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1. • 14 / EWSPAI -d-eW eiz AiW 1, ; ( 1 z 12 ltAt . ,, • .... " its, A 0 111 ‘; ejo was not available ; but he might state from authorised ak - 1,91,4c4 , MT. ,f 4 , - reports that during the months of Jane Jul and , • rr '" 4 :-'+ 1 ::‘ • August, of 1853, slvvewsels, which drew upwards of 161 feet of water , entered and left that port without \"0 _ KT 11 74, 6 \ • f , any inipedim, objecti, „ • 4. .oeir N . 4 Oh V I 4 6 s C) ktif . rr i e 1,, b ' t n w't Dttorr. , t \ \ M R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, i • ~T O-NIGIIT, and every evening (except Sstu rda y) , a t 8 ! • 4 ' o, xlv, and Tuesday, Thursday. and - a turdoy Mornings at i. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. gallery, Is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornct a 'Piston, M. Bouleourt.—lloors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. Laurent's new Varsoviana every night. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING / FEBRUARY 19, 1856. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO. Of ODDITIES, Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoies of Voice, Character, and Costume, concluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as Camille in " Les Horau.s." Every evening, at 8. Private boats and stalls may be secured in advance, without extra charge. Poly graphic-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. N o . 19,7741 [ PRICE 4D. STAMPED sn• PUBLICATIONS. Spirit of the Public Journals, take their own measures for the proper employment of their money. The real gist, of the bill is the substitution of a voluntary collection for a forced rate, and, though this may seem to give up the whole question as regards the Church, yet we cannot help suspecting it will come to this in the ion. - run. It certainly will if the Church does nothing. Had the Church in the metropolis not followed bad counsels, and resisted the extramural interment . bills, one and all, for so many years, it would probably have made a much bettor bargain than it has now. The same result may be expected from the tenacity with which the Church clings to its rates. If it sets its face against all accommodation and all adjustment of claims, it will find that ono day it will have to swallow as best it can some such simple and final measure as that now before us. Naval and Military Intelligence. MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND. EXETER HALL. THE NIGHTINGALE FUND. It Is respectfully announced that Mr. and Madame GOLD SCHMIDT will give an EVENING t'ONcERT of SACRED and MISCELLANEOUS MUSIC, with Full Band and Chorus, at Exeter Hall, on TUESDAY EV KNING, Mach 11th, 1856, the proceeds of Which will be presented to the Nightingale Fund. On this occasion the seats throughout the Han will be numbered and Reserved, price One Guinea each. Application for Tickets received by Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. The places will be appropriated accordiag to priority of applica tion ; and tickets will be ready for delivery ea and after Monday, March 3. _Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ANEW WORK by Miss BUNBURY, entitled " OUR OWN s OILY," in 3 volt., is publ.shed this day, by Me,srs. flursi and Illackett, successors to Heiry Colhurn. Orders received by all Bioksellers. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir R. S. Dundas, the late Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet, was yesterday re appointed to that command by the Board of Admiralty, and Captain the Hon. F. Pelham, C. 8., was appointed Captain of the Fleet, having also held that appointment last year in the Baltic. Rear-Admiral R. L. Baynes, C. 8., who was third in command in the Baltic fleet last year, was yesterday also appointed to hoist his flag for service in the Baltic. Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., who was second in command of the Baltic fleet during the last year, is appointed to succeed Rear-Admiral Stirling as Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. Her Majesty's ship Calcutta, sailing 84, will leave Portsmouth this day for Plymouth, to be fitted for the flag of Rear-Ad miral Seymour.. Sir Michael will not wait for the Cal cutta, but will proceed to relieve Sir James by the overland route. (From the Times of this clay.) THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH'S LIFE AND WORKS. Fourth lidition, in 2 vols. Bvo., price 28s. cloth, A MEMOIR of the REV. SYDNEY SMITH. By his Dail'Otter, LADY HOLLAND. WI:It a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. AUSTIN. The Rev. SY , )NEY SMITH'S ELEMENTARY SKETCHES of M )lIAL PHILOSOPHY. Third Edition, fcp. Bvo. price is. The Rev. SYDNEY SMITH'S MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. I. In Pocket Volume 3 vols. fcp. Bvo., 21s. 2. Complete i , l One Volume —Square crown Bvo., 2 is. calf, 30s. 3. Library Editi0n............ 3 ols. Bvo., Portrait, 365. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT-GARDEN. ENGLISH OPERA. Second Appearance at this Theatre of Lucy Escott and Mr. Henry THE ARMY IN THE EAST.-LORD CARDIGAN. Haigh.—Re-appearance of Mr. Leigh Murray. Professor ANDERSON has much pleasure in being able to an noince that he has succeeded In obtaining the services of thewhole of the available English Operatic Talent for this Theatre. - THIS EVENING, Relit:ll's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Amine, Lticy F.scott ; Elvino, Mr. Henry Haigh; Count Bodelpho, Mr. Durand. Each of these operas will he produced on the grandest !Beale, the whole of the unlimited resources of this, the first theatre in the metropolis,-will be called into requisition for the occasion. The Tillie en scene will be characteristic of all that has been produced oft the boards of Covent-garden. Conductor, Mr. Lrdcr. Full baud and chorus. To-morrow will.be repeated the Opera ef the Bohemian Girl. The opera to be followed each evrning with the new Farco (con densed) of WHAT 1)0 YOU WANT? (in consequence of numerous I nquiries), The Wizard, by Professor Anderson ; the other Wizard by 3fr. Leigh Murray, who will have the honour of introducing his celebrated fae-similes of Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Charles /teen. The Performance to conclude each evening with the Ballet of VECOSSAIS FRETILLANr, supported by Mr. Elexmore, Mr. W. 1 / a r nes, Mr. Charles Brown, and Miss Emma Horne. Mdlle. Auriol Will make her second appearance these eight years at this theatre In the role of Josephine. Private boxes, V. 35., 2/. 2s , 17, I s.. and i2s. ; grand balcony, 4s. ; ripper boxes, 2s. Gd. ; pit and amphitheatre s'alls, 2s : gallery. Is. Private boxes and seats in the balcony, stalls, and upper boxes, may De secured on application at the Box Office of the theatre, which is Vc l 4.under the direction of Mr. O'Reilly., daily from rest. to Five. Doors open every evening at Half-past Six. Commence at Seven. Second price at Nine o'clock. BANK OF LOND O N, Threadneedle-street, and 450, West Strand. CHAIRMAN-Sir JOHN VILLIERS STIELLF,Y. Bart., M.P. VICE•CHAISMAN—JOHN GRIFFITH FREVII, Esq. Current Acecunts are received, and interest allowed on Balances. _ 5l . Per cent. I n t e r es t is a llowed on deposits, with 10 days' notice of withdrawal on sums of (Y. and upwards. By order. MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. BE NUAMIkT SCOTT, Secretary, T hreadneedle-street, January 19, 1856 LONDON and NORTH WESTERN, MAN , CIIESTKR, SHEFFIELD, and LISCOLNSIIIKE, and M IDLAND RAILWAYS. ....The Public ar e. i n f orme d that th e above Comoanies have RESUMED .IIORICING FAST TRAINS between London and the undermentioned Places, at the following Fares and times from London : Fares. A.M. P M. st Class 2d Class. T dep. 945 5 0 a. d. P. d. Xottingliatri• •• • • arr. 110 825 6 0 3 0 r Li ncol n • • , 157 912 6 0 3 0 • • ... : *** *** :• • • " 220 9'35 10 0 6 0 7: 11 . via 1;i • n • colti * : 435 15 0 111 0 L uell ial, Victoria Station •• • . 239 945 11 3 5 8 —olleaster „ 25010 10 6 0 3 0 Normant on 25510 10 14 0 9 0 'Wakefield, via Normanton.... " • 320 10 50 15 0 10 0 Leeds", 32010 35 15 0 i 0 0 radford • • • • 415 11 5 15 0 10 0 *** 3 45 11 0 15 0 10 0 ........... ...... By orde-. MARK 'MISR. S. k r.LPOR T. ;D. WATKIN. Feb• 7, 1856. LONDON and NORTH-WESTER N ~_ RAILWAY —REDUCTION of FARES between LONDON „". r ETERROROUGII. —Until further notice, the Fares between London and Peterbmough will be— First Class .. 3s. 1 bOWn Trains leave the Euston Station, London. 4.30 a.m. 9.15 „ 10.30 „ 2. 0 p.m. 5.45 Second Class 2s, Up Trains leave reterbo:ough, 6.30 a.m. 10.15 „ 2.20 p.m. 4. 0 „ 5.15 „ By Genera &tanager's Office, East, February, 1855, Tiler. n Station, SCINDE RAILWAY COMPANY.—At the Co ro „ l 'lttsT ANNUAL GENERAL MEE I ING of the. above p a TranY, held at their Offices, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, . r onday, Feb. 18, 1856; 'W. P. ANDREW, Esq , in the Chair; t... T _ h e following Resolutions wore carried unanim usly "I.2Pesed by the Chairman, seconded by Sir Herbert Maddock, M.P. pl-Kltt this Meeting receive and adopt the Report of the Directors. ,p,sed Board Cbairm tn. seconded by Sir Herbert Maddock, otw n h at the shall for the present consist of five Directors only, oat three shall ba a guarani. I'r oPosekl by Sir Herbert Maddock, M.P., s^conded by Francis That Horsley Robinson. Fsq., W. P. Andrew and Thomas Williams. FAT - 3., the two retir pi,"lrec,ors, be re-elected Directors of thin Courmany. 1 0 sed by the Chairman, seconded by =.lr Herbert Maddock, M.P., at Alexander Mackenzie and Harry Borradaile. Elqrs., be i , cted Auditors of this Company. r° Dosed by Thomas Williamson Ramsay, Esq., seconded by Charles Fraser, Esq. lt this Meeting desire to record their sense of the OilitY, zeal, Tires economy eviced by the Chairtnan,W. P. A ndrew,Csq.. and the fitted to of the n Company, in the management of the affairs coin tte4 to their hands i r ,°l , nsed by W. H. Tyler, Esq., seconded by C. Nicholson. Esq., fiat the cordial thanks of this Meeting be tendered to W. F, (irew, Esq , for hie able and cortrteous conduct in the chair. (Signed) W. P. ANDREW, Chairman. a real , Trio , . BURNELL, Secretary. mLIouSe o'l B tre t 18, 1856 , row •s e , Feb.. • • STAR PACKETS from the TERRACE PIER, RAVESEND, 9, 2. klio" " "WICK W IIA ttt , IILACKW kW, on the arrival of the 114,71ng Trains from Fenehurch-street, 1014 , 3 1 4, weather permit. .61A htla ...WWI will call at the Roshervilla, Greenhithe, Purfleet t o ',wall Woolwich Per. tirwasena u l na s Lonion• •.