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Lewis Cubitt, Esq., 52, Bedford-square. George Bowness Carr, Esq., Laurence Pountney-place. Captain James Barber, 136, Leadenhall-street, Chairman of the Oriental Gas Company. Charles Fiecielarson, Esq., 2S, Chesham-place, Elder Brother of the Trinity House, Director of the Oriental Gas Com- John George Hammack, Esq., Boxlands, Surrey, Chairman of the Rateliff Gas Company. Robert Henty, Esq., Densworth, near Chichester. Benjamin George Keun, Esq., (Kelm and Co , Constantinople, and Lavino, Keun, and Co., Smyrna). (With power to add to their number.) Bd-NRERS—The Commercial Bank of London. MANAGERTN . 00;STA - IZOPTE --611arles Keun, Esq. (Kenn and Co., Constantinople.) AUDITORS. MeL. Backler, Esq., Secretary to the European Gas Com pany. John Gill, Esq., Secretary to the Ratcliffe Gas Company. C , NFart.TrNo ENGINEER—George Lowe, Esq , C.F., F.R.S., Lagineer-in-Chief of the London Chartered Gas Company. eittaciToza—Ptlcssrs. Hughes, Kcarsey, Masterman, and Co., London. BROKERS—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill. The effects of civilisation, which have spread far and wide from Europe to the remotest parts of the world, have not failed, in spite of ancient prejudices, to penetrate gradually the Turkish Empire, and it is not too much to say that a Meplete revolution in the manners and customs of Ottoman Subjects is rapidly progressing, and that but a short time will elapse before Turkey and its population will enjoy the advau ',ages of European institutions. The project now submitted to the public has been for some tibia under the consideration of leading and influential parties in Constantinople. Turkey has hitherto been, and . still is, deprived if many useful and even necessary provisions for the comfort and ornament of its numerous cities, not except ing the capital itself. Forem st amongst its most urgent re quirmneuts must be placed the adoption of Gas, now whoby Unknown there ; and it has been ascertained that the intro duction of this admirable and economical mode of public and Private lighting will be hailed as a boon by all classes of the P . epulation, from the lowest up to its high-minded and en lightened Sovereign, under whose immediate patronage it is Proposed to place the present un ertaking. The Ottoman Empire affords a wide scope for the opera tions of this Company, as the following facts will demonstrate. Constantinople has a mixed population of Itussulmans, Euro- Peens, Greeks, Armenians, he., approaching a million of souls ; it contains a large number of palaces and public edi fices. The Sultan alone has several immense palaces; the Sublime Porte, where the Government afiliirs are carried on, forms of itself a small city ; there are also extensive barracks, colleges, manufactories, caste, theatres, club-houses, and other Places of public entertainment, several hundred mosques and bathhouses, a large nunel , er of which, for the comfort and convenience of the inhabitants, are kept open during the Whole night, as the time most suitable for the enjoyment of that oriental luxury. Steps have been taken to procure from the Sultan of Tur key a firman or concession, securiug to this Company for a term of years the exclusive privilege of supplying with gas all Places within the sovereignty and dominious of the Turkish elupire. Two of the directors, one heving an intirnatt knowledge of the country, tho other being practically acquainted with all tlloe details in relation to the manure iture of and lighting by gale have already left this country for Constantinople, with I f all Powers to conclude the necessary arrangemeres. Coals are to be had in Turkey, and it is believed that Eng ' Lush enterprise will work the native collieries more vigorously than hitherto ; but shipping employed extensively between the countries, especially in the grain trade, will always carry coal in lieu of ballast from England at a moderate rate. The coke, tar, and other products arising from the menu &dune of gas, are sure to meet with a ready market. Calculations have been made as to the expenses of the present mode of lighting with olive oil, and the directors are enabled to state that gas can be supplied at a rate wiiic i will compare ao favourably as to render certain its genera' adoption. Power will be reserved to take advantage of the privileges ° f any law that has been or may be passed for limiting the liability of shareholders in joint-stock companies. The directors have every confidence that the privileges they are seeking will be granted exclusively to this Company; but from any cause they should deem it advisable to abstain "ill proceeding to carry out the objects of the Company, the l 'aPital will be returned, lessprelimivary expenses, which shall Ilet exceed one shilling and sixpence per share. Applications for shares to be made, on or before the 10th lest., at the offices of Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle•street. CONTRACT FOR LIGNUM Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, sth r , arch, 1856. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain g Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, .ge 18th instant, at Two o'clock, they will ne ready to treat with ' ll !ch Persons as may be willing to Contract tor supplying her Majesty's rekYord at Portsmouth with 0 Tons of ST. DOMINGO LIGNUM TIT:E, of from 4 to 15 ins diameter, and 5 of WHITE BAHAMA LIGNU3I TILE, of from 33 to 4 ins. diameter. A form of the tender may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after two o'clock on the day of treaty, '?r will any be noticed, nnless the party attends, or an agent tor 4, M duly authorised in writing. „ P fiery tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Vie hear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender fur Liitnum tie," and must also he delivered at Somerset-place, accompanle b letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound w th the person tendering in the sum of 2001. fur the due performance Sr the contract. E iST INDIA. HOUSE, srn Marten, 1855. INTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the an nexed CODE of REGULATIONS for the AD 4.ISSION of 41, NDIDATEN at the EX A MIN ,TION: to be held for the :`,.P.POINTMENT of ASSISTANT SURGEONS i n the SERVICE of 10 EAST INDIA COMI'ANY, has • een framed by the Board of C .A. ° lllmissioners for the Affairs of India. under the provisions of the Act 16th and 17th Viet., cap. 95, sec. 38. kao -ULATIONS FOR TUB ADMIS3ION OF CANDIDATES FOR TOE APPOINT.. , SENT OF ASSISTANT•SITEGEON IN TOE 'TIIVICE OF TOE INDIA COUP &NT. All natural-born subjects of her,Majesty between 22 and 28 years Lage, and of sou, d bodily health. may be candidates for admission —2 th , t service of the East India Company as as, , istant Surgeon,. OieY must subscribe and send into Dr. Sc tt, the l'hysician to the " 40 nourabls East India Company, 10 days before the period fixed for eit h examination, a declaration to the to lowing effect : ( :hristian and surname at full length), a candidate for em L 'oTtrient as an Assistant , urgeon In the servico of the East India s ' 4ll Pany, do hereby declare, that I was years of age on the ~ day of last, and that I labour under no constitu rbal disease or physical disability that can interfere with the due ' 44 Charge of the duties of a medical officer ; and I also attest my ~. Z 4 dlness to proceed on duty to India within thrte months of reccir ..4„,my appointmen t." declaration must be accompanied by the following docu ments _ oo — f of age, either by extract from the register of the parish is Which the oand date was born, or by his own declarat on pursuant : . the Act S and 6 WM. IV., c 62. 2 . A certificate of moral character fro n a magistrate, or a minis of the r' ligionts denomination to which the candidate belongs, Wh o has personally it own him for at least two preceding years. A diploma in surgery, or a degree ir, medicine, provi :ed an ex (7ination in surgery be required fur 5u2.11 degree, from some body ""tnPetent by law to grant or confer such diploma or degree. 4 • A certificate of having attended two courses of lectures, o' six .iOntlis each, on the practice of physic, earl of having attended nor 1 t i z Months the practice and clinical instruction o the aticsicians at 'wine hospital, containing at least, on an average, one hundred in- r t tlentv ;or of having attended one cow' , eo' lectures of s.x months i the practice of physic, and clinical instruction for twelve months. i i „ V oerthieate of having attend, d for three months the practical . i trtiction given at one of the public asylums for the treatment of Los insane. A certificate of having attended for three months one of the in atutions or wards of an bospital especially devoted to the treat. *lent of ophthalmic disease. Candidates who may not have been able to attcod the practice of VI Asylum for the insane, or of an ophthAl oh: hospital, for 3 months 426V10UJ to their offerng themselves for examination, will not be *eluded from examination, but will, if successful In wising re esnlinendation for appointments, be required to produce certificates ~f having attended such practice during the interval between the ' lll ntsination and the tine of proceeding to India. j• A certificate of h ,ving attended a course of lectures on mid :".ferYs and of having conducte at least six labours. *IN •• A certificate of having acquired a practical k , owledge of cup - Candidates may also, at their option,. send in certificates of attend iiLlet at any hospitals, or out any course of lectu-es, in additiou to the Attendance on a course of military surgery, and the practi "*Latudy of surgical operations on the dead body, are recommended. The Examination will include tho following subjects : I. Surgery in all its departments. 