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,f, v_ li~ 7 1 , 4 / 114.4 r. . . . "1„' • • • . 4 , . 1. ►~, Ar • Ii prZe ~. , 4(11 4 1) 1 77 - ^~ y . . 4 1 ., iggi • AHt 0 , 1 \ •.I "•.' (1 . 0 It `V 4 • r .,i c Ace 4 I '441 (At fi. vc `' •• tom , ,\Ol.///1 • • .4 ) o e. ' IRAge i ' I k - • • t te r V L' -V . l ; f / - L MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, TO-NIGHT, and EVERT EVENING (except S tturday), a t S c'c!ock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and -aturclay I\lBrnirro at a. a t 3a• • area, 2s • 9 • gallery, is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Prin dpal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Doors open at 5. Admission tne 11. Laurent's now Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voire, Character, and Costume, concluding with an imn , r4onation of Mlle. Rachel, as Camille, In "Lea liorace3," TO-SIGHT and every evening, at 8. Private boxes and stalls may be Secured in advance, without extra charge. Polygraphic-hall, King William-street. Charing-cross. A Perrormance every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8. RE -OPENED, with many important additions to the Scientific Department. —Dr. Kit N begs to acquaint the public that his celebratod MUSEUM, which has been elegantly re-decorated and enriched by many interesting additional objects, IS NOW OPEN (for Gentlemen only). Amongst the new features of high interest will be found in magnificent full-length Model of a VENUS, from one of the most eminent of the ancient masters. The Museum is open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures are delivered at 12, 2,4, and half-past 7, by Dr. SEXTON ; and a new and highly • interesting aeries of Lectures is now In course of delivery by Dr. KHAN, at half-past S precisely, Every Evening.--Admission, One Shilling.—No. 4, Coventry-street, Leicester -square. 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The Directors are desirous of receiving TENDEiL.; for the EREC TIOS of a LOCOMOTIVE N GINE at Wolve, ton tai n. • Par ties desirous of tendering may sea no drawings and specifica tion, and also obtain a b,ll of quantities at the r ngiceer's Office, Easton Station, on Monday, 31st instant, between the hours of ten and four. Tenders, addressed to the undersigned, should be sent in not later than ten o'clock on Thursday, April 19„1856.. Th• Directors do not bind thematavitAto aece ta lowest tender. CH ARLEs E. STEW AR , Secretary. Secretary's Office, Easton Station, March 24, 185.. ART - UNION OF LONDON. (By Royal Charter.)—Prizehold -.l's select !or themselves trout the public exhibitions. Every Subscriber ONz OCINEA will have, besides the *hence of a Prise, an Impression of a I'late of " HARVEST IN TIE RIONLAND3," engraved by J. T. \Villmore, A.R.A., trout the im portant and well-known picture by Sir E. Laniseer, R.A., and .4ir Augustus Caileott, R.A. 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JUDKIN'S IMPROVED GAS REGULATOR has the. following advantages to recommend it to the conside ration rf all Gas Consumers:— Ist. It can he easily adjusted to leupply Gas at any required pres- Pure below that of the street. 2d. When once adjusted, it will admit of NO VARIATION in lights burning, whether they arc few or many, whatever the fluctuation el pressure may be. 3d. The light helm: purer by perfect combustion, the atmosphere Is more healthy and agreeable. . . . 4th. A e .sing of at least from 25 to 35 per cent. in the convimp tinn of (l as is obtained. Its ADVANTAGIA OVER ANT OTIIER REGULATOR are as follows : kft. It is inn e simple in its construction. It is more sensitive in its operation, having less friction, as it 'Works only on too steel centres, which are immersed in quicksil- e-. 3d. It is not 'table to get out of r:pair, and requires less attention than a Meter itself. N Tcs ing Aoparat , s has been fitted up on the premises of the Patentee, 33 and 35. Corooratian-stre , r, vau , g.sots+. 41 1 0 919 riett-street. Londea, for the purpose of demonstrating the above NEW LABEL—Irk consequence of the great variety of counterfeit lthels of A. ROWLAND & SONS' UACAg-tAit OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly resemble the original as frequently t deceive the unwary—they have em- Nosed those eminent artists Messrs Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who. great coot, and by a peculiar process of their own. have succeeded .1 Producing from steel " A NEW T.A.IIEL," which cannot be forked. Rig composed of a section of an engine -tuned circle, repeated one hundred and thirty times—and forms an original lace-work ground, ' , Pen which Is engraved in white lettels, " ROWLANDS' MAC kSSAR OIL, FOR Tilt CROWTIi, RESTORATION. AND FOR BEAUTIFYING THE Il UMAN ii AIR." Under which is the Signature of the Pr , prietors in Red Ink " A:ROWLAND & SONS." Feld by them at 20. Hatton-gardon, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. IL. °VARD i Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of kiiTI ;MT.. TE fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so Perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to he dis‘inguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay; and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This 'method does not require the extraction of rests, or any painful OPerittion, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is tuaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.---52, Fleet-street. At borne from ten till live. 1 AIR DESTROYER, 1, Little Queen-street, High Ilolborn —ALEX. ItOSS'S DE RH, ATOR Y, for reincv- TR effectually Superfluous Hair from the Face, Neck, Arms, and klancli; without the slighte , t injury to the skin. A. R. will warrant it not to Irritatethe fle,h in the smallest degree, and the hair to he tettrely destroyed.—Sold in bottles, at U. 6d., ss. t'd., and le.s. 6d. ; n r applied at the Hair-dyeing Establishment, as above. Foi warded or stamps, tree by post, eight extra. JOZEA'S COPAHINE, or SACCH &RATED TJ CAPSULES, approved of by the e'rench College of Physicians, klecessfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, awl ReknowledgQd by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (see " Lancet° of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appll eation.—Price per 100, 4s. ad. ; 50, 2s. 9d. fo be had of the inventor, SA.I3ItIELJOZEAU, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and ill the principal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.- TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 18 55 , an injunction was,granted by the High Court of Chancery, an,l en the 11th of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph rranklin and others, to restrain them, ander a penalty of one thou rtni •pounds, from Imitating this 'Medicine, which is protected by eTI I .I Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ernie de Ph gamete de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, groans,. . • TRIESEMAR, No. 1, i s a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhma, and all the distressing censeqUences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi cacious in youth, manhood, and old age; and t those persons who lire prevented entering the married state from the results of early Orrors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, I ffecttudly, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely e ‘ radicates all traces of those Disorders which Capatvi and Cubelx nrre so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the healt , : or a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, Se the great Ontinental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whic: a nfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in. eVitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all tin Sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid Of taste or smell. Ind of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet taillt without their use being suspected TRIEfIEMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are told in tin cases, price I Is. , or Seer cases in one for 335., which saves 115. ; and in W. eases, whereby there is a saving of 11. 125.; amid.' s warate doses, as adminis tered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, 8c,., &C. To be had Wholesale and Re.ail in Londcn of Johnston, 68, .Cernhill; Hannay . and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and 'anger . 150, 'ix iord.street ;R. IL Ingham, druggist, 46, arket-street, Manchester . „t. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly , che mist, 42. ;. o . ) rd-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westntoreland-street. Winnall, bookseller, High-street. diniiirigham. Tii SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND nEATUTRITY. Just published. price Is., illustrated with cases and numerous engravings ; free by post for 14 stamps. NERVoUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper itttorrhara, with Practical Observations on a safer and more ecesstul• mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative dr..",etn. obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting an d nguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effec t of ~.