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The trains on Christmas-day will run as on Sundays, with the addi tion of Down Day Mail from Paddington to Bristol at 10 a.m., and the Up Day Mail from Bristol to Paddington at 10 a.m., which will 111 1 as on week days, with the exception *1 the Branch Trains be tween West Drayton and Uxbridge ; Maidenhead and Wycombe ; Reeding and Basingstoke ; Chippcnham, Salisbury, and Yeovil ; Gloucester and Hereford; and over the south Wales Line. DELIVERY of LETTERS.—The Postmaster- General, anxious to promote rapidity and correctness in the delivery of letters, has, for postal purposes, divided London and its environs into ten districts, each to be treated, in many respects, as a separate town ; and to render this arrangement effectual, he earnestly requests that every beans may be taken by the public for causing letters to be directed according is the district for which they are intended. Initials will suffice, and for the house at whick this notice is left the initials aro W. C., the district being the Western Central. In the direction of a letter, these initials shculd be legibly written in a separate line, and should in all cases end the address, thus : JAMES TITOMPS“, Esq , 500, High Holborn, W. C, o r, when the letter is from the country, thus : JAMBS THOMPSON, Esq., 500, High Holborn, London, W. C. ' - - - Among other means of inducing this practice, it is sug tested that, when convenient, each resident of the Western District should add the name of the district, or the initials, to I lls own address inside his letters when writinr , to Isis corrc liPondents, and on his address card. Also, that if in busi !'"; he should give the name of the district, or the initials, " 4 the beading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or tacards, and on any article of manufacture which may bear 41, 8 auldress. Correspondents not attending to the above arrangement, laould b e requested to use the initials in reply. Information as to the district in which any locality is in illided may be had at any receiving-house in London and its trrirons, or at any head pest-office in Provincial towns, ~t all of which alphabetic lists of streets, &c., will be kept for re f erence . The British Postal Guide, which can be Procured (price 6d.) at any head post-office, will hereafter like a similar street list showing the district initials : and mke information, the Postmaster General is assured, will be ti, Yen in the London Post Office Directory for the year 1857, 'a the part headed " Street Directory." The following additional information may proie useful : TABLE 07 DISTRICTS. Vfazaeo.lnitialo. Eastern Central District Western Central District Northern District North Eastern District N. E. Eastern District South Eastern District Southern District South Western District S. W. 'Western District North Western District N. W. If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart °tint will be able to assort with-facility and correctness the :,i'llntry letters, according to their respective districts, before `qtY roach London in the morning. .ILly recent improvement about 60,000, or fully one-third, Inch letters are . already so assorted with as much correct "la as circumstances allow—a change which has greatly ex hdited the delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previous 4 ; 4o rttnent, with full facility for correctness, can be extended 4 ) all, this advantage, seconded by other improvements now 111 Progress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit Of A further and important acceleration of the morning deli 'err throughout London. By command of the Postmaster-General. ROWLkND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, Dec., 1856. THIRD EDITION OF COL. JACOB'S PAMPHLET. Just publishers, in Bvo., with Threi dates, price 2 5. „ RIFLE PRACTICE. By LIEUT.-COLONEL Jour; JACOB, C. 8., of tne Bombay Artillery, Commandant of th, Scinde Irregular Horse, and on the Frontier of Upper Scinde, and Acting Commissioner of Scinde. Third Edition, revised and continued. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Colahl THE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES COMPANY (Limited). Nlital Ole Million, in 100,000 Shares of IW. each, deposit 2/. per Share on Allotment. TRUSTEES. !IS Grace the Duke of Wellington. The Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle. , n lrl . S. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Birchin-lane. " l • R. Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England. DIRECTORS. t !ellt.-General the Right Hon. Lord James Hay, Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bury. i -aeut...Col. the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay. Baron Gudin, Chateau Beaujon, Paris. William Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thomson Bonar and '93 Old Broad-street. J• Portescuo Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde kric. Robert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street. Alexander Miller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex. 4C DITORS—(To be appointed at the first General Meeting). B4JIKERS. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn. lik London ton, and Co., Birchin.lane. { Messrs. Hawkey, 7, Fenchurch-street. la Mons Messrs. Guillochin, Sons, and Co. 4 / P ar i s Messrs. Charles Laffitte and Co. 1110LICITORS. Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, London. Monsieur' Dolez, Avoeat, Mons. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Sen. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. SECRETARY—T. R.. Preston, Esq. Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate-street. .The object of this Company is to develops the resources of :ttain collieries, situated into most central and best portion „"` the well-known ooal basin of Mons, in Belgium. They ruff I c l Prise two distinct sections, of which part is already in Working operation, and the remainder consists of conces ii,Z•ce from the Belgian Government, granted on condition th at the coal shall be worked. The unworked concession, known as " Bo nne Ticteire, " i;‘ ll aced at Asquillies, and those applied for, severally called 154" s Nimy" and " Ghlin," occupy an area of 18,000 acres ; - lwe 1-ascertained coal seams run thro u g h their whole eXte n t I T he collieries in full work are lye viz., " Bonne Veine," ~ tonne Esperance," " Seize Action ' s," " Ste. Cecile," and nthdu Flenu." They comprise an area of 2,000 acre s, ".,_th th e r i g ht o f wor ki ng sixty-two seams of coal. It is cal 47ted that their produce could be largely increased, withi n Years, at an outlay of 20,0001. (See Engineer's Report.) e plant and otter works are ample, well constructed, and kbet • ‘lf n antial ; the engines now at work give an aggregate power 1 ,2 39 horses. These cellieries are now yielding a minimum Profit of 40,000/. per annum (see Report), and it is agreed 57 4 t a preferential interest of 6 per cent. per annum on the Aital now to be raised shall be the first charge on these ta rns. % T he confidence of the vendors of the working Collieries in te.euceess of their new undertaking is further shown by t o e rr agreeing to accept in part payment of their property , th , l o oo shares (representing 200,0001.) denominated B shares, ch i though considered as paid up, are only to receive di o'filends in proportion to the amount paid up on the A shares ered to the public. The remainder of the purchase money, r,.esisting of 254,0001., is to be paid in cash, out of the first ,: 4 1.11 c1s of the Company, at any time within two years from 2 0 ' incorporation of the Company. Two-thirds of the above e 53 9 Shares will be annulled should the new concessions, ti'ketrary to expectation, fail in yielding coal ef a good corn ereial quality, and this proportion of the shares in question dill not be handed over to the sellers until such produce be r ealis e d l e e coal is generally of a semi-bituminous quality. Tithet is I,lted at the several pit-mouths into the waggons t %ahem Railway of France for conveyance to Paris and the "Ns and manufactories along the lime, at which there is a Feat at de man d , an d a l so i n t o those of the Haut et Bas Flenu Railway (which traverses the collie ries of the district, and. tin _'eects them with the net-work of the State Railways of Bel t1,:"4) for the supply of the towns and the extensive manufac tiog districts of Flanders ; the greater proportion ef the t o; 41, however, is conveyed by the Conde Canal, on the banks T h 'rhich there are extensive sheds, where the boats are loaded, i e existing facilities for transit will be further extended by an d railway now in construction between Mons, Haumont, s tn ` l , Alaubeuge. The constant demand by railways, iron -11-1."