2. Medicine, including the di,eases of women and child-en, The- Aeati, e, au 1 Hygiene. 3 . Anatomy and Physiology, including Comparative Anatomy. L. Natural History, including Botany and Zoology, LThe following are the books recommended in -eulogy, and Comparative Anatomy— °Unties of the Structure of the Animal Kingdom, by Rymer Jones, ILCsbottrs Elementaire d'Histoire Naturelle, par Milne Edwards. ' Lindley's School Botany, or Lindley's Elements of Botany. a The Exarainaton will be condueted— „l• By Means of written questions and answers. 4 . object examinations and experiments, when the =bleat ad -1111.t4 Of Such tests. l l ._ By practical examination of patients, and by operations on the body. 4 . By viva voce examination. n eat persons who shall be pronounced by the examiners to be the utat qualified in all respects will tie appointed to fill the requisite ' l ' , ll)er of appoLnlinems as assistant-surgeons in the East India C° mPany's Service, and, so far as the requirements of the service MIl Permit, they will have the choice of the Pre-ideney in India to W Zuloh they shall I e appointed, accordma to the order of merit iu 7hlch they stand on the list resulting from each examination. All assistant-surgeons are required tv subscribe to the military or Irteclizal, and medical retiring funds, at the presidencies to which th ey may be respectively appointed, and to the Military Orphan So ` sty also, if appointed to Bengal. All assistant - surgeons who shall neglect or refuse to proceed to idle under tho orders of the Court of Directors, within three months i hria tbe date of their appointmen , will be .onsidered a s havin g tor felted it, unless special circumstances shall justify a departure from ei de regulation. „, A copy of these regulations, and any further information, may be ITtainsed on application to the Secretary of time Military Department, tst India House. Tito examinations will take place in the months of January and ' T, LY in each year ; and due notice will be given by public adver 14,011ent of the daps appointed, and of the probable number of can mirlates to be selected. /he Examiners for Assistant Surgeons in the Honourable East 1,. la Company's Service, having received maay inquiries as to the Ob ject and extent of the Examination in Comparative Anatomy, irlogy, and Botany, have considered it desirable to announce that the objects are,— 1 . Ti, ascertain who of the Candidates have devoted especial atten. Oh to any of these sciences, and are hence qual.fied to undertake 4,es requiring a knowledge of them, as well as the general duties their profesSioth Proficiency in these sciences will, in classifying the Caudidates by merit, be entitled to great consideration. 2• 'lO encourage all Candi hates to acquire an elementary know -,.730 of the structure and affinities of the principal natural faininies Anhaals and of Plants, with the general p rki upon which these ane , onatrueted, and the functions anti relations tf their most linper 4, •'1 rgans. . Ta promote the study of Natural Hi s tory as a most important ,„,, 41M( t or preliminary to a liberal medical education; that of Corn kizikarative Anatomy, Zoology, or Botany, if properly cultivated, by I.,._ e arit of swim as, for even a short period, being eminently calcu ri to develops habits of close observatioa, and to strengthen those ex _ W erls of reni upon observed facts, which must be habitually wi'tf,cised by medical men everywhere, but which must be exercised r ,_,greatest energy and prom ptitue by those who pactise in a ellagtio, and who are often thrown wholly upon their own Tl 7 "L Wills 6 Moral examination in these sciewes vr , ll be elementary, and . brace a wry limited range of techn cal terms At he written t i,, vi Olitatio n a considerable number of questions will be put, with s tte , w Of allowing each Candidate to /mica such subjects as he luis the ~ndldthereby, of enabling the Examiners to ascertains tt s ,„ra, Beniardepartmcats of science in which the verbal exaniina ,„" should be conducted. Op t , it:i th these ClUididates wh o have attained proficiency in any branch bra,„ ( ,* schilltost, the verbal examination will be pursued in the salscted,ilo as to ascertain the full extent of their kno•yiedge. thi s t: now announced that the next examination will be held at Probw.," ° On the slumberl4th July next, and .ucceeding days, and that slumber of vacancies in the medicsl establishment ot• the "Clildlr Company, to ho then MIA up, will lie thirty. J.9.311:3 C. 31EL1'LLL, Secretary, No. 191876.1 3I ADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND. EXETER EIALL. THE NIGHTINGA.LE FUND. It is respectfully announced that Mr. and Madame GOLD scumthr will give en EVENING c ONCERT of SACRED and MISCELLANF OU 8 MUSIC, with Full Band and Chorus, at Exeter flail, on TUESDAY EVENING, Mach 11, 1856, the proceeds of which will be presented to the Nightingale Fund. The l'rogramme will eompriee Mendelssohn's Hymn, " Hear my Prayer, 0 God," for Soprano. Chorus, and Organ, Madame JENNY GOLDSCIIMIDT. Beethoven's Choral Fantasia, Pianoforte, Orchestra, :,rid Chorus; Pianoforte, Mr. Otto Goldschmidt. Iho 135th Psalm, for Soprano. Solo, and Chorus, by Mr. Otto Galdschmidt (first time of performance) ; Solo part by Madame JENNY timnscustinY. Meyerbeer's Trio, " Horst Dm," for Soprano and Two Flutes, Madams JENNF GOLDSCHMIDT FlWes, Messrs. Pratten and Bemusat. Finale to Webeem " Eurykuthe ;" Seprana part, Madame JENNY G 01.1)SC:11111 DT. Beethoven's March and Chorus from "The Ruins of Athens." The Full Programme will be duly announced. Con ductor, Mr. Benedict. Gs this occasion the gents throughout the Hall will be numbered and Reserved, price One Guinea each. Application for Tickets received by Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33. Old Bond-street. 3/1 - R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, TO-NIGHT, and every evening (except Saturday), at t o'olocB, and Tuesday, Thursday, and -aturday Mornings at 3. Stalls, 38. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, Is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Bouleourt.—Doors open at S. Admission One Shilling. Laurent's new Varsovlana every n'ght. r rHE GRAND BAL - MASQUE is THIS / EVENING (Thursday, March 6th), at the CASINO de VENISE, High Holborn. LAST BAL MASQUE of the SEASON.—Mr. W.M.PACKFR respectfully announces that his ANNUAL tIK EFIT rsAL MASQUE takes place THIS EVENING (Thursday, March 6th). the arrangements for which are of the grandest scale p amble. Doors open at half-past 9. dancing to begin at 10 o'clock punqually. Gentlemen's tickets, 5s ladles' ditto, 3s. each. Mr. Nathan, Castle-street, Leicester-square, is the appointed costumier. v( R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. I. Fifty instan•.aneons Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, and Costume, couciuding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as Camille in " Les Hornces." Every evening, at 8. Morning Per 'ormance every Saturday at 2 o'clock; night at 3. Private boxes ate 1 stalls may he secured in advance, without extra charge. Poly graphic-hall, King William.street, Charing-cross. I)It. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. Open (for gentlemen only) from Ten till Ten. containing upwards of 1,000 Models an 1 Preparations. illustrating every part of the Human Frame in health and in Disea%e; the Race: of Men, &c., &c. Lec tures dtliverd at Ts , etre, Two, and Four, Mornlnr, and at Half past Seven, Evening, by Dr. Sexton, F G.`4.; .Ind at Half-past Eight, by Or. Kahn. —Admission, One Shilling. PRINCE'S CLUB RACQUET and TENNIS GI:JAIN lA.—Gentlemen desirous of becoming memb, rs are requested to communicate with tha Secretary, Mr. PRINCE, 14, Regent-street, Waterloo place, whd will furnish every information p RICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY (LI1IITED). The Di - cctors of this Company are prepared to receive applica tions fur the ompany% Bowls to the amount of 53,3001, to be issued at the rats and for the periods following : fifer six months certain. o- for live year+ snhJect to three months notice by tither party, at 6 per cent per a , ntiut ; If for mor, that six mono hs certain, but not more than eighteen mon - ha, 5h per cent per annum If for mire than eig'iteen in nulls certain, 5 per cent. per annum The subscribed Capital of the Company is 750,0001., of which 650,0001. is paid up . _ _ The Company's otrl borrosving power is 100,0001., which has already been exercised to he extent of 46,7001. _ Applicathns to headdre,sed to the Secretary, at No. 1, Corthall: buildings, Throginorton-street, London. By order of the Board. WM. lIENRY WIT ['ALL, Secretary. London, 28th February, I ?56. W lESBADEN gen, RAILWAY met COMPANY . COL; \crr.. R. HARTLEY KENNEDY, Esq., Alderman, Sheriff—Prealdent. CHARLES STOKES, Esq , Lonrion —Vice. ['resident. Joseph C. Ewart, Esq., M. P., Liverpool. The dore W. 