„''u ."erY variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits. `lcesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded n • twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance , Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhesta, &c. To whicl 'i▪ re added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre enutionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, en i on the domgerotui remedies advocated by various writers on these important, disorders. ByLA'MEBT M.D. BEDFOR IIII7E D-SQUA LONDON, 'oo or of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edit Lurgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society Llocntiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Ike., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con. Le . inences resulting from certain habits, irregularities , and exces ses, Z r lich have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man ""d, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any 4;:d reeclass of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is Iticularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts or it physical condition, and who are conscious of haring hazarded the health, happiness. and privileges to which every human being is entitled „It le absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there are r'neiples of persona! management which cannot be violated without Llearring grievous penalties, end when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties r QttY be mitigated, hew the sting of their bitterness may be removed, : 41 how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, teat there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional ,tereogement to wbic.h the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author ha. for a seriee of years been engaged in an extensive t r actioe In the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have "Nortunately been too generally confided to the care of Ignora.ll 4 P . OirieN, who Inflict great injtry On those wuo are Induced to place lalth in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may to had price Is. of Moors. Sher I w ood and Co., 23, Paterucstet.row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; , .orpe, 19, .Leicester•aqnare; Mann, 39, Comhill; or free by post for is stamps .to any address from the Author's midair is, 37, Bed. •At home foetqfitultallolt dalltUiSm eleven till twO, autl from Eli 'Sleight, WATER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE BALTIC AND BLACK SEAS. The blockade of the Russian-Baltic provinces and the Black Sea have already led us to a new line of communi cation being opened between the Ukraine, the steppes, and the region round about Odessa and Nicolaieff on the one band, and the north-west of Europe on the other. The Pinsker Canal, which has been for many years in pro gress, was opened to navigation in the course of last year. It connects the river Bug. which flows into the Vistula, with the river Pripetz, which flows into the Dnieper ; and thus it forms the completing link in a chain of water com munication extending from the Baltic to the Black Sea. By this route Dantzic has received in the past year 100 lasts of linseed of unusually good quality (an at ticle that Dantzic has previously never exported), 12 cwt. of tal low, which has found purchasers in England and Bel glum, and about 15,000 cwt. of hemp, of which only 5,000 had been shipped when the navigation closed. There has been also about 10,000 cwt. of tallow de -Bpatched thence to Dantzic, but frozen up on the road from the south, which will also be available at the return of spring. The only portion of the navigation of this line of water communication that is described as wanting improvement is the Bug, to which the attention of the Russian Government has been already amply directed ; and we may be sure that; if the war lasts, this defective portion of the connecting route from the north to south will not b© neglonted.—Letter fmre k.Sat . L Min 0 In no. (. 1 006 pe hes Bier id in the *don and roe)? dog ihef- tY2--' - 'bre@ ~,. pril,• 88--- TAUS' N o . 19,9041 PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, In 2 vols., 21d., bound, JOURNAL OF ADVENTURES with tho BRITISH ARMY, from the Commencement of the War to the Fall of Sebas topol. By GEORGE: CAVENDISH TAYLOR, late 95th Regiment. Hurst and BlAckett, Publishers, successors to Henry C9lburn. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF" WOMAN'S DEVOTION." Now ready at all the In 3 'cols , 11ARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS, By the Author of " Woinaies Devotion." 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Patern^ster-row. The Third Edition Just Published, nrice 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. N TRUE it FALSE SPERMATuRRH(EA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary fYorn the Heal 4 ufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated fruits the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Picktorci 's known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contribntion, to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We tryst this may not be the last, if he shall ietcet any ether equally flagrant evil which it may be in his p >Titer to cor rect."—London ,to Ile al Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its w,y into the hands of those who satTsr from the COM. olaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would 7ie save I much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of tas importance, though it Is that which the quacks most prize— !such m0ney...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Sperreatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore. likely to do much good." i.ondon: 11. Ralliere. 219, Regent-street. GUARDIAN FT ASSURANCE RE AND LIFE c PANY, -street, London. ;TORS. • Esq., Chairman. 5, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Martin, Esq., NEP. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Erg. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch. Esq. Henry Vine, Esq, AILMITOFS. A. N. Esq- rr rirury Pylcel Thornton, Mt. :s i.loyd, Jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. No. 11, Lombard DIREC FRANCIS TWIT DYKE, HENRY HULSE BERES! John Dixon, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Sir Walter It. Farquhar, Brt. Thomson 'Janke'', Esq., M.P. John Harvey, Esq. John G. litithard, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Latiouchero, Esq. John Loch, Esq. LIFE DF,P ART MENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par lament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium • ithout participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will he declared in June, 1860, when tll participatint; Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year t Christmas, 1559. will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total everSionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000 . At Christmas, 1854, the Assuratres in force amounted to upwards ~t 4,2.0,0001. the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more han 200,0001.; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,000/. FORE] a N RISRS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East nd West Indies. the writish Colonies, and the northern parts of the uitel stater of America, have been materially reduced. INV.U.II) LIVES.- • •Persons who are not in such sound health as n•ould enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, ray bay , their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. I:OANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro- Med such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have ttalned in each case a value not under 50/. ASSIGNMENTS OF P.ILICIES.—Written Notices of, received nd resist erect MZDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for •'oiicy Stamps. Notice is hereby given, that Fire Policies which expire at Lady-- day must be renewed within fltteen days at this MT, or with Sir. SANA, No. I, St. James's-street, corner of Pail-mall ; or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. Losses caused by Explcslon of Gas are admitted by this Company. A.D. 1720. OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE NAL CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. • OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., mentor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. - .lenry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Elul. !',dmon.l S. P. Calvert, Esq. lion. John T. Leslie Melville. 'On Garrett Cattley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. klexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. F.dward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Polly, Bart. William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. 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Assured. paid. --.—.--- ----- X £ £ 30 102 112 211 1•53 593 35 106 115 221 1.58 54•3 40 113 121 231 1 67 50'5 45 121 128 749 1 78 40'2 50 135 140 275 1'96 43 0 55 149 154 303 2•16 39'9 60 166 174 349 2'43 37'2 ,_.-- Equivalent red.letion., have been mule in the Premiums payabl , by those persons who preferred that form of Bonus. Equivalent recLmtion4 have been made in the Premiums payable by those persons who preferred that form of 13onus. The future division of Profit will take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding 15,0001. may be insured en one life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties—with the guarantee of a large Inv- sted Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a Century and a-half. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. 'HOLUM. Actuary and Secretary. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 27. 1856. FhEE TRADE WITH FRANCE. GREAT OPEN-AIR MEETING AT HANLEY. One of the monster meetings that seem peculiar to the manufacturing districts was held on Tuesday at the Mar ket-pace, Hanley, for the purpose of taking into considera tion the best mode of carrying out the free-trado principle with France, iu regard to the exportation of the pottery manufacture. For some time past a desire to accomplish this object has been iu existence, and peace seeming about to be established it was deemed a fitting opportunity to bring the matter prominently before the country. A corn reettee, under the name of the Anglo-French Free Trade Association, has been in existence for a period of 3 or 4 mouths, who have been engaged in obtaining materials upon which to found the case they have to submit to the Government of this country, as well as that of France; and this meeting was convened under their auspices. The meeting was convened for 2 o'clock in the afternoon, but as early as 10 o'clock in the morning the verions local committees that have been formed in the places immedi ately adjacent to Hanley were in motion, and processions of potters were formed at Tunstall, Cobiidge, _Lenten, Shelton, Etruria, and Burslern, to proceed to the appointed place of rendezvous at Hanley; and previous to the meet ing the several processions paraded the town, banners fiye ing, bands playing, and ail the concomitant excitements of such a state of things. In addition, there was the fact that the day of meeting was Easter Tuesday, mod that it was market-day at Hanley. Shortly before 2 o'clock the several processions moved up to the Market-place and took their respective positions essigued them. The number of people exceeded 10,000. As far as the eye could reach there was I one swaying sea of upturned faces. Every avenue lead ing to the Market-place was filled by anxious potters wish ! , leg to hear what was to be said upon this question vitally affecting their financial position, and every window cud balcony by spectators of the monster meeting. A platform was erected for the accommodation of the spectators, and the proceedings commenced, abeut half past two o'clock, by Mr. Edwin Albut, the chief bailiff of Hanley, being called upon to preside over the meeting. Mr. ALBCT, in rising, said ho wished he had a voice that would reach them all, to impress upon them the ha• porrance of the movement to which they were then giving their attendance. Happily they would be addressed by those who knew more, who had better voices, and wore more accustomed to public speaking, and who would therefore put the matter its a better light. (dear, hear.) He should, therefore, satisfy himself by stating that he held in his hand letters from several gentlemen who were fa vourable to them. He had one letter from Mr. Otway, one of the members for Stafford. That gentleman in•i mated that he exceedingly regretted not being present on the occasion, but he sympathised with their management. Another letter was from Mr. Alderman Copeland, and an other from Mr. Wedgewood, both of whom regretted their compulsory absence. The next letter of apology was from Mr. C. B. Adderley. He had also another letter to which he was somewhat sorry to refer, because he felt that they would all have liked to have seen their good friend, Mr. Ricardo. (Hear, hear.) They knew, however, that they could not have sunshine without clouds, as they had seen that day. Those gentlemen to whose letters he had first referred had all written in good health. (The crowd, which was very dense, here began to sway to and fro, and a slight interruption took place. On the restoration of order Mr. Albut resumed.) He was speaking, ho said, of their good friend, Mr. Ricardo. They would all be sorry to hear that he was confined to his bed by illness. He held in his hand a letter from Mr. Ricardo, in which be stated that he (Mr. Ricardo) was quite sorry that he could not attend ; that he allows this matter to prey upon his mind, and nothing had crossed him more than his not being there. (Near.) He (the chairman) was sure that when they again met Mr. Ricardo, it would be a warmer welcome, if possible, than it had hitherto been. (Cheers.) He would not detain them longer, except simply to say that he felt rejoiced that they had the opportunity of meeting upon that occasion ; and he concluded by saying that he knew the gentlemen ripen whom he should call would be received with a good " Pot tery" cheer—that they would show them that they had goad " Pottery pluck," and then no doubt they would make good speeches. (Loud cheers.) He called upon Mr. Bodley to move the first resolution. Mr. BODLEY, on rising, said that, very unf , rtunatel3 for hire, he had been called upon to move the first resolu tion. He felt that it was a vtry responsible position to strike the key-note on such au occasion as that which had called them together. It was to him a source of unex pected pie:Aim? ° that ho foundhilev.. , 4f in their midst tl :4 t, day,- aleire Tarara objett tv/aerLhe did. itet heeitate:to luction of import duties betvree ty WWI 0211 Are brougl uas of .heolutimm. As I have thi together. He hesitated not to say that never were there seen so many intelligent men and women congregated in that place as on the present occasion, and with this one peculiae ity connected with it, that they were all on one side. He would read to them his resolution, and would make very few observations, for he felt that he should best consult the interests of the meeting and the objects they have in view, by giving way to the strangers whom t'.ey were delighted to see amongst them, who were willing and were lending them a helping hand in carrying out the ob jects they have in view. The resolution was es follows : —" That this meeting, considetiug the introduction of at, abundant supply of wholesome beverages into this country well calculated to draw an increasing revenue, and tend to the advancement of our international relations as well as the improvement of the moral and social condition of the people, i• of opinion that an immediate and considerable reduction of the duty on foreign and ether wines is indis pensable, and pledges itself to press the importance of such a reduction on her Majesty's Government." Re wished every one of them bad a glass of French wino then. He would leave the subject of the resolution to others who were more acquainted with the matter, and content himself with making one or two other remarks that bore upon the general question." He did not hesitate to say that the de monstration of that day would confer lasting honour upon the men with whom it had originated. (Cheers.) They had set an example in that district, and he referred more espe cially to the working men—the potters of the district—an example which, if followed throughout the length and breadth of_ our land, would reflect honour upon all con cerned. The object they had in view—and when the reso lution spoke of the reduction in French and continental wince, that was not the only object they had in view—that was not all—they did not mean to have free trade only on one side; but what they aimed at was this—they asked France to take their pots, and they in exchange would take French wine, and in order to honour the wine would drink it out of their own pots. It might seem egotistical in him to refer to his visit to Paris (most of them ware aware of it) as ho bad already borne testimony to the interest ex cited in the minds of the French people upon the pottery question—for it *as to be remembered that at the Paris Exhibition wherever you went said the speaker, you might pass stall after stall and see the persons looking, asking no questions; but when you went into the Staffordshire pot teries department—gentlemen were there who could testify to the truth of his assertion—when you went into the Staf fordshire pottery department, what did you find ? Why, you found that every Frenchman wanted to buy every thing. (Laughter.) There was a friend of his there—he thought his grandmother must have been Irish—(laughter) —labelled all his pottery " sold," and when he asked him why he did so, he said the reason why he ticketed " sold" was that he could not answer all the questions that were put to him. Such was the fact, and he believed in his heart the Emperor of the French intended that the French people should themselves be gratified by having their products whether there was free trade with France or no. He read extracts from three or four letters received by the firm he was proud to represent, Francis Morley and Co., actually, however, one person who sympathised en tirely with this movement, and who would, he was sure, be glad to contribute as every other manufacturer would. The extracts he read were to the following effect. He did not wish the press to note any remarks he made except these—that the Emperor of France intends taking off the prohibition this session, and iu a few months we shall see a new and fairer system inaction. Ho believed that such was the intention of the Emperor, and the more he regarded the demon‘tration they were then making he could not help looking at it as representing to the minds of the Emperor and the people another motive why they should get, what