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1b... , iP 4 A LBUT L t, 4 I B Low o pen . 1, MUTH'S MONT BL ANC 11 2 7901 - "v t . m . 2 T he r' Ev ening, at ft o'nlock, except Friday, )1444eG0gv,,, . and s af „...., °fl ' i ll4 I tePresentauon. Laze pla,e. e t.i , eYery da aY, at 3 o'clock.—Stalls can be taken t , 3' from Eleven LW Four.—Egyptian Hall, A ltgl iai Neeirthizrkets,,itL2°yMoSso,—..vllAlDNAßl:emil S a l e S b u y e ri ces L s Au o ßE f t N h r e . its,. ...,..,;,,,, L0nd0n .„,,,„,, and Suburbs, for Sale. listal4,4oll.portot:ppromitrb,nrynd,. n h ug lin h it es ton so , Daiston.— Apply for leiter, 13, Grsha- I N IL , ARX - gr. -....... BAPTIST CHAPEL .71 ke, ri Mate Diorama.) -" Et r tPiEs . D Ay * NE0,,E..1,_wi.11 preach a SERMON in the Itlet 04;to co__ v.:x.lNa, May 9th. miaience at Seven o'clock. tl ttle it las, & St Setaii:: kted u o.The whole of the canvass kiiiiet °role f 4 the Pavilion erected I 6. ir u tt eZet, 4 tal 4 1 11: f t he Emperor of Dine front of is suitable „ NI. 2, Rtlk re q , d , l4. sokiA seconthband. Poles, willies. and e 'street, L O 4 l early' application to Benjarni f n 440 Nolp .on bridge, will have immediate 4441:teem .4 , SITED ‘ y 4 It* ; 22 4. pe r ''''r, COALS. --Best, 245. ; ti., ~,,... eze, ton The Gr t ifl(liiiipliftt24,'' orders f or R ea Western Railway Cora lra 1 C.1,..._.• Per ton, and for ezcellent and economical Vron ) 144 Sta 28 . Per to . . • *it p tiOn. ~,,,_ n• Cash prices within miles addlugt on A . l eas to the Superintendent, 4 Great ( .j il i t t 414 tteli kil ltk4 T W E S R p . 114 ,24 iitiltyßY RAS E N RAI L W AY.— ~,a p ,as snider; _ : .—Through Trains leave the Pad , 9.15. addingt o r •—• 1 1.9 •••ra• EXPrens. 8 Arrive at Shrewsbury. ss: : :• 8 0'' re ( Ztfiliary •••• • • • • 1.40 p.m. 4714 p,; . 10 ~ ' 0 rpres s ***** •• • 4.50 ~ p 21 Tr rdin arY .• ****** 9.25 ~ Mol t ._ r ain l eayes sh •• • ..... 2.10 a.m. I ) , ''n St ation, 7 By ordrerwsburY' for Paddington, at 5.50 t tttlk th Mal, 1855: NIO t"; OL RAN' tk, Ym, AlTo OE G ERMANY, 4p n t h a en' th e hest Man \-TERMANY, or in IQ 10p - tef act tht 'lOO ' 8 Itz on or t h aring Talent is obtained and 4 1, 1,/, , s ~ bei- oc „, e following • N I E "`ALT "E, the newgarment of th i l Season. u ts - . 141• EVE 7' 1 , ° ,', 1 e and Two g ),64. -- 's Gra , -- . • E it • -, One Guinea, n iV ie a aa ter e p a r c oof, yet ~.4 t e,,,,,- . iitA ti a • ' 4 NE .: va ixrabl A Titot ro „, -a -,7108,teA , 0 i r „, N l / 4 1, 31 ,;5•ES and HALF-GITINEA. Ny 'er sp.,4it. --- `c., ITAi, 'OATS ' q'r '''''el • ‘ l t ali . allofd Other OUTFITS sent gratis. 04 (1t. er t i lliblyR e aro leut rrts In ePared in A obe a , t 7 d he s :lha zes :e s e o tli: a ti t th ov ey e t 'str il ee t • kt ldre W s B ,ll . and hi - the ,J.. o „,, , 2 , ~_ eit—Y NlCOLL ornhill , 114, 116ydl, 118, 120, . 1 0, D. C. 1:4,446• t%l)/4 W eatre7X 01 . 7 1• 14, 4 4 ac e. F CORl t te ,„r• - Th e SE of CORRECTION, 'h, lo ,-,,)'. VAO,._ 4 ( .. !TrO NT SITUATION of GOVERNOR of the ilillttiZt,. N et i l l sega ehee 'zlT b y "t is ier the county of Middlesex having 4 11) It e e Is li e , O f the re i: Court of Quarter Session of the 7410 5 Nil will take Give gnati° n of Mr. Augustus Frederick 40 it t th e seelace on n. that the ELECTION of another ta l°l llt l at ;1: Clerk e :tY day o 'l n 1 nt SDA Y , the 31st day of May lc:fp:4 4 Z' 0474 11- gree n, , I .:! v ne7st general session), at the or , ilio r e . ienc z ehee oi. T he 8 jaryetTA tio,ec4orsnorlnenecre annum, S 4 : l 4l4 t r ei ile f en Je t ithi n tteeretlisite of any kind, eXc l ept gas, the:. ne s )54 6 0, 14 in „ ur e alread wall3 of the building, rent and taxes ,„'lse, ,Rti,leitrs..St be nit Y Provided by the county. The age Ne t i l s l 4 e Zrow e ' h Mid th ey rr led . ) Must not be less than 30 nor t lip b t .‘ ,3 l l , ?a , ur,, , a ylvtri ttn ;r:7 „ _ta i forwar names e at this plac a e )7, 1 _1)11 . 4 6 !T i ' 6 80:1 th li %eap Statingest t h i e m i r on i? so p e n i c , l a r r e a s c i t d e e r n a c i e cci h r Zi k ar, i n, tte eti .1 befer'llst Chairman of the Committee for Gene kop:ll or li st 4 te send d_ 6 19th day of May instant and must 1 / 4 41 4° 4 144141 1 1 t n'tan I' t, ettntnittee at the said Session;-house, on %i t 6 Or l es e6 the e . T wo o'clock, and out of the whole ki ~4,8 than ~..rtallittee wi ll select the names of not '' ed . 1855 . 14 n - ea tO be submitted to the court. 'AttLtsi sessWi...B.IGHT Clerk to the Committee, qt,,„ ..s-hone, Clerkenwell. r,41 ,,t I\T v I. AS SURA : x„ I- R E AND LIFE /t o , t h , .I I L ‘... COMPANY, tit:tatzt,, 'Lo SC E London. ! I le" siot B b et it vpItECTORS. 'llli l 11 1114 g Altrr bpIIQUHAR Bart., Chairman. hie w b it....„: Eerees Esq.-'• KE. Esq., Deputy -Chairman. ),,,,.i r ,X e , _ h„ q inCe • l 'P Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. J''.ll / , ,lite 4r( filhar, es John Martin, Esq., M.P. (10.44,ey, i„ t sq., iist?rt. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. r 4 l ot _ s,r 4 abll ks ,ki• ' • James Morris, Esq. 4-. lit °ll4 t m• Es q, henry Norman, Esq. C ' 4l l/ _ b each ° a, Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. , b ere, Esq. ), 18.1. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. 4t il h lle bart s , henry Vigne, Esq. .By d, , Qgq. ADDIToR, N k, ts 1 Henry Sykes Thornton' Esq. ine e 7l%;; R g eorg e g i I John Henry Smith, Esq. i','„'K.llll; ' , lll 3 ,' l t niael ii -e37s . Esq., Secretary. . .4 11 N ti p, 0h,,, t l , :i ., r roorn, Esq. ,y r Actuary. 11; 4t lie r itlink 1 3 , 1,„;_-"-‘,1"Ider the provisions of an Act of Par -I.liNtlei.k.toieghe w: offers to future insurers Four-fifths of 44 011)41 41 4 '4 Of piP,,,,1A1 D ivision, or a Low Rate of Premium 14t-k'N'o tore r ' R ut '. i . ,, , , , ae t., , i lis all e l e , e•.ts will be declared in June, 1855, when Z4Nle;;;ral e ! c alll P ' e llie h shall have subsisted at least one year 7 ,, t . tL, , ItOt curial alioNved to share in the Profits. . 1 1'‘ t:' ttlt: 'leo aci 4ns of Profits made by this Company, ko! l tiltrbiltabtk t - ' n , an av er t° to the Policies from One-halfto about One ll 1 11,3410,, g; Oh the s. Of the different ages, 411irk,'IlltiloliSitipteaniale 1 1 1 1 11 ? s insured, and_total Bonuses q7:7 h ior e ,doofol.rthe East Z, ' tlV, qa tile.l-1 ;1 1'h il Exrrasicy'7inexhicmeesderde V.i i NktiVp,, -I'le riee s t- ," Colonies r , e and the northern parts of the Itultit : .‘thee.;,• - --.1.e._ - vve been materially reduced. e Zel, s ‘.B , tr I i..' o ib - ••" Ds who are not in such sound health as Nni i ,ek rilt4": B 08,. s their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, *Vi a an te* n Lif e pt et Extra Premiums. 1410 ,./..„ l4 ll '° Lla eat ' a ll ba l ''. ll , s _eles to the extent of their values, pro ) lc% •• • • • L ITS - 0 4 OF ' 661 1 effected a sufficient time to have " 1 ,1 , e? a ki t. tZ P POtt e l p under 50/. 4 0e 0 1 t E2,n 1 . 1'"1r 7%.„ -- ` 4 .—Written Notices of, received 1441 4 e n 'l'Ater, - 'oloo s , ° f Pro -41 E1.1T Y. and no charge will be made for ek Wee, it v. at • ,,,, 5 -- iia r ,. '••' a l' lo lllo - 7,'etitiZ e et are effected upon every or c ha tat es. kk eess e4 l it • "V. ' 46 admitted by this Company. ret tt, sk it u k ittr nl l ll7ll e 4l 'llryir t o. ei,i • •- ; It. .--- ° i:" l ' edg" bttu l ni th s "` re ct in", a r ilyn,' itt. - BACCIEf &RATED_ k ad kl eet" of Nt o b 410 ~,,,'4 -r enett college ofPbysiclana, 'Yte ttr , tale I nv , al , . 6 e the 1.. -41 and London Hospitals, and ..et y ~_ , 185 2 , ' , llt rent 0 ' '411(6 wr, G, )......p ri edy for a certain disorder. -, aliq „,'s, Ot t, , e e Der 100 ItiTrA , -., they,,„,_ . O ZEAU, French chemist, 49, 50,.25. 9d. )4 6 ''44 101 - principal chemists. t 'f tb ),day t l'ATit -1 -41 , t INI te nni °I LE{ e IaNIC 1 4 g r , 4 E. by taate . 1 1.1; INSTITUTION. 4 ay t Gtb ith TR% ' I'BIXc E thi 44 l"ri.."allio )1 Pitt °a th e e,, ALBERT. 1 e.ito. tb Oa ,• MPARATIVE ANATOMY NteTAo r , I . .. sit li lath ' 1 .4. ttrtlz EB, ° b,„ t e Art „ 1:1 , tho s j st ; , ,DItAMATIC READING, by r1.,,c, - ~ Orce e „' rOTEctigzOUT NOTHING." iiqs b -' t Encim,,,,, s ` •/ tANIE, by Mrs. MAKETISICE. 1g 7 J t&-4 b t S CitAr ' 4 . Po r , '''''' Esq., on SONGS and SONG 4 4 - Nao, ft h ,,l'SAlL l e i l4 ia , Ego and - re g „ -•.-..., by Dr. BACEMOFFNEI. 4Airthe'rPool SPlezidicil th e LATE BATTLES, and of qu,„, ,, nit ed Zrass t h . !trying DIORAMA, depicting the ', CoA, • tates. ..tlatic, and embracing' Views of tillittgl„... 410/1,,,„ & c •Ac., Ecc. N!t t all'&11 ht a , i,3r ZnFo: nd PrOtect e d , ttko n , alli and ,' and Been,,_, by Royal Letters N" -1" f i, r .,,, 1 ... e ta lpar t 7.-. by the Seals of the Ecole de NatOeth e 4 ebtlr eti LEt At. , College of Medicine, ao:7lle ee r arist et l,'• Sb erina '? No. I s Vienna. it . - -Ne e ,n B wile fret), haee,.L2erhosa. and Exhaustion of the NN . --• " r4 ,l'ea r .;re Prev ent :',, e a , accident. or climate. 4 , ,,t i klF ,so teZ' a lt t h re ahort il le : l r sz s m it; • il a li al t o e u. ri a_b n i g e ,he married state by a ega Borders II Ist he lki en th at % e lf . three d ays -4 ' vnitecohmta .. iii e - - ` 4 'alo of 4 ,. 4 ght ai , a W an l d d e e l o ti l y s *4;44, LNitt _ ..te rat ion, I,,,ptldote for, to the gin of the health :It4l l .l l l tlo ontat Tßl R I'll a l ct k ett tlet,Nllisii ßeM6 dY for ' j i k• 3 ' %4 I N hl Ut e ri Of theithysientn treaatts class of Disorders, which -leteotlf foi MAI/4, Nord eeastit : t vith Mercury, to the the '40',4 84*, 1, 2, a ny t r„etnoves L ion, and which all t. til tat ttg e bti t quali ties ~, are alike devoid of taste or smell, teek s ins e e,a at 9l l l B ° Detted, The Y May lie on the toilet table IN, -r abii,_ .." Mail ea ch, free 1 1 Znea../IN had 00 , ,, 1 1 1 5te r ,,,,, by post, 2s. extra, divided trite '1.,,,, o , ay ~,s ' uoleas m e . “ fly Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux. 174,,,T ) ir y '• tr. bi — Po., 63 o.