'tailbone. Esq., Liverpool. Ni.. 01, E q. (Pico', Duckworth, and Co.), Liverpool. F. Valiant, Esq., London. Thomas Green, Esq., London. Jules LeJeane. Esq., Consul, Antwerp. Carl Kalb, Esq , harOer, Wiesbaden. August Hergenhahn, Esq., J ige of the Supreme Court, Wiesbaden. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Glyn. Mi is, and Co. Paris —Messrs. de Rothsehilds, Brothers. Frankfort— Nlessrs M A. do Rothschild and Sons. Eight per cent. Preference ,hares. _ The Company is prepared to receive App 'cations for Preference Shares of 61. each, bearing Etrht per Cent. interest, payable half yearly in London, Paris, or Frani:ea t, at the option of the holders. A first instalment of 21 ncr share wilt be payabla on allotment, the sewn' 21. on the 31s , March next, an." the remaining 21. on the 31st May net , t. The Amount of these shares to he issued will not exceed 'OO.OOOl, being the amount required to open the line to Itudesheim, oppos to to Bingen. Applications may, until the Bth March next, be made in the sub joined form to the Company's brokers, A. 4. Hoghton. Esq., 1 Angel-cou't, Throgmortou•street ; and Messrs. Bragg* and Stock dale, 6, Throgmorton-street ; or to the secretary, at those offices. This Issue of preference shares was tmanimously approved at a meeting of English shareholders, held at Guildhall Con' ie-house, on the 14th February last. The effect will be to complete and open the line this spring, at a cost of I es than 13.0001. per mile; and, &sit is a c.mtinuation of the prosperous Taunus Railway from Frankfort, and thence reaches a enliven ent landing place oppos to Bingen, at the point wher the diell..ulties of the Rhine navigation berht to be most serious, there can be no doubt as to its profitable trail, or as tO the se , trite off,re.l by the prefe , enco shares. The Rhine Railway has obt fined the concession end form,' its capital for extending its line to Coblentg, and erecting a railway b idge across the Rhine at that city. This will make the Nterbaden Railway the direct route fr.nn Cologne to Frankton. and it will thus become the connexion between the existing tr,nk llu s of North and South ilermany, when it is continued t L dins - em. For the present the company has thought it h •st, and r tint eircumst inccs of fin metal pr,ssure, to li Lit its ex,rtems .0 the fir-t bi:hly profitable section. The line is already complete' to Morahan, Schierstein, Nlederwallwf, Eltville, and i.:rbaeli, and the works on the remaining portion of the line are so far a vmeed as to le =ve no doubt of its prompt completion for the sum now sought to be raised. By order of the Council. _ . W. W L/NDEIt, Secretary. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Council of Administration of the Wie- Widen Railway Company. Gentle•nen,— E request that you will allot me Eight per Cent. Preference Share.e of 61. each in the Wiesbaden Railway Company, slid 1 agr•-e to accept the same or any less number tint you may allot sue, and to pay t e t .stalments thereon at the dates fixed to yo “r advera.entmt of the 16th February, 1856. Name •• •• Address ...... • • .• . • ..•• • . Date .•• • • • Reference .... • ....... . HAIR. DESTROYER, 1, Little Queen-street, . g h Holborn —ALEX. VOSS'S DE BILATOR Y, for remov ing etfectually Superfluous Hair from the Face, Neck, .Arms, and If nds, without the'sl ghte-t injury to the skin. A. It. will warrant ii not to irrbite the flesh In the smallest time , . and the hair to be entirely de , troye(l.—v.'d in bottles. at As. 6d., Sc. id , and lOs. 6d• ; appliesor at the Hair-dyeing Establishmeat, as above. Forwaried tor stamps, free by post, eight ex. rt. LOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED C PSC L approved of by the terench College of Physic occessitilly a(Larnistered In the Paris and London Hospitals, and cknowletLo.,l by meat to be the best remedy for a certain disord Ir. -ee Lancet" of Nov. 8, 1852.) A copy will be •orwarded on ap,,ll mtion.—Prire per 100, 43.61 ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the Uwe' or, GA 11111 EL JO Z EAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London; and .I 1 the principal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHA.NCRRY. riLIESEMAIL—On the 29th of May, 1855, An injunction was granted by the Nigh Court of Chancery, and n the 11th of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain :hewn, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from itnitatin; this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of Engl an d , and secured by the Seals of the and the Imperial College of Medicine,F l , e 3 ;.l a d . e trmacio de Part , ' TRIESEMA.R, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, , lpermatnrrhosa. and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi cacious in youth, manhood, and old age; and t t hose persons who are prevented entering the married state from the results of early errors it is invaluable. _ _ . _ _ TRIESEMAR, No. 2. s lectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely 3 - adicates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubebs lave so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health if a vast portion of the population. TRIZSEMAR, No. 3, Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the In evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESENIAR, tits 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of tote or smell, na of all nauseating qualities. They may Ue on the toilet taltle without their [lie hea rty summated TRIEQE NIA% Nos. 1,2, and 3 , e s •Id In tin cases, price lls., or tear cases in bne f or 33 s , w hi c h saves I I s . ; an d i n 51. eases, whereby there is a saving of 1. I 2 s. ; amide Mt. s ,iarato doses, as adminis tered by Valpean Lallernand, Row, ..,&c. To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, ,lornhill; 'Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-strt et; and Sanger, 150, Ox ord-street ; R. IL Ingham, druggist, 46. M arket-street, Manchester ; I. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lard-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street , Dublin ; Winnall, bookseller, High-street, lairmingham. TII AFICRET INFIRMITIEz-s OF YOUTH AND ma TUNITY. nut nublishea. nrIN, l‘., illustrated with cases and numerous engravings iree by pose for 14 stamps. Elt v ()OS DEBILITY; N.l Eta Causes, symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper natorrhons, with Practical Observations on a.saier and more ancesstui mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative ,ystem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and istinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of 'eery variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, ,see3s , A, accident, or climate. followed by practical remarks, founded in twenty years experience in the treatment of Impuissance, ;ervous'Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhom, Bcc. To which re add&f, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre ,autionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on e important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'NEtRT 37, UEDFORD-SQ IJA LE, LONDON. 170.4.t3r of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edl 3urg n, H o norary Member of the London H osp i ta l Medical Bode, F T 'i t cen e osa tia o l f!t ° ia f l A irec til t wari of thise Hall, London, tee., &e. treatise is to point out the f ear f u l eon se ..ences resulting Wan certain habits, irregularities, and ,excesses. vetch bare produced mere misery in Youth, degradation in Man haxi, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any o 'er class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is rticularly recommended to peir. , ens entertaining secret doubts o• th I: physical condition, and wht, are conscious of hiving hazardee the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is ea ulled it is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there arc ineiples of personal management which cannot be violated wither', scarring grievous penalties, end when wisdom and regret succeed he heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties nay b 3 mitigated, hew the sting of their bitterness may be removed, Arid how the evil and its consequences may Ise avoided, and above all, oat there !a scarcely any degree of physical Infirmity or fanctiona' terangemont to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. l'te Author ha: for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which havn unfortunately been too generally imnfided tc the care of ignorant empirios, who inflict groat Injury on those who are Induced to place . faith in their pretensions. r ERVOUB DEBILITY may be had plies le, di Messrs. 