The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-20 00:00:00

--=-r.= : "-: • - • . •... ;-, .. - • , As. . , . • UNITY JOINT - STOCK- - MUTUAL BANK ING ASSOCIATION. PRINCIPAL OFFICES. Unity Buildings, a and 10, Cannon-street, City. LEICESTER-84U4aX BRANCH. 1, New Coventry-street, Leicester:square. 4 CLOSING OF THE- SHARE LIST. . t The directors are happy t o minimum that, in consequence the large number of shares that have been - allotted and 1 3 aid upon, the share list will be closed on Friday, the 30th November, after which date no applications will-be received. Arrangements have been made which will enable the bank to commence business early in January next. This bank, to be incorporated by royal charter, is estab isked for the pm-pose of founding the principle of MUTUAL 13 ANKING, whereby customers, who create the profits, be come entitled to a participation in them, by way of interest On their cash balances. The principle of mutuality has been for many y e ars 'a c t e d o n by i nsurance compan i es, an d th e i r . 4 , °11 c3 , -holclers have paiticipated to a very gre a t ex t en t i n To bonuses, with much advantage to the institutions and the l uoreholders, By banks; however, to this period, MOTU ;A.LITNr. has been neglected. The whole of the profits result :2le from successful operations ha ve b ee n g i ven t o th e share '4o ere only. ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THE UNITY BANK. - I. To shareholders, 5 per cent., from the date of payment, On all paid-up capital, as well as 50 per cent. of the profits. 11, To customers; in addition to the ordinary amount paid 01 l deposit and current accounts, interest on their cash 'ba lances, equivalent to 50 per cent. of the profits. ..... This is the pla n on w hi c h th e U NITY JOINT STOCK M UTUAL 2AXXINCI ASSOCIATION is established. By it is created, for the "I'st time, an identification of interest between the customers 'and s hareholders of the bank, who thus become mutually con 'corned in the extension of its business. It will be the means of f o , o pening up nsw business, preserving a connection once , ' ed, and prOductive of practical benefits to the public aer Aerally. CONDITION OF LONDON JOINT STOCK BANKS. The success ofjoint stock banks in London is readily ad mitted, as w e ll as proved b y the sta t emen t s p er iodi ca lly '"tted by those great commercial institutions. In support of this, the following table is submitted, showing the condi ,tion o f each of the six metropolitan joint stock banks which 1 t he published acc oun t s , th e . or i g i na l cos t o f th e shares, tue I ,ei re r Present market value , and the dividends payabl e on ; • ~., , ......... , ...: • 0 , v ...-• -,.- Z .5. 6 - a lisms (1 BANS. .=. 4 .1 - -.' ".4 =47 .- 0 .- v: c v L 4 45 .5 ' J " 73 t ,?s . a ° - e, ° - .. ... ~ g -,. e T., al ik • a 1" g Ei ton do , L,,.... and Iv estminsl er 1834 1,000,000 20 47 161 5 : , , (7 :1 /Joint Stock ...... • • 1836 600,000 10 32% 25 1 Z s r;;;;Vßank of London 1839 422,900 10 30 20 .. I,L), co„._oun3erclal Bk and County ... 1839 394,135 20 393 12 . ...t . it. of London 1840 300,000 20 31 10 I ~Q. visa British Bank lB4O 100,000 50 • • 6J I.' ..._ peen the rgh 214 puth 494 nut ing. itto and day. 2t Y.- 9 2 9 10 2 3 8 7 S re. 1 $ 7 11 4 5 a re -8 6 5 2 3 4 don. k B. wnt'r• fe of Ere hugh- ranty seals, loond t, W. city, John l this gun s Re tuffs), Han- garet, M.G. Hard, The above banks publish the followinT facts with regard to their positions :—• The entire ltnonnt of subscribed capital in the six joint banks in London is 12,704,2001. The amount thereof paid up i s 2,817,0351. o . ". 1- 1. The amount of d e p os it s , or cus t omers ' b a l ances, is LVv, The total number of shareholders is 4,097. . The number of shares issued, 187,084. C T hus is presented proof of known s ecur ity , ex t en t o f b us : - ' and general• fit ancial resources. Th ese establishments f -4( h alf - Yearly meetings and lay beforo their connections c o il accounta of their proo : ress and general operations. This cannot fail in inspiring a with confidence all who have khZa_u;e,lings with thorn; while it gives to the public the IlsTr U 4 of forming an opinion as to their responsibility. 411;eRrisEpprAorSED VALUE OF JOINT-STOCK BANK SHARES. p ov er ed au t p o or d v e is m iu o n n , st a rgi r o d n s. , that joint-stock b a a n n d ki u n n g : a most legitimate ks 11 Y profitable. field for the investment of capital. The D e ,..'" e ncis paid by the banks above quoted vary from 6 to 25 11:-;,,cent- and the latest quotations of their shares show an , - ; °4 " o ' f 55 to 225 per cent. on their paid-up capital The b.r"a, increase, however, in the value of the sh ares may b e bet gir by th e fact that the paid- u p ca pit a l o f th ese "anks is 2,817,0351 . , an d th a t its present market valu e i s . 0 12,11 6 i. It has thus increased two-and-a-half fold, so that of I& ha s now b ecome 21. 10s., and there is every prospect this amount continuing to increase in value. C OURT OF DIRECTORS OF THE UNITY BANK, J. GOVERNOR. WIT,r,. • GOVERNOR. Esq., Tipt ree H a ll , K elvedon, Essex. A. 31 JOSEPH BRUCE, Esq., 16, Duke-street, West q.--?ister, and 4a, H y d e - park-place, Cumberland-gate. r'• Bedford-row. 3treet, EYRE, Esq. (Messrs. Trinder and Eyre), 1, John 0M -`4AS CARLYLE HAYWARD , Esq. (Messrs. Hayward Ittr an ,t, B° ns), 93, Min or i es ; an d 3 , Hi gh b ury-park North. ItoiiielltH,sEpNarßlY. STONES, LL.B., 33, Notti ng h am -pl ace, ~r+RT MAS G ARLAND, Esq., Th ames - c h am b er, Y or k-b u ild - Adelphi, and B e lfi ore- l o d ge, Highbury. BAYLIS, Esq., Cannon-street, City; and 4, 1)- ottingh a merraco, York-gate, Regent's-park. ~,LLOYD, 4, Suffolk-place, Pall-mall. 'IiERT Elj°l4'" JA MES SNAPE, Esq,, 2, Stone-buildings, -Lin ion. iIWARD GO ULD BRADLEY, Esq., H ea thl an d-l o d ge, 14Jatalastead. t e ,.._ °ll ' MARTIN MULKERN, Ightfield-house, Alsop "'ace, Regent's -park. BANKERS. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. /11 0 u. SOLICITOR. TAYLOE, Esq., 27a., Bucklersbury, London. BROKERS. --ri k R. and J. SUTTON, 22, Royal Exchange, London. GENERAL MANAGER. • GEORGE CHAMBERS, Esq. (from Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co.) SECRETARY. Ea c h HENRY LAKE, Ese, f for two of the directors is duly qualified, having subscribed as. "enty shares, and paid the deposit of 1,00 N., in accord -14 With the deed of settlement. NEW PRINCIPLE INTRODUCED BY THE UNITY ga.ding the distinctiv e n B A pri K ciple of the Unity Bank, it t‘roe ' 3 " suggested that there must be a detraction from the 81,e to of the shareholders, by reason of 50 per cent. being to the customers of the bank. This idea can only have however, from the want of a careful consideration of ru e _ subject. In the first place, it are deriv e to le k re a lb r from whom the profits of a bank are derive : Ti 7 ea t E pt Made from the sharp capital. The very first ingredi- Or u r the formation of profits is a customer. Tho amount i kaati.oat must, therefore be governed by the amount of it - Prohnsacted ; and the larger the business. provided it be ocir,`,s-ril conducted, the larger will be the profits.. It must be tly,'° in mind, also, thatthe real extent of the dividends must !te h v t ezl d on the number of cents. of profits, and that 50 per b e f ; of the profits, extending over large transactions, may ec r .