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IIt iI t..&LBERT SMITH'S MONT - BLANC 4, A e ' e e ovr Open Every Evening, at So' lock, except Saturday. e eiZie Representat!ons take place every Tresda,y, Theretay, e '7d' a y. at 3 o'clock.-Stalls can be taken at the Box-office ay " rota Pleven till Fonr.-Egyptian Hall,Piccadilly. • THE SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. , Tnas ASSURANCE COMPANIES. . 0 4 1 late 01 Cle r k s and tellers guarantees at the lowest rates. by h i , ais Assurance.-Windows; mirrors, &c., insured against 'er l e aka • ge * kle to . e rlPtion of Life and Fire Assura ces. tale ri a ee,... ,,.. Z: ,... eer, 32, Lutlgate-bill. 4T and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. Is t h ., kYll ere r tint of Directors of the East and West India Dock Corn - Ole h Z Rive Notice. That the Transfer Books of the said Coul ee nn e e- Abet on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of June, and open "tipsy, the 9th July, 1855. 4 et By order of the Court. an GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. 1 ▪ West India Dock House, 10liter-square, June 8, 1855. hcill„._t 1 _,, , A n T , WESTERN COALS.—Best, 245. ; ile k t 4 le ,„ Is, 225. per ton. The Great Western Railway Corn -6,1. (~ ' -4 e execute orders for Rnabon Coals, equal to the finest e n ! (p a P i stat 24s per ton, and for excellent and economical Vron ir e '"tl P e i,,,' Cannel), at 225. per ton. Cash prices within 4 miles 't i re ii:,; n gton Station. Address to the Superintendent, Great .' u waY, Paddington. , 411tk rie —.------ N,, 4 ,1: WESTERN RAILWAY.—CHEAP kt,ctit, , - „LIBSION TO CIRENCESTER. STROUD, (ZOO.- Se e 'ttee e 7 tl CHELTENHAM. A train will leave the Padding t, , N ei l on Sunday, the 17th June, at 7.45 a.m., returning the t i, se., g ,rorn Cheltenham at 6.30, Gloucester at 6.50, Stroud itethe Cl eei reneester at 7.30. Fares-Cirencester or Stroud, 95 \!4 : e ueester or Cheltenham, 10s. and 6s. No luggege • Ipii 3 - 77 - t ts L IVAIP I N AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlL ,4,4laaeash'.-NOTIC E.-The Bill for enabling this Compa n y , and , Cato Ir e and Yorkshire Railway Company, to enl ar g e the , te rej eet : Station at Preston, and for ether purpose% having , !t. , p '!t k. l. te g , k ., the Commons' , Committee, the ADJOURNED ' - etie , e ..ee , RAL MEETING of Proprietors, on the 13th e ruT BE HELD. t o._ .3' order. H. BOOTH, Secretaries. ''4 ,, • ! .. !: .....__ at1e C. E. STE WART,I • nt June 6, 1855. ik:like e , • ' e " 11 TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY of _ N ., +e on each is Hereby Given, That a CALL of 21. 10s. ee t e'elle 4 ,r, ell and every share of the A series of the shares of NI VII 4 th (1 “,” been made. and will be due and payable on Mon k , vt.e, nf . 4 3 7 of June, 1855. al t ee e tit it it:t:o4 , l ° l - will also he due and payable on each of the Certi egeable for Company's Debentures, and 10/. on each of 1 1 t, exchangeable for the Debentteres of the Province of • NO r t- in terest ~,t 4lin te . rear terest will - ba charged , on the Calls as long as they, ItiNe Lette r ; . I NO his will be sent to each shareholder for the payment of . 'll th an ?are& that Certificates must be presented t , 'lre ' a orderhe payment of the Call may be marked ' e l's kl tares, Ave . k in s, . 1 the option of paying up in full on their shares and i p ', l 'etei,: i n t e er est at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum is paid on i „,`lnli"tn advance of Calls on either shares or debentures. eee e o. : be made at the Banking House of Messrs. Glyn, °ltes 6 7 Lombard-street. By order of the Board. Of th e c __ WILLIAM CH A.PMAN, Secretary. Itond o r t ?417 1 , u 2 a l y , , 0 1 1 8 d 55 tiroad-street, , ts ' tsb.ltsol:o 14 ' SUITS.—The 16s. trousers reduced '07: .. .L trousers and waistcoat, 225.; coat, waistcoat, and Ot t :9' se r ' gal le to order from Scotch tweeds al wool and .k j ces ei . unk he two guinea dress or frock coat i ; the guinea RM All a ; and k.e n , 13e, ~., the half-guinea waistcoat-made to order by B. e i,. k inan,n er ellant tailor, 74, Regent-street. For quality, style, A ' A At/1.4P Cannot be equalled by any house in the kingdom. t " f it guaranteed. t °l l kl I S ALt b ORDNANCE OFFICE, sth June, 1855. i 41 a iii y Auction at the Office of Ordnance e lor,, a Tow e NOg 4,00 n P recise n TUESDAY, 121 h June, 185 . 5, at 11 o'clock 1,, , ~,Mdiy, the following STORES, viz., great coats, he . t ho i' steel g' tents, rags (linen and woollen), copper and mixed a , r t t o ic o l l e s s o . f sorts, leather scabbards, pouches, \) hits ' t e a e r e i t i a '' tl ir e o r n . from ten till four o'clock, four days previous to the s °gees ""„, ay be had at the Ordnance Office, Tower. (1 ‘'...------ ---' J. WOOD, Secretary. 4 t i Ss it ,. tl/ie L'ebn et : FOSTER and SON inform the yre„es,,, vat the capital ENGLISH PICTURES, the Pro 'leii'liv en e e ! loyd, Brothers, and Co., Puhliehers, of Ludgate liireel'ee t wo v iew at their Gallery, 54, Pall-mall. The collection i i), Frosts turners, an important picture by slaclise, the three 1 e t o tko ern st, by Frith, the Golden Age, by Danby, an exquisite 'ele 'fib, be N r elson and Cromwell, by Charles Lucy in all, , tili t'k e PI t English Masters. mostly engraved. The Auc p it ace on WEDNESDAY, the 13th inst. 4 144 °115e k. l quare.—Sapertor Modern Furniture and Effects. t .l .„*.ii lt t ler 9,. 1:{ N BURFORD has received instruc ‘Ngeo:`eni the administrator of the late Harvey Ludlow, ;etnear e ' n o Sell by Auction, upon the premises, 27, Charter- V oo ll , ite et . BY, on TUESDAY, Jane 12th,th . e superior, I ‘, :i . 4 ed st: e a d MODERN FURNITURE, comprising French 0 e! o 4 il l e t ette e 's , marble-top washstands, wardrobes, and the usual k e lp ~' ill e r' en elegant rovewood dravving-room suite, in satm ' , 7 l ' u cl ti . : e Y glasses in elegant gilt frames, French clocks in Gees '' , 3 , - "n ornamental items, Spanise ex te „ ,-, under glass shades, V, „ klas„,""cling dining table, sideboard, mahogany frame chairs, P P p,P44,ti''', Turkey, and other carpets, libra y table, bookcases, • ki si i cja, ef;`'; and engravings, ' china, glass, kitchen utensils, and 1 k e o pL er eet e. Ni, I ft. 4 Monday 11th Jane Auctioneer and Surveyor, 22, Gream ----. bh l . , r., • de' leNte n -- i , 44 8-SEX HOUSE of CORRECTION, I vi 4 i i t ,,kie:o l ti a tb-fields. -WANT ED, a STOREKEEPER, who must r , sits e k , t i N, - 'e and 40 years of age, well acquainted with book-keep- r oic r et ;l i t; and competent to' judge of the quail' yof Provisions c S t ler h a t t'„,nereily. He will be requirei to attend daily at the tech o o ash times as shall be devised by the Visiting Justices, and I eir e t le t o s whole time and attention to the duties of the office, t;noe t ile „Ile performed by him, under the direction of the Gover -14,10 IN.;' , ven. The salary will be 15 , 1. per annum, and the • )•• S eo llitn i k a, ,tep be appotted must be prepared to give ouch security ‘ei t t . l r,tlLe t li•tices shag require. Applications, stating age, and . i, ‘ Zke k te, et timonials of chaacter and ability, are to be for !ev,nei &t, t ille Seseions Hous . e, r Clerkenwell-green, on or before ti Pitie f , ! ;el - 416e 27th of-lune instant, and the Candi ates mu t 1 i, 4 th 4 tl ‘l7 e of Corre Von on Friday, the 29th instant, at I „;01 of iee, t o ir'sil' out of the whole number of Candidates, the ( 1.,' th,:Wy„ be ~, 'elect the names of not more than eve, nor le-s '"l'ee n otzet;eXt ,initted to the Court of Quarter Session . on the ''' ' eeee r geenen the election will be made by the Magistrates .0, - 'Ally by voting, to commence at One and en a r , ed 24 et t , t "Ilie e 4 LES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visiting Justices. f 4 ii. , 185 5 . F ,u titlfta — . c pcv t e t r y Olesion, and Soft and Fair Hands and Arms, are realisedand sustained by the use of 1114:4.pitotl",A.ND S' KALYDOR, an Oriental 1 1 0 . V, ax i sl Preparation, distinguished for its extremely bland, ' 1 : I , V a nd othi effects on the Skin ; while, by its action on c 4 n t . „ n g ti:D/4, 4 1 to - elnute secretory vessels, it promotes a healthy tone, te? chNe e t he general well-being of the skin and the beauty of helieelo e s n • Freckles, Tan, Pimples, Spots, Discoloration, and rge i lt t o us 'visitations, are eradicated by the KALICDOR, and , it e , 41 4,,R te n a e r adiant bloom and transparency of complexion. ' , tie' , or `' e at arid dust of summer, and is case of sunburn, stings I e Jbe.„„cidental inflammation, its virtues have long and ex hotk.o - " ac knowledged. c itiqv.,Price 4s, 6d. and Bs. 6d. per Bottle. 1 4, ROWLANDs' KALYDOR," are on the Wrap- i et ke• toWLaren and SoNs, 20, flatton-garden, T ondon," in • Sold by them, and by Chemists and Perfumers. ) li, 1,q1, , ,,,,,,,Av...ND spa, 1 `` r Pu e k e ._ PACKET S. • seta en Ls call at the Greenhithe and Parfleet Piers. ta,," at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting • 1 'lkt TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND * et t ie it N em t tiMirtAlti. a-------r-W---T--T,. 1 -,. ''..., 3 4 :', .2 4tt 2ii \," I 1 .- 4 . ;:4 ~, ,ti. 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M. ,NAT ~r,"e„,,,zekwB.ll or Woolwich-- :: ... 6d. .. Os. Bd. %•••.........._- '''" , t TEiti476n.i . l R„ GRAVESE ?I'D Z to Au. - tittltfrblYi. _ *' .... g ...t g •-• ETime 1 , s i. ',.. ? .-c -0.. li o 1 , "----- 1 ...' --- i .., _ .... ... ' 12% -- ....., --... """' 7 . -- 5 , ,INlt h : --"' --•— 6 \...................... PArt,.. -4" I ir. 7 ,k , , n r 2 ra _ - etlehoreth-caraot. Ablator" tO 811 Darts 01 boadr' Fore Ci Saran. Pe send and L0nd0n...... 10d. is. 2d .‘,..1111, -- -,.. etid in triti: eel Loud ackwall or Woow .. 1:11 . Bd. Os. l el at, ,: eta h „ on. .„„ „ ..... „Os. lad rjaves'Lackwall or Woolwich..., .• 6d. • • Os. , 0 41 , ,, q(izZ, r ed and Intermediate Piers.. * lel • • Os. 'Cuol - ' 41.1 I T i g----- C hris° -, ontbs Si. Os.; to be had of the 't,.. el's t - 0 P lekets; o* of Mr . . Monk, Terrace Pier, Graves te p To s „„.. 