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Bouleourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. Lament's new Varsoviana every night. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CHRIST ,t AS HOLID ITS —On MONDAY, 24th Dez•ember, I. Cheap Excursion Train will leave Paddington at 6.30 p m., for Bristol and Bath, returning on Wednesday, 2ith December, from Bristol, at 7 a.m., and Bath at 7.30 a.m. Fares there and Bristol, 10s. and 65., and Bath, go. and Os. No luggage beyond a carpet bag allowed. Tickets net transferable. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY'S. Return Tickets issued on Saturday, Dec. 22d. and three following days, will be available up to Wednesday, the 26th, inclusive. On the Bristol and Exeter and South Devon Lines Return Tickets aro not available on Sundays. The Trains on Christmas Day will ran as on rundays, with the addition of the down day mail from Paddington to Bri to , at 10 a and the up day Mail from Bristol to Pa 'dingten at 10 a.m., which Will run as on week days. with the exception of the branch trains between Maidenhead and Wycombe, lie ,ding and Ra•ingstoke, Chippenham, Froms, and Warminster, Gloucester and Ilerjord, and over the South Wales Line. .LAST NIGHT. ROY AL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, the GRAND BLEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, In 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, peg seaming distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them- Pelves perform their parts with tho 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 one 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 ienoilementli ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of 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 boon enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous repetition. He believes that no professor of his art line at any time er in any place been honoured with au amount of eßecess so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. lie would attribute that success to three causes; first, that'. in his present entertainment ho has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to tho 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, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring wher ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjurer'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 ttend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri t nalists." 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- POMO 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. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, be would least have expected to have leen 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 on 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 this public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to hi. multitudinous correspondents. _ lie regrets that the names of the great and learned of the land should have been made to figure in the documents emanatine from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ber2o, 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 met 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 ques tion 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 ho 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 splendid humbug, offered him 2,000 - dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that medium , could he bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or phan, and in very had 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 editarial article of an established journal, the editor of whom might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in spirit-stepping—does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents ? and, with Barnum's endorse went to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely to be negotiated I 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 he finds that the Incumbent of Wortley (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a hook on the subject, he considers it t s be time for him to state that whioh he knovOs of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the iforning 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 he and Lord Brougham had their seance 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 meet talented men of the day are permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be hold 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 ss 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 iu so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ing, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, December 22, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part 1. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinic& 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 he air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature 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 Ramon' Choisies : or, Pack's Own Pocket Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very valet miuous 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 be 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, the 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 easket, though its lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A. New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will net only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, noyeau, or any other wino or spirit required ; and finally proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spir . it . s ; or,. an Expose of ilpirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and twain of the invisibles. Act. 2. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become t r ansformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Etg land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which ho who ea t s himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to th e audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The My ster y of the Charmed C hest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part 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 be produced. Act. i 2. The Horeological Evaporation ; or, the Shc.test 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 eastern hemisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. Private boxes, 1/. Ils. 6d. and li, ls., to be obtained at the pr i nc ip a l libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dre ss Box-office, or at the circle, 3s. ; upper boxes, 2 s . ; pit, ls. ; gallery, 6d. The Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction of Mr. Chattorton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per formance on Raturday, December BS, at l ,2 o'clock. Doors open at half-Past 1. No, 19,7:_6,3 PROSPECTUS OF THE. COMPAGNIE GENERALE des OMNIBUS de LONDRES (GENERAL LONDON OMNIBUS COMPANY.) Established in Paris, under Acts of the 4th and 17th Decem ber, 1855, as a " Societe en commandite," by which the _ _ . . liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount sub scribed. Capital--Twenty-five Millions of Francs—One Million Sterling, . _ ..... In 2 - 'O,OOO Shares of 100 francs, or 4/. each. In Two Series.—The First, 200,000 Shares (800,0001.) The Second, 50,000 Shares (200,000.1) The First Series only will be issued at present. GERANTS OF VIE COAIPLNT —Ma CIIAMAFtk, Carteret, Willing, and Co MANAGERS IN LONDON. Itisssrs„ John Wilson, I Messrs, Richard Hartley, „ John Barber, „ John TreTett. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF SURVEILLANCE. Robert Keating, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and County Bank, London. Le Comte Do Lantivy, Paris, Vacossin, Administratcur de la Compagnie d'Assurance I'Ur. baine, Paris. Frederic Tocbe, Banquier, Paris. , . Edwin Chadwick, Esq., C. , 8., London. Augustin Dubois, Administrateur des Forges do MoKtataire, Paris. Marziou, Directour-Gerant de PlTnion Maritime, Paris, Th. Harrisson, Esq., London. BANKBas. In Paris ..... ...Messrs. Greene and Co. The London and County Bank. In Loudon... i Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. SOLICITORS. In Paris Mr. Petit Bergonz, Avoue au Tribunal de Pre miere Instance. In London Messrs. Wilkinson, Guruey,.and Co. The undoubted advantages produced by the amalgamation of the omnibuses of Paris have originated the plan of concen trating iu one great enterprise the several associations now working the omnibuses of London. If in Paris this amalgamation has made the capital con nected with it the most productive of any employed in loco motion, it is destined to produce iu London effects of still greater importance. Not only will large savings be effected in the present cost of working the omnibuses of Landon, by a system which, being well organised in all its details, and at the same time amply supplying the wants of the public, will enable the Com pany to withdraw duplicate and in some eases triplicate ve hicles running over the same ground at the same time, but important improvemen , s, alike advantageous to the public and profitable to the Company, will be introduced. As regards the public : A complete regularity in the ser vice, which will confer all the advantages that iu this respect Paris possesses over London, combined with speed ; the adoption of a low scale of charges, and the certainty that there will be no frequent and sudden changes in their amount : the departures and arrivals taken place at precise times, and in accordance with a time bill, which will be pub lished monthly, on the plan of the railway time tables As regards the Shareholders : The receipts of the London omnibuses average 21. 7s. a day each, and the expenses, in cluding wear and tear, about 21. is. 6d. ; this gives in the present state a net profit of about 100'. a year per omnibus, Under the improved system of working, this profit would be yond doubt be considerably increased. The average receipts of each of the Paris omnibuses before the amalgamation were about 2/. Ss. a day ; since the amalgamation their daily aver age is 21. 17s. 6d. In England, horse keep—the most expensive item con nected with omnibuses —costs less than in Paris. The Paris Omnibus Company is liable, whenever the profits reach a certain percentage on the capital, to have the annual tax, to which it is subjected, increased by order of the Go vernment. No such power exists either with the English Government or with the municipality of London. The purchase of a London omnibus comprises, as in Paris, the omnibus, its appurtenances, as well as the good-will or " times" of the omnibus. In Paris the Government compel the running of the omni buses to be nearly the same at all seasons. In London, on the contrary, the omnibus proprietors can proportion the number of ♦ehicles to the season of the year and the hour of the day, according to the wants of the public only. Hence an advantage in London denied to the Omnibus Company in Paris, which is compelled to run as many vehicles late at night and early in the morning as in the most busy periods of the day, in the winter as well as in summer. In Paris the outside fare is only half the inside fare. In London they aro the same, and the outside of the omnibus is as much used as the inside. The indicator, as used in the Paris omnibuses, is unknown in London : its adoption cannot fail to Add largely to the receipts of this Company. As soon as the present omnibuses are unfit for use, they will be replaced by others, affording more comfort and bet ter accommodation to passengers. To obtain the foregoing advantages both for the public and the shareholders of this Company, the services of the most experienced and intelligent omnibus proprietors have been secured, under whose management the business of the Com pany will be conducted. Contracts have been entered into for the purchase of the greater number of the 810 omnibuses now working in Lon don, and it is expected that arrangements for the remaining portion will be completed at a very early date. The First Series of 200,000 shares only (800,0001.) will be issued in the first instance. The capital so raised will pay for the 810 omnibuses, the leases of stables, yards, and other property required for the working the omnibuses, as well as for a working and reserve fund. The latter, amounting to about 200,030/., will give strength and security to the Com pany. The Second Series of 50,000 shares can only be issued with the sanction of a General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company, and will be used to increase the business of the Company whenever circumstances shall render it necessary. Each shareholder will have the right to this Second Series of shares, at the rate of one for each four of the First Series of which he is the possessor. The duration of the Company is for 60 years. With the present imperfect system of working, each of the London omnibuses gives an average profit estimated at 1001. per annum, representing upon 810 omnibuses an annual pro fit of 31,0001., which alone would be sufficient to secure a di vidend of 10 per cent, upon the 800,0001. first subscribed. Assuming, in London, with the new system, au increase of ss. per day (instead of Bs., as has been the result of the amal gamation in Paris) to each omnibus, the result would be, on the traffic of 810 omnibuses, an annual profit of more than 150,0001., and upon the capital of 800,0001. would insure a dividend of nearly 20 per cont. The Paris Omnibus Company is now paying at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum. It is the intention of the Company to publish every week the traffic returns. OSI- per cent. of the dividend of the Company is ill belong to the Shareholders-1 only being appropriated to the ma nagement. Out of the capital subscribed a limited number of shares have been reserved for distribution in England, and may now be applied for. The applications for shares should be made in the sub joined form, and must be accompanied with a deposit of 1/. per share with the bankers of the Company, on the number of shares applied for. The remaining V. per share must be paid upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Gerants of La Compagnio Generale des Omnibus do Londres (the General London Omnibus Company). Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 41. each in the above Company, and I engage to take the same, or any less number that may be alloted to me. I have paid the deposit of 11. per share, required by the prospectus, to the bankers of the Company, and I engage to pay the re maining 3/. upon allotment, on the number of shares allotted to me. Name................................................ Profession ......................................... Residence Date................................................ The above application must be forwarded to the London and County Bank, with tho deposit of if. per share on the number of shares applied for, against which the bankers will furnish a receipt. . - N.B.—Forms of applications for shares may be had at the Company's Temporary Offices, 47, Old Broad-street, London. STAR PACKETS from the TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, 9, 2. ,sit e•••INICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol'owing Trains from Fenchurch-street. 104, 34, weather permit- Mtg. en. , Packets will call at the Rosherville, Greenhitho, Purileet and North Woolwich Piers. To or f. NET,•.•, uondon•• .• •• •. 10d. .. Is. 2d „ .ravesend aid Blackwell or Woolivid - 84. .. Os. 104 vrith and L0nd0n..... Bd. .. Os. 104 F.rith ,n 1 Blackwall or W001wich...... 64. .. N. 84 bet e , ' , eves—id and Intermediate Piers.. 64. .. Os. 8,1 October 23,1855. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THE most appropriate Offerings for this Season of Festivity are thou which tend to the promotion of Health and Personal Attraction. None can be mere acceptable than ROWL A.NDS' MACAS;AR OIL, for imparting a transcendent lustre to the hair, and sustaining it in decorative charm. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR Imparts a radiant bloom to the check, and a delicacy and softness to the hands, arms, and neck ; and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, bestows on the Teeth a pearl-like whiteness, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. The patronage of Royalty throughout Europe, their general use by rank and fashion, and the universally-known efficacy of these articles, give them a celebrity unparalleled. Beware of spurious imitations !! I Sold by A. ROWLANI) and SONS. 20, Ilattol-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. FARRINGDON WARD WITHIN, Dec. 21, 1855.