The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-27 00:00:00

- P. 4LB ERT . ~, Jo - NIGH- 1 , at SMITH'S MONT BLA.NC ri,,,..re.a, 2 ... „a O' . c , lock, and Every Night (but Saturday). ' 1 .44 k n Te e ,,,i„l' a e i t TY, Is. toe Manila i Redieselliwltuna t to ". 1 , Plee adt ,'" , Thursday , and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.- dy, id 1 ,1 bONT , 1 1 4-' lE' A f ) , -NT ,P SOUTH WESTERN RAIL 0/ ie t , i -- Pere t t, ~n rD • PARCEL R LTES BY PASSENGER ,0 9 'll t ' l r t ' ee ietweee er r 7ibl' weight arc now charged Gd. • each 0 y 54 01 . 0 4 e n tir . ..„-.-"ondon and any Stotion cu this BeilwaY, ~ 04 lates ',elorehester and Salbibury lines; and to eta l'O'' Ill ! , parcels lender 2 lb:. weight are now charged 6d. rtl tt,' :,.!„,rfoti sts ~...p ..„, :O r' .il 9 ti;' 7 at ti t . e a 'nes sending PB.rcels era requested to de il 0 f J, ttrt . t atie a; Izeo.following3 Offices in London :- Parcel Office, eapside o il i lk, c !7 l alle, eit; ) ' 1-10 ";: William-street, Coy ; Blossoms ) "Nt el•istre ; No. 50, Iligheireet. Borough ; 0 •,e , ,e'r G oods a_l ; . No. 33, Regent Circus ; No. 13!„;, Alders- I '4,4 , - 4 arr,l/p p , r u ,,,_ ll-1 Y) ; Old White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly ; 0 0 . 47% Or est , - ani Laarries-street (for Goods only); Swan with lei Mitt. - etreet; Spread-Eagle, Gra cezhurc te street ; l is, klm‘ o ld; uniyeeet ; Wbite Morse, Fetter-liine; Co den Cross, , 1 00 i7 1 ,!1i; r 4 Office, Regent Circus George and Blue ...1 . le„,e_ kre I.• Ns ... " .. f rin s Green Man and Still, Ox;ord-street. fit ~ P .,T, , as th-eet,'FlY recommendel to avail themselves of the ret , 0 ee„.,! s ootlth t 'Testern Railway Company have co con . ,ll4,`'d ooe'" n lade ur • r "it 'es. • Eet e„u„ -0 ,3 , ner can they be responsibie for the ijefi ,ee l! , . - 'arY ef. Goods or earcels booked at any ided ~...'r,aiiiietill' aollarY, on in London, iit; r 1 • 11, 1' ', 115 y ar t i c i ,'„, °r derhig 111 r eltl eha t s O in te g t7d 1 :VS , k setl e., " per South doe ' - .`"Pany," and forwarded through one of the ed . I es , 7 order of the Directors. . . b' Irid - test a ti_ ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. "'", January, 1855. 0 1 J hie . te pie .- e A ~.. bTA.BLISHED 1837. ue'' ' l\ • 1 INT -A. LIFE ASSURANCE IbP , . COMPANY. of g" ittre ttl , '' I'4ll os-street, Bank, London. ofP l eby 8 . ihelal CO .._. 61 . A Lt ... Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9 . ,Of k ill l tp, -.ANDER, Black'heath Park, CUAINMAN. i ~ at e' , „.„ 'etyl i t ut rremium for securing Loans or Debts. ol d during first seven years. "'" 1 at Sixty or at death if occurring previously. ll. ° t 0 N. .......__________ de e " Nlt MUTUAL I le ;Lite t Ne at , e LIFE ASSOCIATION. l ip i',o t ,' l l (l o,e aont 'y a her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent: 0 1 1 ' Ztt e''' ' l4 tled t PY. o t 4, POlici es.. 4r every three months' diff liquidatedge. V 'e tittt "e unpaid half premiums out of orh bidto '4t: T.) , ~,Ltilf I. --:•-• -________ (ttrrust..) ----- 0 1 ; gkel whole of k g ,DT ;"'ltzn Half Quer - or fo r . t :llt e4 ha it ' s Age. Annual Yearly terly I • Sider premium Pre- Pre i q , 4 Life. mium. mium. e;• t i"--.....,__ Om 1 1 9 2 kd. --.— A ,Years, Month" X S d. l X s. d. £ s. d. I ' l l 2 ! a 18 a ; ao • 4 2 0 12 3 0 ' 2 7 3 1 e' •. 4 . 4 .. f „ 5 , _ ~. 3 27614 4 0 12 4 io ' ' 5 13 d i 6 2 710 1 4 6, 012 5 "or 9 2 8 2, 1 4 8 ; 012 6 bfr . - E. M. FOSTER, Resident Director. tiP ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. Co 1' t.o' I) INTRACT FOR PIG LEAD. OF h 'merit of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, 0 rt , ~,, Solnerset-place, 23d Feb., 1855. 00 11. 4 41 l lli • - ) N l tleb. A 8810 n -erg for Executing the Office of or :N k do ii - dilliral ap is g , reby .of the United Kingdom of Great Britain i „ ti t at N o , Give Notice, that ow TUESDAY, the 13th i l'' 14 ' g be er r i > „ e " l , e ack, they will be ready to. treat with such t iJ IL eate a "wg to Contract for supplying her Majesty's i iek as with i. . Zte;tbe t eod PIG LEAD. o 'l ' l tee " MAY be seen at the said office. No tender ", ,, s t , ll le,„ r Onq 0 , i t th, e ock on ...the day of treaty, nor will any ' thi L l'artY attends , agent for him duly autho :lti &t ends-, ter an eio: t tli ; fl afrt b e ee • eliekle!'efte tee ee"edressedto `the Secretary of the Admiralty ,:adt oe'ej, 4 corner the warde " Tehder for Pie Lead," p o i t t , s _ it ered at Si - rnerseteplace, acceinpanied by a 0, tetaig. s Ponsibltipeserut, engaging to become bound 1 leader in thesam of 8001. for the dile performance 0 1 , , al co , rll , _ ACT }-, • ' . ad N ,„,ee t OR LI iNG Ed - NECK COILS. 0( 1 4 4‘p t n 'bllt n r 4 , " ' '''- '" i le - n Re evi -..0e CemptevEer for Victualling and ,I cos -4 '64,, 1 '0k.m.;,, . , Somerset . Reuse, 22d February, 1855. V tI II Ili tli x 'A s lolders for e Kecuting the Office of %iv be e - dnsiree et ' . - : 01 :1411iti;4,1111,x.tt'Ity,n1P61134fEtriin(10,t4cKEingtdhoamt o o n f T G l r t e li at n B s r D i t s si y i n , 110 'l„Zah,,, t l,,,T.te o'clock, they 'swill be ready to treat with 40 4 4 8 IriW' llll lle to contract for supplying anti delivering , itltie n t;? l llnir Steres at Theptferd and Plymouth, the ales of LL A le' GI INNECK COA I, e, viz. :- - 1 1 , .t t l Ntl l. l on,,e l n , When to be delivered. ler A,' st/‘ TA 4 ,_ QoY the 3e th of April, and the remainder / N I 44 -oil, by the 31st of ;Way next. 0 '4 ' .1 , 9 4'1 Ralf hp -the 31at of March, and the remainder # (i t' b t e d'bi ') 1 • - ee d h r e , q th e 31st of 51:ay next. tott"gie ' , lt,;''.-Ve tO themselves the power when the ten- d, e,:e..th lt te, y otra ctin _ e , g cite er for the whole, for such eart ile t 4 tr•J s, ai l -- '7 deem fit, or I. it a greater quantity, or of le de lee ,ell e t 7 . , • Leek rest, an,, . 1 ,, ,- • 1 - , 'es, h., q 4 t, ,„'",, ed unless made on the Printed Form pro 74 4 (, ' ,, ),,, i,„ , j, , , eir: -1 which may be obtained on application at • 'at e oee d - N oe tt qllalling Yards at .Pleanonth, or to Commas - 1 , •II etli e ,;golek t l: Packet Service at Live reool, or to the Col treNctitllltiel,„%loL , elk , iie •ie tete k o' cl , il at eie ll aed eostract, to which particular atten .i! 6'l 0 ,, „elv er at the said office, at the Victualling Yard I„, i tlt e '',,lerfi l ;iel, e hol and Bristol: No tender will be received 1 s ti n t) , ~a ). 0 ? or 0 ,: , 3f treaty, and it will not be required that 11$ keqe /111 , Cont . ; agent on his behalf should attend at the 1 b:Y ir te t , l ocle tt 7t. as the result of the offer received fl om L ja ,ep „, • unteated to him and his proposed sureties 1 ''' 0 k4. o ,_' th,', tilt h. CA "e 0 e ft - 1 , add eli, -lia na ressedto the Secretary of the Admiralty, e .IS e red itt 'zillrler the words "Tender for Coale,' and all, te, •olnerset House. l '3 ol t iDb , °lt 5 t ,,,,, 0 0 "nent ' , .., 1 z, TEA, PEPPER, TOBACCO, AND , ie N t ~ the e o !INEGAR. ye'' , , , o, e arties,s oua la et n e t e r t oll er for Victualling and lB T s r s ansport , p c : ;1i 714.44111u1_41. nalssioners liouse, 22d Fe , bruary, _ . _ :0 ,1i 4 '0 4 , gAdint ra i of , for Executing-the Office of es ,\ , 1, 4t 4 h, IIEt ED ., the United Kingdom of Great Britain i i \ \ Aik pe lt, at Lone C,tIVE NOTICE ; that on THURSDAY, p ri le to es e day b _ e 0 dock, they will be ready to treat with tt, bee ., e re r VillinZ, to Contract for supplying and ~............ tiad ern i;les oi t i y e l ar Vi t tli e as , li v n i i . Stores at Gosport and To be delivered at ----------•--- Gosport. Plymouth. When to be delivered. l k --- Tons. Tone. 1 0i '• "'5O 50 One-half of each in ..., ,• „ lbs. lbS. three weeks, and 4 / ' '. ." • 25,030 25, 9 00 the remainder in 3 e 0 'de e .• • ..., Tons. Tons. L we eks afterwards, 4 VO -(1 e " 3 3 ' or earlier if pre ,' ' e l , .••• • ~ Tom, Tons . ( erred by the party V _ ‘ ~.. 15 15 J r , Aa,..,, ••.. Oallons Gallons. 0 T eter he • 5 • 1 1 , e e, .000 5,000 0 " eir Loe t. '454 e r e „ ' s c are op "oltit " the whole or any portion of any of the f ore sea of',"erre ~ lv t alr4; 4 8 th 0 1m b ,-. 0 themselves the power, when the ten- F kt Pk. n ,?lb r e ,. l ' bla t .``,..ing either for the whole, or for such part Sqllti e : L oa, ~,,g a le i . „ e 'eeM fit, or for a greater quantity, or of ~fit L 1 , ,,i' , albel ) 4 l . - _". also an unlimited power of selection. rr 'live,' IYie g Parti'4"al tobacco to be exempted from the ens -11,2)11e. f 'r th e *, tendering are to state where they are kid NI) t"t , gr ~ :pr to f th et toodknot less than 4 lbs.), of the Tea (not less 1 tee, l eh te, e ,,,Tobe„„" Warehouse), of the pepper (not less than fII o;,' 4 lio t ,l te D eaert ar e' ,o (not less than 2 lbs.), must be produced 0 I t , 4, lt a x. ,, , dec o P o l' h ,A 4 , 14 4 4%1 tfie e ,," 7 Persons whose tenders are not accepted lat '''• le ' 'lee! ''' away by 1 at t I after the con y tl,, 'IN dee Y them mme ae y ete r/ rll kale, eceiv t er l oe, at se, ane ee unites made on the printed form pro tt4ll,l,r, th, y. U which may be obtained on application at f 0 'N I 'teht l 'hvi ' e tnali Plymouth, er e 'i t NI , or ef ' B , c oact ng Yards at Gosport and ( 01 1 0e 1 'lie, Ce,to stingathe Packet Service at Liverpool, or • it' e t e7 q% A 418 l ~, N 4 - ay b e : r evised contractsi, to which particular &ten , e.tt ve n lre,.,:_a_n a at the said office, at the said Victualling " V Y'll t' % 4 q74Te l d " Bristol. No tender will be, received 'if 'A l i, l 'l,,,ki t h hae r i,„ I , Y of treaty, and it will not be required ." , t,,ltrrt, ) , l . 