonder that the bondholders appeal from this indifference of the Legislative body is you, as the political head of the State, and through you to the nation at large. " By the tenour of the bonds issued for this debt, under the authority of the Congress of Buenos Ayres, all the revenues, lands, goods, and territories, of the State' were solemnly hypothecated for the payment of this debt and the interest thereon. The committee would respectfully ask, by what rule of justice and good faith it is that these revenues are applied to other pur poses, and that this special obligation is neglected ? " The republics immediately adjoining Buenos Ayres —Chili and Peru—have both, come years since, made a satisfactory adjustment of their respective foreign debts. The consequence is, their enjoyment of high credit in Europe, whereby they are enabled to command re sources for the internal improvement of their countries to any reasonable extent. Already a railway has been in operation in Chili for two years, of upwards of 50 miles in length, and another, of greater extent, is in course of construction. " Capital in Europe is always ready to employ itself in developing the resources of countries where the obli gations of good faith are respected. Buenos Ayres affords large opportunities of the same class, but capital and credit go together. Where public credit is no; up held, capital will not follow. . . " The committee desire respectfully but earnestly to press the foregoing statement of facts upon the attention of your excellency. They trust that your excellency will take such measures in this matter that it shall no longer be a reproach to the State of Buenos Ayres, that she is the only one of the America n States, formerly un der Spanish dominion, that has not made an adjustment of its foreign debt. Her trade is increasing --her revenud is increasing—he is in the enjoyment of political tran quillity. Can it be, then, that, when Jibe is called upon to discharge those obligations which are recognised by every State admitted into the family of nations, she will be found wanting ? " The committee trust that the answ er t o thi s appeal will be an immediate adjustment of this long-pending matter with the authorised representative of the bond holders, now resident in Buenos Ayres, in a manner creditable to the honour and the dignity of the State of Buenos Ayres, in conformity with the just claims of the bondholders. "We have the honour to be, excellent sir, your ex- cellency's obedient servants, Chairman of the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders. (Signed) "J. D. PowLEs, "JOSEPH TASKER, " SAM. HELBERT ELLIS, " ROBERT FRED. GOWER, " SIMON SAMUEL, " RICHARD DAVIS HEATER; " EDWARD HASLEWOOD, " JOHN FIELD, " WILLIAM HARRISON, Members of the Committee. "To hia Exueileney the Govunor of the state of 33uonos Ayres." THE SICK AND WOUNDED. The sick and wounded in garrison at Portsmouth yes terday again experienced the kindness of Lady Smith and Major-General Sir Fredrick Smith, R.E. ; th ey distributed a large quantity of warm comforters for the wrists and necks, together with hanakerchiefs, sent by Mrs. Birch, of Uorley, and several religious books sent by the Countess Grey, and her sister, Miss Copley. Lady Smith, who takes a deep interest in the welfare of these gallant sufferers, also administered jellies, blanc manges, cakes, rusks, and such like nourishing luxuries. Sir Frederick personally inspects the hospital fre quently. MILITARY. Twenty of the Coldstream Guards, invalids from the Talavera, in the Sound, left Plymouth by the express train on Monday for London ; and on Tuesday 56 sick and wounded artillerymen and two women from the same transport left Plymouth for Woolwich. They were escorted to the station by Adjutant Millman and Sergeant-Major Higgins, Royal Artillery, and were placed in charge of Sergeant Farrell,. who went down From head-quarters to cavort them .baeir. , Mr. (Jock sholl, the railway suporiiktesidgpt, -a ttended their depar ture, and provided them rianFTly with cushions, boards, straw, and other comforts for the journey. Before de parture they expressed themselves in most grateful terms for the warm clothing, fruit, &c., seat off to the ship by the Mayor and other inhabitants of Plymouth, and which had been carefully distributed on board by Mr. G. W. Soltan. At Paddington omnibuses were in attendance to convey these brave fellows to their barracks. Orders have been issued for detachments of the Grena dier, Coldstream, Scots,fand Fusili er G uar d s t o h o ld themselves in readiness to embark for Malta and the Crimea, at the latter end of'tkis month. It is expected that they will take passage in the screw steamer Great Britain, now fitting at Liverpool, to take out 1,600 troops. The Board of Ordnance are about to construct bar racks for 1,000 additional men at the western heights of Dover. The formation of the buildings, footways, and roads at Aldershot-heath, for the encampment, has commenced. The Board of Ordnance have also entered into contracts for the erection of permanent artillery, cavalry, and