• •• •• 10d. .. ls. 2d. T : i tvesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. •• Os. dth and L0nd0n.......... Sd. .. Os. 104 tc,, anl Black - rotll o o ' l oraveslnd and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. 'Ober 23, 185 i. NEW LABEL.--In consequence of the great kk e , ‘'ariety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND & SONS' thq , 1 ,.•, 51 ,A it OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly resemble 1 11 0 3 ,„glal as frequently t ) deceive the unwary —they have m at those eminent artists Messrs Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who, 1p „f ea t cost, a nd by a p e culiar process of their own, have succeeded Itia ")(l ucing from steel " A. NEW LABEL," which cannot be forged. 11 1111: 11, Posed of a section of an engine - turned circle , repeated one 40 4 ' e 4 ICh and thirty times —and forms an original lace-work ground, 13 enziraved in white letters, F o , "RO LAND S' MAC ASSAIL OIL, `Re RESTORATION, AND FOR BEAUTIFYING TAE LTpder HUMAN HAIR." which is the Signature of the Proprietors in Red Ink So " A. ROIVL AND & SONS." er killers. ) 1411 theni at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. V I IRSEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, An Injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and ri An - Z Itll of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph 4 94, 1 ' 11 1 and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou ._loy,,lll.2nriils, from Imitatin; this Mcklicine, which is protected by te ol : Lsettera Patent of England, and secured by the deals of the Vlt 4 s ll :e Ph irmaele de Paris, and the Imperial Collage of Medicine, is TRIESEMAR, No. 1, tne ti l : e :nndY for Relaxation, Rnermatorrhrea, and all the distressing tati,„`eenees arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are efil ‘te „ s "! In Youth, manhood, and old age ; and t those persons who tr ot' sit ented entering the married 81.4 t,, from the results of early la invaluable. Me et TRIESEMAR, No. 2, ticirtilY, in the short spac3 of three days, completely and entirely nsv e " 4 tes all traces ot those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubebs 4t a v 'o long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health 44 Portion of the population. lath „ TRIESEMAR. N. 3, I t nfort! re at Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which .It,, h ,"nately the English physician treats with Mercury,. to the in ks!, Le destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the l a rilla in the world cannot remove. 1 14 I PiEMAR, Ncs. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, I NC 411 nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table I Z,;t their use being suspeeted, tot tp WAR, Nos. 1, 3, are s , ld in tin eases, price the r ca s, es in ens for 33s ,which saves I Is. ; and in 5/. eases, whereby p irate doses, as adminis t9r4's a saviiv , of li. 125.; idea in: s s by Valpe:u Lallemand, Roux. & een. to be had Wholesale and Rel.all in London of Johnston, 65, for-;:ii111; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-str et: and hanger, 150, Ox kitsrtreet ; R. IL Imthara, druggist, 96. M arket-st . reet, Manchester : bookseller, Dean sgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, 914tl'reet, Liverpool ; Powell, bookseller, 15, iyestmoreland-street. I W innall, book-eder, High-s re t 'irwlngliam • a t JTD, SEC RET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. - Publ ished, price Is., Illustrated with cases; free by post for 14 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; y on Sper tato4ls Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Generative 11ic ce ",,..,..m.a. with Practical Observations on a E : s al a er and more Illen - ""' mode of treatment of the diseases of the flise m* obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and o d eipe'llguishin, by urinary examination, the real cause en I effect I ci s variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, ou'e-s, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded 114,.:.wenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Ir e ' ' ° ns Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, Bze. To which eetitr,:ted. C ommentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre -144 w4 larY hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, il lea ° , l the dengerou.s remedies advocated by various writers on 6 I mPOrtent disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MEBT M.D. t.„,,_11, RE DFORD-SQUA InE, LONDON, k • - ••ter of Medicine Matriculated Member of the Univereity of Eel, u tmgh ' , , Honorary tOentiate of A.potheearies. Rail, Member of the London Hospital Medical Societe seth essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con- London, Sec., Bce. tterices resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, 17 1I ch have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man ,,,-'),.4. and premature d - 'et elms of disease kn etay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any A o ra c ula rly own to modern pathologists. Its perusal is 4,.._ recommended to persons enfertaining secret doubts of ty,,,,1t Physical condition, and who are conscious or haying hazarded enl e ll e th, happiness, and privileges to which every human being Is D xi 1 ,,,.t ls absolutely necessary that all mesa should know, that there are i nt , h _m , Alges of personal management which cannot he violated without thiN.ing grievous penalties, end when wi sdom and regret succeed toa v -e74 - I LY of Inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties and Mitigated, hew the sting of their bitterness may be removed, U na 4;7 tke evil and its consequences may be avoided, 4, 4 ere la scarcely any degree of physical and above all, infirmity or functional Ili, n i e lnent to which the timely aid of science cannot ply a cure. n a extensive li r culthhOr has for a series of years been engaged ; %siert , which have in the treatment of these delicate compfaint, Dran . 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The g ceased ra• hoalth carnag e arry and and Co., Graou" do ; 68 ' ,as ; 54, the 1% he 1100. mak, I1'• he SeC' donee, of Richard of 5 4 b, non of aria, tb° 1., of 91, L., solici- A, Jona o► Bond- )13, Wrts. it, rooter , Motes 1 Lodge, seer, vr• a, John R ll9 '017 2 i 6 ; go. 111, multi •1 NEW WORK BY MR. C. 11. SCOTT. Just published In 1 vol., post Bve., nr'ce 10s. 61. c l o th, THE DANES and the SWEDES: B e i ng an Account of a Visit to Denmark, including Schleswig-Holstein and the Danish Islands, with a Peep into Jutland, and a Jouiney across the Peninsula of Sweden ; embracing a Sketch of the most interesting points in the History o tho.e Countries. By CHARLE.: HENRY SCOTT, Author of '‘ The Baltic, the Black Sea, and the Crim• , e." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Tust published, in Bvo., price 5s cloth, T HE INFLUENCE of OCCUPATION on lIEILTII auk LI, E. By JOEL PINNTEY, Esq., author of "The Code of Health," &c. " This 'o k, as OM affecting tke general health of the commu nity, in regard to the calling and wcunntion of Its mnnbers, is em phatically valuable."— Weekly Dispatch. Lon Ana •n, Brown, Green, and L ngninns. In one vol. den:iy Ivo., with Maps, 124. 6d., INSI-DE S-BAS TOPOL, „.,„ The new lima of this work contains a defence of the author's account of th. , Repulse at tho Radon, and an answer to some foolish criticisms. Chapman and Hall, Piccadilly. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. DIItECTORS. Major-Goneral ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CHAIRMAN. William Bardgett, Esq., 10. Fenchurch-street. G-urge Bevington. Esq., Neckinger Mills, Bermondsey. F. P. Cockerill. Esq., Shadwell and Twickenham. George Cohen, Esq., Shacklewell. Millis Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. John Drewett, Esq., 50. Cornhill. Erasmus Robert Fo , ter. Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank. T. S. Willer, Esq , 7, Tokenh use-yard. 11. L. Smale. Esq., Doctors' Commors. STANDING COUNCIL.—II. Bellenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-suare, Lincoln's Inn. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. 31.Lecd and ~ t ennlng, 16, London-street, Fenchurch-street. BlNKEas.—Messrs. Dimsd,de, Drevrett, Fowlers, and Barnnri, 50, Cornhill. Incrcasinz Rates of Premium for securing Loans or Debts. Half Premiums, only, required during first seven years. sum assured payable at Sixty or at death if occurring previously. Provision, during m:nority, for Orphans. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Profits divided annually. Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age. flalf-credit i‘olicies—the unpaid half premiums liquidated out of he profits. (PROTRIETART.) Half Whole si pre.mium!premlum to ' First for Re- Seven I m&nrler ! Years. I of Life. s. d. ' £ s. d.l an 1 1 9 2 3 61 10 1 9 2 218 41 50 2 2 6 4 5 0, 60 3 6 Si 613 4' (MUTUAL.) Ago. Years. 1 Months 30 1 0 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1 1 Half Quer -1 Annual ! Yearly terly ipreznium Pre- Pre i 1 mlum. mlum. . - X s. d. X s. d. £ s. d. 2 7 3 1 4 2 , 0 12 3 27614 4 0 12 4 2 7 10 1 4 6 0 12 5 2 8 2 1 4 8; 0 12 6 T HE LIVERPOOL and LONDON . FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, Two Millions. Established In 1431. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. Offices : 37, Castle-street, Liverpool; 20 and 21, Poultry, London; and 61, King-street, Manchester. TRUSTEES. .Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart. Adam Hodgson. Esq , f Fs:unuel !teary Thompson, Esq DIRECTORS IN LIVERPOOL. enAtuNtAN-THONINS TIRO-;K KilitiK;Rsq. Darurr-CnmamiN -Joseph C. E wart, Esq., and Fraicis .ecretsry---swiiiton arum. r•sq•• DIRECTORS IN LONDON. Chairman—MATTHEW FORSTER, Esq. Deptity-Chairman—Ocorze Frederick Young. Esq. Resident Se,retary -Benjamin Henderson, Esq. DIRECTORS IN MANCHESTER. Chairman-SAMUEL ASIITO`r, Esq. E. R. Lanworthr, Esq. James Aspin,ll Turner, Esq.' I Edward Tootal, Esq. Thomas Wrigley, Esq. Resident Secretary—R. A. Kennedy, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Premiums received in 1853 were 113,6121.; and in 1851, 146,096/. insurances may he effected in this department on te-ms as low as those or most other Companies. Farming Stock Insured at 3s. percent., free from His conditions o aye-Pace, and allowing a Steam Thrashing Machine. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Premiums received on New Business were, in 1853, G,913/.; and in 1851, 10,2671. Annuities Immediate and Deferred. Bonuses guiranteed when the Policy is issued. No Stamp Duty charged on Life Policies. Prospectuses and further information may be obtained at the Offices of the Company, or from any of the agents. SWINTON BOULT. Secretary to the Company G UARDIAN FI ASSURANCE RE AND LIFE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard• -street, London. :TORS. DIREC' FRANCIS HART DYKE, HENRY HULSE BEREN John Dixon, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Sir Walter it. Farquhar, BM Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P John Harvey, Esq. John G. Hubbard, George Johnstone, John Labouehere, John Loch, Esq. , Esq., Chairman. Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Stewart Marjorihanks, Esq. 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. F,sq. Esq. Esq. AUDITOP.S. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEP ARTNIENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par lament, this Company now oilers to future insurers Four-fifths of h e Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Hate of Premium without participation otyrolits. au T p h ar e t i i i c e i x p t at d in i;is p io ol n ic o ie t s P , co h tl i t e s h ll s t ll e ha d v e e el s a u r b ed sis i t n ed Ju a n t be. l,. l 3 B t i3 o o . , o wh e e ar n at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total eversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000 . At Christmas last the Assurances in force amounted to upwards of 4,240,0001.; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 wits more than 200,0031.; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the 'Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN lIISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East And West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the Unite'l states of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LIVES.---Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to Insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have ittained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. 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JOZE...kII'S COPAHINE , or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the french College of Physicians, a succ n e o s w sfu le ll d y administered in th e Par i s and L on d o n Hospitals, and ck them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (see" Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cat'on.—Price per 100, 4a. 6tl, ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIILL JOZEAU, French chentist,;49, HA,ymarltet, London, and all the principal chemists. The importance of.regular and rapid communication be tween our Australian colonies and the mother country is every day becoming more apparent ; and if anything were required-to demonstrate it, the late commercial crisis would suffice, when it may be said that the whole mer cantile interest looked with breathless anxiety for the ar rival of even a single ship laden with the precious metal which was to relieve, were it ever so little, the pressure on the money market. 'While we at home were, perhaps, anxiously waiting the arrival of the costly freight, it was, through our own mismanagement, tossing for so many weeks upon the ocean that the mere interest of the hun dreds of thousands of ounces of gold thus for the time sunk would have more than covered the price of a steamer to convey it. In the same way, for the want of a speedy in terchange of letters, the Australian markets have been al ternately starved and surfeited, so that at one tim 3 an ar ticle has been sold at more than ten times its value, while a few months later there has been such a glut of imports that traders were only too happy to dispose of the very same article at lislf its value--at less than the cost price in Eng land. We thus ourselves suffer very considerably; the colonies are still greater sufferers; and oar mutual inju, les act and react upon each other. It will be remembered that the General Screw Steam Navigation Company cern tracted to carry a mail by the Cape of Good Ilope, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company by Si , gapore, in every month alternately. The former company has abandoned the contract ; the latter has been temporarily released from it ; and the mails are now carried by sailing ships the fast sailing clipp er s, w hi c h ma y p o s s ibly be the best means of conveyance for passengers and ordinary goods, hut which certainly do not afford so rapid a transmission of letters and general intelligence as the Australian colonic s in these days of steam have a right to expect. They have, in fact, been rather hardly treated in this matter, large subsidies being given to the companies that carry the Ame rican, West Indian, and East Indian mails, while a mere pittance in comparison is offered for the conveyance of the Australian letter-hags. Our Post-Office gives 210,000 e for the-ceildeyanee of mails to the 'West Indies, and 30 0001. more for their further conveyeneo to Brazil. Nearly 100,009/. is given to the American line of steamers. The mail to India has a subsidy of more than 210,0001., of which the East India Company pays only about one-fifth. And what is given for the conveyance of the Australian mails ? The sum is not to be found in the estimates of the packet service, where it might be brought into comparison with those im mense rewards ; but in those of the Post-office, where it looks very respectab!e as 14,0001. Why, we give more than that for th e conveyance o f th e ma il s across the Chan nel. That sum is little more than three times what wo give for the carriage of letters between Southampton and the Channel Islands, where the communication on other grounds must necessarily be very frequent, and the mails can be carried at a very trifling cost. The inconvenience has been so great, the loss has been so enormous, that the Australian colonies are willing at length to go to any definite expense rather than undergo the hardships of slow and the risks of uncertain communi cation. Victoria alone is willing to pay 50,00 e/. as its share of the burden. Almost all the colonies, indeed, have separately offered rewards for the establishment of a line of steamers under certain conditions ; but, from not acting in concert, the stipulations of one are at utter variance with those of another. The Legislative Council of New South Wales offers a reward for steam commu nication by the Indian route, through Torres Straits, the distance from Sydney to England and back be ing performed in 120 days. South Australia will be content if the diStance to England be accomplished in 70 days, but then it demands a lino by way of the Cape. 'Western Australia, on the 'other hand, is the most inconsistent of all—is quite willing that the mails should go by Torres Straits, that is round the north-eastern cor ner of the continent to Sydney, but on condition that they first touch at Fremantle, at the very opposite corner, alrcoet on the line of the Cape steamers. Then Victoria lines a scheme of its own, by which it is proposed that the mails may go either by the Cape or by the Red Sea—it don't much matter; only in any case they must go round the south-west corner, that is by King George's Sound, co as to reach Melbourne in not less than 55 days from the date of leaving London. The contradictory character f these stipulations is evident, but we believe that, even if the matter rested entirely with the colonies, they are too much in earliest to lot local rivalries interfere with the general good. They have shown this desire so strongly, and have appealed to the home Government in so liberal a spirit, that, although the contract cannot ultimately he decided until we heer definitely from all the colonial Go vernments, the Lords of the Treasury have come forward with a scheme which they propose for the acceptance of Australian Legislatures, and in which they have so much confidence that they do not hesitate at once to invite ten ders, iu order that the contracts may be completed and the servico commenced at the earliest possible period. With regard to a route they make no selection. They have wisely left that to the contractors. Let it be by Panama, by the Cape, or by the Red Sea, —the contrac tors are most likely to fix upon the most expeditious, con venient and profitable highway. The Treasury, by its recent minute, however, has decided that the points at which the steamers of the main lino shall touch shall be restricted to three—namely, King George's Sound, Mel bourne, and Sydney, and that branch lines shall bo estab lished at the general expense for the other colonies—for South Australia, for Van Diemen's Land, for New Zealand. With regard to expense, the Governor of New South Wales has calculated that the maximum, cost of the service would be 10),( , 00/.,_ or about half what we five -to ,the_ , Amerriemfe'steartiersi ' Tffe'relirrilllfar an'a 'Orme - tar dem - pany has, in fact, already offered to convey the mails in connection with their Indian boats for a sum of 84,11001. : and, subtracting from this sum 21,000/., or two-thirds of the postal revenue, the portion of it 'applicable to the sea service, the surplus required to meet the expense would be 