they so much need, earthenware from the Staffordshire Potteries. With these observations he would give way to Mr. Smith Child. They would get French wines if they could, but if not they would still get France to take Staf fordshire wares, and there would then be no need of a reduce tion in imposts upon wino. He had much pleasure in mov ing the first resolution. Mr. S. CHILD, M.P., after congratulating hims e lf an d the meeting upon their presence for the good purpose that had itadueed them to meet, said—l am here to assist the workmen of Staffordshire in what I deem aneost praisewor thy object. I hope the workmen, the potters, will accept my observations when I say that I desire to be consi dered as one of themselves. The workmen of the potteries cannot confer upon me a greater compliment than to be lieve that I, as far asin me lies, will promotetheir improve ment. You have a right to my presence and advocacy. I am also here as being personally interested in the great ob ject which yen seek to accomplish. lasi here not only as representative of this division of the country, but as a landowner of this district, who I conceive to be inte rested in the welfare of this district. The interests of both are identical, and I can assure you that the land owner and the farmer desire that you should have as much trade, and, therefore as much money as 'possible. The owners of property in this district are still more immediately interested; inasmuch as they 'are not let the. same position as the operatives, who -an remove their labour from ono place to another The landoner cannot take away his land. Ho must live or fall by the condition of the population in the plice. If trade is pros perous, of course he is prosperous ; but ,f trade be bad he of course suffers. If, therefore, any one can ho interested in this neighbourhood in this matter, it is those whose pre_ porty lies in the district in which we arenow met together. I have said that I was endeavouring to fulfil my duty as your representative, but I must also say that I am here as advocating my own interest. I feel, gotlernen, that, for physical reasons, I am unable to address you competently or at any great length ; but, however, the object for which we are met together requires but little advocacy. (Hear.) The workmen of the Potteries have done themselves great honour by this movement. They seek to improve their own prosperity by the most praiseworthy means, by open ing, fresh channels for their industry, and for the work of their own hands. The most important question is, how to accomplish the object we have in view. Sametimes we hear it truly said that things go on too smoothly. I there fore et:lemur in the remolutioa which expresses a desire for French wines, but don't think that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will reduce them unless we can show him a reason why. That reason is, that France will remove the prohibition off our china. If that be done it will stand thus—we will take the duty off the wine if France will rad e mit English crockery ; and it must be shown clearly tsie France that her interest is involved in tide as well as out own, for we have to deal with men and things as we find them. Mr. Child hero read au extraq from the 2d chap!. ter of the 6th book of Disraeli's " ae s et - egsby," to which he said his attention had that moraine been called by Mr. Wright, one of the reporters of the Staffordshire Sentinel, and which he (Mr. Child) considered very interesting and important. The following is the extract : "Lord Monmouth's dinners at Paris were celebrated. It was generally agreed that they had no rivals ; yet thorn were others who had as skilful cooks, otters who for such a purpose were occasienally profuse in their expeediture. What, thou, was the secret spell of his success? The aim- , plest in the world, though no one seemed aware of it. His lordship's plates were always hot; whereas at Paris, in the oest appointed house., and at dinners which, for costly materials and admirable art in their preparation, cannot be surpassed, the effect is always considerably lessened, and, by a mode the most mortifying—by the mere circumstance that every one at a French diuner is served on a cold plate. The reason of a custom, or rather a necessity, which one would think a nation so celebrated for their gastronomical taste would recoil from, is really, it is believed, that, the ordinary French porcelain is so very inferior that it cannot endure the preparatory heat for dinner. The conninon .vhite potteiy, for e ample, which is in general use, and always found in the cafes, will nut bear vicipage to a. brisk kitchen fire for half au hour. Now, if we only had that treaty of commerce with France which has been so, often on the point of completion, the fabrics of our unri e , yelled potteries, in exchange for their capital wines, would be found throughout France. The dinners of both corm, tries would be improved ; the English would gaits a delight ful beverage, and the French, for the first time iu their lives, would dine off hot plates. An uuansverable instance of commercial reciprocity." If, said the hon. gentleman, I talk for an hour I cannot say anything more to the purpose than is said in that ex- . tract. He then called upon the meeting to leave no means antried by which they might hope to bring about the ob jects of the association. They had sot a worthy example, then why should they not appeal for co-operation to Shef geld, to Manchester, to the groat iron district, and to Leeds ? Everyone who had been in France must have ob served what poor cl rthing of coarse stuffs was worn by the peasantry of that country. It was enough on such a day as that to make anyone shiver to think of it, He therefore trusted that the association would leave no sone unturned, and they might bo sure no co-operation shouldbe wanting on his part. He should be happy to pledge the Fronds in their own wines, and he was sure they might be happy to take their dinner from English crockery, and to travel on railways of English iron. Mr. Smith Child concluded, timid loud cheer- Mg, by es isbing all " God speed." The HIGH BAILIFF then introduced Mr. Oliveira, and called upon the meeting to give him three hearty cheers. Several threes were given. Mr. OLIVEIRA slid—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I. am much obliged to you for the kind invitation you have given as to attend this meeting, and the complimentary manner in which our names have been introduced to your notice. Tho subject which you have taken is hand is one of very great importance, considered in our relations with Francs, and probably entree other countries; and, as peace is about to be restored to us, I think the movement you are making of very great significancy. I have carefully examined the very able pamphlet of Mr. Wm. Evans, upon the Anglo- French Free Trade Association views upon the desirability of and have no immediate „interes.. y( hope I may be permitted to make a few .etnerks, which aro, of course, merely the result of observation. It is hardly lesirable, an assembly of modern practical artificers, to refer to the great antiquity and usefulness of your p trticu iar manufacture. I have, in the course of lengthened tra vels over a great portion of the globe, observed that in the ancient cities of Mexico, in the pyramids and tombs of Egypt, in the mausoleums and residences of Etruria, in the lava-covered ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, in the remains of the ancient cities of the Roman Empire, there (re always to be found evidences of the art of pottery. and I recollect examining with much care, in 1835, an eatablish ment near Pompeii, where a very fair imitation of ancient Etruscan pottery existed, in which both the Egyptian and aoman styles were reproduee I, an I for souse years past I find the Staffordshire inanufaeturers have imitated, and perhaps, in some respects, surpassed these admirable modern works in point of design and refinement of execu tion. Beyond this brief reference to your chief manufac ture, T think I am hardly justified iu making any further remarks upon your particular interests: I will only further old that, in toy endeavours, as a, member of the House of Commons, to extend the wise and beneficial principles of free trade, I will not forget the introduction of pottery from Staffordshire into France at a low duty. I will now, with the permission of this meeting, give some account of the steps I have taken with regard to our international re lations with France upon the question of a reduction of the duty upon the wines of that country, and also of all other wine producing countries in Europe. A vast deal of inconsistency appears to have existed. with regard to the import duty on wines, and in various periods in our his tory we have altered the rate of duty sometimes for fiscal or regal purposes, sometimes to spite France and to favour Portugal (as by the Methuec treaty), but always, in my mind, kept above the point necessary to encourage a large couEuniption. With the opinions that I entertained on this question, and the importance which in my judgment it occupied in reference to international iuterests, I gave sty undivided attention to it. In 1852 3 committee of the house of Commons sat for seven weeks to investigate the whole question, and the body of evidence then not tined was so favourable to au alteration of the prohibitive