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a 111 ( • • • •• 41(tti% MI% c ` Q • - ••••-> K PI • -f7 -)1 e - ; 77.-„,„,"• *4 • pe r - 1 \ 4 ,aso A W. 4e r : • f *4- ) ak = • V - firkf, T • , - f, - I / 1 4J', fi t s ••• -.-7- ~`r~9~~ _. _.._~. 41 t et 4, i# 'll4 7, 0 TS. ' t ~ ~1 14R; ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC , TO-NIGHT at o'clock, and Every Night (but Sa turda y ). Area, 2s. • G^llery lg. The Morally( Itepresentations FraaelZrYPlLT•caudeildlyay"., Thtlrsday, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.— iT—JAN. 12;0. ()AM I,q 31s 0 ,1 Iv o 283 63 1 4 '5 ‘l,l Ag e 1 ; 263 490 qrs. , ' 5 330 551 qrs., 481 lip., ' i s 81 qrs., p R ~FESSIONAL RUBBER.—THOMAS ,'ARTER (tw e l ve y ear s attendant at Mr. G. A. Walker's, y fin ßath Establishment) offers his services to Invalids hil l iZ 4l Rubber in cases o f Rh e umatism, Contracted Joints, cer - Ltd nma of Paralysis, Spinal Affectims, Loss of Muscular Power, Itt ea r Other ailment or condition of the body for which such Igaar all . may be required.—Address, 3, Upper John-street, Golden- 13 RICE SD. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1855. ARTBR. lt 13 3 i 5 . 11 2i. 7 No. 19,438.] 7—JAN. 11. it. 56s )d ..• ..... 2 O • 2 9 )(1. ......... rid ........ oos 40I'u • u( ,cr buslic l l„ ls eat, red, ~o , r 6ss 20s Oa pet' Beef; i ons — I, ditto,lj o od lb, 1 , 4 o 'l od os 9( 1 ' c ' to l) per lb 11(1 04 1 p er P al OA P ducks orio t o 3s 0(1 i o , j , t, BC;s t 0 wholes 4, .b loaf, 3ia ; 0 , ( Os Oa er .... ?Kff2,9. s inorniOg v , I er cent. ° A co,shire AP: Old ; 13. _4l I been gild tecount• t was P' 10. r e market t A , D . Grea [rondo u e at id4 Stour ak ° improverly#l a 1 i 75 ; ;Am ha Gen er4l r ch.) rrom I Port )Ispatched. iverpQ l iverpool •*. PUtilar a P WP puthal 3ol4n l over 0 lymourt •• over .• .. 1 ., autlaamP w ' nitharaP t°r„ over •• JUL I IIt IIIp! , , . 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Sums lec i , rity • for three years, repayable quarterly or half-yearly , en the 1 1, oa r , rale borrower and two responsible householders.—Address, teth e .n ai rranee and Co , 110, Fenchurch•street, City ; per s o nall y , LI and 3. Post head to be sent to insure a reply. I. 14 ° ,. N DON and NORTH-WESTERN Itt Ai . p. AmLw AY . CONTRACTS for PERMANF.NT WAY t4 thi' l4L S.—The Directors are prepared to receiv2 TENDERS " r PLY of the undermentioned MATERIALS :- 150 Tons Fish Plates. 250 Tons Spikes. I g 100 Tons Bolts and Nuts. •.,, Peelfl, . 100,000 Sleepers. • •, .44.. w. -- —bon% with particulars, may be obtained on application to tattbra i*lh ouse, at the Permanent Way Office, Railway Station, er, Or beirs addressed tl the Secretary, at this office, to be sent in on i ''' 'Wednesday, 7th February, 1855. By order. Neret 2 ,.. CHIA. E. STEWART, Secretary. —l' s Office, Euston Station, 11th January, 1855. ° RTILE ASTERN RAILWAY. GOODS , ;Tel", MANAGER WANTED. The Directors 'are prep ared to tor% 4 PPliestions for the appointment of Goods Manager of t he 4 or r o n ,,Division of the North-Eastern Railway, extending from oerwiek. (1 4 ,7 44 rY will be 4501. a-year, with a prospect of an increase, If ileri oti les are discharged to the satisfaction of the Directors ; and the „Apeointed will he required to reside at Newcastle-on-Tyne. .tot rila !flow, stating age and qualifications, and accompanied by I klu er n ' a ls in writing, to be addressed to the Secretary at York, T o than Saturday. the 20th January. 4 . 4 .DYly: e. '„, , nt unnecessary trouble and disappointment, no one need ote,,,.less he has ca thorough knowledge of the duties of the situa dhaB had considerable experience in a similar employment. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. 13 t 11 January, 1855. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. t rt , N K OF DEPOSIT, eAkTIONAL ASSURANCE AND INVESTMEXT ASSO- 0 w No. 3, PALL-HALL EAST, LONDON. . 4 'oof 5,... for deliverya "lt ead,RANTS for the lIALF-YEARLY INTER E ST , at the ' , q r . Per cent, per nnum and payabl, on Depe sit Accounts to 31st Decem o -r ' daily. PETER MORRINON. Managing Director. IS "es 511„. dhe Bank of Investing Money are requested to examine the e,4 e of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening sent free on application. 1 ORNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM, - .III I C.ARY and DINING-ROOM, consisting of a new and 14 444 1 , Bur anent of Vases, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, ZAbg a , ) beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper-weights, &c., in Italian Il i i"Ottr, s j c i t . ! M e arbla, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and 00 711 . 0 4::d by JAMES TENNANT (late Mawe), .149, Strand, N ti t;:p li i ; 4 4, l: „ T h arranges elementary t i Collections te th e i n o t f e . r g e h , e t l i l n s 1, , 'A s l t i n u e l ral o s i 41 -0 11. Y , Mineralogy . , g and Geology, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to y 100 -\ Z h. l i ktr lie 14,,110-,,ENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS. — I f ,IN-.-NiDAY, Jan. 15th, 1855.—During the course of this week & 4 !". 1 e., 'TIT Music will he played by Laurent's Orchestra:—Overture, ( f e l'ji:erold: Waltzes : La Silhouette des salons Corn, t ; Vert - n h Zep la u t oste Strauss; La Sultane (first time), Bosisio ; Le Ca.ntaval ili n ork er ( bY ilesire), 11. Laurent, with Variations for al i the principal (th.`ltter r 8 * Quadrilles : Jerome Sol Diezo (first time), Lamotte ; 1 4 tthc.llosisio ; Le Rol du Pastel, Lamotte ; Le Diable d'Argcnt Pattt e : ), Ilonneterre. Schottische, Mathilde, Poni , scati. Polkas : C A t rl l4 4 - "„ s% (nrst time), Strauss ; The Zourtves (first time), H. Laurent; Oet,..i . `„ r , Strauss. Gallop, Len Guides, 11. Laurent. Principal cbt at , i Elston M. Boulcourt. All Winn:Aim relative to music to _ 4 . 1 ti1t: 4 attire music repository under the orchestra. Doors , pen confluence at hall-past.—Admission, One Shilling. It! )-------- 1 41, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. •• , l2 -4 f I REM k.P'" UtLF NOVELTIES have been 14 .4 . ol owing , • t4...ktlng PREPARED. by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., on Professor Wheatstone's neon the TRANSMISSION of SOUND through Solid Con eZ,Nns.trated by a TELEPHONIC CONCERT. htft s4l •R of an ENTIRELY NEW and SPLENDID OPTI -8'44,04:4A.MA, illustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the 4 ,„. l4., Prii.tith Beautiful PHANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS, and PER trOlusle arranged by Mr. Waud. r kr . .,,,.' 4 ,,WS of the WAR: SIEGE of SEBASTOPOL, &C., R.C. STEAM GUN, discharging Sixty Palls per Minute. "'OS -P oßt% VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT of tile PATRIOTIC nth 1 , -- L OTL B AN D. For the special Amusement of the Juvenile oitc,,? - ,Y,..IS'S INGENIOUS M ARIONETTES will be exhibited. ]Fireab de - '' , CTBEES, EXHIBITIONS of MODELS, &c. &c. &c. COvykvetrou, • _e l l ,: i N; 's New Musical Game, the POLY-HA.RMOICH -17------....... iY by the Inventor. - 1 [1.4 j 11.--13 _7, h Majesty's Royal Letters Veal], - , k 'ent. -14Te wlY-Inv e e r nted and Patented Application of Che ,,,eoth- rep..,ed White In rubber in the constrintion of Artifici n al . •,,"lltist I ,n , s, and Palates.— Surgeo GrogHl MOSELY, 4- ten ' > Grosvenor-st reet, enor-square, Sole Inventor and in th e ~re.—A. new, original, and invaluable invention, consisting f etii`2Ptation, with the most absolute perfection and success, o to thf IC ALLY-PREPARED WHITE INDIA.-RUBBER as alining thi,“.:,n_vgsearv,diiaary gold or bone frame. The extraordinary results of I„.,4pplteation may be briefly noted in a few of the a . r r e m iw o o st d m n i t, r e e s: as the following !—All i st d ia . rp a , tio t , of .. , Or fastening! are natural rl atici :g i d r g e e a s ter increased free hitherto wholly un ktt., suction is supplied , a with the most unerring accuracy, are te—giable: and a fit, perfectdd eUred whlie from the softness and flexibility of the agent em- Nov—. L.,,,, the greatest s , upp b or_t v is given to the adjoining teeth when ( 7, se, or rendered tenuer a e absorption of . the gums. The acids i'' the mouth exert so agency on the chemically-prepared White „. -rubber, , al Kila bber and as it is a non-conductor, fluids of any temperature '' , Y with thorough comfort be imbibed and retained in the mouth, ~ Unpleasantness Of smell or taste being at the san t le n time wholly ' o Vided against by the peculiar nature of its preparation : To be obtained only at 61, Grosvenor-street, London ; 22, Gay-street, Bath ; 34, Grainger •street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters IPh Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de e do Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. I. 