in fantry barracks. Col. Sir Josias Cloete, C. 8., who, as Quartermaster- General at the Cape, conducted the duties of chief of the staff to the array in that country durin g the several Kafir 1846-7 and 18 5 1-2 and 1853, h as b een appo i nte d t command Monmouth of the South W ales and Monmouth d wo i a st rt r sh ic eo t f s in succession to Major-General Barnard. Twenty-four of the Royal Artillery, wounded at the siege of Sebastopol, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from the Crimea, and no time was lost in having them taken care of. A letter, dated Balaklava, January 27, mentions the following movements in the Black Sea fleet :- 66 C o l on el Fraser, R.M., lately doing duty on the heights of Balaklava, has been recommended to proceed to Malta for the restoration of his health. Captain Hockinge,_., of the Fury, have R.M., of the Lo n d on, and Lieutenant Hire, RN been sent to their ships for the recovery of their health. Li eu te nan t Wal ton, R.M., is under medical treat men t on b oa rd a trans port. Lieutenant Critchell ) -. -D .M., has returned to his duty. Lieutenant Mitchell, of the Diamond, is about to proceed to Malta for the benefit of his health, The Snake gun-boat arrived here from the fleet on the consultationea t with o f Captain Christie, officer. He 24th with Admiral Lyons and Captain s Si r Th omas Pas ley, Drummond , an d K in g on board. His first visit was to the Orient,ti time in p principal agent for tra ns po r ts , where he re mained for a then proceeded to the C a rado c to meet Lo r d R a glan." tat ta We learn from Balakl a va that Lieutena n t Colonel R. J. Stratton, 77th Reg iment, g o es to England for recovery of his health, Sergeant J o hn considerable ndn shp M 'Queen Scots Fusilier Guards, is appointed ensig n i n the 9th Regiment, and is also appointed adjutant to that corps. Sergeant Knox, Scots Fusilier Guards, a very gallant soldier, has been honoured with a commission in the Rifle Brigade in ac knowledgment of his distinguished services in the field. The 63d Regiment —or, rather, the remains of it— marched on the 21st to Balaklava, there to embark either for Scutari or Malta. It left the Fourth Division 30 strong, every officer, regimental staff, and all hands included (scarcely a sufficient escort Sr the colours), after landing in the Crimea about 970 strong, a n d having since received a draught of 30 men. There was one ser geant only to represent the grenadier Company remain ing out of 120. The returns show 400 men in hospital at Scutari. A letter from Enniskillen says : " Major George Ashley Maude, R.H.A., who so signally di s ti nguished himself at the Battles of the Alma and Balaklaya, the second son of our venerated and esteemed rector, th e Hon. and Rev. J. C. Maude, has arrived in E nn i skillen. Tar barrels were lighted at the church, and other de monstrations of public rejoicing were made for the re ception of the gallant officer, who, upon making his appearance, was greeted with the hearty cheers of thou sands. An address from the inhabitants of the county of Fermanagh generally is about to be presented to the gallant major." ARRIVALS, &c., AT MALTA. A letter from Malta, dated Bth Feb., says "The Valetta, with the India mail, has just arrived. Last night came in from the westward the steam trans port No. 176, Canadian, having on board 30 officers and 922 men of 12 different detachments. The names of officers reported as among the arrivals by this vessel are —llth Hussars, Veterinary-Surgeon Partridge ; Bth Hussars, Paymaster Preston ; Grenadier Guards, Lieut. Fergusson and Quartermaster Atkinson ; Ist R o y a l s , Captain Newlands ; 7th Fusiliers, Major Pack an d Captain Turner ; 18th Regiment, Lieutenants M euran t and Blacker ; 23d Regiment, Lieutenant Radcliffe ; 34 t h Regiment, Ensi g n Ramsay ; 46th Regim en t , Captain Nicholas ; 77th Regiment, Lieutenant Colborne ; 88th Regiment, Ensigns Vernor and Perceval ; 93d Regi ment, Lieutenant Grimston ; 95th Regiment, Major Dennis ; Rifle Brigade, Lieutenant Musgrave and Pay master Coast ; Staff Assistant -Surgeon Bull," The re port adds Ensign Owen and Lennard, seven purveyors' clerks, seven post-office letter-sorters, and two assistant storekeepers. " The arrival of the 10th hussars on the 6th inst. was announced by tele-raph at Alexandria. B etw een Bombay and Adeu they lost seven horses ; Rye died from THE MILITIA. It has been decided to disperse the several companies of the Royal Sussex Artillery Militia along the coast at the following places :—Littleha,rnpton, Eastbourne, the redoubt tower (situated a short distance from the latter place), the Martell° towers, and the sth company to re main at the Len-es depot. Major Chester will have command at Littlehampeon, and Lieutenant-Colonel Dick, R.A., will superintend their movements at East bourne. Efficient officers will also be put in command at the other posts. The volunteers front the Worcestershire Militia amount to 400 men, but it has been ordered that six fall companies of 90 each, or 540 teen, must volunteer, or the regiment cannot be accepted. About 140 men are, therefore, still wanted, and it is expected that this number will be obtained. Up to the present the Carlow Rifles number 270, less by a few of the men who volunteered to the 72d Regi ment. The enrolment of volunteers for the Louth Rifle Militia progresses steaciily. There are now more than 150 in barracks. All the officers of the Royal Essex Rifles, with the majority of the non-commissioned officers and about 300 privates, have volunteered for garrison duty abroad. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) The cold of winter, more severe than usual, continues to produce its natural effect in a high rate of mortality, though the number of deaths registered last week in London is rather less than those of two previous weeks. The deaths, which in the third week of January were 1,549, and in the two subsequent weeks rose to 1,630 and 1,604, fell last week is 1,546. According to the Greenwich Table of Meteorology, the mean temperature, which was about 42 deg. in the first fortnight of the year, was in the last four weeks only 28'9 deg., 29'3 deg., 28 . 3 deg., and 30:9 deg. _ The present 'return is for: the sixth week of the year. Taking the deaths of the same week in each o f th e y ears 1845-54, it is found that they averaged 1,104, with which, after a correction for increase of population, the 1,546 deaths of last week may be compared. The result is that the weather has been fatal in a week to 332 lives more than would have been extinguished in an ordinary season. The average temperature of the ten correspond ing weeks was 41 . 2 deg., which exceeds the temperature of last week by 10 . 3 deg. A comparison of the numbers who died at different ages in the last two weeks shows that the decrease noticed above is confined entirely to the young ; for in the period extending from 20 to 60 years of age the number suffered no change, while of persons in still more advanced life the deaths increased from 374 to 417. In this last number are 95 deaths of men and women on whose heads bad gathered fourscore win ters or more. Dit,eases of the organs of respiration were fatal in 424 cases, whilst the corrected average for corresponding weeks is only 245: Bronchitis is specified as the mortal disease in 235 out of the 424 cases, and is at present fatal to considerably more than twice its usual amount ; pneumonia numbers 126, the average being 97. 158 persons died of consumption, a malady which is not caused, and shows less liability to be accelerated, by ex treme cold. 90 children died of hooping-cough ; 13 persons of influenza. POPLAR ; Poplar. —At Cross-street, Wade-street, on 3d February, the son of a blacksmith, aged 4 years, "exposure to cold, croup (24 hours)." LAMBETH ; Lambeth Church, 2d part.—At the work house, en 2d February, a man, formerly a compositor, aged 65 years, "frost bite, gangrene." WANDSWORTH ; Putney.—At Roehatnpton, on sth February, the widew of a journeyman butcher, aged 81 years, " chronic bronchitis (several years), congestion of the brain from the effects of cold (12 hours)." At 10, Gay-street, on 31st January, a journeyman painter, aged 70 years, "congestion of the lungs from exposure to cold (48 /sours)." HOLBORN ; St. George the Martyr.—At 5, Castle court, on Gth February, the son of a journeyman tailor, aged 6 months, "confluent braall-pox (14 days)." Mr. Goodhugh, the registrar, observes :—" The birth of this child was registered and the vaccination notice was given and explained to the mother, and she neglected to have it vaccinated. The child is sepposed to have caught the disease from two men suffering from small-pox in the same house. I think if the registrars were to tarnish a weekly list of the names and residences of parents of children registered to the public district vaccinator, a greater number of children of the lower classes would be vaccinated, as the surgeon would call on the parents, and see that the operation was performed." SHOREDITCH ; St. Leonard's.—At the Lunatic Asylum Hoxton-house, on 27th January, a woman formerly a domestic servant, aged 103 years, " mania (12 years) and old age." Admitted iato the Lunatic Asylum, 15th August, 1843. Last week the births of 034 boys, and 898 girls, in all 1832 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average number was 1,541. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 511 in. The reading on Wednesday and Friday rose to 29 . 77 in. and 29.79 in. The mean temperature of the week was 30 . 9 deg., which is 7.3 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day of the week, and the ex tent of depression was 10 . 4 deg. on Friday, and so much as 15 . 4 deg. on Saturday. The highest temperature of the week occurred on Monday, and was 40.4 deg. ; the lowest was 17 . 4 deg., and occurred on Saturday, on which clay the highest was 33 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 291 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was I'2 (leg. The temperature of the water of the Thames was 35 . 1. The wind blew generally from the north east, and tho amount of rain was 0 . 