duty then and now imposed, that I thought it a subject worthy of constant and assiduous labour. I made that evidence my text book, and subsequently visited all the great wine die tricts in Europe, taking evidence on the spot at each locality with reference to the supply, cost, and especially as to re• eiprocity, and I am gratified in being able to say, that in Paris, Bordeaux, Tours, Montpelier, and other parts of France; in Lisbon, Oporto, and other wine districts of Portugal ; in Xeres, Cadiz, and other parts of Spain ; in all parts of Germany, Sicily, and some parts of Italy, I have had but one response—that the market of England is their great object—that they can produce largely-increased sup plies—that they are ready to reciprocate by a reduction of the duty upon our goods ; and in proof of this I will, if this meeting will allow me, refer to some passages in a report which I presented to my committee, after a visit to Paris and Bordeaux, in 1853, and I. may be permitted to state that the committee in question consisted of 120 mem bers of the House of Commons, and about 1,000 magis trates, medical and surgical practitioners, men of science, and other persons whose observations are worthy of note : —" I think it due to refer especially, amongst other par ties, to Mr. Duffour Dubergier, the very able president of the Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux, who happened to be in,,Parit. From this last-named gentleman, a member of the Conseil Seperieur du Commerce, I learned that a very decided feeling towarls reciprocity by a largo reduc tion on British goods prevailed. The late change in the duty upon iron and coal proved the fact, and Mr. Duber gier acquainted me that it had lately become a serious matter of discussion to admit duty free into the ports of France all articles used in the construction of ships, as also to allow to foreign-built vessels in French ports an equality to native-built ones. Further, that inquiries were being made with a view to the admission of British cotton goods at a reduced duty, and that the general policy of the Government was in the direction redacing the tariff." In another part of this report is the following passage : —" Of the, disposition of the people of Bordeaux to assist in the success of the great question we have in view, I can say that it, is universally very generous, and accompanied with strong expressions iu favour of reciprocal international reduction of duty." Again : —" Whilst at Paris, on my way home, on conferring with M. Duffour Dubergier, we thought the occasion justified our visiting the chief members of the French Government, that the great in terests of the wine districts and the paramount question of reciprocity might be promoted through the results of the efforts made at Bordeaux. On the 12th instant, accordingly, I had a long interview with M. Dronyn de Lhuys, Minister for Foreign Affairs, accompanied by M. Dt.ffour Dubergier and M. Gales, when his excellency as sured me of the desire felt by the French Government to adopt and extend the principle of a reduced tariff, and in timated that it was the anxious wish of the administration to carry out that principle (commenced . with coal and iron) to other articles, in which the manufactutes . .cif Great Dritoi4 would beqegt, Oa the 13th jAstaut, we - were re calved by M. Ducos, Minister of Marine, who was equally frank and explicit as to the course of policy which the French Government had resolved to pursue. On the 15th, we had an interview with M. Magne, Minister of Com merce and Public Works, who expressed a warm interest. in the wine question, and a declaration that the tendency of the French Government was towards a reduced tariff. On allhands, and from all these high sources of information, I End a distinct spirit of progress in the great principles we advocate. The cotton question is being studied with activity, and no doubt a report will shortly issue, justify ing a. reduction of duty upon that very important branch of British industry. The present time is opportune for the change internationally considered ; because France, the greatest wine producing country in the world, and one with which it is desirable (in the interests of civilisation) for Great Britain to cultivate the most intimate commer cial relations, has already commenced a system of commer cial freedom which will advance in proportion as a like spirit is evinced by us, and iu which, if considered on the narrow ground of self-interest, Great Britain will be the chief gainer." I recollect that upon the occasion of the visit to France referred to in the report I have just quoted, the subject of pottery was especially referred to, and • admitted by French statesmen to be one that should be included in the contemplated reduction. I believe I may further add, that about that period the French Em peror was promoting other active inquiries for the same object. The sudden outbreak of the war naturally checked the advance of these negotiations, though I must give the French Government the credit for having given proofs of its determination to continue in the course of re• duction by several decrees that have appeared during the war. By a Parliamentary return presented by command of her Majesty last session, it will be observed that con siderable reduction in the tariffs of France, Portugal, and Spaiu took place between 1833 and 1855. In France the decrease in 1333 to 1855 was :—lron, pig, per ton, 3",' per cent. ; in bars, according to dimensions, from 33.', to 25) per cent. ; plates, 50 per cent. ; steel, cast and wrought, from 50 to 75 per cent. Coals : By sea from Sable d'Olonne, French vessels, exclusively, 40 per cent. ; to Dunkirk, foreign vessels, inclusively, per cwt., 20 per cent. Coals : By all other parts (French vessels)... 50 per cent. ?I (Foreign ditto) ... 18 ! : „ Coke " PP In Portugal the decrease in 1853 to 1855 was : Cotton Thread (plain No. 41 to 80) per lb. 33i per cent. (No. 120 and more) „ 58 „ China (per 1001 b•.) Porcelain 25 „ Iron Nails In Spain the decrease in 1853 to 1855 was : Iron Tools from per lb. Copper Ore from 2, If Zinc from fl /9 In a subsequent report I made after a visit to the wino district of Spain, in 1854, I find the following passage : " A reduction of the Spanish tariff is very generally viewed with favour in this part of Spain, it being obvious that the prohibitory duties now imposed upon English goods dimi nish revenue and favour a band of smugglers, who combine with Catalonians to keep matters as they are. Whenever Spain may have a strong and enlightened Government, these abuses will no doubt 'give way to a more liberal po licy." I have, in the last few years, frequently addressed myself to the statesmen of all political parties in Portugal, and find the same growing determination to reduce their tariff. It is matter of notoriety that a commission for this special objecthas been sitting in Madrid for some time past. All through Germany, the States of the Zollverein included, this subject has attracted much attention, and a reduction of the duty upon German wines would give an impulse to our trade with those countries, already amounting to the large sum of 7,000,0001. sterling annually. Mr. Oliveira then stated that in 1852 a committee of the House of Corn moms was appointed to take evidence on the subject of an international reduction of duty. Evidence was given bce fore that committee by many eminent men, among whom was Mr. Porter, the great authority in statistics, who was in favour of a duty of Is. per imperial gallon, instead of 63. The committee drew up a report, recommending the alteration suggested by Mr. Porter, but it was not nnani naonaly adopted. In 1353, Mr. Gladstone, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the subject was one well worthy of consider :Aim], but at that time he had made so many re ductions that it was believed the subject was not ripe for legislation. Since that time, however, Mr. Gladstone had, meeting for the kind reception they bad accorded to him, retired amid loud applause. The resolution was then pat and carried by acclamation. The Hon. F. L. GOWER moved the next resolution. After apologising for the absence of his colleague, Mr. Ricardo, and expressing on his behalf the interest he took in the question under consideration, he said—l must express my admiratio❑ of this great demonstration. On this occasion, the potters have surpassed even my expectations. I think this meeting will be of essential service. I think it will have the effect of turning the attention of the people and the Government to this matter; although I !Dust say that the latter are fully aware of its importance, and That both at the Foreign•otlico ant the Been' of Tiede no opportu nity is allowed to pees of pressing upon other Govern ment!' any relaxation of their tariffs. I wish to warn you of the danger which lies in your path. I don't think it would he wise of you to send a deputation to France upon this subject. There is a great jealousy amongst that people at any interfefence with their Government, and it might lay the Government open to the charge of subserv ing our interests at their expense. But this leads me to the object of the meeting, which is the wine duty. You have heard the very interesting statement of Mr. Oliveira., who has made this question his particular study, and you will presently hear Mr. Macgregor. I shall not therefore touch the