(• 8 ) gas-works, and for other manufacturing and house th Purposes, is more than sufficient to absorb, a t all times, 6 thltst produce of the collieries. At the request of the Directors, a detailed report on the :ccent state of the collieries at work, and to be worked, was Zellared by the eminent French Civil Engineer, Mr. F. N. Mot, which report has been confirmed by Mr. Gain, a l e. , al naining engineer of great experience. Subsequently Mr. siaarles Manby, C.E., was deputed to verify the statements A majority of the Directors have also lately made a t 6 l-s onal visit to the collieries, and having taken every means : a tisfY themselves of the soundness of the undertaking, the truthfulness of the above reports, they now feel justi • in inviting the investment of capital in the Association. he capital of the Company is divided into 100,000 shares 1 01. each, which are sub-divided into two classes, viz. A ireferential Shares, and B Free Shares. The deposit will' be Per share, and tho first call of 21. per share will be due on 'ce Ist June, 1857. The vendors consent to waive their claim to any dividend Z l e tlri s r b ß shares till 6 per cent. shall have been paid on all t tacites', thus in fact giving to the A shareholders a pre ferential dividend to the amount of i per cent. ; and in the event of the winding up of the Company's affairs, the amount told on the A shares will be repaid to their holders before ley payment is made on th e B shares. Dividends will be paid half -yearly at the Company's bankers London, Mons, and Paris, upon whatever amount may be Paid up on the several shares, The administration of the Company's affairs in Belgium is carefully provided for. Th e various reports alluded to in this prospectus have been lointed, and may be obtained on application at the Com office, as also a chart, showing the position of the eollieries and the new concessions. Applications for shares must be accompanied by the bank :re'receipt for a sum equal to one pound upon every share `DPlied for sh ares appli e d for The de as p may not bo allosit will forthw ottedith be returned on suc h Perms of application may be obtained at the brokers' ; a 'cd at the offices of the Company, 40, Moorgatc-street. Each appli can t f or Shares will be required to pay into one .i . the Bankers of the Company, one pound (11.) per Sh are , "posit numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the of 21., in exchange for which a voucher will be V e4 - In the event of the Directors allotting less than the 1 ,',° 18 number applied for, the amount paid in will be appro priated towards the deposit of(2/.) per Share payable on those 0 kiletted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the sf eV' hedged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free arge. FORM OF APPLIcATioN FOR, snAREs. T o the directors of the Mous United Collieries Company (Limited). g entleisen,—Having paid into the hands of Messrs, , the Bankers of the Company, £ to your 13 Z 14 , I request that you will allot me pi .cfcitutial A , k reB of 10/, each in the capital thereof. I agree to accept : hares shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, e i P. 4 3' the Lmaining deposit, to execute the articles ef asso -41011 or a printed copy thereof when required, and in all her respects to conform: to the provisions of the Joint Steck 44"apanies Act, 1856. In the event of my failing to perform wa !,of these stipulations I agree to forfeit the deposit now mi l o lt t by ea m t. e to your Bankers, and authoriso you to cancel the I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Profcs:ion or occupation, Date Residence in full Place of ~,,,,,,,, The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, Is. Gd., ITRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREAT MENT of STRICTURE of the URETER k, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twen.y Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, "We know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe stricture."—Medical Circular. London: 11. Bailllere, 219, Regent-street. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made ix a cause Wooldridge akainst White, the Creditors of Thomas White, late of rile 1I ill, in the parish of Bishop. Stoke, in the county of Pants, yeoman (who died In or about the month or April, 1805)), are, by their solletor., oa or before the 29th day of January, 1857, to come in and prove their debt. , or claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded fi sin the benefit of the said Decree. Monday, the 2d day of Februar , , 1957, at 12 o'cl'ck, at noon, at the said .:haisbers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 18th day of December, 1856. CHAS. P 6 -311, Chief Clerk. LEWIS, W 01), and STREET, 6, Raymend-buildings, Gray's-i , n, ♦gents tor WOOLDRIDUE and SON, of Winchester, Plaintiff's Solicitors. i( 20,1.2.7.) 1 PUBLICATIONS. • 1 MR. JEAFFRESON ' S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., ISABEL ; the Young Wife and the Old Love. By J. C. JEAFERF S3N, Author of "Crewe Rise," &c. Harst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 vos., R OS A G R E Y. By the Author of " Anne Dysart," &c. " bne of the most charming books of the season, and worthy of the author's former works."— John Bull. " This a right worthy book. There is soirp.thing of the fire light of domesticity about it that makes it a familiar, hear...entwining story."—Critic. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colbarn. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The JANUARY NUMBER will be published on the 31st. 'Yr Advertisements and Bills to be sent in by the 27th. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The J A.NUARY NUMBER will contain the Commencement 01 a Now Tale or the Times, entitled THE 3IIL 610NAtitE OF NE. By DUDLEY COSTELLO. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-itreet. This day, two volumes, post Bvo., IBs., THE WEDDING GUESTS ; or, the Happiness of Life. By MARY C. FIUME, Author of "The Brides maid," " Count Stephen," and other Poems. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. NOTICE to the PUBLIC.—The New Edition of the Third and Concluding Part of the Al 'VENTURES of Mr. VERDANT GREEN is now ready, and in course of delivery to the Booksellers. Everybody should possess a copy before Christmas. London : James Blackwood, Paternoster-row. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in the cause, " Waterhouse Against Bran atoll " the creditors of JOHN LUNN, late of New Bridge-street, tlackiliars in the City of London, and of Rye-terrace, Peckham, in the county of -urrey, Tea Dealer, who died in or about the month of Januar% , 184, are, by their solicitors, on or before the Eighth day of January, 1857, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Monday, the Twelfth day of January, 1857, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this first day of December, 1856. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. W. M. WILKINSON, 44, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Plaintiff's Solicitor. - ETROPO LITAN COUNTIES and I.! GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent ,treet, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. TXUSTEES. itt. fin. Spencer 11. Walpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M. P. I Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bones declared at the last division or profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. GUARDIAN FI ASSURANCE No. 11, Lombard. DIIEC FRANCIS HART DYKE, HENRY HULSE BEREN John Dixon, Eng. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. John Harvey, Esq. Jahn (I. Hubbard, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. AUDI' [RE AND LIFE F.. COMPANY, 1-street, London. :TORS. , Esq., Chairman. Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch. Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. LIORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, Jun., Esq . John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT. —Under to f r the provisions insurersrovisionsofa FonAuerflft Act of Par lament, this Company now offers hs of he Profits, with Quinouennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium .without participation of Profits. u o It e l e , ast 1800, one yearwhen iTphaerrni participating r d i n i division si o Policies f Profits hieh w i be shall h a d , e , e el s a t r i subsisted s i t n et j l the total t A. C t h t r h i setnl five , divisionsw ill o b f e P ai r o l o fi l r v s e m d a t o d e s h b a y r e t hi nist i c , e om Pro a fl o t y s : At Christmas. 185 5 , the Assurances in fo rce amouuret w i t :, s more reversionary Bonuses added to the P olicies have exceeded ,t 0 9 ~ o v o e o r d. s , 1 4,240,0001. ; the Income from the Lite Branch in /85 I ban 200,0001.; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the , ;tiarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,000/. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies. the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United States of America, have bon materially reduced. INVALID LlVES.—Persons vW are not ii. such sound health as .would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, say have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro rided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written I\otices of, receives and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for , olicy Stamps. Notice is hereby given, That Fi re P ol i c i es wh i c h exp i re a t Christ ,aa,r, s 7 u N s o t .bels renewedt fifteen within days at this office, or with Mr. James's.street, corner of Pall-m 11. 