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AB E ETT• MARICET—.—Fg% 1,01 Rea,Lity OATS. 0 34s ocl 335 03 aA 31s 10t 2Se (4, 28s Oti 263 u( 11 , 1/ 11 tarket, 806 LIT L, 777 ff Os. , 494 qrs ., 1 201 qrs ., ms/AL QIARTER . 1 arley, ...1/. 1 9, ; s ans, ..... 21. 6 .ARICET—FNx. Current. I"; 00s Od ....... .... 00x oa ▪ oos oa ........ • 110 s Oa —FEE. 11. o 25s Od 1.40 s per o 24s Od j o 30e Od , 0 308 6,1 1531bs ,o 62s Od 621b1 : o 708 Od 1 to 19e 6.1 per t. to 565 Od Per sac PRIMES. b Barley flour,l4l ~ dust, per lb ..... Sas, ................ ARIgT. 1 00 Butter, p lb. ye 10 0 Eggs, p doz. ri 00: Hens, , p pair to, Chickens, Ducks, 0! Duckg , -dog ot o jtd, Dnekiingsd!T t, Turkeys, 0°1: oa t , ~t ..., 1,6t„ nt cure) Per c7,..,„0,1v zen • ...... 2-Ib. 1001.•.10 61 stone, 33 ea" F E B. 16, 001 14 , ted by thi) so ° , t supp li e d tn-cl'liid ji m eral colonel 41, SP,V 0,1 ; red ditto!. s, 138 Gd to 1 ° 17 ,0; 0 0 veal, 15 3 Od t ° d ; ea u ' E .11,S. bent from tllw6, Ling—desPsol 'To r l o s 0 , pistote:/. n wale it; ral Post- London.' rlday • • . •• •• of .• .• ...... •• Le montb k 30 of Lo• th of moo. We month, 4 MOll •• e montit .• the month ed.,&Frld• 1 of mord,' aonth • • • 3,61,28 of 01 th of moo. Lily .. • • • ally .. • • • • 20, 27 of no 1,1; :12°D1 rAierlol i ~,~,,.. Dol " m a 4 Sou'or r4' s o poeo n rl, r i SOdorl V it r le Do t 0. so t! ' re e 1"`,51 'th of mon• a FrillaY the M0;10' V * t 1; o'11" soat:er., the month. Ith of moll' :h of month 27 of mom aily ..•• •• & 27 of m• the month month •• •• pa ve Po' e f:o 4 ;c nou o soPo 11 , 9 So„,, 0 ,0 , so fa- jr oi ,p 0 U of mon•I the montl4ol;'''''.o he montlYV 0 1,00 25 thormo•*,4l, th of moof,lptll,o..oi ate ship •• VT 2s thottnon• lso kr,o , 27 thotroon• 'th of mon.,t,isa.„ ate ship. • .ir o fst ;; ;;;' 25thoimonqjoer th etmonlss th'YiJ , nor tth u h.' 0 Ol e 7 a nui potiss w the esc—li I oth of sch!ch 'ronl t he 151 0j 1 ssels, ,enderoleo ilo, an d Vi l l irtA s ! f war. e tb e ll and the tot ; kin d" ar.ous ~.1 On Saturday ;uished by vi'dt ni eer at Shee.,,,,s 7, lat town pe t ' lti: e 4 0 of pe nnrY; , 1 , she receifeits4 Till. It 1018,,t1151 1 of inoneY t',etir,ti 5 habits NI . o il/ I. Her Pe ° ,, Ol d 3card soap *:tiiii: and she boa , ilt , . 0 1 1. Her onli 1 ,, , ' fp s own eariiiiii4r.fei 40, Jut she eol''' ' 1 a ,,,0' save nsorielgtt,t6;ll ;ovemenee3' 0 0 i f hrougit ths ° t ot i s o i ) profitabli,4," rnence len"' itiPlal pr y. I ; b : r tie' i di: Ise were ' l ,' ble 'ft' ret a nli 9e ° 0 beb i 15 ii / 1,1 A sina her er V 'ills she 0 / 08 3 ,i ngetber in 0; 0 ' 4 0 , Rithot4b so, , rather tb eg" inn to r 0 I: a du c 'dio f nse, an ac o , , t , lo folluwe if 7 / a al , ' iv, ',,t , a goo free I 0 ~ SundAY, vf 1 :L' Dpitlated 008 Id 11. To rol' til'il,ot slirtill left n i pti i 0 , , of of 'bred. ',/,Pois, ?it a pair of l e leV4 o o , d her '0 01;01Aii, r more tlif ottitelteer/ ' 0 1 4 , tttets Ar'' 0 0 ,4, "teenier! 6 If hy. In * o y ;ol t 'V/ a ged th r6 o d,:t l if irl , Ldwritin;,, 0 / ve k. l . 19, in , 1 1 1,1111,9 itv sch. a ° • ;l 4 l i l liof idland .:01,00091,01 [Lester, t".ootlitejiell fol s' deposi tbo.dog or e 0 , 4 eveci bi ( 0 / .60 n la d • fous,l„f' ~, s' o' 4 Thess ° a oc' 0 1 $ t' l &pi rag., tie, : , /t i e ; ° c , i o j ,l rtable t 0.," 0 1 a o c iO r o (I away " be lOrot , ze lan% •ijiifet, fo i r 0 i i i of soAP °,oti°4 rOO f friend, ',. tog ' in•IP 0. intir .0 totedlet p df 05 A S. .ceot) 3eestercre° 1 " o. ' a croley Es(t. I.Blo.std' 04; rot , rg.t ()C Efarris'Parl° ir of It. sielplo, i urge l)ietiiol, B _ . P jot t o Mar l* t ' ijo t.egout -*tre• 1)14' ----- r t, Thurioel:ti4go,loo,o, Craigeod', obelVe Int t -torraceLl o f , ii uty Joel''. r f, .0 I I .; alSeftf ese,l &iv- .4 e Service, 'i;109toil; al o Loage, ,alu;, 7 lyn, 111...riolg}t{Oli ,ent, ii:eitut 0 cielior ale, duriog ''et, Di or Fillarig- 9Lre i 0 o btletooro, °Cl.' ilicsshiro. Pr_ • ibb.( lby VIT:O V r fo ° o ) At ria ,50 int,vaploy 19, a 1 19, 1.It; ALB ERTSMITH'S MONT BLANC 4 If t , i Cwir Open Every Even!n g (except Satun2. ay) o'clock. Ss,.-P Repr esentations take place every,Tuegd3Y• 11'78(layi 4 t 3 o'clock - N.B. There will be RO entertautmen "'''esdaY. Egyptiaa Ealilß'iccadilly. , 00TT -ma be CONSULTED by 3)oth hu t sexes, an • t 'before 2 and after 5 eN; e°04 4 0 . ttia"S" of l a pri tTe a f t eg a health .— Ad d ress 3, King Wa.. - 4114, —Mon (opposite Charing - cross Hospital). . lo_ I VOItTri k htt 4 e i 0., mil . ..,..'' JUG.--SAMU EL A LCOCK and th, 4 tewards o e not:le Ztlit; f t tr *ltllli tir e re ter ae 3 l l3 h f ral i e , tr., Staffordshire, 1:0 . 4 desirous of ) 4 141 4 of th 0 2,... to possess a memorial both of the ibi d generoa.'sytnpathy displayed by hb, 4t iolr ' l t illuatrat7-r '- tiny brave soldiers, have publi , hed a 6-,ti e i tersit e k i , _.-fe alike of the horrors o: war, as well as of , 4 „.htiet• to alleviate them, evidenced by the Royal , '''' Na t ~•0 1 )1e8 of this interesting. work can be had at sll -,.....,,_ "warehouses in the kingdom. E XCHEQUER BILLS. Office of her ilfajesty'A_Pa_vmaster-General," 'l* Whitehall, 17th Feb. 1855. t„ 44 4 EQUER BILLS, dated in the ,14)3)°,_,./areh, 1851 (per Act 1 Viet., cap. 25.17,742,5 dp,rh, 1,,2 ,1 the Interest due thereon, v" , ll be paid off en the RC' When the interest will cease. ,lb„ t k : t o‘a:2,ii be received at this office d Any, from half-past ten 4 1tiq /4.4'Eux, until the 28th day of February, Itiss, inclusive. Nitim 3 ; c ' nt a i ning instructions for the preparation of the 'tau R nd the arrangement of the Bills, may be ottained en‘lor ' se . ke, L 1 , 1 4, at Ili, oin , e each bill with their usual sign stares, _Taxa their names aid addrewcs in each list or c ; ' 'At itt qi u4 , Ines of holders are inserted in the hills, the indorse- Obtit te r efitde.rs must also be obtained previously to their claims 14 1,4 aMt uation. bearing interest at the rate of twopence farthing by ' r Y one hu tired pounl., an dated the said 7th day Da rt of ay be obtained in payment of the principal of the nAt t th ,o Exchequer Bills issued under the Act above-, be specifying, in their claims (or lists), the St.Ouls „,..' ,1 required by them. 41441.4)44444-,al IDs is be obtained in exchange for Overdue Bilis v dated. prior to March, 1854, all of which have thitlete.lepaiitacivertised to be paid off; but such Bills must be kkriltia -141 14, - I„ elain " (or lists), according to their dates. gather with the Interest on the Bills left for ex -1141/7_ zit :rued on the Sth day of March,the llarers ki e ltt tt Mceto sign receipts for the payment of I rinci k„Elolt, eluet , q „,Y , may be obtained at this office for any of the "q 41 tr ie ',Lis, Previously to the said 7th day of Mani, IS 4 abk,'ll leaving the bills for examination one day prior ‘i such Payment is desired: .1 14 4 h 4h _ 7 at LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, tthze /4Vraterloo-place, London, 16th February, 1855. bIr t IOrle, ) ,:: °11 11 you that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEET- Iciely -4 0fil ee " and Holders of Policies, entitled to vote, will be 14Z444 t 0 tectrl Thursday, the Bth of March, at Twelve o'clock to elect the Report of the Society's affairs to the 3lst —I.; anctelent a Director in the place of the late Samuel t • I °r general purposes. tt. 4 11 7 order of the Board. It h , J. LODGE, Secretary. i•Ntert nn ,‘"ea of the Society it is provided, " That persons 'fe\i,..,,,_;4l4Q,._thettiselves as Candidates for the Direction are to ' 0 11,..."•rig. of their intention, at least ten days before the VITA,. ZE ITABLISHBD 1837. A. LIFE ASSURANCE ta i tCOUPANY. k 41,, 1 ' Prine es - street, Bank, London. ~„ tri m b 7.1 7S Pecial Mt of Parliament, 4 Viet.. cap. 9. , `74.„,tX.A.NDER, Blackheath Park, CHAIRMAN . n , Met of , 14..111{11s rrernium for securing Loans or Debts. only, required during first seven years. vaYable at Sixty or at death if occurring previously. ' At '44 1 , 0 NIA MUTUAL ta ',erect her LIFE ASSOCIATION. 1 41,".. ar , 7 141. Majesty ' s Royal Letters Patent. Nrlklit 4r4 DuZ ia r 7 ' POucies'every three months' difference of age. "Le an aid half premiums liquidated out of ( k N , " I e g,bt , em ium p in I , or Re , j a i tire. pil I i' '• !i 2 5 2 2 s 2 A ,13 4 , ° 5 , G i 3 2•41 ~_i ( MI T U " . ) Half . Quar • Aga. ! Annual Yearly terly premium! Pre- Pre mium. minor :1 Ze al's. Months £ s. d. X s. (1. £ S. (1. ; 3 0 0 2 7 3 1 4 20 12 3 1 1 3 2 7 6 1 4 4 012 4 I I • 6 2 7 10 1 4 6 0 12 028214 8 0 12 6 --..._ E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW IeRANCIS, Secretary. Tt~AD` II A-T FOR CASKS. ktl t 6 0 4 Cr '' l.' ee f t the Comptroller for Victualling and 4 11:44 4i . ' Somerset House, 15th February, 1855. 4 4, 4 lOn en for Executing the Office of tler 4 etal , eby r„ of the United Kfhgdom of Great Itr,t t re Notice, that ox SATURDAY, the 24:h )ti tti t • S to"'Y p act e ready to tr a nd with such er outractb for suoplrine and delirertng into Store& under-mentioned— tro) 11 , I c ot elgt, k oil ti l ak eitch..o When to be delivered. One-third of the quantity at ea h place in mane month, another third in two monthe, and the remainder in three months. or earlier it prefer red by the party tendering. 1:4144 4. Ci • Gosport. Plymouth, At% No. No. 6,000 6,000 t,,,, ° N: 4 4, , r),„,; , ()., th- r ti k l , t ;? ) , ,t, , of e -. o4 e t t ie to t ll l holli or the any power, n of the Casks when the Ten- IN , 114 gr e the ? Ime a Y t A n g elthe e r L e ; for such part kl iril 'atly hL' e h Y T; t etr a 4t, or for agreater quantity, or of t::24b r' e l „„ Jr4 a t i l iZ r "I r a e sti's Victualling Yards at Dept f4Ptie,„ `CeiVeth uni ft ce r .,7.e, and „„ h , ,_ °as made on the Printed Form pro- I, ati‘ 'at • — all tatty be obtained on application at b,tqii,ler grri ictlallinz Y* -ds 't Gosport and Plymouth, itvi l ki e , t l'Or p- ; "billeting the Packet Service at Liverpool, n , of v_ustonts at Bristol. 0142,1kalajh.11e reViSed tract, to witch particular 'atoll '," ' hire r p;L a aen at thr saldofflee, at 111, said Victuaillo 7 i t t Zfitarel and Bristol No tender will be rec e e d iv t e li d a r t n i t h cr e t :11 4/ 4 or ij o o r Z 3f t e r n oi:t o y r; a h 7 s d i lt el w ai i t p . n ot oui h h d e atten iu d r at the office it 4) 41 1 4 ' 1 , O r' t,, t 4l l.4, Ct, ag a+ the result . of the offer received from each e.ttte!tesallLelted to him in writing. . 1 ' 4, 7,1, 1 %17, _ th '-v a ddressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty. - ‘ 4 N'selal corner the words " Tender for Casks," nd a t Somerset-House. `44 k "l l, , kti P r otected by Royal Letters '.44 t i t zrta secured by the Seals of the geole T `th'Thtth, "t tiv,, • NtijniPerial College of Medicine, Vienna. l e %N u " ' Der h ‘rle%'n, , 11MA.R, No. 1, 1411 e ° 1,.'n ' ', Ir bre -- „, t nkatorrhres. and Exhaustion of to , e. "' Dr,:klises, accident, or climate. rh, r ,,,',err o ,l'nted entering the married state by It o Illertqt 3 l° It is invaluable. 