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Ord, 36th Regiment, and Assistant-Sur geon Somerville, 69th Regiment, from Jamaica, and on freight the following specie :--From Tam pico, $998,064 24c. ; Vera Cruz, $301,942 76c. ; from the Pacific Ports, $167,822 25c. in gold, and $188,386 in silver • from California, $260,571 value in gold and gold dust ; from Carthagena, $73,104 in gold (lust ; and Panama, $12,042 in gold and silver—total value, 1,101,932 dols. 25c., or, say, 220,000/. sterling. The cargo comprisbs 176 serons of cochineal, 64 scions of indigo, 24 serons ofjalap, 100 cases of cigars, 48 bales of sarsaparilla, 419 bales of bark, 10 packages of vanilla., two live tur tles, 8 cases of tortoiseshell, 10 cases of succades, and 92 packages of sundries. During the voyage the Parana exchanged signals on the 25th ult., in lat. 40.28 long. 46.22, with the bark Evergreen, steering for the Channel ; 29th, in lat. 46.36, long. 27.12, spoke a Belgian steamer, steering to the westward ; March 2, in lat. 48.30, long. 16.7, exchanged signals with the Bremen brig Plata ; and on the 4th inst., 60 miles west of the Lizard, passed the Royal mail steam-ship Atrato, with the outward West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails. Several of our files of West India papers, includ ing those from Jamaica, and Demerara, have not come to hand. We are, however, informed that the island, generally were healthy. At Antigua the weather was unfavourable for agricultura operations. News from Barbadoes states that the high winds had injured several mills. A letter addressed to tile Hon. F. Hineks, the Governor, by the Board of Trade at Quebec, on the subject of reciprocal trade with the West Indies, together with his Ex cellency's reply, has been published. The object of the letter is to urge on the attention of the Go vernor the benefits that' would accrue to the trade via the river St. Lawrence and provincial canals from the reciprocal exchange, fi cc of duty, of the productions of Canada and those of the West India Islands, by which •Inewure the commercial inter course between the British • Canadian colonies would be assimilated with that existing between the northern and southern States of the adjoining Union. In his answer Mr. Hincics promises that the sub ject shall receive his best consideration, but declines expressing any opinion as to the arrangement until he has ascertained the views of the Canadian Go vernment, as well as the state of public opinion in those islands with which ho was about to be con nected. Intelligence from Panama reports the isthmus to be unusually healthy. Business was improving, although everything continued to look dull. The opening of the Central American line of steamers was looked forward to with anxiety, as it would be the means of having a very beneficial effect upon the commercial affairs of the isthmus. Rice and corn were ♦ery scarce, and hardly procurable at any price. Flour, preserved meats, beef and pork, &c., were furnished to the Panama market almost exclusively from Aspinwall ; but prices varied so much that it is impossible to give quotations. The railroad was iu good order, and trains passed over generally two or three times a-day. Although there was considerable disturbance in the interior of the State, Panama and the surrounding country was perfectly quiet. A great deal of agitation appeared to exist at Bogota respecting the coming Presidential elec tion, and it was by no means improbable that another revolutionary movement would take place. The British mail steamer Valdivia arrived at Panama on the sth ult., with dates from Valpa raiso to the 16th, and Callao to the 26th of Jan. --- Business at Valparaiso was better, and large speculations were making in the wheat of the coming harvest. Wheat was sold at from 3.75 to 4.00 the fanega to be delivered in March or April. Flour had fallen off in price. The grain crops pro mised abundance. The silver exports from Caldera for the last year were in market valued at $lO the mark : $ 0 . In 1854 they were 352,543 00 Ditto in 1556 1,699 50 The• total exportation of metals from that port in 1854 was $5,952,144 82 : The mint in 1855 coined in silver from 5 to 100 cent pieces 1,546,196 In gold condors and half-condors 650,175 2,196,371 The public expenses for the present 3 o. year are fixed at 5,707,685 24 The Forte was advertised to sail on the 23d of January for France, touching at Rio. The. French transport Infernal, 6 guns, arrived on the Ist of January, 51 days from Rio. She brought 36 passengers. She sailed from Brest with the Perseverante. The two arrived only a few days apart at Rio. _ The French brig Alcibiades, 20 guns, 43 days from Rio, had also arrived. She saluted, on anchor ing, the, English and French Admirals. Peruvian intelligence contains little beyond the Congressional - " debates respecti ng th e constitution. Tnelhario reports the arrival at Callao, in the French frigate Ama, of a Mr. Pelissier ' who, it Says, .is brother to the Fren c h G enera l of that name. The yellow fever is reported as raging at }lna maoliueo, near Trujillo. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES RESPECTING THE PALL OF KARS. We proceed to give a summary of the important papers presented to both houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty relative to " Military Affairs in Asiatic Turkey, and the Defence and Capitulation of Kars." These papers constitute a blue book of 356 pages, and 'comprise no less than 390 despatches. Lord Clarendon's instructions to Lieut.-Colonel Williams, upon appointing him commissioner to attend the head-quarters of the Turkish army in Asia, are dated Aug. 2, 1854. Col. Williams was to act under the orders of Lord Raglan, and from him receive more detailed directions for his guidance. On political matters be was to keep up a commu nication with the Foreign-office, sending his cor respondence with Lord Clarendon through the em bassy at Constantinople, under flying seal, and also transmitting copies of all his diplomatic letters to Lordßaglan. Any representations he might wish to make to the Porte were to be made immediately through Lord Raglan, and by him through Lord Stratford de Radcliffe. On urgent military matters he was allowed to communicate with the Porte di rectly through Lord de Rerhliffe. When Colonel Williams arrived out at Constantinople news of the defeat of the Turks at Kuruk•Dereh and the occu pation of Bayazid by the Russians had just been received. On the 22d of September we find Lord Clarendon writing to Lord Radcliffe : "The Turkish Government still seems animated by the same spirit, and determined that the army in Asia shall bring defeat on the Sultan's cause, trnd'Coutinito to be an embarrassment to the allies of her Majesty: 'A foreign general of distinction, and said to possess great military talent, is on the spot and willing to take the command of Kars. His appointment is advised by the Commander in-Chief of the allied armies ; it is specially recommended by the British ambassador, and agreed to by the whole of the Ministers, with the exception of the Grand Vizier, and against all this weight of authority his decision is allowed to prevail. Her Majesty's Government most aggin protest against this disregard of the Sultan's in• terests." And five days later Lord Clarendon writes to the same : " Your Excellency will inform Reschid Pacha of the great dissatisfaction which all the proceedings in cnnoec• tion with the array of Asia have caused to her Majesty's eto v ern m ent." Ismail Pacha was the new Asiatic commander proposed by the Turkish Government at this time. Col. Williams saw Lord Raglan at Varna on the 18th of Aug. and by the 17th of Sept. had reached Erzeroutn. His correspondence concerns the want of fuel, provisions, clothing, and pay. His des patches to Lord Clarendon on these subjects are full of details respecting the resources of the Asiatic army, even to a tabulated statement of the accommo dation for troops and horses existing at Erzerouna. One of the first things he mentions, and it is a topic to which he frequently returns, is the cowardice of Selim Pacha, he who afterwards de ceived the garrison of Kars until its surrender. In a letter from Lord Radcliffe to Lord Clarendon, dated Sept. 27, the ambassador expresses a hope that the Allies may benble next year (1855) to send troops to Asia ; in another, from Lord Cla rendon to the same, dated Oct. 21, it is represented that " the operations in Asia in that year will pro bably be carried out on a large scale." On the 25th of Oct. Colonel Williams writes his first letter from Kars, which he had entered the day before. He transmits to England detailed accounts of the force there, and recommends certain arms and equipments, and expresses the opinion " that the gener.il officers and colonels commanding aro un worthy of holding commands." The difficulties these persons and their chiefs threw in his way, the frauds practised on the army and on the Sultan at Kars—for instance, rations being drawn for 35,000 men there were only 14,000—A1l these things, and the exertions of Col. Williams to overcome them, are sent. On the 6th Dec., 1854, Col. Williams has to com plain in another quarter. To Lord