‘ r greater than 100 per cent. derived from more circum ttite business. If, then, the customers of a bank consti thel " 8 Profits, the customers should be induced to transact a re business with the bank, and thereby the profits of the l 'tb e !holder, instead of being reduced, will bo augmented. s tieb lll „ chl ,ceraent held out to the customer, however, should be ag, It u l oes not involve or complicate the business of bank triodmi s aOnld not be by the promise of some peculiar accom tlr 2 )-1 , or some particular.and increased rate of interest, bak‘ol departure from that sound system of joint-stock Itro cu i4 t which has stood the test of years of experience, and t ke so great prosperity. But it should be, as it is in 'With 411 Y Bank an advantage which interferes in no degree that 68,tahlished principles, but merely allocates a portion of I tav e . T; li ch has already been ' declared to be profit to those who e osto e" ,„ the makers of it. Assurance companies have been Z e d to apportion certain of their profits, by way of t heir assurers • and so general has become the thi ae aa ,. - ' of the right oethe assurer to this participation, that se, -.44c0 association would now bo established without ` 4 the ' ential to success. The justice of the principle consists the, — that as the assurers make the profits of the company, kir,"ght to be participators in its prosperity. What is ku,4041 assurance will be found just also in banking. The t igh )erB ef a bank make the profits of the bank, and they It basso to be participators in its prosperity. i) " been asserted, also, that the 50 per cent. of the pro troota°Dosed to be divided, while it would detract from the tiN „„ ?f its s hareholders would be but a trifling benefit to b-e'lls'orners. It might, in the first place, be replied that rtu t t e i *f is considerkl " trifling" by those who rightly esti on tr,P6coniary affairs ; that the benefit, if trifling, is in addi- Joi nt " sal the other benefits usually derived by banking at a the atock bank ; and that no correct data can be formed of be t . °4 s which will be made, On the other hand, it must lig "nlenabered that hitherto ersons have taken their bank- Nl:2count where personal feeling, accommodation, or con- AtlBal3. i.,le,e of locality might lead them. Now, for a the first time, .7_14 introduction of the principle of mutuality, self-interest Vealed to. And when, to the large number of the public or etedby this all-p owerful stimulus, is added the number tsconnections of the Unity Insurance Associations in all ,e 4 of the country, who have a peculiar identification with interest in its success, it may fairly be stated, that ante- Naztet data are not sufficient to form an estimate of the a* ,; t ges which both the shareholders and customers will e n 7l'e from the Unity Bank. br e - d r : 4 f difficulty exists in estimating the effects likely to be katb r-ee 'l bY the establishment of this new and most desirable I st „„ -r ? in banking. It is' one that must become highly popu every commercial interest, and with every class of tbetthlic, because its simplicity and advantages are at once Tr, sec, and appreciated. 4140,;:daose great c ommercial bodies which are compelled to Aro, t4 tge cash balances constantly at their bankers', it will 1% 1 , 0 to b e a serious consideration, and a most important ti e of profit. The railway, d oc k , gas, water, steam navi teet,,tl, insurance, and other companies, professional men, Irl4,..enants, brokers, gentlemen of fortune, and traders of all Ar ea , will d u ly estimate the difference in th e system now k tei te d, from that heretofore existing. In finemill prove int o bank s became a pu bli c necess i ty, as is now , s nit IP ° Princi le of mutuality—whereby these admirable in inay P lie rendered still more serviceable to the public, vl latte -° , way less safe—demand the best consideration of th e ay at large. 411 the usual TO BEU UNDERTAKEN. b T e undertaken ; and . kra t , c usual b us i ness o f banki ng will th e ,genaents will be made for extending the transactions of 4.4,m, • m every desirable quarter. th e 3ftnftelvr ACCOUNTS will be made up half-yearly, namely—to be silo Juno and the 31st of December, and interest will "uut at the rate of 21. per cent. on them. k t est Acc,ouyrs.—With respect to these, the rate of in- Mote r a n ii "ved on money placed at seven days' notice will . be t,,,-,-e,nt. under the rate of discount on first class bills babi t the Bank of England, regulated thereby. The too l , '","I give receipts for the sums so deposited, or, for the 'sr bZience of depositors leaving England, promissory notes, t„ including interest as well as p r i nc i pa l , a t no t l ess Enz The m onths' dat e . b ag bank will u n d er t a k e the agency of country and foreign qeeou, w hether joi n t s t oc k or private, and will afford every lar tlli nodation to travellers and others with respect to circu. 14e_notes and letters of credit. It will receive all kinds of fko•-: 4 l l . l a f r o a r L its customers, including annuities, dividends, mili and civil officers' pay. It will undertake the sale 1.: transfer of stock in the public funds, dtc. ; and will be EipollBiblo for the safe custody of title deeds and other seen ticis belonging to its customers, to which they will at all 41 , 08 have convenien ce o f access. th A Pplication for prospectuses and forms of application for at: re maining shares, to be made to Messrs. Sutton, th ek b rokers, 22, Royal Exchange er to the secretary at • Principal offices, 10, Cannon-street, City, HENRY LAKE, Secreta FOR' OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. 748 DIRECTORS OF THE UNITY JOINT-STOCK MUTUAL BANKING G entl e ASSOCIATION. joo,.raen,_ I request that you will allot me shares of a e_•'_tch in the above association, and in consideration of Viellotment, or any less number you may appropriate to 10e I hereby undertake to pa tho deosit, or first call of Per Per tillarto thereon, and 40/. y at the time Qi_inoollVrati9ll, ielon, lioks, gNo, . 212, or (If No. 19,69:..] I further undertake to execute tho deed of settlement when required. Dated this day Reference Names (in full) Residence Profession or trade Place of business , 185 . UNITY JOINT STOCK MUTUAL BANKING ASSOCIATION. Principal Offices—Unity-buildings, 8 and 10, Cannon-street, City. CLOSING OF THE SHARE LIST. NOTICE is hereby given that no farther applications for SHARES in this bank will be received after Friday, the 3Uth of November. ' By order, HENRY LAKE, Secretary. Unity-buildings, 9th Nov., 1855. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening, during the week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changiug variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors no ono can be positive that he sees any one thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the corn pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 o: the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous repetition. Ho believes that no professor of his art has at any time or in any place been honoured with an mount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. He would attribute that success to three causes; first, that ;n his present entertainment he has placed before hig visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, ho has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the heatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which attend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. Ho regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions oe spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that thi, public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only, mode of replying at full length to his multitudinous torrespondeats. Ho regrets that the names of the great and learned of the land should have been made to -.lllgure in the documents emanating from the spirit-iiarrpers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem rer2o, and 'taken by that journal from the New York. Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, - actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a qnes ;ion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: —" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendidhumbug, offeredhim 2,000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could be bought. He vraesomewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that tho money would have been very , acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or phan, and in very bad health : but he would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is ono of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in spirit-rapping--does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents and, with Barnum's endorse ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely to be negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not ; hut, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when ho finds that the fneumbent of Wortley (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on tho subject, be considers it to be time for him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the Morning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one who was present when ho and Lord Brougham had their séance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the ago is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ing, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, on Saturday, November 24, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part I.—Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox; exemplifying the power of producing animated naturo from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Recueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with P ac k hi mse lf within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble. In which will bo comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verre ; or, tho Casket of Crcesus. Into which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. of O Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordina r y ; or, t h e Transparency pacity. awr7. A New B o ttl e o f B acc h us ; or, the Novel Wine Spirit i Store. An imp rovemen t upon the " inexhaustible bottle exh aus . t ib la na , s b m u u t c w h i a ll s a t h h a e a W ge iz i a ta rd c ' a s a b te o n tt t l a e , a w d ill ia n fi o n t it o u n ra ly , bate thein word of command noyeau, or any other producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts P ort proving to be filled with Sherry,wne o r brand y, spiri required; ginru m ' and ly finally b.isky and occupying the whole space handkerchiefs perfectly dry, Act 8. Half an Hour with , ce when ti g htly packed. Spirit-rapping. Introd acing the Spirits ; or, an Exposo o f tocsin of the invisibles. is the spirit-rapping table and Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, i the Wizard's patrons will under go n so w m i e 'ic s h the property of phoses, and, amongst others their trhandkerchiefsanom etamor become land, transformed France, Turkey, and into the flags Sardinia. —of victo ry th e banners of Eag• Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which ho who seats himself will bo under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least exp ec t ed, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier pa r t of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will b© produced. Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west ern to the e as t ern h em i sphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. Private boxes, 11. lls. 6d. and 1/. is., to be obtained at the Box-office, or at the principal libraries; stalls, 4s. ; dres' circle, 3s. ; upper b oxes, 2 s. ; pit, ls. ; ga ll er y, 6d. The Box-office is ope n daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, j rd b . jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per formance on Attu aT N °Tem er„24, at 2 o'clock, Doors open at half-put I. / 11A4, ,//r 0 ,-ui • , _N•i t • s ciC t• _ IIL O 7 o, l \# 'c• " 'ANN - 4 A 746 :*7 Vh 4 ij ~„ • • „ • A \:' 46' 1 (411. , - • - t . • ,, re o [P RICE 4D• STAMPED ]D The wisdom and foresight of most of our mili tary operations in burning, laying waste, and blowing up was never better exemplified than at Kertch. There was a very fine barrack near the quarantine station, on the Bay of Kertch, recently built, provided with every comfort, and well sup plied with water from a deep well, and with capa cious tanks. In the ordinary exercise of reason one would have preserved these buildings, inas much as it was determined to keep a British force at Kertch, but before Sir George Brown left they were burnt by order and reduced to a heap of blackened ruins. We are now, with infinite labour and trouble, and at prodigious expense, sending the materials for huts to Kertch, and dragging them up close to the site of the barracks, where they will form a very poor protection against the weather in comparison with the substantial build ings which we destroyed. As thetauks are ruined and the well spoiled, the men will have to drag water a distance of three miles to their new resi dence, Provisions are now tolerably abundant. The Highflyer returned yesterday from Circassia and a cruise along the Turkish coast, having on board the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Simpson, the artist, who accompanied him on the excursion. His Grace will find things greatly changed since he went, roads made, huts erected, Generals gone. Sir Colin Campbell, Colonel Steilling, Sir H. Ben tinck, and Brigadier Shirley h ave :eft the camp during his absence. The Duke's trip is ,?aid to have been most agreeable, and to have afforded. a pleas ant mélange of hunting, shooting, visiting, travel. ling, sight-seeing, and Circassian adventure. The Bth Hussl-s, with the exception of a troop ordered up as an escort to head-quarters, will em bark to-day for winter quarters at Ismir. BRITISH ARMY WORKS CORPS. Tums, Nov. 5.--On the 27th ultimo two steamers entered the port of Tunis, one bringing 350 pilgrims returning from Mecca ; the mission of the other was for some time shrouded in mystery. Bet on the following day it was universally rumoured that it was the Azof, screw steamer, with a number of men be longing to the British Army Works Corps, who were in a state of mutiny. On the 29th the news was confirmed by letters which reached Tunis, according to which it appeared that, early on the morning of the 27th, the Azoff struck on a shoal somewhere in the vicinity of the Skerki, and sprung a leak, but as she is built in sepa rate compartments the leakage was confined to one only. The captain, however, saw the necessity of en• tering the Bay of Tunis, with a view to ascertain with greater accuracy the amount of damage the vessel bad sustained. Having convinced himself of her safe condi: tion, he prepared for his departure for Malta, against which, however, his passengers (apprehending the. ship was unsafe) protested, declaring that they would throw overboard. the first who would attempt to get up steam or to weigh anchor. As all remonstrancao, P fruitless, he had recourse to the British Consul ate. Ferriere, the British proconsul, accompanie d of RY h Goletta, Stevens, the chancellor, at once proceeded t and fouad the men obstinately determined to adhere mined the ship, , their resolution. The consul, havingexa manner to to endeavoured in his naturally kind and gentle , point out to the malcontents the folly toac o t t had adopted, and advised them t a h s e tr e n o e urs ß e rit th on ey s engaged.in a glorious enterprise,tha:dnatmo e proyeed quietly without leaving a stain of " English case they abandoned th e man" behind them. He mourepoo; they could not be allowed to go at large iner told them as ship they would have tosubmit to a most wretched confinement. But perceivitngethimatphoristaenfreoertosfwtohueldseprmoevn reaching the seat ofprove i n effectual, and knowing h war, he at once adopted a diff erent course. He asked the men who were unwi lling to pro ceed in the steamer to assemble in one part of the vessel, w hich was readily done, and these amount e d to 172, leaving 143 w ho were willing to remain o n b oard. He then despatched Mr. Stevens, who, by dint of great exe rtion and perseverance, succeeded in chartering a schooner for Malta for 125/. On the 20th the schooner received its portion of passengers, and the two vessels proceeded eastward. As