1. 41 Rh s p i er, 1 1 O uTHEND AND SHEERNESa• 14 ,‘ , U1'Nes,l• Town and Southend, Piers 11.30 and 5 6.20. '‘y lie n3O and 4.30. From ` Lu ngs, 6.30 *. from Sheerness, and 8 7 fio ' m South -I'6l FARES. 1,, i r 2d Class and Ist Class and Return Ticket. 2d. let. Is,. e ili d Re nt , Pore Cabin. Saloon. tt e Fab 'lend... 2... 61. sen d ... eeroe.. it ti,4 ll ••i s id h :l etitiienci • 28. Od. 2s. 6d. 3s. • 35. Od. 4355: Od. 38. 01. 4) 2•,,, k ad s ernes s•• }ls. 61. 2s. Od. .t. 18 5 aerness 2s. 6d. 3s. Od. -----. t'llii.. 4 tT Iv, N. .Ised s Dri -u e, IHISITIn OF YOUTH AND MATURIfTorY3.(, lc ,‘ 23 " illustrated with cases; free by post N.,,,1ts rf ti OI T anal) OC ' , itt s Atift s 'DEBILITY; 'b 4 16 4 . 'ad - • t k s ' `rnlrto and C An Essay on Sper il,lttlet4,l4l'obtke'..-Ze,rtracticalni;Observaturior!es.—on a safer and more 01 " , ••• t ried .. eatment of the diseases of the Generative stto 4l l l e,• . by oy the use of the Microscope in detecting and , i." tZl,,. e t; of c4rinarY examination, the real cause and effect . o. 01 , ,,'Iaty - ' l deot 'Plaint. whether arising from solitary habits, ,s•qt, , y ea :or climate followed by practical remarks, founded t'`" - qili r t ra expeCe • the treatment ot Impuissance 6,1 011' 1 . C! ` l, Local Weakness ; m •r atorrhasa, &c. To which oeatY h ints lanes Physiologyon theof Marriage, with pre itrit4e 6; ' , 3 the . evils . e emana emanating , u. p•om empirical prr etice, Dor• --gerous re Nttt , 7, -aot di sorders methes advocated by v ar iou s write " on , 1 • , t 1 „! e!? , ,. 13% 7 B ,,A•brUEL LA'MERT, M.D. qs.. 4 ' , 4' e alci, ' ` -i It D-S QUA H E, LONDON, , 1,-py, 04,,,,,,-e. Ma triculated Member of the University of Edin ite,:te k ,‘te or 'f'Y atereber of the LOndon Hospital Medical Society Ni'k•teti4l-,l3°t, neearks' Hall, Lcndon. o ut. t v kijesoi t ':` . ' , eat of this treatise is to point ut the tearful con -the:We Pre l-- ' 11.c •na certain ht . htts, irregularities, and excesses, ~..k •el -,. Drern-4need more mi rv c in Youth, degradation in Man- V4I - " of --,4tev e decay at se l stages - of Life, than, perhaps, any th l t• Db ahly re -ise asa knowto s.l i pathologists. Its perusal is t rai ll ek Y ,,,:ta ,_ l ceonrandra:.nied to pe m rs ° eu c s rn entertaining secret doubts 01 4 4 0. ' •App,,,.'• on, and who are conscious of haying hazarde . d lle e 7 8 . 1 40 , • - ` 3 ', and privileg,es to which every, human being is ,tie t •Dle e rtto e hn 0' nee. st k'hit ' poky - searY thatall men should know, that there are '4e .4, 94. 4r ieve,, °nel 'management which cannot be violated without theft`ki'bt*•73'. gabs. 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By BAYLE ST JOHN, Author of "Purple Tints of Paris," " Two Years' Residence in a Levantine Family," &c. &c. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Royal 4to price 2I s.. THE POETICAL 'WORKS of the late CATHERINE GRACE GODWIN. Edited, with a Memoir, by A. C. WIGAN. With Forty illustrations by BIRICET FOSTER, JOHN GILBERT, &C. "There are many striking and pleasing pieces in Mrs. Godwin's collection of poetry, and we think that Mr. Wordsworth expressed a fair and candid opinion of the writer's general merit when he said— ' I have read your volume (' The Wanderer's Legacy,' &c.) through with much pl•-a•ure. Whenever It is read such poetry cannot but do you honour. It is neither wanting in feeling, nor in that much rarer gift which is the soul of poetry—imagination. There is a great com mand of language and fine versification.' "—Literary Gazette. London: Chapman and Hall. 193, Piccadilly. LONDON LABOUR and the LONDON POOR, by HENRY MAYHEW. 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N TRUE (Sr FALSE SPERMATORRWEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real sufferers under this disease., and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Prom •he German of Dr. PICKFOItD. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " or. Pickford 's known to English readers by his frequent practi ast contributions to German medical literature. This is the first me, he informs at, that he has addressed himself to the nos-rnedi ml reader. We trust this may not be ela st. if he shall icteet any ,tier equally flaurant evil which t they be in his • ower to cor ”ect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book eould find its way into the hands of those who gaffer from the coin ilaint of which it treats, We are satisfied that many hundreds would De saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of Tess importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— nuch money.-- This volume is well qualified to pat an end to the amnirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: 11. Ralliere. 219, Regent-street. N ORWICH UNION INTE BEAT COMPANY. NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ANNUAL GENERAL MgE rI NG of the PROPRIETORS, pursuant to the deed of sett'e- Ment, will be held at the Company's offices. 23, Lincoln's-Inn-fields, on TUESDAY, the 26th day of JUNE instant, at one o'olock pre- cisely. June 11th, 1855. HENRY 'ORRIS, secretary, RGYLL ROOMS. —I mm en se success of the to new dance, LA VAINOVIANA : Music by 11. LAURENT. —Danced every evening. PANORAMA. of SEBASTOPOL is now OPEN at BURFORD'S, Leicezter-square, comprising its For tificationa, the Encampments, the Attack of the Allied Armies and the combined Fleets.—The Vi , ws of the nit TTLE - bf the ALMA and of the 13ERNESI ALPS are also open.—Admission, 15. each. THE AZTECS and EARTHMEN.—Patronised by her Majesty, who gave them a Check for a large amount ; by H. R.H. Prince Albert; by the Duchess of Cambridge for the third t - me ; and by the clergy, Nobility, and Gentry. 6, Leicester, -square, from 3to 6, and from 7to 10, daily Lectures at 4 and 8. Stalls, 2s. seats, Is. Gallery, Gd. Two Histories, Is. THE ERUPTION of MOUNT VESUVIUS, at 'he ROYAL PANOPTICON daily at 4'45 and 9'4s—War in the Crimea—Life in Pompeii— he GrAnd Electrical machine, and 'all the other Entertainments and Lectures as usual. Doors °nen— Morning, , 2 to 5, Evening, 7 to 10. Admission, Is. ; schools and children half-price. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The LECTURES and EXHIBITIONS, as delivered before her Most Gracious Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Patron of the Institution, will he continued. Last Week but two of the first part of the OPTICAL DIORAMA of 'INBAD the SAILOR Lecture on the TELFPHONIC CONCERT, by Invisible Perfor mers, by J. H PEPPER, Esq. Monday Evening Lecture by Dr. TREVETIIAN SPICRR, " On the ANTE •DILUVIAN WORLD." Mrs. CLARA BALFOUR'S Lecture, on Thursday Evening, 4 . SUMMER HOURS with the POETS." The DIORAMA of "Sam SLICK'S TRIP across the ATLANTIC," &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAR DENS. THIS EVENING. Grand Modelled View of Se bastopol. An attempt will be made to convey to the public an idea of the operations of a siege, and that nothing may be wanting to give reality to the scene the proprietor has secured the services of a consider ble number of the wounded heroes of the Crimea, and at half-past 6 this evening will be given the attack and defeat of the Russian serti-, in which upwards of 100 soldiers, marines, artillery men, and seamen will arstst. Final Repulse of the Russians end Bombardment of Sebastopol, with grand Pyrotechnic Tableau, at a quarter to 10. Splendid Menagerie, Elephant's Car, Remington's Aerial Bridge, Godfrey's unrivalled Rand, and numerous other attraction , . Admission is., daylight attack and night bombard ment included. N.B.—Corporal Bridges and Private J. Mackey, of the Coldstream Guards, both severely wounded at ink, rman, attend every day, from 3 till dusk, to point out the various objects of interest, Sec. HAN W ELL LUNATIC A SYLIIM. —Person s willing to TENDER for SUPPLYING the above-named INSTITUTION with COALS (the quantity usually reuired being about 1,400 tons) during twelve calendar months, from the Ist July next, are requested to send sealed Tenders, addressed to the Com mittee of Visitors at the Asylum at Hanwell, before Eleven o'clock on THURSDAY, the 21st dune inst., and to attend Viere personally at that time, with the names and addresses of two respectable sty eties. Blank forms, in which Tenders must be made, may he obtained. and the form of contract may be seen, either upon application to me at this place, or to the storekeeper at the Asylum. The Committee will not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any of the tenders. Dated this Bth day of June, 1855. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors. Sessions House, Clerkenwell. A LLSOPP'S PALE ALE, in Casks or Bottles. —HARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., are now Delivering the MARCH BREWINGS in Casks of 18 Gallons and upwards. Also In Bottles, imperial measure. Address: —HARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., Wine and Beer Merchants, 5%, Pall-Mail. QIR WM., BI7RNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID, for destroying all Offensive Smells and pufifying Irk Rooms, &c. Its cost is less than One Farthing per Gallon when diluted for use. Sold by all Chemists, and at 18, Cannon- , treet, City. Gallons, 55. Quarts, 2s. Pints, Is. Flalf-pints, 6d. TOZEAII'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the terench College ofPhysictans, qiccessfally adininistered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to he the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli catirn —Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEAIT, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. SIJOCESS OF THE ALLIES.