4,1;b:1),, r4 eet ot 'Pac.l 11 8,1 t, No. 2, Dorti n - ell th oi , lho, e a r ,l three days, completely and entirel, Otte -4 e rtll -4.4 " 13 orders which Canty' and Cubeb , . poow ahtidots for, to the rain of the kealtl sttlienthitl Thtehoo. n, th e En, t4l , nt„ tl ttl• No 3 I,,q,•:etion „.,1311:),ZAY for th class of Disorders, whit: the - h 4 „lcian treats with Mercury, to the in tll o,lt e'sgent's constitution, and which all the 11 e11/41tinr :ti r ,; 1 , , I°l remove. hei"„ alitaltke devoid of taste or smell, 1, - ates lilt, e a. They may lie on the toilet tabit 14 . Pelted, ttbe kinunitacli, free by post, 2s. extra, divided ante erlec; * hol,, red by Valpeau, Lallemand, ltonx. in,e0.: 6 "7 a nd Retail in London ofJohn >ton. 68, O gford-etrect: and Sanger, 0x .44,z,1er ,ruggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ; 11 , CI; Powe4nate, Boon ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, 'ett er e.,.11, b ooksell lt er, 15, Westmoreland-street, nngh-street, Birmingham. „.kkt ti , E g N D S T A 11 tk eci fu , E T - ' 4 l( Pi„ - , - 2 1 Greenhltha and Purfle s et rem 'sultitkawksix underlined (weather permitting) PIER, GRAVESIII%M. ii•-- - - 1 - - ; ..----7----- il 9, A CI , 0 k w . Is ..., , , I r , _ ....._ _ SUNDAYS. O Time 4 r, 1 E P - H ... , 106tneh t , , it ( 4 0 tir, 'e „ q"street Station to all pa, -414 -"3/44CKWiLL, on the arrii orn the Fenehuroh-street Stati i)-,: ~,z,. _&1 of lon. irtdlll to - AIIxD•TB Fen .htirch Street, \, t 8 r> t t , t lp ' '' 4 k' t ri -44 0 1 >t,,, 4 40 jl 4 l , Fore Cabin. Saloon gc,! 4 ekN7 41011 .• •• • • . 103. .. Is. 2i 2 1 %, , lo ta sll or Woolwieh Sd •• Os 10,1 kr: 0,0, Wei ediate Piers.. f.d.. .. Os . Sd k o ' , to Ao nths,Months,.3!. N. n k. T:,...hsd of the Collectors on board the see Pier. Gravesend. , t11 4 1,.. c,...,....______ '47 1 11, 1 , On % 1N t , r,... k,,, , t , It, i iht ' B s at OF "YOUTH AND MATIJRITY tk,..r 0 ...._ L a r ta _ed with cases ; free by post fir 35 1 ~,, l ij; s, U 0 amps, 1 1 / 4 4 t S'S' I t g r ,Z,D.tot n :: DEBILITY; Vt,,kehl tr-,"leal Observation enre.—An ssay on Sper , wet ) , by ll>. the 'Went eervations on a s afer and more Nis4Nit t:ICt ta , 14 .! n s , o..et. the Microscope diseases of the Generative ItN1 41 ? 11 1 : ' , , ce. Il l i Z e e t, ta g n i i :t e Sion U , :l c ie ro ;e c :l pe r a th use de a t n e rgect l e d f ,r ) ,, , i. t ek i , t e r l i ate, fo irer arising from solitary habits, Ny t :ii l : . 4 lt,, s ec c v :ee t ,? w ed by practical remarks, founded t',7 I)44trit,eitlo.4, the treatment of Impuissance, it, i ... th, ?ti . t . t. 1 .1 , Permatorrhma, &c. To which \, 4 4 074 , e fro„ etu Tnnology of Marriage, with pre 0/ t it, :tri: ee die* :e l ating from empirical practice, *dvocated by various writers ea 4,1t4;,P Pl.:trtL LlemE ! I 'l3. li tt 1)..s Q RT, tto. 1 / 4 14 Viki k 5 Dot 1 1:11P I ZUltitql u t7 Al t 13 , LONDON, „is l - '4l:: e i'e f, , Arf,',,,; 4 t h ,tni n dl o a ti r of rf the University of Edir: titiLMedical Society sl4Akn_ll't,t,ift tin, trir:il, London ket4`°Q t ertal "ea 15 to London, out ' >, , 1 ,, ni o re n h a b i ,_ . thefearful CCI3I X, N'',1) 24 4 3 i e Nly n 'lSery' i ''' megularlter, and excesses, 1,1, 1 la C I 'lo 4 t ci sues Youth, degradation in Man i)‘l,, A1t,141,, q to Pero of Life, an, perhaps, any \t,i, on to Nr.° 4 trn Pathologists, Its perusal is I TV . i 'A kri ci vrti -°ll9 entertaining secret doubts of k , l f tit t,,, tt --"( Intsghs.ero Censcions of having hazarded , ' 1 1) i,„, 10 11, 1 ,e;4.„ -eel t o Which every human being is It 4 34 t 3[13 . 41,,,, -, th at ii , ~t i k, tl, t4;t,Z -4 , Itt e4 4 .!enie - lt:: l 4'n ehonld know, that there are 6 , ll 4 si, :t i N ' 4 l l l ; cl ra,t:nct wh en ich wi e s e d nnot be violated without tk OZ4 I i t 3 C h o * : tl4 Ero . f i tl i ggnee7 ' h a o n : theesgreetpesuncceed alties k' t jil l t ieli k ' t i?' cle t .„ -' %nene, - , r n b _ it t lerness may be removed, t lt tz s „: . 1 , t n , c e y o_f o h ys '4 itl e in aT i Oldl ; a o n r d functionalabove all, it ' l h; t hpi ttl j t Zi7 i ' t e: f of 3 . e el art d etfeselenc, cannot apply a cure. n ve Cl i ll 4 4 4 t , t a t ti tr en ll 4 .l y e c d o eli ed e a n „ en co g m ag r n io in ts a , iswiixotif have \it'l:sltlll4l.:42ltil'lT : '1 e nttinos Wed tohotkaerociaxotoofodhritopranot Vki‘ te Z e l 'ter n: 3' be bed H 1 t, t,,, -.1. _. 4 kr e . ,rmr.1. 0 ,,,,..' .„P-ce 21, of Messrs. Piper, 'kir , t. t , ‘qclre,,''s•nn, 39 • L ' e nnaY, 63, Oxford-stamet ; 4,1 414 n• oria th . Comm; or free by ost for t 1,41 • Author's residence, 37, Bed air El ven till Two, and Item qa,i y . „ orri. t No. 19,467.] P ÜBIA GATT OATS. Nearly ready, People's Edition, price 2s. 6d., the Fourteenth Edi tion, Dle, ROWE on NERVOUS DISEASES,, Liver and Stomach Compla;nts, 1 ow Spirits, Indigestion, General Deld'ity, and lii4eases ut Warm Climates; the result of thirty years' practice. London : John Churchill, New Burlington-street. SIEGE 01? . SE VASTOPOL.—Stanford's Bird's Eyo Yhw Or Sevastopol. Hal:A:lava, and the Country round,. chiiwing.the very extonsive and important Works rec,ntly erected by :ha Hns-lans niithe North side of the Harbour ; the inner Linea of D. fences in =.evastopol itself ; the posit! in of the Allied Armies, Defence Works, &0.. &c., is now redly. Price, in one Elizet, plain, as., case, 5n Gl. ; coloured, 55., ease, 7s. Gd.; per post, Gd. additional. 'London: _t duar.i SranfoiTl, Wholesale and Retail -Mapselor, 6, Charing-cross ;. and all Dooksellers. QEE the " Gardener's Chronicle" on JOHN L. WEEKS and. Co.'4 HOMATER APPARATUS. The Nubill (leutr.v, and horticulturists are must respectfully invited to Ch hca during this severe Weather to see the unprecedented achievement in tleating by lint water. Horticultural Buildings up wards of 1,(00 feet long. The whole heated from 60 to 80 degrees by one small boiler, at a cost of only 3s Bd. per day. Boilers and liot-Water Apnaratus-is of all sizes, applicable for. warming Horticul tural Buildings. Churches, Marsion., Warehouses, &c. Also to be Bern, ' , ortict,ltural -, uildings of every description, s i lhat a lady or gentleman can select th, deictiption rif houQe and apparatus best adapted fur rev ry' required purpose.—JOHN WEEKS end CO., King's•roa'i, lsea..Liothouse Builder and Hot-water Apparatus Mau ufactut er. The Third S 1 'Won.-- lint published, twice 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. 0;N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRWEA, •vitt the new of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real 4 ufferers under this disease, and C , rrecting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From he German of Dr. .With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of tna system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of :he metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " Plextval 's Known to English readers by his frequent practi :3l contribution: to German medical literature. This is the first me, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the noa-medi :al reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall feted any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his :ower to cor rect." —London NI Mica! Gazette, " The tribe of ` Quiet Sympathisers,' and • %le:lir-al Friends,' are mercilessly. exposed; and if this book could find its way into the bands of those who saffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would oe saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of 'es, Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the sm./Arica! , yrtem of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a :note rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, Ilk &y to do InuCi cord." London: TT. tialliere. 219, Regent-street. 13 R. CRAWFORD'S NEW SCOTTISH _4. ESTERTAINMENT, with Dioramic Views. Open Every Evening, at the Regent i ;finery, 69; Quadrant. Special Morning Per torthances on Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. Grand Piano forte, Miss St. Amand. PATRON-H.R.EI. PRINCE ALBERT. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ti PORTANT LECTURE 4. On the NEW BANK NOTE, by Dr. BACHHOFFNER • On the TELEPHONIC CONCERT by invisiNe performers on four of Erarri's liar" J. H. PEPPER, Esq. SPLENDID OP TICAL DIORAMA. of the VOYAGES of SINBAD the = AMOR. VIEWS of the WAR. PERKINS'S STEAM GUN, which now Discharges 209 Balls per Minute. Saturday Evenings.—The Bards of Caledonia, by Mr. and Miss Crawford, Mr. Van Noorden, Mr. Wand, and the Royal Polytechnic Band.—Dissolvin; Views of America. LAITRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.— Ito 'MAY, Feb. 19th, 1455.—During the course of this week he following Muste will be played by Laurent's orchestra :—Over- L'AlliancP (Ist time), J.ll - Tutton3 Waltzes: Wellen and Wogen, itrauss ; Cornelie, lancheteau ; Vermah;ung'a Toaste, Strauss; La .;ultane Bosisto ; LeCarnaval de revise kby i'esire), IL Laurent, . . with Variations tor all the principal • per!'ormers ; Qum:ltllles : Jerome Sol Dieze, Lamette ; Le Collier d'Or Beugnol ; the Highlanders, H. 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An Illustrated ilsaanse fir 1855 cratisonappllcatien .or post free THE' RESTORATION OF POLAND.-4. crowded meeting of thninhabitants of Bath was held at the Guildhall in that city on Thursday for the purpose of impressing upon the Government and Parliament the necessity of the re storation ,of the kingdom of Poland as an independent state, in order to restrain the aggressive action of Russia on Europe, and to give a material guarantee fir the dura bility of peace. The mayor, Mr. W. Hunt, presided. The first resolution, moved by Mr. W. T. Blair, was as follows :—" That the, strongholds and armaments pre pared by Russia in advance of her ancient frontiers have revealed aggressive purposes against which treaties alone are not effective defences, Russia having already seised upon territories since her first partition of Poland in 1772 equal in extent and 'importance to the whole em pire she possessed in Europe before that period ; that the restoration of Poland, in complete independence of Rus sian control, would afford a material guarantee that Rus sian aggrandisement in 'Europe at the expense of neigh bouring states should cease, and that such restoration of Poland would be in accordance with justice and sound policy." This resolution, and another of a similar cha racter, were unanimously agreed to. A petition was then adopted to both Houses of Parliament setting forth the policy of re-establishing Poland, and praying that an address might be presented to her Majesty that, the war having been undertaken in the cause of justice against oppression, as much favour might be shown to wards Poland as towards Turkey, especially as we have a clear right by the treaty of Vienna to protect the Polish nation. A resolution of confidence in the present Government was next carried unanimously amid loud cheers—" That this meeting desires to express full con fidence that her Majesty's Ministers, of whom the Right Honeurable Viscount Palmerston,tis Premier, will maintain the honour of the British tuition, and in the most cordial alliance with France make every pos sible effort for the re-establishment of the peace of Europe on a secure and permanent basis, and they cordially trust that among the securities for peace the restoration of Poland will form a primary considera. tion." An address of sympathy for the past sufferings of Poland and of hope for the future to Prince Adam -Czartoryski was also agreihr to unanimously, after which Mr. Zaba, a Polish refugee, addressed the meeting, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Mayor. • • -.) . . , • . • . • ./. ... .