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MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. for every three months' difference of age. -the unpaid half premiums liquidated out of Half Quar - Yearly terly Pre- Pre mium. mium. £s. d.' s. d.I 273 1 4 2 2 7 6. 1 4 4, 2 7 101 1 4 6 2 8 2, 1 4 8 A s. d. 0 12 3 0 12 4 0 12 5 0 12 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. 'tpl '4ZN.......................... „...... „, It l AND RP: r, .. _ Tz t4 11:11 : 1 4 t it ti rElois OF HORSES FOR SHEERNESS. , t i 4 4t of th e St o r e k e ep e r G e neral of the Navy, 4 4 tr;nl '‘, ' Solnerset-place, 21st Feb., 1855. 4 1 Witk i kids Do Aoka h tiers for Executing the Office of 1 % 4 % chpkek It of of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Tln e _tson s e lt, 4 1 Y GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, - 5ety 41 ,211 144 'lwo o'clock, they will be ready to treat Ill ° "ft Pd . be willing to Contract for supplying her i t 4 1 41 or -4teeraess with 1 / 44 4 14,1 4 41) , 4 44 te tt t , AlelS OF HORSES. 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Wand, of the Royal Italian opera. • 4NI I %lug the Ist of March, DRAMATIC READING by , t l 3 / 4 ,,tlty l t ( N JOHN. me*.ti 048. the 26th inst., LECTURE to the INDUSTRIAL 114411YSIOLOGY as connected with HEALTH. by Dr. IjkOtk,_ "o CLOTHING, CLEANLINESS, and EXER- V`itkl IN 'Tr CA&":,THSSOLVING VIEWS 4,1' the WAR, D,TO - SAILOR, COSMOR AMAi, the CONCER q It: I PSIERS, and all the LECTURES, on the as usaal. the t tli .,4l4Zitb At ka', l l :eb. i' s „!INO ARGYLL ROO MS.— n t , h —; 0 0 , 4 at lBss.—During the course of this week ;V t .' )7 Played by Laurent ' s Orchestra •.—Over 44)etzieN1 h y kri at i tt 7 4 o o . , e. t . 2.111: 1 ; ,. . R. Tu , tton.; Waltzes: Wellen and Wogen, Ci trz i'eau ; ermahlung'a Toasts, Strauss; La k 44) r a t ; to, 4l eit. il lth. 2 1 Tal de Venise (by desire), H. Laurent, kL k wilt i. l"' • 4-"Wrin . cipal performers; Quadrilles: Jerome tett ',`'e), . - "qty , „s -01 11er d'Or Bougnol ; the Highlanders, H. fp2 th. - Llip,..`.chottische, the Argyll Renanssy ; Polkas : t - L 'vele u n ''r; La Menagerie Bou.quet • The ZouaYes 111 4 tp h0it,0 11," 4 , 41 , 0 ), 0 13 0 (first Ume), Streath - Dover ' 4; r y rr u • rowne. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. ."4J der ~u , ° ,l relative to musts to be obtained at the —l,- -A t ti n;s e io rc n he o s n tr e a s . hil D li o n o g rs open at Eight ; cen li ttt 4 v hb tliti t t /It io 4, Dri e : ll t, 4 lnEs OF YOUTH AND MATURITY 1 ` 4 , ..._ -3, Illustrated with cases ; free by pest for 30 ~, rn t l t ite y 0 ... stamps I T y ; 'l + l4 t , , ktu /4 4 ' BYrau S stamps, 'llo t h P D uman, and Cure.—An Essay and S e r er r- e 11'?44 %in 31 arti ni „ .. 3 . of . e . ti ckl Observations on a safer d IlSb;ei t L , by * Zatrilent of the diseases of the Generative d ''sty l 7. urine use use of the Microscope in detecting a t m et Ll l N t ., 4 othi e "'• eo n , "TY examination, the real cause and effect N I , Y,,,_ 4 t. or g . , a iiit. whether arising from solitary ha l , ‘esbiges' e . 'Mate, followed by practical remarks,founded 1 4 , tel t L,:_ttrience in the treatment of Impnis h . ts e. kelibbnCes'uri W eakness, Spermatorrhma, &c. To whic • sik o s‹ . on the on the Physiology Marriage, with pre , leru ne r. evils . emanating from empirical practice, is::.mor ders 'atedies advocated by various j writers on i. ty B A ~..._. iv k q b ? -,..MTEL LA'MERT, M.D. 14 1 1 41 4 1, ~eina e . 43 t D-S QtrAit g, LONDON, I l lti ., --z ary antrlculated Member of the University of Edin 'sp4Apail"taber of the London Hospital Medical SocietY, Il lk t Sll ll ,.?ble4V,i!s' Hs.ll, London, NI D. n t fr 0., .... Luis treatise . is to po irre i:t . ri , o 4 ut es a. the ati fe d a e cfn e l e c es e ee n: Youth,l§ li t er n a rtai mi n ze hab i l a ts,rrela tl , degradation in Man ki 41 sen r l v ci ecilY at all ry stages of Life, than, perhaps, any Sai kt kith' 4 4 • Nin e :rwil to modern pathologists. Its t perusa l doubta of is 1,4 1 11 ,40;01,441,tioun,elntcci, who persons entertaining conscious anienf having secre hazarded aNia % llitea 431 and Privileges to which every human being is N4t D t lvn ates t k ,ltg li et 4 ; 4 4l it an ar Y ag that e a a l t l w m t r i a i nd l ih e o sa nl n d et know,t there are vi l h a a t t ed without k it k/ li k4 t l Z...llieL,_, 3n itlell, and when wisdom and regret succeed N, tk N tk i : e,741,0311;:tes selfh-indulgence, may yeshee removed, pennitis Nit l,4 \ Itt:tot)4l..TA consequences may be avoided, and abo e v a e on all i N os. o,* ( hi ch 'ill e d t rree of physical infirmity t or functional apply a curo. 1444 1 '4 , \ T r ct 4 'erl eil m o; ly e a a i rs d o be sc en lei en e g e aged in an extensive klitt,tklis ‘ \ T ea se of y these delicate complaints, which have tal%.Pik ktil t ° o genera* confided to the care of ignorant Ctlittateielitalfreat injury on those who are induced t i e place 1t,L15,14t2t/3el.T4y may be price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, kl "I to f . ' l ' e -,s ' Pa ternoiter:ro k w ad ? Hannay , 63, Oxford-street; 4 i) ; -serlare; Mann, 39, ' Cornhili; or free by post for tik.i. 11 I._ -4 address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed -41, ci til wo aita U.* 611 Y frona• Eleven till Twe. and from Llll4lP tlt i l t t i la ox INDIGE T ST tr.:, t NEROUSESS, DEBILITY', AND 4Vh . h r lO N N. t T 4ngenaents, Constipation, and Haemorrhoids, Is. \ Al k , ',TO i a i l iO , by i liri l d Is. 6c1. , AND ATOID. ki,,Llte,)'%Do,bitstfentia multi curantur morbl." t ,,,,y4 th .ort Of the principal causes (ever and careless lli'llcf • I Lit e - ab oYe harassing and distressing complaints, k!. , t4r U, 1 11 1 1 40 . ble and popular exposition of how we should qt ~,`' felt i n , to which is added, diet tables for every meal at of .strttetions for the regimen and observance of tits twenty. four. Illustrated by numerous ii 1 1 4 ,14.,, 1 :(Tg .4.v.,, iNs, 1 4 4 111; 143 41 th ti S HADES OF MARRIED LIFE. se it , .and bath no wit I hold him lost, i lly Wei a nd all desolat. He that hath no child, k qt\lttioZ. iTilinde."—chaucer. k‘ ,.\ tr b ei li z - c i •L i o N % e AtxzeheetatiopnrsecainditaNteeceismsiptelellse—d,Daenvaerleofamrdeendt l i la k 114 ) ibutnl,Tic grui tles—Mutu P al Unsuitableness—Mental 0 10 r s ry at . n Ysical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter- W ilti ni.. 'estati on—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of t et....i , . On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas tr, . "sr of Divorce, &c., &c. "k4s , r , % -Irr a. lti *h., a+ A AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. 4.4 , itt,cr ut i:l4 Bmo Lecture to Young Men. 00 4 ; 14 gir a„, r cs hurt the body—what improve, IrN. I sin e t bllg r e tr l n ed es Athens ever heard." N'ts a n . 4 ehm t — h age, from infancy to old age. The advent ,W ~ stirsl-"lllssi:T., and its infringement. The casualties of s qi '4. 44 , -,:"on, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, ,010t. r .. ' 34 7 of early marriages, &c. ~4",1:114 , 8 03 • 4. t,slut te lsl, l o k . their Self-management and Cure. 47;e Cary ~,--; A co mprehensive and popular exposition ),, .L 1 4141 _Prini-e''eas_es—their nature and treatment, corn ') it '', ke'slits, e ll_ end secondary symptoms, all forms of Ilk.. dal) scrimionrsicture and spermatorrhcea ; with 250 en -I,,,'')lletael)tit, t ~ 5.. ' t t 1 .;, ,, O t 1: 411 . 6 ent a, c ll o 4 n 2lttk, and RECTUM.—Censprising •44 01-•,..a11d 7 , 0 5 "Patlen. and Haemorrhoids. il ett,, i 14,', ~, tort r•xa to the preceding. '` OF LIPP l ii Nth ,t t'St; ? sb, "to HOW TO BE HAPPY. 2 3 ,wo rd , t c,ttiute Vivere."l kV , 4te,_ 0 lair fitith..—ShakeSpere.. bk , ..elit row ; Mann, 39, Cornlull ;or of t at t tcl ase, 1 11 r CH A ~ ,-, g e t t i k th e -I ha d T"::-.4-, CIJLVERWELL, ialli,abot, a, aenty Years Cansulting Colleague of the 7.414 ZI With L". 