ReLicliffe he writes : "Since I fulfilled the duties confided to me, as her Majesty's commissioner to the hettl-quarters of the army of Kars, I have had the honour of addressing to your Excellency 54 despatches. Each packet has been accom panied by a private letter containing details and sugge.,- tions, which, had they found place in my public com munications, would have inconveniently lengthened those documents. On the 23d of September, I was honoured by a private letter from your lot !ship, appeal ing to my 'spirit and humanity,' relative to the cap tivity of those unfortunate Russian laliea who had then recently•been seized and carried int , the mountains by Sheikh Schamyl, the Circassian chieftain. Since the above date, I have not been favoured with a line by your Excellency, even with an acknowled4mont of the recep tion of my public or private communications. Te one who has served your for lship for so many years such a-1 avowal on my part can only be recorded with feelings of deep disappointment and mortiticaion — feelings which I have studiously endeavoured to conceal, even from my aide-de-catnp and secretaries, because ee.ch successive post was anxiously looked for, in the hope of receiving answers from your lordship on the Pressing and impor tant aff.tirs connected with wy mission to the head-quar ters of the army of Kan. I need not trouble your lordship with a recapitulation of the contents of my various ide'ntio despatches ; but a. the E irl of Clarendon and General Lord Raglan will be furnished with a copy of this commun;cation, I owe it t ) her n.jesty's Govern ment and to myself to remind your lordship of c nomu nications public and private especially addressed to you." Having referred to the points contained in his former letters, he concludes : " I shall fail to preserv e the power that I ha►e. I shall not succeed in shielding the troops from starvation unless my demands be complied with." But three weeks before Colonel Williams male these complaints, Lord Redcliffo had presented the whole of that officer's representations, recommen dations, and suggestions, in an imposing and autho ritative form, to the Ottoman Government to ob tain the rank of Ferik in the Ottoman army, equi valent to that of General of Division, for Colonel Williams. To Lord Clarendon Lord Redcliffe writes, on the 15th Nov. ; " Knowing the extreme importance which your lord ship attaches to the reinstatement of the Turkish army at Kars, I make no apology for transmitting the papers inclosed herewith, which I drew up myself from Colonel Williams' voluminous despatches, and submitted it to the Turkish ministers, with au instruction to M. Pisani, /*commending the whole of th;tt offisier'a demands and suggestions to their most serious and immediate atten tion. Later portions of the same correspondence have been conveyed in a similar form, and with similar re commendations, to the Seraskier] Pacha and his col leagues. lam assured by M. Pisani that oa the side of the Turkish ministers there is every appearance of a sincere intention to comply with my demands. As soon as I am satisfied that the supplies are actually sent, and orders corresponding with the suggestions of Colonel Williams, issued in stringent terms, I shall not fail to apprise your lordship of so gratifying a result. The sub ject being now relieved of much superfluous and exagge rated nutter, the course is main clearer to Turkish ap prehension, and I trust that the experience of last year, which certainly was painfulLenough in its most reduced proportions, will have its effect in contributing to the success of my endeavours, grounded on the strenuous exertions of Coloael Williams, a'id aided by the pecu niary supplies derived from the loan." The, paper, which Lord Radcliffe says he drew up himself, is a very elaborate and complete state ment of the condition of the army at Kars, contain ing a series of specific and detailed demands for the repair of its deficiencies. In a letter of the 28th Dec. Lord Redcliffe writes to Lord Clarendon : " It remains for me to say a word respecting my silence towards Colonel Williams. It has, in truth , continued longer than I intended. It originated in my anxiety not to occasion disappointment by announcing measures which might or might not be carried into effect. I knew that, during the winter season, little, comparatively, could be done; and I preferred, under the pres4ure of business flowing in abundantly from other sources, to give my correspondent an answer in full, rather than keep up a succession of partial communications." The ambassador encloses in this communication an enumeration of the demands put forward by Col. Williams, and which he (Lord Redcliffe) had successfully enforced on the Porte. They refer to the recall, displacement, nomination, and promo tion of officers, including the commander in -chief, and the advancement of Col. Williams himself to a position of influence and authority with the army. In a despatch dated Jan. 11, Lord Clarendon re grets the silence which Lord Radcliffe the natural protector of Colonel Williams, shouldl:ave observed towards him when "surrounded by robbers and traitors." By the eni of D.ceruber, 1854, the diploma of a Ferik iu the Turkish army was sent to Colonel Williams ; the old commander-in-chief at Kars had been superseded, and Massif Pacha was in com mand. The corruption and peculation pervading every department of the army and its auxiliary services is the theme of nearly all the letters writ ten during the intervals of war. Ex pede lierculem. An apothecary at Pera was employed to supply the army with medical stores. Dr. Sandwith reports to Colonel Williams :-- "M. Della Sella delivers the mediein.s at the retail price of the shops in Constantinople. No control, I am told, 's exercised over him. His interest is to supply as much as possible; but pack noetrurps, Wel.= instrul ments, pots of pomatunt, eau de Cologne, hair dye, ob stretic instruaieuts, and damaged leaves and bark consti tute the bulk of the stores furnished. These again,, under the auspices of Salith Bey, disappear in the most unac- countable manner, more are sent for, and thus & brisk trade goes Oa at the expense of the Government, and for the profit of M. Della Sulla and those Constantinople authozities whose protection be purchases." All the qualified medical men in the army left after a few months' service. _ _ Coining after various communications addressed by Lord Redcliffe to Reschid Paella, then Grand Vizier, and to Vassif Pacha, the new commander in-chief of the Asiatic army, urging attention to the subject brought to his notice by Colonel, now General Williams, is a personal complaint by the ambassador to Lord Clarendon : " It is not enough for me to know in general terms that Brigadier-General Williams is a military officer, in structed to act as her Majesty's Commissioner with the army at Kars. It is further desirable that I should be made acquainted with the extent of his powers on the spot, with the degree to which he is independent of the Commander-in-Chief, and how far it is expected by her Majesty's Government that I shall insist on obedience to his demands without reference to any doubts enter tained of their expediency, either by the Porte or by me. It appears that the Com Missioner asserts in practice a right of, being obeyed without hesitation, whether the objects of his suggestions be the punishment or removal of an officer accused by him, the correction of an abuse, the introduction of an improvement, or the direction of a military operation. If such are his powers I know not in what he differs from a commander-in-chief, except that he is not charged with taking the field in person, and directing the whole of the operations on his single re sponsibility. The Porte most certainly does not put this construction on thenuthority with which lie is invested, nor have I so read my instructions as to ask for more on lie behalf than a fair reliance on his judgment in mat ters affecting the administration of an army, a respec ful attention to his advice and suggestions for the pro motion of its efficiency, and that amount of confidence as to military moveinente and plans which ought to be inepired by the intimate relations subsisting between the respective Governments. Observing in your lordship's instruction to General Williams that he is directed to maintain the most friendly relations with the Turkish officers, I venture to ask whether the tone which he,has assumed towards them, the abruptness of his charges, the violence of his threats, the dictatorial spirit which, according to his own account, has generally characterised his proceedings, can be said to correspond with that in tention, or to favour those dispositions to reform which it is our object to produce no lees at Kars than through out the Turkish empire. We should be inconsistent with ourselves if we eought`to trample down what remains of Turkish independence." Another reference to General Williams's authority occurs in a message from Reschid Pacha, who sends word to Lord Radcliffe (Despatch 136) : " The British commissioner has a right to be consulted on matters immediately connected with