The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-19 00:00:00

r 1.1. liso rPRICE SD. DOWN WITH THE TIgES. From the Examiner. " Pat out the light—and then ?" Some years ago the cry was that the power of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished. It is held now i n certain quarters, high and . low,, that the power of the press has increased, is increas ing, and ought to be diminished. The chief offender in this excess being the Times, it is proposed, at the parti cular:desire of several persons of Manchester, to take measures to compass the destruction of the said Times, or at least to cripple it very considerably. But'why do this in a roundabout way, involving in the injury other properties that are net obnexio is either to Manchester or Downing -street ? Why not set about the object frankly, fairly, and directly Why not bring in a bill of pains and penalties, settiuglorth the exorbitancy of the power of the Times, and that no Ministry is safe under it, and enacting *hat may be thought calculated to render it less formidable ? There are various means for this object besides those borrowed by Mr. Gladstone from friend Bright. The stamp of the Times might be doubled, or it might be denied transmission through the post; or it might be forbidden to circulate more than a oer- - tain nu m b er kg copies. There have been restrictions on the issues of th e B ank, and why not on the Times, on t h e same score of St a t e necessity ? What better mode is there of strength en i ng the' ‘lovernment than to weaken the Times, which is over it If after this deterring exam ple any paper aspires to -- the power of the Times, the proprietors will know what they have to expect, for a bill may be brought in to deal with -the offender in the same summary way. All that we contend for is the limitation of the enaotnient to the rearaire. Charles Lamb tells tin, of a sago. people w h o burnt down a house whenever . ebey wanted to roast a_pig.. We deprecate setting fire to tted enth.e Press Vifhe sole and separate purpose of the Times brown. Put our con temporary on the spit and welcome, provided you spare those who do not sin in the same way by overtopping the Government en the one hand and controlling agita. tors on the other. Make an example of the ringleader. Hang him up, or put him to the reformation of penal servitude--nay, servitude the worst of all, if you will, servitude Ministerial—anything rather than derange a whole body in order to disable one member, however large an i potent. Once upon a time, as Rabelais prefaces, when beasts coal - id speak, it was thought a meet meritorious action to slay a giant ; and there is prevalent the same opinion maw as to the giant of the press, which is deemed, too big to be permitted to live, especially with the prospect of growing still bigger. There is not room enough in this broad land for bath Government and the Times, and as we must have a Government, however bad, we must not have a Times, however good. Haman cannot suffer Mordecai in the gate. An old. fable tells us of an ill-fsvoured youth who was so displeased with his looking-glass that he dashed it to the ground and shivered it to a hundred fragments, but seeing his ugly features in each of the broken bits he found he bad made the matter a hundred times worse, and bitterly lamented that he had changed the single unflattering reflection for the multiplied. Such is the exact illustration of what Government is about in com passing small change for the limes. To kill the giant is all very fum, but it is not always pleasant to live with dwarfs. And cost; ought to be considered when we are carrying on the expenditure with vigour, whatever may be the case with the war. Is it good thrift to burn down a house producing nearly half a million a year in order to roast your pig ? Surely the Times can be well dressed at a less cost than this. Why, if it were put down, directly abolished by Act of Parliament, the loss to the revenue would not much exceed 50,0001. a year, whereas the circuitous process proposed for the same end entails a sacrifice of more than eight or nine times that amount I Of all the modes of curing the peccant journal of its plethora of strength, the most effective would be to bring it under Government, instead of its present place, over Government, and to put a Minister in the management of it. That arrangement would rat tle it down to the ground more , quickly and completely than any other that can be devised. It would then ,re main to be seen whether Government could get on with the rest of the press, or whether the press is really so much ahead of the Government in ability and in its bold on the public confidence, that measures fur abating its efficiency and influence are indispensable to the credit, comfort, and repose of any and every Administration. If the alternative be a less able press* in default of an abler Government, we must all submit to our fate, and give place to the American press, which is to minister to, or, in the common phrase, to do for, the English monarchy. The superiority, of which there is now such jealousy, impatience, and hate, will then be at an end certainly ; but with journals level to the meanest capacity may come something not a jot' less troublesome- than the superiority got rid of, and Government may find after all that it has not mended its strength by weakening public intelligence without weakening public passions. The Chancellor of the Excheluer has found it impossi ble to adhere to his predecessor's plan for revoltionizing the press and turning it bottom upwards, and he hai an nounced his intention of proposing other resolutions. Acting upon his own better judgment, we are sure that Sir Cornewall Lewis would drop that scheme altogether, and leave well alone. There are things that cannot be well done, because of the wrong i n h eren t i n th em . T he new resolutions, we too much fear, will be like the tools in the Crimea, which have this peculiarity, that the new are as bad as the old, and that one hatchet which will not cut is replaced with another with the same infirmity, and that one pickaxe that breaks off at the handle upon the first provocation is replaced by another which strikes work in precisely the same abrupt fashion. There is this difference, however, that the resolutions are likely to cut only what it may be undesirable to cut, as the wont tool, which may be too blunt to hew a block of wood, may be thoroughly efficient for the purpose of killing a man. --- "Vr" -- - • . _ _ _ -, , •,-.. - - . . „--,/ , .. , , • -K • t i -.r-e--€-(----- - ._, 7 ../ - -c. __." --- ,/c___4 :::...-,....,,L.-, .. I • NM e r ,o , . . ~. . , . ~. /, .... . ,„..._. t i 4 4 . ... OUR CAVALRY OFFICERS. .-- ir, IR4 - • v . *\ • '''" .up ' II ' • 4, 4. - '" 7 = -1 ; . ''....i : SO 4 . ..:;.. I • ... . =. r ... , ,.. 4 11, ~,. , ~i ~,..: .. i '-- . , - '‘'-% ' ~,,"''' i..,_ ... ,„ ' -F -- ' , 4 ' 1 6, kV V., -..,'t '- ' ' . ~ : (Front the Daily. News of /hit cloy.) ._ „,..: la , C9J iiir55.. .,....,. ,"... , .... 1: • . • % . ..,*.e.... , ,, ...I f. ', V .. .-- . _--- ' "- , -!'" 'r ';, c..ww,. .. ci ,-,?,, 4, , -us , .•• ii -4::: , ... A - Az , L. - i• -`• C'Prrt.Z...i .'. - s- - i , , 'C I ' 'Allillair "...-.s,' • - '0•,,, ,, , ,, " t',.l ~,, ~ ~,, ,,-" ,,,;CA., . ,4 1 '..., WA OIT . ' , ....," • • For nearly forty years the English cavalry has been officered exclusively by wealthy men. How ever well qualified for that branch of the service, an individual who had not a tolerably large private fortune would have been considered 'insane if he had asked for a commission in the Dragoons. , The cornetcy, or first'coinmission, in all mounted save the Life Guards and Blues, : costS 8401. • the lieutenancy can never 'be obtained for less ' than 1,7001. or 1,8001.; the usual sum paid for a troop (or captaincy) is from 5,5001. to-',0001.'; for a ma jority, 12,0001. fol.. the command of . &corps. In all ex -8,000/. to 9,000/. ; and f rom 10,0001. to changes from infantry to cavalry larger: sums in , hCeniriniran;kil' oiaelipixteseketal4-earcosloaneg°ll proportion are - given • and it is commonly reported in military birclesk-thitt two - noble lofds, lately re turned w Su e th a s d o d f to this the fact that fr:t tai th n e t 15 ,000/. and 20,000/. tare pay of each officer in the commissioned 'ranks order in of Of cavalry does not give , him five per cent. for the e r :N s - p a e la iv q e u ly ic . kl Money he has spent on promotion—that-the style of living in every regiment is most- expensive, not to say extravagant = that the uniforms, horse accoutrement s , &c., cost very large sums—that it 'is an acknowledged fact that no officer can live in any of our cavalry regiments with less , than from 4001. fu 600 /. ---- n - year--when all these circumstances are taken in to . considerati on , it will be allowed that a eavalr3 - commission is not to be - thought of by apeOr man. No; according to the English militarycreed, and according to the custom which has reigned supreme since the termination of the last war,.the regiments of Dragoons, Dragoon Guards, Light Dragoons, Lancers, and. Hussars, are intended solely as colleges where rich young men can