the consular boat separated from them, the men of both vessels gave three hearty cheers for the consul, and a fourth for our brave allies, the French. It will be readily seen that much credit is due to Mr. Ferriere for his prompt and conciliatory proceedings, par. ticularly as there were parties who urged the necessity of employing force in order to subdue the discontented portion of the men. Such an act would undoubtedly have terminated fatally to some. At a time when there is often so much good cause for meting out blame to G vernment officials connected with the terrible war in which we a re engaged, it is a pleasure to ren der praise I where prairie is due. It the Brititaz midgqtd Qt . luau that sea, and she strains and leaks in bad weather to a dangerous degree. The attention of all naval officers is turned now to the navigation of shallow waters by vessels with heavy armament, and Com mander Cowper Colas, of the Stromboli, who in vented the raft Lady I•Tancy, which did such good service at Taganrog, has constructed models of two very ingenious rafts, which have been sent to the Admiralty, and which are highly approved of by the Admirals out here. Rafts of this construction would do immense service in the Sea of Azoff, and one model provides for the adaptation of steam power, which would give the raft a moderate pro pulsive agency of its own. As to the ascent of the Boug or the Dnieper it is only to be attempted by vessels with shotproof screens and proof decks, inasmuch as. every man could be picked off the decks by Minie riflemen unless the banks of the river were cleared by troops in numbers sufficient to beat back the enemy as they advanced. Captain Coles's raft is provided with a shot-proof screen which shelters the gun and every soul on board, helmsman and all. In spite of our operations in the Sea of Azoff let it be re membered that we have not reduced Arabat or Genitchi, and that the Russians will soon have free use of the Spit. The moment the frost compels our boats to retire the Spit of Arabat is in the hands of the Russians, for the water of the sea is frozen to the distance of several miles, so that no boat can approach to prevent the passages of troops or convoys. Had Arabat fallen, and au expedi tion landed at Kaffa or Theodosia, we should have been masters of the Peninsula of kertch. NOVEMP,ER 6. The regiments which came from Kinbourn are still on board the fleet at Kamiesh. It is known that the English Admirals are most anxious that they, with a sufficient body of French troops or with reinforcements of English troops, should pro ceed at once to Theodosia, to undertake the opera tion I have indicated. But they are opposed by men of great weight and authority, and it is be lieved that reference has been made by electric telegraph to France and England to know what is to be done. The weather has been fine to a mar vel. It is so far back as October 27 that prepara tions were made to embark the English troops, and it was then whispered that they would certainly go to Kaffa, and march on Arabat, which is only 10 miles across at the other side. On Sunday, the 28th, Captain Paris came up to the allied squadron blockading the Boug and Dnieper, with orders to take the command as soon as Admiral Stewart left, and when we sailed on Tuesday we left that officer in charge, with the Beagle, Viper, Snake, and another English gun boat, and four French gun-boats, to keep up that dismal duty. For several days previously the weather had shown symptoms of making itself un pleasant—enveloped us in fogs in the morning with stiff breezes of wind, and in a muggy smothering atmosphere at midday ; but the cold had by no means set in, and the air was indeed rather dis agreeably warm. On Monday, the 29th, the order to embark was gia-nn, and Brigadier-General Spencer came up in the Danube and made a short reconnaissance up the Boug. Ile did not go as far as the little battery with whi,lh we had a brush on our arrival ; and indeed the Danube would very likely go to the bottom at once if hit by a shot, for she is only a river steamer, little larger than a Greenwich or Wool wich Waterman. However, her appearance created an immense stir among the Russians. Cossacks galloped about on all sides and in every direction. The battery at the point was manned at once, and a field gun was detacL'ed from the small camp be hind it, and kept alone the west bank . pari passed with the steamer, in 6 'hopo of sending the little Danube to the bottom of the Boug ; but she kept out of range, and as soon as the General had seen all he could he returned. That evening three large bodies of infantry marched down from Nioolaieff, and occupied the villages on the east bank near the sea. One battalion set at once to work on a high cliff, about six miles up the river, and threw up an earthwork, either to cover riflemen or receive guns. No doubt the enemy saw our preparations at Ocza koff, and were persuaded the troops were coming up to attack Nicolaisff. The infantry we saw were fine solid-looking masses of men. On Tuesday morning before we left they were seen in the vari ous villages or hamlets on the east bank, so that there must have been a good force ready for us when they had united with the troops about Stanislaus. Admiral Stewart sailed from the Bong on Tuesday morning, and joined the fleet at Kinbourn, and a portion of the fleet which had gun-boats to tow started for Kamiesh the same evening. The allied fleets under Sir E. Lyons and Admiral Bruat, Sir H. Stewart and Admiral Pelli on , sa il e d the follow ing day for the same anchorage, and encountered a strong breeze of wind. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER, 20, 1855. CHEADLE (STAFFORDSHIRE) RAILWAY COMPANY— (RAILWAY from CRESS WELL to CHEADLE, with BRANCHES to HOLLINGTON and DILHORN, all in the County of itafford). (Incorpora tion of Company—Powers to construct Railway, Branches, and Tramways, and to Amalgamate with, or to Sell or Lease to, or to make Traffic Arrangements with the North Staffordshire Railway Company, and for Amendment of Acts.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Application is in tended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing Session for an Act to incorporate a Company, and to give such Company power to make and maintain the Railway, Branches, and Tram ways, or any or either of them hereinafter mentioned, and all necessary and proper works and conveniences connected therewith (that is to say) : First, a Main Line of Railway, commencing - by a Junction with the North Staffordshire Railway (Uttoxeter Branch) in the parish of Checkley, in the county of Stafford, at or near a point on the said Railway, being Five Furlongs East of a certain level crossing in the parish of Draycot, in the Moors in the said connty, known as the Newton Level Crossing, and terminating in a field called the end of the Brook Meadow, owned and occupied by William Bowers, junior, situate in the Town End Quarter of the parish of Cheadle, in the said county, which said intended Railway will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situated within the several parishes, township, and extra parochial, or other places following, or fr some of them, that is to say, Draycot in the Moors, Cresswell, Chockley, Upper Tean, Lower Tean, Totmanslow, Tenford Huntley Quarter, Mobberley, Town End Quarter, Cheadle Mill, and Cheadle, all in the said county of Stafford. Secondly—A Branch Railway or Tramway, commencing by a Junction with the said intended Main Line of Railway in a field called Bohernia Field, situate near to Tenford Mill, in the parish of Cheadle aforesaid, and terminating at or near a certain piece or parcel of land known as the Freeholders allotment at Hollington, situate near or adjoining a certain Stone Quarry, owned and occupied by William Seal, at Hol , lington aforesaid, in the township of Madeley Holme, in the said parish of Checkley, and which intended