- Pubic expectation turns to a grand contest, which every one trusts will speedily mark the point of victory and sheath the sword which has been drawn for the defence of European rights. There is no possibility of victory without enterprise, or succes , without inde fatigable industr . The principles true in war are the same in trade, and E. MOSES and SON are fully prepared to show the victorious re sults of their enterprises and industry in a new and magnificent Stock of Summer Dress. The season for excarri us has been ingeniously and amp'y pro vided for by E. MOSES and SoN. Amontst the vast number o , luxu ries and elegances In dress which they submit to the inspection of travellers and excursionists a t g h a e r m m eonntlyi,nyen calledted t h a e n d E m m a p d e e ro b e y s Cape, has attained v ry great fashionable, •e!tainsd convenient rn iv o e - n t i e e l n e t gant , ar ticle of the season, being a woollen material, thoroughly waterproof; its utility is at once evident ; its gracefulness, neatness. and light nes: are universally admired. It may be folded in so small a space as to render it the most convent en t article ever introduced. Price (plain). 265. ; richly trimmed with silk, 335. In the Summer Dress Depart- E. MOSES and SON are Merchant Tailors, Clothiers. Hatters. Hosiers, ..Ifirt Manufac turers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. c A u I.w N. — E. -issu l to r ra is l x . s h and Sox beg to state theyhave no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their own Esta blishments, as follow : London City E • (opposite Lond on the e s e t t Establishment, corner of the MinorieS, and Aldgate Branch, ). New Oxford-street, corner of Bart , street. ment • the establishments of E. Moms and Sox are distinguished for all that is splendid, novel, and attractive. Their success is more con9picuous than ever. Thou -ands are furnished with the most fashionable introductians, sod thousands have still choice from the most extensive stock in the w ‘rld. Juvenile Clothing in splendid materials, beauty of de sign, superiority of workman ship, and economy in price. The a'lles of this superlative stock of dress are Hosiery Goods for ladies and gentlemen of the most stylish order, at the most reason able prices. Hats and Caps of surpassing lightness, elegance, neatness, and cheapness. Boots and Shoes, the largest stock ever witnessed. Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Wholesale Bra nch — Melbourne, Australia. The establishments are closed from sun+ et on Fridays till sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. Istvoarestr.—Should any article not give satisfaction it will be ex changed or, if preferred, the money returned without hw it ,tion. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be Made. A New Book, with lists of prices, system of self-measurement, and other information, may be had on a p plication, or post free. An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 gratis, on application, or post free lei on parle Francais. 1 Qui at panic Italian. 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A .or e. .;W ;i7•,,,„ i,' .E x , , .... " \ s ",---- 1 -"7 - ~*, g' _DIEU ~,, .: .. - emi 'f.:,,i,_ 71 ;1g -v ,, ~ . e .., ..- , - , R0u .,,,,'N " . a . ' , )''' , ---- 1 - . .' , s ' 4 3, . 41 ,.,,. ~ ,,„4, . / , )'-, -; ;,037,.0. AvA r N - 1 . t,, iJ ~~~? ~~ ,G-r=r_~ i ~~ LIVERPOOL j JI7NE 10. The United States' mail steam-ship B altic arrived" this morning from. New York, with advices to the 30th ult., and $1,778,739 spec i e on fre i ght. The Hon. F. Hincks was a passenger by the Baltic. • The Pacific, hence, at arrived at New York on the 30th ult. The steam-ship Ericsson was expected to leave for Havre about the 16th inst. The New York "Herald publishes, in the form of 'a letter addressed to the President, the reply of Mr. Perry, United States Charge d'Affaires at Madrid, to the charges brought against hiin by the Hon. P. Soule. • Lady Franklin is stated to - be at last'resigned to the belief that-her-brave husband is no more, aprl to have requested that a tablet, to be erected to the memory of Sir John and his devoted conk panion' of the Erebus and Terror, might be tr i k I by the Kane expedition and ere cted on the Whi te Cliff at Beechy Island, by the side of that comme morating the fate of Lieutenant Bellot, of the Bel en. cher expedition. .The tablet, bearing an inscrip tion, is of white marble, 2 feet 3 inches by 5 feet. au p d art e ie o s . SeVeral persons, who had been committed to gaol charged with enlisting recruits' within the United - Stat - ea c - or the purpose of serving in the war in the Crime a had been examined before the United States Cotrnisiioners' Court. The result' was an adjournment. Three prsons had also been ex jooaui r u n e e , d Massie,ot h amined in the same Court, charged with fitting out a brig at the port of New York for the Purpose of the African slave tra,le. This case was also ad amount. The wholesale clothing warehouse of Messrs. dest4oyed by fire. The loss of goods was estimated at $llB,OOO ; the loss on the building, $31,000. Ilenel Kinney's vessel, the United States, was fiantdin Baltimore, baibail t to aad larg ebeen lyin in East River, New York, blockaded by three Government steamers- and a revenue cutter. An attempt to sail had been f 1- rustrate, tme authorities. Proceedings had been commenced against the in fringers of the prohibitory liquor law. The Canadian Legislature had been prorogued by his Excellency Sir Edmund Head. A bill for applying the principle of popular elections to the house_bad been thrown out., • The steam-ship La w had arrived at New York with advices from California to the Ist ult., and $1,524,025 in golddust on freight. The amount of golddust taken to Panama on the 13th ult., by the Golden Gate was $1,500,000 ; of this amount $152,984 was on English account. The news is uninteresting. The crops never looked more promising, and the markets were crowded with the finest vegetables. The mining interest was in a flourishing condition. The " dry diggings" were abundantly supplied with water, and miners were doing well almost everywhere. Little was said about quartz mining, but from Grasu Valley and other mills were re ceived favourable accounts of alterations in this de partment of mining. Business continues excessively dull. The Kern River humbug was effectually exploded. The San, Diego Herald reported that gold diggings had been found at Santa Ysabel, in San Diego county. An act to levy a capitation tax of 50 dollars on every Chinaman arriving in the State has been adopted by the Legislature. Colonel Walker's expedition had. not sailed. Arrangements were on foot, however, to give the Vesta a speedy despatch,. The demand for money was not active. The amount of bullion in the country was said to be larger than it ever was before. The Sandwich Islands Legislature had been opened. King Kamehameha, in his speech alluded to the institution of Chief Justice Lee to Washington as being highly important. A large amount of forged bills had been put in circulation by Messrs. Swan and Clifford, ship chandlers ; but before one was protested the parties bad left the island. Several British and French war vessels were at Honolulu, consisting of the frigate President, the Brisk (13 guns), English screw-steamer, Commander Alfred Curtis, and sloops of war Dido an d R attlesnake. The'donarch, 84, guns, Captain George Patey, is the New British flag-ship, and was expected shortly to arrive. The French frigate Alceste 50 guns, was to leave Callao on the 14th of Marclifor Honolulu, and. a French corvette was to follow the Alceste from France, when Admiral Fourichart, the new Commander-in-Chief on the Pacific, was expected daily to arrive at Honolulu ; it was ex pected they would proceed northward, probably to join the expedition against Petropaulovski. Havannali dates to the 23d ult, had been re ' ceived. The Captain-General had returned from his tour of official inspection in the provinces, highly pleased with the result. The United States frigate Constitution, whi c h h a d arr i ved there after a two years' cruise on the coast of Africa, Lad only lost two men out of a crew of 600, one of whom was accidentally drowned, and the other died of pulmonary consumption. The low rate of morta lity is unprecedented. The health of the island was good ; the market for sugar was quiet. The increased duty on sugars in Great Britain had not materially affected prices. The stock in Havannah was about 200,000 boxes, and at Ma tanzas about 40,000 boxes. Molasses were in brisk demand, at full rates, holders demanding an ad vance. Advices from Mexico• the 19th ult. state that Santa Anna, at the latest accounts, was ad vancing upon Zamora, while the insurgents were posted iu force ; his army, .however, had been separated by the skilful manceuvering of his op ponents. It was reported that the Government troops had gained a victory at Guanaxuato. Later intelligence from the Great Salt Lake re palls orts that pr os p er it y prevailed throughout the vy. The election held to fill vacancies in the Legisla lature for Kansas had resulted in favour of the pro-slavery candidate. Accounts from the plains, received through vari ous channels, agree that the indian tribes were assuming a very hostile attitude against the whites;, the combination of the Sioux Indians for this ob ject was confirmed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. In the New York money market the supply of capital continued superabundant. The stock market had been rather more active. Prices slightly improved ; still busi ness continued limited. Sterling exchange maintains its firmness, and in fair demand. Bills on London were quoted 1091 to 1104 per cent., and on France sf. 12ic. to tif. 15c. The cotton market continued excited, prices having advanced lie. to 51e. Flour was a shade higher, the advances being chiefly on common and medium qualities. Wheat without ma terial change in value. The demand for pork had been more active. New moss declined 124 c. to 25C.;. new prime advanced 12c. Other kinds remained Without change, Beef continued in fair request, and the'marlat firm. In freights the offerings of all descriptions continued small, and rates are without improvement. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY EVENING. The John Knox, Captain Monro, from the Cape of Good Hope the 19th of April, landed a small mail here this evening. Affairs at the Cape con-. thine prosperous. The frontier is quiet, and the copper mine productive. The cattle disease is not yet eradicated. Sir George Grey, who is very popular, gave his first publi c b a ll on t h e 17 t h o f April. His Excel. lency contemplated an official inspecti3n of Nama qualand shortly. The Parliament, which was still sitting, had thrown over for the present the voluntary system in the church. About half the 73d Regiment continue on ser vice at Cape Town. Frolic were r Majesty Simon's 's steam-v Bay essel Hyd ra an d the sloop at . The Maidstone, Captain Scott, with the head quarters of a regiment f rom th e East Indies, having shipped pe, was to leave for Englandsome wool at th e Ca about the 20th of April. A large French man of-war sailed on the 20th of. April for the eastward. A large merchant steamer fro about the 13th of April m Scotland arr i ve d , after a remark a bl y quick passage. The John Knot touched a t St. H e l ena on th e 4th of M a y, when thisland,ere were no Shipping a t the D 0 iDIOTCY FROM PRIGET.--SANTO DOMINGO, Ma y 6 . i ers accused of The military commission instituted to judge.th!or"" conspiracy, came to a coici sen' a h s i i rtb, end: timcing General Pelletier (a Frenchman A 'y ffairs to the fortneriy 'Minister of War and of Foreign of the 2d of , May itr i ests were sent to the p Franci sep R uiz, to death. In the morning confess them. prisoners military marched to ne 13 " li nican Rep u bli c ) , as well as Generalsin g At 3 o' c l oc k i n the afternoon Aybar and the usual pl ace o f exec ution e . General Santana, with hie n they arrived, and havi ng staff, w as at t h e place w h made his arrangements be ordered the prisoners t o k neel read oiler to them, an d t h e , firing party, being in place, were commanded t o l oa d muskets upon the unfortunates, when Santana criedl wnti down. Th e ir sentence was and to point their m . u i "Halt l " dandinogrdtehreedthhrieseaiadeec-udsee-cda. PTheto hurrahs of the soldiery m read a proc . could not su bd ue the horror that the preceding rpardoning moments had caused—Franei2co R u i z , one o f th e persons condemned to death, rose from his knees an idiot. LONDoN, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 11 , 1855. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL COURT of MEM BERS of this SOCIETY was held within the Royal Hotel. Frillee'S street, Edinburgh, on Friday the 25th ultimo, — The Very Reverend Dr. Macrant.aw, Principal of the University of Gaseow, end one of the Extraordinary Directors of the So ciety, in•the chair. The CHAIRMAN, after stating that he had teen unexpectedly ca'led on t preside, in consequence of the Marquis of Tweeddwe, one of the Vice-Presidents. and who had been requested tn talc's the ch ir, having been summoned to England, and after having craved the indulgence of the meeting, commenced the business ty calling on the Secretary to read the Minutes of the last Special General Court, held on Ist December last These Minutes having been read and approved of by the Court, the MANAGER read the Report of the .Directors as to the Society's opera tions during the past year, and, from which there a,;•pear,'lnter, alia, the following results:— That durieg the year 1954 there had been 638 Policies passed and taken up by the proposers, representing Assurances to the ex tent of 455,3771. 14s. 3d. That the Society's realised and A ccumulated Fend had increased to the extent of 115,5541. 15s. 10d, and amounted at 31st De cember last to 2,902,1401. Is. Id. That the Annual Revenue had increased to the extent of 22,1691. Os. 11d, and amounted at 31st December last to 373,9011. 13s. Bd. That there had been 142 deaths during the year 1854, the claims consequent on which (including Bonus Additions) amounted to 204,588/. 17e. 4d. • The Cm:tissue then rsse and addressed the Meeting as Prows : Gentlemen,—l think I may very safely eengratulate this Society, and each one elite members, on the satisfactory Report which has now been pvesented by the Ordinary Directors, an.l on the very hi;th state of prosperity in which the affairs of the Company are shown to-be at tonwas first p ;Fororty years have now elapsed since this Insti tion founded f I understand that the first Policy was issued at the end of the year 1814. It has certainly gone on very steadily, and has attained a magnitude far beyond what was antici tasted by its orizinal founders.' When we find that 15,000 Policies have been issued during that period —that between 9,000 and 10,000 of these are still held by-a' out 8,000 persons --and that hundreds of fa milies have already enjoyed the benefit of the previsionatriade through the Society's agency, T think we may be satisfied that the Institution has well fulfilled the purpose for which it was founded and called into operation. (Applause.) But when we contemplate the magni tads which it has now reached, I think we can only look on it with feelings of wonder and astonishment, combined with satisfaction. (Bear, hear.) From the report which you have just heard, it ap pears that the; Capital of the Society has received an increase during the last year of 115,5051, and that now it amounts to upwards of 2.800.000/.,—in short pressing very closely on a realised sane of Three Millions sterling. (Loud applause) The Revenue has increased in Proportion; the increase during the last year has bn 22,000/ , and its total amount is now 37 4 ,C100 e (Renewed applau been 22,0001, and its total amount Is now 374,(t0'. (Renewed applause.) Ail this has been effected and accomplished under circumstances certainly by no means propitious. It his been effected during a period of war, and under the pressure of a war taxation, bearing heavily on the means, and substance, and income of all classes o f the community ;—and it 'has also been effected in the face of an increasing and unexampled competition on the part of various other assurance Offices, whether of older or more recent institution. Notwithstanding these disad vantages, you have heard, and I hope with satisfaction, the progress which has been made during the course of the year 1854. (Applause.) There is, as you might rotice. a statement in the report of the number of deaths,—the lives which have lapsed,—and by which additional burdens have been brought on the Society during the course of the last year. In 1853 the number of deaths was 31 ; in 854 the number was 142. Now this is an increase which might na turally be expected in the progress of events ; for the more numerous the members are there must of course be additional mortality ; and we must further bear in mind that many of our members have been connected wtth the Society for a long period, and that as they are becoming advanced in life there must necessarily be a greater amount of mortality amongst them as a body. Each one now present is a year older than he was twelve months ago, and conse quently the chances of his surviving have been diminished, and the probability of death increased ; hut what we have to look to is the general result, stated in the Report, that the total number of deaths during the past year is grea'ly within the calculation upon which all our regulations are based, and upon which the institution was Aret put into operation. The increased number of deaths is thus easily accounted for, without causing any unnecessary alarm, and is, I may say, comparatively small; and, when viewed in connection with the original calculations, hears ample testimony to the great care and prudence which havebsen shown in the selection of lives, and, at the same time. to the soundjudcment and safe principles upon hich the Institution was o'iginally established and founded. (A p rlause.) will only say further, in behalf of some gentlemen, who, like myself, have been for many years contributors to this Fund, that I hope we are not weak enoneh to grudge the additional pay ment which each year has brou ht upon us. We have not only to thank Film by whom our lives have been graciously spared, that oar ability to pay our premium has been continued to us, but also that we have been receivine, through the excellent management of this Fund, a very considerable compensation for our extended con tributions, in the shape !of bonuses regularly assigned to us (hear, hear)—and surely not less in the prospective return which has been realised for us through the exertions of the Officers of the Institution. in the benefits which will be conferred on our families and relatives, and those who may have claims upon us. I would even say that the seenr• ty. the constant tranquillity of thought which is produced by the knowledge that we fir • thee secured, to a certain extent, against that ordinary contingency to which we are every day liable, may have contributed not a little to raise the value of the lives of the members of this society above the average of what had been before expected. (Hear, hear.) I do not in tend to detain the meeting by enteringinto a general eulogiam upon °he advantages of Life Insurance. They are now extensively known. They have been in this room repeatedly illustrated, with great elo quence and great power, by these gentlemen who have occupied this chair; but I would merely recal your thoughts to the fact of the actual deaths in reference to what was exnected from the calcula tions end say, that while much is due to the careful selection of those lives uron which insurances have been effected, much, I am quite contldent, is also due to that serenity of mind reacting on the bodily health which such a position as that occupied by a member of an institution like this is calculated to inspire. ( epplause ) After the exeerience of 35 years, I feel perfectly confident that there are hundreds, I would say thousands, that are members of this Society, who, like myself, have laid down their heads c intentedly and tran quilly on their pillow by night, and could never have done se but for the knowle dge that, if called away, the obligations which lay upon them from the ties of parental affection, or those which they