—At a WARDMOTE, holden this Day before the Wor shipful EDWARD EADLETON, Esq., Alderman of the Ward, at the Great }Lill, Christ's Hospital, for the choice of Ward Officers for the year ensuing, the following gentlemen were declared duly elected to represent this ward in the Court of Common Council, viz. : Deputy Holt, Deputy Virtue, Messrs. M`Lanehlean, Beake, B. S. Phillips, Morris, Young, C. Phillips, Nicholson, Heaps, Wheeler, Kelday, Reed, and Dolland. It was moved by Mr. Thomas Cole, seconded by Mr. Gee. Simpson, and resolved unanimously,— That the cordial thanks of this Wardmote bo given to Edwa ,, i Eagleton, Esq., the Alderman of the Ward, for the great attention he bestowed while holding for many years the office of Common Coun cilman and Deputy, for his urbanity and polite demeanour since he has occupied the aldermanic chair, and his impartial conduct this day. Moved by Mr. Glover, seconded by Mr. Bengough, and resolved unanimously,— That the thanks of this Wardmote be given to the Deputies, Thos. J. Ilo7t, E.g., and Geo. Virtue, EFT ; also, to the rest ef th Repr - sentatives in the Court of Common Council, for their attention to the interests of the ward during the past year. Moved by Mr. B. S. Phillips, seconded by Mr. M'Laucblean, and resolved unanimously, That the thanks of this Werdmote he given to the President, Trovurer, and Gov. rnors of Christ's Hospital for their kindness in granting the use of their hall for holding the Wardtnote. - That the foregoing resolutions be signed by the Ward Clerk, and published in the usual papeL s. J. W. WARREN, Ward Clerk. FIRE AT CARTON, DUBLlN.—Yesterday morning at four o'clock a fire broke out at Carton-house, the princely residence of the Duke of Leinster at Maynooth. The most alarming rumours prevailed in town all day respect ing the destructive features of the fire, but from the last accounts received it appears that these rumours were greatly exaggerated, although the fire was still unsub dued. The fire-engines from most of the insurance com panies were despatched to Carton yesterday forenoon. It iv stated that Carton-house and its valuable contents are insured for upwards of 50,0001. [ADTERTISEMBNT.I—HoIIoway's Pills are undeniably the finest medicine in the world for Bile and Indi gestion. In all cases of deranged stomachs, detern]i oation of blood to the head, Bile, Sick Headache, Liver and Stomach C om pl a i nts , th ere i s no me di c i ne known that will give such immediate relief as these renowned Pills. Young and old, rich and poor patronise them ; and so many cures are effected by their use that their praise is sounded from the temperate clime to the frigid zone. In truth, persons who travel consider them a necessary requisite. Sold by all medicine vendors through out the world ; at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and H. Hoods, Malts. • IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCRRY. 1 1 111ESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an 1 Injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and .in the I 1 th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph ranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou -and pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by opal Letters Patent of England, and secured by tho Seals of the Ficole r e Paarmacic de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. G REAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY. _ Consolliationoftheesting shares. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That, pursuant to resolution, the existing shares of the Company will to consolidated Into shares of 201. Talus. Shareholders are, therefore, hereby requested to send in to the Office their share certificates, in exchange for which they will re cei►e new certificates, free of expense, in the proportion of ono new 201. share for every four 51. shares held by them respectively. The register of the Company will be. closed for this purpose from the 10th ofJanuary to the 22d January ensuing, and the new certifi cates ►ill be made out in the names of the parties who stand upon the register, on the said 10th of January, and will be ready for issue after the 22d. (;igned) Broad-street, C°RNEi Dec. 0 Sl 17th ICit t cn : 851(5., Superintending Director. 3, New TRIESEMAR, No. 1, ti b, remedy for Relaxation, Spertnatorrheen, and Exhaustion of th -rtem, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering thn married state Ir. ne consequences of early srrors it is Invaluable. TRIEBEMAR, No. 2, 3tectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entire* ;radicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivl and Cubeb. 'Ave so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the hoalti ,f a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, the ;teat Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, write iinfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in ; -itsi.ble destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all Lb sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. fItIEENIAIt, NO. h 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or mei, ;rid of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tabli without their use beirt4 suspected. gold in tin cases at Its. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided trite c earate doses, as administered "iy Valpeaa, Lallemanel, Roux. sc., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London cf JohiDton, 68 Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-str. it; end Sanger. FA Ox -4 d-street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, , tarket-street, Manchester ; .1. itradintry, bookseller, Dcansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 32, —rd-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; bookeellef, Iligh-Strtet, Birmingham. THE SCARBRO' HOTEL, LEEDS, CLOSE TO THE MIDLAND RAILWAY STATION. JB. FLEISCHMANN, h av i n g renewed the ti • Lease, and considerably enlar g ed his lintel, in soliciting future favours and gratefully acknowledging the distinguish. d patronage he has the honour to possess, begs to annoance that, in addition to his Family end Coffee-room business, he has opened a SECOND-CLASS COFFEE-ROO:II, the charivs in which depart ment will be strictly commercial. NIR. GORDON CUMMING has the honour to announce that TWO NEW PICTURES will be added to his AFRICAN ENTERTAINMENT, on the 26th. The subjects will be, Ist, The Minter's Troop of Sixteen Horses attacked by Five Lions, painted by Harrison Weir ; 2d. A View of the River Limpopo, with large herd of Hippopotami, by Richard Leitch.-232, Piccadilly. —Children half price In the reserved seats and stalls. An Extra Morning Entertainment at Three o'clock on Boxing Day. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1855. PUBLICATIONS. tiS AYANAGWS NEW STORY. Now Ready, at all the Librarlei, 10s. 6d., bound, R A CHEL GR AY. A TALE. By JULIA KAVANAGH Au•hor of " Nathalle," &e. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. INTERESTING CHRISTMAS PRESENT. TWELFTH AND CHEAPER EDITION. In 1 vol., with 15 illustrations, 6 5., hound , T HE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON. " Independently of its value as an original narrative, and its useful and interesting information, this work is remaraable for the colouring powers and play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is its reverent and serious spirit."— Quarterly Review. 