statistical part of the question ; but I will say that it will be the greatest folly of the French country and Government not to accept such a reduction as is propose.l in the case of our earthenware. I believe that the French people once having tasted of the sweets of cleanliness in our eerthen ware, will not any longer allow the present state of things to remain. I am anxious that we should not use arty language other than that of sincerity. We can go to France now with our free-trade principle, and say you are bound to believe it because England herself has adopted it. Then to take the question of the,Potteries alone, it would be found that the French would gain immense advantages, not only in pi ice but in increased conveniences. The hon. gentleman illustrated his argument by contrasting the price of Sioeres china to that of our own, which stood in the relation of 601. or 701. to 13/. ; and also by reference to the bad lavatory arrangements throughout France, in consequence of the dearness of earthenware of all kinds. He then proceeded to say :—I should like to know what is passing in the mind of the Emperor of France. If I could mesmerise him and extract his thoughts upon this matter I would do so. (Laughter.) At all events, his cousin wishes the word prohibition' to be erased from the French commercial code ; and what gives me hope is that he has shown a disposition to do so. If the Emperor• does so, then I think that France, who has great resources in herself—on one side of the Mediterranean, on the other the Atlantic, inhabited by a nation of great intuition, industry, and skill—l say if this is only given fair play, that the nation will reach a very great degree of prosperity. We will accord to them that prosperity, as we know that no great nation can be prosperous without other nations sharing in its prosperity, and England herself feels that prosperity. (Cheers.) I therefore hope to see these two nations walking hand in hand in a career of prosperity, and united by a bond cemented by commercial intercourse, which no wretched quarrels, no diplematising, will ever uproot. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman moved the follow ing resolution :—" That in the opinio❑ of this meeting the ' relaxation of the high duties imposed by Great Britain on ! foreign wines should induce foreign countries to modify their restrictions on manufactured goods, particularly in France, where our local manufacture i 4 all but prohibited, and would give an impetus to our local manufacturer; the ' benefits of which it is almost impossible to tell." Mr. B. S. Bnoiuii seconded the resolution. He said, the principles of free trade are admitted by you, your re presentatives, and the Government, consequently you only want them to be carried out. But there appears to be in all ages one great preventative to reciprocity, and that has been either fear or jealousy. It is not long since there was a fear about railways, and the ruin of the principles of free trade in corn. There was also a great hue and cry against the removal of the navigation laws. New they are removed, have they done you any harm. Let us then persevere in this coarse of free trade. One thing we know, that there are very many expenses in this country, some brought upon us by war, at which we don't complain ; but is it not strange that a doctrine of fifty years ago should not have been adopted before this in this country. The doctrine of Pitt was this. He said (referring to the people of this country), " Give them a trade, and they will pay any taxes." For if you have a trade you can earn money, and if you can earn money you can pay taxes. (Cheers.) Well, then, we are not opposed to free trade, and I am proud of my country and of the Staffordshire Potteries. (Loud cheers.) Mr. JOHN MACGREGOR, M.P. for Glasgow, then rose and spoke in favour of the resolution. Ho said—lf one thing could give greater satisfaction than another, it is to behold this great demonstration, which, I trust, will re verberate over every part of the British empire, ,I consider 'this meeting to-day a great fact. With regard te,..thd.spe- : sial business of this meeting, it is one trltnittiqnie'snines of France and other countries by rtoderitin the rates. 1 [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• believe that we ought to make a long pull, a strong pull, arid that all the commercial and manufacturing interests of this country should pull together. (Cheers.) You ought to be proud in making this movement, in giving birth to a plan which, depend upon it, will result in good, I trust, in agricultural as well as manufacturing districts, because upon the capacity to buy bread must that depend, and they mast flourish or fall together. I will now give you a few fecte, because the speeches that have been made are such as I fully eoinchle in. In the first place, with respect to our relation with France, I believe the disposition of the Government is very differout from the Government of ten or twelve years ago. When I was one of the committee entrusted to negotiate a commercial treaty between Franco and England, I found that the Sovereign was opposed to free trade. The Minister for Foreign Affairs was also op posed to free trade, and the Minister of Commerce wee al.o opposed to free trade. I found that the whole of them were interested in certain manufactures, and that they were so blind as to imagine that they could flourish upon protection. Protection is the most thorough deceiver in the world. It is false ; a prop that encourages indolence, and there is no hope in it. Now the duty upon French wines in this country enriches the revenue to the extent of about one million pounds a-year, not so much as it did many years ago. Several years ago, Mr. Oliveira, I, and others saw the then Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the subject, and ho said he could not spare the revenue. I said it is not a protective . duty upon imported wine, but a premium upon the adulteration of wines, for I contend that there is as much manufactured wine as pays duty. The duty upon French wines is about(ioo per cent. As to Hungarian wines, they cost about one half penny per quart, and are equal to the best we have it this country. Now Hungary has a population of 15 Millions. That is a good population for pottery, and I have no hesi tation in saying that you would get the whole of your pot tery admitted there duty free. So that the reduction upon all wines—not French wines alone—would open a market for your pottery to an extent that would be inconceivable. Now gentlemen, if you wish to do anything with the French you must begin with the wine duties. I fully con cur with what your how. member has said as to the notions of the French Government. I believe it to be the disposi tion of the Government of France to reduce the duties upon pottery. I had the honour of knowing the French Emperor when he was in this country, and in my own house he has frequently conversed with me upon this sub ject. He considered that the ties of nations ought to be enduring —that the best bonds between two countries are those which affect their mutual and material interests. Those would best bind two countries to each other. I have always laid it down that the history of commerce is the history of eivili,atiou. I could wish that commercial iu tercourse betwixt all nations of the world were as free as between the different countries of Great Beitaiu. (Cheers.) Now I contend that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, al though not at once, will get. the same amount of evenne after reduction as be does now, and that he would reecho a greater revenue at Is. than he does now at 6s. For during the long period I was at the Board of Trade, I am con vinced that there is six times more adulterated wine drunk than imported—in fact, two-thirds of the wine imported is not sold in the form in which it is imported. (Hear, hear.) As to free trade, during the last 12 months we have built on the banks of the Clyde, at Glasgow, the city I represent, 297 ships, many of them above 3,010 tons. Only a few years ago the tonnage of the buildings in one year was not equal to that which is launched in ono day. I believe, gentlemen, if France is favourable to it now, that the best course is not to send a deputation; but that we thrust upon our Government to do their utmost to favour the abolition of our duty upon wine in return for their abuli tiun of the duty upon our pottery. I feel favoured to have been present upon this most important occasion. The resolution was then carried by acclamation. Mr. H. PIDDUCK then moved the following resolution : —" That the restrictions imposed by the Government on the free distribution of the products of labour are unjust in their nature, impolitic in their tendencies, and have an inj'arions effect on the social, moral, and sanitary condition of the people." Mr. H. GLASS seconded the resolution, which having boon spoken to by Mr. PHILLIPS, was put and carried by acclamation. Mr. W. 13ROWNFIELD moFed, and Mr. G. SALT Seconiled, a resolution as follows :—" Tina this meeting pledges itself to the support of the Angio-French Free Trade .A.soeistion, fibers of the borough • together with those of the county, and all other gentleniea known to be favourable to its object, be requested to sup port its prayer." This was also carried by acclamation. Thanks were also toted to the members of