the army in ge neral, but not to interfere with orders issued direct from the Porte to its own officers on internal questions." On the 25th January, 1855, General Williams still complains of Lord Redcliffe's silence, and ex claims : " What could I not have done in the shape of reform, had even a note from Lord Stratford and an order from the Seraskier reached ma by the return of the first Turkish post, which was then as regular in its arrival as that between London and Constantinople." _ _ _ As to the reforms obtained by Lord Radcliffe of the Porte, he says : " My recent reports show that the army of . Kars re mains without a single reform but that which has been worked by a commissioner unacknowledged, though feared, by the base man who commanded it, and by those equally despicable officers who are still, at the end of January, 1855, at the head of its various regiments and corps." •In a roport addressed to Lord Redcliffe by M. Pisani, occurs the following passage, illustrating the feeling entertained towards General Williams at the Turkish Ministry at War. The date is May 15, 1855 : "Ti this the Seraskier answered, that all this was very well, but that he wanted to know, for his information and guidance, whether General Williams was actually the commander-in-chief of the Kars army, and by whose au thority he a ,, Aumed the command. I said that General Williams was not the coinmauder•in•chief of the army, but her Majesty's commissioner, and as such it was his bounden duty to keep his Government informed of every thing going o❑ in that quarter." The campaign, which ended with the fall of Kars, was about this time commencing. On the 3d of June General Williams writes to Lord Clarendon : •° If the Russians leave Georgia to attack Kars, it would show that our spies aria travellers have under rated their strength, or that they find no succour coming to us eith--r from Trebizond or Batou►n ; be this as it may, I have now fur months' provisions in that garri• son, and I tru-t the central Government and the allies will soon prove to this remnant of an army that it is not absolutely forgotten by them." • On the 20th June Lord Redeliffe writes : " I went over to the Forte yesterday. The Seraskier expressed his declded opinion that a body of 10,000 inn might be detached from Batouin without danger to that etitabqchinent, which would still have 4,000 or 2,000 for its protection. It was proposed, at the came time, that some vessels of war should he directed to cruise along the coat of Circassia, and I was requested to submit this plan to Rear-Admiral Sir E linund Lyons, under an pressina that a joint operation, in concert with the French, would be de-irable." It appears that the Turkish Ministers did not at thin tinio believe in the possibility of maintaining Kars, and looked forward to a retreat upon Erze routn. On the 10th of June the rust attack on Kars was nude by the Russians. On the 30th of June a council of Turkish Ministers was held, when Lord 'fetich& was present. He writes of Kars : " It appears from the En4lish statements that the de fences of the fortress were deemed to be of considerable strength, that the place was provisioned fur a month, and that the Turkish army may be estimated at 18,000 men. It was clear to all present, that whether the Russians besieged or turned Kars, the Turkish army re quired an effort to be made for its relief with ail practi cable de patch, and that of three possible modes of act ?vg for that purpose, the only one likely to prove effec tive was an expedition by Kutais into Georgia. To send reinforcements by Trebiz )nd would be at best a palliative. To establish an entrenched camp at Re (lout Kaleh would at this unhealthy season be equiva lent to consigning the troupe to destruction. The real qUestion was, whether a force numerically sufficient, and in all respects effective, could be collected in time at Kutais t ) make a❑ excursion into Georgia and threaten the communications of the Russian army, placing it in deed between two hostile forces should the Turkish army still be in a condition t.) take the field. It was for the Turkinh ministers to solve this problem, and they pro posed that the expeditionary force shoutd be composed of 12,000 rain irons Bstoutn and the aeighbouring sta tions ; of the tr•iops made over to General Vivian, and estimated at 10,000 of all arms ; of General Beatson's leregelar Cavalry ;. of 10,000 men to be detached from the army in Bulgaria as the complement of the Turkish Contingent ; of 5,000 more derived from the same source ; of an Egyptian regiment of horse now here, and of another regiment expected from Tunis. To these the Seraskier proposed to add 2,000 Albanians by way of riflemen. These several forces completed, according to the figures, would present a total of 44,400 men, not perhaps to be ; reckoned with prudence at more than 36,000 iffectives." Lord Redeliffe called attention to the importance of not exposing the Turkish Contingent, or Gen. Beatson's Horse, prematurely to a trial beyond their strength. The Seraskier reported that no aid was to be expected from the population of Mingrelia after the events of the previous year. The Porte proposed to give the command of the army to General Vivian. This general was invited on the following day to give his opinion, and, asked for exact details of the means on which he might reckon of transport inland. They could not be given, and he said it was one thing to throw an army on a coast, and another to feed and move it. He was asked then to make out a list of what would be required. In a despatch dated July 13, Lord Clarendon condemns the, whole scheme. He said : "It would be in the greatest degree imprudent to throw on an unwholesome coast, without means of land transport, without any certainty of provisions, without an assured communication with the rear, without an ac curate knowledge of the country to be traversed, or the strength of the enemy to be encountered, and with the probability of a hostile population, 40,000 men, hur- riedly collected from various quarters, imperfectly disci plined, doubtfully armed and equipped, and as yet un organised, and to expose them at once to all the hazards and difficulties of a campaign against a Russian army. They would fall ill between Itedout Kaleh and Kutais, and be defeated between Kutais and Tiflis." He advised that reinforcements should be sent to Trebizoud, and thence to Erzeroum "If the army at Kars cannot maintain that position against the Russians, it should fail back upon Erse roum, and the whole Turkish force should be concentrat ed there. If the Russians are to be defeated, it will be easier to defeat them by the whole force collected, than by divided portions of that force ; and the defeat would be the more decisive the further it took place within the Tulkish-frontier." On the 14th of July Lord Panmure wrote to Gen. Vivian on the plan proposed by the Porte : ‘• It is too late to regret the policy which has left Bri gadier-General Williams and his army exposed to such straits; but it would be only opening the way to fresh f tilure to follow out such schemes as have been proposed for the purpose of relieving him." . In, the middle.of June Omer Pacha sent to the ge male and admirals commanding-in-chief the French I and English forces a letter, in which for reason therein stated ho proposed that he . should proceed with the force he brought with him from Eupatoria (25,000 men) to Asia, to make a diversion in favour of the garrison of Kars and the army of Asia, and asked a conference on the subject. A conference was called, and held at the French head-quarters on the 14th, Omer Pacha, General Pelissier, Gen. La Marmora, Vice-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, Vice- Admiral Bruat, Rear-Admiral Stewart, and General Simpson were present. Omer Pacha urged that his army was the only one, and he the only Turkish general who could successfully oppose the Russians in Asia. At the same time, if a decisive operation were in contemplation for the execution of which the presence of his army was necessary, and which would have for its object the capture of Sebastopol, he should consider himself bound to remain, as, Sebastopol taken, the affairs of Asia become of com paratively trifling importance. If, on the contrary, no pi in likely to lead to a decisive result bas been decided upon, and the fate of Sebastopol should not be settled this summer, the position of the Russians in Asia becomes of the last importance, and might eventually decide the fate of Sebastopol. All the members of the conference, without excep tion, objected to the withdrawal of any troops from the Crimea at that time, and Omer Pasha, dissatis fied, left the day after for Constantinople. General Simpson wrote to Lord Redcliffe, to beg him to use his powerful influence with the Porte, to cause the opinion of the conference to prevail over that of his highness ; and the ambassador wrote in the same sense to Lord Clarendon. The plan of Omer Pacha, as submitted to the conference, was characterised by its author. as powerful diversion from Redout Kaleh, and its ob ject, as described by its author, was to " menace thence the