‘iici Retail in London of Johnston, 68, bh,. re et, ; beek.iplarn, ,•‘,!ford-streat; and Sanger, '5O, Ox 'iptis.LverZners be•inyggist, 46, Market -street, Manchester ; 'nail . h7:1!4pe,,,41.,:grete, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, s t 8 ell ' , bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, . High-street, Birmingham. le It ' ''t t* l' Ai P Pi, V(4 NI E. ROR 'S CAPE • 1 11'')' tt Na fro 1,44,, e eh rol a ,iit,„-sor o tin • .al t•vo light texture, thoroughly Water- Ito hH eb ee. loam pp nt odour tie%l - " 4 ( 4 ' , Paco " ' Is a protector from rain and dust 14,04644 k, that it may be carried without any in ntaLbe h , is 26, , s t at ke r ,„ '‘. rtk areq ',., s ! le jant l 3' trimmed with silk, 355 . 14,,C 4 r,i1t ~, • 3 "'• MOSES and SON'S Establishment tie -- %ot Aki o Z . stosa , v „ , tblen 46 4 14:'' Clo ' ,_ g and SON are v , th ."ioe' --oeraeolers, Flatters, !tasters, shirt Mannfac -4111b-,,43• oes,' • E pr kern ' an d General Outfitters for Ladles and Len ,e t -,e r l t , --os ea a 011iD ti do l 'al .°ln s e s ata beg to state they have no connexior , 41 -4' Eats" '--- out • ) i . London, except their own Esta -40410 t hc! st abli 4 WoLhareii,etinent ' l O - . , -eo ,• ' corner of the Minories, and Aldgate , s _tai e n try i t 4 tra„ h VioL l al 1 4 ; 1 1 .44 a5. ' N ew Oxford -street, corner of Hart iMZbiloic:estele Sh effield a el l kly, Ye, ~,,, 12 4 Bra % and Bradford, Yorkshire. , ao, ' l '4 hen , a a re ~, Melbourne, Australia. . k seoe t rO et'er,,s},tusinealsed from sunset on Fridays till sunset on 'alt,,N t ; l ll Dr ef "nid a ny !, r esumed till 12 o'clock. S. we„ ark ed ejred , the f"ticle not give satisfaction it will be e.: I pt i ' l *iki li e ; ri plain fi tmeY returned without hesitation. A l l 4,,, sr ! Pak m e e.res, the lowest price, from which no - .111 lif ' With • tl att () Nati h ats f Al. rei itt„, on ~,, 0 prices, system of self-measurement, 'll AI •uaY be -.1,.. Pa, _ Ma r ,„ „_ r had on application, or post free. ''' 40,1 - 4 t ler, m , 10 1855 gratis, on application, or post free. 416 n be t it ich. I Qui si parla Itallano. Aqua se habla Espagnol. h„. li itt I \ foiN ti . • eel, Dn ._ .3 AIITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. 4tttopni t tt *" illustrated with cases; free by post for 3o 0 stamp s , O, 44se Nw in. B DEBILITY; r ars pi: kr,,,,t t °roa, and Cure.—An F.ssay on Sper v..twobtsize ireal Observations on a safer and more sk, - ; . hll 4 ,`Zt by tiTinent of the diseases of the Generative. aAg 4l.l ety' Use of the Microscope in detecting and altZq ty i keid.l. coultd:, amination, the real cause and effect of qeagt, or Whether arising from solitary habits, sr carnate, followed by practical remarks, founded ehetialrience in the treatment of Impuissance. tiz, hitin‘lnentariesWeakness, Elpermatorrhosa, &e. To which 11 411, :z :s , on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre teilero„,i'e_ evils emanating from empirical prr.ctice, h. tr, clisora4-B""dies advocated by various writers on 'ti er E itt% bis ou LAIMERT. 1.1 4 4 4 410 1:11 ,,,, eAne 1) -g QUAIt E, LONDO tittiZrarq meqtetliftted Member of the University o Edin ,7%, l 6l iient h r n Dott w n• -the of the London Hospital Medical Society )10tile01 objeoC'nes' Hall. London, &c., &c. , nin e t1 . ,, 2 this treatise is to point out the fearful con tar 0 1 1 14 pr4 o oßce a 7,_ertain habits, irregularities, and excesses. con nip, „Gato r , a ;_t_or y e r n i s , ry in Youth, degradation in Man it7it N e. l 3 lase k n 7 c, at an stages of Life, than, perhaps, a l n3 bev ea), ~— ` l lO lenom * _to modern pathologists. Its peruse is tho,_ w Persons entertaining secret doubts o: Itrd• and who are conscious of having hazarded mutelytsti,klll4,4lol ftnd Pr which every human being is 4, u4 tle t De eer ythatall men should know, that there are ly hlYclEty "pus Dezrrairernent which cannot be violated without h - ,.7 telt °' hconst 4**teB t and when wisdom and regret succeed ,vs t Oatea , he, dorm, _, 5 .4-1114111 ence how these penalties etlz, c 'ker evil andl",t-e sting of t g hittk:rness may be removed. Ih eA N.4 etii "44 ely *'*emilequences may be avoided, and above all, ki m ettl or te ;13; de%ree of physical inSrmity or funetiona' Ltntettt lb fora Bevel ti mely aid of science cannot apply a core. rDii"lttely tine of years been engaged in an extensive alth Ca, v," bee n of these delicate complaints, which have th e F r ° tailict7r generally confided to the care of ignorant it,ttiptl Cl Oe r il' t e rr oslo o , 64 ,. t 114,11 7 on those wh are induced to place th, l4, e, i;, qty 0. 71 p eY be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, f4l4etati,l4 CeBtt,4nna.rn. Ofiter-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street . 4 te t ° are, Mann, 39, Cornhill• or fr ee by post fo• address from the Author's ' residence, 37, Bed kliii(tl! "IktaltlitiOnidatt * rrOnl Rleventill Two and from No. 19,534.] SMITH TESTIMONIAL FUND. 37, GREAT GEORGE-STREET, WESTMINSTER. S The superior advantages of screw propulsion being fully de monstrated by its general adoption for the public service and for the c.lnmerci:il operations of almost all maritime nations, a favourable line appears to have arrived for inducing a public recognition of the merit of its introduction. Convinced that screw navigation—whoever may be regarded as its original inventor—must date its real commencement from the successful trials ant voyages of the " Archimedes" in 1839 and 1840 ; sad feeling that all naval nations are indebted to the performances of that silty, for the first practical development of this great improve ment in the means of maritime enterprise; the following gentlemen, pci sonally cognisant of the facts connected with the progress of the system, are strongly impressed with the justice of the claims of Mr. Francis Pettit Smith, to whose talents and untiring energy it is well known the " Archimedes" owed both her origin and success. They can also bear record to the steady perseverance with which that gentleman has continued to devote the best years of his life to the purpose of establishing the merits of the screw. And they know Mit the national benefit thus conferred by his labours—which was first so clearly confirmed by the performances of the Rattler in 1845, then so strikingly illustrated at the naval review of 1853, and which is now so confidently relied on for success in actual war—has not 1; therto procured for him either public acknowledgment or pecuniary reward. They have therefore formed themselves into a Provisional Commit tee, and have requested us most respectfully to solicit the honour of your name, and the advantage of your influence and example, in sup port of an appeal to all classes and interests for a general subscription to present a suitable testimonial to Mr. Francis Pettit Smith, for his prominent services in bringing into practice the system of screw navigation.—We have the honour to be your obedt. servants, EDWARD PELLEW HALSTED,/ Hon. Seca; JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Jmnes Allan, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Company Charles Atherton, Esq., Chief Engineer H.M. Dockyard. Woolwich Jo eph eardmore, Esq., Manager of the General Steam Navigation Compan , 'a Engine Works H. Wollaston Blake,Esq., F.R.S., Engineer, London Isimbard K. Brunel, Esq., 1.R.5., C.E. Edward Chappell, Esq., Capt. R.N., Secretary to the Royal West India Mail company Wiliam Crispin, Capt. R.N., the Royal Yacht John ITtlay Ellis, Esq., Ctialtrnavr"Or -hipping Company Joshua Field, Esq., F.R.S., Engineer, London John Fincham, Esq., late Master Shipwright, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth Sir Richard Grant, Et , Capt. R.N. William If. Henderson, Capt. R.N., C. 8., Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard Diward Humphrys, Esq,, late Chief Engineer H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich McGregor Laird, Esq., Managing Director of the African Mail Com p Thomas Lloyd, Esq., Chief Engineer of H.M. Navy Charles J. Mare, Esq., shipbuilder, London Joseph Miller , Esq,, F.R.S., Engineer, London Robert Napier, Esq., Engineer, Glasgow tames Nasmyth, Esq., Engineer, Manchester John Penn, Esq., Engineer, Greenwich George Rennie, Esq., F.R.S., Engineer, London .Toseph d'a Samuda, Esq., Engineer, London Rot ert Stephenson , Esq., M.P., F.R.S., C.E. Isaac Watts, Esq., Assistant-Surveyor H.M, Navy %Toney Wigrant, Esq., shipbuilder, London Joseph Whitworth, Esq., Engineer, Manchester TREASURER. Cha - les Manby, Esq., F.R.S., C.E., Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers HONORARY SECRETARIES. E. P. Halsted, Capt., R.N., and J. Scott Russell, Esq , Engi neer. Extract from the Report of Baron CHARLES DIIPIN to the Academy of Sciences, Paris, on the prizes awarded by the French Govern ment to M. Durur DE LOME, and M. Moll, Officiers superieurs du Genie Maritime, et Ingenieurs de la Marine delere Classe, and M. Boyar:Km, Captaine de Fregate, for the successful application of steam and screw propulsion to sal'ing vessels of war:— " En 1835, un fermier de Middlesex, M. Francis Pettit Smith, en cadre her zontalement une vis d'Archimede a l'arriere et dans la partie la plus pincee de la carene ; cette vis est continue; elle a deux revolutions completes. hauteur prend son brevet le 31 Mai, 1836." " Revenons au fernier Smith. Aussi peu savant dans le nrincipe que le harbirr Arkwri ht, it avant la ineme perseverance et le n.eme inoomptable courage Ces deux qualites morales l'ont fait triom pbe, de t us es obstacles. M. Smith, pendant deux annees, essaye son bateau stir la Tamise et stir l a canal de Paddington. Dane ce canal, 'en• nn accident heureux, une reviut on de sa vis d'Archirrede est tifisee, et le navire marche plus vite qu'auparavant. C'est un trait de imniere, et l'on flnira par n'employer qu'une meitle, qu'un tiers, et Ineme une snoindre partie de revelution d'helice. Par ce moyen, l'on pourra loger le propulseur dans une etroite ouverture verticale, en avant du gouvernail, entre deux