00,0001. But whatever be the amount required for the contract, the home Government proposes that the colonies shall divide with us the lose, and shall share with us the profit. This will he effected by rendering the pre-payment of all letters compulsory ; the colonies will retain their own postal receipts, anti wo ours, it being presumed that the number of letters to and fro is about equal. The num ber of letters which each colony receives will also afford a pretty fair test of the proportion of the expense which each ought to bear. The arrangement is very simple ; the need is very urgent; the colonies are very willing; the contract ought to be made very soon ; and it is to be hoped that after all our delays and disappointments the service will at last be very effective. (Front the Times of this day.) Thorn aro two parties very much aggrieved by the pre sent condition of Church rates. Their grievances, however, are by no means the same. The clergy and churchwardens, backed by the more zealous members of the Church, have an ancient customary right to levy rates for the repair of the church and for the maintenance of divine service; but while flattered with the pretence of this right, they can only enforce it with the assistance of a majority in the vestry. It frequently happens, therefore, that they cannot enforce the light, and have not done so for many years— in some parishes never at all in the memory of man. Having, however, a legal maintenance, they find it all the harder to collect voluntary subscriptions, or to put the church on the same footing as religious and charitable in stitutions of a minor character. They find it difficult to get either the one or the other, and between the two stools of law and goodwill the church often falls to the ground. This grievance rankles in the mind of many a clergyman and many an earnest Churchman. They do not like to sur render the rights of the church, and give up the bat tle for Church rates so long as the shadow of a right remains. Hence the most venerable and august institution in the country, the very edifices of which are many of them as old as the Conqueror, and far older than Perlis went, subsists in many places in a state of proud poverty, or a medium between despotic pretensions and actual squalor. Such is the hardship of the Church. That of Dissenters is also considerable. They are liable to be called on to pay to an institution which they think little better than the Popery that Churchmen, in common with themselves, have long ago renounced, and to support a rival at the demand of a tyrant majority. Notwithstand ing all that the bolder class of Church advocates choose to say about rates being an obligation, not on parishioners, but on houses and lands, they certainly are felt to be a burden on the conscience and an insult to independence. Nor are these the only classes aggrieved. They who pay rates for the support of a church two or three miles off, they who have built churches for themselves without the power of levying rates, they who find nearly the whole area of the church monopolised by large pews, and they who have the pleasure of hearing the sermons preached and the service conducted in a manner which grates against all their wannest feelings and profoundest convictions, do not like to pay a tribute which, besides its cost, is the symbol of an abject subjection. W t vil a h hc e et n uwa t hl i h oy i l s er ao i gf s e the t ho h en e k ti s h. eg a ( t i e o m o ,f subjects o t hotifhn that t s h , r a ie n an d orna w ltyc h sa e n tql aur a eo su c t i gi w ou a t r on of time how long they will be collected in any given parish, it is a wonder that no decent plan has been hit upon for putting an end to a scandal and a nuisance. The only re sult, besides the civil war itself, with such superciliousness on the one side and rudeness on the other, has been a series of bids on both sides. Now it is the advocates of the Lis seating interest, now the friends of the Church, that corns forward with a plan for putting the Church out of its pain by determining the question one way or another. Nothing shows so ill for the sense and temper of the Church as that it has not ere this settled upon some scheme for the satisfaction of all reasonable people. The Church of England at this moment does not possess any extraordinary amount of eloquence ; it hardly professes to be learned ; it eschews philosophy, and lays little claim to those austere virtues which won the reverence of a simpler age. It ought, at least, to exhibit some of th a t practical good sense with which most m en supply the want of genius, poetry, and romance. In no matter has it so great a call and so good an opportunity to exhi bit this one redeeming grace as in devising some plan for settling a wretched pecuniary squabble. So long as it simply looks on the breach widens, parish after parish falls a victim to the epidemic resistance, the rates, once refused, are never more granted, and there is an end of the question as far as that parish is concerned. Mean while, every session is producing schemes from other quarters, all coming with the immense recommendation that, at all events, they settle the question. Many a man has acquiesced in a very strong remedy because ho could not stand the worry, and fret, and discussion about a mild one. In like manner even quiet Church people will soon consent to the amputation of Church rates altogether in order to save the perpetual blisterin g , plaistering, lancing, probing, cutting, and h ac ki ng , that goes on at present. Indeed every year that the Church declines to come for ward with a remedy we are drifting nearer to the most summary possible treatment of the disorder. The bill just introduced by Sir William Clay, Mr. Hutt, and Mr. Miall to abolish Church rates, and to make other provision in lieu thereof, will probably not be very accept able to those Church people who have stood out for the Church's common law right to a maintenance by rates. It proposes to substitute for the rates voluntary subscrip tions, to be spent, as the rates are now, by the church wardens, subject to five auditors, to be nominated, one by the clergyman, the other four by the congregation. This part of the bill is of the less importance, inasmuch as the auditors would not be wanted if there were no subscrip and, if there were, the eubmeribero would probably THE EARL OF CARDIGAN TO LIED PANSIURE. Portman-square, Feb, 13, 1856. My Lord,—ln consequence of the allusions which have been made to me in the report of the commissoners of in quiry into matters connected with the British army in the Crimea, I consider it my duty to express to your lordship, as Secretary of State for War, an explanation of my con duct as therein auimadverted upon. The reflections upon me are conveyed in them words : '• When the supply began to fail the commistariat officer referred to, who appears to have done everything in his power to meet the difficulties of the case, proposed, as he knew there was plenty of barley at Balaklava, that if a de tachment of the horses were allowed to go down daily, he would engage to bringup enough for the rest of the brigade. This proposition appears to have been brought specially under the notice of Lord Cardigan by Lieut.-CA. Mayow, assistant quartermaster general of cavalry, who states than his lordship declined to accede te) it, as he hid previously done when a similar prop° dtion was flaw la t o I t i m to sen d the horses down for hay before that supply failed." .J will now, my lord, proceed to show upotwhatevidence it is that this statement is made with regard to my con duct. I will commence by stating that the 11th of November is the earliest date referred to in these accusations, and that I resigned the command of the Light Cavalry Brigade, owing to extreme bad health, on the 28th of the same month. I beg to transmit a copy of any official resignation. Toe fillowing is an extract from Lieut.-Colonel Mayow's evidence, then brigade major of the Light Cavalry Bri gade : " For some time after the 14th of November no hay was supplied to the brigade, but a full ration of barley, After some days the issue of barley fell off, in consequence, it was understood, of the deficiency of transport. The commissariat officer applied to Lord Cerdigar. to have the troop horses sent down for forage. When that application was first made the brigade was receiving full rations of barley, and he understood from the commissariat officer that no hay could be got at Balaklava. It dil not, there fore, appear to him at that time that it was expedient to send the troop horses. When the ration of barley fell off the application to send troop horses for forage was re newed by the commissariat officer, and broight by him (Colonel Mayow) under the notice of Lord Cardigan ' • but his lordship declined to send them, and they wore not sent so long as the regiment remained in front." I beg here to observe that Colonel Mayow does not state what the exact date was of his change of opinion as to the expediency or inexpediency of sending down the troop horses for forage. But that I must consider is of great im portance, when evidence is given four months after events have occurred, and that evidence reflects upon the conduct of an absent commanding-officer, that dates ihould be ac curately adhered to ; and the necessity for this is particu larly demonstrated by the inaccuracy of lieut.