'or with the Company's agents through ou t th e kingdom, otherwise they become void. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. INTESTMENTS in BRITISH. MINES.—FuII particulars of the most important Dividend and Progressive Mines will be found in the Fourth Edition of BRITISH MINES CO published by J. m S u I R D c H. F I . N G V .S E ., B F T .S M .S E . N , Prr; recentlyce 3s. 6d.; by post 4s NE i ll u t s lD oN A , A S A I N . Mr. MURCHISON also publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW . of BRITISH MINING, giving the position and prospects of the Mines at the end of each quarter, the dividends paid, &c. The Review for the quarter ending 30th Sept. last contains a Map of the Bassett district, price Is. " The hook will be found extremely valuable. "—Observer. " A valuable little book."—Globe, " A valuable guide to investore."—Herapath. " A useful little volume."—Morning Herald. "Of great value to capitalists."—Suaderland Times. " Parties requiring information on mining investments will find no better and safer instructor than Mr. Murchison."—Leeds Times. " One of the most valuable mining publications which has come ander our notice, and contains more information than any Miter on the subject of which it treats."— Derby Telegraph. " To these wha wish to invest capital in British Mines, this w or k is of the first importance."—Welshman. " This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles ; it 5, in truth, an excellent guide."—Plymouth Journal. 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KAHN, at a quarter Trist 8 p.m. precisely. Admission. One Qhilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). 3/R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and v .rions Novelties, Vocal and Chl racteristle, will he given during the Christmas liolidays,' in the Polvzraphic-hall. King William-street. Charing-cross. Opening Night, FRIDAY, Dec. 26th. First MORNING PERFORNIANCE on SATURDAY, Dec. 27, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may he secured without extra charge, at the Box-office. The Polygraphic le hping redecorated, GENERAL TOM THUMB t. the American Man in Miniature, will hold THREE LEVEES each day, for a short time only, at the REGENT GALLERY, Quadrant, Regent. street, commencing on BOXING-DAY, 26th Dec. He will appear in a great-variety of NEW CHARACTERS and COSTUMES, SONGS, DANCES. GRECIAN STATUES, &c., &c. His MINIATURE CHARIOT and PONIES, with ELFIN COACHMAN and FOOT MAN, will promenade the streets daily. Thirteen years ago the General had the distinguished honour of appearing (by command) three times before her Majesty and the Royal Family, at Ruckingham Palace. Hours of Exhibition—from 11 till I ; 3 till 5 ; and 7•till 10 o'clock. Admlision Is., witkout regard to age. ReserYed Stalls, 2s. ; Children, Is. AWIDOW LADY, thoroughly acquainted with the routine of Housekeeping, is desirous of an engage ment as Domestic Companion to an el ierly or invalid Lady or Gen tleman or Widower with young children, where one or in re servants are kept. A comfortable home the chief con , ideratien. Unexcep tionable references given.—Address C. G., Mrs. Powell's, 4, Trinity street, Blackheath-hill. DINNER AT GREENOCK To ADMIRAL SIR HotißriN STE; VA RT, K.C.B. On Friday evening a banquet was given by the corpora tion and community of Greenock to Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8., in testimony of their personal respect for his character and public approbation of his gallant and patriotic services during the late war. The entertainment took place in the Town-hall, an elegant, commodious, and stately edifice, just completed at a cost of 20,000/., and of which the proceedings on Friday may be considered as the auspicious inauguration. The hall floor was tastefully de corated with shrubs, and its walls with wreaths of laurel interspersed with fruit, stacks of armour, and colours ar tistically displayed ; while the gallery was filled with ladies, among whom were observed the Duchess of Argyll, and Lady Octavia Shaw Stewart. The entertainment was first class in character, and in all its appointments wasrnost creditable to the taste and liberality of the corporation. The chair was taken at 3 o'clock by Provost Hunter, who was supported on the right by the gallant guests of the evening. Admiral Sir IL Stewart, the Duke of Argyll, Sir R. M. Napier, Admiral Montgonierie, Lieut. J. A. Stewart N icolson (Grenadier Guards), Mr. J. 31. Shaw Stewart, Captain R. F. Shaw Stewart (Scots Fusilier Guards); and on the left by the Earl of Glasgow, Sir M. S. Stewart, M.P., Sir Archibald Alison, Mr. Hall Maxwell, Major Darroch, Sheriff Tennent, Mr. Scott, of Finnart, and Mr Tasker. Mr. R. Steele officiated as vice-president. The company, numbering about 200, besides the members of the council, embraced the clergy, Capt. Frei% and several other naval officers. Capt. Latham and several militia offi cers, the Dean of Faculty, Mr. David Crawford, and other professional gentlemen, Mr. M. Brown and the leading merchants of the town, Messrs. Steele, Caird, Scott, and the other representatives of the great ship-building yards and engineering establishments for which Greenock is cele brated, with Bailie Macgregor, and some highly respect able gentlemen from Glasgow. After the cloth had been removed, The CHAIRMAN gave " The Health of her Majesty," particularly adverting to the deep anxiety which the Queen was known to manifest during the war for the welfare of thebrave soldiers and sailors who were fighting our battles, and especially the maternal solicitude she displayed for the care of their sick and wounded, as forming additional claims on our patriotic attachment and enthusiastic admi ration. The toast was drunk with all the honours. The next toast was dedicated, along with the Prince Consort, to the Prince of Wales, as Baron of Renfrew, and was followed by " The Health of the Lord-Lieutenant of the County," to which the Earl of Glasgow appropriately responded. The PROVOST, in giving the next toast, said—l feel assured that the toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers" will be cordially responded to by men of all parties present. (Cheers.) The responsible advisers of the Crown have at all times most onerous and difficult duties to perform, and whatever may be the political opinions of the Ministers, we are entitled to believe, from the high standing of British statesmen, that they are guided by honesty of pur pose and a sincere desire to advance the interests of the empire. The present Government deserves the thanks of the country for the energy they displayed in bringing the late war to a successful termination ; and, whatever may be ;;the nature of the present diplomatic difficul ties, I have so much confidence in their skill and firmness that I do not fear but they will surmount them all, and carry out the treaty of Paris in all its integrity. (Loud cheers.) I have the pleasure of coupling with this toast the name of a distinguished member of the Cabinet who has this evening honoured us with his presence—(cheers)—one whose name is associated with the liberties and religion of Scotland, and who is himself a moat able and efficient Minister—his Grace the Duke of Argyll. (The toast was drunk with all the honours, and one cheer more.) The Duke of ARGYLL, who was received with loud cheers, said—l am glad, Mr. Provost and gentlemen of Greenock, on account of the early opportunity which this toast affords me of assuring you how heartily I sympathise in all those feelings which I believe this great banquet was intended to express. (Applause.) Whether the feeling be regard for the family to which my gallant friend belongs —a family which was never more worthily represented than at the present moment—(applause)—whether it be respect and admiration for the professional services of the gallant admiral himself, or whether it be love for that noble pro fession of which he is a distinguished ornament, I heartily sympathise in them all. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, in regard to the family to which my gallant friend belongs, I believe there are few families which have given sach a handsome contribution to the public service of this country during the late war as the family of Ardgowau in my gallant friend, and in that distinguished lady who was a worthy companion of Florence Nightingale. (Much applause.) As regards the professional capacity and character of my dis- tiuguished friend, I am enabled to inform this company of what, no doubt, they are well aware, that in the &putt - ment •f the Government which presides over the navy of England the highest confidence was placed in my gallant friend in one of the most difficult and responsible positions in which a naval officer could be placed—(cheers)—l mean in that position in which he had the charge, during many months, of the great, most arduous, and most difficult nava l preparations in the island of Malta. I have been assured by the First Lord of the Admiralty that of the exertions of my gallant friend in reference to that service it is impossible to speak in too high toms ; and the admirable efficiency of all the arrangements which were made in respect to the Black Sea fleet was due, in a peat measure, to the personal head and hands of my gallant friend, now your guest. (Loud cheers.) In regard to that noble profession to which he belongs, I need not say one word, I am sure, in any company of Scotchmen, to recommend it to your hearty applause. During the late war the services of that navy were called for under circumstances of peculiar difficulty They were not, indeed, called on to meet the enemy on the seas, because the enemy was too wise to meet them ; but they were called upon for moat arduous exertions, and I need not tell you that in the naval brigade the navy of Great Britain contributed one of the most efficient corps towards the reduction of the stronghold of Sebastopol. Now, gentlemen, allow me to thank you in my official capacity for the manner in which you have received the toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers." It would, indeed, be most ungrateful of any one who has been connected, as I have had the honour to be during the last four years, with both the Governments which during that period have been responsible for the administration of public affairs, if I did not cordially thank you for that support which the public and Parliament of Great Britain have, under all circum stances given to the Ministers of the Queen during that anxious and eventful time. Gentlemen, in 1853 we had to thank the people and the Parliament for the support which was given to a Government formed under very peculiar cir cumstances, and with a peculiar task before it; and it was owing to that support that, before the commencement of the war, we were enabled to pass through what was, I trust, au active and useful session, and to leave permaueat marks on the financial policy of this country. At a later period of the same year we had to thank them for the patience and for bearance with which they waited for those efforts of diplo macy which we thought it our duty to exert, in order if possible to avert the calamities of war ; aud, although I know that it was the opinion of rimy of those efforts were obviously useless, or were misdirected, yet, neverthe less, they were efforts which it was clearly our duty to make. (Applause.) And again, gentlemen, at a still later period, we had to thank the people and the Parliament of this country for the noble public spirit with which they bore the heavy burdens necessary to a state of war, under a conviction which they entertained that that war was both necessary and just. (Cheers.) And again, at a still later period we had to thank them—l had almost said, more than all—at a moment when their strength was but well gathered up ; at a moment when the armies and navies of Great Britain were brought up by great exertions and through great sacrifices to a state of unparalleled power and efficiency ; at a moment when, under the excitement of war, great hopes were entertained of the result of it—we had to thank them for the calm and conscientious good sense with which they received our determination, come to in conjunction with the Government of Fiance, that it was our duty to accept a peace which, although it might not fulfil all the expectations which had been held under the excitement of war, though it might not fulfil all the condi tions which some politicians think still ought to have been made, nevertheless did fulfil those objects for which the war was originally undertaken, and which, therefore, the Governments of France and England thought it their duty to accept. For all these things we have to thank the peo• ple and Parliament of this country ; and let me tell you that Governments in this country aro very much what the good sense and public spirit of its people enable them to be. And now, gentlemen, I believe we shall have to thank you yet again for the support you will give when the time of reekoning, which is not far distant, comes—l mean when Parliament meets. I believe we shall have to thank you for n the a s d u e pp h m y r t you my noble o x h v l e l live fren t d o atth the o s e n e h x e e a r d t i o ef s t h w e h l have been Govern ment,ae and by my noble friend Lord Clarendon, to carry i out the conditions of the treaty of peace in their entirety and integrity. I can only say, gentlemen, that it is my be lief that, struggling as we have beenthroughout this war for objects which are not selfish, for objects in which England had h t e t d i a t l e m n o r s t d more t e the e interests . oE° c t treaty, e e sop a w tr t i hyninmee, s r a a u Sr n p yt d p ac o t : e r ntscoe'fvr cannot ne th ' hw e a hdlv doubt u h e t a t of f l ue termsge that thesean d o e b x l e i g r t a t e i n o ns willo t h a e t d w ith success. (Loud c heers.) I believe the y have been conducted in that sp irit at once of conciliation and of firmness in which the foreign affairs of this country have been uniformly conducted by my noble friend Lord Claren don, (Cheers.) And no , gentlemen, I do trust that, whether the Government of this country is to be in the present or any other hands, Government will still have the support of its people in times of profound peace. I hope those times are coming, for great as may be the triumphs of war, they are costly triumphs, and we look, as lam sure the people of this country look, forward with anxiety and hope to the time when we may be the ri►als of other nations in nothing else than the arts of peace. (Ap plause.) And I would say, in conclusion, that I hope we shall be able in future, when the transactions connected with this war are wound up and closed—l hope we shall b 5 able to resume terms of amity and friendship with that bravo and gallant people with which we have lately bee❑ at war. (Applause.) There are circumstances which I think are hopeful. A young emperor has just succeeded to the throne, not insensible, I have reason to believe, of the weight of his responsibilities and the difficulties of his ' task. There can be no reason why, with his vast empire, he should desire its extension ; and if ho is a wise man he will rather direct his exertions to the development of that people iu the arts of industry and peace. I trust sack ail' be the case, and I have no doubt that in these circumstances the Government of this country will be able to turn its attention to those many measures of social reform which aro so much needed by a great and an advancing people. The noble duke resumed his seat amid much applause. The CHAIRMAN—I have now the great honour and plea sure of proposing to you the toast of the evening, "Our distinguished guest, Admiral Sir Houston Stewart." It is now 50 years since he joined the navy, but I will nut attoupt to give an epitome, far less a history, of his event ful life. The name of Charles Houston Stewart, of the Benbow, is to most of us familiar as a household word. (Cheers.) We all remember that at the siege of Acre, although last in getting up, he placed his ship first in re spect of nearness to that almost impregnable fort, which ho assisted effectually to demolish. (Cheers.) Admiral Stew art's energy and decision of character made his services in valuable to any Government, and hence his nomination to one of the most important appointments ou shore. His able, admirable management of the service at Malta during the war entitles him to the lasting gratitude of his coun try. (Cheers.) Fleets of transports were arriving every day with thousands of troops and their baggage, and they were despatched with the utmost regularity. Had his energy, forethought, and provision for contingencies been displayed in other quarters' the country would not have been bowed down with shame at the neglect, sill fering, and death of many of her bravest sons. (Applause ) The Government saw and appreciated Admiral Stewart's services, and appointed him to the fleet in the Black Sea. Unfortunately that fleet had a conspicuous want—the want of a foe. Sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol lay the great Russian fleet. With all the gallant admiral's ac quirements in the science of war, ho has never yet learnt the art of scuttling his ships and building them behind stone walls. (Cheers.) When his ship sinks it will be with her colours nailed to the mast, and her gallant crow will go down with her. (Cheers.) Admiral Stewart has again been appointed to a most important command, which may require not only the quality of a great naval commander, but the ability and astuteness of a statesman and diplomatist. I have no fear of the result. (Cheers.) I trust that Providence will spare him to return with fresh laurels to the bosom of his family, and to receive the gra titude of his country, that he has not only done his duty, but, by his example, taught others to do theirs. The toast was drunk with much enthusiasm. Admiral Sir H. STEW ART, who was lou Ily cheered, said he was quite sure he should have the sympathy of all his good friends present when he acknowledged that at that moment he felt himself an embarrassed man. (Cheers.) He was embarrassed, because he felt it impossible to render adeptate expression to the gratitude he felt for the cheering reception they had given him; and he was em barrassed by another but sadder feeling common to every man who, having left his country for foreign service, re turned after