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The Afornin Representations A 0511, picot',Y, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.— lly. .i k , 21. and iN .- t - h i e ji a ll i :. , Pir-- ; 11 1 ,. 44 .2 , s?t CYIT may be CONSULTED by both 4.1 ao • .4 e , a all eases of a private nature, before 2 and after 8 average , average as bd°ll. . 8.--,,,d7re.e_t_lounnraStOred to health.—Address 3, King William- - I s ld• 'is (opposite Charing-cross Hospital). average A. .- I , fill ' lb) ind Sales. . sold I P . '- • - ''' IQTIC - rrr ............ ~ t o ~ , t e;), RIII p,„, u k ) G.—SAMUEL ALCOCK and ............. so_ic a l ~' , n wkr Uitid e th s' a `r e rl e , ti ßurslem, Staffordshire, being desirous of ' ........ old '''''' ' . 7 .l ts a " dr th ..... sold lAgeo of all to possess a memorial both of the ............ 8 0 , .te ward3 e noble and generous sympathy displayed by lb 0 .ke „ ;; lp t inanr our truly brave soldiers, have publi,hed a ......, .... 5i lb I t i 71 trite,_, eafftive al ke of the borrors of war, as well as of .... 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PUBLIC HEALTH BILL, 1855.—The atten tion of Ratepayers, Landowner', and Companies throughout the kingdom is called to the following REASONS tur,ainst the BILL:— The contents of this extraordinary bill, though perhaps partially known to some of the members of provincial local boards, to which, in connect on with the General Board of Health, enormous powers are proposed to be granted, is, it is believed, as yet practically un divulged to the ratepayers, who are to be enormously taxed under it, and to the owners oflands and streams, which (however important to the cujoyment or use of any man's property) may be compul sorily taken under the provisions o , this bill. The ratepayers (as d , stinguishQd from local boards) throughout the country are at present to a very great degree ignorant that in those places where local beards of health now exist, this bill will saddle them with heavy increased taxat on, to pay off large debts in curred by the wastefulness and inattention of local boards, and that in those places where a local board does not exist, a new and op pressive taxation will arise, which will be felt, at the present time especially, to be intolerable :iection 103 removes from Parliament the future considerati n of several 01 the myst important objects of what has been terin,d " pri vate legi , lation," and proposes to give to local boards, with the sanction of the Court of Quarter Sessions, the power of acquiring by compulsion land streams and " hereditameats of any tenure," for the following purposes', namely 1. For Waterworks, including therein land, streams, springs, re servoirs, aqueducts, cuts, engines machinery, buildings, &c., &c. 2. For Gasworks, including therein any land or easement in re spect of land, with power to use the same for all such works as may be necessary or proper for the purpose. 3. For Drainage, imluding therein any land or easement In respect of land, with power to use the same for sewers,, outfalLs, reservoirs for sewage, tuildings, engines, &c., &C. 4. For Slaughter-houses. 5. For Markets and Fairs. And in addition to the powers to purchase land by compulsion for the foregoing purposes, they may purchase land by agreement for Pleasure•grounds. It is a most singular fact, that after Parliament has, with un doubted wisdom, from time to time, amended its proceedings so as to exclude any apprehension of unconscious local bias from its select committees en priVate legislation, this bill proceeds at once to ignore that important principle, and sends the landowner and others to the quarter sessions, where, moreover, the menses will be two or three times as muck as the present expenses before a Parliamentary com mittee. For the purposek beforementioned and others, the local board of health nay mortgage the property of the district (and the act is ap plicable to every "place" in the kingdom, whether rural or urban) to the extent of two years' assessable value ; in other words, to about one-tenth the average value of the land and building property of the country ; and this power of mortgage extends °Vet - hot onTy fhb de; scription of property which from its natureadmits of being benefited by what are termed " sanitary operations," essentially connected with urban dwellings, but also over agricultural land, gardens, wharves, manufactories, railways, canals, docks, waterworks, gas works, and other undertakings and tenures which from their very nature cannot be so benefited. By clauses 100 and 103, it is proposed, in effect, to destroy pri vate enterprise in gasworks and waterworks, and to sabstitute in its place a system of public action founded on the creation of a debt, similar to the National Debt, in every locality requiring the advantage of such undertakings. In short, to give to boards of health the power of creating, by rap,d degrees, an aggregate mort gage debt of about one hundred millions of pounds under the present bill alone. By these clauses (which, however, are so involved and so ob scurely worded that the legal effect is very difficult to see) It is also proposed in effect to repeal the existing rates, as authorised by Par liament, of all water companies, and to sabject their future charges to the uncertainties of local arbitrations, to be raised whenever and as often as the local boards shall think fit ; and likewise to enable local boards so to operate upon water companies as to harass them into the nominally voluntary sale of their undertakings, and even to leave them liable to have their works and property taken by direct compulsion. The local boards are also authorised, under the plea of giving a so-called "gratuitous supply " of water, •r in event of a company being unable or unwilling to comply with any purposely monstrous demand of the local board, to construct works of their own, and to enter into competitions with, and of course ruinous to, the companies established in the district. Similar extensive powers are. also proposed to be conferred on local boards with respect to the supply of gas, and over gas companies. By section 91, power is given to the local boards to negative the construction of any house with the size and details of the arrange ments of which it shall disagree. No architect can thus in future fol low his profession except by the permission of a board of health. By section 95, all " streets," and the word " streets " means all private property along which there is even a private passage, are to vest in, and be managed by, local boards. By section 41, the General Board are to have power to practically impose the operation of the act upon unwilling communities in all cases in which the annual mortality exceeds twenty-three in a thou sand of the population. There are, however, so few towns, or even populous villages, in which this very low rate of mortality does not and will not continue to prevail, that in reality the enforced applica tion of the act may be almost everywhere effected. It is true, the confirmation of Parliament is required to the "pro visional order" to be made for this purpose ; but. as is well known, this limitation affords no secure protection against a fiat already absolutely put forth by a Government authority. By section 30, the enormous powers thus proposed to be committed to local boards to deal thas summarily with landowners, and to crush branches of private enterprise, in w hick many millions of pounds have been freely embarked ix reliance on the faith of Parlia ment, are t o be wielded by persons qualified by a fifteen pound a-year assessable value, and elected by the numerical mass of the ratepayers, without reference to the value of their property or holdings. It is therefore submitted that the bill ought not to pass into law as it now stands, and that especially it ought not to be e committed, till a sufficient period has been allowed for the country to become more fully acquainted