-Colonel Douglas's evidence as to dates. Before I state in detail that officer's evidence, it is right I should point oat that I have Colonel Mayow's own official reports to me no to the 20th, 21st, and 22d November ; and on the 20t1. he reports— " The troops have a supply of barley not quite the full amount ; there is no hay." On the 21st he reports—" The horses got barley last night, not quite the lull quantity, but no hay. The men had their rations." Aad on the 22d of November—" There was as near as possible a full ration of barley came up last night. but no hay. Tie men are well off for rations." On Nov. 18 Col. Mayow previously made the following report—'' The horses had hay and cornyestor day, but not their full allowance; by some mistake the ar tillery got some intended for us. I had woken to Mr. Cruickshank, who is now gone to Balaklavi, and said he hoped to t o able to supply full rations this evening." I send your lordship Colonel Mayow's official reports to me, that you may see that my statement is correct ; and I beg to point out to you that the full ration of barley was all the cavalry horses got daily, except for ihort periods, since they lauded in the East ; there was very little hay in Bulgaria, and the only substitute for it, viz., chopped straw, was supplied with great uncertainty- Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas in his evidence states as fol lows, viz. :—" For about a fortnight after tie 14 th of No vember the horses were without hay er straw, and had only on average 2ilb. of barley per day. * "While things were in this state, I made a representa tion to the officer commanding the Light Brigade, through the brigade major, proposing that a certain number of the horses should be sent down daily to bring tp forego from Balaklava, where it was understood that it could be ob tained, but the proposal was rejected." This statement is supported in Appendix, page 19, by a letter dated J3alaklava, Dec. 3, 1.851, four days after I had resigned the command of the Light Brigade, and dated from the camp near Balaklava, and not from that on the I.lLeigh4&o.f.lnlterman. "Balaklava, Dec. 5, 1554. "Sir,—l have the honour to report that the 11th line sav, under my command, have only received the quantity of barley specified in the margin, from the 28ti November to let Decenibcr, 1854 (both days inclusive) aid no hay. " I have, dre., (Signed) "J. DOZIGLAS, Lisut.-Colonel Commanding 11thlinsgarB." I beg to state that I could have furnishei some addi tional information to the board, and I do so row for your lordship's perusal, viz., a letter from Lieutenant-Celonel Douglas, of the 28th of November, 1854, the ecning before I resigned the command of the brigade, in wha, although the great deficiency of forage is complainec of, not one wcrd is said in the way of recommending that troop horses should be sent for the forage. I beg leave to direst your attention to tic manner in which this evidence is given, viz.:—" For about a fort night after the 14th of November the horses vero without hay or straw, and had only on an average'' pounds of barley per day ;" whereas the commissariat roports sent to me daily by Col. Mayow go to prove that wry near full rations were issued on the 20th, 21st, and 22.1 of the month; and Col. Mayow himself states iu evidence that for some time after the 14th of November full rations of barley were supplied. Col uiel Shewell states flat he learned froze Colonel De Salis, then in command of the regiment, that " towards the end of November a representation was rmde to Lord Cardigan, of the expediency of sending down a certain number of horses to Balaklava to procure forge, but his proposal was rejected." I have already pointed out the nature of therepreaenta tion made to me by Col. Douglas, and in addition I have to state that the commissariat officer of the liigade pro posed verbally to Colonel Mayow, for my information, on the 24th of November, that troop horses shculd be sent down for forage to Balaklava. This I objectsd to, upon the grounds that the horses were totally unit to march seven or eight miles (the distance as stated in tile report of the commissioners) from the camp to Balaklays,.and then return heavily laden with forage, and without a greater loss of horses to the brigade and the service than that which occurred by the deficiency of forage. The cow ruissary-general never applied to me officially to send down troop horses, nor was any repreentttion made to Lord Raglan by that department. It may :sere be ob served, too, that the greater part of the corresiondence by the deputy-assistant commissary -general, relo,',ive to the Light Cavalry Brigade, was - addressed to the lieutenant general commanding the division (vide pages 41 and 49 of the commissioners' report). I bee to add, that no proposal was ever math to me to send down troop horses eithor by Col. Doughs, Col. De Salis, or any officer of the brigade ; a n d I woa d here ask why Col. Showell, who in his evidence named me as the responsible person, did not, on the 18th of Nov. when the lieutenant-general of the Cavalry Division gar a variety of orders to the commanding officers of regiments as to the details of the duties of the brigade, and when hi (Colonel Showell) personally asked for and obtained leaveof absence to go on board ship. why he did not, if the case was so pressing, apply to the lieutenant-general for permission to send the troop horses for forage? But this omission of profiting by such an opportunity, on the part of Colonel Shewell, and the fact that no other commanding officer in the Light Brigade, when they were assembled co receive the lieutenant-general on the 18th of Nov., made any similar suggestion, confirms my conviction tia.t what ever opinions those officers may have expressid in the month of March before the commissioners, they all con curred with me in opinion in the month of November, 1854, that the troop horses were unfit to perform the duty s of carrying the forage. Another opportunity was afforded to the Geremedin, officers of reeiments on the 28th of Nov. , 1854 of making any transport representations to forage, the when an orderlieutenant-generallva sent direct with regard to to them with regard to encampment, a copy of which is now transmitted. With regard to Col. Shewell'a evidence, that 'Meer states that, " if the horses had received their full rations they would not have Buffered so much, notwithstandin g their exposure to the weather,"—whereas it is no;orio us th a t the mortality amongst the horses in the hew ) , b r i ga d e daring the month of November, 1834, was greater than that a the light brigade, although they we'e so much better supplied with forage. Reference is made by Colonel Showell " to tle deficiency of nosebags, is consequence of which the grair was laid on the ground and a great part of it lost." I hive to state that every endeavour was made by me to obtain nosebags for the brigade, without success ; so that at list I applied to Sir E. Lyons to assist me, which was the muse of 400 nosebags being supplied to the Light Brigade, by the kind ness of the gallant admiral. I received the following letter , on the sub jtct from Sir E. Lyons " Her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, off Sebastopol, Jan. 3, 1855. " My dear Lord,—At length the nosebags are made ; but your lordship is gone, and I think I am Goin g as you would wish in sending them to your saccessorin command of the Light Division. " I am sorry to hear that you had boon obliged to leave this army —obliged you certainly were ; for no man fought against the effects of rude campaigning, as well as against the enemy, more manfully than your lordshic----t o wit, the heat and privations on the Danube, the cold end exposure before S , ba.stopol, and the glorious charge before Bala klava.—l have, &c., (Signed) " EDUIIND LYONS." And I will here state that I feel proud of the good opi nion of so distinguished a man as Admiral S r E. Lyons. Colonel Doherty gives similar evidence to that of C. Douglas before the commissioners—viz., that the horses only had an average of two pounds and a lialf of barley after the 12. th of November, but which statement cannot be sustained against the evidence I have adiucod to the contrary. Ho also states that 16 troop horses fell dead, al though led, marching from one encampment to the other, Although this occurred four days after I had resigned the command of the brigade, I cannot but think that that number has been unintentionally exaggerated ; but if otherwise, it only tends to prove that for any rea sonable number of days previous the horses could not have been fit to go the distance, and carry the burdens I have already alluded to. I have now to advert to a very important point—viz., that on the 16th of November I suggested to the officers commanding the regiments of the Light Brigade the ne cessity of their furnishing me with 'reports of the state of their regiments with regard to their men and horses, noti fying all deficiencies and grievances which they might wish t t o he r g rd h re pr, lieutenant -g o e r n d e e r r a l t h c a o t u a rn ia i n g d h i g transmit i v t i h s o m n , t t h o rr o i Raglan, knowing the hardships and inconveniences to which they were all exposed, and hoping that the com mander-in-chief would order the brigade to be removed to a more convenient place of encampment. I herewith transmit to your lordship copies of the re ports furnished by officers commanding regiments in the Light Brigade ; and you will no doubt be surprised to see that scarcely any allusion is made to the state of the horses, and no suggestion whatever made as to the advisability of troop horses being sent for forage. Not having received after the 16th .)f November any acknowledgment of those reports, I addressed a letter to the assistant adjutant-gene ral, Lord Win. Paulet, to which I received a reply, an ex tract of which I now forward a copy. " Camp near Sebastopol, Nov. 18, 1831. "My dear Lord Cardigan , —l submitted your letter, and those of the five commanding officers, to Lord LuCan, who has them now in his possession, and, I think, does not in, tend forwarding them for Lord Raglan's consideration. " I have, &c., (Signed) " W. PAULET." To prove further my constant, attention to the details of 'the brigade, I beg to transmit a, letter which I addressed to the lieutenant-general commandity , the division on .the 16th November, 1851, relative to the state of the sick in the hospitals of the camp (in which, after making some slight complaints as to the details of duties of the brigade), strongly urged that immediate mous might be adopted for them to be sent on hoard ship. In this, I regret to state, a long delay occurred, consequent, no doubt, upon the unavoidable absence of the means of transport. I have