Branch Rail way or Tramway will pass from, in, through, or into, or ' be situate within the several parishes, townships, extra paro chill and other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Draycot in the Moo r s, T o t mans l ow, Tenford, Cheadle, Upper Team, Lower Tean, Checkley, Hollington and Madeley Holme, all iu the said county of Stafford. Thirdly— A Branch Railway or Tramway commencing by a Junction with the said intended Main Liao of Railway at or near the north end of an occupation road at Mobberley, in the Huntley quarter of the parish of Cheadle, numbered 1,595 on the parish plan of the Huntley quarter of the said parish, and terminating in or near to a certain field called be longing 3 in fi g ll t P o noaoldMoecacduopwie,d by y oining th e Why m p ne y Wood, be- Edward Buller, Esquire, in the parish of Dilliorn, in the said county, and which last-men tioned Branch Railway or Tramway will pass through, in, from, or into, or be situate within the several parishes, town ships, extra parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Cheadle, Tenford, Huntley, Mob burley, Cheadle-mill, Brookistone, Poresbrook, and Dilhorn, all in the said county of Stafford. And it is intended by the said Act to take poviers for all or some of the .following purposes, that is to say :—To sell and transfer, or to let on lease the said undertaking to the North Staffordshire Railway Company, and to enable the said North Stafforkhire Railway Company to purchase or take a lease of the same, or otherwise to enable the said intended Company and the North Staffordshire Railway Company to make and carry into effect such contracts and arrangements, with respect to the working and management of the traffic upon the said intended Raibway and Branches, upon such terms , and conditions, and subject to such restrictions as may be mutually agreed upon or be specified in the said intended Act, and for the purposes aforesaid to amend, vary, and en large the provisions of the several Acts of Parliament follow ing, or some of them, that is to say :—The Acts relating to the North Staffordshire Railway Company (local and personal), namely, 9 and 10 Viet., cap. 85 ; 10th and 11th Vict., cap. 108; 11th and 12th Vict., caps. 66 and 83; 13th and 14th Vict., cap. 55; and 1 William IV,, cap. 55. A n d it is pro posed by the said intended Act to take powers to purchase, by compulsion or otherwise, the Lands and Buildings required for the purposes of the said undertaking, and to levy Tolls, Rates, and Charges, for or in respect of the use of the said intended Railways, Tramways, and Works, and of the Car riages and Engines used thereon, and to grant exemptions from all or any of such Tolls, Rates, and Charges, and to raise money on the credit of the said Tolls, Rates, and Alsoe h a r gteos alter,o otherwisev vary, s f t o o r p t e p u o r r p d o i s v e e s ! t f , t w h e said ethe r u nertaitig. temporarily or permanently, all turnpike and other roads and highways, railways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, streams, rivers, sewers, mains, pipes, and other works situate within or near to the aforesaid parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places, or any of them with which it may be necessary to interfere in the construction of the said intended works or any of them. And it is intended by such act to vary, repeal, or extin guish all existing rights, privileges, or exemptions in any manner connected with the lands and buildings, or other property or works proposed to be purchased or taken or in terfered with, or which would in any manner impede or inter fere with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said intended railway and works or any of them, and to confer other rights, privileges, and exemptions. And it is intended by the said act for the purpose of carry ing the said undertaking into effect, to create a joint stock or capital, and to confer on the said company so to be incorpo rated, and to make applicable to the objects of the said bill all or sone of the powers and provisions of " The Companies' , Elhiuses -Consolidation Act, 1815," " The Lauds' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," and " The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," and all other necessary powers and provisions. Aid Notice is hereby Given that a map, plans, and sec tions, describing the line or situation and levels of the said intended Railway and Branch Railways respectively, and the Lauds and Buildings proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, together with books of reference to such plans, containing the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of such lands and buildings, and a copy of this notice, as published in the London Gazette, will be deposited, on or before the 30th day of November in the present year, with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Stafford, at his offics in Stafford ; and that a copy of the said notice, and a copy of so much of the said plans, sections, and book of reference as relate to each of the parishes or extra parochial places in or through which the said intended Railway and Branch Railways respectively are intended to be made, will be deposited, on or before the said 30th day of November instant, in the case of each parish with the Parish Clerk of such parish, at his residence, and in the case of each extra parochial place with the Parish Clerk of some adjoining parish, at his residence ; and that copies of the said Bill will be deposited at the Private Bill•office of the House of Commons, ou or before the 31st day of December next. Dated this Eighth day of November, 1855. FLAGG and SON, / Joint Solicitors to CATTLOW and DANIEL, f the Promoters. CONTRACT FOR PIG LEAD. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 17th Nov., 1855. T" Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United of Great Britai tnd Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTlCE, Kingdom that on TUESDAY, then 4th Deccruter next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with inch persons as may be willing to contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyard at Chatham with PIG LEAD. A form of the tender may be seen at the said office. No tender will be reeciveJ after two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Pig Lead," and must al so be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter s i gne d by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 1,000/. for the due performance of the contract. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TitTESEMAR.—On th e 29th o f M ay, 1 8 5 5 , an injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and un the 11th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph L'ranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou and pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the E c ,/, Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, , s a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrheea, and Exhaustion of the ;y,tem, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. 