4 day p°r an agent on bis behalf, should atter d ' l , ‘lttliti k tiot. teti t boo coconmtrmanettl,teasa thetod tsunittn:fathnedohffiesrprreoepoelyseedd il ' 14 11 4 I11,: t ast b t 5.., ore) a ddressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, be tend eo 0 cloi, er rner the words " Tender for ," k A at Somerset Nouse. fis \ I V le )''pee ND STAE s t(4...11et, PACE XET s . p 1 ,,, 7 1 1 , t t call at the Greenhithe and Purfteet Piers. Ie \l, 5 4 T I .?' Nara 8.3 under'ined (weather - .ermittlne . ' ' ie 4 t I. ' li ttACP ' 1 - • -1 '1 e - ~, 1, . PIER, GRAVESEN fl ;pi e, •„„›.,es„ io l t ' ' I .•-•: ------7--- ... . \I ' ' .. 4 i. -•-• ' s . 4, 4, ... '5 • 1 II Z \ 5 • - ' l 3 - -e, 1 I ` ; ei i \ s , , 1 ., ••• • a e - 6' 4. ~t p ,eg -4, -, . I i.. ...„., 4 a • , ... , ...—.......____ IN . - - ‘ Y k lli l ''o, 4, s of 'a 1-,,,, -----.-- ik 4 4 h oar, Station to all parts of Lotelos ti v le t , ilr, 't 'kite ' e* . rain, ~,, PoLICKWILL, on the arrival of the to - 1 1 te a , wee' the Feacintreh-streot Station. /li \ t ; ;, , ~.."At s ------ li N t &'' '''...--2- ---- SIT!iDA.Ya. ir :. t ~. ' - . • 4. .0 •' i n n,, 1 .t. F. 92 ri 5 ., ~. t: ... al' y ,t, Fen- _ - I.`e' 13 13 0 1 1 s'e •, •„:„ a church -; df.• { e = 1 1.) tN' e, ," I Street -; 8 g s , 4 t.''' ' 6 .4 4 _d 1 leer,. Mtlf Quar- Age. Annual Yearly terly T premium Pre- Pre . plum. mium. Vt N G ke t tle 4 ;4l„, i S. - N , , 11 " 4 a a I or Woo a nd Loud°n" 1 ForeOCabin. d., .. 4 ' l l3, , l( r tte ' l4 Qkw 8,1 •• . w in termediate Piers.. t r, l• • • Os. .qh,, 2/ 4,4 we've Months, 58. Os.; Six Months, 111 44 1 0;i:; to be had of the Collectors on Im v4 k, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. 81. Os. oard th 'l \ 10 •‘C \1: 414 4, 4 z,,, -, v r o _ ' Ati t , n ". I, ITIEi OF YOUTH AND MATURITY ki v 1 ) ''', illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 '4 '4. Iv o ti . 0 ~., Stamps, kll' *'" u S DEBILITY• rn , th 3 'n'Ptem s r- ' th_tdo Fr ac* , _,s, and Cure.—An Essay on pe , ,„'''l r,,, of t i .,, - ,__uxi Observations on a safer and more itiZt',' by t iiUment of the diseases of the Generative ,Cir ,4 o, - „,`! 0 1 lfrin,t use of the Microscope in detecting and '! )N0 r ,,e014 - p, e xamination, the real 'Anse and effect of i i! ) .Yo,", e t rant, whether arising from solitary habits, N ' l5 lll - " I e Ln late, followed by practical remarks, founded , C o tl, xPeri en , t , I„.. , Slt„•ecal vi , a in the treatment of Impuissance, ki4,ziets '''iteri z , o e aliness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which fh„. 0 11 t h . On . the Physiology of Marriage, with pre -0 il9ron4":_evils emanating from empirical practice, ' , sent "medics advocated by various writers Os hN k 4 erti. I N S' 0, / rr , t i t P 4: 1 , `'-r- , T , LA!rdERT. M.D. . 1 '4 44,. : 4 01„0t' t 1e, i t t a :' 33 " S QUA R E LONDON, \N t ,WZY tfQ,„% ne uluted Member of the University of Edit -4,1k t ' , et jett e zoer of the London liosPital Medical Society, 4 , l k4 4 illthlect o t ri Ilall. London, ke•• tku. t q 1 4 14. 1 7 ft,,, oils treatise is to point out the fearful con t 4 4 1te,, U r uetl rn e c t r rt e ain habits, irregularities, and excesses, O 1 :1 1 ? r o ' ll 'ess: dcay a n : i_sc i rY in Youth, degradation insllanany ophtst Nr i . ne khow n to.• modem ot tia Lif l e, t i h ts an, iil t e s rha e l) , al is I I t.,,‘ 1t .1T ' 4 41 ,„t1e t14 11: 4 ,„, 1 :? Personsen pathologists., secret ' p doubts of t .41, 44 s'i'll, Itti - iii , who are conscious of having hazarded ,1, et 'el, ~ privileges to which every human being is 11. , ) , b t ts, 'ees„ ii ,t t 'lyt'ir o ; ‘ u a rlai itt - zr37 thataii men should know, that there are 4 S I N " It•Peueitt, ement which cannot be violated without t %,• 41 "(o -iss: ( 4 l sid e , at "auci when wisdom and regret succeed 04 thaltekril°lvt, .tineindulgcnce, how , these penalties \ Nt4 ,, , , iti t t z, tt it i t: Iv 1 ; a.n i 3, 0 nserl u :l c :.. s e m ir a h y it b te e s ma3+ o l i ) i ? p r . o bo m v o c v ...( avoided, all, h„ L I 41 tor c h th e I?gre 6 of physical infirmity or functional 1,4-,Attitii,ao tie a ot . l , .Inely aid of science cannot apply a cure. kl,tit tlsbje::„Atule,,_-,tel of years been engaged in an extensive li4s;"'irttir te o pe oi these treteb eil l o°4 n iz e l rall, Y confided to t delicate complaints, which have the care of ignorant 1 b,.. 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It is, therefore, no matter of surprise that he should enjoy the reputation of being a most dexterous and skilful manipu ator with urethral instruments ; and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert that the introduction of instruments through a stricture which had previously been impermeable to them, was the most difficult In the whole range of surgical operations, it mist be no slight source of gratification on Mr. Courtenay's part to have achieved the reputation he has in this res :ect ; and for our part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we would with g-eater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circular. London: H. Lailliere, 219, Regent-street. ALLSOPP'S EAST INDIA PALE ALE, as specially ordered for SCUTARI, recommended by BARON LIEBIG and the most eminent members of the medical profession, in Bottles and Casks (18 Gallons and upward.), imperia' measure. 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COAL DEPARTMENT, NORTH LONDON ILWAY.—llighbury and Kingsland Depots.—lietton's Wall's•end, the best House Coals in the world, are brought to the do ks of this Railway at Poplar by new screw steamers—Cochrane, 750 tons, Hutton, 750, and the Northumberland, 650 tons, chartered expressly for these depots, and delivered thoroughly screened, to any part of London, within 24 hours after the receipt of order, at 30s. per ton. Orders to be addressed to Lea and Co., Chief Offices, Railway Stations, llighbury, Islington, or Kingsland. Terms, cash, on or before delivery. PATRON-H.R.11. PRINCE ALBERT. ItOTAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. TWO LAST SIIAKESPERIAN READINGS by Miss GLYN. Thursday Evening, March let, KING JOHN. Thursday Evening, March 8, ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. During LENT, on Wednesday and Friday Evenings, at-Eight, LECTURES on ASTRONOMY, by Dr. BACHNLOFFNER, illustrated by a Splendid DISSOLVING ORRERY, and on Wednesday Evenings only, with appropriate Music from Haydn's Oratorio of the Creation, by a Band and Chorus of Fi ty Performers, under the direction of Mr. W. W. Wand, of the Royal Italian Opera. Principal Vocal Perfor mers :—Mhs Julia Bleaden, Mr. Montem Smith, and Mr. Henry u The — STEAM GUN, DISSOLVING VIEWS of the WAR, DIO RAMA of SINBAD the SAILOR, COSMORAMA% the CONCERT by INVISIBLE PERFORMERS, and all the LECTURES, on the NEW BANK NOTE, &c., as usual. LAST GRAND BAL MASQUE, at the Casino de Venise, High Holborn. —The Proprietor of the above very poptvar and magnificent establshment he 7,4 to announce that his LAST BAL MASQUE this season is fixed for THURSDAY NEXT, March 1, and will be on a scale of unrivalled splendour. Mr. W. H. Packet's timed Band will perform a Frog amme, including all the new and popular works of the day. Doors open at half-past 9, and dancing will commence at 10 o'clock punctually. Supper at 1 o'clock. Gentlemen's Tickets, 5s ; Lady a ditto, 3s. each. Mr. Nathan, Castie-street, Leicester-square, the appointed costumier to the Bal. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- MONDAY, Feb. 26th, IPss.—During the course of this week the following Music will be played by Laurent's Orchestra :—Over 'ore. Semiramide (Ist time), Rossini; Waltzes: Wellen and Wogen, Strauss; Kuall-KngerlU. Strauss; Vermahlung's Toaste, Strauss; La Aultane Bosisio ; Le Carnaval de Venice thy eesire), H. Laurent, with Variations tor all the principal per:ormers; Quadrilles : Le Comte Ory, ; Le Collier, d'Or, Bougnol ; the Highlanders. H. Laurent; Lucia, Tinney ; Schottische, Mathilde, Bpantseau ; Polkas : Etta, A. Wagner; La Menagerie Bousquet ; The Zouayes, H. Laurent ; the Wellington Streather ; Gallop, Dover Express, T. Browne. Principal Cornet-1-Piston, M. Boulcourt. All information relative to music to be obtained at the music repository under the orchestra. Doors open at Eight ; commence at half-past. —Admission, One Shilling. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Haemorrhoids, Is. each, by post le. 6d. THAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "Abstentla multi curanturmnrbi." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless 'ceding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with - an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how wo should live to get rid o' them; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of • very hour out of the twentyfour. Illustrated by 'timorous cases, Sec. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that bath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that hath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chauccr. _ . Subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy.. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. CiIASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. ". What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remtdlative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOTC.—A comprehensive - and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising, especially primiry and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrho3a ; with 250 ea .:ravings and prescriptions. The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation. and Eremorrholds. Vols 6 and 7, comer' L. to the preceding. TEE ENJOYMENT OF LTFE. ITOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde Vivere."l "Few words to fair faith."—Shakesperc. Sherwood, 23, Paternost row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of DP. RICHARD CULVERWELL, _ ther, Successor, and Twenty Years C•nsuiting Colleague of the ate Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-etreet, London, ,vho may be sdviscd with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings, from Seven till .Nine. " , 1 :001i ON THIS PICTURE." Freezing !ILI kern and severe—Tee to be seen everywhere. Sk sting and siding the passion—comfort and warmth the right fashion, All streams in a state of blockade. but those of E. M. and SON'S trade Nb business can freeze in their bands—their Clothing wal meet all demands. 'I hie Winter 'tie very we 1 known, they've the greate4 adtivity shown. In the parks, on the ice, everywhere, Messrs. MOSES' productions appear—their OveacoATs, Waaprzas, and CAPES— their HATS in the newest of shapes ,SPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI March f,1855, E. MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING, except Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock. - - - #CAUTION.—B. MOSES and SON regret, having to guard .tie ;Millie against impoaltion, haling leamel that the untradesman-like falsehool of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " ft's the same concern." has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No Os:ISE:MT/ WITT! AMY OTRER ROME IN OR OITT OH' LONDON. ( except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 1 54, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 8, , and 86. i&ldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. l London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-stmt, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. heflleld Branch, 3t. rargate. . . .. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailo Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot ard shoe rifaters, and General Outfitter/for Ladies and Gentlemen. ' IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be i changed If desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned thou t hesitation. All goods era marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can► be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset bn Saturdays, when business is resumed till 11. o'clock. IA new Book for Autumn an 4 Winter. " The Commercial Corm pia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure , rent, &c., &c., may he bad on application, or post-free. Ici l'on patio Francais. Qui si parla Italipno. Slier sorleht man Dentsob Aqua sa habla E s p ana . j An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 pratison application ,or pest free. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.—The Pique, her Britannic Majesty's frigate, reached San Francisco on the Bth of January, having left Honolulu on the 17th of December. She announced the death of King Kamehameha 111. on ,the 15th of that month, in his 41st year, after an illness of five or six days. His son, Prince Alexander Liholiho, had been proclaimed king, under the title of Kameha meha-IV. INCREASE OP PAT:PERlM—Yesterday a return from the. Poor Law Board to the House of Commons was pre thiced:'of,the number of pauper 3 in England and Wales. On the Gst;Tanuarylast,-the-number in receipt of _relief, in-door and out-door, was 840,720, and on the 14 Janu ary, in the preceding year, 819,985, showing an increase of 20,735. ...... • • 6 • - • - ‘ 3" % :".7 / • (/://,./' I"( .ll. ‘' ' ./ " . -- --.. - - . ''. . -•••• 4. : - I . - 1111!- ‘ '''.''''4' / I A6r 2- '-- , ' ' ? _ _ , ,/ . • ,i , , • . . - . . ' e -,- -sr ) : - • . - , • , . _ •:- ~ ' , _ ,r 1 , ".././i I ' . . .. . .. I -i; 1.2.1,..., ` f T l /4, . 1 _ r- 7 71 ,,,,,, '', '' . ~.: ..r . 1 . 7: :, _ : :_i l : : : \.- •' ' ' - ' 41416 66 . • 4 4,1 t A i ~,,, r,,, kr !-\\--) ria. , „,„ ..„. ~ ). 2 ~.,,i..,, A1 tq1,../ .. i ~ . , i .q..., . -•-_. ,;-. 11 . :: ... 7 .. • ~, i v ,. l ..e._ „„ ~ ,„,--- :7, 55 .4 it'l l " 5-/-11 ';' ' :' l • E 2ea4 ; 4C:ll l ' 7 gW q : I Pitk<; l6 l °-;1 , , - - .'7 - 1) - R O rr . •!:: t %3 4 j *'-... l. ..,,,,, •,., - -7 - - , , /"--. - :'1, l„,, ....„` / '-'••• 1 ''' '4i IL,' 1 k 7 • •c,: ;.• . >l., • ''.• , l ) , , e A 4:..:. L:.-1. ; ~',-./ .."' i':, M. '-: ' il . - 1 , Or 'l/4-.:44-...W.,1 4- i - :.,„/ - •., -..,, ,L , -,1.- 4,- - ;:-. .' i 4 ~, - 1 14 H Al li v-. . r ...1 44 • , ..-- ...,p .:, - , Nir r • . - . . . . . ..53M1E , ....-- - -Isc 5......iit...T.,14.3c.....L.2..,..ar...a.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,t......3...1311121=1:11.= , .--- ^ lucticasaiimmuirrx-,...- - --- - -- --- --,-,- -! LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2fr, 1855. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The screw ship Caesar, Captain Robb, which sailed from Gibraltar on the 18th of February, arrived at Ply mouth yesterday morning. The Gorgon, 6, paddle-wheel sloop, Commander B. Crawford, was to leave Gibraltar on the 20th. The Hecla was got off shore by assistance from the Caesar and Gorgon, on Sunday, the 18th February, at 2 30 a.m., supposed to be but little damaged. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH-WESTERN. --- The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Leeds yesterday ;, Mr. Alcock in the chair. The report stated that the revenue for the half-year ending December 31, 1854, amounts to 27,8311., and the working expenses to 14,393/., leaving a balance of 13,4381. The directors recommended a; dividend of 2s. 6d. per share, and reported that they bad been ac tively engaged in prosecuting the negotiations previously entered into with neighbouring railway companies, with a view to the immediate construction, of the works necessary for completing the line to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway northwards. The works at Morecambe were progressing, and would be rattly for use this summer. • The report was adopted and the dividend declared. ST. HELEN'S. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at St. Helen's_; Mr. G. Greenall , M.P ., in the chair. The report stated that the gross revenue for the half year ending the 31st of December amounted to 34,7011., and the expenses to 12,2331., leaving a balance of 19,4681. From this was deducted 7,997/. for interest on loans, including 350/. for renewal of permanent way, leaving 11,4701., which, added. to 145 t balance from the last account, made a disposable 'unt of 11,615/. Of this amount 3,6001. was absorbed f 'a dividend at the rate of 2i per cent, on the consoli d stock 8., 3,7571. for 3 per cent. on stock C, 2,475/ 21 per cent. on stock D, and 1,7281. for 21 p er c on the 251. and 2 01 . shares, leaving a balance of 541 4 The report was adopted, andlte dividends were de clared. SOUTH-EASTERN. • It appears that some of the large shareholders in this company are endeavouring to check the vigorous con test which is now being carried on by various parties for the purpose of obtaining the vacant seats at the board. In reply to some of the candidates who appose the Direct South-Eastern line, Mr. J. J. Hamilton, one of the largest shareholders in the company, contends that it is imperatively incumber.t on the company to shorten the trunk line by cutting off the angle between London and Tonbridge, as a matter of necessity, to prevent the inva sion of their territory, and to afford additional accom modation to the public. 9 BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this line (which is leised to the London and North-Western Company) was appointed to be held in Birmingham yes terday. The only business of importance transacted on these occasions is formal, being limited to the -declara tion of a dividend at the rate of two-thirds of the Lon don and If orth-Western dividend. It is payable on the 28th inst. - NEWMARKET (BURY EXTENSION). The report states that the Eastern Counties Company have agreeethat the capital shall be finally fixed at 142,4251., which is 51. ss. 6d. :-share on the 27,000 shares constituting the extension capital. From each dividend warrant will be dedueted the call of 6d. per share just made, but all future divided will be paid at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum with regularity and without deduction. LOST-OFFICE NOTICES. yIW EXTENSIO OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE COLONIAL BOOK POST. The, folio ing Post-office notices have been - pub lished On and nom the Ist March next, the regulations of the Colonial 'ook Post will, in most respects, be assimi lated with t °so of the Inland Book 'Post, and will be as full ws : " 1. A boek packet may -contain any number of sepa rate boOks, 'publications, prints, almanacs or maps, and any quantity of paper, parchment or vellum (to the exclu sion of lett*, whether sealed or open), and tho books, maps, paper, &e., may be either printed, written, 'or plain, or any mixture of the three. " 2. The packet must not exceed two feet in length, breadth, or width. "3. The name and address of the sender, and any words not in the nature of a letter, may be written or printed upon the envelope or cover of the packet, in addi tion to the name and address of the person to whom it may be for4arded. " 4. The hooks, &c., may be in any binding, mounting, or covering, whether such binding, &c., be