with the large, and, as it is respectfully sub mitted, unconstitutional powers proposed to be granted. It is also respectfully submitted, that in the event of the bill :being committed to the consideration of a select committee, that such committee should be instructed to receive such evidence and statements as may be tendered by the counsel, agents, and witnesses of the numerous private enterprise companies whose property may be destroyed by the bill, and other persois and parties whose property and interests are affected by the bill, as the greatest alarm prevails lest (having reference to the bill as it now stands) any alterations which 'may be made therein in their absence may be found insufficient to preserve the private property of parties, and thus ruin may be en tailed on innum rab,e families who have, in full reliance on the faith of Parliament, embarked their earnings in private enterprises. It is to this faith in Parliament that the country owes the engineering science and skill which have produced works (as has been eloquently observed) suck as the world never saw. It is now daily asked with increasing anxiety, why these merito rious parties should, session after session, be racked with anxiety lest they should be deprived of their private property by the General Board of Health, to whom the Metropolis Water Supply Select Com mittee, 1852, for unanswerable reasons (st,ll in entire force), oe dined to give the supervision of the water companies. It is stated by the most experienced persons that moither the Gene ral Board of Health nor any operation of the Public Health Act, 1848, have been the means of lowering mortality. On the contrary, death in increased amount seems to have attended their proceedinga,which the Persons most capable of Judging characterise as alike wasteful and inefficient. The machinery under the present bill is even worse than that under the Act of 1848, which has produced such sad and , expensive results. COURT CIRCULAR. A party of invalids, twenty-six in number, of the Coldstream Regiment of Guards, wounded at Alma, Inkerman, and during the siege operations before Sebas topol, were inspected by the Queen yesterday afternoon, in BuckinghatnPalace. The wounded Guards were mustered shortly before three o'clock in the Grand Hall, under the command of Colonel Gordon Drummond. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were attended, while inspecting the men, by Dr. Munro, Surgeon-Major of the regiment. The Queen was accompanied by the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, and also by the elder Princes of - the Royal Family. The Princesses, with the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, also witnessed the inspection. Prince Albert skated in the garden of Buckingham Palace, attended by the (xentlemen in Waiting. In the afternoon his Royal Highness, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Roe, visited . the Duke of Cambridge at his residence in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal and Prince Alfred, honoured the Hay market Theatre with their presence in the evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Desart, Lord de Tablet', Lord Alfred Paget, and Captain the Hon J. - de Ros. A deputatioi to urge the change of the market day in the Now Cattle Market . from Monday to Tuesday had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. The depntatioa consisted of the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of London, Hon. A. F. Kinnaird, M.P. ; Rev. John Hama)!etas, M.A., Minister of the Chapel of Ease, Islington; Roy. James Sutherland, M.A. ? Curate of St. Mary, Islington ; Rev. W. W. Chanipneys, M.A., Rector of Whitechapel ; Rev. C. B. Dalton, M.A., Incumbent of St. Michael, Highgate; Rev. C. F. Childe, M.A., Principal of the Church Mis sionary College, ; Rev. Dr. Conrtonay, M.A., St. James's, Pentonville ; Rev. T. Saulez, M.A.., In cumbent of All Saints, Islington ; Rev. W. Yincent, M.A. Incumbent of Trinity, Islington ; Rev. Thos. Dale, M.A., Rector of St. Pancras; Rev. B. S. Hollis, Mi nister of Islington Chapel ; Rev. J. Weir, Minister of the Scotch Church, Islington ; Rev. W. Tyler, Minister of Independent Chapel, Bethnal-green ; Sir James Tyler, J.P., Holloway ; Mr. R. C. L. Bevan, Trent-park, Barnet ; Mr. James Beaumont, Highgate ; Mr. Thomas Lott, Holloway ; Mr. Henry Lintott, sales man, Smithfield; Mr. G. C. Street, F.R.C.S., Penton vino ; Mr. Henry Spicer, Highbury • Mr. Geor ge Craw ley, High ga t e ' • Mr. H. E. Murrell, Isli ng t on ; M r . Henry Joslin, farmer, T.Tpminster, Essex ; Mr. James Leatherdale, Islington ; Mr. James Wagstaff, Mr. John Savage, and Mr. John Strudgett, Churchwardens of the Parish of Islington ; Mr. John Layton, Vestry Clerk of Islington ; Mr. Edward Suter, Islington ; M r . J osep h Wilson, J.P., Clapham-park; Mr. Joseph Fisher, Islington Rev. John T. Baylee, Islingt on ; M r. T hos. Corke, salesman, Smithfield ; Mr. J. M. Molynoux, Lezely-park, Guildford ; Mr. R.M. Atkinson, Islington; Mr. W. Banton, Pentonvple ; Mr. G. Ere, salesman, Smithfield ; Mr. B. Smith, flighbury ; Mr. Daniel Hazard, Islington ; Mr. J. C. Peaehey, salesman, Smithfield ; Mr. Slater, butcher, Kensingt on ; an d M r. Thomas Lott, F. S.A., Carlton-villas, Islington. N.4VAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Duke of Wellington, 131, flag-ship for Rear-Ad ,miral the Hon. Richard S. Dundas, C. 8., Commander- In-Chief of the Baltic fleet, will be taken to Portsnionth 'as soon as she is refitted for the next campaign, by the :Captain of the Fleet (the Hon. F. T. Pelham), who is :now cruising in the Exmouth, 90, to test her efficiency. The Lightning steam-vessel, at present at Woolwich, is to be appropriated as a tender to the Duke for the ser vice of the Admiral in communicating with the fleet, and for postal and other purposes. The Royal Geor g e, 10?, screw, haulded out of Sheer nevs basin on Tuesday. Her crew are turned over to her, and she is taking in her guns and provisions as fast no she can, considering the great difficulty there is in gettin g boats throu g h th e i ce . The James Watt, 91, screw, Captain Elliott, is under cuing important alterations in the stea.re-basin dock, Portsmouth, at the hands of the contractors, Messrs. Bolton and Watts. They were bound to the Govern ment to furnish engines properly constructed, and for a certain time. The contractors are now engaged in making such alterations in the machinery as to be of a satisfactory nature, and which will take about ten days to carry into effect. The Exmouth, 80, screw, Captain the Hon. F. Pel ham, returned to the Sound on Wednesday from her trial trip. The results are said to be most unsatisfactory ' • she rolls terribly ; her mainyard broke o ff short, and all the crockery in the cabins, &c., smashed. Nothing that possessed tke slightest liberty could be kept in its place. Her steam maehinery is said to be all out of order. The Majestic, screw, 81, Captain Hope, C. 8., hauled out preparations No. 3 dry dock, were madeSheerness, to h a u o l n he in Tuesday.tt e Yester daystream. She has taken in a fortnight's provisions for her crew, o who will be drafted to her immediately she gets out. Sin is entirely in the hands of tke engineers ; another week and she will be fit for sea. The Cressy, screw, 81, Captain Warren, is moored off Sheerness, with her topgallanemasts housed, ready for sea. The Russell, 60, block-ship, Captain Scott, was under the sheers yesterday at Sheerness, hoisting in her three high-pressure engines, each 11 tons. They are working at her night and day; and in spite of the incleMent state of the weather, her rigging, &c., progresses fast. The boilers in question are heisted in end on, to go down the hatchways easier, when by another tackle on the centre they cant and go into their places. The Imperieuse, 51, screw, Captain R. B. Watson, has hauled over from the coal depot to alongside her berthing hulk, Victorious. The