might have contracted in the course of business, would be fully, completely, and honourably met, and that they would descend to the dust, tearing characters unimpeached, and endeared bathe recol 'ection of those who were related to them, or to whom they had in curred obligations, by the thought that towards all they had dis charged the duties that devolved on them. (Loud applause) Now, all this is accomplished by a small deduction annually from their ordinery income—a deduction .vhith it was the duty of every one to make whether his life was nsitred or not ; but which was more cora tete, more ertain. and less liable to fluctuation. in consequence of havir , g sn-h en institution as this to be.the enarantee of his •uldlling repent p a P ' a b t i i ry t cO n n g r t s u P i a ' l a c: n i t ) o I thr members n're of this c Society Thsing. i ni ot t h t:p r \ vi e e i t n i;t i er h t h :e djnutoidewgmthoeetn,ont. with read. and Dio t ri f e, s lc f d e t re t son remark character h t t he r n a pt e e t tr e i f r ecc o t of the fidelity, warmesttr y e .;) whicho age r r t caut dy, 3. and judgment they have conducted your affairs; and I will sit down after moving that thereport now read be spnroyed of by the meeting. (Applause.) The approval of the report having been carried by acclamation, the Honourable Lord NEAVES proposed a vote of tha ,, ks to the Directors and Office-Bearers of the Society for the it services during .the past year, and the motion having been seconded by JOHN HUNTER, Esq , Auditor of the Court of Session, was unanimously agreed to. On the motion of the Rev. Dr. Coos, St. Andrews, seconded by JAMES NVRTGIIT, Fsq., Secretary of the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Courts of Directem were appointed for the next year. A vote of thanks having, on the motion of HENRY CREYNE, Esq., Writer to the Signet, been given to the very reverend Chairman, the meeting adjourned.—Edinburgh, 2d June, .855. COURT OF DIRECTION-1855-36. Those marked thus * are new appointments. PRESIDENT. The Right Honourable the E-PRESI Earl of N os berg, K.T. VICDTS. MS Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. The Most Honourable the Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T., and C.B. The Right Honourable the Earl of Ellesmere. *Robert Dundas, Esq., of Arnist^n EXTRIORDINAI The Very Rev. Principal Mader- I It DIRECTORS. Alexander Blair, Esq., banker, Edinburgh William B. Watkins, Esq., Alder man, Manchester Willi a m E. A ytoun, Esq., Profes sor of Rhetoric in the Univer sity of Edinburgh Tohn Ravenhill, Esq., banker, Warminster William Wilson,Esq., C.S., Edinr. J. Y. Simpson, Esq., Professor of Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh *Sir James Russell of Ashiestell *George Tod, Esq., Cheltenham *Flcnry Cheyne,Esq., *Frederick Thynne, Esq., land agent, George•st., Westminster DIRECTORS. lan, Giaagow John North, Esq., Dock Solicitor. Liverpo The Right Hon. Lord John Frede• . . rick Go •ciln Hallyburton The Right Hen. the, Earl of Stair Henry Bury, Esq., banker, Dian• che+ter Sir John S. Richardson of Pitfonr. Bart. The 'light Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lincoln John AmeTy, Esq., banker, Stour- bridge The Hon. Lord Benholme Joseph James Welch, Esq.,Cb cap side, London • ORDINARY ' Thomas G. Mackay, Esq., W.S. John Cadell, Esq., of Tranent Alexander Dunsmure, Esq., mer chant, Leith Thnmas Beveridge, Esq., D.C.S. William James Duncan, banker, George Dundas, Esq., Sheriff Of SOlkirkBhire Christopher Wood, jun., Esq., merchant, Leith Archibald Davidson, Esq., Sheriff of Aberdeenshire Charles Yorbe., Esq., of Canaan Park, Edinburgh Isaac Bayley, Esq.. of Manuel *dos. Mylne, Esq., W.S., Edinr. *John loop Esq., W.S. Edinr. *Jas.Tytier,Esq:,ofWoodhouselee rcEs. Edward Loyd, Esq., banker, Man chaster The Hon. Bouverie F. Primrose Alexr. Pringle, Esq., ofWhytbank Fames Begbie, M.D: MANAGER —John Mackenzie. Illiam Lindsay. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq,, Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple David Hin. Esq., East India House John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing, Esq., Chairman of Brighton Railway Sir John Thomas Briggs, Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office John Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street-place Edinburgh Lewis A. Wallace, Esq., archi- tect Anthony Murray, Esq., of Del- lerie, W.S. The Hen. Bouverie F. Primrose TRW. William Mitchell Inner, Esq., of Parsonsgreen James Balfour, Esq., of Mfg, W.S. MEDICAL OFFICER• AUDITOR—DonaId Lindsay; SEC RETA RY SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (Prom, the Times of this day.) It is now pretty plainly admitted that the celebrated Four Points were the result of a compromise, and, if than a delusion. W e are new speaking. of the faults which adoptedal imen, in'yclßU,ulisnsgiatt would have turned out little better he very Ministers who are responsible for the framing of these Pointsi, . find in them. of the difficulty of carrying them out, and the fresh difficulties that are sure to arise as soon as the , former difficulties aro surmounted. We would•direot attention at this mo. went not to those things for which provision has, how ever imperfectly, been made, but to a matter of the last importance, which has been omitted altogether. The occasion of the war was the trrgressidn of Russia upon Turkey—the cause of the war is, undoubtedly, the ag gressive attitude of Russia , towards the civilised world. She is surrounded by a number of States indi vidually ton weak to cope with her; and bound together by bonds of union too slight to produce a really for midable and effective confederacy. Sweden and Den mark, Austria and Prussia, Turkey and Persia, are all at discord with each other, and read* to sacrifice their common safety, in order to gratify their individual ani- ' mosity. Firm resistance is only to be expected frOm those States not immediately in contact with Russia ; and it is a remarkable fact that, except Turkey, which has actually been invaded, there is no Tower having a common frontier with Russia which has ventured in the present war to unsheathe the sword against her. Such being a abort statement of the case, it is simply absurd and ridiculous to treat the question between Russia and the Western Powers as a purely local one, or to suppose that we gain anything by blocking up one outlet of Sla vonian barbarism while we leave every other untouched. We have been labouring to destroy Sebastopol, as yet without effect, but we have taken and utterly razed to theground the Sebastopol of the North. How comes it'that in the Four Points no mention whatever was made of the fortress of Bomarsund, and that it was left open to Russia to rebuild that demolished fortress when and how she pleased Those best qualified to judge on the subject are of opinion that in Bomarsund Russia was laying the foundation of a power Which in a few years would have converted the Baltic Sea into a Russian lake. The situation was admirably chosen ; it lay at the moaths of the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia, and com manded the southern part of the Baltic. The Aland Isles lie over against Stockholm, at even less distance and separated by fewer obstacles than are interposed be tween Sebastopol and Constantinople. The plan of the fortress was vast and comprehensive. It was con• structed in direct violation to treaties, having in it every thing to facilitate attack and aggression. Money was lavished on the foundations on such a scale as befitted nothing less than the nucleus of a future empire. Had the present war been deferred only a few years— had the cockatrice's egg, instead of b-ing rudely crushed 'at once, been allowed to batch—the North would have stood appalled at the monster by which itsfreedom—nay. ifs very existence, was overshadowed. There would have been no need of large expeditions by land: Sweden, Norway, and Denmark would have soon felt that every remnant of independence had passed from them, and tamely bowed their heads in submission to the yoke which the construction of such a fortress would have placed around their necks. But it may be said, after all, we might have besieged and destroyed this mighty citadel just as we are be sieging, and we hope on the point of destroying the corresponding fortress of Sebastopol. But the cases are widely different. Sebastopol lies in a temperate cli mate, in which, with moderate care and precaution, the heat of summer and the cold of winter may be supported without difficulty ; hut the Aland Isles are protected during more than half the year by a climate the rigour of which makes military opera tions impossible, and which during the rest of the year is in the highest degree foggy, rainy, and uncertain. These islands are singularly difficult of approach, and the narrow channels which lead among them admit of being fortified in a manner to render the access of a fleet dan gerous, if not impossible. The climate is proved to be most injurious to health, and thus nature would lend her most powerful assistance to art in rendering the pro jected citadel impregnable. A blockade, except for the few summer months, would be impossible, so that the for tress could be repaired, re provisioned, and the ccarrison reinforced every winter. The erection of such fortifica tions within a few days' sail of our peaceful shores would be to us a great source of misfortune and weakness, and to the nations that dwell around the Baltic Sea certain and immediate destruction. And yet this very fortress, so menacing in its posi tion and its destination—so nearly completed, so for tunately destroyed —was not considered worth a thought when the articles were to be fixed on which peace should be concludes ! Had it not been for the fortunate perver sity of Russia in repudiating the third point of the neE,m- L tiation by transparent subterfuges and counterfeits,which to the impartial reader appear of the grossest and Glum ' siest description, we should have been hound to make peace without any