loose or at tached. In' the case of prints or maps, rollers may ac company them, and markers, whether of paper or other wise, may be sent with books or other printed papers. " 5. If a ;book packet be found to contain any enclosure which is sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, or any letter whether sealed sr not, the ltter or other enclo sure will ha taken out and forwarded to the address on the packet,; charged with the full postage as an unpaid letter, together with an additional rate equal to the amount chargeable On a book, not exceeding half a pound in weight. The remainder of the packet, if duly prepaid, will be for warded without any extra charge. " 6. If a.packet be not sufficiently prepaid according to its weight, but, nevertheleis, bear postage stamps of tlre value of a single book-rate, it will not, as heretofore, be come liable to the latter rate of postage, but bat for warded charged with the' deficient book postage, and an additional book-rate as a fine. "7. In the event of a book packet being posted alto gether unpaid, or paid less than a single rate, it will be detained and sent to the dead-letter office. "The following is a list of the British colonies and pos sessions to which the book pest has been established, and to which, therefore, these extended privileges apply ; and annexed te the name of each colony is a table of the rates of postage, chargeable on books, &e., sent under the above regulations from the United Kingdo*;---, To the British West Indies, Be.rmUda,, Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edvvard Islands, New foundland, Malta, Gibraltar, loniva Island, St. Helena, Gold Coast, Cape Town, New South Wales, South Aus tralia, New Zealand : Not exceeding tlb. in weight Exceeding 31b. and not exceeding 11b. Eiceeding 11b. and not exceeding 21b. Exceeding 21b. and not exceeding 31b. To the East Indies, Ceylon, Mauritius, Hong Kong : Not exceeding ill). in weight Exededing Pb. and not exceeding 11b. Exceeding 11b. and not exceeding 21b. Excdeding 21b. and not exceeding 31b. " No book packet exceeding the weight of three pounds can be sent to the East Indies or New South Wales ; but on books, &e., addressed to any of the other colonie s a b ove enumerated, the postage for heavier packets will increase by two rates of postage for every pound or fraction of a pound. "Boor packets can only be forwarded to the above British colonies and posseasions by British or colonial snail packets, excepting in the case of Cape Town, New Zealand and St.' Helena, to which places (there being no direct pack( t ;),b)oks may be forwarded by private ship. " In do case can a book packet be sent to the colonies (except at the letter rate of patapi, "through a foreign country! _ "To prevent any obstacles to the regular transmission of letterp, any officer of the Post-office may delay the trans mission any book packet, for a time not exceeding 24 hours from the time at which the same would otherwise have built forwarded by him: " Misc. instructions are not to extend to, or interfere with, the transmission of printed paper allowed to pass by the post, under the newspaper privilege, which will con tinuo subject to the existing regulations." • . LOOKS, &c., TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA. On and from the let of March next, the provisions of the Colonial Book Post, as laid down in the above instructions, will be extended to book packets transmitted by packet be • tweon the United Kingdom and the colony of South Australia. Upon book packets for the above-mentioned colony the rates of postage will be as follows : For a packet not exceeding ';lb. in weight For a packet exceeding and not exceeding lib is. Od. For a packet exceeding llb.and not exceeding 21b 2s. Od. And so on, increasing ls. for every pound or fraction of a pound: APPOINTMENTS. Commander Alan H. Gardner, who was senior lieu tenant of the Polyphemus at the attack against pirates, and promoted for his services performed on that occasion, in 1843, has been appointed to the Driver, 6, steam sloop, at Sheerness. Lieutenant the Hon. Arthur Hay (1853), recently serving in the Vestal, 26, on the North American sta tion to the Excellent, 46, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth. Lieutenant Charles D. Lucas (1854), who it will be re membered was promoted from acting mate of the Hecht, for his gallant act, for having thrown overboard from the deck of that ship an ignited bombshell, by which coel and courageous act, in all. probability, a great saving of human life was effected, has been appointed to the Calcutta, 84, at Devonport. Master. —George Biddlecomb (1835), recently serving as master of the fleet, in the Duke of Wellington, flag ship, in the Baltic, has been appointed assistant master at Keyham yard. Paymaster.—James Lewis (1854), from the Victory, to the Hecate, 6,'steam-sloop, at Woolwich. Clerk in Charge.—Thomas C. H. Shears (1849), from the Prometheus to the Weser, gun-boat, at Devonport. Clerk.— John G. Rickard, to the Hannibal, 91, screw, in the Black Sea. Acting Clerk.—John•T. Farwell, to the Hastings, 60, screw, at Portsmouth. Clerk's Assistants.—Frederick J. Fitzmaurice, Alfred J. Myers, Henry C. T. Medder, and Jahn B. Alvies, to the Royal Albert, 121, flag-ship in the Black Sea ; Bertram Mitford, to the Prometheus, A, steam-sloop ; at Devonport. SHIPS FOR THE BALTIC. The ships now fitting for the Baltic will carry a total armament of 2,188 guns, a considerable proportion of which will be of the Lancaster construction. Several hundred extra shipwrights have been put on at Sheer ness, Woolwich, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Pembroke, to expedite the preparation of the ships, and on Saturday the majority will be ready to coma out of dock. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. The Himalaya screw-steamer troopship, Commander Priest, proved the accuracy of her compasses yesterday, in Portsmouth harbour, and is now ready to embark her cavalry horses and troops. The Blenheim, 60, Captain Hall, was ander the shears in, the fitting basin, at Ports mouth, yesterday, re-shipping her mainmast, which is now stepped upon the kelsou, instead of upon the orlop deck, as before ; her new boilers have admitted of this improvement. The Arrogant, 46, Captain Yelverton, left her sailing moorings, on the west shore, at Ports mouth, yesterday, and moved (wet to the Cari.atic hulk, to give place to the Imperieuse, to adjust her compasses. The Edinburgh, 58, Captain Hewlett, was docked yes terday, at Portsmouth, to refit for the new Baltic service. Rear-Admiral Superintendent Martin, and Mr. Abetheli, the master shipwright of Portsmouth dockyard, in spected the state of the Malabar coaling hulk, in Ports mouth harbour, yesterday, which had been reported de fective. The hired Government transport War Cloud, Captain Fox, No. 56; which entered Plymouth Sound on Sunday evening., left the Bosphorus on the Gth of January. She arrived at Gibraltar on the Ist of February, 'and sailed on the 15th, with a detachment of the 89th Regimmf, consisting of 2 serjeants, 3 corporalF, 39 privates, 63 women; 107 children, and a detachment of the 92d Highlanders, 1 woman and 2 children, in charge of Staff- Surgeon D'Areby. RELIEF TO THE WIND-BOUND. The Bulldog, steam-sloop, under the command of her First Lieutenant, the Hon. Augustus Hobart, bas been ordered by the Admiralty to proceed directly to the mouth of the Channel to cruise in search of the home ward-bound, in order to relieve any vessels which might be distressed owing to having been kept so long at sea from the prevalence of easterly winds. Lieutenant Hobart is the same officer who so gallantly commanded her Majesty's sloop Driver at the bombardment of Be marsund, and at the attack upon the gun-boats at Abo. MILITARY. The 30th, 54tb, 66th, and 92d regiments were at Gib raltar on the 18th of February. Major C. C. Young, of the Royal Artillery, who was unfortunately killed by fallin from the window of an hotel at Portsmouth, on Saturday morning, as reported in The Sun, served on the north coast cf Spain from January, 1838, to August, 1840, and was present in all the affairs and operations that took place from Jan., 1838, to the conclusion of the war, in front of San Sebastian, and also at the camp of Paz y Fueros, on the Bidassoa, in Dec., 1838, and Jan., 1839. He served also in the operations on the Yang-tse.Kiang, in China, including the storm and capture of Chin-Kiang-Foo ; he was also present at the demonstration before Nankin. He again served during the operations in Caffraria, in 1847, to the conclusion of the war, as well as military secretary and aide-de-camp to Sir H. Pottinger, her Majesty's High Commissioner and Governor. At the time of hie de cease, in addition to his being a major in the army, he was a captain in the Royal Horse Artillery. He entered the army in 1834, was a lieutenant in 1837, captain in 1846, and major in 1848. The Government has entered into an extensive con tract for the supply of Minis rifles, rifles for the use of the Rifle Brigade and 60th Royal Rifle Regiment, and rifled carbines for two ,cavalry regiments, which will be designated "Mounted RiEemen." This latter branch of the service was found to be most efficient in the cam paign on the Rhine in the years 1793 and 1794. A large contract for cavalry sabres, holster pistols, and lances has also been agreed to, in order to place the cavalry arils of the service on the . most efficient footing. A quantity of