Amphion, screw, 36 guns, Captain Key, is at Sheerness. Preparation has been made to haul her out to-day, when she will go under the sheers and whip her new masts on board. The rigging is all ready, and she has a fine crew, who will soon get her ready in that de partment. The machinery is the only thing that will detain her, but they are working at her night and day. The Horatio, screw frigate, Hon. Captain Cochrane, is moored over on the west shore. All her guns are gone to Chatham, and will be supplied, we herx, by two Lan caster mortars. In ceasequence of the ice this ship was in distress latterly for bread, which, however, was got off yesterday. The Pylades, screw corvette, 22, Captain G. E. D'Eynconrt, is still in Sheerness basin ; she progresses fast both in rigging and machinery department. Every possible despatch is being given to get this smart vessel ready for sea. The Desperate, screw, 8, Commander R. White, is in No. 1 dry-dock, Sheerness. Her bottom is not at all injured, and she will haul out this week. The slight defects are in the pipes, which are a little corroded, &c. She is only partly manned, with her topmasts struck. The Driver, paddle, is surrounded with huge masses of ice, off Sheerness. Yesterday afternoon she was hauled through it. She will go into No. 2 dry-deck, to have her bottom overhauled, as she has been on shore several times whilst in the Baltic service. The Porcupine, steamer, Commander Jackson, is in the harbour at Sheerness, waiting orders, &c. The Lizard, paddle, Lieut. Christopher, is in Sheer ness harbour, making good her defects, &c. The Janus, paddle, Lieut. Kane, is also in the harbour, waiting orders, &c. The Cuckoo, paddle, Lieut. Augustus Murray, is in harbour. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, London. gI IARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO FO UR-FIFTIIS. - - Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad dition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy Stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. Established 1823. -- --- Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLANDLBWIS, 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 Hastie, Esq., M.P. Henry Bcrnett, Esq. Charles Morris, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. William Routh, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. AUDITORS. Edward Charrington, Esq. I Captain Robert Gordon, R.N. F ran cis Dumergue, Esq. John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq. PnYsicteN—John Ayrton Paris, M.D., Cantab., Hon. D.C.L. Ostoi. F.R.S., 27, Dover-street (President of the Royal College of Phy- sicians). SURGEON —Benjamin Tr avers, Esq., F.R.S., No. 54, Green-street, Grosvenor-square. SoLlcrrox—Henry Young, Esq., Ne. 12, Essex-street, Strand. ACTUARY—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. The advantages offered by this Society are : ECONOMY 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 , a fter the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium to every Policy effected en the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The sum of 397,000/. was added to Policies at the last division, which produced an average BONUS of 671. per cent. on the Premiums paid. Number of Policies in force nearly 7,000. The Assurance Fund amounts to 1,400,0001. Income upwards of 230,0001. per Annum. No charge for Policy Stamps, nor for Service in the Yeomanry or Militia Corps. The subjoined Table shows the advantages offered by this Society, resulting from low Premiums, and a division of the entire profits among the Assured : Ltd b S I 7j t" s`a 8..w. 1 '43.11 - 6 Ag I'slE as 2 2.2t 4 7, -fdso-1 -qs';Bs“ , Epa 1354. 1855. 1854. 1855. s. d. £ £ £ £ £ £ 20 21 15 10 1260 260 116 12 25 1388 1413 30 26 13 8 1205 ' 205 125 12 24 1342 1366 40 33 19 6 1140 140 130 11 22 1281 1303 50 45 6 0 1030 30 141 10 20 1181 1201 Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained en application to ♦LEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. GUARDIAN FIRE AND Ll FE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. Sir WALTER R. FARQUHAR, 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. Hankey, Jun., Esq., M.P. James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry 11. Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Jahn Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Griffith Davies, Esq.. F.R.S., Actuary. LIFE.DEP ARTILIONT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future instirers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1855, when 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 an average of the different ages, to about One per Cent. per Annum on the sums insured, and the total Bonuses added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United States of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LlVES.—l'ersons 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. A FIRE DEPARTMENT.—InsuranCes effected upon every descrip. ofproperty, MOO 11,6114 RESTORATION OF POLAND. BIR AINGHAM, THURSDAY. A meeting, presided over by the Mayor, was held in the Town-hall here last night, on the subject of the re storation of Poland as an independent nation. The hall was immensely full ; and after the proceedings had been opened by the Mayor, the following extract of a letter was read from Mr. Scholefeld, M.P., excusing his ab sence :—" But I need not say that if you think any assurance of my sympathy with the object of the meet ing can be useful, you have my full authority to say how heartily I join in the proposed movement. Every day but strengthens my conviction that not only is the re suscitation of Poland preliminary to the successful con duct of the great war, but the best; if not the sole guarantee of a lasting peace. Mr. T. C. SALT moved the first resolution, recognising the importance of the restoration of Pol an d as a nation. He rejoiced (he said) to find that the hearts •f his fellow-townsmen were still warm on the subject of the restoration of Poland. There were many per sons in this country who wanted peace at all cost ; to such he would say,—no pea ;e at the cost of murder ; ne peace at the cost of eppressioa ; no peace at the cost of the liberty and the oppressed of nations. Russia had taken Poland, invaded Prussia, and laid bands on Fin land. Me believed that there was so much baseness in the Government of England, that if Russia seized the Isle of Wight, England would submit to it. The nation felt that the Government had betrayed them ; and they now came forward with blood and treasure, proclaiming that a barrier shall be put to despotism, and that nations shall be free. This was a mission from which we ought not to shrink ; but whilst our army, even in the midst of the greatest extremity, never turned their backs upon the foe, it was for us at home to take care that all our sacrifices of blood and treasure was not made in vain. He asked what all this contest was for—whether it was merely for a bit of parchment treaty, that would leave us where we were ? Let who would be sent to Vienna, there was no man, if the voice of the people was distinctly heard, who would dare sign any treaty that would betray the best interests of England. (Cheers.) What were they but the interests of Poland The first clime of Russia was the destruction of Poland, and establishing on its ruins despotism. Our first crime was standing by and looking on. ([Tear, hear.) We stood while Poland was oppressed, Finland taken, and now Turkey was attacked. We were roused to action ar .ast. Russia must not only be stoppe s d, but she must be driven back. Poland must be restored, Finland given back to Sweden, the Caucasus have independence, the Black Sea free, and the Danube open. These were the objects, or ought to be the objectr, of the war, and he hoped the sword would never be sheathed until they had been attained. (Cheers.) Mr. J. M. LANGFORD seconded the resolution, which was seconded