provision whatever with regard to ' the future erection of Bomarsund. We must have sat by and seen Russia raising anew from its ruins that mighty fortress, traverse, ravelin, bastion, and parapet, without having a right to make a remark or utter a single word of remonstrance. We should have known perfectly well that it was the first against its weaker neighbours, and then against ourselves, that this fortress was constructed, and we should have had as little power to prevent its erection as the criminal who watches from the window of his cell the construction of the scaffold on which he is about to be executed. We have just escaped a peace which would have withdrawn our army from the Crimea, leaving the fortress which we besieged stai.ding, and per mitted the immediate reconstruction of the one we took, and the very ruins of which we have been at so much pains to destroy. In the recent debate no persons have been so severe on the policy of the four points as some of the very ministers who advised and were responsible for them. But, even in their utmost zeal against the work of their own hands, they have omitted the most serious imputation—that these four points would, after all, have left the aggressive career of Russia unfettered in a sea in which Great Britain and France ought at least to feel as much interest as in the waters of the • distant Euxine. No doubt it is most desirable that Russia should not absorb Turkey ; but, in our anxiety to save Turkey, to hand over Sweden, Norway, and Denmark to her mercy would be to imitate a philanthropy of the good Bishop Las Casas, who, in his horror at the atrocities perpetrated by the Spaniards on the natives of the West Indies, suggested the importation of African negroes to suffer the torments of slavery instead. It is a grave question whether it be wise to lay down in time of war the conditions on which the belligerents are willing to make peace. Reason would seem to pronounce against it, though much allowance must; no doubt, be made for the facility such a course affords for the formation of alliances. At any rate, we have a right to require that obligations of so binding a nature should not be entered into with less care and solicitude than a treaty of peace itself, and that, if we be compelled, as we hope we shall not be, ever again to resort to them, we shall find them more carefully prepared than those conditions which were, we trust, finally scattered to the winds by the dis solution of the Conference of Vienna. LONDON AND TEL SUDIIREN. CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh ICKean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street COMMITTEE ON ADULTERATION.-Mr. Scholefield's postponed motion for the appointment of a select com mittee of the house to inquire into the practice of the adulteration in articles of food, drinks, and drugs, now stands for the 12th inst. There can be little doubt that the hon. member will be warmly supported in his endea vour to suppress so great a national dishonour, and that the evidence brought forward will compel the Govern ment to adopt some legislative enactment to stay so gi gantic an evil. THE CROPS IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES. —The change which has taken place in the weather within the last fortnight has tended to remove the fears of the agricul turists, who had begunto prophesy dearth and misfortune. The past half-year has perhaps exhibited some of the niost extraordinary vicissitudes in the weather that even this variable climate produces. A mild Christmas—the temperature higher than it was a fortnight ago—was followed by one of the severest and most protracted frosts that we have experienced in this country for many years, the thermometer having marked at Worcester 12 degrees below freezing point. The cold weather con tinued up to within the last fortnight, when two days of summer heat were followed by more cold winds. Within the last few days, however, the temperature has in creased ; warm rain, with some thundershowers, has fallen, and summer has suddenly burst upon us. The crops are all very backward, but promise more abun dantly than for years past. The wheat crops appear to have suffered very little from the severity of the winter, and are now looking healthy and promising. The beans, especially the spring-sown, look remarkably healthy, and are comirm into bloom. Barley also promises well. The apple orcherds of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire are in full bloom, and present a magnificent appearance. The bloom is acknowledged to be one of the finest observed for several years. The pear blossom is dying away, and the fruit begins to show in abund ance. Hops have been retarded in their growth by the cold nights, but are now springing fast, and are per fectly free from blight. The smaller fruits —gooseberries, currants, &c.—so important to the Evesham-vale grow ers, are very abundant, and altogether there is a pro mise of plenty in 1855. THE FRENCH FIGHTING ON THE 23d. We i have received the S. Petersburg journals of the Ist of June, The Inralide .Ruse has the following : " A full report was reaeiverj•yesterday, the 17th (29th) of May,,from Aide-de-Camp-General Prince Gortschakoff of the sanguinary and obstinate combat which took pla.cse ou the night between the 10th and. 11th (22d and 23d) of May, when we repulsed an attack made by the enemy against the lodgments we had commenced constrncting in front of Bastion . No: 5. The following are the details of this brilliant " Aide-de-Camp-General Piince Gortschaknff having observed that the enemy extended their trenches on the left cf their approaches against Bastion No. 5, and threatened also our hidgments near the Cemetery, ordered the censtruction on the night between the 9th and 10th (21st and 22d) of May of a line of counter-approaches in adirauce of those lodgements, on the incline of the bill towards the enemy, with anproaches towards Bastion 5. This new trench could be defended by the cross fire of our nearest batteries. The object of this work was to establish a battery at its extremity, to take in flank the approaches of the besiegers against Bastion No. 5, "'Taking advantage of a leg in the night between the 9th, 10th (21st and 22d) of May, we succeeded in esta blishing the projected lines of counter-approach with only one man wounded ; but owing to the rocky nature of the ground we could only dig a shallow trench: At daybreak the workmen were withdrawn, and it was oc cupied by riflemen. " On the 10th (22d) of_Alay, in the :morning, the enemy opened a fire of grape fr om th e i r nea rest bat teriesppon onr avorks ; a heavy cannona d e an d a con tinual fire from the riflemen was kept up during the whole of the day. " 'lntending to complete In the night between the 10th and 11th (2/c1 and 23 I) of May the trench whieh had been commenced, Prince Goftschakoff ordered to concentrate at 9 p m., in front of Bastion 6, to protect their works, the Chasseura of the regiments Prince of Warsaw and Podolia, with two battalions of the Jitomir Regiment. The chief command of these troops was in trusted to Lieut.-General Chruleff, chief of the Ist and 2d sections of the line of defence of Sebastopol. " ' Before even the men-had commenced working the enemy commenced the attack, throwing first of all a battalion against the lodgments under construction ; re turning to the charge with the greatest determination, they brought nearly 12,000 men into action, including two battalions of the Imperial Guard, without counting their reserves. A most sanguinary struggle now ensued, in which both sides fought with the greatest fierceness. " As soon as the first attack took place, two batta lions of the Prince of Warsaw Chasseurs and the Podolia Chasseurs made a rapid advance, and threw the enemy into disorder. At the same moment the two battalions of the Jitomir Chasseurs charged the French who had occupied the lodgments in front of the right angle of the Cemetery, amid were establishing themselves there, and the 4th battalion of the Prince of Warsaw Chasseurs acted a reserve to the troops in the trenches. The enemy, supported by additional reinforce ments, again threw theinselvesupon our approaches,but after a sharp fire of musketry the Podolia and Jitomir Chassenrs drove back the assailants, and the battalions of the Podolia Chasseurs, who pursued the flying enemy with the bayonet, came to the very approaches of the enemy at the salient angle of the Cemetery, and de stroyed a portion of them. " As regards the lodgments occupied by the Jitomir Chasseurs, they thrice changed hands. " The battalions of the Minsk Infantry and Ouglitch Chasseurs were sent to support the troops engaged. Their charge was irresistible. The enemy made a last , effort, but without success. This hard-contested com bat lasted thus throughout the night, till, as day broke, the enemy, finally repulsed, withdrew to their trenches ; our own troops returned to the fortress on -the morning of the 11th (23d), leaving 150 sharpshooters to occupy I' the trench. " During the whole of that night the fire of artillery and rifles never ceased for one minute, the riflemen only stopped firing when it came to a band-to-hand fight. " 'Acoording to the testimony of Prince Gortechakoff, our troops behaved heroically, and, in general, this san guinary combat, in which the Russians repulsed and drove out an • enemy double their number, does the highest honour to our army. The success with which tha attack upon a half-construeted trench was repulsed has shown to our enemies what they have to expect should they attempt to give tie assault to the fortifica tions of Sebastopol. The Jitomir and Ouglitch Chas seurs particularly distinguished themselves ; the latter, having repulsed the attack of tie French Guards, and driven the enemy from our trtmhes, followed them with the bayonet on their loins to the nearest French trenches, and some of the boldest of the Chasseurs even entered with them. " According to the testimony of prisoners, there were 17 battalions of the enemy engaged