etambots. " !)'essais en essais, M. Smith se hasarde a !utter contre les diffl cultes de le mer. Avec un navire extremement petit, it s'aventure dans la Manche, et brave un mer toujnurs si dure, en essnyant des temps mauvais ; son courage inspire une faveur universelle. " L'Amiraute d'Angleterre prend un vif Interet a des essais tentes si courageusement , et couronnes par le succes. Elle demande a M. Smith un essai plus considerable, et la construction d'un navire a hel ice de 200 tonneaux, avant de conclure a Padoption du nouveau .ysteme. En consequence, l'Archimede, do 237 tonneaux, est con ,truit et mis ala mar. L'Amiraute se serait montree satisfaite, si Bans les experiences demandees, le batiment cut parcouru 5 nceuds par heure ; it en parcourtit pros du double. Malgre le vent et la maree, it nc mit que vingt heures pour aller de Gravesend a Ports mouth. " Convaincue par ces epreuves, l'Amtraute d'Angleterre accepts I'h Jice pour ses propres navires. En 1841, elle fait commencer a sheerness son premier batiment a propulseur helicoide, le Rattler du port de 888 tonneaux, batiment qu'on mit a la mer au printemps, (le 1843. On multipliat les experiences our ce navire, et l'Amiraute, completement edifice, ordonna de construire a la fois, vingt bati meats de l'Etat, a propulseurs helicoides." Letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of Minto, G.C.8., &c. (First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835 to 1841.) "London, June 13, 1854. "near Sir,—l have not a doubt that Mr. Smith may justly claim the merit of having been the first to introduce the use of the screw propeller; and it was owing to his success in its application that shortly before I left the Admiralty I felt myself justified in ordering the Rattler to be built, for the purpat:e of testing the comparative ad,,ntages of the paddle and the screw.—Believe me, dear sir, yours faithfully, (Signed) "MINTO. " Charles A. Caldwell, Esq. " I can have no objection whatever to your making any use of my lettier thateanAteirerrmemplei ,. . ;Letter from the Bight Hinialtdi AaaehgM.; • (First Lord of , the Admiralty , 1841 t o 1846). ' yninghame, Prestonkirk, N.B . August 24, 1854. " , ir,—lt is impossible for in to take upon myself to offer an opinion as to which of the claimants is to be bu Mutedt e t eve that the he merit of the first invention o f the screw propeller success of " the Archimedes," followed by the trial the of "he Rattler," (b u ilt under Lord Min to ' s Board), led to the adoption of t screw in II M.'s Navy, and in the merchant service. " it is admitted, I believe, that to Mr. Pettit Smith belongs the credit of the success of "the Archimedes," consequently he is en titled to be considered as the Introducer of a most valuable improve men t in steam navigation. "He was employed generally under the Steam t) Den belie vet hat his of the Ad m i r alty in my time , an d I have every reasont services were found to be valuable. " But the professional names attached to the attestation you have furnished me with, as well as those of the most eminent engineers, are of far greater value to Mr. Smith, than any testimony of mine can possibly be.—l have the honour tone, air, obedient hum ble servant, (Sied) yourDNGO. " Captain Halsted, R.N. enclose the answer to your letter, of which you may make any use you may think lit." SUBSCRIPTIONS. Richard Abethell, Esq., master shipwright, 11. M. Dockyard, Portsmouth .....• . ...... director of the.......... . .... P en insular and £1 1 .la 7. Allan, E sq ., managing .... ..... • 50 0 O r iental Company, Leadenh all-street . •.. .... • P 7, C. Alston, Esq. , Birmingham .......... • ••• • • • ... . 25 0 Captain W. S. Andrews , North of Europe Steam Navigation C o mpany, 84, King William-street . ...............uare 10 0 .. • • 5 0 John George Appold , Esq. , Wilson-street, • Finsbury•sq C. Atherton, Esq , chief engineer, II.M. Dockyard, Woolwich 10 0 Captain Horatio T. kustin, R.N., C. 8., Admiralty Inspector 2 2 of Packets, Southampton .. •• . ...... ... • •• • The Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company, Moor gtte-street .................. .... •• • • Thomas Back, Esq., Military Department, East India House 1 1 Messrs. Bayley andßidley, 2, Cowper's-court. • ... John Barrow, Esq.. E.R.S., Admiralty ...............3 0 George Beardmore, Esq., Deptford .. ••••••••• • • •• • 1 0 Josep h Beardmore, E. manager of the General Steam Navigation Company's engine works, Deptford ... 5 0 Josep h Beardmore, Jun , E s q ., De p tford ..•• ••••••.. .. •• • • 1 0 Will i am Beardmore, Esq. , D ep tford .. ••••••• • •• • •• ••• .•• •• 2 0 R._ar-Adiniral Sir Francis Beau fort, K,C.8., Admiralty • • • . 5 5 Th e Birmingham Tube Com p an y , Birmingham • • • • • • • ..... 25 0 ates.rs. J• - thn Bourne and Co., engineers, Greenock ••• . . 50 0 Welbeck-street, CAvendish. square .• • • 5 5 William Boxall, Esq., Messrs. Brownlow and Co.. Hull .••.•••.. • • • • • . ..... .. 3 0 Peter Bruff, E-q., C.E., Ipswich ....................... 1 •• • • 1 I. K. Brunel, Esq., F.R.S.. C.E., Duke-street, Westminster 59 0 William (` arpmael, Esq.' C.E., Patent-office, Lincoln's inn .• 2 0 1 0 W'illam Catt, Esq., Brieliton ••..•• • • • • • Cap sin E. Chappe'l, R.N., secretary of the Royal West India Mail Company, Moorgate-street Henry Chatfield, Esq:, master shipwright, 11.11. Dockyard, Deptford ............... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •.• 2 Jibe C urch, E-q., C.E.,Chelmsford I). K. Clark. Esq., C.E., Great North of Scotland Railway 5 1 5 Company, Aberdeen ........ • • • • Lieut. J. E. Commerell , R.N. Robert Cowen, Esq., Carlisle • ... Commander Peter Cracrott, R.N., H.M.S. St. Jean d'Acre• • • 1 !apt. W. Crispin, R.N., the Royal Yacht, Portsmouth Messrs. Was. Denny and Brothers, shipbuilder., Dumbartcn 103 John Dinner), Esq , inspector of steam machinery afloat, Ad miralty, 'omerset-house .. M, sirs. Richard Du rant and Co., Lloyd's.. •. • ...... •. .. 10 M e ssrs C. and W. Earle, engineers, Hull • • .. 2 David Elder, Esq , en. lacer, Glasgow . . •• • J am es Elliott, Esq., C.E , Dymchurch, Kent .. J. IT. Ellis, chairman of the General Screw Steam Co., Ade -1 iide-place, Londo n-brid g e 31, s-rs. Allen Everitt a nd Son, Birmingham .. • • ... Chas. Few, Esq , Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.. • • • • .... 105 J. Fincham, late master shipwright, H.M. Dockyard, Ports mouth Capt. John Ford. marine superintendent General Screw-steam S n ipping Company , So utliamrton 1 Capt. Robert Ford, Battersea .. • 1 Joseph Freeman , Esq. , A rtiller y - p lace, Finsbury C h ar les Frodsham, Esq., Strand....... •.. ... .• • W illi a m Froude, Esq., C.E., Dartingto n, Devon ...... •• • • Messrs. Joseph Gee and Co., Hull .... ............ M e ssrs. Gibbs, Bright , and t 0 ., Liver' 00l L i one l Gistorne, Esq., C.F.., Duke-street, Adolph' 1 0 vice- n din iral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.C.8., Gover nor of Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich • ... Captain Sir Richard Grant, Kt., R.N , 3, Connaught-place, Hyde-park Wi:liam Green, Esq., R.N., harbour master, Lowestoft Capt. E. P. H..a.1.5t.e.d.,..R..N.. .. ................. (I . n . i . t . ed .. S . ervi .. c . eCh . d ) , 10 0 shaw, Esq., C.E., Great • George street, West- Jo l l o ,l ncil li o a n w . k . ... ... 10 0 10 10 tv , lliam Hartree, E. engineer, Lewisham Captsia CoH. Henderson, R.N.. C. 8., Comptroller General of the Cast Gusr€l, Custom House • • .• ........ .... •• • • .. 5 0 Messrs. J. x . Hoby and Co., Renfrew . ..... .... •• •• .. •• ••• 5 5 Captain James Flosicen.• •.••••• • • • • • • .••••••• • •• • • •• 1 0 Messrs. Howard, Ravenhill, and Co., engineers, R otherhithe 25 0 li E. umphrys, Esq., late chief engineer MM. Dockyar • •• —• • ... 10 0 d, Woolwich, Deptford •• • ... ........., engineers, Deptford 50 0 • Messrs. II umphrys, Tennant , and Dykes Captain Thomas Jackson, the Baron Osy steam -ship •••• .. 1 5 1 William Jackson, Esq. , engine er, Leman-street.... • 0 Jabez James, Esq., engineer , B lackfriars .......• •: W. S. Johnson, Esq., St. Martin 's-lane.. •• . • .... ..... J. Hodgson Jones, Fsq., engineer , Poet's-corner, Westminster 1 1 Townsend Kirkwood, Esq , Llandilo , Carmarthen.. • • • • 2 5 0 H. Reader Lack, Esq., Board of Trade ... ..... • • MN ;regor Laird, Esq., managing director of the African Mail 100 0 Company, Mincing-lane .. •• • • ................ • W. 11. Lambert, Esq., engineer, General Screw Steam -Ship- 5 5 ping Company, Southampton ................ 51 0 James Lamin g , Esq., Maids-hill West . ..... ....•• . TI l q .agdon, Esq., engineer, London-street •• .. .......... 10 0 . Lloyd, Esq., chief engineer of H M Navy, Somerset 10 0 J Horse II 1 .. k . c . • . Esq.,.. . •••..' shipwright, H.M.il Dockyard,:• Portsmouth C. ‘i Esq.,anbY ;glier p s C. m j i . n il s t t a er re : eao 1 F • ' It ( irSe; (treasurer), r . ,), secretary GreatG o e f o t r h g e e. l s n t s r t e t e i t tu , tio n West -100 f Esq., ............ lllackwall • ..... lO (1 0 Mew. Martin, Samuelson, -..' Sons, Greenwich Co.,et Dockyard, Britain kd, cyoh London d steam-ship : . . . ~ .. .: : .. . .. . •. . . .. . 2 0 Captain B. R. Matthews, and .:...... .................. I “ 1:1 . 11... .. .. .. ... e a r LI I S •SI 0 John Matthew, Esq. keld Maser. Maudslay, T. Messrs. s a . li il Miller,e r , E s ß q a . , v e e n n h g engineer, G . li t r i k l 1 s Esq.... ....... ..• .. •• : •• : : : '. *. i : . , Gloucester-terrace, Pr o Hy uth d: , engineers, Blackwall 100 0 10 10 5 0 10 1: 71a. . WilliamMorgan, ,ca.pl,ll,ar l • • ••••• • • .. 10 10 roft, Manchester .... 10 0 Commander Matthew S. Nollotb, RN I ~ H.M.S. Frolic .... 1 0 ' din ir : I Sir niE ( 37 h t il i .' 'ref Esq., e l' Charles Onge engineer, ,g ! GI i n a lea r : t r. .7 . I. E w' : a .t t r.. o ; e n : -: p : 1 : a : c : e : .. .. . : :. ... :. * I : . ' I : . 