'nled i se TRIESEMA.R, No. 1, tern 7 for Relaxation. Soerins.torrhce,.. and Exhaustion of the th _lhether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. (4 e e,,,,2 Persons who are prevented entering the married state by '''clitences of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, v-set,,Y , in the short space of three days, completely and entirel y ti i'iskTl till traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs ‘'tu t ° ,,, g been thought an antidote for , to th e ruin of the health , 11 "" D s rtion of the population. 4nr TRIESEMAR, No. 3, evitNt, Continental Remedy for that class of Disor ders, which d' l l' the English physician treats wit h Mercur y , to the in iVere:truction of the patient's constitution, and which all the tilttgl,k'lt3t,‘„in the wold cannot remove. °f No. r 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell , t heir qualities. They may lie on t he toilet table ri -51 4 use being suspected. P4 a4 rati; `, 1 2 1 cases at 1 Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into ke.,.."ses, as administered by Valpcau , Lallemand, Roux, forilThill; To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, GS, "str ee , inlay and Co., (13. Oxford-street: and Sanger, t5O, Ox li''radb, R. IT. Ingham, druggist, 40, Marli•e,street, Manchester ; h` 4 1 -Bt,. bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Prieztly, chemist, 5'1., Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, ' Winnall, bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. q II .AVESEND 1, 13. 00 th PACKETS. .a t. tc ,--er Packets call at the under and Pardeet Pie cal at the Piers asine I (weather permit FROA TFIIMICE PIER, GI-IA.VEEI"rI)• ;rs. ttin';') ---- ---_FRONI TFIRTIICE: PIER, GI-ZA.VESILN io• '...------ -- 1 -Y E EM DAYS. SITNDASS. ~---____ terr itee ,', 21' i ... 4 a. ---- TZF ----- + I , a 1-5 1 -.2 4 4.), jer' ' ' S 1 11. 8 f ..' t 2 Ti o I 's A 1 ' ` )l g' " 0 m - ,1 1 -,, •8 _-- .-...„ H --.. 2 s , ..._ , 1 iN —1 , -- ,\ ! 2 4 ) 041 , 1„. g z"S•ti A " . 2e 3 fraro Fenehureh-street Station to all parts of Londo n Ittrz s i aw "rtor of an hoar. L , I CIC WTI kftl , BLA.CKWILL, on the Arrival of the fo' -ss-------- <_______ 74l g Trains fr . oin the Foneharch-street Station. s.azx Dave. den. c Ilil i . eti .9-.S ' ' *.'' i Fen- i fi -' 11 ' t reet '.! ii,,.., 1 ,t 3 church 5 ..- 4. .--!. g 1 3 I L a '-' ';:,) -, 4 Street I'6 t 'id "----...... , 01 4 -- —— It i —1 ....._ ..... _ _ ____ .1 i _ 414 _ -- ro or fro e C tt bin Salo . 2d . on ra zl Gravesend and London • • • • • • .. For 10 .. 1. .. . Is. —e .„lVee4 and Illacitwall or Woolwich•• O. 101. V ra vesend and Intermediate piers.. q.t. .. O. ' ( GKETS.—TweIve Months, si. Os.; Six Months, 3t. Os. • rack,t7 a ntlri. W. O,s . ; to be had of the Collectors on board the - 1•;,, , ,:!,.0r of Ar r. M ank, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. 1R54. Ta . t 4' SE CRET INFIRMITIVS OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. ust Mbllalied, Price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, ; ___N• ~...RITOUS DEBILITY; .-eato-. Causes, Symptoms, and Cnre.—An say on_ Sperm "ocse"cea, with Practical Observations on as afer and ni P Yste tul ir, mode of, treatment of the diseases of the G enerative d d!su e , --- . o btained by the use of the Microscope in detecting an ovey'VL i dn3, by urinary examination, the real !Anse and effect o •ticee e ;:uety of complaint. whether arising from solitary habits. Nei tw,;;; 4 a celdent, or climate. followed by pracUcal remrks ounded v - Y Years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, tre adds Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhoia. &c. To w pre and Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with p tiltsthe ..,, e n Una ,nary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, gerous remedies advocated by various writers on t iraPortant disorders. 37 13y tgASWEL LA'MERT, 2d.D. boctoriof tu- n E DF 0 R D-S QUAItE,_ L 0 N D 0 2/... 1in. ~.b 4,3 h- r rt dicille . Matriculated Member of tie University of F i.ic enf ', -- 2norary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, -- aLe of Anotb,ecAries , H 11, London icoo Sua. -he es i r- - a ' p o int out the fearful cos -I,4ded ()title' Object of this treatise is to and excesses, ~b leh et h : re miting from certain habits, irregularities, Man other Rood, NT , Produced more misery in Youth, degradation in oth er :r oa d Preni.ature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, ts any sof disease known to modern pathologists. . al is ibei. . rly r ecommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of th e 111:11,Ysical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded onnei.., solutely necessary entiti4 tl . ll aPPilless, and privileges to which every human being is It Is plea thatall men should know, that there are ineug n e3 of Personal management which cannot be violated without th e h . _ll,,Srievons penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed , n 'ar 1:41 ".1 , 37 . " inconsiderate self-indulgencd, how these penalties ‘ tel ) iii scarcely an ;wl h o ,rt i gated, how the sting of their bitterness may b 3 removed, t;ht ther t it evil and its consequences may be avoided, all, dr y degree of physical infirmity orfunctional ThZ 1 ,.. ,.. o c r nt to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. pre et p at 'a i has fora series of years been engaged in an extensive una t t l ei the I, I nfort ,_-eattnent of these delicate complaints, which have e irlDirie s W I 'Leen too generally confided to the care of ignorant fil th ~. ~ o inflict great injury on those who are induced to place IrEW2eir Pretensions. troth ers " l / 8 DEBILITY may lA had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, thin__ .ra. Leicester-square; Mann, noree, i; and Co., 23, Paternoiter-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; by uost for 39 Cornhill ; or free fer4 q ; u l re Pa to any address fr om the Author's residence, 87, Bed sithe ft, in‘ rg r eOnltiltation daily front Bleven_till Two, and from ••4+ or ISPHMUS OF PERBKOP AND THE PASS OF THE PUTRID SEA. READING SAUCE, for Fish, Game, Gravies, Hashes, Stakes, &e.—JOIIN and CHARLES COCKS, the Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg to CAUTION the Public azainst the daily frauds prac tised by many persons, who are offering their spurious imitations as the genuine Reading Sauce. This sauce is patronised and recom mended by most families in the kingdom, and for general use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by all respectable Fish Sauce Venders. Be particular in asking for "Cocks' Rea lin; Sauce," which is pre. pared ONLY by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manufactory, Duke - street, Reading. All others are counterfeits. Observe the name, "J. and C. Cocas, Reading," on the seal and label of each bottle : without this none are genuine. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS ' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. DR. CULTERWELL ON INDIGESTION . NERTOUSNESS, DEBILITT, AND Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Hemorrhoids, Is. each, by post Is. 6d, WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morbi." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty-four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. 2. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that bath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. De that hath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. 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 •f Gestation —Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c. 3. CHASTITY 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 age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. 4. On Secret Diseases, their Celt-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms o urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea; with 250 en , gravins and prescriptions. S. The ELA.DDER, URETHRA, an 1 RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements. Constipation, and llmmorriloids. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the pteceding. VIE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. "Jnennde Vivere." "Few words to fair faith."—Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of Dn. RICHARD CULVERNVELL, Brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Can 4 ititing Colleague of the late Author of the above , 10, Argyll-place, Regent -street, London, who Five, andmay be advised with on the aove maters daily, from Ton till in the evening's, from Seven till Nine. ADULTS AND JUVENILES. THE Business of E. MOSES & SON provides amply the Attire for this Season, and secures the best quality at the meet reasonable prices. The Establishments of K. Moses and Son are now replete with every new and fashionable article of Dress for Admits and Juveniles, and to order or ready-made the goods are sure to give the highest satisfaction, the materials being the most superior, the styles of workmanship unequalled—securing comfort to the wearer, and com bining Elegance, Cheapness, and Durability in Dress, Hosiery,Boots and Shoes, &c., &c. Emigrants are Oatfitted in the best possible manner. Ship-sailing fnformatien is given. Fall List , of Outfits are sent post free ; and the Wholesale Department furnishes the moat decided advantages to Merchants, Shippers, and others. SPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI March 1,1455, 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.