by Mr. J. W RI"; and carried unani mously. Mr. Aid. BALDWIN moved that a petition to both Louses of Parliament, praying for the restoration of Polish independence and the formation of a Polish le gion, be adopted, and be entrusted to Lord Harrowby and Mr. Muntz for presentation. He observed that although a man of peace, yet, ars we were at war, let us try to make the best of it. That, he, conceived, could only be done by restoring Poland to its place amongst the nations as a b arr i er between the agg ressions of Russia and the w es t ern nations of Europe. Mr. T. H. GILL se con d ed the resolution. In the course of a most fervid add ress, he warned kis auditory against placing too gre a t conf i dence in Lord Palmerston, and he reminded the meeti ng that the Whigs had never been friends to the Poles; th at i n 1794 Pitt, the younger, would have helped them but f or Fox and his fri ends ; 08L8:4eoeden,rd Palmerston and the and Persia, were readyth a t in t 0 18 h 3 e 0 1 p France, theP orefasu:ds Turkey , ebidln 19cogthneisneottlee Hungarian envoy The meeting was subs equently addressed by Mr. eFnoyroeyi Whigs.g n w e re Secretary, host i le; Laba, a Pole, and other gentlem en. The resolutions were carried unanimously, and with much enthusiasm, and the petition to Parliament pray ing for such measures as might tend to restore Poland to a state of independent nationality, wax unanimously adopted. THE GREAT PAL 31 Yesterd t ay e., a nzmitheder otfuegenextlteefseinyeia The visit was rendered the mere etzaesbtieisdhrainehnotrtoif culture, Messrs. Weeks, of King's-road, Chelsea, for the p urpose &c., by the introduction of of witnessing the result s obtained in the heating of large interesting by the fact that the Messrs!. Weeks have pub lished their ne apparatus . conservatories , lished a Notice in which they state th ey are doing ' an much work with one bailer as le being done with four boilers at Kew, and that infuse, or at mi st four , of much as they have now the great Palm-heus; at Kew could be heated at a cost is fuel and labour of 14s. Bd. per day, effecting a saving o f about l ,lOO l. per annum. The houses a n d pits at Messrs. Weeks's are complete in every department, and measure in length 1,100 feet, while the surface of glass exposed to the atmosphere is 16,000 feet. The whole c ons i sts of con servatories, green-houses, het-henses, aid several pits with top aid bottom heat, all appropri a t e d to their several purposes. The lengt h of pipes to beat the whole is but 5,000 feet, and the fuel consumed in 24 hours during the winter months, at a cost of Ss. per day, is 3 sacks of coke, while the boiler requires attention only once in 12 hours, and then but for one hour, thus oceupyi ng a max no more than two hours out of the 24, at Si computed cost of Bd. per day. The great Palm H ens . at Row, measuring in length 355 feet, with a surface of glass ex posed to tie atmosphere of 42,200 feet, r equires 15,000 feet of pipe to heat it, an d consu mes in 24 hours, during the winter months, 72 sacks of fuel (being two parts coke and one part coal), at a cost of 6/. 12s. per day. The boilers, 12 in number, occupy .the wh o l e at tention of two men by day a nd one b y ni g ht , a t gkut, b a cost of about 10e. per day. Until very lately, there were six boilers of various sizes, but all on the same principle, employed at Messrs. Syeeks's to heat the different houses and pits, and altnough those boilers were f oun d to be efficient and economical during eight years, each doing three times more work than the common descrip tion of boiler, recea t improvements convinced the in ventors that important results were attainable by sub stituting ono boiler for 6, and now the whole of the es tablishment is heated effectually by one boiler, 5 feet hi g h by 3 feet 6 inches i n diameter. The whole of the several houses and pits can be heated at one time or separately, with a full command of heat and regulated at pleasure. ......_ =,-.01"... Some delay is expected to take place in the departure of the next New York steamer, the Pacific, which is fixed to sail from Liverpool on Saturday, not having yet arrived from America. She is now several days over due, but it is supposed her date of sailing from New York may have been deferred on account of frost or fog, APPOINTMENTS. Lieut. Richard B. Pearse (1E51), to be flag lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Seymour. Lieutenants—John D. M'Crea (1850), from the Pene lope, to the Hastings, 60, screw, at Portsmouth ; Henry Berkeley (1854), from the Neptune, to the Penelope, 16, steamfrigate, at Portsmouth ; Frederick W. Pym (1854), to the Neptune, 120, at Portsmonth. Master—John Huntley (1829), to command the Re sistance, at Devonport. Chaplains—Frederick W. Smith (1849), from the Russell, to the Odin, 16, steam-frigate, at Woolwich ; David E. Doraville, to the TarLar, 21, screw-corvette, at Chatham. Acting Clerk—H. M. D. Wilson, to the Penelope, Clerk's Assistant—Henry B. Robinson, to the Excel lent, 46, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth. HOSPITAL STAFF. The following appointments have taken place in the Hospital Staff :—Assistant-surgeon W. Poole, from the 73c: Foot, to be a staff-surgeon of the socond-class ; As sistant-surgeon J. H. Llewellyn, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to he a staff surgeon of the second class ; Sur geon James Stewart, from the 18th Regiment of Foot, to be a staff-surgeon of the second class ; and h.ssistant surgeon St. George Williams, of the Madras Service of the East India Company, to be an acting-surgeon. SHEERNESS DOCKYARD. We hear the whole of the riggers in her Majesty's yard, Sheerness, have been examined by the doctor, all of whom, above 60 in number, have been found fit for sea service, with the exception of about halt a dozen. They are a fine, active gang of seamen, and if drafted into the navy will be a great acquisition, as they must be thorough masters of seamanship ; otherwise they would not be retained here. MISCELLANEOUS. Rear-Admiral Plumridge hoisted his flag yesterday, and assumed the duties of superintendent of Devonport dockyard. A. court-martial assembled on board . the Impregnable, guard-ship, yesterday morning, for the trial of Captain Story, of the Harrier, for running his ship ashore. It is rumoured at the professional clubs that Captain Beauchamp Seymour is to command one of the floating batteries now in course of construction. A portion of the Naval Coast Volunteers are to be called out and embodied ; they are to receive largo bounties to induce them to join her Majesty's service, in order to man the fleet of gun-boats, mortar vessels, and floating batteries for the spring campaign in the Baltic. An Ordnance survey has been male of the east coast of Scotland, with a ♦iew to the more exposed places being put into a state of defence. Batteries are t• be erected at Aberdeen and Peterhead, and small forts are to be manned at some other points on the coast line. We hear that among the candidates for the vacant situation of the superinteident of the mail packets at Southampton are Sir Edward Belcher, who fully in tended to discover the North-Western passage, and Captain Dacres, who should, and who undoubtedly in tended to, have kept order in the crowded little port of Balaklava. We believe that Captain Dacres is likely to be the favourite. The Telegraph hired steam-transport, No. 184, left Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning for the Crimea, with coffee and other victualling stores and bale good; for the troops. Assistant Staff Surgeon Peacock went in her to take charge of the car drivers. Major-Ceneral Simpson declined a passage in this vessel, the state of which we have before reported. A Russian prize (the ship Rapide, 441 tons register) seized in the Mersey two months since, under simulated papers, was sold at Liverpool yesterday, by public auc tion by Messrs. Curry and Co. The first hid