Parliament who were in attendance, the visitors, and the chairman. The proceedings terminated about half-past live o'clock, when the vast assemblage began gradually to dispetae. NAT A L OPERATIONS ON TEE SIPEIUA N COAST. The Reeueil Maritime of St. Petersburg pub lishes a lung account of the attack made by the English squadron on the eastern coast of Siberia. The following are the principal passages : On the 15th of October, 1855, at 8 o'clock in the morning, three ships, without fl.sgs, were signaled at tee entrance of the Castries roadtead, in the Strait of Tarta-y. They were a frigate and two screw corvette!. The alarm was iminedialelrgiven in the camp. A com pany of :20 men was distributed along the skirts of the wood af toe Alexandroosky post in the following order : 1 platoon, the first consistipg of 43 Cossacks, com niaao'ed by Ensign Teliaouz)tf, of the 14th battalion of the line, occupied the right flank, as far as the river Nelly, forming the cente of the position ; a ECc:,ll , l pla toon, c , reistiog also of 43 C,,ssacks, and commanded by 4ieutenant leinden, of tie 45th naval crew, posted itself on the left fl oik ; two 10-pounder mountain howitzers, manned by one zoTnou'rer and 18, artillerymen. placed under the command of Midshipman Elttsbaninoff, of the 47th crew, reinforced the left flank. Forty c os s ac k s , armed with rifles, were divided into platoons, arid served as an escort to the troops of artillery. The Cossack Cap tain Pouzino, who commanded the entire detachment, remained in the centre of the position. as likewise the captain of a corvette, Fedororshy, of the 19th naval crew. The duty of this officer was to observe the course of events and keep the journal. At half-past eight o'clock two clerks A rrived Iron the Behring, an Ame rican merchant vessel that had been lying at anchor for some days in the Bay of Castries. They came with a request for have to protect with the American flag the goods they had already landed, and it was granted. At half-past nine the frigate and the two corvettes, the English flag flying, entered the roads, and halt an hour later, these ships commenced manning the boats esad placing in them troops for landing. At half-paetl2 o'clock seven boats armed in this way, and carrying about 400 troops, ran g ed themselves in two columns, and made for the Alexandroosky post near the river Nelly. Captain Pouzino, seeing the impossibility of attacking on the ex posed platform of the Alexandroosky post ell enemy four times superior in numbers, decided on preventing a laud ing altogether, and gave orders to Ensign Eltchaninoff to receive the enemy with a fire of grape the moment he should approach the coast, and this was to be the signal for a general attack by our detachment. The boats soon neared the coast, and were .received by a heavy fire of grape ; at the same time the two other platoons rushed I down to the strand with hurrahs, and also opened their fire against the enemy. Having replied to the fire of our artillery and riflemen with aleavy discharge of grape, the enemy pulled back immediately in the greatest disorder. During this retreat one of the haat% took the ground, and was enabled only w,th the greatest difficulty to get out of reach of our grape. About two o'clock the frigate and two steam corvettes.approanued the coast, and began to assail us in every direction with bombs, balls, and shells ; Capt. Pouzino then stationed his troops beyond the range of the enemy's guns. At half•past five the bombardment ceased, the ships weighed , anchor and retired from the coast. For the night we stationed on the shore a pichet of observation consisting of 34 Coe-asks, under the coo - wand of Capt. Pouzino himself and Ensign Elichani te ff ; the rest of the troops were sent hack to their barracks. During this day our loss consisted of one Cossack killed and two men wounded. On the follovvrog day, October 10, at half-past five in the morning, the platoons occupied the same positions as on the day previoue. At seven o'clock the con ettes got up steam ; - one of them towed the frig a t e, an d t h e enemy's ships ranged themselves in the Caine order as the day before. At eight o'clock they hoisted their flags at the stern and opened the bombardment, mostly tak ing aim at the barracks ; but the balls and bombs fell and burst in the forest, without reaching the bar racks. The eberay attempted to make a landing first of all in Salmon Bay, and then at Cape Safety, but on each occasion he was received by the fire of our riflemen, and compelled to sheer off. The bombardment ceased at half-past 5 ; we had on this occasion two men wounded, one of whom died as he was being conveyed to the am bulance. A picket of observation, 30 men strong, under the command of Lieutenant Linden, was again stationed for the night, and the troops were led back to barracks. Lieutenant-Colonel Seslavine, A.D.C. to the Governor- General of Eastern Siberia, arrived the same evening at De Castries and immediately took the command of the detachment. On the 17th the riflemen took up their position again for r a bserving-the enemy. At 10 o'clock, a.m., a boat, under the Anifrican flag, was lowered and approa.clted.. It hid on Mr; Moos, the captain of the American veseel, theseßelting,• who- declared that the English come 4 iiaanding officer" considered ttrediscliiir,ged cargo as Et 9 sian 'property, but that, on the protestatiousr - of - Me. Moos, he had insisted that the discharged goods should S PAPE R • , P4rYit be again taken on board of the Anonican vessel by the i1t,4:•;;;47 . ',. ). -- • seamen belonging t, it ; and :Also th a t th e s hip iteelf 7711--erzY should make for the offing. M. Sesiavirie could -4 o ) 7 421104; '. comply with this request. -Ac cor di ng to Mr.ooe, the s - English squadron, which was a t D e Castries, tornied.-•a' part of Rear-Aihniral awl consisted of a frf• gate of 52 guns, the Sibyl, and of two screw corvettes the Encounter and the Hornet, 'under the command of Commodore Elliot. S, early as the , 1:-;)-1, ,:ointnotlore Elliot had required Mr. Mona to accompany th e , l an di ng troops, but the American had declined. Mr. Elliot had then declared to him that he would seize De Castries and set on fire all the buildings. Mr. Moos left at 11 o'clock and repaired on board the Er glish frigate ; immediately *her, the enemy's ships opened their firs. At 1 o'clock the American boat brought back Mr. Moos, accompa&ed by Mr. Chase. This latter demanded permission to have the cargo re-shipped by his men ; in case of refusal, he begged the governmeet to guarantee bun against any damage it might suffer from the enemy. M. Sesla vine could only grant him permission to hoist his flag as high as the rcofs of our houses, for if hoisted higher, they would have served as an aim for the .nervy. He at the same Cole gave them the assurance hat the Govern !lent, beyond all doubt, would indemnity them for ar,v lcsses they might sustain. During the whole o f this int- riiew with the Americans, the bombardment never cased. About four o'clock the enemy's ships were seen approaching the Isle of the Observatory, where they kindled a light and buried their dead. Almost at the same time the second company of the com bined half-battalion (.1 Cossacks arrived at De Castries, under the orders of Captain Gabello. At hall-past five o'clock the bombardment ceased ; the frigate and the two sloops stood off from the coast. On the 18th of October our riflemen resumed their positions. At half-past 7 the Encounter, corvette, weighed anchor, and leaving the bay, steered to the south. At 11 o'clock she opened fire apainst the bar• racks. At noon, a boat took soundings in the road stead in the direction of Kloster-Kamp. As the bombs and balls fell quite close to the barracks, it was found necessary to withdraw the troops from the building. The fire ceased at half-past 5, without having caused any damage. About 9 o'clock the frigate opened fire against the email houses of Aleztndroosky post and against Cape Safety ; the troops were withdrawn to a short doe , tance and the fire ceased. On the morning of the 13th orders were giren to re move the American goods into the new camp. At 8 o'clock the frigate ran up her flag and began firing halls against the coast, bombs and shells at the barrack. She was soon joined by one of the corvettes, which opened fire against the hospital and the house of the officers, but the projectiles fell either short or on one side. The road to the camp being too much exposed to the bombs and balls of the enemy, we were compelled to give up, at half-past 10 o'clock, the further removal of the Ame rican goods. At noon, the splinter of a shell broke the windows of the barracks and set fire to one of the walls, but this was extinguished at once. About 1 o'clock two boats left the frigate and bore for Salmon Bay, firing at the coast with carronades. The fire of our riflemen forced them to retreat. At 1 o'clock the bombardment ceased. Our troops received reinforcements, namely, 40 Gis sacks of the Gth sotnia of the Amour regiment, com manded by Captains Skobeltsyne and Iruberg ; 153 men from the battalion of the hoe No. 14, under the com mand of Lieutenant Porotoff ; and the second platoon of the field artillery. At half past four o'clock the fri gate fired a bomb in the direction of the barracks. On the 20th, Lieutenaut-Colonel Seslavine, having under his orders two companies of the combined