pass away pleasantly the six or seven years which inter vene between their leaving public schools and set tling down to marry, or look after the paternal acres. - Every cavalry 'corps has an adjutant and a riding-master, men who, in most cases, have risen from the ranks. Are not these two officers enough _ to help the colonel to look after the regiment ? Of course they are. What need therefore of captains and subalterns—who have paid large sums for their commissions—worrying themselves about discipline or drill ? Should the commanding officer not give too much trouble, matters go on pleasantlyenough. The adjutant looks after the' field-days and the con dubt of the men, the riding-master after his own department, the veterinary surg eon takes care of the health of th e horses the doctor of that of the men. The captain s and subalterns hunt, dress, shoot, go on leave, and from - first to last duty is made as easy as possible to all parties..; But should the colonel be such a misguided individual as to expect all the officers under him to know their work, and require them to perform' the same, mat ters assume a very different aspect. The regiment gets a bad name in the military market ; commis sions don't sell so high as they do in more favoured corps ; officers exchange and sell out continually, giving money to go into pleasanter regiments, and other gentlemen are brought in, only again to ex change or retire from the service. Let us see how this system works in the army— let us test the results of having our cavalry for forty years in the hands of exclusively rich and aristocratic officers. Against the personal bravery of no portion of the English army can a word be said. But is courage the only requisite in a soldier ? Certainly not— least of all in a cavalry officer. It is said that two years' training are requisite to make a perfect dragoon of a private recruit ; how much more must the careful study of his profession be requi site to qualify properly him who has to lead. the troop or squadron ? The care of horses, and how to look after them in the field ; the weight the dragoons ride, and the best way of taking off part of that weight ; the feeding, grooming, and shoeing of horses, under all pos sible circumstances ; the most effectual manner of protecting them against the weather when deprived of shelter—all these are but a few items of what a ou eo gh u t pl t e o o f f or y m ea t r h s e b s e t f u o d r y e o t f he y y ou en ng ter ine th n e f° s r er a v t ic l e ea fts i cavalry officers. Add to the foregoing the know ledge required by every dragoon officer when once mounted and before the enemy—the how and the when to attack, the best manner of forming reserve or supporting lines, the most effectual way of fol lowing up a retreating enemy, or withdrawing without loss from one too strong to be aitacked with any hOpe of success—and some slight idea may be formed by civilians that many qualifica tions beyond mere animal courage are required by men who aspire to be good cavalry officers. Let any impartial man read over the evidence given by Lord Lucan, the other day, before Mr. Roebuck's committee, and then say whether the last forty years of our cavalry training has produced what the public had every right to ex pect. It is all very well to blame the Oommis sariat officers, and we would be the last to cast a veil over their gross mismanagement in so many cases during the present war ; but it would be in every way unjust to attribute solely to Mr. Filder and his subordinates the state in which Lord Lucan describes our cavalry to have been when he left the Crimea. If Lord Raglan was competent to command an army going on service, he must have known - that when horses have been accustomed to stables for many years, they would require in the field some covering warmer than the hair furnished by nature. The brigades of cavalry should never have been allowed to leave England without a pro per supply of horse-clothing, nose-bags, pegs, ropes, and other requisites. Had the commanding and other officers of cavalry been aware of the duties they would be called upon to perform in the East —had they been possessed of any practical know ledge of their profession—representations respect ing the want of these articles would have been sent to the proper authorities, and would, no doubt, have met with every attention. But both Lord Raglan and the leaders;of the cavalry division, brigades and regiments, seem to have proceeded to the Crimea trusting a great deal to chance, and the rest to Pro vidence. The horses of both the Russians and French dragoons —we don't include the Arab homes of the Chasseurs d'Afriq no, which were no doubt snore ac customed to roughing it—seem to have been in very much better condition than those of the English cavalry, simply because they were better looked after, and were under the eye s o f o ffi cers w h o k new what they were about. At the present day, the French dragoons iu the Crimea take the whole duty of patrolling for the Allied army, and their horses are, comparatively speaking, in excellent condition. The magnificent English cavalry regiments which left this country about a year ago now exist but in name. One corps can muster but three horses ; another has only twenty fit for duty. Two heavy regiments—the 4th and sth Dragoon Guards—are so weak in numbers that for some months they have been amalgamated as one corps, and that united corps cannot muster sixty effective cavalry soldiers. In short, we have at this moment no cavalry whatever in- the Crimea, and not less than 120,0001. has been lost to the country from the number of horses that have perished from mis management since the war began. For a state of affairs like this who is to blame I We reply that, individually, every officer who had the power to represent the wants of the cavalry to Government, and failed to do so, ought to be held for t hße not r m u t o tr e r h e e ,. fault throughout lies chiefly in the entir e s y s t em m r oe s rdpdyo ing anfotiters r w s h i ms elfh asot g rr bash . e a a t p h tri n toe e h d e . blame d F i l . l. hitherto pursued in the cavalry branch of the ser vice. That service has been for twice twenty years a mere fashionable plaything, with which moneyed men have amused themselves, between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six. So much for the cause— the effect we see in the present state of our dragoon regiments before Sebastopol. As a man saws, so must he reap ; and nations are not exempt from this universal law. Since the last war, we have allowed the cavalry of this country to become a service in makewd i h e i r c s h fit r th i rich o h arr m ainc e! vt k eh e es e ie p rr vopiurcotefaeclsalsnisoubncek; had s aand w d a o tth u: e a nir vr eosm i u s thinke i notice, s d thate depends without ntdh se uppe period i t no h det the se s l v i ne g ar h ty t i o e a s ni slightest taut now patent to all. No one can gather gra.pes from thorns, nor figs from thistles, any m ore th ane lht nsot tGi ls : training. wwe don't How long such a state of affairs is to be allowed to it p s r el e f v - io b u u s t of reform will be applied to sweep away all the abuses which have so long been the curse of our army. When the broom - FIRE AT BERMONDSEY. —Yesterday Morning , at an early hour, a fire broke o ut on the (premises occupied by Mr. William Murrell, hay salesman, 65, Russell-street, Bermor.diey. The storehouses, stables, and sheds, about 90 feet by 40, were burned down, and six horses burned to death. The adjoining premises , occupied by Mr. Traffey, manure dealer, Mr. Hook Cooper, and M r . Horne, currier, were considerably damaged. The cau se of the fire is unknown. Mr. Murrell was bunted in the Monarch office, and Mr. Hook in the Pbcenix. The others were not insured. A Belgian artist, named Van Lerius, has brought to this country a picture of Adam and Eve, his own pro duction, which is being exhibited at 57, Pall-mall. The composition represents them reclining —Adam buried in profound sleep, and Eve just awakening . while Satan, with the serpent, is seen behind. The figures, which are life size, are disposed with elegance, and the general effect of light and shade is pleasing. Some slight devia tions from correct drawing are, however, visible in the left arm of Adam and the right band of Ere. The artist's conception of Satan is not very happy. He has made him too mean and commonplace a fiend. Of the colouring of this picture it is itapossible to judge, as it is ealibitod by artiAoial light. I; , EAST IN . DIA. HOUSE, IsT MARCii, 1855. .• --- ' 6l -I_,IPU I t i - j) cor - RT of DIRECTORS of the EAST r ... .... - 14 comrAN - ' c0 aa ,,,,.,,,,_ , -1 - do Hereby Give Notice, That the Queen , - -.,i 'f,.g • ts a ~7Lelea that Wednesday, the 2'st inst., shall be cb- 4-i - , ii. - 1 ; , ~,nI Y of solemn Fast, Humiliation, and Prayer, the 4,14 ,' I GENERALIt4 !-'. I / 14;7 for that day, will be held on TUESDAY, the 20th -,, , 5.5›., :::‘ -1.4„.t.... , - l'eri o'clock in the forenoon. /..) JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary: , • . I cop. EAST INDIA HOUSE, FEBRUARY 28, 1655 . ...............- k...i..0.,...