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the nntradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment, " or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No C,NNEYION WITH ANY OTHyll, HOUSE IN on OCT OP LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Mime's, 34, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 804, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36. Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australis. Merchant Tailor, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and dhoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be e xchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. An goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. A new Book for Autumn and Winter. " The Commercial Cornu copia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure meat, &e., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Id ron parte Francais. Qui si parla Italisno. flier swu m ma n pentads Aqua sa habla Espano. In i llus t ra ted Almanac for 'Sr , ' gratis. on application, or post ft ee TRIESTE, JEAN. U.—The addition of the Radetsky steam frigate to the Austrian navy was celebrated yes terday with prayers, church music, the national hymn, firing of cannons, and a ball, at which the Archduke Max stayed till 3 o'clock this morning. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant are here, THE AMERICAN PRESS AND THE WAR. We certainly have no right to identify the great American nation with the sentiments of their press, but yet it is impossible entirely to separate the two. Every leading newspaper in America, as well as in England, must represent and reflect a certain section of public opinion, or else it would cease to maintain its position, and sink into insig nificance. We do not pretend exactly to define the precise rank which the New York _Herald occupies among Transatlantic journals. We know that it is published in the first city of the Union, possesses a considerable circulation, and is con ducted with as much ability as is required for periodical literature in America. We see, also, that the sentiments of the New York _Herald with regard to the present war aro echoed from every quarter of the States, and we therefore make no apology for seriously calling the attention of a na tion united to us by so many ties to the libels on her character and her honour which every steamer brings to us from America in the shape of com ments and hopes with regard to the present state and future prospects of the war with Russia. The Americans have frequently shown themselves acutely and even morbidly sensitive to European opinion, and can hardly view with indifference the very serious injury which the conductors of their press are daily inflicting upon them. Our American contemporary is of opinion —first, that Russia has prevailed in the war hitherto ; secondly, that she will prevail in it ; and, thirdly, for the sake of the American Union, that it is desirable she should prevail ; and consequently it desires sincerely the triumph of Russia, and our humiliation. We will not waste time in arguing whether Russia, who finds herself compelled to accept conditions greatly more stringent than those to which a little while ago she would not even deign to return an answer, agrees with her republican apologists, and is eithr satisfied with the past or confident of the future. These are matters of opinion, and as such, however perverse and distorted, are no objects for censure. But we would gravely put it to the goad sense of the American nation whether the success of Russia in the present struggle would really be to them that great material advantage which they are taught to believe. It may be quite true that the Czar, being without a friend in this hemisphere, holds out, as the Herald phrases it, " the right hand of fellow ship" to the other ; that Russia is the enemy of England ; and England, in an honourable and , noble sense, a rival as well as coadjutor to the United States. The Czar may be prepared to tempt ' America, for aught we know, with commercial ad- Vantages. He may represent himself as ready to employ an American engineer to lay down an electric telegraph, to buy iron for railroads when ever he finds money to make them and cannot get iron from England, and to use American steam -vessels, if by any means they can reach him through the blockade of the Allies. We may grant all these, and these am literally all the considerations which our conteniporaty can urge to support the monstrous proposition of a community of interests between the United States and Russia. The answer is not difficult. As, to the employment of American citizens in Russia, the vast American continent itself offers so wide a field for enterprise and exertion that the wish of a patriot should rather be that the genius and in telligence of its inhabitants should continuo to be employed in subduing it to the purposes of man than that such valuable qualities should be at tracted to foreign lauds. Let Scotland or Switzer land send out her sous in search of foreign gold. America has room upon her ample breast for all her children. As for supplying the Czar with American-built ships of war, as long as we remain masters of the sea it will be impossible, and when we have lost that mastery it will be superfluous. Railways and telegraphs are not the works of a nation unable to raise money by loan, possessing double the population and half the revenue of the united kingdoms, at,war with all the world, and driven to the utmost extremity to find supplies for every day as it passes by. The _Herald talks of commerce, but commerce is between countries whose natural products are different, and not be tween those which, possessing so many natural fea tures in common, are rather made by nature for competition than exchange. Russia is to take American iron. When 'I During war, when the blockade will keep it out, or after peace, when the English iron will undersell it ? Titere remains nothing, then, but the " kindly feelings" of the Czar to his Republican friends, and " the right hand of fellowship" which ho proffers to their grasp, hot with the life-blood of Republican Poland and Democratic Hungary. But, further, if Russia wine, England loses in a much greater proportion, for it is far easier to de stroy than to transfer commercial prosperity, and London might cease to be the mercantile capital of the world without transferring that honour either to St. Petersburg or to New York. The com merce of Russia would not be pure gain, but would be obtained at the expense of the commerce of England ; that is to say, America would-exchange customers of boundless wealth for customers with out capital, obliged to borrow the very funds re quired to cultivate the • ground—customers whose laws are equally administered for others with whom bribery sits barefaced on the judgment seat, —a land whose institutions are stable and fixed for a land which must pass one day from slavery to anarchy, and from anarchy to revolution. But, suppose the predictions of the Herald fulfilled, and its wishes gratified. Suppose united Europe too weak for the barbaric might of Russia, Turkey overwhelmed, Prussia absorbed , Austria mediatised, aid France and England, if spared for a while, occupying towards the Czar a position such as Saxony, Wurtemberg, or Bavaria, —would such a state of things be beneficial to the United States ? Would they feel confident that they could ride out a storm in which so many gallant ships had been wrecked ? Would they be able single-handed to roll back a Power flushed with the conquest of so many valiant hosts, and so many ancient nations ? Would "the right hand of fellowship" be held out and the same kindly feeling be extended to them as that which now works so powerfully on Repub lican sensibilities ? Let them know themselves better. If over the dream of universal monarchy should be realised again in Europe, and seek to realise itself in America, the state of the Union would irresistibly suggest to the fortunate despot the same game as Macedon employed towards Greece. What field for his energies could a King, master of countless armies and boundless treasures, desire better than 30 Republics, connected by a frail federal organisation, and separated by every motive of interest and passion that can agitate and pervert the human mind ? True, we may be told there is the generous feel ing of patriotism, the noble abhorrence of tyranny, the sympathy with right and justice, the repug nance to wrong and violence, which would weld these fragments into one compact mass, and teach every State to forget selfish and personal considerations in a manly struggle for the public good. Alas ! whom is this spirit to be found? Not, assuredly, in the pages of those of our American contemporaries who, without pretending to be able to justify the quarrel of the Czar, or to controvert the verdict which the conscience of United Europe has recorded against him, cannot repress their as pirations for his success, because, base as are his ends and vile as are his means, they believe—as wo have shown, most falsely and absurdly—that some cents of profit are to be gained by the over throw of all that is free and noble in Europe—the destruction of arts and learning, and the retmn of a deeper darkness than Goth or Vandal brought upon the Roman world. For they, at least, were superior in valour and virtue to the race which they conquered ; but Russia brings nothing with her to compensate for the ruin of the existing state of things. Her barbarism is more corrupt than our civilisation—her slavish hosts less valiant than our free citizens. Surely these things ought to weigh for something with a nation that boasts to be the asylum of free dom and the depository of the higher and nobler destinies of humanity. "It is not for gin-sling and sherry-cobbler alone that man is to live," says Sydney Smith, "but for those great principles against which no argument can be listened to, prin ciples which give to every power a double power above their functions and their offices, which are the books, the arts, the academies that teach, lift up, and nourish the world—principles (I am quite serious in what I say) above cash, superior to cot ton, higher than currency—without which it is better to die than to live."—Tinics. A HERo.—The following incident is related of a pri vate in the 82d Regiment, which left Edinburgh last week. A soldier's wife had come up from the country. Not without heroic exertions, probably, she had come possessed of money sufficient to purchase her husband's release ; and to buy him off was the object of her visit. The poor fellow looked with the intensest solicitude at his young wife and her only child, and his eyes filled ; but, brushing away a tear, he exclaimed that he could never bear to be branded as a coward by hie- companions, and to the East ho must go.—EclirOurg4 (\want. We can acquaint our readers this morning with a fact which will create no small astonishment, and which will give the public a new insight into the policy of Russia and the contingencies of the war. The Crimea, at pre sent the scene of hostilities, is ,a peninsula situated at the extreme south of the Russian empire, and connected, as our maps inform us, with the continental territory by the Isthmus of Perokop. Across this isthmus, as we have, hitherto understcod, all Russian troops must be marched to the relief of their comrades before Sebastopol, and great stress has naturally been laid upon the expe diency of blockading or occupying this important pas sage. The isthmus itself is but a narrow strip of land, and is traversed by a wall of masonry from sea to sea. The only access to the peninsula is through an arched gateway in this wall, and thus, as we are informed by a note in one of the best and most recent maps of the coun try in question, the possession of this fortified line effectu ally closes the Crimea against an enemy. Now, at this moment "the enemy" advancing from the north is no other than Russia herself ; and if, therefore, the Isthmus of Perekop could be occupied, the Crimea and its fort , resses would be at the mercy of the Allies on the single condition of dealing satisfactorily with the Russians actually in Sebastopol or the vicinity. No further re inforcements could be brought up. The Crimea would lee "invested" far more completely than Sebastopol it self, and the whole peninsula, rather than the principal town, would be in a state of siege. Such has been hitherto the prevailing belief, and various plans have been accordingly suggested for bringing to pass a result so desirable. Turks were to be landed at Perekop and put in possession of the line ; gun-boats were to be sta tioned along the shore ; and, altogether, it was argued that a pass so easy both to occupy and defend might be made our own with great advantage to the allied cause. Even if we could not absolutely keep out the Russians, we should, at any rate, be accurately informed of their coming, and could certify the strength of each reinforce ment, and the time of its approach, for the benefit of Lord Raglan's army. Why these schemes were never carried out it is unnecessary at present to inquire. What we now wish to tell the public is, that they would, one and all, have been perfectly useless, for that the Russian Go vernment had some time back constructed across the shallows of the Putrid Sea another great military road to the Crimea, so effectually that it is actually the better road of the two, and so quietly that Western Europe never heard a word about the matter. if the reader will take any ordinary map of the Cri mea he will see that to the east of the isthmus of Peres kop there extends a species of narrow inland lake, known as the Putrid Sea, which is separated from the Sea of Asoff by a curious dike-like strip of land, running up from the eastern corner of the Crimea, and almost, but not quite, touching the Russian continent at a poi▪ nt called the Straits of Genisch. It is possible for troops advancing into the Crimea from the interior of the empire t o leave the i s th mus o f P ere k o p, in their rear, to march along the coast of the Putrid Sea, to cross the Straits of Genitsch, and then, by toil ing along the whole length of the dikelike strip above mentioned, call e d th e I s th mus o f A ra b a , t o en t e r the Cri▪ mea a few miles north of Katie. This route was actually taken by a Russian General in the last cen tury, and it still fonts a commercial road between the eastern parts of the Crimea and the continent. Some nine or ten years ago, however, a road was commenced, upon bridges and viaducts, across the Putrid Sea it self, and was competed, we believe, a considerable time before the outbreak of the present war. At what points the communisation between the two shores has been effected we cannot precisely say ; but they approach each ether so closely in many places, and the whole sea, besides being narrow, is so full of shoals and shallows, that many facilities for the undertaking were no doubt discovered. According to the information we have acquired, foundations were probably lail at favourable points of the shoals, and bridges then carried from one point to an other, till the co mmunication was complete. The road itself, now that it i:s finished, is said to be the best road available for the passage of troops and stores from Rus sia to the Crimea. For troops moving from Odessa we imagine that the Perekop route would be preferable, but for reinforcements arriving from the south-east of the empire and the country of the Cossacks the route across the shallows would be more convenient. In this case the distance between Simpheropol and the interior would be much shortened, and it is not improbable that both routes may have been recently employed when it was de sired to surprise the allies with an overwhelming super'. ority of force suddenly brought up. Altogether, the fact thus tardily disclosed, in the filth month of our oc cupation, bears signal and striking testimony both to the preparations of the Russian Government for the con tingency of war in the Crimea, and to the amount of knowledge we nay yet have to acquire upon this and similar subjects.-2 *nes. CONDUCT O.F THE WAR, The information from the Allied camp before &ball tepol, respecting the condition and achievements of the besieging army, is ample and accurate. But the reports relating to the Russian forms from that quarter are si,- gularly incorrect. Nothing appears to be known in the French or English camps of the numbers of the enemy opposed to them, or of the generals by whom they are commanded. This might pass without notice in the great body of the soldiery (officers and privates), and the hangers on of the camp ; but it is certain that the Commander-in-Chief lies been left almost as entirely in the dark on these heads as the youngest drummer boy in his army. On the !morning of the sth of Nov. Lord Raglan was entirely unacquainted with the tremendous effort by which theßussim division,whose arrival encou raged Menschikoff to attack the position of Inkerman, had been brought up from the north. Yet the dislocation of Russian troops by which this movement was effected was the common talk of the diplomatic circles in Berlin —and some other Gerrath courts—almost as soon as it began to be made. That Menschikoff had written a vaunting letter to the Emperor as early as the 25th of October, stating that he had now as strong a force as he desired, and that in ten or twelve days he would com pel the Allies to re-embark under every disadvantage, was known at Berlin ear l y enoug h to have admitted of the intelligence being transmitted to Lord Raglan, by telegraph