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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--Furth ler Reduction of Fares between READING and LONDON.-- On and after Tuesday, the 4th of November, the fires by the tri iins leaving Reading at 8.18 a.m, 11.5 a.m., and 7.45 p.m , and Paddi• ig ton at 11 a.m., 4.45 p.m , and 6.151).m., and on Sundays from Re ai ling at 8.30 a.m. and 7 p.m., and from Paddington at 9 a . m. and 7 p.m. will be —For the Double Journey, available on the same or th ,s 101- lowing day, first class, 35., second class, 2s. These tickets w 11l be Rya Inb la between Reading :wet London, and only by the trains r 11)0TC allied. r.,..kfington, Nov. 3d, 1856. WIESBADEN RAILWAY COM PAN rY. Flo'ders of paid up 61. shares are informed that, until the 29th of November instalt, they will have the right, under the la.o of the 16th ugust ast. of EXCH NGING such S rIARE , 4, at par vale for a proportionate number of shares, paid up in full, in the ti ASS/ RAILWAY COMPANY. By the decision of the general meeting of the 15th October last, all holders of shares who, by the 29th November instant, shall not hs ye exercised their right of exchange, will receive upon the amount pi tid by them a fixed interest of 4 per cent. per annum during the m n struction of the two railways—the Rhine and the Lahn ; and, aft er the opening of these lines for traffic, they will then be entitled t o a preferential interest of 5 per cent. per annum, but will have no right to participate in any further dividend, nor in any of the advantages reserved exclusively for the holders of the new Nassau , ailvcay shares, nor will they possess the tight to vote at any of the general Meetings of the Company. Shareholders are requested to make known their decision at the Offices of the Wiesbaden Railway Com pany, at Wiesbaden, or at the offices of the London agency, No. 18, Cannon-stre ,, t, where forms for this parnose mty be had on application, before the 29th Novendoer Instant, on which day the option of retaining r exchanging the Wiesbaden shares will cease ; and those who have not then m ade known their decision as requested will be considered as retaining their shares on the terms mentioned.--By order. Wiesbaden, Nov. 14, 1856. W, W. LANDER, Secretary. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCF. ASSOCIATION.— Established 1840.—Every description of Life Assurance ( ffected. WM. THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary. 15 , Moo gate-street, London. PROTIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND.—The attention or Clerks is earnestly invited to the great advantages themselves and families may derive from this Fund. 11'3L THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary. 15 , ifoorgnte•street, London. METR OP 0 LITAN COUNTIES an d GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterloo-place, London. Canital, 100,0001. TRUSTEES. R t.lln.Spencer Walpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., MP. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its bra , iches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averagel 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. NEW SYStTEM Or LIFE ASSURANCE. r riIIEDITIECTORS of the NATIONAL IL ASSURANCE and INVESTMENT' ASSOCIATION invite attention to the New System of Life Assurance exclusively adopted by this Association, viz., that of allowing Interest on an Premium. paid, instead of the remote and uncertain system of Bonuses usual'y adopted. BY this plan the Policyholder will secure to himself a constantly increasing annual incomg during life, as well as the payment of the sum assured to his reprOentatires at his death. Tables of Rates specially adapted to this system of Assurance may be obtained at the Office of the Company, 3, Pall-mall East, or for warded free en application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL•MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D., 1844. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a high rate of interest bay be obtained with perfect security. The interest is payable 1n January and July, at the Head Office in Loudon, or at the various branches in the country. PETER MORItIBON, Managing Director, Prospectuses and Forms for Opening AccounV sent free. COMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON, , and 6, Henrietta-street, . The Directors Lothbury HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a GENERAL Covent-garden MEETING of the Shareholders will by held at the Banking Hone of the Com pany in Lothburv, on TUESDAY, the 16th December next, at one o'clock precisely, to elect a Director in the room of Edward Oxen ford, Esq., and that Herbert Taylor, Esq. (of the firm of David Tay lor and Sees, Mark-lane) who is a duly qualified proprietor, has announced his intention of offering himself as a candidate for the vacant seat. By order of the Board. A. E. CUTBILL, Manager. 22d November, 1856. TO LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth Season.— Ge , mine YARHOUTT4 BLOATEtti These highly esteemed delicacies forwarded to all parts, on receipt of the amount, as under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order :- 100 prime 100 especially selected B5. 4d. Package included. 50 ditto 4s. 6d. Send full and plain directions, county, and nearest station. Ad. dress, TIIOMAS LETTES, Jan., Flsh Curer, Great Yarmouth. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A MORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. TILE CHEAPEST AND BEST EVER YET INTRODUCED ! Sold in Cases containing 448 Packages --each Package One Feed, at the cost of three Half-pence each, equal to 565. per case. Carriage Pala to any ralway station. None are genuine without my signatare JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor, 115, High-street, Hull. Post-office Orders must b e made payable as above. CANCER HOSPITAL, Londo and West Brompton.—secretary's Office, 167, Piccadn.illy.--Th ti on has be en es t a b lished exclusively for the treatment of is the lnstitu- Poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Pi ccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer Period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cues each year. Since the foundation of this hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, h ave received the benefits of this , C , h ari y. A N eekly Board m anage Its affairs, and every informa "on connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this ereat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be Paid to William Loxham Farrar, E-g., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's ihn-flelds • , essrs.ill Coutts and C o ., S t ran d ; an d at t h e Secretary ' s Offices, 167,M Piccady. By order. W.J. COCKERML, Secretary, IR OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron —The QUE EN. —Founded 1828. No order for admis sio alonere required. The sick poor are admitted on their Owls application During the past month the following number received the benefits et' this Charity, either as out or in -door patients, on their personal application: — Week ending 7th October.. ...... 21 Rs Ditto 14th °etcher ....... 2'162 Ditto 21st October.... ••• •• 2:075 Ditto 28th October.. —.• •• 2,241 29tb,30th, and 31st October ... • • 1,014 Total in October . of which 3,303 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat. give having been admitted previously. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, early elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in 'armory. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed. but is wholly dependent on volun tary c ontributions and le,acies, which are received by the Treasurer, JohnJoh Masterma m n, E• 41., Al P., Nich o l as -l ane ; also by Messrs. Coutts Co. ; Drumond and Co.; }Terries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. Jones Loyd and Co.; i farclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams. Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurnev, and Co. ;Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Mesterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will he thankfully received. B e order. J. B. OVEN, M.A., Chairman. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUM chef ATIC PILLS. This ?nee is. I%d . and 25. 9d. per box. on is one of the benefits which th e sc i ence of modern mi preparat i stry has conferred upon mankind ; for during the first twenty Years of the present century to speak of a cure for the Gout was con sidered a romance ; but now the efficacy and safety of this medicine is so fully demonstrated by unsolicited test imonials trom persons in every rank of life that public opinion proclaims this as one of the 'Most important discoveries of the present age Further proof of the great efficacy of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEU MATIC PILLS, forwarded by Air. Reinhardt, Chemist, Hall : . Sir,- - Enclosed is a testimonial from a customer of mine, who is well known about here ; he speaks in the highest terms of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, and would be glad to give i nformation to anYbody. "To Mr. Reinhardt, 22 Market -place, Hull. "Decel.ber 4th, 1855. "Dear gir,—l have been affl'cted with rheumatism for 12 years, during which time I have tried almost ever thin both internally and externally, but could not obtain any permanent relief. A short time ago I purchased a 2s. 9d. box of Mai t's pigs of you, and before I had taken the whble of them I was more free from pain than I had been for the last dozen years. You will please let me have another ox. as I mean to keep them by me in case I should again require them, and oblige. - . "Dear Sir, yours obediently, Sold by Prout sad : Harsant, 229, Strand Lnd al Vert "JEoatartonA,itanGdAxtElss.'' . dors of Medicine. ______________ A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVER;------ OF MED IN TEIE SCIE NCE Patent Office Seal of Great Britain . Diplome (PP 0 d , Pharmacies de Paris. 