communication of the Russians, and so oblige them to abandon the siege of Kars. " The pro jectfound favour at Constantinople, and Lord Cla rendon was of opinion that Omer Pacha should be at liberty to employ his troops as his Government might think fit. To Lord Cowley he wrote regretting that the French Government should oppose the expedition, and stadia. , that her Majesty's Govern ment would doubt whether it were wise, even if they had the right to do so, to object to the adop tion of such a course by the Porte, since the void by the withdrawal of Omer Paella's troops from the Crimea might be filled up by sending Vivian's Contingent to either Balaklava or Eupatoria. On the 4th of Aug. Lord Cowley replied by telegraph : "The French Government will not oppose the pro jected expedition to Asia Minor, under Omer Pasha, provided that the numbers of the Turkish Contingent before Sebastopol are not diminished," On the same day Lord Olarendon telegraphed to Lord Radcliffe : " Omer Pacha can go to relieve Kars provided be does not diminish the Turkish troops before Sebastepol, or disturb the garrison of Yenikale. Desire Vivian to hold himself in readiness to go to Eupatoria with his Turkish Contingent." The French Emperor's opinion of Omer Paella's diversion is thus intimated iu a despatch from Lord Cowley to Lord Clarendon, dated Aug. 29 : "The Emperor has no objection to the removal of the Turkish troops from Balaklava, and to their being re placed by other', provided that the allied commandeis in-chief have no objection ; but he will not take upon himself the responsibility of saying more." Omer Pacha was exceedingly anxious to take with him to Asia the troops before Sebastopol, as being a more homogeneous and better trained corps than that at Eupatoria ; but General Simpson pro tested against the exchange of those troops for the Contingent. The fall of Sebastopol put an end to these difficulties and delays. On the 13th of Oc tober news reached Constantinople of the glorious repulse of the Russians before Kars, on the 29th Sept. 'On the 12th of Oct. following General Wiltiatns was writing to Lord kedcliffe Notwithstanding the severe defeat experienced by tbe enemy, he still blockades us closely, and the erection of huts in his camp this morning shows that he intends to continue this course. He knows that all our cavalry horses and the great majority of the Artillery horses are dead of starvation, and that we cannot take the field ; he is - also aware that cholera inflicts severe losses on us, which are aggravatel by the difficulty welhave'of burying the horses. Under these circumstances I address these few lines to your Lordship, with a hope that such repre sentations may be instantly male to General Omer, to act with vigour and decision against Georgia ; otherwise, in spite of our bril:iant victory we must ultimat-ly fall into the enemy's hands." On the 6th of November Gen. Williams writes : "1 - hope Omer Pacha is acting like a brave and resoluta man ;" but he complains that that coin- , mander pays no regard to his letters. On the 24th of November, Lord Redcliffe bids M. Pisani ex press to the Turkish government " the regret which I feel at the apparent inefficiency of Outer Paella's movements, at his neglecting to communi cate by Batount with Kars." At the same time Omer Paella was entreating the ministers at Con stantinople to send hint every available transport horse. The Seraskier exonerated Omer Pacha from the blame cast on him by Lord Redcliffe, and said— " Ail this requires money for its execution. The treasury is much embarrassed, and unless 100,000 purses or 50,000,000 of piastres are pail them on account, out of the loan, every operation must be stopped. Oilier Podia &man& money, Vassit Pacha likewise, and the commander at Eupatoria. Thsides, the grain mei chants and others refuse to give provisions unless they be paid ready money. Under these circumstances, both the Grand Vizer and Fuld Pacha urgently- beg of your Excellency to be so gaol as to taka their demand into due consideration, and issue oilers to the prop,r quar ter." Gor:eral Mansfield gives an account of an inter view lie had with the Scraskier at this time (No vember 25.) " Ia conclusion, his Excellency turned round t) me and said that I was as well aware as he of the contiou• ous exertion made ti help the garrison by him, but that from the first we had been agreed on the neces-ity of a large and well combined eff.mt. That Omer Paella had been delayd by causes over which, unfortunately, he could exercise no control. It wag an affair of the Alliance. It had all abmg been understood that such me isures aL it was in their power to take without the army which had been detained in the Crimea, would not suffice for the object in view : still they had persevered, as in duty been]. His Excellency then proceeded to tell me, with couch force, that the Turks were absolutely debarred from executing what was necessary for the prosecution of the campaign, by the da'ay in giving them the advan tage of Ow loa”. The grain, to the amount of 1,000,000 of kiloes, bought by him fur the service of the a rmy, was not forwarded to the coast because they could not pay for it." General Mansfield added his own conviction that in a supply of money lay alone the chance of re lieving Kars. Meanwhile General Williams NMI straining every nerve to feed the garrison s and town, and induce Selim Pacha to join him with his forces ; but nei ther persuasions nor orders would induce this man to move : to every solicitation he replies with a promise, which is never fulfilled. An order was sent from the Port to advance at all hazards, with the assurance that he would not be held responsi ble if his army were lost in the attempt to help the garrison of Kars. By the 19th of Nov., Col. Simmons was writing to Lord Clarendon that Omer Pacha had nct many more than 20,000 men wherewith to meet the enemy in an advanced position, and on the 19th of Dec. Lord Clarendon was impressing on the French Government the danger to which Omer Paella was exposed. On the 21st of Dec. the Earl of Clarendon re ceived from Consul Brant, of Erzeroum, whose zeal shines through the whole of these papers, a note, dated Nov. 27, announcing the surrender of Kars. The fall of this fortress increased the anxiety of the Porte to strengthen the remains of the Asiatic army, but on the 10th of. December we find Gen. Codringtou writing to Lord Radcliffe : " I wrote to Marshal Pelissier in the general tone of your letter, expressing-to him the great object it seemed to be to get the Turkish troops to Trebizond, and that, if done at all, it should be done at once, and offering my assistance, if I could, by communication with our navy, to further this object. His answer was, that he couid not consent to their leaving Eupatoria without the ex press sanction of the Emperor of the French." And Lord Radcliffe replies The Turks are sadly mortified by the embargo which a ppears to have been laid on the Egyptian troops at Eupatoria. We conclude this examination with an extract from General Mansfield's memorandum on the measures taken for the relief of Kars since his arri val at Constantinople on the 26th of June, 1855. He says " The ambassador never ceased from making the most urgent representations to the Seraskier and the Porte. On the receipt of every fresh despatch from Kars or Erzeroum, either M. Pisani or myself was sent to enforce the necessity of relief. My appearance at the Seras kierat might indeed have been considered an ill omen for the garrison of Kara, so frequently was I obliged to make the-same -representation: AA may be seen' from my numerous reports of the last four or five months, there was no want of alacrity on the part of the Turkish Government. There was a dilemma from which they sought to extricate themselves, but in vain. They could only accomplish reinforcements by driblets to the garrison of Erzeroum, and they were thwarted by the apathy of their own comManders. If I may be allowod to offer an opinion Q the zeal cause of trio Lustrous // r [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD. ~i ~ ~ ~`~~Q~ o ~L~v issue of the Turco-Asiatic campaign, I should . say that it must be found in the nature of tho which absorbed all the really available ineans'of tion, whether French, British, er Turkish, in the in-• vasibn of 'the Russian soil, to the exclusion of atten tion to the hostile operations on Turkish territory.• The contest pursued is the former required every practicable means • to insure success, perhaps, may be said, eves militiry safety. The garrison of Kars performed a great duty is arresting the march of the Russian colunans till_ , the resources of the allies could be turned , to Asia, either in consequence of a development they hal not already reached, or of liberation from the Crimes. Some months since I 'ventured to predict, in private Converiatien, that we should have to be satisfied with such an issue of the operations of last year ; and that, assuming the-allies to be prepared to take advantage of what bas bees thus r: achieved by the devoted garrison, we should have no reason to be disappointed .when viewing the two theatres of sr ar,as one comprehensive whole. I have no reason': to depart from the opinion then expressed: With regard to the proceedings of the embassy, I shay be peruOted to add, that after a disposition was shown to,eaable Omer Pacha to go to Asia, no effort wa s s p are d. is, ex pedite his movements ; and that of events bad marched with the same rapidity as the wishes of his Excellency, we possibly might not now have to lament," • AUSTRALIA• MELBOURNE, Nov. 24.