only further to add, that Lacing advantage of the private friendship with which Lord Raglan honoured me, I several times urged upon his lordship the benefit that would be derived by removing the Light Cavalry Brigade to a more convenient encampment; and the bri g a de was removed to the valley near Balakiava on the 3d of four days after I had resigned the command of it, Colonel Doherty having been instantly on my resignation put in orders as my successor in command of the Light Cavalry Brigade. Having thus, my lord, given a plain statement of all which Occurred during the last days of my command of the Light Cavalry Brigade in the Crimea, and feeling that in conse quence of the report of the commissiooers a great deal of obloquy has been heaped upon me, and my military cha racter has been severely and unsparingly reflected upon, I must beg leave in a few words to state what my humble services were whilst serving with the army of the East, and the opinion of the commander-in-chief of the army as to the manner in which I performed the duties which de volved upon me. On the 24th of June, 1854, I received the following orders : " Head-quarters, Varna, June 24, 1854, 11 p.m. " The Earl of Cardigan will proceed in person early to morrow to Bagurdjik with two squadrons of cavalry, carry ing with him three days' provision and forage, take with him from thence the whole of the Turkish cavalry stationed there, and proceed with the least possible delay towards Karasou in ordor to ascertain the movements of the enemy. "Forage and provision will be sent for his party, in cluding the Turkish cavalry, from hence to Bagurdjik by the direct route early to-morrow. Await his arrival and follow his movements. "I have, (Signed) "RAGLAN." " Varna, 24, 1854. " My dear Lord Cardigan,—Accounts have just been re ceived that the enemy have raised the siege of Silistria and retreated behind the Danube, but as there seems to be reason to believe that a portion—probably a largo portion —have gone down the right bank into the Dobrudscha, Lord Raglan is desirous that you should in person push a patrol through Bagardjik, in the direction of Karasou, in order to ascertain the fact. From Bagurdjik you will carry with you the whole of the Turkish cavalry stationed there, and the commissariat have been instructed to posh on forage and provisions for the whole three squadrons for three or four days to that place.. Arrived at Karasou, you will patrol with small parties to the left towards the Danube until you either fall in with the enomy's posts, or ascer tain the direction of his march, and you will sand back reports direct to Varna by means of Turkish dragoons, which you had better leave at Bagurdjik and drop on the road for that purpose. Tho patrol will, of course, leave their tents in, camp, and take nothing with them that is not carried on their horses. _ _ " You will observe that by this arrangement you will have forage and provisions for six or seven days, as the mules will be able to follow your motions at such safe dis tance in the rear of the troops as you may direct. " It is unrecessary for me to remind your lordship of the necessity of caution and circumspection in the performance of this important duty, or to assure you of Lord Raglan's full confidence that you will conduct it with jadgment, intelligence, and success. " I have, &c., (Signed) " G. BROWN." I received the following letter from Lord Raglan, dated Varna, 3d July, 1854: " My dear Lord Cardigan,—Mr. Maze delivered to me your i c.lport of the 30th, early on the afternoon of the Ist instant. then been at Karaiou, and were on the point of patroling i Rossova, where I understood yesferday, from an indirect s ource, you did not find any of the enemy. You have thus fulfiidd your mission, and are now, .[ con clude, on your return, "I am very much obliged to you for the pains you have taken to carry out my instructions. By so doing you have ascertained for me that the Erosions have withdrawn from this end of the Dobrudscha, and. that the country between this and Trojan's Wall is not only clear of the enemy, but is totally deserted by the inhabitants. " These are important facts, which it was very desirable I should be made acquainted with, and I hope that the fatigue that you and the squadrons have undergone in ob taining the information will not prove injurious to your health and that of the officers and mon under your orders. "I have endeavoured, I hope successfully, to keep you supplied with provisions and forage corn. Yours, dtc-, . (Signed) " RAGLAN." In the performance of this duty the squadrons under my command marched nearly 309 miles, bivouacking for 17 nights in the open air. I afterwards had the Light Cavalry Brigade, the troop of Horse Artillery, and two regiments of Heavy Dragoons, under my command and superintendence, at a distance from head-quarters, in Bulgaria, during the period when the cholera, fevers, &c., were raging, and I received his lordship's approval of my arrangements and services in a pri vate letter, which I transmit for your lordship's perusal. The commander-in-chief of the army wrote the following despatch with regard to the cavalry affair at Bulgarnack the evening before the battle of the Alma : EXTRACTS PROM GENERAL LORD RAGLAN'S DESPATCH, DATED HEAD-QUARTERS, ICATCHIC A RIVER, SEPT. 23, 1854. "The English and French armies moved out of their firstencampment in the Crimea on the 19th, and bivouacked fir the night on the left bankof the Bulgarnack, theformer having previously supported the advance of a part of the Earl of Cardigan's brigade of Light Cavalry, which had the effect of inducing the enemy to move up a large body of D ra goom and Cossacks, with artillery. "Oath;, first occasion of the English encountering the Russian force is was impossible for any troops to exhibit mo re steadiness tan did this portion of her Majesty's cavalry. It fell back :)on its supports with the most per fect regularity under the .fire of the artillery, which was quickly silenced by that of the batteries I caused to be brought into action." Secondly " In the afternoon of the previous clay, Major• General the Earl of Cardigan exhibited the utmost spirit and cool ness, and kept the brigade under perfect command." Lord Raglan again wrote the fellowing despatch with re gard to the battle of Balaklava : (Extract.) " Before Sebastopol, Oct. 28, 1854. "Major-General th© Earl of Cardigan was ordered to move forward with the Light Brigade. This order was obeyed in the most spirited and gallant manner. Lord Car digan charged with the utmost vigour, attacked a battery which was firing upon the advancing squadrons,and having passed beyond it engaged the Russian cavalry in its rear; but there his troops were assailed by artillery and infantry as well as cavalry, aßd necessarily returned after having committed much havoo upon the enemy. " They effected this movemen t without haste or confu sion, but the loss they have ire: stained has, I deeply lament, been very severe in officers, mbll• and horses, only coun terbalanced by the brilliancy of tto attack, and the gallan try, order, and discipline which distiLZui!hed it." * * * The lieutenant-gehoral of the cavalry ,division, who was a witness to the transaction, wrote the foli,"wing report of the charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade against the Ruts t aian batteries on the 25th of October, 1854 : , (Extract.) " Balalclava, Oct. 27, .1854. " The attack of the Light Cavalry was very brii_liant and daring; exposed to a fire from heavy batteries on tit...9r front and two flanks, they advanced unchecked until they reached the batteries of the enemy, and cleared them of their gunners, and only returned when they found them- selves engaged with a very superior force of cavalry in the rear. Major-General the Earl of Cardigan led this attack in the most gallant and intrepid manner, and his lordship too expressed himself to me as admiring in the highest de gree the courage and zeal of every officer, non-commis sioned-officer, and man who assisted." Having made this statement I now fearlessly leave the case in the hands of your lordship and the public, trusting that you wilt do me the favour to give it the greatest pos sible publicity. I have, &c. (Signed) CARDIGAN, Major-General and Inspecting-General of Cavalry. A FUGITIVE SLAVE IN LIVERPOOL.—A female slave was brought to the port of Liverpool on Saturday night last by the American ship Asterion, Captain Day, un der the following peculiar circumstances :—lt appears that while the ship was loadino. at New. Orleans the poor creature made her escape, ;hereupon her master offered a reward of 500 dollars to any person who would restore his " property." The police, as is usual in such a ewe, made strict search throughout the city and on board the vessels in the harbour, but she eluded their vigilance, and found a friend in the ship's :boatswain, who secretly conveyed her on board and kept her in his berth during the whole of the passage, w hi c h occupied 25 days. A remarkable fact is, that with the ex ce p tion of the boatswain, who liberated her, her prey ence in the ship was unknown to all on board, even We cap. tain ; and when the vessel anchored in the riv,lr she was discovered by the Custom-house officers, sear,:hing for contraband tobacco, concealed amongst the bed clothes in the boatswain's berth. She was taken on shore and placed in lodgings in Queen-street, a " fr ea " womar. She is a Mulatto, about 20 or 23 year s , o f age, appeared tidily attired, and stated she was well treated since her departure from !! the laud of libertyrn, Orders have been received at Portsmouth Dockyard for the authorities to expedite with all despatch the refit. ment of the three steam troop-ships Vulcan, Commander Bowyear ; the Perseverance, Commander Crang ; and the Urgent, Commander Phillips, as they may be wanted suddenly to embark troops. for colonial service. Her Majesty's steam-frigaie 'Dragon, 6, Captain Stewart, C. 8., will leave Portsmouth harbour for Spit head to-morrow. She was tried in the steam basin after a refit yesterday. The Flying Fish, 