musquetoons, pistols, cutlasses, boarding pikes, and tomahawks o have also been are to b order e ed de f l , i ) v r er t e h d e navy, the greater portion into store at the Tower by the middle of March. The Royal Malta Regiment will be augmented to a strength of 1,200 bayonets. MILITIA. The North Gloucest?rßeo b iment, under the command of Colonel Kingscote , of Kings co te - p ark, late of the Life Guards, has been assembled at Cirencester since the 26th of December, and embodied for permanent ser vice. Within the space of two months this regiment has sent 162 volunteers to the 41st and other regiments of the line, and two officers of the corps, Ensign Corn wall end Ensign Boddington, have in consequence re ceived their commissions in the 41st Regiment. Ensign Raymond has also joined the 44th Regiment. Notwith standing this large contribution to the line (larger, com paratively, than any other embodied regiment of Mili tia), the corps still musters nearly 600 rank and file, of whoM the greater part aro fit for duty. The men ate as steady on parade and in their evolutions as most re giments of the line, and the corps is in daily expectation of receiving orders for garrison service. The Royal Cornwall Rangers, now assembled at Bod min, finder the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton, number 386 of all ranks. This regiment has given 26 approvel volunteers (out of more than double the num ber that offered) to the regular forces since einbodinient. on the 16th of January. The men have not yet received their knapsacks or new clothing. It is expected that the regiment will be removed to Ireland, it having been one of the first to volunteer for service in that country during the late war. The South Gloucester, Colonel Earl Fitzhardinge, end the South Lincolnshire, Colonel Sibthorp, are ordered to Portsmouth for garrison duty. The let Royal Lancashire Milit'a, in quarters at • anano Majorl dwa rieyffi andGacireepi: appointed al e tl n :l33 t d a tr l i elet S o t n e , a Portsmouth, and under orders to embark in the Penin y ship Calcutta for Corfu, were inspected yesterday, in barracks, by the ed dr Lieutenant - Governor eb‘vy thhi se .13 most a f offs.t Portsmouth ,gratifyin gThe state the f inspecting srmpy mesa-rooms , s c st Afterrn o g o nl s the general , ainspection d w fo h u o a d t t alt 1. roost aids an ei cencomiumsre visitedcreditable b t a onfrdrdosemar satisfactory. and Captain Whittle amused the men with foot racing and other sports for prizes. Steam regiment t tend Company's THE _RUSSIANS ON THE VISTULA. The following is an extract from a letter of an Irish officer in the Austrian Service : " Feb. 8. "I had the pleasure some days back of leading an observation patrol on the Russian frontier some 10 miles from here (Taslo) by Sandomir, on the Vistula. This immense river is frozen. The day I arrived there was' 22 deg. of cold, and opposite, from rue about 400 paces, I could see a Russian brigade, with the men of the infantry manceuvring barefooted. You may form some idea of the barbarity of the country when they treat the soldiers so. They say it is to harden the men l Scarce a day passes that numbers de not de sert over to us, and the poor devils meet, then, a miser able fate ; for, as a declaration of war has net as yet been made ' we are ebliged to give up the deserters. M y serjeant, who commanded an escort of Russian deserters, brought me the intelligence that, when be delivered them up to the commanding Russian general, he coolly said, Wait and you shall see how we treat such wretches as desert their colours.' The poor fellows were again marched out, and on the banks of the Vistula, where they left Russian ground, were strung up like dogs, with the wolves and foxes,'which are here very numerous, to howl their sad requiem l" CAMBRIDGE ELECTION COMMITTEE. — The Committee bf Selection-,met yesterday afternoon, and struck the following metrileisio . try the validity of last -election': —Mr. R. Ingham, chairman ; Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. J. M. gaskell, Mr. M. Wyvill, and Mr. J. H. Phillips. VALE OF NE.ATIL Tho statement of accounts to the 31st of December last shows that 513,267/. had been received on shares, and 198,5801. on debentures, to‘al • 711,874/., and 764,855/. expended ; leaving a balance of 53,0081. against the company. The traffic receipts for the half year ending the 31st of December amounted to 23,393/. and tke expenses to 9,994/. leaving a balance of 13,3997., which, added to 699/. the balance from the former ac count, makes 14,098/. available for interest on loans and dividend. SEVERN VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was appointed to be held yesterday, at the offices, Parliament-street, but, in Consequence of the non-attendant e of a sufficient number of shareholders to constitute a meeting, no bu siness was transacted. The directors are proceeding with a bill in Parliament for the purpose of reducing the capital from 600,0001. to 400,0001., and the nomi nal amount of the shares to - 13/. 6s. Bd. each, with a view to obtain sufficient funds to darrjr out the under taking. NEWRY, WARRENPOINT, AND ROSTREVOR. The directors state in their report that the passenger traffic for the past six months continues to show& satin factory increase, being 10 per cent. higher than during any half-year since the opening of the line. They have been strongly aitged to resume the management and working of the line in May next, when Mr. Dargan's contract expires. They propose to raise 10,0001. by the issue of 5,000 0 per. cent. preference shares, at 21. each, capital to aipj esi:atactllceoauccancotcsuonsuhtn,ot show that and dh i a t h ti 316 t 3 h , 71 e , 52 b 07 a 12. 11 . e e hx r a s pde t and l3deee dn balance of 1,2221. e r l c ' e e a D i vvaienrconna. NEWRY AND ENNISKILLEN. The reporje of the directory states that the traffic re ceipts for the half-year ending the 31st of December amounted to. On, and the expenses to 8431., leaving a balance of 245/.. The opposition of the Dublin and Bel fast Junction Company for the last nine months was, under the operation of Mr. Cardwell's bill for facilitat ing traffic, brought to a close on the let of January last. The land for the extension of the line to the Albert basin has been secured to the company. It is expected that the line to Banbridge will be opened for traffic in August text, the traffic:from which sill pass over the Newry line. The expenditure on capital account amounted to 122,239/., leaving a balance of 4,779/. LONDON AND SOTJTA-EASTERN n .i.lLWAY.—Traffie re turn for the week ending Feb. 24, 185 5 ......£12,50 12 2 Comeponding week last year ............. ...... 12,590 13 0 ........ , LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST EkILWA.Y.--- Traffic. return for the week ending Feb. 24, year...,,.,.,.......... 9,879 4 0 Decrease in Is,' 5 .................. 21 r,62 010 1 855 . _ .. :.,,, .................. . ............. _ ...... 1 7, 395 5 1 T e o ° t lT ar o P f ° th li e n h g al w f- ee ye k ar la t s o t this date, 1855 ...... 68,573 5 5 1 8 5 4 ...... 73,875 17 10 Total of the half-year to this date, Noliva:vto...,pßi;)onrFtliirinityof RAILWAY.ein. yanifesttd in innumer. Heated in the late fatal _ THE trial r.AT e of A C t O h i e D Eil T PartiesO N THE ip ac cident on the North British Railwaynir dt a ll: r le t ri i se e l faxed rxea w entdea i 1 (bf l lo.1 enable take Mt f: Tuesda y, laett t )n he t i o r of s ian re n .gwiCisoouj Court of n o d f Justiciary. liantosh. the 13th of March, before the It manageris stated t t h h e a that i n t e h ; e followingand le place at the bar :—The Hon. Miline;dtt f r r e, late superin tendent of the locomotive de partine ‘ n_t i : ' Mr. Rowbotham, -7 l l N 'ti v il a l6 L 4 no rg e l D i' CSOlit,lnainetn.s.—The recent inspections of the i n valided soldiers who have r ay e t t ei,of t itielanc o al the i C •o r o im fs e o a f hefarfulstruggle have afforded most interesting, the desperate nature of the late campaign, Nearly all unfortunately dis these men bear too plainly the ru further e service a g ed i n i b i I v. e . d h i iron le army. Several of them having been but a short time in the'll who ri I I: r a y v have and eprdreosrtteud. a b p o d entitled th e h a t r o e only idea a t h v a e t r y mensmall ,nservice, are quite a o u f n t t h o e f i rp army countryenslv‘)ill. s c u o c ti h featseata cannot t f vales o u f : r in a the uio servicemer,t a t ril o useful, Delicious i us s It teb oa s n e and would ' re porters, cr ware should be left to struggle wit a a well n . ce upo n suited y . a to . these men, although unfit for mii e t p a at y rtse capable of duties where steady habits of discipline, trust :pi'eser.t war will j w o 7 c r e th i i n ne a s n S y , and employment obedience thatare required,wou maintain their independence. They are a h e o t u a se s .k p e ri: p - a e t r e ß, w a a n t d ch a m s e p n, or g t a e t r e s -k i the not fail to find employment for theee noble fellows. We s ah e bo n ipe g e e id r , s i s thatt at au railways otehs lebetnhe generous publicuo would ld fe ebleidnhtgl during n t rA i g l b pl e o li y e i v n e a t t h h a e t m w i e n . ni th a e y Rao d y d al th r a a t rk ev s e w ry ill not be 0 forgotten. fADVERTISEMENT.I—Many thousand cures have be lenta, Arabica Food, of indigestion ( ,I YETeVsia), condi t . - •ntpars , . pa 10D nervous, bilious, and liver complai ~ rim, sw. We effected without medicine, by Du Barry' quote a few :—Cure . No. 52,612.