and express, i n s ufficient tims to put him u pon his guard. Why was not this done by Lord . Bloomfield / It is th e d uty o f ou r ambassadors at " foreign courts to comm un i ca t e a ll important news tp each other. If this inforination had been despatched to Lord Statford de Redcliff e , there can be no doubt that it wo uld have immediately been forwarded to the Crimea. as well as our Minister at Constantinople, and Did Lord Bloomfield k eep the Foreign Secretary in igno rancethe Commander - in -Chief of the Crimean Army 1 Or did the Duke of Newcastle, after he had received the information for the Foreign-office, coolly wait till the course of time should declare the results of the Rua. man movements, without even attempting to forewarn Lord Raglan of what wa s impending ? The blame of the omission rests between the Minister of War, the Foreign Secretary, and our Ambassador at Berlin. One or all of them must have been guilty of a gross neglect of duty. In truth ourN.linistere, who are more especially charged with the management of the war, and our collective di plomacy, seem to give themselves wondrous little trouble about this same army that we have in the Crimea. We do not mean to recur at present to the extent to which the care of providing comforts and even necessaries for the army has been left to non-:.,fficial and individual enterprise ; we speak of the utter and wanton neglect of the mo3t common precautions to keep our Comman ders in the Crimea informed of the number and na ture.of the forces opposed to them. What was known at Berlin of the movements of the Russian army prior to-the surprise of Inkerman was known at Vienna, and Lord Westmoreland appears to have been as dilatory in forwarding the information to head quarters as Lord Bloomfield. Again, our Ambassador at Constantinople is (or ought to be) in constant com munication with our consular and other agents in Tur key and on the Black S ea. Has any attempt been made to turn the sources of information to which those gentle men have access to account in the way of procuring in formation respecting the movements of Russian troops ? Divisions of armies cannot be marched across extensive tracts of country with the same secresy as a few bales of silks or chests of tea are smuggled. The process of collecting stores of provisio ns and the means of transport occasions a contmotioa wh ich extends over a wide circle. Yet the march of Russian troops to the Crimea, from the frontiers of Moldavia, escaped the notice of all our well paid E ng li s h agents in the East. From not one of these worthies does Lord Raglan appear to have re ceived a hint of what was hanging over him. In short, for all the trouble our War Department, or our numerous consular and diplomatic agencies abroad have given themselves, the British army, after its land ing in the Crimea, has been left t') find out for itself where the enemy was, and what its force amounted to. The Commander-ia - Chief received as few useful com munications from home as he had been frozen up, like poor Franklin, in the Arctic regions, with an indolent pick-tooth Admiralty resisting all entreaties to open a commun i ca ti on with hint. This is in keeping with the whole conduct of the War Department. It has sent out men to the East, it has sent out stores of all kinds, and as soon.as they were fairly out of s i g ht of the British coast, it has washed its hands of all further care of them. If the men and stores reached their destination well and good ; if not, Allah. i R erim, th e d epar t me nt shrugged its shoulders and said t was a pity. We hear much of Mussulman indolence and apathy : there are Turks in Downiing-street, whom. we will b a ck, in this respect, against the most engrained Pacha of the old school. 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Messages were sent from the Admiralty to the War-office, from the Ministry of War to the Ord nance, from the Ordnance to Deptford, and then came back to the source from which they originally pro ceeded." In short, we have a War Department only in name. The Ordnance, the Transport Service, the Com missariat, the Horse Guards, are as independent of one another—each as much bent upon doing everything for itself, without interference from the rest—as ever. The Minister at War may issue commands, but these subor dinate departments only obey them if they like and as they like. For this scandalous state of anarchy in the service many are, doubtless, more or less to blame ; but the principal responsibility must rest upon him who undertook to fuse them into a harmoniously working system, and has failed to do so. The Duke of New castle cannot have imagined that he could work his de partment without a staff ; and with what kind of a staff has he surrounded himself A glance at its com position will show that, with one exception, he has selected his subordinates, not from the War-office, but from the Colonial-office and the Treasury. He is en deavouring to work in a field entirely new to him, with the assistance of men who know as little about it as himself. As for Mr. Sidney Herbert, no one can imagine why a Secretary at War has been left in the new arrangement, except to be in the way of the Minister at War.—Daily Ncws. LETTERS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. CA.UP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, DECEMBER 30. Early this morning a reconnaissance was made by two regiments of Highlanders and the left wing of the 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade (which wing is attached to the forces under the command of General Sir C. Campbell), together with a French division, consisting of two regi ments of cavalry and one brigade of infantry, with six pieces of artillery, under the command of General Maurice. The whole were under the command of Sir Colin Camp bell. The French portion of the reconnaissance assem bled opposite the village Kadakoi, and marched across the plain in the front of that village, in the direction of the Tchernaya and Baidar rivers. The English moved along the heights in front of our position, towards the Baidar pass. This allowed the latter to watch the movements of the French, and had anything serious occurred they might have marched down to their assistance. The French succeeded in driving the Cossacks and Russians from their advanced position, setting fire to their huts, and driving them back to their main body, but this was not accomplished with out some little difficulty and obstinacy on the part of the Cossacks, who, contrary to the general rule, stood their ground with bravery. They fired a few pieces of artillery, and one Cossack ran a Frenchman through the body with his lance. The French in this affray lost 13 killed and wounded. The village of Chergoon was set on fire ; but, unfortunately, only 12 houses were burned. The French, however, burned the whole of the huts occupied by the enemy in the position they retired from. If no other good was accomplished the enemy had a comfortless night, as the snow fell hsavily during the night. It was expected the French would have re mained out all night, but after dusk they returned to quarters. The Russians remained on the :dart, and were observed in motion from the hills. Col. Gordon. Assistant-Quartermaster-General, head quarters, accom panied the party. The Queen of the South, steamer, with 250, the Tyne mouth, steamer, with 300, and the Harbinger, steamer, with 80 sick, sailed this day for Scutari The Emperor steamer had also sailed for Eupatoria for cattle and bAt-borses. The Jason steamer has sailed for Conbtantinople, where she will coal, and afterwards proceed to Varna to embark Turkish troops, and convey them to Eupa toria, to strengthen that garrison. Eupatoria, is a town of great service to us. We re ceive a good supply of bit-horses, and a great number of cattle for the troops from the natives there. English gold will do anything. The Thames steamer has taken a few sick to Scutari, and, after coaling, will proceed to Varna to convey Turkish troops to Eupatoria. The City of London steamer, which arrived on the 28th December, brought 232 bullocks, 50 horses, and 450 pack saddles. The steamer Hetton, from England, has also arrived with 80 huts, 85 stoves, and a quantity of wood for hutting. The Magdalena, besides the 18th Regiment, of 850 strong, brought 40 tons of warm clothing and some ball cartridge. The siege operations are nearly at a stand-still ; quite so on the part of the British. Last night a very heavy fire was kept up by the enemy, but reports of this morning state " nothing more than usual happened." On the 26th, great numbers of men were observed to march down from the Fort Sanverem, in Sebastopol, to the water-side, and were conveyed over the harbour to the north side in boats, the boats returning empty. The enemy have erected a small battery of four guns oppo site to Gordon's Hill, and have posted sentries in ad vance. DECEMBER 31. The enemy, after the reconnaissance of yesterday, assembled