the lapse of years. He saw many a smiling face around him, but he could not shut his eyes to the fact that he missed many a dear and once familiar countenance. Ten years had gone by since he last saw Greenock, and ten years made gaps in friendship which could never be filled up again. And how was he to tune his feeble pipe after the magnificent address of the M`Callum More ? (A. laugh.) The Duke of Argyll had told them, and the Provost had told them, that he had done his country good service at Malta. He did his best, as every man must do who had his work before him ; but he bad been supported in such a manner as insured success. He had a governor, a gallant Scotehman (Sir Wm. Reid), the hero of a hundred Penin- sular fights, whose heart was in the service of his country. (Cheers.) He had another gallant Scotchman, Sir Jame- Ferguson, with eight clasps on the medal he wore, and who was as anxious as he himself to send for ward every musket gun and cartridge to support Lord Raglan. He ventured to say no better public servants could bm fouud than ho found in the superintendent-engineer and master-ship wright of the dockyard, and they exerted themsel►es in a manner and displayed resources which entitled them to public credit and reward, and he was glad to pay this testi. mony to their merits. (Cheers.) With such means of sup port, with such instruments to work with, he claimed no farther merit than an anxiety to exert every nerve and pat forth every faculty ho had in the cause. (Cheers.) No doubt the Government had been blamed—it was the privi• lege of Englishmen always to growl and find fault. Th• Government had been sadly blamed because they were saiu to have been taken by surprise and were not prepared fog war, not having got the gunboats and flat-bottomed boats and mortar-boats which were found necessary. But, with a free press and an Argus eye in every seaport and colony, how was it possible that any preparations of that kind, made, could be kept secret from the world ? Had we begun to make our gunboats, fiat-bottomed boats, and mortar boats, would it not have embraced diplomacy ? Would it not have been said we were going to war ? Various opi nions were given about the war, but, as the noble duke said justly, we tried to stave it off till we could no longer pre serve peace with honour to the country. (Cheers.) Well, then, knowing the intentions of the Government, was it not the duty of those on foreign stations to do what the , could, to use every energy, to press forward preparations? Malta was half way to the seat war, and they had nothing to do but to send on all the men and materials they could. He must do the Admiralty the justice to say that nes e was man more cordially and liberally supported than he had been in all be had done. Sir James Graham, then the First Lord of the Admiralty, was an admirable man •f business, and a liberal applauder of a man who did his duty. Sir Charles Wood, who succeeded him, was the same; and, as to the navy, the review of last year at Spit head showed the world what England could do after a little time. (Cheers.) Speaking generally, we were a peaceful and commercial nation, and could not come out like the nations whose occupation and delight were war— England stood on a different footing from them. We were sailed a nation of shopkeepers, but when the row began we shut our shops. (Cheers, and a laugh.) Well, then, from Malta he had the good fortune to be allowed to go up to the Mediterranean fleet, and, whatever they had heard to the contrary about badly manned and equipped vessels, he would say, and he had been 50 years at sea, a finer fleet never left the English shores than the Mediterranean fleet, nor was it ever under a more gallant, patriotic, and accom. plished officer than Lord Lyons. (Cheers.) The Provost Imo said that in his new appointment he might have to act the part of a diplomatist as well as an admiral. He hoped not e but if he did succeed it would be from the cordial friend'. ship and confidence he had with Admiral Lyons, who united the skill of an expert diplomatist with the gallantry of an accomplished naval officer, who would make war if it could be made, but would not run risks which no pru- - dence could justify. It had been said we could not get our enemy out to meet us in the Black Sea. That was quite true, and he thought they were very wise. But it should be recollected that they had no screw ships—no ships with two decks and steam. Steam had made a vast, an enormous difference in the art of war, especially of naval war. They might talk as long as they pleased about ships and stone walls, the one versus the other, but he had lived long enough to know that, considering the combustibles and the immense increase of weight of metal with which ships would be met if they came in contact, they would have little chance. Unless they could place a ship of war within 30 yards of a stone battery the wooden walls would not have the best of it. They might probably allude to Acre and Algiers, but they must recollect the sage remark of the Duke of Wellington after the bombardment of Acre, in which he bore a humble part. At Algiers they allowed the ships to take up their position. The Queen Charlotte, with Lord Ex mouth, was actually within yard's length of the quay. Lord Exmouth, before he would drop anchor,ac,tually waved to the people to get out of the way. No doubt they would in such a case make precious work with the battery. At Acre we put buoys upon the shoals in the night time to show whole they were. The Egyptians thought these were the spots on which we were to anchor our ships; they lowered all their guns for these buoys, and blocked up the embrasures with sand bags to prevent our shot touching them. What was the consequence? They let us pass tho shoals and then opened fire, but not until we were past them, and three times their batteries were manned and destroyed. That was taking up a position before they began. With respect to ships and stone walls, then, it was very e as y to talk of the Baltic fleet and say it ought to have sent Cron stadt to the devil, but they should, after all, consider that it was much more easily said than done. (Cheers and a laugh.) Now, with regard to the bombardment of Sebas topol—he was not present on the 17th of October—the same argument was illustrated there. A gallant attack was made, and it was intended to support the assault. The siege batteries were opened at daylight, and they sue C , z)decl so well that Lord Raglan had left the parapet whore be had been observing our fire, and was going to communi. sate with the French General in order to arrange the as s cult when the French magazine blew up, and, to sae the [PRICE 41). STAMPED 5.8. expressive phrase at the time, "their fire was snuffed out." The assault, of course, could not be made. The bombard ment was ordered for 1 o'clock, and then had been counter manded. But that was a very difficult thing to do with an allied fleet—with every man burning for distinction it was almost impossible— so they went at it, and they behaved admirably. But what was the consequence? We showed every weak point the enemy had, only to enable them to repair the errors and add to the strength of their fortress. That noble fellow Todtleben—he must be a Scotchman, he only wished he had, " todtled," but—Todtleben made good use of it ; and when he (Sir H. Stowart)—looked over the batteries on the north side after all was over and peace proclaimed the commandant of the Wasp Fort—so called by the sailors, because it was stung so badly—(a laugh) — showed him different works, and said " Yes, and our prayers were offered daily that the fleet might attack again." (Cheers.) Had they attacked again there must have been a great deal more damage done to the fleet than on the 17th. Without troops to take possession they might have fired away their ammunition, and come away damaged ; the enemy would fire a shot after we had re tire I, and would then say they had beaten us. (Cheers,) He would like to say a word iu reference to a man who was now DO more. He' believed that there never was a com mander of more noble or generous spirit or cooler iu the hour of danger than was Lord Raglan. (Cheers.) He knew that sooner or later justice would be done to that great man, but at the same time he was persuaded that the posi tion of Lord Raglan was not generally understood in this country. He made a remark to Admiral Lyons, after coming from a conference, that he . tlid not believe, if even the Duke of Wellington had been in Lord Raglan's place, he would have been able to do more, It was a difficult position for a man to occupy the command of merely a portion of an army. The great Napoleon himself had said, better one indifferent commander than two good ones. No action, however brilliant, could be conclusive in its results unless it was vigorously followed up. The armies of Eng land and France on first landing in the Crimea were nearly equal, perhaps that of England was superior. Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan were of the same mind as to tactics, but it was to be remembered that the French generals were changed three times, and as the war pro ceeded the French army was i i vea.tly increased. The pecu liar circumstances which thereupon arose would be under stood without his dwelling upon them. (Cheers.) He gave every possible credit to the honesty and perfectly bona .fide alliance the Etuperorof the French wished to maintath with us; but it was not to be expected that with an army of 200,0d0 men every officer and man would be of the same opinion ; indeed it had been a marvel to him that the alli ance had been so well preserved, and it was a credit to both armies that it had been. Then it was to be recollected that, according to etiquette, the French general commands the French admiral, and the French admiral was senior to our admiral ; and this together with other arrangements served very much to complicate matters. He had the greatest respect for the French, and he believed they had the same for us ; and one result of this struggle in the Crimea would be that it would be a long time before they had their slumbers disturbed with the idea of a French invasion. If they went to war again, however, each must have his own part to play—a single commander with a . single corps. He would like to say a word about the Malakhoff and the Redan. That was a soldier's question, and it might be admitted that as a sailor he would speak , in.partially on the subject. He had been a witness to the taking of the Malakhoff, and if they would allow him he would read an extract from a letter which he had written from the Crimea to a very particular friend— his own wife. "Those who have seen the Malakhoff and the Roden know well that no comparison as to the difficulty of as sault exists between them. In the one case deep trenches w ere cut in yielding soil to within 25 paces of the ditch, having the Mamelon in the rear, keeping up an incessant hail of shot and shells up to the very instant appointed for the assault,; and capable of containing any amount of troops in reserve, as well as a capacious place d'armel at the termination of the sap. In the other case, that of the Redan, was a hard rocky soil impossible to penetrate much beyond three feet in depth, and the termination of the trench at a distance of 280 paces from the parapet. No possibility of forming any place d'armes, and the whole advance open to a murderous fire from bat teries on both flanks of the Redan. The Redan itself, too, perfectly open to its own rear, where 1,000 men could march abreast to its defence, whereas the Malakhoff, being [ closely fortified in its rear, was peculiarly capable of being held when once entered. And it was nobly entered and nobly held by our French allies, who, confident in them selves, resolutely declined to allow any portion of the Bri- tish or Sardinian troops to join in its attack, although it was repeatedly urged upon them, knowing, as every one did, that the Malakhoff was the key of Sebastopol, and hat, if the attack on it failed, the remaining points of at rack, even if successful, could ovt ba held for one hour. Oh, let us not blame our soldiers for not holding the Re _ dan ; they gave ' material guarantees' at Alma, at Inker man, and at Balaklava that no troops in the world can surpass them in courage and conduct, and in that brave tnd truly British quality which our friends call solidite,' .4nd we know by the familiar name of ' pluck.' " (Cheers.) Many an intelligent Frenchman had avowed that he con ,idered it fortunate for the allied cause that the English held the right at Inkerman—(cheers)—and at Inkerinsn there fell one with a heart, one of the boldest, truest, and most ,allant that ever filled a soldier's breast,a man belonging to the county of Renfrew, whose family had been long con nected with Greenock, whose name was inscribed upon one of its streets, and who had given his name to a hill in the Crimea where many a gallant soldier lay—the memorable Cathcart-hill. (Great applause.) He did not think there was an officer in the British army more promising, or of whom more was expected than Sir George Cathcart. Ho knew him well, he had heard hundreds speak of him, and many speak of him with moistened eyes after he fell. He bad the spirit of a soldier and the patriotism of a Scotch man. (Applause.) He was afraid he had already been very long-winded. But considering himself as in some mea sure an unimpeachable witness, especially where military ,natters were concerned, he wished to read an extract from he first report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Sup plies for the British Army in the Crimea. He could bear his unqualified testimony to the truth of it. Sir Houston then read the following extract : "It is a great satisfaction to us to find, on most of the important points, a remarkable concurrence in the testi mony as to matters of fact. The sufferings of the army in , ho course of the winter, and especially during the months , f December and January, must have been intense. We Jaye not noted all the particulars related to us, many of which were unconnected with our inquiry ; but we may state that it has been only by slow degrees, and after the frequent repetitions of similar details, as ono witness after mother revealed the facts that had come Ender his own observation, that we have been able to form any adequate conception of the distress and misery undergone by the troops; or fully to appreciate the unparalleled courage and constancy with which they had endured their sufferings. Great Britain has often had reason to be proud of her trmy, but it is doubtful whether the whole range of mili tary history furnishes an example of an army exhibiting throughout along campaign qualities as high as have dis tinguished the forces under Lord Raglan's command. The strength of the soon gave way under excessive labour, watching, exposure, and privation; but they never murmured, their spirit never failed—(cheers) —ant the cnemy, though far outnumbering them, never detected in those whom he encountered any signs of weakness. Their numbers were reduced by disease and by casualties to a handful of men, compared with the great extent of the lines which they constructed and defended ; yet the army never abated its confidence in itself, and never descended from its acknowledged military preeminence. Both men and officers, when so reduced that they were h a rdly fit for the lighter duties of the camp, scorned to be excusel the severe and perilous work of the trenches, lest they should throw an undue amount of duty upon their comrades; yet they maintained every foot of ground sagaainst all the efforts of the enemy, and with numbers small that, perhaps, no other troops would have made the at tempt. Suffering and privation have frequently led to crime in armies as in other communities, but offences of a serious character have been unknown in the British army in the Crimea. Not one capital offence has been committed, or even alleged to have been committed by a soldier, a n d intemperance has been rare. Every ono who knows any. thing of the constitution of the army must feel that, wh en troops so conduct themselves throughout a long campaign,— the officers must have done their duty and set the example. had to The conduct of the men, therefore, implies the highest They have en comium that can be passed upon their officer, Una and most of not only shared all the danger and exposure, . the privations which the men everywhere found indications of their solicitude undergo, but we welfare of those who were under their command, offordthe their constant readiness to e mploy their • an n been, as there must always be, better promoting the comfort of the me n regiments than in others, but among Doubtless there . . er man p a r g iv em at et e n m hi e s a e ns ah.nas. e a r some ful in the evidence that we have tifying to observe the community hoard f , feelingsit always waand interests much . theawapgira. that appeared every where to subsist o betwen the men and tish army seems always to regimental system of the Br. • pleasure to the kind rece tin which the army and navy try's extremity He referred with had received at the hands p of tnheir countrymen on their le turn from active service, and predicted that when the coun try's itself. With regard to his appointment to another did come ' the fruits of that kindness would command,he would assume it with a determination to do his duty, to preserve his own temper, and to maintain his coun try's honour. Mr. Cobden himself was not a greater fi iend of peace or more sensible of its advantages than he was ; and in the position he should hold, whatever his influence AMERICA. NEW YORK, DBC. 10. The United States' mail steamship Atlantic, hence, had arrived at New York on the 9th inst. The steamship Manchester, hence for Philadel phia, and out 20 days, had not been reported, and much uneasiness was felt. The Washington correspondent of the I en, York Times writes that the Message continued to be de nounced in the boldest language by men who stand nigh as leaders of the Democratic party, and that 'even some members of Mr. Pierce's own Cabinet shrug their shoulders ominously when the subject is mentioned. The friends of Mr. Buchanan are 'said to be firm in their conviction that Mr. Pierce had the deliberate purpose of kicking up a row for the annoyance of his successor. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald announces that a now British treaty has just been concluded by Mr. Dallas, and that it will shortly he laid before the Senate for con firmation. That journal characterises it as one of the most important documents that have lately seen the light, and states that it has every reason to believe that this new treaty, while affirming the old principle of the Clayton-Bulwer Convention— namely, that neither the United States nor Eng land desire to colonise or fortify for their exclusive benefit any part of the territory on the isthmus or in Central America—contemplates a much larger field of operations than that memorable conven- tion. has reference, it understands, to Cuba and the Spanish possessions, as well as Central America, and its object is the consolidation of the present political condition of these colonies, islands and States, with a view to the general pacification of that part of the world and the extension of *r de ; that it is, in fact, a commercial and cat. sorvative treaty ; if the United States depart from their past policy in guaranteeing Cuba to Spain, they do so, no doubt, in return for a grant of commercial privileges, so extensive that in a commercial point of view even annexation could give them nothing more. It says it may safely be assumed that the Reciprocity Treaty with Canada has served the framers of this new treaty as a guide, and in some respects a model ; and, as the Provincial Legislature of Canada was a party to that, by the act giving force to the royal treaty, so, no doubt, the Government of Spain is a party to this, and stipulates gratefully for the changes by which she is by far the greatest gainer. It gives Mr. Marcy credit for the scheme, and adds that a treaty guaranteeing Cuba to Spain before Mr. Buchanan's Administration would deprive that gentleman of his most promising chance of glorifi cation ; and would clear the way in 1860 of many obnoxious rivals. The Governor of lowa in his annual Message states that, as it had been currently reported during the past summer that the President of the United States had failed to protect the citizens of Kansas for the reason that no official intelligence of the outrages committ e d upon th em had ben received by him, he deemed it his duty to notify to the President the crimes committed against former citi zens of lowa, and to demand the protection of the Federal Government. He desired to reiterate his opinion that it is the duty of the State to protect her former citizens in Kansas when the Federal authorities were unable to d o so. At Franklin, Tennessee, there was much excite ment, owing to a projected insurrection amonr , the slaves there. Twenty-four muskets and two kegs of powder had been found in the possession of a gang of negroes at Columbia, Tennessee. In Perry, Tennessee, 15 negroes had been killed by their owners. The Evansville Journal of the Gth inst. learns that there was much excitement in the neigh bourhood of Dover, ou the Cumberland river, among the negroes. Many of the ringleaders had been arrested and 11 hung. One white man, " disguised as a neoTo " had been sentenced to 900 lashes, but he died before the penalty was fully inflicted. The whites were arming and organising for defence. An opinion prevailed that a general uprising would take place among the negroes during the holidays. Escapes of slaves were unusually nu merous. The New York Times, commenting upon the pro ceedings of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, while repudiating any wish to attribute a sinister motive to the British Covernment for the course it has thought proper to pursue relative to the under taking, " simply," as it terms it, directs attention to the fact that with the telegraphic line completed between Ireland and Newfoundland both ends will be under its absolute control, and that this, in the event of war, would be to the serious disadvantage of the United States. This motive, it believes, has induced our Government to enter into the project, and it cannot see, as its services will be quite as im portant to that country as to any other, why the exclusive control should be allowed to pass into the hands of a foreign, though a friendly, Power. WASTEFUL DISPOSAL OF GOVERMENT STORES. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20. At the weekly meeting of the Council of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association on Thursday the follow ing beautif u l specimen of official thrift and ingenuity was laid before the council as authentic :—There is now a ship ia Liverpool which carried a cargo of rum to Bala klava, with orders to return in ballast. The war having erased, and the rum not being required for the troops, it was sold at Constantinople at the rate of sd. per gal lon, or thereabouts, and the vessel returned to England in ballast, as originally intended. The quantity thus disposed of is said to have been 800 puncheons, or about 85,000 gallons, the worth of which in England at the present moment would probably be about ss. per gallon. Of course it never occurred to the official mind that all the labour and expense of discharging the cargo and taking in ballast might have been avoided, and some 17,0001. saved in th e p urchase of a similar quantity of spirits, simply by bringing the rum back to England ; or, if it did, the official instruction s must have been the insuperable obstacle in the way, when common sense dic tated the possibility of such a course of proceeding. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills preferable to ;all other Medicines for the Cure of Bad Legs.—Mrs. Bayley, of Wheeler's-lane, Great Colmore street, Birmingham, had a bad leg for a considerable time ; ebe obtained the best medical advice in the town, and tried a variety of other remediev, but without effect ing any good whatever. Holloway's Ointment and Pills were then made use of, which, in a brief space of time, effected a perfect cure. Mr. Hobson, chemist, 45, Horse Fair, Birmingham, can testify to the accuracy of the case.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and SO, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A, Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E, Muir, Malta. 7/2 might be, it should be exertett to the preseryettat- E O W- peet SP ee 4' —peace at any price, short of dishonour. 4*,,,*bether, as the Provost kindly wished, he might confriaatk with the consciousness of having done his duty, ors4sidestined to lay his bones in a far country or under / the blue sea, he trusted his future conduct to the end of the chapter would,, be such as to cause no one present to regret the friendly and affectionate greeting they had given him that-evening S (Loud cheers.) Sir A. ALISON in an eloquent speech, which was much cheered, proposed the next toast, " The Army and Navy." He was proud that the city of Glasgow had been the first to acknowledge the services of the Crimean heroes by a publi c banquet, and it was to the honour of Greenock that it had taken the lead in according similar honours to the navy. Admiral MoNTGoarattv, on the part of the navy, and Lieut. J. A. S. NICHOLSON responded for the army. Mr. R. STEELE gave " The Health of the Member for the Burgh," who was unavoidably absent. The Earl of GLASGOW, in a highly eulogistic speech, pro posed " The Health of the Member for the County and Lord of the Manor." The toast was drunk with all the honours and one cheer more, and appropriately acknowledged by Sir M. S. MTEWIRT. The Duke of ARGYLL gave "The Memory of the Heroes who fell in the last War." He said—You will see by the arrangements of this evening that a very difficult task has been imposed upon me by the Provost. When I say a diffi cult task, I mean that it is one in which it is extremely diffi cult to do justice to the feelings of others or to one's own. I am to propose to you the memory of those who have fallen in the late great war. I need hardly say that every thing that has been said as applicable to the living must .still more come home to our hearts and judgments as ap plicable to those who are now dead, and who have fallen alder the sufferings, the miseries, and the misfortunes of war. At the same time, although much that I have to say must necessarily be but a repetition of that which has been said, and said with infinite power and heart as sailors always speak, by my gallant friend near me to-night, there are a few observations which I should be glad to make in reference to those feelings which arise in connection with the memory of those who have fallen in the late war. We are accustomed to speak of the 41 years, or nearly 40 years which preceded the commencement of this war as if it bad been a period of profound peace. It has commonly been sailed the " Forty Years' Peace," and so, undoubtedly, in one sense it has been. Daring that 40 years there were, indeed, cont es t s i n w hi c h the arms o f G reat B r it a i n were engaged; but they were, for the most part, upon distant scenes of action; they did not come home to the under standings and feelings of the people so much as the war now concluded. I remember very well being told by the late Lord Hardinge that, during the whole campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, in