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SEXTON' F'.R.G.S. ; and a new and Elli Y-i nteresting series of Lectures is now In course of delivery Shill: , On K Aux, at a quarter past 8 p.m. p rec i sely. Admission, One jg. ~••ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. -EXETER le HALL.—The Committee have the pleasure to announce that raving in view the most efficient commemoration of Handel in 1659 —that year being the centenary of his death —an arrangement has been made with the Directors of the Crystal Palace Company for a preliminary Grand Handel Musical Festival, of three days' duration, in the Central Transept of the Crys al Palace, in the early summer •f 1857, wish a carefully se'ected mcbestra of TWO THOUSAND I'HRF.E HUNDRED PERFORMERS. Full particulars will be made public in due time. The Society's Rehearsals and Performances at Exeter Stall will not only be carried on with the a customed regularity, but will derive more than usual interest from the Festival arrangements. The Committee arc now prepared to furnish printed particulars to persons desirous of proffering really efficient amateur assistance for the Festival, either upon personal as plication or by letter, addressed to the Hanuel Festival Conmattee, at the Office of the Sacred Har monic Society, No. 6, Exeter Stall. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIET .-EXETER MALL — Conductor, Mr. CO ,TA.—On FRIDAY next, Han ders SOLOMON, as the First Subscription Concert of the Twenty fifth season. Vocalists —Madame Rudersdorff, Miss Sherrington, Miss Delay; Mr. Montem Smith and Mr. Thomas ; with Orchestra of 750 Performers. Tickets, 35., 55., and Ins. 6d., are new ready. Subscriptions, One, Two, or Three Guineas each, entitling to per sonal admission to the Rehearsals held in the Large Hall, and ' rans ferable Admissions to Concerts, which will probably take place on Fridays, 2ith Nov., 12th of Dec., 9th and y3d of Jan., 13th and 27th of Feb., 13th and 27th of March, Wednesday, the sth of April, au d Friday, the 17th of April, Including Performancos of Four or Five of lIANDEL'A ORAN/RIOS, ELIJAH, CRKATION, ELI, LOBGS'- SANG, MOZART'S R. QUIEM, and an adaptation of ROSSINI'S STABAT MATER. Early application for Tickets for the coming Interesting season should be made at the Society's Office, No. 6, is Exeter llall. INVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII particulars of the most impotant Diidend aid Pressive Mines will be found in the Fourth r Edition v of rAtrrtsll o M gr INES li.NitiSuIRDeEHREE,AODNtk:SEs.A.q.N, IN VESTMENT, recently published by J. F.S.S., price 3s. 6d.; by post. 4s. 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Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. .)] 20 MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising), with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of 1810-51-54 and 1.55, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure). THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGOARD EXTANT. MILNERS' PIICENIX (2120) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE STREET, City. Circulars free by post. SIR B. B. LYTTON AND THE LORD RFCTORSHIP OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. GLASGOW, Nov. 21. Mr. Maenaughton, the secretary of the Conservative Club, has this forenoon received the following letter and enclosure from Sir E. Bul wer Lytton, relative to the late election of Lord Rector of the University. There is reason to believ e that Sir Ed ward will visit Glasgow for the purpose of being installed at an early date, at all events before the meeting of Parliament : " Ventnor, I s l e o f Wi g ht, N ov. 18 . "Sir, _All me to return you my best thanks for being the first to communicate to me, through telegraph, the gratifying news of the high distinction so unexpect edly conferred upon me by the students of your illus trious university. Atd if I aid not acknowledge your considerate courtesy, it was simply because I deemed it a necessary point of etiquette to wait for the more for mal communication of the Principal, and address to him, as the representative of the university, the first ex pression of my gratitude for an honour which no one can appreciate more highly than I do. " I now owe my especial thanks to those friends whose esteem and zeal have secured my election. Allow me to convey those thanks personally to yourself, and, through you, to all who have aided to bestow on me so prized, though unmerited an honour. " Only a day before I received your despatch Lord Stanley addressed to me a letter, which does him so much credit—for that modesty which so often accom panies signal merit—that it seems due to his lordship and friends to enclose it to you. It will serve to console these who were his warmest partisans for the preference which I owe to yourself and my other friends, and may perhaps allay every disturbing element of irritation which a contested election sometimes rouses, even in minds the most philosophically composed. " Believe me, yours truly and gratefully, " E. BULWEN LYTTON." The following is the letter referred to by Sir E. B. Lytton : " Knowsley, Nov. 13. "Dear Sir Edward,--I hear, on newspaper authority only, but with some certainty, that it ha , , been proposed to put me forward as a candidate for the Lord Rector- F.hip of the University of Glasgow, you being also in the field. " If I had any means of communication with the gentlemen who are thus using my name, I should, with all courte.y and gratitude to them, protest against the itnpli e d rivalry. " Snch h onours are t h e f i t rewar d s o f i n t e ll ectual pre eminence, and oug h t t o b e bestowed on no o th er th ' i th"- M ore t h an t hi s -- t h ey s h ou ld b e reserve d for who have achieved distinction, not conferred by way Of encouragement en those who are only seeking it. makinnsekd eit ' ll i ha you, therefore, clearly to understand that I p „ al er f ye encouraged, nor shall encourage, the pro they f g w auth n e • f " name as a candidate. Nothing, except the channel of communication, prevents me from "wn this opihion to my too partial friends, be ... e _ or m any, in Glasgow. ~ s ir .„. , " Believe me, very truly yours, '-' B. L t+ y..on, m . p . 12 " STANLEY. [ADVERTIStIiENT) )--Holloway's _..... A onderful for the Cure of Scrofula.—Copy Y of a letter from Mr. William Trite, b ookseller, S turminster, New " ton :—" To Prole mr. Thomas sßor llollovsay.—Sir,-- Harries, Yeoman, Hiton, St. Mary's, I) irsetsbire, was for many years severely Is Ointment and Pills afflicted with scrofula. He took various medicines in the hope of effecting a cure, but all failed. The disease very materi a lly retared his occupation, therefore he determined on trying Holloway's ointment and pills, and by their use he is rejoiced to be able to state he is now recovered." —Sold by all tine vendors through gut tl, u - --e w orld, at Professor Rollo an.. way's establishments, 244, Strand, London (1 8 Mal 'den-lane, New York; by g. stampa, bonstauti le • A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and E. Lluir, Mall. Lop ,medi- LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 24 856. Of the Karadagh, and anxiously watched the approach of the Russian hosts, like the Romans of old scanning the advance of the Etruseen armies from the Tarpeian rock. (Applause ; ) Peasants were seen hutriedly drifting in their cattle, and in the distance appeared the dark array of the slowly moving host, Following this admirably equipped army was well another army of arabas and country carts. In alit - et-Ice were skirmishing Cossacks and Circassians, who were driving in the Turkish cavalry outposts. Nothing could be finer than the spectacle which thus presented itself. Let the audience picture to themselves a broad gra isy plain, enamelled with deters of every hue, and the teessacks and Circassians fighting with the Arab, Kurdish, Turkish, and irregular cavalry—the whole forming a scene such as oftentime s h a d b een witnessed ea the plains of Palestine iu th e ti me of the Crusaders. (Hear, hoar.) Mou ravieff brought up his army to within distant range of their artillery, and whilst the Turkish cavalry were re treating, a splendid charge was made right up to the gates and br eas t wor k s in the hope of entering in the con fusion ; but the he: eve, guns opened fire, and the riflemen singled out the Russian horsemen, by which the attempt was completely frustrated, In half an hour the Russian army retrograded,a n d in the afternoon resumel his for mer position. On the following morning the Russian army was again put in motion, but this time they turned southward, and after some hour's march encamped to the south r f our position, and pitched their tents before Kars. While thus watching them, night set in with a heavy rain. For hours our camp was flooded by a perfect deluge, and the Russians were immovable. Meantime partiesof irregu lar Lazistan riflemen kept coming into the city to take part in the defence. On the 26th June the alarm gun was fired, the citizens hurt ied to their posts, the reserves stood to their arms in the centre of the camp, and all was prepared. Two columns were observed advancing towards us—one, consisting of two battalions of infantry, five squadrons of cavalry, and one battery, was directed towards Hafiz Pacba tabia ; the other, of one regiment of Cossacks and a cloud of irregular cavalry, on Kauti tabia. We of course expected an attack, but after waiting for five o: six hours and watch ingh the enemy m anoeuvre , we saw them q ui e tly r eti re, after having, with grea t s kill, come a ll b u t w ithi n cannon shot. We rode over the ground when the Russians had retired, and found sundry heaps of broken champagne bottles. They had actually had a grand picnic under our batteries. (Laugh ter.) And so ended the second reconnaissance de force. On the 28th of June, as we were peering with our glasses through the faint dawn of the morning towards the Russian camp, we observed the tents had disappeared, and the whole army was under arms. While watching them, we saw the columns form and begin to march westward. They en camped on the banks of the Kars Chai. On the following morning we heard of the destruction of all the