-- ' ~ • (____. ( -c• - - --(----. -- -7 - ' - Z"" 7 - ' . . ‘'-‘' - 1 . . , , . • 1 1' 0 1 ; 41 • i ,5•,. , .: ' , • ..A at. r • ._- • I ''''' . • • 1 \ , y, _ _ ee l .. 1 4. 1 . i i :. :A 7I I I I* • 1 1l 4;:• / tik '%,....LiPti l --. • w.,-; . ..., ....,,, • ---.,•& ~ er- , Zir . ,•••• ,1-,.......:.....,.. :..,.....t,..t, .....,,-- . ,1 40,1% ., ••• . 1 I • li• -' • . .0,1 , i ~ • ~,,, ' 4 0 . 6. , ,,,5;5. * .'l•• ..„,„,..... I M4 1.. 44 1 :0441,. ; A11' 41 • I „,„L „ii ___;"l , „,. ; ',i: # 4 ' AL. ~ : :tk74 i ..-... /4 r ••,- • /... \ ' ..✓~ .1.4'. .:-.3„,‘, .... :tw,..,,,,,,,. ......... , i.,....---...', -..-';'...-'. • 11 , kt -4 , _--., . O h , '..--'l4' •• I . -,,,; - 4. ;? -..• ~,,.. ~) ..,,,,,„ ,I. "..., .e• 4 001,.. 4 t ~ -- - , 411111 . " 7 ' ...- . - ....._-,.._. / , -.... ' 4,1'. e i. 4 —4 ...,.. 1 ' ~. ~.t. l i .. e ... ..,.... 44' qN N ''"-- /‘• 4, .6,, - #.- 4, 1 61,,, Lirti ..t,,,. - k,' " af.r ' - , `l`' . .„ ., ilf .4. , ' , : - ai ''' -. ''t. '. „ ',e' f ek.-1. 7,:p. - , , ,,.. _. - . ~, 14- 0 _ _ 14",„, , . --- ~ • ,, , z , eeN t- ~. 4, , ... „.„.„...::::::::...,, %.. , ..,.... ,,i4.. ., :::,.... ,... ::. I, ...7,:. ~„::: " ". ,--. ~,, ,iy, , ,,. ...,,. ...04, ...• oßarr k• • Ce •• -.• ...... ~.. / LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1855. LORD STANLEY AT LYNN.-ADDRESS TO THE ELECTORS. (From the Lynn Advertiser.) Lord 'Stanley, M.P. for the borough of King's Lynn,. having intimated his wish to address the electors, a meeting called 'for that purpose, was• held at the Town Hall, 'on Thursday ; There was a very large attendance on the 'Veda sion, and all . parties'in the town were amply represented iu the gnieetiug. Amongst others present wo obs.xVed the following gentlemen, viz. :—Tho Rev. R. Cattle', Roil G. Leeper, Rev. J. Bransby, Rev. A. W. Diirdin, Rev. G. Rigby, 'Rev. J. T. aligner,, Captain 'Cresswell, R. N., Lieutenant Garland, R.N. ' Messrs. R. Baggy, P. Cresswell; W. Moyso, J. Platt en , G. Hogg., P. Wilson, J. B. Whit ing; R. Pitcher, L. W. Jarvis, J. J. Coulton, J. P. Bleu cowe, E. Durrant, C. Goodwin, F. Milton, H. - Edwards, J. B. Jeffery, W. Beloe, L. Self, R. Cook, W.. Arnies, I. 0. Smetham, W. Bleueowe, J. Scales, H. Plowiight, H. Allen, W. Cooper, A. Swatman, C. Sheppard, T. Sheppard, Soppings, J. Laird, Plows, Blott, Share, F. R. Partridge, Atmore, W. Shipp, W. Patrick, Harding, H. Wells, J. Thew, Sayle, &e. On Lord . Stanley's entering the room, in company with Mr. Bagge, he Was loudly cheered, and his lordship's recep tion throughout was such as. to — convey to him the fullest assurance of the confidence reposed in him by his con - 'stitueuts. The Mayor having been requested (on the motion of Mr. Bagge, duly segonded) to take the chair, stated that it was his intention to have said a few words on the occasion : but, labouring as he was under a very severe cold, sore throat, - and loss a voice, he should content himself with merely introducing to the meeting Lord Stanley, who, on all occasions, he was sure, did everything to promote the welfare and interests of the inhabitants of the town, and who was, he thought the meeting would agree, entitled to their warmest - thanks for his conduct. (A ppig.u...) Lord Stanley on rising to address the meeting was received with much cheering. He proceeded to speak as follows :—Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, I have asked you to meet me here to day, because I think it only right and'coOrteous after so long a period as that which has elapsed between the election of 1852 and at the present time, to offer to you although unso licited, some account of th e manner i n which during that time I have attempted to discharge the trust imposed upon me as your representative. I take this step not solicited by any one here ; I take it without reference to any prospective probabilities of a future Parliament—for a general election at this time appears very unlikely; but I-take it because I wish to offer on my part, and to ask from you in return, that frank and full confidence which at all times and under all circum stances ought to exist between the electors and the elected. (Hear, hear.) And let me in the first place express to you my gratitude, not only for the support which here I have al ways received, but also for that which I value even more—for the perfect and entire freedom of political action which you have always left in my hands. There are many here whose advice I value, there are some to whose judgment I would even defer my own ; but in the six years that I have been your member it has never once been said to me upon any single oc casion, " you must vote for this measure, or you m u s t ab stain from voting for that, or else you will not be returned again." (Applause.) I am proud of such confidence; and, though the case is my own, and though, therefore, I may be considered as an interested party, I will say I believe that is the best way, I believe it is the only way, to obtain honest and effectual political service. There are difficulties enough in the way of any man who aspires to be a conscientious and independent legislator—personal feeling, party bias, class in terests, liking or aversion for particular men, the fear of seeming inconsistent with one's_ former professions, the fear of seeming to forbid for popularity or for offico—all these are motives which warp a man's mind without his knowledge, and which make it not always easy to see clearly what is one's duty. There is nothing gained by interposing another obstacle between aman's conscience and his vote ; and I think you will agree with me that if a. member is not fit to think and to act for him elf upon public matters, he is much better in any other place than in the House of Commons. (Applause.) Well, gentlemen, the three years of this Parliament, although productive of consequences which may ultimately be mo mentous not only to England, but to Europe, have been, so far as internal legislation is concerned, singularly barren of results. (Hear, hear.) 'The Government of Lord Derby quitted office too soon to bring forward any measures; and, of course, in public as in private affairs it is idle to claim credit for unfulfilled intentions. When Lord Aberdeen formed his ministry we were told on all hands—it was the general cry of the country, that there never had been an administra tion of greater promise ; and certainly, if we are to judge by the number, by the magnitude, and by the variety of the in terests with wuich they undertook to deal, and of the ques tions which they undertook to settle, we must allow that there never has been a more promising administration. We were to have a large measure of parliamentary reform ; we were to hive augmented and improved proviqion for national education ; the poor law was to be reformed—settlemat done away ; and lastly, there was a scheme to throw open, as it was said, and to remodel the civil administration of this country upon au entirely new basis. Well, what happened ? Parliamentary reform was first postponed, then abandoned. An education bill was introduced; was laid before the House of Common ; was thero received with no particular favour indeed., but with no particular censure and yet, nevertheless suddenly and without cause it disappeared from public view. The Poor-law Bill -a measure which I believe would have received the support of quite as many Conser vative as Liberal inembers—broke down in the face of Par liament from a want of concert among its promoters— one Minister supporting one scheme, and his colleague defending - another; and that measure, too, was withdrawn, and never appeared again. And as to that much-vaunted scheme of civil service reform, which had boon named in the Queen's Speech, and which had been introduced to the country by the applause of the newspaper press -that measure never even was submitted to the Reuse of Commons at all, but, after having been so named in the Royal speech, and after the details of it had been sketched out in the newspapers, was withdrawn, and has not been heard of from that day to this. Now I . need not tell you that the initiation of public mea sures rests with the Government, and that where from any cause Government does not undertake the work'of reform, not very much can be done by independent private members. Some measures, however, have been carried, and many have been discussed; and to these minor topics, though only com paratively minor topics, I will advert in a few words before I come to that which is the one object of the day—l mean the war in which we are engaged. (Applause.) Two measures have been carried which I shall pass over very shortly. A bill was introduced for the prevention of bribery—a bill con taining some provisions of a very stringent character—a bill which, since it has been in force, in those few cases in which it has had a trial, has, I believe, worked well. That bill ori ginated pretty equally with both sides of the house, and, as a whole, was not opposed by any party. It is a measure for which neither the 'Government alone, nor the Opposition alone, could claim credit. It was a bill which originated with the entire House of Commons; and, as far as the details were concerned, I believe we may say that the most important provisions which it contained were due to my friends Mr. Walpole and Sir Fitzrgy Kelly. There was also a bill intro duced and carried for the reform of the University of Oxford. That was a measure of which the necessity and the import ance had long been felt; and it was a measure which, as a whole and upon principle, did not meet with opposition from any quarter. It underwent important 'modifications in its progress through Parliament. It excited much discussion, and, perhaps, some needless apprehension ; but it happened, singularly enough, that the• on'y great principle which it could be said to involve, the only principle of really national importance which it contained—the principle of admitting persons not members of the Church of England to study in those universities—that principle formed no part of the Mini sterial plan ; it was not adopted by the Ministry when sug gested to them from another quarter ; but it was carried against the opposition of the Ministry by a union of indepen dent Liberal and Conservative members. (Hear.) There was, indeed, a measure also passed in that session, of which the entire credit or discredit rests with the Government-4 mean the India Bill of Sir Charles Wood. I mention that amlseoasbuerecauspae itrtl was on a o c n co e un wi t th of w i h ts ichl great' w importance, p m o y rt g a e n lf ee i , n some rtl degree connected. It became my duty, whoa that measure came to a second reading, to move an amendment postponing the consideration of the subject for a period of two years. I and those with whom, and by the advice of whom, I acted on than occasion did so, not because we were hostile to the principle of Indian reform, but precisely the reverse. We thought that if time were allowed for the public to