101 20 00 1 ‘ i v a li f yi T ica s iit. o . l p l . l ... F .e, ,.. E E . : .q q . .. : , C eas .E iiier H . u o l f i •G• Greenwich ••• I 0 Hospital, Green , . ..... . ....... •..•••••. 5 0 ______(_._ 'e -e) !~- C • • Z., 444: t • : • ..„ • g ‘f , ,-* * 9f' at' • , A, .„ A tPf ***l4 . 4i7o ' ttlf."r'44if 3.;5: ;Ad/#4 •7/ „ila ) 4 / 4 . 410'' •tt - " - I • ' o. . c A . "(64: ' di e #P - 1 ="" ' 7 7 - ' .'Y4 ge,47v r a iP" \ j - 1/47,• rk\ s.z\ , t titt.744, +ttt, ' '" 1 .• ROIT-".- /ii -, qi A t - ttA , - • •-` ' •0• - • ,••• • • k , •*"••• • LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 18: Rear-Admiral Sir William E. Parry, Kt., lieutenant-gover nor of Greenwich Hospital ................., .......... 3 0 William Parsons, Esq , Leicester ..... .••—•• • • • • • ... 2 2 The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company 100 0 Messrs. John Penn and Son. engineers, Greenwich .. • lOO 0 John Diston Powles, Esq., Wimpole-street ..... Edward J. Powell, Esq., Hydrographio Department, Ad miralty . Captain William Ramsay, R.N., H.M.S. Hogue Messrs. G. Rennie and Co , engineers, Holland-street, 81ack friar5............... .. ... •• •• •• • 25 0 William Rigby, Esq., Glasgow —— . . ... Major F. C. Robb, E 1.C.5., Beaulieu House, Southsea J. Scott Russell, Esq., F.R.S:, C.E: (Hon. Sec.) Great George-street, Westminster lOO 0 Messrs. Samuda Brothers, engineers, Poplar •• .••••• •• • • • • 20 0 John Scott, Esq., engineer and shipbuilder, Greenock Messrs. Seaward and Capel, engineers, Limehouse ... lO 0 Joseph Sims, Esq., Birmingham.... •••• •• • • •"• " ..... " 5 ° Messrs. Sims and Muntz, Birmingham ••..•• • • •• lO Q Edward Slaughter, EN:, engineer, Bristol . Commander Luke Smithett, R.N., H.M.S. 'Vivid .....• .... 2 0 R. Stephenson, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., C.E., Great George street, Westminster .... • Captain James N. Strange, R.N 1 0 John M. Sunley, Esq , insurance broker, Cornhill .. •• . lO 0 William Swann, Esq., Queen-street, Westminster .. • • James Tilling, Esq., Hendon G. 11. J. Walford, Esq., Serle-street, Line,oln's-inn...... Captain Frederick Warden, R.N., H.M.S. Ajax 5 0 Thomas Waterman, jun., Esq., shipbuilder, Blackwall lO 0 Messrs. James Watt and Co., engineers (per H. Wollaston Blake, Esq , Soho, Birmingham •• •.••• • .. • • I. Watts, Esq., Assistant -Surveyor H.M. Navy, Somerset house . Messrs. John and Robert White, shipbuilders, Cowes Joseph Whitworth, Esq., engineer, Manchester ..... If. Wigram, Esq., shipbuilder, Blackwall .. G. T. Wright, Eso. Lympstone , Devon Thomas Wright, isq , engineer. George•yard, Lombard-st 2 2 Subscriptions are received by Messrs. Martin and Co., 68, Lom bard-street, London; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall Mall East, London : J. Scott Russell, Esq , 37, Great George-street, West minster (Honorary' Secretary) : and by C. Manby, Esq., 25, Great George-street, Westminster (Treasurer). I E. P. HALSTED, } Honorary Secretaries. J. SCOTT RUSSELL, •••••11a -41;044.1119SlittArfilearliantAlitaittit i g , .• : --- -..•-: _,- --*---- - -.. RESIGNATION OF M. DE DROYUN L'HUYS. Majesty's councils resolves itself into a genealogical inves tigation. The reason is to be found in the Peerage, not in Hansard. His c l a i ms w i ll be traced to his relationship or connection with the families of Devonshire, Sutherland, Bedford, or Carlisle, or with some of the few inferior dynasties which the conventional usage of these noble houses may have admitted into a partnership with the family interest. (From the Times of this day.) The resignation of a Minister under the form of Govern ment now existing in France has not the same importance which such an event may possess in a constitutional mo narchy, or in a State in which the Minister of the day enjoys the plenitude of executive authority. But, although the absolute power of the French empire resides in the personal will of the Sovereign, it cannot bo a matter of indifference when a Minister who has served that power with fidelity and judgment retires from its service on a question of policy or of personal susceptibility. Both these causes have probably contributed to the resignation of M. Drouyn de l'Huys, the late Minister for Foreign Affairs in France, who has just quitted the post he tad filled for nearly three years with considerable ability and success. The talents of M. Drouyn de l'Huys may have been over rated, for the despatches which bore his name and extended his reputation are well known to havb proceeded from the pen of another gentleman in the Department of Foreign Affairs; but he is fairly entitled to Cir., credit of straight forward dealing with this country, and to the honour of having successfully established Ulf, diplomatic relations of singular fortune to negotiate t reat i es of alliance both with the Crown of England and with th at of Austria; and, al. though he was engaged in tr ansactions which have led to the French empire with the r es t of Europe. It was his a fierce and protracted contest, these events did - not alter the moderation of his opinions or the prudence of his cha racter. But in the office over which he presided these qualities were not always paramount, and the personal relations of the Minister with those who participated in his labours were cold, jeal ous, and disagmeable. M. Thouvenel, in particular, w h o was appointed t O gipply his place during the mission of th e Mi n i ster to Irtepeik had so much reason to resent the tre a t men t he teal :lrom his official chief that he placed hie_r_esignation ys ago in thethands of the - Eraperhtc" that IL Thouvenel waH rgagto to a far hig • Tyin g named to the Embassy at Constantinople, and M. Drouyn de l'Huys withdrew from office within 43 hours after his return to Paris. The Cabinet at present consists, if we mistake not, of fourteen members. They are— 1. Lord Palmerston. 2. Lord Lansdowne. 3. Loird John Russell. 4. Duke of Argyll. 5. Lord Panmure. 6. Lord Granville. 7. Lord Clarendon. 8. Sir George Grey. 9. Lord Harrowby. 10. Lord Cranworth. 11. Sir George Lewis. 12. Sir Charles Wood. 13. Sir Wm. Molesworth. 14. Mr. Vernon Smith. At first sight the list appears to justify the charge of an aristocratic exclusiveness. There is just one untitled per son in the whole set. A little examination will show that the exclusiveness is not that of a class, but of a clique. Everybody knows that the houses of Bedford, Devon shire, Sutherland, and Carlisle are so united among them selves by repeated intermarriages, as to form one family set. We do not pretend to more knowledge of the rela tionships of these noble families than is published to the world in the Peerages. Bat we protest we do think it singular that of the fourteen persons to whom the fortunes of England are entrusted in the Cabinet, ten should be the immediate connections of this fortunate family connection. Lord Palmerston, by his marriage into the Melbourne family, linked himself with this conspiracy of cousins. Let- us r however, take the ease of the Sutherland con 1. The brother of the duchess is Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. We do not, however, suppose that this dispute is the sole, or even the principal cause, of the resignation of the Foreign Minister of France at so important a crisis. In speaking of M. Drouyn de Lhuys' visit to London, before he proceeded to join the Conference at Vienna, we re marked that on his arrival here he was disposed to take a lower tone than the British Cabinet were disposed to adopt, although he subsequently assented to all the views enter tained by our own Government. As long as Lord John Russell remained at Viennl this harmony continued un broken ; but in the course of two or three days subsequent to the departure of the British Plenipotentiary M. Drouyn de Lhuys appears to have discussed and arranged with Count Buol a proposition of terms of peace widely different from that on which the alliel courts had previously agreed. This scheme, whatever it nay be, was unhesitatingly re jected by the head of the French Government as soon as it was made known in Paris and the British Government were equally satisfied that no honourable peace could be concluded on such a basis, for the effect of this condition was barely to limit the naval strength of Russia in the Black Sea to the force she already possessed before the out break of the present hostilities. M. Drouyn de Lhuys ap pears to have thought that peace might have been procured on these terms ; but, as this was not the opinion of the Government which he serval, or of the allied Government with which he was acting, this difference of policy led to his retirement from office cn the termination of his Vienna mission. 