was 8001., and she was ultimately knocked down to a Norwegian gentleman, named Bertimshaw, for 1,3251. Her dimen sions are—length, 109 feet ; breadth, 26 feet ; and depth, 19 feet. She was built at Jacobstad.t in the year 1840. THE FLXET OFF SEBASTOPOL. The following is an extract from a letter from an officer in the fleet off Sebastopol, Feb. 5 :—" Princess Royal just arrived from England ; blowing strong ; not safe to communicate with each other by boat. The St. Jean d'Acre and Princess Royal add much to the fighting look of the off squadron, and the big Albert looks ♦ery knock•me-downish. Report is busy again, and the last yarn is that Sir Edmund will have a hammer at the forts, if it is only to create a little diversion. From the Rus sian outworks, xow all their best gunners (mostly sailors) are in the advance earthworks, the ships drawing off will recall many of these men, and cause a it of a ner ♦ous sensation to Mr. Osten Sacken besides. The Snake arrived yesterday from Kertch, where she had he'll o❑ a reconnoitring expedition. She grounded under the forts, and bad a smart ire on her for two hours, but her Lancaster gni, with the whistling shell, did good work, and caused the firing from the shore to become wild, and eventually, when she came off, the forts had ceased to return the fire. The Snake bad towed a Dutch ship from under the point the day before, the captain of which ship was left behind at Kertch. He was allowed to come off after the Snake left, and reports that her shell killed 50 Russians. This is the Russian report. • "The Kertch people s eemed to think the Snake would be an easy prize, for they manned several large boats, and push - ed eft to take possession, previous to their hear ing the music of the Lancaster shells. One shell (a can non round one) unmanned the boats in a marvellously short time, killing 17 men. These vessels i❑ smooth water are wicked craft. The Wrangler is gone to Odessa ; the Viper to Eupatoria. Tho rest of the fleet, except the Leopard, in the straits of Kertch, are with the admiral, and quite ready and willing to begin to do some gunnery. Weather bitterly cold." The French exchanges continue with a firm appear ance, and there is no demand for gold for transmission from this side, , „ r PRICE SD. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. (Ppoin the Times of this day.) The arrangements occasioned by the recent vacancies in the Cabinet have net yet transpired, if, indeed, they are completed ; but we have reason to believe that some of the attempts made to replace the late Ministers have not been successful. Mr. Cardwell not only does not accept the Chancellorship of the Exchequer, but he pre fers to share the fate of that small political section to which lie belongs, and lie vacates the Board of Trade, following the example of his c )11eaL;uee with more fidelity to their decline than they had shown to his at - I- I vanceinent. Among the ninv appointments the names of Lord Elgin, Mr. Baines, Mr. Lowe, and Sir Corne wall Lewis have been inehtioned, but we have no positive information as to the offices which these getitletnen are intended to fill. We presume, however, that when Lord Palmerston meets the House of Commons this evening lie will feel the necessity of announcing t,) Par liameilt and the country that his Administration is once more complete. Althougk Lord Palmerston's Government has existed for barely a fortnight, it has already undergone an essen tial transformation. Lord Palmerston accepted a reversionary interest in the late Coalition,, and the Ministry lie presented to the acceptance of the Crown and the approval of the nation differed in only two material points from that which had just been over thrown by the will of the Legislature. That combina tion was, as the result has shown, already effete, and the very first trial to which the Cabinet was exposed dissolved its union, and deprived it of the services of several of its members. But, though this circumstance completed the destruction of the Government which had already lost its hold on the House of Commons and the country, it placed Lord Palmerston in a far more ad vantageous and commanding position. Instead of ga thering up the shatter ed fragments of the late Govern ment he has now to construct a new one, and it rests entirely with himself and his colleagues to determine the strength and novelty he will impart to such a combina tion. The use he may make of this opportunity will be the decisive criterion in the eyes of the country of his ability as a First Minister, for, if he confines himself to an attempt to fill the highest posts in the State by men taken frem a narrow coterie, whose names are already familiarised to the public by their previous failures, it is evident that such a Ministry cannot last many weeks, and that it will be succeeded by the accession of Lord Derby and his friends to power. We have been accused of late of a blind and indis criminating hostility to the aristocracy of this country, yet nothing can be further from the truth. We do not for a moment dispute the well-earned influence and fame of men born in the highest ranks of society, and trained to the service of their country, to which class many of the first of English statesmen and warriors undoubtedly belong. But we complain with justice that a title or family influence should become an apology for mediocrity, and that the highest posts in the State, which demand the highest talent in the nation, should be occupied by men who seem to be even uncon scious of the duties they undertake to perform. At the same time,.the popular constituencies of this country have much to answer for in the men whom they have selected for their representatives. Want of time, want of ability, want of courage, are continually alleged even in that class of politicians from whom the Ctueen has a right to select the executive Ministers of the country ; and it is a deep reflection on the House of Commons, as at present constituted, that it contains so few men on either side able to surmount and willing to confront the real difficulties of public affairs. The disappearance from the Treasury bench of three or four of the best Parliamentary debaters renders it absolutely indispen sable to the Government to supply their places with effi cient men. Upon the success of that attempt the exist ence of Lord Palmerston's Cabinet depends, and the experiment can only be made to succeed by a bold de termination to seek for talent beyond the beaten tracks of official life, among the industry and intelligence of the country. TIIE OBDNANCE ESTIMATES. The Ordnance estimates for the ensuing financial year 1855-56 were published yesterday. The total amount that will be required for the effec tive services is stated to be 7,610,3851., and the total amount far the non-effective services, 197,6571., making a grand total of 7,803,042/. This is an increase of 1,621,380/. oa the estimates of the year 1854-55, which amounted to 5,986,6621. _ _ The items of the estimates of the sum required for the effective service are as follows, viz. :-1,117,8331. for the pay allowances, and centiugencies of 22,346 officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, composing the several Ordnance military corps ; 1,406,833/. for coin itiisstariat and barrack supplies for her Majesty's forces, greatcoats for the army, and clothing for the ; 75,6041. for the ordnat.uc office ; 303,1491. for er,lnance establishments at home and abroad ; 368,8721. fit the wages of artificers, &c., at home and abroad ; 2,792,348/. for ordnance stores for land and sea services ; 1,387,5001. for w,.rk, buildings, sad repairs at home and aLroad ; and 158,196/. for the scientific blanch. The item of 1,117,8331. fur pay and allowances is thin; subdivided — viz., 776,2401. for pay ; 97,5351. for additional pay (for length of service and good conduct) ; 37,7161. for allow ances; 54,0251. for clothing ; 3,2041. for hospital ex penses ; 7511. fur di►ine service ; 1,6321. for libraries and schools ; 20,6371. for inovernocit of troops ; 116,032/. for recruiting; 8,3261. for agency; 5001. for regimental savings-banks ; and 1,2321. for miscellaneous charge,. The charge for each corp, exclusive of heads of service, which cannot be apportioned, is as follows Royal Engineers, 123,0071. ; Royal Sappers and Miners, 81,170/. ; Regiment of Artillery, 654,8031. ; Royal Horse Artillery, 58,8541. ; Riding-house Troop, 2,1071.; Master-gunners, 4,1021. ; Field Train Department, 9,1671. ; and Medical Department, 12,7371. The charge for clothing amounts to 523,0301., and in cludes the following items, viz., 215,0001. for greatcoats for the army ; 80,000/., for " fatigue" clothing for militia ; 90,0001. for the clothing of the " Foreign Le gion ;" and 120,0001. for warm and waterproof clothing and articles for the troops, and for summer clothing. The charges for commissariat and barrack supplies amount to 123,0931. and 760,7601. respectively. The charge of 2,792,3481. for " stores," includes 800,0001. for the supply and repair of small arms ; 40,0001. for the small arm factory at Enfield ; 235,1341. for iron ordnance, shot, and shell ; 1,448,2471. for the purchase of ordnance stares of all kinds at the Tower and Woolwich ; 125,0001. to complete the huts for 50,000 men to be erected i❑ garrisons at Aldershot ; 36,2701 for accoutrements and colours for militia ; 50,0001. for accoutrements and knapsacks for the Foreign Legion ; 42,3001. for packing, freight, and carriage of arms and stores, &c. ; and 11,234/. for the building and repair of ordnance vessels, boats, and the supply of sails. The charge for works and buildings includes an item of 30,0001. for the defences of Dover and the coast of Kent ; 60,0001. for a new barrack at the western heights of Dover ; 48,1701. for improving the fortifications of the Channel Islands ; 24,1631. for new barracks at Dovonport ; 39,0471. for additional barracks at Cam bridge ; 61,0001. for barracks at Gosport ; 10,0011. for the defences of the coast of Sussex ; 48,5971, for the defence of commercial harbours ; and 250,0001. for new barracks at Aldershot. These sums are only those re quired for the year, and by no means represent the gross fetal expense, which will have to be provided for here after. There are numerous items of sums required for the erection of forts and batteries. The amount required for works and buildings at home is thus divided, viz. 295,2151. for fortifications, 109,999/, for civil buildings, and 623,624/. for barracks. The charge for the scientific branch includes 122,0001. for survey,: in the United Kingdom ; 27,975/. for the military academy at Woolwich, and 6,1091. for the establishment at Chatham for instructing engineers, &c. The expense of unforeseen and urgent services un provided by Parliament, but authorised by the Treasury, up to the 31st of Dec. last, amounted to 100,8191. It will now be seen that the grand total amount of the army, navy, ordnance, and transport estimates for the ensuing year is 37,427,0031. ; viz., 13,721,1581. for the army, 10,716,3381. for the navy, 5,181,465/, for the transport service, and 7,808,0421. for the ordnance department. A MIRACLE AT BALAKLAVA. A letter from Bala.klava, of the Ist inst., con tains the following The happy prevention of the great g un p owder acci dentiihs en really report spread throug h the tow in the harbour here, on the 21st ult., was Jew swi ng to an amulet of a Russian deserter---a Polish ew! At least, so he himself positively s arms, thus a : —« hen d: he believed by a few. Th e story n u that the transp or t A rabia was on fire, and it w as expected every moment that the Star of the West, which was lying alongsid e w i t h a heavy cargo ammunition cf on board, wou ld b e blown up if the fire spread in the least, a Polish Jew rushed a down to the wate r, a nd tearing piece of parchment, on whick a circle and a double triangle were inscribed, from his neck, he gave it to a sailor, imploring him to tie it to a piece of the burnt wood of the vessel, and to throw it into the flames without less of time. This the sailor did, whilst the Jew himself drew a picture of the burning ship on the beach with a stick, and commenced walking slowly round it, at the same time repeating some mysterious cabalistic sentences. After walking round Isis drawing three times, he cried : "The fire is cursed now, and utterly harmless !" This ha could a.- fe-rt pretty confidently, as already during his second walk round the circle, the vessel had made signal that the fire had been checked and was speedily being wholly put out. I will not say that the Pole understood whsi the transport was telegraphing, but his quick and cun ning soon detected by the exclamations of the bystand ers that the news were good, and he made his prophetic speech accordingly. He now demands as a reward for the miracle he wrought a large sum of money, his liberty, and a public return of thanks by the whole English army. The closing accounts from the Paris Bourse last even ing present a reaction of not quite a quarter per cent. from the sudden improvement of Wednesday. At Vienna there is still much hcavihisse. ~i G"`~~iL= ~' y "OXFORD'S OWN." 1 There is something eminently feline in all Mr. Gla cl stone's movements. He is always bent on stealing noise -1 lessly upon his object. This propensity is curiously illustrated in his proceedings with regard to the news paper stamp. We speak not of the merits of this mea sure, but of the manner in which he has attempted to carry it. Mr. Gladstone's first resolution on this subject as it stood on the notice of motions for Monday last, contained these words :—" To charge on newspapers and printed books and papers transmitted by post, rates of postage not exceeding ene penny fur every four ounces in weight, and for any fractional part of four ounces." On Monday evening, Mr. Gladstone asked, and was allowed, to have his resolutions passed without discus sion, in the committee of supply, reserving debate on. them for the second reading of his bill. The resolutions were accordingly put and carried in committee, nobody attending to their exact phraseology. In the votes of next morning, the resolutions appeared with an im portant alteration in the passage we have quoted above. It ran thus :—"To charge on newspapers and printed books and papers transmitted by post, rates of postage according to weight." Nor is it in these words alone that "Oxford's Own " has taken the House of Commons and the country by surprise in this matter. Mr. Gladstone got his resolutions passed without oppo sition by professing a wish to have them promulgated, in order that the public might form a deliberate opinion of them. Yet the till founded on them was introduced and read a first tim,• on the same evening that they were reported. That bill stands on the list of orders to be read a second time this day ; arid yet yesterday, at three p.m., the puhlisher of the Parliamentary papers had heard nothing of it. The parties most interested in the measure have had no op? , ortunitv afforded them of learning its contents. The House of Commons has been inveigled into passing a resolution materially different from that which was presented to it. The country is well quit of such a dexterous Chancellor of the Exche quer, and will have no wish to see him back in office imposing taxes by tricks of legerdemain before any ono knows aught of what he proposes.