6, screw-sloop, Commander Dew, has received her boilers at Portsmouth, and is otherwise being equippecinipidly for service. The Blenheim, 60, screw block-ship, Captain W. H. Hall; bent sails yesterday afternoon at Portsmouth, and will join the fleet at Spithcad on Friday. She is ordered to prepare for sea, and it is rumoured that she goes to Lisbon, and will send home the St, George, sailing, 120. The iite:tva.tender Alban, 4,- Lieut. Fisher, arrived at Spithcad yesterday iti4ning from the eastward with supernumeraries ' and lett again in the afternoon. The Algiers, 91, Captain Codrington, C. 8., went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday to refit. The Falcon, 17, screw sloop, Commander Pullen, com pleted the adjustment of her compasses in Portsmouth harbour yesterday. The steam-transport Cleopatra, No. 136, will embark this day at Portsmouth about 500 of the Lancashire and Oxford Militia for Corfu. The Sovereign steam-transport, No. 68, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afteri•,n. The Royal Mail Company have received orders from the Admiralty to immediately prepare their steam-ships Orinoco and Great Western, now lxLog at Southampton, fur the transport service. The Thames is also to be got ready for the purpose of conveying to Malta from Poi ts. mouth on Saturday next 500 men and 22 officers, de tachments of various regiments. The General Screw Company have received an intima tion that the Government might require the use of their four large ships now lying in Southampton Docks— viz., the Calcutta, Argo, Hydaspes, and Queen of the for the transport service. The company are act ing upon the intimation, and the vessels are being pre pared for sea, The screw freight-ship Gottenberg, with a cargo of Ordnance stores from the Tower, for the use of the troops in the East, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning, and after shipping 20 tons of ammunition there will sail, without delay, for her destination. The Dee, with boilers and steam machinery, left Wool wich yesterday for Portsmouth. The steam gun-beats Forester and Fervent were yes terday morning taken into Woolwich basin to be rigged and fitted for service. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lord E. H. Cecil, Lieutenant (flag), to the Duke of Wellington ; Lieut. Lionel Lampert, to the Retribution ; Lieut. W. M. Sanctuary, to the Caesar ; Lieut. R. H. Swinton, to the Cressy ; Lieut. John B. Barwett, to the Desperate; Lieut. T. L. Pearson, to the Lapwing; Lieut. A. H. Welch, to the Hogue. Lieutenants appointed to the command of gun-boats: —Lieut. W. B. Pauli, to the Louisa ; Lieut. E. A. T. Stubbs, to the Fervent; Lieut. A. T. Key, to the Nettle; Lieut. W. B. Stubbs, to the Pet.; T. W. Stephens, Mate, to the Mohawk ; E. C. 'Hawarth, navel cadet, to the Cressy ; H. S. Kelly, Second Master, to the Victory; T. Coates, Master's Assistant, to the Salamander ; H. Gilpin, Paymaster, to the Nile. Recruits joined the Royal Marine corps at Woolwich in great numbers, in consequence of which orders ha►e been issued to withdraw the recruiting parties from various stations—namely, Stamford, Ipiwich, Oxford, Bradford, and some other places. The Royal Marine battalions now number more Lhan 16,000. The number of invalids discharged from Woolwich per week amounts to about 20. The Woolwich and Chatham divisions have each 200 supernumeraries, and Portsmouth 74. Captain Walter B. Persse, 00th Light Infantry, will proceed from the provisional battalitth this day for Port mouth, in charge of a large draught of the Medical Staff Corm under orders to embark in the Cleopatra for Scutari. Yesterday afternoon invalids to the number of 67, from almost every regiment now in the Crimea, arrived at Chatham, having• disembarked from the Thames steam-transport at Portsmouth. They left the hospital at Balaklava on the 26th of January last, and sailed the following day, in charge of Lieutenant William Daunt, of the 9th Regiment. Captain H. Foster, 95th Regi ment, and Lieutenant H. J. De Carteret, 79th High landerg, also arrived with the detachment, having been invalided home. .).lost of the invalids who arrived had received their wounds at the attack on the Redan. Dr. Andrew Smith, the Director-General of the Medical Department of the Army, paid a visit of inspec tion to the hospitals at Chatham yesterday. After hav ing minutely inspected the Garrison and Brampton Hospitals; which were considered by Dr. Smith to be, as to their general cleanliness, all he could desire, he drove to the General Hospital, Fort Pitt. After passing through the various wards, which were scrupulously clean, Dr. Smith inspected the new building now erecting for the insane soldiers, and before leaving expressed his entire satisfaction with the whole of the arrangements under Dr. Dartnell, the principal medical officer. THE MILITIA. The Hampshire Militia has now given to the Guards, Marines, and Line 560 men, and also 300 to the Hamp shire Militia Artillery ; total, 860 men. The regiment is now reduced to five companies, with five captains; the remaining officers of the above rank have been or dered to retire till the regiment can recruit np to ten companies of 50 men each. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN. The directors recommend a dkvidend at the rate of 5 per cent. per ann um. EDINBURGH AND BATHGATE. The half-yearly meeting of this company took place al Edinburgh on Friday. A dividend was declared of 34 per cent. per annum. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. The half-yearly meeting was held at Darlington on Friday. A resolution declaring dividends at the rate of 5 per cent. on preference shares, 5 per cent. on the Wear Valley and Middlesborough and Redcar shares, and 9 per cent. on the ordinary share capital of the company, was passed. WEAR VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Darlington on Friday. The usual dividend of 6 per cent. per annum was declared. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST. The balf•yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Gloucester, when a dividend WES declared oT 12s. per share. HULL AND SELBY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Hull. A dividend was declared of 2/. 9s. Gd. on each of the 50/. shares, of 1/. 4s. 9d. on each of 251. shares, and of 12s. 41d. on each of the 121. 10s. shares. MIDDLESBOROUGH AND REDCAR. The half•yearly meeting of this company was held at Darlington on Friday. A dividend of 6 per cent. was declared. ROYSTON AND HITCHIN. The half yearly meeting of this company was held yes terda,y at the office, St. Helen's-place ; Mr. Reed in the chair. The only business transacted wasp he declaration o f the usual dividend at the rate of 6 p cont. per annum for the past half-y ear , after which the meeting separated. SCINDE. The first meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Gresham House, New Broad -street ; Mr. Andrew in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, the seal of the company was affixed to the register of shareholders. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The Chairman said some remarks having been made in reference to the amount of preliminary expenses, he thought it right to state that in the sum mentioned the total amount of law expenses was not included ; but the directors had reason to believe the amount would not exceed 1,2001,, fees and all other matters connected with the legal expenses of the undertaking included. (Hear, hear.) The liabilities of the com pany it would also be interesting to the proprietors t• learn were small. The directors had not been idle in the forwarding of their undertaking, and about 4,060 tons of sleepers and rails were now ready for shipping, the cost of which they were discharging. Their coy - tracts, he might mention, were entered into at very fair prices. In reference to the accounts, be did not know that he had more to say, but he would, with the pt_r mission of the mee tin g , make a few observations on the e harbour of K urra chee, to the capabilities of which he bad paid a great deal of attention. It had been objected that during tin south-western 1110111091 2 6 . 11 V. 11"1" -tent whatever. Another jection had been raised against the port of Kurrachee, on the ground of the bar at the entrance of the port. Now, the fact was, it had been ascertained that the bar con sisted simply of soft sand, and he bad the satisfaction of stating that the East India Company were so convinced of the value and importance of the harbour that twA steamers had been sent out for the purpose of dredging the bar, so that a full flow of 20 feet water would be per manently secured. lie should mention also that the harbour was what is called landlocked, by the protec tion of a headland called Nora Point. Having said so much in reference to the harbour, which it was of the utmost importance that the mercantile interest should be made acquainted with, ho would now proceed to say something in respect of the railway which they proposed to construct. Some portions of the Indus were so dan gerous to navigate, that according to a return furnished by the Government authorities, no fewer than two out t f seven of the boats coming down were lost. There was another point of considerable importance in connection wi , h the navigation of the Indus, which was, that vessels fitted for the navigation of the river down to the Delta were totally useless for ocean navigation. There were many p , into therefore, from which it might be seen that a considerable economy would •be accomplished in the navigation alone ; but when the extension f the com munication was ope: e Ito the Puujtub, by a scueme of • ralway and river transit, the advantages of the system which he (the chairman) had advocated in 1846 would,, and p water thatco nv t e hje ante time he trusted, be d o n e j ust i ce t o . I n s h or t, h e d es i re d t o see the principla wh ic h h e th en a d voca t e d carr i e d ou t i n the present iustanee. It was a frequent objection in this country that the sya-em of i n t ercommun i cat i on propose d invoiced a journey oiceatich was, fre