2. Lord Granville is first cousin of the duke. 3. The Duke of Argyll is son-in-law of the duke. 4. Lord Harrowby is first cousin of the duke. 5. Lord John Russell is cousin of the duke. 6. Lord Lansdowne's father married a cousin of the duke. It does, we say, seem strange that in a nation with thirty millions of inhabitants, when we come to choose a Cabinet we select out of that small body supposed to be the wisest of the land, six of the immediate connections of the Duke of Sutherland. But this is not all. The whole Cabinet is filled up by ramifications of the family connection. Many persons, no doubt, have wondered why Mr. Vernon Smith, an untitled person, is introduced into the Venetian Council of Ten. The answer will be understood when we say that he is married to a cousin of Lord Lansdowne. Sir Charles Wood is in the same way a Cabinet Minister for no other reason on earth than because he married a daughter of Lord Grey. He, of course, is cousin by marriage t o Si r G eorge G rey . The Home Secretary, again, has strengthened his family interest by the introduction of Lord Harrowby, to whose cousin he himself is married. The only exceptions to the rule of relationship are to be found in the Chancellor, who must be a lawyer. Lord Panmure, who was only offered his present office when Lord Grey, one of the family connection refused to accept it. Sir W. Molesworth, a remnant left by the Peelite intru sion which was submitted to in 1852 ; and, perhaps, Lord Clarendon, although, we believe, Lord Clarendon owes his official position to some relationship which the Peerages do not disclose. It is not only on the ground of the inadequacy of these terms that we are satisfied the Western Powers could not with honour or consistency accept them. To desist from the war without having succeeded in the object we pro posed to attain by the expfdition to the Crimea, and with out having materially lessemdthe power and pride of Russia, would simply beto increaseler influence throughout the East and the central States of Europe and to lower the reputation of two nations which have hitherto claimed the first rank in military and naval warfare. To that result the people of England, and we believe tiat we may add the people of France, are not prepared to submit ; such a peace would be fatal to the Governments by which it might be con clude:l, for it would he judged of, not so much by the terms we might actually obtain from Russia, as by our failure to enforce those conditions which have been solemnly declared to be essential to the future security of the Ottoman empire and of Europe. Moreover, in sug gesting these terms the Cabinet of Vienna does not appear to have possessed any assurance that they would be ac cepted by that of St. Petersburg, and the allied Powers would thus have seemed to sue for the peace which they have every right to dictate. Under these circumstances, whatever may have been the opinion of M. Drouyn de l'Huys, the Emperor of the French and the Queen of England had no alternativebut to reject such a proposition and to prosecute the war urtil fresh overtures are made by the submission of the enemy. This incident is in reality no more than the epilogue to the Confererce of Vienna, and it disposes of the last elusion which that negotiation may have raised. To supply the place of the late Minister of Foreign Affairs the choice of the Emperor of the French has at once fallen on Count Walowski, who has fot several years filled the office of Ambassador at this Court. In some re spects no better choice could at this time be made. Count Walewski has laboured with great assiduity and good faith to promote the alliance of the two Govern ments and the two nations ; he is intimately ac quainted with the political views of the Butish Ministry; and: he has uniformly endeavoured to give energy to the piosecution .of the war. But it is not im -ha this change may produce ,perceptible o ff volition* of Frame. 'with verde . of the oth States of Europe, and that the policy of the Empire may be modified by the loss' of one of its most cautious ad visers. The choice of the Emperor is restricted within the narrow circle of the immediate adherents of the Impe rial family, and M. Drouyn de l'Huys hal an independence of pOsition not easily to be supplied. The Embassy of London also becomes vacant by this charge, and the names of M. de Persigny, M. de Flahault, ant M. de Rayneval have been mentioned for this appointmeit. We abstain, however, from offering any remarks on tlis subject, in our ignorance of the decision which the French Cabinet may take; it cannot be doubtel that the Emperorof the French will desire that his representative in this country should combine the highest personal distinction with great poli tical judgment and experience, for it is more than ever necessary to our success that the strictestconfidence and union should regulate the councils of our aliance and the operations of our arms. If this be not so, the noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs is attempting to found a family influence of his own. Few persons, we suppose, will say that Sir George Lewis is Chancellor of the Exchequer for any other reason than his being the brother-in-law of Lord Clarendon. Let the honest people of England, before they condemn the exclusiveness of the aristocracy for the evils which exist, iu common justice, remember that we are now go verned by a family conspiracy, the very principle of which is to exclude from office all, whether belonging to the aris tocracy or the people who caauot vindicate their title to it by relationship to the family connection which calls itself the Whig party of England. ( From the Morning Advertiser of this day.) Yesterday the town was considerably startled by the an nouncement that M. Drouyn do l'Huys bad resigned the office of Foreign Secretary, and had ceased his connexion entirely with the government of Louis Napoleon. When the circumstances under which the resignation took place became known, the uneasy feeling was mingled with sur prise: It is said that grave differences of opinion have taken place between the Emperor and his late Foreign Minister, with regard to the manner in which the latter acquitted himself as plenipotentiary at Vienna. His Im perial Majesty, we are told, has expressed his strong dis approval of the disposition which his representative at the Vienna Conferences, manifested to accept dishonourable and delusive terms of peace from Russia, and that he con demned M. Drouyn de l'Huy's too great confidence in the good faith of Austria. Count Walewski, the French Am bassador at our Court, yesterday quitted London for Paris where he is to take the portfolio for Foreign Affairs. As Lord John Russell took substantially the same view of matters at the Vienna Conferences as M. Drouyn L'Huys, and concurred in the acts of the latter, the pre sumption is, that the noble lord cannot remain in the Pal merston Ministry. Louis Napoleon would consider his lordship's retention of his place as a protest against the opinions which his Imperial Majesty has expressed. The Paris correspondent of the Times, in the second edition of yesterday—which we suppose will be repeated in its general impression of to-day —says,. indeed, that the Palmeriton administration, as a whole, is believed in the French capi tal to be on the eve of dissolution. "It is considered here," says the Paris correspondent of the Times, "as probable that, should M. Drouyn de L'Huys quit the cabinet, a change will take place in the English Ministry also. It is notinEng England only who that w disappointment opposedent is to felt with Lord now Palmerston. exult at the general disgrace into which he and his collea gues his appear to un willingly adniit ha t v h e fallen, and athehas proved war hi m m es s t el p f ar u t t i t s e a r n ly s in competent to the task which ho had taken on himself. Nothing can exceed the astonishment of the French at men being retained in their posts, at home and abroad, who have all but ruined the noblest cause that ever mankind was engaged in. At all events, the fall of the English Ministry is anticipated here." This cannot be very encouraging to the Palmerston Ministry or its adherents. And as if to fulfil the predic tion of its downfall, with the least possible delay, Lord Ellen borough last night gave notice of his intention to move a vote of censure on it on Monday next. Mr. Layard, too, was evidently in high spirits last night with regard to the damage which ho expects his resolutions to do to Minis ten ; for he made a great effort to obtain an early day for bringing them forward. The Premier, as if dreading the effect of the hon. gentleman's resolutions, declined to place any day at his disposal. The member for Aylesbury will not, however, be thereby diverted from his purpose. He will avail himself of the earliest opportunity which the forms of the house will afford, to bring forward his resolu tions. It would be, perhaps, too much to expect, with such a combination of the oligarchical interest as there will be against him, that Mr. Layard will carry his mo -1 tion. But the debate may, and probably will be, suffi ciently damaging to complete the process of dissolution already so evidently begun. The great point for the people now to consider is, who are to be successors of the present Ministry. Tho country must bo on its guard, lest it be again juggled by th e for mation of an o th er o li garc hi cal Cabinet. Let the voice of public opinion now demand that we shall have no more Ministers of Lords, but we shall have an Administration composed of men of merit and capacity, with regard to their rank in life. The friends of the " Familr" interest aro, we know, in the habit of asking, with a jeer —as if they alone could govern the country—where else are the materials to be met with, out Paf which to form a Ministry ? The mate rials exist in abundance—only they have never hitherto been sought out. At the risk of exciting a smile on aris tocratic countenances, we will mention four gentlemen, all of who-o names, curiously enough, begin with the letter " L," who, with great credit to themselves, and advan tage to the country, would fill four of the most important offices of State. The men and offices are— Mr. Layard Minister at War. Mr. Lindsay Mr. Laing Mr. Lowe Secretary for the Colonies. We feel a thorough conviction, though, we say again, the thing may evoke an oligarchical smile of derision— that these four gentlemen would severally fill the offices which we have assigned to them, in a manner which would cover their names with renown, and which would confer the greatest benefit on the country. They are all men of intelligence, integrity, patriotism, energy, and ability ; and these are the qualities which are required in these into whose hands the administrative interests of the coun try aro confided. Nor, unless we greatly mistake the signs of the times, is the day distant, when some, if not all of these men, will be found filling the very situations in the Government of the country, with which we have connected their names. From the Morning Post of this day.) The most recent advices from Paris place it beyond a doubt that the Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Drouyn de