become better informed upon the subject, and for a more general interest and attention to be excited in the 'country—we thought that if a limited period—two, three, or even five years, had been allowed for that purpose, and, in the mean while, if all permanent legislation had been suspended, that means would have' been afforded of introducing many great and beneficial improvements in the government of India which were not at that time possible, and that the ad vantage so gained would more than compensate for the delay. Wo were the more entitled to hold that opinion, because at the time the measure in question was brought forward an inquiry had been ordered to take place before a committee of the House of Commons ; that committee had sat during a part 'of two sessions ; it had investigated the subject, but investigated only a part of the subject ; and upon that partial investigation, the inquiry being stilt un concluded, Parliament was asked to legislate, the inquiry was to be cut short, and the House of Commons was to decide upon the whole of a case of which it had heard only a part. I have often reverted to that vote ; and though certainly there never was a Ministerial measure more success ful in a Parliamentary sense—though never did opposition, I must confess it, undergo more signal defeat—l must say i;ntel i t i r g ae h ffs t et . ctein Th dtnh e oe f l a s e ouca t b r e as ient , te; th House of Commons that, looking back upon that measure, I am satisfied the vote ; id it no e t xc t i o t u ed ch n t o he gi c . o e n ai interest t d s tiik u ga e li i :t e a t i l o wag e s amount of public feeling. The matter was accordingly left in the hands of a comparatively small section, and Govern ment had everything their own way. Well, gentlemen, I will now advert to one or two questions, not perhaps of greater intrinsic importance, but of more -interest to you. I take first the question of church rates. I have voted for the abo lition of church rates, and shall do so again. When the mat ter was first brought forward for discussion in the session of 1853, I thought, and many others thought, that a compro mise would be possible, which, while equally relieving Non conformists from the unjust burden to which they are sub jected, would serve to mitigate in no small degree the oppo sition and the dislike to any change whi c h were f e l t by the a gr n e o atthermember bodyef Churchmen. porliame. I nt That plan was propo se d b y supported it in writi ng, and I voted for it in the division ; it was fully and fairly dis cussed; and the result of the discussion which then took place upon my mind was to convince me that fair and equit able as that compromise might be in, point of principle, it was encumbered and embarrassed with so many practical difficulties in the working as to make it difficult for it be carried through the House of Commons, and make it quite impossible fonit to be successfully carried vont. Well, then, I had only to choose between maintaining the law in its actual state or voting for its total repeal. I thought it was a ques tion, not merely of policy, not merely of expediency, but of justice and right; and I therefore could have no hesitation as to the course I shoOld take. (Applause.) I am quite aware that in some districts, especially in the rural districts, inconveniences would be caused for a time by the withdrawal from parishes and congregation of that compulsory legal sup. port to which they are at present entitled. I do not over look that objection, and I not underrate its importance ; but I think the inconvenience in question would be only tom. porary ; I think it would be more than counterbalanced by the termination of that'strife Rad dissension which we have so long witnessed in connection with this question ; and I think that the, change is doubly important, not only on account of the intrinsic merits of the cause, but because it will Pam' us the first trial, the got Partigial 047. periment, of that principle cf self-support in religious matters which, whether wo like it or no—whether we approve it or no—whether we think it the best possible system or no seems likely, perhaps certain in the inevitable progress -of public events, to be the principle of the next generation. (Hear, hear, and applause.) I trust, therefore, that we shall succeed in this matter; I trust that something will be done. But if we fail, and if nothing is done, I shall still confide, in this case as in many others, in the good sense of the community at large to remedy and to neutralise the effects of injurious legislation. One word, in tho next place, gentlemen—and I promise to touch the sub ject briefly—one word on that groat question of national eau , cation. That .ia a ,question which is actually and at this moment before Parliament. Two billy are now before us— ono introduced by Lord John Russell, which, in the present state of affairs, can only be considered as an expression of opinion on his part ; another by my Mead and late col league, Sir John Pakington. Between the principle of these. two bills there is no important difference; and I think that oiretunstance alone shows that the parties have draivn nearer to one another on this subject than they were a few years ago. I remember, when the question was debated in the yearslBso, Mr. Fox, a supporter of what is called the secular system in education, proposed a plan of his own. There were then two parties who held very well-defined and some v - O s n u ep o a r r t t e y d w b e y re pu d b e li te c rmined that pub licsh schools—all e t hools extreme all viw s e cho s Ols pp grants—should be taken entirely out of th e h ands of the clergy. Another party were equally anxious. to have them pl ac ed entirely and exclusively under the cont ro l o f the clergy. Now, I think that those extreme opinions on both sides are disappearing. I think that there is a general wish in Parliament, and a grow ing anxiety in the country, to have, this question satisfac torily settled. I think that each side is willing to concede something, and that we may with no great difficulty, and at ' no distant period, arrange the terms of a compromise. Of course I do not here enter into any detail ; but there are one or two broad nrinciotan effecting the question which C th;"'r it dosirable to lay down. In the inast place, I would say that no measure of education will be worth anything which does not recognise and which does not include in its system schools already existing. Those schools are not enough in number, her are they what they ought to be. Both in quantity, and still more in quality, they are deficient. Still in those schools something more than one-half of the people is more or less adequately instructed; and it would be folly, and worse than folly, to overlook altogether, in constructing a new system, that which has already bean done; it would be folly to lay a new foundation instead of adding to and enlarging the edifice which already exists. That is the first rule which I would lay down ; and in the inext place I would express my own firm conviction that throughout the country, and more espe cially in the agricultural parts of the country, no measure of education will work successfully which has not the support and the cooperation of at least the nore enlightened part of the clergy. (Applause.) I purposely avoid arguing that as a question of principle. I treat it as ono of practical neces sity. Both on that account, and because of the general feel ing of the people, I believe that what is called the secular system is utterly out of the question. (Hear, and applause.) Some religions instruction must be given—(hear, hear)—but there the difficulty begins. Many 'arsons object conscien tiously, and not unnaturally, to pay out of the public 'fisnds for the support of sectarian schools belonging to other do nominations. Ido not say that you can altogether avoid that difficulty, but I think you nay very much diminish it by a simple rule somewhat analogous to that already adopted in Ireland—a rule, namely, that religious instruc tion, though given in all schools, stall be in all optional and not compulsory. (Applause.) I think that the objec tion I speak of will be very much diminished, if not removed, when it is understood that every schaol receiving support from public funds; whether national or local, is bound to re ceive and to admit to its secular teaching any child of whatever denomination—that child not being compelled to attend the religious teaching. (Applause.) That is the second rule, therefore, I would wish to lay down. And, thirdly, I would say, that, in whatever you dc with reference to this question, I think it is most important. to recognise and to respect the principle of local selfsgovernment. Too much power under the present system is given to the Government department called the Committee of Council. (Hear, hear.) That power is irresponsible : it ought to be made responsible to Parliament. The departmont ought to be represented in Parliament ; and, besides that Parliamentary chock, I think that it ought to be further checked and controlled by local action in the various districts. To explain in a word what I mean, I thick that all Government grants ought to bo made dependent upon tho raising of local rates; and I think (though here I speak with less certainty) it would always be welithat assistance from those local rates should be given in proportion to the amount that is raised by voluntary effort. In that way you may, by recognising those three principles : first, the recognition and the inclusion of existing schools ; secondly ; that that religious instruction shall everywhere be offered, but everywhere be made optional ; and thirdly, by recognising the right of self-government ; by admitting, I say, those principles, I .believe you will overcome the greatest diffi culties which lie in the way of a settlement of that question, and that a satisfactory compromise may be arranged. (Ap plause.) Now, gentlemen, if I had bean addressing you in this place, either last year or the year before, I should have felt it necessary to dwell perhaps at some length upon that even more extensive and more momentous question of Parlia mentary reform. That is a question, however, which for the present, is very much in abeyance ; and I do not think that for a time it is likely to be revived. I therefore pass it by with merely one remark. I would observe that every pro position of Parliamentary reform which has been of late years submitted to the House of Parliament involves two perfectly distinct ideas—two cprasponaa which have little or nothing to do with one another. 