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By order of the A. GIBBON, Secretary. TREATY BET vv.r.MN HER MAJESTY, THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH, AND THE KING OF SWEDEN. ( Front the Gazette of last Evening. ) SIGNED AT STOOKUOLM, NOVEMBER 21, 1855. (Ratifications exchanged at Stockholm, Deo. 17, 1855 ) Tier Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelan'ti, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and his Majesty the Kingfof Sweden and Norway, being anxious to avert any complication which might disturb the existing balance of power in Europe, have resolved to come to an understanding with a view to secure the integrity of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and have named as their Plenipu• tentiaries to conclude a Treaty for that purpose, that is to say : Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Arthur Charles Magenis, Esq., her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway ; His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur Charles Victor LAstein, Officer of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star of Sweden, Commander of the Order of Christ and Knight of that of the Conception of Portugal, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary to his Majesty the Ring of Sweden and N or way ; And his 'Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, the Sieur Gustavus Nicholas Algernon Adolphus Baron de Stierneld, his Minister of State and for Foreign Af fairs, Knight and Commander of his Orders, Grand Cross of his Order of St. Olaf of Norway, &0., &c., &c. ; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows : guished themselves, trusting to the opportunity which would be afforded me of bringing their names forward pecially. During the recent siege the duties of the trenches fell very severely on the Subalterns of Engineers • throughout the whole of the winter they were constantly on duty, and as their numbers were small, the tour of each indi vidual returned at short intervals ; nothing but great zeal and spirits carried them through the severe work they had to perform. Tao following short statement will enable your Excel lency to see bow a Subaltern of Engineers was called upon to do duty in the trenches, several more than once wounded and others contused ; the following figures refer to some of the survivors:— . _ _ 33 days or nights. 97 days or nights. 108 „ 62 „ ft 32 ~ ~ 65 „ 46 „ JO 78 „ ft It most be borne in mind that these tours of duty al ways brought the individual under fire, and in the winter months they were exposed to all the severities of the season. Several of the Subalterns distinguished themselves on several occasions in the attacks upon rifle pit., quarries, &c. Such services, I trust, will not be allowed to pass without reward. (Signed) HARRY D. JONES, Lieutenant-General, Commanding Royal Engineers. The following are the names of the officers who parti cularly distinguished themselves : Royal Engineers.—Lieutenants H. Do Were, A. A. C. Fisher, H. C. Elphinston, G. Neville, W. 0. Lennox, W. C. Anderson, G. Graham, G. Philips, C. N. Martin, C. G. Gordon, and J. F. Donnelly. Minute of Inspector-General of Fortifications. I would strongly recommend Lieutenants Stopford, Cowell, Pratt, Drake, being added to this list. (Signed) J. F. BURGOYNE, Nov. 17. Lieutenant-General, I.G.F. General Simpson, &c., &c., &c., Commander in-Chief. I can most conscientiously corroborate every word expressed by Sir Harry Jones in this letter. The ar duous and always dangerous duties in which the En gineer Officers were continually employed have all along, during this siege, been deserving of my praise and ad miration. Their untiring perseverance and frequent acts of gallant conduct aro beyond all praise ; and I here desire to record my high approbatio❑ of these officers named by Sir Harry D. Jones, and my strong recommendation of them to Viscount Hardinge's favour. (Signed) JAS. SIINIPSON, General Commanding. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for ORMAN . IIII I ECFSSIT3U4 . CHILDREN", Pinner. Patron, Ills Reyal illehness Prince Al BERT. NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL TIALF EARLY COURT of the Governors of this L•stitution will be hold on FRIDAY, the 2 , th inst., at the London Tavern, Ilishopsgate street, to commence at I I o'clock In the forenoon, when an Election of Children (seven boys and five girls) will take place. The motion of Mr. Woolloton, proposing to give a preference to the children of subscribers, of which due notice has been given, and a copy of whhli may be seen at the office, will be entertained, and all such other questions and matters as may be lawfully brought before the Court will be discussed and decided. ALFRED LENCII SAUL, Secretary. 81, Cheapside, Dec. 20, 1855. Naval and Military Intelligence. The weather was so bad yesterday at Portsmouth that small vessels could not " fetch" the ships at anchor there, some of which were pitching bows under by the force of the gale and the swell prevailing. The fleet dressed ship and prepared to salute the Queen on her Majesty's passage from Osborne to Gosport, on the re turn of the Court to Windsor, and all the naval and military staff were on duty as usual at the Clarence. yard, but the Fairy was not trusted across the usua oourse to Portsmouth, and ran to Southampton instead, The coil at the game time wag more severe than has been remembered on that coast for many years. The Queen of the South steam:transport, Capt. Beale, put to sea with draughts for Malta, before sunrise yester- day morning, in F pita of the heavy sea and fierce gale. The llydaspes steam•transport, Capt. Baker, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, to land invalids and ,tores. The Blenheim, 60, screw, Capt. W. H. Hall, was docked yesterday at Portsmouth, to have defects repaired. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain Cald- well, has paid down today upwards of 16,006/., and the crew granted a three wee& run. The system adopted by the Admiralty of employing the paymasters of the Royal service, instead of pay clerks of Somerset House, has been productive of the greatest possible benefit to the navy. A thousand men are now paid down in less than one-third of the time, besides a considerable saving of expense in travelling and want of knowledge afloat. The following appointments, made at the Admiralty, appeared in our late edition of last night : Capt. E. S. Sotheby, to the Pearl ; Capt. L. G. Heath, to the Seahorse. Captain the Hon. Fredk. Pelham is appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty. The following officers are now decided to take the command of the 4 divisions of gun-boats intended for the Baltic next year . Capt. C )drington, C. 8., Capt. the Hon. H. Keppel, Capt. H. R. Yelverton, C. 8., and Capt. A. Cooper, Key, C.B. Six hundred of the 3,1 Light Infantry of the German Legion, now stationed at Bristol, will embark for tho seat of war on Monday next. The Monkey, steam tug-vessel, second master Synder combs, proceeded from Wool wich to Northfleet yesterday morning to the building-yard of Messrs. Pitcher, for the purpose of bringing up more gun-boats to be masted and rigged and finished in the shipwrights' department, in which rely great activity at present exists. The last gun boat which arrived, named the Charger, was this morning taken into No. 1 dry dock to be coppered, &c. Two of the patent collapsing life-boats have been re ceived at Woolwich, one of which was forwarded yester day morning to Sheerness, to servo as a pinnace to the flag-ship Waterloo. The length of these boats is 32 feet. They have undergone some experiments successfully, carrying a 121 h. howitzer, from which 12 rounds were fired to test the substance of the material, which it was feared was of too slight a texture for the requisite purposes. Contrary, however, to expectation, they stood the trial well. The iron mortar-boat which was towed to Woolwich two days ago to discharge her split mortar has returned to Shochuryness with a fresh piece of ordnance and a further supply of ammunition, so as to put the boat (it being the first of that series) through a thorough proof. The gun-boats Bustard and Banterer, having been coppered and masted, have been taken out of dock and received into the Woolwich basin to complete their fit- tings. The riggers are consequently employed in extra hours, so as to expedite the arrangements in fitting out for service the accumulating number of this useful class of vessels, which arrive in rapid succession in fulfilment of the Government contracts. The Merlin and the Dee were yesterday morning re ceived into the basin in Woolwich dockyard. The latter vessel is being laden with machinery to supply the Fury and the Shannon, at Portsmouth. The Inflexible is like wise taking in machinery and boilers for Devonport, and will sail about Monday week. Capt. Dudley C Hill, late of the 75th Regiment, and recently exchanged to the 40th, is to be appointed in structor of musketry of the Depot Battalion, Temple more, Ireland. The Government ground wit'ain the fortifications of