—Fr0m the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. — " R osstrever, County of Down,, Ireland, 9th December, 1851.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of sufferin g hil inanity, to state that Da Barry's excellent Rev a lentaAra: bica-Food has cured her, after all medicines bad 'failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervou sness a nd irritability o f many years' tending. This Food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered." Cure No. 71,_ Of dyspepsia, from the . Right Hon. the Lord St uart de ‘• Decies.— fhave derived considerable benefit from Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the publie to authorise the publication of these lines.—Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 32,830. —Front the Venerable Archdeacon of Rms.- "Three y ears oxees. sive nervousness, with painsinmyreck and left arm, and ge neral debilit which rendered my life very miserable, has been radicallyremoved by Du Barry's health-restoring Food —Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Ski hereon." Cure No. 4,208.—" Bight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, kayo been effec tually removed by Du Barry's delicious Food in a very short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlingten Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo uhitings, haVe been removed by Da Barry's excellent Food. —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Disc, Norfolk." Cure No. 306.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth." —In canis ters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instruc tions —llb., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., 11 s. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., Ga. ; 2113,; - lls. ; §lb., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, ,on receipt of post office order:- Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her, Majesty, 182 Piccadilly ; also at 68 , Cornhill ; 60 , 43PrOdkeeyabsteedi 330: and:rdfil„ Strand ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 65, Charing-cress ; 4, Cheapside ; 25 and 54, Upper Baker-street, IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the 20th of January, when added together, give the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz.:— Avera g e circulation of the Irish banks £G ,732,(20 Average circulation of the Scotch banks 4,119,523 Average circulation during past m0uthe...£10,852,143 On; comparing the above With the fixed issues of the several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the following appears to be the state of the circulation : The Irish banks aro above their fixed issue £378,126 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 1,032,314 Total above the fixed issue... £1,410 ; 440 The amounts of gold and silver held at the head office!, of the several banks during the past month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Irish banks £2,102,47R Gold and silver hold by the Scotch banks 1,724,101 Total of gold and silver hold £3,826,579 The above statements complete the returns of the cir culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month ending the 20th of January. These returns show an increase of 638,630/. in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of 452,0291. in the circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 23d of De cember, 1854 ; and, as compared with the month ending the 21st of January, 1854, the above returns show a decrease of 1,797,8111. in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of 1,483,5221. in the circulation of the United Kingdom. - The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 20th of January was 13,450,912/., being a decrease of 959,4501., as compared with the previous month ; and a decrease of 2,911,3301. when compared with the same period last year. The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 20th of January was 3,826,5791., being a decrease of 35,0121. as compared with the previous return, and an increase of 387,6011. when compared with the corresponding period last year. THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The Twenty-ninth Annual General Meeting of the Standard ,Life Assurance Company was held within the Company's Of f ice, Edinburgh, on Thursday, the 15th of February ; An thony Trail, Esq., the senior director, in the chair. The following statements, containing minute details of the progiess of the company, and of its position at the date of the periodical balance were submitted to the meeting : Annual balance sheet as at 15th November, 1854, certified in accordance with the company's acts of Parliament. Report by the auditor after elapliination of the books and accounts. General statement as to the progress of the business and its results as at 15th November, 1854. The following abstract of results exhibits the actual pro gress of the year. The number of proposals for assurance made to the direc tors during the year was 1,265 The number of proposals accepted during the sane pe riod was • 1,046 and with annuity transactions accepted, to the number of 4O makes the transactions of the year 1,086 being an increase of 171 policies as compared with the largest number issued in any previous year. The amount of suns proposed for assurance was ......... The amount of sums contained in policies issued was. 515,117 7 0 The difference £107,083 1 5 being the amount of the declined proposals And it is curious to remark, as evincing the continued care bestowed in the selection of lives, that the accepted and declined proposals for many years have borne the same relative proportion. It will also be observed that the average amount of each policy bo;filloefrnearly Z 001:; a teSult-41rtictr,In the manage ment of life assurance institutions, is considered a very favour able feature in the transaction of business, The annual premiums corresponding to the new assurances amount to £16,650 0 2 The amount of claims by death was £89,428 13 10 And with bonus additions Makes in all £95,361 1 0 The amount of claims is greater than in the previous year by 5,8612. 6s. 2d. ; but it is only in proportion to the ex tended business of the company. The annual revenue at 15th November, 1854, had reaehed 218,9682. 16s. 5d., being an increase on the year of 13,936(. 2s. The following are the yearly results of the new business since 1844 : - Sums Assured. . 1845—Bonus Year £44 6 ,026 12 10 Annual £l4,979 Premiums 8 10 1846..,. 368,679 7 10 12,846 4 10 1847 1848 1849 1850—Bonus Year 1851 1852 15,145 15 6 1853 455,24817 1 14,886 9 3 1854 ~.. 515,117 7 0 16,650 0 2 New Thasiness in 10 £4,476,333 4 3 £150,382 10 5 years Annual Average £447,633 0 5 £15,038 5 0 The report read by the directors, after communicating the above ;moults, proceeded as follovt's : On tiae present occasion the directors have no feature of novelty, The institution has now been extended by agencies to every part of the kingdom; the principles on which it is founded. are not susceptible, in their opinion, of any apparent improvement; its practice has always been characterised by tic most liberal dealing towards those who transact with it ; and it hasp now become the chief duty of those entrusted with its management to maintain the company in the high and honourable position which it has reached by the patient and steady attention bestowed on its interests by those who, dur ing the last thirty years, have laboured to make it what it now is, one of the most successful companies of the day on the particular system on which it is founded. The directors hope that the company may long enjoy the confidence of the public, and they trust that the same liberal rivalry 'which exists among the offices in Scotland wiil con tinue to actuate them, a fair emulation being a wholesome stimulant, beneficial to the public, and inspiriting to the offices themselves. It would be well for England if Life Assurance was In as wholesome a condition as it is in Scot land. The daily increasing evil which presses on the English public by the wholesale manufacture of new offices calls loudly for legislative interference, but although a Committee of the House of Commons reported, eighteen months ago, on the necessity of soma check being instituted, the evil still con tinues, 104 new offices having beenprojeoted, and 56 founded during the last two years alone. The directors have only farther to remind those present that at 15th November, 1855, the company will reach the period when the fifth investigation of its affairs is appointed to be made. The necessary calculations are now in progress, and the most anxious attention of the board will be directed to the important duties which that inquiry in solves. But they refer to the approach of that period at present, more particularly for the purpose of seeking co-operaticrnin pro- - meting the business of the year now current. " The Bonus Year," as it is termed, has always been a very successful ono in point of business, in consequence of the inducement to enter before the division of profits ; but a heavier task than usual has to be performed this year, in consequence of the very large extent of business during the past year—the Bonus Year being no doubt expected to be, as it has hitherto been, the best of the quinquennial period. The directors trust, therefore, that they will receive hearty support in their en deavours to make it a year of increased success. This Report having been unanimously approved of, the meetin g then proceeded to elect now directors in, the room of those w ho retire by rotation, and after the appointments were made, the direction of the company was declared by the Chairman to be as follows : Governor—Ms Grace the DUKE of Buccaatcn and QUEENSBERRY. Deputy-Governor—The Right Han. the EARL of ELGIN and KLNCARDINE. EDINBURGH. ORDINARY DIRECTORS. ANDREW BLACKBURN, Esq., Banker. THOMAS GRAHAM MURRAY, Esq., W.S. JAMES VEITCH, Esq., of liock. WILLIAM WOOD, Esq., Surgeon. ALEXANDER JAMES RUSSELL, Esq., C.S. WILLIAM MONCREIFF, Esq., Accountant. GEORGE PATTON, Esq., Advocate. JOHN ROBERT TOD, Esq., W.S. CHARLES PEARSON, Esq., Accountant. JAMES COXDIE, Esq., Perth. JAMES ROBERTSON, sq., W.S. JAMES HAY, Esq., Merchant, Leith. GEORGE MOIR, Esq., Advocate. HARRY MAXWELL INGLIS, Esq., W.S. LONDON. Chairman of the Board, The Right Hon. the Earl of ABERDEEN. ORDINARY DIRECTORS. JOHN LINDSAY, Esq., 26, Laurence Pouutney-lane. THOMAS H. BROOKING, Esq., 14, New Broad:street. JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Esq., Austin Friars. ALEXANDER GILLESPIE, Esq., 3, Billiter-court. ALEXANDER MACGREGOR, Esq., Arlington-street. JonN SCOTT, Esq., 4, Hyde-park-street. Sir ANTHONY OLIPIIANT, C.B. A vote of thanks was presented to the Board of Directors, to the Manager 'and other Office-bearers, and to the Chairman, after which the meeting separated. • By order of the Board of Directors. WILL. THOS. THOMSON, Managers. 