--.,--.,.......505w.i-:..rsi,ot-iemo.so.ooi-A s b „ RT of DIRECTORS of the EAST 'I i ~O,.`";, S O M PANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That N a . 19 491.] ti n of nest India Stock has given notice of his intention to , Noh L W ltin motion at the Quarterly General Court appointed - --a- - INI, one 20th 11 . __ _ _ . ..............................................,-......... , % A ,„_ arcn, 1100, TIZ.,- ', , 141,u,sortant services performed by the Calcutta Steam ' l4 Mardi be compensated by the payment of the sum of *PUBLICATIONS [ i _ • JAMES C. MEE,VILL, Secretary. es . Now ready at all the booksellers', i r T ~,,,_ EAST INDIA HOUSE, 14Th[ MARCH, 1d55. CHEA P EDITION of MISS STRICK- kr", URT of DIRECTORS of the EAST .11. COMPANY LAND'S LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. afn ee ~ TDO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, I . hat a With all the late Improvements and Portraits of every Queen, , . 1 11 f on , India Stock has given notice of his intention to complet ein S volumes, price 78.6 d. each, bound, either of which may 14 i thi2 l°l ri g motion at the QUARTERLY GENERAL be had separately. 1 i .,7 (1 Company, appointed to be held at their House in Pulaished. fa cH. Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. 1 ik k nee!. en TUESDAY, the 24thinstant, lez , ~- vu rt of Directors of the East India Company do take 11 _,measures to r eme dy, as f a r as i s now possible, the evils The Third Eclition.-Just published, price 5e., by post, free, sa. 6d. with the breach of faith on the part of the Madras ON TR UE &FA LSE SPERM ATORRIICEA, to a.: ~. he Sepoys of the 6th Light Cavalry, and that they eittr. the View of distieguisting the Imaginary froM the nee teourt the measures they have adopted for the pur- Real Suflea•ers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread JAMES C. MELVILL, necretary. Errors in reflation to their Treatment and Cure. • From the German -, ' of Dr. PICT eIeO.XD. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing . 1 I I li by the ads ertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are ' Or and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL- credulous 'enc ugh to seek their aid. \ ''" - Notl l , , ' t n a._ ee is hereby given that, on WEDNESDAY , the "Dr. Paekferd 's known to English readers by his frequent prud- e •enn nday appointed as "A Day of Humiliation and cal contrib at ons to German medical literature. This is the first pt ? RAINS will only RUN as on SUNDAYS, with the time, he it forms vs, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi- ' , • , c; . n. 19 a.m. Down Mail Train, which will run as on eel reader.. 'Fne blase this may not be the !est, if he shall letect any l itb • ‘-, By order of the Board. other eq: ally flagrant evil which it may be in his , over to cor- rect."-I ontion Medical Gazette. " The tribe of 'Quiet Sympathisers,' X , Je th MARK 71 11ISIL and I Me Heal Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book "eel's Office, Ens:on Station, March 12, 1855. could find, its way into the hands of those who suffer from the cone- ' 1 1,,, • plaint of w hich it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would • , l irpr n oe saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of ae n i l'Zln and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.— ess impeTlance, though it is that which the quacks most prize- i" , ek,. " . 11 e are requested to take Notice, that on WEDNES - much MO ' at v.... -This volume is well qualified to put an end to the -n atant, being the "Day of Humiliation and Prayer," empirical se stem of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to plats the treat- , e set Proceed of the 9.15 a.m. Mail Train from Euston meat , upon ,a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, Proceed beyond Chester. likely to the much good." • s ,t By By order. London: 11 . 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ALC ICK and CO., Hill Pottery, Burslem, Staffordshire, ~:•" , 1 ; 14 t, II 41. •-• , ETING held at the Hanover-square Rooms, on being desirous of putting it within the reach of all to possess a memo- nee&alle n v neta resolved- al both of the present war and of the noble and generous sympathy I ' 11N` 911 be made on behalf of the National Orphan ri displayed by all classes towards our truly brave soldiers, have pub- ''."' ,sl l 7.e_et h 4 . r . eleicar, Incumbent, or elinister of Churches and ' fished a Patriotic Jug, illustrative alike of the horrors of war, as 0 : `its s „_'uti,,Flen, requesting that the Collection, or a portion well as of the nation's grateful efforts to alleviate them, evidenced by , nennU °nad, eon the approaching Fast Day be kindly given the Royal Patriotic Fund, Copies of this interesting work can be e een Onen l ean Home." had at all china and glass warehouses in the kingdom. •lie 1 5 ,41 „ Girls have been and GO now in the Home. AO to t ietli . : ° ' ,l , last November in consequence of the liberal Ii"", illy 4 ""• churches and chapels in various parts of the „i 14 he ~4 3' of thanksgiving for the harvest. Clergymen 13 ROFESSIONAL RUBBER .—Thomas Barter ve;. ,po rtio ,- ‘ eend their collections on the approaching Fast IL (12 years atten-lant at Mr. G. A. Walker's Medical Bath natio ni n , Will be furnished with all particulars on applica- Establishment) offers his Services to invalids as Medical Rubber, in 6 06! ~. na n ' k Y Secretaries, the Hey. Joseph Bro nit, Rector of cases of rheumatism, contracted joints, certain forms of paralysis, • nninee n fr Lana-road, and the Rev. It Whittington, Chap- spinal affections, loss of muscular power, and any other aliment or pet. • ,lory n ,Z , -;llurchyard, to whom collections awl subserip- condition of the body for neaten such attendance may be required. ,n 'a dl,--"ed ;or to Messrs. Dalton, Hatehards, Nssbets, Address, 3, Upper John-street, Golder-square. Mrs. Barter attends - a. e , ek ,t_ B ; also to the account of the National Orphan ladies. I' westminster Bank, Lothbury ; and to the Tree- aeote Ift e, se -sq., No. 1, New-Street, Spring-gardens. D R. KAHN'S MUSEUM RE-OPENED AT i , ,• , 4, COVENTRY- 'TREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE. • Open ' (fur Gentlemen only) daily from half-past 11 till 5, and from 7 .t4lB INFANT HOME, for the Main- till 10. A NEW SERTF.S of LECTURES, by Dr. Sex Ton, F.R.G.S., • . "4 Education of the Cbildren of' Soldiers, orphans or &c., at 12, 2,4, and half-past 7in the evening. Admission, Is. A .1)'1 VICE PB2ißunsu., . new catalogue, containing lectures on the most interesting branches 4,' s e ..,„,. ° L . Canterbury. I .. The Archbishop of York. of Physiology by Dr. Kahn, illustrated; price 6d., by post 4d. h.-Laret , ere or rs d b . ean extra. o r . -F ... London. 4 1 'el". 104 l, The Hon. Arthur K Th in e n L aird, it.t l n p f PATRON-MR.IT. PRINCE ALBERT. 74 fit. ~ : (I°''' The Chaplain-General. - • ill OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. WOVICE PATRONEISES. if et Manners. MA, TUESDAY EVENING, the 20th inst., TELEPHONIC oil; Leathcart. The Lady Lilford. CONCERT by Invisible Performers, by J. H PEPPER, Esq. - Lady William Wynn rc . 7.., ' 4 ' Willoughby le The Hon. Mrs. Adam ' s. Thuesday, DRAMATIC READING by Mr. Ibsen LESLIB, MAC- BETEL-Friday, ASTRONOMY, by Dr. BACHLIOFFNER, with appro- .. ik a ken The Lady Leigh. priate music. The TYROLESE MINSTRELS Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and to 4 rrarty.-Thu Rev. W. H. Foy. St. Slmo a's Par- Saturday Evenings. e• , ee liae a en (late Military Chaplain at Gwalior ) Friday Evening, Mrs. FURLONG, on ORAL INSTRUCTION. . • 7 te entellTTEE OP MANAGEMENT.-Major the Hon. H. The STEAM GUN, DISSOLVING VIEWS of the WAR, DM- ( *al kess AMA of SINBAD the SAILOR, COSMORAMAS, the CONCERT 1 ;nib • t L) N. . 9 , Waterloo Masterman and Co.C o. ace, Pall-mall, London. by INVISIBLE PERFORMERS, arid all the LECTURES, on the ,ee 7tmtaost urgently ;A ._ appeal to the Clergy and Dissenting NEW BANK NOTE, &c., as usual. :arta, - 17-' 1 help on the Fast Day, that a portion of their Col- . in . ..- -11 . 4 eneten to the growth and establishment of this it eif ;, . ' 11 . AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.— il 10-- '-, , lf' yi„ . - LA MONDAY, March 19th, 1855.-During the course of this week the following Music will be played by Laurent's Orchestra :-Over- P 0 ) of ~. . , p r o t ec t e d by Royal Letter .. e.n , tare. Le Domino Noir, Auber; Waltzes: La Bienfaisance, Musard ; ea.-gniatd, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Wellen and Wogen, Strauss ; Kuall-Kugerl, Strauss ; Le Prophet°, 4 , and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. Meverbeer ; Quadrilles: M. S., Bergmann; 'Bonjour Plerrot, Bien- - 0 ,8 .1 TRIESEMAR, No. 1, cheteau ;Le Comte Ory, Jullien ; the Highlanders, H. Laurent; ‘e n nneanation Spe atorrhoun and Exhaustion of the Schottische, Dona Maria, Tolhecque ; Polkas : Marionette, Pilodo; 600 01 740 1 ,1 1.1 5dng from excesses, accident, or climate. Carolina, A. Lamotte; La Musette, Matthieu ; Gallop, Dover Ex- press, T. Browne. On Monday next 'for the first time in England neap : 11 to are p reven t e d entering the married state by the New Dance, La Varsoviana. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. early errors it is invaluable. Boulcourt. All information relative to music to be obtained at the e lath e ee TRIESEMAR, No. 2, music repository under the orchestra. Doors open at Eight; come eta' i s _tra t Vrt epace of three days, completely and entirely raence at half-past. -Admission, One Shilling. in ; In...ne n 3 , of thcise Disorders which Capivi and Cueeus r7 d it) . -, ot io ;lught an antidote for, to the rain of the health 1 0 7 • - the Population. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND .see ..S ).,lettee, TRI ESE MAR,' No. 3, INDIGESTION. if tn e ral Remedy for that class of Disorders, wMet ele Vi , i s ' e n g,lieh physician treats with Mercury, to the In. Aiso, on Urinary Derangements, Pont and Haemorrhoids, Is. each, by post ls. Gd. k q t k. „.°' the patient's constitution, and which aU the WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. floe' s t . lita enerld cannot remove. L rso s " Abstentia multi curantur morbi," /. re, - .; 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, o nfe . A nee i.ang qualifies. They may lie on the toilet table A popular exposition of the principal Causes (over and careless ee ...' ne4 i Se e nne suspeeted. •eedine, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, 1r e i n'. I Is, each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided ins , - with en equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should ..' I t ' `‘'lltt -' t i n l ilil'etered by Valpean, Lailemana, Rona. !lye to ge t e ja of them ;to which is added, diet tables for every meal a n '., ; b k ) , wholesale and Retail in London of Johnaten ets, its the day, and full instrautions for the regimen and observance of ~ 0' 11 '`iti , 31,1 Co,, 63, o x e ne ,;.,ere,;(; end Sanger, 'n.. o x- 'very hour ' out of the twenty.four. Illustrated by numerous O r , t i 'oojeV e rarr, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ; cases, &c. .or ' • , v ate a „,er , Deanagate, Bolton ;J. Priestly, chemist, 52, 2. ▪ Os; ' - r ii ; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. !nnel oo l i bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. "He which that hath no win I hold him lost, P . .:00 , NA v. Helpless, and all desolat. Ile that hath no child, ''.• , ' ES END ST A. ti , Like sun and winde."-Chaucer. Subject: Marriage, its expectations and Necessities-Development 0 .01 01 . 'Ae.k.,_ PACK E T S. of the Affections-Love Matches-Precipitate, impelled, and retarded ne t alle 4 call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers. e Unions-Marital Incongruities-Mutual Unsuitableness-Mental it Aoletthe Piers as underlined (weather permitting Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness-Advantages of Inter- ot ee;;,! , \ke , I 'ERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND marriage-Theory of Gestation-Hereditary Resemblance-Mode of O r I '41, . determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all MIAS- SUNDAYS. similable Alliances-Law of Divorce, &c., &c. ,•';'l .. - 3. t irpto ,. . 1 I .cs o '.. 4- a 1 I 1 1 CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. co" , . ,`g ,i, Time o ..., , 'a, 1 5 ~., 1 A Lecture to Young Men. i 8 , 4 8 ' a , ino 8 a A. " What passions hurt the body-what improve, f nelei; " ....„,1 4 o Et Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." IP" ' ' • es. ,- - - --..---- .-- Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent i a . a _ "I e - Vi of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of i ~. ...- - licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, 0 1 : 0 ;;105,, , i , - 1 . and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &e. 4. 110 4.01 tt ehl p On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. el ~ sr 141 A e nchurch-street Station to all parts of London The GREEN BOOK.-A comprehensive and popular exposition 01 11/1 ,.., ~144:° n rs of Benito and urinary diseases-their nature and treatment, cora- ( '' • ,,n" e 1'1..7 1 11 % RLACKWALTe on the arrival of the fo - prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of ennai to from the Fenchurch-street Station. urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhosa; with 250 en- -1 1 04 , D A Ts. , i 4 , RUND AIM 5. _ O, I 1 .., o a .2 ) . The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUM.-Comprising .c: .... ' I °l r , i 4 1 2 Fen- i n '.". 6 a church - 3 .:t, a.: 0 Tots. 6 and 7, companions to the preceding. i • 1 Street ...8 S 4 THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. ee - -- 8 ,2:7 " Jueunde Vivere." '• \ ..."-"..- . "Few words to fair faith."-Shakespere. - je - 11 - - - - Sherwood, 23, Paternester - row; Mann , 39, Corialsill ;:or of i •b••• --- - 4 - - - - DE. RICHARD CULVERWELL, -- A° Fe ... - Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the t;; Pl° late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London. 0 0 0 .00 , 41 %e . tell who may be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Fore Cabin. Saloon. Five, and in the evenings, crow Seven till Nine. 1 , n ,i• I( 1, 1 111d L0nd0n........•• 10d. .. ds 21 I kktta ,;" ' l itei` 'sleeker 11 Woolwich fid. .. Os.. 10-1 ,t ~ ~, . . ~,,A a or ✓ s i l .. ~...7,r, Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. • , Or z tl. 0 3 Twelve Months, Si. Os.; Six Months, 31. Os. ; gnat published, price 23., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 ‘t.le: s t,to be had of the Collectors on board the stamps, 000 0 . - '''"n• Terrace Pier, Gravesend, I . VERVOUS DEBILITY; !.1 ' I 1 Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.-An Essay on Spa- -- matorrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more ~ tOF INQUIRY.—A Committee eccessful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative ' ‘l k ll .ne In . te the state ot Array for the present reasen and . 3'3i:ern, obtained by the use of the thenMicrscope in detecting and ellt• \ ' la t e' decide deeldel that the Garments produced by E. i slinguishing, by urinary examination, real cause and effect of ll e. te tb s tt e ntm e the following excellences :...- -' See, 'very variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, ecesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded ti a .. - a Over- transactions have secured great it , te 4 ,...t_ 111_7 ir stt- advantages, which will be seen in n twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, 'Tersest's Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhma, &c. To which o pf , , i i i , ,, n , e b e cut, the superior quality and cheen- - • are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre- :, • ma and very nest of their Spring and Summer cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, 4 ql k w Goods. and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on •e , -se es - ' ,l Cam- E. Moses and Son as Ho- -46 ' !Ili,Tti t - fst gentle- sie, Hatters Shirt and Un- n.ese important disorders. -•, i diet Wi th of derclothing Makers, i Boot and By SAMUEL LAWERT, M.D. [ 1 • SV . ,' , , It 'Ael lti th univer Shoe manufacturers, and Outfit- 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, , fib , 21„' le rvr Cam- ters, have the largest, newest Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the Univereity of Edn•- of koiltilb e .. - "s highly and best Stock in the Wholes - 11e , ourgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Modica! Society , „ $ , n non 3 , and in all the other Departments Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &a, floc. ON.' zee ,„„,...:2 ; ee of their well-known establish- The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con- ,lt markets for ments ; and all purchasers may sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, I'4ll I e.;lentets in depend upon superior articles, at which have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man- -oulo Y 0 • ' mi.. . - rt .Y money very economical prices. , hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any ' - 44 47 8 , ci. MOSES and SON are other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is mak ers, Matters, Hosiers, Shirt 3fanufac- particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of , ,ik , ..ißkers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and t heir p h y sical conditi o n, and who are conscious of havin g hazarded 'to the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is it ,.. i t 4 t tes.--.: 4 i n a nd Sow beg to state they have no connexion entitled. • V n .t eet e or out of London, except their own Esta- P - ei o )1 able It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without .'r P al t ktZell)7 63 eht, corner of the Miseries, and Aldgate incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed se ..,, kt ‘qvi Br anch , the heyday of inconsiderate self-tncialgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterneei may be removed, ' a 1r ' ilti, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart - n ints and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, 01 #6 0 40 4 64:taie - 11 5 r h .. , (11 el d and Bradford, Yorkshire. teat there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional I L ki l eiC q k til it.,," n eh-Nfelbourne Australia.derangement , to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. 