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TOZEALFS COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED 10 CAPSULES, approved of by the French College of Physicians, successflilly administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEAU, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, ,London, and all the principal chemists. TESTIMONIAL TO CAPTAIN DEVEY, OF THE MERMAID. Yesterday, at the Underwriters' News-rooms, Liver pool, the ceremony took place of the presentation of a service of plate from the shipowners and merchants of Liverpool to Captain Devey, of the Royal Mail clipper ship Mermaid, belonging to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson.. The circumstances which occasioned the tenti momal in question have been lately detailed in the form of a judicial investigation, the particulars of which were reported at the time in The Sun. It will be recollected that Mr. Cooper, her Majesty's consul at Pernambuco, wished to detain the Mermaid at that port, on the ground of it,s being unseaworthy, but Captain Dewey, relying on his own skill and judgment, refused to yield to the consul's representations, and brought the vessel to England, thereby doing great service to the owners of the ship, and saving the underwriters a large sum of money. The service of plate, valued at 1701., was presented to Captain Devey by Mr. Charles Turner, chairman of the dock committee, who, after passing a high compliment thpon the ability, judgment, and firmness displayed by the captain, observed that the conduct of her Majesty's consul at Pernambuco af forded ample proof that it was most desirable the question of remuneration derived from the misfor tunes of shipowners should be inquired into, and the custom abolished, in reference to her Majesty's repre sentative at that port; (Pernambuco). Had Cap tain Devey yielded to the consul's representations the loss to the shipowners and underwriters would have been extremely heavy—indeed there was good reason to fear that if the vessel had once gone into port she would never have left it again. Mr. Turner then read a testi monial, numerously signed by shipowners and members of the Underwriters' Association, conveying the hearty concurrence of the subscribers with the decision arrived at by Captain Robertson, who had investigated the case on behalf of the Board of Trade, and which had proved that the injurious representations of Mr. Augustus Cooper, her Majesty's consul at Pernambuco, with re ference to the state of the ship Mermaid, were totally unfounded. Captain Devey having suitably expressed his acknowledgments, Mr. Turner read a letter from the manager of the Great Western Insurance Society, stating that, though the Mermaid was not insured in that so ciety, he had been directed to acknowledge the praise. worthy conduct of Captain Devey in opposing the authority of the British Consul at Pernambuco--a place, it is stated, known to all underwriters for its impositions. (Cheers and a laugh.) The letter was accompanied with a cheque for 101., which the underwriters of that associ ation hoped that Captain Davey would accept. Mr. Turner, in conclusion, stated that the underwriters with whom the ship was insured had determined to present Captain Devey with 1,0001. The proceedings then closed. THE MOUSTACIIE.—The directors of the Northumber land and Durham District Bank have, we understand, ordered all the emp/ogcs who adorned their faces with a moustache to shave or resign,--:&nacrlf4/4 Times. Edward Moxon, Doter-street. EAST INDIA HOUSE, THE 17Th Noy., BM, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the probable number of Vacancies in the 111elleal Establishment of the East 'cilia Company to be filled up at the Examination to be held at the House on the 11th of January next, and following days, will be Forty. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary, THE BRITISH ARMY. ( From the Times Special Correspondent.) CA MP BEFORE SEBA STOPOL, Nov. 3.—1 was obliged to omit in my last despatch some particu lars with respect to the Kinbourn expedition, which may prove interesting even now. When the fleet was off Odessa the advice of the highest person in France on the project of bom barding the town was sought by the French Ad miral, and it is believed that his reply implied a " radical opposition" to any such 'proceeding, nor , was our Admiral authorised by the home authori ties to attack Odessa unless he was certain of suc cess. Sir E. Lyons and Admiral Bruat have acted all along in the most perfect accord, but there has been this difficulty in their mutual relations, that Admiral Lyons is not under the orders of the Bri tish Commander-in-Chief of the army, while Ad miral Bruat is directly under the control of Mar shal Pelissier, and it is known that the latter is opposed to any operations which would require large detachments from the French army. It was proposed at one time to send in a flag of truce to Odessa with some such proposition as this to the Governor—" Are you the Governor of a commer cial town or of a military station ? If you say Odessa is purely a commercial town, destroy your forts, abandon your efforts to fortify it, deliver up your gun-boats, if any, and we promise to respect the place. If you say Odessa is a military station, you must expect to see it treated as such by the Allied fleets." However, in case of the Russians refusing to give up their guns, Ste., and setting us at defiance, it would have been necessary for us to attack the town route qui coute and there were many reasons why at th a t particular time such a course would not have been desirable. It may be doubted—indeed, it is, I believe doubted —by the English Admiral that we could de stroy Odessa from the sea by such means as we at present possess. It is a town of stone, of wide streets, of places, and squares, offering little combustible matter, and placed at such a distance behind the batteries as to be accessible only to mortar vessels and horizontal fire at a very long and, therefore, at a very uncertain, range. The houses are roofed with iron, and, in many cases, there is no woodwork in the flooring or ceiling of the different storeys, but iron girders and tiles and slabs of sto ne are used instead of planks and rafters. Many of the houses are detached, and stand like so many palazzi in their own grounds. Under these circumstances a general fire would be almost out of the question, and the damage caused by a bom bardment would not be very decisive or extensive. With all the efforts of friends and foes to destroy it, how much of Sebastopol still remains ? The Russians, by the agency of powder, of piles of wood, of tar, of turpentine, and of all sorts of com bustibles, tried to get into a blaze, but they failed, notwithstanding a favourable breeze ; and we rained shells on it for months, and never succeeded in creating any conflagration of importance. Well, Sebastopol contained much more wood than Odessa, and was much more accessible to our fire. The inference is, that we could not, by any bom bardment the fleet could inflict on Odessa set the town in a blaze, or inflict damage which would compensate the Allies for the expenditure of all their shell. It is evident that, at some period or another, our fire would cease from exhaustion of means. Even a line-of-battle-ship's powder maga zines and shot and shell rooms are not illimitable. It is equally clear that a line-ef-battle steam-ship could not try to come in close enough to the forts to develope her fire, without running the greatest risk of being disabled before she could get into our bomb-vesselsT he m o ma and gun-boats en t would c a e n e d v e h n e t a u v a y l 1 steam frigates would be compelled to cease firing, and that probably before much injury was done to a large distant stone-built town like Odessa ; and then, if wllen the Russians could fire even one gun as we re treated, they would claim, and with some colouring —which would seem very bright and decided in some circles in England and in many cities and towns of despotic Germany and of free America— the credit of having beaten off the Allied fleets 1 If Odessa is to be destroyed, it can only be done, first, either by great numbers of floating batteries to reduce the forts and enable the liners to ap proach within broadside distance ; secondly, by a sustained fire, constantly renewed for several days, of a flotilla of gun-boats, bomb-ketobes, and mor tar-vessels, fed by continuous supplies of ammuni tion, and even of new guns and mortars; thirdly, by the disembarkation on the coast below the city of a force sufficiently strong to defeat the garrison and the outlying army defending the place, in which case the city would be open to the conque rors, and all the defences taken in reverse; or, fourthly, by some