73 inches. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 10 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and 8100d -vessels 57 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy 25 Old Age Sudden 2B Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 3O Causes not specified 62 19 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUXES Population Deaths in corm- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. of 1853. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 Routh Districts Totals Males Females. 732 Birvms IN THE WEEK. Males Females 934 898 Total .. .. 1,832 PROPOSED BANK OF LONDON.—The prospectus of this Bank has been issued, with a capital of 600,0001., and a power of extension to 2,000,0001. RUSSIAN TRADE.—The Prussian Correspondence has the following from Tilsit :—"According to a letter from Russia, material interests are beginning to feel the effect of war more and more. Raw produce must be got rid of, at first hand, at the lowest prices, on account of the cost of transport from the interior, in order to enable it to meet with purchasers abroad. Many Russian factories are also at a standstill, in conse quence of a want of raw material and fuel (coal), because the supplies conveyed to them by wheel are insufficient, and the prime cost is enormously increased by those of transport. For instance, as regards exports of tallow from southern Russia to Konigsberg (now the principal point cf concentration and export, via Pillau), 30 days are required. The convoys generally consist of 50 waggons (or sledges). under the chirge of 12 men, who receive 1,400 roubles fur carriage and deli‘ery at Konigsberg." t~ 7 - -- - //..e79 I - -;-,- '' - .- --7... : seat on one eve* g, alld rescinding them before a couple of weeks have passed. There is a dangerous spirit r - • ..4ke abroad. Mingle with what class of society you may, '-'?',--- ---- ~ .: 4' ei., ' I,l 'es• - •::.ie ti e ', 1 ' -'-!'e 1 ~t you find it pervaded by a vague and aimless sense of die , Yi i .. 4 .. 4 satisfaction. All men feel bitt er lyth a t t h e war has been. --- '.. 4, ) . • - 4 !..`e N' + mismanaged ; and that, in consequence, many valuable lives have been wantonly and unnecessarily thrown away, and disgrace brought on the national arms. But they know not exactly whe ought to be blamed, or how the evil can be amended. They aro in a mood to be angry with everything and everybody. They rail at the Peelites as the main Pause of the misehief ; they rail at the Liberals who have stuck by them, for lending theta countenance ; they rail at Lord John Russell, both for adhering so long to his ex-colleagues and for leaving them. It is easy to say that all this is very unreason able ; it is not the less dangerous of that account. But it is not altogether unreasonable. It is the natural temper of a nation suddenly awakened to the conscious ness that those whom it trusted with the conduct of its affairs have led it into a position of extreme peril, and unable, at the moment, to discover any means of extri cating itself from the danger. It is exactly the mood in which a people is in danger of being betrayed into rash and destructive courses, unless it can find clear-sighted and fearless leaders. And the aristocratic graspers at a monopoly of poli tical power, who are the principal cause of the danger, are awakening to a sense of the peril to which they have exposed themselves and the country. You may read it in their tremulous tones and pallid faces. They see that a great crisis is impending : theycannot divine its nature —they cannot conjecture its results—and the darkness and mystery that obscure their own and the nation's future appals their souls. The only persons among theta who remain imperturbable are the Peelites ; and their self-possessio n is simply the result of that intense self conceit which blinds them to the feeling the country en tertains towards then). The crisis is indeed full of danger ; but the country has passed through many that have been snore dan gerous. Some such rude shock as they have received was necessary to awaken Englishme n t o a k nowledge of the precipice upon w hi ch they have been slumbering. The unmanly social of aimless, universal grumbling will not long possess them. Their confidence in their own good sense and in the country's resources will soon restore them to a snore worthy temper. In the alliance of Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell they will see a ray of hope. They know that the most prominent feature in the Premier's character is a Fan -I;nine defiance of dangers, owing to which he is never more thoroughly self-possessed than in extreme emer- Lencies. In hi s eagerness t o o b ta i n t h e services of ord John Russell at Vienna, they will sec the high. estimation in which the Court and his late colleagues hold that statesman. They will feel confident that Lord John proceeds to Vienna with the view, if possible, of makin , au honourable peace (and no peace that does not give Eui one entire security against the inveterately aggressive propensities