stores of corn which had been left at Yeni Keni, about 30 miles off. Here were provisions that might have kept us about two months, and which could, at the proper time, have easily boot conveyed into the garrison. This accident was purely the result of the wilful apathy and carelessness of the Pacha of Kars. (Hear.) And now ensued a long pause from active operations on the part of the enemy, and time hung monotonously on all hands. On the 13th July another reconnaissance took place, and on the day follow ing, the whole Russian cavalry manoeuvred, some strong regiments passing round our position, while numerous irre gular skirmishers captured a number of our grass-cutters and some herds of cattle, which we could ill spare. After this time we wore fairly invested, cavalry camps were So a: c o h n the ed a f corpsterwhole this to s tationed north, south, east, and w es t, a t prec i se l y suc h a distan ce as t o b e able to assist e ac h o th er if attacked by a superior f orce, or to allow of any of our men being intercepted b t Russian eavt etnactk a r my we y madeo f s t should o e as u eh isolated a l o w ste senddisheartening u out s s i a n c n a y m d p de tached dis covery. Salib Agha, the chief of the stores, had been giv ing its false returns of barley, and he yeas now obliged to confess that he had no more to issue. Hero was our first great calamity, and all arising from the cupidity and pecu lation of this official. What was to become of our artillery horses ? what of our cavalry ? The latter certainly were of little use, but the fo rmer were indispeusable In the fac e of this calamity General 'Williams ms imme di ately organised bands of grass-cutters, and had all the hay and barley within ri.,ncli cut and stacked ; besides which he had relays of cavalry and artillery horses sent out to graze. About this time we heard that some English officers had landed at Batoum, and that the march of troops from that place had been countermanded. So we concluded that some diver sion was to be attempted in that quarter. Our Lazistan allies now began to show evident signs of discontent and insul•rdination. On Aug. 6, after having been kept for some days in profound ignorance of Mouravieff's move ments, we heard to our consternation that he had marched on to Erzeroum with a large division of his army, leaving a force still sufficient to blockade us. We waited with in tense anxiety to know the result of this movement. If Erze roum were taken, Kars was assuredly doomed, for Moura vieff could then bring an overpowerin g force of siege artil lery. After two days a aerjeant was sent in from Veli Pacha, who commanded the force of 5,000 men at Topra kale. He had retired to the formidable entrenchments pre pared for him by Gen. Williams, five miles south of Erze roum, and there he awaited the approach of Mouravieff, who, after a reconnaissance, saw that he had better secure the fortress in hie rear ere he attempted what might prove a too difficult task; so he retired, and confined his attention to Kars alone. On Aug. 7, while Mouravieff was absent on his Erzeroum expedition, we were astonished (though not unprepared) by an attack on Kanti-tabia. A strong di vision of the enemy appeared on the plain, and after re connoitring the columns approached to within gain-shot. At once our heavy guns of position opened on them, and these were replied to by their lighter field pieces. Their troops advanced, retired, and advanced again under the artillery fire, but without coming within range of musketry. At last they commenced theirretreat, and we ceased firing. And now the irksome blockade began to have its usual effect. The troops were becoming discontented, an d mur mured at th e i r i nac ti v it y and thir somewhat short ra tions; for the bread was much economised, though they had yet a very fair allowance of animal food. We were ob liged to kill the cattle and eat them, as the forage was be coming scarce, and the weather was unfortunately too hot to admit of our salting them. The worst feature in our case at this time was the frequency of desertions. Hitherto flog ging had been the only military punishment ; but now Gen. Williams determined on strong measures. He therefore prevailed on the Mushir to issue a decree to the effect that all deserters should henceforth be shot when caught attempt ing to desert. Towards the end of August we caught a spy, and signalised the event by erecting a permanent gallows in the Market-place, and hanging him there as a warning to all such traitors. The capture of this fellow to a certain extent explained the cause of the desertions. He was the bearer of a proclamation to the soldiers encouraging them to desert, and promising each man who presented himself at the Rus sian camp 5 otonets (about a sovereign). The next Pleasure taken to relieve the garrison was to send out what re mained of our cavalry. On the 3d September the whole force, about 1,000 strong, in wretched condition, were mus tered on the Tahmasp hills, just as the sun set, and when quite dark they commenced their march. We listened anxiously for what we soon heard; for presently a pistol shot came up from the gloomy valley, then another, and another, then a fusillade and the distant voices of men iu conflict were heard from time to time, until all w as aga i n silent. The grea t er par t o f our cavalry had escaped, but a fearful number had been shot or cut to pieces. On the Bth September we hoard of the lauding of Omar Pacha, at Be totem, so we published the good tidings to our troops, and felt confident, or at least very hopeful, that Our r;; l i e f I would be accompli s h e d . On the 23d Sept. we we e t e d e e, fled with the glorious intelligence that Sel , i fallen. A fin e G eorg i an Chief, named ~,,tom A t i i • i throtagh the line s w i t h t h e news. F taompa- six c s had e nions, came up on some Russian ~s „ , , ss with his him. Luckily, h e k new the " who challenged ssuetien language, and so ex claimed, " D on 't you k re my round," a n d th er ew me lam your Colonel g o i ng troops, and read charged thr oug h. W e p ara d e d t h e sallied out or ' • she Constautinople bulletins. Tho citizens town and - choir h ouses and fired fete de joie, and all th e no to eattap gave th emse l ves up to rejoicing. Perhaps in • " , dn. in England wes th e news received with more en eeeisene than in poor devoted Kars. (Applause.) On the meth of September our spirits were somewhat damped by the cholera which suddenly appeared ameng the troops ; and at this time, under the combined influences of somewhat short rations, and the depressing effects of a blockade, I cannot say but that I feared our new enemy. The greatest ravages, however, were amongst the towns peopl. We now wished heartly for the assault, and Kmety, on the 28th, said it would come on the morrow, by all the rules of war. Luckily Gen. Williams, without committing himself to any opinion, made his arrangements every night with apparently the conviction that the morrow would be a bloody uay. And the 29th Sept. was a bloody day, as you all well know. On the eventful morning of the 29th, nearly the whole camp was aroused .by the hurried whisper that something was about to happen. Reserves were silently turned out, scouts wore despatched to peer into the black gloom between ourselves and the enemy. On Tahleasp, Kmety was up and listening to strange sounds of peed lery, caissons, and' corps of rifles were to a man grasping their weapons with fervour, and listening intensely, while their eyes were trying to pierce the dense gloom of the broad valley of Chorak. Presently the scouts came in saying " the infidels approach ; be ready." "We are ready," w as th e response of all. The artillerymen stood ramrod and match in hand, their guns charged with grape. Presently, as t he faintest streaks of morning appeared in the horizon, the sharp eyes of a Zebek discovered a column of men steadily advancing. A gun was laid, the match applied, and the loud report and the screaming missiles seemed to awaken the echoes of hell. Shrieks, yells, and a wild hurrah followed, and then the peal of y artiller and the rattle of musketry drowned all lesser sounds. Teesdale at this moment arrived, from his nightly round, and throwing himself int o the foremost battery, showed what a British gunner could do. The whole of this position of Talnuaep was now assailed in front and flank, while a strong regiment came round the left and attacked the batteries in the rear. Fortunately, we had at this point, now overwhelmed with a vastly su perior force, our finest body of rifles. As the Russian columns advanced, long lines of those riflemen, protected by breastworks, discharged volley after volley into the dense mass of men, while round shot and grape tore through the dense columns without intermission. Meantime, at the same hour, the break of day, a furious assault, simul taueously with that on Tahmasp, was made on the breast. works and batteries in the rear of the town, and these, being manned principally by Lazistan irregulars, were car ried, and a considerable number of these poor fellows bayonetted at their posts. Besides these two points of at tack a strong force of cavalry and artillery menaced Kauti tabia, and kept up a constant fire of rockets and artillery ; but this was evidently a feint. The enemy, having gained possession of the northern forts, now began shelling the town, while their infantry piled arms. Meantime the battle was raging at the original point of Tahunisp. From that quarter there was an incessant rattle of musketry, and the artillery of every battery that could be brought to bear on the attacking columns was liberally worked. Thus from Fifa Lake, from China tabia, and from Tek tabia, the round shot ploughed through the Russian masses. General Williams, from the centre of th e camp, watched events with an eagle eye. fl eeing th e t roops h ar d pressed I at Tahmasp he sent up reinforcements from the tnenta from south, and an order for reinforce Fort L a ke. Those two bodies met under the rising ground ou the flank of the enemy, anti deploying opened their fire