I'Huys, has thought it incumbent upon lim to place his resignation of office in the hands of the Emperor, and that it has been accepted by his Majesty. It farther appears that Count Walewski ' who hastily left Leiden yesterday morning, is to succeed to the vacant portfolio. The resignation of M. Drouyn de I'Huys will be viewed with universal regret, for in the most difficult and arduous circumstances of the tangled and long negotiations which have resulted from the Eastern question, he had won infi nite credit and ala,sting fame; and, although it is wellknown that the Emperor hirrilself personally directs the policy of France, and sways the destiniesof thegreatnationwhichhas appointed him its ruler, it was nevertheless understood that a man of M. Drouyn de l'Huys personal position as one of the wealthiest men in France, of his known pre cedents, of his grasp of mind and independence of thought, could not hold office without exercising a large and salu tary influence in the direction of those affairs of which we have so frequently read the lucid exposition in his eloquent and famous notes. We must wait for explanation of the circumstances at tendant upon the change in the French Ministry from the official columns of the llfoniteur, but at the same time it may be well to observe that there is reason to believe that the step taken by M. Drouyn do Lhuys was dictated, in great measure, by motives and susceptibiliti es the result of personal views in connection with his recent mission to Vienna. Lord J. Russell fully expressed the position of affairs at Vienna on the adjournment of the Conferences, when he said the other day in the house, that the plenipotentiaries had " exhausted their instructions," that is, they had fully proposed, and had received complete rejection of, the posi tive and ultimate terms agreed upon in London, when the French Minister for Foreign Affairs paid a flying visit to this country, for the purpose of finally and precisely ad justing our demands, before ho proceeded in pat son tu pro secute them at Vienna. The Conferences having at length been adjourned sine die, in consequence of the rejection of our propositions, and our refusal even to discuss the absurd proposals of Russia ; there were, nevertheless, it is notorious, several attempts made at fresh propositions, that is, at fresh modes and methods of interpreting and giving force to the thi r d point, which is, after all, the most vital matter in dispute. It is believed, whether correctly remains to be seen, that to a new proposition started by Austria, the French Mi nister gave an adhesion so complete that he even com mittedhimself to procuring its acceptance at home; but if this wore so, it is easy to comprehend that, if the new proposition did not, according to the views of the Allies, interpret and give force to the third point, then M. Drouyn de Lhuys must have placed himself in a false position, from which he could only be extricated by a re signation of the office which he held. If this be the case, it is certainly not a little extraor dinary that so distinguished a diplomatist should start for a certain place with the most definite and specific deter mination of obtaining one thing, and should allow himself to be betrayed into bringing home another. For the explanation of all this we must wait ; but, in the meantime, it is certain that in France the fall of a Minister does not indicate a change of policy, and it would and s hin alesst ion well founded dis posed may be most erroneous to suppose, on the one hand, th a t , i n consequence of the retirement of M. Drouyn Lhuys, France is less ready to maintain our film alli ance and to carry on the war as long as it is necessary ; or, on t h e other, t t h hp a a t ena t a h eo e uw F r bs r ee e ln n v e c e v h s e rtos o Governmentm desirableakeanis a oneee honourablewhit be attainable. If we needed further proof of this than our knowledgeof the consistent policy of ,the Emperor, we m i g h t derive regretted woulde been it from the appointment of Count Wal e w s ki t o the office vacated by the late Minister. 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That Cabinet is, in fact, in plain English, a conspiracy to kee) the Government of the country in the hands of the immediate relatives of two or three great houses. These gnat houses themselves allied by the ties of affinity and blooc. To account for the presenoe of any ono member of the present Cabinet in her THE GREAT CITY MEETING. (From, the Times of this day.) Everybody will have his own opinion with regard to Saturday's meeting in the city of London, according as hope or fear, prejudice or interest, sways his judgment. Some will dwell on the absence from the list of requisi tions of names familiar in the annals of civic agitation, and others may consider that, since members of Parlia ment were admitted, a stronger cast in that part of the performance would have been desirable. For our own part, making allowance for these and all other reason able deductions, we are disposed to consider this meet ing as a demonstration of good sense, backed by a very large amount of social and commercial influence. The want of the prominent leaders in city matters was com pensated by the undoubted respectability of the audience and the speeches delivered breathed a tone of strong English feeling, and firmness tempered with moderation, honourable to the assembly itself, and very impressive to those who carefully consider its proceedings. It would, we believe, be found impossible to express more completely and accura t e l y t h e preva ili ng sen timet of We the public mi n d, an d a t t h e same ti me g ive it more faith ful picture of ou r na ti ona l c haracter. niss altodeclama tion gether in the p rocee di ngs o f this meeting the of the practised agitator, or the arts of the hack neyed debater. There is a just indignation mismanagement of the war,rules at the ue and a referen l c s e a o n f d ev fa e m rY i : thing to the standard of plain business liar common sense ; a fairness i te nhyaredealingmost imntt irritatedh es ; p eaker s even with those against whom and a downright honesty in the language employed, aftermployed, ' which has in it somethin,, wholesome and refreshing the quibbling, the . evasion, the "explanations" by which n othing is explained, and the "communications" by which no thing is communicated, which occupy so large a portion o f our Parliamentary columns. Let those who have persuaded themselves v. that this contry exists for the bene fit of a few great families, and that for the sake of being gov erned by them we are willing to renounce all con- rPRicE SD. trol over our own affairs, remark how keenly the acts of our public men are watched, and how thoroughly appre ciatedthe by the mercantile class e s, an d how strong is condemnation which they delibe r at e l y record against the system under which they live. Aristocratic factions may afford to despise the clamours of a mob, but they must feel that they have trespassed btyo n d th e b ounds of prudence when . their conduct is t nanimously con demned by an assembly of men yielding to them neither in wealth nor intelligence. What makes this meeting still more formidable, not only to the present Government, but to the system out of which that Government springs, and which it has so marvellously caricatured and exaggerated, is, that the speakers earnestly protest that they have not left their counting-houses for the mere purpose of making speeches and passing resolutions, but with the view of inaugu rating a movement which shall not cease until the re form they seek be fully and effectually obtained. The object of the meeting of Saturday was not the display of oratorical power, but the foundation of a league de signed to upset the whole system of corruption and favouritism, and to introduce into public matters the energy and enterprise of private management. To such a movement we can only wish all the success it deserves, and trust that the discontent so justly excited will not be allowed to evaporate in mere words, but leave clear and distinct traces of its action legibly inscribed on the in stitutions of the country. At the same time, let no one suppose that the conquest will be easy or the vic tory certain. Those who ask for administrative reform ask exactly for that which all concerned in returning members to Parliament believe themselves to have a common motive in resisting. Administrative reform calls upon every voter to surrender those secret influences by which his son finds his way into the Excise or Customs, and devotes to the public service talents and energies for which no private establishment is dis posed to compete. Administrative reform would de prive the richer elector of the commission for his eldest son, and the assistant-surgeoncy or cadetship for the yeunger ; and, worst of all, Administrative reform threatens to make rode havoc in those halcyon abodes contrived especially for the benefit of young men of family—the public offices, where work is doled out on the most humane principles, and the wind is tempered so adroitly to the shorn lamb. Nay, more, Adminis trative does not respect even the very highest positions, but assumes to carry change into the very councils of the Sovereign. It demands the surrender of family and hereditary influence, and the throwing open to men whose pedigrees are invested with no hereditary charm, the very government of the country itself. No demon stration less signal, no disclosures less startling and less complete than those which recent revelations have af forded, and are still continuing to afford, would have enabled any class of men in this country successfully to cope with an evil so thoroughly intertwined with every fibre of our system. Another difficulty with which the originators of this movement will have to contend is the abstract and re mote nature of the subject, appealing directly to no popular sympathy, and