'one of those questions is the extension of the franchise to a lower and poorer class than that Which now enjoys it. On that point I purposely avoid making any remark at present. I will merely observe that it seems to me a question very much of degree and of time. Much may be safe now which would not have been safe in the year 1832 ; and much may be rash and premature and dangerous now which in 15 or 20 years will not bo objectionable. But the second question, and that with which I think Reform Bills have principally undertaken to deal, is not so much the extension of the franchise to a the i') a o t l country.poorer classpointl amongaiilitsfs say m or e th fra e i sm se a e li n c o ona thin t g itu c e o n n e s i e e r : a o ti f y i e 2 - 0:073: class ak e sql frankly equal 1, distributioninto, nowsofar possessas m over y o lnl it. itheindividual d a oi vw r: u ac 1 ti: aw, to order, to government, or to property, in the existence 1 1 security to t o: which we have so many. I think they lead to corruption; of 11 i f those thon goes,ver y The number of voters is limited, the value of an individual vote is, therefore, very great, and that has a tendency to pro duce bribery. I think, therefore, they tend to demoralise one class—the class of voters in those boroughs ; and they tend to raake another class discontented --I mean the unrepresented, or partially and imperfectly represented, manufacturing po pulation of our great towns. If,. therefore, the question came before( us, I should have no ob iebtion to deal by law with those constituencies. At the same ti me you m remark this—that it is scarcely possible, as matters stand, that any small measure of reform should pass this Parliament. There aro sO sonny local an d per sonal interests affected; there are _ . 7 obstacles with which any measure of that kind will meet in the House of Commons, that no such measure is likely to pass unless it be supported by a great pressure and demand from without • and that is one reason (I speak to you here with all frankness) why, though perfectly willing to deal fairly and equitably with the question, if it become° before us, I have no particular desire to see it unnecessarily stirred Now, gentlemen, after glancing briefly (and it is impossiolo for mo to do more) at these topics, I come to the question la I. Ii occupies all our minis, and for the last 12 months has Afloat monopolised public attention—l mean the war. Su s - s t ar-) I l think there are we questions which we have to ask ard to answer : How did we get into the war ?—With what obje c t s . results are we fighting ?—and in what manner is the w ar and to be carried on ? (Hear, hear.) Now, as to the first of those questions, I think that it was solved in a word by the present Foreign Secretary, Lord ClsaandOn. Lord Clarendon tdd the House of Lords that wo had drifted, or that we were drifting, intowar. That phrase, I believe, precisely describes tits. situation. The tradi p , tional policy of this country has been, at least during the pre sent generation, a pelicy of peace and g at least I voted for non-interference in the year 185 G ; and that is a vote which I should repeathou now. On tho oth er hand, it seems to me equally clear, though I do act know that it is, an opinion equally prevalent in this country, that the policy of the Emperor of Ruaa has always la - -ert to avoid a quarrel with England. I jailge him not onl— a by the acts of the last two years, but by the 30 years % more of his reign. I form that opinion judging partly bud— y that celebrated me morandum of 1844. The moaning an d Purport of that memorandum the evident object and intention of its writing, was that, provided England and Russia could agree x as to what should - be done about Taske_, the Emperor of Russia cared very little for tho op any other power.ini on of I judge, also, by the language which the Emperar held to our Minister at St. Petersburg, Sir Hamilton Seymour. Ido not think it is very likely—s do not think it ap pears very reasonable or natural that a, man Should tell not only his acts—not only his plane—not only plans which he was at that time carrying out, but Plans for the distant and remote future—plans of which the execution must ne cessarily be long deferred—l do not think it is natural that any man would tell his most intimate thoughts and intentions to the Minister of a country with which he intended at that time to go to war. I believe, therefore, the fact to be this : when the diplomatic negotiations became involved, and the quarrel appeared serious, neither Government 'could bring was it self to believe that the other in earnest. We did not think that the Government of Russia would dare to resist the united wishes of France and England. Tho Emperor of R ug . sin, on the other hand, judging by past experience, ar i a s thik, encouraged by the indecisive language of our own statesmen—the Emperor of Russia thought that Fra nce and England could not and would not act cordiall y to. gather. ther Why, you may recollect the lan gu a ge which wag held by tho late Government and by its supporters in the year 1853. In the leading journal of the count ry, at that time the organ of the Gladstone at Manchester—(hear} —in the speeches of L or d Aberdeen in the House of Lords —everywhere you could trace the same idea and the same feeling, that war was to be deism_ cated, and that, do what you would, the Turkish empire and well the Turkish people could not be saved. ( Heal) It w as known that this was the opinion of the Ministry ; it was well-known that that was the opinion of the men Who at that time held the Government of this countil; It Wan well known in England, and, of course, being known in England, it was known also in Russia. Is it not natural, is it not reasonable to suppose that the Emperor of Russia judging from that fact, and knowing also that up to the present time there never yet bad been a cordial alliance between France and England—judging, I say from those facts, should conclnde that we were not i n ear nest, and that we meant to p ro t est, indeed, and remonstrate against his acts, but to do nothing more than protest? Well, yon may ask me, .. Of what conse quence is it to discuss that question now I I think it is of great consequence, and I think so for this reason ; if it were clearly made out that the Emperor of Russia had deter mined to invade and conquer Turkey, at whatever cost, and notwithstanding the opposition of any and of 'every other government—if that were the ease, then, of course, we should have had no alternative and no recourse, except to fight and to continuo the struggle until one nation or the other was destroyed; but if, as I believe, the Government of Russia had no such intentions—if the Governments have been at cross purposes—if the quarrel has arisen, in fact, out of a mutual misunderstanding much more than out of any se t, premeditated purpose of hostility—t I hen, I say, see no rea son why a secure and an honourable peace should be impos sible. (Hear.) I look, therefore, with great interest -to the negotiations now carrying on at Vienna. I augur well from the appointment of Lord John Russell to conduct those ne gotiations. (Hear.) No name in politics stands higher than his. He sets out with the prestige of a great position, of eminent abilities, and of a historical career, and, notwith otwaill.tio attnaPtil to trance him clio noteF 70.4.9_4 4511 ____—_ been made by some of his colleagues, with an unstained per sonal and political honour. (Applause.) I trust, therefore, that the negotiations conducted by him may not be unsuc cessful. If that is so, he will have earned the highest and the most ennobling of all human triumphs—that of restoring European peace. (Hear, hear.) But there are some persons who tell you (and this is an opinion very popular in this country) that if a peace could be made now; upon whatever terms, it could be - nothing more than a mere truce. Well, there is something very plausible in that saying. Bat - I happen to have looked back to the debates, to the discussions and to the opinions of men who lived when the peace of 1815 nets concluded ; and the language of the Whig ptrty at that time, the language of the Liberals of that day, was, that France would never submit to, the humili agai ew t o i l • r e fts misfortunes t n e u e r i until l e f r y e l e d o a s7 b O y s i i al u ta s t ati its breakinwould h u . ny t e tion of that peace, th a t th a t peace was a mere truce, th a t war a a h n a d d. t h h e a e t a the m another and more z e e de r g e n o o e successful contest. I have no doubt the gentlemen who held that language id 1815 g ot great credit for their saeacity—pro plias of evil generallydo. But the peace of 1815 has been more than a mere truce ; it has lasted for eight-and-thirty years ; it has lasted until the two nations have come to understand one another better; it has lasted until, when again called forth to battle, they are found fighting side by side, not as enemies, but as allies. (Loud applause.) Well, then, I say I for one will never quarrel with an honourable peace merely because not battles enough have been fought, because not enough of blood has been shed, or because it comes too soon. I say emphatically an honourable peace, because I do not believe the people or the Government of France or of England would accept any other. (Applause). As to the terms which ought to be made, it is idle to mention them now. We cannot decide what they— shall be until the progress of the war is seen ; until we know what powers of resistance or of vitality Turkey herself can put forth ; until we know whether we are to have Austria for as, .11 a , f" a frie n d as neutral AT "La for we are not fighting in this cause alone—we cannot tell what terms of peace ought to be made until we know what terms aro approved by our ally the Emperor of the French. Therefore, although I might have been much inclined to enter into those great territorial questions which have been mooted —the question of Poland, the question of Finland, the ques tien of the Principalities, and the question of the Crimea—l think it is idle to discuss such topics ..now, when we must discuss them in a merely speculative manner. (Hear.) In a word, what I say is this—l am for a vigorous and energetic prosecution of the war, as leading to a speedy peace. (Cheers.) I am for moderate terms of peace, as tending to put a speedier end to war. And I am the more inclined to hold both these opinions because (we must look at it 'fairly, and we ought to state it frankly) the resources of this country are inexhaustible. There is scarcely any expense which we cannot afford to incur ; there is scarcely any amount of military strength which we cannot afford to put forth ; but, after all, we have a debt which exceeds the debts of all other European Govern ments put together ; we have a debt which is felt at this moment, and which, perhaps, will be felt still more, as every serious incumbrance upon our industry. We are daily forced more and more into commercial competition with America and with the continent ; and, though it is perfectly true that the same weight of debt was borne 30 years ago, when our population was smaller, and when: our resources were much less than at present, still there is one difference between the circumstances of that time and the circumstances of our own which ought not to be forgotten. Thirty years ago emigra tion was unknown—that is to say, it had not become the habit or the custom of the people. Whatever, therefore, might be the sufferings, and whatever the discontent caused by the load of taxes then pressing upoii the people, no alternative was open to them except to remain. At present it is different. Every day yeti see men who have fair prospects before them at home emigrating • on the slightest possible inducement to America or to Australia. I believe, that if you were to double—if you were very largely and materially to increase your debt, so as to add perma nently some ten or twelve millions a year to the national taxation, you would give an impulse to that movement of emigration which would, to say the least of it, be highly dan gerous, and which might ultimately end in a depopulation of the country. (Hear.) That is a question which we must look at fairly, and which we cannot overlook in considering this subject of the war. So, therefore, I am for a vigorous, for an energetic, and, if it can be, for an irresistible displaY of military power ; and I am for such a display of power for this reason, among others, that we cannot afford a long war. (Applause.) Now, gentlemen, although I feel that I am oc cupying more of your time than I have any right to do —(No, no, and cheers)—l should like to say a word upon' the man ner in which the operations of this war have been conducted ; (Hear.) It is of no use to deny that which everybody knows. Great errors have been committed, and groat disasters have ensued. The question is, what is the cause of those errors and of those disasters Who is in fault, and who is' the party responsible for them ? Three answers are generally given to that question. There are many 'who say—and I observe that the newspapers aro taking up that cry—that there is some thing in our parliamentary system, something in our internal administration, which is in fault. Others say that it is the organisation of the army which is defective. And a third class again, reply that it is not the fault of any system, but simply of an individual minister. Now, I will, with your permission, consider those various peinta; and I hope you will do me the justice to believe, that though they may be somewhat delicate, I will attempt to discuss them without any prejudice of party or class. (Applause.) The complaint commonly made against our system of parliamentary g‘vern ment is this that under it all power and authority are _ , monopolised in a few hands, and that talent, without I connection, dose not find proper scope. Now, the question to ask ourselves is, whether that is true or no ? I - it the fact, that in the present day and during the present cen tury high administrative offices have been usually filled by incapable men, having no merit except that of connection ? Of course that is a very popular theory ; and it is easy to understand why it should be a popular theory. In the first place, it is taken up by those and by the friends of those who, having been, as I believe, in a great degree responsible for the present disaster, are naturally anxious to screen them selves and their friends by throwing the blame upon that ab straction— a system. In the next place it is a pottier theory because it flatters every man who, having entered public life, having somewhat overrated his own abilities, and leaving failed accordingly, is very glad to lay the blame upon his want of influence rather than upon his want of energy or talent. (Applause.) But I am very much mistaken in those whom I address hero if you are likely to be led away' by any vague or unmeaning Cry. (Hear, hear.) Take the facts as they stand. Take the House of Commons as it is actually constituted; take each' party in the House of Commons, and consider who, in those parties, are the leading men. I begin with what is called the ultra-liberal party. I do not suppose it will be said that Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright have made their way brmeans of connection, or from any cause except that of their own ability ; and yet Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright, unpopular as their views are upon this question of the war, have filled as large a place in the public eye as any Public men now living. Well, take next the party of the present and the late Government. Of that. Government, next to its chief, no one would hesitate to say that in the House of Commons Mr. Gladstone is the leading member; and you are all aware of Mr. Gladslone's career ; you are all aware that his parliamentary success is due solely and entirely to his own personal ability. I might go through a long list of names—Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Disraeli—it is in vidious to mention names; but I will undertake to say that ifany ono takes the lists of the House of Commons as they are at present constituted, he will find that a clear majority of those Who are or Who have been in the highest offices, or who have filled a large place in the public eye, are men who have made their way, not through connection, not through family influence, but simply by the exercise of their own faculties and powers. (Hear.) Nay, I go further. I am not defending our Parliamentary system as by any means perfect. It has great faults ; but its faults lie, I think, in the contrary direction to that now urged. The fault of our Parliamentary system is that it does injustice to men who, with considerable power of labour and with considerable administrative talent, do not possess the faculty of debate. If there is any class to which it does injustice it is that class. it certainly is the case that in the House of Commons, as iu every popular assembly, the mere power of public speaking,i the mere facility of reply in debate, is a talent more valued than it properly ought to be. (Hear, hear.) But that is not a fault on the side of an aris tocratic or exclusive system ; that is not a fault which tends to throw a monopoly of power into the hands of a few per sons and families. That is a fault which, if it is inherent in our government, we share, and share in pretty equal propor tions, with the republican government of America. (Hear, hear.) Whatever the defects of the system may be, it cer tainly has this merit : no man absolutely without talent or capacity can hold a high Parliamentary office or represent an important department. Consider the work that he has to do. He may be called upon any day or any night, often at the shortest notice, to answer for and to defend his own measures and that of his colleagues. No clerk, no colleague, no subor dinate can assist him in doing that work. The measure of his ability is taken ; his capacity or incapacity, as the case may be, is fairly tested; and if he be incapable, if he be unfit for the office which he holds, his unfitness is no secret either to himself or to others, and the pain, the ridicule, and the re proach of such a situation are in themselves a sufficient guar antee that it will not often be coveted. I say, then, what ever the fault of our Parliamentary government, it certainly has not the tendency of throwing office into the hands of in capable men of high connection; and if time allowed, and if I were not unwilling to weary you, I think that I might prove that that has been the case by a reference net only to our own but to many former generations. But if the Parliamentary system be not in fault, the next question is whether the defect lies in the organisation of the army; and on that point I say at once I do not undertake an entire or a confident defence. I think that in the faults which are commonly ascribed to our military organisation there is also some considerable admixture of truth. One explanation of those defects is obvious; and I think it tends to exculpate from blame all parties concerned. That cause is, that an army can only be properly tested in time of war. (Hear, hear.) No reviews, no Chobham camps, no parade in Hyde Park, will ever teach officers and men their duty, or show the country whether the army is fit for its work or not. Now, we have had a 40 years' peace. That is a great blessing ; and we must not complain if we have some price to pay for it. We have had a 40 years' peace in Europe, and the result of that peace necessarily 'is that almost every military officer whom we can employ is either inexperienced from not having seen a battle, or superannuated because his experience dates from the time of the Peninsular war. (Hear.) But there is something more than that. Our army, though it makes a large figure in the estimates, is small compared to that of the great military monarchies, and it has been- scattered abroad over a great variety of colonies. Hence, although what is called the regimental organisation—the organisation and the discipline of the regiment is perfect in itself, yet when you come to place several regiments together, when you come to deal with a larger force—with brigades o r with dive dons—neither officers nor men have any practice of united ' action, and for want of such organisation great confusion arises. Now I do not think it is fair , adm ittin g , as I do,the faults of the system, to blame men eit her at home or in the field for not doing well on the first tria l that which they have never done before , that which th e y have never been taught to do, and that which they lea ve nevereven seendone by others. Well, that is my explanation o f the principal defects of the military organisation. It is commonly said now that an injus tice is done to the private soldier by the infrequency of pro motions from the ranks. In that statement, I do not hesi tatet to say, I think there is some truth. (Hear, hear.) But I think also there isisome error, some exaggeration.' I do jus tice, as every one does, to the admirable conduct of the pri vate soldiers of our army. (Cheers.) But I would say, in the first place, that promotions from the ranks are not quite as rare as they have been represented to be; and; in the next place that which is more imp or t an t, th a t the opportunities for distinction, the opportunities for such actions as enable a man to rise from the ranks, do not occur very often in time of • Reave s it is nvt ix Wadi lift, it is sot vn partidta or ill reviews that a private soldier has the means of so distin gnishing himself as to earn his promotion to the rank of an officer. Therefore, without imputing blame to any one, I think it is a natural and necessary state of things that pro motions from the ranks will be rare in time of peace, and be come more frequent, necessarily more frequent, in time of war. I think that is extremely desirable. Ido not say that prejudice in some quarters may not have had something to do with the fault complained of ; but I think prejudice has had comparatively little to do with it; and I think the principal cause has been thacwhich I have mentioned—namely, the infrequency of opportunities for distinction afforded to the private soldier. [A Voice—" Feed them letter. No raw coffee."] There are, no doubt many respects in which we shall find that the military organisation requires reform. All I can say' is that I believe there is not the slightest desire among any party in Parliament to throw obstacles in the way of such reform. I believe that all reforms that can be proposed will meet with a fair and impartial consideration ; and I my self shall be heartily glad if they can, be found practicable. But, after all, it is not the military system, it is not the organisation of the army which is responsible for most of the errors which have_ been committed. It was not