with great effect. The almost overpowered troops in these batteries raised a responsive yell; Teesdale pours fresh charges of grape into the staggering m asses ; the y give way ; " - Long live the Sultan," shout the Turks, as they work their guns with frantic, energy. Meantime the enemy, now in posses sion of the English tabias, are not to be left auiet. That fine hero, 'Thompson, with the heart eta lion and the eve of a general, sees at once the position of affairs and what he may do. A heavy gun had been placed at the very ex tremity of the Karadsgh to keep off marauding Cossacks. ts instantly orders 200 men to pile arms ; he fastens a heaiy r o p e t o thi s a nd t o the caisson, and attachinghi er m ts : self and hi s men , an d ur gi n g them to superhuman et they drag the gun to a commanding eminence , and here he sets to work to pelt into the Russians who had established themselves in the batteries. At the same moment he an ticipated an order from the General, and despatches a force of his best fides to cross the ravine and take up a position amongst the rocks commanding the captured batteries, from whence they galled the enemy by en incessant fire ef small ar ms . M eant i me C o l . L a k e, w h o is directing affairs in Lake battery, turns on the right flank of these Russians a force of two battalions, which had been despatched from below, and these d e li ver a vo ll e y a nd charge the enemy , and at the same m omen t som e native townspeople had scaled the rocks at the back of the town, and kept up a galling fire. Thus was the enemy attacked in front and on each flank, and, unsupported by reinforcements , he had no option b u t to retire. To retrieve the fortunes of the day a splendid cavalry charge was made on these lines, but men and horses were hurled pell mell into the trous de loup, which were not expected in this quarter. Bnt at Tahmasp the struggle is deadly and continuous. Reserves have again been sent, the firing has continued without in termission for six hours, while the men have from time to time replenished their cartridge pouchesfrom the dead sians, who li e i n h eaps before them. Column after column of these devoted follows are led by their gallant officers, and, as they advance, fall under the withering rattle of a thousand well aimed rifles, orare blown away by grape and round shot. Th e screaming balls whistle through the air from distant batteries, and plunge into the Russian squares. The townspeople,as the fight continues, swarm amongstthe rocks, and fight w ith guns, swords, andstones, encouraging the soldiers with those Moslem war cries with which, 1,200 years ago, Mahomed led on to battle his fierce Arab horse men.' "Allah it Allah! Mahomed resoul ullah!" (God is God! and Mahomed is his prophet!") is shouted e while holy ciervisTies - fn religious frenzy seek to impale themselves on the unbeliever? bayonets. The very blood that trickles from the wounds of the dying Christian soldiers is drunk by. these fanatics to quicken the rage that inflames their hearts. What must have been the feelings of the Russian chieftain when he saw the very flower of his army lying in mangled heaps under our batteries, and not an inch of ground gained, not one stronghold retained, but at each successive charge his shattered columns were hurled back like broken waves from rocks of granite. At last, as the meridian sun shed its scorching rays through the sulphurous canopy that overhung the scene of mortal conflict, we observed a sudden panic amongst our foes. At once cheers and yells arose from every breastwork and battery, whilst the cannonade seemed to acquire fresh in tensity. Then did every citizen, every Bashi-Bazouk, nay, every boy who could muster a horse-pistol e sally out from the batteries and breastworks, and fire into the re treating masses. Gradu a lly th e distant Russian cavalry closed up in the rear of the beaten and demoralised in fantry columns, while the Russian artillery kept up, while retreating, a steady fire on the gallant but ill-organ ised crowd that insulted and galled their retreat. But where was our cavalry? Oh for two regiments of fresh, good-conditioned horse, to have followed these' beaten troops, and with bloody spur and nnslackened rein to have charged through and through their disordered ranks until the right arms of the troopers had hung wearied with slaughter But, thank God, the day, was won, and we clasped each other's hands with joy so .deep as only those can feel who come out from a well-fought field of bloodshed and victory. I rode over that fatal ground while yet the blood was freshly flowing, an d never can those sights and sounds of woe be effaced fiem my memory. Fine stalwart human forms, the grisly warrior and the beardless youth, lay in heaps, torn and mangled by every conceivable wound, while groans for mercy screams of sudden pain, and cries for water, or for the kindest and last of all friends, for Death itself, arose from amidst each heap of human agony. Scarce could my mind conceive what my eyes beheld in the magnitude'of human woe that lay before me. 6,000 fellow creatures lay bleeding and dying on that fatal field ; and how many bleedingand agonising hearts in a distant land did these represent ? But lotus draw a veil over the darkest of war's pictures. I returned to my soul-harrowing duties at the hospitals, and there night closed in u p on dyi ng so ldi ers and exhausted surgeons. On the day following the battle our soldiers were hard at work burying the dead, while the citizens gathered together in the market-place talking over the splendid victory, in which they had borne so noble a part, or e exhibitine the numerous trophies which they had gathered from the field of battle. The pious Mussulmans declare they saw a band of ten thousand saintly warriors in green vesture fighting on our side. On this point I may say with Bernal Diag, ox a similar occasion, th# there might have been such a body of Mussulman saints, " and that 1, sinner that I am, was unworthy to see them." For two days the cholera disappeared from our camp, a singular phenomenon, occasioned, doubtless, by intense moral emotion. We now calculate on the speedy disap pearance of the enemy. According to all rules of war fare a beaten force retires, surely Mouravieff's army will not be au exception to this rule? Had it not been for that fatal peculation in barley, we might even now have sallied out and completed oar glorious day's work; but our horses are gone, the few animals yoked to the artil lery can scarce sustain themselves. We should have nothing but small arms to trust to, while, be it re membered, the Russian cavalry is scarcely touched, and they number 10,000. But now another enemy invests us Gaunt famine stealthily, but irresistibly, invades our weakened and cholera-stricken force. The Russians remain; their untouched cavalry keep up the relentless blockade. The most rigorous search is made on all sides for hidden stores of corn, and these, when found, are distributed to the most needy of the townspeople; meantime men talk gloomily in the market-place, and the voices of poor women are heard crying aloud for bread for their starving families. Desertions have become alarmingly frequent, and spies are known to pass to and from the Russian camp. It is abso lutely necessary to hold out until the effect of Omar Pacha's diversion is seen, or until the winter has set in and pre vented any forward movement of the enemy Then we can with honour capitulate, if not relieved, since we have saved Asia Minor. So each man caught attempting to desert is forthwith tried by drum-head court-martial and shot; each spy is mercilessly hanged, sometimes two at a time, on the gallows on the Market-place, and if any one is over loudly desponding he is encouraged by a public whipping. Thus do we hold out, day after day, anxiously waiting for news from without. On the Oct. 23 the glorious news arrives of the landing of Selim Pacha at Trebizond, with, it is said, an army of 20,000 men. This casts a temporary sunshine over our gloomy prospects, and we wait with impatience for the next post. But the misery of the townspeople in crease, and the emaciation of the soldiers is alarmingly ap parent. Be it remembered that they have had nothing to eat now but an insufficient quantity of bread and water. No butter or fat of any kind could be had to increase the nutrition of their miserable rations. Crowds of both sol diers and citizens assembled in the open spaces to dig up the roots of grass. The poor children, lately gambolling in the market place now wander about with gaunt and hun gry looks, and beg for broad with heartrending tones. Mo thers, pale and attenuated, are seen holding their feeble babes to their breasts, which are pining and dying on the dried up fountains of exhausted nature. The admis sions into the over-crowded hospitals are alarmingly on the increase, and the disease is simply starvation. With pale, cold, and clammy skin, and the characteristic feeble ness of voice,and the dark complexion and pinched features, so well expressed in Scripture, which says, " Their visage is blacker than a coal, their skin cleaveth to their bones," they gradually sink and die at their post, loyal, faithful, and long-suffering to the last. Still we are buoyed up by false hopes and by lying despatches from Selim Pacha, who, having arrived at Erzeroum, constantly writes to tell us he is on his way and in full march to relieve us, and on the strength of these despatches the most rigorous measures are taken to eke out to the utmost our scanty stock of provisions. What could have been the feelings of our own noble chief who, with a heart soft as a woman's, had yet to overpower his yearnings of comp ass i on an d call iu the aid of an iron will to enable him sternly to do his duty amidst the horrors that surrounded him. How was his heart torn and bleee ineb with wounds that he co ncea l e d f rom p u bli c v iew, for as he rode through the doomed city women held up their dying babes to him in mute but touching appeals, while the gallant men of Kars, cowed by a stern military despotism, turned