—Yesterday the Governor opened the last session of the present Council. As the same day was chosen to proclaim the new con stitution, a good deal of interest was evinced in the ceremony. Moreover, there was some curiosity to see what sort of folk would come up as representa tives for the new mining constituencies. I believe some people expected to find in the " diggers" members some rude, unwashed fellows, with un shaven faces, clothed in " jumpers," with r evo l ver s in the broadbelts, and short black pipes in their mouths, so that when one or two plainly-dressed, sober-looking citizens came up to take the oaths " there was a little disappointment. The house was filled with ladies—the wives of members and others —that hon. members were obliged to creep into holes and corners, sit on the steps of the Elpteaker's platforw, or get out of the way as best they could. The strangers' gallery and the reporters' gallery were both full ; indeed, I never saw greater evi dence of intense interest on any previous occasion. There was also a greater crowd out of doors than usual. The day of the proclamation of the new constitution had been proclaimed a holiday. The shops as well as the public offices were closed. The Supreme Conrt did not sit, so that to-day counts as the 'bird day of term instead of yesterday. After the delivery of the speech there was a gentle but very general and unmistakeable expression of applause from hon. members, and when the Gover nor left the house he was well received outside by the crowd. On the first day of the session very little is done in these colonies. The speech is read by the Speaker, and ordered to be printed ; then, instead of moving the address in answer to the speech as in England, a select committee is appointed, con sisting of members from both sides of the house, to prepare the draught of an address. This draught is reported a few days after (in this case ou Tues day, as the house does not meet on Saturdays or Mondays), and then debate takes place, but seldom to the extent it does in England. 'Under the .new constitution the English practice will probably be adapted, as more consistent with a responsible Ministry. _ _ . There is one fact connected with the new mem bers for the diggings which deserves notice, and which may very considerably affect the future of the colony. I may here remind your readers that the new act giving to the several mining districts power to return members adds eight elected mem bers and four nominees to the house. Some of your readers will remember that one of the un- . caught leaders of the Ballarat insurrection was one Peter Lalor, an Irishman. A reward was .offered of 4001. for his capture, and it was said that the Government knew of his whereabouts, but that they had captured more than the law officers of the Crown could successfully deal with, and after the first acquitt d Peter Lalor was left to his own devices. He was wounded in the attack on the • stockade, and has, I hear, had his arm amputated at the socket. This is the new member for Bal larat, and his leadership in the insurrection and his lost arm—" lost (of course) in defence of the liberties of the country"—now constitute his poli tical capital. I an not aware what his qualifications for a member are ; his friends and countrymen saY•he is a man of intelligence and of some power as a speaker. But speaking to a mob is not the best. training for legislative!debate. verybody wanted to see this Peter talor, and many anxious inquiries were whispered about him. I doubt very much . whether any constituency in the colony would have deliberately recorded their solemn approval of in surrection, except Balarat. But even there w• must accept the Governor's testimony that con tent and satisfaction prevail. It is not the intention of the Government to in troduce any bills, except such as are absolutely necessary. Among these an act for the registra tion of voters and an act for the prevention of bribery are, as it were, conditions precedent to the first working of the new constitution. The other Government bibs merely provide for the keepirg alive of certain expiring laws. There is also a disposition among members not to prolong the session .by the introduction of new measures, and the only bills likely to be brought in are one, or perhaps two, for the amendment of the admi nistration of the law ; one for the adaptation to this coleny of the Common Law Procedure Acts of 1852 and 1854 ; and one for the introduction, with the necessary modifications, of the the English Trustees Act. Tue Estimates will, it is said bo passed for six months only. This seems to me to be no more than a becoming abstinence on the pxrt of the present Council—consisting, as it does, of 22 nominees, of whom 11 are official and 11 non official members ; and of 44 representative mem— bers, of whom 20 were elected when the population was under 80,000—about one-fourth of the present population ; 16 more When the population was about 160,000 or 180,000, and the remaining eight recently by the mining constituencies, the new elements not being represented. A large meeting has been held in Astley's Am phitheatre to take steps for the repeal of the grant of 50,0001. for the several religious denominations. The Independents will accept no aid, the'PreShy terians object to it, so do the Wiesleyans. The members of the Church of England are. divided upon it, on grounds of expediency, not conscience) while the Roman Catholics desire its continuance. I do not know whether the question will be mooted this session, but it will be carried in the new 1 / 3 .• gislature. The gold brought down by escort this week is 45,809 oz. The market is without change. Sporting Intelligence. NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING —WEDNESDAY. The Forest Plate (Handicap) of 50 FOVS ; a winner of any handicap after the publication of the weighte, 51b extra. T.Y.C. Mr. R. Bennison'e Pollux, 3 yrs, sst 71b...(Ducker) 1 Mr. Barber's Sir R. Trenchard, aged, let (J. Forster) 2 Mr. lienderson's Ceres, 3 yrs, a .. t 121 b (Withington) 3 The following also ran : —Chero Petite, Haco, Anthra cite, Flageolet, and St. Dunstan. Betting—Three to 1 each agst Sir R. Trenchard and Flageolet ;sto I each agst Pol lux and Ceres. Won easily by a length, the second beating the third two lengthe ; bad fourth ; Flageolet was fifth ; St. Dunstan sixth ; Haco seventh ; aid Anthracite last. Thy Farmer's and Tradesmon's Plate of 30 soya, for horses not thorough-bred, &c. ; weight for ages ; cer tain winners extra. Two mil a and a quart er . Mr. F. Iloughton's Westhorpe, 6 yrs, 12st 7'lb Mr. G. G. Norris's Jack Lath, aged, (Houghton) 1 12 :t 71b (Owner) 2 Mr. Whittaker na Cheer-up-Sant, aged, 12st 71b (Garter) 3 Mr. G. thwler's Why Not, 6 yrs, 12st 71b (Smith). Betting-5 t o 4 on W est h orpe, w h o won in a can t er by four lengths ; bad third ; Why Not was pulled up atter going about a mile, and did not pass the post. The Innkeepers' Plate, of 20 sovs, added to a Handicap sweepstakes of 3 soya each ; the second to save his _ stake. One mile. 7 subs. Mr. Barber's Sir R. Trencbard, aged, let 131 b (J • Vorster) 1 Mr. Thomas's Ida, 4 yrs, 68t 7ib - (Ford ham) 2 Mr. Pickering's Lady of the Lodge, 4 yrs, 7st 9lb (Wells) 3 Pollux and Lady's Hack also ran. Betting-6 to 4on Pollux, 4to 1 agst Sir R. Trenchard, and 5 to 1 aget Lady of the Lodge. A good race, won by half a length ; n neck only between this second and third ; the other two well up. The Great Annual Hurdle Race of 7 Fovp. cacti, 8 ft ; the second to save his stake ; a winner of any handi cap, steeplechase. or hurdle race, after the declaration of the weights, 51b ; twice, 10Ib extra. About two miles and a half. 24 subs. Mr. G. Hodgman's Stamford, by Plenipotentiary, aged, 9st 12Th (in. 10Ib extra) (Green) 1 Mr. Barber's Potter, aged, 9st 31b (car. fist 11th) (C. Boyce) 2 There was no betting on ells event, Potter being merely started to save his stake. As only two horses went to the post the added money was riot given. The Castle Stakes and the Selling, Hurdle Race did not fill. STATR of TRADE.—NOTTINGHAM, Wednesday.---The late trtitle is still improving, and 'there has this Voreelc been a good amount of business transacted. Certainly there is every appearance of an excellent trade, and the , demand for plain net and Brussels is very active. In the hosiery trade there is an exceetlingly brisk trade doing, and hands for the warehouses arc very scam, is well as stitchers and all hands connected with the rod machinery. In most departments of the hosiery trod* *itis o Fast =out of ootiTity. 10. Cor DI th° illiso g use r &rd. coon ch► v q., , lAt. rYJ °. :, tbe e or 01 Vets 1 Os i 27. gage I 601 .... NO, Liz 1' 0 i ~.