Brompton, opposite Mansion row, has been measured, with a view, it is supposed, of constructing some addi tional huts, the two companies which have just arrived occupying 12 of the 24ephich have been already built. Although the Land Transport Corps has been draughted off in large numbers, there are still many hundreds bil leted in Bristol and quartered at the Horfield Barracks. A selected body of 300 of the best men will remain at the barracks after their comrades have been sent off, for the purpose of raising a large additional body of men. These men are to be dressed in high cavalry boots, glazed caps, and showy uniform ; and the men so raised will be employed as drivers to the Royal Artillery, it having been determined to keep the gunners to their more immediate duties. Fifty-five non-commissioned officers and privates of various regiments, sent home as invalids from the Cri mea, having been found unfit for any further service by a medioal board, passed yesterday for discharge on pen sions by the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital. Lieut. Henry C. Maine, 86th, has obtained from the Horse Guards leave from Chatham garrison until he re tires from the service. A party of Crimean invalids from the camp before Se bastopol arrived at Chatham yesterday afternoon, from Portsmouth, from the steam-ship Thames, in charge of Captain Henry Heberden, Royal Artillery, and Staff Medical Officer Dr. Hawkins, the total number of all ranks being 39, with one woman and one child. The invalids were medically inspected in the Supplemental Hospital by the chief medical officer, Mr. 11. Cooper Read o. The Royal Marines for the floating battery, 16 guns, at Blackstakes, consisting of one serjeant, one bugler, and 18 privates, under the command of First Lieutenant Knight, left the Chatham Division, and embarked yes terday afternoon from the dockyard on board the Adder for the Thunder ; and a party of 16 Royal Matinee for the Majestic, 80, to replace those who have volunteered into the Royal Marine Artillery. The Deputy-Adju tant-General, S. R. Wesley, paid an official visit to Col. Phillips, the Commandant of the Division, yesterday. The object of the General's visit is supposed to relate to the volunteering into the Royal Marine Artillery, as 56 are immediately required. THE MILITIA. The Hon. John Fortescue has resigned the Colonelcy of the Ist Devon Militia. It is said that the regiment, which is at present stationed at Newport, has volun teered for foreign service. The North Durham Militia left Sunderland on Wed nesday, nnder the command of Major Cockburn, and proceeded to Burnley, Lancashire. The steam-ship Niagara arrived at Liverpool yesterdayifa from Dublin, having on board the Roscommon Militia, about 700 stron g , under the command ofCtolfotnefsl D'Arcy. Th e i r d es ti na ti o n is not yet known, otf bu believed th e y w ill no t proceed to Alder,l , but will be placed on one of the North Bri tish stations. TESTIMONIAL FROM A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO A BRITIESII MERCHANT CAPTAIN.—The Government of the United States recently forwarded to this country, to the Earl of Clarendon, a silver speaking-trumpet for pre sentation to Captain Bosdet, of the British barqu€ Helen, in acknowledgment of his services in rescuing the master end crew of the American ship Pilgrim. ARTICLE I. His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway engages not to cede to nor to exchange with Russia, nor to per mit her to occupy, any part of the territories belonging to the Crowns of Sweden and Norway. His Majesty the King of Sweden engages, further, not to cede to Russia any right of pasturage, of fishery, or of any other nature whatsoever, either on the said territories or upon the coast of Sweden and Norway, and to resist any pre tension which may be put forward by Russia with a view to establish the existence of any of the rights afore• said. ARTICLE IL I❑ case Russia should make to his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway any proposal or demand having for its object to obtain either the cession or the exchange of any part whatsoever of the territories belonging to the Crowns of Sweden and Norway, or the power of occupy ing certain points of the said territories, or the cession of rights of fishery, of pasturage, or of any other right upon the said territories and upon the coasts of Sweden and Norway, his Majesty the King of Sweden and Nor way engages forthwith to communicate such proposal or demand to her Britannic Majesty and his Majesty the Emperor of the French; and their said Majesties on their part, engage to furnish his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway sufficient naval and military forces to co-operate with the naval and military forces of his said Majesty, for the purpose of resisting the pretensions or aggressions of Russia. The description, number, and destination of such force shall, if occasion should arise, be determined by common agreement between the three Powers. ARTICLE 111. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifica tions shall be exchanged at Stockholm as soon as poe Bible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done at Stockholm, the twenty-firEt of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. (L.S.) ARTHUR C. MAGENIS. VOR. LOBSTEIN. STIEItNELD. DESPATCHES FROM THE CRIMEA. ( Front the Gazette of last Evening.) WAR DEPARTMENT, DEC. 20. Lord Pantnure has received from the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, the reports of which the follow ing are copies, addressed by Lieutenant-General Sir Harry D. Jones to General Sir James Simpson, X.C.B. Head• Quarters, Sebastopol, Sept. 9. Sir,—The long and eventful siege of Sebastopol hav ing been brought to a successful termination, I beg leave to draw your Excellency's attention to the services of the officers of Ro)al Engineers who have been employed in carrying on the siege works. Many of these officers have been continuously on duty since Bth October last, and have been in the trenches 76, 97, and 108 days and nights. I beg leave to mention the name of Lientenant-Colo nel Chapman, C. 8., who has been employed with the army since the arrival of the first detachment at Galli poli ; and since March last, whe❑ Colonel Gordon was wounded, and unable to perform the duties of the siege as senior officer of Engineers, he has had to make all the necessary arrangements for the daily carrying on of the duties ; this has been performed by him in the most zealous and energetic manner, under great exposure to fire, to my entire satisfaction. Major Bent has been doing the duty of Director of the Left Attack since March last ; the duties of that officer was very onerous, and these he has performed in a most zealous and praise worthy manner. During the above period Major Brent must have been under fire twice, if not thrice, in every twenty-four hours. Captain Brown, who was recently severely wounded, performed for some time the office of Director of the Right Attack, and so has also Captain Cooke. Captain Ewart, the Adjutant to the Sappers and Miners, has carried on the duties of the parks, which are extremely troublesome, and requiring great attention, in the roost zealous and satisfactory manner. I do not trouble your Excellency with the names of the Subalterns of Engineer°, as they are not eligible for promotion under the existing regulations. Nothing could exceed the zealous and praiseworthy manner in which they have invariably performed their duties. _ Several have been more than once wounded, and many have died from wounds, or from sickness caused by ex posure to the great heat in the trenches. I wish to bring prominently under your notice Major Bourchier, my Brigade-Major, who has rendered me very great assistance throughout the whole siege, and Lieut. Cowell, my Aide-de-Camp, who ha., during the siege, proved himself most useful by his professional knowledge as an officer of Royal Engineers, and by his general mili tary acquirements. Of the Assistant Engineers, I can not speak too highly in praise of the zeal and intelligence they have displayed, and I beg leave to enclose the names of those who, from their long service at this siege, I consider deserving of promotion.