unknown operation of war, locked up the Admiralty key in Lord Dundonald's bosom. Of these plans the third alone seems to insure the certainty of destroying Odessa. The wear and tear of materiel in a protracted bombard ment is incredible. Even in our affair at Kinbourn numerous guns were disabled—as an example, I may state that both of the Arrow's heavy Lancas ter guns burst after a few rounds, so that the gun boat was rendered quite useless. (It should be added by parenthesis that these guns were not fur nished by Mr. Lancaster, but were ordinary heavy guns bored out in conformity with his principle.) The mortar-beds also underwent heavy strains on the occasion, although those suspended on Julius Robert's principle were found to answer very well, and to give less shock to the vessel than those mounted on the old plan. Although Sir Howard Douglas declares that a 13-inch mortar ought to hit a large object such as a fort at the distance of 4,000 yards, I know that many of our bombs missed Kinbourn from a distance of less than 3,000 and 3,600 yards. The whole of the glacis and of the ground before the fort for some hun dred yards was burrowed up and pitted by the craters of bombs which made prodigi ous holes in the soft sand on which they ex pended their force. For one shell which would fall through the roof of a house in Odessa three or four would fall in the public streets, squares, and yards, where they would be comparatively harmless. These large missiles take up great space, and the fleet could not hold enough to lay Odessa in ruins.' ton,at present of one Even had the Admiral s b een provided with all the appliances for dest roy i ng Odessa, the project would not have had thethew concurrenc e Go vernment, at all events ; and so the fleets, after approaching lay quietly before it. They might have caused great damage to property and loss of life by firing on the place during their stay, for, though complete destruction is often difficult where damage and loss are easily to be effected, there can be no doubt that a vigorous fire would have occasioned the enemy a considerable amount of both. The French Admiral, indeed, suggested that a certain number of gun-boats and mortar vessels should go in every night and throw shell into the town ; but Sir Edmund Lyons was of opinion probably—and if he was, there can be but little question in English minds that he was right —that such a petty measure of warfare was un worthy of us ; that we ought to destroy Odessa, and at all events assail it with all our strength, or refrain from a partial attack, which, on its cessa tion, the Ru ss i ans would say, and not without pretence, was repulsed. The soldiers and sailors who are doomed to stay at or off Kinbourn for the winter will have a dreary time of it. The sea on both sides of the spit is frozen to some distance from the shore, but Major-General Kokonovitch, the late Russian Go vernor, who was there for four years, said he had never known the sea to be frozen right across to Oczakoff. By the by, it is believed General Lu ders was in Kinbourn just before our arrival, and that he only crossed to Oczakoff in a small beat the night we arrived off the spit, leaving behind him assurances of relief to the garrison, and in forming the Governor he ought to hold out at least for a fortnight. The Glatton is at Ka miesh,' and will not, I believe, take part in the defence. As to the blockade of the Boug and the Dnieper, it will, I presume, be raised by the first frost, and the gun-boats engaged in that service will drop down and join the flotilla at Kinbourn. The only thing to look forward to is a liberal en joyment of shooting, if the Cossacks will permit it, as the whole of the shores abound with multitudes of wild fowl. Before the expedition started nearly all the smaller gun-boats were despatched to rein force Captain Sherard Osborne's flotilla in the Sea of Azoff, where that active and energetic officer is harrying the Russians as a hawk perturbs a field of larks. The Fancy, Lieutenant Grylls, was still with the fleet ; indeed she is so badly built that she is scarcly fit for the short hacking waves in * The impression in the Crimea, which no doubt our correspondent faithfully echoes, seems to be that Odessa should have been destroyed, whereas we believe that an attack on Odessa would have been considered throughout Europe as a barbarous outrage, which the aggres sors would have been heartily ashamed of after the heat of conflict had passed away. If Odessa were really a military station, the stern laws of war would n o doubt, justify its d estruction ; but an att ac k on a grea t commercial city, on the pretext that its stores supplied provisions to the Russian army, could only be classed in history with the burning of WaphiDaton. ~ 1 2T did not wish Mr. Ferriere a more l ucrat i ve post thi I has held here for the last 14 years, they would all claim him to be " the right man in the right place,' I rejoice in his continuing here. _. _ TEE CZAR AT ODESSA. The following are the remarks addressed to the Czar by the Archbishop in the cathedral, referred to in the above : Pious Sovereign! Thou had scarcely put on the crown of thy ancestors when it pleased Providence to surround it with thorns. Our bodily eyes are not accustomed to see such an ornament sparkle on the head of kings, but the eyes of faith see in it, with piety and respect, a son. venir of the erown of Christ. Have not indeed such crowns been worn by the moat pious kings and princes from David, Jehosophat, Constantine, Vladimir the Great, to Dimitrii, our hero of the Don, and.finally thy patron, Alexander Newsky "Have courage, and let not thy soul become weak at the sight of these smoking brands," said the prophet to the warrior king, Ahaz, when the two kingdoms of Israel and Assyria united against him in an unjust war. How closely do these words of the prophet apply to us and our enemies ! This unhappy France 1 Is she not in truth the brand which for half a century has carried fire throughout the entire world ? Aid the proud, but to-day abased and jeopardised Bri tain ! What is she, if not the other brand, which, after being extinguished for two centuries, recommences to smoke in the midst of a yawning gulf ? And we also will say with the Prophet, "Let not thy scinl-grow weak at the sight of these two smoking brands before us !" At a sign from the Most High the winds abate, and the rain falls to fertilise our fields. These brands depart, and Russia, protected by God, recovers itself for the joy of her chief and for the well-being even of her own enemies. "Enter, then, 0 pious Sovereign, the temple where once thy august father came in the depth of night to raise towards Heaven his thanks for having escaped the tempest and shipwreck—enter, and in thy turn raise with us thy prayers to the King of ki ngs f or th e cessation of the tempest which now rages both upon sea and land. May Heaven grant that this temple may again see thee kneeling before God, but then only to render acknow ledgments and to give thanks. Amen. A correspondent of Le Nord, writing from Odessa, complains that the account i n the official journal gives a very imper fect idea of th e enthusi asm created amongst the inhabitants of the city by the visit of the Emperor. He adds that a Russian merchant having observed to his Imperial Majesty that the restoration of an honourable peace—but only an " honourable " peace —was all that was de sired to complete the prosperity o f t h e c i ty—the Emperor replied, " Who is there that does not de sire such peace ? I more than any one else." THE LIVERPOOL COMPASS COMMITTEE. The following letters have been received by th e Sec retary of the Compas s C omm itt ee, W . W. R un dell, Esq., in reference to the recent important communica tion regarding the variations in the Channel : " Trinity House, Nov. 16. " Sir —I beg to acknowledge the receipt o f y our letter of the , Bth inst., enclosing copy of one which