in force this morning, and seemed inclined to face the allies. They shelled our working party in the trenches last night. The night was clear and moonlight, and every move on the part of the British was easily seen by them. So sharp did the shot and shell come from their batteries that our men were compelled to withdraw the working parties. One man of the Light Division had his leg blown off. A great cry is now made for want of fresh meat for the troops. Scurvy has made its appearance, and only about once or twice a month do the troops obtain fresh food. Sir Edmund Lyons said the other day that nothing was more easy than to procure cattle from the different ports along the Asiatic and European coasts of the Black Sea. Upon a question being put by Sir Edmund Lyons to Lord Raglan the other day, as to whether he was prepared to give 6d. or even is. per lb. for meat, hie lordship answered, " Yes ; even ls. 6d., sootier than the men should want fresh meat." He added " that the country did not mind what they paid, providing they could give good and wholesome food to the troops." According to the system of our commissariat, with the ♦iew to purchase cattle, it is necessary to send an officer of that department to collect, at a certain port, as many head of cattle as he possibly can, and then ship them to the Crimea, The French are quite different ; they send an officer, who proceeds in a small vessel to every creek and harbour, collects 10 here, 20 there, and so on, and returns in half the tittle, besides insuring the troops a supply of fresh meat regularly. If our present system is followed, and the troops have so much salt meat, scurvy will do as munch this winter as the cholera did last summer. Already ninny are severely attacked, and every day increases the evil. The British commissariat at present are not nineh more than issuers—for this reason, all provisions are brought to the army from England, the cavalry are em ployed to carry it up from Balaklava to divisions, tho commissariat doing nothing more than issue it out. The correspondent of the 1 inte3, some time back, stated that nothing could exceed the regularity of our colomissaria,t in its issues. Had the writer inquired of an individual soldier, and not trusted to what a com missariat officer stated,, his tale would have been very different. Daily, now, are the men without a bit of meat in some divisions—first in one and then iu another, and there is no regularity whatever. The Europa, from Varna, with 66 soldiers and 180 horses, has arrived, together with gabions and timber. The Sea Nymph, from Constantinople, with planking and miners' tools. No. 86, transport, Lady 111‘Naghten, is gone to the Gulf of Perekop fur forage. We can even purchase at that place, although in the enemy's country —English gold does it all ; there is no resisting it. The harbour of Balaklava, is crammed with shipping, bringing timber and warm clothing. JINUATtY 1 I visited Balaklava this morning. Nothing can equal the confusion—the mass of consignments of warm clothing, blankets, hutting materials, stoves, charcoal, forage, barrels of beef and pork—all jumbled into one heterogeneous mass. A barrel of pork stands beside a bale of blankets here, and a stove beside hutting materials there, and so on. So rapid have been the arrivals, and so eager for disembarking, that the wharf and all around is like one vast storehouse, without form, fashion, or order. From the huts which have arrived the Quartermaster-General has determined to erect a few at Kadakoi as a receiving store, to ease the stores at Balaklava. The harbour is very small, and hence the confusion. The town does not afford a sufficiency of stowage for the immense mass of clothingand the hutting materials which arrive daily. As regards the former, as usual the roofing is on board one ship, the body of the but on board ano ther ; one vessel is here, the other God knows whe re. B e a ads and timber are being issued to regiments . To-day h regiment has been authorised to draw 5,000 feet of sheeting, 100 pieces of scantling , and 100 pieces of rafters. This is for the purpose of the hospitals in camp. Officers and men are a ll o wed roofing, ,&c., for walls of huts which they may have built, but the ques tion arises, how are they to get it up ! Only by car rying it up on their backs. Seine baggage horses have been landed lately, b ut still these are not sufficient. The general opinion is that we shall neither have huts nor anything else before the cold weather sets in, and that cannot be long. If we had conveyances up to the camp all would be well, and we should relieve the har bour very much. There are four ships now in quest of baggage animals, and it is to be hoped they will soon return. Already a fearful number of men fall sick from exposure to cold. The British lose upwards of 300 by death every week, so that they had need receive an extra regiment every fortnight. I must, however, ad mit that a great many of this number are wounded in action or in the trenches. Sir Edmund Lyons paid a visit to Lord Raglan yes terday morning, after his lordship and staff had at tended Divine service. The Turkish troops are employed in carrying gabions up to the trenches from Balaklava and from St. George's Monastery, where '2OO of the Guards are still employed under Lieut.-Col. Fordyce, Scots Fusilier Guards. The French are actively engaged in digging holes in the ground, over which their Nmall tents are fitted very admirably. The French were short of rations yester day. Their roads, as well as ours, are in a very bad state. Tho railroad, which we hear is to be laid down from Balak.lava to camp, will be a great blessing. The following is the Numerical condition of the British army opposed to the Russians : Sergeants Drummers Rank and File .. 2,121 „ 656 . 38,085 Total Of this number, there are at the present time sick and wounded : Sergeants ..... Drummers .... Rank and File 565 ▪ 107 1▪ 2,747 Total . 13,419 -Post. THE BLACK SEA FLEET. DECEIIBER 28.—As I wrote to you in my last letter, Admiral Dundee has gone, and Sir Edmund Lyons is now senior officer of the station. According to the etiquette of the service he is not supposed to assume the command in chief until his predecessor has quitted the limits of the station. The usual way is to fix a certain epoch, and this will be, I hear, in the present instance, the Ist of January. In the meantime, the vessels have already exchanged the white for the red ensign. The Admiral's flag is still flying on the Agamemnon. It seems as if the Admiral was inseparable from his favourite, for several nights of heavy weather which we had again on the 22d and 23d have so much wrung the rudder of the Royal Albert that there was some talk of sending her, as well as the Algiers, to Constantinople to have the damages repaired, but the Admiral's energy prevented this, and the rudders have been taken out and are being repaired on the spot. The Naval Brigade on shore has received a consider able addition. The Stromboli brought from Constanti nople 400 sailors, 230 from the Queen and 170 from the London. They have been sent to Balaklava on board the Sanspareil, and are to be employed, in the first in stance at least, to carry provisions to their comrades in the camp. There are now 1,130 sailors in front and 170 in the batteries near Balaklava; and for all this number there arc only 10 horses and mules to convey provisions to them. Those, of course, who are in the batteries near Balaklava can easily come down for their provisions, as the distance is scarcely a mile ; but 10 mules are only sufficient to carry up about one-half of the daily rations which are required for the sailors' camp in front. The newly-arrived sailors will therefore be employed in forming a depot in the camp of the Naval Brigade. They will be divided into two lots, each of which will have to go up every alternate day. The men are ready to do anything, although they would like best to be in the batteries ; but it will be rather hard work for them, as sailors are usually not first-rate pedestrians, and a walk of 12 miles—six to and six back from the camp —with a bag of biscuit or a keg of rum on one's back, would be no easy matter for the best pedestrian, espe cially if the roads, as in the present instance, are covered, on an average, with six inches of mud of so peculiarly tenacious a character that at every step the foot carries with it a rams of earth covering the extent of a small German principality. As soon as a small store is laid in at the camp these 400 sailors will likewise go to the batteries, where they will have again to handle their darling heavy guns. It is ludicrous what a contempt Jack has for small guns, which he can handle like a toy. When the Naval Brigade was first sent on shore there was much more sickness among them than in the army at that time ; now the reverse is the case. Out of 1,130 men who are in front, there are scarcely ever more than half a-dozen in hospital ; they have got accustomed to