of Russia can be honourable) ; or, if that be impossible, of carrying on a more exten sive war. So long as Lord Palinersten and Lord John Russell remain united, they aro mutual guarantees for . each other's good faith. Every possible obstacle will, no doubt, be thrown in their way by the friends of the Czar—by the Peelitee, the mammon-worshippers, and the puny eclectic politi cians of the Cornewall Lewis school. But the people wid support them. And to be able effectively to sup port them, the people must be girding up their loans for a t t ru fi e rst th w at ith th a e t a h n re a a p t pr o i f ia a c n hin e g lec g t e; o n n er w al as ele o c n t view to scare m u ti nous mem b ers o f th e H ouse o f Com lioyn.uttlertedis mons into good behaviour. But every day adds to the evidence that it is the only means by which a Ministry that has at heart the interests and honour of pritain can obtain the requisite power to carry its policy into effect. Let all who sincerely wish for a thorough reform of our military and naval establishments—all who wish to see the people take their legitimate share in the administra tive as well as the legislative branches of government— all who do not wish to hear the Reform Act of 1831 read backward, like a witch's prayers—be on the alert. - Z__- ..ie FPRICE SD. ' OF TRE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ( Front the Tittles of this day.) In the lift of every man there are certain periods when, overcome b y some bodily weakness, led aside by sonic strong pass iou, or engrossed by some fa,votarite pursuit, he seems to lose his grasp over his destiny, to relax his efforts after the end at which he is straining, and to sink back into et Ise, indolence, and self - complacency. Much such a perio d has this country passed through since the establishmet it of Free Trade in 184 G. Immersed in the pursuit of na aterial wealth, proud of the extension which our noble pr liciple gave to our commerce, and happy in the relief fro: n pauperism and the increased facility o f finding erripl :)yment, we have been only too well content with things; as they were, and too little disposed to in quire what t hey should be. The revolutions of 1848, an d the mire es, miseries, and absurdities to which they gave riser, it ad produced a reaction against liberal sym pathies t ;tad. opinions, and a tendency to submit without inquiry t o v ;hatever authorities might be placed over us. The else tiou of 1852 was a struggle for a principle vir tually co.nd emned already, and practically obsolete, arid the nation only sought to strengthen the hands of those in whose ad. hosier' to Free Trade they felt entire confi dence. Fri rm different circumstances it came to pass that at no. 3 teriod since the Reform Bill had the ari.,to cratic fare ili es obtained so firm a hold on office, place, and patroma ge as in the commencement of the year 1854. They had Inducted our basirress for many years with out any ex - 1 raordinary miscarriage or misfortune, and we were col itent to leave them the field of politics as their pecidir tr vocation and monopoly. But war has al ways been. •ncyted as an unsparing innovator, the de stroyer of mayentional respectabilities, and the over thrower of alt manner of snug and comfortable cliques and cat( Ties. The experience of the last few mouths has aws keacaL the people of England _from their dreams of w „itli at,-al. prosperity, from their .tridition a l self-gra tulaticns: Qier the naval and Military exploits of the rate war, and. irom the supposition that men invested with high ran!t t and clothed with great office are possessed of faculties equal to the directiou of cur affairs whenever there is nto re than an ordinary strain on the vessel of the Stat.?. Our eyes ars open, and we behold that we are naked. We ask f.r talent sufficient to conduct great affairs to. at tcceasful conclusions, and instead of talent we are offered titles and pedigrees. We ask for merit, and we are rife' ed in exchange high connexion.=, or, at best, seniorit2r. The cold shade of aristocracy is over us all, and notliing can grow beneath it except the offshoots of the tree itself. Up to the middle of November this country believed itself to have armies, generals, state;:- men, departments, all equal to their several duties, all of the v Nry best the world could afford, and now, in the middle )1" February, in tlire short months, all is changed, or rathe r all is reversed. We have awoke from our dream hope, prosperity, and success, to disaster and dismay. Our generals have turned out, worse than use less, our Ministers something more than incapable, every public d tpartment has been crushed into hopeless im becility 1 )y the weight of unbending routine and worth less form alities, and on no one occasion that we are aware of has Cu right man been selected to fill the right place EverytVing7 has been mismanaged to a degreOwhlcb, if predicted, would have been deemed incredible ; yet, so far as tb.e public are aware, no single official has yet been rec alte (I, and, after a week's interregnum, Govern ment has been reconstituted and strengthened only by the oinis.sio n of three of its leading members, and the promotion.. •of one who is at least as guilty as any of thoze omitted. THE WEATHER, THE PARKS, de. The people of England have remained quiet under all these thiins. They have felt—as how should they not feel ?