has been addressed by the direction of the vin g l Compass l aid Committee to the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, respecting the proper correction for variation to be they request t o beibn: allowed in navigating the Irish Channel, the same before the board am directed by the elder brethren to return their thanks to the committee for that communisation. " I am further directed to observe that the elder bre. both . in. ttherreantirneggaarndd til:posyntanbjepc,ianaddvtehretd request that the com mittee will obligingly inform them in what - Liveroo] observations were made, both in Dahlia and L iverpool, the and whether the result arrived at was o bservations. -- I have onsequent upon ma ny o most obedient servant,, sir your " Hl I , Office of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Marine Department, Nov. le, 1855 . am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the reeeipt of your letter of the Bth inst., enclosing a copy of com munication addressed by the Liverpool Compass Com mittee, to the - Underwriters' Association of that port, on the subjeot of the variation of the compass in St. George's Channel and Irish Sea. lam to request that you will acquaint the Compass Committee that my lords entirely concur in the suggestion, and that measures will be taken to give further publicity to the information so im portant to mariners.--1 am, sir, your obedient servale, " F. H. Limit. With reference to the shoal on which the Azoff s,_ it may be necessary to add. that there is reason to be lieve that it is a continuation of the coral reef near Ga. lita, where the Avenger was lost, in 1847, when, out of a crew of 500, only four were saved and only three of the dead bodies were found, by the Rev. Mr. Davies. A regular survey ought without loss of time to be made, and the exact course of the reef ascertained. No doubt the Azofro safety is en ti re l y t o b e at t r ib ute d t o h er pe culiar construction in water-tight and separate comport• ments—a kind of naval architecture which it may be hoped will, ere long, be universally adopted. The journal d'Odessa, Nov. 7, contains the following ()facial narrative of the late visit of the Czar to that city : His Majesty tne Emperor has deigned to visit the city of Odessa. His Imperial Majesty, aecompaniedanbdyaitihgehtGetiranadt Duke George de Mecklenburg-St re lit a , arrived from Ni colaieff on Saturday the 3d, at 7 p. m ., the house of Prince Woronzoff, upon the boulevard. His Majesty was received upon the flight of steps by Aide-de-Camp General Luders, Commander of the Army of the South ; Aide-de-Camp General Count Strogonoff, Governor-General of New Russia and Bessarabia; Lieut.. General Krusenstern, Military Governor of the city of Odessa ; and by Lieut.-General Grothenhelm, Com. mander of the Troops stationed at Odessa. In his Ma jesty's suite were the following Generals :—Count Orloff, Count d'Adlorberg, Baron Lieven, and Prince Bariatinsky. The same evening, thanksgivings for the happy arrival of his Majesty the Emperor were offered tip in the ca thedral by hie Eminence Monsignor Innocent, Arch bishop of ICherson, and of Taurida. At half-past 10 o'clock in the morning of Sunday (Nov. 4) his Majesty deigned to receive the military and civil employes, also the body of the merchants of the city of Odessa, who had the happiness of presenting bread and salt to his Majesty. His Majesty the Em peror condescended to honour with a gracious reception all the persons who were presented to him, and expressed to the body of merchants his entire reliance on the Mcst High that He will grant a happy issue to this war raised against us by nations whom we have constantly nourished with our bread, and his conviction that after the conclusion of an honourable peace the commerce of Odessa will resume its original importance. At 11 o'clock his Majesty the Emperor went to the cathedral. At the threshold of the temple, Monsignor Innocent, in presenting the cross and the holy water, addressed some words full of unction to his Majesty. His Majesty assisted at the divine service celebrated by the Archbishop. At one o'clock in the afternoon his Imperial Majesty went out of the city upon the great plain, which forrnerty served as a hippodrome, and where the troops stationed at Odessa are now assembled, under the command of Aide-de-Camp General Luders. There are now tinder arms four battalions of infantry, three regiments of ca valry, four artillery batteries, and eleven cohorts of moveable militia of the governments of Mosoow and Smolensk. His Majesty passed these troops in review, which defiled first in platoons and then in columns. The Emperor then visited the military hospital estab lished in the former institute of the demoiselles nobles of Odessa ; also the Hospital of the City ; the Emperor con descended to kindly interrogate almost all the officer& and soldiers upon their wounds ; addressing to each some words of encouragement and consolation. His Majesty then visited the coast batteries front Perepice to the mole of the Quarantine. His Majesty was desirous also of visiting the hospice of the Sisters of Charity, where, amongst others, the military dangerously wounded are surrounded by the results of a charity which is truly Christian ; but time, to the great regret of his Majesty, would not allow him to fulfil this wish. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon the principal authorities were invited to his Imperial Majesty's table. In the evening two military bands assembled before the house occupied by his Majesty, and performed some beautiful mo.-ceal , x, while the crowd thronged the walks of the boulevards. At nightfall the city was illuminated. At 8 o'clock in the morning of Monday, the sth, his Majesty, accompanied by his Grand Ducal Highness the Duke de Mecklenburg-Strelitz, quitted Odessa, for Nicolaieff, in perfect health, Prayers for his Majesty's safe journey were offered by his Eminence the Arch bishop Innocent, in the cathedral. His Majesty the Emperor has expressed his gratifies, tion to A.D.C. Lieut.-General Strongonoff, Governor- General of New Russia and Bessarabia, at the wise mea sures taken during the presence of the enemy's fleets in the road of Odessa ; also his imperial satisfaction to Lieut.-General Krusenstern 11., Military Governor of Odessa ; Major-General Shocstac 1., Commander of the city of Odessa ; to Von-Tchudy, formerly Inspector of the Quarantine of Odessa, and now Colonel of the Kam schatka regiment of Chasseurs ; also to Arcoudinsky, Master of the police of Odessa. V " THE FRBNCH FLOATING BATT.RRIRS• A. Belgian contemporary quo tes the following Kinbourn a expedition : 41 ‘,.._ IT e have just put the floating batteries to a most satisfactory proof. They op'ened their fire at a quarter bt1; 1 : past nine, at a distance somewhere between 400 and 600 saw such a metres, and by noon there was a splendid breach. Th e ofil;b:reiken or 60-potuld balls quickly sealed off the facing of the ram part, and the shells knocked over everything. i w as -;-- the fort after its surrender, when the fire kindled c m o o n r f t u a s r i - o v n e s o s f s ls smashedwasstigllunb.uoranrriz.es!l dis mounted guns : the chaos was superb. to work and try to do better still. The fir st we must set been good, but there is yet room for improvement trial has engines are not powerful enough, and provement ; the readily answer the helm. But one the hulls do not proved—the main and essential thing —and thing is decidedly invulnerability of the floating ing—and that is, the bear the dints of from 40 batteries. They allof them to 50 of bullets on a target. W e h shots , just like the marks from some projectiles that 3170 only lost a few men " We are well rewar ded entered by the port-holes. And admiration on Mi 411 1 . 1.: the part of the Znglish and tile Pill NEWSPAP ~= ~4, Et r •F;iit ,4` Wl-1,4 )an h 1 pro. 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