resting on so little that can be I brought do wn to the level of the vulgar apprehension. This is no question of the extension of rights of fran chise, of the persecution of one set of opinions and the toleration of another, of the large or small loaf, or even of the 'great and little shilling, Still, a nation that has been found capable of clearly apprehending and logically applying the abstruse doctrines of political economy involved in the question of free trade may well hope to be able to unravel the mysteries of public offices, the causes of defective organisation, or the ways in which interest and favouritism shroud themselves from public view. It will, however, require not a little tact, j.udgment, and moderation to preserve to this movement its neutral character, and to prevent it from being used by selfish arid ambitious men as a means of political ag gr andi3erneatt. It was for the Whigs that the leaders of the Anti-Corn-law League, as experience has shown, fought and con quere d ; an d it may well be that there are persens in the political world who are mentally ap propriating to their own use and behoof the labours of this new combination. We have but one more remark to make. The effect of a vigorous agitation for administrative reform, in which the gross misconduct of our military departments must be exposed, will undoubtedly, in some degree, tend to disgust the nation with the continuance of the war, and render those classes whom such an organisation attacks more anxious than ever for peace. We hear already much less than we did in certain quarters of the " vigorous prosecution of the war ;" we trust, however, that it will be the effort of the new organisation to re mind the people of their own inherent strength, and to point out to them that the remedy for existing evils is not in an ignominious peace, but in a thorough and un sparing redress of abuses. Even while we write, Lord Ellenborough has raised the whole question of adminis trative reform in the address of which he has given notice in the House of Lords ; and the Peers will have the op portunity of showing how far they sympathise with this commercial movement sooner than the representatives of the people, since Lord Palmerston bas, with rather scant courte s y, desired Mr. Layard to find a day for himself, ,Ctpubtless however, scuch,,Ak_diky will soon be found, and the Mini stry whit& has just hleen enlightened as to the views of the City of London will not long re main in ignorance of those held by both branches of the Legislature. A4 , e £ I s 3. d i A 3 g s e X 2 s. d 6. A s g o e I£ s 1 . d 2. 25 117 0 40 215 5 55 5 1 0 30 21 5 45 36 0 60 65 10 The Court of Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlement o advance money on the security of Policies in this Assodation. EDWARD DOCKER, Stcretary. 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THE POET CAMPBELL.—A beautiful statue of the poet Campbell has just b?.. •ii erected in "Poet's Corner," and the freque,,t,rs of Westminster Abbey were ye.terday gratified by a first view of this interesting addition to a spot so hallowed to English genius. It is composed of white marble, and stands on a pedestal of Caen stone. The figure is full-length, rather above the natural size, and represents Campbell in his robes as Lord Rector t of e Glasgow University—an office to which he had h honour of being elected on three consecutive occasions. in He is represented in a thoughtful mood, h and at the foot of which some emblems ile poet does hand, the left arm resting on a short pillar , on t e h e P e ce fir e. spiration are represented. It is well executed,__ arebell. great credit to the sculptor, Mr. W. C. M tile relief to Dissen crs of n is most injudi affporlisisgENre7tßSa'nd as a whole, wil il l classes, but one of the clauses guardians, t stands, the superintendent injudi cious. As the law at presen t aboveciPl e ' .assusionic= MARRIAGES . easo I) a - - T ( h isi i s o . billy 10) gives them fee 1 n a if the mar otnarriage ; but this elauseg This ' office. is wrong in prin. riage takes place at the .. registrars have no interest in the place of solemnization -- the issuer of the license or certificate should be o i zi f s interested s omo clerkt i motives , st,o tmorethe as, being he must have some influence among the poorer classes which influence might be exerted in some cf the ses, districts to the detriment of both civil smaller and religious liberty. THE GREAT CITY MEETING. We part of this day's impr ess i on a letter publish in a no th er Saturday, held in th e London Tavern, on the su bj ect o f promoting Administrative Reforms vern, for th e p urpose o f de partments of the St ate. Wei in th e various respondent, in accordance ' insert the lett er o f our cor respondent, a free utte rance to public h our pra c ti ce o f a ll ow i ng of the d a y , even where opinion on the grea t ques ti ons In the pr esen t case, the wish may differ from the writer. wish of our correspon d ent, no less th an our own, is has just b een formed, that the g rea t assoc i a ti on w hi c h resolutely those principles on which it is based. We are sure, therefore, that the tiv 4 committee of the Administra tive Lefr,rin Association " will receive, in the spirit in which it is tendered, the counsels of our correspondent. If the association only prove true to itself, it will, as we said yesterday, be one of the grea t e st and most bene ficial movements in modern times. Mr. Vernon Smith may go about a short time longer, as be did a very con siderable portion of Sunday, a ttempting to underrate the importance of the new organis.rtion ; but if he really looked on it in so unimportant a light as he pretends be would not be at so much pains to make others think lightly of it. We can inform the light hon. gentleman, it be be not already aware of the fact, that the Prime Minister does not look with indifference on it. Lord Palmerston finds it far too grave a movement to deem it a legitimate subject for a joke. In fact, we have good reason to believe that the meeting of Saturday has gone far to cure his lordship of the propensity for joking alto , , gether.—Morning Advertinr. A TURKISH RECONNAISSANCE. • FOURTH DIVISION CAMP, APRIL 24.—A reconne.issanc was made by a strong division of Turkish troops under the command of his Excellency Omar Pasha, assisted by French and English cavalry and artillery, this morning. The particulars of the affair you will learn from another hand ; but as there was an English force present, I may be allowed to give my own version of what took place under my eyes. Late last night, or rather early this morning, orders were sent to the head-quarters of the Heavy Cavalry Bri gade and to the C troop of the Royal Horse Artillery to be in readiness to turn out at daybreak, and the 10th Hus sars (Brigadier-General Parlby, of the Light Cavalry in 1 temporary command of the Cavalry Division, during Gene ral Scarlett's absence) received similar instructions. The Chasseura d'Afrique and a French rocket troop for moun tain service, accompanied the reconnaissance, and ren dered excellent service during the day. The Heavy Cavalry Brigade, ~consisting of the remnants of the let Royals, Major Wardlaw • Scots Greys, Colonel Griffith ; Euniskillens, Colonel White ; 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards ; and sth (Princess Charlotte's) Dragoon Guards, turned out about 5 o'clock, and, with the 10th Hussars in advance, proceeded into the pla . n of Balaklava, the heights over which were already crown ad by the Turk ish infantry to the number of some 6,0(0 or 7,000 men, and before 7 o'clock the whole of the trout 3 were in motion towards Komara. The Chasseurs d'Afr vie were in ad vance, with a line of skirmishers spread cat in front of the little expedition. The French rocket troop and C troop Royal Horse Artillery, and the 10th Hussars and Heavy Cavalry Brigade covered the advance of the infantry ; and as the morning was fine and clear, the sight presented by the troops as seen advancing across the plain from the heights was very beautiful. So little was known about the reconnaissance, that many officers at head-quarters were not aware of it till they learnt that Lord Raglan, attended by a few members of the staff, and followed by only six orderlies, had started to overtake the troops. General Canrobert was, I believe, on the field, but I did not see him. A great number of amateurs, forming clouds of very irregular cavalry, followed and preceded the expedition. His Excellency the Pacha, who was attended by his staff, by Behrem Pacha (Colonel Cannon), and several Turkish officers of rank, had the control of the force. The Turks marched in dense columns, bristling with steel, and the sunlight flashing on the polished barrels of their firelocks and on their bayonets, relieved the sombre. hue of the mass, for their dark blue uniforms, but little re lieved by facings or gay shoulder straps and cuffs, look quite black when the men are together. The Chasseurs d'Aftique, clad in light powder blue jackets, with white cartotteh belts, and in bright red pantaloons, mount ol on white Arabs, caught the eye like a bed of flowers scattered over the plain. Nor did the rich verdure indeed require any such borrowed beauty, for the soil produces an abundance of wild flowering shrubs and beautiful plants. Dahlias, anemones, sweetbrier, whitethorn, wild parsley, mint, thyme, sage, asparagus, and a hundred other diffe rent citizens of the vegetable kingdom spring up all over the plain, and as the Turkish infantry moved along their feet crushed the sweet flowers, and the air was filled with delicate odours, which overcame the sweltering atmos phere around the columns. Rectangular patches of long, rank, rich grass, waving high above the more natural green meadow, marked the mounds where the slain of the 25th of October are reposing for ever, and the snorting horse refuses the unwholesome shoots. As the force