—the mortality which has brought mourning to every he: trth. They have noted—as how should they not note .!—the incredible and inexplicable confusion and stupidity which have presided over every department, giving re silty to absurdities such as the most extrava gant imagination could never have painted, and occa sioning n tiserics such as the gloomiest prophet could never he, re foreboded. Why the people have been so long silerrt has been to most reflecting men a matter of wonder and astonishment. They feel most acutely, but they have remained hitherto passive spectators of the method in. 'which their best hopes and dearest interests have been. squandered and betrayed. Perhaps they have cherished a hope that at the meeting of Parliament all things wo ufd be well. Perhaps they have been content to read ti zeir sentiment/ faithfully reflected in the co lumns of the press. 'Whatever be the cause of the silence, that cause exists no longer, and .ve have to look for an expression of public opinion from one end of this The various Royal parks during yesterday presented more the appearance of as many fairs in honour of some great national event than the usually quiet promenades set apart for the enjoyment of her Majesty's subjects. The ice was literally covered with human beings, who were amusing themselves by either eliding or skating, and, as will be seen from the subjoined, a number of seri ous casualties occurred, which in all probability will compel the sufferers to keep their beds, either in the hospitals or at their respective homes, for the remainder of the skating season. The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's re ceiving-house in Hyde Park, during the night of Mon day, fell as low again as 23, being 9 degrees below the freezing point. Yesterday morning the quicksilver rose to 25, and even at noon it rose no higher than 27, being then 5 degrees below the freezing point. Towards seven o'clock in the evening the mercury commenced to fall rapidly, indicating a continuance of the present severe weather. The barometer stood at 29.42. The wind, which was north-east, was piercingly cold, and was ac companied by slight snow-storms, and in many places the congealed substance was sent over the country dis tricts in such bodies as to cause great inconvenience to pedestrians or persons passing along on horseback or in vehicles. country to- the other which will convey to our governing classes a i nest clear and intelligible warning that the patience of, the nation is exhausted, and that the neces sity for widening the area from which our Executive is to be take tre is great and paramount. The enthusiastic meeting at: the town of Derby has lea the way, and the remaining towns of England will not be slow to follow. The cry is, for practical statesmanship, for opening a free career to talent, for placing our resources in hand s equal to the emergency. The Derby petitioners hold no ex travagant .or exaggerated language ; they declare their conirimnoo. in the juotioo of the war, they express their humiliation and regret at the disasters which have oc curred, they pray for a searching inquiry into their causes, and suggest remedies adequate to the emergency we have to meet. 'While Ministers are debating how to fill up the most important offices with theleast competent persons, avid considering the claims of rank, of family, and of connexion—of everything except merit and capa city—while the friends of "rising young statesmen" of the tree, breed are indefatigably soliciting their ad vancement from office to office, the people of England, who care for none of these things, are gravely taking the matter into their serious consideration, and coming to conclusions but little favourable to the stability of the present governing classes. We have been ready to allow place and patronage to be monopolised by a few great families. We have been content to live in our own country, strangers to our own Governnient, ex cluded from the working of our own institutions, but it was only on condition that oar national pride should be respected, and our interests and position in the great family of nations remain inviolate. This our aristocracy have failed to secure to us, and therefore the people of England will, we hope, deniand, in no spirit of wild and theoretical levelling, in no spirit of hatred or animosity to any portion of the community, but in the spirit of practical reform of an urgent and intolerable grievance, that the system which excludes plebeian talent from j high office shall henceforth be discontinued, and that in the army, at the desk, and in the council, those men shall be called to the public service who are best able to serve the public. We wish all success to this inovement. It has been our