0 ' j '' ~ .ite ` c!os d ' TheAuthor has for a series of years been engaged In an extensive A t a, i oe .„ e from sun et on Fridays till sunset on I '' sk p tr,fsle . A "' is resumed till 12 o'clock • practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have 3 4" , , - t ,,i k i-rr i.. t el. `itY article not give satisfaction it will bo ex- unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant empiriCS who inflict great injury on those who are induced to plats ~tie -,', Alai n 6 mot ey returned without hesitation: All 0 0 4 i . ' 44 fi gures, the lowest price, from which no es n ' With e. faith In their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper A i 14, 1 7.etk• lift, , Brothers, and Co 2 1 Patorns ‘crerov - : nannAv. A 3, Oxforl..Flre , ' 9 tli N tk 4,6 4 . :.,„ n ' Pri . ., cr , tern of . ..elf-me,rilrm-npnt, Horne, 19, Leice.&7:;qu er • • ',' • --, •"', 1 - -, '''n ; ." ,7 ,-:'''', ':i . - Cs= - f:' l et9 o r s e - .001 4 ,4 0 0t lit,: otl appli,at:ol., .04. ir,cit :it,. bitty stamps to any address Mai the Auttorn resieunee, 67, Bed , , I ‘lo l°. ' t 1ft . t4, 41 : . r 1655 gratis, on application, or pest free. ordl-square. „ Deetis e s_ 1 Qui si parla Italiano. At home for comitatien daily itora Eleven till Two, and fron . u . Aqua se habla Expagnel. pin till Milt! 10 I I LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AIARCI-I 19, 1855. MR. ALBERT SMITfi'S MONT BLANC TO-NIGHT, at S o'clock, and Every Night (but Saturday). Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 25.; Gallery, is. Tne Merging Representations take place every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock. • N.B.—There will be no entertainment on Wednesday, March 21. — Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ADMISSION FREE. Now Open, at the Gallery of Art, 121, Pall-mall (opposite her Majesty's Theatre), the EX frIBITION or PRIZE PAINTINGS to be distri buted amongst the present year's members of the GLASGOW ART UNlON.—lloure, from 10 to s, and In the evening from 7 to 9. VIAPPIN'S "SHILLING" RAZOR. L_ Sold everywhere. Warranted good by the makers, JOSEPH MAI'I'IN and BROTHERS, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield; and 37, Moorgate-street, City, London. MAPPIN'S SUPERIOR. TABLE KNIVES, ns made for the Crystal Palace, Sydenham; bandies caunot possibly become loose : the blades are all of the very first quality, being their own Sheffield manufacture. 13u3 ors supplied at their London Warehouse, 37, Moorgate-street, City ; and Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield. John Henry, 38th Regt., catarrh, Mareib 1. James Dickey, 34th Regt., dysentery, 7)1 arch 1. Michael Dunn, 88th Regt., (Harr.; Mar ch 1. Win. Butler, 95th Regt., scorbutus ' Ms rah 1. Edward Porter, Ist Rifles, Tullius, Mar o h 1. Ben. Allen, 90th Regt., golatio, March Robert M`Kay, 63d Regt., ditto, March 2. James Ball, 90th Regt., vulnus, March 2.. Thomas Swanston, lstßegt., ulcus, Aim rch 2. Samuel Butler, 9th Regt., gelatio, Mar hl t 2. Wm. Cooper, 39th Regt., diarr. ' March Moore, 4th Regt., febris, March . Edward Fielding, 89th Regt. dysentery ; , March 2. A. Pitchin, Royal Artillery, Regt,, :March 2. Lawrence M'Cormick, 9th Regt. gelati , March 2 Peter M`Gready, Amb. Corps, catarrh,: II [arch 2 John M'Mullen, Royal Artillery, febris,, March 3 - Henry Campbell, 23d Regt., dysentery, , March 2 Robert Morgan, 4th Regt., febris, Marc to 2. William Arnold, Ist Dragoons, febris, Itt arch 2 Patrick Ernfght, 4th D. G., diarr., Ma rat 2 James Thatcher, Bth Hussars, ditto', M . .arch 2 Daniel Barford, Gr. Gds., ditto, March '2 Martin Grady, Ist Regt., dysentery, M arch 2 Charles Cole, 7th Regt., febris, typh., March 2 Elijah Hart, 20th Regt., diarr., March .2 John Stevens, 44th Rest., febris, typ., "Morch 2 Michael Mulcahy, 50th Regt., diarr., l tawch 2 George Syrett, Royal Art., febris, Mar ch 4 Michael Canrody, 18th Regt., -oh 3 Thomas Sofley, 2d Dragoons, diarr., Mar ch 3 Patrick Kelly, 88th Regt., ditto, March John Candi, 41st Regt., febris, March 3 William Dudley, Gren. Gds., gelatiO, 3Larch 3 Henry Rowan, 89th Regt., febris, March 3 31atthew Cunisitigham, Ist Regt., dyse nbarY, March 4 John .11.I`Guigan, 9th Rest., diarr., Mai 'ch 4 David Bryce, 21st Regt., febris, March 4 James Gallagher, Bth Hussars, diarr., ...ttarch 3 William Firth, 11th Hussars, febris, Mit arch 3 Thomas Ball, 13th Lt. Drgns., do., Ma: tc h 3 John Gill, Gren. scorbutus, Mar sly 3 Robert Foulger, Coldstrm. Gds., clyeent;e) 7, March 3 Johu Buckland, 20th Regt., Moa4ll 3 George Bradly, 38th Regt., febris, 3 Thomas Gribble, 41st Regt., do., ::larat'Z Michael Dunn, 65th Regt., diarr., March: 3 Johu Reardon, 77th Regt., febris, March. 3 William Yuicknell, 88th Regt., catarrh, March 3 George Wright, 4th Regt., febris, Marcia 3 James M`Guire, a civilian DIED AT KULULED. Corporal Jenne'. Leonard, 47th Regt., dysei it( ry, Feb. 28 any, medical students would accept appointments in the navy." kr. WILSON, of Westminster, augured favourably of the present movement f rom the unanimity which pre vailed among themselves and the support of the public press, which they received from every organ belonging to it. Even Punch had given them a lift. Mr. BEAtraONT, of Hull, supported the resolution, as he considered the present movement an act of justice to themselves and a benefit td the nation. Dr. LEVER, also in support of the motion, was re joiced to see so numerous and so influential a meeting assembled for the vindication of their own respectability. He had seen, he said, on board of ship, assistant-stirgeons subjected to the grossest indignities. He had seen the midshipmen spill ink bottles over the paper on which the assistant-surgeon was drawing up his report of cases, and he had seen them "shy" a bootjack at his head. The resolution having been unanimously agreed to, Mr. MASON, of Guy's, said that not only did the Ad miralty treat the medical profession with contempt, but also acted with injustice and cruelty to the officers and men whom they sent forth to fight the battles of their country without providing them with proper surgical assistance,lshould they, by the casualties of war, require it. He concluded by moving the next resolution, to the effect—" That the acceptance of the appointments pro. posed to students by the Admiralty must tend to pest pone reform, by providing substitutes for the want of qualified men, which had been produced by the evils of the present system ; and that the meeting, therefore, strongly deprecated the proposal, and earnestly called upon the students of the United Kingdom to sacrifice, on public grounds, any private advantages which it might seem to offer ;" which, haVing been seconded by Mr. Down, of London, was unanimously agreed to. Several other gentlemen, including Mr. Dad, St. Thomas's ; Mr. Thomas; Charing-cross ; Mr. Holmes, St. George's ; Mr. Gascoigne, St. Mary's ; Mr. Duffin, King's College ; aad Mr. Hepworth, of Manchester, subsequently addressed the meeting, which appointed a deputation to wait on the Admiralty with an exposition of their grievances, appealed in an address to the prin cipal medical corporations for co-operation, and agreed to a petition for presentation to Parliament. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. THE MOVEIIENT AGAINST THE ARIS TOCRACY FUT DOWN BY THE CHARTISTS. On Friday night a public meeting wai held in the large room at the London Tavern, to inaugurate the National and Constitutional Association, for the pur pose of putting an end to the present oligarchical system, by which a few aristocratic families monopolise the leading offices of State. Dr. James Taylor occupied the chair, supported by Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., and Mr. Murrough, M.P., and other gentlemen of Liberal politics. Mr. ERNBST JONES, the well-known chartist leader, surrounded by a knot of his friends, occupied one end of the platform, while a tall policeman stood conspicuous at the other, as if intended to act as a practical hint to intrusive speakers. The room was about two-thirds full. Mr. A. B. RICHARD%, secretary, read letters from se veral gentlemen, including Mr. Layard, who was too much occupied by other duties to attend ; Sir De Lacy Evans, who gave his good wishes to the objects of the meeting, but thought it would not become him to attend on account of the part he had taken in the operations of the war ; and Sir J. Y. Shelley, who intimated the pro bability of his attendance. The SECRETARY then read an address to the nation, issued by the council of the new association, denunciatory of aristocratic misrule, which was generally well received, but provoked a tremendous storm of disapprobation when it asserted that " there are practical men in every class, but especially in the middle class ;" and the chairman and secretary found it necessary to qualify the assertion by saying it included all classes, before the working men, of whom the meeting principally consisted desisted from their protest. The CHAIRMAN then briefly addressed the meeting, strongly enforcing the necessity of a decisive