upon him reproachful looks, as if to accuse him of their misery. His own aspect, too, was changed; the agony of his mind and the crushing weight of care had worn him to a shadow. Would that some men could have seen what they had helped to produce ! At this time the crowded mosques, khans, and houses were opened to receive the men that fell dying at their posts, faithful and loyal to the last, who, standing over a reserve of biscuit in the batteries, died of hunger without touching a morsel. The streets of the city now presented a spectacle too painful to contem plate. Before the doors of the flour depots women and chil dren scraped up the dust, mixed as it: was with flour, and eat it. The bodies of the dead horses were actually exhumed and devoured, while corpses met you at every step being conveyed by staggering comrades to the pit. The very dogs had deserted the town and gorged themselves on the dead bodies of the Russians outside the batteries which they had torn from their graves. On the 22d Nov. the last of Selina Pacha's despatches were received. He wrote, " Be of good cheer and hold out a few days longer, for I left Erzeroum on the 16th, and am in full marsh with my whole army to relieve you." The same messenger that brought this des patch was also the bearer of a small note from Mr. Brant, the able Consul of Erzeroum. He said, " Selim Paella has no idea of m ov i ng , an d O mer P ac h a has not advanced far from Sekum ; no hope of relief can be expected from any quarter." This opened our eyes to the true state of affairs, and now Gen, Williams calls a military council to gether, and putting before them the real state of things pros poses a capitulation, or a desperate attempt to cut through the lines of the Russians. We have no horses to drag asin gle gun, the men are too weak to march, armed as they are, for a single hour, so that the latter proposition is at once abandoned. Gen. Williams is therefore deputed to con duct the capitulation, and gain as good conditions as he can extort front the Russian general. So, at the conclusion of that conforenc;, Major Teesdale proceeded to the Rus sian camp to demand an interview for the following day. On the 25th Nov., the General and his aide-de-camp, 'Tees dale, ride out under a flag of truce to the Russian head quarters. As they approach the enemy's camp the soldiers collect in crowds to gaze upon them. They are conducted with every courtesy to the camp of Mouravieff, and received with due respect by that distinguished chief. The General at once introduces the object of his visit. " I have come," he says, " to propose terms for a capitulation, for it is useless to disguise from you the fact that our provisions are well-nigh exhausted, and there is great suffering amongst the towns people. For the sake of humanity I trust you will accede to my terms ; if unhappily you should demand an unconditional surrender, I must remind you that we are still within our fortress, and although I have no wish to rid you of your len rels, I should, if compelled, cause every gun to be burst, every standard destroyed, and nothing but is famished crowd of unarmed men would remain to you." " I have no wish," answered Mouravieff " to wreak an unworthy vengeance on a gallant and long-suffering army, which has covered itself with glory, and only yields to famine. Look hero (he exclaimed, pointing to a lump of broad and a handful of roots), what splendid troops must these bo who can stand to their arms in such a climate on food such as this. General Williams, you have made yourself a name in history, and posterity will stand amazed at the endurance, the courage, and the discipline which this siege has called forth in the remains of an army. Let us arrange a capitulation that will satisfy the demands of war without out- =ging humanity." (4pplause.) These two gallant and chi valrous chiefs, as they stood in that historic but with hearts IRRICE 4D. STAMPED Ei 1 full of the noblest sentiments of our nature, have formed a subject of enduring interest to the historian and the painter. The terms of capitulation were briefly these. The officers and soldiers of the regular army were to pile arms in camp and march out with their music and colours, and surren der themselves prisoners of war to the Russian army ; " and here," exclaimed Monrovia* to the secretary, " Write, that in admiration of the noble courage of the army of Kars the officer are allowed to wear their swords. Pro perty is to be respected, and the people to be pro tected from pillage and insult." The militia and Bashi- Bazouks to be allowed to return to their homes together with the non-combatants. A certain number of Poles and Hun garians to be released on parole. On the following day we ride into the Russian camp, and are received with thetAtmost courtesy by the Russian officers. Gen. Mouravieff asks us to a plentiful and even luxurious dinner, to which, as you may imagine, we did ample justice. On the following morning the poor staggering weakened troops, obeying mechanically the orders of their officers, piled arms, and, forming in order of battle, marched out to meet—not their conquering, but their conquered foe. (Applause.) They surrendered them selves to an army three times their number, after having held it in check, and after having on the glorious day of the 29th September hurled back with ruin and disaster these splendid columns. Surely never did history record a surrender so glorious to the vanquished ; never Shad a captive English general retrieved his inevitable misfortune by services so dis tinguished.--[Dr. Sandwith resumed his seat amid loud and reiterated plaudits.] REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHAMPTON. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 22. Mr. Weguelin, the Goirernor of the Bank of England, this morning issued his address to the electors, as fol- lows " Gentlemen,—l have been invited to present myseir to notice, and lam informed that a merchant would be an ac ceptable candidate to supply the place of your late learned and accomplished member. "I do not hesitate to respond to the call. I have watched for years, with great interest, the rapid rise and well-merited prosperity of Southampton, and I should feel proud, as a merchant, to be associated in the representation of a port which modern science and the energy of its citizens have so closelr:connected and identified with the commercial interests of this great city. "My politics have always been Liberal. I am a Freetrader —not of yestetday. Now that free trade has no opponent I am glad that it has always had my active and ardent support. It will be my anxious desire to pre erve it with ajealons care, to extend its action, and to prevent taxation from infringing upon its principle. " It will be my aim to advocate that just economy in our public departments which is consistent with the most com plete efficiency. " I have already taken some part in promoting amendments of commercial law, and a mercantile experience of many years may probably have qualified me to take a part upon all legis lative questions affecting the trading policy of the empire. " I am ardently attached to the principles of civil and reli gious liberty. I would vote for the admission of the Jews into Parliament, and thus do away with the last remnant of into lerance in the State. "I am a member of the Church of England, holding no extreme views, but anxious that the true principles of religion should prevail, and that the Church should be in charity with those who differ from her. I conceive that the vexed ques tion of Church rates impedes her efficiency and injures her usefulness, and I shall cordially vote for their total and un conditional abolition. "I am prepared to vote for an inquiry into the state of religious endowments in Ireland, with a view of placing them on a more equitable footing. " The state of the representation is not satisfactory, and I am prepared to advocate such an extension of the franchise as shall more nearly represent the present intelligence of the people, in the exercise of which the ballot will become more needful, and will therefore receive my hearty support. " Our foreign policy, as trade continues to expand, becomes year by year of more vital interest. " The maintenance of the honour and dignity of this coun try I hold to be the surest guarantee of its power and the best preserver of the peace of the world, and I therefore cordially adhere to the policy of the present Gevernment, and the re. cent declaration of Lord Palmerston has my earnest approval. `The great question of administrative reform will probably demand the attention of the Legislature. I trust that the expe rience which I have had in the great institution over which I now preside will enable me to exercise a sound judgment upon the subject. "'lf the principles which I have detailed meet with your approbation, and you think me qualified for the honourable position of one of yeti:. representatives, I shall be prowl to serve you. I have no object to gain beyond the satisfaction of ajust ambition to place what abilities I may possess, or ex perience I may have acquired, at the service of my country. " I have chiefly confined myself to public topics, because I feel that I appear before you for the first time as a public m .n . I can, however, assure you that, in the event of my being re turned, I shall deem it to be my especial duty to consider every question of local interest with the firm determination to forward to the best of my ability the prosperity of South. ampton. ' 1 I shall avail myself of the opportunity afforded me b 3 the adjourned public meeting to present myself to the electors on Tuesday next. " I am, gentlemen, your faithful servant, " Bank of England, Nov. 21." "T. M. WEGUELIN. The publication of this appeal to the electors of South. ampton closes, we presume, the admission of any more candidates, of which there are at present three in the field, viz.—Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Weguelin, Libe rals, and Sir EdWard B u tl er , Co nserva tiv e . T hat an unmistakeable spit exists among the Liberal party there can now be no doubt, one section patting forward Mr. James and another the Governor of the Bank of Eng. land. A few days will decide which candidate has the best chance of receiving the largest extent of support from the great body of the Liberal party, the leaders of one section of which express their belief that, even di vided as they are on the choice of a representative, th<lr can still poll a sufficient number of votes for one candi date to insure the defeat of Sir Edward Butler. For these reasor the excitement increases day by day, and the contest promises to be a severe and a very bitter one. It is hoped, however, that some steps will be taken to ascertain the actual relative strength of the two Liberal candidates, and to come to an understand ing so as to prevent any disunion of the Liberal party when the day of election really arrives, and which dis union affords the only hope of success entertained by the Conservatives for their candidate. In consequence of Mr. Weguelin having come down to the meeting of his friends held last night, as reported by telegraph in the Times of this morning, and it being understood that he and Sir Ed warA Butler had com menced their canvass, it was considered advisable tbat Mr. James should also be on the spot. He was accord ingly telegraphed for, and arrived here by the 3 o'clock train from London this afternoon. Bills were issued, re questing his triends to meet at the Royal Hotel at 7 o'clock in the evening, at which hour a large and in fluential meeting of the Liberal elect rs was held at that place ; Mr. Alderman Du-autoy in the chair. Mr. James addressed the electors in explanation of the cir. curustances which had brought him down here as a can didate, and stated that he felt bound in honour not to commence a canvass until after the adjourned meeting on Tuesday next. Tne meeting was also addressed by several electors, after which those present formed them selves into a committee to conduct Mr. James's election —with Mr. Alderman Du.4autoy as chairman. _ . The meeting on Tvesday evening, adjlurned from last Wednesday, is looked forward to with great interest by all parties. Sir Ed ward Butler has been actively canvassing all day, and Mr. Weguelin, with oae or two of his friends, has visited some of the large manufacturing and other establishments of the town. The new Chief Justice of the Common Pleas takes leave of his constituents in Southampton, by whom he has been six times elected to represent them in Parlia ment, in the subjoined address, which has been circu lated to-day : "Gentlemen, —By acceptance of judicial office I have this day ceased to be your repreocutative, and have now the pain ful task of bidding you farewell. " Had I followed my own wishes and inclination I should still remained member for Southampton. To be the Attorney- Cleneral of England, and to represent you in Parliament, was the utmost object of my ambition, and left me nothing to de sire. But I have become conscious that lam less able than heretofore, in point of health and strength, to meet the calls of a position which combined Parliamentary and official with professional duties, and I have yielded to the advice of friends interested in my welfare, and exchanged these cares for duties which, though arduous and laborious, are of a less exacting and exciting character than those which I have hitherto sustained. " I cannot bid you farewell without profound and heart felt emotion when I recall all the kindness I have received at your hands, your generous support, your confidence, your indulgent forbearance. I feel that, though the political tie which united us is severed, there are tics of the heart which can cease only with life. " To my latest hour it will be a matter of pride and honour to have represented your beautiful and flourishing town, with its thriving, industrious, and intelligent community ; and while life lasts I shall never cease to take the deepest interest in its prosperity and welfare. " Permit me to bid you, one and all, a hearty and affec tionate farewell, and, while I return ti my numerous f al r e i m e t u on d ni n ge pray y grateful m y thanks politicalfo e sf (and their i r trustunw e have n k o i nne d on tehs se ,r you) to bury in oblivion the remembrance of all past animo sity, and to think of me only as one who has sought to re present you honestly according to his view s , and to whom your entire community will ever be an object c herished remembrance and regard. " That prosperity and happiness of the most attendinayd devoted y s incere and genuine wish of your grateful an " London, Nov. 21."°u servant is the, A. E, COCKBURN. A POLTIMAL WAGER IN AminicA.—Major Benjamin P.Poore, the late Fillmore candidate for Congress in the Sixth District, arrived in the city this afternoon-with_hie wheelbarrow and Imre' of apples, which he had wheeled all the way from Newburyport, a distance of 3d miles, in two days and a half. The job was in fulfilment of a bet with Colonel Burbank, the Fremont State Senator elect, that Fillmore would get more votes in Massachu setts than Fremont. The Major,, wheeling his appl !By was escorted u p S tate•stree t, a bout 2 o'cloc k, n by the Fillmore c l u b s o f B oston an d Charlestown, a m i l ita ry .e many h the Peopl e , and tumuLtiaonuds the Major was gr eeted w i t h t re mendous applause on ail e ide r . He delivered t he apples to C o l on el Burbank on tbesteps nn of t n h g e ra F t r u e i st at o n nt; house, where both gentlemen delivered speeches, mounted on the barrel. Ten theouesakland people were present:.. - .7- -2361 " - Carre.T9l4eist o f A Hata. ,~ E ,,. NEWSPAPER • - MR. SPVRCEO2S7 A.T THE Stint? • MUSZT-HALL. - *9l - • (Prm ilk? Times.) . 4 tt- cl k - 4 ~ 4 t Yesterday morning thit popular None preacher made his appearance again in the New • - hall at the Surrey-gardens, aud onductedess-re4oiL S service, at whioh some 5,000 or 6,000 people were pre sent. The circumstance of itself wo uid have had little or no public interest but for the cabs 71Ety, stilt fresh in '- the public recollection, in which his preeeiouS visit there unhappily resulted, and by which seven peraorire lost their lives. The greatest precautions wee le taken to pre. vent the recurrence of any similar catastrt The, both by the managers of the gardens and by the p olice authori ties. The recommendation of the jury as o the co il struction of the stairs in the four corner towers leading to the galleries in the building has not yet been t -arried into effect, but the directors have since had the= b alustrades properly secured, so as to resist a much greats ‘r amount of pressure than any to which it is at all likely they will ever be subjected in future, and they have recently had, or will Shortly have, a plan under their consideration for erecting a grand external flight of steps at the !vest end -of the hall, communicating with all the galleries, with other commodious appliances calculated to add to the convenience of visitors to enhance the archi tectural effect of the building, and, what is of m are im portance, to multiply the facilities of access and retreat - on occasions of great pressure. It was net deemed alvkable yesterday to adm'it more • than 5,000 or 6,000 persons into the building, though it is capable on an emergency of accommodating half as many more, and hundreds went away without being able to obtain admlssion. Mr. Superintendent .Lund was present, with upwards of 20 of the metropolitan police acting under his instruction, an i these were posted at various points in the building and at the en:trance t o the grounds. He had also some detective *Meters placed among the congregation, a precaution which would seem to have been necessary, for after the service lae noticed three women, dressed in a style of far grower elegance • than any one else - Present, whom he knew to be notorious thieves, depart-with the crowd. The groutri floor am the three galleries were-crowded, but not incosiveniently , so t .hioh sineluded_ an imeneense nuns &pee blyedreksetraild well-behaved persons, came and went fortunately without the occurrence of any casualty to mar the occasion. Mr. Spurgeon preached from a kind of rostrum or platform improvised for hive on the spot where at other times M. Jullien is accustom'sd to wave his wand. His-sermon was an ordinary one, rend in it he made no reference whatever to the disaster which happened on his former appearance there, though in a prayer which preceded it he invoked consolation for the persons bereaved of their relatives on that occasion, and forgiveness for those with whom the calrimity origi nated. He also sought in the course of the service to correct certain rumours which, he said, prevailed in reference to himself and his congregation, an d especially that which attributed to them an intention to build a place of worship capable of containing 15,0N00 people, which, he said, was just treble the number th ey sought to accommodate. For his own part, be adds d, he had no wish for such a place, hut at the same tix-e he had also no desire, Sunday after Sunday, to have' as many people go away as entered the edifice ire which he was accustomed to preach in New Park-street. He never asked any one to come and hear him; but they did and' would he did not see how he was to be blamed for it.' If, however, it was a sin, it was a ver y uncom mon one—one which very few ever committed, but which many would - like - to commit if they ceuld. He -went on to state that some had suggested that he ought not to admit anyone to that hall except by ticket. But it should be remembered that he-had. come there for the very pur pose of preaching to those who could not afford to pay for seats, and he wished as msny as possible of the gene ral public to come. His discourse was altogether free &pm any of the peculiar sallies with which it is said be is accustomed to startle his audience, and sometimes to mine them to laughter. In .that respect, perhaps, it was no lair specimen of the kind of preaching with which the public associate -his name ; but it now and then abounded with striking