—Daily New. THE NEW MINISTERIAL C.RMIS. There were various rumours late last night u to new anticipated changes in the Government, and also with regard to the way in which the vacancies which have oc curred are to be filled up. We will not repeat these ru mours, because we could not learn that anything definite and final had taken place ; but we may state that we were again assured that Mr. Cardwell had resigned the Presidentship of the Board of Trade, and that Lord Can ning was hesitating as to whether or not he ought to resign the Post-office and his seat in the Cabinet. We aro sorry that Lord Palmerston does not, by any means, seem duly impressed with the importance of getting the most competent men into his Government. We do not allude to those offices only to which seats in the Cabinet are attached; we allude equally to other but still very important situations, which, if properly filled, would greatly strengthen Lord Palmerston's Govern ment. Mr. Macgregor, the member for Glasgow, would, for example, be an invaluabl e acqu i s i t i on i n various im portant offices in the Government. How happens it that the new Premier does not avail himself of that hon. gentleman's extensive and singularly -accurate knowledge of the various questions connected with trade, commerce, and finance ? Sir Robert Peel proved his high apprecia tion of Mr. Macgregor's vast amount of information, and great aptitude for business, by confiding to him the onerous and important duty of getting up and arranging the details of the celebrated free trade measures of 1845. In fact, Mr. Macgregor may, in a sense, be said to have been the anther of these measures. We therefore repeat the question—Why should the country be deprived of the services of such a man ?—Morning Advertiser. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of busi ness. The LORD Micron said that he had received a letter from the Bishop of London, as follows : "London-honse, Feb. 21, 1855. "My dear Lord,—Does not your lordship think that there ought to be a specialjcollection aa d o for the suffering poor of London at this inclement season ? It might, per haps, be administered through the Association for the Re lief of Destitution is the Metropolis, which would insure its safe and judicious distribution.—C. J. LONDON." He (the Lord Mayor) had latterly opened as many as 600 letters from persons in distress, and in many cases he had found that the writers were in a deplorable con dition. Under these circumstances he hoped that a mo tion would be made by so►ta member of the court for a , grant of money for the relief of the poor. (Hear.) Mr. Deputy BOWER, after some statements relative to the abject destitution of the coalwhippere and their families, moved that 5001. be granted by the court to wards their relief. A discussion ensued. Several mem bers objected to the 5001. being appropriated to the relief of a particular class, and ultimately the following amendment, propoFed by Alderman Kennedy, was car ried : " That the !um of 1,0001. be voted for a general fund for the relief of the suffering poor of the City of London, inclusiTe of the coalwhippers and fellowship porters ; and that this sum be placed at the disposal of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee ; and that the public generally be invited to contribute to the amount to be distributed ; and that the standing enter be suspended on this occasion." PRESIDENCY OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. The committee appointed on the ISth of May last to examine what measure , , if any, should be taken by the Court relative to the right of the governors of Christ's Hospital to elect other than an alderman for their presi dent, submitted to the court the following opin►on of eminent counsel : " CHRIST'S HOSPITAL-THE PRESIDENT. "Upon comparison of the bye•laws with the act of Par liament, our impression is that the usuage which has pre v:►iled both before and since the act, furnishes the true criterion of eligibility ; and if so, none other than an alderman of London is qualified to be elected President of Christ's Hospital. " We have had some difficulty in determining what is the proper course of proceeding to raise the question, but upon the whole, seeing that the act of Parliament con firming the agreement recognises the P res id en t as a sub stantive officer, having the duty of examining, app rov i ng , an signing the leases, his office is one fort which a quo zc arrauto will lie, and that is the course of proceeding which we advise.—(Signed), FITZROY KELLY, JAMES WILLES. Temple, Jan. 0, 1855." Deputy Bowss moved that, the opinion of counsel having been obtained, the solicitor be directed to apply next term for a quo warranto to try the question, pur suant to the opinion of counsel. Dopey HOLT seconded the motion. After ;oine discussion, it was found that according to the standing orders of the court it was necessary to give formal notice of a motion of this nature, whereupon the further consideration of the matter was postponed till the next court day. The court then adjourned. As soon as the court had decided upon granting the 1,0001. for the relief of the distressed coal whippers and others in the city, the Lord Mayor summoned the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, to whom the distribution of the money was confided, to meet at the Mansion-house at half-past seven o'clock. They accordingly met, and made preliminary arrangements for carrying out this benevolent object forthwith. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—TnIIBADAT. The continuance of frost is likely to restrict turf specu lations to a very limited range for some time to come. The only transactions in - reference to the Liverpool Steeplechase, which is appointed to take place or the 28th inst., were two or three small bets at the rate of 11 to 8 that it will not come off at all next week. Vandal was again in good demand for the Great Northern, and St. Hubert advanced with increased force for the Two Thousand. S to 1 was taken freely about the former, and 2 to 1 freely about the latter. For the Derby, upwards of 6001. were invested on St. Hubert, at 7 to 1, and 10 to 1 was taken to some money about Rifleman. A strong demonstration was again made in favour of Grwcialus Esuriens ; and 1,000 to 40 was taken twice about Flatterer. Saraband reappeared at 1,000 to 30, and two or three ponies were invested on Rambling Katie at 45 and 50 to 1. Atherstone and The Cave Adallarn, two new candidates for Derby honours, were introduced, the former at 1,000 to 20 and the latter at 1,000 to 15. CLOSING PRICES. GREAT METROPOLITAN. 11 to 1 agst Corcebus (taken ) 12 to 1 agst Redlands (taken) 12 to 1 agst Paletot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Steelyard (taken) 20 to 1 aget High Priest (taken) Pharsalus was untouched. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 7to 1 agst Meteora (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ireland's Eye (taken) GREAT NORTHERN. 15 to 2 agst Vandal (8 to 1 taken freely) CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 eget Andover (taken) 30 to 1 apt Schamyl (take 33 to 1) 50 to I;agst Atherstone (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND. 2to 1 agst St. Hubert (t. freely) 7to 2 agst Lord of the Isles (offered) 4to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (9 to 2 taken) 25 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles winning the Two Thousand and Derby (taken) THE DERBY. 7to 1 aget St. Hubert (taken) 10 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 11 to 1 nest De Clare (taken, 12 to 1 also laid) 12 to 1 agst Grmculus Esuriens (taken) 13 to 1 a , 2st Cruiser (taken) 25 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken) 33 to 1 agst Saraband (taken) 50 to 1 nest Rambling Katie (taken) 10 5 00 0 t t o o 15 1 agst ngs t 'l A 'l t i e h eCorsAatKv°estle (t ' . A d ' u l l l ia e : ) :1 (taken) t i Ei. S't 12 to 1 agst Marchioness (taken to 501.) EXCHEULTHE, BILLs.--Yesterday a return was printed containing. an account of all Exchequer Bills, raised or authorised to be raised, charged on the aids or supplies of 1555 naprovided for. The amount was 17,774,1021., from which 591,1001. to be deducted, being the amount of Exchequer Bills dated in 1853 and 1854 subscribed for Exchequer Bonds, and which hare been cancelled. The amount to be provided for in the present year i 9 17118M004 Time )n. tting)