in this combat, among which there were two battalions of the Guards, two of Chass,eurs, and two of the Foreign Legion. " '0 wing to the length and otstinacy of the struggle, our loss was very con,,iderable. We ha ve a lt ogether hot-3 de combat-1 Major-Genera , 3 superior officers, 15 subaltern officers, and 746 men killed ; 7 superior officers, 42 subaltern officers, and 1,377 Tien wounded (of whom 200 slightly), and 1 superior oecer, 8 subalterns, and 315 men who received contusions, " 'Unhappily we have to regret the loss of many dis tinguished officers ; thus, among the dead is the brave Major-General Adlerberg, Commander of the Second Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division ; the intrepid and skilful Colonel Zatsepine, Commander of the Third Bat talion of Sappers, who bad the direction of the engineer ing works ; Major Ourbanovitch, Commander of a Bat talion of the Prince of Warsaw Chasseurs ; and other distinguished officers. " The loss of the enemy must have been still greater than ours, for at every charge they came under the grape of our batteries, and when they reached us were received by a close fire of musketry, and teen thrown into disor der by the bayonet. " Lieutenant-General Chruleff, who commanded in this affair, speaks in high terms of the under-named offi cers (the names follow in the original).' "The journal of the military operations from the 7th to the 12th (19th to the 24th) of May, which accompanies this report, gives the following details respecting the progress of the siege -works of Sebastopol : " During the whole of that period the fire on both sides was slack, and our loss insignificant. From the 9th (21st) the enemy had commenced mining against Bastion 4, but did us no damage ; their approaches and mines make no advance. The construction of fortifica tions in front of Kamiesch and Streletza Bays is actively carried on ; moreover, the enemy is increasing the thick: ness of his epaulements and batteries, and the width and depth of his trenches. "' On our side, despite the bad weather and the proximity-of the besiegers' fire, we successively strengthen the works which are attacked. "In the night between the 11th and 12th (23d to 24th) the besiegers assembled large masses of troops be hind the Cemetery in front of Bastion No. 5, and after a short but heavy cannonade from all their batteries ad vanced against the lodgments they had attacked with so little success on the night between the 10th and 11th (22d and 23d). Then, at a given signal, the two battalions of Jitomir Masseurs who occupied them fell back upon onr fortifications, which latter opened a cross and concentrated fire of artillery upon the columns of the assailants. " ' The French suffered great loss upon this point, I but they succeeded in maintaing themselves in the two embankments ( remblais ) nearest to the 'Cemetery and destroyed them. As regards the trench which united those lodgments to Bastion No. 5, and which we had evacuated, it was not occupied by the enemy. " 'On the 12th (24th) of May, according to the re port of prisoners, two now French divisions and two re giments of Cuirassiers arrived from Constantinople at the camp before Sebastopol.'" The Invalide also publishes the following : "Everything is quiet before Eupatoria. As regards the operations of the enemy in the Kertch peninsula, we have already spoken of them in a telegraphic mes sage." The Police Gazette publishes the following notifi cation nom the Military Governor-General of St. Petersburg, dated 18th (30th) of May :-- "We have received by the southern line the follow ing despatches from the Gulf of Finland : '"SOIKINA-GORA.—Tbe enemy is still at anchor under Sch6pelfsva-Gors, to the number of 13 screw ships of the line, one frigate, five steamers, and seven gun-boats. KRASNAIA-GORKA.—There is no movement visible in the enemy's fleet. . . ' It results from reports received on the 16th (28th) of May that between the Island of Seskar and Krasnaia- Gorka, in the Gulf of Finland, the enemy seized five merchant vessel- laden with timber, one of which they buret, and sunk another. " 'To avoid such disasters in future, arising probably from the want of foresight of the owners of the vessels, Aide-de-Camp General Count Rudiger, Commander•in- Chief of the Guards and Grenadiers, prohibits all ship. owners from sending their vessels to sea till further orders.' " THE SEA OF AZOFF. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln your Paris correspondent's letter of the 7th of June, there are extracts from a French work pub lished in 1854, entitled, "Guide Maritime et Stratdgique dans la Mer Noire, la Mer d'Azoff, et sur le Th6atre de la Guerre en Orient," by-M. Cereard. M. Coreard has compiled, if not copied, his informa tion from my Geographical and Hydrographical Notes on the Ottoman Empire and Black Sea, written and published in 1854. _ The late Chevalier Taitbout de Marigny furnished roe with his observations, the result of 20 years' ttavel in the Black Sea and Sea of Azoff ; as also did several gentlemen long resident in that part . of .the world. M. Coreard has appropri t xted my compilation, and has not acknowledged the source whence he derived his in formation. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, JAMES WYLD, Geographer to the Queen and his Royal Ilighneas Prince Albert. Charing-cross•east, June 7. ( From the Morning Herald of this day). It appears by the despatches which Mr. Sidney Her bert read to the house that Admiral Dundas was ordered by the public instructions'eent to him by the Admiralty to "obtain an entrance by the Gulf of Kertch into the Sea of Azoff with a view to intercept the communica tions of the enemy with the eastern shores of the Cri mea—to whicli (the despatch says) their lordships have always attached the greatest importance." "Their lordships" certainly show their sense in "at taching to this operation the greatest importance," and they likewise showed their foresight in proving, as the ex-First Lord Rated to Mr. Roebuck's committee, "vessels of light draught," in order "to pass" the Gulf. "My lords," then, it appears, not only gave their orders to the admiral that this operation should be executed, but very providently provided the means for its execution. The recent events in the Gulf of Kertch and the Sea of Azoff prove that the orders given were not difficult of execu- ' tion ; and the bodies of our brave countrymen, who now lie under the soil, on the heights of Sebastopol and Ba laklava, too painfully attest that "my lords" did not over-estimate the enormous "importance" of the opera tions which they directed their admiral to execute. We know, nevertheless, that this operation was not carried out by the admiral. The public, therefore, have a right to know the reason why he neglected to carry out his instructions ; and moreover, we are convinced that the public are determined to have their right. It is painful to dwell on the proceedings of the public men of the day. The Roebuck committee was ostensibly ap pointed to ascertain the causes of the dire calamities which befell our brave army before Sebastopol. They wearied the public with their minute and desultory questions. They endeavoured to fasten blame upon all the subordinates, who, doubtless, in many cases, perhaps, richly deserved it ; but the moment the real authors of the calamities ran the risk of being exposed the committee shrank from their duty ; they debated with " closed doors," and nipped in the bud that course of examination hich must inevitably have led to the exposure of that treason which, we fear, lurks at the bottom of the whole. That committee contrived to conceal ; not to probe or to elucidate ; and its pro ceedings have only served to increase the mystification. Mr. Sidney Herbert's incautious revelations have, however, thrown a wondrous light on the matter at issue, and brought it into a very narrow compass. It is now certain that Admiral Dundas has neglected to obey his public instructions ; and it is not less certain that the consequences of that neglect have been the greater por tion of the deaths and the miseries white befell our Crimean expedition. Why, then, was Admiral Dundas guilty of this ne glect, which has entailed on this nation such fearful calamities ? That is the question. If the admiral be guilty, let it be known, and let him Lear the full weight of the odium ; but if (as we hesitate not to affirm that we believe) he was guilty of no neglect, but simply obeyed the secret orders of the First Lord, contained in his private letters, this also must he ascertained, and the ex-First Lord must be called up-n, if he can, to explain and justify those letters. If they contain, as we believe they do, a positive prohibition to the admiral not to un- r PRICE SD, Idertake an operation—which in a public despatch he was ordered to do-.