moved on evidences of that fatal and glorious day became thick and painful. The skeleton of an English Dragoon, said to be ono of the Royal s , l a y s till ex t en d e d on the plain, with tattered bits of red cloth hanging to the bones of his arms. All the buttons had been cut off the jacket. The man must have fallen early in the day, when the heavy cavalry were close up to Canrobert's hill and came under the fire of the Russian artillery. There was also a Russian skeleton at hand in ghastly companionship. The small bullet-skull, round as a cannon-ball, had been picked bare all save the scalp, which was still covered with grisly red locks. grave, which ofFur theran another amid erß us f s r i a a gna n seeenmtsoodfssthaerltlisnagnodutroonfntteshot, thewbhoiclehy fell in o o f v covered artilleryh i s and lextremities.owe e r a,el ry hoe scarcelyskeletons ting trappings, harness, and saddles, lay as w into a debris the agonies of death, or had crumbled s cloth, and buckles. of bone and skin, and leather straps, covered Th a e e htah they y ith rot ting had started up through th e which they had been buried. From the numerous graves, the against the haste with and the shrill strains of the he oo hed :z ed s e b i o f n eta() appealof the With the clash of drums .ts and ringing of steel, man g fellows oifn the fife, with the champing bits the pride of life. No of the Heavy and horse swept over the t o t f he remnants least i interesting r t e h s t e i i n r the scene of their grand encounter with over spectacle was furnished by the relics Brigade the Muscovite cavalry. Snots Greys and Enniskilr lens, Royals, 4th Dragoon Guards and sth Dragoon Guards, all had been there; and the survivors might well f ee l proud when they thought of that day. These regi ments were not rather think ,s havesee ing larger than troops, and some of them, indeed, w ere not nearly equal in strength to a troop o n war footing, for some of their men have been sent aw a y f cr remount' hore that t h ewhich horses might a civilianas well, as n would been brought up to them), and others of the men who were left have no horses to mount. The 10th Hussars were con the finescondition for the so of their light sinewy As the force descend e d into g the plain thaenydexsilteonwydedhotrhseeisr. right flank, and marched towards Kamera, spreading across the grouted in front of Canrobert's-hill from No. 2 Turkish Redoubt up to the slope which l ea d s t o th e ru i ne d village. A p ar t y in slrmishing ord o c f r, d o Turkishao infantry foll owe d th e cava l r y a approaching the village the cehunn immediately in their rear halted, and Bono Zghnn proceeded with- great activity to cover the high woodect hill which overhangs the village to the right. This they did without resista nce , as the few Cossacks in the village had abandoned it after Brine a few st ragg li ng s h o t s a t the advanced skirmishers. On e fellow had been so completely taken by surprise that he left his lance leaning against a wall. An officer of the 71st espied it just as the Cossack was making a bolt for it. They both rode their best, but the Briton was first, and carried off the lance in triumph, while the Cossack retreated with effective pantomime, representing rage and despair. I am told that the Turks discovered a wretched man armed with a bow and arrows, who said he was a Tcher gess, lurking among the ruins of the village, and that he be lieve e a h -n e e ar was escapeindeed of n s s ol l d i f i e e , r. a s I t n h the additionOsmanli t would om Ibo n w o t abned wisevce°retsee-breeathet y I looked into arrows a , d h d e e c d a w r r i i t e h d a a quaint rtr id ge cartridges. pid istol, not,, an d ho h l been there by covered tmwheaesn, church,w a nd the ly report floor o this f w an inch in depth with copper money, thrown The simple faith of the poor people in the protection of hi f c r rhad he f a e r nier bat the Cossaske inhabitants when the expedition first came to Balekla t va. he their church had not been violated by us, and was to be seen, and the church was bare and desola te, t even to the woodwork. The appeared to have had no such scruples, for not a copeck stripped of every adornmen t , burrowed here and there into the stores, and had made rest of the place is a heap of ruins, but the Cossacks have sleeping places and stables in the walls of the houses. As soon as the Turks on the right had gained the summit of the hill a b ove Damara, three of the columns advance d an d took p ossession of the ruins, and then drew up on the slope in front o f th e church. A few men were sent farther on towards Bail or, but could see no enem and they ycon tented them se l ves with burning a building which th e Cos." , sacks had l e ft standing, the smoke from which led some of us to believe that a little skirmish was going on among b th e r rt e , e s- column halted sides a t o the hills. M ean ti me the great bulk of the force, leaving f lC w a h m i a ch ra. a m re ar e c o h v e e d red onj t as h t h e e a w nro ig. • wanes of the Russians --.some were partially burnt when _recent, others those whi c h en Liprandi retired last year. They passed by th e o l d Turkish redo ubts Nos. 1 and 2 towards a v ery steep and rocky conical bill covered with loose sto nes , n the Russians threw up a of ear the top of which assembled on the top of this hill to high. A group of Cossacks and som e and watch our movements. As the Tnrulrkisisahn relia examine a our b° u strength 2Thad- s o kirm flicers ishers advanced, the French rocket troop a The Turks ascended the hill with ardou r Ile .e . c t l h them i agility, firing their pieces as th ey advanced, to which the Cossacks replied by a petty fusillade. Suddenly an arch of thick white smoke rises from the ground with a farce, hissing, rushing noise, and throws itself like a great snake towards the crest of the hill—as it flies onward the smoke disappears and the fiery trail is lost, but. in a second a puff of smoke bursts out with a slight explo s i on on the hill top and the Cossacks and Russians disappear with precipitation. In fact, the French had begun their rocket practice with great accuracy and success. Nothing can be better for such work as this than these light rocket troops. The ap paratus is simple and portable—a few mules, with panniers on each side, carry the whole of the tubes, cases, sticks, fuses, &c., and the effect of rockets, though uncertain, is very great, especially against irregular and ill-disciplined cavalry. The skirmishers now crowned this hill also, and the generals and officers of the staff, and numerous idlers and amateurs, followed them. The Russians rode rapidly down the hillside, and crossed the Tchernaya by the bridge and at one or two fords near Tchorgoun. Omer Pacha, Lord Raglan, and the French Generals then spent some time in surveying the country, while the troops were halted in the rear, the artillery and cavalry first, supported by four battalions of Egyptians. At 2 o'clock the recon naissance was over, and the troops slowly retired to the camp, the skirmishers of the French cavalry being fol lowed by the Cossacks at a prudent distance, and ex changing long shots with them from time to time. Before the troops moved off the ground the 10th Hussars filed past Omer Pacha, who seemed very much gratified and pleased at the appearance of men and horses. He then in spected his own battalions, and on the march homeward followed the Turks, moving off in good style to the music of their own bands, to the great distress of those who heard them. As the Cossacks returned they managed to pick up one of our followers, and I only wonder they did not get more of them, for they loitered about the place in spite of all remonstrance. The man they took was, I believe, a commissariat mule driver. A few of the French Chasseurs made a charge to get him from his captors, but the Cos sacks were too quick. In the twinkling of an eye one of them had hoisted up the muleteer to his saddle and lashed him there across the bow, and, setting spurs to his horse, he was lost to sight in a ravine in a few seconds. The Cossacks fired some shots at the troops as they retired but hit no one, and a Russian officer and his staff came so close to observe us that they got under the fire of a battery over the Woronzow road, and received a flight of rockets, but were not hurt. Altogether, the reconnaissance was a in:st welcome and delightful interlude in the dull, mono tonous "performances" of the siege. Every one felt as if ho had beaten the Cossacks and got out of prison at last, and I never saw more cheering, joyous faces at a cover side than were to be seen at Canrobort's-hill. It was a fillip to our spirits to get a gallop across the green sward once more, and to escape from the hateful feeling of constraint and confinement which bores us to death in the camp. A little expedition of the kind now and then would be of more use to the men, if it could be properly managed, than a cargo of physic. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY, MAY 7.—The hired sailing transport Camperdowu (No. 99), Captain Denny, with Lieutenant Lewis, Admiralty agent, has anchored at Spithead from the Mauritius and the Cape, with a ,portion of her M a j es ty' s 15th Regiment, consistilag of Lieutenant-Colonel Pin der, Captain Hague, Lieutenants Walmsley, Cow per, and Allen, Surgeon Dyce, Paymaster Tilgh man, Ensign and Adjutant Coupe, Quartermaster Stratford, 13 sergeants, 10 corporals, 7 drummers, and 209 rank and file; also six children of two officers, 19 soldiers' wives, and 42 children. She has also..hrought Major Morris Hall, of the 6th Regiment, from Ceylon, and about 40.mvalids from the 37th Regiment. She had ten deaths at sea. The Camperdown sailed from Colombo on the 21st of January, and from the Cape of . Good Hope on the 9th of March. All was quiet in the latter colony. The Governor, Sir G. 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