effort, at the present crisis, upon the part of the masses to snatch the reins of government from the hands of an incom petent aristocracy, an end for the attainment of which the formation of a national association was necessary. Mr. J. BEALE, in a long and able speecb, moved the following as the first resolution : " That the perilous state of public affairs and the manifest hopelessness of improvement under the present oligarchial system, which has usurped the functions of government, monopolised place and privilege, and brought disgrace and disaster upon the country, make it incumbent on the people to unite, in order to prevent a continuation of the existing calamitous system, as well for the safety of the nation as for the honour of the British Crown ; that an association be, therefore, now formed ; and be called 'The National and Constitutional Association.' " Mr. NICHOLAT (of Marylebene) secondesl the resolu tion, arguing that the state of feeling throughout the country was favourable to the formation of the associa tion, or even demanded it. Mr. A. PELLATT then rose, according to the pro gramme, to support the motion ; but Mr. DICKEY', a well-known Chartist, came forward from one end of the platform, and was net by a gentle man advancing from the other end, intent upon moving an amendment. After some little delay, the meeting decided to hear Mr. Pellatt, who proceeded to invoke union as the best means of beating the common foe—bribery, corruption, and bad representation. What was wanted was a change from the present composition of the House of Commons to a system by which the people should be represented by men like the Ironsides of Cromwell. (Cheers, and cries of "And Wat Tyler.") Mr. Pellatt, after a few further remarks of a general nature, concluded by ad vising his hearers to look well to the elections, as they would never be well represented until members were returned free of expense. (Hear, hear ) Mr. DICKEY and the gentleman anxious to move an amendment again came forward, but the chairman ap pealed to the meeting to hear Mr. Murrough in prefer. ence, as he was anxious to return at (moo to the House of Commons. The great majority of the meeting, how ever, denounced this as unfair, and Mr. Murrough was compelled, reluctantly, to postpone his speech. The chairman then called upon the gentleman anxious to move the amendment, who announced himself as G. HARRISON, a democrat of 30 years' standing, and the great Chartist of Nottingham. (CheerF.) It had been said by a preceding speaker that the composition of the House of Commons was oligarchical, while in fact it was not oligarchical, but middle-class, and the present movement was only intended to put the Government of the country into middle-class hands, and give them a share in the distribution and enjoyment of place and pension. (Cheers.) The resolution did not affect the evils which it asserted t exist, sines it neither alluded to the ballot nor the extension of the suffrage, without the enactment of which as law there could be no hope for the people. The speaker then moved an amendment in favour of the adoption of a petition (to be signed by the chairman) in favour of the People's Charter. (Cheers.) A contest of precedence followed between Mr. Dickey and Mr. E. Jones, ending in favour of the latter, who seconded the amendment, as a humble representative of the unrepresented sons of labour. Having no faith in the new association, he advised the working classes to form their own associations, and look after their own interests. They talked of abolishing aristocratic monopoly of place, and he Fad no doubt they desired it, forhe ima gined there were a lot of hungry Prime Ministers upon the platform. (Cheers.) They talked of a crusade against the Duke of Devonshire, and he was ready to join in sue* crusade, but not in favour of the Dukes of Devil's dust and Shoddy. (Cheers.) Then the council, in their resolutions, denounced secret diplomacy, while their own means and machinery were of a secret nature, and it was quite evident that the resolutions were humbug. (Cheers.) It has been said by a well-known newspaper that the Chartist cry was dead ; but ho gave an answer to this by asserting that no political movement could be started for which the working-classes would exert them selves unless it was for the People's Charter. (Loud cheers.) A good deal of confusion followed, several individuals expressing their desire to speak. The Chairman, after protestirig against the interfer ence of the plans of the council, put the amendment, which was carried by an overwhelming majority, and three hearty cheers were given for the People's Charter. The Chairman said the formation of the association had been negatived by the meeting, but the council would still persevere, and make another appeal to the public. The proceedings then terminated abruptly, a vote of thanks to the chairman being carried, on the mution of Mr. E. Jones. THE CONVICT MUNROE.—Just before the bolt was withdrawn, the chaplain, taking hold of Munroe's hand, asked if he had anything more to add to his confaksien. The prisoner replied that he had not : between God and himself all that he had btated was true. He said he ac knowleJged the justice of his punishment, and that he deserved to die. He then grasped the chaplain's hand convulsively and wished him good bye. It may not be worth mentioning, but it is a fact that Calcraft, who it will be allowed has had experience in such matters, ex pressed his firm belief that the condemned man spoke the truth in his confession. This is certainly the con viction of all who have come in contact with Munroe since his condemnation. He is looked upon as having been the victim of some baser villain. Whitehaven Herald. THE RUSSIAN MEDAL.—On the bodies of numbers of the Russian soldiers who recently fell before Enpatoria were found the silver medal of the decoration of St. George. On one side is engraven the Russian eagle with two heads, holding in its talons the terrestrial globe and the sceptre of the sovereign ; over the eagle is the imperial crown of Russia, surrounded by the illu minated dove, and round these figures is the following motto in the Russian language—" Fall on your knees, idolate,..4, 1 . 41 God is with u:e." On in'aa side of Cue medal is the following motto, also in Russian- -" For the submission of Hungary and Transylvania," which DlVlOcioutly indicates prigin. DEATIIS AT SCUTARI, d.c. The following is a nominal return of deaths at Scutari Hospitals, &c , as reported to the Commandant's office by the medical authoritie3, from the 26th to the 28th of Feb., 1855 : Dr. George Stewart, 33d Root., gelatio, Feb. 25 Serjeant Chas. Dunbar, Royal Horse Art., febris, Feb. 25 Sergeant Thomas Leahey, 57th Regt., anasarca, Feb. 26 Sergeant George Wass, Royal Art., rheum., Feb. 27 Corporal William Lloyd, 63d Regt. febris, Feb. 26 Corporal Samuel Clarke, 90th Regt., febris, Feb. 26 Corporal Wm. Hardy, Sappers and Miners, febris, Feb. 26 Corporal James Brewe, 38th Regt., desentery, Feb. 27 Corporal John Rider, Sappers and Miners, febris, Feb. 27 PRIVATES. Frederick Wainright, Ist Rifles, dysentery, Feb. 25 Peter M'Slinnis, 44th Regt., do., Feb. 25 Thomas Brand, Coldstream Guards, do., Feb. 25 David Webb, 28th Regt., ecorlentus, Feb. 25 i ,,William,Westbrough, 46th Rogt., bronchitis, Feb. 25 John Pointer, Grenadier Guards, scorbutus, Feb. 26 Ezekiel Prosser, Grenadier Gag., dysentery, Fob. 26 Alex. Leslie, Scotch Fusilier Gds., diem, Feb. 25. Edward Cassidy, 33d Regt., do., Feb. 25 Joseph Bushby, 55th Regt., catarrh, Fob. 26 Joseph Neagle, 77th ilegt., scorbutus, Feb. 28 James Marshall, 77th Regt., dysentery, Feb. 25. Francis Willey, Ist Rifles, diarr., Feb. 26 James Bristow, 2,1 Rides, febris, Feb. 26 Patrick Martin, 83th Regt., typ'ius, Fob. 25 Charles Hills, Royal Artillery, febris, - Feb. '25 Henry Harris, Grenadier Guards. febris, Feb. 25 Wm. Keld, 19th Regt., febris, Feb. 25 Paul Farrell, 19th Beet., dysentery, Feb. 25 John Bingham, 20th Rcgt., scorbutus, Feb. 25 Charles Dawson, 20th Regt., diarrhooa, Feb. 25 John Reid, 234 Regt., febris, Feb. 25 Wm. Brady, 33d Regt., liar., Feb. 25 John Mahon, 41st Regt., ditto, Feb. 25 Henry Kedgell, 62d Regt., ditto, Fob. 25 Charles Sheridan, 631 Regt., febris, Feb. 25 Thomas Wickstend, 63d Regt., rheum., Feb. 25 Timothy Mulebill, 80th Regt., dysentery Samuel Prior, Gren. Gds., vulnus, Feb. 16 (Abydos). John Thompson, 30th Regt., febris, Feb. 26 Wm. Turner, 55th Regt., febris, Feb. 26 Wm. Atkins, leth Regt., dysentery, Feb. 25 David Whitby, 20th Regt., ditto, Feb. 26 John Chipping, Scots Fus. Gds., ditto, Feb. 25 William Brown, '2lst Rogt., ditto, Feb. 26 Joseph Dapple, Gren. Guards, ditto, Feb. 26 William Davie, 18th Regt., febris, Feb. 25 John Bush, 55th Regt., scorbutus, Feb. 25 George Windrom, 17th Regt., gelatio, Feb. 25 Frank Trippon, 19th Regt., febris, Feb. 25 Edward Lake, Grenadier Guards, dysentery, Feb. 26 Henry Tush, 38th Regt., ditto, Feb. 23 David Cutts, 38th Regt., diarr., Feb. 27 William M`Grath, 77th Regt., scorbutus, Feb. 26 James Ash, 30th Regt., dysentery, Fob. 26 Thomas Holt, 18th Regt., ditto, Feb. 27 Charles Willoughby, 23d Regt , diarr., Feb. 26 William Blaney, Scots