half battalion of Cossacks, a company of the battalion of the line No. 14, forty Cossacks of the Amour regiment, and four mountain guns, disposed these troops on various points as pickets of observation aad columns of attack. But on that day, as on the following days, the ships mained inactive, merely taking soundings in the bay. On the morning of the 23d two „boats left the frigate and rowaal to the Isle of the Ob& - rvatery ; anotiitr boat went to Salmon Bay. This latter, having entered the bay, opened a fire of rifles, and having approached the nomad camp called Guilatskaia Yourta, stationed on the left bank of the Salmon River, it there landed three ;Lei, who set one of the tents on fire. Cap taro Sko beltsynv, who was occupying a post of observation there, did not cause Id i men to open fire, thinking that, if the enemy should fire the other tents on this side of Salmon Bay, he would suffer him to laud and then make pri &ea.:Ts of his men ; but the boat again stood off shore, making along the opposite c oas t for the frigate. At two o'clock two of the enemy's boats, armed with cat ronades, approached the coast to the right of the Alez• androosky post, within r fle raege, and, protvcted by the frigate, began cannonading the shore. The com mander of our troops took only one mountain gun and 40 Cossacks; armed with went towards the coast, and, taking advantage of the nrarness of the boats, di rected on them a shower of rifle bullets and Shrapnel' shells. At the first shot ;loin the gun the boats retired in all haste, and the frigate opened with its 22 starboard guns a heavy fire against our riflemen and our 10. pou nder howitzer. When the boats began to retire out of range, Lieutenant-Colonel Seelavipe recalled the troops and had the gun withdrawn. On this occasion Captain Koulenenko and the Naval Cadet Henning particularly di•tinguished themselves, giving proof of coolness, cour age, and talent. On board the enemy's boats cries and groans were heard. The cannonade ceased at a gaarter past four, withett ns the slightest harm ; a ~,i 6tr e d t.) put' - - . • , • .4_l on all siclee-by a 4elatto it.-Colonel Seslavine, hay ..YJ a t 4 were frequently going ',ay, ordered Captain lmberg to go there with :30 men, crossing by night a ford in Salmon Bay. and there establish a pu,t of observation. At two o'cleck the boats left the enemy's frigate, proceeding beyond Cape Arhott. Shortly afterwards shots were heard at lung intervals until 11 o'clock at night. Oa the 25th, during the day, the — enemy's boats were employed in fishing in the roadstead. About six in tilt) evening the frigate placed-herself on the right of the. American vessel. On the 26th the enemy remained inneive. At nine o'clock the post stationed in the Guilatsky Camp FI 6 Mt word that they heard the firing of musketry in Ai bott Bay. At 11 o'clock there arrived at De Castries Air. Cushir, the commissioner of an American firm, who asked leave to return on board the American vessel the Behring. In order to carry out this request., the white flag was hoisted at two o'clock on the coact of the Alex 2.roroosky post. Half an hour later the frigate sent a boat, carrying the Eoglish blue flag at the stern and ths white flag at the prow. The first lieutenant of the Sibyl frigate, who came in this boat, said that Commodore Elliot huppo,ed the white flag was hoisted by us for the sake of explaining the reasons why our Cossacks had fired on Mr. Pierce, an American clerk, who was fishing iu Arbott B ty. M. Seslavine explained why the while flag had been hoisted, and said that lie had re,,ived no report that affair. Tln y then to,,k dawn to the boat the luggaue of Mr. Cushin, who went himself on board the frigate. On the mornig of the 27th Captain linherg sent word that the day before, at, nine in the morning, a boat without any ii Fg, having 8 men on board, had came t ► Cape A rbott about 150 . Aagenes front the post established there ; that the men had , anded, and that two 4,f them, oa perceivin7 a sentry hid len in the bushes, had taken aim at him ; the sentry, supposing them to be enemies, fired off his musket, whereupon the Cossack,, coming out of their ambuscade, opened lire and wounded two men, who bullied hack t the boat, crying out that they were Americans. Capt. Lnberg, coming up in the mean time, st•ipped the firing, and trued out to the rnen io the b rat to c one back if VAey really were Americans ; b rt the beat pushed off in all haste. The E g ish litut rant, who had arrival with the flag of truce, spoke or of ore wounded American, and as there were two non wounded, it must be supposed that there were in the I out Englishmen as well as Americans. Lieut.-Colonel Seslavine, seeing that by this act the imprudence the' Americans had cau,ed our post to be discovered, gave orders to Capt. Itnberg to return to De Castries with bis detach m Prit. On the 28th Oct., the 40 Cossacks of the 6th sotnia of the Amour regiment, commanded by Capt. Skobelt ,yne, received orders to leave De Castries and return to their cantonment. On the same day, at halipast 4 o'clock, the frigate hoisted in her boats; and left the roads. Im mediately after the departure of the frigate, the Ameri can supercargo Cushin landed, and declared that on the following day he st (mid oNatinue unloading the goods in the Behring. According to the report of Lieut.-Colonel Seslaerue our Cossacks fought bravely, end eminently dirtinguisheA themselvee, both when repelling the landing as likewit 0 during i,be bombardment and the affair of the 23d. The artillerymen deserve praise for the correctness of thsir aim and their cooinesß. Our loss has been most trifling ; two men killed, and three wounded severely ; one of the I:•tter has sunk, and another must probably have his arm amptitited. " I cannot pass over in silence," says M. Seslavine in his report, " the gallantry of the officers of the traopa entrusted to my command, nor that of the other persons who happened to be at De Castries for the purpose of making put chases. All, from the first to the last, were full of ardour, ?, nd set an example to the Rol diet B. I ought especially to instance the names of C tains Ponzino and Kocytnenko, and of Cornet Yamtou. The enemy's bombardment was crowned with no success; his projectiles did not bit the barracks ; they either passed beyond, or fell between them and the other build iin;s. The enemy's chief effort was;directed against the house of the officers and the hospital. A bomb from the enemy broke the panes of one ward, which set it on fire, but the flames were immediately extinguished, and cue hour later new panes were put in. Some splinters of bombs have left marks on the magazines, but have in flicted no serious darcia4e. The steamers, armed with Paixhan's guns, came pretty close to the shore, though out of range, and were more fortunate than the Sibyl frigate. The American cargo was brought on shore, and on the Bth of Nov. the Behring made sail and left. The English opposed for a long time the lauding of the goods; they wanted the American captain to leave the bay im mediately. But the latter declared, and so did his coun trymen, that the goods they bad brought for the natives being on shore, they should not stand out to s ea b e f ore they had again taken in cargo. This gave rise to much discussion. We must suppose that the river Nelly greatly interests the English, for when they landed un d er flags of truce, cue of the officers immediately walked towards the river for the purpose of examining its banks. But M. Seslavine begged the lieutenant to call him back. On leaving De Castries, Commodore Elliot authorised Mr. Cushin to continue the discharging of the goods, and left in his hands an order for the carnma.nders of the steamers Encounter and Hornet to join the frigate di reCtly they returned from the strait of Tartary, also slot : to oppose in any way the union - tiny? o(the Beirring t ••: V THE qt - AK.SW-VI.TidN.-:=. 1 11e Chancery vacation end utifil''Saturday next. Some of the offiees were yesterday opeeed for the despatch butaelf. • l _ 1, and entirely concur 11 . i in id from his place in Parliament, given.bis support to the • I re - bringing about a mutual re- i auction. Daring tho war with Russia it had been found ~ 3 a the tt4^ ,, gre:tt countril , - - itunry..siblia to agitate tbs e!Plivet, htit'lloW that thr,tre wp- - 3 g the waill2-.llllCriitliWth. great 'calm, :::,'opposed ttrthe dog- the subjent might be renewed, and its promoters would be he honour to be your guest, greatly cheered by the courag I exhibited by the men of the it in your manufactureq, I Ststrordahite Potteries. Mr. Oliveira, after thanking the rc t l u withdEt having done and invites the forwation oh)ther associations with when: past r, tt1167 will be happy to co-operate." c uti o t that that v ,eta I ,4j.th.v, being sheltered `hie reso l u a., alp." ear_rtt aseianasttou. . forest. 3ff, ow 3i , :moved, -aril. Mr . Hitcß.Nv see. kuueks Oa the f4th of 0 3toher, Lieut a the follo4-ing resolution :--" What petition einhoityi.ng inn learne,i that the ensmiti bn the spirit of the foregoing resolutions be p resen t e d t o tne to Arhott Bay, ordered Captain [louse of Commons, and that the weathers of the borough' :;,. 1 „,,„_ ~,,„„;,,, _ iO4 56s 158 ~i ~( 3 5( dree dell 'del/ .dalW It 16 tals ruin nun tish, Enid. e(11 Bi ss WIC' P e i ,Liwt ion. of a of MA -00. lire, ace, )no, 1, of 3nr• tb. 67. zer, ~ul~ cin n'e , 14