—l have, &0., (Signed) HARRY D. JONES, Lieutenant-General, Commanding Royal Engineers. nis Excellency General Simpson, Commander-in• Chief. Head-Quarters, Sebastopol, Sept. 16. List of officers of the corps of Royal Engineers, and of officers acting as Assistant Engineers, recommended for promotion, as called for by confidential memorandum, dated 15th September, 1855. ROYAL ENGlNEERS.—Lieutonant-Colonel Chapman ; Majors Bent, E. F. Bourchier, and E. Stanton ; Cap- B ros the lion. Mont F. Keane, F. C. Ilassard, J. M. Browne, W. W. ague, A. C. Cooke, E. C. De Moleyns, L. J. A. Armit, C. B. Ewart, W. Porter, L. Nicholson, C. H. Sedley, P. Ravenbill, and G. Ranker). ASSISTANT ENGINVIRS.—Majors C. F. Campbell, 46th Regiment, and S. R. Chapman, 20th Regiment ; Cap tains C. Wolsley, 90th Regiment, and L. W. P enn , rtillery ; Lieutenants . W. Sheehy, 64th Regi- M. Jones, 46th Regiment, and J. J. Grinlin ton, 4th Regiment. m Royalent List of Medical Officers, attached to the Royal Engi neers and Royal Sappers and Miners, recommended for promotion :-- I.3econd Class Staff-Surgeon G. Hyde, M.D. Assistant -Surgeon J. F. Longhead, Rifle Brigade. [These two officers have been particularly zealous and ttentive in the discharge of their duties.] Second Class Staff-Surgeon H. C. Walshe, M.D. Pt ft E. S. Prothero. Assistant -Surgeon G. Sharpe, O.M.D. (Signed) H. D. JONES, Lieutenant-General, Commanding Royal Engineers. Extract from Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Jones, K.C.8., report to General Simpson. Head-quarters, Sebastopol, Sept. 20, 1855. Sir, —This long siege of 337 days having been brought to a succensful termination, I am extremely desi rous to bring under your Excellency's notice the services of a most gallant and zealous body of Offi cers. I allude to the Subalterns of the Royal Engi neers, who, front the constitution of their corps, in which promotion goes by seniority, are never promoted into other branches of the service, which was the reason why I did not include in my recommendatory list the names of those ihdividuals who have particularly diatin , [ PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D MECHA,VICS' INSTITUTE SOIREE. (From the Carlisle human The members of the Carlisle Mechanics' Institute held a soiree in their lecture hall. on Wednesday evening last. The attendance was numerous, and the whole of the proceedings passed off with great spirit and eclat. After tea the chair was taken bs the Mayor of Carlisle (Dr. Elliot), who was accompanied by P. 11. Howard, Esq., of Corby Castle ; R. Firgueon, Esq., of Morton ; W. Browns-, Esq., of Victoria place ; Alex. Davidson, Esq., the Rev. J. F. Simpson, and Mr. J. A. Cockburn, &c. . The MAYOR said they had met to-night at the Soiree of the Mechanics' Institute—an institution which de servedly stood at the head of all the literary institution's in the town, and that was saying a good deal when they remembered that Carlisle boasted of about 15 or 16 in all. When Mechanics' Institutions were first proposed by Dr. Birbeck, then a physician in Glasgow, the plan was thought to be impracticable. However, under his auspices the Mechanics' Institute of Glasgow pros pered so well that in the course of a few years Edin burgh followed the example of her sister city, and in a few years more the example was followed by the Metro polis of Great Britain. lie (the Mayor) inclined to the same opinion, because in Carlisle the experiment had been reduced to practice and found to work remarkably well. (Hear, hear.) The Mayor concluded by requesting Mr. Davidson to give them a little information on the present position and future pr ispecte of the Mechanics' Institute, both of which he believed were very satisfac tory. Mr. DAVIDSON, in the course of his observations, said he was happy to observe that the institution was in a prosperous state. By the last report it appeared that the number of full members was 365 ; and of reading members (under 21 years of age) 216 ; making a total of 531. Tne library contained 3,829 volumes, and he was glad to find that the members had availed themselves of them to a very great extent indeed. The number of volumes taken out last' year was 12,558. A few years ago a much greater proportion of light reading was taken out. The number of volumes on history, biography, and science, taken out during the year was 5,767; novels, poems, and lighter literature, 5,543 ; and perio dicals, 1,248. As to the newspaper department, it was as complete as the funds would permit. He believed although they bad devoted much money to purchase newspapers they had had an increase of meruhers in consequence, and of course had more funds to devote to the buying of books. (Cheers.) Mr. P. H.loWaltri was the next speaker, and was re ceived with loud cheers. He said he was very much re joiced to hear that the institution was progressing so favourably. It must be very satief actory to hear that not only was light reading a steemed, but that a majority of the readers applied themselves to more solid and sub stantial literature. (Hear.) He was delighted to see be fore him so large and respectable an attendance, and to find that the Mechanics' Institute had now a room of its own—an apartment inferior to none in Carlisle. He was sure that they would look back with melancholy satis faction to the efforts of those who had gone before, and had advocated that institution. They would look back to the memory of Mr. Steel with melancholy regret, and they should remember on beholding those wells that the first stone was laid by a predecessor of his honourable friend Dr. Elliot—by Mr. Rome, then mayor of Carlisle, who was unfortunately now no more. As this was a literary institution he might be allowed to pay a pessieg tribute of regret to the memory of a distinguished poet, wlio,e existence had just closed; he alluded to Mr. Rogers, the talented author of the " Pleasures of Memory," and other poems. (Hear.) That gentleman, whom he had had the honour of slightly knowing, was endeared to all who knew him by his kind genial manners and by his refined taste. Though this was rather the age of the exact sciences than of poetry, he left behind him one or two poets. He left Mr. Tennyson, and he left a lady of dis tinguished talent and power—Mrs. Norton. But at the same time while we could not beast of many bards in the land, one of their kinsmen across the Atlantic—the talented Mr. Longfellow—might perhaps be esteemed one of the most popular poets of the day, and he was happy to be able to pay him this tribute. When they met last, about the period of the Great Exhibition, all Europe seemed slumbering in repose. How different was the present aspect of affairs. Even at agricultural meetings he saw that most peaceable and placid of anis male, a well-fatted beast, turned into a war horse. (Laughter.) He had seen lately the great agricultural meeting at Darlington, and there the farmer, like every one else, was occupied by that subject which now en grossed the attention of the world—the war in which we were now engaged in the East. (Cheers.) It mast be the wish of every one, that if negotiations were really going on they should eventuate in an honourallo and lasting peace. (Cheers.) That must be the wish of every patriot, and every friend of humanity. (near.) lie could not, of course, say how far these nee )tia.tions were in progress. He trusted, however, that some effort would be made to define the object of the war. He trusted that when the integrity of Turkey was secured ; that when the rights of the Christian population of Turkey were vindicated, and when freedom of corn merce was guaranteed and secured, that we should not b 3 tempted, in a spirit of cruel rancour, to launch into objects not defined when we cominerieed the operations of the war. (Cheers.) Ho hoped that if, unfortunately, we should still continue to be engaged in war efforts would be made to secure a national force. We had already been near the brink of war with our kinsmen across the Atlantic by trenching on their inter nutional rights. The King of Prussia had lately pardoned a per son who was engaged, against the law of nations, in en hating men, and, though that might be honourable en the King of Prussia, we should not place any of our consular or other officers in a position to be psi-done]. (Cheers.) He trusted that we should be able to secure