metaphors, indicating consider able power of imagination, heightened by m .re energy . of, action and graphic language than one is accustomed tol see and bear in the pulpit, and in these qualities seems to lie the secret of his popularity, such as it is. (From the .11orniag Post.) Mr, Spurgen made his reappearance at the Surrey Music Hall ye4erday morning, his patrons and sup porters having secured to their favourite oracle the re occupancy of this fine building f:,r more consecutive • Sundays. • ;The curiosity natural to Londoners has been fully ex cited during the past week by the announcement that Mr. Spurgeon would resume that pulpit from which, only a few short weeks since, he witnessed a scene of horror which might have palled the stoutest heart. Wobably an expectaticn that the preacher would descant at some length upon that terrible calamity and give his own impressions of the causes which led to it may have had something to do with assembling together the enor toous crowd which, for a long period before the gates were opened, surrounkid the entrances of the Surrey gardens yesterday morning. If this were so,•they must have been to a great extent disappointed, for Mr. Spur geon made but little allusion to the catastrophe, and almost confined his observations extraneous to the re ligious service to an exposition of the intentions of Me friends in relation to the erection of a monster Taber nacle. . The members of the Park-street Chapel congregation and many others were admitted to the Music Had by private tickets before the doors opened to the public. When the latter entered the body of the hall was already well filled, but the galleries and corridors afforded ac , commodation for so large a number that when all in attendance had been provided with seats there was stilt room and to spare; the audience probably at no period. exceeding 8,000 persons. At a quarter to 11 o'clock Mr. Spurgeon was conducted by Mr. Olney, and other deacons of Park-street Chapel, to an enormous pulpit constructed to snit the preacher's style of oratory, with sufficient space to walk backwards and forwards while addressing his congregation. The service commenced with a prayer by Mr. Spurgeon who, after invoking the blessing of God upon the ser. vice, proceeded to pray—" Wherever people are assein. bled to worship God, that place is sacred—whether be neath the magnificent canopy of the blue sky or in a building such as 'that in which we are assembled— every place is sacred when devoted to such a purpose, for God is everywhere. May God be in our midst at this time ! Let nothing frighten Ilia sheep. Grant that they tray feed in quietness. Grant that the preacher may preach with that earnestness which becomes a man who must soon stand before his Maker's bar—a. dying man to dying men. May this be a time of great display of the grace of God. Let sinners be saved. Let the people be saved, and glory be begotten to the name of the Most High God by this service. Thou who hest shown us gre it troubles wilt quicken us again, and B b n ln it g te u n s u fr s ci a n ni t i h w e o d u e o p , t i h e s of o i us to v or the tioi T k h , ou jif w t h u o pbastthe Gran blessings among us. . light of Thy countenance upon us, and muitiply Thy that music, sweeter than is often heard here, may arise—even the music of the peni tential the aspiration of " the breaking h ear t mourning sigh, was followed by a hymn, in which th e combination of many thousand voices had a grand anti over its own wickedness. This prayer imposing effect. The preacher next read the 15th chap ter of the Gospel according is St, Mark, interspersing copious c mmentaries upon the ii cidents of our Saviour's trial and condemnation before Pontius Pilate. This p irtion of the service concluded, prayer was again offered, in the course of whic't Mr. Spurgeon made a brief allusion to the lae catastrophe, Imploring blessings and heavenly consolations upon those who have been bereaved, or suffered injury on that occasion. Previously to selecting his text, Mr. Spurgeon said— "l wish, my dear friends, to say a word or two be fore I commence preaching to-day. Th ere h ave b een a great many rumours abroad respecting the new chapel the building of which has been contemplated by a num ber of my friends. It has been asserted that we want to build a tabernacle capable of holding. 15,000 people I With respect to that I pill only Eay that some truthful person has thought fit to put a' 1 ' before the ' 5,' for we have never entertainer even a thought of building such a place. It has, however, been thought that a place of worship capable of acconmodating about 5,000 persons was necessary, For my own part I have no Sab bath after Sabbath, so many people go away as wish for such a place —only I cannot bear to see, the chapel were we have been accustomed to assemble for worship. It is the will of people to come in large multitudes to listen to my feeble proclamation of the truths of the Gospel. I have not asked them to come t enter --it is their own free will; and if it is a they should do so, it is at least an uncommon sin which many others would like to commit if theye pay for It has been said let those who wish to Ilea: t o I h ave in their seats. That would defeat the ob o j a e nnot afford to sin in me sin wish to ad view. I wart to preach to whothose .s my pay for seats in a chapel, and it i Possible. There nosed round to-day ; mit as many of the general public as P will be no collecting-boxes 1 P bthuetb in this ball, the y ip expenses attending e we are disposed will be re. contributions of such as Do you think we are celebration a there oa ceived at the doors on leaving. would not have your t hi n k so, we begging. If you . f re Div n in ecessar rs i open for all to do just as they it is money as a g ift . aes friends, I know , are most anxious on like. Ma n y —my larger place of worship than we ha ve the subject of a at present, an d would g ice double what they h ave d one if they could afford i s proposed to hold a eervice it. It here on the three following Sunday mornings. It • la veniencc of my congregation to attend much to the incon comfortable place of worship elsewhere. here. We have si,.together. are very haPPY . there I have a con- There we ~ and Ns runny members as any mortal man con gregation, Is is only with a .of - ' can desire. vtow winning souls to d ome to this God that, we hay c . larger place, and should she accused of otht r objects, the Judgment -day will we • motives have .. l a y bare what o ur The rev. gentleman took Lis text from the sth. chapter of St. Paul'sXpistle to the Romans, v. 8—" But God essernendeth His love toward s us, in that, whilewe were y e t sinners,rehrist died for us." Upon this passage the rev. gentleman preached an eloquent discourse, setting forth the love and condescen...t.ion of God towards a sinful world in the expiatory sacrifice of His Son. The sermon was listened to throughout with marked attention by the congregation, the sonorous voice of the preacher pene trating to the remotest corner of the hall. aste quietly At the clo se o f t h esermetn the va,t afige mbl . dispersed, -- - A body of police under Mr. Supe riutendent Lund, were in attendance within the hall as well as in the gar. i dew, and preserved admirable order. If6' 7mO DR. SAND WITII, 011 _KARS, IN LEEDS. STORY OF THE SIEGE. On Thursday evening last, Dr. H. Sandwith C. 8., D.C.L., one of the heroes of Kars, read a paper at the Leeds Music-hall, on "The Siege of Kars, and the Cam paign in Asia Minor," before the members of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, and the Leeds Li brary. The Music-hall was crowded by one of the most nume rous and influential assemblages we have seen on such an occasion for a long period. The council of each society and their families occupied the orchestra, and the body of th e Hall and gallery were filled by the members and friends of both institutions. Nearly half of the audience consisted of ladies. Dr. SANDWITI (who on entering the hall was greeted with loud and repeated plaudits) commenced his paper by saying that the campaigns of Asia Minor, although at one time but little heard of when the faint reports of their dis tant artillery were drowned in the deeper and nearer con flicts on the Danube, bad nevertheless always claimed from the far-seeing mind of the statesman and diplomatist an interest second only to the mightier struggle of the Crimea. In England the popular mind was interested (and justly so) in the gallant feat of arms at Kalafat and the memorable defence of Silistria ; but while Omer Pacha was holding in check the whole force of European Russia on the Danube, and Butler and Nasmyth at Sili stria were earnin,g for them - selvesthe warm applause of a grateful country, other events were passing in Asia of which the English public were but ill-informed, and cared not to inquire ; and yet that struggle on the steppes of Armenia and in the passes of Lazistan, between the Transcaucasian army of Russia on the one side and the Anatolian army of Turkey on the other, was of no small importance to the cause of th • Allies. But most of all did it concern England, who, though not at this e p oc h (ere she an d F rance had drawn the sword) fully engaged in the strife, was yet morally understood to be so by all the Oriental nations. Each blew struck at Turkey was aimed at our Oriental prestige—each shock felt by that Mussul. man power (the cause of which England was known to have espou se d) v i brated to the foundatiOns of our Indian empire. Nor co u ld E nglishmen cease to regret that a war which ended g l or i ously in the west, should have left Russi a tri umphant in th e eas t , and so have encouraged that ill-in- I formed power, Persia, as to have bequeathed to us, if not 1 a new and ingloriou s war, at least millions of expenditure in warlike preparations. Dr. Sandwith rapidly sketched the occurrence s in Asia Minor, prior to the arrival there of General Williams. The first collision between the Turks and Russians was at Byandir, where a small body of Russians was surprised and routed by the