painful lot to witness more nearly than others and to obtain more ample information as to the manner in which dais war has been conducted, and wed,, not hesitate to express the opinion that without an entire The Thames about Richmond is completely frozen over, and no craft, even of the smallest description, can either pass up or down the river. As low down as Blackfriars-bridge a large surface of the water was yes terday covered with ice (on the upper side) to the width of two of the centre arches, which extended many yards from the piers of the bridge. This prevented any de ecziption of vessels from passing under that part of the bridge. Nearly all the steam-vessels plying above Lon don Bridge have been compelled to be laid up for the present, and strong fears are entertained, that, if the present severe weather should last another week, a fair will in iu the s y t. ea J r a l m Bl es 4 be abl e t o b e h eld on the Thames, as was the case 'a Park about 15 000 persons amused themselves on th e i ce, which is now six inches thick. A very novel scene took place in the enclosure, which drew many thousands to the spot. Between 2 and 3 o'clock a performance, termed the "Express Train," cam e off. This consisted of 300 or 400 men, who extended back to front nearly 100 yards. Having seized each other's coats they started at a given signal, some whistling the " R a il. way Overture," and others making a noise resembling the blowing off the steam of a locomotive. This large body of men who were at certain distances joined by some of the Foot Guards, glided over the ice at the rate of three-quarters of a mile per minute. Owing to the exertions of Deputy Superintendent Parsons and the icemen under him, the performance went off without any of those engaged in the affair meeting with any serious accident ; but owing to the continued crowding of the spectators, about thirty persons were either knocked doen or fell upon the ice, by which they sue tamed serious outs on the head and other injuries. They were taken to the society's marquee, where their wounds were dressed, and they were enabled to he sent home ; but several other; by falling upon the ice, sus tained broken arms and legs, and these were forced to be removed to the hospitals. The Serpentine River in IT,lfde-park had upon the ice about 8,000 sliders and skate rs ; amongst the number were several members of the nobility, gentry, and clergy. Five persons were run down, and had their heaths cut open by falling on the points of the gentlemen's oer ladies skates ; of the latter sex there were some hun dreds disporting themselves. It is here necessary to state that the Serpentine River in Hyde -park, as far as the bridge which divides Kensington-gardens, is under the direction of H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, the ranger ; whilst the other part of the river, in the gardens, is under the control of her Majesty's Commis. sioners of Woods and Works. To prevent persons pass. ing from the Park to Kensington-gardens iron chains have been affixed to the middle of the arches, and car ried right across. In each link of the chains are heavy spikes as sharp at the point as a bayonet. Owing to the intensity of the frost these have become frozen, and in some parts only the points of the spikes can be seen, and when any ono is passing over them with great ra pidity along the ice, it is almost impossible to see the spikes until in contact with them. This was the case yesterday with Mr. Leslie, the honourable member for Monaghan County, when the peak of hiv skates caught. the projection, and ho fell upon the spikes with such force that one of them entered the fleshy part of his thigh, causing the blood to flow most copiously. Great as the pain must have been, the honourable gentleman had the presence of mind to take a silk handkerchief from his pocket, and, after placing it round the wound, with the aid of his walking cane he wound it up so tight as to stop in a great measure the hmmorrhage. Some of the icemen, under the direction of Mr. Williams and his deputy, Mr. Murphy, took the sledge to his assist ance, and placed the sufferer thereon, intending to re. move him to the receiving -house until his carriage to take him home could arrive. Fortnnately, a cab came along before he could reach the receiving-house, and he was fo r th wi th d r i ven h ome , and was immediately attended by Dr. Guthrie. The spike, being in such a rusty state, it is feared that the hon. gentleman may be laid u p f or some time. A female, with a child i n esc aped a simila r f ate, as she fell of one of the spik es , an d if s h e had h w e i r t h a i r n m h s a , f n a a i n s o i n w e l h y dropped upon . it she would have been injured for life. It is the opinion of Mr. Williams that the chains and spikes' ought to be removed forthwith, for if they are allowed to remain until Sunday, presuming that the frost should last so long, it will be next to an impossi bility to prevent several serious, and, perhaps, fatal ac cidents. change of system, a substitution of youth and energy for