Firs. Gds., ditto, Feb 26 John Fox, 38th Regt., f a b r i c , Fb. 26 Edward Yarker, 7th Regt, diarr., Fob. 26 William Hammond, 20th Regt., febris, Feb. 26 James Martin, 20th Rogt., gelatin, Feb. 26 James Russell, 23d Regt., bronchitis, Feb. 26 Richard James, 42d Regt., dysentery, Feb. 26 James Campbell, 44th Regt., diarr., Feb. 26 George Allegrun, ditto, gelatio, Feb. 26 Charles Painter, 46th Regt., dysentery, Feb, 26 Samuel Fades, 55th Regt„ catarrh, Feb. 26 William Fotherby, 98th Regt., diarr., Feb. 27 Samuel Day, ditto, ditto, Feb. ' 26 John Shaw, 95th Regt., ditto, Feb. 26 Richard Bills, 97th Regt., ditto, Feb. 26 John Doleman, let Rifles, ditto, Feb. 26 Edward Golder, ditto, ditto, Feb. 26 James Bennett, 2(1 Rifles, diarr., Feb. 26 William Goodhall, Grenadier Guards, dysentery, Feb. 27 Thomas Foley, 17th Regt., disentery, Feb. 28 William Devlin, 44th Regt., ditto, Feb. 27 Olonzo Ross, 4th Dragoon Guards, catarrh, Feb. 27 William Brown, Royal Art., febris, Feb. 27 William Chelten, 7th Regt., scorbutus, Feb. 27 William Page, ren. Gds., rheum., Fob. 27 Simeon Bass, 20th Regt., diarr., Feb. 2T John West, 23d Regt., febris, Feb. 27 George Smith, 28th Rogt., dysentery, Feb. 27 Michael Cuniugham, 41st Regt., fobrie, Feb. 27 William Spenlow, 46th Regt., gelatio, Feb. 27. William Batty, 50th Regt., febris, Feb. 27 John Beminster, 95th Regt., gelatio, Feb. 27 James Lowden, Gren. Gds., dysentery, Feb. 28 William Porter, 97th Regt., dysentery, Feb. 27 James Bugg, 4th Regt., feris, Feb. 27 David M`Lean, 42d Regt., febris, Feb. 27 John Devlin, 89th Regt., febris, Feb. 27 DIED AT KULDLEE. Serjeant William Hogarty, Bgth Regt., febris, Feb. 23 Serjeant John Martin, 4th Regt. dysentery, Feb. 27 Corporal Johie Anderson, 50th Regt., diarr., Feb. 26 PRIVATES. James Davis, Gren. Guards, distr., Feb. 24 William Davis, 57th Regt., gelatio, Feb. 24 Joseph Robins, 7th Regt., dysentery, Feb. 24. William Chambers, 77th Regt., dysentery, Feb. 21 Thomas Cullen, 34th Regt., do., Feb. 24 Charles Norton, 9th Regt., du., Feb. 26 Thomas Lyons, 97th Regt., do., Feb. 27 Frederick kiannible, Gren. Gds., dysentery, Feb. 27 James Ennis, 49th Regt., do., Feb. 27 James Dondon, 63d Regt., gelatio, Feb. 26 DIED AT CORFU OFIHE DRAUGHT SENT THERE ON THE --__ 23D OF JAN. LAST. Lieutenant Sekewich, 20th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 31 Corporal Joseph Welridge, 7th Regt., debilitas, Feb. 2 PRIVATES. Patrick Liddy, 88th Regt., dysentery, Feb. 2 William Dalby, 20th Regt., do., Feb. 5 John Horner, 7th Regt., do., Feb. 5 William Blake, 63d Regt., do., Feb. 8 James Glasgow, 55th Regt., gelatin, Feb. 9 John Coles, 23d Regt., rheum., Feb. 10 Joseph Moore, 2(.1 Rifles, dysentery, Feb. 15 Luke M`Donald, 7th Regt., rheum., Feb. 16 Michael Killeen, 77th Regt., diarr., Feb. 16 NOMINAL ROLL OF MEN DIED ON PASSAGE FROM THE CRIMEA. ON BOARD THE MELBOURNE. Private Stephen Hay, 19th Rogt., Feb. 14. BURIALS AT SCUTARI. Feb. 26, 29 (1 English officer and 1 Russian private) ; Feb. 27, 21; Feb. 28, 23—total, 73. MORNING STATE OF THE SICK, FEB. 2L Officers, 75; non-commissioned ditto and privates, 4,257. SHIPS ARRIVED WITH SICK FROM THR ARMY. Feb. 25, the Sidney, originally embarked, 91; died on passage, none. Feb. 27, the Clyde, originally embarked, 152 ; died on the passage, none. The steam-transport Alps takes on board on the 2d of March 108 invalids for England, under the command of Captain Campbell, 34th Regiment. The burials during the month of February at Scutari were 1,159, including five English officers, one woman, and two Russian privates. A severe shock of an earthquake was felt at Scutari Barracks at five minutes past 3 o'clock p.m. on the 28th February. Many that were able rushed out into the square, in dread of the ricketty building falling about their heads, or breaking their limbs. It lasted about five or six seconds. Some of the patients got out of bed and jumped out of the windows; one poor fellow, seeing himself left alone, endeavoured to raise himself, but the exertion being too great in his weak condition he fell back on his pillow a corpse. The following is a nominal return of deaths in the hos• pitals at Scutari, as rep )iled to the Commandant's office by the medical authorities from the lit to the 4th of March, 1855 : Sergeant Thos. Shelton, 90th Regt., golatio, March 1 Sergeant Henry Brooks, 89th Regt., febris, March 2 Corporal John Scott, 21st Regt., gelatio, Feb. 28 Corporal John Hayes, let Rifles, diarr., Feb. 28. Corporal Frederick Mason, 21st Foot, dysentery, March 1 Corporal Michael M`Grath, 88th Rogt., febris, March 1. Corporal Stephen Ballard, 2d Rifles, febris, March 3 PRIVATES. John Hudson, Ist Rifles, catarrh, Feb. 28 Thomas Houghlan i 44th Regt., rheumatism, Feb. 28 John Tracey, 89th Regt., dysentery, Feb. 28 Thos. M`Dermott, 63d Regt., bronchitis, Feb. 28 John Glass, 38th Regt., dysentery, March 1 John Ireland, 19th Regt., diarr., March 1 Thomas IPNaruare. ' Ist Foot, bronchitis, Feb. 28 Peter Garland, 4th Regt. , febris, Feb. 28 James Higgenbottom, sth Dg. Gds., rheum., Feb. 27 Adam Carsons, 4th Foot, febris, Feb. 28 Henry Clarke, 71st Foot, febris, March 1 William Wallace, 4th Drag. Gds., febris March 1 John Wood, 46 th Foot, dysentery, March 1 William Culbert, 77th Foot, diarr., Feb. 28 William Bitelcock, Gren. Gds., erysipelas, Feb. 28 John Faulkner. 11th Hussars, febii Feb. 28 Wm. Brown, Royal Art., febris, Feb. 28 Stephen Louis, Gren. Gds., febris, Feb. 28 Win. Rider, 7th Foot, vulnus, Feb. 28 John New, 28th Foot, diarr., Fob. 28 Thomas Thompson, 34th Foot, ditto, Feb. 28 Richard Lane, 95th Foot, febris, Feb. 28 Ellis Jordan, Coldstream Gds., gelatio, March 2 David Theobald, Ist. Regt., ditto, March 1 James Mackondrie, 30th Regt., catarrh, March 1 Samuel Ford, 63d Regt., diarr., March 2 Thomas Swidell, Ist Rifles, dysentery, March 1 Walter Newman, 2d Rifles, vulnus, March 1 Win. Sinclair Scots Fus. Gds., gelatio, March 1 Patrick Owens, 39th Regt., rheum., March 1. Alfred Andreas, Scots Fusil. Gds., gelatio, March 1 Thomas Mlirrly 331 tacit., city, March 1. Lc: 6 u Wm. M`Nangliton, 33d Reit., dysentery, March 1. Wm. Navin, R.A., vulnus sch., March 1 . Dixon Valence, 2d Dr. GU I dysentery, ktoroh 1, PRIVATES. Matthew Vine, Grenadier Gds., dysante , ry, Feb. 27 Alexander Ross, 95th Regt., febris, Feb . ! . !8 William Simmons, 90th Regt., do., Mai!ek 1 Stephen Belsham, let Regt., dysentery, Feb. 2S William Stewart, 97th Regt., gelatio, Feb. 28 George Davy, 30th Regt., febris, Feb. 2 Sydney Smith, 62d Regt., catarrh, Mar, :h 1 Robert Bensley, R.A., diarr., March 2 Samuel Hemmings, 68th Regt., dysentt try, March 1 Samuel Claves, 7th Regt., diarr., March George Roots, Gren. Gds., dysentery, Mai - ch 3 Michael M`Tange, 331 Regt., diarr., Ma rc Frederick Shaw, 95th Regt„ dysentery, Alareh 3 William Parker, R.A., gelatio and febris, March 3 Henry Davis, 20th Regt., scorbutua. Mexc h 3 James Walton, 17th Regt., febris, March 2 Alexander Hay, 79th Regt., dysentery, March 2 William Burgoyne, 46th Regt., diarr., .711a,rch 3 DIED AT SMYRNA._ Corporal Edward Houghton, 34th ILegt., gel.atio, Feb. 18 PRIVATES. 'William Dixon, 93d Regt., diary., Feb. 18 George Cox, 7th Rest., ditto, Feb. 18 Charles Foot, R.A., ditto, Feb. 18 Denis Connor, 77tla Regt., ditto, Feb. 18 John Flanahan, 33d Regt., ditto, Feb. 18 DIED AT ABYDOS. PRIVATES. Hugh Davlino, Royal Art., dysentery, Feb. 27 Richard Lakewood, 4th Regt., ditto, Feb. 23 Daniel Halsey, 4th Regt., ditto, Feb. 25 Patrick Foley, 49th Regt., febris, Feb. 18 Peter Bradshaw, 38th Regt., diary., Feb. 27 W. H. Smith, Scots Fus. Gds., ditto, Feb. 28 DEATHS ON BOARD SHIPS ARRIVING FROM TIIR CRIMEA WITH SICK. DEATHS ON BOARD THE BAHIANA. PRIVATES. John Webb, 28th, Regt., March 1. Martin Maloney, 17th Foot, dysentery, March 2 DEATHS ON OA.RD THE ADELAIDE. PRIVATES. William Baker. G2(l Regiment, diarr., Feb.. 4 John Jenkins, Rifles, ditto, Feb. 6 Wm. Bromptoa, 21st Regt., ditto, Feb. 9 Thomas Smith, 20th Regt., ditto, Feb. 10 John Cooknell, 95th Regt., ditto, Feb.l9 John Legg, 46th Foot, ditto, Feb. 16 Joseph Whiteside, 20th Foot, ditto, Feb. 18 James Crovrthere, 47th Foot, ditto, Feb. 18 BURIALS AT SOI7TARI. March 1 14 32 21 22 one civilian. Total B9 MORNING STATE Or THE SICK, MAE= 4. Officers 6B Non-commissioned officers, drummers; and ' privates 4,248 NAMES OF SHIPS ARRIVED FROM THE ABUT' WITH sma. Originally Died oa the • Embarked. Passage. Bahiana, March 1 Australia, March 3 97 1 A detachment of about 230 convalescents from this station proceeds to the Crimea on Tuesday next, the 6th instant. The weather being very fine at present, the sink are progressing rapidly to a state of convalescence. NATAL MEDICAL SERVICE. On Friday night a publie meeting of the medical students of the metropolitan hospitals, which was also principal medical schools countenanced by the pre sence edoe United b of the the Kingdom, lding delegates from practitioners, was held in St. Mar tin's Hall, Long-acre, for the purpose of taking measures to secure the amelioration of the present position of assistant surgeons in the navy. The large hall was crowded to excess. Mr. John Brady, M.P., was called to the chair. gulations, were rand front Elinbu rg h, Li verpoo l , Dub lin,Communications, condemnatory Cork, Canterbury, Newcastle -oh-Tyne, Aberdeen, of the Admiralty re and other places of medical education. The CHAIRMAN, in Opening the proceedings, said, that when he saw himself surrounded by members of the profession who were known throughout the world, he regretted that some of them had not been called on to preside over the meeting. The difficulty which he felt in occupying that position in their presence was diminished when he considered the goodness of the cause which had brought them together one which every man who loved his profession ought to rally round and support. Therefore it was that he had accepted the honour which they had conferred on him, and he was there heart and hand to join them in every step they might take to raise the dignity of their profession. The quebtion they had come to consider Was the injustice that had been long heaped on the assistant surgeons in the navy ; but that was not all that they had to complain of. They had also to complain that, notwithstanding the ad vances which their profession had wade during the last 20 years, its members had not risen to a more elevated social position in the country, an evil which he at tributed to want of unity of action and of thought among themselves. Mr. Husband, of Middlesex H osp i tal, p r oposed the in first resolution, to the effect that the meetin g , com mon with the nation at large, viewed with deep and un feigned regret the ill success which had a tt e nded the many efforts made by members of Parliament and the t against public press to ameliorate the condition of th e nava l as sistant-surgeons. It anticipated with anxiety ai d a l ar m ec ess a r a y i a s loss d o f enteredlife w h which ewaorun tprotest ensue should ' action occur while the navy was so inefficiently supplied the wi surgical unnecessary regulations which wore derogatory to the medi ca l pro fession, and detrimental to the efficiency of he naval a s service. The present position of the naval assistant-sur geon was one he considered of degradation and anomaly, alike inconsistent with his age , hi s rank , and his educa tion. Arrived at manhood, they had to associate with boys ' • gentlemen, they wire denied associate with their equals ; holding the commission of officers, they were held up to the laughter and contempt of subordinates. It was supposed that they should continue the prosecu tion of their medical studies, but they were denied the retirement of a cabin—an accommodation which was afforded to the naval instructor, to the carpenter, an d to the boatswain, all of whom, they were aware, Wen their inferiors in rank. When they, a few years since, asked for the favour of a separate cabin, they were told that there was no room for the construction of one. It, however, happened that three had been since that time constructed, and given to inferior officers—and all this in contravention of orders in council and of the votes o f the House of Commons. Dr. HILLYARD, University Hospital, seconded the re solution, and said that the Admiralty were now reaping the fruits of their injustice to the naval assistant -sur geons, as they were not in time of war able to supply the service with a number of medical officers sufficient for a peace establishment. There were now 200 vacan cies in the list of the naval assistant -surgeons, and the Admiralty proposed to fill them up by the appointment of those who were legally and absolutely unfit for the performance of the duties which it was proposed to im pose on them. (Cries of shame.) The resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. RAMSDALB, Bartholomew's, in a long speech, com pared the exttnt of the education received by the mem bers of the medical profession with the scant modicum of information required to be possessed by the marine officers who on shipbsard ranked above them ; pointed out how painful it would be to the feelings of an aqsi g . taut-surgeon belonging to a man-of-war, which might have troops on board, to see the army assistant surgeon, who might perhaps have been his fellow-student, associ ating with the ward-room officers which he had to keep company with the young midshipmen in the cockpit, and concluded by moving a resolution expressive of the opinion of the meeting :—" That the present Admiralty rek,sulations were such as to exclude efficient members Ji "1"" sssisssiou from tliu Lavai sarioe, and that it pledged itself to adopt the most earnest and ener getic measures to obtain redress of the existing griev e !woes; firmly cavinced that in the mentigie few ; if _ . TEE DAY OF HUMILIATION. (Front the Examiner.) We certainly are a people much given to the observ ance of precedents. We lose an army, and precedent consoles us ; it always happens in the first campaign. Why does it always happen? we are strongly disposed to ask ; but we ere told there is no precedent for such an inquiry. We nominate unproved men to important employments, we retain proved inefficient men in high offices, and ample precedent justifies the proceeding. And now, according to precedent, we are to pray and fast on Wednesday Next. We are informed, indeed, that this 21st of March is not to be a fast-day. We have abandoned that Popish superstition—by no means let us fast. Well, to those who are in easy circumstances this may be a gra cious dispensation. Our statesmen who have bungled, and who now bid us all humble ourselves to depre cate the consequences of their bungling— they cer tainly will not fast. The 21st of March will be to them as other days, excepting only that it will be a holi day. No office, no committee, no House of Commons ; only attendance at church in the morning to hear Mr. Melville, and, that Popish superstitions may not be countenanced in high places, dinner as usual in the evenin g . But there are som e i n this country upon whom that law is enforced which says —a" He that will not work, neither shall he eat." There are some to whom daily labour is daily bread, and to whom a com mand to be idle is, indeed, a command to fast. This seems hard. If Ministers, or even if a member of Par lisment, were to be mulcted a day's pay, the inconve nience would not be great—the injustice perhaps still less. But those sheep—what have they done ? Their part was to pay taxes, and they have paid them ; was to send forth soldiers, and they have sent them. Their work, one would say, has not been done ill or grudgingly. A severe winter has combined with the war to increase suffering ; an unusually long frost has combined with a dull trade to diminish employment, and so multiply hardship ; and what religion is that which, when all this has been so patiently and bravely borne, steps in and says—" Humble yourselves ; give up another day's work, another day's ahopkeeping, another day's wages, another day's profits ; for this will be pleasing in the sight of Heaven, this will prove that the nation is lowly and penitent, this will perhaps avert some misfortune, perhaps win some favour for us —eves the taking of Sebastopol ?" What religion, we repeat, is this that p resses thus el c y on w sc e ien a c r e e Sar t e he Crimea ? The lines at Sebastopol —the harbour of Balaklava— the will stir in us jsyeestpeemrdiztreidedie the ed sight t n e d f alreadyehs uf a c r th d h l e y de ropsinteohhrtseh/ A o e yf poor, hshuanimd baely w e dha.esi of e t iiNh i ye t u hmmlaeiatl letters tasbeuts:e e summons from 00 l dell sr a th i—a Europe, a national p resti g e de p artin g fr om us — if the tary re m p i u l t i a ta t r io y n thought of these thing s do not hum ble us , would a whole mon th of fast-days avail to do it ? A year ago we fasted an d prayed by precedent ; we went to church ; we heard sermons ; but we came away, and we went en as graves wanting, o a S m cu i t l ar i usual writing, and reading, and talking of the glorious army, our unequalled meets, and the magnificent spec tacle which we presented to the nations. Alas ! if the Privy Council Day of Humiliation could not keep us from boasting then, who will say that it is wanted to make us humble now ? A Day of Prayer—it is a solemn phrase, not to be spoken of irreverently ; but of all things reverence is most opposed to cant. We have starved an' army— therefore let us fast ; we ban found our vaunted sys tem worthless—therefore let us humble ourselves ; we have taken all measures to insure disaster, aad disaster has attended our efforts—therefore let us pray ! But it is not reverence to be cowardly, and it ig not piety to be superstitious. Laborare est orare. The gods help those who help themselves ; but never did the gods lend a pitying oar to those who in the hour of peril, when the ship was drifting towards breakers, left the ropes and betook themselves to easy prayers. Oar Puritan ances tors fought with sword in one hand and Bible in the other ; but th e Bibl e was not i n t h e wrong h a nd : Th e s G ihhfi r i ee e pp a r ; eth , eocisapsi Apo s tle precaution ion ril up an d tha i te d udoideb n e:e n : atn deemed lan; e d odn e t s :a : tr.k r desire wasen e t m h wel seemly 1 i ti sailorsQorh til l peventually o thos e u of t ag rcere s ource s I 0 suuarp disabledovceends_ toceed les