11. JONES WILLIAMS, Resident Secretary, London, 82, King William-street. Every information will be given at the Offices and at the Agencies of the Company, which are established in all the principal towns of the . kingdom. LONDON EDINBURGH (Head Office)... 3, GEORGE -STR EET. DUBLIN ' 66, UPPER SACKVILLE-STREET. Mons. Soyer leaves *London this morning for Scutari, at the desire of her Majesty's (xoverninent, for the pur pose of superintending the dietary at the hospital tlicr. He proceeds via Marseilles, as it is considered of im portance to place the hospital cuisine at the earliest pos sible moment in a condition to supply the demands upon it with expediti ‘n, comfort, and economy. THE NEW BILL TO APPOINT PUBLIC PROSECUTORS. --Yesterday the bill before Parliament for the appoint ment of " Public Prosecutors," was issued. The Lord Chancellor, in the event of the bill becoming law, is to appoint barristers to the office in districts at 1,500/. a year, and deputies may be appointed at 10!. a day when are to be employed. Justices may .remand to take the opinion of a public prosecutor. District age nts TILE EAST.S POWERFUL. ap pointed in furtherance of the act. PA cAn aN v T xrir rt is a s n l o i N e N e n rd a and B. Solo 39, , Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe mons, opticians, — i xo rni G H LA W' ss r E A S ß .— L- Messrs. ;S. . opposite the Y o rk Hotel. By her Maj es t y ' s R oy a. extraordinary L e tt ers Patent for valuable and improvements in the mos t p owerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, na vy, and others. These telescopes possess such extra ordinary powers that some 3A inches, with an extra eye 'cm will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian 'with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to .sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with' weaderfid power.—Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention i s , th a t vision becoming Impaired is preserved and str eng th ene d , and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation—can see with these lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf ness —New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi nary pow er f u l, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to, surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church an d. t public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could' be desired. 39, Albetnarle-street i t Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the York Mite'. CAVTION TO SMOKERS. We beg to draw the attent!an of our readers to the valuable labours of the Cancer Hospital, West Bromp ten, and subjoin a case which arose from sheer careless ness and neglect of the unfortunate man who paid the penalty of his` thoughtlessness by bitter suffering and premature death. The case is as follows :—" George ss—, aged 49, a eab driver, presented himself for ad mission to the hospital, having a very extensive ulcera tien of the lower lip, which he stated to have commencsd after tearing away a small portion of the skin by sud denly tsking a clay pipe from his mouth when called off the stand one day. --4 t first it wa,3 simply a small pimple very bard, and not causing him any particular pain, but upon finding it increased in size he went to a quack doctor to whom he wan recommended, who cau terised it, after which the ulceration rapidly increased. He was admitted into the hospital, and remained there six months in the hope of obtaining relief. His great sufferings were . alleviated by a mode of treatment the medical dicers have arrived at, but after a time the complaint became perfectly unmanageable, having per forated the. artery ; the• poor fellow has been happily released by death." The life of this man was sacrificed in consequence of his not putting himself under proper treatment immediately he found himself afflicted with the disease. Unhappily neglect in these cases is sadly prevalent, and is especially to be deprecated in cancer ; the proper treatment early commenced greatly increases the probability of cure. There have been ten lip cases under treatment, some arising from the cause stated above. - We would caution smokers against using pipes without being either waxed or glazed, as such fesrful consequences may arise from neglecting these precau tioni. We understand at this moment there is a lip case on the books, which has been greatly relieved, and for which the sufferer expresses the warmest gratitude. The managing committee have drawings taken of most of the cases, and entries made of the treatment bestowed on each patient ; thus they will accumulate a mass of sta tistics which, in the course o f y ears , we f erven tly hope, may be prodactive of the happiest results, in providing a remedy for this hitherto incurable disease. ROYAL COLLEGE OP SURGEONS.—The following gen tlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 23d inst.:—Messrs. William Woods Harding, Woolwich ; James Howard Thornton, Hon. East India Company's service; Edward Charles Garland, Bath; John Pickering Bates, Royal Navy; Charles Vernon Hitchini, Twer ton, Bath ; William Henry Hayes, Calcutta ; Michael Fotheigill, Bedale, Yorkshire ; Frederick Ackland Hatherton, Upper Seymour-street, Euston-square; Sep timus Briggs Farr, Dunstable, Bedfordshire; Henry Rollason, Erdington, Warwickshire ; Henry Ranke, Smyrna Hospital ; Robins William Cooke, Australia ; Donald M'Pherson, Army ; and Augustus Brown, Hon. East India Company's service. A.POI'HEOARIEW-HALL.—The following aro the names of gentle nen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, February 22, 1855 :—Charles Coates, Leeds ; Francis Mead Corner, Whitby, York- Aire ; John Mutton Stapleton, Trowbridge, Wilts - Frederick B4teltman, .Blackfrio.-rs-road ; George Jacob Wood, Norwich ; William Woodward,. Ledbury, Here fordshire, ~~2 ~~~ -1 !TRICE SD. ,f• r giIrItAnZPAPP X, fia.iar Itl- -„,;', ILLUSTRATED INCIDENTS OFT .'! f- ~ :.,-. ~ #4 ',; **4 - ' '.".•-• - ..,#-• `" , t-• ' t ...................... i 0 r 145,4 .04.1 , '•*; .. , „ . Perhaps one of the most prominent and 'tkfsila_ ..tt.i - ~,- . , r. , Z tures,connected with the present war is OP '.. .pls - ".1 -c ness with which the mod ern appli a nces of .j• q 't' Az & . ....„ ~ 1 " and popul a r art have beenbrought to bear, i. - .ay ing to the reading world, through the medium . ' the,/ a letters of " Our own Correspondents" and "Our own Artists " in the Crimea, a vivid and accurate idea of the gallant movements and the glorious achievements of the Allied Army. Thus, from the graphic pens of the former, the public have, from time to time, been enabled to trace with remarkable clearness the progress of our troops, from the moment of their landing on the sterile and inhospitable %shores of the Black Sea, through all the stirring vicissitudes of the campaign ; to see them with "the mind's eye" now enacting some of the bright est deeds of valour and heroism that ever were recorded in the pages of historic warfare ; now ." in the bloody earnest of storm and siege," adding, by their deeds of cool bravery, additional lustre to the British military fame, and, though last not least, enduring with a forti tude and unyielding submission to duty, equally worthy of them—though crowned with victory and success—all the horrors of lingering sickness, privation, and incle ment weather, and meeting by thousands, almost with out a murmur, a fate far more certain and more dread ful in its aspect than that from which the fortune of war had hitherto spared them. All these phases in their career the pencil of the artist has, at the same time ren dered still m ore i nte l l i gible, and with a truthful reality to the perceptive faculties which the most gifted pen could never accomplish. To this subject it is our present pur pose more particularly to refer. Whilst the public are much indebted to the liberal arrangements made by the conductors of the first illustrated periodical of the day for the spirited delineation of so many incidents of the war, several independent efforts, with the same object in view, but on a different scale, have been in operation. Amongst the first of these we may call attention to the commission given by the well-known publishers, Messrs. Colnaghi and Co., of Pall Mall, to Mr. William Simp son, an artist whose works have for so long a time been favourably appreciated by the public, to proceed to the Crimea, with a view to the publicatiol& of a series of au thentic sketches of the places and occurrences of interest arising out of the campaign. Mr. Simpson, it would appear, received every assistance from the military and other authorities in the prosecution of his task ; and we have now before us as the result of his labours parts I. and IL of the series. These representatierne, which are 7.7.