a national force, and that while we might not reject the offers of foreigners, we might see that we could net with impunity defy the law of Europe. He begged leave to offer a few remarks upon what had fallen from a talented member of the House of Commons ; and lie should not have alluded to-it had that person not been a member of the Adniinistratioa—he referred to the speech of Sir R. Peel at Taniworth. He bad heard with regret that Sir [t. Peel had launched some invectives—some rather ill timed invectives—against the only power who could bp come the herald of peace—against the ancient ally of England, and the only power that could bear the olive branch between contending parties. He trusted that members of the Administration wool] see tile solemn doty of not perplexing negotiations, and would allow them to go forward without interrupting their course. Let them trust to the honour of the Government to se cure terms which would be favourable and honourable to Englishmen, but let them not shackle the hands of the only power now in the position of arbitrator between the contending nations. (Cheers.) He was not going to say more at this moment. He hoped the time would shortly arrive when we might see a rivalry in the arts, and a rivalry in literature, as well as a rivalry in arms. The war might perhaps have the effect of bringing our rivals into more immediate contact with the Western Powers, and the alleviation of the se, liken of Russia might perhaps emanate from her present difficulties. He returned his thanks for their kindness in listening to his remarks with attention. He had taken the liberty of making his remarks, confident that whilst we not wish to see the bright honour of England tarnished, yet at the same time we and every other commercial coun try wished to see hostilities brought to a happy conclu sion. If such was the object and aim, as he believed it was, of the talented monarch who was now the ally of England, and of the chivalrous king who leads the Sar dinian power—(loud cheers)—he trusted we should not allow difficulties to intervene ; that we should secure our commercial interests, but not make the vain effort of humbling, for the sake of humbling, our enemy. For they would all be aware that nations in the state of Russia— in a state of semi civilisation—were capable of gigantic efforts and of sustained enthusiasm. At the -same time it must be the interest of Russia as well as of England and France and Sardinia to bring this desperate strugg e to a happy and honourable conclusion. (Cheers.) Mr. Howard concluded by expressing a hope that they should often meet on similar occasions to the present. Mr. R. FERGUSON said their old friend Mr. Howard, whom they were delighted to see on this occasion, had made some remarks on that topic which was still the prominent one in men's minds, and in most of those re marks he most cordially concurred. It was in some re spects a sorrowful reflection, that eighteen centuries after Christ came to b r i ng peac e upon earth and good will towards m en , some of the principal nationss Eu rope should b e i n a state of warfare. It was melancholy when they considered the inevitable burdens which hemust n fall on m en w h o were little able to bea r them, and when they reflect e d on the manner i n which the war mustof considered the sufferings and priva l t l ion weresubjected, necessity interfere with social pro,gress s . to W w h h e i t e i h th o e u y r soldiers and those of our gallant a s l o i r e r s owoo account of they could not but feel cause of of those Russian hordes who h not one their enemies also, when they r eflec a t d e n d o t t h a at li t t l t ie le re ci u rc 'a le s e ho d t id it n w ot as th p i o n s k . we had any ou S rs o el fa v r es h , darkened byrheaissofaollio r(Cephreoearcsh.) Bible that too warlike a spirit might arise in the nation, a nd he cordially concurred in the remarks of Mr. Howard that we ought to guard ourselves that no considerations but a desire for the security of Europe should prevail in dictating the terms of peace. (Cheers.) Some allusion was ma de by Mr. Davidson to the newsroom. He thought the institution bad no alternative but to do as it had done, for now when all institutions, even those which were poorer than this, had provided newsrooms, the Mechanics' Institute must either do the same or shut up shop altogether. (Cheers.) It was satisfactory to know that the number of volumes read had increased in proportion to the increase of members, for it showed that whatever might be the object with which members had joined, they had read the books when they had joined, and that was all that was required. He believed that the only things which this institution required were money —which every institution wanted that ever he heard of —and members. They already had some lady men'- hers, and they should be exceedingly glad to have some more ; in fact he did not think the ladies line‘v how exceedingly glad they would be to have them. (Laugh ter,) There were provided for their especial delectation some of those inapertant periodicals containing those wonderful p . ctures of ladies with impossible waists, which it was necessary for all ladies to look at some times. (Laughter.) But he should be very sorry to Appeal to the ladies on such a low gro und. The y ha d a fair library containing works of all sorts ; and if the ladies only knew what they could show them and bow v. very glad they would be to see them, m ore o f them : ----,= - ,&q ....- - 'Th would join. (Cheers.) As he knew they did not care' ~,';:; 4. **Gei bow short the speeches were h© would not detain theii i '' f'i . any longer. (Cheers.) ' T .. , .L.,, l ee , _ ~ 1 .;b". , ;-,... , Mr. W. BROWNE dwelt at some length on the duty V' , ) .i ' ' - - I .'..`c ).-:]-1 t! all to support such institutions as this, and to exercised!. • I '. - ' ,et: : ,1 moral ii,fluence over the minds of their fellow-creature e m -4, .' l , Ol . , : 4 !' The Rev. J. F. SIMPSON dilated at some length _ 1. , _si : ,c,k, I , the general benefits arising from Mechanics' Institu ' , ,, - •; 4 e.: 1 -: which, he said, by increasing the intelligence, increas ' • - .„---e:...1.' r ; \:. the morality an d th e re li g ious feelings of t' I p mple. 4: .Ni, " Mr COCKBURN next addressed the mewing in a keg and ( loquent speech. He congratulated the members on the prosperity of their institution. In atluding to • . the benefits which had been c inferred on the s enmunity by the bequests of large sums of money to such institu tions as the Cumberland Infirmary, he expressed a hope that some eccentric individual would remember in his wills the claims of the Mechanics' Institute and leave them 1,0001. He had always been an advocate for the news room, and was rejoiced to hear of its success, bat th( y must remember that the:newspaper department wa I merely an appendix to the great feature of the institu tion— the library. Ile c mcluded with some general oh iereeti ms on the value of Mechanics' Institut e s, which were loudly cheered. Mr. JOHN FERGUSON proposed in suitable terms a vote of thanks to the gentlemen who had addressed the meeting. Mr. DAVIDSON seconded the motion, which was eer ie I by acclamation, after which Mr. P. H. HOWARD bri, fly returned thanks. Mr. W. BROWNE proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor for his courtesy in presiding. Tue 'notion was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN vacated the chair, and the room was . cleared for 4'ancing, which was kept up with greet spirit and excellent order until four o'clock in the morn ing. THE WARDMOTES. Yesteiday being St. Thomas's Day, the annual elec tion fur common councilmen took place in tke several wards. There were only five alterations from last year, and only one contest. The following are the returns for the various wards : ALDGATE.—Mesers. Whiteside (deputy), Turnley, Rucknall, Osmond, Burnell, Hudson, Stephenson, and Hill, re-elected without opposition. ALDERSeATE.—The whole of the council re-elected. BDSHOPMGATE.—Messri. Peacock (deputy), Stevens (deputy), Lambe, Edmiston, Patten, Win. Jones, War. ren, Stopgood, W. 11. Pitcher, Carr, Ashby, T. 8. Crow den. C. Gipin, and G. Taylor, were elected. BILLINGSGATE.