that kind of life ; and, besides this, the diet of salt meat is nothing new to them. At first they ought to have got fresh provisions with the rest of ' the army, of whom they form a part at present ; but lately they have sent up fresh provisions, meat as well as vegetables, expressly for them. It would be only desirable that the supplies were more frequent and less copious at a time, principally as regards vegetables, for the greater part of these latter rot before they reach their destination. The naval camp is chiefly conspicuous by the merry spirit of the men, and a more picturesque disorder than the rest of the camp. It seems to be a strange contra diction that men, half of whose lives passes in a constant process of cleansing, should distinguish themselves by the reverse, but so it is ; I suppose it is a morbid taste in which they indulge. The fleet has received a valuable addition in the Dauntless, 33, screw, which arrived at Karatch on the 22d. The Sanspareil, I hear, will leave Balaklava in a few days to go to England for repairs ; she is no great loss. The Niger has again returned, and looks in beautiful order. This morning the Admiral and several of the captains went over to Balaklava in the Wrangler to inspect things there, and to go up to head-quarters. I hope that the ♦isit of the Admiral to Balaklava will be attended with some good effeci.; on the port arrange ments of the place, which, notwithstanding the expe rience of several months, is as yet lay no means such as could be desired. The Bellerophon has come down from Eupatoria to Karatch-bay, where she is to take in the men whom she 'sent to the Naval Brigade, and then she will go down to the Bosphorus. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. The Cunard steam-ship Cambria arrived in the Mersey yesterday morning, having on board 213 rank and file, composed of sick and wounded from various regiments, 8 civil servants, 29 women, 8 children, and 8 horses. The officers are, Quartermaster Lilley, of the Grena dier Guards, who has charge of the invalids ; Captain Vial's, of the 95th ; Paymaster Wheatley, 42d ; Colonel Warren, 55th ; Hon. Captain Carnegie, R.N. ; Capt. Frere, R.N. ; Lieut. Aston, R.N. ; Staff Assistant- Surgeons A. W. Pinkerton and W. Gordon. The sick and wounded were taken on board the Cam bria at Malta, where they were transferred from the Ripon, which vessel had brought them from Constanti nople, where they embarked on the 29th of December. The Cambria left Malta on the 4th inst., passed her Majesty's ship Jean d'Acre on the 12th, off Lisbon, bound for the Crimea, with troops and stores on board, and arrived in the Mersey at an early hour yesterday morning. During the passage there was one death and one birth on board. The sick and wounded are from various regiments. Scots Fusilier Guards, cavalry, artillery, and regiments of the lino. Some of them are much emaciated, while others look all the nobler for the hardships they have endured. They appear to have suffered chiefly from dfarrhma, though many bear evidence of the " hair breadth escapes' they they have experienced. Some have their hands wrapped up ; ethers an arm in sling ; a third class hobble painfully on the deck. Not a few of these were wounded at Alma. One fine fellow, private Wal- tern, of the Fusilier Guards, in reply to inquiries, stated that he had been invalided since the memorable 20th of September, when he sustained a severe wound on the heights of Alma. The sufferings of himself and his wounded comrades in the hospital at Scutari were dreadful. They lay seven days after the engage went without receiving surgical assistance, there being only one surgeon on board, and he was among the wounded. He confirmed, also, the terrible accounts which have been so plentifully distributed, of their sufferings from the shortness of provisions. " But, thank God," continued the poor fellow, as large tears coursed slowly down his cheek, " thank God we've got hack to a country that will take care of us. We are all proud of uur country, prouder of it than ever ; and are grateful for the kindness that has been shown us. Everything is very different now at Constantinople — plenty of good bedding, plenty of provisions, and every thing that's wanted." He further stated that they had all been as comfortable on the passage as they could ex pect ; that they had very much improved in health during the voyage ; and that he hoped the majority would soon b:!. well. Two principal objects of a ttraction were the chargers belonging to Lord Cardigan. One, a powerful chestnut horse, carried the gallant earl safely through several engagements, the most memorable being the light ca ♦alry charge at Balaklava. At Isialta the Cambria received on board from the Ripon the body of Brigadier -General Adams, who died at Scutari. The body has been brought in a lead coffin. On the arrival of the Cambria becoming known, the Mayor of Liverpool (Mr. J. A. Tobin), Captain Bevis, IL. A., Admiralty agent, Mr. J. B. Lloyd, ex-mayor, Mr. E. G. Moss, and other gentlemen proceeded on board. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, 6 P.M. The sick and wounded troops brought by the Cambria► are now being landed under the superintendence of Capt. Bevis, the Mayor, &c. The necessary accommodation having been provided for them in the parish hospital they will remain here un til convalescent. DEPARTURE OF THE CORIOLANUS TRANSPORT. The Coriolanus, sailing transport, chartered by the French Government, which has been for some weeks past in the Southampton docks, put out to the river yesterday morning, laden with huts for the use of the French soldiers in the Crimea. She has stowed away 382, besides a quantity of stoves, and will be accom panied on her voyage out by the chartered steam-ship Enniskillen. The fine clipper sailing ship Swiltsure, late Fatherland, also chartered by the French Govern ment for similar purposes, is still in Southampton Docks, and is being speedily filled with huts, large numbers of which continue to arrive daily. The *eneral Screw Company's steam-ship Lady Jocelyn, 1,800 tons, also chartered by the French Government, is receiving on board her cargo. She will convey, besides hats, 1,500 barrels of pork, and about 3,000 bales of clothing. It is expected that she will go to Marseilles for the pur pose of taking on board French troops, and her main deck will be reserved for their accommodation. The re= maining portion of the English huts, which for some time past have been lying at the Southampton Docks, are to be at once despatched by the screw transport Amity, 177, and the chartered steam-ship Rajah, be longing to the Peninsular and Oriental Company. There are in all 100 huts for the use of the officers, and 55 which are to be devoted to the accommodation of the privates. The Amity will convey about SO, and the Rajah the remainder. Should the latter vessel have any space remaining, after taking on board her portion of the wooden houses, she will be filled up with stores, &c., either at Southampton or Portsmouth. The Amity will leave for the Black Sea, if possible, to-morrow, and the Rajah on Thursday. The Loire, screw steam ship, chartered by Messrs. Crockford and Co., wine merchants, of St. James'-street, will leave Southamp ton Docks this morning with the following cargo of wines, spirits, &c., for sale among the army and navy in the Crimea and Black Sea :-2,510 cases of wines and spirits, in one and two dozen cases ; 1,171 quarter-casks, octaves and half-octaves, and a few hogs heads of wine ; 100 cases of biscuits, 12 ditto oatmeal and groats, 20 ditto hams, 7 ditto tobacco, 30 firkins of butter, and a large quantity of provisions. In addition to the above, the Messrs. Crockford have engaged to convey, free o f charge, about 500 packages and parcels which are being forwarded by friends to various officers and men engaged in the Crimea. There are also on board a large quantity of wire rope, trucks, and light pair -wheeled drays, for the more easy disposition of the goods on their arrival. Twelve horseboxes are ranged on deck, two of which will be used in the conveyance of ponies from Southampton, and the remainder will re ceive ten mules at Gibraltar. These are to be employed in the distribution of the wines, spirits, and provisions. Her Majesty's screw steamship Himalaya will go into the west dock of Southampton this morning, should there be sufficient water. Tier steam has been up for the purpose of testing her engines, which are now in an efficient state of repair. The General Screw Company's steamship Crcesus, 2,500 tons, which has been chartered by the English Government for the purpose of convey ing detachments from Portsmouth to the Crimea, will be removed from the large graving dock in the course of a week. Her hands are ordered to ship on Friday, and there is now no doubt that she will very shortly be ready for sea. ARRIVAL OF SICK .IND WOUNDED. An express down train from London arrived at the Strood station of the North Kent Railway shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday, containing 25 detachments of regi ments serving in the Crimea. The whole of the de tachments are invalids, and owing to the number of dis abled soldiers—about 60 of them having lost their legs in the late engagements with the Russians at Alma and Inkerman, and others being unable to walk the Com• mandaet of Chatham Garrison, Colonel Eden, had in readiness a fatigue party of 50 men, with two serjeants, under command of the Serjeant-Major of the garrison, with 15 stretchers from the medical department of the garrison ; and to see that every 'attention was given to them the Brigade-Major of the garrison, with Adjutant Rand, of the Invalid Depot, and Staff-Surgeon Telfer, from Fort Pitt, superintended the removal of the in valids from the railway carriages to the conveyances which had been provided to take them to Fort Pitt for medical inspection. A large concourse of persons as sembled round the railway station to witness the removal of these brave invalids. There was one man carried ; he had lost both his legs, and there was another a mere skeleton. There were several others in a very bad state. The accommodation and arrangements were exceedingly good. There was no time lost in removing the invalids from the station to Fort Pitt, and on their arrival at the hospital there was a strong medical corps waiting to at tend,-with Dr. Taylor, the chief medical officer. Upon medical inspection only 39 men were found in a fit state to be sent to the Invalid Depot. St. Mary's-barracks, Brompton, and 104 were taken into the hospital—the whole requiring immediate medical attendance. The invalids belonged to the following corps :-Ist Dragoons, and sth Dragoons, 11th Hussars, 13th Light Dragoons, 17th Lancers, let R oyals, 4th, 7th Fusileers, 9th, 10th, 23,1, 30th, 33d, 41st, 42.1, 47th, *r. , rith, 63d, 77th, 93d Highlanders, and 95th Re giments. Tile only officer in charge of the invalids was Assistant-Surgeon A. G. M. Tyde, 58th Regiment. The invalid Grenadier, Coldstream, and Sects Fu-ileer Guards proceeded to London to join their respective head-quarters, and the Royal Artillery proceeded to Woolwich. The detachments left Portsmouth at S a.m. on Monday, by the up train, they having disembarked from the steam-ship Avon. Among the invalids was Sergeant Major Silver, 11th Hussars, who excited some curiosity, owing ;to his dress he wore a Russian coat and cap, which he took two days after the battle of Alma from a baggage waggon which they fell in with belong ing to the Cossacks. A number of men have brought home Russian trophies, such as musket-barrels, swords, &c., which they seem to prize highly. Al 11 a.m. yesterday 14 detachments of invalids arrived at the Invalid Depot Hospital, Fort Pitt, from Gravesend, at which place they disembarked, from the Cork steamer, from Plymouth. With them were two men of the Royal Sappers and Miners, belonging to the 3d company. Lieutenant Charles Pringle, 71st High landers, and Assistant•Surgoon Thomas Atkinson, 31st Regiment, were in charge of them. The whole of the men were in a very sickly state ; they were very cold, complained that they had nothing to eat since Sunday evening, and that they had to stand on deck during the passage from Plymouth to Gravesend. Several bad cases were left behind at Plymouth. Ten men were ad mitted into the hospital, and G 8 were sent to the Invalid Depot for further examination. Tho bulk of the Avon's freight of sick were carefully landed at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday morning, and conveyed to the railway station at Landport. whence they proceeded to Chatham by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, the servants of which were most attentive to their reception and comfortable ac commodation. Four cases of extreme weakness were removed on Sunday to the garrison hospital at Portsea, which is now fully tenanted. The Avon arrived at Southampton, fron; Malta, last Thursday evening about 7 o'clock, this three whole days and a half were con sumed before her sickly cargo could bs released from her decks. Vessels are not put in quarantine at the present time at any of the Peninsular ports. Such a circumstance has not been known for years. PARIS BOURSE.—The last accounts from the Paris Bourse yesterday show a fresh advance of a-half or:three quarters per cent. At Vienna the unfavourable reaction from the improvement recently caused by the com mencement of the peace negotiations still continues. ThE POET.—The ancients were quite right in pro claiming that a poet must be born, not made. To be sure, fitting culture and art education will make the best born poet better, since they supply the fine-tem pered implements of workmanship to the hands of genius. Yet, without a certain given material, all the education in the world will never produce a poet. A due consi deration of what is essential to constitute the poet is suited to deter many versifiers from wasting precious time in an unprofitable pursuit. Let us for a moment glance at some of the requisite qualities. The poet must have large perceptive powers, for they are the windows, as it were, through which he leeks, and in a great measure determine his range of vision. He must possess the faculty which we call imagination, and which is very compound in its constitution, and a very Pro tens in its manifestations. At one time it is a worship of beauty, at another it is a suffering or rejoicing sym pathy. Now it will see a deeper meaning in the heart of common things, and again it will light up the dull face of things with magical beauty. He must possess logical and analytical power, for the poet is the greatest logician, and leaps to his results by no mere guess. He must be the greatest master of common sense, for a poet was never yet an inspired fool. He must possess intense passions, for these, properly reined and guided, draw the car of genius up the immortal mount. His eye must be tremblingly alive to beauty, his ear hunger ing for the melody ; indeed, he must have that vehe ment passion for melody that buoys his speech into song, his footsteps into tune, and makes his life move in a melodious rhythm. But, above all, he must possess a warm, kindling, electrical tempera ment. This attribute of the poet we should set above all others. Large heart and brain, clear sight, and general breadth of nature, are indispen sable. There never has been a poet but in the pro portion that he has possessed these characteristics. Such have been the world's great singers. They were all thus gloriously endowed, who have had the magic to unlock the sources of human smiles and tears, and send the thrill of sympathy through the heart of universal human ity. In this sense Homer, Milton, Shakspeare, Dante, and Burns are poets. They are creators, seers, pro phets, and singers.—Eclectic Review, January, 1855. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE Lew.—Last night tl-e usual monthly meeting of the members of this society was held at their rooms, Lower Regent street. Mr. Carr, V.P., occupied the chair. After the usual preliminaries had been disposed of, Mr. Woolrych read a paper on summary convictions, in which he insisted on the propriety of giving the magistrates a summary power in cases of petty larceny, as the present system of sending them to quarter sessions for trial by jury was expensive to the prosecutor, injurious to the prisoner, and both expensive and injurious to the public, and its inconvenience often amounted to a denial of justice. Mr. Pulling agreed with most of the views propounded by Mr. Woolrych, and thought that a pub lic prosecutor, who should have the supervision of all these cases from beginning to end, ought to be appointed. -If that were to be the case, there could be no objec tion to giving the prisoner the choice of tribunal. With these observations, he would move that the paper they had just heard read should be referred fo the com mittee on criminal laws. Mr. Elliott did not think that a mere transfer' of jurisdiction could cure the ovil—the origin of which lay in the morbid and diseased state of public feeling with regard to criminals. A man who thieved was actuated by vengeance, and the state of public feeling, which ignored vengeance, pre vented one of the most healthy priaciples of criminal repression. Mr. Edgar said that they were not discuss ing the origin of crime, but the best means of dealing with it when committed. It was, he thought, for the interest of all parties that there should be a public prose cutor, and even a public defender. Mr. Anstey advo cated not only the appointment of a public prosecutor, but also cheap procedure, good prison discipline, an in telligible criminal code, and a Minister of Justice. He had little confidence in the present magistracy. Mr. Symonds suggested that the paper should be referred to the committee on judicial tribunals. He thought that publicity was the great guard against carelessness. 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