„ ipiectittl• from the original drawings, in the best style of -" - tinted lithography, by Messrs. Day and Son, comprise a view of Balaklava, looking towards the sea ; Sebas topol from the rear of the English batteries ; the gale off the port of Balaklava ; Lord Raglan's quarters before Sebastopol and at Kt-Alter Karagetch ; the dashing cavalry charges on the 25th October ; the second charge of the Guards at Inkerman, when they re-took the two gun battery ; an d the field of Inkerman at the spot where the hottest engagement took place—all of which are vigorously depicted, and are guaranteed for fidelity. Accompanying each print is an explanap tory key to the various points of interest embodied, and which are already familiar to the ear; and the letters of Mr. Simpson himself, which ,are highly des cr i p ti ve and very useful in relation to the different subjects on which his attention has been engaged. The series, when completed, will form a handsome addition to the draw img-room or cabinet portfolio ; whilst they will serve for years yet far away in the future to recall events of the deepest and most lasting moment, and to perpetuate the well-earned triumphs of modern English chivalry. Messrs. Colnaghi have also published a portrait of Sir De Lacy Evans, in which any one who has once seen the veteran will at once recognise the hero of Inkerman. Mr. J. S. Welsh, of St. James's-street, has sent for our inspection a beautiful engraving illustrative of one of • those numerous epL-odes in the war in which acts of in dividual courage and bravery are so conspicuous— namely, the gallant defence of their colours by Lieu tenants Lindsay and Thistlethwayte of the Scots Fusi liers, when separated with their eerjeants from, their battalich. Tuis is also a tinted lithograph, with a large pietnial surface, and portrays tune incident in question in a very inspiriting aed animated manner. DINNER TO MR. JACOB BELL. SIR Y 3. HALL AND SIR CHARLES NAPIER. The electors of .Marylebone purpose giving a public dinner at the Freemasons' Hall to-morrow (Wednesday) to Mr.. Jacob Bell, the late unsuccessful candidate for the borough, and considerable interest is manifested, it being understood that Sir B. Hall, Bart., one of the pre sent members, and Admiral Sir C. Napier, the late gal lant representative of the borough, have accepted invita tions. It is hoped that the right hon. baronet may give some fo re sh ado wing of the intentions of his great mea sure fer improving the local management of the metro polis ;•and it is expected that the gallant Admiral may enter into a little further exposé of the Baltic affair. It is also rumoured that Sir Robert Peel and other distin guished persons are likely to be present. HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS. The following circular has been addressed by the Lord Mayor to the governors of the various hospitals in the city cif Dublin :- 1- • - "Mansion Sofia, Feb. 24, 1855. " Gentlemen,—l am directed by the Lord Mayor to re• quest ;that you will have the goodness to report, for the in formation of his lordship, what amount of accommodation your hospitals could afford fur the sick and wounded soldiers and sailors returning home from the Crimea. It appears to his lordship that it would be most desirable that an offer should be made to Government to place at their disposal any spare accommodation in the Dublin hospitals, on condition of their providing necessaries and paying all extra expen.es. " The Lord Mayor feels certain that the physicians and surgeons attending the hospitals, and also the profession generally, would willingly lend their assistance to carry out slich a benevolent undertaking. "On receiving your reply, and that of the governors of the 'various other hospitals of the city, the Lord Mayor will take such steps in the matter as may appear advisable. I haVe the honour to be, gentleman, your humble servant, " S. RADCLIFF FETHERSTONHAUGII, Sec." THE WEATHER. Shwa Saturday we have had a rapid thaw. Theparks 'yesterday morning were nearly deserted, and the autho ritiee very properly prevented eager skaters and sliders froni venturing on the ice. Labourers have been engaged, and are now busily em. ployed on the Thames in demolishing the ice, in order to get the ships clear. The break-up of the ice is much dreaded along the shore. All the shipping have hauled in from the centre of the river close into shore, and will in ay measure avoid the masses that will be carried down. A large quantity of rain has fallen, and nearly cleared off the snow in the principal thoroughfares. One singular effect of the sudden break-up of the frost has been the stoppage of a large number of church cl oc k s . Aniongst those is that of St. Paul's Cathedral. Th e accounts from the country show that the thaw is general. The frost began to break up in Manchester on Friday night. In Liverpool it moderated somewhat on Saturday. At Newcastle the thaw began to set in on Saturday evening ; at Leeds on Saturday morning. FIRRS IN BISHOPSDATE-STREET AND WIIITECHAMIL.— Last night, between the hours of nine and ten, two serious fires, which were attended with a considerable destruction of property, broke out almost simultaneously —one in the sawmills belonging to Messrs. Udell and Co., No. 37 A, Skinner-street, Bishopegate, adjoining tte pianoforte factory of Meisrs. Smith and Co., the other ini the Montague Glassworks, Old Montague-street, Whitechapel. The first fire originated in a building fitte I up most extensively with steam machinery in the sawmill, which was of considerable breadth and length, which property of great value was deposited. The other commenced, it is supposed, in the counting-house, and extended thence to the back warehouse and also to tile first floor, and,, having penetrated the roof, it be eline distinctly visib!e all over the Leighbourhood. The fires were not extinguished until a considerable amount of damage was done. CHANGES IN THE MANCHESTER POST -OFFICE.—Some extensive changes are making in the Manchester Post. Present of t his office,. under the direction cf a commissioner from, St. 80, 1 is se to Le town. ,a Martin's-le-Grand, to b e tt er fit the. machinery for the inTcrileasneudn t i o be L r c 6 rf l. The scale of rethuner a ti on i s a l so to b e increased , an d placed on a b e tt er. principle. A increase d ier. e ar r i businesserp —t present there are dome of the best letter-carriers, who have been 20 years in service, only receiving a guiLea per week ; but by the new scale they, will have the chance of rising, by aerit, to sal ar i es as high as 303. per week. There are in futureito be 61 letter-carriers at 18s. to 21e. per week; 40 at 225. to 25e. per week, and' 15 at 265. to 30.5. per week. This is a very desirable change. When it is Considered that this class of servants have frequently letters entrusted to them containing large sums of money, it was hardly fitting that the wretched payment of 15s. 0 21 s . per week should be continued as the utmost re touneration they could aspire to. They are also to be e tter clothed, and to wea r th e un if orm genera l ly g i ven this class of her Maj es t y ' s serv i ce. 1 THE LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—Yesterday a large , ( number of able-bodied young men assembled at, the house of Mr. Pric'?, the Wobington Arms Tavern, oppo• !site the exit gates of the London and South-Western 'Railway, for the purpose'of. joining the land transport 'corps forming to render assistance to our c ommissariat in the Crimea. Capt. Mayne, the recruiting officer_ 54 the metropolitan district, was in attendance, and .in the course of the day attested 45 heatVooking 'young fellows, in addition to 295 despatched to th e depot at Bristol, within the last few days. These men were last night billeted on the inliabitant, and this morn. ing will be forwarded to the depot. Among them were many intelligent young me n. Their pay will b e as fol lows _ :—Superintendent , ss. a day ; sub superintendent, 4s. ; first-class drivers, 3s. ; and second-class drivers, - 21. 6d., with rations and clothing. They ai e all regularly enlisted for 10 years, but a warrant signed by the Queen entitles each man to claim a free discharge after having com pleted five years service. The corps will be com manded by the following officers :—Director-General, Col. WMurdo ; assistant ditto, Col. Napier; two regi mental majors, one adjutant, one regimental quarter master, and 24 divisional ditto. There will be about 2,000 of other ranks. All the officers have started for the Crimea, except the recruiting staff, and those at the depot - ate-Bristol. - This corps will have sole charge of the transp or t o f prov i s i ons f or th e army, and will only act on the defensive—never being in the field except on such occasions.' They will have the direction of foreign muleteers, and will be well armed and equipped. •