-an operation to undertake. which "my lords attached the greatest importance," Sir James must be compelled to explain how h e ventur e d to. issue t h ese counter-or:18m Did be acquaint "my lords," his col leagues at the board, that h e h a d d one so ? if net, what appearsho weretreachery,to us) his tootreason c them eo ! He must b e co M pelle i l to reveal rlices and his ad v i sers i n this (what to his Sover e i gn a n 'd hi s Country. Did he stand alone, or was he backed by that dark cabal which we have always belieied, and alway said, delibe rately and with malice aforethought paralysed the efforts of this country against . our gigantic foe ? If this simple inquiry be honestly pursued we shall at la,t find o ut who are the Teal delinquents. These private letters of Sir James are evidently the clue which, if followed up, will unravel the whole mystery. We shall then, most pro bably, find out ,why Mr. Gladstone starved the war by his financial operations—why Mr. Sidney Herbert under took to take a prominent part in conducting hostile ope rations against his maternal country, and why Lord. Aberdeen, by. "clinging to the hope of peace with des perate tenacity," contrived ‘to neutralise all adequate preparations for the war. Let Sir James Graham be subjected for one hour to the examination of any clever and really honest man, and we are certain that all these things would be brought to the light of d'iy. Skilful as he may bo at fence, quite as much might be ascertained from what he did not say as from what he did say. ..... Here, then, we point out to this hitherto befooled nation the way in which they may escape from their befoolment. It is simple, clear, and straightforward. We ask, will the House of Commons dara to neglect or to refuse this inquiry? Is there no independent patriot amongst them who will insist upon its being entered into ? Its necessity is so obvious, that much as many members may desire to suppress it, they dare not openly to do so, if only they are compelled to pronounce pub licly,aye or nay on the question. - The inquiry is a very narrow one---no lone examina tions are required—it is simply this :—Whjidid Admiral Dundas disobey his public instructions ? .If, in conse quence of a secret private cancelling of those instfue tions, who is responsible for those secret instructions ? M. KOSSUT.Ef ON THE SUCCESS IN THE SEA OF AZOFF. (From the Atlas.) It is already more than six months ago (at the Polish anniversary meeting, Nov. 29, 1854), that, commenting on the strategico-tactical blunders connected with the Crimea expedition, I pointed to the occupation of the Straits of Kertch as one of the most indispensable ele mentary conditions of success ; and declared its omis sion to be a first-rate blunder amongst the numerous blunders of this unreasonable campaign. • The Times, of course, only taunted and sneered at my suggestion. Even a professional authority from the Army and Navy Club was called in to prove that I was wrong, and that to take possession of the Straits of liertch was neither necessary nor would be worth while, and, being besides a, hazardous enterprise to engage in would be neither prudent nor advisable. However, it has been done at last, and after it is done the light bursts on a sudden upon Israel ; they are struck with the necessity, the advantage, the prudence, and the facility of the operation ; they confess it to be astonish ing that the project was not thought of long since, and, ringing a merry peal of exultation, they acknowledge it is only now the siege of Sebastopol begins. Thus far I have nothing to gainsay. • A conversion, though late, is better than none. Since the disgraceful subserviency to Austria left you no better battle-field, and though that subserviency turns out to be—what I for one have warned England a hundred times that it will and must be— " useless and ruinous," it is still al- . lowed to clog your resolution and to fetter your arms, it is certainly advisable to make the best of the ill-advised Crimean adventure; and for making the best of it, the occupation of Kertch is as important as it was necessary ; but if it be true that it is only now the siege of Sebastopol in reality begins, look to the gloomy churchyard around that fatal town, where the bones of the bravest of your braves are bleaching without any profit to their country; revolve in your minds the history of the last eight months, and then say what responsibility weighs on the heads of those who but in the eighth month of the siege did think of this elementary measure with which the siev,e in reality only now begins, and the indispensable necessity of which I for one pointed out more than six months ace. However, spent is spent, and dead is dead—the siege begins at last ; and as matters just stand, it is very likely something at last may be done there in the Crimea. Eng land and Fr ince are owing many a fine torch to the Men schikoffs, and Gortschakoffs, and Luderses, and what their name may be. First I was at a loss to understand how it came to pass that the,Russians did not even try to oppose the landirg of the allies, and did not fall upon them on that first dreadful night of their landing, when, those who had landed were in the most helpless condition, perfectly at the mercy of any enemy that would have taken the trouble of riding them do;?n and driving the rest into the surf. But that the Invalide Russe explained. They could not Viink that any Government or General in his senses could be so mad as to forsake the pursuit of a beaten enemy on the Danube, for going to the Crimea, where no permanent advantage, nothing, in fact, is possi ble to be gained, except, at the best, vain military glory. They thought their adversaries wiser than they proved to be. Hence the Russians, not believing in the possi bility of the Crimea folly, alloWed themselves to be sur prised ; unprepared as they were, they did not oppose the landing, and did not fortify Sebastopol ; it was left an open town—from the old fort to the military harbour,' not a ditch, not a wall • and hence, to where now th e tower of Malakhoff proudly stands, not one redoubt was finished, not one battery was mounted. Well ; there the Allies were, and—they looked in. What did the Russians ? They looked out in return. The Allies com menced digging ; the Russians did the same. The Allies gave them time during the siege to make Sebastopol im pregnable (except at ICertch and Perekop, by cutting off the supplies) ; the Russians,, in return, gave the Allies an equal tune for making their camp impregnable. The Allies put themselves on the defensive, the Russians re mained on the defensive, and both stood on the defensive foi months and months, in fact, since the day of Inker man. Most wonderful campaign ! After that battle of Inkerman, being asked what my opinions were about the issue, I answered that really I could not tell ; where nobody acts logically, there logical reasoning is at an end. So much I know, that if logic would bear the sway, the Anglo-French army, such as it was in Decem ber, would have to lie down, and swear that they are dead to the last man ; because, logically speaking, they can not be alive,not one of them. If the Russians were logical, they would have renewed the battle day by day for a week after the action of Inkerman, and had they done this, superior in numbers they as were then, they might have lost thirty or forty thousand men more in the first six days ; but as sure as that two and two make four, the remaining twenty or thirty thousand would not have seen on the seventh day one single French or English man on the Crimean ground, except the gory corpses of their fallen heroes. But the Russians did not attack. The Allies stood, and froze, and hungered, and dug, and looked in ; and the Russians stood, and finze, and hun gered, and dug, and looked out, for nearly six months. Oh, campaign of immortal renown for instruction of what is not to b 3 done in a war on either side A. VILLAGE BEREAVED.—On Tuesday 13 yot.ths left East Clyth in a haddock-boat to proceed to Skerriemore for the purpose of collecting bait. After the party had accomplished their object, and when off Mabray-head, a sudden squall caught the sails of the boat, and she in stantly filled and sank in deep water, every one of the fated 13 going down with her. Let our readers imagine a community of some 16 or 20 scattered houses, and the members of which are all more or less nearly related to each other; let them picture the grief of one family be reaved at one blow of three promising sons, others who have lost two, and the ties of relationship which bound the whole village together,land they may be able to form an idea of the woful spectacle. —John o' Groat Journal. ARTISTS* BENEVOLENT FUND.—The annual festival of this incorporated association was held on Saturday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, the Earl of Harrowby (in the absence of Earl Granville) presiding. The company, although not very numerous, comprised many of our principal artists and patrons of art, including among otheraSir C. Eastlake, Mr. C. Stanfield, Mr. D. Roberts, Mr. J. Absolon, Mr. G. Godwin, Mr. G. Clark, &e. The noble chairman, in proposing the chief toast of the evening, " Success to the Artists' Benevolent Fund," dwelt upon the advantage of the institution, which, while it prac tised benevolence, at the Flame time inculcated prude nce . During the past year the fund had paid annuities of 15/. each to 52 widows, and granted assistance to 29 orphans of artists to the extent of 1371. 10s. In former ages in:- providence had been 'regarded as the necessary accom paniment and distinguishing featnre'of great talent; but that mistake had paksed away and professional men were far from improvident. Still the advantages might be greatly increased, and it was therefore desirable now tha , such great endeavours were being made to foster art among all classes in this country, that the professors of art, as well as its nations, should give their assistance to an institution which had such peculiar claims upon them. Mr. G. Godwin, in replying to a toast 'with which his name was connected, said he considered the Art Union of London as of the greatest benefit to artists. It had encouraged a taste for art, and many commercial men who commenced their career in art by gaining a prize in the Art Union had been led on to become &ssiduous collectors of pictnres. The Art Union, 20 years ago, raised with difficulty 4001.; it now had a steady annual income of 12,0001. or 13,0001., which was all diffused among artists. A list of subscriptions, exceeding in the aggregate 3501., was read, including 100 guine as from her Majesty. Sir J. E. Swinburne, president of the institution, subscribed 101.; the Chairoroln,.lo/.; B E .a rBl Granville, abl l o o/. u ; the Duke s; Al r fc Sutherland , arksiiranuis, assisted by ussitcaatil fiaerl . rd , n ll sg l le r . .. r Mr. D. Roberts, 5 g guinea., &c. The musical ments were under the dire c tionn aofdMr. S mith ,e e . vo it Messwrsi.nLesawwelerre, excellent,D .lZ ig, nm and did to T th h e e newdin ner proprietors and of the tavern Messrs. Elkington an d C o.; and Mr. Banks, jun,, filed the imp. ortant post of toast master very satisfactorily.