the fault of 'the military system, that after we had twelve months' notice of a war impending, the English army was sent out from this country destitute of the means of moving. (Hear, hear.) It. was not the fault of the military system that when that army had been sent out it was despatched to the most pestilential quafter that could be found on the' shores of the Black Sea, and there detained in inaction many months. It was not the fault of the military system that that army, scantily provided with materials for a siege, and decimated by disease, was sent to undertake the siege of Sebastopol, Government not having apparently taken the trouble to inquire what was • the strength of the place or whether it had a garrison of 20,000 or 100,000 men, and that that army was sent out at a season when the operations of a protracted siege had become impossible. (Hear, hear.) Again, SI •treie ..s ii‘o fault either of the military or of the naval orga nisation. that our largest and heaviest lino-of-battle ships were sent to the Baltic to attack forts within reach of whose guns they could not possibly come. All these errors are distinctly chargeable upon individuals—upon the late Cabinet--upon those who had the conduct of the war in the late Cabinet. They are indisputably the faults of Ministers, and not the faults of any system. (Hear.) Ido not say that by way of adding to the humiliation or to the punishment of those who have been sufficiently punished already ; but I do say it, be 'cause I think those who are anxious to defend those Ministers are endeavouring unduly and unfairly to exculpate them by throwing the blame upon a system of government at home which is not at fault, and upon a military system which, though undoubtedly defectiye, owes its defects principally to the prevalence of a long period of peace. (Hear, hear.) And now, gentlemen, I think you will be glad to hear that I have pretty nearly gone through all the subjects which I undertook to discuss with you. As to the future, of course it is idle either to speculate or to suggest. The conduct of a war, the conduct of military operations, must always be very much in the hands of the Government. One point, and one only I would mention—l mean the question of finance. Ido not blame the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for having tried as long as he possibly could to avoid ant permanent increase in the debt of the country. It was a fault on the side of pru dence, it was a fault on the unpopular side; and on both of these accounts it is deserving of forbearance and of respect. But I say that whether that policy were wise or no at the commencement of the war (I mean the policy of pay ing for the war out of the taxes of the year), it has now become, and will shortly become even more, simply and abso lutely impracticable. (Hear.) At the same time it is not fair that a temote posterity should be charged with the expenses of our wars. The only remedy, the only resource which I see is to raise that portion of the funds required which cannot be defrayed out of the taxes of the year, by means of what are called terminable annuities—that is to say, spreading the period of payment over a certain limited term of years— neither, on the one hand, raising it entirely from the taxes of the year ; nor, on the other hand, leaving it as a permanent addition to the national debt. By that means the expense of this war will be borne, as it ought to be borne, by the gene ration which makes the war ; ' the debt will not be perma nently increased, and, at the same time, the taxes need not be increased to any excess. I think, on the whole, that is the fairest, that is the safest, and that will be ultimately the most popular policy. There is one subject on which I have said, and on which I shall say nothing, I mean that which relates to the personal part of politics, the position of parties and the change of governments. Those are subjects with which I never very willingly deal, and at this moment they sink into infinite insignificance. For myself, I can only say lam ready to support any ministry which will carry out a vigorous and a prudent policy to a successful issue. (Cheers.) I believe that is the general feeling of Parliament; I am certain that it is the universal feeling of the nation. God forbid that it should be said of us in this ago and country— above all, God forbid that it should be said of the Parliament of the country, that in the heat and excitement of faction, patriotism has grown cold. (Applause.) My sincere hope is, that ministers may deserve that support which Parliament desires to give them. Lord Palmerston has takes office in a time of great difficulty. Ho has been a great popular statesman ; and, though his years aro not few, and though his goverwnont is mainly that which the House of Commons has lately censured, I still hope that, he will,prove himself strong enough to secure unanimity for his Cabinet and vigour for his councils. But, in any case, and under whatever ministry, we shall continue to rely with a sure hope upon the unimpaired resources and the unaltered spirit of England—a spirit somewhat too care kge and boastful in time of prosperity, but a spirit persever ing in .difficulty and indoxaitable by disaster. (antlers.) For myself, I desire nothing—l aim at nothing—l shall labour fo'r nothing, except to see the national honour maintained untarnished, the blood and treasure of Englishmen no longer recklessly squandered as they have been, war effectively and prudently carried on, and peace early restored. (Loud and continued applause.) Mr. A aMEs said he was sure he should speak the sentiments of' the mayor, the sentiments of the present assemblage, the sentiments of the town, and, he would say, the sentiments of their common country, when he said that they could not allow Lord Stanley to leave the meeting without thankin g him most heartily for havin g c ome d own a t th e present crisis to address them upon the national affairs. He (Mr. Armes) could not believe, and ho was sure his lordship would not believe, that every atom of his expression had been equally agreeable to so large and mixed a community ; but there could scarcely be anything, he (Mr. Armes) conceived, more grand in itself, nul more comprehensible in its idea, than that all of them should agree to recognise the pure-patriot ism of the sentiments which his lordship had announced. (Hear, hear.) He thought that the town of Lynn might well be proud of its representatives. (Loud applause.) He had great pleasure in proposing the thanks of the meeting and of the town to his lordship for "coining down to address them upon the present occasion. (Applause.) Mr. BAGGE proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor for his kindness in presiding on this interesting occasion. Lord STANLEY seconded the motion. _ After which " three cheers for Lord Stanley" were called for, and the call was responded to by round upon round of the most enthusiastic hurrahs. Tho meeting then separated. PAPER MONEY IN RUSSIA. (Front the Derbyshire:Courier.) The Czar, it appears, is availing himself of the advan tages to be obtained by the use of paper money. A recent ukase makes this proclamation : " Wherefore we have thought fit, for enabling the Trea sury to moot all its present engagements without imposing now taxes, or increasing those already in existence, and in approval of the Finance Minister's proposal accepted by the Council of State, to grant permission to the Treasury to cover the ensuing extraordinary expenses by the tempo rary emission of national promissory notes." These notes are, it is said, to be paid off three years after the proclamation of peace. One-sixth of the amount issued is to be made over, in the meanwhile, to the ex change land in silver roubles. The amount now issued ii not large, viz., twelve millions of roubles, or less than 2,000,000/. sterling. There can be little doubt that the Czar is acting wisely by abstaining from the imposi tion of new taxes. Russia has comparatively little commerce, and the amount of circulating medium which she requires is not great ; this small amount of paper money issued by the Czar will, nevertheless, not be without its beneficial efsct. It will tend to en courage commercial enterprise and to assist trakle just at the time when the War renders such assistance valuahle. If the Czar manages his paper money judi ciously, it will retain its value promote the prosperity of the cation, and be a powerful auxiliary in enabling him to cart' on the war with England and Franco. Representative paper money is new A tried sad ascer taisesi system. It was tried in England from 1797 to 1317. The result is clearly pointed out by Air. James Taylor in his recent " Essay on Political Economy," which abounds with wise and useful suggestions on the stbject of money : " It is a fact worthy of special ',tics, that when means were in this way (viz. , by the suspension of cash payments by the Bank) provided for superseding any absolute ne cessity for gold, the Bank lad no difficulty in procuring as muck of that scarce metal as the necessities of the Govern ment required. By this salutary use if paper money under the Restriction Act of 1797, our national industry was sustained through the unexampled difficulties of our valour, and with Napoleon ; and, aided by the loyalty, alu and industry of a prosperous and united people, the to Government was enabled to bring that fearf ul contest a the stores most honourable to the B ritish nation, stores and productive powers of the nation being greater at the end of the war than at the beginning, although a very large portion of our male p o pulation had been em ployed for more than 20, years in thew of or kof _destroying rather than of producing the necessar ies li f e . 