which he took so distinguished a part, he bad never seen so tremendous a fire, or the Bri tish army placed in a position of greater peril, than in the tremendous action which took place on the Sutlej in the Sikh war, when Lord Hardinge was Governor-General of ludia. You will recollect the strong sensation for a mo ment created by that event ; the panic in the country when the late Sir Charles Napier was sent out to take the command of the army in India. But it was a passing danger, the contest of a moment; in a few short weeks the agitation of that period had subsided, and we were again accustomed to talk as before of the peace that suc ceeded the great revolutionary contest of the last century. Now some results did ensue from these long years of peace. You all must remember that not very long Lefore the commencement of the late war there was a strong party raised and organised in this country for the purpose of depreciating the services of the army, and I very well recollect that a distant association was formed, in which it was laid down as a rule that at their public dinners the usual toast of "the army and navy" should be omitted. New, gentlemen, I believe that these persons were not actuated by any sort of personal hostility to the army, but they entertained what I believe to be very extravagant notions in reference to some coming millennium of peace, a period that never will come until the nations are very dif ferently constituted from what they are at present. (Cheers.). But still more, gentlemen, that feeling arose not merely from political and economical errors, but from a strong tendency to depreciate what are really the noble virtues of the military character (Applause.) People had almost come to forget what those virtues are ; they had come to consider mere courage in the field of action as almost the only virtue which the military man is called to exhibit. Now, Ido anticipate as one result of the late war—as one result of the feelings which must ever gather round the memory of those who have fallen in it, that there will be a better and more just appreciation of the high qualities which constitute the real soldier. (Ap plaus.a) My belief is that these virtues are intimately connected with other virtues which lie at the basis of all civil as well as of all military reputation, and that without these virtues there never will be a people which can be really great. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I will not attempt to define to you what these virtues are. You have to look to the conduct of the man who fell not iu the field of battle, but under pestilence and famine, during the late memo rable contest. You have, above all, but to look to the character of that great man in whom all those virtues were summed up and typified as they never have been in the his tory of the world before—l mean to the character of Arthur Wellesley. (Cheers.) Allow me also to associate with his name the name of one who in those virtues, as well as in hie scenes of contest, was his close, his inseparable com panion—l mean Fitzroy Somerset. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I was grateful, I must confess, te my gallant friend for his well-timed remarks in connection with the services of the army and of the navy. He recalled to your recollection the character of the late Lord Raglan. I need not tell you that, in now mentioning him again, I du not wish for one single moment to touch upon those questions which have been matters of controversy in regard to the conduct of this last war. Suffice it for me to tell you, and I think I can tell you safely, that the history of that war has not yet been written, and that it will be for another generation to judg entirely of the conduct of the late Lord Raglan. As far as my own means of observation can go, I can sincerely say that there was no nobler specimen of a British soldier ever born than the late Lord Raglan. I mention him now not a s a gener al, because on his capacities in that respect I neither seek nor do I care to pronounce any opinion what ever. I mention him simply as a soldier who fell at his post of duty ; not, indeed, by the bullet of the enemy, but by the pestilence that walked at neon day among the gal lant ranks of the British army. (Cheers.) And now, I can on ly s ay in conclusion, that I trust throughout every class there will in future, and for many years to come, be a juster appreciation of what I have called the nobler virtues of the military character, that you will remember that in their devotion to duty, not merely in the very face of dan ger, but in devotion to duty under circumstances of infinite difficulty and trial, they have been and ar e an exam p le to civilians in their respective walks o f life. (Cheers.) I give " The memory of the late Lord Rag lan." Drunk in solemn silence. The Rev. Dr. M'CuLLocti, in a ver y florid speech, pro posed nurses : , "Thewhichhewaaltsho with of Miss Nightingale Sir M. R. S. STEWART made an eloquent reply. The remaining toasts we re b y Mr. J. H. Maxwell, " Lady receivedth great applause.and the lady I Dr. B u family o;"bryled ; by Sheriff i Tennent, " The Clergy," n Sir Houst on • St e wart, "The Chairm an," who replied , by Mr. J. A . S. Io eto Stewarttho Rev. and " The Ladies ;" by M r. J . J. Grieve, " Th e AgriculturallCic°n is°' Interest," Mr. J. H. Maxwell replied ; by Major Darroch, "The Manufacturing and Commercial Interests," Mr. J. M'Cunn replied ; by Mr. D. Crawford, Th e Croupiers," Rdlie Kincaid replied. At the Mansion- House on Friday, Edward Horace Montefiore was charged with utteri ng ~ to defraud the London exchange for 5,3001., with intentn a forged bill of SHIP ON w" a fire broke out in the low e r and Westruin-ter B-ink. remanded fer a week. FIRE.—LIVERPOOL,I Dec. 19.—Last evening without in'tu'cahnfduortwhielr' in the north-east sate of ti ho d of the ship Ida, lying cotton. The, fi re b r i , le Queen's-basin laden with sione i than that caused oy the gd e at o : o ' speedily on the ,p, ads, under Mr Hewitt, were intre pidity of the firem en their way to the seat' who at the risk ot suffocation forced of danger, the flames were extin guished;neeo hu d a, a v r bi i no n gd g yb a eo n ef d nw i o n ac t te r ea e r which was n the fire • eeesBsrily thrown into the hold. One of nn.- pound fracture rwho had of the knee, and he, Kith several others policemen fed into the hold and su,tained a c nil. been half-suffocated, was taken to the N , rthern Hospital the , nt.e of a na k e d li g ht in the bold. • The fire is supposed to have originated from DEFALCATIONS EY PARISH OFFICERS. —It appears that the board of Guardians of the City of London Union are now engaged in the invtstigation of the a a c counts of two of their officers, who it is estimated re defaulters to the extent of between 12,000/. and 16,00./, In the case of C. G. Manini a collector cf poor rates, defici e ncies, up to t he 21st of October last, to the extent of 11,809/. are stated to have been discovered, the sums being represeuted by the different parishes in which he officiated in the following proportions :—Allballows, Barking, 4,138/. ; Allhallows, Stainityg, 1,1591. ; St. Benet, Gracechurch, 683/. ; St. Ethelberga, 96/..,..... St. 30 o o asserted l . and to be deft, Helen's, Bishop :gate, 1,2251. ; St. Leonard, -Leal ,hap, 5281. ; St. Margaret, New Fish-street, 1,27 41. i St. Olave, Hart - street, I,Blol.—making the total s p i u s t t l a t t s i t - b 2l e e t r a k, e e n i s 11,380/. but the entire inquiry has not yet been co 'l .- As way naturally be supposed these revelationsmP eted. ci.-",t in h A is u a:c . hav e occasioned considerable surprise, especially accounts are understood to have been regularly as the audited. Both parties, it seems, have practised these lengthened period, and, it is believed, frauds for a have in some themselves degree acted in concert. Having absented from business, the authorities have for effecting, if possible, their adopted me asures apprehensi on . nexed circular, issued to the churchwardens and over rehension. The an• - eel , of the different parishes, ! confirms the default of C. G. Manini " City of London Union! 51, ,-,, ci., Mary-axe, Dec. 17. Gentlemen,--I am directed b y the board o f guardians to inform you that Mr. Cnarles G uerr i no M an ini, the collec tor of pour-rates for your parish, has proved a defaulter to a large amount, and the said Charles Guerrino Manini has been suspended from the office of collector. You are there- fore advised by the board immediately, by handbill to all the inhabitants, to stop an f u rther collec tion of rates in your parish.— - am, gentlemen , y our obedient servant, GEo. HOOPER, pro J. T. RovraLL, Clork.—To the church. T wardens and overseers of, Stc." This day is pdblished, in small octavo, price 55. cloth, TESSIE CAMERON : A Highland Story. By LADY RAC HET. BUTL . R. V./ William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. NEW EDITION. This day is published, in octavo, price 125., the Second Edition of BOTHWELL: A POEM, By WM. EDMONDSTOUNE AYTOON, D.C.L., Anther of "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers," ftc. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.