age and decrepitude—unless some plan can be hit upon by which merit shall be the only criterion in the filling up of civil and military offices—without, in fact, a complete al , andonment of the claims of wealth, of family, and of intetest, in favour of that higher nobi lity which the hand of God Las impressed on the fore head of every man of talent, it is vain for us to continue the present contest, and better to accept any conditions, however degrading and however humiliating, since no degradation and no humiliation suffered at the hands of the enemy can exceed those which our own ser►ility and meanness have inflicted, and are about to inflict, upon ourselves. the O 0 O Skating The Long W a t er , i n K ens i ngton G ar d ens, h a d a b out 1, sliders c a i n u d b, sk bn at t er n s, o including d se e v se e r r y al ing me a m d b e e t r a s ile o d f notice occurred during the day. The Round Pond was patronised by not snore than 500 persons, and no accidents occurred. The Regent's Park had about 12,000 persons upon the ice, and several ladies and gentlemen were severely injured by falling or being run down by the skaters. The Crystal Palace Company of Syclenham have also afforded a beautiful sheet of water for some of the meta. bers of the Skating Club and others to enjoy the exhila rating exercise without any risk of being drowned; a n d, moreover, the ice of this place is in a far better condition than in any of the Royal parks. The Victoria Park in the east was also crowded with sliders and skaters, but no accident of a serious cha. racter, beyend a few cut heads, took place. ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—The arrivals of gold yesterday consisted of 60,0001. by the Canada and 6,0001. by the Hermann, from New York, together with 8,0001.` by the Candac ,, , from Africa, making a t0".,a1• of 74,0001. The Solent has taken out 24,0001. in gold, and 13,0001. in silyer, for Lisbon, Brazil, eze. -- /) r~~ (From the Daily News of this day.) A brisk canvass is in progress, among the members of the House of Commons, with a view to induce them to allow the inquiry into the conduct of the war to drop. The agents of the Ti easury are indefatigable. If their fingers are not "in every man's palm," their "noses are in every man's car." And their solicitations are not without effect. Many flexible virtues begin to bend. For this the confession of Lord Derby—that some of hie followers voted in the majority to damage Ministers, though they disapproved of inquiry—will have prepared the public. But the public will not be satisfied with that pettifogging practice which votes one thing and means another. The public heard with joy that Mr. Roebuck's motion for a committee of inquiry was car ried, from a conviction that nothing short of an exposure of past mismanagement, and its causes, can insure better management of the war for the future. The public will be indignant if the only result of a solemn vote of in quiry, by an overwhelming majority, shall lead Sing no other results than a game of "change seats, the King's coming"—the two parties to the game whofai l o f to c Com mons t seats being obliged to stand out. If the House mons allow the inquiry to drop, the necessary conclu sion will be that the whole affair has been a mere party move—a game at political rouge et noir—by which the best interests of the country have been perilled merely to subserve personal ambitions. • The inquiry must go on. The pretexts under which it is sought to be evaded may serve to recon cile shuffling and tergiversating politicians to their own want of firmness and honesty, but will not satisfy the country. We are told that Ministers cannot work with such an inquiry hanging over their heads. The inquiry is not intended to criminate the Government as at present constituted, but to reveal the efficiency or in efficiency of the system by which they are expected to carry into effect the national will. We are told that to render the inquiry effective officers must be withdrawn from the Crimea to give evidence. Not at all. The main object is to unveil the defective organisation that has paralysed the hands of the home Government, and all the information requisite for that purpose can be ob tained in this country. We are told that the inquiry will give umbrage to the French Government, as throw ing blame on military operations to which it is a party. By no means. It is the defective organisation of our own army--aud especially of the civil branches—that is to be inquired into, and that affects not France or Frenchmen. The transparent nature of the fallacies by which men are sought to be prevailed upon to desist from inquiry proves at once the conscious guilt of those who are moving heaven and earth to evade'it, and their utter inability to get up a case. If the House of Com mons stultify itself by rescinding its vote on Mr. Roe buck's motion, nobody will believe that it has been con vinced by such ffm.y shadows of arguments. The. present is no time to trifle with the nation by adopting reivlutiona which shake a Government from ite