under all circumstances, ridi cu l ous l y pro l ong e l . T he exponents of such views as th ese s h ou ld b ear i n m i n d bqyue railwaynt trae F sh rnn t that in England we were accustomed to travel at the rate of 400 miles a day, but the fact was that 10 or 12 miles a day was a very good rate of travelling in India, upon which the system to be introduced was a marked amendment. When the value of time wan ap. preciated in India as it was in England, there would not be wanting capital to carry oat a continuous system of railway. (Hear.) He was reminded that Government were about tci put on two steamers between Kim ecbe. and ,Sne.a fee-4be purpose of proving the amount of owns marital demand for that lino of transit. , The hoo.gessi." tleman then moved the adoption of the report. ' - Sir H. MAl:mom seconded the motion, and observed that the line proposed from Kurrachee (110 miles) to Hydrabad would open up a communication with thirty millions of people and all the commerce of Central Asia. For his own part be did not doubt that such would be the advantages of the present line of railway that in fifteen years' time they would have a line from Lahore to Kurrachee. A 9 to the port of Kurrachee, no doubt ought to be entertained on the sul jest, for recent surveys showed that ships of 700 to 800 tons have passed into the harbour. It had a bar of soft sand, and as Mr. Andrew had said, the East India Company had sent oat two steamers to cut through the send, and when the work was accomplished the port of Kurrachee would be more accessible than the port of Calcutta. In answer to questions, Mr. YARROW, the engineer, said no doubt the line might be completed within three years from the present time. After some further conversation, the report and ac c nititi were adopted, as was a resolution, authorising a reduction of the number of directors to five, three to be a quorum ; Mr. Andrew and Mr. Williams were re elected directors, and Messrs. Mackenzie and Borra daile were re-elected auditors, and votes of thanks har. ing been given to the chairman and directors, the meet ing separated. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Last evening a complimentary dinner was given at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, by..the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works to the members of that body and the metropolitan members of Parliament. Amongst the company were the Lord Mayor, Sir B. Hall, M.P., Sir James Duke, M.P., Sir J. V. Shelley, M.P., Sir W. Clay, M.P., Mr. Apsley Pellatt, M.P., Mr. Montagu Caambers, M.P , Sir Charles Napier, M.P., Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Rose, Mr. Woolrycb, secre tary to tie board, Mr. Nicholay, Mr. Offer, Major Lynn, &c. The usual loyal toasts having been duly honoured, The CHAIRMAN proposed the " Army and Navy," coupled a itti the names of Major Lyon and Admiral Sir Charles Napier. Major LYON returned thanks for the army. Adtairal Sir C. NAPIER, in acknowledging the toast on behalf of the navy, said he felt very much obliged to the company for the honour they had done him. Though the navy bad not yet had the opportunity which the army ha I experienced of distinguishing itself during the present war (the enemy, notwithstanding his bold and enterprising spirit, having kept so close in port that it was impossible. to get at him), he could assure them that the navy was just as willing and ready as in former wars to do those deeds of glory which had recommended them to the favourable notice of their countrymen. (Rear.) He was happy to say that by the direction of the present Government— should the war continue—it would be seen that there never was a navy sent t ) sea in such an A -1 cient state as the Baltic fl.!et would be sent this year. The Government, he was happy to a iy, had aeon the ne cessity of sending proper shipethere, and no vessels were to be employed that were not in good acting order. It appeared that 200 gun and mortar boats were now ready - fur the Baltic service, ith a fleet consisting of 100 sail and pennants. With these advantages he was quite sure that, if it wore possible to get at the Russians this year, either through Sweaborg or Cronstadt, they would make a very severe example of them, and give a good account of themselves to the 'Government. (Rear.) The CHAIRMAN next gave " Her Majesty's Ministers and Sir Benjamin Hall." _ _ _ Sir B. HALL, in returning thanks, said they were met on this occasion for social rather than political objects, and therefore he should best discharge his duty, and act most in accordance with the feelings of the company, if he confined himself to the expression of his thanks for the compliment which they had paid the Government. (Hear, hear.) He conceived they were met here for the purpose of supporting the operation of an act of Parliament which hal lately been passed, and that he was invited because he was the author of that measure, and the successful promoter of it. A quarter of a century had elapsed since be first took his seat iu the House of Commons, and for nearly 23 years be had represented one of the largest constituencies of the empire. (Hear.) He bait always hoped that the time would one day arrive when he might be enabled to make some return for the confidence which had been placed in him by preparing a measure of reform which would produce good and great results ; and the mo nett he accepted office he determined that a session should not pass without his laying before the Government a scheme for the better regulation of the tnetropoli4, in order that the various parishes might be brought into that state of local- se!f-government of which he had always been the earnest and uncompromising advocate. It. was satisfactory to Lim to find that, notwithi tending the difficulties he had encountered at the outset, the bill —owing in a great measure to the assistance he had al w•ays received • Ifrom his noble friend at the head of the Go. eminent, who supported him at every step and from his noble friend the present Secretary of State for the Homo Department—had met with the greatest eneourrge nent and success. The bill had passed, and be was happy to perceive from the reports of the proceedings of the Board of Works, and from commusicstions which reached him day after day, that there was scarcely any provision in a legislative enactment containing no less than 250 clauses, which required alteration or revision. So far the government had been successful In their en deavour to establish reform in the management of the metropolis. And be was happy to say that anothi r bill of a similar tendency was about to be introduced—viz., an act for such reforms in the corporation of the City of London as might be necessary in consequence of altered times and circumstances. Front what Ile had seen of the draft of the bill, he believed it would preserve to the cor poration all those rights and privileges to which they were entitled ; whilst at the same time it would give to the City of London those principles of local self-government which were enjoyed by our large provincial towns. With regard to tee present bill, he need only observe that the principle of local self govern ment rested with them (the Metropolitan Board of Works). It was for them to determ i ne whether that principle was to be extende d over the whole empire. They had many anxious and im p o rtant duties to dis. charge • and he might be allowed to say that if, as th e Chief d om missioner for Public Works, h e cnt Cd render them any assistance, he begged they would call upon hint to aid them ; and if he ceased to be a minister, but retained a seat in the house, he should always be readily at their service. He should never forget the debt of gratitude which he owed to the metropolis ; and he was proud of being the author of the bill which had called this influential body into existence. (Cheers.) Other toasts having been given and responded to, the company separated after a very agreeable evening. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—Lord Stanley of Alderley will shortly introduce aGovernment bill for the purpose of giving effect to the recommendation of the Lords' committee on the subject of am icultural statistics. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY.. —Yesterday, at the Surrey Sessions, Richard Beattie, a watchman in the employ of the South Eastern Rail way Company, surrendered to answer the charge of having, by neglect of duty, caused an accident of a most serious description. The evidence was in acco rdance with the particulars which recently appeared in our columns, and to show that the accident (whisb, as will be recollected, took place in September last, bEtween New-cross and the Surrey Canal Bridge) was caused by the prisoner's omission to shift the point, and by his showing a wrong signal. It WU elicited on cross-exami. nation of the witnesses, that the prisoner s duties were very numerous, and th at since the accident the com p a ny bad reduced the sp eed of the trains, and the hour s of attendance of th e switchmen. The prisoner had been stpweecntteyd. Mr. Tobiason,yearsinthecompo n his behalf,nysservice, urdwas much re ged that cri rn act e mi of nal liability forg etfa s i h n o e u ss ld . not The i) j ury y tac r h e e t ti to returned momentary ua verdict of " g uilty," with a recommendation to mercy on account of the multiplicity of the prisoner's duties. The Chair man, in passing sentence, said that such multifarious duties, and so responsible a position as the prisoner's, Looking at the pri sooungehrt, s t o e x e c n e l t i a s i n l t achl character, b r e a r c a t e l r salary,h he tho u ght that justice would be satisfied by a merely nominal punishment. Sentence seven days' imprisonment. This lenient award appeared to give B atiefaction to those prompt. 3IR. WILKIE COLLINS'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the libraries, in 2 vols., F TER D A R K. By WILKIE COLLINS, author of " Basil," " Hide and Seek," &e. London :—Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. ;the Itb e 1810 4 )5 10a o 20 b. 11 b. 71 b. 16 eb. 16