—Mr. G. Barns, one of the late mem bers, having resigned, Mr. Bousfield was elected in his place. The following gentlemen were then elected : Messrs. B. Bower, deputy; Roberts, Phillipps, Causton, Graves, Slowrnan, and Bousfield. BREAD-STREET.—In consequence of the resignation of Mr. Grimwode, Mr. J. Smith was returned, and the f allowing seven memb,rs were re-elected :—Messrs. W. Hawtrey, deputy; N. Maughen, D. Laurie, J. P. Snell, J. J. Millard, F. Maynard, W. Patten, and J. Smith. BRIDGE.—Mr. Easty, one of the members, resigned, a n d Mr. W. Dray, of the firm of Dean, Dray, and Co., London-bridge, was elected in his place. The following gentlemen were re-elected :—Messrs. T. Pewtress, J. Hill, J. Low, H. Matthews, C. Whethem, J. Arnold, and J. Johnson. BROAD-STREET.—The following osntleinen were unani mously re-elected :—Messrs. W. Hartridge (deputy), W. Cox, W. Foster, H. Brown, T. Corbey, J. Humphries, C. Wharton, and T. Abraham. BASSISHAW WARD.—The following gentlemen were elected :—Messrs. Britten (deputy), W. Lister, C. E. Tuller, and A. Locke. CANDLEWICK.—Mr. Blades having given in his resig nation, is consequence of ill-health, there were three candidates—viz., Messrs. Rowe, Marratt, and Tozer Upon a show of hands, the Alderman declared the fol lowing elected :—Messrs. Dakin, T3wse, Elliott, Fria neb, Matthews, and Rowe. COLEAfIN-STREET.—The following gentlemen were re elected, viz. Messrs. Warren S. Hale (deputy), T. H. Hall, J. Davies, J. Perkins, W. Webster, H. W. Val iance. C. Hogg, and T. Westall. CASTLE BAYNARD.—The following gentlemen were elected : Messrs. Deputy Hicks, F. Ferrer, Alfred Ad lard, C. Hawkins!, G. J. Cockerel!, T. Parker, C. Odell, and W. Willey (the latter gentleman in place of Mr. Barber, who has resigned on account of indisposition). CHEAr.—Mr. W. Connell, of 83, Cheapside, chrono meter maker, was elected in the room of Mr. Oliver, re signed ; also Messrs. Fenning (deputy), Hickson, R. G. Peal, Barnes, Thorpe, Houghton, Tegg, and W. Connell. ConnweneEne.—essrs. Crowder, Lott, Joyce, H. L. Taylor, Chaffey, end Tress were elected common councilmen for the ensuing year. CORNHILL.—Tho following gentlemen were unani mously re-elected :—E. Harrison, R. C. Randell, R. Johnston, D. Nicoll, end H. Heppe. CRIrPLEGATE WITHIN.—The following were elected : —Messrs. Hoole (deputy), Brass, Parker, Edtnonds, Spilsburg, Lloyd, Burkett, and Brown. CRIPPLEGA.TE WITHOUT.—The following were re elected : —Messrs. G. Mead way, Esq. (deputy), Messrs. Johnson, Septimus Read, W. King, G. Cuthbert, John Sewell, J. Pickering, and R. Spencer. DOWGATF.—Messrs. il. Kibbol ( teputy), T. White, G. Harker, 11. H. Mortimer, T. Gandell, and G. Fox, ' were re-elected. FARRINGDON WITHIN.—The following were re-elected : —Messrs. T. J. Holt, G. Virtue, D. J. M.`Laughlan, H. BI ikr, B. S. Phill pe, J. Morris, C. Young, C. Phillips, C. Nicholson, J. Heaps, W. S. Wheeler, J. Kelday, C. Reed, and E. Dulland. The latter gentleman has been elected in the room of the late Deputy E. Eagleton, E , q. PARRINGDON WiTuour.—The following gentlemen c‘er , elected : —J. T. Bedford (deputy), J. M. Barnard, C. E. Batter, G. Ross, G S ammell, IL. Williams, W. Gr sham, J. F. Longhorn, J. Anderton, T. Pearce, E. Rod, so , , H. J. Lias F. Clemow, R. Obbard (d e p u ty), T. Cott •rell, mid Gualter. LatiouounN.—The folio sing were returned :--Messrs. F. lin AT:u (d p ity), T. Snolling, E. Howard, E. Shaw, R. C. B wile, C. Sully, T. Webber, R. BA, PORTSOKEL—The following were proposed :—Mr. Christie (deputy), Mr. Annis, Mr. Thomson, Mr. Ray mund, Mr. Haywar3, Mr. Davis, Mr. Venables, Mr. Vile. Mr. King proposed and Mr. Wilson seconded Mr. George Bone. Sir F. G. Moon then put the names to the meeting, and declared that the show of hands was in favour of Messrs. Christie (deputy), Haywar 1, Annis, Davis, Ttioins , m, Venables, Raymond, and Vile, the members for the past year. Mr. King demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. George Bone, which was appointed to take place this day, to commence at 10 o'clock and close at 4. S,vera,' gentlemen of the Jewish persuasion appealed to the chairman to have the hours of polling altered, as they could lof vote on their Sabbath. Sir F. G. Moon said that the hours of polling could not in any ay he altered, as they were fixed by act of Parliament. The I r .ceedings were then adjourned. TowFat.—Tae following gentlemen wtra re-elected : Messrs. G. Ai chison (deputy), Simpson, Barkley, Red• head, Nissen, Cowell, Verry, and Smith. QUEENLIITIIE.—The Common Council for the past year were re-elected, toe only alteration being that Mr. Terry was elected in lieu of Mr. M`Dougall, resigned. YINTRY.—The members of the Common Council were re-elected. Messrs. W. Archer (deputy), W. D. White, Geo. Mason, Sprague, J. Colman, and Chas. Gammon. WALBROOK.—D. W. Wire, Esq., alderman, presided. The following mcmhers of the Common Council were unanimously re-elected :—Messrs. E. Conder (deputy), Ford, Hale, William Da WBOll, Thomas Rowley, H. E. Murell, and T. E. Fry. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVgNINCI. DESTRUCTION OF CARTON NOUSE BY FIBS. A destructive fire broke out this morning at Carton house, the residence of the Duke of Leinster, near May• nooth. From the length of time during which it raged there is too much reason to fear that a very considerable portion of the building hts fallen a prey to the flames. The fire was first discovered about 4 o'clock this inerniir, and up to 9 o'clock the ravages of the flames wrra not subdued. Every Man in the town of Maynooth, with the students from the college, and great numbers of people from the surrounding court t,y, were on the spot, and under the directions of the Duke hi ms elf and of the Marquis of Kildare, or Lord Gerald, every possible effort. was made to stop the confiaration, and to remove the valuable property in the house to a place of safety. The gale, which un fortunately blew with considerable violence at the time, spread the fire, and fed its fury with more effect than all the exertions that could be made were able to overcome. The Duchess of Leinster having been confined for some time from illness it was found neces sary to remove her Grace to the steward's house. The house was insured. THE LORD-LIEUTENANT. The Earl of Carlisle, after a lengthened visit to Eng land, returned to Ireland last night, at half-past ten o'clock, by the Columba, Holyhead express steamer. There was a strong gale blowing at the time. THE WEATHER, For the last 48 hours it has been blowing a fierce gale of wind from the south-east, and the weather prophets are predicting a heavy fall of snow as the f inale to the storm. The cold is very severe, but up to last night the air was dry and bracing. About 4 o'clock this morning, however, there was a change, but not such as was c' - p3cted. At that hour the rain commenced falling on i n . a bated, torrents, and the ga l e , th ough somewhat _he inland T tinues to blow with cons i derable violence . mails were all late to-day in their arrival weather bay at the post. office, and it is i n f erre d t h at t h e recen t foul Some trifling been gener a l th roug h out the pro vinces. ' casualties are reported as baying and suburbsapprehended , but it is that the accounts from the coas t w ill b e of a mush occurred in the city more serious character. A Rica VAGBANT.—At Oswestry, on Friday, a most thsea with a wife and six children, w as seeking bl i ae-looking man, l ms . lie complained of dreadful poverty, a n d r of his inability to get anything to eat, and was kindly afforded shelter by the gaoler. While he was maki ng himself and fam il y all ri g ht for his brief sojourn un d er his host's care, something struck Williams that it might be worth while searching him. Upon looking closely, a silver watch turned up. Emboldened by his success, the gaoler searched further, when a gold watch turned up, besides sundry sovereigns. The tale told by the vagrant was that he found the silver watch near Liverpool, and the gold one was picked up by the children near Llanidloee. The different police-stations were communicated with, when from Newtown an owner was found for the gold watch, which bore th e initials of "M. B. P." The man and ' his family are now living on their own means until something .more is known about them. His name is Patrick Middle,-- ' Hereford Journal. A I .