Turks, under Abdi Pacha, rlo ;e second in command, Ahmed Paella, subsequently marched against a Russian force at Akiska, and was not only routed but afterwards thoroughly cut up by the Russians, whom he allowed to surprise him. Ahmed Pacha, by the most disgraceful means, procured the chief command, in Jan., 1854. The winter of that year saw the ruin of the line army assembled before Kars to protect Asia Minor; and that ruin was achiev e d, no t b y a Russian, but by a Turkish general. Tho men were plundered of their rations and clothing, mulcted of their pay, and crowded into unwholesome hovels, until 20,0e0 died of typhus and scurvy. (Sensation.) Such an immense loss, although it earichse I the general who pocketed the pay and rations of the dead men, at last roused the authorities of Constanti nople. He was recalled, and Zarif Pacha, a man of infamous antecedents, was despatched to take command of the army. Zarif Pacha initiated his advent by advancing upon the Russians posted at Kurodire in compar a tively sma ll f orce ; but he met with se terrible a d e f ea t th a t hi s army re t rea t e d , a mere rabble, into Kars, on the 7th of August. Comipg to the events of which he had himself been an eye-witness, Dr. Sandwith proceeded to defend the military tactics of General Williams, and maintained that to have abandoned Kars and defended the Soghanli passes, and afterwards, if necessary, fallen back upon Erzeroum, would have theinsured succ ess o f th e R us si an army un d er th e c i rcums t ances. and given Russia the possession of a vast country inste a d of an outlying frontier town. (Hear, hear.) He first isained General Wil isms at Erzeroum in the autumn of PA, who at that time had begun his work as Commissiejner of the Anatolian army by carefully inspecting the l eospitals, bar racks, and appointments of the troops stationed there, with the view of preparing the city for an eventuality. The mixed character of the population P s i Erzeroum, and the known disloyalty of the Mussulm'en population, presented many difficulties, but these w ere more or less overcome. After a short stay at Erzerorana they proceeded forward to Kars, and were struck With the desolate appear ance of th e intervening country. The distance between the two towns was about t 25 miles„ and the roads, or tracks rather, were only practicable fcr the purposes of an army in summer time, whilst at a distance of 20 miles from Kars was the important pass of Soghanli Degh, a range of rugged hills, which were easily defended by an army in possession. They entered Kars about the 24th September, 1854, and General Williams commenced his cork in good earnest. The army, consisting of 15,000 or 17,000 men, was at that time encamped on the plain to the south of the city, under the command of Zarif Mustafa Pasha, who was busy mak ing his fortune by false muster rolls, and the consequence was, that the men, though stout, hardy peasants, were in anything but the state they ought to have been with an active and intelligent enemy within 30 miles of them. General Williams, on his arrival, wa it e d on th e com mander-in-chief, arif Mustafa Pasha, who expressed him self delighted tosee the British Commissioner. The Mushir's military Career was not very distinguished, and his cha racter - was disgraced by dishonesty. A short time before, his army had been defeated on three successive occasions, the last time being about a month before their arrival, when 20,003 Turks had been beaten by 10,000 Russians at Kurekdere, and returned to Kars a mere rabble. Besides these defeats, the men had gone through great suffering, and were greatly reduced by mortality. The infantry were, however, of good material, and the artillery de cidedly good, but the cavalry was so bad as to bo of no use. The horses were ill fed and starved by exposure to the cold, and the accoutrements of the troopers were altogether unsuited to active service. After the depar ture of Zarif Pacha, Gen. Williams succeeded in placing the soldiers in good winter quarters, and then returned to Erzeroum, leaving his young aide-de-camp, Lieut. Tees dale, to work out his reforms during the winter. How that officer performed his arduous task was recorded in the blue books, but not a tithe of the difficulties he had to encoun ter, of the energy, discretion, and courage he displayed, was generally kuown. He was, in truth, a worthy haute. nant of a worthy chief. In the spring the staff was increased by the arrival of Col. Lake, Capt. Thompson, and Major Alpherta, of whom the two former remained until the end of the siege. Capt. Thompson, though suffering from a wound received in the Burmese war, had his heart in his profession, and longed for new fields of action ; whilst Col. Lake might well be termed the Todleben of Kars. (Hear.) It would-be impossible for him to lead them step by step throughthe history of Gon. Williams's labours in Erze roum. The winter was spent in fighting with pashas and peculators, which wor e a l mos t convertible terms, and in the spring in exciting the pop u l a ti on t o wor k at the fortifica tions. He was also busily engaged collecting supplies to meet the exigencies of the coming campaign. After encoun tering many difficulties, and when Gen. Williams was be ginning to see some results in the steps he had taken, a courier arrived from Kars, with despatches from Colonel Lake, announcing that the Russian army, to the number of 30,000 or 40,000, with an immense transport service, was assembled at Gumri, and that the Mushir wished to aban- don Kars, and fall back upon Erzeroum. Gen. Williams wrote to remonstrate against this step, and on the follow- ing morning they left Erzeroum for Kars, where they ar t rived on the 7th of June. They were met at some dis tance from the city by Colonel Lake and Captain Thomp son, who appeared highly elated at the near prospect of active service. He was much struck with the entire change which the camp of Kars now presented. The whole enciente, comprising the city and a mile to the south and north of it, was enclosed by breastworks, connectinglit.. teries, which were placed on each commanding poirl - o redoubts were observed at every corner. _no men, too, ' serruidable whole aspect of the camp was changed, and wore a more material air and appeared , ch ecrtul and full of courage ; but in spite of all this they doubt and mi sg i v i ng , for they hs..ci only 15,000 regular troops of all arms, and of thee- Dad great cause for J the cavalry were utterly worthless. True, their arr j a cry was excellent, but he soon learned, as a grea t se xmt, that they could only fight their big guns f or th ree, l ays, as after that their ammuni tion would be ex to the Russian P er eded. .Had that secre t f oun d it s wa y camp, no doubt Mouravieff would have commenced a siege by app °aches, instead of a block ade, and ir a three days they would have been at his mercy• r flie amount of - their provisions, too, was not generariy known. General "Williams, however, began meth the ut mos t f oret h ought to prepare either for a o, a blockade, or an a.ssault. The fortifications were leahed forward by Colonel Lake, and moans were Laken to secure what provisions wore available, the cattle in the city being counted, and watched to pre vent their removal. The general made a strong but unfortunately vain attempt to get rid of the women and children, but th e population were opposed to his plans, and he only partially succeeded. . The town was apportioned into districts, and returns made of the poor, and the amount of food in the possession of the comparatively rich, the sur . Thorn plusk bein g g i ven to the poor ; the vegetable gardens were sufferingu from scurvy ; and health officers were appoint e d. Cap pson w its daeh anti . • permanently quartered on the Kara was posted on the Tahmaf hill. On the 9th Juno _e , 'Major Teesdale, as the chief of the staff of Gen. tb a b n e d i r m a a n d e e e 3 no o o r s, an(i w hi t li n u e nety, ir scouts brought intelligence that the Russian army was in full march towards Kars. This was what was expected, alterationsebinthei.r plans. .The townspeople b egan to show the warlike spirit which they inherited from border town. Shortly , d offered the services of himself and arrival, Osman .Agha, a was in some measure created 3' the position of Kars as a had been refused by the Turkish Governor, Williams an fine old man, waited upon Gen. Karelia, which were accepted Ismaila s f .o t oepra armedeha their. and fell, shot in the leg, but u when the (lay most readily, though they The old man fought like a lion eventually recovered. Two days afterwards he againof battle carne, called upon Go W lliams and which a council of war was hel-Ldn informed him that Ismail le, h 1 " 1 ' t r„ a was, in an underhand way, creating a dislike to the' nounced Ishrnail Pacha as all int: glish commander, upon and . Gee. Williams de li:Lill:demi:, a e s v a n s e ver speaking the ally G o o f vtehrenoernesinudydenlWy dhiislastppGeeanr.errel. and mischievous eoen,f,lanr-SY:ilfwfr wards heard of in Kars. At this after his best for the safety of the garriso h while to Constantinople to urge on a despatchliams wrote He also wrote to the Pacha, of Erzeroum for more of irregular cavalry, and to Mustafa Pacha of Bat ore levies troops. No reinforcements, however, presented we quarter. On 16th Juno they learnt from their em either that the Russian fumy was in full march toward: theirvielette po sition. It was the day of the Mussulman feast of 14' und whilst the troops were at their posts the citizenSuain' dressed in their gayest apparel. The town most picturesque and exciting scene. The citizens in their a bright Asiatic garments, with their silver mounted wea pons, sallied out of their houses, horse and foot, young and old, while the women stood on the house tops rn o :t n . ing words of encouragement to their natural defenders. Many a fond mother, with trembling halide and tearful eyhile es, buc shekled dead father's sword on he r y oung stripling w bade him go and do battle for his holm; and kindred. Crowds of armed men slimed the rocky heights