7, In the first French Revolution we witnessed the wild, ignorant, and mischievous abuse of paper money. In the Revolution of 1845 we behold the sober, judicious, and salutary use of paper money. Wherever power exists there is danger. In the material world the most power ful agent we are at present acquainted with, steam, is, if not properly controlled, a demon of destruction. Un der proper management how beneficial and valuable is the service it renders to man. Such is necessarily the case with paper money. Peel saw half the currency question. His cultivated, shallow, common-place un derstanding, took i n th o ev il w hi c h lay exposed on the surface of the subject ; he had not scope and depth of intellect to penetrate below and extract the good. The French, fortunately for themselves, have not had a Peel inflicted on them. Their financiers have arrived at tho moans of using paper money with security and advantage. Accordingly we find that, by the returns of the Bauk of France, for 1854, just published, that they have increased their discounts by forty millions sterling during the past year, while their stock of bullion is larger by more than two and a half millions at the pre sent time than it was in January, 1854. It is a most encouraging feature in the French return that the opera tions of the French banks in the provinces have increased in amount, and are greater in the aggregate than those of the main establishment in Paris. In the meanwhile the stock of bullion in our bank is less by about two millions than it was a year since, and the active circulation is also diminished by about the same amount. Money is scarce, the rate of discoun hie), and trade depreomod. "I could point out towns, -- r PRICE SD• ~~IGC/~` said Mr. Bright at Manchester, on Friday last, "—.the towns of Kidderminster and of Bradford, and of many others in the country—in which business is in a state of depression which has not been paralleled for very many years." We beg leave to ask our fellow•countrymen how they expect to raise means for carrying on a great war with a ,contracted currency, and whether the English are to leave the French and the Russians to avail themselves of the use of cheap money while the English persist in the use of dear money out Of respect to the idle currency crotchet of Sir Robert Peel ? But let not Mr. Bright, or any merchant or manufac turer of Manchester or Liverpool, blame Peel. Let every man in the country who sees the evils of his syste= blame himself as long as he does not do his best to de prive the Peel party of its power of ruining the nation. THE WEATHER, THE PARKS, &c, Yesterday, owing to the extra or di nar y fineness of the day, and the continuance of the frost, an enormous number of persons congregated on the Serpentine, in SC. James's-park, and in Kensington-gardens. Numerous accidents took place during the day, no less than six persons having fractured their limbs, and upwards of 30 received severe contusions and bruises on the face and head. They received prompt attendance at the Re ceiving -house of the Royal Humane Society. The ther mometer, duriarthe night, was as low as 13 deg., and at. 9 o'clock a.m. yesterday, 14 deg. At 12 o'clock the thermometer was at 24 deg. Fahrenheit, at which point it continued until five o'clock. when the mercury began to fall, indicating a continuation of the frost. On Satur day a number of sleighs were driven on the ice, but, on account of the vast number of persons there, and the fear of the masses congregating to one spot, it was COTlBideYed dangerous, and was prohibited. In St. ames's Park the number of sliders and skaters was very great. During the day upwards of 40 persons met with accidents from falls—principally cat eyes and contusions. On the Long Water and Round Pond thousands of persons amused themselves on the ice, many of the gent tlemen belonging to the Royal Skating Club being pre sent, but no accident of a serious nature occurred. In the Regent's Park an enormous number of sliders and skaters availed themselves of the solidity of the ice. The Regent's Canal, the Surrey Canal, and other open waters, now icebound, round the metropolis, all had their quota. The Thames may be said to be nearly frozen over. From the immense quantity of ice above bridge, and in many places below bridge, all steam traffic, and, in fact, all navigation, is suspended from Greenwich to London bridge, and thence to Richmond. So large a quantity of thick ice has not been seen on the river for many years. During the whole of Saturday crowds of persons as sembled on London-bridge aid the various wharves op posits Billingsgate -market to view the extraordinary spectacle of persons skating on the Thames near Pickle. herring stairs. For some days past the crews of the various vessels in the Pool have been enabled to walk across the ice to the shore; but on Saturday the men belonging to a Dutch brig, after carefully sweeping a large area of ice, commenced skating, much-to the asto nishment of the spectators. LIVERPOOL. On Friday the merchants on 'Change, organised , a temporary relief fund for the labourers engaged at tise docks, and the contribution in the evening amounted to about 1,000/., which was increased to about double that amount on Saturday. With this fund bread and coals are being liberally distributed among the distressed cot- ton and corn porters. Private benevolence is also being widely exerted ; the public charitable institutions have set their accustomed machinery to work, and are distri buting tickets for coal, bread, and soup ; and by these= means the distress, which is becoming intense, is some what diminished. The greatest suffer i ng will, however, continue to be felt until the wind changes and enables the large fleet of "inward bound " vessels to enter the river. KENDAL The frost continues extremely keen, but there is little snow in the neighbourhood of the town. Since the ces sation of the violent winds from the north to the north east the weather has been pleasant, though cold. The thermometer on Wednesday night sank to 9 degrees in an exposed situation. On Thursday night it was hardly less cold, marking. 22 degrees of frost. The canal and river Kent hare been covered wit' skaters. NORTH MIDLAND COUNTIES. During the past week the weather in the North Mid land counties has been more inclement than has been known for the last 40 years.. In the north of Yorkshire the snow lies eo deep that several of the turnpik.,e roads are blocked np, and in some instances •the market i.raffic has been completely suspended. The roads us she neighbourhood of Beverley have had to be excavated for miles. Mr. W. F. Williams, surgeon, of Frodingham,, after attending to his professional duties a few nights back at Foston, left that village at 6 o'clock, and was not heard of until the following morning, when some labourcrs discovered him lying under his gig in a deep ditch, near Frodingbam-bridge, quite dead ; the unfor tunate man having, ne doubt, missed his way. In Mid Yorkshire and the West-Riding the fall of snow during last week was not considerable, but the frost has been very intense, and all the canals and watercourses are frozen up except where great efforts have been made to keep them open, as in the case of the Aire and Calder navigation, in which a screw steam-tug is kept daily plying to and fro to break the ice, which in many places is a foot thick. The river Aire above Leeds and the river wharfs are frozen over, and at various points have been crowded with skaters during the last few days. Early on Friday morning the thermometer at the Leeds Philosophical Institution stood at 9 deg. (Fahren heit), showing 23 deg. of frost. Throughout that day the air was intensly keen, the thermometer at noon being at 20 deg., and at night at 17 deg. On Saturday the range of the thermometer was somewhat higher. The railway traffic has, upon the whol e , b een p re tty regular. At Lincol n he Brayford-mere is completely covered over with strong ice, as also the F•sdyke and the Witham, skaters being enabled to make the "voy age" by the latter, from Lincoln to Boston, a distince of 35 miles. The Lincoln Spring Meeting, which was fixed for T uesday last, has been postponed sine die in consequence of the inclemency of the weather. To the south of Lincoln roads have had to be cut through the snowy drifts. At Crowland, on Friday, a grand skating match, "open to all England," came off. The continua tion of the easterly gales has detained in the Tyne up wards of 1,000 vessels, chiefly colliers, and nearly all inland traffic by water is stopped. In the counties above alluded to, great numbers of workmen are thrown out of employment by the severity of the weather, but it is gratifying to find that the exertions of the benevolent to mitigate the privations thus occasioned are manifested on all sides. SOUTHAMPTON. For several dayi past the weather at this pert has been more severe than is remembered by even the oldest in habitant—a continuance of severe frost and a succession of strong north-easterly wilds having prevailed for more than a fortnight. Not only have all the ponds and other still waters been frozen over to a depth of several inches in thickness, but the docks and edges of the river have been almost covered with ice of considerable substance. In some parts. of the docks, where ships have been lying for some time without being disturbed, they have become completely frozen in. In the inner dock great amuse ment has been given to several of the poorer portion of Southampton by the aceumulation of a large quantity of fish, principally gray mullet. Owing to the severity of the weather these fish have become completely benumbed by th cold, rendered entirely powerless, and by the strength of the tide have been washed into the deck, where they have become an easy prey. The following is an analysis of the temperature of the weather at Southampton during the last five years :- 1851. 1652. 1853. 1854. 1855. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. Deg. ... 31 30 22 24 ... 28 33 25 30 16 ... 32 29 26 29 ... 30 31 ... 27 January February ... March April ... November ... 31 28 December 3... • " 30 22 27 The coldest nights experienced during the present win ter were Tuesday and Friday, when the thermometer fell from 16 to 18 deg. below freeaing point. The Channel Islands' and Frei eh packets,which ply from this port three times during each week, have experienced to a considerable extent the inclemency of the weather. Yesterday morning on their arrival from their voyages each vessel presented the appearance of a floating block of ice, the paddle-boxes, and in short the whole exterior of the ship being covered to a considerable thickness. The Jersey and Guernsey pack e t, th e W on d er , on her passage from the islands to this port on Saturday night, experienced the mest severe weather. When about mid way a very heavy sea broke over her, carrying away the greater porti on o f h er b ulwarks and stanc hions, and tearing up th e ca bi n li g h ts, an d a ll w ith which it i came in contact. Y es t er d ay th e th er mometer stood n the shade at 22 deg. NOTTINGHAM. Saturday night w as one of the severest during the frost. From the 10th to the 15th inclusive the thermo meter stood at 24, 20, 23, 24, 22, and 21 dsg. With strong breezes from the north, the river Trent is blocked up in many places—a milt favoured by the low st a te of the river. During the period of the frost there have been frequent falls of snow, but the quantity was very small. Yesterday the sky was again very clear, with a north wind, and hundreds of skaters were ou the canals. In several places there are passages over the river Trent (on the ice) which is of rare occurrence. Near Beeston persons were yesterday skating on the river, with a fire blazing in the centre of the stream. WEATHER STATISTICS.—The following is an account of the days for the last 25 years, when the thermometer, acc , Jrding to an account kept by a gentleman at Exeter, has ranged under 20, pointing out the coldest day : Minimum of Thermometer Degrees. ••• 11 ••• 13 ••• 15 15 16 Year. Day. 1 82 838305 9 ... .: ... ... ...... D.J. D ae e nc c eu e i f urby b e c ri r 2 2 1 3 : • 1838 J a nuary 20 ~. ... • • • 18 40 ... ... December 16 ... 1841 January 8 ... • • • 1843 ... ... Febru ar y 17 ~. ... 18 .5 ... ... Mar c h 14 an d 17 ... 15 1847 ......February 12 ... .. 16 1853 ••• ••• Feb. 15 and Dec. 18 ... 18 1854 ••• •• . November 27 ... ••• 19 1855 ••• •• • February 15 . . 15 .. .. From this it will be se en th at on l y on three occa sions for the last 25 years has the weather been colder than it was on Witursclay last. _ --